With an hour to play Fry appeared with—to everyone's surprise—Jessop mate; but certain ominous clouds had di cided Jackson to try to pil i the wid hard, their work well, adding runs fast.
Twenty minutes was the limit of Jessop's stay, but he put on 46 valuable runs before Kelly caught. him out of his ground. Storer followed, but saw Fry bowled for 19, and a thunderstorm put an end to play, Engla def 99 runs with eign to fall, jue of which nest-ozs messtin able mornin; that rain and sun had made the wicket almost unwyable, and the bowling deadly. Store made a couple of good hits and was bow] ed, while Gunn and Shrewsbury played very skilfully under the conditions, but run-getting seemed impossible, so" good was the an difficult the by th meritorious: set" for Aust the rolling: greatly impro and Iredale opened again, and put runs before lunch, the latter ain caught at sli smart shower during I game with much judgment, but more the id the Aus, tralian found themselves almost as help with Hearne and Townsend as the Engl had been with Trumble and Ho Gre. gory played with much skill and carried out his bat, but found scoring almost. impossible; McLeod made 14 in most careful style, and Trumble 10, but when Howell came in it was felt that on him depended the game; he made one grand hit for four, playing the right game under the circum: stances, but fell a victim toa grand catch over the bowler's head by Gunn, and one ball was enough for Jones. "England thus won by 52 runs, which perhaps fairly represented the difference between the two sides in a three-day match, when a win had to be forced. Had time allowed the Australian to play their waiting game with any prospect of success, the end might have been different. Each side had had an innings on a fast and on a caked wicket, with very similar results, and a slice of luck might have completely altered the gaine. As things went, there is no reason to think that England, with one point to the good, need fear the result of the rubber.
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