CRICKET IN ENGLAND.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18458, 23 July 1923, Page 8

CRICKET IN ENGLAND.

.«» YORKSHIRE IN TH LEAD. TOUR OB' WEST INDIANS. ' Australian and N,.Z. Cable Association. (Becd. 4.5 p.m.) ~ V LOiSTDON. July 21. .Yorkshire now heads the county cricket championship list with a percentage of 88.42, followed by Nottinghamshire, 87.64 ; Surrey- 63.75 ; ' Sussex,' 61.71 ; Kent, 61.11; Hampshire, 60; Lancashire, 58.88. Yorkshire, 376, beat Leicester, 71 runs. Waddingham took four wickets for 25 runs, and one for 32. ; Kent, 180 and 233, beat Somerset, 195. Freeman took seven wickets for 37, and one for 15. - Sussex,, 259 and : 169, draw with > Notts, 294. • ;;tLancashire, 347 and 29 for no loss, beat Northants, 174 and 201. ( A 'An interesting feature of the cricket season is the tour of a team from the West Indies,. including several black's, who have displayed surprisingly good form. So far they have played 17 matches, and won eight, including Sussex, Oxford, Essex and Warwickshire, , lost four (Cambridge, Hampshire, Middlesex and Lancashire), and -drawn five,' including Mavylebone, Notts and Leicestershire. GENTLEMEN V. PLAYERS. THE MATCH DRAWN; A. and N.Z. .; , LONDON. . July 20. The cricket match, Gentlemen v. Players, ended in a draw. Gentlemen had declared their first innings closed 'at 451 for nine wickets, and Players were out for 228. They batted very cautiously. At one period Hearne and Smith only scored, 36 in an hour. . ..:"' i '•; '. '-' Players had to follow on. Their first wicket fell at 45,; but Hearno and Sutcliffe raised the total to 190 without loss of any more wickets, the match then being declared a draw. The scores were:—- •." GENTLEMEN. - • First Innings .. -- - ~ '''*}] 451 v PLAYERS.— Innings. Sutcliffe, b Gilligan .. ;. . ■ ~ 3 Hobbs, Ibw, b Louden ~'; . . ... 6 Mead, c Lyon, b Stevens * . . » . 35 Hendren,. b Fender ~ . .... 8 Woolley, c Gilligan, b White . . 41 Smith, c Fender, b Louden » . '. . 28 Kilner, c White, b Stevens . * ». 8 Tate, c Lowry, b Louden . * .. 11 Howell, c Fender, b Louden . . \ . 0 Parkin, riot out » i '. . ;... ;i . 6 Extras .. .. .», .« 13 Total ,• .. .. .. '" .. 228 Bowling Analysis.—Louden took five wickets for 49 runs. ; . Second Innings. Hobbs, c Lowry, b Stevens '••» M . ■ m 20 Hearne. not out . . .../.„ .. 79 Suttsliffe, not out .. A „ '„ ... 78 One wicket for ~ ,', v »- , 190