A GOOD RECOVERY.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 86, 4 January 1908, Page 5

A GOOD RECOVERY.

■———i—\ AUSTRALIA FORCES PLAY. THK ARREARS ALMOST WIPED OFF. HUTOHINGS'S FINE EFFORT. , DT TELEGRAM—MESS ASSOGUTION—COrTOIGHT. (llec. Jan. 3, 9.5S p.m.) Melbourne, January 3. ' Starting to-day with a score for three f wickets of 24.6 (only 20 bohind the total of ( Australia's first innings), England finished f up with 332, being 11G runs ahead of Aus- f traliai iieforo tho drawing of stumps Noble i and Trumper iiad wiped off all but 20 of 1 this margin, without loss of , a wicket. ■' 1 HUTOHINGS'S "FUCK." The wicket was excollont, tho Weather was warm, and tho attendance reached 10,000. Hutchings (not out yesterday with 117) did not last long w'lien play resumed. Ho started briskly, but had only added nine runs whon ho was bowled by Cottor. : ' His innings lasted 2 hours 43 minutes, and • was a roally marvellous exposition. It was tho predominant feature, of England's batting, and showed how the bowling could bo hit all ovor tho field; but nono of his colleagues followed his example. ! Hutching 3 hit 21 fourors and ono six, and : .showed amazing poiyer of wrist and forearm in all his strokes. Ho has a peculiar flick whioh is unorthodox and highly successful. Old cricketers 'claim that nobody, barring tho Indian Prince, Ranjitsinhji, : litis come: from England to Australia with'such extraordinary skill in t|iis direction. Hutchings received a woll-deserved ovation on returning to the pavilion. OTHER BATSMEN. Jiraund played a solid, artistic innings, which lasted 2 hours 40 minutes, and included live boundary hits. Rhodes was out to a wretched stroke, after a colourless, innings. Australia's fielding and bowling were very good; Armstrong in particular keeping runs down with iiis magnificent length, his fill) figures reading: Overs 34.2; maidens 15; wickets 2; runs 36. Cotter and' Saunders both bowled exceedingly woll. England s innings lasted 7 hours and 2 minutes. The order .in which the English wickets fell was: —1 for 27, 2 for 01, 3 for 160, 4 for 268, 5 for. 299, 6 for 325, 7 for 353,, 8 for 360, 9 for 369. COLONIALS' PROSPECTS REVIVE. Australia started tho second innings with Noblo and Trumper. Fane, satisfied with tho bowling performance (5 wickets for /0) of Crawford in tho first innings, put!him on with Fielder, but. beforo long ho sought rolief in Barnes, Rhodes, and Braund. l'lio batsraon immediately entered upon a,(forcing game and scored rapidly. Runs came from both ends with splendid regularity, each batsman playing sound and ; artistic cricket, whioli delighted, , tlio . crowd. They hit up their 96 runs ill 80 minutes, and when stumps wore, drawn were greeted with a burst of cheers. Tho details of the soores are:—' ENGLAND. ~ ; FIRST INNINGS. V Fano, b. Armstrong ... ... ' ... 13 Uobbs, b. Cotter ..■• ... ... ...• 83 Utinn, 1.b.w., b. Cottor ' ... ... 16. Hutchings, b. Cotter ~ ... ... ... 126 liraund, b. Cotter ..; ... ■ ... 49 H(ird3talf, b. Saunders ...I :.. ... 12 Uhodos, b. Saunders ... ' ... ... 32 Crawford, c. Rar.sl'ord, b. Sauudors ... 16 Humphries, b.. Cottor ... 6 IJarnos, c. Hill, b. Armstrong 14 Cielder, not out 6 .' Extras .... ... 10 • Total •'... 382 BOWLING ANALYSIS'. Cottor, 5 wickets for 142. ' Saunders, 3 wickets for ICO. ■ Noble, no wickets for 2G. Armstrong, 2 wickets .for 36. • Hazlitt, no wiokcts for 34. Macartnoy, no wickets for 34. . AUSTRALIA. First innings ... 206 SECOND INNINGS. • Trumper, not out 46 Noblo, not out ... 50 Total for no wickets ... 96