As a result of sun-baked wickets there has been some phenomenal batting in the county matches now in progress and-eight men scored centuries to-day.
Hobbs, playing for Surrey against] Middlesex at Lord's, made 256 not out on Saturday and carried this huge score to 316 today and was still undefeated, This is a record for this season and for the Lord's ground. He batted for seven hours and hit no less than 41 fours, Woolley for Kent against Northamptonshire rattled up 217 in two hours and forty minutes, hitting three sixes and 29 fours.
Meanwhile the Gloucestershire bowler, Parker, playing for Glo'ster against Leicestershire, established world's record by completing a bag of 200 wickets in the season for the fourth time in his career. No Jother player has accomplished the font more than three times, Australians Draw with Sussex Aug. 31.
The match between the Austra-blans and Sussex at Brighton was Jdrawn, To-day the attendance was small. The weather was fine and the wicket good.
The Australians in their first innings scored 817, Bardsley being responsible for 138, not out. Sussex in their first innings scored 240, Today the Australians after scoring 153 for the loss of 4 wickets, declared, Macartney being the principal scorer with 65.
Sussex then went out to bat, and thad scored 157 for 5 wickets when stumps were drawn. Tate scored 155. Grimmett took 4 wickets for 42" runs. wick v. Somerset issiters to Taunton, Warwick, on the first Yorkshire then scored 139 for 2 wickets, Sutcliffe being 55, not out. rohans Sussex Aug. 28, The weather was glorious and the wicket good at Brighton today when a start was made in the match between Sussex and the Aw tralian, There were 8,000 spectators.
Bardsley won the toss and decided to bat first. The Australians had scored 201 for 8 wickets when innings.
Warwickshire batted first, and knocked up the fine total of 485 for 17 wickets, and declared their inrings closed. The conspicuous bats. men were Fiddian Green 50, Parsons 166, Kilner 76, Quaife 86 and Cal-thorpe 103 "not out. Somerest scored 427, Macbryan hitting up 129 land Longrigg 81, not out.
In their second innings Warwickshire scored 203 for 5 wickets, Kilner making 56 and Parsons 60.
Middlesex Defeated by Sussex imps were drawn.—Bardsley scored 106 (not out) and Andrews Aug. 30.
The match between the Australian and Sussex was continued at Brighton to-day in glorious weather and on a good wicket, Twelve thousand spectators watched the day's plai The Australians, who had made 291 for eight wickets on Saturday, completed their innings for 317.
At Lord's Middlesex lost to Surrey' ey an innings and 63 runs.
Surrey batted first, and after scoring 579 for the loss of 5 wicket declared, Hobbs making 316 not lout, Jardine 103 and Sandham 58. [Middlesex scored 275 (Dales 52 and /Hendren 101 not out). Middlesex followed on, and scored 241, Stevens Imaking 63. Holmes took 4 wickets Yorkshire v. Glamorgan Yorkshire beat Glamorgan, at Bardsley carried his score from 106|Swansea, by 190 runs.
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