SPARKLING CENTURY TO J. PARKS
(N.Z.P.A.-Reuter —Copyright) SCARBOROUGH (Yorkshire) A sparkling century by J. Parks piloted an England XI to a five-wicket win over a Rest of the World XI on Friday. Set to score 200 in 205 minutes when the Rest of the World declared at eight for 206. the England side sped to victory with 10 minutes to spare. With A. Lewis, of Glamorgan (33 not out), Parks made victory possible with an unfinished sixth wicket stand of 110 in just under an hour. The Rest of the World, resuming in the morning, lost H. Mohammad (Pakistan) for 45 with only seven runs added to the overnight score of one for 90. The leg-spinner. R. Hobbs, joining F. Titmus in the attack, came in for a lot of punishment. The wickets of G.
Thomas (Australia). C. Bland and G. and P. Pollock (South Africa) cost him 111 runs.
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Press, Volume CVI, Issue 31162, 12 September 1966, Page 18
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