THE THIRD TEST.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10529, 16 January 1912, Page 5

THE THIRD TEST.

ENGLAND v. AUSTRALIA. ENGLISHMEN OUT FOR 501. AUSTRALIA STARTS WELL. .Received Last Ndglhft, 10.10 o'clock.j ADELAIDE, January 15. The Third Test matcdi was resumed to-day in cool weather. There was an attendance of 5000. The wicket is still excellent. Gotter and Hordern bowled. The j batsmen were ultra-cautious. They Would not try forcing shots, and in half an hour notched only fifteen singles. At last Foster cut Cotter for two, and Mead drove him for three. Three hundred and fifty appeared in 374 minutes. With the score unaltered, Hordern accepted an easy return from Mead, w(ho bad batted for 107 minutes. Hordern's wicket cost him 100 *uns. Douglas was next, and Matthews replaced Cotter. ' . Foster was in for 66 minutes before 10 appeared for him. Douglas drove Matthews for four. Then the batting became more tedious than ever. The batsmen simiply Mocked the bowling. Hordern, after bowling 12 overs for 17 runs, resigned to Kelleway, whom Foster late cut to the boundary. At the luncheon Adjournment the , score was 398, Foster 33, Douglas l'J. Cotter and Hordern bowled af-.er i luncheon. Four hundred came m j 426 minutes. Even with a new ball I>ne bowlers could make no The batsmen let tflie ball 'hit the i>at with patient stolidity. Minhett and Armstrong were called Foster reached 50 in 114 minutes. In Minnett's second over Douglas ; played him on to the wicket. the English captain had with un- l usual freedom, and wasat the wickets only 75 minutes. —6 for 435. Woolley was next. Foster openeo out and hit Minnetib for three fours m one over. Then Armstrong bowled him. Foster generally hits, but to-day he was most watchful, though when he did hit he put a lot of wrist power into his strokes, and placed cleverry. His innings occupied 134 minutes, and included six fours. . „ , , „ Woolley and Smith shaped well. Cbtt-er and Hordern were soon bowling; again. Smith punished Hordern s slows by jumping out to tftem 4 _ <Wlwn, Woolley" was 16 he slammed the bail back to Cotter with terrifio force, and. the bowler, who had followed up, was lucky to save his head, Jet alone; eatcn ; it. 'ln Cotter's next over WooUey puled a short ball on to has stumps. He took forty minutes to make A). 8 for 492. . . , With Barnes an, Smith cracked seven off Hordern, completing the fofcfeh century for 508- minutes play. A run later Smith skied. Cotter,, and was nicely caught at mad-on by. the Lnglaskman, J. Vine, who was fielding for Trumper, whose knee was injured while fielding. . • . Hitch lifted the first ball to Macartney on the boundary. The innings lasted 514 minutes. Cotter bowled well, but Hordeni, except for the first hour to-day. aid not trouble the batsmen-. The x fielding wws patchy. * .. ' Del ails: — ENGLAND. First Innings. J. B. Hob-bs, c Hordern b Minnett 187 W. R. Rhodes. IbwVb Cotter ...... 59 6. Gunn, o Hill, b Cotter ......... 29 J. W. Hearne, c Hill, b Kelleway 12 C. P. Mead, c and b Hordern ...... 46 F. R. Foster, b Armstrong '1 F; E. Woolley, b Cotter 3u E. .T. Smith, n sub, b Cotter fJ J. W. H. T. Douglas, b Minnett o-> S. F. Barnes, not out » - J. W. Hi,tch, o sub, b Hordern ... 0 Extras ° Total 001 Bowling analysis:—Cotter 4 for 12:.), Hordern 2 for 144, Minnett 2 for 54, Kellewviy 1 for 46. Matthews 0 for < 2, Armstrong -3 for 33. With 95 minutes to bat, Kelleway and Bardsley faced Foster and Bar-en. Kelleway swung Foster to the leg boundary, and Bardsley cover hit Bp rues for 4. The bowling was exceedingly accurate, and with the helding Hose tihe batsmen found runs hard to o-et. Snicks oft either bowler yielded seven to Kelleway, though the second was dangerously near Gunu in .one slips. A double change of. bowling was made, Douglas and Hearne being,tried at 39. Twelve runs were scored oU their first two overs, Which brought np fifty in 56 minutes. Hearne s third over cost 3.2 runs, mostly-to Bardsley. Kelleway snicked one hickaly through the 'slips at 68. Hitdh replaced Horn-he, and 14 runs came from two overs, but in his second, Bardsley. ut 40, was badily missed by Foster, i hen Kelleway played Douglas on > to the wicket. He was batting 82 minutes. ~Bardsley and Carter steadily played out time. : Scores: —

AUSTRALIA. " '-IS First Linings • " Second Innings. C. Kelleway, b Douglas 37 W. Bardsley, not out H. Carter, not out J Extras Total for one wicket '' 6 AUSTRALIAN TEAM FOB, ENGLAND. THE MANAGER QUESTION. gOtJ'm AUSTRALIAN ATTITUDE. (Received Last Night, 9.10 o'clock.) ADELAIDE, January 15. Tlio South Australian Criaket Association has adopted a resolution emphatically protesting against the Board of Control appointing a reprebentativo to accompany the Australian team to England instead of a managei being .selected by tihe team.