BIG CRICKET
England defeats indi-a
nine WICKETS VICTORY
RAIN INTERFERES WITH PLAY
(U.P.A. by Elco. Tel, Copyright). LONDON, Juno 30. The Test nmt.Qh, wjipket it £ords was saturated this, morning, and the. Wsumption of play between England and India -was delayed. The w.fpk.et was rolled, blatdcots being used as blotters. .
The weather was ovcrea-st and threatening, and inspection at 11.30 a.m. showed that play was'impossible. There was another inspection an hour; later and shortly afterwards a drizzle set in, •
Play was finally resumed, at 3.15 p.ni. The Indian tail-enders were soon dismissed, the last three wickets adding 13 runs, and the innings closing for 93 runs.
After Mitchell was out for a duck, Gi niblet t and Turnbull patiently scored the required, number of. runs to give England a victory.’ Gimblett wa,si very confident and hit 11 fours in 100 minutes at the wickets. Details' were.— INDIA i First Innings ... ... ... ; -i 47 ‘ Second Innings Merchant, c Duckworth, b Allen 0 Hindlekur, Ibw.,'b Robins ... 17 f Mushtaq Ali, b Allen S C. NaviuTu, c Robins, b Allen ... 3 Wazir Ali. c Verity, b Allen ... 4 Amur Singh, Ibw., b Verity ... 7 Jebangir Khan, c Duckworth, b Ycrit y ' ... 13 Palia,. c Levland, b Verity . ... 16 Vizi anagram,, c Mitchell, b Verity 6 C. S. Nayudu, c Hardstaff, b Allen ... y Nissar, not out 2 Extras ... ... g TotiP ... ... ... 93 Rowling: Allen, five for 43: Wyatt none for eight ~ Verity, four for 17; Robin's, one for 17. ENGLAND First Innings ... 134 Second Innings Mitchell, c Merchant, b Nissar 0 Gimblett, not out 67 Turnbull, not, out ... 37 Extras 4 1 Total for ono wicket ... ... 108 Bowling:. Nissar, one for 26; Amur Singh, none for 36 ; Khan, none for 20; Nayudu, none for 22. COUNTY COMPETITIONS. RAIN CAUSES' LOW SCORING.DERBY AND GLAMORGAN EACH MAKE ONLY 61. MERCER AND CALY EACH TAKE . TEN WICKETS. (TStiP.A. by Elec. Tel ■: Copyright). V > ' LONDON, June 30, The defeat of Derby by. Lancashire, following’ the failure of Kent last week, lias increased interest in the position of the leading teams in -the county cricket competitions. Rain this week seriously interfered with most matches, and the round was notable for the many small scores. Derby and Glamorgan each, made only 61 runs in one innings, Gloucester were all out for 66, and Lancashire and Notts also failed to reach three figures. Worcester scored a lucky win over Glamorgan. They were 81 runs behind on the first, and when they made only 150 in the seond the match looked a certainty for Glamorgan. The Welshmen, however, made 61, and Worcester snatched victory by eight runs. A feature of the match was that Mercer and Caly each took 10 .wickets for Glamorgan. For Worcester, the honours went to Jackson with 12 for 89. E. Davies made a century for Glamorgan. . The only other centuries during tho round were Barnett’s 150 not out for Gloucester in the second innings, and Melville’s 125 and Holmes’ 107 for vSussex. Among many excellent bowling figures wero Booth’s six for 18 for Lancashire against Derby, Bowes’ six for 20 for Yorkshiro against Gloucester, Watts’ seven for 37 and Davies’ seven for 20, both for Kent against Essex.
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Gisborne Times, Volume LXXXIV, Issue 12903, 2 July 1936, Page 7
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