A STERN TEST GAME.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1023, 12 January 1911, Page 5

A STERN TEST GAME.

DOGGED AFRICANS. , LONG DUEL WITH THE B0WLEB& TRUMPGR'S CHANCELESS TOTAL* BEATS ALL RECORDS, By Telegraph—press Association—OopyrigtA (Kec.'January 11, 9.50 p.m.) .. Adelaide, January 11. The third Test match was resumed to- : day-in- cool, windy weather, the. attend- - aucs. numbering about -3000. The wicket , wore fairly, but has developed soma "patches," which are likely to degenerate. ; - Six minutes ended the- Australian /in-' v '. nings, Cotter being neatly caught at slip. without any addition to his total, whila Whitty was snapped up at .the. wickets. Sleanwhile Tramper ■ had; added six, in- . .eluding a ; "foiirer" off. Sinclair, thus , eclipsing Murdoch's 211 as the individual Australian best record. Ho had played a. ' chanceless innings, which ' lasted four hours two minutes, and his score incluaoa. 26 fours. r South Africa opened their second venture with Zulch and Sherwell against tho bowling of Whit; y and Cotter. la Whitty's second oyer Sherwell was again leg-before.'/One,for 10. Faulkner beganwell, but at 29 lost Zulch, Carter/jumping to the leg side, and taking, a brilliant . catch., Nourse was in next, and the bowl-', ing was changed frequently before' luncheon, wlieu the total was 51—Faulkner 20, Nourse 12.' , After the resumption, runs came slowly. neither batsman displaying any aggressiveness. Armstrong relieved Cotter at" : 77, and Kelleway was put on'vice'Whitty at 84. The score crept along at funeral • pace, and the century occupied 117. mjnutes. With six added Nourse was. caught in the slips. He had batted 93 minutes. Strieker was'next man, and Faulkner' completed "his 50 in 133 minutes.. Jlacart-< ney relieved Armstrong at the crease, and immediately bowled Strieker' with a fine, -.-.- fast ball. Four for 119. Just before tea Faulkner made some nice strokes, and, at the . adjournment,. the score Was 137 — Faulkner 66, Llewellyn 2. Cotter and Whitty bowled after tea, bnt the...former . was expensive,' jLlewellyn;>trf:, j/ once, getting two fours, and.29 runs worescored in 25 minutes. Armstrong relieved Cotter at 166, and Kelleway took - the ■ . ieather from Whitty at 179. The batting was still fearfully slow, but. Faulkner-, made one'good stroke to the boundary off Kelleway, and then hit a long hop from; Armstrong for a quartet. A leg glance in the. same over, made Faulkner 100 for 206 ■ minutes' play, and the total was 200 for'." 215. minutes.

Whitty and Cotter, were now given -a trial with a new. ball. Faulkner hit a full toss from Whitty for four, and Cotter's first delivery was a .wide.. The batsmen were patience.personified, and scacely - at; tempted anything in-the way .oi'forcjng the game.-

"Macartney was tried with"'the ball, and Whitty changed ends. . The latter's first over with the wind had Faulkner caught at slip.; The South African- crack had batted 236 minutes ill very sound, though defensive, style.. He. was always attrac-. -tive,' making strokes '. all round tha wicket, and he only lifted,qne, hit'ten fours. Five for. 228. " ~" ! "

'Llewellyn and-Pegler played :out time.! ■ Llewellyn< had beeii'. in .118 .minutes,: and!; the' innings had occupied 256. minutes. • The" batting-as'mentioned was-'very, slow 1 and -lacked enterprise-, The Australian, fielding'ifa's brilliant particularly that of Macartney- and' Ransford. Whitty. bowled best and has three wickets to, his credit for'. 67 runs. . The wicket played rather too flow for him. ' , ' | , South Africa. First innings. !. 183 ' ■ Second Innings. .... .' ZulchV c." Carter, b. Whitty '11 r ShorweU,- 1.h.w,, -b'.; Whitty .'. 1, Faulkner, c. Armstrong, b. Whitty ... 115; Nbu'rse.-c. 'Armstrong, b. Ivelleway 39 -, Strieker, l).- ; Maiartney ;. 6 Llewellyn, not out U i - Pegler,- liot out , 2 Extras 11! Total for five wickets — 232, ; Australia.—First Innings. Macartney, b. Llewellyn 2 Kelleway, c. Sherwell, b.'. Llewellyn... . 47: Ransford, b. Llewellyn 50 'jardsley, l.b.w;, b. Nourse 54 Trumper, not out . ..'214 Gehrs, c. Schwarz, b. Faulkner 20 •Hill, c. Snooke," b. Schwarz ".. :.... 16' Armstrong, b. Sinclair . 30 blearier, 1.b.w., b. Schwarz c.. Snooke,'b : Llewellyn ......... 8 Whitty,' c-'' Sherwell, b.. Sinclair ...... 1 Extras 6 ■ ' -Total 1....>......... : ..:..M65;, Bowling. Analysis. - Llewellyn, four wickets for 107 runs; Pegler, one for. 92; SchwaVz, two for . 68; Faulkner; one for 59; Strieker,' none for 4- Sinclair, two for! 86; Nourse, one for 43. : ~ ' >-'EW ZEALAND TEACHERS' TEAM. '~ (Rec. January 12, 0.45 aim.) , Sydney, January 11. . The New Zealand teachers' cricket team is visiting the South Coast. In a match. : against Wollongong the visitors made ICS— - Travena, 6; Donohue, 6; O'Shea, 41; Holiand, 3; Thomas, 25; Grant, 3; Fanning, 12; Pringle, 1; White, 3; Olsen (not out). 0; Clapp, 0; extras, 9. • Wollongong has lost six wickets for 163 ' runs. - ' The visitors were unused' to a matting wicket. : '