SPORTS AND PASTIMES.

Hawera Star, Volume XLVIII, 9 July 1924, Page 5

SPORTS AND PASTIMES.

CRICKET. ENGLISH COUNTY MATCHES. BY CABLE—PRESS ASSOCIATION— COPYRIGHT LONDON, July 7. the. position at tne close of the play m the county matches is as follows: — Sussex rnuue 100 and Kent 308 (Woolley 117, G. Bryan 69). Wensley took six w ickets for 96. In a second strike Sussex have made three runs without loss. ; Essex O’Connor 62), Surrey have one wicket down for 09. Playing against Middlesex, Yorkshire have nine w’ickets down for 334 (Holmes 61, Oidrovd 54, Leyland 51 not out). Lancashire made 267, Flint taking five w'ickets for 55 runs. Nottingham made 290 (Lilley 64, J. Gunn 55). Parkin took five wickets for 101. In the second innings Lancashire have five runs on with all the wickets intact. Playing for Gloucester against Derby, Salter made 135 and Smith 97. The inter-’Varsity match, at Lords was delayed by rain. Oxford made 133 (Barnard 61). Cambridge has lost four wickets for 181. Lowry, the captain, made 68, and Austin, the Australian, 42 not out. GILLIGAN SEVERELY INJURED. LONDON, July 7. Owing to being struck by a ball in the Gentlemen’s v. Players’ match, Gilligan is unlikely to play in Saturday’s South African test. The X-rays revealed a, severe bruising of the wails of the heart.

TENNIS. TOURNAMENT IN •UNITED STATES. NEW YORK. July 7. At the St. Louis .uatic-na'l clay court tournament Schlesinger defeated Weege 6—o, 6—l. RIFLE SHOOTING. RTS LEV MEETING OPENS. LONDON, July 7. The Bisley rifle meting-opened in a high wind and theratening. rain and had light. There was high scoring in the earlv stages, despite the reduced size «f the ha. 2s eye. —Reuter.