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HAMMOND WELL AHEAD

London, June 11.-The following are the leading batsmen and bowlers in first-class cricket:

BATTING

(Qualification: Eight Innings)

W. R. Ham

mond

Gimblett

Sutcliffe

Hardstaff Hutton

I. N.O. R. H.S. Aver.

18 2 1002 302 96:54 .15 3.946 129 78.83 .12 2 779 234* 77.90 ..12 3 661 125* 72.83

.13 2

Compton (D.) .17 2 Lee (F. S.) ...15 3 Davies (E)....13 1 Paynter

Iddon

Harris

O'Connor

Keeton

.17 2

.16 4 :13 1

.:16 1

..10.1

J. R. Thompson .10 1

* Signifies not out.

792 280* 72.00

978 181 65.20 748-155* 62.33

ON DOPING FOOTBALLERS

Sir Francis Joseph, president of Stoke City Football Club. (Eng.), has this to say on gland treatment for players: "I'ques- tlon whether dope is good for the game. It should be remem- bered that football clubs....are dealing with youngsters, and it is time to call a halt if any man under thirty years of age re- quires to be doped in order to produce his best.”

729 237* 60.75| BOXING 868 222 57.86 659 141* 64.91

607 190. 50,58

758 194 50.53 451 93* 50.11

451 133* 60.11

BOWLING

O. M. R.

(Qualification: 18 wickets)

Copson Lewis

W. Aver.

93.7 19 306 24 12.70

GILROY RETAINS

SCOTTISH TITLE

London, June 7.

P

In Rosebery .168.4 25 557 48 11.60 Park, Glasgow, last night. Bert Gil- Verity .290.8 84 776 58 13.37 roy, Coatbridge, retained his Scot Bowes .248.7 55 611 43 14.20 Goddard ..310.6 53 1049 66 15.39 tish middle-weight championship Gover ..232.7 18 844 48 17.58 by defeating Johnny Clements, Wright .106.9 10 448 25 17.92 S. Pether.101.3 18 358 19 18.84 Coatbridge, at the beginning of the Роре

459 24 19.12 thirteenth round, the referee dis- Robinson 151.3 29 544 28 19.42 qualifying Clements when a second (A. V.)..128.5 13 470 24 19.58 from his corner entered the ring Nichols ...185.2 24 669 34 19.67

after the bell had sounded for the commencement of the session..

(G. H.)..133.6 22

P.ope

WEST INDIES

E. A. V. Wil-

liams

I. N.O. R. H.S. Aver.

7 2 261 126* 52.20 502 181 38.61

J. E. D. Sealy .13 0 J. B. Stollmey-

er

L. N. Constan-

tine

8 0 289 117

12 1

36.12

306-

--63 27.81 J. H. Cameron 13 0 330 106 25.38

• Signifies not out..

BOWLING

O.'. M.

·

The incident was a curious one in that a new glove-the original one having burst in the twelth session- was being fitted to Gilfroy's hand. Two seconds were with the champion. then. Immediately Clements's second jump- ed into the arena, he was followed by officials of the Control Board, and some minutes elapsed before it was officially announced what the decision was.

R. W. Aver. 1 12.00

The bout was scheduled for 15 16.34 three-minute rounds. The champion was the aggressor from the start, when the pace was brisk and the further the contest went, the more pronounced be- came Gilroy's superiority.

G. Hendley 5 1 12

L. N. Con-

stantine .216.6 30 767

50

J. H. Cam-

eron ....160.6 27 480

27

17.77

L. G. Hyl-

ton .114.4 11 425

18

J. E. D. Sea-

..ly.. ............. 36-4-120,

23.61

5. 24.00

are

HOME CRICKET

THE CHINA MAIL, JUNE 28, 1989. --

Yorkshire All Sm(A)iles!

RACING JOTTINGS

London, To-day.

first-class

Feature of Home cricket matches which concluded yesterday was the magnificent bowling of Smailes, of Yorkshire who, after taking four Derbyshire wickets in the first innings for 11 hounds who compete at plumpton runs, proceeded to take all 10 in meetings are often given a "spot the second. If a horse trainer gives his runner a nip, he's liable to fine of £10 or worse unless he has the permission of the stewards.

Sydney-What is good for one ani- mal is. officially at least, not good example, gray-

for another. For

they

in every respect. Yorkshire with- This match was a remarkable on

out the services of four of their crack players, engaged in the Test Match at Lord's, were dismissed în their first innings for 83, George Pope, taking 6 for 44.

Visitors to Rooty Hill (Sydney) enclosure have often wondered why an official carries a teaspoon and a bottle of whisky-and it's the real stuff to the slips for final courses. He asks the two owners if wish to give their dogs "a taste" be Smailes and a young newcomer fore they go to slips.

At most, a teaspoonful is the meashire out for the amazingly low Smurthwaite then skittled Derby- sure, and it's interesting to see the greyhounds having, "one on the house". Some owners are against giving their dogs whisky and always

decline.

Indiscriminate administering.

of

spirits to racehorses could not be

tolerated. Some owners would

** * E..

stop at whisky or brandy.

Where Theorists Are Always Beaten

not

score of 20!

As already stated, Smailes took all Derby's second innings wickets, his analysis feading

17.1

M. R. W. 47 10

In other matches, Surrey secured a narrow victory, over. Lancashire which definitely writes off any hopes the latter County may have upon had earlier in the season of win-

Recently various American breed- ing authorities entered

"

a campaign against breeding theor ies, which, like "punters systems," ning the championship, Somerest generally have a hole in them some-beat Leicestershire, Notts beat, where.

Kent, Middlesex beat Hampshire A stumbling block for breeding and Worcestershire beat Glouces theorists is the fact that so many brothers or sisters to well-perform-

tershire. ed horses prove of little account. Phar Lap, Poitrel, and Amounis can be, mentioned among those that had many "poor relations." This fact is brought to mind by the fact that Old Party, who was among the last to finish in the Victoria Park Jump- ers Flat Race, is a brother to Cuee- sun, who though not. first class, won two Perth Cups. Old Party is a long way off equalling that form, though. as he is only a four-year-old, he has plenty of time in which to ́-im- prove to some extent.

At Manchester, Surrey beat Lan- cashire by 14 runs.⠀⠀⠀ Surrey-278 (Phillipson 5 for 61), and..

240 for 9 dec. (Pollard 5 for 63). Lancashire-199 and 305 (Oldfield 131).

AMERICAN WINS FRENCH “AMATEUR”,

St. Germain, Tuesday. Richard Chapman, of America, won the French Amateur championship here to-day, beating J. Leglise (Chantilly) 5 and The absence from the running track 4 in the thirty-six holes final. of so many undergraduates who

Chapman's vctory was mainly due Sadd was disappointing. Не was reading for examinations. raises an in-this accuracy in approaching and on thought to have done well to last for teresting point, How far does inten- the greens. He was four up at the 15 rounds against a man of M'Avoy's sive mental effort affect physical fit-end of the first round and increased repute and experience, and the hun-ness? I was talking to Godfrey Brown his lead to five at the ninth hole in the dreds of supporters who had come from the other day and he told me that last.

second;

Leglise, however, recovered Norwich to encourage him seemed to year when working for his finals, he holes at the eleventh and twelfth, but be well satisfied. But to my mind he found that his running form was sur Chapman won the next two for the

prisingly good. On the other hand, match. Unfortunately Sadd is evidently a one- after his exam. his running fell away way fighter. He never varied his badly, so much so that he took a com style, never used his right hand except plete rest. The inference is that when with an occasional cuff, and employed the nerves were keyed up before the the left only for the one type of blow. exam, the physical condition was also Harold Lewis,

tuned up.-Guy Butler.

could have done much better.

INSIST on

Genuine

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pleted in 71 and his figures for the

Chapman's first. round was com

fourteen holes of the later play were

55:

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At Bath Somersetshire.beat Leicester- ahire by nine wickets. Somerset-223 and 89 for one wicket. Leicestershire-191. (Wellard 5 for 46)

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At Newport (LO.W.) Middlesex beat Hampshire by an inning and 25 runs. Middlesex-261; (Edrich 118). Hampshire93 (Smith 6 for 23) and

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At Worcester-Worcestershire beat Gloucestershire by five wickets. Gloucestershire 236 and 226 (Martin

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* * At Tunbridge Wells Nottingham- shire beat Kent by 13 runs... Nottinghamshire 222 (Watt 5 for 50),

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At Eastbourne Oxford beat Sussex by 56 runs. Oxford-178 (Cox 4 for" 6)" and · 824

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At Birmingham-Warwickshire beat Northamptonshire on the first innings. Warwickshire-890 for 9-dec. (Dollery

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At SheffieldYorkshire beat Derby- shire, by 276 Tuna.

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