CRICKET.

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume II, Issue 29, 17 January 1912, Page 2

CRICKET.

THIRD TEST MATCH. COOI) STAND Bi HOME TEAM. FIVE AATC’KETS FOR 330. Adelaide. Jan. 16. The test match was resumed in delightful weather, with an attendtiitt o f (MOO. The wicket was rd ill bi admirable order for run getting. Foster and Barnc-. bowled. Four from the fcrmer’js initial over made 100 in C 9 minutes. Bards--1- completed 50 off Barnes’ over. Th?. came steadily, good hits being a cut by Bard sky off Barnes and a crack to s-.quare 'eg by Carter off Fester to the boundary. Foster pegged away ai Bardsiey’s logs, and at last bowled him c.fr his pads. Bardsley was batting T.A mins. and his 5 fours—2 for 122. I-liil reached double figures off eight balls, two straight hits off Barnes travelling to the boundary.

Ccug'os immediately replaced Barnes. Kill drove him co the bouni, :er bcwled three leg theory P7 - ; g v. hieh 11:11 allowed co pc.-5 ual.--; d d. Ip. the w'-O'C next he glanced the ball to th? boundary. y; Vf . incrc eft the over made 150 in 13;' min. Hitch*rolicv«ed Foster, anti 11 (-:mv from his first- over, seven cf them to Hill for two straight hits. At the luncheon adjournment the total ictood nt 171 —Carter 28, Hill :',7. On the resumption cf play 1-os-t'e? ai 1 1 bowled. The batsmen wc; - c ,-ith ten singles before Hi] 1 l ister to the boundary. T n th- 'er Kill, with 47 to his <.;- C uit irly cut the same way as in the first innings. Smith whipped the bail back splendidly, but Hill swung his bat veund in time to beat him. Hi-eh had an ever which yielded tw > Carter. Hill macle n leg h t < 1 ester and reached his 5b in £0 mins. Barnes had a fruitless over x , < ,v ball. Then Douglass gr.;l iicarne bowled. Carter twice hit Hcame to the boundary, the first rt.rH'-t’ giving; him 74 in I3s’ini;s. i V-'hen Carter was 36 and Hill 33 one • --.hculd have been run out. as botti I wcr? nt out' cud. owing to a risky l 05 Hili. l'\w r-;r:- Hcbhr. icturnj F( ; wildlv and Hi!l got home and 1 Career rrn-.mbled in at the othci end jbvimo the wicketkeeper eculd got Him bail to the bowler. A return to | t-.,- hi the In - . place- imict hv t --;> mount a wkket. Rumi < ! xi;e i-u : - .-S | Ileaiuc. The --7 > was ko'sted in mins. Carter, with a pair of two?

eft Hen; no. passed 66, his records f:»i fest matches. Woolley repiamu Douglas, a::: 1 , oft his second cv?. Carter was caught at the wicket. H-, playcu a splendid resolute innings batting 173 mins, and hitting 8 fours He gave a chance to Barnes ac poin; off Douglas when ■lB. Fie received r great ovation —3 for 2.9. At tne tei adjournment the score was 284—Hil. •<S, Armsticag 1, Foster and Barner bowled when operations were rr aewed. The former was so accurate an the cut side leg stump and Barne :m ths* outside — off that the b* i .stme> f-.r.md runs hard to get. They caint tn singles, so few and far between, r’nat in 25mins. only 15 were scored. Then four to Hill off Barnes to long m> completed 309 in 293 mins. Tr Barnes’ next over Hili, living tc I’crce his 100. was caught at mid-on He played a mastcrlv chaneeless innings fc? I6s:nins., and hit II fourers. mlniiett began shakily, but Armstrong made good forcing shots off both bcwieis. At 319 Douglas replaced Barnes and Woolley took the other end. While Armstrong was elcselv defensive, Minnett was ag gressive, and later got four off each .oowler, A wristy cut off Woolley was nr.rtiv'.i’aiTy fine. At 342 Armstrong ,vr..z beaten by n real good ball fron Douglas. He was in SOrains. Hordern was n'-xt man. The 350 went up ir :>32mins. The pair stayed til stumps were drawn. Minnett nlaycc a clasinng crisp game for an hour The fielding^ .began well but becamt loose in the middle of the afternoon. ENGLAND. First Innings 501 AUSTRALIA. First Innings 133 Second Innings. Kelleway, b Douglas 3) Dardslsy, b Foster 6 ; Carter, c Smith, b Woolley .... 75 Hili, c Hitch, b Barnes 9e Armstrong, b Douglas 2f Minnett, not out 3t Hordern, not out E ’Extras 24 Ti.tai for 5 wickets 361 THE ENGLISH TOUR. Adelaide, Jan. 16. • Il is rumoured that Hill decline: to accompany the next team to England.