CRICKET

Hokitika Guardian, 22 August 1932, Page 6

CRICKET

(United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph—Copyright.)

f LONDON, August 19... There is an interesting position in the County Championship, owing to the continued success of _ Yorkshire and Sussex. The -former is . lead-: ing with 19 points, but Sussex has one more match ito play. These two meet next Saturday. ... .. .' Freeman has taken 200 wickets in each of five -successive searone, equalling Parker’s record. ; . Duleepsin-hji is a-bed suffering from sciatica and neuritis, but .says he ip determined to go to Australia. . ‘ ( • Yorkshire gained the sixth consecutive innings victory, easily defeating Somerset thanks to the new matchwinning force, a 29-year-old left arm, medium-pace bowler, Fisher, who took five wickets for twelve runs, including the hat trick, Fisher took six for eleven against Leicester on Monday. He has made -only three appearances in county games. lie followed his bowling triumph by a batting display of Zi hours,- without giving a chance, hitting ten fours in an innings o’f seventy-six, unfinished. , /(, Ames completed his 2000 runs for the season. y ■"

In Lancashire league, S.( Barnes with 96 and Merritt (New Zealand) with 93, are racing, for the first to g-st 100 wickets.

County results were: — Hampshire, first, 264. Second 241. Essex, (first, 231; -second 197- Hamp-' shire won by 77 runs. Kent, first . 384 (Ames 101, Valentine 91). Worcester,' first 71' (Freeman 5 for 47, Marriott 4 for 17). Followed 'on ' 204 *'• (Freeman 5 for 67). Kent won by ah innings and 109 .tuns. .Somerset, first, 93 '(Fisher 5. for. 12) ; second 171 -(Bowes 4 for 44). Yorkshire, first, 8 for 357 declared (Sutcliffe 136, Fisher not out, 76). york»hire won by an innings and 93 runs. Middlesex, first,. 8 for ,420 .declared (Guise 127, -Heame hot but 98); second 0 for 35. Glamorgan, 'first 249. Followed on 204' (Dyson, not out 109, Si-ms 5 fqr 71). . Middlesex .won by ton wickets. - . ... ; Northan-ts, first, 128 (Gower 5 for 18); Veoond. 228.’; Surrey,-- first (Matitfirwis 4 for 24)"; -second ;9 fo-r 157 (Jupp 4 for 23). Surrey ( won by one wicket.

Notts, first 211 (Smith 5 for 48).j; second 170. Leicester, first 206; second 9 for 177 (Larwood 5 for 97). Leicester won by one wicket. Sussex, first, ,133, (Goddard 6 fo. r 26). Second 141 (Parker 6 for 48). Gloucester, first,..B6 ,(J. Langridge, 7 .for '<). Second 132 (Langridge 6 for 59), Sussex won by,, 56 ijuns. Lancashire, .first, 375' (Tylde-sley 160); second 4 -for 208. declared. Warwick,' first) 358 (Kemp-Welch ',89,. sons . 86,- Iddon 4 for , 3?). ; second- ,4. (>for--34. Lancashire ’ jyqp \sii- the ~ first -innings'. . . y ,

AUSTRALIA v N. CALIFORNIA

■MAILEV’S TEAM. ' *7-;

SAN FRANCISCO.' August 21

Australia made, 268 .for,, twp w(ckets and Northern California 55 for .two innings, a’U out. Bradma-n. made J. 22. and Tolhurst 117,n0t out. (J ,