CRICKET IN ENGLAND

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXX, Issue 21560, 3 August 1933, Page 9

CRICKET IN ENGLAND

LATEST COUNTY MATCHES OUTSTANDING FEATURES BODY-LINE CONTROVERSY By Telegraph— Association— Copyright LONDON. Auk. 1 There were several outstanding features-ill the latest series of county cricket matches. W. Hammond, ill the match at Bristol, between Gloucestershire and Lancashire, became the first batsman in England this season to reach 2000 runs. When I). T>. .Tardine was fielding at the Oval, for Surrey against Kent, he was struck by a bull below one knee. He fell like a log, and was assisted off the ground. A nerve in the leg is affected, and at present the Surrey and English captain is forced to hobble on two sticks. Of the batsmen who made centuries Ashdown (Kent) led tho way with 178. Others were:—Squires and Barling (Surrey), Cook and James Langridge (Sussex), Hammond (Gloucester), E.' Tyklcsley (Lancashire), Armstrong (Leicester), Leyland • (Yorkshire), Walters and M. (Worcester). Three bowlers in tho Middlesex v. Derby, match at Chesterfield secured splendid figures, and K. Fames, who exploited the body-line in the Cambridge v. Oxford University match at Lord's in tho second week of July, came out with the fine average of 13 wickqts for 98 for Essex against Somerset. Body-line Controversy There was an exciting finish in the game at Nottingham between Leicestershire and Notts, tho captains of which, E. W. Dawson and A. W. Carr, had agreed not to countenance body-line bowling. Declaring their second innings closed Leicestershire left Notts to obtain 162 runs in a limited time. Notts was still seven runs short when stumps were drawn, with five wickets down. Notts \<-on by 100 runs on the first innings. Tho Evening News says: " Carr's statement is the first big step against body-line bowling, and is bound to influence the Marylebone Cricket Club. It is understood that Carr in his reply to Marylebone's invitation to county captains to express their opinions about body-line bowling will assert that headhigh bowling should be prt>hibited. Carr will quote four instances of batsmen being struck on the head." The paper comments that head-high bowling to a leg-side field is essentially body-line.

Detailed Results of Games Following are the detailed results of the latest games:— KENT V. SURREY Kent: First innings, 293; second, four for 374 (Ashdown 178, Ames 81). Surrey: First innings, eight for 482, declared (Squires 107, Barling 131). Surrey won on the first innings. WARWICK V. SUSSEX Warwick: First innings, 307 (Kilner 95); second, thrco for 152. Sussex: First innings, nine for 457, declared (Cook 143, James Langridge 111). ' Sussex won on the first innings. GLOUCESTER V. LANCASHIRE. Gloucester: First innings, 228; second, three for 319 (Hammond 12G not out). Lancashire: First innings, six for 466, declared (Tyldesley 104, Watson 85). Lancashire won on the first innings. DERBYSHIHE V. MIDDLESEX Derbyshire: First innings, 167 (Sims eight for 47); second, 175 (Hearne nine for 61). Middlesex: First innings, 252 (Mitchell seven for 86); second, two for 92. Middlesex won by eight wickets. LEICESTERSHIRE V. NOTTS Leicestershire: First innings, 176 (A. Staples four for 41); second, eight for 261, declared (Armstrong 117). Notts: First innings, 276; second, five for 155. Notts won 011 the first innings. HAMPSHIRE V. YORKSHIRE Hampshire: First innings, 268 (Bowes five for 74); second, two for 68. Yorkshire: First innings, 338 (Leyland 133; Boyes five for 96, Palmer live for 93). Yorkshire won on the first innings. SOMERSETSHIRE V. ESSEX Somersetshire: First innings, 223 (Fames seven for 72); second, 99 (Fames six for 26). Essex: First innings, 399 (Pope S6, O'Connor 75). Essex won by an innings and 77 runs. WORCESTERSHIRE V. NORTHANTS Worcestershire: First innings, 273 (Walters 108; * Matthews six for 58); second, three for 214, declared (Nichol 157 not out). Northants: Kirst innings, 308 (Bakewell 70); second, three for 115. Northants won on the first innings.