London, June 5.
At Lord's, Middlesex beat the West Indies by 70 runs. Hendren made 133 in Middlesex's Ist innings. The West Indian, Francis, took 6 wickets for 34 in the 2nd innings.
At Leyton, Surrey beat Essex by an innings and 59 runs. Sandham made 200 for Surrey.
Ati Gloucester, Lancashire beat Gloucestershire by 75 runs. The Lancastrian, Green, made 110 not. out in the 2nd innings.
At Leeds, Notts beat Yorkshire by 3 runs. Staples, took 5 wickets for 46 and 5 for 37. Rhodes, for Yorkshire, took 6 wickets for 23.in the 2nd innings.
At Leicester, Sussex beat Leicestershire by 48 runs. Fowke made 74 in Leicestershire's 2nd innings.
At Gravesend, Kent beat Worcestershire by 8 wickets. Collins made 101, not out, in Kenf's 2nd innings. The Worcestershire bow-
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.