CRICKET.
ENGLISH COUNTY MATCHES LONDON, May 26Middlesex, 338 runs for seven wickets, declared (Hendren 152), drew with Essex, '93 and 224 for five wickets. A feature of the match was the bowling of N. Atkinson, a young amateur, who wag making his first appearance for Middlesex. He is a left-hand bowler of medium pace. He took five wickets for 16 runs in the first innings. Notts, 183 and 266 for five wick els (declared), beat Northants 115 and 148. Richmond took five for 28. Yorkshire, 113 and 162 for six (declared), beat Warwickshire 110 and 80. Oxford University, 234, beat Gloucestershire 71 and 119. Bettington took three for 12 and four for 19. LEADING AVERAGES. LONDON, May 27. Tn .English county cricket matches Woolley heads the batting list with a total of 418 runs, and an average of 69.66. George Gunn comes next with 367 and 61.7, and Lowry is third with 307 and 57.16. In bawling, Kilner has taken 33 wickets at an average of 5.90, Parkin 25. 9.80; Gilligan, 24. 9.95; and Macauley, 28. 10.14.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXXXI, Issue 18791, 29 May 1923, Page 6
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