Upsets In English County Cricket

Northern Advocate, 30 July 1938, Page 7

Upsets In English County Cricket

(Received 11.30 a.m.) LONDON, July 30. The most remarkable feature of the series of county cricket matches which commenced on Wednesday was the defeat of Surrey by Worcestershire by 10 wickets at the Oval. At the beginning of the week Surrey, at the home ground, had a great victory by 262 runs over Yorkshire, the 1937 champion side which has'now assumed the lead this season. R. Howarth, Worcester’s slow bowler scored a century. This was the second occasion in the week when a bowler had hit a 100, W. Voce on Tuesday having knocked up 111 for Notts against Derbyshire. Fine Bowling Performance. Lancashire, again one of the leading teams during the past three months, lost to Essex on the first innings. The game was played at Old Trafford. The outstanding individual effort was by the ex-New South Wales bowler, J. Walsh. Playing for Sir Julian Cahn’s eleven against Glamorgan at Newport, he took all but one of the Welsh wickets in the first innings for 101 runs. Yet he was on the losing side. Results and principal performances: — Worcester v. Surrey. —Worcester: First innings, nine wickets for 406 runs, declared (Gibbons 178, Howarth 100); second, no wickets for seven runs. Surrey: First innings, 149 (Perks, 7 wickets for 58); follow-on, 261 (Perks, 5 wickets for 87). Worcestershire won by 10 wickets. Hampshire v. Warwick.—Warwick: First innings, 9 wickets for 238 runs, declared; second 123 (Herman 6 wickets for 53). Hampshire: First innings 136). Hampshire won by an innings 7wickets for 423, declared (McCorkell and 62 runs. Leicestershire v. Sussex. —Sussex: First innings, 384 (H. Parks 87, J. Langridge 93). Leicestershire: First innings, 8 wickets for 403 runs (Berry 172, Watson 81). Leicestershire won on the first innings. Notts v. Gloucestershire. —Notts: First innings, 332 (Hardstaff 162); second, two wickets for 97 runs. Gloucestershire: First innings, 277 (Hammond 111). Notts won on the first innings. Yorkshire v. Northants, —Northants; First innings, 289; second, 155 (Verity 5 wickets for 52). Yorkshire: First innings, 311; second 4 wickets for 128. Yorkshire won by six wickets. Glamorgan v, Cahn’s Xl. —Sir Julian Cahn’s XI: First innings, 215 (Jackson 93; Matthews 5 wickets for 39); second, 69 (W. Jones 3 for 11). Glamorgan: First innings,. 210 (Dyson 110