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SPORT
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 24, 1938
SPORTING NEWS AND NOTES
ALL
THE
THE METEORIC RISE OF
OF LEONARD HUTTON TO
WORLD
NEW SWIMMING POOL
BREAKS SEVEN RECORDS IN ONE
TEST MATCH INNINGS
Bradman Has Discovered A Rival
By New L.B.W.'
At long last a rival to the mighty Don Bradman has arisen in the person of Léonard Hutton. cricket's Man of the Moment. In the course of one single Test innings he has broken four individual records and taken part in the setting of three new partnership marks.
The most important of these is, of course. Bradman's 334, a re- tard for England versus Australia games, made at Leeds in 1930. Then there are:-
Hammond's 336 not cut against New Zealand, the highest score in any Test Match;
R. E Foster's 287 for England against Australia at Sydney in 1903-04, the record score for an Englishman In Tests versus Austra-, lia;
Batted for a longer time than anyone else in first-class cricket,
In partnership with Leyland he put up 382 runs for the second
SUCCESS BEGINS
The Record Breakers
HUTTON BATTED
MUCH LONGER
+5
(BY "NEW" L.B.W."')
Don Bradman, Australian *wizard of the bat." the man with perhaps the most colour- ful career in the history of cricket, super-breaker of re- cords, has found a new, role--i that of being a spectator while. someone else Is breaking one of his records!
Last year, however, the young, THAN BRADMAN pricket, beating (1) Sutcliffe and ster embarked on his task of "Hammond's 188 for that wicket, put justifying the faith his mentor up in 1932-3, and (2) the English had in him and confounding the Test record for any wicket, 323 by critics. In 58 innings, seven of Hobbs and Rhodes for the Arst which were undefeated. he scored wicket in 1911-12;
2.888 runs with an average of His partnership with Hardstaff 56.62. His highest score was one for the sixth wicket beat Ham of 271 not out against Derbyshire mond's and Ames' 186, an English at Sheffield and he made a fault- reconi.
less 100 in the Test against New The rise of the young Yorkshire-Zealand at Manchester.
eight other, centuries. real pro- man, who minence only last year, though Herbert Sutcliffe had predicted a great future for him in 1934, the rear of his debut in first-class cricket.
meteoric,
and his caccer is traced below.
WILS
came into
Hutton was bom on June 23,
1916. at Pulneck,
He hit
This year, of course, Hutton began his career of glory in England versus Australia mat- ches with a debut century in the Arst Test on June 10.
PERFECT TEMPERAMENT.
Picture taken of the new U.S.R.C. swimming pool.
HARVEY V. PHILLIPS FOR FARR'S TITLE
CRICKET FAME
Kent Lose Quickly
To Middlesex
Middlesex, although no play had been possible on the first day of the match, had beaten Kent by an innings and 18 runs at a quarter part 3 at Lord's recently, says The Times.
They had already gained a lead of 51 fans with six wickets yet to fall on Thursday evening before a thunderstorm stopped play, and more rain during the night might have tempted R. W. V. Robins to declare the Innings closed before play was begun. He de- cided, however, to" make some more runs quickly and let Kent struggle afterwards "on wicket which would certainly not im- ".
prove.
Actually it never took spin fast was B good catch at" deep enough to be very difficult. but it square-leg which got rid of him. was awkward enough
his when Smith had already made Smith and Gray were bowing am-presence felt with two or three ply to justify Robin's policy. good blows. which In truth was materially
Once, striving for a new alti- helped by a strange indecision in tude record, he hit the ball so the method of the Kent batsmen. high and so straight above, him.
58.3
bad
Watt and Todd when they be that W. H. W Levett, who wicket for Ames. gan the bowling in the morning keeping knew full well that the batsmen time to run round in a big circle intended to force the pace, and twice before the ball came down. in the circumstances they kept a and when it did at last drop "it" good length, waiting for the false slipped through his gloves. stroke.
beld The game was
up unti! fieldsmen alike Hulme had added only six runs the crowd and to his overnight score before he had recovered from their amaze-
and was caught at the wicket. but J.ment and mirth H. Human, busy as ever, had help-more affected the serious attitude મંત the score along quickly until more normally associated with a vacant Empire he played outside a ball which hit first-class cricket match.
his stumps.
The British Boxing Board of Control last night decided not
of only, to accept Tommy Farr's surrender the British heavy- his Empire heavy-weight weight title, but also to take from him title.
They decided-
contest, for the Eddie title. That Len Harvey and Phillips shall fight for the British The board reserve the right, to
about title, and
change their minds That the new British cham-contenders for the British title the Eddie Phillips-Jack As a sportsman and a fellow-pion shall meet the winner of the after craftsman. the great Don might Larry Gains-Matrice Strickland Doyle fight on Septemt ar 13,
have enjoyed watching Hutton at
work, but as the opposing captafr
it must have been gall and worm- wood to him.
*
As a matter of histerical com- Eminently sound in defence (asparison between the two greatest one mile from befits a man who has come under individual batting leats in cric- Fudsey, which has produced 50 the attention of Sutcliffe) Hutton ket's annals. It is interesting to
is as ideal an opening bat as his note the following:-
many world-famous Yorkshire
cricketers. He made his first ap pearance in cricket of any class In 1933, at the age of 16, when he played in the minor Counties championship. That season" he made 699 runs.
Next year he made his debut in first class cricket and a su premely confident innings of 196 against Worcestershire". drew the attention of the cricketing public to the young Yorkshireman.
who
SUTCLIFFE'S PREDICTION
great colleague was, playing the new ball extremely well and pre- ferring to wear down the bowling rather than take riskg.
Above everything else he possesses that attribute with- out which no cricketer, how-
ever fluent his stroke-making. or versatile his play, will ever
Bradman made his runs in six hours and twenty minutes and gave but one chance. at 273, His, fotal" was made, up of 46 four's, 6 three's, 26 two's, and eighty singles. His 334 was made out of 50% runs put on while he was in.
The bowlers
opposed to him were Larwood, Tate. Geary.
get "far in the great games.Tyldesley (R). Hammond and Ley-
the perfect temperament' for the big occasion.
In this, as much as in any other
land..the rest of the England team being "Hobbs, Sutcliffe, K. S. Duleepsinhji, A. P. F. Chapman captain) and Duckworth." He was caught by Duckworth of bowling,
Tate's
As early as this Herbert Sutcliffe thing, he resembles Stucline, of had studied him carefully. whom it was said that he used to and on whom Hutton had mod-leave the pavilion to open the
Hutton batted for 13 hours and eiled his style to same extent. batting in a Test match with ex- predicted that he would play for actly the same demeanour as he 20 minutes and hit 35 four's. He England shortly, thereby evoking would return during an interval might possibly have been stumped derision from certain quarters.
a century to his credit-early on in his Innings but he gave quiet, conndent. nerveless and no chance that went to hand. The
him bowlers opposed to ready.
were O'Reilly, Fleetwood-Smith; Waite. McCabe and Barnes..
with
In 1935 illness limited his ap- pearances on the field, and, though In 1936 he scored over 1,000 runs. Though defence is his forte. this took him 49 innings and his however, Hutton has all the strokes 30 Inclined he average was under 30, while only and when
one century stood to his credit. brings them all into play, to turi Thus his detractors smiled and from the donrest of batsmen, into Sutcliffe's prediction was sarcas-one as entertaining as any man tically quoted.
U.S. BASEBALL RESULTS
New York, August 23, Two matches in the National Baseball League and one in the American League, were played yes- terday. The scores were as fol- lows:..
now in the game. His off-drive. In particular, is a beautiful shot. Last, but not least, he is a useful teg-break change bowler, and a first-class field.
BARNETT TAKES 11 WICKETS
London, August 22.
EARLIER TEST REPORTS
"London, August" 22. The Weather forecast for the Test match is very cool, overcast and showery."
All the morning newspapers are of the opinion that England is now in an impregnable position. the They shower bouquets O record breaker, Hutton, who broadcast to the nation yesterday Fevening.
'Mr. Howard Marshall, the fam-
C. J. Barnett, dropped by the ous cricket commentator, writing English Selectors from the Fifth in the London Telegraph this Test Match, returned a splendid morning, says "Australis must be
all-round performance for Glou- reflecting uneasily that cestershire against Lancashire in Sutcliffe has arisen.".
笾 new
the County Cricket Championship, That England must go on piling
and was chiefly responsible for up runs to the bitter end is the
O his side's victory by ten wickets. consensus of opinion.
Lancashire totailed 273 in the At 7 o'clock the forecast was
for the first innings, Barnett taking five "sunny and clear."-(Reuter).
"NATIONAL LEAGUE ·
R.
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Pittsburgh
+
9
Chicago
2
3
1.1
(Reynolds homered
Cubs).
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Cincinnati
11
18
St. Louis
4
10
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Chicago
Cleveland
SNEAD WINS
wickets for 62. In their second
knock, Lancashire were dismissed
for. 101. Barnett this time captur-
0 ing six wickets for 40.
On top of this, Barrett scored
| 168 out of 371 in Gloucester's first
innings. Gloucester made seven.
Sporting
Fixtures
TODAY
runs without loss in their second BADMINTON.-Y.M.C.A. Ladies'
uter). knock to win by ten wickets.m
(Reuter).
CANADIAN
GOLF TITLE
Toronto, August 23.
DON. BRADMAN, MONEY-SPINNER
Don Bradman's cash valne
is illustrated in the report of New South Wales Cricket. Association.
Badminton, in the West Lounge.
in the morning. BOWLS-Open Singles,
B. W.
Bradbury v. A. Hyde Lay (Civil Service C.C.).
GOLFH. E. the Governor plays Golf for the HK. V.D.C., at Bhek-
o Club, 1,30 p.m.
TOMORROW
BOWLS-Open Singles, A. R. Dal- lab v. J. Watson (Club.de Re- crelo).
“HB” League,
in the Canadian Open Golf Championship play-off yester- day, Sam Snead and Harry Coop-
When Bradman appeared for DARTS "H.B." League, BAO.B. er tied with scores of after 18 Bouth Australia against his old (G.C.) v. Neptune; Imperial v holes.
Btate at Bydney, the revenue was Playing an additional nine £1,539, but the matches against holes.
Snead, defeated Cooper. Victoria at Bydney produced, only and £130 and £98 and against their aggregates belrig 101
Queensland 2708 and £123... 106 respectively.(Reuter).
Jolly Roger C.P.O.C. y. Embassy. SWIMMING Royal Engineers An- nual Sports Victoria Recreation Club); Entries Close for Colony Championships.
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the
OUT
FIRST BALL
Robins was out first ball, which him for he was no discredit to hit the bali hard enough and It
had
Once
Smith made two more pas- ses at the bill beförs, having judged its pace and direction accurately, he was caught at long-on."
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