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COUNTY CRICKET
< THE CHINA MAIL, THURSDAY, JUNE 16, 1955.
Yorkshire Run Into More Trouble
Against
Kent
London, June 15.
Yorkshire, who have lost their last three matches and are 32 points behind Surrey in the County Cricket Championship table, ran into more trouble against Kent at Hull today.
They lost the toss and the Kent opening pair, Arthur Fagg (82) and Arthur Phebey (45) put on the biggest stand for any Kent wicket this season, adding 126 befure Phebey was run out.
Yarkshire fought back and three wickets were 'down for 131. But: Jack Pettiford, Kent's Australian all-rounder, and Bob Wilson gave the score a trans. fusion by adding 71 for the fifth wicket
a
Then followed dramatic collapse and Kent. Jost their last five wickets for only 32 гиля Briar. Close, the young Yorkshire all-rounder, claimed
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three of the remaining wickets and Kent, who batted all day, were out for 249.
SURREY RELAX Meanwhile Surrey, relaxing from
warfare, Championship skittled Carabridge University Oval after out for 112 at the sending ive University batsmen back with only 20 runs on the board.
Barnett's XII In
For
Training Dragon Boat Race
Twelve European officers from District Offices in the New Territories and other Government offices, will once again test their 'oarsmanship against the skill of Chinese oarsmen at the Dragon Boat Festival on June 24.
At 6 p.m. yesterday these officers had their first practice off the Taipo Fishery Market. Among them was Mr K. M. A. Barnett, District Commissioner, New Terri- tories.
Meanwhile, New Territories villagers are also preparing for the
They have been
races.
The Police and Army units in the New Territories are or ganising another team to enter the Dragon Boat race. A meet-practising in small, narrow and ing was called yesterday to swift-moving bonis.
EUROPEAN TEAM lect participants.
the District The tu from Last year, two teams werė en-
Offices New Territories, and tered by the Police, by the Sel
other Kowloon Government of vices and District officers, call- ing themselves "Kwai Lo (The fices will comprise Mr K. M. A Ghosts) and "Faan Kwai" (For Barnett, District Commissioner
New Territories; The "Kwai Lo" cign Devils). team took third place in one cf Dodge, District Officer, Talpo;
Medical Dr H.W. Wylie,
Of- the two races and received a co-
ary lourful banner presented by vil-ficer of Health, New Territories: E.A. Hutchinson, Secretary Mr lagers.
and Accountant, District Admi "nistration; Mr w
This year, "new blood" is be- ing added to the teams.
Four of those who will come pete this year took part in last year's races,
Pirie Beats Tabori
And Tharos
Brussels, June 15. Gordon Pirie, British Six Miles Champion. won the 2,000 Metres international;
Mr
lor,
A
Ping Shan;
A. Tay- Land Bailif, Taipo: Mr Bailiff, Lang, Land J.
Mr
Registrar
of
Mr c. ***
Assistant
Registrar
Large,
of Co-operatives; Mr M. D. Sargent, Marketing Of fcer: Mr L. A Stephens, of the Agriculture, Fisheries and For-
race here tonight but failed Qualifiers
5,6
to beat the world record. He won in 5 mins. 12.6
which was seconds, seconds outside the record of 5 mins. 7 seconds held by Belgium's Gaston Reiff,
Mr F.
For
six
Peter Loader, Surrey's fast
look medium bowler, wickets for 17 mins in 16 overs. the ball appre- Loader swung
had in one spell ciably and four wickets for hire ring in six overs
Clark at Surrey lost Tom four but an elegant 31 by David unbeaten 71 Fletcher and on from Michael Stewart put the Champions ahead with 132 for two at the close.
Statham,
Lancashire
Brian and England speed bowler, was in form against Leicestershire at Hinkley.
pace The Leicester attack received little help from the pitch earlier in the day and totalled Lancashire
224. but Statham in the last hour worked up sufficient speed to clean bowl four Leicester batsmen for six runs in eight overs.
ONLY CENTURY
Doug Insole, the Essex skip- PT, had the distinction of being the day's only century maker. He hit 104 off the Derbyshire
Chesterfield bowling at
and
was a patient
Essex declared at 289 for mine. Paul Gibb (58) partner to Insole in their ffth wicket stand of 133.
At Lord's, Celin Cowdrey class made his opening first
and, appearance of the season
of his foot showing no sign
the MCC trouble, hit 47 for against Oxford, his old uni- versily
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Don Bennett, Middlesex, and Henry Tilly, who plays for the second team, surprised Oxford by putting on 108 runs in 70 minutes for MCC's inst wicket.
the key
score
with Coming together
at 168 for nine, and MCC's innings finally closed lashed the University bowling at 274,Reuter.
Wimbledon
Draw
Wimbledon, June 15.
A remarkably open Wim-
Wimbledon Championships unty
90 far as the men's
TONY TRABERT
TONY LOCK IS
The Unluckiest Cricketer In England
Says ARCHIE QUICK
Tony Lock the Surrey left-arm spin bowler is the unluckiest cricketer in England.
First and foremost he is the greatest close-to-the- wicket fieldsman in the world today. He compares with the great Australians, Mayne, Pellew and Harvey. His catching on the leg side is close to the miraculous and it is a snapping up of half chances which wins matches.
In addition, he is not only at the top of the riding high bowling averages but threaten- quickest 100 wickets ever. Not ing to break the record for the that I think he will do that now that the wickets are drying out. Yet the fair-headed Lock was not In England's team for the fryt Test Match against South Africans at Nottingham. There were several reasons for the Selectors this. First of all the decided
the eleves to honour which succeeded in winning the by picking Ashes in Australia
the
Tony
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