f11978	Leicestershire v New Zealanders
	New Zealand in British Isles 1927
Venue	Aylestone Road, Leicester on 15th, 16th, 17th June 1927 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	New Zealanders won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Umpires	W Bestwick, WA Buswell
Close of play day 1	Leicestershire (1) 29/0 (Shipman 20*, Berry 4*)
Close of play day 2	New Zealanders (2) 165/9 (Merritt 0*, Henderson 0*)

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New Zealanders first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RC Blunt	c Sidwell b Snary	24
JE Mills	c Armstrong b Snary	12
CS Dempster	c Skelding b Astill	2
*TC Lowry	b Snary	5
ML Page	c Sidwell b Snary	74
HM McGirr	b Snary	56
CFW Allcott	c Smith b Shipman	17
CCR Dacre	c Smith b Bale	90
+KC James	c Smith b Armstrong	19
WE Merritt	c Smith b Bale	35
M Henderson	not out	19
Extras	(11 b, 6 lb, 1 nb)	18
Total	(all out, 104.4 overs)	371
Fall of wickets:
1-36, 2-39, 3-46, 4-55, 5-157, 6-198, 7-233, 8-239, 9-315, 10-371 (104.4 ov)

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Shipman	11	1	49	1	-	-
Skelding	22	5	68	0	-	-
Snary	31	9	66	5	-	-
Astill	14	3	42	1	-	-
Bale	15.4	1	85	2	-	-
Smith	3	0	10	0	-	-
Armstrong	8	1	33	1	-	-

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Leicestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
AW Shipman	c James b Henderson	62
GL Berry	c and b Blunt	37
NF Armstrong	c +Lowry b Henderson	41
JC Bradshaw	c Blunt b Henderson	8
WE Astill	c +Lowry b Henderson	4
+TE Sidwell	b Blunt	0
*GHS Fowke	c Blunt b Allcott	29
HA Smith	c and b Blunt	0
F Bale	c Page b Henderson	24
HC Snary	not out	8
A Skelding	st +Lowry b Blunt	6
Extras	(16 b, 6 lb, 1 w)	23
Total	(all out, 87.5 overs)	242
Fall of wickets:
1-94, 2-137, 3-152, 4-160, 5-161, 6-161, 7-164, 8-219, 9-227, 10-242 (87.5 ov)

New Zealanders bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
McGirr	8	1	31	0	-	-
Henderson	31	6	76	5	-	-
Merritt	8	1	24	0	-	-
Blunt	25.5	7	53	4	-	-
Allcott	12	1	32	1	-	-
Dacre	3	1	3	0	-	-

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New Zealanders second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RC Blunt	lbw b Skelding	12
CS Dempster	c Sidwell b Snary	19
*TC Lowry	b Skelding	1
ML Page	c sub b Smith	65
JE Mills	b Armstrong	18
CCR Dacre	b Smith	5
HM McGirr	b Smith	0
CFW Allcott	c sub b Snary	35
+KC James	lbw b Shipman	6
WE Merritt	not out	0
M Henderson	not out	0
Extras	(4 lb)	4
Total	(9 wickets, 54.3 overs)	165
Fall of wickets:
1-15, 2-17, 3-78, 4-110, 5-117, 6-117, 7-128, 8-165, 9-165

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Skelding	11	1	32	2	-	-
Shipman	5.3	0	18	1	-	-
Astill	8	2	21	0	-	-
Bale	1	0	1	0	-	-
Snary	11	5	28	2	-	-
Smith	12	1	41	3	-	-
Armstrong	6	0	20	1	-	-

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Notes
--> There was no play on the final day.
--> NF Armstrong (1) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 41
--> HC Snary achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches in the New Zealanders first innings (previous best was 4-57)
--> HC Snary achieved his first five wickets in an innings in First-Class matches in the New Zealanders first innings

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In the Leicestershire first innings TC Lowry replaced KC James as wicket keeper from the fall of the 2nd wicket

 

 

 

 

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