COUNTY CRICKET

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXXII, 16 July 1938, Page 10

COUNTY CRICKET

TWO DOUBLE CENTURIES? IN SUCCESSIVE INNINGS lU.P.A.—Bv Electric Telegraph-Copyright! (Reveived 16 r .h July, 19 35 a.m.) LONDON 15th July. Results of county cricket matches, which were interfered with by rain, are as follows: Surrey v. Hampshire:— Surrey, first innings 433 (Parker 85, Whitfield 138). Hampshire, first innings 218; followed on making 144. Surrey won by an innings and 71 runs. Kent v. Essex:— Kent, first innings 429 (Fagg 244); second innings one for 313 declared (Fagg not out 202). Essex, first innings 350 (Pearce not out 137, Wright seven for 107); second innings two for 8. Kent won on the first innings. Lancashire v. Somerset:— Lancashire, first innings 79 (Andrews five for 23, Buse four lor 34). Somerset, first innings none for 5 The match was drawn Nottingham v. Leicester:— Notts, first innings 167 (Sperry five for 46); second innings, four for 16 (Gunn 84). Leicester, first innings 175. Leicester won op. the first innings. Northampton v. Yorkshire:— Northants, first innings 196; second innings 177 (Robinson four for 29). Yorkshire, first innings five for 435 declared (Sutcliffe 204, Mitchell 133). Yorkshire won by an innings and 62 S sex v. Gloucester:

Sussex, first innings nine for 414 declared (Stainton 71); second innings, none for 21. Gloucester, first innings 207 (H. Hammor 1 five for 38); followed on making 225 (Barnett 61, Hammond four for 35). Sussex won by ten wickets. Worcester v. Derby:

Worcester, first innings 203 (Mitchell five for 75); second innings one for 2. Derby, first innings 250 (A. Pope not out. 88. Derby won on the first innings. Glamorgan v. Cahn’s XI:

Glamorgan, first innings 217; second innings one for 97. Cahn’s XI, first innings 384 (Dempster not out 124). The match was drawn.