U.K. COUNTY CRICKET
(N.Z.P.A.-Reuter—Copyright) LONDON. | Close of play scores in Saturday’s English county cricket matches were:— At Lord's: Yorkshire 89/2 v. Middlesex (rain). At Leyton: Essex v. Warwickshire (no play). At Wellingborough: Kent 177 (M. Scott 4/80), Northamptonshire 125/6 (H. Ackerman 69 not out). At Buxton: Derbyshire 400/4 (D. Smith 65, M. Page 117, I. Buxton 85 not out, D. Morgan 103 not out). Somerset 20/1. At Nottingham. Nottinghamshire 313/3 dec. (J. Bolus 84, M. Smedley 123), Surrey 54/2. At Cheltenham: Worcestershire 224 (R. Headley 79), Gloucestershire 43/0. At Manchester: Lancashire ■ 139, Glamorgan 114/0. At Leicester: Leicestershire 358/9 dec. (C. Inman 75, J. Birkcnshaw 101 not out), Sussex 11/0. Gillette Cup On Friday, Sussex beat Gloucestershire by 48 runs in a semi-final of the Gillette Cup one-day knock-out cricket competition at Hove. Scores: Sussex, 219 <G. Cooper 42, J. Parkes 40), Gloucestershire 171 (D. Bates 6/30).
There was no play in the other Gillette Cup semi-final at Lord's between Middlesex and Warwickshire and the match has been set for August 13.
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Press, Volume CVIII, Issue 31755, 12 August 1968, Page 14
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