ENGLISH CRICKET

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXIII, Issue 22475, 20 July 1936, Page 13

ENGLISH CRICKET

DRAWN MATCH RESULTS AMATEURS V. PROFESSIONALS STEPHENSON'S FINE BOWLING LONDON, July 37 The two days' cricket match between the amateurs and professionals, which ended to-day at Lord's, resulted in a draw. " On Thursday the amateurs' first innings closed for 130, their opponents losing nine wickets for 176. The professionals' total was increased to „ 194 to-day, when Stephenson bowled Copson, thus obtaining the impressive figures of nine for 46. The amateurs declared their second innings closed at 195 for eight wickets, leaving the professionals with 132 to secure for a win. They reached about half tho number required for the loss of live wickets, when stumps were finally drawn. The wicket was lifeless, but the amateurs were unable to get on top of the bowlers. Pearce, however, batted with tine discrimination. Fames bowled splendidly in the professionals' second innings. After the match England's team to play India iu the second test match at Manchester, commencing on July 25, was selected. The eleven will be: —Allen (captain), Robins, Hammond, Leyland, Verity, Fishlock, Hardstaff, Duckworth, Faftg, Gimblett, Gover. The details of the match are as follows: — AMATEURS.—First Innings Wvatt, b Gover . . 0 Melville, c Verity, b Copson .... 1 Turnbull, c Gimblett, b Gover .. 4 I'earce, b Gover . 1 Mitchell-Innes, lbw, b Gover . . 3 Allen, lbw, b Copson 3 Holmes, b Gover 30 Brown, c Copson, b Gover . . . . 55 Stephenson, b Gover . . »« :• . 9 Levett, not out .. .. 9 Fames, b Copson . . ...... 5 Extras .. . • 10 Total . 130 Bowling.—Gover took seven wickets for 41 runs. Copson three for 29, Verity none for 35, Sinfield none for 15. PROFESSIONALS.—First Innings Gimblett, c and b Stephenson . . 3 Barnett, c Levett, b Allen .. . . 0 Leyland, b Stephenson 0 Hammond, b Stephenson . . . . 72 Hardstaff, c Pearce, b Stephenson . 69 Fishlock, not out '2l Sinfield, lbw, b Stephenson .... 0 McCorkell, b Stephenson 0 Verity, b Stephenson . . . . . . 2 Gover, c Levett, b Stephenson . . 3 Copson, b Stephenson 8 Extras . . . 16 Total .194 Bowling.—Stephenson took nine wickets for 46 runs, Allen one for 46, Wyatt none for 6, Brown none for 37, Fames none for 43. AMATEURS. —Second Innings Allen, c Copson, b Hammond .. .. 13 Mitchell-Innes, c Copson, b Sinfield 19 Turnbull, lbw, b Verity 1 Wyatt, c Hammond, b Sinfield . . 4 Holmes, c Fishlock, b Hammond . . 37 Brown, c Hammond, b Sinfield . . 4 Melville, b Verity . . . . .. . . 13 Pearce, st. McCorkell, b Verity . . 85 Levett, not out 15 Extras . • 4 Total for eight wickets (dee.) 195 Bowling.—Verity took three wickets for 33 runs, Sinfield three for 39, Hammond two for 32, Leyland none for 16, ; Copson none for 25, Gover none for 46. [ PROFESSIONALS.—Second Innings i Gimblett, b Fames 1 i Barnett, lbw, b Stephenson . . . . 2 , Fishlock. not out 26 i Hardstaff, b Fames 4 Hammond, b Fames .. .. .. . * 7 Leyland, b Allen . . .• * «-• 11 Sinfield, not out . 12 Total for five wickets . . .. 63 Bowling.—Fames took three wickets for 22 runs, Allen one for 16, Stephenson one for 20, Brown none for 5. COUNTY CONTESTS TOWNSEND'S HIGH SCORING G. 0. ALLEN INDISPOSED • (Received July 19, 5.5 p.m.) LONDON. July 18 Rain-damaged wickets were responsible for low scores in the series of county cricket matches which ended today. Leicestershire, which was captained by the New Zealander C. S. Dempster, defeated Yorkshire on the first innings by the small margin of five runs. W. E. Astill, the 1935 Leicestershire captain, took six wickets for 43 runs. An excellent double by X. F. Townsend of 115 and 78 not out Enabled Derbyshire to obtain a substantial victory over Kent. G. 0. Allen, who is suffering from a slight strain, decided to rest in view of the test match against the Indians on July 25 and did not captain Middlesex against Kent. The results of the games are:— . WARWICKSHIRE V. SURRET Warwickshire.—First innings, 203 (Kilner 89, Watt five for 51); second, eight for 182, declared (Dollery 88 not out). , Surrey.—First innings, 154 (Wilmot ' seven for 34); second, 159. i Warwickshire won by 72 runs. DERBYSHIRE V. KENT ' Derbyshire. First innings, 268 - (Townsend 115); second, three for 204, > declared (Townsend 78 not out). Kent. —First innings, 184 (A. Pope five for 48); second, 147. Derbyshire won by 141 runs. YORKSHIRE V. LEICESTERSHIRE Yorkshire. —First innings* 102 (Astill six for 43); second, none for 6. Leicestershire. —First innings, 107 (Bowes five for 41, Smailes five for 49). , Leicestershire won on the first ■ innings. GLAMORGAN V. SUSSEX | Glamorgan.—First innings, 227 (D. > Davies 79); second, 114. Sussex.—First innings, 198 (Mercer | four for 25); second, five for 145. ■ Sussex won by five wickets. ' WORCESTERSHIRE V.GLOUCESTERSHIRE Worcestershire.—First innings, 249 (Gibbous 114 not out); second, eight for 147, declared (Stephens six for 59). Gloucestershire. —First innings, 134 (Jackson six for 43); second, two for 83. Worcestershire won on the first innings. i. NORTH ANTS V. NOTTS J Northamptonshire.—First innings, 208 1 (Jupp 75); second, five for 93. I Notts.—First innings, 135. 1 Northamptonshire won on the first a innings.