CRICKET

Grey River Argus, 14 July 1936, Page 3

CRICKET

(Aust. & N.Z. Cable Assn.) LONDON, July 12. Cricket averages are: Batting, first ten: Fishlock 1,335 runs, average 66/75. Leyland 1,086— 63/88. Dempster 735—49/00. Verity 481—48/10. Gimblett 1,11!)—46/62. Hendren 1,252- —46/37. Hardstaff 658 —43/86. James Langridge 963--, 43/77. Mitchell Innes 917—-43/66. Holmes 957—43/50.

Bowling, first ten: —Verity 125 wie kots, average 10/59. « Larwood 70—' 11/51. Copson 88 —11/94. Townsend 36—13/75, Clay 36—14/11. Bowes 61—14/31. J. Smith 74—14/94 Smailes 53—15/16. A. V. Pope 50— 15/38. Nichols 64/16/28. F. E. AVoolley has aggregated 54,900 runs, passing AV. G. Grace’s 54,896, but not surpassing Jack Hobbs’s 61,221, which is still a record. LONDON. July 10. Rain seriously curtailed play in the County cricket matches. Results: Leicester, first innings 330 (Armstrong not out 117, Gover 5/72), Surrey, first innings 116 (Geary 6/35), Followed on, making 42 for one. Leicester won on the first innings.

Hampshire, first innings 88 (A. Pope 4/15, Mitchell 4/46). Second innings 2/10. Derby, first innings 8/336 declared (Townsend not out 153). Derby won on the first innings.

Notts, first innings 100 (Clark 4/37). Northants, first innings 4/130. Northants won on the first innings.,

Lancashire, first innings, 255, Sussex, first innings 4/92, Match drawn. Kent, first 375 (Todd 113). Glamorgan, ■ first innings 1/49. Match drawn. Somerset, frst innings 127 (Nichols 4/32). Second, 84 (Eastman 5/33). Essex, first innings 220. Essex won by an innings and nine runs. ‘ Yorkshire, first innings 56 (Goddard 5/23). Gloucester, first innings 5/57. Gloucester won on the first innines. Ireland, first innings 161. India, first innings 8/136. Harrow, first innings 6/161 (AVatson not out 57) versus Eton.