POSITIONS OF TEAMS.
MIDDLESEX LEADS YORKSHIRE. With the failure of Yorkshire to defeat Surrey outright, at the Oval yesterday, Middlesex, by victory over Kent, take the lead in the county championship. Each county has yet to play two matches. If Yorkshire win both their next matches outright, Middlesex will have to do the same in order to retain the lead. They are to meet in a challenge match at the Oval on September 9. Positions of the counties after the games which terminated yesterday:— Per Played. Points, cent. Middlesex (2) ...... 22 238 72 12 Yorkshire (3) 26 272 69 97 Derbyshire'(l) ..... 26 225 57 74 Sussex (14) 30 247 54.89 Gloucester (4) .... 29 229 52.0.4 Glamorgan (16) 28 203 48.33 Essex (9) 26 182 46:66 Lancashire (11) ... 30 208 46 22 Surrey (6) 24 155 43.06 Notts (5) 26 159 40.77 Warwickshire (13) .. 23 , 127 36.81 Worcestershire (12) . 28 135 32.14 Kent (8) 26 121 31.02 Hampshire (10) ... 26 113 28.90 Somerset (7) 26 112 28.72 Leicestershire (15) . 24 60 16.66 Northants (17) .... 23 33 9.56 Figures in parentheses Indicate position of teams in last year's championship. Points awarded: Outright win 15, first innings win 5, first Innings loss 3, and a.-' same in which no result is obtained 4 points each.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXVIII, Issue 201, 25 August 1937, Page 20
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