THE CHINA MAIL, AUGUST 20, 1988
TO-DAY'S FIFTH TEST AT OVAL
"SKIP'S" FORECAST FOR TO-DAY
FIRST DIVISION
Police Recreation Club .....(36)
V
Kowloon Dock R.C.
(85)
Craigengower C.C. *Football Club “A”
Police Recreation Club
SECOND DIVISION
(—)``v ́†Civil Service C.C.
Craigengower C.C.
* Denotes promoted team.
+ Denotes relegated team.
(-) v Taikoo Recreation Club ..(35) ▼ Club de Recreio
THIRD DIVISION
ENGLAND'S CHANCES
VERY BRIGHT
Hardstaff, Leyland And Goddard To Stand Down?
(79) E match
(58)-v
R.H.K. Yacht Club
.(61) ·
Figures in brackets denote scores in corresponding match last year.
Compton Bats Well For 180
London, To-day.
NGLAND, thought dealt another cruel blow on the eve of a Test the injury to Ames have a really good chance of beating Australia in the final Test, which opens at Kennington Oval to-day and concerning which a special ball-by-ball commentary has been arranged by the B.B.C.
The winning of the toss on a "perfect" Oval wicket is worth anything up to 100 runs to the batting side, but, notwithstanding the possible loss of the toss, England have assembled the talent needed to win Test matches.
Edrich is the one player among the 14 invited to London of whom everyone is talking. After jan unbroken sequence of failures in the present Test series his al- most 100 per cent. County Cham- pionship stock has suffered a big decline, but he is young and, above all, a useful addition to any On this score he may secure inclusion, but only after giving up the opening position to Fagg, who must reap the reward of his recent brilliance.
Chief feature of County Cricket matches which concluded yes-attack. terday was the fine batting of F. S. Lee, the Somerset opening bats- man, who had the distinction of scoring a century in each innings of the match against Worcester, which Somerset won by 45 runs.
Another noteworthy performance was veteran Woolley's excellent bowling against Leicester. He cap- tured, in the course of the match, 11 for 106 and this, together with Valentine's fine double-century, gave Kent victory by 9 wickets.
Compton, the young England Test player, batted very well for powerful Middlesex against the
bowling of ffssex and compiled an undefeated 180. With Robins and Smith bowling well, Middlesex were successful by 10 wickets.
At Swansea, Lancs. beat Glamorgan on the first innings.
Lancs.-383 and 87 for 4.
IMPORTANT
SECOND DIV.
Glamorgan-272 (Wilkinson-8 for 86) BOWLS GAME
no play on third day.
At Oakham, Kent beat Leicester by 9 wickets. Kent-519 (B. H. Valentine 242, C. H.
Knott 108) and 46 for 1. Leicester-223 (Woolley 5 for 49) and
840 (Woolley 6 for 57).
At Birmingham, Surrey beat War. wickshire on the first innings. Surrey-410 (Parker 111, Croom, 5 for
66) and 121 for 5 dec.
Final Programme To-day
The final games of the Lawn Bowls season are scheduled for to-day, a total of five. The only one in the First Division is be- At Worcester, Somerset beat Worces-tween the Police and Kowloon
Warwick-335 and 108 for 3.
ter by 45 runs.
300 (Hazell 5 for 50).
Dock. The result has no bearing Worcester-146 (Wellard 7 for 59) and on the League and I think that Somerset-196 (Lee 109 not out) and
205 (Lee 107; Howorth 6 for 61). At Lord's Middlesex beat Essex by 10 wickets.
Essex-108 (Robins 4 for 22) and 309
(O'Connor 122; Smith 4 for 73).
the homesters will win against what appears to be only a moder- ate. Dock team.
The most interesting game of the day will be that between the other
Middlesex-392 (Compton 180 not out) Police na ang wub de Recreio:
and 26 for 0.,
EARLIER RESULTS Scores as cabled by Reuter, were:
Yorkshire At Scarborough,
beat Gloucestershire by an innings and 80
runs.
Yorks: 346 (Scott 5 for 51). Gloucester: 119 (Smailes 5 for 32, Verity 4 for 40) and 147 (Verity 6 for 48).
At Chesterfield, Derbyshire beat Hampshire by 10 wickets. Derby: 287 and 17 for 0.0 Hants: 120 (G. Fope 7 for 53) and 182 (Mitchell 6 for 96)-Reuter.
TO-DAY'S PROGRAMME
AUSTRALIA
: Oval-ENGLAND Y.
(Fifth Test Match) '(Four days or to a finish).
Cardiff Glamorgan Leicestershire. Newport (LOW.)-Hampshire' v. Nort- Muhamptonshire. Manchester-Lang
shire, MLAZ Nottingham
Taunton Eastbourne
Gloucester
Should the
win, as appears
more than probable, they will be- come champions of the Second Division and so secure promotion, at the same time leaving their vic- tims in danger of having to play off to avoid relegation: but this can only happen should the Civil Ser- vants overcome Craigengower, on the latter's green. The possibility seem less than remote, and I ex- pect the Civil Servants to return to the Third Division.
Football Club “A” entertain Tai- kọo and could be in the same pre- dicament as the Police, but it does not seem likely as I imagine the home team will just about pull off a win
In the Third Division, the Yacht Club have to pay a visit to Oral- gengower, and on present form it Is quite likely they will win to the wooden spoon with the
1 Clubs th
yet after his
4. Paynter. 5. Compton. 6. Edrich. 7. Verity. 8. Wood.
9. Smith P.
10.
Farnes.
11. Bowes.
Twelfth man-Nichols.
Farnes and Bowes must be in-
The injury to Ames has given Wood of Yorkshire his chance be- hind the stumps. It is fairly apparent that P. A. Gibb, another cluded after their fine performances Yorkshireman, is not absolutely fit at Leeds, and Hammond will com- accident in theplete England's "shock" attack trio. Gentlemen v Players match, but Edrich is fast medium, and Verity Wood is a dour batsman when the and Smith are the spin bowlers. occasion calls for doggedness. The English fielding is likely to The three others likely to be be of the highest standard, and...in excluded from the eleven are Hard-short, the team is exceptionally staff, despite his 134 last Tuesday well-balanced with batting down against the well-varied Derbyshire to No. 8 and six recognised bowl- attack, Leyland and Tom Goddard,ers without counting Hutton.. providing Edrich gets his place.
Australia are unlikely to make PROBABLE BATTING ORDER
in the team which The English batting order will pro-any changes
retained the Ashes at Leeds. bably be:
This match will be played to a finish.
1. Hutton. 2. Fagg.
3. Hammond.
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