MATCH ABANDONED

Wairarapa Times-Age, 18 May 1938, Page 7

MATCH ABANDONED

AUSTRALIA V. M.C.C. OWING TO LIGHT RAIN. NO PLAY YESTERDAY. (By Telegraph—Press Association. Copyright.) (Recd This Day, 9.55 a.m.) LONDON, May 17. The match between Marylebone and the Australians was abandoned in the middle of the afternoon, following continuous light rain. The bowling figures are: —McCormick, 0 for 8; Waite, 0 for 18; McCabe, 1 for 22; Fleetwood-Smith, 0 for 26; O’Reilly, 0 for 8. ENGLISH COUNTY GAMES DEMPSTER SCORES 110. (Reed This Day, 9.55 a.m,) LONDON, May 17. Rain 'today curtailed some of the county cricket fixtures. Results:— Derby, first innings 235, second innings, 210 (G. Pope 83). Surrey, first innings, 159 (Mitchell, 7 for 45). Second innings, 174 (Townsend 7 for 57). Derby won by 112 runs. Lancashire, first innings 8 for 491 declared (Iddon 114, Oldfield 115, Hopwood not out 83). Essex, first innings 119 (Nutter 5 for 38). Following on Essejc made 195 (O’Connor 86). Lancashire won by an innings and 177 runs. Yorkshire, first innings 266 (Sutcliffe 110). Second innings 0 for 58. Gloucester, first innings 9 for 428 “declared” (Hammond 124). Gloucester won on the first innings. Hampshire, first innings 221 (Greese 89); second innings 2 for 61. Leicester, first innings 8 for 288 “declared” (Dempster 110, Boyes 5 for 52). Leicester won on the first innings. Sussex, first innings, 7 for 487 “declared” (Cox 101, Jim Parks 169). Notts, first innings, 231. Following on Notts compiled 185 (J. Cornford 5 for 40). Sussex won by an innings and 71 runs. Warwick, first innings, 215 (Clay 5 for 59).’ Second innings 178. Glamorgan, first innings, 222 (Hollies 6 for 81); second innings, 3 for 142. Glamorgan won on the first innings. Cambridge, first innings. 209; second innings. 7 for 379 “declared” (Gibb 141). Northants, first innings. 168: second innings. 4 for 172. The match was drawn. NORTHAMPTON TODAY. . SCORES IN LAST GAME. (Notes by “The Bowler.”) The Australians commence a match today against Northampton. Ort the last Australian tour, the game was drawn. The Australians in their first innings made 284 runs (Chipperfield 71, Bradman 65, and Ponsford 56). In their second innings, they totalled 234 runs (Brown 113). Northampton in the first innings totalled 187 runs (Snowdon 105), and in their second innings the county made 133 runs for 9 wickets (Timms 50, Bakewell 53). Fleetwood-Smith was the outstanding bowler for the Australians, securing 5 wickets for 73 runs, and 5 for 29.