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Warwickshire To Help Bowlers

London, July 13-An echo of the match between Warwickshire

BIG HITTING BY TAYLOR and Gloucestershire, at Edgbaston, which ended yesterday after

AND O'CONNOR

J. PARKS IN BIG EFFORT

(By HOWARD MARSHALL)

THE Colchester cricket festival match between Essex and Sussex provided some delightful cricket in beautiful surroundings and after some very interesting play, Essex failed in their efforts to force a win and a draw was the result.

ESSEX STARTED OFF VERY WELL AND AT 3.15-ON THE SECOND DAY, THANKS TO A FINE SIXTH-WICKET PART NERSHIP OF 143 BETWEEN PEARCE AND DENNIS WERE ABLE TO DECLARE THEIR FIRST INNINGS WITH THE HAND -SOME TOTAL OF 423 FOR 6.

Set to score 274 to save the follow on, Sussex 4 runs. Essex then scored a hurricane 133 m Sussex 279 to get in a possible 234 hours. Afte first hour, Sussex lost Parks, who had dominated were then obliged to sit on the splice and a draw result.

only seven hours of cricket, is provided by an official statement by the Warwickshire club, which brings promise of an easier time for bowlers in the county's home matches.

The statement, issued at the close of the game, reads:

Consequent upon the heavy scoring in some of the home matches, a sub-committee of the Warwickshire Cricket Club recent- ly considered the question of the preparation of wickets. result, instructions have been given that the rolling of the pitch in

As

preparation shall in some measure be restricted." ham scored 496 and 492 respectively in a drawn game, and in the In the middle of May Warwickshire and Yorkshire at Birming- past four week Edgbaston groud.

scores of over 500 have been recorded on the

ew policy of the Warwickshire club had its effect on their Gloucestershire captains, the game was played on a pitch which had latest home match. With the acquiescence of the Warwickshire and in no way received attention until the morning of the match-in- stead of the teams waiting for the prepared pitch to recover from the effects of heavy rain. succeeded byshire made

Gloucestershire, batting first, were put out for 107. Warwick-

and then dismissed their opponents for 83. Jeft the

table mamm

When the day started the Es Soon, afterwards John Lanrid sex total was 206 for four wic-was caught and bowled by Smith kets, and Pearce and Nicholls

were not at all comfortable and Sussex were in trouble with against the bowling of Tuppin three wickets down for 146, but and Hammond. Tuppin, a me Cook and James Langridge played dium-paced bowler with life off

out time.

the ground, looked very promis- On the morning of the following ing, moving the ball late and day, the main question was whether forcing the batsman to play at Sussex could avoid the follow-on. him uneasily

They had lost three wickets for 173 Nicholls connected now and overnight, and before long Cook again, and when he did hit the scuffed forward to Smith, and was ball it was generally four runs, caught and bowled

but at 253 he was bowled off his Then Nichols, full of proper ho pads, shuffling back to Tuppin, tility, came on with the new ball. who brought one into him sharp-and in his first over made one lift ly.

to Parks, who played a convulsive stroke and flicked a catch to the wicket-keeper.

GRADUAL CONTROL Then came the partnership be- tween Pearce and Dennis, who comes from the Woodford Wells club. Dennis found Tuppin parti cularly awkward and edged him unhappily at first, but gradually the batsmen took control, and when the slower bowlers came on runs be gan to flow.

Pearce, it is true, was dropped at mid-off from James Langridge's bowling when he was 21-a grave misfortune for Sussex but he was square cutting and off-driving firm 15, and at the luncheon interval the total was 335 for 5

ESSEX DECLARE Immediately afterwards Dennis gave a sharp chance to short-leg off Tuppin, but in half an hour 62 runs were added. Dennis reached his 50 by gliding John Langridge to fine leg, but he tried to hit the nex ball over the sight screen and was comprehensively bowled

SUSSEX SLIPPING Five wickets down for 202, and six minutes later James Langridge edged Waterman to Taylor at sec end slip, and Sussex were slipping dangerously. At 214 Waterman brought one back sharply. to take the astonished Hammond's leg bail and in an hour four wickets had fallen for 41 runs.

Oakes and Holmes made some anxious strokes at Nichols, and Oakes had some nervous moments with Smith's leg-breaks, but th score mounted, and the follow-on became more remote.

was.

EXCITING POSITION At 255, however, Holmes lured out by Smith and stumped and when at 269 Oakes was lbw to Eastman, and nine wickets were down, the position was exciting. Tuppin relieved the tension crashing Smith through the covers to the boundary, and Cornford lift-

At 3.15 Essex declared, and Sus sex faced the bowling of Nicholls ed Sussex out of danger by hitting

and Waterman. Watern

medium started

wides in his first over,

fast Eastman round to mid-wicket

of Then came the Essex onslaught, 13 with 100 on the board in 34. to a utes, and we wondered whether ball outside the off-stump, and that Sussex would respond to the chal-

our lenge.

he made Parks (3)

brought Cox in, to start with a

leg and another to the sight

INVALUABLE RUNS while Sussex went did not play. Ou

FURIOUS BOWLING

The 92 runs which came in the first hour were credited chiefly to ily Parks, despite some furious bowl- hising by Nichols, who did most in-but find the edge of the bat. John When the tea înterval

was out

com-

ever

LARWOOD TO STAY WITH NOTTS

Accepts New Agreement For Three Years

London, July 8-Harold Lar wood, the England fast bowler, is not to leave Nottinghamshire crie- ket. This was made clear in an official statement issued by the Nottingham committee. yesterday, which read:

“With reference to reports in the Press regarding Larwood's future in county cricket, the committee wish to inform the members and public that Larwood was offered a three years agreement from June 21, and accepted on that date.” [mmmmXTITIVE/ESLZ35CLE

BLOW FOR ESSEX

CRICKET

London, July 8-Capt. J. W. A. Stephenson, the Army cricketer, may not be able to play for Essex again this season owing to injury. He met with an accident during the recent Army athletic sports meet- ing, and yesterday underwent an operation in a London nursing home. His condition is satisfac- tory.

MERCER INJURES LEG

Fondon, July Glamorgan may be handicapped by the absence of Mercer their medium-fast bowler, for a couple of weeks. He tore a at the back of his right when bowling against Lar

Blackpool yesterday, and tire from the match.

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