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YORKSHIRE DEFEATED BY
CHAMPIONS
COLLAPSE FOR
ONLY 88 RUNS
Verity Takes 9 Wickets For 59 Runs.
MEAD'S 139TH CENTURY London To-day, Yorkshire, who have already won the County Cricket Championship.
at
VERITY'S 17 WICKETS
London, July 25. BOWLING RECORD
Leyton was the scene yesterday of one of the richest little ironies that county cricket has ever known.]
EQUALLED
It was also the scene of a bowling Essex Twice Routed sachievement so remarkable that a
record, twenty-six years old, was
32 Hours.
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 23, 1935.
KENT AT DOVER
IN A DAY AYR UNITED
SURPRISE THIRD
—and then, a fine full-length catch LANARK BY 7-4 by Dennis at silly mid-off dismiss-
ཐར་ ་
ed Cutmore. Four for 10!
Defeat was in sight with a ven- Rangers Score 20 Goals. geance. Nichols and Bray took the Inscore to 31 befora Bray left, and
soon it became 33 for six and 34) for seven. Smith hit bravely, but'
equalled, and another broken that AMAZING YORKSHIRE TRIUMPH the remaining wickets feil at 52, 52,
By THOMAS MOULT
silly
and 64 great cheering salating every run.
At Home.
HEARTS BEAT HAMILTON
London, To-day.
Ayr United, who conceded 17 had stood for sixty-four years.
The victims of the irony and the
Verity's triumph was at last goals in their tye opening matches, bowling alike
were Essex. The
games yesterday when they visited' was to prove the day's best, and complete. This time he had been recorded their second win in four havoc-worker and ord-maker which followed after the two first so dominant that only twenty-Third Lanark and won by 7 goals suffered their second defeat of the season when Kent won an exciting
was Verity, backed up of course, wickets of Cutmore and Taylor had seven balls of eight-five sent down match yesterday by 44 rums
Scottish Football League. by the rest of the Yorkshire side, falen in a fashion that hinted at were scored off, and with his hand- to 4 in the First Division of the
some day's work Verity reached! Dover.
A dashing, double century by who were thus enabled to win an- the dire happenings to come.
point, the astounding total of forty-four Maurice Leyland enabled A. B. other of their famous victories Sellers, fielding
aught them both, and thus began wickets in his last three matches.
YORKSHIHE Sellers to declare the Yorkshire the fourteenth out of seventeen
s remarkable sequence which only Holmes, v Sheffield, Smith first innings at 333 for 6-one matches since the season began ended with seven catches in the Sutcliffe, b Brane run ahead of Kent's total. Head- by an innings and 172 runs.
The ball leapt from that Mitchell, retired hurt ley Verity then took charge of]
For the irony we have to recall treacherous turf like a rip-rap fire- Leyland, Lb. the match and secured 9 for 59 the opening day of the match. Es work, always surprisingly, and Barbelle
A. B. Sellers, e O'Connor, b Smith to dismiss Kent for 133.
Resex put Yorkshire in to bat after four fieldsmen were quickly creep-Dennis. quiring 132 to win Yorkshire col-winning the toss, party to saveing closer and closer round the Verity, e Smith, Evans. lapsed sensationally before Tich themselves from batting on a pitch luckless Essex batsmen. Freeman (6 for 51) and were all that Verity and perhaps Macaulay out for 88 their first score of would make deadly. under three figures in the ser-
son.
WUS
The other feature of the week-end programme Philip Mead's faultless double century against Derbyshire. It was the 139th first-class century in his carcer.
A Sticky Wicket
day.
on
-Ree
b
Smith
Smit
C Daer, b Smith
Wood, & Nichols Macaulay, c Cutmore, b Nichols Rhodes, not out.
Extras (58, 1.6.3)
Total
But for an hour Pope and O'Coù- nor kept them waiting by really! After courageous stone-walling. But, alas. Yorkshire scored 340, all, it must be courageous to and Esser had merely put off an those grimly threatening Yorkshire
the very Nichols evil day for one still worse. Yes-hands outstretched terday morning, after a second dayledge of one's crease and refuse to Daer
Smith But they got Evane rendered blank by rain, they found be intimidated. themselves with alternative O'Connor at last, Sutcliffe catching | Boswell Hampshire, however, had to be but to go in on a wicket on which him easily at first slip when the O'Connor
the sun had shone until it was score was 58. content with major points.
really "sticky," and between half- minutes to past eleven and ten four they were twice out for 104
and 64.
no
Verity was irrestible from thei very outset, and he dismissed two batsmen with successive balls
Surrey registered their fourth his third over. And by the time he win when they beat Middlesex, and had completed the afternoon's de were his figures Warwickshire, aided by a century vastation these
by Bob Wyatt, the new English Test for each innings: skipper, secured major points from!
Leicester.
Magnificent bowling
by Voce
fat 2nd
0. M. R.
27 10 47 3 14
W.
8 44 9
best with 16 in a day in 1869.
Verity had experimented at the other end, but now he bowl. ed again towards the pavilion, and soon Nichols had chapped too late at a "yorker" that This was the bowled him.
only occasion on which Verity hit the stamps during the in- nings.
Bowling Analysis.
ESSEX.
Hearts brought their tally of goals for home matches to 10-1 as the result of a convincing display "· 16 against the Academicals, and the 36 Rangers, the champions, registered 43 their 20th home goal when playing 101 at Clyde.
Airdrieonians and St. Mirren shared the spoils at Paisley and, thus broke their "ducks." Cow- denbeath and St Johnstone are now the only teams who have yet to secure their first point.
11
340
Results as cabled by Reuter: Clyde
1 Rangers
6
4 Hamilton
1
0. M. R. W. Hearts 20.4 3 59 2 St. Mirren
Third Lanark
Cutmore, e Sellers, b Verity Pope, run out
Taylor,
e Sellers, b Verity
O'Connor, e Sutcliffe, b Verity
Nicholas
b Verity
Bray, Lb.wb Verity
Sheffield, e Barber, .b Verity
A. G. Daer, c
46
b Sellers,
Leyland
Smith (P.), c Sellers, Verity.
Boswell, not out
Evans, Sellers. b Verity
Extras (B8, 1.b.11)
Total
Bowling Analysis.
.22
0. M. 9
The score was 69, and a proces- sion of badly shaken batsmen followed. All except Pope, who Was run out when he deserted Macaulay something better, were cajoled into Sellers Verity
(8 for 55) and an undefeated cen-! His aggregate of wickets there making false strokes to the off, two Rhodes tury by Keeton-his fourth of the fore reached 17 in one day. Only of them left at 76, and the others Leyland
ESSEX-2nd Innings. season-gave Notts first lanings Calin Blythe, of Kent, has equall-at 87, 95, 104, and 104. The end points against Lancashire. Rained this throughout cricket history, came.ten minutes aftar, lunch, Es Cutmore, e Dennis, & Verity
Pope, c Sutciffe, b Verity
b Verity held up play at Cardiff and Glamo- and no Yorkshireman has ever sex following on 236 behind. Taylor. rgan and Somerset shared 8 points. done so much. Emmett being next Any hope that they would save O'Connor, 1.b.w, b Macaulay
Nichols,
e Sellers, b Verity "Wally" Hammond, who was not
the game was quickly to be dis-Nk
Barber, b Verity C. Bray,
Verity seen at his best the series of three
sipated, for they fared even wors Sheffield. Tests, compiled a brilliant double century against the West Indies. He scored 264 out of 570 and was largely responsible for Gloucester's triumph. G. C. Grant, the tourist's skipper who was injured in the anal Test, scored 109.
Scores as cabled by Reuter:
Friendly.
Heart-Breaking Accuracy
The unplayable nature of Verity's in their second knock, although the A. G. Daer, not out heartbreak bowling not to speak turf had by this time nearly dried, Smith (P.), Sellers, b Verity
and Verity was depending mainly Boswell, Dennis, b Verity
Evans, et. Wood, b Verity of leg-break.-may be gathered
Extras (L.B.) from the fact that of 162 deliveries on fight and length. in the first innings only 23 yielded
Gloucester beat the West Indies between Pope and O'Connor, which "duck." Three wickets for 4 runs Leyland by 7 wickets at Bristol,
Gloucester 570 (Hammond 264)
73 for 3 wickets
W. Indies 271 (B. J. Scaly 87)
371 (G. C. Grant 109, Sinfield 7 for 149)
E
County Championship. Surrey beat Middlesex by 4 wie- kets at the Oval
3 Rangers
34 Aberdeen
1 Airdrie
4 Ayr
TABLE TO DATE
0 Queen O' South
17 Queen's Pk.
Motherwell
marnock
3 Heart, 11 Ayr Utd.
2 Dunder
Third Lanark 19] Partick
Hamilton Celtic...
104
E. Wnians
Airdrie 01St Mirren 8 Cowdenbeath
St. Johnstone
0 0
0 2
Goals
SENATORS LOSE
TO TIGERS
Yankees Win In U.S. Baseball.
DOUBLE FOR WHITE SOX
New York, To-day. Detroit Tigers broke the Sean- R. Wtors' sequence of fourteen triumphs yesterday when, alded by two four-
The Second Debacle.
Total
runs.
A run later O'Connor, rounded Half the runs scored off Verity off his ill-starred benefit match for A were made during a stand of 39 miserably by getting out
Verity
Bowling Analysis,
O. M. 14.1 3
44
Macaulay
5.
12
3
Shanghai
Cricket
Glamorgan drew with Somerset jat Cardiff.
Glamorgan 373 for 8 dec., (Dyzon
104)
Somerset 204 for 7
Hampshire took first inningt
points from Derbyshire at likeston Entries For
Middlesex 188 (P. G. E. Fender 5 Hants: 478 (Mead 227)
for 55)
289 (Hendren 162 not out) Surrey 231 (Gregory 91)
7 247 for 6 (S. A. Block 813
Warwick took first innings points from Leicester at Edgbaston. Leicester 195 and 235 for 4. Warwick 373 for 8 dec.. (R. E. S.
Wralt 116)
Kent beat Yorkshire by 44 runs
at Dover.
Kent 332 (B. H. Valentine 90) 133 (Verity 9 for 59) Yorkshire 333 for 6 dec., (Leyland
210 not out)
88 (Freeman 6. for 51)
Notts took first innings points from Lancashire at Manchester. Lancs: 230 (Voce B for 85) Natts: 281 for 3 (Keeton. 136 not
out)
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Essex beat Northants by 7 wic kets at Southend. Northants 176 (Timms 86 not out,
Nichols 5 for 46) and 195 Essex 261 (L. G. Crawley 108, Ma-
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.
The
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the American Baseball League. leaders by 10 to 8.
Here are the feats of potential Shanghai Interport cricketers last week-end:
Machinmkhana Police drew with Shaforce.
Gun Troop Event On Saturday.
LARGE LADIES'”. LIST
The following are the entries Sussex beat Worcester by an in- for the Machine Gun Troop Gymk nings and 73 runs at Eastbourne hens which will take place at the Sussex 468 for 9 dec, (Cook 214, Polo Club, Causeway Bay, on
Wensley 118).
Saturday:
Worcester 318 (C. F. Walters 108, Ladles*:-
Gibbons 83, Martin 77)
1. P. Scott Harston; 3. H.: M. 77 (Tate 4 for 31, Langridce Kill; 5, M. A. Parkes; 7, D. E (Jas) 5 for 36)."
·COUNTY: CHAMPIONSHIP
Yorkshire
Surrex
Kent Essex
Nott
TABLE TO DATE.
cester
J. A. Isaacs (Police) 31 and 5
for 45.
New York Yankees, World the Series champions, nosed out Indians to shorten the gap be- tween them and the leaders.
Results as cabled by Reuter:
National League
Pittsburgh Boston
R. H..E.
4 10
5 7
1 1"
Wally Berger hit homer. Game
went to 14 innings.
American League.,
Boston
Stragglers beat Club by 9 wickets. Chicago
P. V. Simpson (stragglers) 8.
D. B. W. Murray (Stragglers) 8. Boston. "O. G. Simpson (Stragglers) 4..
Heving pitched.
C. G. W. Robson (Stragglers) 1. Chicago R. S. Elliott (Club) 2 for 16. D. W. Leach (Club):4 for 25.
Recs beat Wanderers by 65 runs.
M. J. Divecha (Res) 46:
S. B. Kermani (Reca) 1,
P. Madar (Recs) 34 and 3 for 19. T. W. R. Wilson (Rees) 12 and
4 for 24. -
R. Booth (Wanderers) 4 and 0
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Greenberg hit two homers.
TABLES TO DATE
National League...
233 Kerrison; 45, L. Butler; 47, D. Mc-50, C. Blackden; 52, A. G. Martin; New York. 6.214 Avoy: 49, P. Kinchin 51, G. 54, W. Ahern; 56, E. 0. Butler: 58, Boston. 57 1 10 6 1 177 D'Almads; 53, R King: 55, MW. T. Stanton: 60, B. Gordon; 62 Pittsburgh
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66, J. L. Jordan; 68, R, 3. Cress Chicago well; 70, D. A. O'Conor; 12, 5 Philadelphia
4-166 Charles; 61, A. N. Other. 0154 Men:- 25 6 8 57153 2, J. C. Scott Harston; 4, L. G. Douglas; 74, F. H. King: 76, HA Brooklyn
18125 0124 Allison; 6, A.LM, Birt. R.A.: 8, F. G. Browalos; 78, R. A Fawcett: 80, Cincinnatti
MAAGSEX ST Nigel;:10, M.N. Cochrane, 12, BAH. Harbord; 82, F. T. Bond:"/
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Glamorgan,
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Per GB 41 623 62 52 544
52 589
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428 416 385
45 63 44 70
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Northants22 896 38 109 C. Allan 14, C: Taylor; 16, J. E.T. 84, L. de C.. Biccbynden 86, H. S. Hampshire.252.63 10 pim: 18 Muspratt Williams; 20, V. Mossop; 88, D. B. Evans; 90, Washington BREAKING IN A SCHOOLING OF Leicester 1121719 C. Richardson; 22, A. F. Jenkins: W. A Mackinlay 92 G. P. New York
PONIES & HORSES STABLING OF PONIES HORSES Worcester 2 1 12 5 6 1 6624, F.-W. Webb; 25, H. Posts: Ferguson; 84, H. D. Tollington, 96, Cleveland.
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