Rain interfered with at least two of the classic holiday cricket matches. Yorkshire and Lancashire "usually face the peril of drawn game when they meet in dour intensity to determine their ancient rivalries. The rain at Manchester removed all prosect of a finish, but the Champions have secured points for a first innings lead. The two Roses now wait till August Bank Holiday when the stern critics ct Bradford will expected thi JWhite Rose to. avenge the Red's At Noth ham another rivalry also worked it~ self out incompletely but in favour: of the home team, for whom Larwood showed himself in form. The Ov in August, from the base of the gasometer will give the Surrey men austere advice for the proper defeat of old-time foes. The County results generally indicate a welcome levelling.
of teams. For example, Somer seishiro are showing good form. Worcestershire have had to admit to defeat by Essex who thus gain their first victory in 1988, but last week [Worcester astonished themselves, Derhaps, and certainly the rest of the world by taking full points from the redoubtable Derbyshire side. Worcester have played only' ten games 30.
but they have Wwon three of them Jand in 1984 three was their total of wins for the whole season.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.