CRICKET.
SOUTH AFRICA v. LEICESTER
A DRAWN GAME
(Reuter's Telegram.) (Received May 7,2 p.m.) LONDON, May 6,
South Africa, in their second innings, scored 167 — Nourse 32, Hands 60, Rlackenb'.irg 18, Nnpen (not out), 25. Astill took. 4 for 39, Oejry 1 for 42, Rale 1 for 35, and Skelding 4 for 42. (Received May 7,2 p.m.) Leicester lost nine wickets for 118. Sharp made 10, Astill 24, Sidwell 17, deary not out 15 Blackenburg took two wickets for 23, Carter three for 28, jS’upcn four for 30. The match was drawn. Play was resumed in warmer- weather, with a leaden sky. The- wicket was drying rapidly. The attendance was small. Hands: batted confidently and registered live boundaries by powerful driving. The stubborn defence of Leicester’s last four batsmen in the last, hour averted defeat. COUNTY MATCHES. Rain or unfit wickets caused the abandonment. of county matches. There was no further play at Notts, Warwick, or Lancashire. Middlesex declared at four for 167. Stevens 61, Hendren not out 79. Oxford made 217 (Knott 71).
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume L, Issue 16424, 7 May 1924, Page 9
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174CRICKET. Poverty Bay Herald, Volume L, Issue 16424, 7 May 1924, Page 9
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