As a fielding side the Australians can always be relied upon to be equals of any tean we put on the field against them, and in regard to throwing in from any part of the field they are undoubtedly in front of us. In Kelly and Johns they have two fine wicket-keepers who must be better to-day than ever. The former is by no means a showy wicket-keeper but he is none the worse for that, and he makes as few mistakes as anyone who has the difticult post of wicket-keep to take; sifted with a large heart and plenty of pluck, he is not one to be easily knocked out, and a batsman has stopped many a' rot. Johns has had few opportunities in Aus-la, having had to play second fiddle to ham til he retired from the game in 1895, but we thought a lob of him out there on those true wickets on the few occasions we saw him play.
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