CRICKET

Otago Witness, Issue 3714, 19 May 1925, Page 9

CRICKET

ENGLISH COUNTY MATCHES. LONDON, May 10. Notts in their first innings made 187 and in their second 36 for one wicket. Hampshire in their first innings scored 225 (Brown 97). Barratt took four wickets for 51. The match was abandoned. Cambridge in their first innings scored 98 (Cox six wickets for 39), and in their second innings 197 (L. Crawley 92). Tate took four wickets for 55. Sussex in the first innings made 80 (Enthoven three wickets for 7), and in their second innings 176 (Jagger five wickets for 40). Oxford in their first innings scored 126 (Parkin six wickets for 31), and in their second innings 156 (Guise 63). Parkin took six wickets for 67 and M‘Donald two for 29. Lancashire in their first innings made 159. The game was abandoned. Rain interfered with play everywhere.ENGLISH COUNTY MATCHES. LONDON, May 12. In the county cricket matches Hampshire made 205 runs in their first innings against Surrey and 219 in the second. Surrey made 263 in their first innings (Fender 76) and 163 for eight wickets m the second. For Hampshire Boyes took six wickets for 79 runs and five for 50, and for Surrey Fender took five for 53. In the match between Kent and Somerset the former declared their first innings closed with eight wickets down for 548 runs (Woolley 215, Hubble 124, Hearne 54, Hardinge 50, Wright 50). Somerset made 141 in their first innings, in which Freeman took four wickets for 36 and Woolley five for 72, and they compiled 233 in the second innings (Johnson 81). In Somerset’s second innings Freeman took five wickets for 50. Sussex made 139 runs in the first innings and 103 in the second against Notts. In the first innings Richmond captured five wickets for 40 runs, and in the second Barratt took three for 33, Staples three for 25, and Richmond four for 39. Notts made 267 runs in their first innings (Carr 104). —Reuter. In the match between Middlesex and Essex the former made 93 runs in the first innings and 61 in the second. In tho first innings Louden took five wickets for 41 runs and in the second he captured four for 26, while Hipkin secured four for 18. Essex made 65 in the first innings and 93 for three wickets in the second. In their first innings Tanner took five wickets for 13 Tuns. Cambridge compiled 206 runs in their first innings against Lancashire (Enthoven 78) and 172 in the second. R. Tyldesley took seven wickets for 62 runs in the first innings and four for 33 in the second, while Parkin secured four for 77 in the second. Lancashire made 281 runs in their first,.innings (Shelmerdine 91) and 71 for one wicket in the second. In the first innings Meyer took five wickets for 89 runs. The match, which was played with 12 men a side, was drawn. For Leicester against Glamorgan Astill in the first innings took six wickets for 23 runs, and Geary in the second innings took seven for 24. For Worcester against Warwick Tar box made 103 not out and Root took five wickets for 78 runs. Bor Yorkshire against Gloucester in the first innings Kilner took four wickets for 24 runs, and in the second innings he took four for 10, while Macaulay took six for 30. CRICKETERS DISGRACE. SYDNEY, May 13. Anzao Day wus fixed by tho New South Wales Junior Cricket Union for the final match North Sydney v. Balmain Juniors for tho MaTtin Shield. North Sydney previously informed the union that they would not play owing to the sacredness of Anzac Day, and the union awarded the shield to Balmain. The North Sydney team thereupon held a meeting of protest, and decided to secede from the union. The mover of the motion declared that they would rather sacrifice the shield than be falso to their fallen comrades. If rowing, football, and other clubs could abandon their sports, surely the cricket bodies should do no less. The meeting generally endorsed these sentiment*