CRICKET

Otago Witness, Issue 3870, 15 May 1928, Page 55

CRICKET

GAMES IN ENGLAND. LONDON, May 7. The South Australian, J. H. Mitton, playing in the Oxford freshmen’s match, scored 30. Warwick in its first innings made 311 (Mercer six wickets for 118); Glamorgan scored 129 and 212. Warwick in its second innings lost none for 31, and won by ten wickets. Hampshire in its first innings made 224 (Mead 50. Newman 96), and following on, scored 119 for three wickets. Surrey in its first made 459. West Indies in its first scored 155 (Challenor 75). Slater took eight wickets for 24. Derbyshire macle 177 (Jackson 63). Brown took four for 37. West Indies in its second innings scored 19 for no wickets. Sussex in its first scored 516 for three wickets, declared (Bowley 144, J. Parks 162, Langridge 114, H. Parks 66). Notts scored 31 for two wickets. Lancashire in its first totalled 528 for four wickets, declared. Northants made 284 ("Woolley 75, Jupp 77). R. Tyldcsley took eight wickets for 62. Northants iii its second scored 27 for three wickets. Cambridge University in its first totalled 381. Leicestershire 169 (Blundell six for 25). and followed on, and scored 190 for five wickets (Armstrong 57, Dawson 67). Middlesex scored 339. Worcestershire made 68 (Haig six for 30) ami 145, Middlesex won by an innings and 126 runs. >. -- LONDON, May Sussex defeated Notts by an innings and nine runs. Notts in its second innings scored 278 (Whysall 56, Walker 50). Tate took four for 81. West Indies defeated’Derbyshire by two wickets. The winners in thensecond innings scored 185 for eight wickets. Surrey beat Hampshire on the first innings. Hants in its second innings scored 454 for six wickets (Mead 97, Tennyson 84, Newman 115). Cambridge University drew with Leicestershire. The latter’s second innings reached 394 (Astill 89, Oscroft 50). Cambridge in its second innings scored 73 for six wickets. Lancashire beat Northamptonshire by an innings and 16 runs. Northants in its second innings scored 228 (Jupp 72, J. Timms 60). ENGLISH COUNTY MATCHES. LONDON, May 11. Surrey jn the first innings made 418 (Barling 158, Daily 80). Gloucestershire in the first innings made 488 for seven wickets (Dipper 59. Hammond ISS not out, B. Lyon 131),

Essex m the first innings made 369 (Douglas 53, Russell 146). West Indies in the first innings scored 245 fo? six wickets (Challenor 62). Glamorgan in the first innings made 128 (Macdonald six wickets for 38), and in the second 294 for four wickets (Riches 110 not out). Lancashire m the first innings scored 394 for eight wickets, declared (Watson 104, Hallows 101, Makepeace 57, Tyldcsley 70). "Worcestershire in the first innings totalled 402 (Williams 76 not out, Root 64). Yorkshire in the first innings scored 393 for five wickets (Holmes 85, Leyland 166 not out). Middlesex in the first innings made 471 for six wickets, declared (Hendren 157, Hearne 233 not out). Somerset in the first innings scored 376 (Young 66, White 65, Ingle 117). Cambridge University in the first innings compiled 402 for eight wickets, declared (Robins 69, M. Turnbull 169, Seabrook 108). Sussex in the first innings scored 352 (Sellar 84, Matthews 78). Kent in the first innings totalled 499 (Ashdown 58, Colley 100, Cazalet 150, Hardingc 152 not out). Oxford Universify in the first innings made 216 (Crawley 112). LONDON. May 11. Lancashire won by ten wickets. Glamorgan in its recond innings made 370 (Riches 140). R. Tyldesley took five for 92. Lancashire in its second innings made 107 for no wickets (Watson 50 not'out, Hallows 51 not out). Kent won by ten wickets. Oxford University in its second innings made 346 (Garland Wells 128, Hillwood 64). Freeman took six for 119. Kent in its second innings scored 66 for no wickets (Hardinge 51). Gloucester in its first innings made 544 (Hammond 205 not out). Surrey in its second innings scored 304 for six wickets (Hobbs 124. Sandham 53, Shepherd 55 not out). The match was drawn. The West Indies in its first innings scored 377 (Martin 53, Constantine 130), while Essex in its second innings scored 259 -for three wickets (Cuttmore 77, O’Connor 93, Eastman 58 not out). The match was drawn. Yorkshire in its first innings scored 560 for six wickets and declared (Leyland 247, Rhodes 100 not out). Worcester in its second innings scored 203 for three wickets (Higgins 101, Wright 71). The match was drawn. Middlesex in its second innings scored 198 for six wickets and declared (Hearne 97 not out). White took four for 77. Somerset in its second innings scored 145 for five wickets (Ingle 100 not out). The match was drawn. Cambridge University in its second innings scored 215 for four wickets and declared (Longrigg 8-1 nof out) .Sussex in its second innings scored 192 for four wickets (J. Parks 65, M ensley 53) The match was drawn. The scoring In the county matches, which ended to-day, was among the heaviest yet recorded, and the aggregates ranged from 1266 for 26 wickets in the Surrey-Gloucester match to 999 for 28 in the Lancashire-Glamorgan match. Altogether 7913 runs were scored for 179 wickets, averaging over 44. There were 23 centuries, including three exceeding 200. The long spell of dry weather made the wickets hard and fast.