AUSTRALIAN CRICKETERS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 19320, 6 May 1926, Page 10

AUSTRALIAN CRICKETERS.

I SECOND MATCH DRAW. COLLAPSE OF LEICESTER. . .// rBOWLING PROVES DEADLY. I nv Telegraph—Press Association —Copyright. A. and NJZ.—Eeutor. LONDON. May <t. Tho' cricket .match, Australia v, II Leicester, was' concluded to-day and re- ' Baited in a draw. Australia made 336 runs in tlicir first innings. Leicester were nil disposed of for 96 in the first innings. Following on, they had one wicket down fur 15 runs when stumps wero drawn. The weather was fine and the wicket good. There was an attendance of 3000 spectators. Australia's first innings was continued quietly, neither Gregory nor Grimmett taking any risks with Skelding and Geary, who were bowling a good length. Griranictt displayed strength on the leg side and raised enthusiasm by sending Skelding to the boundary. After ' "frequent changes of bowlers , Gregory opened out and lifted Shipman for six into the pavilion. Two balls later Grimmett cut Shipman hard toward second slip, Astill jumped and stopped a fasttravelling ball Ho then fell, catching it at the second attempt almost on the

ground. Gregory's score included two sixes and / 15 fours. He gave a bright, spectacular, sound exhibition and received an ovation on returning to "the pavilion. He had batted for 145 minutes. Gregory and .Everett opened Australia's attack: lit was - Everett's first appearance, which caused much interest. He was the faster bowler of the two, but his length was variable. Berry, who is not yet 21 years old, faced the bowling with easy confidence. After giving a promising display he mistimed one from Grimmett and was easily caught at mid-ou.

Everett lost his length about luncheon time, but Grimmett kept the batsmen on the.qui vive, Sharp using his pads freely. Grimmett kept a perfect length, in contrast to Gregory, who varied greatly. Grimmett was tossing up balls for the batsmen to hit. Scoring was slow. Collins had the field so placed that it was difficult to obtain runs. Of the total score 53 runs were

singles. . Fowke took an hour to get seven. Macartney nonplussed the batsmen by varying his pace and swing. Leicester followed on. When Shipman had made one Ryder missed an easy return./ Ryder, after tho first two singles, bowled four successive maidens and kept an unscorable length dead ou the wicket. The batsmen-refused occasional loose ones. The scores are:— AUSTRALIA.—First Innings. Collins, c and b Geary ... t ..i 43 Bardfley, b Bale .. -. ... k 33 ! Macartney, b Bale .. .. 2 ! Taylor, c Shipman, b Skelding ... 19 Ryder, Ibw, b Bale .. .. >•: 16 Ponsford, c Geary, b Skelding ; .. : 56 Andrews, b Skelding ... .~. K «. 8 Gregory, not out .. .. ... 120 Oldfield, b Skelding .. . .., 0 Everett, b Skelding .. • ... ; 8 Grimmett, c . Askill, b Shipman 22 Extras ... >... ... i->: 9 Total . >. .. 336 Bowfihg Analysis..—L. Skelding took five wickets for' 97 runs, Geary one for 92, Astill none for 41, Shipman one for 38, Bale three for 43, Lord none for 16. , LEICESTER.—First Innings. ■Shipman, b Gregory .. .. 13 Berry, c Ponsford, b Grimmett .. 14 Asfill. c Oldfield, b Everett .. 7 Taylor, b Macartney .. -.. 19 Sharp, lbw, b Macartney 22 Geary, b Macartney >.. 2 Fowke, b Grimmett >7 Lord, b Ryder .. ... ... •.« 0 Si dwell j b Macartney . r .. 9 Bale, b Macartney ... 0 Skelding, not out. « .. < 0 ExtraS .. .. ... 3 Total .. ... .. 95 , Bowling Analysis.—Gregory took one •wicket fnr 25 runs, Everett one for 23, Grimmett two for 26, Macartney five for ' 9, Ryder quo for 10. Second Innings. Shipman, lbw, b Ryder.. .. 7 Berry, not out .. .. t.. v. £ Astill, not out ... .. .. 1 Extras .. .. .«, .. ... ; 2 Total for one wicket -.. .. 15 Bowling Analysis.—Ryder took one wicket for 4 runs, .Grimmett none for 9. MATCH AGAINST ESSEX. TEAM TO PLAY VISITORS. WAR OFFICE CALL UP ONE. (Received 1.15 a.in.) / Reaiter. LONDON, May 5. Tho Essex team for to-day's cricket match against the Australians will comprise Perrin, Freeman, O'Connor, Russell, Claud-Ashton, Nicholis, IJipkin, Eastman, Palmer,'. Cutmore and another to be chosen. Owing to rain no piay took place before luncheon; Morris, who was origin- -' ally piicked iu the Essex team, has been called upon for duty by the War Office.