RAIN PREVENTS PLAY

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXI, 28 July 1927, Page 5

RAIN PREVENTS PLAY

NEW ZEALAND V. WEST OF ENG

LAND

(By Electric Telegraph—Copyright) (A.P.A. arul ' Sun”)

(Received 28th July, 9.40 a.m.) LONDON, 27th July

There was no play in the match New Zealand versus West of England at Exeter to*-day, owing to rain.

COUNTY MATCHES

LONDON, 26th July

At county cricket, Surrey in the lirst innings made 298—Ducat 89, Daily 52, Shepherd 100; Wright took five, i'oi 80; second innings, 333 for 7 declared— Ducat 56, Barling 123, Fender 80. Kent in the first innings made 258—Legge 70,Fender took five for 64; second innings 259—Ashdown 80, Chapman 86; Peach took five for 62. Surrey won by 114 runs.

Hampshire in the first innings scored 237—Mead not out 95; second innings 251—Tennyson 102. Middlesex in the first innings made 285—Lee 100, Manid; second innings 59 for 0. Middlesex won on the first innings. Notts in the first innings made 298 Carr 52, Whvsall 163; Rhodes took 4 for 40; second’ innings 224 for 6 declared —Whvsall 74, Lilley 60. Yorkshire in the first innings scored 177 —Oldroyd not out 76; second innings 72 for 0— Leyland not out 50. Notts won on tlulirst innings. Somerset in the first innings made 142; second innings 299 for 9 declared— Case not out, 107. Ctesswell 54. Sussex in the first innings made 85; White took 5 for 18; second innings, 214 foi 9—Bow'ev 61. Somerset won on Ihc first, innings.

For Worcester against LancashireRoot took 8 for 25. For Lancashire Me Donald took 5 for 23. Lancashire won. For Leicester against Essex Armstrong took 4 for 21, Astill 6 for 46. Leicester won.

For Gloucester against Glamorgan Mills took 5 for 74, Parker 5 for 66. (lioucester won.

For Derby against Northnnts Lee took 5 for 41. Townsend 5 for 42. Derby won.