CRICKET.

Taranaki Herald, Volume LIX, Issue 143442, 2 March 1911, Page 4

CRICKET.

SOUTH AFRICA v. NEW SOUTH WALES. THE VISITORS DEFEATED. 13. V Electric Telegraph.—Copyright. SYDNEY. March 1. Rain started during the night, and continued till 9 o'clock. The wicket was soft at the start, and'tho weather dull. A strong wind, however, caused the pitch to dry rapidly, and after an hour’s play the ball was bumping badly, the batsmen continually patting down lumps and throwing loose tufts of turf aside, Nourse and Faulkner wore extremely careful, .playing ipost balls straight back along the wicket. Macartney and Ma-ssie, the crack bad wicket bowlers', were unable to break" through the defence and others were similarly unsuccessful. Nourse gave his first chance at 119— a difficult low one-in the slips nrf Minnett. Bardsloy tried hard, but missed. At 160 a much easier to Collins at fine slip off Kelleway was dropped.. In attempting to pull the next ball Nourse tipped it high to Collins, who ran behind the wicket and caught him, breaking the partnership. This had a bad effect on Faulkner, who ran to the other end while Nourse was being caught. He placed the next ball, which was from Macartney, _in exactly the same way as Naurse. Kclleway ran from fine slip and caught , it. • The partnership had lasted for 212 minutes, and had yielded 318. Faulkner hatted for 244 and hit 22 fours. Nourse Hit 16 fours. The partnership.was easily a record for the tour, the previous best -heiiig 242 ,by Nourse and Strieker in the first match at Adelaide. ■ Sinclair and-Snooke fell easy victims to Kelleway, whose deliveries rose rapidly from the- wicket. ; Both were howled after making four. 'Ropier met a similar fate a couple of overs later, but Strieker stubbornly kept up the wicket. lie.took 63 minuter, in scoring 18. before being bowled hv Mastic ! Campbell had made 3 when he tipped Massie to Minnott at fine slip, and the catch; \yas.,held. _ Schwarz played good cricket, driving loose, ones to the boundary. Vogler, at 2, gave a difficult chance to Kellpway in the slips off Massie. The catch was received, but wp.s dropped. The score was then 430. Schwarz had scored 12 more in good style when Vogler was run out,'when 40 lucre rims were required to secure a victory. ■ The match was one of records, the last one being the aggrpgpte.' total 1744 runs. The previous; bpsf of the tour Was in the Adelaide test match, of 1640., . Scores: — , ; NEW SOUTH WALES. First Innings '■■■■ 430 Second Innings ,4§3 ■ SOUTH AFRICA. First Innings .’ 4QB ’Second Innings. r,y» -‘ Commaille, h. Macartney 1 Pearse, b. Macartney 9 Faulkner, c".‘Kelleway, b. Macartney Ihl Nourse, c. Collins, h. Kelleway ....160 Sinclair, h. Kelleway 4 Strieker,*!).’ Massie , 18 Snooke, b. Kelleway 4 Poglcr. b. Kelleway 10 Schwarz, nut nut 45 Campbell, c. Minnott, b. Massie 3 Vogler, run out 2 Extras 31 Total., .437 Bowlirt’g'Analysis.—Jdncartncy. three wickets for 113; Minnott, none for 50; Emery, none for 53; Massie, two for 04; Kelleway, tour for 120. THE NEXT TEST. ‘ SYDNEY. March _ 1. ’The tost team will.hi 1 finally .picked on Friday from the last test team and Macartney.