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Gisborne Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2519, 4 June 1909, Page 3

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THE AUSTRALIANS IN ENGLAND

AUSTRALIA V. LEICESTER

United Press Assuciat. on—CorTiUGni. LONDON, June 2. A sodden wicket delayed the opening until after noon. The wicket Jv-as very difficult when the game resumed. The ninth wicket fell for 128. iHartigan obtained his score in 75 minutes, 'having a serviceable partner* with AVhitty. The innings lasted 275 minutes. Leicester lost the first wicket for 2. The game was very slow. The third wicket fell for 24. Crawford and Coe, with a careful partnership raised the total to 75 before the fourth wicket fell. With Crawford dismissed ten runs later the innings was declared closed. The scores were as follows: LEICESTER.—First innings—272. AUSTRALIA.,—First innings.

Trumper, run out ... 23 Macartney, c Whitehead, b Astill— 8 Rahslord, c Astill, b King ... 13 Gregory, c Crawford, b King ... 11 Cotter, c Jayes, b Astill ... ... 35 Macalister, hit wicket, b O’Dell... 16 Hartigan, not out 45 Laver, c Astill, b King 5 Carter, b O’Dell 3 O’Connor, stumped Shields, b O’Dell 2 AVhitty, b Jayes ••• 19 Sundries ... H Total - : 182 Bowling analysis: Jayes one wicked for 9 runs, O’Dell three for 49, Astill two for 40, King three for 53. LEICESTER. —Second Innings. Leicester, with five wickets down for 85 declared the innings closed. Knight, c Trumper, b Whitty ... 14 Whitehead, c Macalister, b Wliity 0 King, c Hartigan, b Laver 10 Coe, c Laver, b Whity 24 Crawford, b Macartney 32 Jayes, not out 3 Sundries ' 2 Total for five wickets 85 Bowling analysis: Laver 1 for 31, Whitty 3 for 40. Macartney 1 for 13. Australia in their second innings lost two wickets for 47. AUSTPv ALI A, —Second I nnin gs. Trumper, not out ... 26 Hartigan, c Jayes, b Astill 16 Cotter, c Jayes, b„ Odell 3 O’Connor, not out 0 Sundries ... ... • 2 Total for tWo wickets ... 47 Bowling analysis: Odell one wicket for 26 Astill 1 for 16, Crawford nil for 3. The.match was drawn. [Last year Leicestershire won 4, Ipst 8, and drew 9 games in the county contests.- C. J. B. Wood (35.18), S. Coe (34.83), V. F. S. Crawford (34.37), and A. PI Knight, who visited Australia (26.93), lead the batting averages; W. E. Astill (20.86), W. W. Odell (25.14), and J. H. King (25.86) the howling. Though generally considered weak, this county was the only one to score over 300 against Yorkshire last season. Whitehead, one of Leicester’s host hats, had a had. season last year. .Astill bowls with a -good deal of variety of pace and break. His best performance last year was thirteen wickets for 61 runs against Derbyshire. Odell is a slow bowler.] RESULTS OF THE TOUR,

The. following are the results of the tour, so far, from tho Australians’ point of view: Notts—AVon by an innings and 6 runs. Northampton—AVon by 9 wickets. Essex—Drawn, in favor of Australians. Surrey—Lost by 5 runs. .C.C.—-Lost by 3 wickets. Oxford University—Drawn, First Test Match (Birmingham)—Lost by 10 wickets. Leicester—Drawn. Matches played 8, won 2, lost 3, drawn 3. THE CAMBRIDGE TEAM. (Received June 3, 9.5 p.m.) LONDON, Juno 3. The Cambridge University team for to-day’s match is as follows:—Buchanan, Falcon, McLeod, Olivier, Ireland, Mann, Collins, Tufnell, Lockhart, Mason, and one still to be picked. [D. C. Collins, one of the above team, is a New Zealander, being the son of a. Wellington doctor. Ido recently scored 113 and 138 in a match for Cambridge.!