FIRST TEST MATCH.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 340, 16 March 1910, Page 8

FIRST TEST MATCH.

AUSTRALIA v. NEW ZEALAND. ! VISITORS WIN BY WICKETS. | By Telegraph.—Press Association. | Cnristchurch, March 15. I Tho match was resumed at 11.30 a.m. in tine weather with a fresh easterly breeze. The wicket was dead and the outfield very slow after the rain. Sims and Midlane were the lifttsmen and Whitty and Kelleway bowled. P'ly opened very cautiously, the batsmen taking 110 risks, finding a difficulty in driving the ball any distance along tk« dead turf. Five overs produced six runs, and in the first eleven overs there were six maidens. Whitty was bowling with one man on the on-side. At 222, when 21 runs had been added to Saturday's score, Sims was smartly caught at the wickets of! Whitty. 222 o —ll. . | MacFarlane followed and the score was unaltered when Hopkins bowled ; Midlane. 2226 —47. Oliff joined MacFarlane, who 'lit Whitty to leg for four. Then Oliff wias clean bowled by Hopkins. zßb—7 —2. Bennett partnered MacFarlane. Two 1 fours to MacFadane off Whitty roi.sed enthusiasm, but Hopkins bowied Bennett. 23G—8—0.. | An hour's iplay had 1 yielded 35 runs, i Boxshall came next, and five haa L*.jn i added when MacFarlane was easily ' caught by Warne in the slips off Wh'tl ty. 242—9—1 G. The Otago batsman hit four fourers. Howden was the last man. Two fours by Boxshall off Hopkins caused 250 to appear. Boxshall livened the play, but •was stumped off Gorry's pads. 258—10 —l7. The innings closed at 12.50 p.m., leaving the visitors 108 to make. The Australians' innings began at 1.5 | p.m., with Mayne and Bardsley, Oliff i opening to the former, while Reese , bowled at the railway end. Mayne ; lifted the fourth ball over the boundary for six. Siedeberg had a chance of running Bardsley out, hut misfielded. Fifteen minutes' play produced 22 runs', .Mayne having hit hard for nineteen, , Mayne pasted Reese, getting three fours in one over. At 35, of which Mayne had contributed 32, Bennett replaced Oliff and Howden took Reese's place. Both got a better length than the opening bowlers. At the luncheon adjournment the score was '4B, Mayne 39, Bardsley 0, extras 3. Following are the scores:— NEW ZEALAND. First Innings 155

AUSTRALIA. First Innings 306 NiEIW ZEALAND. / Second Innings. Lusk, e and b Emery 39 Siedeberg, run out 35 Midlane, b hopkins 47 Haddon, c Kelleway, b Warne ... 47 Reese, run out 14 Sims, c Gorry, b .Whitty 11 Mm.cjy,rlai)ie, -r \\'arn<>, ib Whitty 16 Oliff, b Hopkins 2 Bennett, lb Hopkins 0 Boxshall, st. Gorry, b Hopkins .. 17 Howden, not out 0 Extras 30 Total 258 Bowling Analysis.—Whitty, 2 for 73; I Armstrong, 0 for 40; Emery, 1 for 32;' Simpson, 0 for 15; Kelleway, 0 for 18; Warne, 1 for 24; Hopkins, 4 for 34. 1 THE AUSTRALIANS AT THE , WICKETS. Christcliurch, Last A'igut. The Australians bad 108 to make to win, and at the luncheon adjournment t'he first-named scored 35 to Bardsley's' six. Mayne continued to pile up the score. Bardsley, whose score was ua : altered, was clean bowled by Bennett, j Simpson fallowed, and he and Mayne compiled the necessary runs to win. New Zealand bowling, with fclie exception of that of Bennett, was l made to look very simple by the fine bammg of Mayne. Bennett, however, bowled splendidly, and while the batsmen were making the runs at the rate of one hundred iper hour. Bennett sent ilcwn 7.5 overs for 15 runs and a wicket. It! is questionable whether the Ne\' Zealand skipper was not at fault jn nor starting with Bennett. AUSTRALIA. Second Innings. I Mayne, not out 7.". Bardsley, b Bennett (J I Simpson, not out 20 I Extras 8

Total for 1 wicket 109 Bowling Analysis.—Oliff, 3 overs', 12 runs; Reese, 3 overs 23 runs; BenmtL, 7-5 overs 3 maidens 15 runs 1 wicket; Lowden 4 overs 25 runs; MacFarlane, 2 overs 21 runs; Iladdon, 1 over C runs' 1 wide. ENGLAND v. SOUTH AFRICA. ENGLAND WINS FIFTH TEST MATCH 'By Cable.—Press Association.—Copyright Capetown, March 14. South Africa in their second innings made 327, 99 of which were contributed by Faulkner. England won by nine wickets. South Africa won the rubber, winning three matches out of five. ' °