THIRD TEST MATCH.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume L, Issue 314, 13 January 1908, Page 3

THIRD TEST MATCH.

AUSTRALIA OUT FOR 283. ENGLISHMEN MAKE A GOOD START 259 FOR FIVE WICKETS, Received 12th, 0.17 a.m. Adelaide, January 11. The third test match was continued in delightfifrfbright weather. The at* tendance was 15,000. The wicket worked as good as new. Australia's innings was soon completed for 285, as a result of 290 minutes' batting. ..! The Australians took the field without. Clem Hill, who is in bed suffering from n severe cold. Roy Hill fielded in bis place. Hobbs and Fane opened the batting against O'Connor and Saunders. Fnne cut Saunders for four before Hobbs scored. He also cut a ball to Noble at cover-point, but the latter failed to aeeept the chance. ' •' *¥ With both the bowlers very accurate, the batsmen were not inclined to take any risks. Forty minutes' batting viclded only 25 runs. At 30 Noble replaced O'Connor, who had sent down nine overs for 11 runs. Armstrong relieved Saunders with the score at 37 and his first over yielded nine runs. ' At the luncheon'Hjournment, after

exactly an hour's play, the total was 50—Hobbs 21, Fane 25. Saunders and Noble bowled after luncheon. The first over yielded seven runs, but in his next Hobbs was snapped at the wicket. He batting 60 minutes and hit two fours.

Gnnn began carefully with fire singles, ' bat a three and then a four off Noble carried hint into double figures, which had occupied 26 minutes. Fane was playing soundly and scoring steadily. At 86 O'Connor relieved Noble, and Fane drove him for four. MacArtney replaced Saunders. The score had crept up to 08, when Fane was run pujfc' through Fane failing to respond to a call for a close run. Fane batted faultlessly for 100 minutes and hit three fours.

I Hutchings came in next, and with a couple of singles completed 100. The score had taken 117 minutes to compile. Hutchings was in vigorous form at the start and got 20 in as many minutes, including three fours. Gunn hit seven off two balls from MacArtney, but in the same over, Htttchings drove a ball back hard and low to MacArtney, who made a brilliant catch,—3 for 138. Brannd was clean bowled by the first ball off MacArtney. Hardstaff started with four off O'Connor. Armstrong and Saunders next bowled. Gunn hit the former over the square-leg fence for six. At the adjournment, Gunn wag B and Hardstaff nine, the total beinu 150. ° Xoble and Armstrong bowled after tea. Gunn completed bis half-century In 105 minutes. The next half hour's play was quiet, but the score mounted steadily. At 189 a double change to MacArtney and O'Connor was tried. In the letter's second over Gunn turned » ball into his wicket He was batting 130 minutes and never made a mistake. He hit one six and three fours.—s for I

Rhodes Joined Hardstaff. Two hundred went up as a result of 250 min-t utea' play. Saunders replaced MacArtney at 210. Of the runs scored from, the first over nine of them were mad* by Hardstaff, who was batting finely. Hartigan relieved O'Connor at 220. Th« new bowler only had two overs when MacArtney and Armstrong went on. TM« was at a quarter to blx. Rhode* hit the latter bowler to square-leg for six. Hardstaff got 50 in 107 minutes. His was a splendid innings, including, aa if did. eight fonrs. Rhodes batte'd for 50 minutes. The bowling of the 'Australians lacked Venom, and a Tast bowler was sadly; missed. The fielding was pood arid sure bnt was never brilliant, except that of Hansford and Carter, who did good work at the wfeVet SCORESr

AUSTRALIA.—First Inninga .(con.) O'Connor aot out ... r „ '„ JO Saunders, b fielder .« „ „ g Ertnw ~ .« « .. 14 'Total „ .. .„ J^ Bowiing analysis.—Fielder, four fort 85; Barnes, three for 60; Crawford, one for 60; Rhodes, none for 35; Braund, one for 26; Hatchings, one for 5. ■

ENGLAND.—First laningi, Hobbs, c Carter, b Saunders .. 29 Fane, run out ,« ~ .. ... 48 Gunu, b O'Connor n „ ,« 65 Hutching), c and b' MacSrtney ~ 23 Braund, b MaeArtney .« •. 0 Hardstaff, sot out *, n ..51 Rhode*, not out „, ~ „84 Total Tor Ore wicKefe ~'' '„ 259

The seventeenth test mtach was the first to be played at the Adelaide Oval. That waß in December, 1884.. Australia, led by W. L. Murdoch, scored 243—P. S. MDonnell 124, J. M. Blackham 66-and 191-MTJonnell 83, G. Giffen 47. England—the team was known as Shaw and Shrewsbury's—totalled 369 W. Barnes (Notts) 134, W. H. Scotton fßbtts) 82, G. Ulyett (Yorkshire) 68—and 67 for two wickets, the Englishmen thus winning by eight wickefg. The next match played at Adelaide was by Lord Sheffield's team in 1892, and proved a runaway victory tor Zrgland by 230 runs. S. Callaway, who now resides In Cbristehurch, was unable to play for Australia owing to the death, of a relative. The vacancy was fined by H. Donnan. The first strike only netted 100 for Australia, and the second 169. The forty-first match saw A". E. Bloddart's combination, which Included A'. C. Mlaren and Ranjitsinhji, received ft drubbing to the extent of an innings and 13 runs. Australia won the toss and rattled on 573, which is a marked difference to the 285 got by its Teprtw tatires on Friday and Saturday last. The forty-ninth match on the Adelaide wicket was won by Australia from A. C. M'Laren's combination by four wickets. Australia's first innings score, after their opponents had notched 388, was 321. The English team included A. 0. Jones, L. C. Braruid, S. F. Barnes, and C. Blythe, of the present English team. Will they have their revenge 1 Warner** team was also defeated by 216 runs at Adelaide. The Australians had the first call on the wicket, and scored 388. The Australian Selection Committee have dropped A. Cotter and G. H. Hazlitt. Hartigan, of Queensland, has done well this season with the bat, and is a good field. O'Connor is a recent Importation to Australia, but his trundling did not cause the Englishmen any anxiety in the South Australian match, when the visitors scored 660 for eight wickets. The Queenslander opened bis test cricket with the respectable total of 48. V. Tnimper and C. Hill have not done | themselves justice, perhaps owing to their heavy colds.—Dominion.

'AUCKLAND CHAMPIONSHIP. ( Per Press Association. ] Auckland Last Night. The cricket cup championships were, , continued yesterday, after an interval of nine weeks, the fourth round being completed when two matches were played. City had made 58 against Eden, .rho scored six wickets for 145. Eden dosed with eight wickets own for 225. f It's second inninga was responsible f r 102. Eden won by an innings and r, .i runs, securing a three-point win. ior Eden, Havward 30, Rountree 30. Mills 28. and Smlt* 32, were the toj/ j -eorers; and for City Spence 30, Beeehey ;:1 and Grainger 2fi". firafton had been dismissed for 67 by Pamell, who lost seven wickets for 191 runs, and the innings closed after th« «core was carried to 284 (Sale Bfi. Olliff 31, Foster 58, Brecse 231. (irafton's second innings realised lfil IClayton 52, Graham 53, I>. Tlay 31). Crafton were two men khort. ' P.irndl won by an innings and 35 runs, securing a three-point win. AUCKLAND SENIOR CHAMPIONSHIP Per Press Association. Auckland, Saturday Nighf. The position of the Benior flubs tn th'o • senior cricket grade elands a* follows: . J Played won lost scored . Mf. Eden .. :i 3 ft 7 ! , North Shore 13 17 ,' f'itv .. 3 2 1 5 , firafton ..3 1 22 , l*on«onbv . • 4 0 i fl

The WooMoii Band, of Chrisfelmrcli. who are attending the New Plymouth ijntest. have arranged to give a concert i Wellington on 23rd February, when n their way to New Plymouth.