ENGLISH COUNTY CRICKET

New Zealand Times, Volume LIII, Issue 12527, 17 August 1926, Page 11

ENGLISH COUNTY CRICKET

MANY MATCHES ABANDONED MACAULEY, SIX POE 26. Reuter's Telegram. LONDON, August lb. County matches were continued during the past week, rain again being troublesome. Results are as follow : riaying at Weston-super-Mare against Somerset. Surrey, in the first innings, made 192. White taking six wickets for 60 runs, and in the second 191 (iSandharu 59). Glasgow taking four for' 52 and White four for 61. Somerset, in the first innings, scored 103, Peach taking six for 35 and Fender four for 39. The match was abandoned. Hampshire, playing against Middlesex at Bournemouth, in the first innings made 416 (Mead 117, Day 103). Haig taking five wickets for 115 runs, and in the second innings lost nine wickets for 138 IBrown not out 103). Middlesex, in the first innings, made 257 (Hendrcn 104). The match was drawn. Playing for Lancashire against Worcestershire at Worcester, Makepeace scored 114. Lancashire won. Playing for Essex against Derbyshire at Leyton. Russell scored 102 not oni, and for Derbyshire, Morton took five wickets for 94 runs. The* match was drawn. Playing for Notts against Gloucestershire at Cheltenham, Walker scored 105 and Staples took seven wickets for 38 runs. For Gloucestershire Parker took eight wickets for 73. Notts won. Playing for Leicestershire against Sussex at Hastings, Dawson scored 118, and for Sussex Browne took five wickets for 72 runs. The match was drawn. Playing for Yorkshire against Northants at Leeds, Maeaiday took six wickets for 26 runs. The match was abandoned. theTaverages GRIMMETT THIRD OF BOWLERS. LONDON, August 14. Batting and bowling averages to date, including the Australians, are as follow -. BATTING.

Inn. N.O. Buns. Avg. Hobbs ....... 30 2 2178 77.78 Tvldesley 40 4 2415 67.08 Hendry 200 66.66 26 4 1419 64.50, 40 9 1918 61.87 Chapman 23 4 1143 60.15 Macartney .. 24 3 124459.23 37 5 1824 57.00 32 5 1496 -55.40 Sandham 35 2 1715 51.96 31 4 1384 51.25 Hardinge 40 3 1888 51.02 27 2 1200 48.00 19 3 761 47.56 Collins. ... 18 0 1516 30.35 BOWLING. Wkts. Buns. Avg. 102 1476 14.47 Tvldesley 10G 1690 15.34 Grimipett Yi 1147 15.93 35) 630 16.15 Macartney .. 47 765 16.27 108 1787 16.64 87 1431 17.13 110 1893 17.20 Tato ... 12f> 2172 17.23 106 1842 17.37 95 1704 17.93 in 1996 17.98 Other Australians: 27 697 18.83 4 107 20.75 11 36h 33.45 Gregory 25 856 34.24