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COUNTY CRICKET.
MACAULAY TRIUMPHANT.
DETAILS OF NINE GLOUCESTER OVERWHELMED,
"MATCHES.
MACAULAY IN FORM
All the nine County " cricket, matches which began on Wednes day relied the Point earning stage.
Playing away at Bristol, York- shiro defcated Gloucester by an innings and 41 mins. The scores
were:
Gloucester, 179 and 68. Yorkshire, 279.
Hudres was the only home bats. man to make a stand, scoring 3. Both Tavenshire and Varkable The feature of the match was the had innings vietoPick over Nebbeling of Meanhqs who took 13 and flowcosten mpestivele the Clone: der wirkets for 32 run Porture of the Yorraine matelaix for 49 in the first innings and 1ing, Aucanjaya 44 wirkens for eight for ds in the second.
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There wen fhr centuries in the Warwick gal Northanter' match.
There was an orgy of wicket- falling in the Middlesex and Kent match, the aggregate of the three best bowlers being 24 wickets for 162 runs-just under seven runs per wicket.
The full details are:-
LANCASHIRE'S EASY WIN.
MAKEPEACE MAKES "CENTURY.
London, July 30, Playing away at Leyton, Lan- cashire exsily defeated isoned by an inings and 15 runs, scores were:---
Lancashire), HAD.
Essex,.77 und 129.
The
Makepeace made a contary for Lancashire, scoring 140, whilst Hallows was the next highest con- tributor with 87.
Essex, who had to follow on after the first innings, want down before the bowling of Iddon, who took four wickets for 23 runs, and that of Mardowild, who hid six wickets for 52 runs.
A NARROW VICTORY.
GLAMORGAN'S GAME STRUGGLE.
In Yorkshire's innings, Sutcliffe mude 85 and Oldragul 79. Parker, the Clonedster bowler, had the geul avenge of six wickets for 95 runs,
A POINT FOR HAMPSHIRE,
MEAD'S CENTURY.
At Nottingham, Hampshire gain- ed first inniigs' win over Notts. The scores were:---
Hampshire, 222 and 271, for
Ave wickets (declared). Notts, 186 and 126 for no
wickets,
To Hampshire's first innings, Brown nude 56) whift" in the second Mead reached the century
nurk with 1889 (not nul).
For Notis, Whysall and Gorge Güm made 52 at 55 respectively if the first innings, and 50 and 74 respectively in the second Boyes was the most successful Hants' bowler, taking five wickets for 60 runs.
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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH," SATURDAY, JULY 31, 1926.
DARING THE CHANNEL.
MISS MERCEDES GLEITZ BREAKS DOWN.
LILLIAN CANNON, THE
AMERICAN HOPE. ·
From the capos of Gris-Nez to the cliffs of Dover stretch over 92 miles of rough and treacherous wator. In more than fifty years
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Scores, of women have tried it Loo, but not be as succeede:1. Miss Mercedes Glitz mude the most recent attempt just a week: audo, but she failed to crans more than one-fourth of the distance,
ter after five hours' immersion." anri had to be lifted from the wa-i
Fast annuler, & Mindy Gertrude Pierde dared it, and it was thought That any wonnan épuld do it Miss Edele cald. -But she failed She is going to make a further ate templ. in the enurse of a, week Dr
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American,hopes are, however, centred this year in Miss Lillian Cannon, of Baltimore. Twenty- three years of age, strong, confi dent, a superb and untring swim- mer, Miss Cannon has for ten weeks been training at Gris-Nez under William Burgess, who swan The Channel in 1911.
She is confident of steers for in a test for the Chipet Swin ale awam dersa Chesapeake Bay. a distance of 20 miles during 2. abverc aquall.
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Chiengo, July 21-Tex Ric It was originally arranged that ber two Chesapeake Bay dogs, re-kard's plans for staging the Denipe marded as the greatest swimmers sey Tunney fight here were abrupte j in the world, would accompany her by halted today when is attor-"", across the Channel, but soon after phers, miten
examining. arrival they found the water ton Cheats ontract, adised hit Batavia wold and refused to be consent back that Clement had a “fairly good Carin into the sea.
claim" on Dempsey's service for s bout With Harry Wills.
The following article is con tributed by Lillian Cannon from Gris-Nez, and is copyrighted by the N.E.A. service:
Gris-Nez: June 30-Readers of your paper wonder no doubt, just what sort of routine I am going through as I prepare for my bat- tle with the English Channel.
My trainer William Burgess con- Bogs my work to walking: eight At Blackheath. Kent 'defeated | miles daily,"followed by swims of Middlesex by two wickets, The increasing length. So I shall be spending two hours a day in the water for six days; and eight hours the seventh day.
scores, were
Middlesex, 42.and.146. Kent, 95 and 125 for eight
wickets.
This was a match in which the Lei-bowling dominated. In Middle- sex's first innings, Wright took six wickets for 29 runs, whilat in the second Marriott took six for 36
Playing away at Swansika, cester defeated Cilamorgan by the The
narrow margin of 14 runs. scores were;' ----
Leicester, 268 and 148, Glamorgan, 132, and 276.
runsw
Haig, the Middlesex bowler, also made havoc, taking six wickets for runs in the first innings, and
wickets for 54 runs second innings.
In Leicester's first innings, Sid-six well made 50, and in the second Ryan took five wickets for 4B runs. -Glamorgan were never comfort- able in their firal. knock, Astill taking five wickets for 42 puns and Geary four for 46," Glamorgan maden splendid effort to make the required number of runs in their second innings, Walters being the hero with 11 runs (not gut). The bowling of Astill, however, was very difficult, and he took six wickets for. 88 runs.
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six wickets' (declareil). Warwick, 354 and 64 for no
wickets.
In Northants' first innings, there were two centuries made, W. Timms making 128 and Walden 122. Notwithstanding this, Wyatt had the fair average of five wickets for 75 runs. In Northants' second knock, Jupp with 91 and Woolley with 69 were the highest scorers./
For Warwick, Parsons made the best individual score of the match with 171. Jupp took six wickets for 112 runs. ..
MATCH ABANDONED,
London, July 30.
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DERBY BEAT WORCESTER.
À CLOSE MATCH. Playing at home at Ilkeston, Derby. buat Worcester by two wickels. The scores were:--
Worcester, 221 and 172.
Derby, 100 and 208, for eight
wickets.
The feature of Worcester's Cra inpings was the century it up by Fox, he carrying his but for 995 The bowling of Morton. In Wor- cester's second innings, resulted in five wickets for. 44 runs,
For Derby, Storer was the only batsman to reach the half-century nurk, his store in the first innings being 57. Root took five wickets for 56 runs in Derby's first ven- Lure and six wickets for 83 in the second,"
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EXCITING FINISH.
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Soon I will try swim from here to Boulogne. fo test my win, heart, and bodily endurance.
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WINS WINGFIELD SCULLS SEVENTH TIME.
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. now seems probably I will de a big zizag instead of endeavor- aly ing to swim straight across. trainer helives a course has been discovered which, while apparent- ly meaning extra' work, in reality will save me a lot of effort.
J. Beresford, Junior, created a
"We were soon projected into Following Ghis course will moun new record by winning the Wing-what appeared to be a wall of that the swift tiles and currentsfield Seulla over the championship water. half 'submerging the ràfi will help me along for a consider-course from Putney to Martiake and causing it to creak in the most able distance instead of obstruct-for the seventh successive year. alarming manner. We had ag me. I shall go farther, but His-opponent was T. Collet who to reinflate the coat skins, this fouled Beresford shortly after the being done by blowing through the The fascination of the English start and channel is the sort of thing that Router. can be felt but not explained.
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in harmony with neighbourhood was encountered; and the skele-Haiphong practice. But for that matter, 1 tons of three men, found at And this channel magnetism has should go to bed early these days height of 11.578 feet, served as a drawn me and my dogs--the van-even in Paris. Wherever I am grim reminder of the perils of guard of the seasonal invasion of during the training period, it la n
Himalayan blizzards. swimmers.
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the next village there had been As for my time off "uty" I
securing porters,' channel has been given its para-spend hours gazing in fascination difficulty in mount interest by long years of at the water-a swarming traffic suggested that they should make a raid by way of reprisal, and added baling efforts. It has come to of hips unmindful of my hopes, mean the greatest prize the waters wares defiantly tossing, and, dimly that some women could be carried afford. There is no really devoted seen, 20 miles away the chalk cliffs
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In Somerset's first innings, A. E. Gilligan took four wickets for
пеля.
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59 runs and Tate four wickets for Chesapeake Bay at home in Janu-
41. Sunierset only had one wicketary averages slightly warmer than At the Oval heavy rain fell this to full when "time saved them. the channel in June.. The water morning, the wicket being very McBryan made 68, and A. E. will moderate a few degrees by wet," and play was not resumed, Gilligan took, six wickets for 45 next month. I want to say clearly, the match being eventually aban runs. It was an exciting finish however, that it has not chilled my doned.-Reuter,
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