MACLAREN'S TEAM IN AUSTRALIA.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XXXIX, Issue 11852, 2 January 1902, Page 5

MACLAREN'S TEAM IN AUSTRALIA.

SECOND TEST MATCH.

THE FEDERAL ELEVEN.

FIRST INNINGS REALISES 112.

THE SPECTATORS UNSYMPATHETIC.

ENGLISHMEN ALL OUT FOR 61.

AUSTRALIAN SECOND INNINGS.

FIVE WICKETS DOWN FOR 48.

By Telegraph.—Press Association,—

(Received January 1. 6.45 p.m.)

Melbourne, January 1. Heavy rain fell through the night, and rendered the wicket for the second test match soft, but a cool southerly breeze sprang up at an early hour, and the weather was fine, though overcast. Maclaren. won the toss, and showed his estimate of the wicket by sending the Australians in. Blythe, although till suffering from his injured finger, determined to play, so the team is the same as that which played in the first test match. Darling and Trumper faced the bowling of Barnes and Blythe. Disaster followed Barnes' second ball. Trumper, with a poor stroke, sent it to Tyldesley at third man, and was dismissed without scoring. Hill filled the vacancy. The Adelaide man started to score with a fourer, and Darling had five to his credit when he lifted Blythe high. Gunn got right under, but failed to hold it. Darling celebrated his escape by adding four off Blythe's next ball, getting double figures with the following stroke. Hill punished Blythe severely, putting double figures to his credit. Hill played forward to Barnes, who beat him. Two wickets for 32. Trumble was the next man, and Ins arrival witnessed' Darling caught by Lilley after batting twenty-seven minutes. Three wickets for 34. Noble succeeded him, but promptly followed Darling's example, touching Blythe into Lilley's hands. Four wickets for 34. Gregory joined Trumble, and the crowd showed some ill-feeling by hooting Noble, and sarcastically inquiring for the whereabouts of McLeod and A. Laver. Barnes was bowling a splendid length, and gave the batsmen trouble. Trumble was at times unhappy over him. Again Blytho and Lilley performed the same feat as with the two previous batsmen, Gregory retiring with a duck. The downfall of the New South Wales batsmen gave the crowd a chance to display the beautiful Federal spirit that exists. The spectators could not have been more delighted at the fall of the English wickets than at the dismissal of the New South Welshmen. Duff came in next. Trumble narrowly missed being run out. Lilley threw the ball at the wicket and just missed an almost certain shot. Duff came in to a chorus of ironical cheers. The wickets were cutting up badly, and the bowlers were almost unplayable. Duff with a couple, and then a boundary, put up the first score for the New South Welshmen. He made some fine strokes, and quickly had double figures to his credit. He soon passed Darling's score, and sent Blythe to the fence twice with fine hard drives. Trumblo gave Braund a soft one in the slips off Blythe and retired. Six wickets for 81. The Victorian was three-quarters of an hour at the wickets. Kelly followed, and there was an interval of slow play to the luncheon adjournment. After luncheon, without any addition being j made to the score; Buff gave Braund an i opportunity in the slips to make a brilliant catch, and the Sydneyite retired, having completed his score in forty-three minutes. His total included five tourers. . Seven wickets for 85. Another five runs added to the total saw Kelly send one high, which Quaife held at mid-off. Eight wickets for 90. Howell joined Armstrong, but only got a single before Barnes proved fatal. The great success of Barnes and Blythe made unnecessary any change in the English bowling. Nine wickets for 94. Jones, the last man in, commenced hitting merrily, and narrowly escaped being caught in the outfield by Braund. The century was reached after an hour and forty-seven minutes' play. Jones hit out at everything and registered double figures in a few moments, but then sent his usual one high, and Maclaren caught him softly at mid-off. The innings occupied one hundred and twelve minutes, and strangely enough the Australian's first innings in the first test match also occupied one hundred and twelve minutes. The scores are as follow: — Darling, c Lilley, b Blythe ... ... 19 Trumper, c Tyldesley, b Barnes ... 0 Hill, b Barnes ... :.. ... ... 15 Trumble, c Braund, b Blythe ... ... 16 Noble, c Lilley, b Blythe ... ... 0 Gregory, c Lilley, b Blythe ... ... 0 Duff, c Braund, b Barnes ... ... 32 Kelly, c Quaife, b Barnes ... ... -," 5 Armstrong, not out ... ... ... 4 Howell, b Barnes ... 1 Jones, c Maclaren, b Barnes .;.. ... 14 Extras .... ' •■• 6 Total ... ... ... ... ... H2 Barnes took six wickets for 40 runs, and Blythe four for 66. (Received January 1, 9.25 p.m.) At ten minutes past three Trumble and ■Noble opened the attack, Maclaren and Hayward batting. The captain had scored five, which gave Trumble's fourth ball to Hayward, who lifted it to Darling and retired without scoring. One wicket for five. , Tyldesley followed. By this time 25,000 spectators were present. With 16 on the board Maclaren skied Trumble to Jones, who caught him at square-leg. Two wickets for 16, Quaife succeeded Maclaren, and Tyldesley immediately gave Gregory a soft chance at square-leg. Three wickets for 16. Jessop got an ovation as he appeared. Trumble's average now stood at three for 10. The Warwick stonewaller played the ball on. Four wickets for 24. The loss of four batsmen in quick succession testified to the bad state of the wicket. Gunn joined Jessop, the latter hitting up 16 in ten minutes, 12 off Trumble's over. Gunn failed to score, going out at Noble, when Kelly smartly stumped him.. Five wickets for 35. Lilley went in tgl'ifc, and Jessop lifted Trumble clean out of the ground. Lilley j had a life at Jones' hands at deep squareleg. The Adelaide man got the ball, but dropped it. Tlio -century appeared after forty-sis minutes' play. Jessop then jumped at Noble, and Kelly stumped Turn beautifully. Six wickets for 51. Jones then came down, but Kolly caught him off the next ball. Seven for 51.Noble'? average was four wickets for 11. Braund partnered Lilley, and the latter was missed by Darling, but next ball | Trumper caught him at™ mid-on. Eight | wickets for 56. Barnes then came in and made'a single, and Noble then caught him softly off his own bowling. Nine wickets for 57. Blythe, the last man, made a boundary hit, and skied the next to Trumper, bringing the innings to a close. It lasted exactly an hour and five minutes. The scores are as follow : — Maclaren, c Jones, b Trumble ... ... 13 Hayward, c Darling, b Trumble ... 0 Tyldesley, c Gregory, b Trumble ... 2 Quaife, b Noble ... ...... ... 0 Jessop, st Kelly, b Noble ... ... 27 Gunn, st Kelly, b Noble ... ... 0 Lilley, c Trumper. b Noble Y.„ ... 6 Jones, c Kelly, b Noblo ... ... ... 0 Braund, not out ... ......... 2 Barnes, c and b Noble ... ... ... l Blythe, c Trumper, b Noble ... .., 4 Extras ....... ...... 6 Total ... ... ... ... v . 61 ;.; Trumble took three wickets for 38, and Noble seven for 17,

(Received January: 1, 9.30 p.m.) ':/',: At:half-past four the Australians commenced their second innings, : Darling and Trumble facing Barnes and Blythe. Cautious playing ensued, ! and half-an-hour's work produced . a dozen runs. Braund relieved Blythe, the batsmen playing with th© intention of keeping up their wickets., till time; was called. '•'". The pitch . was ; improving hourly. With the total at 32 Darling lifted one high, and Tyldesley by a 'great run along the boundary made a brilliant catch. The partnership lasted fifty-seven minutes. One wicket'for 32. Kelly followed. Trumble occupied sixtyfive minutes in reaching double figures, and then gave Braund an opportunity in the slips. Two wickets for 42. Howell went in next, , but he sent the second ball high to Hayward without scoring. Three wickets for 42. Gregory joined Kelly, but the latter attempted to steal a run and the ball being returned fast Kelly was v. run out. Four wickets for 42. , ™ ' Jones made five when he tipped Barnes to Maclaren in the slips. Five wickets for, 48. . ■' , '-■ '?■ . ■■ * Stumps were then drawn,. the scores for the Australians' second innings being as follows : :'■'■' - Darling, c Tyldesley, b Barnes ... 23 Trumble, c Braund, b Barnes ... ; •-• 1° Kelly, run out ... ... ... - '£ Howell, c Hayward, b Barnes ... ... ■ " Gregory not out ..." ... .'■• •■• ]r Jones, c • Maclaren, b Barnes ... -•- ° . Extras ... ;... ••• — * Total for five wickets ... . '•••'. 48 -*'• , Sydney, January 1. The Dailv Telegraph says the selection of the Australian team seems extraordinary. The idea appears to have been, strengthen the batting and never mind the bowling. But one of "the few definite lessons derivable from the first test match was that the Australian bowling : was i terribly lacking m variety, and now the selectors put out two bowlers who were most 'successful to put in their places a player who does not bowl, at all, and another whose bowling is of the monotonous medium-paced sort of which there is already plenty. . ' " The Telegraph considers there were others with equally good or better claims than Duff and Armstrong.