The Fifth Test.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIII, Issue 254, 6 March 1911, Page 8

The Fifth Test.

SOUTH AFRICANS FOLLOW OX A POOR BATTING DISPLAY.

By Gable—Press Association—Copyright. Received 4, 7.10 p.m. Sydney, March 4. Tlio day was fine and warm, and the wicket was assisting the bowlers. Bardsley and Whitty resumed. Several maidens were howled. Whitty had increased his score to 13 when lie was brilliantly caught by Xourse at deep square leg, oil' Llewellyn. Trumper opened with three fours. The third hundred appeared for 223 minutes' hatting. Shortly afterwards Bardsley tipped one back to Sinclair. He had: scored 94 in 137 minutes, hitting nine fours. It was obvious that he had not recovered from the injury, his hand shaking after a hard stroke. His innings was a chaneeless one. Hill scored one, and then gave a chance for stumping, but the ball was low, and Shenvell failed to secure it. This was the first opportunity that Sherwcll had misled in Sydney. Trufnper knocked up 31 in good style, and then stepped out to a big off-break from Schwarz. He had hit five fours.

Two balls later, Armstrong was caught by Pearse off Schwarz. Before scoring the next over, Schwarz captured Hill, who stepped out and missed, and Slierwell stumped like lightning. He repeated this with Cotter in the following over, and again in the next with Ransford.

It was the best display df wicketkeeping seen for a long time. Sehwarz's average to-day was five for' six. He was bowling a tremendous off breag to leg action, which seemed to paralyse the batsmen. SOUTH AFRICA BATTING. Zulch and Pearse opened for South Africa to Cotter and Whitty. The latter bowled Pearse before he had scored. • After six overs Hordern took the howling. Zulch jumped out to a googlio, fell, and was stumped. Faulkner and Nourse, who were partners in the last match, then got together, and scoring became slow.

Armstrong relieved Kelleway, and with his fifth ball bowled Nourse, who had batted for 33 minutes for three runs. Faulkner's 40 took 75 minutes. A few minutes later he was bowled by Armstrong. He had hit six fours.

(Sinclair attempted to liven things, but pulled one of Hordern's googlies, and Ransford made a brilliant catch at the boundary, the ball swerving several yards. Hordern was greatly puzzling even the wicket-keeper, who could not tell which way they were going to break, and he was frequently Vaten. Snooke made 18, and ihi i jumped out -to Hordern, swiped, missed, and was bowled. Strieker was very slow, batting fifty minutes for 19. Jle then attempted to drive Hordern, but lifted him to Macartney at mid-off. Soliwarz was next, and received an ovation for his bowling. He scored 13 runs and then drove one hard. He thought it had passed Cotter, and ran. Cotter made a wonderful stop and, returning, hit the wicket. Llewellyn was the next victim. He batted soundly for 24, and then tipped Kelleway to the wicket-keeper, who held. Pegler did not get a strike, .Sherwell skying the next ball from Whitty, and BunWey catching at square leg. All were out, wanting 1 four to prevent a follow-on. Hill sent tliem in again. Sherwell and Zulch opened to the bowling of Cotter and Armstrong, and the latter beat Sherwell at 14, clipping the bails. Zulch and Pegler played out time. The fielding'was good throughout. The attendance was 24,300. Scores:

AUSTRALIA—First Innings. Kelleway, c Snooke, b Llewellyn... 2 Macartney, 1.b.w., b Schwarz.* 137 Hordern, 1.b.w., b Sinclair 56 Bardsley, c and b Sinclair 04 Whitty, e Xourse, b Llewellyn 13 Trumper, b Schwarz ." 31 mil, st Sherwell, b Schwarz 13 Armstrong, c Pcarse, b Schwarz 0 Ransford, st Sherwell, b Schwarz... 6 Cotter, st. Sherwell, b Schwarz 8 Carter, not out ' 1 Extras 9 Total 3 04 Fall of wickets: Two for 220, three for 271, four for 290, five for 317, six for 346, seven for 34C, eight for 351, nine for 361, ten for 364.

Bowling analysis: Llewellyn, two for 92; Faulkner, none for 38; Sinclair, two for 83; Pegler, none for 31; Schwarz, six for 41; bourse, none for 20; Pcarse, none for 30: Zulch, none for two. SOUTH AFRICA. First Innings. Pcarse, b Whitty 0 Zulch, st Carter, b Hordern 15 Faulkner, b Armstrong 52 Xonrsp, b Armstrong 3 Strieker, c Macartney, b Hordern... 1!) Sinclair, e Ransford, b Hordern... 1 Snooke, b Hordern 18 Llewellyn, c Carter, b Kelleway 24 Schwarz, run out 13 Sherwell, c Bardsley, b Whitty 5 Pegler, not out ". ' 0 Extras .- 10 Total 160 T'all of wickets: One for 4; two for 47; three for 70; four for 81; five for 87: six for 11T>; seven for 128; eight for 144; nine for 100; ten for 100. Bowling analysis: Cotter, none for 24; Shitty, two for 32; Hordern, four for 72; Kelleway, one for four; Armstrong two for 17. ° Second Innings. •Slimy ell. b Armstrong 14 Zulch, not out i Pegler, not out ' jq One wicket for n