EIGHT FOR 434.

Press, Volume LXVII, Issue 20234, 12 May 1931, Page 9

EIGHT FOR 434.

INNINGS DECLARED CLOSED. LEICESTER MATCH. PAGE TOPS CENTURY. (Special to Press Association.) (Received May 12th, 12.55 a.m.) LONDON, May 11. The New Zealand ricketcis declared at eight wickets for 434. Leicestershire batted for an hour before lunch. The weather was dull, and the attendance moderate. Page obtained a sterling century in 230 minutes, hitting with greater freedom than on Saturday, and scoring well on the off. He was caught at cover trying to force the pace. Weir batted steadily. Lowry and Talbot liit hard, tho latter being particularly vigorous off Geary. Scores: — NEW ZEALAND. First Innings. C. S. Dempster, lbw, b Astill .. 92 J. E. Mills, b Snary .. ~ 67 R. C. Blunt, lbw, b Snary .. 44 M. L. Page, e Riley, b Shipman .. 103 J. L. Kerr, b Snary .. .. 24 G. L. Weir, lbw, b Shipman .. JO T. C. Lowry, c Dawson, b Geary .. 17 W. E. Merritt, c Coleman, b Geary 1 R. O. Talbot, not out .. .. 35 « Extras .. .. .. 32

Total for S wickets (dec.) .. 431

FIXTURES THIS MONTH.

The New Zealand team's itinerary this month is as follows:

May 9th, 11th, and 12th—v. Leicestershire. May 13th, 14th, 15th—v. Hampshire. May 16th, 18th, 19th —v. M.C.C. at Lord's. May 20th, 21st, 22nd—y. Worcestershire. May 23rd, 25th, 26th—v. Glamorgan. May 27th, 28th, 20th—v. Oxford University. May 30tli, June Ist, 2nd—v. Middlesex at Lord's. SOUTH AFRICA, TOUR OF AUSTRALIA. alternatives submitted. iCfITID PRESS ABSOCUTIOK—B* ELZCTIfcIC TBLKQBAPH—COPIiIIOHT.i (Received May lltli, 10.20 p.m.) CAPE TOWN, May 11. The Cricket Bqard lias cahled to Australia four alternatives t— ; j j (1) Cancellation of the tour of the South Africans. (2) That Australia bo responsible for all South African expenses. (3) Australians to tour South Africa^ (4) That neither country send a team. The commercial community is unanimously in favour of the abandonment of the tour on the ground that at present touring sport is overdone with which both Cap© and Natal cricketers agree. Transvaal, on the other hand, desires the Australians to tour.