COUNTY CRICKET

Manawatu Standard, Volume LV, Issue 231, 28 August 1935, Page 7

COUNTY CRICKET

BOWLERS ON TOP. RAIN SPOILS PLAY. BATTING KEPT DOWN. (United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph.—Copyright.) Received August 28, 9.35 a.m. LONDON, Aug. 27.

Rain again curtailed some of the matches in the county cricket series. T'he bowlers were definitely superior and tho batsmen had little opportunity to display their prowess. Willard, Somerset’s prolific scorer, made 112 against Lancashire. Bull, the former Kent man, compiled 118 for Worcester against Warwick.

Essex bowlers played havoc with Glamorgan. Nichols had 7 for 15 to his credit and Eastman 3 for 7. A. Rope, Derby’s last-medium trundler, took 5 lor 35 and 5 lor 42 in tho match with Hampshire. llearne, a relative of the former Middlesex and England bowler, J. T. Hearne, took 4 for 11 for Middlesex against Kent. Grey captured 0 for 32.

Verity (Yorkshire) maintained his prestige by taking 6 Surrey wickets tor 24 runs. Larwood secured 4 for 47 and Voce 4 for 37 for Notts against Gloucester.

Details are as follow: Middlesex v. Kent. —Middlesex: First innings, 295 (Hendren 65). Kent: First innings, 70 (Hearne 4 for 11). They followed on for 116 (Grey 6 for 32). Middlesex won by tin innings and 109 runs. Yorkshire v. Surrey.—Yorkshire: First innings, 8 for 299, declared. Surrey: First innings, 44 (Verity 6 for 24). T hey followed on to lose 3 for 26. Yorkshire won on the first innings. Worcester v. Warwick. —Worcester: First innings, 365 (Gibbons 84, Bull 118). Warwick: First innings, 131. They followed on for 123 (Howorth 5 for 37). Worcester won by an innings and 111 runs.

Essex v. Glamorgan.—Essex : First innings, 236. Glamorgan: P'irst innings, 43 (Nichols 7 for 15, Eastman 3 for 7). They followed on for 101 (P. Smith 6 lor 58). Essex won by an innings and 92 runs. Derby v. Hampshire. —Derby: First innings; 190 (Boyes 4 for 40); second innings, 102 (A. Pope 5 for 42). Derby won by 80 runs. Gloucester v. Notts. — First innings, 163 (Larwood 4 for 47, Voce 4 for 37); second innings, 1 for 79. Notts: First innings, 212 (Goddard 6 for 98). Notts won on the first innings. Lancashire v. Somerset. —Lancashire: First innings, 266 (Mashbrook 75). Somerset: P'irst innings, 254 (Wellard 112). Lancashire won on tho first innings.

POSITION OF TEAMS. The position of teams after yesterday's

A DRAWN MATCH

AFRICANS v. SUSSEX

Received August 28, 9.10 a.m. LONDON, Aug. 2<. The match between the South Africans and Sussex was drawn, Sussex resumed their first innings to commie IoU and the visitors, who made 218 in the first innings, compiled 15b in tne second. , . Sussex bowled so determinedly on tlio rain-affected wicket that there was a possibility early in the afternoon of their defeating the Africans, whose score was the lowest of the tout. James Parks, for the first time in his career, completed 1000 runs and 100 wickets for a season. Details are as follow: — SOUTH AFRICA. First Innings Second Innings. Mitchell, c Pearce, b Tate 2 Rowan, c Coruford, b Tate Nourse, b Tate " Dalton, b J. Parks Wade, c John Langridge, b Janies Langridge “ Lang ton, c and b J. Parks o Yiljoen, lbw, b James Langridge ... lb Cameron, o Tate, b Cook ... ... 6 Vincent, stpd Cornford, b Weusley of Crisp, lbw, b Wensley 16 Balaskas, not out 6 Extras ... , ° Total „ .-156 Bowling Analysis.—Tate, 3 for 1< ; Pearce, none for 12; Parks, 2 for 23; ~ tor 08; Cook, 1 for 6: Wenslev, 2 lor 22. SUSSEX. First Innings. J. Parks, stpd Cameron, b Langton 4 Melville, b Crisp 1 Cook,, b Langton ; James Langridge, lbw, b Vincent .. 1John Langridge, lbw b Vincent ... 6 Cornford, c sub., b Langton ... ■> H Parks, stpd Cameron, b tuitcliell o Pearce, c Langton, b Cusp Wenslev, c sub., b Mitclie 1 Tate, c Cameron, b Mitchell ■ Holmes, not out Extras ~. , . . ... 150 Bowling analysis.—Crisp, •> lot 4.3 Langton, 3 for 32; Vincent, 1 lor 44, Mitchell, 3 for 23.

matches is as follows Yorkshire Points. Toss. G’n’d. ... 390 303 ... 390 251 Percent 79.69 64.36 ... 390 219 56.15 I,ancashire Middlesex Warwick ... 405 ... 330 ... 330 ... 315 227 182 163 151 56.04 55.15 49.69 47.93 . . 435 207 47.58 TC enfc ... 405 186 46.44 p ... 375 155 41.34 Surrey Worcester Glamorgan ... 360 ... 420 ... 360 ... 345 141 148 124 95 39.16 35.23 34.17 27.50 Gloucester Hants Northants ... 420 ... 420 .. 345 89 89 44 21.10 21.10 12.75