COUNTY CRICKET
THE CHINA MAIL, AUGUST 16, 1939.
Yorkshire Almost Certain
To Win
Championship
Hutton As A Bowler: Tykes Have Good Win
Middlesex Badly Beaten By Surrey
LONDON, TO-DAY.—As a result of the series of County Cricket Championship matches which concluded yester- day, Yorkshire are now virtually assured of the Champion- ship for the third year in succession.
The Tykes, after having several awkward periods against Worcestershire, who are one of the three counties to have beaten them this year, emerged successful, where- as their closest rivals, Middlesex, met with an unexpected reverse at the hands of Surrey.
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AMERICAN FOOTBALL
London, August 5. Two teams of footballers from the United Statos are to tour Britain, Eiro, and the Continent next summer, giving exhibitions of American code in football, the exciting. which players wear crash hel. mets and shoulder and arm guardo.
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Yorkshire-171 (Perks 5 for 65) and 309
(Hutton 109).
Thanks to their amateurs, Challe and Valentine, Kent had a fine vic-Worcestershire-194 and 197 (Hutton 5 for tory over Sussex at Hastings.
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score for victory which Hampshire and Leicestershire, were 169 runs to in opposition at Southampton, where task they accomplished for the loss of
only 2 wickets. Hants won by 117 runs.
Hutton was the man of the York- shire-Worcestershire match. This grand young batsman, saved the day in the Tykes' second innings, scoring a typical century, while he also em- erged as a bowler when Worcester- shire batted again, to take 5 for 58,
In a match which Anished before It will be recalled that at lunch on
of lunch on Monday, Essex beat Derby. At the Oval, Surrey beat Middlesex Saturday, Yorkshire had lost six their best wickets for only 90 runs.shire in an extraordinarily low-scor-eight wickets. They finally totalled 171, however, ing match by an innings and 31 runs. Middlesex-217 (Parker 4 for 34) and 223.
Surrey 272 (R. W. V. Robins 6 for 86) and This result not enough to
was achieved with prevent which was
171 for 2. only 180. The unplayable Worcestershire taking first innings total of
these two batsmen topped the century At Southampton, Hampshire boat Leices. in the first innings, while Fagg made forshire by 117 runs.
lead.
Hutton's batting and bowling then established the champions' supremacy and they won by 89 runs.
ROBINS' EFFORT
a brilliant 131 not out in the second | Hampshire-205 (Sperry 5 for 83) and 245
for 7 dec. to enable Kent to win by 108 runs.
Leicestershire-189 and 164.
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At Hastings, Kent beat Sussex by 100.
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SWIMMING CHAMPIONSHIPS
HEATS HELD YESTERDAY-
Colony
Swimming heats for the Championships were held in the pool of the Victoria Recreation Club yes- terday.
The following were the results: 50 Yards Froo-style.-Heat 1: 1, D. H. Taylor (25-1/5); Lo Yuk-wing (25-3/5). Heat 2: 1, Ng Tsan-man (25-3/5); Ng Nin (25-3/5); Chan Wing-kai (25-4/5).
Boys 100 yards championship.— Heat 1: 1, Tam Tjong-thiam (85-4/5); 2, Yeung Wing-pui (67-4/5); 3, Yau Sai-kwan (68-3/5). Heat 2: 1, Pat Jorge (64-3/5); Kong Wah (06-3/5).
Members 100 yards free-style handi- cap.-1, Jose Marques (72-4/6); F. A. Sousa (74-4/5); C. Mackintosh (76- 2/3).
Boyo 100 yards handicap.-Heat 1: Heat 1, B. Alonso; 2, B. el Arcuili. 2: 1, J. Gomes; 2, Eric Ho.
Ladles. 50 yarde free-style handicap (finalista).-Miss I. Lopes, Miss M. Lachlen, Mrs. F. J. Willey and Mrs. F. N. Barten.
Ladies 50 yard back-stroke /cham- plonship (finalists).-Clara S. C. Young, Doreen Weir, Vera Carvalho,
bowling of the new Test selection, Ni- chols, who took 11 for 44 in the match, Kent 440 for 8 dec. (F. G. H. Chalk 124, Sai Wal-hing, and Dorcas Cheung.
Farnes, and a fine spell by Kenneth England's former Test opening bowl- er, saw Derbyshire dismissed for : and 79 respectively.
B. H. Valentine 104; Wood 5 for 90) and 223 for 4 dec. (Fagg 131 not out). Sussex-191 (Wright G for 69) and-364 (John
Langridge 141):
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At Northampton, Warwickshire beat Nort hamptonshire on the first "Innings.
Despite some fine bowling by R. W. V. Robins, Middlesex were unable to score enough runs against Surrey and lost by the large margin of eight wickets.
Batting first, Middlesex were never happy against Parker, who took 4 for 34, and were all out for 217. This Do- total Surrey topped by 55 runs.
At Bradford, Yorkshire beat Worcester. Notts-237 and 234 (Phillipson 7 for 55). Lancs.-149 and 323 for 4 (Paynter 154). ing little better in their second ven-shire by 89 runs.
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COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIP At Weston-super-Mare, Glamorgan beat Warwickshire-371 for. 4 dec. (Hill 138, R. Somerset by 2 wickats.
E. S. Wyatt 151) and 200 for 4. Northants-357 (R. P. Nelson 93; Hollies 7
for 110).
Somerset-127 (Matthews 8 for 40, Judge 4
for (6) and 201 (Smart 5 for 39). Glamorgan-151 and 179 for 8 (Andrews 5
for 64).
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At Nottingham, Lancashire beat Notts by
6 wickets.
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At Southend, Essex beat Derbyshire by an innings and 31 runa.
Derbyshire-70 (Nichols 6 for 18) and 79
(Nichols 5 for 20, Farnes 5 for 52). Essex-180.
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OTHER MATCHES
LAWN BOWLS TEAMS FOR SATURDAY
FIRST DIVISION
K.C.C.
V. C. Labrum, J. W. M. Brown, H. Nish and F. Goodwin (skip).
T. A. Madar, W. Hyde, J. Fraser and E. C. Fincher (skip).
Geo. Lee, W. Mulcahy, E. Kern and J. Hyde (skip)..
SECOND DIVISION
H.K.F.C.
J. S. Howell, K. S. Robertson, W. Gill and J. A. R. Selby (skip).
R. P. Shaw, C. B. Robertson, W. J. Reid and A. Brooksbank (skip).
E. L. Strange, G. Duncan, L. Lam- mert and N. Bebbington (skip).
THIRD DIVISION
K.C.C.
W. H. Hobbs, A. Madar, R. S. Mea-
At Cheltenham (College Ground), Glouces- | dows and J. M. Jack (skip). torshire beat West Indies by 7 wickets. West Indies-162 and 220.
W. Naef, G. E. Taylor, W. A: Ram-
Gloucestershire-152 (Constantine 5 for 40) sey and T. W. Carr (skip).
and 231 for 3.-Reuter.
TO-DAY'S MATCHES
At Lord's-M.C.C. v. Gentlemen of Ireland
(two days).
At Southend Essex v. Middlesex (L. C.
Eastman's Benefit),
At Cheltenham (College Ground)-Glouces-
tershire v. Derbyshire.
At Preston-Lancashiro v. Glamorgan. At Nottingham-Nottinghashire Hamp.
abire,
V:
T. Hunter, J. R. HIйl, A...Wright and W. W. Hirst (skip).
H.K.F.C.
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J. I. Barnes, F. D. Angus, H. G. Wal- lington and V. Walker (skip). ̧
F. Anslow, A. Watson, J. Ralston and H.-H. Pegg (skip).
E. Casey, G. S Graver, J. Gelling and J. Russell (skip).
H.K.E.R.C.
A. G. Gardner, H. S. McKay, G. T. Padgett and G. G. S. Thomson (skip). R. A. Butler, W. Macfarlane, L. do
At Weston-super-Mare-Somerset v. Surrey.Rome and W. B. Muskett (skip).
At Hastings-Sussex. v. Leicestershire. At Worgoster-Worcestershira¬v, Kent, At Scarborough-Yorkshire ́v. Warwickshire. At Swindon. (0. W.. Rly.. Ground)-Wilt-
shira v. West Indies (two days).
The honpurs of the day were vir- tually in Yorkshire's pocket at 3 o'clock on Monday afternoon, for Sur- rey were then making the most mo- dest of responses to a first innings to- tal of 408. F. R. Brown came to the wicket to steal not only honours but Yorkshire's peace of mind and very nearly their self-respect as well You may score your centuries against Yorkshire if you will (or it you can) but not centuries of sixes and fours and all made in less than two hours, This is surely misunderstanding of the filness of things. M, Kilburn.
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J. K. Sloan, V. Sorby, S. Deacon and H. V. Wilkinson (akip).
U.S. BASEBALL
New York, To-day. The following were the results of games played in the major League yesterday:
American League: Washington 2, New York 3; Cleveland 3 Detroit 0 "(game went to 12 innings).
National League New York S Brooklyn 8; Philadelphia 4 Boston 3; Pittsburgh 6. Cinobatt! 6-Router.
Playing in the Second Round of Kowloon tennis tournament yesterday. Mr. and Mrs. "Cricket" "Club's ⠀- mixed doubler : nafticap a. C. Burnett. (−30.2) heat: Mr... and Min. R. Wexham (scr.) (-3);