CRICKET

Hokitika Guardian, 18 May 1933, Page 3

CRICKET

ENGLISH COUNTY GAMES

(United Bless Association—By Electric Telegraph-Copyright.)

LONDON, May 16

Essex, second innings, 254 (Outniurc 75, Eastman 75). .West Indies won bj 136 runs.

Middlesex, first. 299 (Hendren, not out 162); second 69 (Booth 6 for 24). Lancashire, first, 336 (Watson 138, Iddon 98, Durston 5 .for .60); seconu 1 for 33. Lancashire won by nine wickets.z

Gloucester, first TBO. Second 172 (Brown 4 for 48). Surrey, first, 228 (Gregory 73, Hammond 6 for G 8); second 7 for 125. Surrey won by three wickets.

Hampshire, first, 151 (Mayer 6 for 51); second, 131 (Mayer 6 for 31). Warwick, first, 315 (Kilner 102, Wyatt. 90). Warwick won by an innings and 33 runs.

Derby, first, 51 (Verity 6 for 12),; second 78 (Verity 6 for 41), Macaulay 4 for 29). Yorkshire, first, 96 (Townsend 6 ffcr'3B); secund 4 for 35, Yqrkshire won by 6 wickets.

Kent, first, 205. Second 122' (Wellard 4 for 40). Somerset, first, 165 (Freeman 5 for 37); second ,lfo (Freeman 4 for 48, Wright 4 for 26). Kent won by 52 runs.

Notts, first . 238 (Carr .87, Astill 5 for GO); second 231 (Voce, not out /jl, Smith 7 for 55). Leicester, first, 19{> (Gunn 4 for 24)...Second 4 for 111. Notts won on the. first innings. Glamorgan, first, 223; second .290 (Turnbull .64). ..Sussex, .first 8 for 304 declared (John Langridge 140); second 0. for 36. .won on the .first innings. :

Worcester, first, 9 for 467 declared (Walters 66, Wright 65, Niehol 64). Second, 2 • for 139 declared. Oxford/ first, 383 (Townsend 133); second, 3 for 92. Match drawn.

In a Lancashire League match Merritt took-8 for 54.

SIR, FRANCIS LACEY’S OPINION.

IMPERIAL CRICKET CONFERENCE

LONDON, May 10. At the annual meeting of the .Wiltshire County Cricket Club, ’ held at Trawbridge, Sir Francis Lacey, formerly secretary of the .Marylebone Cricket Club: made reference to body-line bowling howling. ‘‘Much feeling,” he said, “has been stirred up by the cablegram from Australia. objecting to what is called bodvline bowling. For the last 30 years the Marylebone Cricket Club has organises these test games end spent enormous sums in sending teams all over the world. It may surprise you to know that sometimes they were £BOO out of pocket.

“Tf these visits are to cause bickering and bad blood, then I think it would be better to discontinue them for the time being, at any rate. I believe the Marylebone Cricket Club will take up the matter. <r o into it very care'u!ly, and call an Imperial cricket conference.

f 'T beljove something mav be done by altering the lows the of g n mo so as txi bring .cricket, ha yk to the tp’e prevailed ip the past,’’