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NEW ZEALAND TOUR. AGAINST LEICESTER. (Special to Press Association). LONDON, May 11. New Zealand crick .ts declared with eight wickets for 434. Leicestershire had an hour before lunch. The weather was dull a nd 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 in trying to force the pace. Weir batted steadily. Lowry and Talbot went in for hard hitting, the latter being particularly vigorous on Geary. Dawson gave Leicestershire a good start before being caught at covet. Merritt then claimed a wicket from Berry and Armstrong shortly before lunch. Shipman batted solidly for fifty-eight when lie was beaten by a good ball from Merritt. Astill and Riley gave sound displays and Coleman used the long handle effectively SidwelL and Snary made a great effort to avoid a follow on, failing by eight runs. The innings closed rpr 277. New Zealand bowling whs steady. Cromb anj Merritt bowled twentyeight overs, ana Weir 34. Cromb made a highly satisfactory, start turning from the off occasionally and maintaining a good length,; Ho bowled ten maidens.
NEW ZEALAND— First Timings. Dempster, 1.b.w., b Astill 62 Mills, b Snary 6? Blunt, 1.b.w., b Snary 'l4 Kerr, b Snary 24 Page c Riley b Shipman 103 Weir l.b.w. b Shipman 10 Lowry c Dawson b Geary 17 Merritt c Coleman b Geary ... 1 Talbot not out 35 Extras ... 32 Total for 8 wickets (declared) ... 434 Bowling.—Shipman 2 for 55, Coleman 0 for 60, Geary 3 for 111, Astill 1 for 72, Snary 2 for 81, Armstrong 0 for 23.
LEICESTER, First Innings. Dawson c Page b AVeir ■■■ 21 Shipman b Merritt; 1 ... ••• ••• 68 Berry c CVomb !>'Merritt , G Armstrong c .James b Cromb ... 6 [■Riley l.b.w. b Cromb 31 Bradshaw c Lowry b Cromb ... 18 Vstill c Dempster 1) Weir ... • '»8 Geary l.b.w. b Merritt 3 Coleman e Mill b Cromb Sidwell b Cromb Siiarv not out \ ' of Extras ...
Total ••• ••• Bowling. —Cromb 5 f°r 62, Merritt 3 for 91 ” Weir 2 for 70, Blunt 0 for 8, Talbot 0 for 25. Stumps were then drawn. TOUR QUESTION. AUSTRALIA AND SOUTH AFRICA. CAPETOWN, May It.
The South African Cricket Boai<! has cabled to Australia for four alternatives as follows: (1) The cancellation of the Australian tour of the South Africans; (2) that Australia shall he responsible for all ot the South African expenses: (3) the Australians to tour South Africa; and (4) that neither country send a team. The commercial community here is unanimously in favour of the abandon ment of the tour.on the ground that at present the touring of spoil is being overdone. With this the Cape and Natal cricketers agree.
The Transvaal, on - the other hand, desires the Australians to tour South Africa
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