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THE CHINA MAIL, JUNE 7, 1939.

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SCORING IN

COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIP West Indies Aggregate Over 600 Against M'sex

Yorkshire Score 493 For 1 Wkt

GIMBLETT AGAIN!

London, To-day.

Scores in first-class cricket matches which con- cluded yesterday, were again high, several excel- lent batting performances being registered.

Yorkshire, who continue most spectacular, were again well to the fore with an amazing score against Hampshire. Sutcliffe made 116 and-Hutton- 280 not out and the Tykes' amassed the huge total of 493 for the loss of only Sutcliffe's wicket.

"B" DIVISION

ANOTHER RECORD ONLY ONE FOR WOODERSON TENNIS MATCH

Manchester, To-day. Sydney Wooderson, holder of the world mile record, has established a new record for three-quarters of a mile when he clocked 2 minutes, 59.5 seconds.

The previous best figure was set by the American Wayne Rideouts and was 3 minutes, 0.8 seconds.

Wooderson is sailing for Ameri- ca to-day to compete at Prince- ton in the "Mile of the Cen- tury" against America's best milers-Reuter.

knocked up 531 against Leicester. three batsmen made centuries but Leicester were never in difficulty and

Hampshire fared badly and could of no avail and Sussex lost by an easily forced a draw. only manage 174 and 190 in their innings and 121 runs, two innings.

Gimblett Again

F. R. Brown, who appears

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West Indies have definitely settled down, as their amazing total of 665 against Middlesex indicates. Head- ley again dominated the scoring with 227, while Stollmeyer and Sea-have run into his best form with ley also made hundreds.

the ball, was again largely re- Cameron then put Middlesex out sponsible for Surrey's victory. for 283 in the first innings and the took 7 for 74 in Warwick's second County followed on and were dis-innings to enable Surrey to win but

only by the narrow margin of wickets. 500

missed a second time for 254.

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COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIP

At the Oval, Surrey beat Warwick- shire by 3 wickets. Warwick-245 and 165 (F. R. Brown

7 for 74). Surrey-314 and 99 for 7.

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At Tonbridge, Kent beat Sussex by an innings and 121 runs.

Sussex 95 (Watt 4 for 38) and 364 (John Langridge 160, Harry Parks 127; Wright 8 for 84). Kent-580 for 9 dec. (F. G. H. Chalk

198, Todd 143; C. Oakes 8 for 147)

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Harold Gimblett, whose batting has been one of the features of the current season, was again in bril- liant form. He registered his fifth At Taunton, Somerset beat Worces- century of the season and Somersetter by 10 wickets.

Worcester-254 (Cooper 102) and 254. won by 10 wickets.

Somerset-443 (Gimblett 129, Buse

103) and 89 for 0.

Yet another score of over was Kent's 580 for 9 dec. against Sussex. F. G. H. Chalk and Todd both made centuries. Watt then dismissed Sussex for a meagre 95 but the latter were not dismayed by a first-innings deficit of nearly 500 and John Langridge and Harry Cambridge University, after Parks were both responsible for lean period, touched their best form centuries, which, however, proved in the batting department when they

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At Peterborough, Essex beat North- ants by 6 wickets. Northants-186 (Peter Smith 5 for

64) and 335.. Essex-208 and 227 for 4.

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At Sheffield, Yorkshire beat Hamp: shire by an innings and 129 runs. Hants-174 and 190.

Yorks-493 for 1 dec. (Sutcliffe 116,

Hutton 280 not out).

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OTHER MATCHES

YESTERDAY

Owing to the heavy downpour... of rain in the course of yesterday morning, only one match was play- ed in the "B" Division of the Tennis League in the afternoon.

This took place at Happy Valley, and Kowloon Cricket Club, on dreadfully sodden courts, beat Civil Service by 7 sets to 2.

Conditions were all against good tennis and the standard revealed was consequently never very high. K.C.C. led 2-1 after the first round and 4-2 after the second.

Although there is little likelihood that the result would have been affected in any case, Civil Service suffered two mishaps early in the first round which from their point of view were rather unfortunate.

Playing against W. M. Gittins and B. Soltau, J. Bendall tore muscle in his leg and thereafter played under great difficulty, while B. Agafuroff, of the home teams' No. 1 pairing, broke several strings in his racket and was unable to produce his best form.

STRONG PAIR

F. Grose and A. V. White again demonstrated their ability in win- ning three sets with the greatest of ease, while N. A, E. Mackay and R. T. Broadbridge showed some improvement over their previous match in taking 21⁄2 sets.

Gittins and Soltau could never get used to conditions and played dread- fully below their usual form.

The Agafuroff brothers were easi- ly the most impressive home com- bination. B. Agafuroff scored fre- quently with some excellent work at the net, while his brother was very steady on the. volley and at the back of the court.

Bendall and Skinner tried very hard and both played some nice At Lord's, West Indies beat Middle-strokes but Bendall's inability to sex by an innings and 228 runs. West Indies-605 (Jack Stollmeyer 117,

G. Headley 227, Sealey 181). Middlesex-183 (Cameron 6 for 57),

and, followed on, 254.

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At Cambridge, Cambridge University drew with Leicester. Leicester-410 (Armstrong 131, Pren-

tice 163 not out) and 187 for 7. Cambridge-531 (F. G. Mann 128,

Thompson 130, Broadhurst 111). ---Reuter

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TO-DAY'S MATCHES

At Chesterfield-Derbyshire v. Worces-

tershire.

At Gloucester (Wagon Works Ground)

-Gloucestershire v. Surrey,

At Southampton-Hampshire v. Lan-

cashire,

| At Tonbridge-Kent v. Glamorgan, At Nottingham-Nottinghamshire

Essex.

At Frome-Somerset v. Middlesex. At Horsham--Sussex v. Warwickshire,

coyer court proved a great handicap. I. Agafuroff and B. Agafuroff (C.S.C.C.).

lost to F. Grose and A. V. White 1-6 beat W. M. Gittins and B. Soltau 6—2 drew with N. A. E. Mackay and

R. T. Broadbridge

6-----6 J. Bendall and W. J.. Skinner (C.S.C.C.).

1-6

6--6

lost to Grose and White drew with Gittins and Soltau lost to Mackay and Broadbridge 5-7 S. C. Peck and W. Colledge (C.S.C.C.).

lost to Grose and White lost to Gittins and Soltau

'2-8 1-6

lost to Mackay and Broadbridge 0–6

CHAPMAN WINS FRENCH TITLE

St. Germaine, To-day. In the final of the French amateur golf championship played over 86 holes, the American, Richard Chapman, who eliminated Yates, the holder, in the British Amateur, beat At Oxford-Oxford University v. Min-Jacques Leglise, winner of the

At Hull-Yorkshire v. Leicestershire. At Northampton-Northamptonshire v.

West Indies.

or Counties,

At Cambridge-Cambridge University

*v. The Army.

French title in 1987, by 5 and 4; Reuter.

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