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COUNTY CRICKET MATCHES RESULTS.

·THE "GLORIOUS UNCERTAINTY". OF THE GAME; SUSSEX TROUNCED BY DERBYSHIRE.

EXCELLENT BOWLING TEAT BY MITCHELL: FRANK

WOOLLEY STILL GOING STRONG,"

(THROUGH REUTÊR'ş, AGENCY.];

London, Juno 2.

The glorious uncertainty," of cricket, was again emphasised.. ofer the week-ond at Home when Worcester defeated" Gloucester" "by over a hundred runs while Derbyshire beat the strong Sussox combination by the margin of an innings and 183 runs! The fen- ture of the Derby-Sussex match was the brilliant bowling of „ Mitchell, the Derbyshire alow Icg-break bowler, who created a stir in the ericket world by taking 6 wickets for 11. runs in the first, innings and crowned his success by getting a similar number of victims for 10 runs in the second innings..

The New Zealanders met their Waterlun in Middlesex at Headquarters where the county, playing steady cricket through. out, emerged victors by 7 runs. Frank Woolley once more show- ed that he is still one of the best left-headers in the country

by scoring 188 out of a total of 293 for 4 at Bradford,

The most notable batting and bowling performances were!-

Batting;

Woolloy (Kent)

Bowling. Mitchell (Derby) ...... 12 for 30 1, B. Cromb (N.Z.) 8 for 70. Larwood (Notta)........ 7 for 25 Paine (Warwick) ... 7 for 37 Mayer (Warwick) .... .7 for 43 Parker (Gloucester)... 7 for 85 Kennedy (Hants)...... 5 for 39 Goddard (Gloucester) 4 for 20 Brook (Worcester) 4 for 28 Root (Worcestor)....

188

Hopwood (Lanies.)

105*

Walker (Notta)

125

A Staples (Notts)

113

J. O. White (Somerset)

100

O, Bray (Essex)

100

Bakewell (Northants)

100%

*Not out.

COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIP TABLE,

1st Inns, No.: Pasu

4 for 30

P. W. L. W: L. Result. Pts. Pts.

Kent

.8 A D 1 0

1

00 69:

Gloucestershire

8 3 2 21

120 58

Middlesex

5 #3 0 S 0

0

15.05

Notts

6 3

1 1

0

90 53

Yorkshire

5 2 0 1 0 2

76 43

Lancashireeri

7

2

.0

.105 41

Worcestershire

2 21

Derbyshiro

8 1

a 3 1

90 39 120 37

Еввел

8

4 0 2

D

120 30

Hampshire

5 .1

0 1 2.

75

2 2

0

0

13.

8 0

0 3

1. 5 0 3

0

&

2 D 0

9

78.93

8 0 3 2

1

BD 14

0 0

0

0

90 13

Sussex

Surrey

Leicestershire.

Somerset bire

Glamorganshire

Warwickshire

Northamptonshire,.

30 .30 20 120 27 1. 00 25

105 24

The method of 'scoring this year is as following:-15 points : for a win; 71 points for a tie; & points for a win on the first innings and 3 points for a loss on the first innings; 4 poiņta for a tie on the first innings and 4 points for a no result.

NOTTS . SOMERSET...

In their second innings Middle- TWO NOTTS CENTURIES. sex totalled 98, Morritt bowling Somerset made the journey towell to get 5 for 77. Set to get 315,

the visitors started steadily buti Nottingham over the week-end when they were benten by the were still short of 79 when their

last wicket fell, The scorca were: margin of ten wickets.

Middlesex, 1st innings. 241

Cromb, 8 for 70, New Zealandera, 1st innings 152

Peebles; 5. for 66.. Middlesex, 2nd innings........

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Taking first innings, the home county knocked-up 379 for 7 (deëlared). Arthur Staples and Walker got the upper hand of the bowling and treated the gallery to some delightfully free

cricket.i They scored 113 and 125, respective- ly,

Larwood was in irresistible form with the ball and as a result Somer-

225

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Worcester compiled 248 in their THE LEFT-HANDER

second knock, Parker, taking 4 for 94 and Goddard 4 for 20. Glou cestor wore set to got 220 in their second knack, but when they still wanted another 101 runs, their last" wicket fell. Root had 4 for 32 and Brook 4 for 28.

The scoros were Worcester, 1st innings.

Parker, for $5. Gloucester, lap innings...

Boot, 4 for 78,- Worcester, 2nd inninga

Parker, 4 for 04, Goddard, 4 for 28. Gloucester, 2nd innings

Root, 4 for 39. Brook, 4 for 23,

HAMPSHIRE 1. WARWICK.

178

IN GOLF

WHY HE HAS NOT BECOME

A CHAMPION.

[By J. FRANCIS MARKES.]

» Thore is" perlispa 2 too general nviction in British golf cireles 207 that a left-handed player will never

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be a great champion. It appears to be based on the rough logic of

what never was never will ho 4fairly sound base on which build a temporary belief, but sear coly solid onough support a per- manent one.

which would mean in the case of a left-handed golfer that his play would deteriorate in par

Thoro seems to lie in Australasia a larger proportion than in Great. Britain of children whc grow up luft-handed I have wontioned two Tasmanian golfers, and everyone knows of left handed batamon in Australian cricket teams, such men

!©

as W. Brice, J. Darling, Com

there has been Norman Brookos, Hill, W. Bardaloy. In fawn ten- who won at Wimbledon in 1907. In billiarde wa havo had with us all the winter Walter Lindrum, ad mittedly

tho best player ever kawa During the last three Fears of the War we at Sandy' It is certainly true that no loft Lodge were privileged to entertain hander has yet become world about 1,000 wounded Australians, famous, but there is one who has and so many of the gallant fellows boatwho have som him. I refer to Mr. made a big impasasion on critiis

wore loft-handed that it was a job" Lon Nettlefold, a. Tasmanian, who to provide clubs for them. won the Australian amateur cham-Now I wonder how many likely pionship in 1920 when he was 30

A BOWLERS' DAY," At Southampton Warwick Hampshire on the first innings

Hampshiro bad first innings and

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RECORD FOR MILE AND A HALF.

NURMI'S TIME BEATEN:

[THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]

HELSINGFORS June 2.

At an athletis meeting her to- day Lehtinen, the Finnish ruauer, covered 2,040 yards (one mile and half) in 8 mine, 42.1 scos. This is undoubtedly better than the record set up by P. Nurmi, also a Finnish athlete, of 6 mins 49.8 secs.

LADIES GOLF.

KNOCK-OUT COMPETITION

DRAW

ATTACK ON LORD KITCHENER.

ARMY HISTORIAN'S CRITICISM

A sonsational attack on ord Kitchener appears in an article.by; Sir John Fortescue, the historian of the British Army, in the May

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number in Blackwood's Maga zing."," He has a reputation as a great organizer (writea Sir John). But he was nothing of the kind... Kitchener's idea of organization was rather a spasmodic upheaval to meet an immediate exigency. He would gather material, hastily to gether, hoedless of what he destroy- ed in, the gathering, patch it into some kind of shape, and insist thats in virtue of his own driving power, the machine should work Natural- ly the machine broke down before very long,d.v

*.*

Madequate Preparation.!! length of view which so impressed While paying tributa to the Marshal Foch, Sir John holds that Lord Kitchener's inadequate pre- for failures in Gallipoli and Mesopotamia: It sounds in- Kitchener ordered the 20th Division credible, but it is a fact that

put on f18 runa, Mayer (7 for 43) yoars old. He did very wall over left-handed young golfers there are petition at Deep Water Bay from paration was largely responsible. -

doing much damage with the ball. Warwick could only get 183 in reply the most successful bowler for Hampshire being Kennedy, who had, -6 wickets · for 39 runs...

Going in for the second time, Hampshire were dismissed for 199 runs, Paine bowling well to get 7 for 37. Warwick had only scared 16 for when stumps were drawn, the

scores being:-

Hampshire, 1st innings....... 118

Mayer, 7 for 43. Warwick, 1st innings

Kennedy, & for 30. Hampshiro, 2nd innings Paino, 7 for 37. Warwick, and innings (for 3

wickets)

LANOS ». BURKEY.

163

109

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Captain's Cup-Mrs. Redmond qualified for May, 79-3-74.

There will be an Eclectic Com June to 30 inclusive, for two here in 1997, and won the Austrain Great Britain to-day 1 1 sup- prizes presented by Mrs. Keary told that he hopes to be compoting Sandwich, from Western Gailes to out, but a full round of a holes lian amateur again in 1828.--I am pose that from St. Andrews, to Any number of cards may be taken here during the coming summer.

to embark without its first line. manian, Mr. Bruce Poarce, is the families (in which father, mother, Byes. Mra. Rodgers, Mrs Langston, he said, for they would only have

Curiously oncugh a second Tas Westward; Ho! dozens of golfing must be played on each bocasion.

Knock-Out Competitioon Draw: transport. They would not want it, only other very good left-hander I have heard of. He was in Eng and children are devoted to the Mrs Keary, Mr. Dodwell, Mrs. to march across the peninsula, and land before the War and played game) are so circumstanced that the Munro and Mrs. Stewart. Mics and Transport had to point out to Whyte-Smith, Mrs. Buyers, Miss actually the Director of Bupplies. in the Amateur Championship. I watched him then, and played with youngsters can "live" on a links. Phillipowsky Ars Newbigging, him that a battalion, camped in him in 1919. Very serious and full Soms few of these children pro-Miss Stevenson : Mra. Valentine Hyde Park would require, transport of concentration, ha kept his head bably exhibit left-handedness; they ra. Ross Mrs. Brown, Mies to fetch water from the Serpentine,

Curtin . Miss Sutton, Mrs. Piercy and that a division on active service. down after each shet for a longor

Mrs. Kirk, Mrs. Worley v. Mra had batter carry with it in the field time than anybody else. Wo our may inherit it as a family trait

Gordon, Miss Robinson v. Mrs.

a reserve of ammunition." selves, of course have quite a num

Fraser. Mrs. Sinipson v. Mrs. ber of left-handed amateurs, but

Ireland. not of the first class. Probably one reason is the scarcity of really good left-hand clubs; there is" but a small selection to choose from, so

that exact requirements of weight and balanco are not easy to come by. The professionals had never any left-handors in their front rank, and have not now. The mem- bers of the famous Jersey school LANCS TAKE FIRST INNINGS Vardon himself is very useful with are all right-handed, though Harry left-band clubs. Two fine players Herbert Jolly and Mark Seymour, began a left-handers, and each had a beautiful swing, but it is as right-handers that they have earned their places in big golf.

POINTS.

In a fairly high scoring match at Manchester, Lancashire took first innings points for Surrey.

Surrey batted first and put on the respectable total of 311 and to this Lancashire replied with 207 for a (declared), Hopwood distinguishing himself with 105 not out...

As rain interferred with play there was not enough time for the match to be played to a finish, Surrey scoring 185 for 4 in their second innings when stumps were drawn.

The scores were:-) Surrey, 1st innings

-311

Lancashire, lat, innings. (

wickete, declared)

307

Hopwood, 165 not out. Surrey, and innings (for 4

wickets)

18%

ESSEX v. NORTHANTS.„

BRAY MAKES A CENTURY,

C. Bray who made his first ap pearance for Euser in 1997, dis- Merritt, & for 77.

tinguished himself in this-quatch at New Zealanders, 2nd innings 23 Layton. by making & century. DERBY v.

Thanks to his innings Essex com SUSSEX.

piled 271 in the first innings, Northants replying with 147.

MITCHELL'S WONDERFUL

FEAT.

The scores were Essex, tat inninga

Investigation.

Brain, and Body, Possibly there is at this moment

tiny boy swinging his makeshift ist round to be played by June clubs from a left-handed stance sc16; second round by June 30, third

round by July 14, fourth round by July 25, and the final by August 11.

persistently that he cannot be conched or persuaded to do other. wise, and is allowed to play in his own fashion. Should his childish

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Why is all this! Why are there more really good left-handed golfera Is there any valid reason why the nerves and muscles, ten-pionships? dons joints of the

Teeling that Sesence, avon if de bonhould not be fully unaware of Mr. Len Nettlefold's capable of producing well-timed successes, would wish to encourage movement of a golf club for shot such a Cad, I was moved to ack after all round the links? Or farther counsel from another seion- are the brain cells which commandtific friend. He discussed the mat those norves and muscles less effiter with lively niterest and has now cient than the colla which order given me bis considered opinion; the movements of our right side? it is that there is no evidence that Being recently in conversation use of the right side, even from the with a learned friend (himself also time of the Neanderthalman, has, golfer) who has lectured ca phy-produced any discernible effect on siology and psychology as related the opposite but corresponding to the evolution of man, I put half of the brain. To-day both the following question to him: "Is right and left sides are to all ap there any cause known to Scienco pearanco equally developed. Our why-left-hand golfer cannot de-bcy can play golf just as wall left us right-handed so far as structure velop the skill of a champion ?" His reply interested mo greatly and of brain and body is concerned, prompted me to begin this contri- bution.

There is, however, one danger against which he must guard. If ho It sooms that the several sections decided to be left-handed he must of our brain each definitely govern be wholehearted in his choice. It various functions The motor sec is impossible to trap both sides. tion, which is in two parts, governa of bedy and brain to produce so movement; the left half controls high a degree of functional, excel- tho movement of the right side of lonco as may be obtained from, one the body, the right half-rules the side only. Attempts to do so re- loft side. This is because the ault in confusion both mental and "strings" which constitute the physical. It would appear that spinal cord (connecting all parts one cannot be ambidextrous and of the body with their particular exes!. This view, has found expres brain cells or sections) interlace atsion in the eynical definition of the top of the spine and cross to ambidextrous as being equally awk. opposite sides before spreading upward with both hands! into the skull. Thus the left" haff

of the brain directs the right hand the right half of the brain the left hand, and it follows that if the left half section is more developed than the right half, then the right

Only One Enemy.

Tht then tur left-handed boy

continue undismayed and undis |couraged. Beinne states", "but theories; he is a living fact. He

271 hand will be the master hand, has only one enemy to fight-n pre-

In their second knock, Essex de- set were all out for 67 runs, Larshire alow-leg-break bowler, may wickets for 69 runs. Northants got T. B. Mitchell, the young Derby-clared at 150 for 8, Jupp taking & Wood's figures being 7 for 25.

well have reason to look back on 108 with Bakowell (90 not out) as Forced to follow-on, Somerset show-this match, which was played at ed great improvement on their first Chesterfield, with a feeling of top-scorer, Essex won by 103 runs. innings' effort, this time totalling supreme satisfaction.-Nab content 338, of which Farmer White with taking 6 wickets for 11 runs claimed 100, Wanting only 28 runs in the first innings, he again played to win, Notts knocked-off the ar havoc with the Sussex batsmen in rears without loss, the scores being: tho socond innings when he took a

Notts, 1st innings (7 wickets,

declared) ma

for 19, bringing his total for the *370

match up to 12 for less than three runs apiece. Derby won by an

Staples, 113.

Walker, 125,

Somerset, 1st innings

Larwood,'7 for 25.

low-on)

Bomeract, 2nd, innings (fol-

White, 100.

Notts, 2nd innings (for no

wickets)

MIDDIGSEX J. NEW ZEA-

LANDERS, AN

FIRST DEFEAT FOR THE

VISITORS.

67 innings and 188 runs!.

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At.Headquarters, Middlesex earn ed the distinction of being the first team to lower the New Zealanders' colours in their present tour. The County won by 76 runs.

147.

Bray, 100 Northants, 1st innings Essox; 2nd innings (6 wicketa, ・・

declared)

Jupp, 5 for 62. Northanta, 2nd innings

Bakewell, 90 not out.

GLAMORGAN 1. LEICESTER.

MATCH ABANDONED.

...

180

I was told by my friend that his | dominantly right-handed world, He studice have led him to boliere must strenuously resist all attempts

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ARREST OF MALCONTENTS.

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dertbal-man's time, constant use of plays golf left-handed but other the right side of the body, possibly games right-handed he can never ia obedience to some ancient tribal | be pro-eminent. It will be the great 'custoru, has special stimulated and hazard nero-hir-path-to-cham- 169 thus ultimately, specially devaleppicnship honours. So if there bo od, the left side of the motor Bar in this country such a boy lot him tion of the brain. This would mean

grow in such knowledge and in Derby knocked up 343 when they

that the majority of mankind are stature for the next few years, and born with a better loft half than by the 1940's or 1850's we may, sco had first innings and, in reply,

right half to their brain. So that

a great and Britisa left-handed. Sussex could only put on 07. They This match was abandoned after early every left-handed golfer champion. I hope I may be pre- were forced to follow-on but again play had been in progress for some, of trying to educate the rotatively ing him.

raust labour under the drawback sent to join in disreetly neclaim- failed dismally, this time being all time with the result that the teams imperfect right side of his brain

The open were

were awarded four polits each. to do what could, much tuare onxily 343 Leicester made 127 in their first done by his more perfect left

Jaide innings and Glamorgan had put on | sa for 4 when stumps were drawn:..

The scores were Leicester, 1st innings Glamorgan, 1st innings (for

4 wieketa)

scores

Derby, Ist innings.

Sussex, 1st innings....... Mitchell, 8 for 11:

Sussex, and innings (follow"

on)

07

83-

Mitchell, 0. for 10

WORCESTER 1. GLOUCESTER.

FINE BOWLING PERFORMANCES. These counties met at Stourbridge and the match resulted in a win for Worcester. by 101 runs.

YORKS ʊ. KËHT,

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Racial Trail

In musing over theas notes a possible explanation of Australia's fine arop of left-handers has on- curred to me. It is this: the "nurse- maid influence" on aluidren (uso My friend is aware that same your right band, Master Tommy"> ble logista. may differ from him on is loss in now tountry because this point and may refer to the there are fewer domestic servants. lack of microscopical evidence to Hence not only are the children! support his view, To that his of the comparatively well-to-do Jons. answer would be that Scienes nd- fussed over and more free to use mits the existence of influencos whichever hand they like, but also which are ultramicroscopical; But there is a smaller proportion of at any rate some habica are born working-class-wives-and- mothers- FRANK WOOLLEY'S CENTURY. having apparently a dominant who have been nurse and who right motive section, for they show might have taught their own broods Middlesex batted first and reach

Like the Glamorgan-Leicester a strong tendency to left-handed some of the niceties of convention- From the bowling analyses return-match, the game, between the above nes, which od 241 before being all out, Cromb

continues through | al behaviour, which were enforood giving the batsmen a lot of bothered, it would seem that the wicket counties had to be abandoned after childhood. My friend, however, in the nurseries of their former thinks that when organle develop mistressce At one time red clover ment ceases, possibly about the age seed could not be successfully taking a wickets for 70 runs, Ian knock and in this innings bowling. 4 wickets. It was a great day for of 25, such individuals ate likely grown in New Zealand because Peebles (5 for 68) was mainly the honours went to Parker who had Frank Woolley who made 188 runs to be affected by what he considers there were no humble-bess! Is the

for: 85, Gloucester replied with 207,

to be the racial, trait of Figat" percentage of loft handera in any, 'cause of the cheap dismissal of the Root (4 for 78) being in good form on what appeared to be a dificult Landedness, and they may gradua sivilised, community dependent on

by keeping a opraistont longil mi totalled 178 when they had first

was all for the bowlers. Worcester Kent had put on, 290 for the loss of

visitors who replied with 152 runs, with the ball.

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