THE FIRST TEST MATCH.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXII, Issue 8, 20 December 1911, Page 2

THE FIRST TEST MATCH.

AUSTRALIA’S SECOND STRIKE ENDED. GOOD HURDLE FOR VISITORS. By Electric Telegraph.—Copyright. United Press Association. Sydney, December 19. The match was resumed in hot weather. The blustering wind blew clouds of dust across the wicket. There was an attendance of 8500. 11 ill and Kelleway resumed to Barnes and Foster. In direct opposition to yesterday’s tactics, both attacked the bowling freely, Hill being especially brilliant, his best strokes being the glance to leg, which he played with the utmost precision. Kelleway also scored mostly behind the wicket and through the agency of late cuts. Hill’s 50 occupied 101. minutes, and Kellcway’s 110 minutes, 150 coming up as the result of 152 minutes’ play. Hill, in attempting to get Foster around to leg, was clean bowled. His score included seven fours, and the partnership added 121. With Armstrong in, Hcarne took the ball from Barnes, but he was unable to find his length, and bowled full tossers and long hoppers, wliibh were frequently pasted to the boundary. Douglas relieved Foster at 169, and* his-first over brought Kelleway’s downfall. He was bowled off his pads from a well-pitched-up delivery. He hit nine fours, and was in 183 minutes. Trumper received a great reception on joining Armstrong. He again started a cautious game, but at 14 hit out at Douglas. The ball struck the, edge of the bat and went straight up, the bowler effecting an easy catch. With Ransford, as a partner, Armstrong played the bowling freely, without doing anything sensational. He drove forcefully, but in most cases failed to place well. After luncheon he had added four, bringing his score to 28, when he was completely beaten by a fast ball from Foster, which clipped his bails. Hordern, the not out man in the first innings, started placing Foster freely to leg for two. Barnes was bowling on the off theory,' with four men in the slips, but the batsmen refused invitations to hit one. Presently he sent down leg breaks, with six men fielding on the one side, but this bait was also taken warily. Hordern played flukey to 18, when Foster clean bowled him. He should have done so much earlier, but several times the ball just failed to find the wicket. When Minnctt went in it was evident that his foot was very sore, and lie had great difficulty in running between the wickets. He played a weak stroke at 6, when he skied Barnes at raid-off, but Hobbs was just unable to reach it. Ransford did not display much anxiety to score, patting everything except loose balls. Tiicse he cither glanced to leg or cut. It was the latter stroke that brought about his downfall, as he played a short one from Barnes hard, and Rhodes at point made a remarkable catch. He Had batted 87 minutes, and hit four tourers. Minnctt quickly followed him to the pavilion,' bowled by Douglas at i 7 in the next over. Australia’s hopes of a good second innings’ sc6re*then sank, and the last ball before tea saw Cotter out leg before to Douglas, for two; Only Carter and Whitty remained. This pair, however, added 25 before Carter was caught by Gunn at long one off Foster Hobbs and Kinnear again opened to the bowling of Whitty and Cotter. Kinnear snould have been dismissed after scoring one, Armstrong missing an easy chance at first slip off Cotter. Armstrong is generally considered sate in that position. The same bowler’s next over saw the dismissal of Hobbs, who had hit up 22 in 24-minutes, including four formers. He'tipped a rising fast one, and Carter, behind the wickets', took the catch. Kinnear had another life at eight, this time Kelleway, at second slip, dropping the catch off Cotter. The sky clouded over and the light became unsatisfactory, so Gunn and Kinnear settled down to play out time. Kinnear was missed for a third time at 17, Hordern dropping an easy catch of his own bowling. Fifty was scored in an hour, and these batsmen played out time without any further incident. Following are the scores:— AUSTRALIA. First innings ... > ... ... 447 Second Innings. Kelleway, b Douglas ... ... 70 Bardsley, b Foster ... ... 12 Hill, b Foster ... ... ... 65 Armstrong, b Foster ... ... 28 Trumper, c and b Douglas ... 14 Ransford, c Rhodes, b Barnes ... 34 Hordern, b Foster ... ... 18 Minnctt, b Douglas ... ... 17 Cotter, Ibw., b Douglas ... ... 2 Garter, c Gunn, b Foster ... ... 15 Whitty, not out ... ... ... 9 Extras ... ... 14, Total 80S Fall of Wickets.—One 29, two 150, three 169, four 191, five 218, six 246, seven 268, eight 274, nine 283, ten 308. Bowling Analysis.—Foster, five wickets for 92; Douglas, four for 50; Barnes, one for 72; Woolley, none for 15; Hcarne, none for 50. ENGLAND. First innings ... ... ... 318 Second Innings. Hobbs, c Carter, b Cotter ... 22 Kinnear, not out ... ... ... 27 Gunn, not out ... ... ... 16 Total for one wicket ... ... 65 JESSOP’S INCLUSION PROBABLE. London, December 19. Gilbert Jessop has resigned the secretaryship of the Gloucestershire Club, probably to proceed to Australia.