TEST MATCH.

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1316, 20 December 1911, Page 5

TEST MATCH.

fHOW WILL IT END ? GREAT FINISH IS POSSIBLE, ENGLAND WANTS 372. NINE WICKETS STILL TO FALL. By Telegraph-Press AeEOciaMon-OopiriKOt (Rcc. December 19, 8.5 p.m.) Sydney, December l'J. Hot weather and a blustering, wind marked the fourth day of the Test match Australia v. M.C.C.—and, at intervals, clouds of dust blew across the wicket. Tho attendance was 8500. Hill and ICelleway resumed Australia'* second innings, and faced tho bowling of Barnes and Foster. In direct opposition to yesterday's tactics, both batsmen attacked tho bowling freely. Hill was especially brilliant, his best stroke being a glance to Gue-leg, which be played with the utmost precision. Kollcway also scored mostly from strokes behind tho wicket, his late-cut,being his best stroke. Hill's fifty occupied 101 minutes, and 150 appeared on tho board as the result of 152 minutes' batting. Tbon Hill, in attempting to get Foster round to leg, was cleau bowled. Ho had hit seven fours, and his partnership with ICelleway bad added 121 runs. With Armstrong in, Hcarne took th» ball from Barnes. .He was, however, unable to find his length, and bowled full tossevs and long hops, which were frequently pasted to the boundary. Douglas relieved Foster at 169, and bis first over brought Kelleway's downfall, tho Australian being bowled off his pads with a ball which was well pitched up. Ho had hit 9 fours, and had been at tun wickets for 183 minutes. Trumper got a great reception on joining Armstrong, and again started cautiously, but, at 14, he hit out at Douglas. Tho ball struck tho edge of tin bat, and wont straight up to tho bowler, who effected an easy catch. With Hansford ns partner, Armstrong played the bowling freely, but without doing anything sensational. Ho drovs forcefully, but, in most cases, foiled tn place well. After, luncheon, ho. Added four, bringing his score'to 28,' and was then completely beaten by a fast ball from Foster, which clipped tho bails. Ilordorn, who had been the not-out man in the first innings, started playing Foster freely. 1 Barnes, at this stage, was bowling "off theory," with four men in the slips, but the batsmen refused, the invitations.to hit. He subsequently sent up leg breaks with six men fielding on lbs on-side, but this, bail was also taken warily. Horderu played flukey cricket till h« was 18, when Foster clean-bowled him. Ho should havo'dbno' so' much earlier, but, sovetal times,,'tho ball just, failed to find the wicket. p When Minnett went in, it. was evident, that his foot was very sore, and ho had great difficulty in running between the wickets. Ho played a weak stroke at (!, skying Barnes to mid-off, but Hobbs was just unablo to reach tho chance. Ransford did not display much anxiety to score, patting everything except the looso balls. Thcso ho either glanced to leg or cut. Tho latter stroke, however, brought about his downfall. Ho played a short one from Barnes hard to Rhodes at point, who made a remarkable catch. Tho retiring batsman had batted for 87 minutes, and his total included 4 fours. Minnett quickly followed Ransford to the pavilion, being bowled by Douglas at 17 in tho next over. Australia's hopes of a good second-innings' score then sank, as, with tho last ball before tea, Cotter was out leg-before to Douglas for two only. Carter and Whitty remained, and this pair added 25 before Carter was caught by Gnnn at long-on off Foster. Hobbs and Kinneir again opened for England, Whitty and Cotter being entrusted with the bowling. Kinneir should have been dismissed after scoring one, Armstrong missing an easy chanco at first slip off Cotter. Armstrong is generally considered safe in that position. Tho samo bowler's next over saw the. dismissal of nobbs, who had hit np 22 in 21 minutes, including 4 fourers. Hr tipped a bouncing fast one to Carter behind the wickets, the latter taking the catch. Kinneir had another "life" at eight, this time through ICelleway at second slip dropping hivn off- Cotter. Tho sky now clouded over, and lha light became unsatisfactory. Gunn . and Kinneir settled down to play out time. Kinneir was presently missed for the third time, at 17, Hordern dropping an easy catch off his own bowling. Fifty wero scored in an hour. Tho batsmen played out time without further incident. Australia. First innings 44? Second Innings. Bardsley, h. Foster 12 ICelleway, b. Douglas 70 Hill, b. Foster 65 Armstrong, b. Foster 28 Trumper, c. and b. Douglas H Ransford, c. Rhodes, b. Barnes 34 Hordern, b. Foster 18 Minnett, b. Douglas 17 Cotter, 1.b.w., b. Douglas 2 Carter, c. Gunn, b. Foster ;.... 15 Whitty, not out <1 Sundries 24 Total 303 How the Wickets Fell. 12 3 4 5 fi 7 8 !> '10 29 150 IC9 191 218 2-16 MS 271 283 303 Bowling Analysis. I Foster took five wickets for 92 runs; Douglas, four for 50; Barnes, one for 72 j Woollev, none for 15; Hearne, none for 50. England, First Innings 318 Second Innings.. Hobbs, c. Carter, b. Cotter '»' Kinneir, not out ~...' 27 Gunn, not out 1G Total for one wicket 65