OVERSEAS SPORT.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIV, Issue 19658, 9 June 1927, Page 15

OVERSEAS SPORT.

ENGLISH COUNTY CMCKET. YORKSHIRE AGAIN DEFEATED. (Received June 8, 8.52 p.m.) A. and N.Z.-Sun. LONDON. June 7. The following are the results of the county cricket' matches which ended to-day. Playing against Sussex in their first innings Middlesex made 388 (Twining 70, Hearne 75, Hendren 101, Gray 72). Wensley took five wickets for 131 runs. In the second innings Middlesex made 131 for four wickets (Hendren 50). Sussex, in their first innings made 207 (Langridge 56, Durston five wickets for 58), and in the second innings 311 (Tate 50, A. H. Gilligan 85, Hearne five wickets for 57. Middlesex won by six wickets. Playing against Nottinghamshire Surrey, in their first innings made 249 (Shepherd 62), and in the second innings 128 (Larwood seven wickets for 35). Nottinghamshire, in their first innings made 294 (Gunn 72, Geary six wickets for 76), and in the second innings, 84 for one wicket (Whysall 51 not out). Notts won by nine wickets. Playing against Lancashire Yorkshire, in their first innings made 166 (McDonald five wickets for 68 runs), and in the second innings 153 (McDonald six wickets for 67 runs). Lancashire, in their first innings made 234, and in the second innings 89 for two wicket 6. Lancashire won by eight wickets. Playing against Hampshire Kent, in their first innings made 271 (Ames 70, Newman six wickets for 83), and in the second innings 330 (Evans 117, Ames 101, Newman six wickets for 93). Hampshire, in their first innings made 227 (Brown 50, Olwell 56, Marriott four wickets for 33), and in the second innings 375 for six wickets (Newman 69, Day 65, Mead 108 not out). Hampshire won by four wickets. * Playing for Essex against Worcestershire. O'Connor made 101 not out. Douglas took five wickets for 62 runs, and Palmer five for 71. For Worcestershire Hill took five wickets for 90 runs. Essex won. Playing for Warwickshire against Derbyshire Smith made 177. Mayer took six wickets for 23. For Derbyshire Slater made 105. Warwickshire won. Playing for Somerset against Gloucestershire, White made 113 and Case 122. For Gloucestershire Hammond made 197. Parker took five wickets for 35, and Gouldsworthy five for 52. Somerset won. Playing for Leicestershire against Northants Armstrong made 113 not. out, Skelding took five wickets for 85. Leicestershire won. BOXING MATCH AT BRISBANE. McKNIGHT'S BOUT WITH AUSTIN. (Received June S. 8.25 p.m.) A. and N.'Z. BRISBANE. June 8. The fight between Nelson McKnight (lOst 6£lb) and Frank Austin (lOst 9|lb) at Brisbane on Saturday, which ended in a draw, was a ding-dong go from start to finish. The newspapers describe McKnight as the toughest fighter seen in Brisbane for many years. Austin is noted as a terrific puncher, and time find again he landed hard blows to the point and to the body, only to find McKnight boring in and asking for more. In view of McKnight's inexperience his impulsiveness would have brought disaster had lie been unable to take heavy punishment, because Austin smothered until the New Zealander exhausted himself, and then he made a counter-offensive. Austin brought more strategy to bear, and against a man with an ordinary jaw or midriff would have been successful.