SECOND TEST MATCH.

Evening Post, Volume LXXIX, Issue 73, 29 March 1910, Page 4

SECOND TEST MATCH.

VISITORS WELL AHEAD. MAYNE AND BARDSLEY PUT ON 168. — __ As the result of yesterday's play, the Australians are in a winning position. New Zealand finished 83 to the bad in the fh&t innings, and Bardsley and Mayne, who led off for Australia in the second, put on 168 for the partnership iiv just Milder the hour — pretty fast scoring. FACY ON THE JOB. Facy, the Tasmaniun representative, bowled really well (with some assistance from the pitch) after lunch. Sandman arrived after Brice left, and he had got but three when Facy brushed off his off-side bail with a trimmer. It was such a gentle touch that the other bail was not removed. 169—8—3. Then the end came with a rush. Bennett, after a laboured couple to leg, and a very lucky snick of the "express," which shaved his stumps, had the middle stump knocked away by a fast short one. 177—9 — 6. Boxfthall' did not so well, for, before opening his book, Facy somersaulted his leg stump out of the ground. 177—10—0. The tail had proved supine. On the day Facy's performance of 7 for 71 was a good one. As the report in these columns yesterday showed he had no luck in the matter of dropped chances and fluking batsmen. Reese is said to admit to a partiality for tho Taemanian, but he did not show so yesterday. He was twice missed o£f the fast bowler, and there were a couple of confident appeals for l.b.w. which were not allowed. Facy naturally slowed down a bit at the finish, but he wheeled them up at a solid pace throughout. For tho best part of the afternoon the wicket was aiding him ; it had become fiery, and a couple of nasty spots had developed at the end that Facy bowled towards. In his last two overs he captured three wickets. Whitty, though expensive, bowled, with little luck. Several times he just shaved the wicket, and then he hud Sims missed off him by Armstrong. When .Reese and Sims were, doing co well, it was a wonder that Emery, who has an excellent average so far, was not tried. Nor was Kelleway, but the latter would hardly have been suited by the wicket. NEW ZEALAND BOWLING OUTCLASSED. At 3.50 Maya© and Bnrdtley opened for tho visitors. At 5.25 the latter was caught at tho wickets by Boxshall, off Bennett, who had ju»t been brought on again. During that time tho pair had put on 168 runs, of which Bardslcy claimed 71. They were cautious enough up to the first 20, being content to play themselves in and have a look at the bowling But after that the tens soiled up iii quick style, despite all the numer* ou» changes <)f bowling resorted to by Reese. But he wa» playing a weak hand, for there was no variety in the attack. The two batsmen hooked, drove, and cut stylishly, and tho baffled bowlers could not throw a ball any where where they could deem it safe from harm. May no and his partner, especially the former, fcimply chopped the bowling to piece.**. They made it look simply futile. t.choolboyish. Their -placing was Hrst da.«p. They etole short, run» with the greatest safety and the most nmusiug daring, and with that bowling, R«ei>c could . not placo hi» field to stop the runs.. Karly in tho innings Boxi-hull received a clip irom a rising ball from Bricc, but h« pluckily resumed. Later in the day the retone bowler, this time from the other end, gut up again, and tapped the genial 'keeper on the chin. But he wan not to be deterred. Ree?e'f> ttelding- : -off two strokes in huccewion from Bardi-ley — was not pretty, and the Canterbury man is very slow down to a. ball. At 43, Sandmuu went on, but the rat« of scoring did not diminish. Four after four through the dips, down tlio on, round to leg, they came, and Ree»e went on at 74 relieving Bricc. Mayne, going fsinter than Bardsloy, hooKed one over his left shoulder resourcefully to the ropes, and 90 was up in 50 minutes. With an off drive off Sandman to tho boundary the century was chronicled in 56 minutes. And so it went on. It was monotonously fast, scoring : cla«*y batsmen doing what they would with second rate club bowling Mayne, never relaxing, bul seldom chancing anything, kept the scorers busy, and soon «Mablinhed a nice lead on Bardsley. who was playing not such bold cricket. Hnddon. Auckland's alleged fast bowler, got hio first chance at tho bowling crease, and did no good. Henn<;tt to Brice, to Sandman, to Reese, and all over again : it was no use. The field tired from changing over to the singles for tihc- righthander (Mayne) and the lefthander (Bardsley). But at la«t perseverance w;ib rewnided, when Bardsley, lash ing oat ut Ber>n«tt, wan held by Boxshall at the wickets. 168—1—71. Meanwhile Mayne was approaching the nineties, and Whitty', after scoring a two and a nice M.xer off Sandman, played out time —179 for unt wicket,. Mayne 89 not out. Details are as follow :—: — AUSTRALIA. ' First Innings 260 Second Innings. Mayne, not out 89 BaidMey, c Boxhhall, b Bennett ... 71 Wliitty, not out 8 Sundnes 11 One wicket for 179 Bowling Analysis. Overs Mdns. Runs Wkt.«. Britc *. ... 10 — 48 — Bennett 6 — 30 1 Ree*e 4 — 24 — Sandman .. 9 — 47 — Haddon 3 — 19 — NEW ZEALAND. First Innings 177 Bowling Analysis. Overs Mdns. Runs Wktf-. Whitty 27 4 71 2 Facy 28 5 70 7 Armstiong ... 6 2 10 — Warne . ... 1 — 5 — Hopkins ... ... 6 2 13 —