AUSTRALIA V. LEICESTER

New Zealand Times, Volume XXXVI, Issue 8178, 20 July 1912, Page 5

AUSTRALIA V. LEICESTER

HOME TEAM 21T COLONIALS MAKE A GOOD BEGINNING. liy Telegraph—Press Association—Copy rigb. LONDON, .July 18. Tho Australians began tbo_ twentysecond match of tae tour against Leicester to-day. . Tho county was dismissed lor Ji < ■ •ud at stumps tho Australians had scored 183 for the loss of three wickets. , . Pain fell in the morning. the weather was cloudy, and tho wicket •oflish. Tho attendance numbered 2000. , . ~ , Wood won the toss and the county hatted. , t- • i i The opening batsmen were Knight and Wood. Matthews and Whitty bowled. . . Leicester gave a moderate display. Wood and Mountcncy added 41 tor the second wicket, tho former bcing_ very vigorous. Coe and Wood put on 53 for tho sixth wicket, Coe. showing some excellent cutting. His score of 34 included six 4’s. Wood, who opened tho innings, was seventh batsman out. After compiling •55 ho was caught in tho slips by May no off a kicking ball that glanced from his hand. Tho county captain had batted without a chanco 1 minutes, his score including four 4’s. Tho century was posted after seventy-five minutes’ play, 200 in one huhdred and forty-five minutes, and the innings concluded ten minutes later. The Australians lost Jennings early., after lie had made 15 out of the first 18. Ho was taken by King in the slips—a sharp catch. Mayno and Smith hoisted 60 after twenty-five minutes’ batting. The second wicket fell 5 runs later, Astill bowling Smith. Bardslcy and Mayno added 54 for tho third wicket. Mayne’s cutting was a feature. Ho was in eighty minutes for 40. and gavo a chanco when ho had scored but 2. Tho Australians hatted in an indifferent light. LEICESTER—First Innings. Knight, c Carkcek. b Whitty wi Wood o Itayne, b Jlinnett 55 Jlounteney. o and b Emory S Whitehead, Ibw, b Emery 7 King, b Emery - 17 Boden, run out 6 Coe, b Emery 34 Curtis, b Whitty 23 Sturman, b Jlinnett 2 Shipman, b Jlinnett 15 Astill, not out U Extras 15 Total .... 217 Bowling Analysis. Matthews took no wickets for 30 runs Whitty two for 41. Emery four for 75 Kolleway none for 31, Jlinnett three for 25. How the Wickets Fell.

AUSTEALIA—First Innings. 0. B. Jennings, o King, b Shipman ... 15 E. R. Mayne, b Shipman 46 D. Smith, b Astill 19 W. Bardeley, not ont 56 Kelloway. not out 38 Extras 9 Three wickets for 183 How tho Wickets Fell.

AFEICA y. KENT. LONDON, July 18. The South Africans opened against Kent at Maidstone to-day. When stumps were drawn tho visitors had compiled 360, and Kent had lost one wicket for 23. SOUTH AFRICANS—First Innings. Tanored, c Hulsh. h Fairservlce 0 Taylor, o Hubble, b Humphreys, 96 Strieker, b Blythe 54 Nourse, b Morfeo 19 White, b Morfee 30 Faulkner, b Humphreys 20 Beaumont, Ibw., b Blythe 47 Bnooko. o Seymour, b Blythe 52 X’egler, o Huish, b Falrservipe 8 Carter, o Humphreys, b Pairaorvlco ... 12 Campbell, not out o Extras 22 Total 360 KENT—First Innings. Hardings, c Faulkner, b Pegler 17 Humphreys, not out 4 Extras 2 One wloket for 23

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