London, May 24.
At Brighton, the West Indies beat Sussex by 26 runs. Challoner scored 87 in the West Indies' first innings, and Francis took six Sussex wickets for 33 runs in the second innings.—Reuter.
London, May 25.
At Lords Middlesex beat Essex on the Ist innings. Hendren made 152 in Middlesex's first innings. Atkinson took Essex wickets for 16 in the first innings. Morris made 111 for Essex in the 2nd innings.
At Dudley Derbyshire beat Worcestershire en the Ist mungs.
Jackson made 95 for Derby in the second: innings.
At Manchester Lancashire beat Kent on the Ist innings. Parkin took 7 wickets for 53 in Kent's first innings.
At Northampton Notts - beat Northamptonshire by 196 runs.
Richmond took 5 wickets for 28 in Northants' first innings and Carr made 100 not out for Notts in the second innings.
At Leicester Surrey beat Leics stershire on the 1st innings.
At "Oxford Oxford University aut Gloucestershire; by an innings and 44 runs.
At Bath Hampshire beat Somer set by 45 runs. Howell made 108 for Hampshire in' the 2nd innings. White took 7 wickets for 64 in Hamp: 's second innings.
A bingham Yorkshire—bet shire by 84 runs. Howell 10 Yorkshire wickets for 51 in the first innings.—Rcuter.
London, May 29.
At the Oval, Surrey beat Sussex on the Ist innings. A. E. Gilligan. accomplished the hat-trick in trey's second innings, taking 3 wickets for 14 runs.
At Cambridge, Cambridge University beat Middlesex on the ist innings. Hendren made 105 in Middlesex's: first innings.
At Chesterfield, Derbyshire beat Essex on the Ist innings. Mortor tock 7 Essex wickets for 48 in the ist innings.
At Nottingham, Notts beat Glamorgan by 10 wickets. Richmond (Notts) tock 6 wickets for 59 and 5 for 36.
At Gloucester, Hampshire beat Gloucestershire on the Ist innings, Kennedy (Hants) took 7 wickets for 40 in the ist innings.
At Sheffidid, Yorkshire beat Kent on the Ist innings. Rhodes took 6 wickets for 37 in Kent's Ist innings.
Ab Worcester, Worcestersrire beat Warwickshire by an innings and 16 runs.—Reute Tue Chung Mei News Agency says that a lighted cigarette thrown into a waste basket full of papers caused a fire at the Ministry of Navy, with the result that a paper 1 file was burned up. There was some perturbation for a while as to the importance of the destroyed documents but they turned out to be of minor consequence.
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