CRICKET.

Timaru Herald, Volume XCIV, Issue 14341, 13 January 1911, Page 5

CRICKET.

THE THIRD TEBT MATCHV j Press Association—By Tel. —Copyright. Received 10.25 p.m., Jan. 12th. ADELAIDE, Jan. 12. The weather was gloriously fine, with Bcarcely a breath of air, and tho wicket was good enough for any number of runs. The attendance was 4000. Llewellyn (44; and Pcglor (2) resumed against Whitty and Cottor. Pegler immediately got two fourera off Whitty. At 260 a double change was made, and Armstrong and Kolleway quietened the batsmen. Presently Pegler cut Kelleway plump to Cotter at point. 6 for 273. Snooke opened' with" a singlo, thon hit Kelleway to log for four and drove him to the boundary. The batsmen were still taking no .risks, but watched every ball closely. Mncartney and "Whitty were brought on, and tho score crept along at a snail's pace. Cotter bowled next. 300 was hoisted in 335 minutes. After luncheon Whitty and Armstrong resumed bowling, and 13 ware added at a fair rate. Then Llewellyn called for a hit straight to raid-off and Snooke was unable to get home. Snooke batted for 99 minutes. 7 for 317. Two runs wore added and Llewellyn played on. His wb'hdrously patient innings lasted 21S minutes. His score included four fours. Sinclair lifted Armstrong and Gehrs caught him, but as he had to step on to the asphalt bicycle track tho hit counted four. At 327 Whitty smashed through Hathorn's defence. With Schwarz in Sinclair let go all his strength. When 20 he lifted "Armstrong to Gehrs, who dropped it, and the over yielded 14. In Whitty's next over lie lifted the ball to long on, and Hill on the boundary caught him without moving. Sinclair was in only 36 minutes. He hit" five fours. The innings lasted 391 minutes. Whitty bowled splendidly and secured fine figures. The fielding was brilliant. '

. Australia, requiring 378, began with Bardsley and Trumper against Snooke and Nourse. Trumper reached 10 : n 9 minutes, including a four off each bowler, and Bardsley reached double figures, including two fours off Snooke, the second fiying between two men in the slips. SO came up id 29 minutes, 28 having been made in tourers. At 62 Llewellyn and Pegler were ordered on, and they checked the rate of scoring. Then Llewellyn in his fourth over beat and bowled Trumper. The first wicket accounted for 63 in threequarters of an hour. Sill's first two were full tosses which yielded six runs, and the captain quickly ran to 20. At 94 Schwarz took the ball from Pegler. Bardsley brought up 100 in 66 minutes, bis own 50 following. In the same over Hill banged Schwarz for four. At 117 Faulkner replaced Llewellyn, and in bis first over, after five runs bod been scored, got a soft return from Bardsley, who had batted soundly for 80 minutes, hitting six fours. Kelleway came nest. Schwarz, not having found bis length, retired in favour of Sinclair. Kelleway soon reached doubles, though a snick off Faulkner passed dangerously close to Schwarz'B. right hand in the slips. A four'to Kelleway off Faulkner made . 150 in 152 minutes. Eight off Faulkner and a single off Sinclair carried Hill to 50 for 65 minutes' play. At 165 Schwarz bowled instead of Faulkner. At 170 Hill played Sinclair to mid-on and had -to retire. He batted for 70 minutes. Latterly he had been cautious. He hit five fours. Ransford was caught at mid-off by Llewellyn running in. 4 for 171, Carter came next Faulkner immediately relieved Schwarz. Kelleway, then 28, touched a ball which Sherwell dropped. The ■ batsmen were exceedingly wary; Sinclair had a good length, and nine avers produced only 16 runs. Llewellyn relieved at 182. No further, wicketsVfell. The Africans, with the field close, fielded smartly. The following are the scores : SOUTH AFRICA.—Ist Innings... 482 Second. Innings. Zulch, c Carter, b Whitty 14 Sherwell, 1.b.w., b Whitty 1 Faulkner, c Armstrong, b Whitty 11,5 Nourse, c Armstrong, b Kelloway 39 Strieker, b Macartney 6 Llewellyn, b Whitty °0 Pegler, c Cotter, b Kelleway 26 Snooke, run out 25 Sinclair, c Hill, b Whitty 29 Hathorn, b Whitty 2 Schwarz, not out 11 Extras ..~ 12 Total ..... 360 Bowling analysis.—Cotter 0 for 64, Whitty 6 for 104, Kelleway 2 for 64, Armstrong 0 for 90, Macartney 1 for 26. AUSTRALIA.—Ist Innings 465 Second Innings. Bardsley, c and b Faulkner ; . 58 Trumper, b Llewellyn 28 Hill, c Schwarz, b Sinclair 55 Kelleway, not out 33 Ransford, c Llewellyn, b Schwarz 0 Carter, not out ~,, 11 Total for 4 wickets 187