CRICKET.

Gisborne Times, Volume VII, Issue 422, 22 May 1902, Page 3

CRICKET.

AUSTRALIA v. LEICESTERSHIRE,

By Telegraph— Press Association —Copyrig London, May 20. The weather ie cold and Bhowery, ai the ground being in a saturated conditio prevented resumption of play till 2.3 when the weather brightened. There w a good attendance. Darling added four to the overnig' score, when Whitehead caught him long-OD. Five for 54. The pitch wi very treacherous. Noble was smart taken in the slips. Six for 63. Arn strong and Hopkins were partnered, hi th 9 partnership was brief, the Victoria being easily caught at short log by O'Dei Seven for 76. Carter only added a singl when Coo, the third man, caught bin •*’ after a run for a single being added to th total for the wicket. Jones was next, be King dismissed Hopkins without an add; tion to the total. Saunders wa» last mar Joneß by vigorous hitting piled up 4 runs beforo O’Dell caught him at mid or He had a lucky innings, being missei consecutively several times. Saundor made nine. The innings lasted 131 minutes. The scores were : Australians—lst innings. Duff, o Whiteside, b Woodcock ... ( Trumper, not out ... ... ... 2( Hill, b Woodcock ( Gregory, b Woodcock 5 Darling, c Whitehead, b King 2£ Noble, c Crawford, b Woodcock ... V: Armstrong, c O’Dell, b King ... ... 7 • Hopkins, b King ... 9 , Carter, c Coo, b Woodcock ... ... 1 Jones, c O’Dell, b King ... ... 40 Saundors, not out ... ... ... 0 Total 126 Bowling analysis: Woodcock five for 54, King five for 72. Leicester made a much bettor start in the second innings. Whan stumps were drawn, they had lost six wickets for 117. ■ Wood and Whitehead opened. During a partnership lasting thirty-five minutes, by good, free cricket, they rattled up 54 runs, one over from Saundors yielding sixteen. -- One wicket for 54. Jones relioved Saundors at 64. Tho now bowler’s first over proved fatal to Wood. Two wickets for 64. Saunders dismissed King with an easy, catch at mid-on. Three wickets for Jj 74. Seventy minutes’. play sufficed to pull up the arrears on the Australian first innings. Noble.’who was getting a lot of work on the ball, bowled Crawford with a good break. Jones accounted for DeTrafford. He effected a left-handed catch off his own bowling. Gregory, at coverpoint, snapped up Coe, making a good catch off Noble. The records at tho fall vof the fourth and fifth wickets are not .V stated. Tho scores were : Leicester —2nd innings. Whitehead, lbw, b Noble ... ... 24 Wood, b Jones 33 King, c Saunders, b Noble ... ... 12 Crawford, b Noble 17 DeTrafford, c and b Jones 1 Coe, c Gregory, b Noble 11 j, Knight, not out • ... 10 Geeson, not out ... ... ... 0

ENGLISH VISITORS. THE £2OOO GUARANTEE OBTAINED By Telegraph—‘Press Association. Christchurch, last night. Tho sum of £2OOO required for tho expenses of the English team, which it is proposed shall tour Now Zealand, has nowbeen fully guaranteed. The Associations’ guarantees are as under:—Auckland, £250 ; Wellington, £250 ; Otago, £250; Canterbury, £250 ; Hawke’s Bay, £l5O ; Wanganui, £150; Manawatu, £100; Blenheim, £100; Nelson, £100; Taranaki, £IOO ; and Southland,£loo, making a total of £IBOO. The remaining £2OO will be derived from the New Zealand

match. The Secretary of the Cricket v-<-Council expeots to receive a definite reply from Lord Hawke by the San Francisco mail, duo od June 14.