TRUMPER IN FORM.

Evening Post, Volume LXXV, Issue 48, 26 February 1908, Page 3

TRUMPER IN FORM.

THE FIFTH TEST MATCH.

AUSTRALIA'S SECOND INNINGS. SIX WICKETS FOR 357 RUNS. By Telegraph. — Press Assentation.— Copj right. SYDNEY, 25th February. The weather was beautifully fine and cool for the fourth day's play in the final test match, and the attendance reached 7500. At the start the wicket was somewhat tricky, but it rapidly dried into good condition. Xoble and O'Connor, who had gone in last night to start Australia's second innings, and had played out tiino for 16 runs (Xoble 11, O'Connor 4), faced the bowling of Rhodes and Barnes, Rhodes getting up a dangeious pace at times.' is'oblo opened out vigorously, and played a good innings, but ho lost O'Connor early in tho game, Barnes clean bowling that player. ' •NOBLE AND TRUMPER. Trumper joined Noblo, but was slow in moving — a proceeding contrary to his usual forcing play ; but hi 3 previous failures made him cautious. It looked like a good partnership till Noble got in fiont of a straight one from Rhodes in trying to place it to leg. He had batted facventy-sevenmin-utes. QUICK CHANGES OF BOWLING. Gregory came in next, and at once set about punishing tho bowling, outstripping Trumper's score in a few strokes. The latter now opened out, and both Sydneyitos began scoring, keeping for a long time on level terms. Trumper showed some of his old brilliancy, while Gregory's strokes were of the kind that reminded one of ' his old- time ability. Changes of bowling were, rung on in quick succession, in the attempt to dissolve the parnerfhip, which looked dangerous after the fir&t half-hour. Crawford, Rhodes, Barnes, and Braund ware tried, but the batsmen treated '•the various styles of bowling with impartiality up to lunch. The century was recorded for one hundred and thirteen minutes' play. RUNS COilE MERRILY. On' resuming, runs came merrily, and it became a race between the twe batsmen for tho half-century, Trumpei reaching it first, after ninety- four minutes' batting, and the deficit on the first innings -being wiped off at the samo time. Gregory's half-century occupied saventy-two minutes. Tho Englishmen , ; wero fielding brilliantly, but the batsmen were treating the bowling; unmercifully. A double change from Barnes and Rhodes at 16C proved fatal to Gregory, Ciawford getting him with his s^-vxind ball. Macartney went in, and an interval oi slow play followed. The newcomer had just obtained dcruble figures v.hen Jone; caught him. ' HTLL COMES IN. Hill was the next man in, and shaped uncomfortably when facing Br-aund, whe was bowling extremely well. Tho second century was notched after three hours' twenty-five minutes' play. Trumper continued his brilliant display, hitting three 4's-. off Crawford's over. After tea Trumpof brought his nun drcd up with a beautiful drive righi down the ground. He had occupied two hours fifty-four minutes in the task. Hardntdff, who was "suffering froui a strained leg, was replaced ii thp field by Blythe. Both batsmer were now -vigorously pasting th< bowling, which became demoralised boundaries coming witb frequency and scores off everything. HILL HITS HARD. Hill was now batting with tremendouc power. lie E3nt ono front Crawford hard to the fencp, "and* then got hin for a couple. Crawford, however, senl his. third ball dowa fcyst. Hill lashed at io, but only just touched it, Youuj grabbing up th= leather. The third cen tufy cainc up after four hours twentj minutes' play. . Armstrong next 'joined Trumper ; who received a cheer for having wipec tho deficit bfr Himself: It • was th( Trumper of old. batted . to-day With the exception of ." a possiblt chance when he had ecorcd a. single his innings was flawless. "« Tho Eng lish quartette of, bowlers,. was so tirec that Hobbs went on in place of Crawford. Trumper's time, had" now ar rived. He lifted "Rhodes high' ove: "the bowler's head, and Gunn got uj and caught him. The. retiring bats man had bec-n at tht» wickets fou: hours, and hit eighteen 4's, . Ransford joined Armstrong^ and thi pair olr.yed out Lime. \N ANNOUNCEMENT. Just before the tea adjournment thi result, of the sculling championshii was posted on tho scoring board and Webb's victory elicited Hearty rounds of applaii-r. / Following aro the ccores : — ENGLxYND. 4 First innings ... 28: ' AUSTRALIA. First innings ' 13' Second Innings. Noble, lbw, b Rhodes 3< O'Connor, b Barnes .'. < Trumper, c Gunn, b Rhodes ... 161 Gregory, b Crawford ...- ... 5( Macartney i c Jones, b Crawford... 1! Hill, c Young, b Crawford ... 4' Aiinstrong, not out 15 Kansford, not out ' Extras ... * ... '. 1< Six wickets for ... , 35' Fall of Wickets 1 2^3 4 5 6 25 52 166 192 300 542 NOTES ON THE PLAY. At last, after many failures for a man with such a reputation, Trumper hac given one of his best displays, and as usual with him ho dwarfed all othci players taking ]wrt irt the game. His •score is the highest hit against the pie scut team, Aid . {ho cable s.iVs his inning^'was flawlsss except 'for a possible chance when he had only made a single. Scpring at ihe rate Tnunper did, chances are always bound to be offered, but the innings sterns to have been ir,°er from fault is usually the case. His aggregate in the five test games is now ,338, and ho has notched, as many centuries as the two leading Englishmen, MacLnren and Jackson, viz.. five. These three-figure totals were made as follows : 185, not out, at Sydney, 1903. 166. at Sydney, 1908. 135, not out, at Lorcls, 1899. 113, at Adelaide, 19 J4. 104, at Manchester, 1902. Truirxsr addsd 114®with Gregory, and 103*\*th Hill, and Jiis innings is largei than, his combined efforts in the four previous test matches. Gregory, with 44 aiid 56, has contributed an even 100 tc his side's total. The 'little Sydneyite U holding up his own for ii very long period in t-h-sfo names. Ho first appeared in 1890. Of' other playcis, W. ~G. Grace lasted from, 1880 to* 1C39, and George Giffen from 1882 to 11596. Gregory ai one time played in thiriy-six consecutive matches, whilst Noble is building up s long run, not having missed a game 6ince he first appeared in 1898, the forty-eightl

of the whole series, and this is thaeig-hfcy-fnst. Clem Hill helped his fcidVwith a; useful 44, and it is unusual to see hint uncomfortable to Bratind. The colonial captain contributed a handy 34, and has fallen short of his thousand runs in this year's first-class cricket by 16 only. Hac he taken part in the return match between his State and i^he ;visjtp£s; 'he should have reached this coveted honou-r. The game looks now a little in favour of the colonials, bat it should be remembered that the Englishmen are playing their full batting stiength. PROFIT ON. - FOURTH' * TEST MATCH. SYDNEY, 25th February. "It is officially announced "-that the profit to the Victorian Association from tho fourth test mat-ii amounts to fivepence,, and tho, a&*o>?ation still has to pay for a coat and cop for M'Kenzic, the twelfth man. COLONIAL TRADE EXPANSION. • IMPORTANT ACTION BY BRITISH MANUFACTURERS. [ (From Our Own Correspondent.) LONDON, 17th January. An important step has just been taken by <ho Manufacturers' Association of Great Britain in regard to the developmont of trade with the colonies. In view of the altered condition of the markets in Australia, New Zealand and Canada, through tha adoption by those countries of now Customs I iriffs and the passing of local measures for the encouragement of industry, tUe association has decided to despatch ,i commercial mission to enquire "into tho urade' position and prospects of those colonies .and to report duly upon them. "The commisnonor to undertake the "enquiry is Mr. Ben. 11. Morgan, who 'reported in a similar capacity on the trade of South Africa some tune $go. *• Tho commissioner, has been authorised to report on the extent and possibilities 'of the market witjh a view (a) to increase export trada ; (b) to establish branch factories behind the tariffs; 1 the extent and condition of local industiies; the nature and extent of foreign competition ; transport services, with special referenco lo shipping "rings" and "conferences"; the operation of -local tariffs, and, probable effects of preferences. It is understood (hat Mr". Morgan will also make representations direct to the Australian Government with a viow to scouring further reductions on various items of the tariff and increased preferences in favour of British manufacturers before the Bill receives tho approval of the Senate, and he will .also discuss with representatives of the various Governments a number of questions, such as methods of assessing and, collecting Customs duties, the fiscal treatment of catalogues of British manufacture?, the extent of encouragement that .will be given to British manufacturers establishing' branch factories, and many other matters a clear understanding of which iviJl greatly facilitate trade v.i(hiu'the Empire. Mr- "Morgan, who is the secretary of the Manufacturers' Association, is a wellknown expert on commercial questions, and for his work in South Africa he waß highly complimented by Mr. Chamberlain and Mr. Balfour/then Colonial Secretary and Prime Minister respectively. WANTED-A POCKET RAILWAY TIME-TABLE. to the aniiOß. Sir, — Every time I buy a, railway time* tablo tho. same question invariably nseß in my mind, which is, Why on earth can't tho Government produoe a time-table that can bo conveniently carried in one's pocket, in. place of the present cumber-s-oma affair, weighing. I should say, -not far shoit of a. pound, and at Jeast half that bulk and weight made up of advertisements which the average "traveller ne*ver looks rt, and certainly does not want to be compelled to carry about with. Him whether he wants to or not. I am satisfied that if the Railway Department sot its mind to it it could, by cutting ' out the advertisements and -reducing the .size of the type, with little or no abbreviations, produce a railway timetablo no bigger than an A.B.C. guide, that would contain all- tho information -the average traveller wants to know, and wftjoh could be conveniently carried in one'a pocket. Tho map might require to'/ba left out or reduced in tizo and printed on thinner naper, but otherwise all information contained in the . -present time-tablo could bo reduced to pocket size. Ecrsonallv I would rather pay 2d or even- 3d for a Email pocket time-table than 1 I would pay a halfpenny for the present cumbersome- affair* — I ami etc., Z C P. TV. LONGDILL. Taihnne, 22nd February, ' 1908. ', TREATMENT OF HORSES.' TO THE 1 EDITOR. Sir, — Your correspondent "Ringbone* complains of tho number of lame hoTses in 'our city. I presume your"correspondent has never , spoken to the' inspector of the Society for the Protection or* A^u- \ mals about any particular horse, or,- ha would have found' that "the inspector knew of the case, and ' had "Examined the horse, and found him- quite fit -to j work.' It would h° well if "Ringbone," and many other kind-hearted lovers of animals were to know that horses are often able to .work without any trouble- although they may walk lame. If such a horse -is not in pain, there is no more objection to him working' than there is to a man, working who limps. The -inspector is a capable .and fearless officer, and spares no pains in protecting animals, and such a letter, as "Ringbone's" is an unfair reflection on him, and on the society. • As an owner of over a dozen horses, which I have worked in Wellington for .upwards of, twenty, years, I can say that thB society has» done .good ,w.&rk, "and has persuaded cruel drivers and owners that it "does , not pay "to ilj-treat horses. llorses»are temporarily crippled by pepping on a stone, or a corn may trouble them a little, but it would ha absurd to order them off. tho streets for somfsthiijg that might Jbe better before they reached the stable. 'If anyone sees -an*animal that is lame working., for longer than a day or two, they can be quite sure that, the Inspector has seen him, and considers him r fit to work. — I am, etc., COSMO. Wellington, 25th February, 1908. PALACE CARS. O TO TEE EDITC^t. Sir, — In view of the numerous accidents to conductors on the steps of the palace car, and the great inconvenience of the step to the public, especially elderly people, why does not the the council build cars of the saloon type? These latter can be built as cheaply, anoV to hold as many passengers as tho palace, and would be more comfortable both for the public and conductors. A separate compartment for the motorman, and for the entering _pf passengers at the front' end, and for leaving the car at the back, could easily be arranged. The height from the ground to the step, and from blhe step to the platform, would bo fifteen and^.a half inches, and from the platform to tho floor of the car six inches. I cannot see the reason for giving us such an annoying type of car as the palace, when that of the saloon type, with cross seats, can fulfil all requirements as to cheapness, strength, number of "seats, overcrowding capacity, freedom from draughts, leaky doors, and high steps, etc. — I am, etc. V ; ..ENGINEER. Wellington, 24th Feb., -1908. '