AUSTRALIA'S RALLY.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 96, 16 January 1908, Page 7

AUSTRALIA'S RALLY.

;v,\ 4 ENGLAND'S BIG TASK. " iVISITORS' RICKETS FALL RAPIDLY. CHANCES DROPPED. -HARDSTAFF AND BRAUND MAKE 'A .STAND. kl nt/BOBirn—rnrss association—cornuoni., • (Reo.. Jan. .15, 9.40 p.m.) ' ) Adelaide, January 15. The Tost Match was resumed amid terribly hot woather, with no stir in tho air. The attendance was 4000, the g&to £215. From seven wickets for 397—giving a lead of 319' ovor England's first innings' total— tho Australians carried their score to 506. England,.having then 429 to make 'to;win, lost fivb wickets for 139, and are thus left with'five wickets in hand, and a further score of '290 to make. , - - FIELDER AN ABSENTEE. . . Hill): after hij£ . great effort under Severo 1 physioal disability on Tuesday, passed a fair night, and felt a' littlo better this morning. Fielder; having a'-heavy cold, was unable to tako his place in.the field, and Young " acted as substitute. Barnes and Crawford wero the bowlers, V; Crawford's first ball was hit by Hartigan for four. In tho samo over Hartigan drove, a ball to Barnes at mid-off, but was let off. • Ho'had then made; 110. In Barnes's .next over,' when he was 112,' tho same batsman, should have been easily stumped. HARTIGAN OUT AT LAST. Wheti he had scored 116 tho Quceiislander ... ■ was easily .taken ot point. Ho .was. fit tho wiokets 4hr. 14min.,. and played a. grand innings, sound, in dofence, with "fine forceful strokes: all round the .wicket. He hit twolvo fours.' ' ." •His wicket fell at 423, so_ that the partnership 'produced 243 runs, beating by 22 the previous record for any wicket in a Test, match''(Gregory and Trott, 221, at Lord's in',1896). Hartigan recoived an ovation. ; ■With Carter in, several singles wore stolen. Rhodes'relieved Crawford at 433, and Hill hit his first-ball for four. Brauntl placCd.by Barries at 439. Off his second over Carter hit three fours, two byes, making 14 off tho; over. Runs came fast. :Just ; before luncheon Hutchings relieved . Braund, Off his first over six byes arid a fjoiirer by liill wero secured, giving the Australians a lead; of 400. At tho lunch adjournment tho total was 487—Hill 148, .' Carter -24.'/ i ' • ( HILL'S GREAT EFFORT. • Crawford : and. Barnes bowled when tho gamo. waSvresnriled. Hill with two strokes get,to" 150, mado in -297ittih.,'. and the total oft 500, was, completed in 549min. In tho same over Hill was caught by Giinn with a high right-hand Catch tit mid-on. " His magnificent innings lasted 820min., and included 18 fours. -it was probably tho grandest effort of his career, Ho began a little,-streakily on. Tuesday, buj after the ,first hbur:he played grandly under extreme difficulties. The crowd rose to, him when iie came'in/ The ninth wicket fell "at 501. , Five.'iiiore runs wire added, and Saunders Was run;out. The innings listed 549 mm. . The, Englishmen worked 'grihidly under'the 'sxtreme.'heat, which'.'reached llli in the " 'thade'.' Their ground.: fielding was good," but. ■ Jh'eymade v serious blunders with chftnc.es. WICKETS FALL FAST. ■ England, requiring 429-to win, began with Hobbs and Fane. O'Connor and Saunders bowled.Hobbs got a single off i O'Connor, but: Saunders's first ball struck him in tho . groin! / He was in such pain that Noble offered.to let him temporarily retire. The offer was accopted, and Gunn filled the gap./ He got one and four off Saunders, but the "left harider in the secpnd over beat Fane with a.breakback—one wicket for 8, ' . , Hutchings was almost caught and bowleg by O'Connor, who, falling forward, just failed'to get hold. The next ball beat tho Kent', amateur—two wickets for 9. ; r , 1 Braund joined Gunn, and a spellof slow] play-followed. Gunn got 10 in 25 minutes. J With' the total at 15 Gunn was easily caught at extra' cover. O'Connor had then bowled 6 overs for 3 maidens, 3 runs, and 2 wickets. A NEEDED STAND. ' Hardstaff was next. When he hall scored one run' ho spooned up a ball from Saunders, who, running in, just failed to grip it, . although it touched his fingers. iHardstaff, when he settled down, batted ■: and got'' two fours off Saunders. At ' • •As' the half century approached, Armstrong; and- Macartney bowled:' A four to Hardstaff off tho j latter.: made" fifty, scored in 64 minutes. ■ Hardstaff drove, Macartnoy for . four, and at' 77 Noble' replaced Macartney. ■ . ' ■/ ' \ 'V - J : ' Runs came freely off • Armstrong. • Hard- ' staff completed/ 50 in 68 : fninutes, and the century went"up iii 110' 1 minutes. At 111 Saunders relieved Armstrong. Hardstaff wont at the new bowler .and made some fino . drives." r.'', ■ TWO' BRILLIANT CATCHES. ' With $0 total 128, Hardstaff lifted a ball to long-on.- r Macartnoy ran nearly forty yards, reached- tho ball just as it was at tho li,c:'ght of hjs loft shoulder, and hold it, amid tumultupjus cheors. It wa3 a marrollous. cat.ch. Hardstaff bat,tod briliantly for 90 minutes, and jjiit i'.soroiij fours. With Rhodes in, o!Cprinpr relioyed Noble, and Rhodes cut him for four. •(, At 138 Rhodes liftod O'Connor, and Armstrong, .running in a long way, effected a fine, catch,' knee-high. Crawford made a single -bofpjp stumps were drawn. ffl( Braund,i played a fino defonsive innings, fasting 135 minutes, and hit fivo fours. Tho the Australians was brilliant. ,O'Connor , bowled splendidly. He bowled : 1 13 overs- for 5 maidens, 19 runs, 3 wickets. A ,shilling subscription to provide souv--1 enirs for Hartigan and .Hill yielded £23. Tho details of the scoring are as under: — iV ' AUSTRALIA. '' SECOND INNINGS. '.r.Moblo, c. Gunn, b. fielder ... ... 6-5 'l'rumpor, b. Barnes ... 0 Macartney, b. Barnos 9 , " MacAlistcr, 1.b.w., b. Crawford 17 - Armstrong, c. Hutchings, b. Braund ... 34 • '/ O'Connor, b. Crawford 20 •i Ransford, c. Rhodes, b. Braund 25 Hartigan, o. Gunn, b. Barnes 116 Hill, e. Gunn, b. Crawford 160 Carter, not out ... 31 Saunders, run out 0 Extras ... 29 Total 506 ' First innings 285 Aggregate 791

' - .-1 - ■■ ' .BOWLING ANALYSIS. Fiokler, 1 wicket for 89, Barnes, 3 wickets for 83/ ; Crawford, 3 wickets for 113. •' Braiind, 2. wiokets for 85. Hutchings, no wickets for 31. Rhodes, no wickcts for 81. ' ' ENGLAND. SECOND INNINGS. ■ Hobbs, temporarily retired ... ... 1( 1 Fano, b. Saundors 0 Gunn, o, Trumpor, b. O'Connor ... ... 11 Hutchingsj b. O'Connor ... 0 Braund, not out ; ... ... ... ... 41 .Hardstaff f o._ Macartney, b. Saunders ... 72 Rhodes, o. Armstrong, b. O'Connor ... 9 Crawford, not out ... ... " ... ... ~1 Extras ... : ... .„ ... 4 / Total for 5 wickets ... . ... 139 .first innings f , ... ... ... ...' 363 INTEREST AT HOME. ~ London, January 14. , Intense interest is shown by tho public in the Test Match. It is prodictcd that the Australians;will win, The Englishmen would have. cut n poor figure in their second innings had it not been for the batting of Braund, who atoned for his "duck" in tho first innings by making 41, riot •■.out,- and Hardstaff. Tho fact that; that the latter gave a difficult chance to' Saunders .at an early stage is mere off-set by Hill's and Hartigan's several lives, . After allowing for the olement 'of ljick, which accompanied'. ,tho batsmon, and for Fielder's - absence yesterday, Australia's innings remains a monumental performance, towards' which Hill: and Ilai'tiwin-not .forgetting Carter—contributed like Trojans. A feature of the . concluding' play .yesterday was O'Connor's remarkablo bowling. •