CRICKET

Greymouth Evening Star, 19 June 1922, Page 5

CRICKET

HAMPSHIRE’S GREAT WIN. Australian and N.Z. Cable Association.) LONDON, June 17. Kent 139 and 67 for 1, beat Gloucester 126 and 79. Freeman took 7 for 35. Somerset 162 and 394, beat Leicester, 81 and 201. Yorkshire 339 for 7 declared (Holmes 129) and beat Middlesex, 138 and 180. Derbyshire 294 and 274 for 9, declared, beat Glamorgan 152 and 134. Hampshire beat Warwickshire by 155 at Birmingham. This was .one of the most sensational games of cricket in history. Tennyson won the toss and put Warwickshire in. They scored 223. Hampshire following on after a disastrous innings, in which they scored fifteen lost six wickets for 177 and eight for 274. Then Livsey joined Brown and, in a partnership of 140 minutes, they added 177 for the ninth wicket, Brown making 172. The innings totaled 521; Livsey (not out) 110. Wanting 314 to win, Warwickshire failed against Newman’s and Kennedy’s bowling and were all otit for 158. Essex 203 and 175 for 5 declared (Russell not out 125) and beat Sussex 120 and 131. In the championship competition, Surrey has 82 points, Yorkshire 80, Notts 70, Kent, 68, Middlesex 66, Hampshire 60, Sussex 54, and Essex 46. LEADING PLAYERS. LONDON, June 18. Surrey made 478 for five wickets against Gloucester (Hobbs 143, Shepherd 114). Against Worcester, Kent made 509 for six wickets (Hardinge 151, Seymour 170). The leading averages are : Hardinge 96, Russell 82. Hendren 77, Hobbs 74, Woollev 64. Oldroyd 63, Seymour 63, Mead 62, Hearne 59, Makepeace 58. The best bowlinn averages are: — Rhodes <l7 wickets. 9/97. Brown 29 wickets 10/93, Macanlev 58 wickets 12/29, Richmood 82 wiokefc 12/35,, Gunn 39 wvl-efs 13/75. Cox- 32 wickets 13/81, A lieu 37 wmkete 13/89, Kennedy 91 wml-ofs 1/1/24. Parl.-ln ftA wickets 14/92. Parker 70 wkW Q 15/79.