CRICKET.

Timaru Herald, Volume LVIII, Issue 1663, 17 January 1895, Page 2

CRICKET.

THE THIRD TEST MATCH. Per Electric Telegraph — Copyright. Per^ Press Association. Adelaide, Janutor 18. Stoddart made one of the biggei!fc?bits yesterday ever seen on the ground, fo^k ball falling close to the edge of the^! asphalt m front of the scoring board, every inch of 120 yards from the wicketi If it had only landed on the asphalt he would have accomplished a feat never before achieved from the centre of the ground. When Harry Trott caught Richardson it was only the work of a second to transfer the ball from hand to pocket with the remark " That's worth keeping." It is not too much to say that A. E Trott's bowling was almost unplayable. None of the batsmen from the beginning were easy when facing him, and he not only varied his pace with rare judgment but he never once lost his length. Never since G. Palmer, m 1879, took 9 wickets for 99, against Lord Hams' eleven, has an Australian colt bowled with such astonishing success against an English eleven, and no young player, either English or Australian, ever made his debut m a test match so sensationally. Sir J. Clark, president of the East Melbourne Club, wired :— " Tell Albert I'll give him a guinea for every wicket he takes." Speaking to Trott, Stoddart said that they had been beaten not by luck, but by the best all round cricket. He kindly congratulated Albert Trott on his success. Sydney, January 16. The takings at the gates at the three test matches amount to £7200. Melbourne, January 16. "Observer," m the Argus, says that the batting of the Englishmen was very disappointing, and that there was nothing m the wicket to get rid of them so cheaply. One factor m their failure was the marvellous success of the catches the Australians brought off, and m this respect rivalled the best traditions of Australian cricket. Referring to the latter, Blackham averred that m all hia experience he never saw such a brilliant exhibition. " Mid-on," m the Leader, says that the poor performance of the Englishmen can only be accepted as one of those inexplicable disappointments which will crop up at times so long as cricket lasts, and that any attempted explanation must be fallacious and misleading. " London, January 15. The evening papers felicitate the Australians on their victory oyer the Englishmen. The Pall Mall Gazette says that it is evident that the elevens are evenly matched. January 16. The Daily News declares that the Englishmen were out-plajted at every point, and expresses the opinion that A. Trott is the coming man. The Standard comments on the value of the new blood included m the colonial team, especially Trott and Callaway. The Town v. Country cricket match to have been played to-day at Temuka is postponed. The following will represent the Timaru m the match with the United on the Athletic grounds this afternoon : — Jefferson, Perry, Smith, Schon'eld,Fraser, Hassell, O'Callaghan, Cox, G. Jones, S. G. Raymond, C. Wood. The following will play for the United :— Pockuall, Stoddart, King. Macintosh, S. Anderson, Grey, Lightband, Rapsey, Boys (2), and Burd.