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THE CHINA MAIL, JUNE 21, 1939.
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HOME CRICKET MATCHES Compton And Robertson Give Middlesex Victory
Bowes Gives Notts A Severe Jolt
London, To-day.
IN the entire programme of first-class cricket matches which concluded yesterday, only two reached a definite decision, Middlesex beating Northants by seven wickets at Northampton, and Somerset beating Oxford by 219 runs.
Paynter
son 144, Compton 111 not out).
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At the Oval, Essex beat Surrey on the first innings. Surrey-110 and 140 for 5.
Essex-154 and 248.
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At Buxton, match between Derby and Lancashire was abandoned with Derby-366 (Worthington 101).
scores as follows:-
Lancs.267 for 7 (Paynter 98).
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The victory of Middlesex was a meritorious one. Led by 58 on the first innings, Northants made a fine recovery in their second venture, Timms contributing 120 not out to a total of 343 for Notts on the first innings. 9 dec.
The Northants captain had not | dismiss Notts. for 120. The Cham- bargained for Compton and Robert-pions fared disastrously in their son. These two batsmen took heavy second venture on what was evident- toll of the bowling to knock off the ly an extremely bad wicket and runs for the loss of three wickets, were all out for 108. while they each completed a century. At Buxton, Lancashire were in grave danger of dropping points, when, against Derbyshire who scor- ed 356, they had lost 267 for 7 when rain caused an abandonment. Paynter batted pluckily on a diffi- cult wicket to score 98.
Bowes found a spot immediately when Notts started their second in- nings and when rain washed out further play, had taken 3 without conceding a run.
wickets
COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIP At Birmingham, Worcestershire beat Warwickshire on the first innings. Worcestershire-271 (Mayer 6 for 86)
and 153 (Mayer 5 for 69). Warwickshire 246 (Perks 6 for 55)
and 70 for 1..
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Bowes bowled remarkably for Yorkshire against Notts and it is quite on the cards that he would have given the Tykes an outright
At Northampton, Middlesex win had he but a little more time. Northants by 7 wickets.
Yorkshire made 244 in their first Northants-222 (Sims 7 for 79) and innings and Bowes bowling with 343 for 9 dec. (Timms 120 not
out). deadly effect then took 5 for 29 to Middlesex-280 and 288 for 3 (Robert-
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LAWN BOWLS TOURNEY
CLOSE GAME AT K.B.G.C.
The closest game in the Open Pairs Lawn Bowls championship yesterday was at Kowloon Bowling Green Club where O. P. Remedios and E. de Souza beat T. Fergusson and W. C. Simpson by 24-22 after an extra head.
A. F. Noronha and A. M. Rodrigues had an easy passage against their clubmates F. X. Machado and F. X. M. Silva and won by 29-11. At one beat
stage the winners were leading by 15 shots to 1.
At Nottingham, Yorkshire Yorks-244 and 108 (Jepson 6 for 27). Notts-120 (Bowes 5 for 29) and 3 for 4 (Bowes 3 for 0). (Rain caused abandonment at this stage).
* ** OTHER MATCHES At Bath, Somerset beat Oxford by 219 runs. Somerset-226 (Hayward 6 for 79) and
257.
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Oxford-120 (Wellard 7 for 57) and 144
(Andrews 5 for 43).
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At Leicester, Leicestershire drew with West Indies. West Indies-182 (Smith 5 for 53) and
and 314 for 8. Leicestershire 216 (Martindale 6 for
57).
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At Lord's, match between M.C.C. and Cambridge University was left drawn. M.C.C.-206 and 193. Cambridge-197 (Watkins 5 for 31)
and 133 for 6.
* * * TO-DAY'S MATCHES
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At Chesterfield-Derbyshire v. Leices-
tershire.
At Brentwood-Essex v. Hampshire. At Bristol-Gloucestershire
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v. Cam-
bridge University. At Bath Somerset v. Kent. At Worthing-Sussex. v. Nottingham-
shire.
At Worcester-Worcestershire v. Lan-
cashire.
At Bradford-Yorkshire v. Glamorgan. At Scunthorpe-Lincolnshire v. West
Indies (two days).
between C. S. Rosselet and L. C. R. Owing to a late start the game
Souza and R. Duncan and A. M. Holland had to be abandoned at the 18th head with the C.C.C. pair leading 26 shots to 18.
At the Civil Service Cricket Club, B. W. Bradbury and A. E. Coates won against T. Locke and W. K. Way while on the same green R. S. Meadows and W. H. Hobbs beat Razack in J. S. Landolt and A. their match continued from Mon- day, by 27-17. At the 15th head, they were leading 20-13. beat F. A. Machado and F. X. M. Sil- A. F. Noronha and A. M. Rodrigues. va 29-11.
led R. Duncan and A. M. Holland 26-18 L. C. R. Souza and C. S. Rosselet
(game stopped at the 1st head).
O. Remedios and E. Souza beat W. C. Simpson and T. Ferguson 24-22.
A. E. Coates and B. W. Bradbury beat T. Locke and W. K, Way-23-14...
R. S. Meadows and H. R. Hobbs beat J. S. Landoll and A. Razuck 27-17.
With my hand on my heart I declare the Italian-English match to be the greatest international I have ever seen, This because it was not one but both sides who soared to the heights-and stayed there, Because for all its fierce cut and thrust there were a hundred acts of personal sportsmanship--spon- taneously sincere, not theatrical.-L. V. Manning,
Chipping Technique
By BEST BALL
The nearer the golfer comes to the green the further back toward the right foot the ball should rest in relation to the stance. The feet are placed closer together creat- ing a narrow stance, which allows easier bodily movement. This is important for in the short shots the swing is by necessity not given to taking such a wide arc as char- acterizes the longer ranges, Still there should be some body action to keep the muscles from becom- ing restricted. One of greatest faults in golf is tension and even in a shot as short as the putt some bodily action is allowed to offset it...
By using some body turn in a shot of this type the swing can be accelerated more gradually and the clubhead brought onto - the ball more precisely. Using an arm motion only, the golfer would have to swing more quickly to gain. 88 much power and haste here often means waste.. Let the clubhend float onto the ball on the down- Ward swing, its positionhear the right foot facilitates this, and the loft of the clubhead raise
GRAPHIC GOLE
CHIP SHOTS
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NARROW STANCE, BALL WELL
BACK "NEAR. RIGHT FOOT.
HITTING
SHARPLY DOWNWARD,
EASY
FLOWING
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the ball quickly.
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