SETTING A MAIN.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1021, 10 January 1911, Page 5

SETTING A MAIN.

SOUTH AFRICA'S SOLID EFFORT, STILL A HOPE FOR THE "RUBBER."' SNOOKE SCORES 103. By Tekgraph—Press Association—CopyrigUtj • (Ee'c. January 9,- 9 p.m.) Adelaide, January 9. For the second day's play in the third Test match, the weather was delightful, though a trifle warmer than on Saturday. The attendance totalled five thousand. ilie South Africans, with five wickets down for 279 runs (Llewellyn not out 36 and Snooke not out 3G), resumed" their first- innings, Cotter and Whitty taking. up the bowling. Runs camo steadily, and Armstrong relieved Cotter with the scoro at 292. A scoring stroke by Snooke completedthe third century, which had takeri 315 minutes in compilation, and his own 50 in 112 minutes. Three runs later Llewellyn'was uniquely run out. ■ Tho wicket-keeper chased a hit to an open space past point, and returned the ball to Armstrong. As a second run was being tried Armstrong had to throw. tho ball to the wicket a yard behind him. lleaching backwards between his legs ha got the ball to tho stumps 'in time. Llewellyn batted soundly for 125 minutes. Scoring Slow. Sinclair . brightened tho play slightly. Kelleway replaced Whitty at 319, and lis, found a good length. At 33G,' Sinclair, - in trying for off-balls, returned one loir to Armstrong at slip, and was cleverly caught. At the luncheon adjournment, the total was 318—Snooko G7, Strieker t. Kelleway and Macartney bowled on the. resumption, and tho scoring was tediously" I slow. Whitty replaced Kelleway at' 379, and Armstrong was put on for Macartney at 352. ; ' Hitting 14 off one- over from Whitty, Snooke sensationally completed his cen- [ tury. after he had stonewalled for three * and a half hours for 90. , The visitors' fourth century was reached after seven hours . play. Cotter and AVhitty were put on with a new ball. Off the for. mer's first ball Snooke was caught handed by Kelleway at the second snpSnooke stonewalled for 215 minutes, and-: his. innings was an extremely valuable ' one at a critical time. He hit .twelve, fours. Schwarz was missed by Trumpor. • in the slips off Cotter before hp had ' ■ scored. Bowling Sorely Tried. . Strieker enlivened things with three fours off .one of Whitty's overs. Arm- . strong replaced Whitty, and in his second over bowled Schwarz—nine wickets . for ' - 429. Peglor stayed with Strieker till tea- . time; both playing strictly for . "keeps." At the adjournment the score was 462—■ - : Strieker 41, Pegler 15. Off the first ball after the tea adjourn*', ment Armstrong }n tho slips missed Pegler ' off Cotter.-Macartney-;, was the- other, bowler. Gehrs-and Armstrong-then went on, and in the latter's first over Strieker » was smartly caught by Kelleway at shorU leg, thus ; closing the South Africans' in-; nirigs with"the score-at 482.. Strieker had;.batted for 139 minutes, the innings alto- ' gether lasting .493 minutes. ■ The batting of the South Africans; fair-.; .ly .wore down the Australian bowling. On a perfect wicket,, the bowlers were unable ;. to get any. turn on the ball. Armstrong, was easily the most dangerous. ■•.'While' j the Australians strangely missed catches, -$eir, ground fielding' No- j balls accounted for eighteen extras—Cotter being responsible for nine and Kelle- . way for 'eight. . Australia Starting Well. , With.an hour available,-Kelleway and' Macartney opened the- Australian innings against the bowling of' Llewellyn and Pegler. Only seven runs had been, scored' when Llewellyn bowled Macartney.. Hansford was next,' and hit each . bowler for four. .Schwarz relieved • Pegler with the score'at ; 27, and Faulkner. - replaced Llewellyn. The batsmen were aggressive, and ran smartly between the . wickets, where the South Africans had lose ■ many runs. Kelleway's batting was no--; ticeable for hard driving, and Kansford'a for clever placing. Neither . was ever .' troubled by the bowling. ...... When stumps were drawn. Australia "' had'lost one picket for 72. Scores: • South Africa.—First Innings. 1 . Zulch, c. Macartney, b. Whitty 105 .. Slienvell, 1.b.w., b. Armstrong 11 Faulkner, ,c. Hill, b. Armstrong ......... 58 - Nburse, b. Cotter ...; 10 Hathorn, b. Whitty 9 Llewellyn, run out 43 Snooke, c. Kelleway, b. Cotter .........103 - Sinclair, c. Armstrong,; b. Kelleway ... 20 . Strieker, c. Kelleway, b. Armstrong - 48 Schwarz,. b. Armstrong 15 ,;: Pegler, not out . 24 Extras .'..-33 Total 483 ' .. Bowling Analysis. ■ . .. - Cotter took two wickets for 100 runs; \' Whitty, two for 114; Armstrong, four , for ■ 103; Kelleivayi one for 72; Macartney, none for 51; Gehrs, none for 4. Australia.—First Innings, Kellowaj', not out ....'. 39 Macartney, b. Llewellyn ;' 2 '• Hansford, not out 31 ■ • Total for one wicket 73