ENGLISH COUNTY CRICKET

Press, Volume LXXXIV, Issue 25589, 2 September 1948, Page 5

ENGLISH COUNTY CRICKET

FINAL ROUND PLAYED LONDON, August 31. The last round of county cricket concluded to-day. Scores: Yorkshire, first innings, nine for 315 declared (Hutton 155); second 115. Sussex, first innings, 192; second innings, five for 243. Sussex won by five wickets. Surrey, first innings, seven for 449 declared (Squires 117, Parker 129, McIntyre not out 84). Hampshire, first innings, 269 (Rogers 79; McMahon seven for J 08); followed on, 153 (Bedser four for 40). Surrey won by an innings and 27 runs. Essex, first innings. 514 (Avery 100, Clay 139); second innings, seven for 181. Northamptonshire, first innings, 481 (Davis 120, Oldfield 74, Broderick, not out 115). The match was drawn. Kent, first innings, 252 (Flagg 106); second innings, 233 (Ames 112). Gloucestershire, first innings. 286 (Wilson 74; Dovey four for 30); second innings, one for 201 (Emmett, not out 107). Gloucestershire won by nine wickets. Middlesex, first innings, 379 (Edrich 122, Compton 84); second innings, one for 21. Warwickshire, first innings, 110 (Sims four for 38); followed on, 288 (Ord 134). Middlesex won by nine wickets. Leicestershire, first innings, 264 (Prentice 99). Glamorganshire, first innings. 114 (Walsh, six for 46); followed on. 112 (Walsh, eight for 40). Leicestershire won by an innings and 38 runs. Final championship points of the leaders were: Glamorganshire 172, Surrey 168, Middlesex 160, Yorkshire 155, Lancashire 152. Derbyshire 148. Warwickshire 132, Gloucestershire 128. Schoolboy Abandons Channel Swim. —A 17-ycar-old Yorkshire schoolboy, Philip Mickman. who attempted to swim the English Channel, abandoned the attempt after 12j hours in the water. The sea became too choppy for him to continue. Mickman is estimated to have been about five miles from the shore and had covered 18 or 19 miles when he abandoned the swim. —London, August 31.