CRICKET.

Oamaru Mail, Volume XXXIX, Issue 10956, 22 December 1911, Page 1

CRICKET.

THE TEST MATCH. £By Electric Telegraph—Copyright.] (Per Press Association.) Received December 21, at 2.55 p.m. Sydney. December 21. England "ore disposed of for 291. leaving Australia victorious by 146 runs. Fine but hot weather prevailed for the conclusion. About IUU were, present when Douglas and Barnes went to the wickets, wanting 170 with only two wickets to fall. Hordern and Cotter had charge of the bowling. Barnes quickly brought up double figures, driving Cotter to the boundary. Douglas, however, played six overs without scoring before being bowled with a big leg break by Hordern. Strudwick scored a lucky four off Cotter by snicking one through the slips, and he followed this a few balls later by splendidly cutting another to the track. When the total was 291 Hordern. bowled Barnes. The innings lasted 370 minutes. Concluding scores :—rDouglas, b Hordern 32 Barnes, b Hordern ... 14 Strudwick, not out ... 12 Sundries ... 23 Total ... ..'. ... 291

The wickets fell as follows: —One. for 29, two for 69, three for 141,-four for 141. fire for 148, six for 167, seven for 177' eidit for 263, nine for 276, ten for 291. ~ ,

Bowling analysis:—Whitty, 0 for 41; Cotter, 2 for 71; Hordern, 7 for 90; Kelleway, 0 for 27; Armstrong, 0 for 39. Received December 22, at 1-15 a.m. Sydney, December 21-. Hordern lias informed the selectors that ho will be able to play in the second test match, but owing to business reasons not in tho third or fourth, but possiblv he mav be available for the fifth. '

Received December 22, at 9-15 a.m. Svdney, December 22. The Herald says th.at at no stage did the Australians look like losing the test. Tliev batted, bowled, and fielded, better than the Englishmen have done in recent vears. English critics consider that the only way the visiting team could hope for success against Australia was bv sound defensive, ra'Jier than brilliant, batting. The South Africans also adopted these tactics, but Australia won nine out of the last eleven tests, proving that enterprising batsmen, as represented by Australia, lose nothing by roniparison. ' The Telegraph states that, considering tho. English team was not representative, and that "Warner was xmable to play, they can congratulate themselves on a good fight. If England is to win in Australia she must send' her best team. It is open to argument if even her best team could win. The Englishmen may do better in the remaining matches. Many of them were young players in their first test. This is more serious for an Englishman than for an Australian, as cricket is sacred) to the English, while no sport is sacred to Australians, who have no traditions to live up to.