In the Watson benefit match between the Lancashire County cricket team and a team of professionals from the Lancashire Cricket League, the bounty side scored .'504 runs for five wickets, declared, in the ideal weather of the first day. E. Tyldesley made 125 not out, after being missed at 2 and again at 02. W. E. Merritt got one wicket, in 17 overs, but it cost 72 runs. On the second day, when there was' only 65 minutes of play, the League professionals scored 13S for two'wickets down, was out for a duck. Then L. N. Constantine, famous coloured all-rounder, went in and scored 106 not out. The West Indies player scored 51 out of 70 in 20 minutes, and reached 100 out of 122 in 44 minutes. He hit five sixs and 14 fours.
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Northern Advocate, 29 October 1932, Page 12
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