CRICKET.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVI, Issue 55, 9 March 1904, Page 2

CRICKET.

ENC-LISUMF.N I.N AUSTRALIA. TIIK LAST TEST .MATCH. AUSTRALIA WINS 11Y 21H RUNS. (Received March 8, O..TS p.m.) MELBOURNE, .March S. Despite ruin lulling in the euj'ly morning tbe umpires derided that ' plus ill the test mutch should l»e rei dm. The utleiidunce during llle day never e.\l'e,'de(l Hirer Ibuiisulld. Willi three mil (or IK Tiuuiprr iircuiupaiued Kelly lo the wicket. which appeared lo lie soft and slickv. lie was clean bowle.l by Ihe lirst ball, Hirst Hius taking two wickets with two successive bulls oi till uncompleted over. Hill and Kelly made a fair stand, H,e latter showing a partiality lor Hi,.. :.■". Hirst's average reiuuined at u>.. i.ickets lor no runs, until Hill ilro.e l.ou ior a brace. Rhodes, who hud tailed lo take u wicket in his first overs, gave way to Arnold, and in Hie hitler's second over lie inughL Kelly oil his own bowling'. Kell.\ was in t'orty minutes and played capital cricket, 'hitting live l's. A minute or two later Hill d*>ve J lirst In Warner at n,id-on. Six lor •It). .Noble and Dull' were now associated, and they made the bust stand of the innings. Rclf missed Noble in the slips oil' Rhodes. Frequent changes were made in the howling before luncheon, but the batsmen were very busy, and the partnership was undissolved at the adjournment, the score standing at 1)2. The fourth bull from Rhodes after lunch .Noble stepped out to, and wan splendidly stumped. Hopkins citnie in, and should have been out to Rhodes, IJosampiet idilmg to hold ihe ball, which was hit high up, at leg. Jlutl', however, mishit the same bowler wnen ne had mude 31, the top score, by vigorous batting, and was caught by Warner at mid-on. With Uehrs in Hopkins began to hit out, and made several boundary strokes, (iehrs remaining to make live only. Trumble, the last man, ball '" S IJIIUX ' W " S ollt svcoml The feature of the innings wub the 1 splendid bowling of Hirst, and the baingj against heavy odds) of Kelly, Hill. Noble, Buff and Hopkins. Additional scores : , AUSTRALIANS, Second innings. Three wickets for y Trmnper, b Hirst 0 : Kelly, c and b Arnold 2-1 : Hill, c Wurner, b Hirst Hi Noble, st Lilley, b Rhodes ... HI Dull', c Warner, b Rhodes ;u (lehrs. c and b Hirst ,", Truuiblc. c Arnold, b Hirst ... 0 Hopkins, not out 25 Sundries ' Total J"!! First innings -'' (ii-iind total ;iyo Jlowling analysis : Rliodes took two wickets for 52 runs, Arnold two lor 2:1, llruiiud one for li, Hirst live for <ls. March K, 8.25 p.m.) ,MF.LIU)URN Is, March H. Requiring M2IJ to avert dwfeiit llraiind and Foster coniinenced England's second innings. The former was caught by iMcAlister oil Culler's lirst ball. Some merry play between Tyldesley and rosier followed. The lirsl-nained was struck by a ball from Noble, and play was delayed for a lew minutes. Shortly idler he was caught by Hopkins. Foster was badly missed by Dull' oil' Cotter in the same over.

Truiiihle took Cotter's place, ami the sensation of a sensational muteh followed. Knight lipped the tilth ball to Kelly, uud retired, in Trimihle's next over Foster, alter batting brilliantly, drove the ball to long-on, where Trumper brought oil a mugnitict*it one-handed culeh.

Hirst only made a single, tlii'ii miss-hit Trumble and was caught in Lin.' slips. ISosunipiuL a few minutes later was splendidly caught by tlehrs oil Trumble.

Warner tipped the next ball back to Trumble. und Lillcy coming in was out leg before to the third ball. Three wickets fell to three successive balls. The crowd wildly applauded the ■'but trick" being achieved. A shower of ruin drove the players inside for fifteen minutes. Trumble's average was then six for 11. On returning Arnold and Rhodes played lively cricket for twenty minutes, during which the ball, being slippery, was frequently bungled in the lichl. However, when he had mude Jl, Arnold skied one deep on to Dull, and llaywnrd being absent, ill, Ihe Australians were left winners oi the match by 218 runs. Scores :

KNO'LISHMKN, Second innings, liraund, c McAlister, b Cotter ... I) Tyklesley, c Hopkins, b Cotter... lfi Knight, c Kelly, b Trumble ... 0 Foster, c Trumper, b Trumble ... !I0 Milst, c McAlister, b Trumble ... 1 ilosummet, c tiehrs, b Trumble ... 4 Warner, c ami b Trumble 11

Lilley, Ibw, b Trumble I) Arnold, c Dull, b Trumble ... l'j Rhodes, not out , 10 Hayward, absent, ill ... "\ 0 Sundries 5 T °tal •. ... 10.1 First innings <il (irund total jjjo Howling analysis : Colter took two wickets for 25 runs, Noble none for I.). I rumble seven for 28, McLeod none for 21. JNTER-STATE MATCH. (Received .March :>, LIB u . m .) HOHART, March 8. The A ictorians' lirst innings realised :UH-llor«u Ml. I„ (lu.fr .second innings no wickels are down for 17 The Tusmnnians' second innings totalled (i-1, Do.ui ( i,i) being top score. The following will play f or Currington Road juniors against New PlvI mouth juniors on t | u , || iKh School J grounds to-morrow :-Hullock, Avery, Heid M.vno.t, Itilli. lM: , Hoards, Hammond, liowbotlou. li m >U-v Johnson und Knigh.l, I insurance Bmsmess., (I'ef I'leHJi Association.) 1 lU:NFHI\, March, 7. At a meeting „f the .Standard Insurance Company, Ihe chairman (,\|r John Heidi said Ihe insurance premiums were less Hum last year,' a met entirely due to the ,:liriukag.. i„ marine business. Concerning ,)„. stale I'ire Hill ul ] liM session, he said it couhl but be neciileti. as i W impuUtk: ittlerference win private enterprise, and culculu■U'd. to uiuiie colonists light shv „f wlo'iiT C e |,iUU '" "''"•l'nses 'that would benflU the colouv The de jiamw.ll was not yet established but should u eater the held Uti , <-'»i'l'elilor, he could see „„ ~'l Kim " '■'"fc <> «»'l.l seriously interfere V.lh the company's business. 1, ■"iiUl not be supposed that ihe ,leI'uilmeut wus willing 1., ,1,, |,i. u -,. wilhout „ ~r u| it ..[> " " " lls ".ies.s «'■'«'»'"». ■■«*;■ nZ:' Mr petition (fi)in our own (!,,,,, " ihe company will b 0 .pule 0 ,uuT'','' •he occasion." u '""' '"