ENGLISHMEN WIN.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 89, 8 January 1908, Page 7

ENGLISHMEN WIN.

... .'t . 1 u .... , ■ i A GALLANT.TTAr•^ r • THE BOWLERS HIT UP THE LAST THIRTY-NINE RUNS."' ' 1 ■ BARNES MAKES WINNING STROKE."/ BY TBLEOEAPH—PBISB ASSOCIATION—COPTBIQIIT. I > . • ( Rec. Jan. 7, 9.13 p.m.) : ( MDlbourrib, January 7. With four wickets down f0r.,159, and'with Brauntl (27) and HardstafT (17) at the crease, ith'e Englishmen began the task of gottmg 123 runs to win. The ninth wickot fell for 243. : or 39 runs behind tho coveted total, hutf'the Wo bowlers, Barnes and Fielder, battled :it out, and won a memorable | victory. HARDSTAFF AND BRAUND DEPART. " The .weather was again, hot, and...the, wiokdt was in good order but dusty. .Noblo operiod; to Hardstaff, Cotter bowling at tho other end. Hardstaff made a fluky single, and then hooked Cotter skyward, ar)d was easily taken by Ransford; Rhodes,, who followed, hit one -smartly: to leg, which JlacAlistor failed to liflkL.r.lfc was a ; somewhat difficult chance;'., 4 At .184 Saunders replaced-. y Noble ir • and shortly aftorwards Armstrong went, on; in place, -of..'-'Cotter. 1 Brannd tjien-'played cautiously at Armstrong's, slow log-breaks, but'tho fifth ball clean bowled him, after Ho had batted for lhr. 43mm. i ; - -1' RHODES RUN OUT. , , : Crawford joined Rhodes, and tho second' century; went up .after the innings:,,.bad, lasted 4hr. 41min. Gradually tho scoro crept i up, but 76 runs wore,,still required l when l Rhodes cut a ball from Saunders and started to run. Ho saw tho hopelessness of the run, and tried to regain 1 his >crcnso, .butslipped, and Carter scattered his wieket. . Crawford, with Barnes as partner, playedmerrily, for a, short timo, and then gavo an oasy chainco ,to Armstrong, . which was ac'Humphries . had\, played / a - short time when tho lunchoon adjournment was taken, each tatsman having 7 runs to Bis credit. «■. : There was 61 to...win,jand..tho. excitement became intense. wheiua-halLfroio. Armstrong struck, Humphries' pad, and ho i was given out, log boforo wicket, amid ai great shout. Humphries had 'playcdskislown innings of 44min., knocking up only lQ runs. AN ELECTRICAL MOMENT. M Fielder joined Barnes with. 39 runs still required. Whon 28 were. wanted Noblo took tho'-ball from , s '•" * ' At 261 (21 required) Cotter replaced Armstrong. The air, was electrical both on tho field : and.among the spectators when seven runp were wanted, and Macartney went on. Fielder scored short runs, whilo Barnes played well, and scored' thoi.winning hit amid, an outburst of enthusiasm, aft-cr vplaying for oOmin. wcH ii'i'Ksiii- . England's innings occupied 6hr. 19mm; The wickets fell in'-Wio«following, order: — One for', 54, two for 54, three for 121, four for 131,. five for lffiJ.'.'sSfMot 196, seven for 206, eight for 221, 243. The details of the' scoring. 'are:V." ENGLAND v SECOND INNINGS Hobbs, b. Noble ... ... ... 28 Gunn', 1.b.w., b Noblfe .. k> . 0 Fane, 1 b. Armstrong ... ... ... 501 Hutchings, c. Cotterb. Macartney .30. Brannd,' b. Armstrong ' ... &30 Hardstaff,-o. Ransford,- ,b. .-Cotter-1 < ,19 Rhodes, run out 15 Crawford, c. Armstrong, b. Saunders ... 19 Humphries, l.b.w.j b. Armstrong ... 16 Barnes, not out ... k „'.. 38 Fielder, not out '.Is '*>.< ' V.v 18 Sundries , ••• ••• ... ' 19 • Total, for nine First' innings... , ... v '382 Aggregate Y.. -...664 BOWLING ANALYSIS. ■ ~ ; _ Cotter, one wickot for'B2.-'''-r ■■ Armstrong, three wickets for 53. .. ■ j ; Noblo, two wickets for 41|.' v . Hazlitt, 'no wicket ,foj J '.B. J .,/ X-'.. Macartney, one wioket for 21. , Saunders; one wicket for' 58. AUSTRALIA, i First innings... • : ...- V"...-,-" V.« ; '. ... 266 Second : innings •••'■397 "Aggregate ... . ..." ..." 663 Barnes, the bowler who may- be termed tho batting lioro of tho match, is a Staffordshire professional of thirty summers; 1 Ho has been known to hit up runs 'before, but it is safo to say that this 38 not;out is-hi3 star performance with the willow.'. He came to. Australia with A. C. Maclaron's: team, but contracted a "kneo." . High credit ~must also bo given to tho Kont professional fast bowlerKieldor, who has proved ''agoodNo.ll.batsman" on occasions. If the Englishmen woro fortunate in thoir tail, and in one dropped chance, , it must also bo acknowledged that they had hard luck in the running out of, Rhodes. It is not often that the last wicket in a match ,of this class is equal to the task of amassing .39 ;runs. ';