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Timaru Herald, Volume LVIII, Issue 1659, 12 January 1895, Page 3

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■» THE THIRD TEST MATCH. |Pbr Electric Telkgraph— Copyright Per Press Association. Adelaide, January 11. A splendid wicket has been prepared for the third test match. The weather promises to be very hot to-day, but the Government astronomer fears that there will be rain to-morrow. The attendance at the match was good. Gay and Humphreys stood out of the English team. Stoddart being unfortunate enough to again lose the toss, Bruce and Trott began operations against Peel and Richardson. The lefthander hit two fours and gave Maclai-en a chance before being dismissed by the fast bowler. Giffen followed, and the partnership became productive. Trott effected several late cuts for three each, and as the Australian began cautiously most of the scoring was left to him. He played a brilliant game, and at 1 o'clock Brockweli replaced his fellow-country-man, who was being freely hit. Unfortunately a misunderstanding between the batsmen led to Trott being easily run out, Giffen starting to his partner's call too late. With Iredale and Giffen together play became slow, the very fine fielding making it difficult to get runs. At 79 Ford relieved Peel, and at the luncheon adjournment only one more had been added. Upon resuming Giffen hit two fours, but the Parramatta man succumbed to a fast one from Richardson, who had taken the ball" again. Scoring was brisker when Darling came m and 100 went up, but he had only just reached double figures when Philipson snapped him up behind - the wickets. The wicket did not play as well as. was expected, and Richardson being well on the spot quickly bagged two more men, Gregory and Harry. Worrall foolishly ran himself out, a smart return by Richardson causing his disappearance. Jarvis began hitting merrily, and caused Lockwood to replace Richardson. The change was effective, the Adelaide man being cleverly caught low down by the new bowler. Eight wickets were thus down for 157, a rather dismal outlook for the colonials, and matters Avere made worse five runs later, when Giffeu wasalso caught by Lockwood. His 58 were made m the patient style which he has adopted m all the big matches this year. When Callaway, the last man, joined A. S. Trott, an unexpected stand vras made, though neitker of them is by any means a poor batsman. Both played excellently, and the second century appeared amid applause. Both continued to peg away and scored at an even rate, until Richardson proved too much for the Sydney man. The partnership added 76 runs, and prevented the innings being a fail- 1 ure; but the total is still much below what might have been expected. Richardson secured 5 wickets for 75, Peel 0 for 43, Brockweli 1 for 30, Ford 0 for 19, Briggs 1 for 34, and Lockwood 1 for 33. After rolling the wicket there was just time for Briggs and Maclaren to make 5, and stumps were then drawn for the day. The following was the score at the drawing of the stumps this evening ;— •

Australia— lst Innings. Bruce, b Richardson 11 H. Trott, run out ... 48 Giffen, c Lockwood, b Brockwell ... 58 Iredale, b Richardson 7 Darling, c Philipson, b Briggs ... 10 Gregory, c Brownf b Richardson ... 6 Harry, b Richardson 2 , Worrall, run out ... 0 Jarvis, c and b Lockwood ... ... 13 Callaway, b Richardson 41 A. E. Trott, not out ... 38 Extras 4 Total ... ... 238 England— Ist Innings. £riggs, not out 4 Maclaren, not out ... 1 Moses will play m the next test match at Sydney. The Town v. Countiy match, which was postponed from last week, is to be played next Thursday at Temuka. The following have been picked to represent the town : — Pocknall, Macintosh, King, Jefferson, Perry, Schofield, Wieksteed, G. Jones, S. A. Boys, C. Wood, and D. LeCren. Any of the above unable to play are requested to inform Mr Jefferson as early as possible. The picked men and others m case of emergency are urged to go m for plenty of practice.