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KENT CONCEDE POINTS
DYSON SCORES 208
London, July 15. The fight for the cham- pionship is becoming infen- sified, with Sussex making bolder their bid for leader- ship. They scored another brilliant victory when they defeated Northants by an innings, this making their eighth win to date. They stand as the only undefeated team in the county league. One of the features of three-days programme was the the Surrey 1 Glamorgan match where Surrey won by three runs on the first innings which pro- duced 815 runs.
A NEW BOWLS QUERY
HAS THE SKIP THE RIGHT TO MARK OUT LINE OF LAND?
Independence of thought among newcomers to howls is to be wel comed. Oft-times they raise ques-
which those who are right on
top of the game, and its govern-
bave nicht.
never previously thought about, Here is n Tew
one:-
"Please expinin whether the practice followed by skips, here and there, of deliberately marking out a Bre of 'land' to the jack for the guidance of a player in the act of howling, by placing himself t 14 point of aim, to one or other side. of the jack, is in conflict with the spirit of the rufes 7
BOWLS CHAMPIONSHIP FOR SCOTLAND,
England Beaten in Deciding Tie By 17 Shots.
LEAGUE TENNIS.
CHINESE WIN AGAIN
KOWLOON C.C.
OVERWHELMED
The Chinese Recreation Club advanced another step towards retention of the "B" Division Glasgow, July 15. championship of the tennis league Scotland to-day beat England yesterday when they defeated the in the deciding match for the Kowloon Cricket Club on International Bowls eup, and intter's courts by 7% nets to 1%. won the championship.
Scores:-
the
The scores in favour of Scot- Kengelbacker and Dunn (K.C.C.) Jand were 106-89, whilst in the beat Hung and Chlu 6-4; tost to remaining match Wales defeat-In and Lau 4-6; drew with Ng ed freland by 12 shots, the and Taui 6-6. aggregates being 97 to 8. Renter.
If that was done a game of 21
Mackay and Philipens (K.C.C.) last to lung and Chiu 2-6; lost to. Iu and Lau 4-6; lost to Ng and Thu 1-6.
"If the rules do ont touch the se. please state whether the player may justly object on the ground of interference with his judgment and thus with his satis-ends up would inst 4 hours at (K.C.C.) lost to Hung and Chin fuction and pleasure."
least. Besides, it is not considered (3-6: lost to lu and Lau 2-6; lost good form to advance any distance to Ng and Tsai 1-6.
KEY TO SUCCESS.
WHAT THE LAW'SAYS. There is nothing in the laws of from the jack head. the gaine, the flat green game, to or all of his rink what he may deem the prevent a skip from showing any All new players searching for: key to Enccess in drawing) be the requisite amount of should run their eyes over the rink,
to
"land" to take,
D. S. Green and C. P. F. James
INTERNATIONAL BOWLS CHAMPIONSHIP,
TO-DAY
WE HAVE
RECEIVED
NEW
STOCKS
OF
the
The League records of countries participating in the International Bowls Champion- ship, which Scotland won, read as follows:-
backhand or forehand, for a spot League Records of The Countries. There is a law which prevents where they estimate their words him laying any object on the rink, will start their pull to the jack.! either as a "nark" or as an esti-Pind that and the key to length at James Langridge and Parker mated width of bias to take. Ob drawing is theirs. were in irresistible form withjects by be displayed in the hand, It is useless to place objects on the ball, the former capturing for the guidanes of a player, but the bankside, at the end of the rink, 13 wickets in one match and the they must be withdrawa im-and make them a "mark" or esti- Gloucester spin bowler taking mediately the man delivery his mate of land to be pulled over.
By the same argument.
11 wickets.
it is
Shate
1. W. D. G. F. A. In Scotland
33 340 242 G England. 321 340 265 4 Wales... 3 1 2 264 326 2
SPORT ADVTS.
bowl.
It is presumed the query refers futile for a skip at the jack hend COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIP.
to the fussy type of skip who eli-to cock his foot up and call "Takemamme PRSTENE DE ENSI KAPA NCHINI BE Surrey (421-8 dec, and 226-5) beat hand, the amount of "land" to be but, his foot, or any other object, mates with his foot, his hat, or his that much land." If he showed his Glamorgan (121) on 1st innings taken. Such excess of zral, while and said "That is jack-high," he at the Oval. Notts (386-3 dec.) beat Essex (117) not strictly breaking any law, is would often be doing his team
&38) by an inns and 61 runs, virtually useless because it is mates a service. and they at Nottingham,
ridiculous to estimate the amount estimate the land necessary to be eguld Gloucester (130 & 168) beut Somer- of land necessary to be taken from drawn over from their own poot HONGKONG
set (108 & 122-6) on 1st innings, a place shown on the rink anywhere or mark on the ai Bath Worcester (256 & 132-1 dve.) beat
near the jack or jack-high.
green, which is usually a little over half-way up the Middlesex (191 & 170-8) on 1st
tink. innings at Worcester,
al
its fullest some yards, indeed, many The bias of a running bowl is at
I the green is beavy the spot Kent (11) beat Warwick (105 &uck. It has
yards, down the cink away from the need art be too wide out on the 161-4) on 1st innings
then reached its rink. Should the green be fast. Birmingham.
ruaximum width of distance to be then a spot will have to be found Sussex (370) beat Northants (143] pulled, and begins to make the land somewhere near the
& 93) by an innings and 134 gradually.
thread, and What amount of land very careful delivery is necessary runs at Kettering.
will actually pull its way over make sure of the bowl passing REPRESENTATIVE MATCH.
depends entirely upon the state of over it. the green.
With justice, a bowler could ob Gentlemen (430-8 dec.) drew, with s
Therefore, to estimate land pro-jest to a skip demenstrating to him. Players (320) at Lords. perly a skip should advance, several the land to be taken. If such is
HONOURS LIST.
Maris down the cink, and indicate a resented, a polite request to desiat spot or "mark" on it where the would end in the skipper indienting player's bowl should commence its by voire or by wave of the and the inward dive to the jack.
best way up to the jack.
Batting.
Dyson (Glamorgan) v. Surrey
Hobbs (Players) v. Gentlemen
Keeton (Notis) v. Essex
"
208 1614 141
A. W. Carr (Nutts) v. Essex ... 132* Gregory (Surrey) v. Glamorgan 131 Scott (Sussex) v. Northants
Signifies not cut.
Bowling.
Langridge, J. (Sussex)
Northants
and
116
".
for 43
for
l'arker ↑ Gloucester)
Somerset
7 for 26: ant
4 for 46 Gunn, G. V. (Natts) v. Essex 7 for 44 Ashdown (Kent) v. Warwick 6 for 39 Paine Warwicką v. Kork & for 12 Staples, S. (Nofts) v. Esses 5 for 50
FEATURES OF THE PLAY
GREAT BOWLING BY LANGRIDGE AND PARKER
HOBB'S CENTURY
over
Surrey and Glamorgan scored 1,071 runs between them for 25 wickets for an average of 42 runs per wicket, the Londoners only just scraping home for first innings points by three rupa. They applied the closure, after scoring 424 for 8 wickets (Gre- eory 131), but 11 gamely did Glamorgan hit back that they had put 421 runs on the board ere the last wicket fell. Dynon hatted in his best style to hit up a magni- fcent 208 Surrey scored freely in their second attempt reaching 226 for wickets before the close.
James Langridge proved a terror to the Northants batsmen and was) chielly responsible for the over- whelming defeat suffered them at the hands of Sunsex. In the first innings he captured 8 wickets for 43 runs and in the second b for 22. Scott batted brightly for Sussex, scoring 116 out of a total of 370.
A. W. Carr and Keeton toyed with the Essex attack and played a prominent part in Nott's win by an Innings. Cart WYDA undefeated with 131 to his credit and Kectón contributed 141. G.V. Gunn (7 for 44) and Sam Staples ( for 50) wrought havoc among the Essex batamen who wore
dis- missed for 147 and 98.
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