THE CHINA MAIL, JULY 20, 1988.
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TOURISTS CRUSH NOTTS
Bradman Reaches 2,000 Runs
A. L. HASSETT BRILLIANT
London, To-day. Thanks to another brilliant Brad-' man century, which carried this player's total for the season over the 2,000 mark, and a fine innings the by diminutive A. L. Hassett,
com- Australians, dismissed for a
in paratively low score by Notts their first innings, eventually won by the large margin of 412 runs.
Bradman scored his 144 as the result of wonderful off-driving and hit one six and 17 fours in an in- nings which occupied him 179 min- utes. In partnership with Hassett (124), he added 216 in '140 minutes. for the second wicket.
Hassett drove brilliantly and the scored with pretty shots on leg. He hit one six and 15 fours in a chanceless display.
Set to score some 550 runs in the fourth innings of the match, Notts failed miserably against the wiles of Fleetwood-Smith and were all out for 137. Hardstaff was the only batsman to make anything like a stand and he was undefeat- ed with 67.
Scores:
Australians-243 (D. G. BradmanTM56, S. F. Barnes 58; C. B. Harris 4 for 60) and 458 for 4 dec. (Brad- man 144, A. L. Hassett 124).
Notts-147 and 137 (J. Hardstaff 67 not
out; Fleetwood-Smith 5 for 39).
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German's Sensational Le Mans Protest
Le Mans
This year, for the first time since the A protest was officially lodged four successive victories of the Bentley against two of the nine English British sports car in Europe, not a team catablished the prestige of the cars entered for the Le Mans 24 single British manufacturer has enter- |hour Grand Prix, the most fam- ed or is supporting an entry.
ous long-distance motor race in
London, July 4. Typical of the many tributos paid to Milo. Longlen is this one by H. W. Austin: "Sho was undoubtedly the greatest woman player and the most dazzling personality that has ever played. the_game of tennis.. Sho was really in comparable. Milo. Leng-always len was a wonderful, vital por part. sonality."
Miss Betty Nuthall said to-day that her first rocollection of Mlle. Longlon was as a school- girl of 10 or 12, when she played Wavertree's with her at Lady garden party in Regent's Park, "I have never forgotten the mot- ting, because of her great" per- sonality.
the world, in which English SUNDERLAND
drivers and English cars have
played a conspicuous SIGN
The protest was made by the entrant FORWARD
of the two German cars in the race, on
Sunderland have secured the
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the ground that in neither case is the English car owned or driven by the same persons who owned or drove it transfer of John Smeaton, an last year. It is maintained that this is side-forward from Blackburn necessary under the rules if these cars Rovers, Joining the Rovers from are to be allowed to compete for the St. handicap prize known as the "Rudge- She was most under- .. standing of my carly mistakes, Whitworth Trophy." and I owe a great deal to her en couragement.”.
M. Guillou, president of the French Lawn Tennis Federation. said:-"She was such a good comrade. We all loved her. Not only was her past so brilli- ant, but she had a great future before her, for her school was
lawn vory, valuable to French tennis. Mile. Longlen was the greatest woman player who has over lived."
Johnstone, he Scottish League club, two years ago, Smeaton played in 18 League games in his first
The protest is unfortunate, because in each case there is good reason for season and 20 matches last the change of name. In one case the former owner, M. K. Bilney, was killed at Donington last autumn, and in the other Miss Dorothy Stanley Turner, who, with a friend, drove and qualified last year, is now ill in hospitaf in the South of France.
year.
BLUE FOR D. E. YOUNG
D. E. Young (K.C.S., Wimbledon, and Brasenose), a senior and slow Such changes from one year to the leg-break bowler who, in the first other are frequent in this race, and the innings against Lancashire took entries were accepted and approved by six wickets for 58 runs, has been II | the promoting club.
awarded his cricket Blue at Oxford.
HOR
UNLUCKY GIBB
Out Of Fourth Test
London, To-day.
P. Gibb, Cambridge and Yorkshire wicket-keeper batsman, has been adjudged unfit to play in the Fourth Test against Australia at Leeds on Friday and has been replaced by Price, of Middlesex.
Gibb has been particularly un- fortunate. Given his chance in the Third Test owing to an injury to Ames, England's stumper, rain made it impossible for a single ball to be bowled
He was injured last week in the Gentleman Players match at Lord's when he was struck by a fast ball from Edrich, but was provisionally selected for match.Router
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