Lives in Cricket No 27 - CB Llewellyn

70 reach the heights of 482. Zulch, with 105, and Faulkner, 56 added 135 for the second wicket, but five men had been dismissed for 205, before Buck and Sibley Snooke put on 97, in a stand which ended with the running-out of Buck for 43. Then, opening the attack, he soon bowled Charlie Macartney and dismissed Kelleway and Ransford when they were well set. Slowly though there came a change. Arriving at the crease with the score on 214 for three, Trumper was not to be denied. As a local reporter put it: After a slow start before lunch, many of his strokes were remarkable, possible only to a man with such wonderfully keen eyesight, and so subtle a pair of wrists. He cut, drove, raised his left foot and hit to square leg without ever hesitating or being in doubt, but his most striking [sic] strokes were those when he picked up overpitched balls, and landed them on the boundary. With Warren Bardsley, 54, he added 116 and went on totally to dominate proceedings as the last six batsmen, who included Clem Hill and Warwick Armstrong, came and went. In only four hours at the crease, Trumper scored his 214 out of 354 without giving a chance and carried out his bat. When the South Africans batted a second time with a lead of 17, Faulkner responded with a determined innings and batted for nearly four hours for his 115. Buck, entering the scene with the score at four for 119, attacked the bowling and shared in two useful stands before being bowled by Whitty for 80. The final total of 360 left the Australians 378 to get. They scored consistently, but no-one did better than Kelleway’s 65. Buck’s contribution was the greatest prize, Trumper bowled Llewellyn for 28, while on a pitch showing signs of wear, Schwarz dismissing Macartney and Ransford each for a duck early on, bowled his side to victory by 38 runs. The match ran into the sixth day and the aggregate of runs in the four innings was 1,646, a Test-match record. The Star newspaper called the Third Test ‘Llewellyn’s Match’ followed by the sub-heading ‘Trumper beaten by a “Googlie”’. The newspaper reported that he was beaten by two deliveries from Llewellyn ‘before he was dismissed by a wrong-un.’ In the Second Test, Buck had dismissed Clem Hill with a googly which completely baffled the left-hander, who did not attempt to play it. These were the highlights of Buck’s career as a googly practitioner. With the sides level at one victory each, the series seemed to be rising to an exciting climax, but it was not to be. In the fourth Australia Fair: The Triumph of Trumper