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Timaru Herald, Volume XCIV, Issue 14389, 3 January 1911, Page 5

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THE TEST MATCH. | •SOUTH AI'IUOA V. AUSTRALIA. l'roaa Awioeiution—By Tel.—(xipyright. ; Itecoivud «1 r, p.m., .Tun. 2nd. ' iIKLIiOUHXE, Jin.. 9,. ! T!io weather wur dull at tho start, I ■'"id the light irregular, but both im- I • jxovod te perfect cnuOitionn. Tho nt- 1 1 tendance was ID,OOO. Tho flcriro was taken to 23 by Shop. ' «i.|[ nn«l Zulch, when tho termor lost I [ hi.- wir ; |:ot to the oft' theory howling ■ by Cutter. Ho was missed in tho ; slips, Imt wan onught next ball at j Ziilrb in a lino mid attractive partner- . , sbip put on 107 runs. I • opened unpromising)}-, and look as , if ho would Hhuro Sherweir« fate, but j ha-kily ho did not tou.h tho oir stuff j , s.-_nt dmvn by Cotter, who W!M for 1 slip catches. Faulkner became rauti'»ua. nntl Buttled down to a beautiful iimiitK'i. <v»vt>r drives giving him niaro ■ nm» tfem :.ny other stroke. Be lost I Zidoh, who nmdo 42 in 79 minutes, j Nmirso and Fuulknor put on 1 IS runs, | when ttio termor was bowled in lr.viu K to cut- KoHwoy. Five bowlers had b"«n tried so far. Fiddly Armstrong howled o» v!i«> log theory, with onlytwo men nn tho nff-side-nud.off and : long-olf. flofnro ho varied bin attack j li" delivered Hixteen orere a,t n cent of ' tii< runs, and after a. change ono for 7. Armstrong slowed tho Hcoriug by his , te.-tu-s. Nt) nuiti occupying G7 ri.iiuifou, . which was tho slowest rate of the day, 1012 having taken 02 minutes, lol) . l-'ili mici«itr-R, 12UIJ—107 inituitc-i. 'Jolt—- '.!<>! miimtcs, and 300-258 minutes. . Fanllcuor reached 100 iu 125 minutes 1.10 in 183 minutes. Ho bad a brilliant ovation oo returning to the paTho anr.ro—s for 352: i filienvoU. n Carter, b Cotter 21 i Jiuieh, I) Hotter 42 , Faulkner, not out 189 N'muau, b Kollotrny .... aj Striker, b Armstrong » 20 . ljltuvwllyu, b Amntrong 5 Smudai, not, out ]y | c,\NTj:nmtßY 7. wkllwotlw, P«r Prcw Afuooiat'.oa. CrmiSTCHURCH, Juu. is. > lho roiidmuon of tlui match bouwj» : y Canterbury and Wellington in u i in.d. j unm. win for tho homo teurn in a 10! Utftrlaiblv abort t-inio cisrnu aomcwlutt qs a ourprlaii te «iuckntj r»f form, ul:o. J ftltiigugu osiKMHinji tho win, ic,ok<xl f, )r . ft ntofv atubliur/i rcfuitamio from Woibnyten in r.lto oooond inning tl *id n flonwwlint loft't.T cooro tlitui CtoDterpiify notched in their sooond vonliirc. On I tli<p first day Wolliiigton hrd Vwn K'lt . in a hopolfVfl ryi. c .iti<m with nin<» I ot.a down fur JW, iu rvnponss to ILQ. Tho second day Urr> .jlit even nufo r'ort.t!n<h Tho wiokot n-aa still .iicknijj n j' <)d deal, and whim th« W-iUinf{«m ivie!«it bid for jv i> w runii, Canterbury \v«n -pxpeutc-d U> nirskd vary runn thcnisciv<'s. hi Uiis th» fvitks v;e>ro dliapjwjmhvl. N*(«rmiu;. Uf-'flo, Siiiw and Patrick -*' l' i.« piisiscfl t!u> fir:;t iuninps total 'ind tho iiniLiiKH i-l<v-,od for 'J-IH, Itiav'nm W.-l-listen t« win. (.•oioiiMuwd si pi'ticKwsion quite aji reiaarlcablo w io Wio fiTß't lifiuiett, (VinUti'.ury a crack br>wlor was tin]ilnv;i'iii\ tutd after tbt* first fuw \nrkfls falh'n for <i f-m' runs tin? Ijnt'mon rmlininu t!io poiit-ion wi»rft <ut for !l hit mid tho inninps closed for (.''i. H. .:i-y pui. up 11 K'Vi'd jk-rformaa.-o m , roeisterinp: tho tep r.eoro in his lo:>:n, J making nineteen in half-n-<Toz{>n .sl.rokofi bnWe ho wa« caunht nt tlio off lleimMt. Itrnnott- got tho ■■vmnrkI abl* 1 figures of 5 f>r 9 in tho innings and 7 far : ; o in thft second. . Canterbury by runs.