The Archive · 1923

The County Championship

London, May 31.

At the Oval, Surrey beat Glamorgan. by nine wickets. In Survey's Ist innings Hobbs made 75 and Dugat 126.

At Derby, Yorkshire beat Derbyshire by an innings and 196 runs. Robinson made 96 for Yorkshire, and Kilner took 5 wickets for 23 in Derbyshire's 2nd innings.

At Gravesend, Lancashire beat Kent by 125 runs. Makepeace made 80 in Lancashire's first innings and Parkin took 7 Kent wickets for 24 in the first innings.

At Gloucester, Gloucestershire beat Leicestershire by 5 wickets. Mills, the Gloucester bowler, took 5 wickets for 46 and 7 for 33. Geary took 6 wickets for 13 in Gloucester's first innings.

At Southampton, Hampshire beat the West Indies by 144 runs, Mead made 54 and 87 for Hampshire. The Hants bowler: Kennedy, took 6 wickets for 58 and 5 for 43.—Reuter.

London, June 1.

At Nottingham Notts beat Middlesex on the Ist innings.

Payton made 73 not out in Notts's 1st innings and Carr and John Gunn made 60 and 59 respectively in the second innings.

Hendren made 65 not out and Mann 57 not out in Middlesex's second innings. 2 At Brighton Sussex beat Essex by 125 runs, Bowley made 79 for Sussex in the 2rd innings, and Tate took eight Essex wickets in the 2nd innings for 37 runs, At Taunton Somerset beat Warwickshire by 8 wickets.

J. McBryan made 62 and 73 for Somerset.

At Cambridge, Cambridge University beat The Army by six wickets.

Burrows made 112 for the Army and in the Ist inning Ashton made 98 in the Varsity's ud innings.—Reuter.

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