SECOND “TEST” MATCH.

Gisborne Times, Volume XXIX, Issue 3109, 4 January 1911, Page 5

SECOND “TEST” MATCH.

SOUTH AFRICA AND AUSTRALIA.

FINE SCORE BY THE VISITORS. FAULKNER PLAYS A BRILLIANT INNINGS. [United phess association—copyeight.j (Received Jan. 3, 8.20 p.m.) MELBOURNE, Jan. 3. South Africa’s first innings closed for 506. The following were the scores :■ SOUTH AFRICA.—First Innings. Sherwell, c Carter, b Cotter... ... 24 Zulch, b Cotter 42 Nourse, b Kellew ay 33 Striker, b Armstrong 26 Llewellyn, b Armstrong 5 Faulkner, c Armstrong, b Whitty 204 Snooke, b Whitty 77 Sinclair, not out 58 Schwarz, b Whitty 0 Pearse, b Armstrong 6 Pegler, lbw, b Armstrong 8 Extras 23 Total 506 Bowling Analysis.—Cotter, 2 for 258; Wbittv, 3 for 81; Kelleway, 1 for 67; Armstrong. 4 for 134 ; Macartney, 0 for 43. Australia has lost five wickets for 208.' AUSTRALIA.—Second Innings. (First Innings, 348.) Bardsley, st Sherwell 14 Trumper, not out 133 Hill, b Sch warz U Gehrs, st Sherwell, b Schwarz ... 22 Macartney, c Snooke, b Llewellyn 5 Ransford, c Sinclair, b Schwarz ... 23 Kelleway G Extras 5 Total (for 5 wickets) 208 (Received Jan. 3. 10 p.m.) MELBOURNE, Jan. 3. The weather was delightful, and the conditions, and wicket good. The attendance numbered fourteen thousand. Faulkner’s innings was followed with intense interest, and he and Snooke compiled 90. Faulkner scored 204, joining three others who exceeded 200 in test matches, Murdoch, Gregory, and Foster. He was caught in the slips by Armstrong, and received an ovation. He batted for 315 minutes, and hit 26 fourers. His rate of scoring was faster than Foster’s phenomenal innings in the 1904 test match at Sydney. Snooke, who had been comparatively a failure so far, justified all the good things said concerning him by playing a fine innings. He got most of his runs off drives, and scored 50 in 87 minutes by stylish, sound play. Sinclair, for a while, appeared anxious for aggression, but frequently changed his mind, and played back. He began with two tremendously forceful off-strokes off Cotter, then quietened, and subsequently found Macartney to bis liking, jumped at him, and bit him hard along the ground for 4. When Armstrong went on the spectators expected some fun, as he bowled on the leg theory, with three fieldsmen on the on-side boundary. Sinclair let the ball go, not being tempted by Armstrong, who abandoned his tactics. Then Sinclair opened his shoulders and drove Armstrong twice for six, amid magnificent- enthusiasm. Schwarz was dismissed with the first ball. Sinclair’s runs included six fourers. The fielding was good and keen. The innings lasted 447 minutes, and the wickets fell as follows:—One for 34, two for 141, three for 251, four for 295, five for 312, six for 402, seven for 469, eight for 469, nine for 432, and ten for 506.

Whitty captured Snooke and Schwarz with successive balls. Trumper and Bardsley ojieiied the Australians’ second innings, quiet and confident as usual, to Nourse and Snooke. With the score at 32 Schwarz relieved Nourse, and at the first ball of his second over Bardsley jumped out, missed, and was stumped. Hill replaced him, and attempted a boundary hit immediately. He jumped out and dragged the first ball on to the wicket. The spectators were dismayed at the two great batsmen’s downfall. Schwarz’s figures hereat were two for three off eight balls. Sherwell appealed for a catch at the wickets from Trumper when the latter had scored 32. Macartney skied a ball, but Llewellyn missed ill the slips. Ransford was ill at ease to Llewellyn, but Trumper was brilliant. The deficit was wiped out in 114 minutes, Trumper scoring 93. He scored 100 in 117 minutes. By this time-nearly all South Africa’s battery had been exposed, Nourse, Snooke, Schwarz, Llewellyn, Pegler, Sinclair, and Faulkner having been tried. Ransford was well caught at mid-on by Sinclair. The running was nicely judged. Two hundred runs occupied 145 minutes. Trumper was superb and watchful. and scored all round the wicket, hitting 12 fourers and one sixer. The crowd was charmed. The wickets fell: One for 35, two for 35, thvee for S 9, four for 94, and five for 176.

In recognition of Noursc’s amazing catch yesterday, Whitty intends to mount the ball and present it- to Nourse at the termination of the match. The South Africans have received numerous congratulatory cables, including one from Abe Bailey. The spectators are satisfied that they are a solid, all-round team. [The highest individual innings in test match cricket is 287 by R. E. Foster. playing for England at Sydney in 1904. The highest for Australia is 211 bv W. L. Murdoch at Kennington Oval in 1884. S. E. Gregory scored 201 against A. E. Stoddart’s eleven in the 1894-5 season.]