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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 3206, 4 June 1909, Page 5

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AUSTRALIA V. LEICESTER, j A DRAWN GAME. United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph CopyriKisi. Received June 3, 9.20 a.m. LONDON, June?.. Further progress was made to-day with the cricket match Australia v. Leicestershire. A sodden wicket delayed the opening play till alter noon, and the wicket was very difficult when the game was resumed. M'AHster and Hartigan continued the visitors' innings. Runs came slowly, and the ninth wicket was down for 128. Hartigan, who was top scorer, obtained his runs in 75 minutes. He had a serviceable partnership with Whitty. The innings lasted 275 minutes, and closed with 182jruns—9U behind the county. j The Leicestershire team went in j for the second innings, and lost the j first wicket for 2. The game was J very slow. The third wicket fell at 24. Crawford and Coa, in a careful! partnership, raised the total to 75 before the fourth wicket fell. With j Crawford dismissed ten runs later, tne innings was declared closed. The Australians went in for the second time, but time did not allow the innings to be finished, and the game wa> drawn. Trumper scored 26 runs on a bad wicket, and carried out t his bat. The match was drawn. j The full scores were as under:— | AUSTRALIA.—First Innings. ] Trumper, run out 23 Macartney, c Whitehead, b Astill 8 Ransford, c Astiil, b King 13 Gregory, c Crawford, b King 11 Cotter,"'c Jayes, b Astill 35 M'AHster, hit wicket, b Odell 16 Hartigan. not out 45 Laver, c Astill, b King 5 Carter, b Odell 3 O'Connor, st. Shields, b Odell 2 Whitty. b Jayes 10 Extras ' u Total * 182 Bowling analysis. Jayes, one wicket for 29; Odell, three for 49; Astill, two for 40; King, three for 53.' Second Innings. Trumper. not out 26 Hartigan, c Jayes, b Astill 16 Cotter, c Jayes. li Odell 3 O'Connor, not out 0 Extras 2 Total for two wickets 47 Bowling analysis. Odell, one wicket for 2; Astill, one for 16; Crawford, none for 3. LEICESTERSHIRE. First innings 272 Second Innings. Knight,c Trumper, b Whitty 14 Whitehead, c M'Ahster, b Whitty 0 King, c Hartigan, b Laver 10 Coe, c Laver, b Whitty 24 Crawford, b Macartney 32 Jayes, not out 3 Extras 2 Total for five wickets 85 (Innings declared closed). Bowling analysis. Laver, one wicket for 31; Whitty, three for 40; Macartney, one for 13.