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New Zealand in England, 1931 
Leicestershire v New Zealanders 
Aylestone Road, Leicester 
9,11,12 May 1931 (3-day match) 
Result: Match drawn 
Toss: New Zealanders 
Umpires: JJ Bowles and WA Buswell
 
Close of play:
  Day 1: New Zealanders 334/4 (ML Page 68*, GL Weir 7*)
 Day 2: New Zealanders 434/8d, Leicestershire 277
New Zealanders 1st innings
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
Extras                (b 16, lb 16)                            32
Total                 (8 wickets declared, 172.3 overs)       434
DNB: +KC James, IB Cromb.
FoW: 1-173, 2-192, 3-252, 4-305, 5-357, 6-379, 7-380, 8-434.
Bowling                      O      M      R      W
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
Leicestershire 1st innings
*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                (b 17, lb 3, w 1)                        21
Total                 (all out, 102.4 overs)                  277
FoW: 1-38, 2-57, 3-63, 4-131, 5-142,
     6-188, 7-202, 8-242, 9-277, 10-277.
Bowling                      O      M      R      W
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
Leicestershire 2nd innings (following on)
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
Extras                (b 9, lb 6, w 4)                         19
Total                 (6 wickets declared, 102 overs)         273
DNB: G Geary, +TE Sidwell, HC Snary.
FoW: 1-88, 2-94, 3-140, 4-158, 5-163, 6-235.
Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Talbot                      12      2     27      1
Cromb                       16      5     32      0
Merritt                     32      5     98      3
Weir                        27      8     65      1
Blunt                        4      1      6      0
Page                         9      2     17      1
Lowry                        2      0      9      0
New Zealanders 2nd innings (target: 117 runs)
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
Extras                (b 2)                                     2
Total                 (7 wickets, 19 overs)                    90
DNB: JE Mills, GL Weir.
FoW: 1-8, 2-26, 3-34, 4-43, 5-46, 6-46, 7-83.
Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Coleman                      5      1     27      2
Geary                        5      1     22      0
Snary                        9      0     39      5
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