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4 THE MANCHESTER GUARDIAN, THURSDAY, JUNE 7, 1928. BOWLERS FARE A LITTLE BETTER. THE NORTHERN LAWN TENNIS TOURNAMENT AT AIGBURTH. IRELAND v. WEST INDIES.

First Defeat oC Tourists. After a thrilling finish Ireland had the distinction of being the first side to defeat the West Indies, their victory yesterday at Dublin being achieved four minutes from time by 60 runs. Left in a strong position as the result of the day's play Ireland eventually-set the tourists 352 to get to win. McVeagh, the Irish left-hander, who wanted only 15 rims to get his 100, obtained them yeeterdav morniug, when the innings closed for 320. Roach and Fernandes gave the West Indies a good start, putting on 117 for the opening partnership, and the second hundred went up with 'only two men out.

Subsequentlv matters went badly, and the innings closed for 291. Scores Fi-rt innings. Ireland. Second innings. A.

H. RoDmsan Roacb Small ol Scott 15 Bookman Griffith 0 Small Scott 31 T. J. Hacdonald Small 11 cSmall Griffith 1 J- U. Ganly Ibw Small 43 Small Scott ol G.

Jleaslip Wight Griffith. ,11 Small 44 T. O. Jameson not oat 45 Scott 5 A. P.

Kelly 'bw Small T. J. McVeai Bnt- flth 14 not out 102 A. Tliotnton Griffith 6 Fernandes Keblctt. 37 T.T.

WINNER LEADS FROM START. The Light-Weight Race. WEATHER PREVENTS A NEW RECORD. Ride Through Mountain Mist. (From our Special Correspondent.) Douglas, Wednesday.

A rider who has been long overdue for a Tourist Trophy won the Light-weight race to-day in so decisive a fashion' as to rob the event of much of its usual interest. F. A. Longman has been there or thereabouts in a good many T.T. races since the war.

In the last four years he has ridden both second and third in the Senior race in the Isle of Man, and he has a great record of successful riding abroad and at Brook-lands. I suggested the other day that he might at last find the right machine this year. He found it to-day in the O.K. Supreme, which took him to the head of the race in the first lap. and kept hiin there, his position unchanged and almost unchallenged, for the rest of the day.

Longman finished the 264 miles seventeen minutes ahead of the next best, to win the race in four hours, eleven minutes, and 59 seconds, at an average speed of 62.90 miles an hour. He knocked one second off the record lap time at his second attempt, and rode throughout the race with remarkable consistency. It is true that for the first time for many years the finishing time fell short of making a new record, but for that the climate was most to blame. Though it was brilliantly fine at Douglas, there was heavy rain on other parts of the course, and at the opening of the race the visibility on Snaefell was about as bad as it could be. I passed the Snaefell bungalow myself a quarter of an hour before the race started, and it could hardly be seen from the road, while for several miles the mist was too thick for more than some forty yards of the road ahead to be seen.

'Longman lost only a minute and forty seconds on last year's winning time, and the unusual difficulties of even the first three of his seven journeys through the clouds would account for a great deal more time than that. What the Course Means. In the circumstances Longman must have ridden with a skill and judgment that not more than half a do7.n rirlAra Goardian Copjrifct. 1. the camera) playing D.

A. Hodges yesterday Manchester A Double. Collapse at Folkestone. TWO 100 AGAINST YORKSHIRE. Amateurs Distinguish Themselves.

JTorthanU 398 Hampshire (lor 7) 343 li (for 6) 184 Kant' 228 Wararlckihira 135 Oentlaman for 7) 4S1 Xtsrbnbire 363 toaster (for 337 Tn Foresters (7) 321 Ireland 173 320 493 Ireland won 2nd 190 Lancashire Torkshire JTotts Olonceitershire 100 Sussex (lor 4) 118 Flayers X.C.C. (for 1) 13 Oxford University Cambridge Univ. West Indies 142 291 433 by 60 runs. Wotts 2nd (tor lie Batting and bowling distinctions were rather more evenly divided in the nine first-class cricket matches that yesterday, and although Derbyshire, "Leicestershire, the Gentlemen, and the Free Foresters exceeded the 300 mark in "scratch games, Hampshire alone were so successful in a county engagement. Poor bowling and slack fielding enabled Northants to score 298 against Lancashire on a suspected pitch at Northampton, but the bowlers were entirely on top at Folkestone, where twenty wickets fell for 323 runs.

Kent opening partnership realised 131, but their last five wickets fell for two runs, and although Hammond scored 55 Gloucestershire were all out for 100. Yorkshire won the toss at Southampton and asked Hampshire to bat, and when three wickets had fallen for 50 Worsley and Rhodes no doubt feit very pleased with themselves. Then Mead and Hosie came together, and the score had advanced bv 240 when the professional left. Hosie was one of the day's half-dozen "centurions," and the highest individual total fell to another amateur, D. Jardine, playing for the Gentlemen v.

Players at the Oval. Jardine and Enthoven at one point scored 100 runs in fifty minutes, and their partnership total of 166 was reached in 100 minutes. The West Indies met with their first defeat at Dublin yesterday, where a representative Irish side won by 60 runs two minutes from time. A MORNING-AFTER DISPLAY. Lancashire Field All Day at Northampton.

N'orthantt First inning. Woollev 5b MftttlicHS nuck- urth Mncdnunlil 7 Thomas at Duckworth Tjtdcsley (B.) 8 Nicholson not out 17 Clark Jddan Mau-donald 21 17, lb 7. 6.... 30 Total 298 Aini MMoiiaM Bellamy T'lcy IR-j- 8 J. Timms low IjWeoiey 88 G.

Glfionl hit kt Tyl.ie.lejr (R.) -44 Waliicn Tylde.Iey (R. Macdonald 8 W. C. Brown Duckworth 8 Lancashire 1 fireen, Watson, Hallows, Tldei1ey Makepcuce, Taylor. Jddun.

Macdonald. Tyldesley Duckworth, nud Hodgson. BOWLING ANALYSIS. Northants First inning. O.

M. W. O. M.S. .35 3 9 10U 6 I Wataon ....13 2 25 Hodgson ....23 3 63 1 Iddon 11 2 'i'slny 15 59 4 Hodgson bowled fire wide, and Macdonald ono By a Special Correspondent.

Northampton, Wednesday. After being buffeted about on the emotional waves of a record-breaking tiiiy, it was pleasant and restful to the uricket spirit to get a day in the peaceful backwaters of Northampton although whether the players looked at it in the same way is another matter. The change from Old Trafford to one of the. less well appointed and carefully tended grounds does not always make for satisfaction of mind. There! was certainly occasion for some little disturbance and uncertainty early this morning: it required only a cursory examination of the wicket'to see that it was one which anything might happen at least for a time.

At one end the rain which had fallen during the night had penetrated between the cover and the tarpaulins, leaving a damp patch immediately in front of the popping crease which suggested possibilities for a spin bowler. Green would have been moved to consider the wisdom of putting his opponents in had he won the toss, but he was spared that decision. Adams, who was in command of the Northants side in the absence of Jupp at Lord's, naturally did not care to take such a risk as that of putting in a side of Lancashire's strength. At first it seemed that he would have been better advised to adopt the more courageous policy, for when Ureen started with his fast bowlers the ball reared so sharply that the batsmen could not trust it to behave normally. Adams was quickly bowled, and Bellamy was laid out by a blow behind the ear from a ball, which was fortunately going away, from Hodgson.

The Right Policy. There was only one attitude to assume that was, to hit irrespective ot the risks it involved, and so finely did young Timme, a vastly improved cricketer this season, pursue it that, after he had been hit on the body, he drove Macdonald for three fours off consecutive balls and followed them up with a three. Hodgson did not escape treatment, and the consequence was that all the first estimates of probable events were woefidly knocked out" of shape. The Lancashire captain persevered with four bowlers only up to lunch, refraining from using Iddon, and as not one of these made the faintest use of the pitch Woolley and Timms pulled round a rather orainous-' lobking position. During those two hours -a stranger strolling casually on to the ground might have been forgh-en for thinking that he had missed his way somehow and wandered dri to the village green, so far removed were Lancashire from all that a championship side should be.

The bowling was Jacking in all the essential elements even direction. Macdonald was bowling so short on the off side that he could be cut with the greatest of ease; Hodgson did not remove the impressions' he left at Old Trafford; Bichard Tyldesley could not spin the ball much, or at least effectively; and Watson bowled like the tired man he was. The slip fielding was quite in keening slack, spiritless, almost in different. Fast bowlers are an expensive luxury without alert minds and safe in the near-wicket positions, especially when Macdonald bowls round the wicket, and Northants got thirty runs, at a modest computation, they did not earn while making 129 before the adjournment. Gilford's Annual Outing.

Something of all this may have been a flagging after the exaltations of the previous day's cricket and something can be attributed to a rough outfield but in the sum it was. a very ragged, out- at-elbows Lancashire that we saw (although from this criticism Tavlnr. B. Tyldesley, and Makepeace must be absolved). Timms certainly deserved his reward; he refused-to be intimidated, arid, -standing well up to both Macdonald and Hodgson, he hit with strong wrists ana a true eye.

Woolley, too, played with sound technique if not with much art, but bowlers in tune with their work would have tumbled this side out for. half the runs. Iddon took his first part in the attack at 178 and. then bowled to the firmer end. The later cricket-was noteworthy only for the appearance of-Gifford, a Huntingdon amateur, who made 98 against Lancashire the first time he played against them, and now each year, emerges from his fastness to give the side further trouble.

He has no real stroke, nothing concrete except a watchful defence and untiring patience, but when he gets "lives," as he did to-day, he is bad to move. He really should have gone in his second over when four, Hodgson getting a simple catch for" which he started late. Even if Hodgson makes good as a bowler (of which, one is bound to say, there is not much suggestion at the moment), someone will have to coach him in fielding. He is not sufficiently on his toes." In the end, with Watson apparently, unequal to the strain, Hodgson not sufficiently experienced, and Iddon not considered suitable to the pitch, too much of the labours of the day fell upon Macdonald and Tyldesley, even if they did take all the wickets between them. They ought to have more substantial support than this.

Northants ought to have got nothing like a total of 29b; the last wicket actually added 38. NOTTS 2nd v. LANCASHIRE 2nd. The second elevens of Lancashire and Notts began a Minor Counties tournament match at St. Helens yesterday, and at the close of plav the game was in a verv interesting state.

Lancashire, captained by Dr. J. B. Holmes, batted first on a good wicket and totalled 190 after a poor beginning. They lost eix wickets for 71, but Chadwick and Bushton added SI for the next wicket.

Chadwick played bright cricket for two hours for 65 (not out), and hit eleven fours. Notts lost their third wicket at 75 and the fifth at 76. but Skipston and Or. 1' II. Heane batted well and took the score to 116.

Scores: Lancashire 2nd First innings. Hopwood Keeton Rushton SitEi Mattnews -4 Matthews 21 Dr. J. B. Holmes lbvr Heane IB Holroyd Keeton Ueane Ilalltday Heane 1 Houseman Sbinston Heane 4 Paynter Copley Z4 Tipping and Mat- F.

D. Beattie 10 Horrldse at Sime IRCWl 3 Extras IV Total 190 llesne lb Chadwick not out 65 Notts 2nd. First innings. Gunn (G. Hoi- Copley Ibw Horridge A.

Sims 1 G. F. Heane not out 10 Extras 11 Total (lor SI ....116 royd Horride 27 Kecton Painter Holroyd 19 Sbipston not out 44 Harris Paynter Hopwood 4 Taylor Reddish. Voce, and Matthewa to bat. BOWLING ANALYSIS.

Lancashire 2nd First innings. M. R. W. O.

M. R. 4H 4 nam. 4- lteano IS 2 47 5 Reddish 2 Vote 15 3 52 1 Copley 2 1 11 BO 0 7 PAST AND PRESENT IN CRICKET. To the Editor of the Manchester Guardian.

Sir, May I be permited to suggest to your racy cricket critic that he is too young to be so conservative, and always idealising the past? 1 can remember all, or nearly all, his great batsmen and bowlers, and especially thp giants Grace, MacLaren, Richardson, Iohinann, and their contemporaries, aro1 all, in their turn, disappointed my high expectations. I remember Maoiaren failing to score double figures in three consecutive m. itches, and the highest score Grace put up in my experiences of him was 56, and this occupied two hours and some minutes. Big scores were, however, as common then as now, 600 and even 800 frequently being made. Grace, alone, occasionally scored 300, and once or twice nearly 400, and.

of course, we always remember MacLaren's 424, and then, as now, the croakers cried to heaven for longer stumps, for two stumps, and bar racked and howled if the cricketers played carefully. Who can forget Scotton or Bar low, and, remembering them, is it fair to deride Frank Watson, who to-day played an innings even MacLaren xuld not surpass. as being amere journeyman at his 1 have never been more thrilled than during the Surrey-Lancashire match. There was hardly a flat moment, and I am supported by nearly every man to whom I spoke. It is always the way to pelt living men with the dead, but for my part I admire Tyldeslev Watson, Hallows.

Iddon, and Makepeace as much as any of past generations, and I believe Pick Tyldesley and Macdonald comparable to Mold and Briggs, and that is good enough for me. Yours, S. Pkoudfooi. The Vicarage, Tendleton, Manchester, June 4. ''Cricketer" writes: Perhaps Mr.

Proud-ffot will be able to convince the Selection Committee at Lord's (and the Australians) that we have to-day three bowlers as good as Lockwood, Bichardson, and Lohmann. Also he would do a public service by discovering in all the land a single left-handed slow bowler belonging to the present generation. A batsman's ability-can be estimated only in relation to the bowling he has to tackle. I did not, by the way, "deride" Watson's innings against Surrey; on the contrary, I wrote that it reminded one of the batsmanship of cricket's greatest days a period which nobody is too old to remember who saw cricket between 1910 and 1914. LANCASHIRE CHESHIRE LEAGUE.

DIV1SIOX 1. P. 8 7 I 1 2 1 1 D.Pts. 0 2 2 I.IO 3-9 1 9 1 7 3 7 1 7 1 7 2 4 2 4 0 2 D.Pts. 2 ..12 3 ..11 3-9 2 8 1 7 1 7 2 6 1 5 1 5 Stalybridfie Unsvortb l.cTnbiilzne Xtongsisht Cheetbam Glossop Gorton Stand Dukianeld Sainton Prestvicb 7 2 6 3 7 1 6 1 8-1 DIVISION II.

T. BukinfieH Vicbers Armstrong 7 4 TJnsworth 8 3 2 Stand 6 3 1 Cheetham 7 3 3 Frestwicb a 5 4 Etatrbriilse 8 2 4 Gorton 8 2 5 Lrrenshnlme 7 2 4 3nslcnt 6 1 3 SwintOD 6 1 3 -b. A. sirall 3 cand Neblett 2 '1 H. Uixon Martin 4 I Scott 19 5 5 25.

lb 5 30 Total 173 First innincs. Wrt -Total 32U Indies. Second innings. McVeagh Thornton 71 McVeagh Dixon 75 run out 6 McVeagb Seymour 54 Kelly Dixon 10 Dixon 0 Ibw Jameson 13 not out 2S lb Semour 1 st Kelly McVeagh Dixon 17 17, lb 2a C. A.

Roach Ganly uucun M. Fernandes Ibw Heaslin 11 B. Alartin Jameeon 56 L. L. Bartiett Ibw tleaslip 2U Small and Jameson 0 C.

B. Browne Heaslip uixon 11 St. Hill Scjmour Dixou 4 C. V. Wight Book man Sevmour 26 J.

M. Neblett and Jameson 1 O. 0 Scott. Ibw Seymour H. C.

Griffith not out 0 7. lb nb 2 11 Total 142 Total 291 BOWLING ANALYSIS. irelwid. rirst innings. O.

m. rt- u. At. it. 3 65 4 I Seblctt 1 15 0 4 67 5 Martin 0 5 0 3 1 Griffith Small Scott .21 22 1 IS 0 i Second innings.

21 2 73 1 I Martin 7 1 19 0 ...31 7 92 2 Neblctt 8 22 2 ..213 3 61 5 Hoach 7 1 23 West Indies. First innings. ...19 5 34 31 Seymour 9 2 26 2 .19 3 50 2 Thornton 3 14 0 ...11 2 4 17 3 Second innings. ...32 1 9 76 4 I Seymour 15 5 34 2 ...25 8 57 Thornton 5 1 15 1 6 75 2 Bookman 4 0 12 Griffith Small Scott Dixon Hcablip Jameson Dixon Heaslip Jameson MANCHESTER UNIVERSITY t. MACCLESFIELD.

At anow neiu Maccselfield. Manchester Unirersity. F. B. Bowker Hdo Bigg 48 H.

Roberta Bennett. 34 J. C. Morris not ouc 29 J. Hey Harrison Bennett W.

Wilson run 7 Wilson Morris Hey 21 F. Simpson Morris Metna 15 G. C. Bigg Bowker Roberts 40 J. Hey Roberts 10 Barsley Morris Roberts a K.

Bennett Hey Metha Ci F. A. Harrison Wilson Roberta 1 M. Brocklehurst Robinson Metha 5 W. Hyde not out G.

Kirk Roberts 1 J. W. Cowley Roberts 0 Extras 10 Total 114 Extra Total Uor 4) ....119 ROSSALL SCHOOL v. NORTHERN. The Northern ILiTcrpooh visited Rossall jesterday and alter declaring their innings closed they on easily.

E. H. Weld took Bit wickets for 17 and J. Policy lour lor 18. Rain caused an hour's stoppage.

Northern. jtossaii acnooi. R. J. Holland Weld B.

J. A. Lowe R. I'oulds Weld 11 SUachan Pulley 7 S. R.

C. Younr cTurke Weld J. T. Lavery J- Fouldl Weld 3 P. E.

D. Wilson and Weld 2 S. J. B. Clemente Policy Veld 6 J.

S. Buck Polley. 0 O. R. Acworlh not out 9 J.

W. Ha thorn Polley 0 J. H. Fielden Polley Extras 2U R. L.

Moorby Clements Fielden 46 T. W. Moorby Clements Wilson 31 R. T. Foulds run ont 15 A.

Foulds Strachan Clements 78 T. W. Salter and Buck 35 E. H. Weld Hathorn 25 A.

Sinnott Strachan Hathorn 4 J. Hayburst not 0 Total Itbr 7) 254 ToUl 5b FOOTBALL. The Argonauts to Disband. At a meeting of the committee of the Argonauts Football Club held in London last evening the question of the club's present position was discussed. It was decided that as the.

policy of the club on its inauguration to create a representation of amateur football in the English League has been unsuccessful, there is no alternative but that the Argonauts should disband. COVENTRY CRISIS OVER. The crisis in the affairs of the Coventry Citv Football Club wur ovprpvmp si. a cnoai meeting of shareholders at Coventry last evening, wnen an entirely new board of directors was elected. Six- of the old board who retired in sympathy witn me cnairman ana vice chairman (who were asked to resign by a committee of inquiry) now offered to stand with the consent of the two criticised members, but it A-mlnmaH -i Luai iiic uutsr iiaa come too late, as the committee of inquiry had alrpRrlv nht.ainprl nmniiaaB fn, -li acvcu uiucr citizens who were prepared to serve.

On a vote being taken, the abc old members were defeated and a new board was elected. WATER POLO. Harpurhey Trounced at Wigan. At Wigan Baths last night Harpurhey and Wigan met in the first round of the club water polo championship of England. Wigan attacked the deep-end first and within a minute Critchley Bcored from Forsyth's pass, and after Ward had thrown over L.

Bennett got another for the home team, while Forsjth made three more successful throws. Two players were sent out of the bath for too vigorous play, but a successful penalty shot by F. Bennett restored the teams to full strength. Donoghue was successful with a penalty. Harpurhey who were weak in combination, opened the second half shakily and Critchley was unlucky not to put the home team further ahead.

Donoghue scored a fine goal while beino- npld hv a rlffnnrln- r-i well from Bridge and Ward. L. Bennett, tyiojrm, auu wucniey aaaea goals for Wigan, and Bridge got a third for Harpurhey. Wigan being deserving winners bv 8 goals to 3. CHEADLE HULME SCHOOL SPORTS.

The annual sports of the Manchester Warehousemen and Clerks' School at Chcadle Hulme, near Stockport, were held yesterday. Results 440 Yards 8eniora 1. Haw; 2. Bower: 3. Leach.

Time, 61 4-oaec. Ball Ingham 2. Bond; 3. Inham OU. Diitance, 70jd.

Sin! HiA Jump 1, Grant: 2, 8 wilt. Height, 4ft. lain. 100 Yard (Seaiori). 1.

Walkden: 2, Bower: 3 Ingbam (AJ. Time. 11 1-lOtec 100 Yards (J anion). 1. Tanibuu: 2, Dodre and Grant (dead heat).

Time. 13 l-5aec! Lor.a Jump (SenJora)-l. Walkden; 2. 3 Kenton. WlUoce.

17ft. 6in. Throwing toe Cricket BaU (JtmloraV-l. Sfottram-IMetlor; 3. William (W.

Siitance, SOjdBft: 220 Yardi SenioTj)l, Baw; 2, Bower, 3. Whitehead. Time. 27' 3-Siec 220 Tarda Janiora-I 2. Goodwin-3, Oodce.

Time. 30 2-5iec. wooawin. Throw jug the Weight Ingham; Bothwell: 3. Bond.

Distance. 48ft. Jrmlorjlj-l TnrnbnD; 2, Balihmw; o. Goodwin. Time.

69 l-5aec 830 (SepJcrjl-l. Walkden: 2. 3, Srmpaon- Time. 2rmn- 17 2-Saec tpng amp (Junior.) 1. Grant: 2, 8 wilt- Wotatencrott.

IHitanee. 13ft. Bie-h Jonrn Senfe)raV 1 Baw. Height. lOlin.

uit-JL, naiaaen; William. 3. Hnlme" -Inter-Hooto Kelly Bare (Juniort), i Lp Cente-V 4 Inter-Uotue Tug-of-War tScnlon) Brookes. H. Hopman (near HAMPSHIRE v.

YORKSHIRE. Mead and Hosie Upset Yorkshire's Policy. Magnificent batting by Mead and Hosie upset the calculations of Yorkshire yester day at Southampton, where the northern county on winning the toss put Hampshire in to bat on a drying wicket. The decision seemed likely to be profitable when three wickets fell for SO, for the pitch played awkwardly. The critical stage of the game was that during the last hour before lunch, when Mead and Hosie played splendidly to check the success of the Yorkshire attack.

They put on S3 in that time, and laid the foundation of a partnership which lasted for three hours and forty minutes, and yielded 240. Mead made his fourth century of the season, batting without fault for a little less than four hours, liosie, who played his second century this season, got his runs rather more quickly than Mead, and set up a personal record in county cricket. His defence was splendid, and he drove well and employed xa attractive late cut. Hosie gave one chance off Rhodes when 139, but he was undefeated at the end, having so far batted four hours and fifty minutes and hit 16 fours. Scores Hampshire.

First inmncs. iron j-eyianri Hir field Stanyiorth Roblneon 10 Robinson 7 Creese Robinson 4-Livsey not out 4 Newman Rhodes lb Kennedy Sutclitte Robinson IV Mead lbvr Robmson.118 A L. llosie not out ..151 L. H. Tennyson Old-rod Robinson 11, lb nb 2.

16 Total (for 7) 343 R. CJtley and Boes to bat. Yorkshire W. A. Worsley, R.

T. Stanylorth. Holmes, Sutcltlle. Oldroyd, Leyland, Mitchell, Robinson, Macau-lay, Rhodes, and Dennis, ESSEX v. NOTTS.

Dashing Innings by Nichols. The weather was unfavourable for the opening of the Southend Week, and cricket being restricted to rather more than three hours Essex accomplished a creditable performance in scoring 184 for six wickets. While the pitch was in good order the home county made excellent progress, and before rain set in at a quarter to one to prevent further cricket until after half-past four 71 runs were on the board for the loss of Cutmore's wicket. Subsequently the batsmen had to fight for runs, and only Juchols and O'Connor offered serious resistance to the Notts attack. O'Connor might have been caught by Barratt at cover-point when 4S, but he showed excellent form for a hundred minutes.

O'Connor's display, however was quite overshadowed by the brilliant and resourceful innmgs of Xichols, who while associated with Douglas in a sixth wicket partnership that yielded 50 in half an hour, actually scored 45 runs while the Essex captain was collecting five. Nichols gave two possible chances, and at 44 he would have been stumped had Wheat gathered the ball. Twice be drove S. staplos over the ring for six and he also hit seven fours. Scores: Essex First innincs.

Cutmore Wheat Eastman fL Staples Barratt IB Brav Larwood Staples (A 31 Connor aud Staples IS.) 48 Rnssell and Staples 4 Nichols not ant 68 (A.) staples J. W. H. T. Douglas Guon Staple Thompson not out 3.

lb 3 Total (tor 6) 184 R. N. Shorter. H. J.

Palmer, ann G. Eastman to bat. N'utts. A W. Carr, Gunn "Wliysall.

Walker. Payion. Staples (A 1. Larnood, Barratt, Staples tS Wheat, and Richmond. iU.CC.

v. DERBYSHIRE. The "fail" Wags the "Dog." Derbyshire, reappearing at Lord's after a long absence, gave an attractive display, recovering so well from a bad start that they scored 355 in four hours and three-quarters and then dismissed one opponent lor 18 runs. At the outset Lee alone showed ability to withstand clever bowling on a fast wicket, but after lunch, when Jackson was fifth out at 73, the whole aspect af affairs altered, the second half of the ide adding 230 runs. Lee scored 81 out of 128 in and hour and three-quarters, hitting two sixes and seven fours.

Slater helped him to add 70 in- forty-five minutes, and then Worthington got his second century in successive innings, taking only two hours over 10L Worthingtoii hit a six and sixteen fours and was caught near the boundary. He played a bold, forcing game and received capable support. Slater played well for an hour and a quarter, and then, with Town-send showing care, the eighth wicket produced -129 runs in an hour and a half. Townsend, last out, batted soundlv for two hours while the total was increased by 177. Jupp, in such an innings on a hard pitch, had an excellent a'nalvsis of seven wickets for Derbyshire.

First innings. Bevden arid Jupp. 9 Slater b-Jupp 4t, Worthinfcton Hen dren 101 Xoihusend Hearae Elliott Green Jupp 15 HitchelHsot out 7 21, lb 9 50 Storer iPicfcthall Durston 11 Lee Jnpp 81 A. W. Bichardson lb 5 Hutchinson, ii R.

Jackson "Durston -Picktial- 1 Total ...553 ll.C.C Tlrst innings. C. II. Tttcliinarsh not out 4 G. Brooke-Taylor Worthinston 4 Heame not out 8 2 2 Total (for 1) 18 V.

Jupp. M. -A. -Grerar Sweetland. R.

Aird. Pickthall. and Waihom to -bat. BOWLING- ANALYSIS. -Derbyshire- First O.

M.R.W. O. M.B.V Durston ....25 10 66 1 1 Waihorn 58-t) Pickthall ...31 XI 68 1 I Hearne 11 a 2 51 1 Jnpp 23 2 80 7 of of an in A A. M. D.

N. to G. 7 7 6 6 5 GENTLEMEN v. PLAYERS. Brilliant Batting by D.

R. Jardine and E. R. T. Holmes.

Arranging their Gentlemen and Players match for early June instead of the middle the season, Surrey, with twelve of the leading counties engaged, could not get together anything like repiesentative sides for the encounter at the Oval yesterday. Moreover, at the last moment, Fender and Sandham had to cry off, Jeacocke (Surrey) and Young (Poiaerset) completing the teams. Haig, who captained the Gentlemen, won the toss and the amateurs began by losing two wickets for seven runs, but then Jardine came in and settled down to -a great display sound cricket, which completely turned the fortunes of the day. Jardine enjoyed excellent assistance from a number ol partners. Howell helped him to add 54 and Haig shared in a stand of 54 in 75 minutes.

Bruce hit up 53 out of 88 in hour, and there followed a splendid partneiship by Jardine and Holmes, who after tea punished tiTed bowling so fiercely that on the resumption they added 100 in fifty minutes, and altogether 16 in 100 minutes, the total being 363 when a catch the deep-field dismissed Holmes, v-hose clashing 84 included three sixes and eleven fours. Jardine latterly travelled so fast that 'he went lrom 100 to 150 in 45 minutes. Caught at cover-point in the last ever he made his score five hours and twentv minutes and gave only one real chance at 23. He hit two fives and 18 fours. The Gentlemen after tea scored 195 in 100 minutes, Jardine making 111 of that number.

Hobbs, late in the day when chasing the ball to the boundary, fell lame and soon afterwards retired. Scores: Gentlemen First innings. Rippon Mercer Jeacocke st Sullivan Mercer 6 Howell Ibw AstlU 28 R. Jardine a Lee Peach 193 Haig Young Peach 59 C. N.

Bruce Mercer. 53 E. R. T. Holmes Davies (D Leo 84 T.

Arnott not out 2 8, lb 7, nb 1 16 Total (for 7) 421 I. A. R. Peebles, W. T.

Greswell. and R. Machin bat FIaers. Hobbs, Young, Shepherd, Peach, A still, Mercer, Sullivan, Davics IP), Root, Gibbons, and Lee. KENT v.

GLOUCESTERSHIRE. A Bowlers' Day at- Folkestone. A day's cricket of striking contrasts at Folkestone furnished Kent with a decided advantage, for Gloucestershire, in response to a total of 223 were dismissed for 100. The opening partnership of 131 by Hardinge and Ashdown preceded a startling collapse. Against the bowling of Sinfield and Carter Kent lost their last five wickets for an addition of two runs.

Sinfield in thirteen overs secured sis wickets for 24. Batting for one hundred minutes, Ashdown, who obtained ten fours, showed fine run-getting powers, and Hardinge, if more restrained than his partner (who was missed when 16) timed the ball confidently before leaving, second out. at 163. The success of the bowlers extended to the Gloucestershire innings, so that three wickets fell for 17, but Hammond came out in his best form, driving brilliantly and with much judgment. No one else, however, could cope successfully with Freeman's and after Hammond left, having six fours in a sound 55 made out of 91 in eighty minutes, the innings closed for six further runs.

Scores: Kent. First innings. Hardinge Smith W. Recordon Smith binheld bb Abuown Hammond Parker 76 rarlcer Todd Sinfield Parker Freeman Smith Sinfield B. Howlett net Beslec SinSeld Hb 2 Total 223 Woolley Ibw SinBeld 25 Ames Hammond Sinfield 37 T.

Br an Hammond Sinfiela 12 3 Le-e 5 Gloucestershire. First innings Dipper Honlett 0 Sinfield run out 1 W. H. Rowlands Ames BeMee Parker not out 3 G. Seabroolc Woolley Bealee Mills Wcoller Freeman 5 6.

nb 2 8 Total 10O Smith Howlett Hammond st Ames Freeman 55 L. Scale Ibw Freeman 15 JBarnett and Freeman 6 Stephens Leggo freeman 4 BOWLING ANALYSIS. Kent First innings, rvwnw nirTjw Hammond .5 1 16 Ol Parker 27 2 82 4 Sinfield 261 5 69 6 Mills 12 2 38 Barnett 3 6 I Seibrook 2 10 Parker bowled two no-balls. Gloucestershire First inning. .10 3 8 Ot Freeman ....114 4 28 5 ...10 2 51 2 I Beslee 4 0 5 2 Ashdown at-julett llowiett bowled two no-balls.

BATTING. 193 D. E. Jardine. Gentlemen v.

Players. 151 A. L. Hosie, Hants v. Yorkshire.

134 J. H. Enthoven, Free Foresters v. Cambridge University. 118 Mead, Hants v.

Torkshire. 109 Parsons. Warwick v. Sussex. 101 Worthinston, Derbyshire v.

M.C.C. 9 E. W. Dawson, Leicester v. Oxford University.

88 J. E. Timms, Xorthants v. Lancashire. 84 T.

Holmes, Gentlemen, v. Prayers. 81 Lee. Derbyshire v. M.C.C.

75 Ashdown. Kent v. Gloucester. S8 Nichols, Essex v. Notts.

68 Bowley, Sussex v. -Warwick. 66 Hardinge, Kent-v. Gloucester. 60 Shipman.

Leicester v. Oxford Urriv'y. 59 Woolley. Northants v. Lancashire.

55 Hammond, Gloucester v-. Kent. 55 Armstrong. Leicester-v. Oxford Univ'y.

53 C. X. Bruce. Gentlemen v. Plavers.

52 G. V. Foresters v. Cambridge University. Not ont.

BOWLING. for 80 Sussex- v. Warwick. for SO V. WJ C.

Jupp. M.CC. v. Derby. for 39 Sinfield.

Gloucester v. Kent. for 1fK- T-M -XT 1- for 28 Freeman, Kent v. Gloucester. for 82 Parker, Gloucester Kent.

LEICESTER v. OXFORD U. Dull Batting by the County. Oxford resumed their programme after a week's rest and, losing the toss, spent the day in the field. From the side successful over Glamorgan there were two changes, Pataudi and Kalaugher coming in for McCanlis (still unfit) and Cazalet.

Kalaugher is a New Zealander who bowls fairly fast right-hand. Leicester, without Astill and Geary, gave an unenterprising display of batting and on a perfect pitch were. needlessly slow. Dawson and Shipman put on 115 for the first wicket, Dawson being second out at 197 for an innings which took him three and a half hours. He played very correctly and hit ten fours.

Armstrong was even slower, as he was at 'he wicket two hours and a Sidwell imr. soma life into the game towards the end of the day l.Ji in a i and Jul uu t7 ju jlisl over an uour. Scores Leicestershire. First Innings. ahinman run out 60 A.

BroucMon Xi. W. Dawson Benson Cra-Mey S4 Armstrong Skene Kalaugher 55 Berry Crawley Skene 26 Br.idsbaw Ibw Garland-Wells 20 Kalaugher Sidwell Garland-Wells Mcintosh 49 Suary not out 1 13, lb 2, nb 6, 1 22 Total (lor 7) -327 Smith. Bale, nnri Sltelriinf, tn haf Oxtord University. A.

M. Crawley. Nawab ot Pataudi. A. Barber.

P. G. T. Kingslcy, N. M.

Ford, Garland-Wells, E. T. Benson, C. K. Hill-Mood, G.

Kalaugher, and R. I. F. Mcintosh. SUSSEX v.

WARWICKSHIRE. Parsons' Fine Innings. As" the result of an interesting day's cricket at Brighton Sussex finished up fairly well, being 119 behind with six wickets to fall. The Warwickshire batting, apart from that of Parsons, was disappointing. Parsons dominated the scoring to such an extent that he obtained 109 out of 163 in rather more than two hours.

Practically all these runs were obtained in front of the wicket. and he hit one six off Wenslev) and 16 fours. Parsons appeared to give a chance behind the wicket off Tate when 29, and at 40 Harold Gillieran. at mid-off. failorl to hold a difficult catch.

Tate's figures of seven wickets for 80 runs did not flatter nim. scores Warw ickshire. First innings. Kilncr Corniord G. A.

Palmer Corn- Tate 26 Crooin Bowley Tate 27 Bates E. GiUigan 12 E. Wjatt Corn-lord Wensley 31 Parson Holhngdale Tate 109 Santa) 1 Ibw Tate 3 lord Tate 6 Mayer lb Tate W. Sanders HowL-11 not out 10. lb 2 12 Total 235 Smart Wensloy 3 Sussex.

First Innings. Bowley not out 68 I Corniord Howell 7 Parks (J.) Majer 21 Wensley Mayer 14 Cook Smart Santall 6 ToUl (lor 4) 116 Langndgc, A. E. R. Gil'igan, A.

H. Gllligan, Tate, Parks (II). and Hollingdale to bat. BOWLIXG ANALYSIS. Warwickshire First innings.

t. M. R.W O. M. E.

Tate 30 7 SO 7 I E. Gilligan. .17 2 48 1 Wensley .22 5 72 2 Bowley 8 23 CAMBRIDGE U. v. FREE FORESTERS.

Enthoven's Century Against Old University. Cambridge in their last home match are opposed by an exceptionally strong team oi rree noresters, and tne latter, winning the toss, iept the University in the field all day. The University have all their eight old Blues playing. The wicket, on which there had been some rain overnight, showed an inclination to plav awkwardly and the University got rid of the first four visiting batsmen for only 65 runs, of which Calthorpe. by fine hitting, had scored 41.

The Cambridge bowling then had a more severe test, as Crutchlev and Enthoven by sound batting for an hour and fortv minutes increased the score by 127. After CrutcbJey left Enthoven tried more forcing methods and made some risky strokes, but with Doggart in 63 were added in 40 minutes. Enthoven reached his 100 in two and a half hours and then hit boldlv, treating all the bowling alike. At the close of play he had hit 19 fours. Scores: Free Foresters.

First Innings M. Falcon Allnm A fZ TWnrt fffkU. F. S. G.

Calthome 26 M. W. Payne Morgan Allom 1 G. E. C.

Wood not ont 19 Turnbull 41 C. T. Ashton Long- rigg Longneld 9 A. P. F.

Chapman Morgan Longrleld 5 G. V. Crntchler Long- rigg Longneld 52 J. H. Enthoven not ont 134 25, lb 6, nb Si Total Itetr 71 Ml J.

HoIIoway and S. Tl Jagger to bat. RcbbiiMu, M. J. Al lorn T.

C. Longfield I Chorlton-cnm-HardT. H. B. Danes Ibw Berry 31 1 W.

Dillon Lnndy Maobean 17 X. Fenton Archer Winson 61 LatchJord Ibw Berry 5 UarmicEael ltm Berry 11 E. E. Catterall at Lnndy Berry 4 Stetcalle Bailey 27- J. B.

Jonea not 1 A- E-Shephard not ont 9 Extras la ToUl (for 7, R- Berry Wilson 10 w. ancuon Metcalfe J. B. Winson Shen- ftarri E. Burrows not ont SW C.

S- shep. Extra Total (lor 4) In 'the semi-final of the Olympic Association football at Amsterdam yes- iciuav Argentine xgypi oy -goals to none. In the third match Of their South African tour- yesterday the All' Blacks defeated uriquaiana west by pjacea- goals 3 tries (19 points) to 1 dropped goal 1 penalty goal ana try nu points. in the world could equal. Take the road journey from Manchester to London and nearly a third of the.

way back again add on the average two steep corners or hump-backed bridges to everv inilp. nnrl fcib-o in -i. avvcii auiupb mountains to be climbed from the sea let ei almost to the summit coyer the windinir mnrls nf nt lanot ai. i-u ibaou U111CC Ul MltJ hills with thick cloud mist, and you will uaic juic iucii or wnai aas gone to the winning of Longman's T.T. to-day.

Leaving out the hill and the corners, the fastest express train would take four and a half on the journey. The 250 O.K. Supreme, with, "say, 2 horse-power, carried to-day's winner from start to finish in twenty minutes less than that. Speed Men Crack Up. The race as such was rather spoilt by Longman's too easy superiority, but it would have been a poor race, though a better competition; without him.

All the usual speed merchants failed. Bennett put up no speed at all, and dropped out very early with magneto trouble. Handley's Blackburne engine kept up to second place steadily for five laps, but his machine gave out in the sixth. In any ease he was already six or seven minutes to the bad, though be was nearly as easily second as Longman was first. C.

W. Johnston's Cotton fell to a puncture in the fifth lap, but i well up. the ten machines which followed Lonjr- uiiiu norae xne Desc tnat can be said is that eight of them qualified for replicas of the trophy by finishing within about half an hour after the race for thfi t.rrvnlnr ifcoTf rnr best of them would not have won third piace last year. C. S.

Barrow, on a Royal Enfield, and L. Twemlow, on a Dot, had a close-race for the second place, though Iwemlow had seemed to be certain of it. His engine began to miss on the last lap, and though it recovered and came home good form, Barrow had bv that time imin.rl iAnj brother in Monday's race, Twemlowhad mj up witn a Uf the first six noers four xr w.av. oupreiire-i, anl except for two New Imperials, all trio 1.T 1 -r lutvuuiiiet) naa J.A-ir. engines.

Few Accidents. Despite the mixed weather, the race has been little trotiblprl hv- a rK on fa In the heavy, mist of the first lap one naer crashed at the Bungalow and a spcnnrl inmawWa in mh; same iirzi.ii- bourhood a little later, but both "were xne most alarminp report of tr.fi ilav nraa frifif fl T. from the Channel Mes, had been kuruvvii oy DreaKing or his forks, but it was found that he had taken no harm beyond scratching his hands. ine ionowing were the nine leaders who earned rpnlirno nf tx i I. V.

Ijllll trophy R. 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 M. 8. 11 58 29 1 29 28 31 30 33-31 34 31 37.38 39- 15 41 17 F. A.

Longman, O.K. C. S. Barrow, Boval Enfield B. Twemlow.

Dot G. E. Heming. O.K. Supreme C.

T. Ashby, O.K. Supreme V. An slice. O.K.

Supreme C. Wood, JTew Imperial 3- Porter, New Gerrard 6. Gleaves. New Imperial Average in.p.h. MUCH EXAGGERATED." Our Wrexham correspondent writes I am informed by Johnnv Basham.

the ftTr-weltir weight that-there-is no truth -whatever in the.report that he -Is lying Tincoiiscious-in St. Bartholomew's Hospital, oi an accident practising with hook "and ladder at Cannon Street Fire NORTH WALES BOWLING LEAGUE. The following in the tutiik tho Nnrth Wales Amateur Bowling League SiiTJrS? 5 2 1.16- 864. 6 iESSSE" 2 846 7S8 6 2 4 1.262 1.262.'. RhOf-on-Seav; 5 -2- 3 1.020 Kbjl 4 M2.

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