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THE CHINA MAIL, MAY 29, 1937.

MAS AXIA ARU

HUTTON'S FIGHTING INNINGS

BUT YORKSHIRE LOSE

TO M.C.C.

FIRST DEFEAT SINCE

THES

1907 SEASON

GRAND FINISH FEATURED

(By HOWARD MARSHALL)

London, May 5.

HE first M.C.C. victory against Yorkshire since 1907, a fighting innings of 161 by Hutton, the welcome appearance of the New Zealand cricket- ers in the nets - these were the main events at Lord's yesterday.

NOT DIE

R. E. S. Wyatt, above,-scored 65 and 61 for the M.C.C. against "Yorkshire at Lord's-on-May 2, and contributed largely towards the County's first defeat since 1907 by the M.C.C..

TAMELY. THEY WERE YORKSHIRE DID GIVEN 406 RUNS TO MAKE, AND THEY HAD-MADE 380 BY} 6.10, "WHEN" ́STEPHENSON SENT TURNER'S OFF-STUMP slashing a perfect four through the SPINNING.⠀ A GRAND FINISH TO A DELIGHTFUL MATCH, |covers.- AND CRICKET HAS STARTED BRAVELY AT HEADQUAR- TERS.

Hutton's innings began uncertainly, continued stubbornly, and ended militantly. There were times in the morning when Stephen- son shook and startled him, but unobtrusively he settled down to play with admirable patience.

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If Yorkshire were to escape with honour from difficult situation, Hutton had to sustain the role of a Sutcliffe, and it was because he succeeded that the game continued to be interesting

until Stephenson bowled that lasting through unexpectedly fast and decisive ball.

shaking him from rectitude.

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Smailes also must take credit for an innings as plucky as was unexpected, and his 57 not out was worth many a century.

Bowes Absence

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Stephenson The Menace Hutton did cut Wyatt square with such unexpected violence that

The 200. went up a partnership of 117 and then Leyland failed to get right across to Wyatt, and skied a catch to Robins at Cover. He had been in one and a quarter hours for his 69, a brave and refreshing

innings.

Then Yorkshire Sank After that Yorkshire sank sadly towards disaster. Barber survived doggedly for a while, but at 232 he was caught behind the wicket, and very soon Turner swept Stephenson round, and gave Roberts a catch at long leg.

Hutton reached his patiënt 100, Sellars produced a rattling off-drive before he was 1.b.w to Robins, Wood was bowled with a bang by

Moore, in the gulley, jumped in Edrich, Verity to detect Ro-

A fair recompense for Stephen-" son, and a moment later Hutton nearly played-on to Edrich. York--| shire were struggling, and Mitchell, after hitting Robins easily through the covers, was sorely perplexed by the next ball, which fizzed viciously. near the edge of the bat.

off

at the tea in- had lost eight

over then, but

CIVIL SERVICE FGOLF

CHAMPIONSHIP

J. C. Reid (Air Ministry), with a.score of 152, won the Civil Service championship for the fifth succes- sive year and the ninth time in all at the annual meeting of the Civil Service G. S. at Littlestone.

land, and very solidly he kept Hut- ton company. The minutes went by, · the runs came, Hutton drove Edrich and Roberts beautifully through the covers, and at-half-past five Smailes was still putting his bat shrewdly to the straight balls, and equally shrewdly failing to connect: when he slashed outside the off- stump.

The Fighting Finish Yorkshire stock was rising. This was the fighting finish we had ex- pected of them. Smailes hit Edrich for three fours in an over, two of them perfect off-drives of full Ley- land quality. M.C.C. appeared to wilt against this stubborn defiance. Robins came on at the Pavilion end,

son had a last fling, and shaved and nearly bowled Smailes. Stephen- Smailes's stumps, to which Smailes replied by cracking the next ball through the covers to the boundary.

The possibility of a Yorkshire vic- tory emerged, but at 5.55 Hutton snicked Robins. into his stumps... and a gallant innings ended at a most critical moment. Only Turner was to come, and Yorkshire needed.

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49 runs in 35 minutes. :

There was some * scampering up and down; a few more valiant blows by Smailes, and then at 6.10, with the Yorkshire total 380, Turn- er raised his bat thoughtfully and watched

a straight ball from Stephenson uproot his off-stump.

Smailes was undefeated, but M.C.C. had won, and Stephenson continued his run almost into the Pavilion.

SPALDING

TOP-FLITE

RACKET

with the OPEN THROAT

alarm, but funs were squeezed out bins's wrong 'un, M.C.C. were sorely handicapped very sparingly and Stephenson was terval Yorkshire by the absence of Bowes, who has a constant menace. At 38 he had wickets for 266. water on the knee, and may be out his reward, for Sutcliffe, with old It seemed all of the game for some time. To at- and more spacious days in mind, Smailes, who bats left-handed, had tack so dour a batting side as York walked protectively across his been pondering the ways of Ley- shire on an easy wicket with bowl-stumps, made no stroke, and was ing strength thus diminished was pained to find himself out 1.b.w a serious problem, and M.C.C. have to plume themselves every reason on their victory.

Yorkshire's position at the begin ning of the day was none too good, for M.C.C. led by 366 with four wie- kets in hand.. It was overcast and rather chilly when Edrich and Aird went out to continue the M.C.C. in-

A lovely forcing stroke nings, and very soon it was clear the back foot brought Hutton a that Yorkshire had more trouble grand four past extra-cover, and coming. Edrich resumed his steady then, after some unobtrusive pro- excellence Aird played some degress,. Mitchell played Robins lightful strokes, Hargreaves and straight and hard, Robins checked Smalles tofled vainly, and the runs the ball, Wyatt. backed up. Mitchell | mounted up.

called and was easily run out. This moment of strange aberration It was 12 o'clock when Edrich, brought Leyland in to join Hutton tired of respectability, took a wild at 83. just before the luncheon in- beat at Hargreaves, nd had his off-terval; and gradually Yorkshire's stump

ump knocked out

the ground. prospects inforoved. With seven wickets down, and a Leyland Calls The Tune total of 276 M.C.C. then declared, Leyland, as usual, gave no sign leaving Yorkshire the formidable that the situation was critical, but task of making 406 în 41⁄2 hours. proceeded with massive quietness Wyatt (nursery end) opened the to suggest that the MC.C. bowHag. bowling with Stephenson. By this was not particularly noxious. time the sun was shining, and a gen-hooked and pulled Robina eral Yorkshire obviously would take up against the grand stand somnolenică îpread over the ground. and drove him welth swinging Yorkshire obviously would take over mid-off's head, while Hutton this matter seriously, and there played second fiddle was some spadework to be done,

Stephenson also gave the match By three o'clock we were even his clowest attention, and his open- beginning to wonder her Yorks ing overs, were full of proper hosti- shire might not make the guns, and lity. He morally bowled - Hutton Hutton became positively skittish, half a dozen times, and even Sut-jumping to Roberts, and sending à cline Tound late in-winger com- towering chance to mid on, and

Fatal Wild Beat

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