BOWLERS ON TOP

Evening Post, Volume CXXIII, Issue 117, 19 May 1937, Page 11

BOWLERS ON TOP

LOW COUNTY SCORES

| . . ' I - . MANY OUTRIGHT WINS

I . . ■ (Received May 19, 10.30 a.m.) LONDON, May 18. With the exception of Glamorgan, who were playing the New Zealanders, all the first-class counties were engaged in championship matches in the series which finished today. Scoring generally was moderate, several sides failing to reach 100 in an innings, and consequently all but one of the matches were won outright. Bowlers were more to the fore than batsmen and a number of them collected six or more wickets in an innings. Butler (Nottinghamshire) led the way with eight for 15 against Surrey; Boyes (Hampshire) captured seven Kent wickfets, and Hammond (Gloucestershire) took six for 26 against Somerset. Centuries were scored by Prentice (Leicestershire),McCorkell (Hampshire), and Allen (Gloucestershire). Results are: — Middlesex v. Sussex, at Lord's.— Sussex 200 (J. Parks 97) and 272. Middlesex, 185 and 77. Sussex won by 210 runs. Derbyshire v.'Essex, at Chelmsford. —Derbyshire 234 (G. Pope 81) and 86 (P. Smith six for 35). Essex 122 and 124 (Townsend five for 49). Derbyshire won by 74 runs. "Worcestershire v. Warwickshire, at Birmingham.—Worcestershire 161 and 208 (Hollies six for 92). Warwickshire 169 (Howoith four for 35) and 87 (Perks four for 27). Worcestershire won by 113 runs. Lancashire v. Yorkshire, at Manchester—Lancashire 106 (Verity six for 32) and 197 (Paynter 8G; Verity four for 43). Yorkshire 270 (Mitchell 77) and 35 for none. Yorkshire won by ten wickets. Hampshire v. Kent, at Southampton. —Hampshire 266 (McCorkell 108) and 235 for seven, declared (Todd six for