INDIES XI. DOES BETTER.
VICTORY OVER ESSEX. COXSTAXTIXE AXD HEADLEY SHIXE. LOXDOX. June 1. In a cricket match at Che'mfford the West Indies XI. dismissed Esses in the rirst innings for 158 IM. S. X'ichole 42, L. C. Eastman 32). L. X. Constantino, the visitors' fast bowler, took seven wukets for 49. This followed h'vp for 49 in Glamorgan's second innings at Cardiff on Tuesday last. West Indies replied with 219 (G. Headley 116 not out. Stollmeyer 41; Peter Smith lour for 781. Essex made 194 in the second innings (Aveiy V>: Constantine six for 421. The Wc*t Indies lost eight wicket? si-<iiin:r til" ].>4 lor victory (He.idloi- 4S not out, Sto'Jmeyer 54; P. Smith three for 41j. Thi< w.is West Indies' first win in a county since the op?nin>g c>: the tour on May t>. pt Worcester, but the visitors vanquished Oxford University la*t week by an iuuinzs.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXX, Issue 128, 2 June 1939, Page 13
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