ENGLISH CRICKET

Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 247, 13 July 1920, Page 5

ENGLISH CRICKET

Si MATCHES INTERFERED WITH BY RAIN. London, July 8. In tbo e«icket' match between Oxford ami Cambridge, the former made' 193 (Beltmgton, So). Cambridge lost nine wickets for 161 (Bettington, three wickets for 6i runs). The match was drawn, rain ."stopping play. Thertf je a probability of Parkin leav-. ing league cricket and playing for Lancashire, owing to a dispute with his club—Aus.-N.a. Cable Assn. Heavy ralhfnll throughout the country interfered with the week's cricket, some county matches being abandoned. Iniprcvod weather to-day enabled tho EtonHarrow match to commenco at Lord's Tho wicket was greatly in the bowlers' favour. Harrow niaie 85 in the first innings-, and Eton, made 103. > In th« second innings Harrow made lw. The Eton team, in their second innings, have one wicket down for 121 runs. Play was impossible in the Mead's benefit match on Wednesday and Thursday, owing to rain,, and the match was finally abandoned to-day, after a, few hours-, during which Hobbs gave a splendid exhibition, notching his eighth century of the season, scoring 169 in 220 minutes, Surrey declared nt five wickets for 265 runs, and Hampshire had 23 runs on for no wickets when the downpour stopped play. Fry' scored 16, his first appearance- since 1914. The best averages are:—Hatting: Hen'dren, 7(i.12 runs per innings; Aehton. G7.8; Hobbs, 65.23"; Lee, Mead, and Hearne, 53. Bowling: Parkin, 10.10 Tims wr wicket; Rhodes, 11.12; Cook, 12.03; Marriott, 13.58; Lee, 13.60. Bettington is ninth on the list with an average of 15.12.-Aus.-KZ. Cable Assn.