YORKSHIRE BEATEN

Dominion, Volume 28, Issue 255, 25 July 1935, Page 9

YORKSHIRE BEATEN

English County Cricket Matches WIN FOR DERBYSHIRE London, July 23. Tlie .'.cries of county cricket championship matches which was concluded to-day was responsible for tlie defeat of all the leading teams except Derbyshire. Yorkshire, at. the head of the table, were headed on tlie first innings by Nottinghamshire in the benefit match for B. Lilley at Nottingham. Larwood nlnyed a prominent part in the dismissal of the visitors for 268, and A. Staples, who carried his bat for 125, was the principal contributor to Nottingham's score of 402.

Middlesex were beaten by Kent, who won an exciting match by 5 runs after declaring their second innings closed with eight wickets down. Freeman was a source of trouble to the Middlesex batsmen, taking live for 168 in Hie first innings and six for 118 in the second. Warwickshire lost to Sussex by the wide margin of eight wickets. John Barks came to light with a good "double” for (lie winn6rs. making 156 runs and then taking five wickets cheaply. Warwickshire were compelled to follow on and, in their second innings, Wensley took five wickets. Derbyshire, who moved up to second place in the previous series, improved their prospects by scoring a win by 10 wickets over Gloucestershire. For the hitter team (he former New Zealander ('. Dacre made 59. Results of matches are:

Surrey v. Lancashire, at the Oval.— Surrey 321. (Sandham 80, Holmes 104) and 225 for six, declared, Lancashire 307 (Hopwood 89) and 240 for two (Washbrook 80). Lancashire won by eight wickets. Kent v. Middlesex, af, Maidstone. — Kent 245 and 158 for eight, declared. Middlesex 183 (Freeman five for 108) and 215 (Freeman six for 118). Kent won by five runs.

Worcestershire v. Northamptonshire, at Northampton.—Worcestershire 93 (Perkins six for 54) and 31)7 (Martin 101). Northamptonshire 171 (Warne six for’sl) and 199 (Bakewell 141). Worcestershire won by 30 runs.

Hampshire v. Glamorgan, at Bournemouth. —Hampshire 156 (Clay seven for 54) and 341 (Ilosie 136). Glamorgan 187 (Creese seven for 55) and 242 for nine. Glamorgan won on the first innings.

Sussex v. Warwickshire, at Birmingham (E. R. Santa H’s Benefit). —Sussex 330 (John Parks 156) and 62 for two. Warwickshire 177 (John Parks five for 40) and, following on, 212 (Wensley five for 89). Sussex won by eight wickets. Yorkshire v. Nottinghamshire, at Nottingham (B. Lilley’s Benefit). — Yorkshire 2GS (Larwood four for 71) and 20 for one. Nottinghamshire 402 (A. Staples 125 notout). Nottinghamshire won on the first innings.

Somerset v. Essex, at Clacton.— Somerset 173 (Nichols five for 46) and 240 for live, declared (Wellard 83). Essex 153 (Nichols 71; Andrews five for 40) and lit) (Andrews four for 31). Somerset won by 150 runs.

Gloucestershire v. Derbyshire, at Iliirton-cii-Trent.—Gloucestershire 234 (1 lucre 50. Hammond SI; Copson four for 4) and 171 (Copson five for 31). Derbyshire 325 (Alderman 74) and SI for none. Derbyshire won by ton wickets. Army v. Navy.—Army 378 (Bryan Of). Navy GS and, following on, 234. Army "-on by an innings and 7G runs. SCOTLAND DEFEATED South Africans Too Strong London, July 23. Tile two-day cricket match at Dundee between South Africa and Scotland resulted in a win for South Africa by an innings and 85 runs. Scores are:— South Africa. 252. Scotland, SO (Vincent six for 19. Tomlinson four for 2G) ; and, following on, 87 (Bell three for 17, Tomlinson three for 3G). TEAM FOR DOMINION Two More Players Accept London, July 23. W. Barber (Yorkshire) and S. 0. Griffith (Cambridge University) have accepted invitations to accompany the M. team on the New Zealand tour. It. has not yet been reporied whether E. R, T. Holmes (Surrey) has accepted the captaincy of the team, which was offered to him. Assuming that he has done so, the team will be: —Amateurs: E. R. T. Holmes (Surrey), captain, J. 11. Human (Middlesex), A. G. Powell (Essex), A. D. Baxter (M.C.C.), 11. 1). Read (Essex), C. J. Lyttelton (Worcestershire), N. S. Mitchell-Innes (Oxford University), and S. C. Griffith (Cambridge University). Professionals: James Langridge (Sussex), D. Smith (Derbyshire), J. Sims (Middlesex), J. Hardstaff (Nottinghamshire), James Parks (Sussex), and M. Barber (Yorkshire). Griffith had his lirst year at. Cambridge last year, and in the Freshmen’s match, lie made 1)1) not out in addition to giving a creditable display as wicketkeeper. He played only three innings tor Cambridge, scoring 0, 7 not out and..Bs.