BRIGHTER CRICKET
COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIP
EFFECT OF NEW. SCORING-
(Beceived 7th May, 9 a.m.)
LONDON, 6th May.
The new system of scoring in the county championship has quickly brightened cricket. The lure of 15 points was demonstrated at the Oval when Gloucestershire, after flirting with defeat, thrilled the crowd by snatching victory from Surrey. Bever-ley-Lyon declared in each innings; in the second when Gloucester were 83 behind. Fender also declared, leaving Gloucestershire to score. 144 in' under two hours. Hammond made tho winning hit with two minutes to spare. .
In November last the Advisory County Cricket Committee recommended a new method of scoring in county championships, including the provision that outright winners score 15 points. If the matches are unfinished, the winners on the,first innings score five and their opponents three. If there is no result on tho first innings or no play, each side will score four points.
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Evening Post, Volume CXI, Issue 106, 7 May 1931, Page 11
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