THE SENSATIONAL THIRD TEST ' MATCH.

Otago Witness, Issue 2811, 29 January 1908, Page 58

THE SENSATIONAL THIRD TEST ' MATCH.

Turns day's plat. - - The match was resumed in a temperature of- 152 in the sun and 104 in the shade, -with Hill 106 and Hartigan 105. When' 400 was hoisted the innings ' had lasted four hours 29 minutes.. Fielder, was. absent, owing to neuralgia, and Young ,was filling -.th© vacancy in the •fielaV»£'A.t,.llo, Hiil should -have been easily caught' .by •' Barnes *t mid-off off Crawford, -thfsTf ball comjng to the fieldsman, and 2 .runs coming from ,the' stroke. Two rims latex: "in. trying toeffect'a leg hit he left his creaße by a yard, and Humphries failed" to take the bbath t which dropped -to the ground, and the wicket-keeper, then tried to kick it on to ' Ahe etumps. Thus Barnes lost a wicket.'lt is evident from the number .of chances' missed in this . way by , the present-day stumpers that the standard of work in that /capacity is -deteriorating.- - Itjis-'hard-.to imagine a man 'like Blackham, the' prince Tot wicket : k«epers, ,-failing' to, take advantage [•'.of a^bptsman s ..mistake'.- "Hill, was twice let ] "off "in this -way^T* The only instance this^sea- !, so'nC in", which, "&' man has received his fdisi missal, v by .''bfeine ' stumped- round the" legs occurred' in -.Sydney, and- that 'was va fluke.; -Hall left his ground, and "the T>all" rebounded ': off -Cat+er's pads :in4o 'the- Vibkefc.I When the' partnership had put on 222 the j previous record for the best test particrsbn I was_ broken. It was held by G H. i 5.i 5 . , Trott and S. E. Gregory, and was established at Lords in June, 1896. Hill brought I forth cheers for a capital square cut to the ' track oif Crawford, and hie was given. 4

by a piece of misfielding by Young. Runs came along, by gentle taps here and there, and presently the record partnership of 240 for the eighth wicket was 1 smashed — the previous figures" stood -to the I credit of. Lord Hawke and Robert Peel j for Yorkshire ' and Warwickshire at BirJ mingham in 1896 — and a few runs prior j thereto, at 236, ' the partnership of A. J. Hopkins arid R. A. Duff for "South Wales. v. Lord Hawke's team in 1903 was . ' exceeded. - j The Queenelander, in trying to- effect a j square cut, was caught easily by Young >t point- off" Barnes. He was -in 4hr 14min for 116, and was received with loud and , ' continued 'cheers ...on returning to the pavi- ' lion. His s'ebre included twelve 4's. Hill was . imparting considerable vigour into his -. strokes,* notwithstanding the fact that he j i was still .weak,,- and after close running, arid especially - after 2*s or 3'e, he had to. pause, for some, time to recover from "the exertion.' He cut Rhodes beautifully past point to the boundary. The Yorkshireman '/had relieved' Crawford at 433, 'and Carter punished ~ the -lefthander T>y Square-cutting 'him for 1 4 '-fend driving-- him "down the 'ground ' for 3.; Braund. was," brought on yice Barnes [. v (three"fpr 74), "and Carter 'got to work" on •him, ( off >dri,yTrig>and 'cutting. "He • notched - 4 al- dozen -off^ "the 'first" over," wliich"- were in- ■ cr'easedf-byiaf couple" for byes.,- .'■'- . i' ~?~] f- ''The''^rpwd- > appEeoia'ted^"the' fasfr=\batting, ( ' and"- ctieef-; followed 'qheeiv The lefthander's - batting- wa»" sounder 1 \tha¥ it • waf iyesteyday'. !;'He-;itime'd^his^s£roke6/ better, ,and' lboke.d,;. j" nowf quite «£nt "..down- avfnTli -toss,' 1 which- struck .Hill on the J body as he ; J tried" to .despatch^ it to \ square leg.' -The;, ' next* ball- he ' jumped- out • and .drove it"' i gVandly to^, the' off pickets. ,He was now !- 141,, and Carter- 23. •: At -475 .Hutohings was, ! commissioned to carry on the attack inj stead of Braund (two for 85), and. his first 'v went on the leg side for four byes, and the ,. * :«ext".baH- but- one produced two .more? byes*. ! The . fourth -flashed,' from Hill-'a bat ■ past- ' Young at silly' short leg to the -track.- At ."luncheon he was J 148, Carter. 24, and 487' ! was on' the board for eight wickets. , ' \ ' At 2 o'clock' the- temperature was_ 1104 rt in~ the shade «.nd 155 in the sun.' During v luncheon Hill was. massaged, and ' had no- | thing ihore than milk and apollinaris. Collectors were going, round the ground gathering shillings "for a J public testimonial ,to Hill and Hartigan in recognition of their extra-ordinary-performance. - J " > Shortly after resuming, , -Hill, - by getting ." Crawford to leg for 2, 'beame 150,, and xeceived an ovation. It had taken him 4hr " 57min- to ' traverse the distance. At 496, v 'and - when \Carter ■ -> 26', he -. drpve high to. Braund, who' jumpedj 'and- with his,' " right hand knocked. 1 the bah <up a couple' of "times, and then, allowed it, to go to .the • ground close to Hutchings,- who had moved' ; a-'littW forw,ar,d-" -" Had he. remained- where;, l--he*sw«a '-standing lie" could- hate; made> -«ie , 7catchi>off'Braund's.haiid. . Oarjfcer was. then} -.HiH;.--Dy J |orw l ara-cuttita X Crawford, caused % s*ol v $QA"appfea%; the ,-, innjngs^having' lasted '9hr ilOn-iin." 'Tjieni- ui>gping-^or' an on-hit_-oS^ ' the samei^wleriV.He-.was c%ught-higii with, the. right Jiand-by v-Gunn^*t,,,mid-on. * His j7 " "icore- Va6U6B; r J26/below -hi>. jeoctrd J -test-m'- ,. ' nings of IBBi.% made v j in Melbourne -m, the 1 ., /l*®7 ; Br season." >On 'that occa«ion),.as- on ibis, <, , he .went -:to,.ti?© .wickets when, matters -were „ i gbihg badly against his side, and. played , a- superb- innings. 'On returning; to -the pavilioa--he. met -with, a brilliant reception, the -people in the- stand,, and jjavilion^ ris- -• ing and waving their hats and handkerchiefs,' and , cheering enthusiastically. He v was in-shr 20mirii and hiteighteen ,4's. \ 1 Carter and SaundewT added five xuns, and . then the latter ,lpst .his* wioket in.,gomg for , a cloeerutt for, a' "back stroke by. Carter to Hardetaff, -whose, ga-ther and return' to Hum- ' uhries were' accurate; and the i innings, .which lasted 9hf 20min, closed for 506.