HOLMES AGAIN

Evening Post, Volume CXXI, Issue 115, 16 May 1936, Page 9

HOLMES AGAIN

FINE BATTING FORM

COUNTY CRICKET MATCHES

VERITY REAPS A HARVEST

(Received May 16, 11 a.m.) LONDON, May 15. E. R. T. Holmes, captain- of the M.C.C. team which visited Australia and New Zealand, was again in good batting form in the series of county cricket matches which was, completed today, making 171 not out for Surrey against Hampshire. Leyland also ran up another big score, making 141 for Yorkshire -against Oxford University. Among a number of bowlers who returned good figures. Jehangir Khan (Cambridge) was outstanding with six wickets for 11 runs against Warwickshire, who ' were dismissed for 43 in the first' innings.. Warwickshire also went cheaply in the second innings when Wooller took seven wickets for 20 runs. Verity (Yorkshire) was in deadly form, taking eight Wickets for 56 runs and seven for 73.' Results are:— Middlssex v. ssex, at Lord's. —Essex 213 and 193 (Robins five for 40): Middlesex ..183 and 176 (Stephenson five for 53). Essex won by 47 runs. Hampshire v. Surrey, at the Oval.— Hampshire 267 (Gover six for 61) and 309 for eight (Creese 94 not out). Surrey 593 for nine declared (Holmes 171 not .out, Barling 91,-Fishlock 89). Surrey won on the first innings. Lancashire v. Leicestershire, at Let cester.— Lancashire 2£o and 219 for eight. Leicestershire 405 for nine declared (Geary 62). Leicestershire won on the first innings. '" ; Derbyshire v. Kent, at Gravesend.— Derbyshire 119 (Freeman seven for 29) and 95 (Wright five for 31). Kent 179 (Copson five for 57) and 42 for none. Kent won by ten wickets. Sussex v. Glamorgan, at Swansea. — I Sussex 291 (James Langridge 76) and 137 (Reed five for 30). Glamorgan 289 (E. Davies 130; James Langridge five for 51) and 36 for one wicket. Sussex .won on the first innings. Oxford University v. Yorkshire, at Oxford.— Oxford 150 (Verity eight for 56) and 166 (Verity seven for 73). Yorkshire 356 (Leyland 141). Yorkshire won by an innings and 40 runs. Cambridge University v. Warwickshire, at Cambridge.— Cambridge 243 and 199, Warwickshire 43 (Jehangir Khan six for 11) and 112 (Wooller seven for 20). Cambridge won by 287 runs. '