The Fifth Test.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 204, 26 February 1912, Page 8

The Fifth Test.

ENGLAND SCORES 324. AUSTRALIANS START BADLY. [ HILL'S TRIUMPHAL ENTRY. By Cable—Press Association—Copyright. Received 25, 5.5 p.m. ■ Sydney, February 25. Woolley and Vine resumed to Macartney and Hazlett. There had been heavy rain during the night, but The wicket was- not seriously affected, being slow and easy. Woolley had added 1 when he gave an easy ehanct to Gregory at point off Hazlitt, which slipped through his hands. After feeling the bowling he played with greater freedom than yesterday. Two hundred and fifty went up in 308 minutes. Twelve runs later the partnership produced 100, as the result of 08 minutes' play. Woolley batted confidently, and brought up his century as the result of 151 minutes' play. After trying Hordern and Armstrong, two slow bowlers together, Hill put on McLaren and Minnett, both of whom are fast. Woolley and Vine were still together at luncheon,' when the score stood at 292. | After lunch Hordern and Hazlett attacked. The former's fourth over saw the partnership, which had added 143, broken by Vine being bowled with a yorker. He had batted 147 minutes and made 36. Smith was bowled second ball, a googlie, which he evidently did not sec. Barnes, at 5, cut a twisting one from Hazlitt, and Hordern at point mad« the catch. When Hiteh, the last man, was in Woolley started to hit recklessly, and Trumper should have caught him in deep field, off Hordern, at 130, but missed. The fielding of the Australians, on the whole; was wretched. Hitch, did not last long, being caught by Hill off Hazlitt near the boundary, over the bowler's head, after making 4. Woolley carried his bat for 133, scored in 215 minutes, including 12 fours. By comparison with his associates he was brilliant, by comparison. Trouble set in early for the Australians. Gregory and Trumper opened to Barnes and Foster. Trumper tipped the first' ball in Barnes' second over, and Woolley, at third man, made a good catch, almost on the ground. Hill, who followed, received a tremendous ovation. The crowd stood as one and cheered and clapped for fully five minutes, showing that he is supported in the controversy. He quickly got going, and 50 appeared after 45 minutes' play. At 20 Hill touched a bumping ball from Hitch, and Smith, behind the wicK- ■ ets, did the rest. Two for 59. When Armstrong went in play slowed down. 1 Twenty-two were, added, when Gregory in attempting to cut Douglas, sent the ball straight to Gunn at fine slip. Minnett followed, but was out before scoring, and the Australian's .chance ' looked gloomy. Ransiord filled the breach, and the two Victorians carried ' the score to 100 after 113 minutes' play. ' Play was dull, both displaying great 1 caution. Ransford, however, opened out ' to Foster, whom he lifted to the tracks, ' and the. next ball he pulled to leg for three. A quarter of an hour before time [ Armstrong was out, leg-before, to Barnes. The light was then bad, and

8 play stopped. There was an attendance of 28,500. . ENGLAND. ; J First Innings. ! Rhodes, b Macartney * J- : Hobbs, c Ransford, b Hordern 32 ' Hearne, c Macartney, b Armstrong. 4 Gunn, st Carter, b Hordern 5-2 1 Foster, st Carter, b Hazlitt IE r Douglas, c Ransfo'rd, b Hordern IS Woolley, not out • • • • 135 [ Vine, b Hordern •• • 3t ' Smith, b Hordern ( Barnes, c Hordern, b Hazlitt I . Hitch, c Hill, b Sazlitt j Extras ■ 1' Total 8» ' Fall of wickets; 15, 69, 83, 114, 125 162, 305, 305, 324. Bowling analysis: McLaren, none foi 47; Macartney, one for 20; Hordern, fiv< for 95; Hazlitt, three for 75; Arm strong, one for 42; Minnett, none foi 22 i , ' AUSTRALIA. ~ ' First Innings. Trumper, c Woolley, b Barnes £ i Hill, c Smith, b Hitch..: 2( '. Gregory, c Gunn, b Douglas 34 r Minnett, c Douglas, b Hitch ( 3 > Armstrong, lbw, b Barnes 3£ Ransford, not out 2S Extras li Total for five wickets :... 13<

WET WEATHER. Received 26, 1.10 a.m. Sydney, February 25. On Thursday a storm of torrential rain fell in the city and ia the afternoon the cricket field was flooded. There have been frequent heavy showers since and they continue. THE TEAM, CHOSEN. THE SEXTETTE OMITTED. ONLY ONE VACANCY TO FILL. Received 25, 5.5 p.m. Sydney, February 25. The selectors have invited Emery, Jennings, Eelleway, Matthews, Mayne and Whitty to join the team. Only one remains to be chosen, should these all accept. I THE SELECTION CONTROVERSY. Sydney, February 24. There is tremendous interest in the cricket controversy, and the general opinion is that it is not yet too late to effect a settrenient. Old players interviewed support the action of the rebellious six, Johns, the ex-Victorian wicket-keeper, and Lyons, the South Australian hitter, agreeing that the players should hare more say in the control of the game. ENGLISHMEN'S BATTING CRITICISED. Sydney, February 24. The Herald says that yesterday's batting can only be described as slow, but as that is characteristic of the team's methods, and those methods helped to win the rubber, little can lie

)<uu. agiuusi. n, except umi n win \ never do cricket the credit due to it as j i sport. ! The Telegraph says that the play] was far too serious, and there was no) excuse for that kind of cricket. Tie bowling was undoubtedly good, but the Englishmen's play made it look bettor than it was. AUCKLAND v. WELLINGTON. NORTHERNERS LEAD ON FIRST INNINGS. By Telegraph—Presg Association. Wellington, Saturday Night. The cricket match between Auckland and Wellington was resumed to-day in fine weather. The attendance in the afternoon was large. The wicket was wearing very well. Wellington, with eight wickets down for 208, made 232 in the first innings, and, but for' Hemus and Somerville, would have dismissed Auckland for much less than 253. The home team's second innings started badly, but Mahony,, and Barker stopped the rot. The j following are the scores:— WELLINGTON. ! First Innings. Blamires, .lbw, b Somervi.ie 46 i Gibbes, c Ellis, b Thompson 81 I Baker, b Thompson , 2 ' |Mahoney,b Snedden 25 Midlane, c Hemus, b Snedden 31 1 Blacklock, b Thompson 1 Dickson, st Ellis, b Snedden 8 Grimmett, c and b Thompson 1 Robinson, b Thompson 14 Berendsten,- not out ...". v S Saunders, b Snedden 0 Extras 15 Total ...232 ~ Bowling analysis: Thompson, five for 12; Snedden, four for 48. Thompson bowled two no-balls and Taylor one. AUCKLAND. First Innings. Hemus, b Robinson 00 Ellis, b Blacklock, b Saunders 2 florspool, b Saunders 5 Snedden, b Saunders 32 Thompson, c Robinson, ,b Saunders.. 22 Taylor, b Saunders .' 6 Somerville, c Grimmett, b Dickson.. 54 Wallace, b Saunders 1 Mason, lbw, b Gibbes 4 Anthony, not out 82 Jones, c Saunders, b Robinson 4 Extras 25 Total 25S Bowling analysis: Saunders, six for 86; Gimmett, none for 68; Robinson, two for 23; Gibbes, one for 31; Dickson, one for 20. Saunders bowled two no-balls. WELLINGTON. Second Innings. Blamires, b Thompson 8 Gibbes, b Snedden ..'.'.'.'. 1 Baker, not out ig Mahony, not out ''' 26 . Extras *

I Total for two wickets .- 57 Bowling analysis: Thompson, one for 34; Snedden, one for 19. Both were hoballed once. LAW'v. NEW PLYMOUTH, This match took place on the High School ground on Saturday, and resulted in a severe beating for New Plymouth, Law winning by the substantial margin of an innings and 59 runs. The scoring on both sides was slow, this being largely due to the nature of the ground. New Plymouth went first to the wickets, but were soon dismissed for 50. Arden and McLaren wer.e the only player* to reach double figures. New Plymouth had not a very strong team, several of their best players being conspicuous for their absence. Arden batted well for his runs, scoring 18 before Elliott found his wicket. Law made a somewhat inauspicious start, Bewfey, Paton apd 1 Greatbatch losing their wickets in quick succession, the latter player falling a victim to the impetuosity which seems to have overtaken him of late. Lash and Lawry, however, made a good stand, Lash making the winning hit some time before Lawry lost his wicket. The last few wickets fell quickly, and the innings ended for 159 runs. New Plymouth then had another strike, but were only successful in adding 50 runs, of which Moyes was the only double figures scorer. The New Plymouth team were again assisted by two High School boys, who acquitted themselves well. Monteath bowled well, having hard luck in missing his hat trick by one wicket. The fielding ' on both sides was good. Scores:— NEW PLYMOUTH. First Innings. Monteath, hit wicket, b Elliott . l Arden, c Reid, b Elliott '.".." ig Mason, c Harding, b Elliott ' 0 Moyes, b Elliott 4 Goddard, b Elliott 0 Ward, run out .! q Kempthorne, b Lash 0 Clarke, b Liish 4 Jury, run out ..; ][[[ j McLaren, c Greatbatch, b Lash!!.'. 11 Gray, not out g Extras ]\ 3 T0ta1.... Jo Bowling analysis: Elliott, five for 20; Lash, two for 21; Anderson, one for 7. Second Innings. McLaren, b Paton 0 Mason, c Lawrey. b Greatbatch.... '8 Kempthorne, b Paton 6 Clarke, b Greatbatch 0 Monteath, c Anderson 3 Moyes, e Elliott, b Anderson....;.! 15 Jury, b Johnson 3 f Gray, ct Bewley, b Johnson l Ardon, not out ~, 2 Extras \q Total for eight wickets 50 Bowling analysis: Greatbatch, two for 14; Paton, two for four; Anderson, two for la; Johnson, two for six, LAW. Lawrey, c Goddard, b McLaren... 36 Quilham, b Goddard 5 Paton, ct Moyes, b Goddard .!!'.'" in Lash, not out , ' 63 Lawrey, ct Goddard','c McLaren'!! '.'. 36' -Wlrott, st Arden, b Monteath 0 Greatbatch, c Monteath, b God'dard 13 Reid, c sub, b McLaren 0 Anderson, b Monteath n I Johnson, b McLaren : 5 I E xt ] 'as '. !!'.;'.;; !. Total ICT

Bowling analysis: Goddard, four for 34; Mason, none for 35; Moyes, none for 10; Ward, none for 14; Monteath, three for 18; McLaren, three for 22. UNITED SERVICE v. INGLEWOOD. United Service had a day out in their match against Inglewood on the Recreation Ground on Saturday afternoon. Commencing to bat at 3 p.m. they remained at the wickets until about ten minutes short of three hours had passed. Osborne and Perham mado a decided stand, with 56 and 71 runs respectively, after CoHyns had compiled 14. Napier again batted well, carrying his bat for 57 as the result of about 30 minutes' hard work. He gave two chances, and Newell, who batted carefully for 13, one chance. Quite the feature of the game, 1 however, was the splendid performance, of one of the Inglewood trundlers, in the person of Pullen. For his first eight overs he only secured one wicket for about 30 runs. Then his luck changed. He bowled Osborne with No. 1 ball'of his eleventh over, the next ball captured Sullivan's wicket, a no-ball followed, and then crash went Jngram's bails. Simpson then stepped in his shoes, only to be dismissed with the fifth ball of the over. Newall and Napier then stopped the "rof;." Subsequently Pullen rounded off his exhibition by obtaining Weller's wicket from a catch off his first ball. The match was not finished, Inglewood knocking up 28, runs as the result of 37 minutes' batting. Scores:—

VXyilJbU SJUIV.IU.B. First Innings. Osborne, b Pullen .' ■.-..'.■'.'..'... 56 CoHyns, c and b Thomas ~. 14 Perham, b Pullen ... 71 Colville, c Stratford, b Mcßae ... 1 Dinnis, b Mcßae 0 Napier, not out 57 Sullivan, b Pullen 0 Ingram, b Pullen 0 Simpson, b Pullen 0 Newell, c Billing, b Brown 13 Weller, c Billing, b Pullen ......... 1 Extras !..,... 19 Total .....,,..;... 232 Bowling analysis: Mcßae, two for 43; Thomas, one for 43; Pullen, six for 52; W. Brown, none for 31; F. Brown, one for 19. INGLEWOOD.—First Innings. Pullen, b Dinnis 11 Therkleson, b Ingram...." ...... 4 F. Brown, c Napier, b CoHyns '. 2 Mcßae, not out 9 ! Total for three wickets 28 Bowling analysis: Collyns, one for 14; Dinnis, one for 8; Colville, none for 5; I Ingram, one for 0. ,