COUNTY MATCHES

Evening Post, Volume CXX, Issue 6, 6 July 1935, Page 9

COUNTY MATCHES

SEVERAL BIG WINS

DOUBLE CENTURY TO HOLMES

(Received July 6, 11 a.m.) LONDON, July 5. A number of wins by big margins were scored in the series of county cricket championship matches which was completed today. Three teams won by more than an innings, one by ten wickets, and another by 226 runs.

The match between Oxford University and M.C.C. at Lord's, on the other hand, was very evenly contested, the University team winning,by 5 runs.

E. R. T. Holmes, the Surrey captain, made a double century against Derbyshire, and other batsmen ; who made three-figure scores were Woolley (172), Hammond (160), Duckfield, Smart, J. Parks, Hardstaff, and Worthington.

Bowes followed up his fine bowling performance :n the previous series by taking seven for 58 in Essex's first innings. Verity secured good figures in the second innings, and other successful bowlers were Phillipson and Parkinson (Lancashire),'Goddard, and A. Pope. . THE RESULTS. The results are:— Oxford University v. M.C.C., at Lord's. —Oxford University, 184 (Baring four for 40) and 178 (Read five for 28); M.C.C., 194 (Ballance five for 30) and 163 (Legard five for 21). Oxford University won by five runs.

Sussex v. Kent, at Tunbridge Wells. —Sussex, 282 (H. Parks 83) and 338 (J. Packs 126); Kent, 439 (Woolley 172) and 98. Sussex won by 83 runs.

Gloucestershire v. Worcestershire, at Worcester. —Gloucestershire, 434 for eight, declared (Hammond 160); Worcestershire, 81 (Goddard five for 25) and, following on, 236. Gloucestershire won by an innings and 117 runs.

Glamorgan v. Hampshire, at Cardiff. —Glamorgan, 460 for ejght, declared (Duckfield 111, Smart 109) and 18 for none; Hampshire, 226 and, following on, 248. Glamorgan ■ won by ten wickets.

Yorkshire v. Essex, at Colchester. — Yorkshire, 253 (Nichols four for 64) and 228 for five, declared; Essex, 150 (Bowes seven for 58) and 105 (Verity five for 17). Yorkshire won by 226 runs. .

Nottinghamshire v. Leicestershire, at Leicester.—Nottinghamshire, 284 (Hardstaff 123 not out); Leiclstershire, 113 and, following on, 153. Nottinghamshire won by an innings and 18 runs.

Surrey v. Derbyshire, at Chesterfield. —Surrey, 430 (Holmes 206) and 164 for seven, declared (A. Pope five for 34); Derbyshire, 244 (Worthington 107, Watts six for 74) and 150 for one. Surrey won on the first innings.

Lancashire v. Northamptonshire, at Manchester.—Lancashire, 287 for eight, declared (Paynter 97, Washbrook 94). Northamptonshire, 91 (Phillipson four for 11, and, following on, 131 (Parkinson four for 6). Lancashire won by an innings and 65 runs.