INTERFERENCE BY RAIN

Evening Post, Volume CXVIII, Issue 33, 8 August 1934, Page 9

INTERFERENCE BY RAIN

SOME FINE PERFORMANCES

ALLEN BOWLS WELL

Cnlted Press Association—By Eleorlo Telia cr.iD'i—Cupyrielil (Received' August 8, 10 'a.m.) LONDON, August 7. Bain interfered wi^li some of tlifc county matches, only two of which were won outright, the comities to ; ■ takq full points being Kent (against Somerset) and Leicestershire (against ■ Northamptonshire). Sussex went close to an outright,win over Middlesex, but had to accept defeat on the first innings. The Yorkshire-Lancashire match. was decided on the first innings iv Yo-.kshire's favour. Good individual "■, , performances were fairly plentiful' Iddon, Pope, Hardstaff, "Arnold, and. Harris made centuries. Allen was ia fine form with the ball for Middlesex, ' as was Tate for 'Sussex. Allen took" eight wickets in the first innings and / five in the second, and Tate took four in each innings. Marriott also had a good bowling double. , Tho results were:— ' . . . Surrey v. .Nottinghamshire,- at tho - Oval. —Nottinghamshire 259 (Hardstafl: 103) and 286 for five wickets, . do- ; clared (Harris 102); Surrey 231, and 127. for one wicket (Gregory 72 not out). Surrey won" on the first innings: Sussex v. Middlesex, at Hove.—Sussex 131 (Allen eight for 58) and 242 for nine wickets, declared (H. Parks • 84 not out; Allen five for 90);, Middlesex 148 (Tato four for 53) and 109 for eight. wickets (Tate four for 04)^ Middlesex»won .'on tho first innings.. Kent v. Somerset, at Canterbury.—i Somerset 272 (Marriott five for 78) anill ' 106 (Marriott four for .28);'' Kent 392 (Woolley 82, Todd 93). Kent won. byi an innings and 14 runs. Warwickshire v. Derbyshire, at Bir« mingharn.—Warwickshire ,219 (Wyattj 63) and 76 for. one wicket; Derbyshire 240 (Paina 'six, for 88). ~ Derbyshkaf ' wou on. tho first innings. r Northamptonshire v. Leicestershire,! . at Northampton. — Northamptonshire* 130 (Bakewell.72; Smith five f0r.33), ' and 154; Leicestershire 251 (Matthews fivo for 58)'and'.34 for five wieket3 (Clark four for 16). Leicestershire won, by-five wickets. '. . ■.[ ,: - • Gloucestershiro v. Hampshire (W. E^ Hammonds benefit), at Bristol.-- , Hampshire 292 (Arnold 116) and 129j. »■. for six wickets, declared; Gloucester-. . shire 206 (Hammond 78; Kennedy fiv,oi for 51) and 79 for fivo wickets, .HampH shire1 won on the first innings. Lancashire v. Yorkshire, at... Man-* Chester.—Yorkshire 291 for six wickets,, de^lared^Sutcliffe 6.6); Lancashire 275, (Iddon 142 not out; Bowes four for 72)^'; Yoj-kshire won on the first innings. Worcestershiro v. Essex, .at Woreest._Worcestersliire er 188 (Smith six tot. 42) and 19 for one wicket; Esses 416 (Pope 129 ). Essex won on the first innings- :;v.. . . . •.'"'.