CRICKET

Hokitika Guardian, 4 August 1927, Page 1

CRICKET

COUNTY FIXTURES. (By Telegraph—Per Press Association.) LONDON, Aug. 2. In. the County cricket fixtures, Surrey in the first innings made 522 for 7 (declared), nobbs scored 131. Sandham 1-10, Ducat 58, Barling 50. Fender not out 00. Notts in the. first innings made 259, Gunn scoring 89 and Gregory taking 5 for 02. Siu;rey won on the first innings.' Hobbs gave a remarkably free exhibition. Critics coilskier it one of his best efforts. Sussex in the first innings made 477 for 9 declared. Wenslcv scored -50, Cook 110. A. H. Giiligan 88, .Middlesex irr the first innings made 305 for 0, Stevens 81, Hendren 118. The game was drawn. Yorkshire in the first innings made 157 (Sutcliffe 95), Sihhles taking 4 for 54. and in the second innings 314 for 0 (.Sutcliffe 135, Macaulay not out 01). Lancashire in the first innings made 360 for 9 declared (E. Tyldesley 165. Iddon 77). Lancashire won on ’ the

first innings. Kent in the first innings made 407, Ashdown scoring 54. ,T. Bryan 59, Woolley 88, Chapman 64. Hampshire first innings realised 81. Wright took 1 for 25 and Freeman Ofor 38; second innings 234 (Mead 128). Kent won by an innings and 92 runs. For Essex against Worcester. Nicholl took 0 for 44. Essex won. ±or Somerset against Gloucester, Cre.s,swell took 4 for 25. For Gloucester. Parker in the first innings took 9 for 103 and in the second 7 for 51. Somerset won. For Northants against Leicester, Jupp took 7 for 49. Northants won. Rain interfered with most of the matches. Tate is the first to achieve the double of a. hundred wickets and a thousand runs. Sutcliffe is first to reach 2000 runs.