OVERSEAS SPORT

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVII, Issue 20621, 21 July 1930, Page 13

OVERSEAS SPORT

ENGLISH COUNTY CRICKET.

RAIN SPOILS MATCHES.

By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright.

LONDON, July 16.

Rain seriously interfered with the county cricket matches. The results were as follows:

Surrey v. Somerset. —Surrey: I*irst innings, 158 (Young four /or 50); second innings, four for 161 (declared). Somerset: First innings, 179 (Pouch live for 25); second innings, two fur 50. Somerset \you on the first innings. Yorkshire v. Gloucestershire. —Yorkshire: First innings, 462 (Ohlrovd 127, Wood 91). Gloucestershire: First innings, 125 (Verity five fur 18). They followed on, and made 150 (Rhodes four for 21). Yorkshire won l>y an innings and 187 runs.

blamorganshire v. Sussex.—Glamorganshire : First innings, 210. Sussex: First innings, two for 100. Tlic match was drawn.

Northamptonshire v. Essex.—Northamptonshire: First innings, 458. Essex: First innings, five for 172. The match was drawn.

Worcestershire v. Leicestershire.—Worcestershire: First innings, 222. Leicestershire; First innings, 58 (Perks seven for 20). il'liey followed on and made 152. Worcestershire won by an> innings and 12 runs. GENTLEMEN V. PLAYERS. CRICKET MATCH DRAWN. LONDON, July 13. In the cricket matcli Gentlemen y. Players, the Gentlemen made 292, and the Players 263 in the first innings. Peebles took six wickets for 105 runs.. The Gentlemen in the second innings made 197 for four wickets and declared (Duleepsinhji 103, not out). The Players in the second innings made 33 for three wickets. The match was drawn. CRICKET IN SOUTH AFRICA. TOUR BY ENGLISH TEAM. LONDON, July 18. The Marylebone Cricket Club lias invited the following players to tour South Africa: —A. P. F. Chapman, J. C. White, M. J. C. Allom, H. E. S. Wyatt. I, A. R. Peebles, M. J. Turnbull, Duckworth, Voce, Goddard, Tate, Hendren, Hammond. Leyland, Ames and Sandliam. The team will sail on October 17. BOXING AT SYDNEY. GILDO KNOCKS OUT TYSON. (Received July 20, 5.25 p.m.) SYDNEY, July 20. In a boxing bout at the Sydney Stadium last evening Gildo (Philippines) Bst. 61b. knocked out Tyson, Bst. 71b., in the seventh round. IRISH MOTOR RACES. RESULT OF FIRST EVENT. British Wireless. RUGBY, July 18. The first of two Irish international Grand Prix motor-car road races at DubJin to-day resulted:—Victor Gillow's Riley car, 1; Captain Waite's Austin, 2; Evston's Alfa-Romeo, 3; Fraser Nash's Austin, 4. BOWLING AT SUVA. PACIFIC SINGLES TITLE. SUVA, July. 19. At the bowling carnival in the Pacific singles championship Nash (Epsom) defeated Wood (Balclutha) by 19 points to 17, after a close struggle all the way.