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Lord Burghley's Time Beaten By Finlay
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(Continued from Page 20) denied any further success for hour and a quarter. Smailes was the first to make a joyous adven-gg ture of what might have been pilgrimage.
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From this it was seen that Rain-
London, June 7. The AAA, beat-Cambridge
Sellers raced him to his 50, none University by 84 points to 56 the less. He took 85 minutes and after a magnificent match at Smailes took an hour. Smailes Fenner's. There was a large, drove so hard-practically appreciative crowd, and the con- ditions were well-nigh perfect.
Three ground records
of the wicket-that Marriott twice len recently were broken. A. G. K. Brown ran the got his hand in the way of scorch-prominence in a cartoon. half-mile in 1min. 54.6sec., beating returns and had to retire for ing T. Hampson's time by 2-5 of repairs. Before this happened Sel-bow, the 1934 defender, if the most a second; P. D. Ward took allers hit him for a splendid 6 into
the stand. most a second off W. Beaver's time of 9min. 20.6sec. for the two miles; and D. O. Finlay, by Smailes hit nine 4's, and his dis- winning the high hurdles în missal was the first result of Kent's 14-7sec., broke Lord Burghley's grateful receipt of the 10-year-old record.
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GOLF MATCH Compston And Cotton
I have never seen Finlay hurdle so superbly
Eight batsmen were out, but the not even in Berlin. His vigour
was glorious and his end was not yet the best, in fact, precision perfect. He brushed had still to come, and it came at a tumultuous several flights with his exact clear-261, when, amid
Yorkshire roar, following three 4's ance, but not a hurdle fell.
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A challenge match for in one over off Todd, Sellers reach-a-side, in which the two famous At half-way he was nearly two
ed his first championship hundred golfers Archie Compston and Henry yards in front of J. St. L. Thornton, and his third in first-class cricket.
Cotton will be on opposing sides, who was hurdling as well as ever, |
has been arranged. and at the tape he was nearly six. That fact was even more significant than the recorded time, for they were running into a certain amount of wind.
G. K. BROWN'S FINE HALF
frey Brown's half-mile was
pre
remarkable because his
muscle from pulling again.
Compston and R. B. Foster, plus
1 at Coombe Hill and scratch at Addington, will play Cotton and Major Keith Thorburn, scratch at Sunningdale and a former Surrey champion, in a 36-holes 4-ball match on a neutral course near London.
AT WENTWORTH
In all probability the match will be played in Surrey at the West
leg was strapped, padded his second mile in 4min 37sec, and course, at Wentworth Country Club, tered. Anyhow, it prevent- jas the other five runnera receded Virginia Water. The West is one from him in every attitude of effort of the six best inland courses in the his running in the sec and exhaustion. Ward maintained country.
At the end of the first his quiet serenity- ards behind the lead with a vengeance.
the velvet glove In golfing circles the match has aroused considerable interest and the next 200 yards
a good deal of money is at stake in veryone and led by
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Impressed by|
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Foster holds the record at Ad- The rest of the events were the dington with 65, and at Coombe Hill in which F. R more exciting for the turmoil of with 67. ought back at him. He close competition. M. M. Scarr was not content just to secure sec-1 (Cambridge) fought doggedly to ond place, but set out to beat Brown. gain his double in the sprints. First He almost caught him up the fin- he won the 100 yards by a foot sharp is the Fenner's bend, and he of FOUR per cent (4%) for the six ishing straight, and Brown was from H. E. Askew, his second must have lost at least two yards months ending 30th June, 1987, called upon to draw on even more string, after being a yard behind in recovering his balance. He then amounting to FORTY cents per speed from his prodigious reserves. him 30 yards from the tape, and tore after Scarr and actually pass-share on the Fully Paid up Sh
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Scarr's double brought useful points to Cambridge and after th sixth exent the scores were level, but after that the A.A ́A. went steadily ahead. The only other man to bring aff a double was D. O. Finla followed up his terrific high hui ing with some sedate and re led but equally successi Thurdling,
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