NEW ZEALAND CRICKETERS.
MATCH AT LEICESTER. VISITORS 434 FOR EIGHT. INNINGS DECLARED CLOSED. By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright. (Speciu 1 to N.Z. Press Association.) (Received May 12, 1.15 a.m.) LONDON, May 11. The New Zealand cricketers continued their first innings against Leicestershire at Leicester this morning and took the score to -134 for eight wickets and then declared. The weather was dull and the attendance moderate. Page made a sterling century in 230 minutes, hitting with greater freedom than he did on Saturday, scoring well on the oif. He was caught at cover when trying to force the pace. Weir hatted steadily and Lowry and Talbot liit hard, Talbot being particularly vigorous against Geary's bowling. Details of the scores arc as follows: NEW ZEALAND.—First Innings Dempster, lbw, b Astill . . . . 92 Mills, b Snary 67 Blunt, lbw, b Snary . . . . . . 44 Page, c Riley, b Shipman . . . . 103 Kerr, b Snary „• . . 24 Weir, lbw, b Shipman 19 Lowry, c Dawson, b Geary . . . . 17 Merritt, c Colman, b Geary . . . . 1 Talbot, not out 35 Extras . . 32 Total for eight wickets (dec.) . . 434
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVIII, Issue 20870, 12 May 1931, Page 9
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176NEW ZEALAND CRICKETERS. New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVIII, Issue 20870, 12 May 1931, Page 9
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