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SATURDAY, JULY 1931.

EASIER

GOLF

-by-

H.STUART HOBSON

RECOVERY SHOTS THAT DEVASTATE THE ADVERSARY,

MATCH WINNING - WAYS.

An experienced golfer said to me the other day, "This match-winning temperament is just the willingness to take a chance." "

Every player knows the opponent who thrives on adversity, and the other who goes to pieces when he is two or

three down. The "match winning golfer is one who is never beaten, no matter how much the rub of the green may seem to be against The other day 1 was playing with a golfer no dour

any I have encountered.

him.

He was thres down at the turn-a fact that would have beaten many players without further discussion -but he played inspired golf to square the match on the seventeenth green. We teed up at the eighteenth with the solemn thought in mind that the winner, of the hole was the winner. of the malch...

loss of stroke-even to chip out of a bunker backward, if that is the safest way?

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AMAZING ADVANCES MADE BY NOTTS AND DERBYSHIRE

COMPLETE STATISTICS COMPILED

FOR MONTH OF JUNE

YORKSHIRE THE BEST ALL-ROUND

ELEVEN COMPETING....

Mead (Hampshire v. Northants) 106 Mead (Hampshire v., Sussex} ...106* Gibbons (Worcester v. Derby) .109 Gibbons (Worcester v. Notta)

.110 Shepherd (Surrey. v. Essex)

.167' Shepherd (Surrey v. Warwick) 140 Handren (Middlesex v. Nolte) ::292 Parks (H) (Suanex v. Eastx)'..200* Hopwood (Lancashire v. Surrey) 165* Iddon (Lancashire v. Kent) Hearne (Middlesex v. Lelcenter) 132*

M. J.Turnbull (Glamorgan Y.

Essex)

153

THE BEST BATTING AND BOWLING Hobbs (Surrey v. Warwick) 147

FEATS RECORDED

[By "Run Out."]

Trent Bridge.

shire at the Oval.

503 for 4 dec.--Surrey "Warwick, 467 for B 'dec Yerkahire, v. Kent at

Folkestone.

443 for ? dec.-Essex Glamorgan- 449 for 6 dec.--Sussex V. Essex at

Cheimsford.

†

Eastman (Essex v. Glamorgan) 129. Arnold (Hampshire. Northants) 128* V. W. C. Jupp, (Northants

Hampshire)

Walker (Notts v. Esmerset) Ducat (Burrey Warwick) N.. Haig (Middlesex v. Notts) E. W. Dawson (Leicester v. Glou-

coster

.129 Shipman (Leleester v. Middlesex) 120 Daera (Gloucester v. Warwick) 119 Rev. J. Parsons Warwick v.

Lancashire) ....

.119 Mitchell (Yorkshire v. Hampshire) 119 Nichol (Worcester v. Middlesex) 116 Astill (Leicester v. Sussex) Staples, A. (Natts v. Somerset) 113

Les (J.) (Somerset v. Nort Hakewell (Northaats v. Glamor-

Hardinge (Kent v. Lancashire) .111

gan)

.113

Bell (Glamorgan v. Essex). 1..109

Kennedy (Hampshire v. North- Cutmore (Essex v. Sussex).10 Neale (Gloucester v. Leicester).105

ants)

T

Hammend

ceator)

.115

v. Northants) 113

Keeton (Notts v. Essex)

* denotes not out.

Bowling Honours.

T.

.103

In compiling the positions held Northants at Northampton).6 for 11

the various counties competing Mitchell (Derby v. Sussex at

Chesterfield)

6 for 11 in the County Championship I have.

6 for 19 found some very interesting facts Larwood (Notte v. Hampshire which probably would escape the at Trent Bridge), ....................6 for 20 . attention A week or two ago I was playing siast were they not tabulated as

of the keenest enthu-Freeman (Kent v. Northants

at Tonbridge)

for 26 against a golfer new to me. The given below.

Langridge, J. (Sussex v. Lel- match turned on the short sixteenth For Instance who, if any one,

cester at Leicester) 6 for 34 hole. I put my tee shot on the realises the amazing advance made

Highest and Lowest Scores. green for a certain three. He by Derbyshire.

The following were the five high- pulled his under some trees among county scored 22 points and then the County Championship matches In May that est and lowest totals registered in pits overgrown with grass. It was more than doubled that total by during the month of June. In the raining at the time, and after we scoring 59 points in June. I men- had searched for five or ten minutes, tion Derbyshire for the simple rea- Yorkshire match the low totals case of the Gloucestershire and. he said, "You can have it!" and son that they are one of the less are omitted from the appended began to walk away.

ler known counties, and though lista. I weld.. "It seems a pity, to lose their record may not be as bril- new ball," and went on searching, liant àa. some of their opponents It 621 for 9 deciddlesex v. Notte at Hallows (Lancs. v. Gloucester)..100

Highest Scores.

Croom Warwick v. Glamorgon) 193 A few seconds afterward I found is certainly worthy of mention.

J. C. White (Somerset v. Noita) 100 the ball, and announced the fact.

Notts showed the biggest im-

R._ E. S. Wyatt (Warwick My adversary came to it, walked provement by advancing their May

Surroy)

.100 round it, pulled the dead grass away total of 38 points by a further 96

(Gloucester T. Wor from lie, then took a niblick and points scored in June.

.100 dropped the ball within a foo: of shire scored 49 points as against

Warwick

.100* the pin.

19 points in May. The easiest man- Philosophy Clear.

ner of commenting on the progresa His philosophy was clear, "If I made during the second month of lose this hole, the match is lost. If the season would be to give the I halve it, I may yet square the remaining counties' figures with match. I am going to have just the June points mentioned second: ope try." Strictly, I suppose, I Kent 65 and 97; Gloucester. 58 and My own drive was good enough,hould have accepted the match 40; Middlesex 55 and 35; York and my chip left me within a few when he gave it to me, but that is ahire 39 and 62; Lancashire 36 yards of the pin. My good friend golf.

and 59; Sussex 28 and 29: Hamp- hit a moderate first, but scuttled his

The remark I quoted earlier, that shire 27 and 32; Worcester 24 and second into the towering bunker the match-winning temperament is 43; Somerset 24 and 21; Surrey Another golfer might have raised the willingness to take a chance, is 24 and 57: Leicester 21 and 81: In the County Championship dur- The following scored centuries his hand and walked back to the

Essex 21 and. 42; Glamorgan 19ing the month of June clubhouse, but my friend was grim.

Taking chances, however, should and 17; and Northants 12 and 23. Woolley (Kent 5. Yorkshire)...188 He hit his ball onto the green from be done when you are down and can the bunker with a terrife explosion recover only by pulling one out of

Best Bowling. Feats.

Woolley (Kent v. Northants) The following were perhaps the Woolley (Kent Warwick) .103. the locker. When you are leading, most meritorious bowling feats ac-Tyldesley (E.) (Lancashire you can well afford to devote your-complished during the month of Tyldesley (E.) (Lancs. Kent)" 120

Warwick)

.144 solf to holding your lead. If you Jufe in County

Tyldesley (E) (Lancashire are two up at the fourteenth, it matches:-

Cloucester) would be folly even to attempt Larwood (Natts v. Kent at

Sutcliffe (Yorkshire v. Kent) herpica. Far better to pick up and Trent Bridge) ............2 for 41 Sutelife (Yorkshire v. Middlesex) 120 lose a hole rather than hack away,

Geary (Leicester v. Worcester

Sutcliffe (Yorkshire v. Hampshire) 107 at a ball and lose your command of Slater (Derby at Leicester)

8 for 20 K. S. Dulcepsinhji (Susaex. Y. V. Eanex at

Leicestersh your shots.

Ilkeston)

.8 for 51 K. 9. 'Duleepsinhji (Sussex Larwood (Notts v. Somerset

A Drive And A Pitch.. This hole is a drive and a pitch, with a deep-faced bunker running across the fairway. to

completely guard the grech.

of aan.

With the certainty that, in any event the hole was mine, I played 'the like to his, and put the ball within a yard of the pin-not a good putt, but fair enough.

A Twelve-Yard Putt.

. My battling adversary then ad- dressed a twelve-yard putt and sank It. After that the best I could do was to miss my own easy patt, and congratulate him on his victory.

A good many other palyers would have given up the struggle, not only on finding themselves bunkered at the 13th, but on several occasions previously during the round. My friend of the day was of another temperament. Every time he found himself in difficulties he played the one shot that would save him, and every time it came off.

He sliced badly Into the "tiger country" at one hole, and I followed my own, ball down the fairway...

I hit my second just short of the green and, moving towards it, heard the second of my opponent pass by me to drop within a few feet of the pin. He had taken a driver to a lic in the rough, and dropped his ball on to the green with complete nonchalance.

Yet every expert, looking at the Ile in which he found his ball, would have advised him to get it out on to the fairway somehow, sacrificing the stroke.

{

true in a sense.

Championship

at Trent Bridge) 7 for 25 Paine (Warwick v. Hampshire [* at Southampton)`

· Wasted Strokes Rankle.. Once eight strokes or so have been taken in losing a hole, it needs a good golfer to pull out par figures i A. R. Peebles (Middlesex v. to win the next. Those, wasted, strokes rankle.

A

In my early days as a golfer-or,} . rather, a beginner-at-gplf-I-never took more than six strokes at any hole. I have mentioned this a good many times, and been met with in- credulity. "There never WDB A golfer, I have been told dozen times, "who kept within six atrokes per hole" I am answer, "I did so easily, because I always picked up my ball at the sixth." I would rather have walked. back to the clubhouse in those days than let golf break my heart. Maybe had not the match-winning temperament..

I

able to

Habit Clings. When I came to serious play. I was not so averse to taking more than six, but the habit elings to-day of always, going for a bold shot when I see myself a couple of strokes behind.

Secret of Match Play.

The effect on the adversary of What la the true sterot of match bringing off a recovery is tremend play? To go for the devastatingly ous. In the lead, on the other band, good stroke, or to be courageous it is wise to join the "sticky" enough to acknowledge frankly the school-(China Mail Copyright.).

shire at Chelmsford Lowest Scores.

61-Glauchestershire v. Lancashire at

Manchester. 67-Sussex Derbyshire at Chester

field. 68-Hampshire v. Notts at Trent 68-Worcestershire Leicestershire

Bridge.

at Leicester.

76-Kent v. Worcestershire at Worces

Century List...

ter.

v.

.168

127 ..230

.112.

..

4540

A. W. Carr. (Nolts Middlesex) 402 A. W. Carr (Noitav. Worcester) 127

17 for 37°C. T. Bray (Esser v. Northants) 100 C. T. Bray (Essex v. Glamorgan) 122

The following took ten or more County Championship during the wickets in a single match in the

month of June:

cester)

་

.10 for 83

Mitchell (Derby v. Sussex) 12 for 30 Parker (Gloucester v. Wor Parker (Gloucester v. Wor

cester)

Freeman (Kent v. Leicester) 10 for 121 Freeman (Kent v. Northants) 12 for 91 Bowes (Yorks. v. Middlesex) 11 for 102 Bowes (Yorks. v. Hampshire) 10 for 132 Tyldesley (R) (Lancashire

v. Somerset)

.13 for 152 1. A. R. Peebles (Middlesex

v. Samerset)

.10 for 107 Root (Worcester. v. Leicester) 13 for 98 June.Results.

"L

The following list shows the ro sults of the County Championship matches played in June:- NOTTS (28 points).

beat Somersetshire by ten wickets

(h).

beat Hampshire by ten wickets (I): 'lost to Derbyshire on first innings

(*).

beat Essex by 102 runs (h). beat Middlesex by 126 runs (B). beat Kent by 308 runs (h),

▼

heat Worcestershire by soven wickets

(1).

last to Middlesex on first innings (h).

LANCASHIRE (69 points),

heat Surrey on first innings”(h). beat Middlesex by 69 runs (a). beat Hampshire on first innings (3). beat Kent on Brst innings (ä).') drew with Glamorganshire (h). beat Gloucestershire by an Innings

and. 147 runs (h).

heat Somersetshire by seven wickets

(h),

beat, Warwickshire on Brat innings

YORKSHIRE (62 points).

drew with Kent (h).

lost to Gloucestershire by 47 runs

(h).

drew with Sussex (h).

beat Leicestershire on first innings

(h).

drew with Hampshire (h)..

beat. Middlesex by an Innings and 65

runs (6).

beat Hampshire by an innings and

-71 runs (a).

beat Kent by an innlags and 112

runa (n).

DERBYSHIRE (69 points).

beat Bussex by an innings and 188

"runs' (h),

best Notta on first innings (h). drew with Essex (h).

beat Hampshire by eight wickets

(1).

best Glamorganshire on first inn

ings (n). beat Worcestershire by seven wits,

(b),

SURREY (57 points)

lost to Lancashire on first innings

(a)..

beat Warwickshire. by 112 runs (h). beat Essex on first innings (h). heat Sussex by 12 'runa (d)," drew with Warwickshire (a). bont Essex by an innings and 80

runa (6). WARWICKSHIRE (49 points).

beat Hampshire on first innings (a),, lost to Surrey by 112 runs (a). drew with Hampshire (h). lost to Gloucestershire on first lan-

Ingo (u), drew with Surrey (h).

(B).

best Glamorganshire by five wickets boat Kent by eight wickets (a). lost to Lancashire on first innings

(h).

WORCESTERSHIRE (43 `points).

beat Gloucestershire by 101 runs

(h).

heat Kent by five wickets. (h). loat to Gloucestershire by an Inn

ings and 71 rans (a). lost to Middlesex on first innings best Glamorganshire on first inn.

ings (h). Jost to Leicestershire by 7 runsi

heat

Somersetshire on first innings (h).

lost to Notts by seven wiekatz (h). lost to Derbyshire by seven wickets

(a),

ESSEX (48 points),

(b).

beat Northamptonshire by 105 rune

lost to Surrey on frat innings (a). lost to Notts by 102 runs (a). beat Somersetshire on first innings

(a).

draw with Derbyshire().

lust to Surrey by an innings and

80 runs (h);

Jost to Sussex by ten wickets (h). best Glamorganshire by nine wkts,

(h) GLOUCESTERSHIRE (40 points).

lost to Worcestershire by 101 runs

beat Yorkshire by 47 runs. (8), ** beat Worcestershire by an innings.

and 71 runs (h), v beat Warwickshire on first Innings

(b)...

fost to Lancashire by in Immings.

and 147 runs (a). bent Leicestershire on first innings

Skydd AVERAGE RUNS SCORED PER

Notis

Lancashire Yorkshire Derbyshire Surrey

by

KENT (57 points).-ba

drew with Yorkshire («). lost to Worcestershire wickets (a). beat Leicestershire by an inninga"

and 19 rana (a). beat Northamptonshire by an inn

ings and 118 runs (h). lost to Lancashire on frat inaings

(1), lost to Notts by 305 runs (a). lost to Warwickshire by eight

wickets (h). lost to Yorkshire by an innings

and 112 runs (h). MIDDLESEX (35 points).

beat Somersetshire by eight wickets-

lost to Lancashire, by 63 runs (h). beat Worcestershire'on first innings.

(B).

lost to Notta by 125 runs (h), beat Northamptonshire on first inn

[Inga "(4)]

st to Yorkshire by an innings.

and 65 runs (h).

- beat Leicestershire on frat Innings

(a)..

beat Notis on Srst innings (a). HAMPSHIRE (32 points).

lost to Warwickshire un first ins

Ings (2).

lost to Notis by ten wickets (n). drew with Warwickshire (a). lost to Lancashire on first innings

(h).

lost to Northamptonshire on first.

Inninge (a).

drew with Yorkshire (a). lost to Derbyshire by eight wickets

(*). lost to Yorkshire by an innings.

end 71 runs (h), beat Sussex by. 4) runs (h), LEICESTERSHIRE (31 points). drew with Glamorganshire (a), lost to Sussex on first innings (h), lost to Kent by an innings and 19

runs (b),... loat to Yorkshire

(4). beat Worcestershire by 47 runs (h). lost to Middlesex on first innings

lost to Gloucestershire on first inn

'Inga (b),' SUSSEX (29 points).

(b).

on Erst innings.

་

last to Derbyshire by an innings

and 188 runs (a), beat Leicestershire on Gratinginga

drew with Yorkshire (a), beat Glamorganshire on first inn

Inga (h).

lost to Surrey by 12 runa (h). beat Essex by ten wickets (n). lost to Hampshire by 41 runs (x), NORTHAMPTONSHIRE (23 pts.),,

lost to Eater by. 105 runs (a), beat Glamorganshire by five wickets

((^),

lost to Kent by an'indings and 118

runs (a).

beat Hampshire on first innings (h). fost to Middlesex on first innings

(h).

lost to Somersetshire by ten wkts.

(h).

SOMERSETSHIRE (21 points).

Jost to Notts by ten wickets (g). lost to Middlesex by eight wickets

last to Essex on first innings (h). lost to Worcestershire on feat inn-

Inge" (4).

last to-Lancashire by seven wickets

(a).

beat Northamptonshire by ten

Wickets (a). CLAMORGANSHIRE (17_points)........

drew with Leicestershire (h), lost to Northamptonshire by five

wickets (a).

Jost to Sussex en first innings (x). lost to Worcestershire on first inn

ings (a). drew with Lancashire (a).

́ ́to Warwickshire by five wkta.

lost, (h)

lost to Derbyshire on Brst innings

(h). :

lost to Esses by nine wickets (a)," WICKET FOR AND AGAINST THE VARIOUS COUNTIES.

Opponents.

Runs Wickets Scored. LOBL

Wickt Scored

Avge. per Ruas Wickets Avgo per

Lost,

Wicket

1.341 100

38.41 2,980

181

- 22.25

8,097

85.

38.43

2,405

113

21.25

1,849

59

31.33 1,565

85

18.11

1.725

42

41.07 1,628

83

19.59

2,128

56

Warwickshire

88.00 1,767

76

23.57

2,249-

90

24.98 2,710 90

273:

- ·Worcestershire

3,124

13.03 2,779

128

2171 P

Esix

24.14.82805

91

31.81

Gloucestershirə

1,75.

76

22.83 1,905

87

21.79

Kent *..

2,323

112

20.74 2,357 110

23.24

Middlesex

2,902

126

23,03 3,261

128

25.47

Hampshire

2,610

132

19.7721294

81

28.32

Leicestershira

$283

105

78 30.83

Starex

A7

24.88

2,015

23.80

Northamptonshire

105

Somersetshire******* 2,049 Glamorganshire

- 19.042,439);

8429.03

VADA SAA173° 2,108.

2,214

10121.92 2,688

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