MACLAREN'S TEAM IN AUSTRALIA.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XXXIX, Issue 11871, 24 January 1902, Page 5

MACLAREN'S TEAM IN AUSTRALIA.

THIRD TEST MATCH. AUSTRALIA'S SECOND INNINGS. FINE BATTING BY DARLING AND* TRUMBLE. COLONIALS WIN BY FOUR WICKETS. By Telegraph.—Press Association.— Copyright. (Received January 23, 7.54 p.m.) Adelaide, January 23. THE tKrd.test match -was continued in bright, pleasant i weather to-day, the attendance being about 3000. Jessop and Blythe bowled, the former to the end which was considerably damaged. The bowling was so accurate and the fielding so brilliant that the batsmen were disinclined to take risks, and it took 20 minutes ; to make four runs, and in half-an-hour Trumble added only one. Darling got Blythe to leg for three, and then drove and cut Jessop to the boundary. . At 221 Gunn relieved Jessop. With his score at 59 Darling drove the ball back hard and high to Blythe, who was unable to clutch it. ' Trumble, after batting an hour for six runs, hit Gunn to leg to the boun- ! dary and cat him uppishly, but safely, to the pavilion. With 239 Tip Gunn changed ends, and Brannd pegged away at the bad place, not, however, with his usual slows. Lilley stood back at short stop, and Brannd knocked in fast ones, but they did not achieve success, and Jessop relieved him. Darling hit him to the boundary, but the same over, in trying another hit down the ground was brilliantly caught by Hayward at mid-on. / Darling, luting three and a-half hours, made a splendid effort for Australia. His defence was splendid, with an occasional well-placed hit. .The score included seven fourers. "' The fifth wicket fell at 255. The luncheon was then taken, Trumbie being 29. Noble joined Trumble after luncheon, and Jessop and Blythe bowled. The newcomer, batting nicely, soon ran. into double figures. „ At 273 Brannd relieved Blythe. This time }he bowled his customary slows. Trumble got him to the boundary, but at 287 Noble ran himself out through starting for a run when the ball was hit straight to Jessop at cover. As Armstrong was playing his slows well, Braun i gave the ball to Blythe, whom Trumbie hit to leg for four, making him 52, after two and a-half hours' batting. Armstrong simply" kept up his wicket while Trumble made the runs. One of the latter's strokes off Jessop was a fine one to the square leg boundary. When Armstrong was eight, and seven runs were wanted to win, McLaren, in the slips, missed a difficult low chance off Blythe. The next four runs came slowly, but the match finished with three byes off Jessop, the Australians winning by four wickets. Trumble played a masterly faultless innings for three horns, and hit seven fours. Armstrong was steady. The : fielding throughout was exceedingly brilliant. The following are the scores : —

England, first innings ...388 Australia, first innings ... ... ... 321 England, second innings ... ... 247 AUSTRALIA.Second Innings. Tnimper, b Gucn ... 25 Duff, Hit wicket, b Gram 4 Hill, b Jessop ... ... 97 Gregory, c Braund, b Gunn ... ... 23 Darling, c Hayward, b Jessop ... 69 Trumble, not out . ... ... ... 69 Noble, run out ... ... ... ~..13 Armstrong, not out ... 9 Extras ... ... ... ... 13 Total for six wickets ... ... ••• 315 ■ Bowling Analysis: Gunn, three wickets for 88; Jessop, two for 41; Brauiid, none for 79; Hayward, none for 28; Blythe, none for : 66. V ' [Titers is evidently an orror somewhere in tbo scores as cabled. The individual scores give a total of 322, whereas the total cabled is 315, which is tho sooro_ tho Australians had to make in order to win.]