THE THIRD TEST

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1336, 13 January 1912, Page 5

THE THIRD TEST

DISASTROUS START. CHEAP SCORE BY AUSTRALIA, FOSTER'S BOWLING. FIRST DAY'S PLAY AT ADELAIDE.. Bj Tcleeraph—Press Association—OoDjrlght (Rec. January 12, 10 p.m.) Adelaide, January 12. . Tho Third Test Match, Australia v. M.C.C., was begun at Adelaide to-day," in warm weather, The attendance num. bored about 0000. Hill won tho toss, and elected to but, Australia going in on an excellent wicket. Kelleway and Bardsley opened the innings, facing tho bowling of Foster and Barnes. After a single to each Bardsley . cutBarncs to the boundary. Then Foster, ' in his third over, bowled Kelleway. One for six. With tho score unaltered, in Barnes's' nest over Bardsley was snapped at the wicket. Hordern and Hansford batleil cautiously. When ho was six, Ransford had to retiro temporarily owing to a severe blow on tho left thumb from Foster. Armstrong came in, and hit two fours: oft' Barnes, who, at 32, was replaced by Douglas. Foster at lliis stage was bowling splendidly, and nono of the batsmen . could hit him. After bowling eleven overs for eight ruus, Hearno gave him a spell. At tho luncheon adjournment the total was 45 for S5 minutes' play, tho bowling, being very fine. Hordern, so far,' liad' simply blocked it, .with tho object' of wearing it down. 1 Foster and Barnes bowled after lun-' cheon, and runs coma more rapidly. Armstrong hit each bowler to tho bound-' ary, but was then bowled pff his' pad* ' by Foster. Ho had batted soundly for 59 minutes, and had bit four 'Tourers." Three for 05. ■. Trumpcr's second shot was a fine coverhit to tho boundary off Barnes, and Hordern also drove the samo bowler to the boundary, but was then easily caught at short-square-leg. He had been in for 10' i minutes, sedulously btone-walling. .Five for 9i. ■ : j-. The next ten minutes were disastrous for Australia. Hill had only two balls, and, off (he second, >ho was magnifioent.ly • stumped by Smith, who brought back tho ball a foot from tho leg side. Five for SB. Tlireo balls settled Minnott, who was bowled by a beauty from Foster. Th'o latter's average then read fivo for 23. i Matthews was next man in. Each' batsman hit a four, and then Matthews was easily caught behind tho bowler. Seven for 97. ' Four byes completed tho 100 after 115 minutes' play. Cotter had a merry life, wbieli included a "sixer" into ,tho members' pavilion off Barnes.. In tho' same over, however, ho was "yorked." Eight for 113. Ransford then resumed ,Ins interrupted innings, and, at tho tea adjournment, 125 runs were on tho board for nine wickets. Tho innings soon finished. . After tea, Douglas got Carter in the slips in .his* first over, after relieving Barnes. • 1 Tho calamitous innings occupied 107 minutes. There was no cxcuso for tho Australians. Foster ' owled magnificently. •. He was always accurato, and often swung in.the width'of the-wicket. Neverthelcss, the batting was nerveless, lacking dash, and a forcing player might, havo made a - lot of difference. Tho fielding was close and brilliant, Smith at tho wickets being especially smart. HSb stamping of Hill was a masterpiece. Tho Englishmtn, with an hour to"bat, began their first innings, Hobbs and Rhodes taking strike to Cotter and Hordern, They 600n showed how truo tho wicket was by their forcing off-strikes against Cotler, each batsman driving him for four. Hobbs jumped in to Hordern, and hit him down tho ground, but Rhodes was not so comfortable. Half rn hour's play produced 2S runs. At 39 Hordern changed ends, Kelleway relieving Cotter. Rhodes was still troubled bV tho slows, but .worried himself out of trouble. Ho took 45 minutca to make 10. 1 Hobbs, when 25, skied Hordorn, but the ball fell safoly behind mid-olf. At 43 Matthews replaced Hordern, and appealed confidently for leg-before against Hobbs, but tho umpire ruled against him. At this stage Matthows was bowling a fino length. Ho kept the batsmen quiet,' and Rhodes, on oi\o occasion, nearly returned a ball to him. \ . The pair played out time, the total then being /)!>. Both had batted soundly und confidently. . ■ Australia,—First Innings. Kelleway, b. Foster 1 Bardsley, c. Pmith b. Barnes 5 .Hordern, c. Rhodes, h. Foster 25 Armstrong, b. Foster ! 33 Trumpor, b. Hitch 20 Hill, st. Smith, b. Foster 0 Minnett, b. Foster il Matthews, c. Mead, b. Barnes ......... 5 Cotter, b. Barnes 11 Carter, e. Gimn, b. Douglas R Ransford, not out .'. 8 Sundries 11 Total 133 Bowling Analysis. Foster look fivo wickets for 3B runs; Barnes, threo for 71; Douglas, one for 7; llearne, nono for 0; nilch, oho for 2. England.—First Inninfls. Hobbs, not out 29 Rhodes, not out 20 Total for no wickets .'. 49