CRICKET.

Hokitika Guardian, 16 June 1927, Page 1

CRICKET.

AGAINST LEICESTER

(Australian Press Association A Sun. LONDON, June 15. NEAV ZEALAND —Ist Tunings. Blunt, c Sid well, b Hilary 1 Alills, c Armstrong, b Snary ... 12 Dempster, st. .Skidding, b Astill ... -2 Lowry, b Snary •> Page, c Sid well, b Snary 71 AlcGirr, b Snary ”6 Allcott, c Smith, b Shipman 17 Dacre, c Smith, b Bale !) 0 James, c Smith, b Armstrong ... 19 Merritt, e. Smith. I) Bale 35 Henderson, (not- out) ... I'' Extras 18 Total •“ Bowling:—Shipman 1 for 49. Skelding 0 for (58, Snary 5 for 6(5, Astill 1 for 42. Bale 2 for 85. Smith 0 for 10. Armstrong 1 for 33. LEICESTICR—Ist Inni ngs. Shipman, (not out) Berry, (not out) Extras ” Total. 0 wickets for - !) Stumps were then drawn. Leicestershire left out. Geary, a test match bowler. New Zealand substituted Henderson and Dempster for Bernnn and Oliver. The attendance was a thousand. The vistor.s lost four wickets for 107 before lunch. Blunt, and Alills started uncomfortably and only scored twenty-six in the first half hour. Blunt was taken at the wicket when he had reached 24 out of thirty-six. A brier col lapse followed, two wickets falling foi nineteen. Alills was caught in the slips and Dempster at mid-on. Lowry played a hall on to the wicket. The pitch was good and did not account for the collapse. After lunch a change came over the game and the New Zenanders effected a tine recovery. First, Page and McGirr stopped the rdf by adding 102 for the fifth wicket in an hour and alialf. The former hit with the great ost freedom and obtained nine boundaries. After this pair, Dacre came to the front with the brightest batting of the day. Tn an hour and a quarter lie rattled up ninety driving powerfully and cleanly in his lrest stylo. Awo of hits strokes went over the ropes and twelve more reached the boundary before he was caught. Merritt and Henderson gave a lot of trouble by putting on 50 for the last wicket in a partnership. which lasted 35 minutes, and in all the last three wickets added 136. bringing the total to 371. Leicester had a half hours batting without loss before stumps were drawn.

AUSTRALIANS’ TOUR. SINGAPORE, June 15. At Tpoh, Doctor Rogers’ non-Euro-pean cricket team in the first innings made 93. Sullivan taking 4 for 23. Australians in their first innings made 22 for 6 (Macartney 56. Andrews 59).