COUNTY CRICKET

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXI, 6 August 1928, Page 6

COUNTY CRICKET

PLAY INTERRUPTED BT RAIN

Onlted Press, Assooiatiqn-T-By Electric i t-r , Telegraph—Copyright ■ _ Australian Press , Association.—United / Service.

. LONDON, 3rd,August. ,- ! Heavy .rain has evepywhere- interfered with'- codntyi cricket' ihatches,-(thes, first day’s play, „in every; case ; being, interrupted. .Results are as follows: - ; , Yorkshire, .first innings 287 (Mitchell 91, Rhodes 61) and in the second no wickets for 12. Northamptonshire, first innings 125,, Robinson taking/five for 52 and Macaulay.; five \ for 58.} Following .-on; the side - scored 172 (J.- Timms 80), Rhodes taking five for 37. Yorkshire won by ten wickets. _ ■ Hampshire, first innings, 408 (Mead '9, Newman 102, Rosie 60), Nicbolls taking five for. 107. Essex, first innings 120, Edyes taking five for 38 and, following '.on. (Crawley 55, Franklin 66), Boyes taking five for 93. Hants won fey an-innings and 87, runs; ■ West. Indies,, first innings, 130, Cresswell taking four for 35 and White four for 50. In the second innings the visitors,lost nine wickets for 230 - (Hoad 71), Cresswell taking five for 68 and Wellard four for 59. Somerset, first innings 216 .(Mcßryan - not. out. 841, Small .taking four f6f i'2»A-The match' was drawn. Kent-, first innings 118 (Woolley not out 66), Lar.wood taking four for 28, and Barratt four for 47. In the second innings, Kent scored 267 (Ashdown 84, Woolley 66), Voce taking four for 45-Nottinghamshire-declared..-im- the .first innings when .eight-wicketis -had. fallen for 239 (Walker 56), JEreeinan: taking five : - for- 98; .and in the second -lost' one wicket for 158 (Gunn Jot out 100). Notts won by. nine wickets. . . _ ” • • ■ Derbyshire, first; innings 263 (Townsend not out 55), Bowley taking six-for IC6. Sussex, first innings 163 (Bowley j{i4), Townsend taking eight for 48. l'bey followed on, and lost eight wickets for 152, Townsend taking five for 63. Derbyshire won bn.,the first innings. For Glamorgan against Worcestershire, Bell scoped 63 and 61 not out, Tysoh 73 hot out, and Bates 51. For Worcestershire '.Wright scored 60, Higgins 50, and, B. Quaifs 136 not out. Worcestershire won. i ■_ • fi: . For Middlesex against Gloucestershire, -HFimmohd-toolc -five wickets for 60. Gloucestershire jv9.n, .. . : , M