AUSTRALIANS SCORE HEAVILY.

Northern Advocate, 18 December 1911, Page 5

AUSTRALIANS SCORE HEAVILY.

ENGLISHMEN BAT STOLIDLY.

A LONG HILL TO CLIMB

SYDNEY, Dec. 16

When the first cricket, test match between M.C.C. and Australia was resumed on Saturday, the weather was fine, but very hot, and a strong, gusty wind blew cloudte of dust across the ground.

Minnett and Trumper resumed to Barnes and Poster.

Minnett played: brilliantly, but Trumper was extremely cautious, owing to the close proximity of his century, which he brought up by beautifully sound and careful cricket. Minnett's 50 appeared in 49 minutes.

Foster was expensive, and Woolley took the ball. Jn his first over Minnett lifted the ball to mid-on. Douglas reached it, but was unable to hold it.

At 378 Douglas bowled vice Barnes,

When he hadl scored 113 Trumper hit out to Woolley and mishit the ball to Hobbs at cover-point, where Hobbs took the catch.

Minnett brought the total to 400 by a dangerous snick to the slips. Foster had just moved from the spot. The ball travelled to the boundary.

Minnett scored 90 in brilliant style. He was in for 111 minutes and hit fourers.

The innings closed for 447 r.nd lasted 385 minutes. The English fielding was fair to goody

Trumper is suffering from an injured knee, which was struck by a fast ball from Barnes shortly before Trumper w&s out.

AUSTRALIA—First Innings. , Kelleway, c and b Woolley 20 Bardsley r c Strudwick b Douglas SO Hill, run out 46 Armstrong, st Strudwick b Hearne 60 Trumpet',., c Hobbs b Woolley 113 Ransford, c Hearne b Barnes .. 26 Minnett, c F&ster b Barnes ... * 90 not out 17 Cotter, c and , bY Barnes "6 Carter, b Foster S3 Whitty, b Foster 0 Extras' _ * 26 Total 4'4 I 7 Bowling Analysis: Foster took 2 wickets for 1&5; Douglas* 1 for 62; Barnes, 3 for 107; Hearne, 1 for 44; Woolley, 2. for 77; Rhodes, 0 for 2f.. ENJ&LANIXr—First Innings. , Kinnear; b Whitty 22 Hobbs, not; out 63 Gunn, b Cotter 4 Rhodes ~....» 41 Mead '~ 0 Hearne, not out 9 Extras . 3

Four wickets for 142 (N.B.—lt is not stated how Rhodes and Mead were out.)-

Hobbs and Kinnear opened to Cotter and Whitty.

At 35 Hbrdern replaced Cotter and had Hobbs badly mixed. Kelleway bowled at the other end.

Both batsmen settled down to steady play, and Kinnear scored his 22 chiefly by means of clean carpet drives;.

Gunn joined Hobbs. His hand was still bound, and! Cotter's fast deliveries appeared to hurt him. He was clean bowled at 4.

Rhodes came next, opening his- account by cutting Cotter for four.

Hobbs played soundly. Having in view Australia's , big total he took no risks. One of Ms splendid strokes was a fine ; sndck.

Rhodes was• freer* cutting and driving cleanly.

The bowling chianges were frequent. One hundsfiid appeared in 119 minutes.

Rhodes used" Ms feet to Hordern's googlies and scored' quickly by splendid cricket. .

With half am hour to go Mead Joined Hobbs, who had reached HO and Irad been at the wickets 139 minutes.

The newcomer Was unable to play Hordern. Hearne and Hobbs played out time.