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Bush Advocate, Volume XXI, Issue 283, 3 June 1909, Page 5

CRICKET.

AUSTRALIAN v. 'LEICESTER- . SHIRE. Ptoss Assn— By telegraph— Copyright. (Received this day, 9.5 a.m.) LONDON, Yesterday. - Australia scored 182. AUSTRALIA^-First Innings. MacAlister, hit wicket, b OcToll- 16 Hartigan (in) 1 ..•••■ ■•- '•■■• 45 Layer, c Astill) b King ... 5 Carter, b Odell • ■: 3 O'Connor, st. Shields, b Odell ... 2 Whitty ... ...... .... • •• ••• 6 ' Sundries ... H Bowling analysis : Jayes, 1 wicket for 29 runs; Odell, $ for 49; Astill, 2 for 40 ; King, 3 for 53. The ninth wicket fell for 128. The wicket was sodden and very difficult. ' . The Leicesters los.t the first -wicket for 2, the game be.iug very slow. The third wicket fell for 24. Crawford and Coe, by a careful partnei'ship, raised the total to 75 before the fourth wicket, fell. Crawford was dismissed for ten runs, and .later the innings was declared closed. Leicester 5 wickets for 85 runs. LEICESTER.— Second Innings. Knight", c Trumper, b. Whitty ... 14 Whitehead, c MacAlister, b Whitty 0 King, c Hartigan, b Layer 10 Coe; ' c" La:ver, b Whitty ..:....-.. 24 Crawford, b MacArtney ......... 32 Jayes (in) ...... *... 3 The innings was declared, closed. (Received- this day, 12.5 p.m.) LONDON, yesterday. Bowling analysis: Layer, 1 for 31; \v Kitty, 3 for 40; MacArtiiey, i for * " ■ • ■ In Australia's second innings, two wickets are down for 47. Trumper (in) ...... 26 Hartigan, ,c Jayes, b Astill „- 16 Cotter , c Jayes, b Odell 3 O'Connor (in) ...... ............ 0 Sundries ... ... 2 The match was drawn. Bowling analysis: Odell, 1 for 26; Astill, 1 for 16; Crawford, 0 for 3.