The Archive · 1931

Gloucester Still Winning

London, June 8.

At Gloucester, today, the home team overwhelmed Worcester, winning by an innings and 71 runs. Gloucester did well with both bat and ball. Their veteran, Parker, took ter wickets for 83 runs and in the batting line Hammond scored exactly a century, whilst Neale had the bad luck to be given out when ko had reached 96.

Worcester won the toss, but found scoring Pather (five for 44),, the side being dismissed for 103. Gloucester made 253 for five (Hammond 100, Neale 96) and declared, and then, with the aid of Parker (five for 99) and Goddard (four for 29), dismissed "Worcester in their second innings for 79.—Reuter.

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