Leicestershire v Australians at Leicester, 3-6 May 1930

Australia in England, 1930
Leicestershire v Australians
Aylestone Road, Leicester
3,5,6 May 1930 (3-day match)

Result: Match drawn

Toss: Leicestershire
Umpires: W Bestwick and WA Buswell

Close of play:

Day 1: Leicestershire 148, Australians 50/2 (DG Bradman 9*, AF Kippax 11*)

Day 2: Australians 365/5 (DG Bradman 185*, AG Fairfax 21*)

Leicestershire 1st innings
AW Shipman            c Wall             b Grimmett            63
GL Berry              c Ponsford         b Grimmett            50
NF Armstrong          st Walker          b Grimmett             3
JC Bradshaw           lbw                b Grimmett             0
H Riley                              c & b Grimmett             0
AT Sharp              st Walker          b Grimmett             5
WE Astill             c McCabe           b Wall                 7
G Geary               lbw                b Wall                 6
*JAFMP de Lisle       not out                                   2
+TE Sidwell           st Walker          b Grimmett             6
HC Snary                                 b Wall                 0
Extras                (b 3, lb 3)                               6
Total                 (all out, 73.5 overs)                   148

FoW: 1-103, 2-121, 3-121, 4-121, 5-122,
     6-131, 7-133, 8-140, 9-147, 10-148.

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Wall                        16.5    1     37      3
Hurwood                     12      5     18      0
Fairfax                     16      4     38      0
Grimmett                    25      8     46      7
McCabe                       4      2      3      0

Australians 1st innings
WH Ponsford           lbw                b Geary               25
A Jackson                                b Geary                4
DG Bradman            not out                                 185
AF Kippax             c Sidwell          b Snary               22
SJ McCabe                                b Geary                2
*VY Richardson        c Armstrong        b Geary              100
AG Fairfax            not out                                  21
Extras                (b 2, lb 4)                               6
Total                 (5 wickets declared, 125 overs)         365

DNB: CV Grimmett, +CW Walker, A Hurwood, TW Wall.

FoW: 1-18, 2-35, 3-77, 4-80, 5-259.

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Shipman                     22      2     59      0
Snary                       29      6     89      1
Geary                       35      9     85      4
Astill                      30      2     99      0
Armstrong                    9      2     27      0

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