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THE CHINA MAIL, AUGUST 30, 1939
MIDDLESEX FAIL AGAINST
SURREY AT
AT LORD'S
Yorks Win Title For Third Year In Succession
KENT'S SPLENDID VICTORY OVER LANCASHIRE
LONDON, TO-DAY. As reported yesterday, York- shire have won the County Cricket Championship for the third year in succession.
Team to have given them the greatest competition throughout the season-Middlesex met with a further re- verse, at the hands of Surrey, to whom they lost on the first innings, and can now only finish a very bad second even if they win their remaining two fixtures.
There were no other really notable for 4 wickets when stumps were results although the victory of Kent drawn. over Lancashire by five wickets was meritorious.
The Hop County were led by 80 runs on the first innings and Lancs then scored 301 for 9 dec. in their second. Set to score nearly 400 runs in the fourth innings of the match, Kent have Fagg to thank for the accomplishment of this task.
This brilliant batsman scored સ dashing 138.
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BACK TO FORM
Edrich, who has returned to his best form after a bad start to the season, scored no fewer than 110 not out to the first innings total of 185, whilst Robertson, a comparative un- known, made 140 in the second, in- nings.
The two England bowlers, Nichols and Farnes were chiefly responsible for Essex's victory over Northamp- Nichols took 6 for 39 in the first innings, while Farnes took 6 for 47 in the second.
Tom Goddard, of Gloucestershire, tonshire. has had a notable season. The acme of consistency throughout, he is still
Against taking wickets.
Notts at Nottingham he took 6 for 77 and 5 for 70 to dismiss this county for low scores on each occasion, and, with W. R. Hammond making a typical 153, Gloucestershire won easily with an innings to spare.
Middlesex, although led on the first innings and having to face a total
At Dudley, Worcestershire beat War- wickshire on the first innings. Worcestershire-368 (Hollles 5 for 84)........
and 299 for 8 dec. Warwickshire 317 (Parks 5 for 82)
and 35 for 2.
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At Lord'o, Surrey beat Middlesex on of 378 for 7 dec. in their second, the first inningo. made a valiant effort to get the runs Surrey-234 and against Surrey and had scored
(Squires 142).
328
376 for 7 dec.
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TENNIS
WIGHTMAN
CUP PLAYERS SCORE WINS
Brookline (Mass.), August 16.-Miss Kay Stammers and Mrs. Freda Ham- mersley, the British Wightman Cup players, beat Mrs. P. H. Theopold and Miss Virginia Ellis of Boston, 6-1, 6-0, in the second round of the American lawn tennis doubles championships here to-day. In another second round match, Miss Alice Marble and Mrs. S. P. Fabyan beat Miss Patricia Cum- ming, of New Jersey, and Miss Mari- · lyn M'Rae, of Arkansas, 6-2, 6-2.
R. L. Riggs and E T. Cooke, the Wimbledon champions, won their first round match against Lytton Dowson and Philip Jameson, whom they beat 6-2, 6-1, 6-2. In a second round match Robert Peacock and Douglass Imhoff, the National inter-collegiate champions, beat Jacques Brugnon and Bernard Destremeau, 6-4, 6-2, 6-3.
Miss Mary Hardwick and Miss Va- lerie Scott beat Mrs. Whitfield Painter and Miss Polly Morrill of Massachu- setts, 6-4, 6-4, in a second round match.
Jack Crawford and H. C. Hopman, the Australian players, beat R. Kam- rath and P. Hudlow, 6-4, 6-4, 3-0, 6-4 in, a second round match, while Char- les Hare, the British Davis Cup play- er, and Ladislaus Hecht, the former Czecho-Slovakian Davis Cup player, beat the Brothers Murphy, of Chicago, 7-9, 6-4, 6-4, 6-3 in a second round match. Press Association.
Middlesex 185 (Edrich 110 not out) LAWN TENNIS
and 328 for 4. (Robertson 140).
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At Ashby-de-la-Zouch, Glamorgan beat Leicestershire on the first in- nings.
Glamorgan-334 (M. J. Turnbull 156)
and 153 for 7.
Leicestershire-292 (Watson 145).
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At Clacton, Essex beat Northamp- tonshire by 210 runs. Essex-206 and 304 for 5 dec. Northants-173 (Nichols 6 for 39) and
127 (Farnes.6 for 47).
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At Nottingham, Gloucestershire beat Nottinghamshire by an Innings and 66 runs.
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Gloucestershire-395 for 9 dec. (W. R.
Hammond 153).
MASKELL RETAINS PRO. TITLE
London, August 20-D. Maskoj! (All-England), the holder,
beat
T. C. Jeffery (Melbury), who is the ex-holder, by 6-3, 6-4, 6-3 in the final of the singles in the Professional Championships of Great Britain at Devonshire Park, Eastbourne.
The match, which lasted fifty minu- tes, was rather disappointing. Jeffery lacked the control he had shown all the week, and was inclined to over- hit the slower ball, especially on the backhand. Play was mostly from the
Notto-199 (Goddard 6 for 77) and 140 base-line, with both men usually find-
(Goddard 5 for 70).
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At Dover, Kent beat Lancashire by 6 wickets.
ing a passing shot on the few occasions when the other sought the net.
In the first set Maskell broke through the service in the sixth game, Lancs-262 (Harding 5 for 54) and and took the set in the ninth. In the
301 for 9 dec. Kent-182 (Wilkinson 5 for 54) and
·382 for 5 (Fagg 138).
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At Taunton, Derbyshire beat Somer- set by 7 wickets. Somerset-211 and 182, Derbyshire-134 (Buse 8 for 41) and 262 for 3. (Townsend 142 not out). -Reuter.
TO-DAY'S MATCHES
At Lord's-Middlesex v Warwickshire. At Oval-Surrey v Lancashire. At Leicester-Lolcestershira v Derby-
tgahlées.
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second set, which was on much the same lines.
Jeffery produced fine forehand drives, but Maskell hai the better control, and his angled backhand drives were a feature of 'the play.
In the third set Jeffery, winning against the service, went to a 3-love lead. At this stage he seemed dis- turbed at a doubtful decision, and Maskell, driving fluently, won the next six games and the match.
U.S. BASEBALL
'New York, To-day. The following are the results of
At Taunton Somerset v Northamp-matches played yesterday in the Ma-
Mahira, m
At Hove-Sussex v Yorkshira (J. H.
Parke' Benefit).
jor Leagues:-
National League St. Louis 1 Boston
2; other games postponed owing to
At Worcester-Worcestershire v Not rain.
tinghamshire.
American League-New York 6 De-
At Canterbury--Kont v West Indies.troit 7; Boston-7 Cleveland 4.----Reuter.