THIRD TEST MATCH.
AUSTRALIA V. ENGLAND. VISITORS AT THE WICKETS. MODERATE SCORING United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph Copyright. Received July 2, 9.40 a.m LONDON, July 1. I'he third Test Match, England v, Australia, was opened this morning, in sunny weather, at Leeds. The ground was somewhat soft. There was a large attendance. The teams .were composed as follows—
England—MacLaren, Pry, Je-'sop, Brearley, Hobbs, Tyldesley, Hirst, Rhodes, Lilley, Barnes, and Sharp. Australia—Noble, M'Alister, Ransford, Trumper, Bardsley, Macartney, Cotter, Gregory, Armstrong, Carter, and Laver. Noble, the Australian captain, won the toss, and sent his team in first. Hirst and Barnes opened the bowling to M'Alister at:d Gregory. Both batsmen opened cautiously. The seventh over was fatal to M'Alister. One for 8. Ransford joined Gregory, and the Victorian was missed in the silps by MacLaren off a low, difficult one from Hirat. The player expressed his satisfaction by hitting Hirst's next ball for four. The game was slow, the first hour producing o'_ly 29 runs. Brearley relieved Hirst, and the runa came faster, with good hitting by both players. Jessop wrenched his back while fielding, and retired, Relf going in as substitute. Gregory played sound cricket, [but Ransford, after an excilbnt innings lasting 80 minutes, was fo lishly run out, s smart return ' by Tyldesley contributing to his downfall. Two for 85. j Rhodes joined Brfearley with the ball. Gregory, when he had made 37, gave a wide chance to Lilley standing back. Noble's career was brief with a change of bowling .to Barnes and Hirst. The latter bowled the -captain off his pads. Three for 100. Bardsley only joined Gregory in time to see the latter clean bowled by Barnes. His innings had lasted 125 minutes, and his judgment in defence was excellent. Four for 104. Armstrong followed. A steady defence was maintained, varhd by occasional fine hits. Hirst was more punished than Barnes, who kept a wonderful length. Brearley relieved Barnes at 182, and a few runs later Armstrong was caught off him by Lilley standing back. The partnership had lasted an hour. Five for 140. At 154 Rhodes relieved Hirst, arid became deadly. After cutting him to the boundary, Bardsley hit his wicket, ending a capital innings. Six for 154. Trumper was scoring slowly. Macartney, his partnei, was easily caught by Fry at point off Rhodes. Seven for 167. Cotter was promptly disposed of for a couple, and Carter for a single, the ninth wicket faliing at 171. Rhodes had secured four wickets for 7 runs.
Laver joined Trumper. The latter smote Rhodes four times in succession for a fourer each; thenLilley, stand- , ing back, caught Laver . before he scored. The innings terminated in just under four hours. * Scores:— . AUSTRALIA. First In.iings. 1 M'Alister, Ibw, b Hirst 3 ; Gregory, b Rarnes 46 Ransford, run out 45 Noble, b Hir3t 3 Bardsley, hit wicket, b Rhodes 30 Armstrong, c Lillev, b Brearley 21 Trumper, not out 27 Macartney, c Fry, b Rhodes 4 Cotter, b Rhodes 2 Carter, Ibw, b Rhodes 1 Laver, c Lilley, b Brearley 0 Extras 6 Total 188 Bowling analysis. Hirst, two wickets for 65 runs; Barnes, one for 37; Brearley, two for 42; Rhodes, four for 38. ENGLISHMEN'S INNINGS.
Received July 2, 10.10 a.m. LONDON, July 1. . Hobbs and Fry opened the Englishmen's innings against the bowling of Cotter and Macartney. With one run to his credit, Fry got his leg in front. One for 8. Tyldesljy partnered Hobbs. The latter had made a dozen, when Macartney bowled him. Two tor 31. Sha r p followed, and steady play soon brought 50 up on the board, the BDores being as follows: — ENGLAND. First Inning?, j Hobbs, b Macartney 12
Fry, lbw, 0 Cotter 1 Tyldesley, not out 24 Sharp, not out 9 Extras 4 Total for two wickets 50 | At the close of play the English team had made 88 without further loss. Tyldeslay, not out, 38; Sharp, not out,* 30. Jessop has strained the muscles of his back, and retires from the match. Received July 2, 5.5 p.m. LONDON, July 2. Hobbs was bowled after an appeal for treading on the wicket had been disallowed. The half century appeared for an hour's play. The fielding was brilliant, and the batting good till stumps were drawn, despite bowling changes. Fifteen thousand persons were present.
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