Boycott Celebrates Recall To Test

Press, Volume CX, Issue 32360, 28 July 1970, Page 19

Boycott Celebrates Recall To Test

(N.Z.P. A.-Reuter—Copyright)

LONDON.

G. Boycott, who celebrated his England test recall with an undefeated century on Saturday, scored an impressive 98 next day to help Yorkshire beat Essex by 43 runs in the English Sunday cricket league.

Boycott, who scored 230 not out against Essex in the county championship 24 hours earlier reached his half-cen-tury in 59 minutes, hitting one six and 12 fours. Essex, replying to Yorkshire’s 189 for four, made only 146 for eight in its allotted number of overs, in spite of a 54 not out by the spin bowler, R. Hobbs.. The pace bowler, D. Brown, hit back at the England selectors who dropped him from the fourth test against the Rest of the World beginning on Thursday, by taking five wickets for 13 runs in Warwickshire’s 129-run victory over Worcestershire. The league leader, Lancashire, was beaten by Surrey. Kent moved to within four points of Lancashire after its four-wicket win over Sussex. The third-placed Derbyshire beat Nottinghamshire by 37 runs. Scores: At Colchester: Yorkshire 189 (31.4 overs, innings closed, G. Boycott 98), Essex 146/8 (31.4 overs, R. Hobbs 54 n. 0., C. Old 3/20). Yorkshire four points. At Birmingham: Warwickshire 219/9 (33 overs, innings closed, J. Jameson 78), Worcestershire 90 (26.5 overs, D. Brown 5/13, K. Ibadulla 3/18). Warwickshire four points. At Lords: Northamptonshire 171/5 (40 overs, innings closed, R. Prideaux 73), Middlesex 132 (38.5 overs, P. Watts 4/29). Northamptonshire four points. At Leicester: Leicestershire 189/8 (38 overs, innings closed,

J. Birkenshaw 61), Hampshire 193/4 (33.2 overs. B. Richards 42, B. Reed 85). Hampshire four points. At Hove: Sussex 136/5 (22 overs, innings closed, J. Dye 3/27), Kent 137/6 (20.3 overs, S. Leary 46 n.o., A. Buss 5/53). Kent four points. At Worksop: Derbyshire 162/7 (23 overs, innings closed, D Halfyard 4/39), Nottinghamshire 125/8 (23 overs, innings closed, F. Rumsey 3/38). Derbyshire four points. At the Oval: Surrey beat Lancashire by faster scoring rate during 25 overs, rain. Lancashire 105/5 (25 overs). Surrey 106/8 (24.4 overs, K. Shuttleworth 3/21). Surrey four points.