THE CHINA MAIL, AUGUST 19, 1939.
TWO THRILLING FINISHES MARK ENGLISH FIRST-CLASS CRICKET Middlesex Win By 5 Runs; Derbyshire Win By 1.
NICHOLS' DISTINCTION; BUTLER'S "HAT-TRICK'
LONDON, TO-DAY. — A wealth of interesting incidents and thrilling matches marked the first-class cricket pro- gramme which concluded yesterday.
Middlesex beat Essex by 5 runs; Derbyshire beat Glou- cestershire by 1 run; Nichols of Essex, a Test selection, be- came the first cricketer this season to score 1,000 runs and take 100 wickets; and Butler of Notts, in taking 5 for 23 against Hampshire, performed the "hat-trick.”
Yorkshire had little difficulty in able performances were Heane's 8 for beating Warwickshire at Scarborough, 52 for Notts, and centuries by Walk- and are more firmly than ever, en-er, for Hampshire, and Joe Hardstaff trenched at the hend of the county for Notts. championship table.
Gloucestershire had really dreadful luck at the Cheltenham College Ground. Dismissed for 81 in their first innings by Copson and Alfred Pope, they made a grand recovery in their second, W. R. Hammond batting dourly for 87. When only one run short of Derbyshire's total, however, the last man was dismissed!
An
equally thrilling match was that at Southend, where Middlesex, the biggest threat to Yorkshire for the championship, just scraped through against Essex by 5 runs.
Obtaining a narrow lead of 19 runs on the first innings, Middlesex were
Amateur F. R. Brown is making a great difference to the Surrey side, Following several splendid bowling performances recently, he took 8 for 34 against Somerset to enable Surrey to win by 10 wickets.
Record-breaking batsman, Len Hut- ton, appears to have established him- self as a bowler in the Yorkshire side. In Yorkshire's last match, against Worcestershire, he took 5 for 58, and, in the latest, against Warwickshire, he took 5 for 70.
It will be interesting to see if he is bowled in the Test which starts at the Oval to-day.
FINAL TEST
AT THE OVAL TO-DAY
The third and final cricket Test between England and West In- dies starts at the Oval to-day.
England won the first at Lord's by 6 wickets and the second at Manchester was drawn.
The West Indies team has not been announced but the England team is as follows:-
W. R. Hammond (Capt.), Hut- ton, Compton, Hardstaff, Nichols, Wood, Wright, Goddard, Perks, Oldfield and Keeton.-Reuter.
Essex-196 (Smith 5 for 197 (Sims 8 for 62). * *
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At Cheltenham College Ground, Derbyshire beat Gloucestershire by 1
run.
Derbyshire-193 and 148 (Lambert 6 for 69).
Gloucestershire-81 (Copson 5 for 45, Alfred Pope 5 for 25)
and 259 (W. R. Hammond 87; Mitchell 5 for 75).
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At Worcester, Kent beat Worcester- In the same match, Norman Yard-shire by an Innings and 109 runs.
dismissed for 183 in their second.ley, former Cambridge captain, all but Kent-192 (B... H. Valentine 113, Essex made a great effort and just performed the enviable feat of scor- Ames 201; Perks 5 for 75). failed to reach their opponents' total,ing a century in each innings. Sims bowling splendidly, to take 8 for 62.
There must have been some fire- works at Worcester, where those two dashing batsmen, B. H. Valentine and Leslie Ames, took heavy toll of Wor- cestershire's attack.
Ames returned one of his best performances of the season in
scoring 201.
Feature of the match at Nottingham was Butler's "hat-trick" but other not-
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Worcestershire-142 (Wright: 7 for Having scored 108 in the first in-46) and 241 (Wright 6 for 77). nings, he was 83 in the second when Yorkshire's innings was declared closed.
Scores as cabled by Reuter:-
COUNTY - CHAMPIONSHIP
At Preston, Lancashire beat Glam- organ by 10 wickets.
Glamorgan-176 (Pollard 6 for 34) and 139.
113;
Lancashire-284 (Phillipson Judge 5 for 81) and 32 for 0.
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At Southend, Middlesex beat Essex by 5 runs.
At Nottingham, Notts beat Hamp- Middlesex-215 (Nichols 4 for 102) shire by an innings and 97 runs. and 183.
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Hampshire-296 (Walker 147; Heane
6 for 52) and 72 (Butler 5 for 23, including "hat-trick.")
Notts 465 for 9 dec. (Hardstaff 159).
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At Weston-super-Mare, Surrey beat Somerset by 10 wickets.
Surrey-414 and 48 for 0. Somerset-147 F. R. Brown 8 for 34) and 313 (Watts 5 for 59).
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At Scarborough, Yorkshire Warwickshire by 106 runs,
Yorkshire-403 (N. W. D. Yardley 108; Grove 5 for 102) and 171 for 4 dec. (Yardley 83 not out.)
Warwickshire-158 (Verity 7
GOLF
PADGHAM WINS NEWS-CHRONICLE"
TOURNAMENT
Brighton, To-day. Alf Padgham, who in the second round of the "News Chroni- cle" £1,000 golf tournament at Brighton, returned one of the lowest scores ever in first- class golf, won the tourna- ment which concluded yes- terday by 5 strokes.
R. A. Whitcombe, who finished in 289, wins the Vardon Trophy award- ed by the Professional Golfers' Asso- ciation of Britain for the best per- formances in major tournaments and open events throughout the season.
The following were the results:— A. Padgham Percy Allis Cox
72, 64, 72 and 71-279 70, 72, 72 and 70=284 70, 71, 73 and 70-284 S. King
08, 67, 78 and 73=286 70, 75, 70 and 71-286 S. Field
The scores of other notable players
76, 73, 74 and 75=298
were: Burton
C. Whitcombe 68, 76, 71 and 74-289 R. Whitcombe 69, 72, 74 and 74289 Rees
73, 74, 76 and 69=292
Reuter,
ENGLISH LEAGUE AND GLAND TREATMENT
A notice to effect that football clubs cannot enforce their players to under- 90 gland treatment has been sent to each of the 88 clubs of the English Football League.
The circular says: "An investiga- tion is at present being made into the effects of gland treatment as applied to athletes, and especially football players.
"Pending the results of this investi- gation players are informed that the taking of such treatment, either by injection or through the mouth, is en- tirely voluntary, and cannot be en- forced.
"This notice must be posted in club for dressing rooms.
35) and 310 (RE.S. Wyatt 138; Hut- ton 5 for 70).-Reuter.
Mr. F. Howarth, secretary of the League, yesterday said that the letter was the decision of the clubs in April At Oval-England V. West Indies when they agreed to an investigation
TO-DAY'S MATCHES
(Third Test. Match).
At Ilkeston-Derbyshire v. Notting-
hamshire.
At Cardiff-Glamorgan v.. Northamp•:{
tonshire.
At Cheltenham (College Ground)- Gloucestershire v. Middiesax.
At Bournemouth-Hampshire v. Som-
erget.
At Manchester-Lancashire v. Kent.
being made.
U.S. BASEBALL
New York, To-day-Following are the results of major baseball games
At Eastbourne-Bussox v. Worcester-played yesterday:
shire.
At Birmingham-Warwickshire
Surrey.
At Sheffield-Yorkshire v. Essex.
National League: New York Giants v.2 Philadelphia 5; Brooklyn 3 Boston 4;
St. Louis 3 Pittsburgh 0;
American League: Philadelphia Athletic 0 New York Yankees 5; Bos-
I would like some of our boy tennis | ton 6 Washington 2;.. "hopes" to see the way the youngsters work at tennis in California. It is the same with them as with the girls No amount of practice is too much trouble, I think one of our troubles with boys over here is that their in- terest is so much divided Cricket does not rival tennis in America, Over here
certainly does Kay Stammers.
-Reuter.
They tell me that Soccer failed in America because it swiftly jumped in- to the hands of racketers when it was discovered that it could be put over as a major entertainment,.---Trevor Wignall,