CRICKET.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume L, Issue 307, 2 January 1908, Page 3

CRICKET.

I IHE SECOND TE-vf UAlt 11. ENGLAND v. AL'STKALIA. Received lit, U-50 |uu. Melbourne, January 1. There was an eicedingly 'lull djy'a tatting on a splendid »icket. Thr 'at--Ben wer, all »tmtly on the defensive, L ad pain/utK *low, the only relief lieing ihfQ Cutter tamr in. He hit tuemly or a quarter o( an hour, *nd Torn! Iti t wnm ball*. The »pectatur« were <]<*- (feted. Braund set (iw imn on the oandary for him, in expet'U<>"n of l-ijr tttiag, bat Crawford wttL-d him. The hglishmea's pound field; up «*» loo* k the start, but improved later. The mrting wa* »pkndid, Fielder j«nd l u» - ■rd keeping accurate length, wml-t rauad «u tricky. The we tllier »*» ana, aad the wicket' splendid. Th. re aa a crowd of 27,000. Fane omitted aye*. Young, and Blylhe, the latter ifriaf frees tke (ftctl of a xwn H enntraeted during Lhc eilniml rutX iaatic rbange* at Bendigo, n.irowly ' npiag {lnmjr. Jom, of cour-e, it ptaying, a> be u recuperating in the . at Jlinutaiw, and it it prol>t.'.iiatkal kethrT he aiil play again dui.ug tae nr. A cheer went up wbru .. Rftlisni that .Noble bad won tlute, and thai the Autlralun luiuialiv ' Oded on the Ant um uf the nuk.-t- . Tniaiper and Macartney op,-u.d tu • howling of Fielder and iUro.--, 1:* Item Jegan confidently, 'iruwj*-r dfcng to lac hope uf lively baiting. • e people were excited to «« him di»- ■ >y uttHlg of hii old di*hmg form, t he lUckcd wuie, and lor tonic ■ lit lis* Macartney kept getting the | Ik of the ran*. Trumper, Uo«e\er, < Ucd attractively, ami amumed (be , d. He had luck, being minted in the j »by Gubd at fuur. lie jut misled '' i hall ceaturj by nk. lie had bat , 83 minute* and in hi» ««ure »<rc I tourer*. 1131, yiAncil Macartney, wbo 1 0 wa* dean bowled after going j . ifUy and carefully, and hitting Only j 1 four. Crawford at this atagr had |. ua hia wkfceta for 19. The .iustra- j' a skipper wa* aul in, and tu.- linn-1

\i went up alter one hoax and 4$ ' IDtea'pliv- UiU was out at lii, it an sled by Fielder, and a great r»jr at up Iran the spectators, fielder's :ket had coat him 33 roiu. Ann- : OBg was next, and at 140 Fielder, 0 kid one wicket (or IS, we 3 -- tat, Bum* going en. boon alter, We lifted Crawlord to raid on, when ' an again dropped the baiL Noble'* n was then iO, after an hour and; 1 minntes' play, and 130 «» nude { two knurs 51- minutes. At the tea [ foamiest the scores were 100 1 Arm ! ong 91, Noble 25). j loan after returning, Crawford i*>wland Armstrong was finely caught in \ t alipa after one hour four mmut,-' ■ giug. Crawford*! three wicket, had i t aim only 33 runs. Uacalister bad t reached double figure*, when he \ t ran oat, Hobos making a splendid I urn. Hansford w»s next, and sju at on the board after three and threeliter hours' play. Noble, attempt { : a kit, was caught in the slips alter j Uing two hours 4-> minutes at ibe ; scat*. Carter speedily ran Into dou- , figures, and batted in lively fasmon . stumps were drawn. Sjcores:— 1 AUSTRALIA.—First Innings, suaper, e Humphries, b Crawford 49 icartacy, b Crawford .. .. 37 U,bKelder lfi bit, e Braund, b Rhodes .. - - til Dstroag, e Hutching*, b Crawlurd 31 icaiister, run out la nsford, not oat &t tier, > Cnwfufd .. .. .. 17 Iter, not out ,* .. 10 bundrics 2 Total far seren wickets .. .. 2-m ' Wickets fell as follows:—One at 34, It 93,% at 111, 4 at 108, 3 at I!>7, 0 at f, and 7 at S4O. Bowling amlysis: Fielder one fur 70todes one f»r 37, Crawford four for : » •.« —i. acroßU t.xew south waixs. ! Beeeivei 31st, 10.30 pjn. I Melbourne, December 31. Victoria in second inninpi >«<r.il I, of which HrKenzir made ■».>. :uu] irrant 4*. lew >?outh Wales tnuan by eight wckets and two run-. romper mide 80, and noble 41 n«l it Trnmper icored rapidly, g.-ttin" s total in an hqjr and three-quarter., e phvyed all routd the wicket with his d-tine brilliancy. His ecore ineludeil } toon. ' CANTERBURY r. WELLrS'GTtIK.

Per PreV- Atts^K-iation. Welliijrton, Last Night. Wellington, playiig Canterbury t.>r, Kored 32!), TOlliims making .v>, wt W, Mahoney 4, Beeehy 43, Tuck 34, Hiekjon 21. extra* S3. The rand was fast and the wicket iaclin. d be aery. Orchard took two wirket« f SS, hut none of the other hovrl.-r» I well. The rMton replied with i«> rbo wieketJ. Patrick (not nuti rfribtrted 89, a«d Wood (not <S: tnt 19. Wood drove wHh pfat WT, tad played really well.

>-EW SOCTH W.\r.?. TF.AJI v. SORTU TABANAKI. This match commences this m»rnmg t 10 o'clock on the Recreation s,».n- i roond wrket. The S-w S««th ttaltT. Hammond. U. Mrt;r*th, T. Hunt. ' . sth, I- Deer. -1. Ihck-on. T. 1.-lit-rt-. , Dd P. S. Tapp. !