THE THIRD TEST.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10530, 17 January 1912, Page 5

THE THIRD TEST.

ENGLAND v. AUSTRALIA. AUSTRALIANS REDEEM THEiMSELVES. FIVE FOR 360. CARTER AND HELL BRILLIANT. (Received Last Night, 7.5 o'clock.) ADELAIDE, January 16. The Third Test match was resumed to-d!ay in delightful weaklier, with an attendance of six thousand. The wicket wtis still in excellent order for rungeittang. Foster and Barnes opened the bowling. Four runs wore scored from the former's initaol over, which made 100 in 99 minutes. Bardsley completed 50 off Barnes's first over. Ruins came steadily, hiits being a cut by Bardsley off Barnes and a. crack square by Canter off Foster to t3io boundary. Foster pegged away at Bardsley's legs, and at last bowGed 'him off his pads. , . Bardsley was batting 128 minutes. He hit five fours. —2 for 122. Hill reached double-figures off eight balls, two straight hats off Barnes travelling to the boundiary. Douglas immediately replaced Barnes. Hill drove htm to the boundary. Foster bowled three lej r -tlieory ■ overs, which Hi'M allowed' to ] ass un- • heeded. In the former's next over, he gjlanced tho ball to the boundary. Five more runs were obtained off the over, •Which made 156 in as many minutes. Hitch, relieved Foster, and 11 runs came from the first over, seven of them to Hill for two straight hits. At the luncheon adjournment, the total stood at 174 —Carter 28, Hill 37. On the resumption of play, Foster and Barnes bowled. The batsmen were content with''ten singles beforo Hill snicked Foster to the boundary. In the same over Hill, with 47 to his credit, wa-s nearly put out in the same way as in the first innings (situinped). Smith ■whipping the ball back splendidly, but Hill swung his bat round in time to beat him. Hitch had an over, which yielded two fours to Carter. Hill, by leg-hit, off Foster, readied fifty in 80 minutes. Barnes, had a fruitless with a • new ball. Then Douglas and Heamo -bowled. darter twice cut Hearue ; to the pickets, the first stroke .giving . him 50 in 135 .minutes. When Parser . • was 56 and Hill 53, one of them 3houiu have been' run; out, .as at one end—a. too risky call' by Hul. If or once Hobbs returned wildly. Hall got home, and darter scrambled into ohe other end before tlie wicket-keeper could gei tlie biall back to the bowler. A return to the bowler in . the first place must have meant a wioket. Rung came surely, but not furiously, chiefly off Hearne. Two hundred and fifty was hoisted in 242 minutes. _ Carter, with a paar of twos ott Hearne, passed 66—his record for a Tesit match. , . , - Woolley replaced Douglas, and in his second over Carter was caughjt at the wickeits. He played a splendid resolute innings, without a chianoe. He batlted 176 minutes, and (hit .eight fours. He received a great ovation on returning to the pavilion.—o for a (v. Carter, gave a chance to Barnes at poinit, off Douglas, when at 48. At the tea adjommimenn; the score stood at 284—Hill 88, Armstrong one. Foster and Barnes bowled when op•eratdoms were renewed. The former Vas so accurate on the outside leg stump and Barnes on the outside on, ttot the batsmen found runs hard to get. They came in singles, tew ana for beitw-een, that 1 in 25 minutes oiuy 15 runs were scored.; Then foiir to Hill off Barnes to long-on completed 300 in 293 minutes. In Barnes next over, Hill, in trying to force the oa.l to bring his hundred up, was.caugnt at mid-on. He pteyed a masterly and t,!i«uceless .innings 'of 165 minutes, rlo Jiit 11 fours. ' , * Minnet-t began shakily, hut Armstrong made good forcing strokes oft botfli bowlers. . _ ,- At 319 Douglas replaced Barn^ a d vWoolley took the other end. VW# ■ Armstrong was closely defensive, Minaett was aggressive. Je got 4 off eacui) bow Tel', a C<wt off Woolley being . particularly fine. „ I At 342 ArmirtrOJ'-fi "was beaten i real good ball from Douglas- He was . in for SO minutes. _ , . Sortkrn was nest man. Three h\«i- ( , dred and fifty came up m 362 mimit^v.. Tlie pair played out time. Mmne&t . was dashing and crisp for an hour. The fielding began well, but >vas , loose in the middle ot the. afternoon. ! Australia. now want eight runs to save an innings defeat. Scores: —■

ENGLAND. First Innings 501 AUSTRALIA. First Innings ldo >. Second innings. (J. Kelleway, b Douglas 37 W. Bardsley, b Kqster H. Canter, c Smitth, b Wool ley ... / 2 C. Hill, o Hiitdh, b Barnes W. W. Armstrong, b Douglas .... . R. B. Minnett, not out 08 Dr. H. V. Hordern, not out 3 Extras 24 Total for five wickets 3GO A RUMOUR. . HILL WILL NOT GO HOME. (Received' Last Night, 9.20 o'clock.) ADELAIDE, January 16. It is rumoured that Clem Hill, the Australian captain, declines to accompany the Australian team to England.