COUNTY CRICKET CHAMPIONSHIP.
YORKSHIRE IN LEAD.
MIDDLESEX STILL SECOND.
Winning five of the last six games outright, Yorkshire have now a commanding lead in the season's county cricket championship. With only a fortnight's play remaining, it will need a mirac-le to deny the White Rose county ot winning for the third year in succession. Positions of the counties after the games which terminated on Wednesday: — At. per Played Points game Yorkshire (1) 25 224 8.96 Middlesex (2) 19 156 8.21 Gloucestershire (10) . 24 180 7.50 Kent (9) 24 16S 7.00 Essex (G) 22 J. 46 6.63 Lancashire (4) 19 124 6.53 Derbyshire (5) 22 128 5.81 Surrey (3) 22 124 5.63 Worcestershire (11) .. 24 134 5.58 Nottingham (12) ... 20 96 4.80 Sussex (8) 27 128 4.74 Warwickshire (13) 19 80 4.53 Glamorgan (16) .... 22 92 4.18 Somerset f7) 24 86 3.58 Hampshire (14) 24 80 3.33 Northamptonshire (17) 19 36 1.881 Leicestershire (15) ..19 IS O.S*
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Auckland Star, Volume LXX, Issue 201, 26 August 1939, Page 20
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156COUNTY CRICKET CHAMPIONSHIP. Auckland Star, Volume LXX, Issue 201, 26 August 1939, Page 20
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