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Evening Star, Issue 15076, 7 January 1913, Page 5

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SOUTH MELBOURNE v. OTAGO. GAME ABANDONED. Third Day.—Tuesday. Play at Qarisbrook was resumed sharp at 11 a.m. to-day, the weather bright and sunny, the wicket a bib soft after the rain, but drying fast. The Otago men’s score overnight was 109 for three wickets. M’Farlane (20) and Siedebarg (24) resumed their places, Kelly trundling to M’Farlane. It was a maiden over with three no-balls. Giller bowled from the pavilion end. Siedeberg tapped his first to short leg and ran a single; then M'Farlane put one past Scott to the on, and followed it np with a safe drive along the carpet to tho off. The ball stopped badlv in tho wet grass, hut they ran 4. one short. Siedeberg got 2 to the on off a no-ball from Kelly; then Giller fumbled a ball in the slips and allowed Siedeberg to get his single easily; after which Kelly was again no-balled. Siedeberg made a single to"tho on off Giller. M'Farlane lifted the same bowler square to leg and cub him square, each strike yielding 2. The score was 129 when Kyle replaced Kelly, a semi-circle of six, including wicket-keeper and cover, standing for the off theory deliveries. The third ball of the over settled Siedeberg, Sykes taking an easy catch, at third slip. 129-4-30. Barron succeeded, and took the rest of the over all right. Scott now took the ball from Giller. M’Farlane lifted his first to the square-leg boundary ; then suffered a wide one to pass ; cut the third to the boundary ; and the over also yielded a bye. A well-judged stolen run by’M'Farlane spoiled Kyle’s next over. A tap to the on by the Albion man off Scott brought 140 np, and the onlookers applauded M’Farlane for stealing another run. Kyle was ripping them in fast, and Gray’at long-slip fielding smartly. M’Farlane" cut ono tlirough the slips, and Gray’s quick return caused Barron to bo run out. 145-5-0. It must have been a pretty close thing. .There was some hesitanev about starting the run. It is questionable whether they should have started at all. Higgins went in. MTarla.no raised his spore to 46 by neatly putting Kyle to leg. Scott bowled the first wide of the match. For Kyle’s bowling Trott now put all his men (except Kenny at mid-on) in group to the off, and ail they gleaned from M’Farlane- in the first over under that, new arrangement was a- bump ball. Higgins gave a chant? before he had scored. Sykes, standing doss in at mid-on, missing a catch. ’Then came a sensation.’ M’Farlane. lightly cut one of Kyle's, and did not move for a run. Higgins was quickly well down the pitch. Kyle tried to throw down the wicket, missed it, and they ran 5. and M’Farlane was nearly run "out. Higgins had another life in the same over, Kelly at first slip failing to take a. snick. The three just mentioned carried M’Fnrlane's score past the half-century-. He got another splendid boundary drive off Scott. Then Kyle bowled him with a ball that broke a little from leg. 157-6-55. M’Farlane was out at 11.50, after Imng at the crease 105min. Higgins had made a single in the slips when Condliffe. joined him. Condi iff e began with a 4 that beat Gray in the slips, and, again facing Kvle, ’the Otago wicket-keeper scored 2 for a leg stroke and then got a single. Higgins making _1 over the same over" A lev-bye followed, and this made an increase of 57 to the score for an hour’s play. Trott was mv.king all sorts of changes in his arrangement of tho field. For Higgins he set Scott at silly-point. But itTwas not by that means that Higgins was dismissed. Scott bowled him after a. stay of 28min. 169—7—2. Rutherford, the incomer, negotiated a maiden from Scott. Condliffe went with the score unaltered, Kvle breaking his off slump. 169—8—10. " Condliffe had lived 21min. Five maiden overs in succession at this stage, and one chance, Huntly putting one perilously near sillypoint. Then Rutherford secured a round of applause by driving Scott to the off boundary, Kyla sent down an occasional one to leg, but they were missed. Huntly opened his account by back-cutting Scott for 2. Kyle had at this stage delivered six maiden overs. Scott took Rutherford’s off stump. 177—9—4. Bannerman, the last of the side, went in at 12.30 ,and was bowled with the second ball he received from Scott. He tried for a lift to leg, and missed it. The innings closed for 177, or 50 behind the visitors. The South Melbourne second innings commenced at 12.45. 'Trott put Huntly to square-leg and ran what was meant for 2, but the umpire, called one short. Bannerman howled to Sykes, who scored a single, Trott putting the next to tho square-leg boundary. Off Huntly’s next over Sykes got 4 through the slips. The board showed 12 when Ramsden relieved Huntly and sent down a maiden to Sykes. M'Farlane took the ball at the pavilion end, and a. 4 to Trott for an on drive made tho score 16 for no wickets at the. adjournment— Trott 10, Sykes 6. Otago.—First, Innings. Hopkins c Scott b Kvle 17 Tuckwell c Kyle b Biller 34 Bamsclen c and b Giller 12 M'Farlane b Kyle 55 Siedeberg c Sykes b Kyle 50 Barron run out- 0 Higgins b Scott 2 Condliffe b Kyle. 10 Rutherford b Scott 4 Huntly not out 5 Bannerman b Scott 0 Extras 10 Total 177 Bowling Analysis.—Kelly. 42 balls, 3 maidens, 6no balls, 20 runs; Trott. 24 balls, 19 runs ; Giller, 96 balls, o maidens, 50 inns, 2 wickets; Kyle, 156 balls. 11 maidens, 36 runs, 4 wickets ; M’Cormack, 12 balls, runs ; Scott, 84 balls. 5 maidens, 27 rims, 3''wickets. Everybody being keen, it was agreed to take only three-quarters of an hour for lunch. Resuming at 1.45, Huntly took the ball at the southern end. Sykes cut a ball that was smartly returned by Bannerman, and Trott survived an appeal for run-cut, M'Farlane was no-balled. Barron fumbled a pick-rp, and Sykes converted a 1 into a2. Siedeberg trusted his bowlers, keeping the field fairly close in, and for a while it was hard to- get the ball through. M'Farlane bothered Trott with one or two balls, but ho got a couple of nice on drives, Ramsden saving the .boundary with one of them, and 30 appeared on the hoard. The first 6 of tho match iva» by a lift to the on by Trott off M'Farlane. At 42 Ramsden replaced Huntly. The play became mechanical, Trott picking the balls to hit. Oft one from Ramsden two were run and one was called short. M'Farlane was getting on a lot of spin. A square-leg hit by Trott off M'Farlane brought the score to 50, after 40 minutes’ play. At 54_ Huntly went on again, and bowled a maiden to Trott. Rain stopped the play at 2.17. Scorn ; South Melbourne.—Second Innings.. Trott not out 35 Sykes not out 17 One leg bye, 1 no ball 2 None, for 54 At 5 minutes to 3 the match was formally abandoned, the wicket being under water.