CRICKET.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXII, Issue 7, 19 December 1911, Page 3

CRICKET.

FIRST TEST. THE HOME TEAM’S SECOND INNINGS. AN EXCELLENT START. (By Electric Telegraph.—Copyright.) (United Press Association.) Sydney, December 18. The match was continued with the weather lino and hot, but tempered by a cool breeze. The wicket was in excellent condition. Hobbs and Hcarne, the not out men, resumed. Whitty captured the former in his first over, before adding to Saturday’s score. The ball pitched well up'to the leg, and in attempting to glance it hri lifted it to silly midon, where Hill made a clever onehanded catch. Hobbs was at the wickets for IG7 minutes. He gave two chances, and hit live fours and one five. Foster followed. Cotter, bowling at the other end, nearly added another wicket before the total was further increased. Hcarne snicked a ball, waist high, between Kelleway and Bardsley in the slips, and instead ol a wicket four resulted. Foster brought the total to 150 by forcibly driving Whitty for two. The innings had then been in progress for three (Lours. Trumper’s injury had sufficiently improved to allow him to take his place, on the field. Macartney, however, still fielded in place of Minnett, who had-- injured his foot at the practice nets. Foster quickly passed Hcarne at IJ, twos and fours coming almost every stroke. This pair emulated some of the Australians, notably Hill and Bardsley, by making every possible run—a practice that met with hearty approval from the crowd, which repeatedly cheered. ■A.t ISO, Hordern relieved Cotter, Kelleway going on at the other end. The Australians fondly imagined that Trumper was the only player woo dared to pull balls off Ids stumps to the log boundary, but Foster disabused this idea by repeatedly pulling across, once landing the ball on the track. Both used their feet freely to Hordern. . . Two hundred appeared in 211 nunutes, and Foster’s 50 appeared in 60 minutes. Six runs later lie attempted to play Hordern, and hit the ball on to ids wickets. His score included nine fourers. Woolley quickly got his eye in, and faced the howling confidently, wnilc Hcarne was watching carefully. After luncheon, Whitty and Cotter renewed the attack. He a rue’s 50 took 107 minutes. At 293, Hordern took tiie ball from Cotter, and his first over clipped Woolley’s bails. _ s)* ® spectators were sorry to sec bis clismissal, as, with the exception of Foster, he- was the most attractive batsman of the team. He hit five fourers. Douglas played his .first ball up, and Trumper at silly point effected an easy catch. When Barnes joined He a rim, play slowed, several maidens following. Then Barries drove Whitty lor four, making the total 301. for the Shine number: of minutes. Hearnt was loudly-cheered on passing Hobbs' score, by lifting Hor.deru to jtlio track. Kelleway relieved .Whitty,; and hat -first ball bowled Brinies. With StriHlwi<j*k ill, Hcarne vUiclj <6l skicjo Kelleway, Trunrpfii- accepting the eaten f at long-off. . ■ “■ . ’ The innings closed with a deficiency of 129. The Australians’ fielding war o-ancrally smart and clean. England wore out shortly before tea time, so that interval was consequently cut out. 'I ronhie started early for ijLustralia., Foster howling Bardsley, when the total was 29, and Ike innings had been, m progress 35 minutes. Hill joined Ken low ay, who was 17. Both play-et. steadily, and 50 appeared'alter 5-1 minutes. * The howling was frequently changed, Douglas,-. Barnes, .Woolley, and Foster taking View ovfcrs. each, and being well supported by the field. •After passing 50,-the play became, uninteresting, the bowlers keeping a good length, especially Douglas, whoso eight overs yielded 10 runs. _ Hcarne wont on at 7(3, and play /brightened up a little. It was still, however, far from brilliant, Hill and Kelleway seeming determined to play out time. The century took 100 minutes. A sight diversion was caused by Hill hitting the ball about a yard along the pitch and sneaking a run. The wicket-keeper and the bowler (both ran for the ball and collided, meanwhile the men got home. With a quarter of an hour to go, Rhodes started to howl, but the rale of scoring was unimproved, in spite of the barracking of a section of the crowd. Both wore in when stumps wore drawn. Scores.;— ENGLAND—First Innings. Hobbs, c Hill, b Whitty ... 63 Ki linear, b Kelleway ... ... 22 Gunn, b Cotter ... ... 4 Rhodes, c Hill, b Hordern ... 41 Mead, c and b Hordern ... _6 Hearne, c Trumper, b Kelleway ... 76 Foster, b Hordern ... ... 56 Woolley, h Hordern ... ... 39 Douglas, c Trumper, b Hordern ... 0 Barnes, h Kelleway ... ... 9 Strudwick, not out ... ... 9 Extras .... ... o Total ... ... 318 Fall of wickets. —I—ls,1—15, 2—53, 3 115 .1—129, 5—112, 6—231, 7—293, 8—293, 9—310, 10—318. Bowling analysis.—Cottei, 1 v.ickei for 88; Whitty, one for 60; Kelleway, three for 46;' Hordern, five for 85; Armstrong, none for 28; Minnett, none for 3. AUSTRALIA. First Innings ... ... 447 Second Innings. Bardsley, b Foster ... ... 12 Kelleway, not out ... ... 4u Hill, not out ... ... ••• 49 Extras ... ••• ... 4.1 Total for one wicket ... 119 The attendance at the test match was 13,000.