CRICKET.

New Zealand Illustrated Sporting & Dramatic Review, Volume XVI, Issue 932, 16 January 1908, Page 13

CRICKET.

THE THIRD TEST MATCH. Each side having a close game to their credit, the third Test Match between Australia and England has given rise to much interest. The game is being played at Adelaide on the Oval, which is famous for great scores. It is probably the fastest scoring ground in the world, but on this occasion there has been no meteoric run-getting, the batting for such a wicket being tame throughout. Noble won the toss and the Australians batted first. Hill and Trumper both failed badly, and but for some bright batting by Macartney, Ransford and Hartigan, the total would have been very poor indeed. On going to the wickets England did much better, Gunn, Fane, Hardstaff and Crawford all showing attractive cricket. Being in a minority of 78, Australia commenced badly in the second innings, losing five wickets for 135, and then, with seven down for 180, matters looked very bad. Then a change came over the game, the Queenslander (Hartigan) and the South Australian (Hill) making a splendid stand. They defied the bowlers all the afternoon, and when stumps were drawn each had passed the century. The scores were: —

AUSTRALIA. —First Innings. Noble, c Hutchings, b Barnes 15 Trumper, b Fielder 4 Macartney, lbw, b Braund 75 Macalister, c Hutchings, b Crawford ?8 Armstrong c Humphries, b Fielder 17 Ransford, b Barnes 44 Hill, c Humphries, b Barnes 5 Hartigan, b Fielder 48 Carter, lbw, b Hutchings 24 O’Connor, not out 10 Saunders, b Fielder 1 Sundries 14 Total 285 Bowling Anaalysis. — Fielder, four wickets for 85 runs. Barnes, three for 60; Crawford, one for 60; Rhodes, none for 35; Braund, one for 26; Hutchings, one for 5. ENGLAND. —First Innings. Hobbs, c Carter, b Saunders 26 Fane, run out 48 Gunn, b O’Connor 65 Hutchings, c and b Macartney .... 23 Braund, b Macartney 0 Hardstaff, b O’Connor 61 Rhodes, c Carter, b O’Connor 38 Crawford, b Armstrong 62 Barnes, c and b Armstrong 12 Humphries, thrown out 7 Fielder, not out 0 Sundries 21 Total 363 Bowling Analysis.—O’Connor, three wickets for 110 runs; Saunders, one for 83; Noble, none for 38; Armstrong, two for 55. Macartney, two for 49; Hartigan, none for 7. AUSTRALIA. —Second Innings. Noble, c Gunn, b Fielder 65 Trumper, b Barnes 0 Macartney, b Barnes 9 Macalister, lbw, b Crawford 17 Armstrong, c Hutchings, b Braund 34 O’Connor, c Rhodes, b Braund .... 25 Hartigan, not out 106 Hill, not out 105 Sundries 16 Seven wickets for 397 The matches yet to be played by the English team now in Australia are as follows: — Tasmania, at Launceston —January 18, 20, and 21. Tasmania, at Hobart —January 24, 25, and 27. Victoria ,at Melbourne —January 31, and February 1,2, and 4. Australia (fourth test), at Melbourne — February 7,8, 10, and 11. New South Wales, at Sydney—February 14, 15, 17 ,and 18. Australia (fifth test) ,at Sydney—February 21, 22, 24, and 25. South Australia, at Adelaide—February 29, and March 2 ,3, and 4. West Australia, at Perth —March 12, 13, 14, and 16. * * * * Mr. Kennerly Rumford, the wellknown singer, now in Auckland, is a cricketer of no mean skill, He is a member of the famous Marylebone Cricket Club. * * * * An interval of three weeks between the first and last day of a match seems absurd, yet this is what has happened with the Auckland championships. This sort of thing is not conducive to the best interests of cricket.

Parnell beat Grafton on Saturday very easily on the first innings by 264 for seven wickets to 68 and 161. For the winners Sale played a dashing innings of 86, while Foster, who hit merrily for 56 not out Graham (53), and Clayton (52) batted well for Grafton, but the tail was a very long one.

Eden carried too many guns for City, scoring 255 for eight wickets to City’s 58 and 102. With the exception of Taylor and Stemson, who failed, all the members of the winning team batted well, Elliott top-scoring with 48.

Grafton 11. beat City 11. by 21 runs after a keen game. The scores were: GGrafton 141 and 64 to City’s 124 and Grafton 141 and 64 to City’s 124 and * * * * Eden B beat Ponsonby 11. by 149 and 103 for six to 59 and 184.

Eden A won on the first innings against Parnell A with scores of 160 and 115 for four to 150.

In Saturday’s matches at Christchurch the results were as follows: — West Christchurch, first innings, 161 (E. J. Norman 48) and five for no wickets in their second innings, v. S. Albans, 100 in their first innings. Riccarton, 379 for five wickets (E. R. Caygill 148 not out, A. Anthony 65, F. C. Fryer 62), v. East Christchurch. Sydenham, 245 (J. H. Bennett 62, W. Patrick 50-, v. Linwood, 49 for four wickets.

The Wellington matches went as follows: —Newtown, first innings, 209 (Day 58, Tillyard not out 52), v. Midland, 82 for one wicket (Hickson not out 35, Williams not out 37). Wellington, first innings, 129 (Mahoney 40), v. Petone, 115 for nine wickets (Cobcroft not out 52). Phoenix, first innings, 185 (McLellan not out 74, Waters 41), v. Gas Company, 150 for three wickets (Dredge not out 63).