ENGLISH CRICKET.

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1497, 20 July 1912, Page 5

ENGLISH CRICKET.

AUSTRALIA V- LEICESTERSHIRE.

BARDSLEY BATTING WELL,

By Teleemph—Press Afssoclation-"<3oi)jrii!ht London, July 18. Tho Australians began the twenty-second match of tho tour against Leicester today. Tho county was dismissed- for 217, and at stumps the Australians had scored 183 for the loss of three wickets. Rain fell in tho morning. Tho weather was cloudy, tho wicket on the soft gido. Tho attendance numbered'2ooo. Wood w>a tho toss and tho county batted. Tho opening batsmen, were Knight and Wood. Matthews and Wliitty bowled. Leicester gavo a moderate display. Wood and Mountoney added 11 for tho second wicket, tho. former being very vigorous. Coo and Wood put on 53 for the sixth wicket, Coo showing somo excellent cutting. Hi 6 score of 34 included six 4's. Wood, who opened tho innings, was tho seventh, batsman out. After- comjnling 55, ho was caught in tho slips by Mayno off a kickiug ball that glanced from hia hand. Tho county captain, had. batted without a chance for 130 minutes, his 'score inoluding four i's. The century was posted .aftor seventrfivo minutes' piny, 200 in one hundred and forty-five minutes, the innings concluding ten minutes later. The Australians lost. Jennings early, after ho had mado 15 out of tho first 18 Ho was taken by King in tho elips-a sharp catch. Mayuo and Smith hoisted 50 after twenty-five minutes' batting, Tho second wicket fell 5 runs later, Astill bowling Smith. Bardsley and Mayno added 54 for tho third wicket. May no's cutting was a feature. Hβ was in eighty minutes for and gavo a chance when ho had scored but 2.

Tho Australians batted in an indifferent light. Details are as follow:— ' LEICESTER. First Innings. Knight, c. Cnrkeek, b. Whitty 20 Wood, e. Hayne, b. Minnctt 55 Mountoney, o. nnd b. Emmy 23 Whitehead, 1.b.w., b Emory ~ 7 King, b. Emery 17 Doden, run out; B Coe, b. Emery , 34 Curtis, b. Wliitty 23 Sturman, b. Minaett 2 Shipman, b. Minaett 15 AMill,' not out 0 Sundries , 15 Total „ 217 the Wickets Pell. 123450789 10 28 G9 78 102 120 173 179 187 217 217 Bowling Analysis. Matthews, none for 30; Wliitty, two for 11; Emory,' four for 75; Kelleway, nono for 31; Minnett, three for 25. AUSTRALIA. ' ' I'irst Innings. C. B. Jenninfjs, 0. King.b. Shipman... 15 E R. Mayne, b. Shipman 40 .t). Smith, b. Astill 19 W. Bairdsley.-'nbt out ;/.....,i..i....'w 50 ICellaway, not out 38 Sundries ,„..' 9 Total foT three vrickofs 183 SOUTH AFRICA V. KENT. London, July 18. Tho South Africans opened against Kent at Maidstono to-day, When stumps were drawn the Tisitors had compiled 360, and Kent had lost ono wicket for 23 runs. . Details are appended:— . ' •

SOUTH AFRICA.-First Innings. Tancred, c. Huish, b. Fairservice 0 Taylor, o. Hubble, b. Humphreys ... % Strieker, b. Blytho 54 Nourse, b. Morfeo 19 White, b. Morfeo 30 Faulkner, b. Humphries 20 Beaumont, 1.b.w., b. Blytho 47 Snooko, c. Seymour, b. Blythe 52 Pegler, c. Huish, b. Fairserrico ...u. 8 Carter, c. Humphreys, b. Fairservice 12 Campbell, not out 0 Sundries 22 Total 300 KENT.-First Innings. Hardinge, c. Faulkner, b. Pegler 17 Humphreys, not out i Sundries 2 Total for one wicket 23