LEICESTER OUT FOR 119

Chronicle (Levin), 17 May 1949, Page 5

LEICESTER OUT FOR 119

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New Zealanders In Strong Position

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kecdived Tuesday, ii.30 a.m. LEICfeSTER, May 16.' . If there as no further rain "the, •New Zealanders have an excellent bhance of beating Leicestershire by an impressive margin. On the secbnd day, against a high standard bf bowling, the county made only 119 in its first innings and followed t>n> requiring 312 tuns to avoid an dhning's defeat. In just on two hours of its secOnd itmings Leicestershire scored 123, leaving 189 to be scored to 'equal New Zeaiand's first inhings tdtal. Cold rain delayed the resumption of piay in the ftiorbirig by nearly 40 ihinutes. Hadlee • used only three bowlers to dismiss Leicester in their first Innings, which lasted just under ■three and a. half hours; — Cowie, Cave and feurke. FOur of CoWie's six wickets — at nine runs a piece were leg before the Wicket. He knocked Tompkins's middle stump fiying and also inocked out Evans's" off stUmp. Cave also Was swinging the b'aF This gave Rabone, alert at second slip, the opportunity to make three catches. Mooney maintained his reputation by taking a fourth. Both the New Zealanders bowled with great accuracy. Burke was most unfortunate in not getting his first wicket in England against a county. He nearly had Tompkins caught and bowled, but at the last moment lost his balance and fell. Details: — NEW ZEALAND. First Innings 430 LEICESTERSHIRE. First Innings. Lester, b Cowie 10 Prentice, c Rabone, b Cave . . 5 Berry, c Rabone, b Cave 30 Tompkin, b Cowie ' 23 Jackson, lbw, b Cowie 14° Watson, lbw, b CoWie 9 Symingtoh, c Rabone, b Cave . . 7 Evans, b Cowie 1 Walsh, c Mooney, b Cave 2 Cottall, lbw, b Cowie 1 Sperry, not out 2 Extras 15 Total * 119

Second Innings. Berty, c. SUtciiffe, b Redd 18 Lester, not out 54 Prentice, not out 1 44 Extras 7 Total for one wicket 123

O. M. R. w. Cowie 24 5 54 6 Cave 21.5 9 28 4 Burke " 15 6 22 0

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