London, Sept. 2.
Rain interfered everywhere with matches, with the result that the matches between Surrey and Warwickshire at the Oval, and Essex and Yorkshire at Leyton, were drawn, At Brighton, Kent beat Sussex by an innings and 23 runs. The Kent bowler A. P. Freeman took 17 wickets for 67. No bowler has ever taken more than 17 Wickets in a first-class game. The feat has only been accomplished on 11 occasions, At Nottingham, Notts beat Hampshire by 9 wickets) Hampshire in their second innings made 73. The Notts bowler L. Richmond took 9 wickets for 21.
At Bristol, Leicester beat Gloucestershire by 74 runs. In their first innings Gloucester made 73, W. E. Astill taking 4 wickets for 37 and G. Geary 4 for 43. In their second innings Gloucester made 79, Astill taking 4 wickets for 37 and Geary. 6 for 26. Geary did the hat trick in this innings,
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