f13409	Leicestershire v New Zealanders
	New Zealand in British Isles 1931
Venue	Aylestone Road, Leicester on 9th, 11th, 12th May 1931 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	New Zealanders won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Umpires	JJ Bowles, WA Buswell
Close of play day 1	New Zealanders (1) 334/4 (Page 68*, Weir 7*)
Close of play day 2	Leicestershire (1) 277 all out

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New Zealanders first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
CS Dempster	lbw b Astill	92
JE Mills	b Snary	67
RC Blunt	lbw b Snary	44
ML Page	c Riley b Shipman	103
JL Kerr	b Geary	24
GL Weir	lbw b Shipman	19
*TC Lowry	c Dawson b Geary	17
WE Merritt	c Coleman b Geary	1
RO Talbot	not out	35
+KC James	did not bat
IB Cromb	did not bat
Extras	(16 b, 16 lb)	32
Total	(8 wickets, declared, 172.3 overs)	434
Fall of wickets:
1-173, 2-192, 3-252, 4-305, 5-357, 6-379, 7-380, 8-434 (172.3 ov)

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Shipman	21.3	3	55	2	-	-
Coleman	20	1	60	0	-	-
Geary	43	8	111	3	-	-
Astill	31	11	72	1	-	-
Snary	48	16	81	2	-	-
Armstrong	9	1	23	0	-	-

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Leicestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*EW Dawson	c Page b Weir	28
AW Shipman	b Merritt	58
GL Berry	c Cromb b Merritt	6
NF Armstrong	c James b Cromb	6
H Riley	lbw b Cromb	31
JC Bradshaw	c Lowry b Cromb	18
WE Astill	c Dempster b Weir	58
G Geary	lbw b Merritt	3
CAR Coleman	c Mills b Cromb	25
+TE Sidwell	b Cromb	23
HC Snary	not out	0
Extras	(17 b, 3 lb, 1 w)	21
Total	(all out, 102.4 overs)	277
Fall of wickets:
1-38, 2-57, 3-63, 4-131, 5-142, 6-188, 7-202, 8-242, 9-277, 10-277 (102.4 ov)

New Zealanders bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Talbot	6	0	25	0	-	-
Cromb	28.4	10	62	5	-	-
Merritt	28	3	91	3	-	-
Weir	34	10	70	2	-	-
Blunt	6	3	8	0	-	-

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Leicestershire second innings (following on)		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
AW Shipman	c Blunt b Merritt	51
*EW Dawson	b Talbot	35
GL Berry	st James b Merritt	30
NF Armstrong	not out	52
H Riley	c Cromb b Merritt	12
JC Bradshaw	lbw b Page	0
CAR Coleman	b Weir	55
WE Astill	not out	19
G Geary	did not bat
+TE Sidwell	did not bat
HC Snary	did not bat
Extras	(9 b, 6 lb, 4 w)	19
Total	(6 wickets, declared, 102 overs)	273
Fall of wickets:
1-88, 2-94, 3-140, 4-158, 5-163, 6-235

New Zealanders bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Cromb	16	5	32	0	-	-
Weir	27	8	65	1	-	-
Merritt	32	5	98	3	-	-
Blunt	4	1	6	0	-	-
Talbot	12	2	27	1	-	-
Page	9	2	17	1	-	-
Lowry	2	0	9	0	-	-

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New Zealanders second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RO Talbot	b Snary	11
+KC James	c Coleman b Snary	2
IB Cromb	c Sidwell b Coleman	16
WE Merritt	b Snary	31
*TC Lowry	b Coleman	6
ML Page	lbw b Snary	0
JL Kerr	c Sidwell b Snary	0
CS Dempster	not out	20
RC Blunt	not out	2
JE Mills	did not bat
GL Weir	did not bat
Extras	(2 b)	2
Total	(7 wickets, 19 overs)	90
Fall of wickets:
1-8, 2-26, 3-34, 4-43, 5-46, 6-46, 7-83

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Coleman	5	1	27	2	-	-
Snary	9	0	39	5	-	-
Geary	5	1	22	0	-	-

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Notes
--> JE Mills (1) passed 3000 runs in first-class matches when he reached 29
--> ML Page (1) passed 3000 runs in first-class matches when he reached 58
--> AW Shipman (2) passed 8000 runs in first-class matches when he reached 15
--> IB Cromb made his debut in England in first-class matches
--> IB Cromb equalled his best innings bowling analysis in first-class matches in the Leicestershire first innings

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