London, June 13.
Many outstanding batting performances were seen in first class matches concluded today. no less than two double-centuries and 13 centuries being scored.
The highest individual score was made by H. A. Gibbons, the Worcester bat, who was undefeated with an innings of 202. Another batsman to reach 200 was Dai Davies of Glamorgan, who scored 216 runs against Somerset, his best batting performance in two seasons.
Only two outright victories were scored, Kent defeating Leicester by nine wickets, while Surrey accounted for Sussex by the same margin.
At Derby, the home side drew against the West Indies, with Copson coming to the. fore in the second innings when he captured six Tourist wickets for 73 runs. West Indies came close to defeat as they had lost six wickets for 54 runs when stumps were Following a Committee meeting of the Shanghai Polo Club, held in the Club pavilion on Tuesday, the conditions for the Army and Tyro Cup tournaments and the question of the allocation of the ground were discussed at length, and the following decisions, were arrived at.
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