SECOND TEST MATCH.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume L, Issue 311, 8 January 1908, Page 3

SECOND TEST MATCH.

AUSTRALIA v. EXULAXD. VICTORY FOR THE VISITORS BY ONE WICKET. excitement ELECTRICAL. Ahyafta*. » , I Received 7th, 9.13 pjn. Melbourne, January 7. •Jv. * ej . t^ r was *g*w hot for tbc good but duity. , M The EngUaiunen began the task of getting las rung to win. With six .» JL I * l,d ' NoMe opened to Hard- * . ootter bowling mt the other end. a fluky 8in * lf ' lnd then n 4 Cotter to s«yw*rd, and was e »ily taken by Ransford. Rhode*, who followed, hit one smarti.l° I?' wkWl Macalister failed to Sold. It waa a somewhat difficult chance. At 1M Saunders replaced Noble, and shortly after Armstrong went on in plaw of Cotter. Bratind then played cautiouslv at Armstrong's alow l eR , but the fifth bill clean lnwleil him, after one hour an<7 43 minutes' batting. Crawford joined Rhodes, and the second century went up after ♦ hours 41 minute* play. Gradnally the score crept np, but 7(1 inns were still required When Rhodes cut a ball from Paunder« and started to run. He saw the hopelesMiess of it and tried to regn'n the S he slipped, and Carter seat ter the n-iekets. Crawford, with Barnes m a partner payed merrily for a short time. Then »e (?**• u easy chance to Armstrong which wag accepted. Humphries plav--6W a short time when the luncheon adornment was taken, each bataman n ?(f ,eT ™ to hii credit, and 61 was featured to win. *.TT excitement became intense. 'A 2 "T. Arariron g struck Humphries l he wasi given lbwamid a great flf4« mwif vSiSS * " ,0W inninf! ' «M« minutes, knocking up only 16

Fielder Joined Barnes with 39 runs 25, re S5 e i 28 were wanted Noble took tie ball from Saunders. At ("w replaced Armstrong. Re air «u electrical, both on the **"* among the spectator*. Seven rnla ww« required when McArtaey went - «i i I "♦iii iTeldw gcoTtd abort ran* while Bane* P»JW well and scored the winnW hit ■■jd a* oaUmist of enthusiasm, after paying for SO miantes. The total inMaga occupied 6 hours 19 minute*. EKOLj&KD.— fieeoßj Innings, "•wd, b Armstrong >t gg Haidstaff, e Sansford, B Cotter!! 19 Bhode*, rnn out jg Crawford, e Armstrong, b Saonders ]0 Hamphries, Ibw, Armstrong .. 16 Barnes, not oat .. .. .. gg *Wd»r, not out 10 Sundries ~ " jo r- •

Total for nine wictels .. 282 _ Analysis—Cotter, ene for 82; Arm•Jnmg, tbree for 58; XoHe, two for 41; Hanett, none for 8; Macartney, one for II: Sanaders, <w>* for 68. The wickets MI as follows:—Five for 162; six for 1*; seven for 198; eight lor 200; nine for 243. (The Englishmen made Mi in their tot innings. The Australians scored 866 ia the first and 397 in their second iaaing*.] THE TKACHERS' MATCH. Per Press Association. Auckland, Last Nignt. The New South Wales teachers at pwaat tooring the North Island met a team of. New Zealaad teachers at VMnria Ikrk this attatnooa. Ohliea w«a the toaa from UeHaOea, aad open- ' 'j* at the bowlr la* tna the jump, aad for some time hft of tte off-theory stuff served up, bat bis Ant miataka was his last, being (Mgfct in the dips tor 23. out of the •fat IS scored. Shepherd made 45 by ■l-nmad-tbe-wieket cricket, and Jaekaoa got to ton wore of 49 by auccessful fehfag. Ik first nine men got doable figures, and the timings closed far 268. New South Wales opened disastrously, six of tbe best wickets being dawn for 10. Robert* and Deer then became associated and pat on 66, and at tbe eall of time six wickets were down for 135 (Robert* 41, Deer 32. both aot oat). Scores:— NEW ZEALAND.—First Innings.

H. B. Losk, e Roberts, b Tapp .. 23 X. J. Oblsen, e Rose, b O'Neill .. 29 I JL Shepherd, rnn ont .. 26 W. Thomas, Ibw, O'Neill .. .. 45 taobaen, b Roberts 49 T. Btodis, b McMullen ..26 3. Tsaniag, b O'Neill " .. 23 Braithwaite, b (Weill .. 10 JL X. Murdoch, not out ..12 &. Darrotk, b O'Neill .. 4 HlOaad, ran out 0 Snadrisa tl m. r total ..258 him SOUTH WALES.—First Innings. ». Rose, b Holland 10 V. McMullen, b Holland .. 10 ft Smith, b Losk 14 F. O'Neill, c Holland, b Lusk .. 14 IH, Shepperd, ran ont ..3 Roberts, not ont 41 paer, not ont .. .. .. 32 Sundries 6 k Total for six wickets .. .. 135

' Writing of the finish of the first test ■utch "Not Out" says:—A win for Alutrails first beamed through one's brain as more than a possibility the moHeat Carter joined McAlister. From that moment tbe batsmen changed da lata into attack, with a degree of judgSMat, freedom, and nerve never shown by mea who feel that any result bat victory is to be their portion. The optimism aad roa-getting ease in Carter's baiting suggested almost a streak of genius. Ia those nine minutes before luncheon the little man of Waverley scored four foora off Crawford, who had just previously "tied-op" sad then bowled Armstrong. One might have thought Carter was ia the middle of his big innings against South Australia, so very much "at borne" was to. If those four

strokes pooled the young English bowler they kindled more than & ray of hope in the breasts of Australians. Then came that interval, 10 often fatal to the bat. Hie gods this time miwt have smiled on Australia. Afterwards the im-rrv, pr efsely-timed and skilfully-placed itrokes. both off and on, Of Carter: the move •edate, yet skilful batting of NfeAlkter: the nim defensive cricket of Cotter, tli.-sorely-tempted hitter; and the 0001, eay . and finished cricket of Hazlitt. the colt. | atirred onlookers for two hours or so. ; aa one bad rarely seen tbem Tke English pljvers themselves joined '' the plaudits to Carter. And Cottei and Hailitt were al-u applauded ti> the echo. : for their finishing cricket, so nvrvy. and j

plucky, and able. I Spraking of the same writer's bowling. ' fee «ame writer says:—The English ' bowlers for the first hour or more failed ' to. take full advantage of what little j assistance the wicket was able to give tipra. The left-handers ooght to have done something. They did not bowl sufficiently at the sticks, and in t<>«ing the lull off the wicket they- took up valuable time. B-.it apart from this, anl

«T«n allowing for the wicket bein? in far better order than it na generally! t thought to he, the English bowling wa« ( disappointing. With the exception nf { t Crawford, and, strangely enongh. j 1 Braunrt. the Imwlers were unable, as « I ; mlf. to make anything like the nocc 1 ■ Miy jure from the piteh. Tlie slow. ] 1 easy wicket si-cmerl to extract much of j the sting from the bowling. wM-h i■lore than surprising in vio-r <■' lh - > wide and regular experience bave on -low wickets. Fielder's hfit men were far less difficult in lime title they had lieen <>u the fast wicket, iid , though lie bowled well and with l>ig 1 beart. the slips went hiTnjrv r 'T the tall. Barnes wail corresponding! v Bie bowling of the Englishmen disi;> pointed themselves as well n> the rri'Va. One inclines mnre fhsn ever to the view that the attack will I- l»» din-jemu* on the wickets of Mellmiiri* ind Adelaide than it has. on t'i» whd,-, been bere. as leidin? Anslralhn* that the Svdney w : rkct is now IV fastest in the CnmmonwMl'h.