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DAY OF VARIED FORTUNES

YORKSHIRE'S FIGHT FOR RUNS

Bowlers Do Well At Blackheath

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London, July 20

If lacking special features In the way of outstanding indivdusl performances, the cricket at Bram all Lane yesterday fully interested some 18,000 spectators. Yorkshire,

SECOND-WICKET STAND

Derbyshire total reached 244 and After five hours' batting the

Middlesex, scoring 23 for the loss of Price in the last thirty-five

HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST

14

8. 1934.

MR. G. B. SHAW

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His Reply To A Bishop

Speaking on religious teaching in secondary schools, at Durham, the Bishop of Durham (Dr. Hens- ley Henson quoted from a book in which members of Bede College, Durham, described the religious education they received in second- ary schools. One said: "We had one hour per week, supposedly for religious knowledge, in which we had read to us the plays of Ber- nard Shaw."

"That." commented the bishop, "may have been very interesting. but it could not have been spiri- tually hopeful",

"by scoring 238 for six' wickets minutes of the finished 231 behind wish the bishop would read my

made fair use of the good fortune provided when A. B. Sellers won the toss. After torrents of rain the weather remained too doubtful to give their opponents first in- nings, but the promise of a one

with nine wickets in hand.

A. W. Richardson, Derbyshire's captain, returned to lead the team after an absence of a month. Runs came so slowly on the soft pitch that in an hour the total was only week-end suggests that the Austra-34. Both Smith and Alderman lians may bat under improved gave chances before lunch, when conditions.

Had not Sutcliffe lost his wicket! the stand "had, added" 60 runs in attempting a second run from his own hit to square leg. where Fleet- wood-Smith misjudged the ball, Yorkshire would most likely have prospered more in run-getting. Sutcliffe stayed long enough become the fourth Yorkshireman to

to

complete his 1.800 runs, and was showing freedom when the disaster

This was

overtook him.

a real calamity, as Sutclise pulled a leg! muscle and may not deld in this match. Mitchell, Barber, and Leyland in turn drove with power and certainty, but each got out when apparently used to the slow pitch, which was not dry enough Dermit play until half-past twelve.

to

"

less than an hour.

Amsterdam Athens Belgrade Berlin Bomber Brussels Buchareng Buenos Aires Copenhagen Goners Hellingfors Hongkong Lisbon 'Madrid Milan Montevideo New York Montreal

Oslo Paris

Mr. Shaw said yesterday: "Rio de Janeiro

Yesterday: Pragua

books. So far as I know, I am the only writer who, has made it Shangbai part of his business to provide Stockholm

Vienns people with a credible modern religion. I said a long time ago that there was not in the whole world a single credible religion.

many intelligent, educated people "Take the Apostles' Creed. How

can believe every statement in that creed? I believe in two-the Communion of the Saints and the life to come.

The batsmen proceeded quietly in the afternoon, and not until the ate minutes did Middlesex meet stand my belief in the Communion stand had realised 91 in eighty-

"But most people would under- with reward, Smith then being of Saints to mean St. Paul. St. leg before. The dismissal of the Peter, St. Andrew, and otherą, sit- left-hander was the prelude to ting round a table so that I might collapse, three more wickets fallchide them. When I say I belleve ing for 31 runs, and half the side in the life to come, as a good re- was out for 159.

volutionary should, I shall be Eight runs later beth Worthing-understood as having a belief in ton and Richardson were dismiss- personal tramortality, which is an Middlesex by getting rid of Pope ed, and after tea Hulme helped appalling belief." and Copson at the expense of one run. A last-wicket stand by Mit-

hell and Elliott brought 58 in BICENTENARY OF CRICKET three-quarters of an hour.

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The bicentenary of cricket was wicket-keeper standing back. That trouble against the slow bowline celebrated made half the side out for 150, of Partridge here yesterday on a hundred years ago Gentlemen of in Sevenoaks. Two and with the sun shing and the pitch affected by rain.

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Gloucestershire batled all day in their match with Leicestershire yesterday, scoring 449 for the loss of seven wickets.

ther loss.

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When Barnett was splendidly Essex caught behind the wicket with the total of 151. the partnership for the first wicket had lasted aver 2 hours 20 min. Making free use of the drive, especially to the off- side, Barnett obtained half his 88 runs by boundaries.

At the close of play yesterday,

Glamorgan total, with tight wit- were 270 runs behind the

kets in hand, in the first country match ever to be played at Neath Dyson and Davies (E) gave Gla- morgan a good start, though, with the total at. 80, Dyson gave Read a hard chance at mid-off. Immedi: ately after the lunch interval. when the opening patnership had scored 92. Davies was leg-before, but Dyson completed 60 out of 102 in an hour and three-quarters.

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