BATSMEN'S BIG TASK.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLVIII, Issue 14868, 20 December 1911, Page 10

BATSMEN'S BIG TASK.

ENGLAND NEEDS 373 TO WIN. NINE WICKETS YET TO FALL. FOSTER AND DOUGLAS BOWL WELL KINNEIR HAS THREE LIVES. ; By Telegraph—Press Association.— (Heceived December 19, 8.5 p.m.) Sydney, December 19. As a result of to-day's play, the Englishmen are left with nine wickets in hand in their second innings and 373 runs to make to win. The attendance to-day was 8500. With one wicket", down for 119, the Australians continued ':> their second innings. There was a hot, blustery wind, and clouds of 'dust blew across the wicket. Hill (49) and Kelleway (47) resumed to the bowling of Barnes and Foster. .- ' '■}-.- ' Batsmen Attack the Bowling. ; ' i In direct opposition to. yesterday's tactics, both batsmen attacked the bowling freely. Hill was especially brilliant. His best stroke was a glance to fine leg, which ho played with the utmost precision. ' Kelleway scored mostly behind the wicket through the agency of late cuts. " Hill's;so occupied; 101 minutes and Kelleway's ] 1 140 ■ minutes. The' total'of 150 was , the i I result of 152 minutes' play. _ ; ; \\ Hill, in attempting to get Foster around to leg, was clean bowled. His 65 included seven fours. The Hill-Kclleway partnershin added 121. . With Armstrong in, Hearne took the ball from Barnes, but was unable to find a length. He bowled full tossers and long hoppers, which were frequently pasted to the boundary. Douglas relieved Foster at 169. His first over brought about Kelleway's downfall, Kelleway being bowled off his pads by a well-pitchcd-up delivery. Kelleway's 70 included nine fours and occupied 183 minutes. Trumper Dees Not Get Going.. Trumper had a great reception on joining Armstrong. Ho again started a cautious game, but with his score at 14 ho hit out at Douglas. The ball struck tho ! edge of the bat and went straight up, the bowler taking ah easy catch. i; With Ransford as his : partner, Armstrong played the bowling freely without doing anything sensational. He drove forcefully, but in most cases failed to place well. After luncheon Armstrong 1 added four, bringing his score*to 28, and was then completely beaten by a fast ball from Foster, which clipped the bails. Hordern,the notout man in the first innings, started playing Foster freely and put him to leg for two. ' .'• \ _ 'Barnes was bowling the off theory, with four men in the slips, but the batsmen refused his invitations to hit.. In another over Barnes sent down leg breaks, with six men fielding on the on side. This bait was also taken warily. ' " - '' , ' Hordem Flukey, Minnett Crippled.

Hordern with s flukey play v reached 18, when Foster clean bowled him. i This Foster should have dono much earlier, for several times, the ball just failed to find Hordem's wicket. When Minnett went in it was evident that his inured foot was still very sore, as he Had great difficulty .in running between the wicket*. .He played a weak stroke when ho had scored six and skied. Barnes at mid off, hut Hobbs just faded to reach the ball. " ' : -' -' : ' r : \ : : ' .

Ransford did not display much anxiety to score, patting everything except' loose balls. These he either glanced to leg or cut. It was the latter stroke that brought about his downfall. Ho played a short one from Barnes hard to Rhodes at point, where the Yorkshireman made a remarkable catch. '"' : " ''"'.. ' :'\\ ':','•' ' '; ■■ "

Ransford batted 87 minutes for his 34, which included ■ four fours. Minnett quickly followed him to- the pavilion,.-' being bowled in the next over by Douglas when ho had ecorcd 17. . . ,* •.

v Australia's : hopes of a good second innings score then sank, as tho last ball before tea saw Cotter out leg before to Douglas for two only. Only Carter and Whitty remained, but this pair added 25 before Carter was caught by Gunn at long-on off Foster. ' : /.\

England's Second Effort— 43B Wanted. With 438 to make to win Hobbs and Kinneir again opened the Englishmen's annings, Whitty and Cotter bowling. Kinnoir should have been dismissed after scor- ; ing one, Armstrong mis-sing an easy chance at first slip off Cotter. Armstrong is generally considered safe in that position. Cotter's next over saw the dismissal of Hobbs, who was caught by Carter (wicketkeeper) off the fast bowler after he had hit up 22 in 24 minutes, including four fours. It was a fast, bouncing ball, and Hobbs just tipped it. Kinneir had another life when he had scored eight, Kcllcway at second slip dropping a catch, again off Cotter. The sky clouded over, and the- light became unsatisfactory, and Gunn and Kinneir settled down to play out time. Kinneir was missed a third time at 17, Hordern dropping an easy catch off his own bowling.* The -century was i scored in an hour. The batsmen played out time without further incident. The details of the scoring are : — V AUSTRALIA.—Second Innings. ' Bardsley, b Foster ...'.'■ ... ... 12 Kelleway, b Douglas ... ... ... 70 Hill, b Foster ... ... ... ... 65 Armstrong, b Foster ... ... ... v2B Trumper, c and b Douglas ... ... 14 Ransford, c Rhodes, b Barnes ... 34 Hordern, b Foster ... ... ... 18 Minnett, b Douglas ... ... ... 17 Cotter, Ibw, b Douglas ... ... 2 Carter, c Gunn, b Foster ... ... 15 Whitty, not out ... 9 Sundries ... ... ... ... 24 Total ...' ... ... ... 308 Total, first innings ... ...: 447 Aggregate ... ... ... ... 755 Order of the fail of wickets in the second innings: One for 29, two for 150, three for 169, four for'l9l, five for 218, six for 246, seven for 268, eight for 274, nine for 283. , Bowling Analysis : .Foster took five wickets or 92 run's;. Douglas, four, for... 50; Barnes, one for 72; Woollcy, none for 15; Hearnc, none for 50. v • ENGLAND. First innings ... ... ... ... 318 Second Innings.. Hobbs, c Carter, b Cotter ... .... ... '12 Kenncir, not out ... ... ... 27 Gunn, not out ... ... ... ... 16 Sundries ;.. ••• '....:.... 10 Total for one wicket ... ... 65 JESSOP MAY COME OUT. (Received December 19,-9 p.m.) V V London, December 19. Jessop (who, :in Fry's opinion, is. ' the man to lead the English, team against Australia) has resigned .the secretaryship of the Gloucester Club. Ho will probably proceed to Australia, later