County Cricket Scores

Press, Volume CVII, Issue 31447, 14 August 1967, Page 17

County Cricket Scores

(N.z.PA.-Reuter—copgrlpht) LONDON. Yorkshire is firm favourite to retain the English county cricket championship after its seven-wicket win over Kent on Friday. Leicestershire is back on top of the table, but has played three more games than Yorkshire. The loading points, with matches played in parenthesis, are: Leicestershire 134 (24), Yorkshire 132 (21), Kent 121 (32), Surrey lit (22). Scores:— FRIDAY At Canterbury: Kent 223 and 100 (G. Nicholson 5/37) lost to Yorkshire 225 and 00/3, by seven wickets. Yorkshire 12 points. At Worcester: Worcestershire 159 and 104/6 drew with Nov tinehamshire 270. Nottinghamshire six points, Worcestershire two. At Leyton: Northamptonshire 364/8 dec. beat Rssex 170 and 134 (B. Crump 5/44), by an innings and 51 runs. Northamptonshire 12 points.

At the Oval: Derbyshire 283 and 138/4 drew with Surrey 298. Surrey six points, Derbyshire two. At Swansea: Glamorgan 127 and 01, lost to Warwickshire 131 and 88/3, by seven wickets. Warwickshire 12 points. At Lords: Leicestershire 262 and 233/7 dec. drew with Middlesex 255 and 126/5. Leicestershire six points, Middlesex two. SATURDAY At Lord's: Nottinghamshire 203 (H. Latchman 5/75), MiddleBex 20/0. At Cheltenham; Gloucestershire 123. Worcestershire 134/2. At Wellington: Northamptonshire 303/8 (B. Reynolds 61), V. Lancashire. At Leyton: latex 152 (J. Shepherd 5/50, J. Graham 4/53). Kent 126/1. At Birmingham: Hampshire 00/5, v. Warwickshire. At Weston-super-Mare: Somerset 165, Glamorgan 47/2. At Hove: Sussex 163, Surrey 62/7. No pley between Yorkshire v. Derbyshire and Ireland v. Scotland.