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Taranaki Herald, Volume XLIV, Issue 10198, 2 January 1895, Page 2

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ENGLISH ELEVEN IN AUSTRALIA. ENGLAND V. AUSTRALIA. [PKR PRESS ASSOCIATION.] Melbourne, January 1. — There was glorious weather and a splendid wicket for the third day's play in the test match. Close on fifteen thousand people paid for admission ; £937 being taken at the gates. The Englishmen, in their second innings, remained at the wickets until 4.45 p.m., and put up a score of 475 ; this left the Australians 428 to make to win. When stamps were drawn for the day, Bruce and Trott, first men in, had radnced the lead by 86 runs. The following are the scores :—: — Englishmen, (second innings). — McLaren, b Turner, 15 ; V/ard, b Turner, 41 ; Brown, c Jarvis, b Bruce, 37 ; Brockwell, b Turner 21 ; Sfcoddart, b Giffen, 173 ; Peel, stumped Jarvis b Giffen, 53 ; Ford, c Trott b Giffen, 24 ; Briggs, lbw, b Giffen, 31 ; Lockwood, not out, 33 ; Phillipson, b Giffen, 30 ; Richardson, c Gregory, b GifCen, 11 ; no balls, 3; leg byei, 2 ; byes, 1. Total second innings, 476 ; total first innings, 75 ; grand total' 550. Giffen took 6 wickets for 155, Turner 3 for 99, Bruce 1 for 21, Lyons 0 for 3, Trott 0 for 61, Coningham 0 for 59, Tnimble 0 for 72 (with 3 no balls). Australians (second innings) — Bruce, not out, 43; Trott, not out, 43. Total (for no wickets), 86. Total of first innings, 123. Grand total 209. The Australians have to make 342 to ■win. Melbourne, January 2. — A hot north ■wind i» blowing this morning, with clouds of dast. Stoddart's innings was almost faultless. He gave a possible chance to Jarvis at the wickets when hia score stood at 113, and 10 runs later he played one in dangerous proximity to Trumblo in the slips. Giffen had 100 runs scored off him before taking a wicket. Several of the Englishmen declared that Gregory's catch, which dismissed Richardson, was the finest ever witnessed. The match is considered to be played under perfectly even conditions. The Secretary of the Hospital acknowledges with thanks receipt from the author (Mr C. Rogers') of two copies of *• The Philanthropist, for the patients' reading. Captain Edwin wired at 2.45 p.m.: — «' Indications of strong south to cast and north-east winds, with glass rising and cold weather." The vital statistics for the Borough of New Plymouth, for December, 1894, were : — Births, 12 ; deaths, 12 ; marriages, 5.