The Archive · 1938

Only Two of Seven Games Yield Definite Results; Two

Centuries London, July 9.

With rain seriously interfering with play, only two of the seven County Championship matches produced a definite conclusion, At Northampton Lancashire easily beat Northants by seven wickets, while at Neath Glamorgan, thanks to splendid bowling by Clay, who took altogether 11 wickets for 110, de-Heated Kent by 68 runs.

All other matches were abandoned before a result could be obtained on lhe first innings, and will therefore aot count for the Championship.

There were only two individual centuries in the seven matches. At Nottingham, Gunn knocked up 184 against Leicester, and at Birmingham, Harry Parks, of Sussex, scored 114 against Warwick Details:

At Chesterfield—Derbyshire drew with Essex Essex 176 (Rhodes five for 25)

Derbyshire 31 for three At Birmingham—Sussex drew witt Warwick.

Sussex 327 (Harry Parks 114)

Warwick 25 for two.

At Bradtord—Worcester drew with Yorkshire.

Worcester £27 (Robinson five for 96 ctorkshire 63) for four

Hampshire 263.

Middlesex.

outhamptoh—Hampshire drew wit!

Middlesex five for no wicket.

At Nottingham—Notts drew wi tat cester Notts 452 for nine declared (Gunn 184) At Northampton—Lancashire beat Nor-thanks by seven wickets.

Northants "119 (Pollard six for 42)

and 174.

Lancashire 116 (Buswell seven for 61)

and 178 for three.

At Neath—Glamorgan beat Kent by runs, Glamorgan 307 for nine declared and morat for three declared en (Clay five for 64) and 104

(Clay six for 46)

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