ENGLAND ' BEATEN. FIRST TEST GOES TO AUSTRALIA.

Evening Post, Volume LXXXII, Issue 150, 22 December 1911, Page 4

ENGLAND ' BEATEN. FIRST TEST GOES TO AUSTRALIA.

- HORDERN'S FINE ' BO"\VLING. B'j Telegraph —Press Association.— Copyright SYDNEY, 21st December. - The firsfc test match oi the English cricketer's tour was finished to-day. Australia won by 146 runs. The weather was fine and hot. • When stumps -were drawn last evening 'England had eight wickets down for 263 in the second innings, and wanted 175 to win the match. There were only about 100 people present when Douglas, the not-out man, and Barnes resumed the innings. They faced the bowling of Hordern and Cotter respectively. Barnes quickly brought up double figures for himself, driving Cotter to the boundary. Douglas, however, faced the bowling for six overs without scoring before being bowled with a big legbreak by Hordern. Strudwick scored a lucky 4 off Cotter by snicking him. through the slips, and followed it up a few balls later by splendidly cutting him to the track. When the total was 291 Hordern bowled Barnes. ' Th« inninge lasted for 370 minutes THE SCORES. • The ecorefi were as under :—: — ENGLAND. r First innings ... , as. 318 Second Innings. Hobbs. c Carter, b Cotter 22 Kinneir, c Trumper. b Hordern ... 30 Gunn, c Whitty, b Hordern 62 Mead, run out , 25 Rhodes, c Trumper, b Hordern ... 0 Foster, c Hansford, b Hordern ... 21 Hearne, b Hordern 43 Woolley, c Armstrong, b Cotter ... 7 Douglas, b Hordern ...• ... ».i 32 Barnes, b Hordern ..... .., ... 14 Strudwick, not out 12 Extras .... . > , 23 Total i 291 Aggregate 609 Bowling Analysis. — Whitty, none for 41; Cotter, two for 71; Hordern, seven for 90; Kelleway, none for 27; Armstrong, none for 39. How the Wickets Fell. 1234567 '8 9 10 29 69 141 141 148 167 177 263/276 291 AUSTRALIA. First innings ... ..< ■ ... ... 447 Second inrungs ... „. „, „. 308 "Aggregate ... ?.< ... 755 HORDERN CANNOT PLAY IN ALL TEST MATCHES. SYDNEY, 21st December. Hordern has informed the selectors that he will be able to play in the second test match, but, owing to business reasons, he will not be available for the third or fourth tests.,, Possibly he may be able to play in the fifth test.