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Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXIV, Issue 5, 18 January 1902, Page 3

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THE THIRD TEST MATC". ENGi.IaHMKN 'FIVE WICKKTS DOWN FOK 266. PER PRESS ASSOCIATION Received 17, 8.6 p.m. Adelaide, January 17, The rain, which had threatened od Fri'W, corop'etely, and the weather was delightful. ■Nine thousand p *ople were including Lord and Lady Tennyson. ' England won the and Macliren land Hay ward opened to Trumble and McLeod. Both played cautiously, and the first ten i una took twenty ainutes. The scoring gradually became faster, chiefly at the expense of Trumble, who was trying to

tempt Hayward. Noble and Howell were then tried. Off the former Maclaren made a bad stroke, which dropped s fafely behind square leg. The wicket , was slower than usual, and consequently , easy, the bowline larking in " devil" . Howell's off breaks give the h.tsmen . some trouble, two or three times beating tbem and thn stumps too. Armstrong »nd Trumper were tried ineffectually before luncheon, when the total stood at 88, each bat'men having made 43. Armstrong and Howell resumed the bowling, and off the former's third over Hayward eot ten in three hit", making his total 100 in that number of minutes. At llOTrumblerelieved Howell. Three , runs later Maclaren, when h : s -core was 61, was bowled by Arm»tio twi'ha noball, but the bat-inmn did not kr ow it, for he wa« walking away when called back. Havward fog d ahead, the Captain and the Surrey man making finejs'ttokes all round, »hou° b fome of Haclaren's were not quite so cr'ain. At 126, McLeod relieved Arms'ronp, but runs now came rapidly, although the fielding was smart. At 149 Maclaren hesitated about running for bis own stroke to the third man, and his hesitation cost him his wicket. His innings lasted two hours and a quarter, and be £ave no chances. His score included seven 4's. Tyldesley pottered about for a quaiter of an hour, and then tried a big hit, and skied the ball back to Trumble. Two wickets for 160. Four runs later, Hayward rather in-gloriou-ly ended a fine innings by slogging at a ball from Noble, which he just touched. Ik rebounded from the wicket-tee per's hands, and as the batsman waa out of his ground he was run out. He played a perf c 1: innings, Usting two hours and fifty minutes, &Dd he hit elevea 4's. A". 171 Jes<op ballooned the bill to Trumptr at long-ofi. He judged the sa'ch peifectly. The tea adjournment was then taken, Quaife's rcore b ing 10.

Received J7, 8.20 p.m. Lil'ey joined Quaife after tea, Trumble and Noble bowliDg. Quaife was twenty minutes without scoring, but Lilley got to woik steadily. When be had marin ten the latter was missed by Trumble in the slips, off Nr~h. The Geld closed in when Quaife Noble, but he stonewalled and" drove one bill ove- their heads to the boundary. At 186 Trumble got Lilley legbefore. Trumble's last twelve overs yielded seven runs for three wickets. When Braund went iu Armstrong replaced Noble. Braund got quickly to double figures, and the second century appeared in tbree hours and forty-five minutes. The score mounted steadily, chiefly dus to Braund. At 220 Trumper replaced Armstrocg. Shortly afterwards Howell gave Trumble a ppell and McLeod relieved ' Trumper. Quaife's play was slow but ( chancelesp, and he batted for two hours, j BrauDd's was a dashing gtme. The i fielding was brilliant. The scores I were:— I England.—First innings. , Maclaren, ruo out .. .. 67 | Hay ward, run out .. .. 90 f Tyldmlfiy, c and b Trumble .. 0 ! Q jaife, not out .. .. 51 Jessop, c Trumper, b Trumble .. 1 ] Lilley, lbw, b TrumWe .. 10 Braund, not out .. .. 35 I Sundries .. .12 1 i Total for five wicketß .. 266 Trumble has taken threa wickets fur| ! 7L