CRICKET

Wairarapa Daily Times, 8 May 1935, Page 5

CRICKET

SOUTH AFRICAN TEAM.

LEICESTERSHIRE MATCH. LONDON, Tuesday. The South Africans have secured a strong grip on their cricket match with Leicestershire. The county team could muster only 123 runs in answer to the visitors’ score of 312, and, before stumps were drawn, the South Africans had scored another 214 runs for the loss of three wickets. Instead of exercising his right to require Leicestershire to follow on, Wade, the South African captain, decided to give his team the opportunity of some batting practice. Wade himself displayed some.fine forcing strokes. Leicestershire were always in trouble after Bell had dismissed Berry. Crisp was the most spectacular bowler, but Tomlinson was impressive, cleverly mixing pace and break. The fielding of the South, Africans was often brilliant. ■. , l Dempster, the New Zealander, who lias not yet .qualified to play,> for the county in championship matches, looked dangerous, but Crisp beat him neck and crop with a perfect-length ball. Details:— SOUTH AFRICA. First innings 312 ■.-. Second Innings. Siedle, 1.b.w., b Shipman 3 Wade, b Astill 74 Rowan, 1.b.w1, b Astill 89 Nourse, not out 22 Cameron, not out 18 Extras 8 Total for three wickets 214 LEICESTERSHIRE.—First Innings. Berry, b Bell 20 Shipman, l.bw., b Crisp 13 Armstrong, .c. Nourse, b Laugton 7 Dempster, b Crisp 13 Edgson, b Tomlinson 8 Prentice, e Crisp, b Tomlinson 11 Astill, 1.b.w., b Tomlinson 17 Geary, b Crisp 0 Marlow, c Bell, b Crisp 2 Oorrall, c Siedle, b Crisp 0 Smith, not out ■ 21 Extras 11 Total 123 Bowling Analysis.—Crisp took five wickets for 40 runs; Bell, one for 12; Langton, one for 22; Tomlinson, three for 38. “ ■