LEICESTER GAME DRAWN.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 525, 4 June 1909, Page 5

LEICESTER GAME DRAWN.

' BAD "WICKET. 9 hartigan Saves first innings. - (BtxtteanjiMi—Pttssa AESOciiTioN-cortnionT.l p. London, Juno 2. r The Baatfth, Australia v. Leicestershire,-wa* • [ drawn, the loss of tiinft'through. win v r6 " ' venting a. finish Ixihg reached. Tlio Austra--lums' first innings closed for 182, or 90 runs behind. Leicestershire's first innings, The ; county closod its second innings with fivo wickotsdown for 85, leaving Australia'l7o to. get to win. At close of timo tho Austra* lianß had soorbd 47, and thus had 120 to-gof-and eight wickets in hand. ; • To-day a sodden wicket delayed the opening of piny till aftor boon, and. tlio .wiokot ivtie, 1 vwy difficult when tho gaiuo was resumed. ' ; , j M'Aiistor (16) ahd :Hartigan (2) continualtW fori innings of the: Australians, who had , fivo wickets doWh for 11C.- Runs caln« 3 slowly, Mid tho liuithwicketwaaddwii lor' r , 128. 3 Hartigan was mainly responsible :f6r lifting 1 - • tho total tO/182.-' Ho batted 75 minutes for ) his 45 Mot out, and had a serviceable part. . nersMp with Whitty (10). Tlio innings lasted , ' • 275 minutes. , ■ . Tito Leicestershire team wont in for tb« , socond. innings,land1 and lost ■ the.' first' wicket' To! . ! 2. Tho game was vary slow. Tho third • wicket foil at/24.y Crawford and Coo, in >• . , ebfeful partnership, raised tho total to'Tl. before tbo fourth wicket fell.. VithCivw'X ford 10 runs later, • tho ianiagfwas declared closod. . < >' ' The/Australians went m< for tho eeoomi 1 time, but time did not allow tho innings to | bo finished, and tlia • gatno was draws. ' Trumper, scored 26 runs on a bad wiokot,, >. i and carried out his bat. Tho full scores were i as under:— [ AUSTRALIA. • '•.■'•'.r Pinsx Innings: . .. > j, Trumpor, run out. ... 23 » Macartney, ic; Whitehead, b. Astill ... 9 . Hansford, c. Astill, bu 'King • ... 13 ■ I Gregwy, ,c. Crawfwdi b. King .„ 11. : Cottor, c. Jayes, b. Astill ... ... ■35 ' M'Alister, lilt wicket, b. Odoll ~, ... 1G 1 Hartigan,: not. out '46 • Dover,, o.': Astill, b.'King ... , . ■ ... 5 Carter, b. Odoll ... ... . ... 3 O'Connor, st!/Shields, b. Odell ~, 2 Whitt-y, b. Jayes ... ... , ... 10 • Extras ' .'■■ ... ... 11. Total ... ... ... ... ... 182 Bowlino AKAr,YBts. • Jayes, one wicket for. 29 runs; Odell, throe 1 ■ for 49; Astill, two for 40;. King, threo for 53. ' , Second Ikkixgs. . Trumper, not'out ... ... 26 Hartigan jo. Jayes, b. Astill ...' 16 Cottor, c. Jayes, b. Odell ...• ... 3 O'Connor, not out ... ■... ■ .„ 0 ..- ■ Extras .. . ... ..v. .■ ... 2 ■ . Total for two wiokets: ... ■ 47 / Bowling Analysis. Odoll, ono wiokot for 26 runs) Astill, one' for 16; Crawford, none for 3: LEICESTERSHIRE. First Innings.!.-.* ... ... .;. •... 272 ■ ! Seookd Innings '' ' : . (Doclarod closod.) ■ ■ v•:> . Knight, o, Trumpor. b. .Whitty , ;.. 14 iWhitehßad; c.; M'Alister, b, .'Whitty ... 0 King, ci Hartigan, b. Lavcr ... ... 10 , Coo, c: Lavor. 'b. Whitty „. 24 ■ Crawford, b. Macartney ... ... ' 82 : 'Jayeß, Hot out ... ■ ; g Extras ~, 3 , Total for five , wickets ... 85 Bowling Amrsts. .' ; Lavor, ono wicket for 31' runsj Whitty,v v three for 40; Macartney, one for 13. > ■ , rrho unfavourable wo'athor conditions stifled ■ interest m tho Leicostershiro gnme, which has ; , now boon, recorded as drawn.. Hartigan,-the' Queenslandor, obtained his highest. score of the totlr in this match,' W. The present.* Australian .Eleven sadly lack batsmen of the 'fyno . of'the late I'. M'lJoniwll and 11. Gralmm,' who could' generally be/relied on,to scoro well under the idepressllig ' conditions 'whioli hav« . , prevailed in the past fcw : games,] CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY MATCH. ' V, (Rcc. Juno 3, 9,5 p.m.) London, June 3. • • / The Cambridge University : team to moot Australia in to-dny's match is:—Buchanan, ' Falcon, M'Lcod, Olivier, Irelaud; Mahri, 00l- . lins, Tufnell, Ixickhart, Nason, and one not yet picked.: .• : rTlie'Light Bliios had a disastrous season' > w last year, winning only two matches of eleven first-class lixtiifps. E;, Olivier Vis ensily the best 'Vai'sity bowler, his 51 wickets only costing 18 rims-apiece..- Olivier, bott-is-fast right hand with an easy action, and breaking'from • tho off gels 'VP quickly from tho iiiloh. Of'. - to-day's team IST. 1-nlcoa (514), J, N. Buohr.nan ;30S) J. P. Ireland (200) and F. T, Mann ' ' (201) - were tho mninstny of the 'Varsity "bat- ' tmg. The inclusion of D, C. Collins, who re. ccntly scored a doublo century in tho Cambridge Senior Miitcli.' -iS' wolcomo. news for • Wellington College, . for which team Collins did good work in all departments. R./A.. Younj;' led Cambridge lost year; this player - ' " was. lh .'Australia with A. O. Jones, but does' not appear in tho present team, It is to bo sincerely hoped that the iskios. 'will bo blue— •> tho true colcill^—during tho match, Tho Somerset match commences at Bftth next Thursday., June 10, and- prior -to this game the Aus." •• i trnlians play Hampshiro at Southampton" next Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday.! r