COUNTY CRICKET

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LIII, Issue 16376, 25 June 1927, Page 15

COUNTY CRICKET

THIRD WICKET RECORD (Elec. Tel. Copyright—United Press Assu.) (N.Z.. and A.T.A., and Suu.) (Received June 25, i: p.m.) LONDON, June 24. In the county cricket competition Essex in the first, innings made 414 — CuttmortJ 99, Russell 71, Hipkin 108. Scrrurier took 5 wickets for I<l,"> runs. Oxford made 201 runs in tlie first Minings—Cnzdet 6(5, Barber SC. Eastman took 4 wjekots for 2(5., Essex won on the first innings. Lancashire in the first innings made 4.l3—Watson 115. Hallows 82, Makepeace 54, E. Tyldesley 101. .Middlesex in til? r first innings made .".lit — Enthoven 109. Lancashire won on the first innings.

(Surrey in the first innings made 550 —Jardine lIS. Shepherd 126, Reach i)(i. Irvine took (5 ,wickets for 171 runs, and in the second innings lost one > wicket for 59 runs. Cambridge in the iirst innings made 301—Dnw■on 78, Senbrook 71, M.achin 57. The match was drawn.

Hampshire in the first innings made 521 for the loss of eight wickets, declared Brown 204, Mead is.",. Yorkshire in the fir si innings lost three nickels for 150- -Sutclift'e 59, Woln.es i not out) <'•'. The game was abandoned. Mead and Crown's partnership yielded 3-14 runs, a third wicket record in the county competition. .Sussex in the lirst innings made 100 —Beslee took four wickets for 55 runs—and in the second 292 —Wonsley 69, A. 11. Gilligati (3(1. Kent in the first innings made 250—1 lardiige 1(15; ,1. Parkes live for 39 —and in the second 172—Leggo 00; Tate eight: for OS. Sussex won by 30 runs.

For Gloucester against Derby Dip per made 113. 'The match ivas abrui donecl.

for Somerset against Worcester A. Rippo.ii scored 133; Oresswell look ffve wickets for 3s runs. White in the first innings took, four wickets for 20, and in the second four for three. Somerset won.

Heavy rain on the third day inter fcrcd with nearly all the matches. YORKSHIRE'S POOR DISPLAY (Sydney Sun Cables.)

The Daily Mail says Yorkshire's extreniely poor display was mainly due to the fact that the team had been so frequently victorious that few changes had been made, but the increasing age of the members was DOtrad to tell. The need for younger l men was discovered too late. ,A few outstanding players like Dr. Grace, Wilfred Rhodes and Jack Hobbs continued to play magnificent cricket well into the forties, when most men are past, their prime. Yorkshire has a wonderful record for producing fine cricketers and ought, to make a. quielc recovery'