CHAMPIONSHIP STRUGGLE.
MIDDLESEX STILL ON TOP. THE LEADING AYEEAGES. A. and ~SZJZ, LONIX33S. Aug. 26. The struggle for the county championship continues to be most- exciting. Snmjy defeated Leicester by 88 runs, and Middlesex defeated Kent by fire wickets, scoring 515 for five wickets in the fourth innings, Hendren being 95 net out. Yorkshire beat
. Essex on the first innings. The present position of the counties is: Middlesex .. .. ... 77 Surrey b I 73 Yorkshire ~ .. -. . 69 Lancashire 64 j Kent 63 Mead completed his 3000 runs, the first j to accomplish the feat for 15 years. The leading averages are:— BAXTTSGIC. P. Mead (Hampshire) . a -72 C- G. Macartney (Australia) . » . . 67 W. W. Bardsiey (Australia) . . » . 60 IH. T. Hardinge"(Kent) . . . . .'.52 ' A. C. Russell (Essex) 50 T. Shepherd (Surrey . . . . . . i>G A. Sandham (Surrey) . . . . .. 49 A. Ducat (Surrey) . . ~ . . 48 ;W. W. Armstrong (Anstraiia) .. 45 J. S. Eyder (Australia) 42 |H L. Collins (Australia) . . .. 37 jJ. M Gregory (Australia) . . . . 57 |E. R. Mayne (Australia) . . .. 56 BOWLEIfG. ; | __ Wkts. At. IW. Rhodes (Yorkshire) . . 123 13.22 jW. W. Armstrong (Australia) 90 14.22 jA. E. Relf (Surrey) . . . . 38 14.81 !E. A McDonaid (Australia) 125 15.56 !J. M. Gregory (Australia) . . 107 16.29 ;W. Bestwiek (Derby) . . 147 16.72 IJ. C. White (Somerset.) . . 1.43 17.07 F. E Wooliey (Kent) . . 153 17.07 .J.W.H. T. Douglas (Essex) 125 19.04 \A. A. Mailey (Australia) . . 125 19.55
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LVIII, Issue 17872, 29 August 1921, Page 5
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