SOUTH AFRICANS' TOUR

Evening Star, Issue 14503, 1 March 1911, Page 3

SOUTH AFRICANS' TOUR

HEAVY SCORING* MACARTNEY'S RETURN TO EORM. Cloudy weather was experienced at Sydney yesterday, but the wicket was good. The second innings of the New South Wales team wa3 continued by Macartney and Tozer, who wera not out when play cease .1 the day before. The partnership yielded 103 runs before Tozer was bowled. A couple of overs later Macartney's century appeared. It was compiled in 108 minutes. Minnett bit Schwarz for sis, but off the next ball he was caught and bowled. When his score was 126 Macartney was bowled. He batted for 2h Bmjn, and hit nine fours. His innings was chanceless. Emery again indulged m hard hitting. He landed one from Schwarz on the track, and in the next ovct he lifted a ball from Sinclair on top of the ladies' stand. In the following over ho again hit one from Schwaz on to the track. The total was taken to 400 in 4h olmin. Emery's 50 took twenty minutes. From the start till the luncheon adjournment—-eigty-six minutes—l 76 runs were scored. In the first over after the interval Faulkner bowled and Harvey was luckily caught. Emery, who was not out with 80, batted fo: forty-six minutes'and hit seven fours and one six. Commaille and I'earse again opened for South Africa, but both batsmen were deposed of easily. Nourse and Faulkner, however, made a tine stand, and wero unbeaten when time was . called, each having topped the century. Play was stopped at i>.4o owing to the failing light. The New South bowling was described as very ordinary. Scores: New Sorru Wales. First innings 436 Second Innings. Bardsley, b Sinclair 73 Tnunper, b Sinclair 15 Kelleway, b Faulkner 65 M'Elhone, c Schwarz. b Faulkner ... 2 Collins, c Snooke, 1> Faulkuer 2 Macartney, b Schwarz 126 Tozer, b Strieker 37 Minnett, c and b Schwarz 23 Emery, not out 80 Massie, b Faulkner 19 Harvey, c Vogler, b Pegler 7 Extras 9 Total 458 Grant total 894 Bowling Analysis: Vogler, no wickets for 54 runs; Pearso, no wickets for 36; Sinclair, two wickets for 92; Pegler, one wicket for 61; Nourse, no'wickets for 23; Schwarz, two wickets for 77; Faulkner, four wickets for 71; Snooke, no wickets for 2; Strieker, one wicket for 43. South Africa. First innings 408 Second Innings. Commaille, b Macartney 1 Pearse, b Macartney 9 Nourse, not out 112 Faulkner, not out 102 Extras 8 Total for two wickets 232 NOTES. 'l'hc outstanding features of yesterday's play were Macartney's performance and the wav in which the bowling of the visitors Was knocked about. The googlio apparently had no terrors for the home team. From the beginning of play till the luncheon adjournment, eighty-six minutes, 176 runs were scored —over two a minute. During the day 435 runs were registered. Macartney's dramatic return to form has confounded the critics, and as might have been expected, public opinion is strongly in favor of his inclusion in the fifth test. It is a cas? of "Put on Wade! Take eff Wade!" over again It is difficult, however, to see who is tu be discarded in his favor. It will be remembered that Macartney was included in the teams for the first three test matches, and he was singularly unlucky, his scores being 1, 7, 5. 2, 0. He was unsuccessful with the ball also. In the fourth test he was dropped in favor of Hordern. ' * , In the present match Macartney scored 119 in the first innings and 126 in his ■econd venture. To obtain a century in each innings of a match is a feat that has been performed in first class cricket by comparatively few Australians: Bardsley did it in England in a test match in 1909; J. R. Mackav. for New South Wales v. South Australia, in 1906; M. A. Xoble, for New South Wales v. Victoria, in 19C8 ; V. S. Raiisfoid, for Victoria v. New South Wales, 1909: and V. T. Trimmer, for Australia v. Essex, 1902.