TOURISTS RECOVER

Press, Volume CVIII, Issue 31677, 13 May 1968, Page 10

TOURISTS RECOVER

Tail-Enders Score (N.Z. Press Assn—Copyright) LEICESTER. The 24-year-old J. Jnverarity rescued Australia with a battling innings of 67 not out against Leicestershire on Saturday. The Australians, at one stage 83 for six, recovered to reach a stumps total of 207 for eight. Inverarity batted 3hr 40mIn sharing partnerships of 49 with B. H. Jarman and 49 again with G. D. McKenzie to restore Australia’s fortunes. Earlier, the Australians had made heavy weather of a keenlydirected Leicestershire seam attack, the captain, W. M. Lawry, hitting 21 in a laborious two-hour effort. AUSTRALIA First Innings I. Redpath b Knight .. 21 W. Lawry c Dudleston b Spencer .. 21 R. Cowper lbw Spencer .. 9 P. Sheahan b Birkenshaw .. 18 D. Walters lbw Knight 1 I. Chappell b Knight .. 0 J. Inverarity not out .. 67 B. Jarman b Birkenshaw .. 24 G. McKenzie b Knight .. 27 N. Hawke not out 8 Extras (5 byes, 6 leg-byes) 11 Total for 8 wkts .. 207 Fall of wickets: one for 39: two for 48; three for 61: four for 64: five for 64; six for 83; seven for 132; eight for 181. Bowling.—Cotton, 18, 3, 48, 0; Knight, 29, 9, 61, 4: Birkenshaw. 26, 11, 43, 2: Spencer 16, 5, 27. 2; Marner, 9,2, 17. 0. There was no play for the third successive day on Friday in Australia’s match against Worcestershire, and it was abandoned.