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CURRENT SPORTING GOSSIP

LAWN BOWLS LEAGUE VERITY'S BOWLING

REVIEW.

How Craigengower Beat the Police.

K.C.C. SURPRISE TAIKOO.

First Draw In The Second Division.

By Short Head."}

TRIUMPH.

ALL TEN WICKETS!

Yorkshire Win by An Innings.

WARWICKSHIRE DEFEATED.

London, Yesterday.

150 BATS THAT MADE CENTURIES.

NEW CRICKET MUSEUM.

Memories of Many Giants.

SIR JULIEN CAHN'S IDEA.

Cricketers are to have a museum

At Leeds to-day Yorkshire dent will take the form of a collec- feated Warwickshire by an imiingstion of the bats of cricketing Batting first, the heroes, says the Evening Standard to which For fifty years Mr. Charles

With few exceptions the lawn bowh League matches on Saturday and 25 runs. resulted according to general anti-visitors compiled 201 vipations.

The surprises were the Yorkshire replied with 298, Mayer Green, of Malvern, has obtained R.C.C. victory at Taikoo and the being the most destructive bowler. bats from famous players. To Sir Warwickshire's second innings Julien Cahn, president of the Not- K.B.G.C. draw in the Second

was a debacle. Verity, a youngtinghamshire County Cricket Club, Division against the Yacht Club

bowler of great promise, captured there on the latter's green.

came an opportunity to and acquire this collection of all ten wickets for 36 runs

than 150 bats. Sir Julien seized this the opportunity, and to-day the abats are being "touched up" before being placed on show at the pavilion at Loughborough.

The following commentary shows how the respective matches won, lost, or drawn:-

FIRST DIVISION,

Craigengower v. Pélice R.C.

were

Omar's rink was draws against Booker's four, the former getting a single and a couple of 3's in the first three heads. At the seventh head the score was 8-1, but Omur's rink notched 2 5. A couple of hagles for the visitors was follow

by the home rink monopolising the next aix heatis, making the score -24--6. The next four heads weat to the Police, reducing the leeway to 24-12, ut a 5 for the C.C.C. in the Suat head gave them a win by 28-12. Omar's rink had a couple of 's and a 4 whilst Booker's rink's highest score was 0170 3.

dismissed the visitors for 721 This is the first occasion season in first-class cricket that bowler has dismissed all ten batz men in a single innings.

Verity is A slow left-handed bowler with command of both spin and length and is quite capable of sending dmwen a fastish ball that ruus on with his arm.

Below are the results of the match as cabled by Reuter:

Yorkshire heat Warwickshire by an innings and 23 runs at Leeds.

Scores:

Warwick: 201 and 72 (Verity 13

For 36). Yorkshire: 208 (Mayer 6 for 76).

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"The stories associated with each are so interesting." Sir Julien said, "that a brochure is being written giving the history of each

OJC.

Whysall's Last Bat.

"As time passes the collection

will be added to. Already I have received one addition that has touched me very deeply, and of which I ani mast appreciative. A widow of the England and Not- fow weeks ago Mrs. Whysall,

tinghamshire cricketer who died at the close of last season, sent me the bat with which he lust played. i the One of the last games in which he

played was a Test match."

"Among the curiosities in the collection is a bat with a romantic Man years ago a twig a weeping willow overhangs the grave

of

the first five heads, but Taikoo players, led by 12-6 at the 10th head. On the 16th head Ba's quartette faced West's Taikoo led by 14-12, but the clos rink, and the latter led all the way ing stages favoured the K.C.C., who history. to the fourteenth head, where the

won by 21-17. Drummond's rink was cut from margin in their favour was 13-had a 4 and a 3, the highest score that Three successive heads favoured on the opposite side being one 3. Napoleon on St. Helena, The Bas, followed by a single for the

Recreio v. Kowloon Dock.

twig was carefully watched and Police, and the home rink scored on

Luz's rink, was drawn against eventually planted in a garden in the last three heads, to lose by one Cullen's and commenced by scoring Surrey. From the tree which grew shot-14-13. Each side had one 3. seven against nil on the first four was taken the wood for a cricket Ronselet's rink was drawn against heads. At the tenth head the score bat. I am afraid I cannot tell Johnson's four. A 2 and a & were scored by the home rink in the first three heads against a single for the viitors, but the latter managed to at the 14th head (12-12), Johnson's rink led at the 16th head by 15-12, but Royaelet's rink scored four 3's and a 2 in the last five heads and won by 26-15. The best arore for the C.C.C. was the 6 on the third head, whilst the Police

lie

had one 3 on the 10th head.

KB.G.C. v Civil Service. Warren's rink was draws against Gregory'a and the opening stages gave promise of a close game, the Acores after seven heads being 9-6

What memories

those

batu

was 10-6 and, at the 15th head whether the bat proved as big a 14-8. Three heads later the lead hitter as Napoleon was." was reduced to 15-11. but the last three heads favoured the Recreio, will revive! Just as the artist who won by 19-11. Ench side had pauses before a one 3. No fewer than twelve of the National Gallery and studies the pictura in the winnera' hends were singles.

masterly strokes of its author, so

Silva's four opposed Lapsley's will cricketers whose memories are four and took the game in hand long panse before each bat to call from the word "Go," scoring 9-0 to mind strokes of a different

on the first five heads. At the 16th order, but none the less masterly. head the scores were 25-2, at the

"W.G." 19th head 27-5, the ultimate

rink waa drawn

on three heads, the

margin in favour of the Recreio First will come the bat of being 30-5. The latter bad one 5 "W.G," for still the glory of that and a couple of 3's.

bearded giant comes down to us with a fresh adventurous appeal. Marques's in the visitors' favour. The latter against Brown's and the first ten can take down one of his old bats, How Jfortunate will they be who then did practically as they liked, heads saw the scores level at the re- and in so doing be carried back to for the home rink scored on only markably low total of 6-6. The see him at the wicket again. four heads thereafter and went next five heads all went to the Dock, down by 29--11. The visitors had who then led by 15-6. Each side Many names on the bats will be a couple of 4's and a trio of 3', then scored

but slightly familiar, merely whilst the best effort by Warren's Dock team being up 20-11 at the echoes from the past, before the rink was a 3 on the fourth head.

rules had been finish. There were three 3's in the

elaborated. But Guy's rink was matched against winners' total.

gradually there come, tumbling Hallidge's and went off with a bang.

over one another, the names of the scure in their favour being

yesterday and

to-day "Billy" FWWMPH | 171-2 at the ninth head. At the

Barnes, Ranjl, C. B. Fry, George 16th head the margin was 20~~~8.

Hirst, P. F. Warner, Lord Harris, Guy's men eventually

Lord Hawke, Sir Arthur Stanley, won by 26-12. They had five 3's to their

Arthur Sellers, A. P. Lucas, R. H. credit, whilst the best score for the

Spooner. This sample from the visitore was one 3 (16th head).

long list is enough to keep the cricketer with dreaming for an hour or so.

memory day-

Warwick Armstrong, that crafty with him one of the greatest bats- Australian, 18 represented, and men in his team, Warren Bardsley.

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It looked as if the

DIVISION IT.

Civil Service v. Craigengower.

Hollands'e rink. was drawn against de Souza's, but started poorly, being down 11-2 at the Resell & Co. faced Brawn & Co., seventh head and 16-6 at the 12th the former leading by 10-2 (in-head.

At the 17th head the visitors cluding a 6) at the fourth head. had a lead of 21-11, but the Civil visitors would Service scored on the last four heads soon make up the leeway for they and lost by only 21-17. The responded with a 5 on the very next visitors had a 4 and two 3's, whilst head but at the tea interval the the home rink had a couple of 3's. score against them was 23-9. They then got a couple of 3's in succes- sion and after very keen play on both sides the home rink wou by 29-16. The latter had i 6, a 5, and a 3-all in the first eight heads whilst the visitors had one 5 and a couple of 3'.

Taikoo v. KCC.

I

Sir Julien Cahn has taken teams on tour to Jamaica and the Argen- In the rinks skipped by Strange tine, and he awas and O'Brien some

two curious scoring cricket grounds. Recently he con- private was witnessed. The home rink led tributed £10,000 towards the erec- by 8-2 at the third head, but the tion of new visitors led by 16-1 at

grandstands at the the 10th Trent Bridge ground. head and 18-10 at the 13th head.' Strange's rink scored on the re-

maining seven heads-2, 2, 3, 3, 2, MARATHON RACE IN

|2, 2-wincing the game by 32-18. The opening stages of the bout The winners had a couple of 4's and between Ferguson's and Lyall's a couple of 3's but the vialtors had rinks were of a ding-dong a 6 and a 3.

JAPAN.

Ten Starters for 474- Mile Run.

TWELVE SECTIONS:

nature, but at the 10th head In the tussle between Bickford'a the visitors Ied by 12-9. rink and Pearce's the latter scored The next five heads favoured six singles in the first eight heads the home rink, who then led by and led by G-6. The home rink 22-12, Four singles and a 2 came then turned the tables and led by the way of the K.C.C., with only one 10-G at the 10th head, 22-7 at the! single for the home rink, who won 16th head, and 26-10 on the final by 23-18. Ferguson's rink had head. The winners had one 6 and

Tokyo, May 9. 6 and two 3's, whilst the K.C.C. two 3's, whilst the visitors acore Japan's greatest marathon race, rink had a 5 and a 3.

comprised one 2' and nine singles.

a 474-mile 'run from Aomori to Wallaco's four were pitted

Electric v. Talkoo.

Tokyo, commenced to-day when ten against Lay's quartette, nothing

Muskett's rink was drawn against contestants started off on the long. sensational happening until the Duncan's, the home rink being down journey. K.C.C. notched a 5 on the fifth head 182 at the ninth head. On the The course is divided into 12 and kept the lead thereafter. The 16th head the score was 16-10 in acctiors and contestants must

scores were closest at the 13th head the visitors' favour and 2010 at cover one section each day or be (14-12), but the visitors increased the 18th head. Thereafter the disqualified. •

the margin and won by 22--16. home rink scored a couple of 5% The race is sponsored by the The home rink scored, no more than against one 2 for the visitors, the Sho Ken Kai, or Health Promotion 2 on any one head, whereas the latter winning by the narrdiv mar Society, with the support of the K.CC. men had a 5, 4, and agin of 22-20. Taikoo Had a trio of Osaka Mainichi couple of 3'8..

Drummond's team were matched of 's for the Electric rink.

3's in their total, against a couple This is the third running of the

against Silkstono's, >• "the ... lat-

tor having the advantage of

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race, which previously was held over a 260/mille course... between Tokyo and Osaka.-Ualted Press.

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