CRICKET.
ENGLAND V. AUSTRALIA'. The third test match Was concluded at Melbourne on Wednesday, and: resulted in the defeat of the Englishmen by an innings and thirteen runs. : 4t< one time it looked anything but a certainty' for the colonials, as the Englishmen had only one wicket, down,, and were less than 150 runs behind, with the two "cracks" Maclaren and; Ranjitsinhji well set and scoring freely. However, when this partnership was dissolved, three more wickets went down for an additional ten runs, and 134 i una were still wanted to avert a one-inninga' deteat, a task which the visitors could nob accomplish. The following are the >ulditional scores : Australians. First innings 573 - ' Englishmen. First innings ...;...' . ... , ... '278 " H Second innings. Maclaren,;c Kelly, b Noble ... ... 124 Mason, c Jones, b Noble ... ~." 0 Ranjitsinhji; 6 Trumble, b McLcod 77 Hayward, c and b McLeod... ... 1 Storcr, c Hil>, b McLeod ... ... 6 Druce, b Noble ... ... ... 27 Hirst; lb w,b McLeod. ...... 5 Stoddart, c Jones, b McLeod ; ; ... 24 Briggs, not out ... , ... . ... 0 Hearne, c and b Noble ... ... fjftgh* Richardson, c Jones, b Noble ... Extras 7IP Total... ■".. \ ... -~ ... '. ..'. ' ... 282 ■ ; ; The next match :will be commenced at Melbourne on the 28th inst.
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Waikato Argus, Volume IV, Issue 238, 22 January 1898, Page 2
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