COUNTY CONTESTS.

Auckland Star, Volume LXV, Issue 138, 13 June 1934, Page 7

COUNTY CONTESTS.

Larwood in Good Form Against Sussex. TWO PLAYERS TOP 1000 RUNS. (United P.A.—Electric Telegraph-Copyright) (Received 12 noon.) LONDON, June 12. Playing in the county cricket for Notts against Sussex, at Horsham, Harold Larwood, with a great burst of speed, took five wickets at one stage for 10 runs. Ernest Tyklesley (Lancashire) and J. O'Connor (Essex) have passed 1000 runs for the season. W. E. Merritt, the New Zealander, secured 24 runs, and took four wickets in the Lancashire League. Results of county engagements: — Yorkshire: First innings, 174 (Peebles five for 08); second, 220 (A. A. Mitchell 71; Peebles seven for 85). Middlesex: First innings, 344 (Hulme 116); second, eight for 51 (Bowes six for 17). Middlesex won by two wickets. Essex: First innings, 265 (O'Connor 143); second, 286. Surrey: First innings, 286 (Barling 96 not out); second, 227. Essex won by 38 runs. Hampshire: First innings, 481 (Arnold 144, Mead 138). Derby: First innings, 108; follow-on, 291 (Alderman 124, Townsend 86). Hampshire won by an innings and 82 runs. Sussex: First innings, 312 (J. Parks Larwood five for 66, Voce four for 69); second, four for 180. Notts: First innings, 331 (Keeton 99, Harris 107). Notts won on the first innings. Warwick: First innings, 435 (Bates 72). Kent: First innings, 140 (Mayer five for 57); follow-on, 109 (Paine six for 39). Warwick won by an innings and 126 runs. Gloucester: First innings, 407 (Barnett 194); second, none for 32. SonKSrSe*t: First innings, 213 (Parker seven for 64); ! follow-on, 225 (Sinfield five for 70, Goddard live for 75). Gloucester won by 10 wickets. Northants: First innings, 129 (Clay five for 39); second, 197 (Clay six for 72). • Glamorgan: First innings, 201; second, two for 129 (Turnbull 74 not out). Glamorgan won by eight wickets. Lancashire: First innings, six for 456, declared (Watson 148, Paynter 100 not out). Worcester: First innings, 149 (Watson five for 57); follow-on, 115. Lancashire won by an innings and 102 runs. Cambridge: First innings, 411 (Allen 113); second, five for 331, declared (Winlaw 103). Free Foresters: First innings, 311 (Wilcox 119); second, five for 373 (Killick 173, Valentine 102). The match was drawn. •=• j Leicester: First innings, 409 (Arm- , strong 140); second, three for 158. Oxford: First innings, 435. The match ! was drawn.