Notts Bowler Hits Sensational Century

Northern Advocate, 13 May 1939, Page 7

Notts Bowler Hits Sensational Century

Cricket

i(Received noon). LONDON, May 12, The sensation of the series of county . championship matches which began on Wednesday was the making of a century by W. Voce, the Notts twospeed left-arm. bowler, playing against Cambridge.. University., .at Fenner’s. .. The first double century of the season, went to the credit of W. L. Creese, the hard-hitting left-handed Hants player. The runs were made against Northants at Northampton. Surrey men hit centuries .against Worcestershire at the Oval. Although two Essex batsmen reached the . century mark at Lords they were pn the losing, side against Middlesex. Spectacular Bowling. The most spectacular bowling performance was by W. H a Copson, the Derbyshire express, who played for G. CL Allen’s side at Auckland at the beginning of April, 1937. Against Oxford University, at the Christ’s College ground, he returned the remarkable double of five for nine and five for 12. Results and principal performances are■.as follows.— . . Somerset v. Sussex.— Sussex: First innings, T 73 (Wellard, six for 67); second,. 15,8.' Somerset: First innings, 250; second, one for 82. Somerset won -by nine wickets. Surrey v. Worcester.— Surrey; First innings, 396 (Squires 101, Parker 80); . second, none for 211, declared (Fishlock 100, not out, Gregory 105 not out). Worcestershire: First innings, 163; second, 195. Surrey won by 249 runs. Derby v. Oxford.— Derbyshire: First innings, 210 (Rhodes 80); second, 72 (Pether, five for seven). Oxford University: First innings, 72 (Copson, five •for 12); second, 47 (Copson, five for nine, A. Pope five for 30). Derbyshire won by 163 runs. Nine Wickets For 500. Hants v. Northants.— Hampshire: First innings, nine wickets for 500, declared (Creese 241). Northamptonshire: First innings, 299 (Timms 114); follow-on, six wickets for 280. Hampshire won on the first innings. Middlesex v. Essex. —Essex: First innings, 403 (O’Connor 128, Avery 129); second, seven wickets for 173, declared. Middlesex: First innings, 353 (Compton 181); second, eight wickets for 224, Middlesex won by two wickets. Notts v. Cambridge.— Cambridge University: First innings, 239 (Blake 80); second, 221. Nottinghamshire: First innings, nine for 418, declared (Voce, 104); second, none for 46. Notts won by 10 wickets.