The Third Test

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 109, 16 January 1912, Page 5

The Third Test

ENGLISHMEN ALL OUT FOR 508. AUSTRALIANS LOSE ONE WICKET FOR 86. By Cables-Press Association—Copyright Received 15, 10.10 p.m. Adelaide, January 15. The third test match was resumed in cool weather. The attendance was 5000, and the wicket still excellent. Cotter and Hordern bowled. The batsmen were ultra cautious. They would not try forcing shots, and in half an hour notched only 15 singles. At last Foster cut Cotter for 2, and Mead drove him for 3. 350 went up for 374 minutes' play. With the score unaltered, Hordern accepted an easy return from Mead, who batted for 107 minutes. Hordern's wicket cost 100 runs. Douglas was next man in, and Matthews replaced Cotter. Foster was in 66 minutes before 10 appeared for him. Douglas drove Matthews for 4. Then batting became more tedious than ever. The batsmen simply blocked the bowling of Hordern. After bowling twelve overs for 17 runs he resigned to Kellewav. wl>om Foster later on cut to the boundary. At the luncheon adjournment the score ■stood at 308—Foster 33, Douglas 19. Cotter and Hordern bowled after luncheon. The fourth century appeared in 426 minutes. Even with a new ball the bowlers could make no impression. The batsmen let the ball hit the bat with patient stolidity. Minnett and Armstrong were called on. Foster reached 50 in 114 minutes. In Minnett's second over Douglas played on. The English captain batted with unusual freedom, andl was at the wickets only 75 minutes. Woolley was next in. Foster opened out, and hit Minnett for three fours in one over. Then Armstrong bowled him. Foster general hits, but to-day he was most watchful, though when he hit he put a lot of wrist power into the strikes, and placed cleverly. His innings occupied 134 minutes, and his score included six fours.

Woolley and Smith shaped well. Cotter and Hordern were soon bo'wlinragairi. Smith punished Hordern's slows* by jumping out to them. When Woolley was 16 he slammed the ball back to Cotter with terrific force, and the bowler, who had followed up, was lucky to save his head, leave alone catch it. In Cotter's next over Woolley pulled a short ball into the stumps. He took 40 minutes to make 20. Eight for 492.

( With Barnes in, Smith cracked seven off Hordern, completing the fifth century for 508 minutes' play. A run later Smith skied Cotter, and was nicely caught at mid-on by the Englishman," Vine, who was fielding for Trumper, whose knee was injured-while fielding.

Hitch lifted the first ball to Macartney on to the boundary. The innings lasted 514 minutes. bowled well, but Hordern, except for the first hour to-day, did. not trouble the batsmen. The fielding; was patchy.

With 95 minutes to bat, Kelleway and Bardsley faced Foster and Barnes. Kel- ( leway swungi Foster to the leg boundary. Bardsley cover-hit Barnes for 4. The bowling was. exceedingly accurate, and with the field)ng close the batsmen found runs hard to get. Snicks off either bowler yielded seven to Kelleway, though the second was a <langerous one, going near Gunn in the slips. A double change was made, Douglas and Hearne being tried at.39. Twelve runs were scored off their first two overs, which brought up 50 in 56 minutes. Hearne's third over cost 12 runs, mostly to Bardsley. Kelleway snicked one luckily through the slips at OS. Hitch then replaced Hearne. Fourteen runs came from two overs, but in his second over Bardsley, with 40, wa-s badly missed by Foster. Then Kelleway played on to Douglas. He was batting 82 minutes. One for 80. Bardsley and Carter steadily played out time. The innings to date has occupied 9G minutes. Following are the scores:— ENGLAND—First. Innings. Rhodes, 1.b.w., b Cotter s . ; 59' Gunn, c Hill, b Cotter 29 Hearne, c Hill, 1> Kelleway. 12 Hobbs, c Hordern, t> Minnett. 187 Mead, c and b Hordern 46 Foster, b Armstrong 71 Woolley, h Cotter 20 Smith, c b Cotter 22 Barnes, not out 2 Douglas, b Minnett!..., 35 Hitch, c sub., b Hordern .'. 0 Extras „ 18 Total "sol AUSTRALIA. First Innings 133 Second Innings. Kelleway, b Douglas 37 Bardsley, not out 46 Carter, not out 4 Extras 9 Total for one wicket '.. 96 Eowiing analysis. Cotter, lour for 125; I Hordern, two for 143; JJelleway, one for I 46; Matthews, none for 72; Minnett, two for 54; Armstrong, one for 33. A PROTEST RESOLUTION. Received 15, 10 p.m. Adelaide, January 15. . The South Australian Cricket Association has adopted a resolution emphatically protesting against the Board of Control's appointment of a representative to accompany the next team to England, instead of a manager selected by the team. MATCHES IN THE CENTRES. Wellington, January 13. Victoria College met Central, making i 99 (Dickson 19 and Berendson 19) and Central 81 (Beechy 33). The best bowlers were: College, Saunder four for 38, and Dickson five for 3S; Central, Bragge seven for 17. East A knocked up 171 for three wickets against Hutt—Gibson 82 (not out) and Hickson 55. In their contest with Petone, South have lost three wickets for 64—Walters 14. The unfavorable weather affected play.

Auckland, January 14. The fifth series of senior cricket matches was concluded in excellent weather. Wins were scored by Grafton, Eden and North Shore, all on "the first innings.

In the Grafton-University match the former had scored 177 on the first day, and 'Varsity had 32 for one wicket, but the students found the bowling of Jones and Mason too good, and the innings closed for !)7. Jones took six for 34, and Mason four for 7. Grafton's second innings was declared closed for 73 for seven wickets, Jacobsen taking six wickets for 31. Left with 15+ runs to get in 65 minutes, 'Varsity had made 129 for six wickets when the time limit was reached. Wallace made 42 and Ellis 39. In the Ponsonby-Xorth Shore match the latter replied with 222 to Ponsonby's score of 109. Sale made 46 and Joyce 39. McMath took four wickets for' 27 runs. Ponsonby's second innings realised 74 for eight wickets, Howden taking four wickets for 16 and Bush two for 3.

Parnell's first innings against Eden, who had scored 258, closed for 129 (Somervell 49). Hay taking five wickets for 51. Eden in their second elTort made 147 for four wickets (Taylor '57, Gordon 36).

Christciwreb., January 13. The weather wasw-v but the wickets were in favor of fa* when the

sixth round of grade matches commenced to-day. The chief attraction was the Syderihara-West Christchurch game.' The first-mentioned were dismissed for--88 (Wilson.27, top scorer). West Christchurch appeared to have a "soft thing on," but from the start the wickets fell at very short intervals, and the total, only reached 46. Bennett at one time had seven, wiekcts for 6 runs, and wound up with eight for 19. Sydenham in their second innings scored 62 for four wickets, when stunips were drawn. Linwood put up 143 against Riccarton. Thomas (32) and Perrin (."!!■) were the only players who showed decent cricket. Rix captured eight wickets for 80. Riccarton had no difficulty in passing Linwood's total, and scored 149 for three wickets when play ceased for the day. A. Norman played a fine innings for 70 not out, and was ably assisted by Whitta (48. not out).

St. Albans notched 155 against East Christchurch. T. W. Reese was top scorer with 36. East Christchurch fared even worse, for at call-time they had lost six wickets for 54.

Dunedin, January 14.

Grade cricket matches were continued yesterday. Carisbrook (178 mid 94) beat Albion (85 and 109), a four-point win. Dunedin (86 and 83) beat Opoho ('62 and 4 for four wickets). Carisbrook A (24ti) beat Grange (seven for 127) on the first innings, a two-point win for Carisbrook; Hopkins (02 not out), Siedeberg (52), Wilson (67). being the chief scorers.