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CRICKET.

ENGLISH COUNTY COMPETITIONS. LANCASHIRE'S VICTORY. .V.N'nnD rtt£3H ASSOCIATIOS-- BS EWSCTEIO 'f EI.KOBAPTI—CO PYItIGHT.) LONDON, August 20. By an outright win over Essex, Lancashire wou' the championship. Refaults: — Middlesex v, Warwickshire. Middlesex: First innings 226 (Nowman 111), Mayer four wickets for 25 runs; second innings 213. Warwickshire: First innings 193. Peebles six for 55; second innings 125, Peebles live for 40. Middlesex won by 131 runs. Surrey v. Leicestershire. Surrev: First innings five for 453, declared (llobbs 100. Kandliam 100); socond inning? one for 145 declared. Leicestershire: First innings 125, Gregory four for 17; second innings 208 (Astilt 79), Fender five for 47. Surroy won by 26G rune. Lancashire v. Esses. Lancashire: First innings 008 (Watson 72); second innings 176. Smith five for 28 iSsbex: First innings 199 (Tyldosley fivo for 54); second innings 111; Macdonald four for 20. Lancashiro won by 17-1 runs. Yorkshire v. Susses. Yorkshire: First innings 384 (Sutcliffe 178) ; second innings six for 118, declared. Sussex: Flr3t innings 269 (J. Parks 121), Verity live for 71; second innings seven for 129. Yorkshire won on the first innings. Nottingham v. Northants. Nottingham: First innings 297 (Lanvood not out 101) ; second innings eight for 246, declared. Northants: First innings 137, Larwood six for 38; second innings 104, S. Staples seven for 36. Nottingham won by 302 runs. Glamorgan v. Gloucestershire. Glamorgan: First innings 106, Goddard eight for 44; second innings 175, Parker six for 97. Gloucestershire: First innings 192, Ryan seven for 79; socond innings ono for 90. Gloucestershire won by nine wickets. Somerset v, Derbyshire, Somerset: First inning 3 245 (Lyon 80), Mitchell six for 79; second innings six for 308 (Longrigg 108). Derbyshire: First innings 243, White five for 09; second innings 107, Young eight for 30. Somerset won by 203 runs. Worcestershire v. Hampshire. Worcestershire: First innings 401; second innings three for 89. Hampshire: First innings 26ij. Worcestershire won on the first iimingj.

NOT A SINGLE REVERSE. WINNING COUNTY'S POINTS. LONDON", August 29. Lancashire won the county cricket championship by slieer doggedness, regaining the title, which Nottingham wrested from it last year. It did not suffer a single reverse this season, playing 28 matches, 3 8 of which were drawn. The leading points worn:— - Lancashire <. . .. 150 Gloucester . . . . 14* Yorkshire .. .. 142 Nottingham .. .. J4l Kent . . .. lag Sussex ..' : . 3j 3 Surrey . .. 110 M'DONALD'S CONTRIBUTION TO VICTORY. STRUGGLE FOR SECOND PLACE. I.Received September Ist, 0.5 p.m.) LONDON, August 30. Uy defeating Kssex by 174 runs, Lancashiro regained the cricket county championship, thus winning it four times in five years. The victory was largely owing to E. A. McDonald, who took 104 wickets in the county season for an average of 20.47 rues. Gloucestershire, which has had » brilliant season under the captaincy of Lyoni, • is struggling for second plaoe-with Yorkshire and Nottinghamshire. If Gloucestershire beats Derbyshire in the last match, she will be only three points behind Lancashire.