COUNTY CRICKET.

Auckland Star, Volume LXVII, Issue 207, 2 September 1936, Page 7

COUNTY CRICKET.

THE FINAL ROUND.

Hammond Scores 317 Against Notts. SEASON'S BEST EFFORT. United Press Association.—Copyright. (Received 0.30 a.m.) LONDON, September 1. The final round of county cricket resulted:— Middlesex: First innings, 2GO (Hendren 104; Cover five for 59); second, 280 (Hendren 101). Surrey: First innings, 127 (Sims six for 45); second, 157. Middlesex won by 25G runs. Leicester: First innings, 151 (Copson four for 34); second, 121 (Pope four for 44). Derby: First innings, 338 (Smith 169, Wortliington 102). Derby won by an ifmings and 06 runs.

Worcester: First innings, 319; second, 179. Essex: First innings, 188 (Wilcox

94; Perks six for 60); second. 125 (Howorth five for 50). Worcester won by 185 runs. Lancashire: First innings, 423 (Washbrook 103). Somerset: First innings, 253 (Mitcliell-Innes 127); follow-on, seven for 385 (Meyer 202 not out). Lancashire won on the first innings. Notts: First innings_, 200; second, 215. Gloucester: First innings, 485 (Hammond 317). Gloucester won by an innings and 70 runs. Hampshire: First innings, 174 (Bowes six for 00); second, 228 (Verity six for 74). Yorkshire: First innings, eight for 378, declared (Turner 115 not out); second, none for 25. Yorkshire won by 10 wickets. Eleven centuries, the greatest number of the present season, were scored on Monday. Hammond's 317 was the season's highest individual score. It occupied 0J hours, and included three sixes and 34 fours. He gave an only chance at 220. He shed all restraint towards the finish,- scoring the last 113 runs in 80 minutes. Hammond thus scored 1281 runs in August, three better than Dr. Grace's achievement in 1870.

Hendren, in the course of scoring two separate hundreds, completed his thousand runs in August. Other Matches. Playing against Sussex India, in the second innings, scored 239 (Hussain 50; James Langridge seven for 47). Sussex, second innings, two for 71. Sussex won by eight wickets. Marvlebone, second innings, 426 (Stephenson- 73; Watt seven for 147). Kent, second innings, five for IS2 (Ames 71; Gray four for G4). Kent won by five wickets. With six wickets for 74 runs against Hampshire Verity, the Yorkshire bowler, reached a total of 201 wickets and became the only bowler to take 200 wickets in the 1930 season. DERBY FIRST. GLOUCESTER'S ADVANCE. The final positions in tlic English county cricket championship are:— Played. Points. Per cent. Derbyshire (2) ... 28 230 56.90 Middlesex (3) ... 20 203 32.05 Yorkshire (1) 30 230 51.11 Gloucester (15) . . 30 203 45.11 Notts (5) 28 189 45.00 Surrey (11) 30 191 42.44 Kent (10) 28 174 41.90 Somerset (14) ... 26 162 41.53 Essex (9) 26 160 41.02 Hampshire (16) . . 30 177 39.33 Lancashire (4) . . 30 175 38.88 Worcester (12) . . 2S 150 35.71 Warwick (8) 24 103 29.72 Leicester (6) .... 24 98 27.22 Sussex (7) 30 125 26.66 Glamorgan (13) .. 26 08 17.43 Northants (17) ..24 61 16.94 Figures in parentheses indicate positions of teams in last year's championship. Points are awarded as follow:— Outright win, 15 points; first innings win, 5; first innings loss, 3, and game in which no result is obtained, 4 points each. AFGHAN ATHLETES. HOCKEY TEAM IN ENGLAND. British Official Wireless. (Received 1.30 p.m.) RUGBY, September 1. An Afghan hockey team is arriving in London to-morrow. During the 11 days they will spend in England they will play matches against teams representing the British Hockey Association, Royal Military College, and Royal Military Academy. M.C.C. TEAM. TO SAIL SEPTEMBER 12. British Official Wireless. (Received 1.30 p.m.) RUGBY, September 1. The English cricket Test team for Australia will leave England on September 12. - ' QUEEN'S HOLIDAY. STAY WITH PRINCESS ROYAL. British Official Wireless. (Received 1.30 p.m.) RUGBY, September 1. Queen Mary reached Harrogate by rail last evening and motored to Harewood House, where Her Majesty will stay for a week with the Princess Royal and the Earl of Harewood.