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Fishlock Scores Century In Both Innings
BARNETT'S DOUBLE
CENTURY
London, To-day A grand struggle for the county cricket championship is being staged by Yorkshire and Middlesex. After holding a slender lead for a week, the former have once again been forced to yield pride of place as the result of dropping points against Surrey.
Best individual feat is credited to Fishlock, of Surrey, who com
powerful pletely mastered the
invalu- Yorkshire attack to score able centuries in both innings. He was given great assistance in the second innings by Gregory, who also passed the hundred mark
A minor sensation was caused at Gloucester, where the home county beat Lancashire by no fewer than 215 runs. Chiefly responsible for the winners fine first innings total of 427 was Barnett, who batted brilliantly to score 232:
CLAY AGAIN!
has
LARWOOD SUSPENDED
London, August of
SPRINGBOKS MAKE LAST-
An official statement sued MINUTE RALLY.
by the Secretary of the Notts Pricket Club sta that H. Lar wood has been suspended for the remainder of the season for a breach of discipline, following a resolution by the Committee. and Secretary The declined
-Reuter.
A.E. COATES'
New Zealand Forwards In Grand Display
COMBINED XV FAIL TO HOLD LEAD
Hamilton (NZ), July 29. The Springboks, who this after- noon beat the Waikato and King Country combined team here by six points to three, after trailing ni- three until the last ten minutes, had a salutary lesson in the effec tiveness of New Zealand forwards on heavy grounds.
ball, too, was greasy, rendering CONQUEROR SUCCUMBS
Xavier Beats Ramsey: U. M. Omar Wins
Several games were played in the Fourth Round of the Colony Open Singles Lawn Bowls Championship yesterday, G. H. Sherriff, of the Kowloon Bowling Green Club, a J. C. Clay, whose bowling been one of the features of the mild surprise when he beat A. W. present season, was again to the fore Grimmitt, the 1934 triple title holder, by a convincing score of 21 against Leicester, capturing
to 10 on the 19th head. wickets in the course of the game for 126 runs. The Welch county won easily by nine wickets.
All remaing matches went as pected.
Scores as cabled by Reuter:
COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIP
16
A. R. Dallah, Indian R.C. bowler who on Monday beat A. E. Coates (holder), went down to S. Randle, ex-of the Civil Service, by 21 shots to
At Cardiff, Glamorgan beat Leices- tershire by nine wickets Leicestershire-152 (Clay 6 for 66)
5 for 38).
Glamorgan 350 and 20 for 1
$19.
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Schwartz had previously an nounced that he was available. Mrs. Hopman will accompany her husband. The players will leave on Angust 28 The Germans, G. von Cramm and Henkel, will also compete in the Japanese events.
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TENNIS TOUR CANCELLED
Standard Not High Enough
The field, following several showery days, was deep in slush, and further rain fell intermittently during the match, the forwards to- wards the close being unrecognis- able beneath the film of mud. The
Melbourne. July 31 The council of the Lawn Tennis accurate handling practically im-Association of Australia. at a possible.
special meeting to-day, unanimously The Springboks throughout the decided to cancel the proposed Aus- first spell made the grace error of tralian tour late this year by an trying to attack with the backs, who English women's lawn tennis team repeatedly mishandled, yan de consisting of Misses M. Hardwick, Vyver and Hofmeyr being the prin- F. James, J. Ingram, M. Heeley, and cipal offenders. The rangy and virile M. Whitmarsh. combined forwards profited by these errors. One rush, covering 70 yards, yielded a try by Trustrum, the King Country's "sporting parson," who played grandly.
QUICK SCORING
The following cable message was sent to the president of the L.TA. A. Mr. Norman Brookes, who is in London: “Owing to the standard of the team not being such as to as sure the success of the tour, it is This unconverted try gave the regretted that the proposed team combined team a lead which it held cannot be accepted. Please refer to until the last ten minutes, when jour letter to Mr. R. H. Youdale. of Turner kicked a penalty goal, fol- April 2, 1936.” lowing which Strachan almost im- In the letter to Mr. Yondale, who mediately scored the Springboks is its London representative, the winning try from a forward scram-LTAA sought the visit of an ble. The combined team, with English women's team, and asked three minutes left, strove unavail- that it should consist of the Wight ingly to pull the game from the fire, man Cup players who are visiting and was attacking at the final the United States this year. A parti- Jcular request was made for the best
U. M. Omar, a former champion, defeated T. Armstrong, of the Kowloon Bowling Green Club, by 23 shots to 16 on the 25th head at whistle. the Kowloon CC. green
At the Kowloon B.G.C., H. A.
and 217 (Clay 4 for 60 Matthews Alves, of Club de Recreio, H. Overy, of the Kowloon C.C. by 23 shots to 19 on the 26th head, and beat on the same green L. F. Xavier de
feated J. V. Ramsey 21 shots to 20 in exciting game which took 27
At Chesterfield, Derbyshire Worcestershire by 45 runs. Derbyshire 175 and 270. Worcestershire 185 and 215 (Kimpton heads to decide
106).
Also at the K.C.C, J. S. Russell At Gloucester-Gloucestershire beat beat J. Cook by 21 shots to 16. Lancashire by 215 runs.
Gloucestershire 127 (Barnett. 232) and
204 for 4. dec.
Lancashire-230 (Iddon 114) and 186
(Goddard 7 for 65).
At Lord's, Middlesex beat Kent by 71 runs.
Middlesex-277 and 325 for 7 des
(Hart 118).
JAMES PARKS GETS
HIS 2,000
London, July 22: James Parks became the second player to score 2,000 runs this sea- Kent 173 and 358 (Chalk 107, Ames son when he gave Sussex another
90, Robins 5 for 49).
inspiring start against Leicester
Brand, at full-back, played magni- players. ficently, handling the greasy ball
JOCKEY
London, July 24. Gordon Richards rode his 100th winner of the season when he was successful on Devon in the Severn
faultlessly and kicking accurately. GREAT DAY FOR It was easily his best display to date. Turner, too, excelled, parti CHAMPION cularly in the second spell after the Springboks had brought him into the centre, transferring Hofmeyr to the wing Of the combined team, Robinson, the diminutive half-back, was excellent: as also were Best and Wynyard. All Black forwards. Wynyard, who was the baby of the 1935 AM Blacks, being the best for ward on the field, and strengthen-
Gordon has been champion joc- ing his chances of inclusion in the key for ten out of the last twelve test sides against the Springboks. seasons. He has ridden 2111 win-
QUESTION OF TIME
ners in Great Britain since he began Thirty-five-minute spells were his career in 1925, and has taken played, following prolonged discus-
part in 11,228 races. that, owing to numerous casualties sions, the Springboks contending
At Eastbourne, Somerset beat Sus-shire at Hove yesterday. Parks, who affording them barely 15 fit men, sex on the first innings.
was third out at 135, drove power they should not play longer, where- Somerset 411 (Meyer 125, Cameron fully and made several well-timed as the local union contended that
113) and 188 for 6 dec. Sussex 401 (James Parks 112) and 9 cuts, besides his usual neatly plac-the New Zealand custom of 40-min- ed strokes on the legside. He ute spells should prevail. The ques- made his runs in an hour and altion was eventually left to the cap, tains, Crossman, the local leader, sportingly complying Springboks request..
for "2
At the Oval, Yorkshire beat Surrey half. on the first innings.
Yorkshire 463 (Yardley 101).
Surrey-273 (Fishlock 113) and fol- lowed on 295 for 6 (Fishlock 105, Gregory 109).
At Nottingham, Essex beat Notts
the first innings.
Essex-436) (Vere Hodge 108) and 241)
for 5 Avery 109),
Notts 340 (Keeton 136, Fares 5 for
90).
At Northampton, Warwick beat Nor- thants by nine wickets. Northants-351 (Hollies 7 for 120) and
195 (Hollies 5 for 58). Warwick-391 for 8 dec. (Croom 177)
157 for 12
FRIENDLY:
At Bournemouth," Hainpshire drew with the New Zealanders.
421 (Pothecary 130)
171 for 5 dec.. New Zealanders 324 (Vivian
Creese 6 for 814 and 165 for 5.
TO-DAYS FIXTURES? Clacton-Essex v Lancashire. Eastbourne Sussex v Yorkshire.
tonshire.
112
Worcester Worcestershire v Somerset Bournemouth Hampshire v Northamp Canterbury Kent New Zealand Ashby-de-la-Zouch –– Leicesters
Derbyshire. Nottingham Nottinghamshire v Mid-
diasex.
with the
The game, though hard and keen, was played in admirable spirit. The Springboks were heavily penalised for scrum infringements.
FLYWEIGHT CONTEST NEXT THURSDAY
Selling Handicap at Worcester, to- day.
GRACIE FIELDS SINGS TO CONVICTS
Miss Gracie Fields, the well, known actress, sang to convicts in Maidstone gaol.
Clarence Hatry and Leopold Har- ris, formerly prominent London business men, were among the audi- fence, sitting on hard benches.
· Interviewed Miss Fields said: "I recognised them. It was strange to think that they used to come to several of my shows in their hey- day"
HAGEN AND KIRKWOOD
BEATEN
The fly-weight contest between Peter Kane, of Golborne, and Jim
J. Fallon, of Huddersfield, and J. Warnock, of Belfast, the winner of Nield, the local professional, which is to meet the world chamfeated Walter Hagen and Joe Kirk pion, Benny Lynch, for his title, wood by 2 and 1 18-hole four- will take place at Anfield Football ball match at the Woodsome Hall
club, Huddersfield Ground, Liverpool, next Thursday.