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THE CHINA MAIL, WEDNESDAY, JULY 27, 1960.

Lancs take County

YORKSHIRE PUSHED OUT AFTER 57-RUN

DEFEAT BY ESSEX

Loñdów, July 25. Yorkshire, after holding their lead since June 21, have finally been pushed from the top of the County Cricket Cham- pionship table.

The architects of their downfall were Essex, who beat the reigning champions by 57 runs at Leeds today.

Their successors,

at the head.

of the table are Lancashire, who

beat Surrey by only two wie-Tennis League

kets after a dull day's cricket

Dt the Oval.

With their victory giving thei an average of 7.81, to Yorkshire's 7.30, Lancashire made heavy weather of the task of scoring 141 for victory-and they might well have regarded the absence of Surrey pace bowler. Poter Loader as a reprieve after hav- ing scraped home so narrowly. Leader was out of action with bruised ribs, sustained while balling yesterday.

The man to blame

Bob Barber, the Lancashire captain, was the man to blame for the crawling finish. It took him 4 hours to score an un- defeated 07, and every other batsman,followed his extreme- ly cautious example.

Yorkshire fought bravely to meet the challenge of 293 runs m 320 minutes set them by Essex, but in spite of attacking innings by P. J. Sharpe (66) and Vic Wilson (50), they were dismiss- ed for 237.

It was former England all- rounder Trevor Bailey who again wrought havoc, taking ive for 61 to give him match figures of 12 for. 101,

Earlier, Bailey (46) and Roy Ralph (42) made valuable con- tributions 10

formidable The

Essex lead.

Middlesex gained an expected Black- victory over · Kent at

heath, whining by. 110 runs and taking nil 14 points for un average of 6.68 to retain third position.

In spite of a draw at Bristol, Sussex stayed in fourth place with four points against Gloucestershire.

Sussex were actually baulked of victory by a last wicket- stead between a disabled Tem Graveney and John Morti

more.

Mbetimore scored 98 in 4 hours, including a six and 14 fours. Graveney only managed to lift the bat a few inches be-

· cause of a' damaged shoulder and defied the bowling for 50 minutes in scoring four runs.

Results

today's

cricket

Reulls of matches were;

At the Oval: Lancashire beat Surrey by two wiekta. Surrey

157 and 131. Lancashire 148

and 141 for eight (R. Barber 67 not out). Lancashire 12 points. Surrey four points.

finals

The Hongkong Lawn Tennis Association has announced the following dates for the finals be- tween the section win-

of the Colony nerd Men's B, C and D Divi- sion Leagues:

Monday, August 8 Men's "B": SCAA "1" vs CRC "." Wednesday, August 10 Men's "C": CRC “1” vs CCC "2."

Friday, August 12 Men's "D":"CRC "1" Vs KTGCA,

All the finals will be played at the Hongkong Cricket Club and will start at 5.30 p.m.

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Cricket lead FOURTH TEST ENDS

CRUISER CHALLENGER Currently, 20-year- old Johnny Ould is spending his time hauling and heaving wine in the bottling department of a London warehouse. But next month he'll be enjoying him- self more trading punches in the Palazzo dello Sport in Rome as Britain's Olympic cruiserweight challen- ger. 31 victories in 34 senior bouts have made Johnny British champion for two successive years.-London Express photo.

FIRST-CLASS CRICKET LOSING GROUND

Public support falling away

BY ARCHIE QUICK

"There would not have been many more people here if it had not been raining" remarked Denis Compton as we gazed out on the empty Lord's

Successful Olympics for Australians predicted

Sydney, July 26,

Ban on Griffin to

be continued

Manchester, July 26.

Geof Grimm, the young South African fast bowler, Wi deunitely not bowl again during the Current Springbok tour, with or without an appliance on his armi.

Brilish cyclists enter for world

Mr Geoff Chubb, President of the South African Cricket As- sociation, said today that the ban on Griffin imposed by the tourists, after he had been repeatedly "called"

for "throwing" early in the four, would be continued.

championships Last week, during the Spring-

London, July 26,

Brian Robinson, and Tommy Simpson, the only two members the British team to complete the Tour De France cycling race the have been included in British team which will come pete in the Professional Rodri Race of the World Cycling Championships on August 14 in East Germany, it was leamed here today.

Other members of the team will be John Andrews, Jack Kennedy, Harry Reynolds and Jimmy Rae

Norman, Shen, twice amateur pursuit world champion has been entered for the pro- fessional 5,000 metres Pursuit World Championships at Leipzig-AF

Pool fortune for labourer

London July 28,

Mr Arthur Capppbell, a 34-year- old, Jabourer from Grenada, British West Indies, heard 10 day that he had won 235,031 Sterilor in a British pool ori Australlan soccer.

Mr Camell who invested two shilings sixpence Sterling

IN TAME DRAW Springboks given impossible task

of scoring 185 in 107 minutes

Manchester, July 26. The rain-spoiled fourth cricket Test between, Eng- land and South Africa ended in a draw at Old Trafford here today. England, assured of victory in the five-match series

after winning the first three games, declared at mid-afternoon to set South Africa the almost impossible task of making 185 runs in 107 minutes for victory.

„Allen, though ⠀⠀mogeing only

The South African batsmen 98th victim in Test cricket, were glyen no chance to force the pace and the match fizzled

out tamely,

Final scores were: England boks match against Middle-260 and 153 for seven declared; sex, Griffin (who was not South Africa 229 and 46 for no picked for the match) spent wicket. some, time bowling in the nets at Lord's wearing a leather- covered aluminium splint on his arm, la an effort to "straighten" His action.

Speculation

This caused

draw

Threatened

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After BAT toys dismissal

Little incentive

ve a bright in hitting 14 not out, In- After rain had washed out cluding 12 in en over from Jim bowling play on Thursday and Friday a Pothecary, However, the three the South African bowlers used; in -nlways seemed probable result but at one stage the innings generally gave Hitle this morning South Africa way on a pitch which offered

them no help. snatch a win threatened

в gained quick when they

in breakthrough

England's second innings. Eng and lost Ken six wickets for 101, but

and David Allen Barrington a result of the suggestion made by New Zealant born plastic thwarted the tourists with a 00- which added 33 surgeon Sir Harold Gillies, minute stand who claimed to have used a runs. sirailar device for improving his swing at golf.

some speculation as to whether Griffin might bowl agaks on the tour, wear- ing the splint,

The appliance was tried out as

The decision to continue the ban

on Griffin was taken at meeting attended by Mr Chubb. Mr Foster Bowley, vice-president of the South African Cricket Association. and tour manager Mr Dudley Nounse

England's declaration gave South Africa little, incentive to make a bold bid for victory, and their openers did not attempt it. They scored 24 in 50-minutes before tes and when the match Barrington, handicapped by ended their unbeaten stand of a pulled leg muscle, had to 40 was, curiously, their highest have the aid of a runner. But of the series.

he

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batted most courageously

England fast bowler Brian- and never let hittable balls goStatham,bowled only four overs unpunished. His 35, made in and then retired because of two hours 20 minutes, included

tonsilitis

AWTING AN

five fours. He eventually fell

Despite the loss of two days' catch at the wicket by play, attendance figures were to 3

A statement Issued after the John Waita, who claimed his approximately $3,000 and re-

meeting said it was felt that

the new note on the "throw-

ing" rule agreed on at the re-

cent imperial Cricket Confer- Johnson: 9,000

ence at Lord's in no way affect- ed Griffin's position and "was adopted by the conference to enable a more uniform inter- pretation of the existing rule to be reached by all umpires."

"Furthermore, it is felt

that

in the pool, said he would in- 'No useful purpose' vest his winnings in property in Grenada, where two of his children, Roselyn (6), and Keith (5), Uve with his parentų, the island before He left Keith was born and has never seen him

The win was Mr. Campbell's elshth this season, although only his first big one..

cricket ground on the rained-off first day of the Australia's 1980 Olympic team This, win means everything Gentlemen versus Players match.

in-

entire future fabric depended,

Compton only voiced what we, Cricket Conference to be held, were a thining, for there is a meeting on which the game's no doubt that this season's bickerings and ill-starred cidents during the current South African tour have finally knocked the edge off the public's appetite for the game at the higher level

Although the countles generally report that mem- bership has remained stable,

the bottom has fallen out of the attendances at matches, and the counties, as well as the tourists, face à big drop in anticipated receipts.

The Tests have not been well

would be one of the most successful ever entered by team's this country, the.

Sid

general

manager, Mr Grange predicted today,

could find nothing but pessimism. Few people believed · He said it would again that the first class game as at dominate swimming events, constituted could sur-despite excellent times being re- present vive and thrive.

corded overseas.

Overhaul

Inter-Services

Mr Grange fold a Rotary Meeting gathering he had been "very upset" by criticism of the selection, training and prepara- tion of the 1960 team.

Compton told me that there is to be a big overhaul of Lord's fixtures the season after next. At present there is a big

Eighteen members of the 1980 gap in midsummer when Mid- dicsex are away on tour and track and field teams would have only minor

representative won gold medals 1948 supported, and one sensed that games are played-ucy Har Game It tegels at the

games, their present performances then. even if the weather had been row, kind there would have been a Oratory versus Beaumont, and meagre assembly at Lord's to other school games,

"More than 5,000 athletes, will be, competing for only 140, gold watch this outdated fixture be

"The ground is generally medals this year," Mr Grange tween amateurs and professton-empty when the sun shines and said, als. There were certainly no closed through rain when the queues waiting for admittance bigger matches are scheduled," while the rain teemed down,

he told me. The idea is to The reason's spread out the more attractive Everybody is concerned about futures-Middlesex's pardieu falling attendances. Surrey Club larly and arrange the tradi- have announced that they are tional schools dates." £1,000 down on takings so far this season at the Oval, while Middlesex ste as much 38 At Bournemouth: Match

£2,500 behind last summer's drawn. Hampshire 313 for nine income at the "gates." The declared and 155 for seven de- Surrey Secretary has also said clared (J. Gray 44), Somerset that only £10,000 have been 308 and 48 for two. Hamp taken for the five days of the shire four points,

Final Test against South Africa

At Ilkeston: Derbyshire beat Nottinghamshire by 116 runs. Derbyshire 105 and 245: Not- tinghamshire 90 and 144 (C. Poole 64, H. Jackson seven for 45). Derbyshire 14 points.

At Blackheath: beat Keat by 110 runs, Middle sex 238 and 189 for seven (A. Dixon 48). Kent 103 and 214. Middlesex 14 points.

Middlesex

At Bristol: Match drawn at the Oval compared with & Gloucestershire 203 and 247 usual £18,000 at this time of (J. Mortimore 98). Sussex 353. July for previous matches. Sussex four points.

Rain has been prevalent, but

"I think there is more in the Games than winning medals.

"Any athlete who gets through to the finals at the Games will have achieved something worth while."-China Mail Speciht.

me, and, iny family" he said. China Mall Special.

points possible

in decathlon

Los Angeles, July 26.

Rafer Johnson, the world de-

ceipts at the gate Reuter,

£4,200.-

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TEST SCORES

FIRST INNINGS England; 260,

South Africa: ZZR

SECOND INNINGS

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Pallars and b Pothecary Cowdrey, Adcock

any experiments with mechani-cathlon record holder with 8,683 cal appliances in so far as points said last night it was Griffin is

concerned, at this within human possibilities stage of the tour, and in this score over 9,000 points in the country, can serve no ustful decathlon event, purpose," the statement add- The young American cham- plon was speaking at a lun- American offered by

ed. After the meeting, Mr Nourse cheon

said he hoped this, would sports writers. "close the Griffin affaly in "In the Rome Olympic Games, England once and for all."the winner will certainly break Clina Mall Special.

the world record," Johnson add-

Stirling Moss breaks

lap record at

ed.

He also said that his most din- gerous opponent was Formosa's Yang Chang-kuang who lives actually in the United States and who will represent his coun- Games- try in the Olymple AFP.

Dexter, c McLean, b Pothe.

Illingworth, e McLean,

Adcock

Radgett, c Watte, b Adcock Parks, and b Goddard Barrington, c Walte, B God-

dard Allen, not out Trueman, not out

Extras

Total (for 7 wkts déc) 163

Howling

analytis

Adcock Pothecary Goddard R

South Afric McGlew, not out Goddard, not out

Extras.

Brands Hatch circuit Hydroplane to take it 26

London, July 26.

British are driver Stirling Moss who only left hos- pital last Saturday today beat the Brands Hatch circuit record when he clocked one minute 48 seconds flat over the lap.

in

Olympic flame into Italy

Rome, July 26, The Olympic Aame will be borne over the Stralis pi

Aller

Fullar

Total (for no wat)

1 minute 424 seconds (94.00 Greece to Rome on a fast Cowdrey mph) over the lap.

Bowling

Moss achieved his performance a new Formula One Cooper got Messina between, Sicily and the Illingworth Cooper, 1959, with a tele, his record back when he clocked mainland on its way from gett vision camera get behind him and while, making comments in a microphone, and mode

However, Mors did not, hold the title, for long. Tony Brooks, the former record holder, testing

Anti-dope security measurės

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redoubled at Goodwood

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announced hydroplane, it was. here today,

Moms will not compete in the Brands: Baich race, next The flamt, which will Monday. His first race lace carried. from Greepets Sicily his bad accident during prac

thee for the Belgian Grand on the Italian three-masted Beirut soccer XI

training

ship, the Vespucci, will creas the straits

Prix over a month ago, wil | naval be in Swedess.

He will then drive the Lotus in one hour on August 19," five sports model in which he set a new record at Silverstone yesterday,

Later he will possibly take part in the Portugal Grand Prix.

days before the Games, open. The symbol of the, Games will travel to the eternal elly

from Region Calabria on the frit mainland in the

hands pr scores of specially trained

Moss said today that his runners.-Reuter, knees were stil a little swollen

and, appeared to have sotine water on them.

Baseball results

Goodwood, July, 20. Queen Elizabeth and A Northampton: Northamp- it is not the factor which is

the the strong to squad team The four-day Goodwood Race Duke of Edinburgh allended tonshire beat Glamorgan by causing a falling away of public Meeting opened here today with today as guests of the Duke of not reported any out-of-the-or- Londea betting circles have

"I shall not drive again until three wickets. Glamorgan 171 support. and 242. Northamptonshire 214 players seeming inability to the horses to prevent any doping owns the land.

Slow play and the a redoubled security watch on Blohmond and Gordon, who dinary kiness on the races in I am in perfect condition”, - he and 203 for seven. Northamp-step up the pace, plus Test attempts.

which dong has been suspect added. Later Moss snatched the record again from Brooks ed, or, silaged, tonshire 12 points.

Match squabbles and, television.

Many trainers Recent reports of doping, and

had sent

clocked one minute One of the biggest London when he At Leeds: Essex beat York are the real reasons for the news that two of the Duke of additional guards to supplement agents seid: you started win- 41.3 sex jds over the Brands sage by 57 runs. Essex 180 decline, and while we waited Norfolk's horses were having the usual force of official nig on outsides against hos Hatch Lap 2nd 200 Yorkshire 86 and for the Gentlemen versus dope checks, had made trainers security police,

He was favourites in Tattersalls, they

then driving 237. Essex 12 points,-Rouler. Players match to start, and doubly cautious during the first Officers with experience of would be one in a couple of Formula One Lotus witch he matches.mcluded:

Lalled of the vital Imperial any of this Royal Meeting. the doping racket were among races."---China Mall Special. had just bomowed-AFP.

No Channel swim THE GAMBOLS marathon this year

Dover, July 26. Dover Municipal Comell 10- day decided not to organise Channel * Swimming

Mrs Dorothy

Merathon

the mayor,

fushëll, refused to comment an

the mouncil's decisiogi

Mr Butler, who usually or

ganised the annual event had fered to patrondale: the-race" if the Council's accepted

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