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TTatrr Ski-ing AUSTRALIANS RACE TO 109 LEAD OVER KENT England Tost Team BARRINGTON DROPPED: DEXTER STAYS The Daily Telegraph Monday August 19 19K8 Professional Golf BUTLER WINS £1250 BY KEEPING HIS HEAD ELEGANT 57 BY CHAPPELL By HENRY CALTHORPE CANTERBURY Sunday OST of the Australian batsmen gave a good crowd TOWNSEND FALTERS IN STORM By LEONARD CR UT LEY an easy-paced wicket a big innings but on played I did not surprise me that Peter Butler of Harborne and St Cloud won the £1250 first prize in the Wills The scoreboard the is not a great striker of Final Totals MILBURN AND HIGGS ARE AMONG 12 NAMED By SW ANTON THE England selection for fifth Test at the Oval should satisfy all experienced judges of class and current form while leaving the inevitable query unanswered a sixth batsman or a fifth bowler Since England have to win to square the rubber and thus according to all patriotic belief achieve their just deserts the likelihood must be the passing over of a batsman and the maintenance of a full attack But weather uncertainty and when has it been more so? must play its part in this decision immediately before the toss Cowdrey (Kent captain) Edrich (Surrey) Prideaux (Northants) Milburn (Northants) Dexter (Sussex) Graveney (Worcs) Knott (Kent) A KIM First Innings Den ness lbvv Mckmie li YV Luckhurst Chappeli Gonnolly 21 Asif Iqbal 'label Freeman 0 VI Cowdrey Ibw Connolly 1 Shepherd Chappell Freeman 84 A Knott laber Fite man 18 Leary Ibw Glees on 39 1) Underwood Gteeson 8 A Dixon Taber Gleeson A Brown not out 8 Graham st Taber Gleeson Extras lib 3 nb 4) 7 splendid entertainment here today None of them they scored over 300 runs in 4 1 2 happy hours The tourists were all out just before the close for 319 which gave them a first innings lead of 109 over Kent Chappell Sheahan Lawry and McKenzie all reached or neared 30 and only Walters failed completely The day was rounded off by some bold hitting by Freeman and a colourful eighth-wicket partnership of 53 in 50 minutes between Taber and McKenzie Chappell played an enjoyable innings He has always been a fine stroke plaver but has too often been out to irresponsible shots Colin Milhurn md (below) ken Higgs who are recalled by England Total Fall of wickets: 51 5-112 6-165 204 Bowlinq McKenzie 16-7-33-1: Free man 19-6-41-3 Connolly 20-11-53-2 Gleeson 251-10-61-4 Chappell First Innings Luckhurst AGE 35 31 31 26 33 41 22 Illingworth (Yorkshire) 36 Underwood (Kent) 23 Brown (Warwicks) 26 A Snow (Sussex) 26 Higgs (Lancashire) I) I 281 1 Roller St Cloud A Harborne) 70 72 72 £12o0) 283 YY laige (Durham Pk) 69 66 75 73 £900) 285 Snell YVorksop) 74 68 69 74 Boobver (YVhitefield) t8 72 73 72 (£552 10s rdlh) 286 A Horton (Ham Manor) 69 72 Ingham (Moor Allerton) 7 2 71 Cole iCoombe Hill) 71 73 lovsnsrnd (Porters Pk) 77 74 (£275 each) 287 Barnes (Burnham A Berrow) 59 72 bdnnrrman (Ryl Aberdeen) 72 70 1) HuUhinwon (S Africa) 73 70 A Hunt tChilwell Manor) 75 71 Thomas (Dunham orcst) 75 7 2 (£146 each) 288 Gallai her ilfteld) 71 72 Bembridge (Little Aston) 73 71 Walker (Downheld) 73- 71 Faulkner ilfieid) 71 74 Lea (YV Essex) 72 74 289 ill Sundndge Pk) 71 74 Alii (Parkstone) 75 72 (Ryl Dublin) 72 73 Plaits (Pannal) 74 73 291 Lynch (Sutton) 74 73: Jackson (Knockbrai ken DR) 74 74 292 Mills (High Post) 75 72 WoUtenholme it Georges Hill) 74 73 YY Cunningham (Troon Mun) 71 76 Job (Gillingham) 77 72 1 region iDyrlum Pk) 77 74 293 1 Garner Mam heater 72 75 A none (Dean YVood) 72 75 1 Marlin (Rush) 75 72 Hunt Hartsbourne) 7b 75 294 Polland (Balmoral) 77 71 Butler (Gog Magog) 74 78 295 Brown ruden Has) 79 72 296 Boyle (lambs 79 72 lewis (Altrincham) 79 73 Barlow (Northumberland) 77 74 300 Mr Nutter (Ripton City) 79 76 302 fc Hood YVentworth) 73 84 307 Ross (Clydesbank) 80 82 AUSTRALIAN Lawry Shepherd 46 Inverarity run out 17 I Redpath Dixon 18 i Chappell Knott Brown 57 Walters Asif Graham 3 A I Sheahan Dixon 46 1 Freeman Dcnness Dixon 37 labor Leary Shepherd 29 I) Konzie Asif Shepherd 50 YV Gleeson Knott Shepherd 0 tournament at Pannal He ball but he can keep his head in a crisis and that is what he did on Saturday Heavy storms interfered with play all day giving advantage first to one and then to another It is just such conditions that favour a player of Butler's temperament Bill Large who finished second two strokes away on 283 again showed that a good method even without perhaps the best fighting temperament will stand up against the rest David Snell to my mind a great adventurer if not a great golfer snowed character and with Freddv Boobyer finished in third place on 285 1 was sorry for Peter Townsend who suffered from the storm about miadav perhaps more than anyone else and had a total of 286 DISASTROUS EIGHT Alarming thoughts Butler probably owes his victory to this misfortune of Townsemd who had a disastrous eight at the 12th hoie from wdnch he was never able to recover 1 Lightning torrential rain and possibly alarming thoughts all played their part and this destroyed the hopes of a young man about to win his first tournament as a professional but he will soon find his feet in the new ranks Butler not so affected bv the elements kept gorng well and his last two rounds of 72 against a par out lb 8) Connolly Extras ib not 1 7 9 319 3 107 8-292 Total Fall ol it krh A rerages BAITING Fulton helps to salvage pride ROBIRT BIRROWS STOCKHOLM Sunday yFST GERMANY made light of the absence of their injured second string Lutz Krakesch to take the team title from Scotland in the North European water ski-ing championships which ended here today A young and highly promising team from Finland who should continue to improve were second and Scotland could finish only fifth out of the eight water" countries competing The team championship is dee ded by the scores in the first round of the three events These were held yesterday in perfect conditions and Scotland lost their title simply because they performed disastrously in the tricks and erratically in the slalom and jumping Today however when the final rounds were held and the individual titles decided Scotland regained much of their prestige with all four competitors recording personal bests at one stage or another One of the most satisfving performances came from Jack Fulton in the tricks This is traditionally a weak even: for British skiers but Fulton scored 3055 points to finish fourth He is onlv the third skier from Britain to break the 3000 points barrier Paul Vdlington and Rob Beckett are the others and again in the slalom Fulton surpassed his previous best GILMORE EFFORT Honours shared Only a fall at the last buoy prevented his making four clear runs but the Scottish captain David Johnston made no mistake In the jumping younger brother Bill leapt farther than ever before 126ft 5ins to finish fifth This was just in front of Sandy Gilmore 17 who made his debut for Scotland a best jump of 126ft 4ns Even so the Scots never challenged seriously for individual honours These were disputed and ultimately shared by Lars Bjork of Sweden and Karl-Heinz Benzinger of Germany Results: TRICKS Men Brnlnqcr 7222 1: Rimk ftTftH 2 Kiru-ti OS Germany) ft 2154 5 Siotii'h pldi inn I niton 551 5 6 Johnston 1081 20 Johnston 1 047 22 Gilmore 050 4 Women St hie 1 Bank 2688 3 Jt MPING Men Bentinter 134ft 1 '8-10 2 Kilt I 't Si li-ti pUriny- Johnston 1 5-Gilmore l2ft-4 6 Fulton 115-8 1 0 Jt Johi ton I 13 Women Bdrtk 81-2'j 1 Stable 72-10 2 Tl 1 SHIP Germany 5537 1 I inland 5211 2 Sweden 4 803 3 Holland 4687 4 Scotland 4 182 5 OVIIHLL CH'SHIP 1 Riork (Sweden) 2 001 1 II Rimzinuer (Germoty) 2855 It (llama (Lolland) 2331 3 Siottish I'lat nuts 1 niton 2 144 5 11 lohnsion 1 600 13: Johnston 1641 14 Gilmore 14 15 18 Women Stahle Holland) 2708 1 Rtrrk (1 inland) 2740 2 StMOM Risen Biork (1st rd 31pls hnal rd 27'j) 58'j I Ren- rinqrr 28) 55' 2: Klie 'Gormans I 28 27' 55 3 leadin') St ot-tisli Plat inq- ll tohnston (22 48 5 niton (23 46' ft II lohnston 1 4 1 2 15: Gilmore 8 2 20 Women Stahle Opts 1 Barrk 7 2 1-44 2-65 6-229 7-229 5-161 4-1 24 296 Bowling: Graham 18-3-58-1 Brown 20-4-53-1 Dixon 18-3-72-3 Shfnherd 12 4-0-47-4 Underwood 14-1-50-0 Leary 2-0-13-0 Asif 3-0-17-0 Umpire Arnold A YV Herman MORE MATURE progress Now greater concentration has turned him into a much more mature batsman and he has learned to make his strokes with equal facility on either side of the wicket Chappell played several splendid shots today 'he best being two otf-drives off Dixon and Graham These were perfect examples of good timing and lootwork Redpath started like a man in form and he hit four good boundaries before being deceived by slower ball Sheahan also played some exciting strokes and he was not afraid to hit the ball in the air over the coveis He executes this stroke beautifully from his handsome upright stance LAWRY ERROR Invcrarity out The dav starred slowly with Lawry trying to play himself into form and Inverarity struggling to keep his Test place A poor piece of calling bv Lawry who refused a reasonable second run to third-man ended the stand when Inverarity was left stranded in midwicket Redpath lost his off-stump at 65 pf 73 were typical of the man and his mind Scoring was good in the conditions that prevailed particularly on the top of the hill where there is always a fresh wind It seems strange that there are still some w-ho feel that the larger ball cannot be hit with effect in the heavier atmosphere in this country The winning score of 11 under par is surely good enough driving too soon at Dixon but Lawry went stolidly on When he was four short of his 50 he hooked at Shepherd and skied a catch to mid-on Walters was quickly caught in the gully by Asif who was awarded his county cap during the d4y and soon after Chappell was caught behind trying to steer Brown to third man Then followed an exciting stand of 68 between Sheahan and Freeman Freerrn laid about him to the tune of 37 in 38 minutes before being brilliantly caught on the midwicket boundary by Denness and Sheahan was Ibw sweeping at Dixon's next ball As rhe shadows lengthened Taber and McKenzie drove powerfully against all the bowlers London Day by Day PI 2 The most striking point of course is the dropping of Barrington after a run of appearances lasting all but 10 years and embracing a span of 80 Test matches Barrington it may be remembered pi lyed twice for England in 1955 and came regularly into the side in une 1959 NO SENTIMENT function This summer however Barrington has failed altogether to strike his best form and so gives way whereas Dexter though now an irregular cricketer who came into the Headingley Test in the emergency caused by the absence of Cowdrey and others is retained There is no room for sentiment in the choosing of the England XI which thank goodness is not a closed The only function of the selection committee where matches against our major Test opponents are concerned is to choose the side most likely to win Hence a preference for Dexter over Barrington which in contemporary cricket terms requires little justification hard though it must have been to discard temporarily at least a faithful servant who has icored 20 hundreds for England and close on 7000 runs NOT AUTOMATIC Chance for Milhurn This lineup does not mean as 1 ee it that Dexter will automatically play if Prideaux and Milburn (who has scarcely made a run as it happens since the injury that kept him out of action after his historic inn- County Itrvirtv Shackleton Cottam rout Northants YY Golf If Dexter were still a regular who could be relied upon for 15 or 2l) overs an innings as required the selectors would no doubt prefer four front-line bowlers and a lengthier batting list But there ir is the elusive all-rounder is still being hunted in vain and until one or more appears every England XI that takes the field will be to some extent a compromise choice MRS BONALLACK REGAINS TROPHY BY 10 STROKES By ENID WILSON NGELA BONALLACK who last won in 1962 regained the Astor Trophy 72-hole medal tournament at Sandwich yesterday with a score of 314 She finished 10 strokes ahead of Corinne DEXTER FAILS TO SCORE Ted Dexter named in the England 12 for the final Test against Australia was out for a duck playing for the International Cavaliers against Sussex for Don benefit at Hove yesterday Dexter was one of four victims as the Sussex medium-paced bowler helped his side to a 10-run victory Only Basharat Hassan batted with confidence before he was run out for 46 benefit fund was swollen by 6000 spectators paying £1200 Suex 141 (G Cooper 34 Greig 32 Bailey 4-26) International Cavaliers 13 1 (B Hassan 46 Bale 4-23) Bv OHN MASON £OB COTTAM who has a reasonable chance though no more than that of a place in the party to tour South Africa this winter again bowled dc-mandingly for Hampshire yesterday He took four Northamptonshire wickets for 30 at Bournemouth in an all out total of 85 On a drying pitch Hampshire third in the championship bowled and fielded splendidly to gather five bonus points Derek Shackleton soon to leave the game he has served so well for 20 years was there to nag and to worry as always three wickets for 11 runs in 12 overs So Northampton struggled Roger Prideaux and Colin Milburn both in 12 for the Oval Test contributed five runs between them and will have been only partlv mollified by the fact that two Hampshire wickets were down for 38 by the close As Kent were concerned with the Australians and Yorkshire were not playing Glamorgan were the only other team at the top of the championship who were in action yesterday They had problems too Majid unshaken EUROPEAN TITLES Advance bookings Motor Raring STEWART ANI) MATRA PROVE FORM I DA BLE COM BINATION By JOIW LANGLEY JACKIE convincing win in the International 9 Gold Cup race at Oulton Park on Saturday was further evidence that the Scot and his anglo-French Matra Ford are emerging as the most formidable combination in grand prix motor racing Stewart was embraced at the finish by the great Juan Manuel Fangio five times former world champion Rival contenders for the 1968 crown may well have wondered if this was an omen as to the destination of this championship Saturday's 40-lap 1 10-mile race on most beautiful circuit was not of course a championship event But with the exception of the McLarens and Honda and Rob Lotus rhe entry was up to championship standard After his magnificent win on the Nurburgring Stewart is right behind the leader Graham Hill in the championship But whereas the unlucky Hill never seems to finish a race these days his Lotus Ford let hirr down again on Saturday Stewart and the Matra are going better than ever Though a plastic sleeve still protects injured right wrist the fracture has mended satisfactorily and the Scot's morale could hardly be higher for the next championship round at Monza on Sept 8 Ol ALII FOR FINALS By PAT RLSFORD Reybroeck 17 of Belgium and 1 1 in front of Anne Rampton the Surrey player who is to captain the Fnglish team in the home international matches at Royal Porthcawl next month On both days of the competition a strong wind persisted and after the wet spell of recent weeks the course was lush and the rough longer than I have ever seen it After the first round on Saturday morning bs Bonallack and Pamela Tredinnick were joint leaders with 79 At the half-way stage in the evening Miss Rampton was in the lead with 158 having followed an 82 with an excellent round of 7fi Miss Tredinnick with an 80 the afternoon was 159 and Miss Margaret Wenyon Miss Revbroeck and Mrs Bonallack were equal third on 163 Mrs Bonallack made her winning thrust in the third round with a magnificent 73 two under par which left her with an advantage of four strokes over Miss Rampton who led Miss Reybroeck bv five strokes The Belgian girl was followed bv five players who were all ten strokes behind the leader Back in 36 A run of three consecutive bi -dies on the sixth seventh and eighth holes where she sank putts of five feet five yards and 12 feet helped Mrs Bonallack to return in 36 On the second nine she had birdies on the 10th and 15th and was back in 37 314 Mr A Bonallack (Princes) 79 84 73 78 374 Mis Rrvtuoeck (R Hainaut Belgium) 82 81 82 79 375 Miss A Rampton (Hankiey Common) 82 76 82 85 BOYCOTT RETURN NEXT MONTH Geoff Boycott the Yorkshire and England opening batsman who has not played since receiving a back injury at Edgbaston in the third Test may start net practice this week and hopes to play for Yorkshire during the Scarborough Festival in September Rays I ntcr national ENGLAND EASILY DEFEAT SCOTS Bv I CAMPBELL ST ANNFS Sunday England comfortably beat Scotland 9-4 with two matches halved in the International over the beautifully groomed Old Links here yesterday They won the foursomes 4-1 and took the singles 5-3 with two halved The standard of roU fell below average and there was a general feeling that the arduous trials carried out by both sets of selectors to ensure that no player of merit was overlooked may have taken too much out of the successful candidates English contenders heavily outnumber all others in the Championship starting tomorrow but there are six continentals among the 197 entrants The outstanding player is Jimmy Buckley Rhos-on-Sea) holder of the VA clsh amateur championship in addition to the Welsh hoys' title FOURSOMES (England first) Ivans (Hull) A 1 LlewHIyn (Klthatni lust to It I) ii i( owal) A Reed rfmbuMang) 1 nolr YV Htimnhrrv Mid-Surrey) A 1 I Mosey I)cn(on) bt Eyfe (Tulhallan) A Thomson Brarsdon) 4 A 3 Roqrr Buxton A lltgh Peak) A Sears (Dunstabla Down) A Morrison Brodick) A RpiIin (C arnckvale) 4 A 3 A PiiD (Oxford City) A YV Hooke (Hillside) bt Chillas Aberdeen) I) 1 bole Sumner (Prnwortham) A A YVhite oxmoor) bt ampbell (Lenzie) A Grubb (Thornton) 2 A 1 England 4 Scotland 1 SING I I Evans halved with Weir Hutnphrcvs lost to 1 fe 2 holes Sear i Putt Morrteon 3 A- 2 Rog 1 imon A 1 White halved with Reilly Moey bt Campbell 2 holes Rnoke bt Chillas 4 A 2 Llewellyn lost to Caldow 2 A 1 Sumner bt Grubb 7 A 6 Englnnd 3 Scotland 2 at i England 9 Scotland 4 Tickets for the European championships which The Daily Telegraph are presenting at the Princes Club Bedfont from Aug 28 until Sept 2 are available from Lillywhites Piccadilly (Tel 01-950 5181) where a special information bureau is open It is advisable to make advance bookings for seats in the covered stands Reserved seats are available (including car park and tea) at one guinea for Saturday Aug 31 and two gu neas each for the Sunday and Monday Public admission on the Saturday and Sunday is 7s fid for adults (2s fid for children) and 10s on Monday (5s for children) Practice takes place on Wednesday Thursday and Friday Aug 28-30 when admission w-fll be 5s (2s fid for children) A special members' enclosure season ticket covering all six days of practice and competition costs five guineas Car parking is 2 6d daily TCH 159-7d Lt no) Army INTER-SERVICES At Lord's Rvl Nhvv Moylnn-Jones 69 53-3 Drawn MINOR COUNTIES A Wellington Red 95 Bradley 5-20) Shropshire 17 4-9 (J Smith 5-66) I Isler riant Prix TOUR MATCH At Oxford Oxon Colts 77-6 iS Lyon 29 arrick 3-9) York Cricket I ed Abandoned rain Ken Barrington who alter scoring 20 centuries for England has failed to find his true form and is left out of the Tes 12 Ings in the Test) both strike lucky for the last time of asking in the current game at Bournemouth The main bowlers used at Headingley Brown and Snow Illingworth and Underwood are augmented by a third regular new-ball man in Higgs At Headingley this floating spot was filled by Knight who in the end was not required The seleotors not being judges of morals and therefore not required to take note of the recent publicity surrounding personal life considered him so I understand but were not satisfied as regards his complete fitness to bowl HAPPY GROUND Friendly to scam CRICKET Canterbury (11-6 or 630): Kent Australians Leyton (11-6 or 630): Essex Leics Cardiff (11-530 or 6): Glamorgan Lancs (11-6 or 630): Cheltenham Glos Lancashire declaring at 126 for three at Cardiff got the first three Glamorgan batsmen for only four runs Majid ehangir was not to be shaken though He pulled his side round well and is still there tour wickets having fallen for 60 In many matches it was a case of trying to make up for lost time because of rain None did better than Nottinghamshire who hurried to 205 for four in 58 overs against Warwickshire at Edgbaston At Worcester Glenn Turner opening batsman not perhaps the quickest scorer in the country had a notable day Against Middlesex he took his first century passed 1000 runs for the season and was presented with his county cap Worcestershire declaring at 242 for three lead by 134 No prizes for batting against Gloucestershire at Cheltenham it is claimed though John Edrich did get hs side away to a sound start Bill Smith batted for almost two hours for 26 For the statisticians: Tom Cartwright now has 1000 wickets and 10000 runs the first Warwickshire plaver to achieve this and fimmv Binks of Yorkshire has dismissed 1000 batsmen either caught or stumped US MMItll T'MNT (Birmingham Mwhiqanj Final Mrs Joanne arner bt Mr Ann YYrlJ 5 A 4 630): Hants Somerset 6-30): YVarwicks Surrey Bournemouth Northants Hove (1130-7): Birmingham (11-6 Notts Worcester (11-6 Middlesex cont Bradford (11-7): Yorks (11-6 or Sussex or 630): Worcs Derbys PRESSURE AREAS AFFECTING BRITISH WEATHER A deep depression in mid-Atlantic is now becoming slow moving and being steered north oj east Ahead ol the frontal svstem associated with this depression pressure is rising a high centre is expected to form over southern Prance and much of the activity on these fronts may well keep to the west of the country In a six-hour test of stamina 400 survivors of nearly 3000 youngsters were whittled down to 48 in the first half of the Southern Counties age-group finals at Crystal Palace on Saturday The 11 12 13 14 and 15-year-old I groupers racing for places in the Southern team -aking part in the national finals at Blackpool on Oct 4 and 5 qualified to be at Crystal Palace through county meetings The generalisation that boys are normally faster than girls older are better than younger and big counties more successful than less populated ones dd not prove to be the rule FREESTYLE WINNER Diana a near miss B-itsh international Diana Sutherland of Cheam won her 14-year 110-vard freestyle in 662sec This was l2sec faster than Jeannie Halfyard 15 of Essex the sprint winner though it must be noted that the Surrey girl was a near miss for Britain's team for Mexico Mark lbbunson of Essex took the 110 yards backstroke for lf-year-nlds lmin 224sec but Ann Wheatley of Kent first in the paired event clocked lmin 22sec Maureen Donnelly of Middlesex the 12 years group won her breaststroke in lmin 253sec half-a-second faster than the 14-years-winner Leslie Wralton of Essex Hertfordshire 40 clubs) with four wins were only one fewer than Middlesex who have five times as many AGOSTINI IVY SHARE HONOFRS Giacomo Agostini fMV Augusta) and Bill Ivy (Yamaha) dominated the Ulster Grand Prix over the Dundrod Circuit on Saturday Each scored double victories as they thrilled the 100000 spectators with some spectacular racing Agostini the world champion easily clinched the 350cc and 500cc classes He set a lap record of 10637 mph in the 350cc race and his average speed was 10247 mph The 125cc and 250cc races provided some of the greatest racing even seen on the circuit Ivy and his Yamaha team mate Phil Read each shattered the 125cc lap record six times Read eventually finishing with the best speed of 10244 mph Ivy won the 250cc race to keep his world title hopes alive 125 YY I a a (Yamdhn 49niin 06ec I (9965 mphi 1 Rrad (Yamaha) 49-34 (9954 mph) 2: Rosner (MZ) 1 49-266 (8980 mph 3 250r YY Iaa (Yamaha) 68m 188 (975 mph' 1: K-ivr (M 70-40 i 94 45 mph) 2 Gould (Yamaha) 71-3 (9326 mph) 3 3S0(( gnntini Augusta) 64m 4 8 8 (10274 mph 1 ar- ruthfi Arrmarrhn 69-128 96 23 mph) Steens term 69-33 (9574 mph) 3: 500 (t Agostini (MV Augusta) 70m 10 (94 89 mph) 1 Litton Nnrton) 73-514 0057 mph) Hartle (Mairhlrso 73-4 1 (9038 2 mph) OTHFH MATCHES Cambridge US Cambs lord's: Ryl Navy A SECOND XI COMPETITION Taunton: Glos Somerset Glamorgan Newark Notts YVarwicks Last-bourne Sussex Surrey MINOR COUNTIES Wellington: Salop Beds Bridlington orks II Cheshire Lxeter Devon Oxon Manchester Lancs 11 Stalls Falmouth Cornwall Wilts WORLD CONDITIONS another bill of ealth Hence the return of Higgs to a ground with happy associations for him and which in present conditions has been friendly to FIRST-CLASS CRICKET HILL Early victories If Hill is on the rack now so is the Brabham team After winning the first two championships of the current three-litre formula through reliability as much as speed the team are stiff plagued with troubles from their latest re-engined cars The general lack of reliability among the current crop of Formula One cars is one of the most surprising features of a formula that is now nearly three years old It should give the international authorities much food for thought when thev meet next month to consider whether rhe existing formula should be extended beyond 1970 Saturday's race was onlv about half the distance of a full-scale grand prix But at the finish only six of the starters were still running and of these the last two had been fo-ced to make lengthy pit stops In brilliant sunshine for once Stewart and the Matra accelerated straight into the lead at the start followed bv Chris Amon's Ferrari and Lotus Hill however had to pull into the pits and retire the Lotus with gearbox trouble The next few laps were enlivened by a tremendous scrap for third place between Brabham Jacky Ickx iFerraril and Jackie Oliver in the second works Lotus Eventually Ickx got in front but then had to drop out with ignition trouble In the second half of the race Amon broke the lap record doing his utmost to catch Stewart At one time he had narrowed the gap to three seconds but Stewart puffed away again to win by a comfortable 46sec Oliver in third place was the only other driver on the same lap as the two leaders Result Stewart (Matra Ford) 60min 39sec (10929 mpti) 1 Amon (Ferrari) 60-436 2 1 Oliver Lotu Ford) 61- 286 3 Rodriguez M) 39 lap 4 Lanfraiv hi M) 34 laps 5 IV Hobbs (B M) 34 laps 6 La-tc-t lap Amon Stewart 1-30 0 (110 4 4 mph lap record) YORCS MIDDLESEX ESSEN At Leyton No Temp Max Min WEEKS WEATHER AT THE RESORTS The hours of sun and the inches of rain are the total for the week ended Aug 17 1968 I Sun Rain 62 67 70 73 71 68 70 63 68 74 74 70 37 50 38 39 47 49 52 42 50 50 48 48 At YVorcestei standing are 13 Middlesex 7 wickets behind YY orcestershire EE1CS play SI KEY Gloucestershire Gloucestershire GEOS Cheltenham Cheltenham 77 25 81 27 72 22 64 IS 54 12 84 29 82 2ft 82 2ft 57 14 59 15 50 10 IT 25 76 24 82 28 95 35 61 10 63 17 50 10 79 26 59 15 64 lft 90 32 91 31 73 23 64 lft 68 20 55 13 Palmas Lisbon Locarno London Lxmbrg Madrid Majorca Malta Mnchstr Mntrcal Munich Naples York Nice Nicosia Oslo Pans Rykjavk Rome Rnldswv Stckhlm Tel Aviv Tunis Venice Vienna Warsaw Zurich HANTS NORTHANTS At Bournemouth Hampshire 8 wickets Standing aie 47 behind Northants NORTHANTS First Innings Milburn Living-tone Shackleton Prideaux Cottam YVhita A Ligntl ot Reed Shackleton Mushtai Mohammad Ibw Shackleton Ackerman A Sainabury Steele Cottam (rump Cottam Scott Livingstone Cottam A ohnon Cottam A 1 Durose Livingstone Sainsbury Sully not out Extras (b 3 lb 5 nb 3) 4 1 16 9 4 11 17 7 3 2 11 Ins 071 037 115 102 045 0 41 074 074 042 044 066 111 1 09 139 161 68 65 74 52 46 50 YYORCLST RSHIRF First Innings A Headley Radley Stewart 23 Turner not out 106 A Ormrod Russell Titmus 2 Graveney Latchman Stewart 62 not out 40 Extras (b 1 Ib 2 nb 4) 7 Total (3 wkts dec) 242 Fall of wickets 1-56 2-69 3-180 Bowlmg Price 181-4-41-0 Stewart 27-4-81-2 Titmus 22-5-52 I Hooker 18-1-59-0 Latchman 1-0-2-0 Did not bat- A Barker Vardley tR Booth Gilford J-Coldwell Nl Carter At lead by 66 Cl OUCFSTERSHIRF First Innings Green A 92 Nh hollv Long Pocnck 7 Shepherd Ibw P'cock 24 Proctor st long Harman 3 BiKsex A Barrington 3 Brown Edwards bPocock 26 1 Sullivan Ibw Barrington 0 A Ailen Edwards Barrington 7 1 Mortlmore not out 46 Meyer Jackman Barrington 4 Smith Harman Barrington 21 1 xtras (b 1 lb 6 2) 9 85 3-34 YVhite Sains- 624 overs Total Fall of wickets: 1-5 4-51 5-59 ft 6 7 72 77 9 Bowling Shackleton 12-7-11-3 10-3-20-1: Cottam 244-14-30-4 bury 16-1 1-1 3-2 HAMPSHIRE First Innings A Richard" not out 1 Read Ibis I Nil mm Gill at Ibw Mushtaq Sainsbury not out 80 MIDDI ESFX First Innings (t small Coldwell Smith Ibw Coldwell Parfitt Coldwell Radley not out tj Brearley not out Extias lh 1 nb 2) 52 1 6 20 13 5 MOTOR RACING BRAND HATCH Formula Ford (Guard Ch'hip) 1 rhenkrn (Mcrlvn Ford) 7821 mph Formula 111: Lant I 8363 to 1150 cc Nathan (Nathan 1mp 4 1 151-1 600 I 1 i Ford) rlr i I otO 4 7 I 1 601-? 500 cc Green (Crossley R1Y 6891 Over 2500 cc A Cowin Jaguar E) 73 83 Saloon up to 1000 cc YY' McGovern Sunbeam Imp) 7235 1001-1003 Alexander Autin S) 7464 Over 1 300 cc: Tl 4 Sprt i it Sport over 3001 cc (Amasco Ch'hip): 1 Qiiic Joquar Ft 7588 1151-2000 cc 1 Britten MG Midget) 745 2 001-3 000 cc Gntt (Austin Healrv 7083 Ip to 1150 cc Mrs Kong 'MG dget) 7 4 66 14 0 17 7 38 C-cloudy f-fair s-sunny r-rain Temperatures (F and C) and weather lunchtime locally WEST GERMAN BEATS El ROPEAN RECORD Hans Fassnacht the West German swimmer vesterdav clipped six seconds off the European 1500 metres freestyle record with a time of lfimin 4fi7sec reports Reuter from Wuppertal His time was the fourth fastest in the world this year The previous record of 16-527 was held by Semen Belits-Geman (Russia) Total (2 wkts) wickets 1-0 2-24 Marshall 20 overs Fall of To bat TOWN Aberdeen Aberystwyth Ayr Belfast Blackpool Bognor Regis Bournemouth Bridlington Brighton Broadstairs Cheltenham Clacton Cromer Douglas 407 Dublin 302 Eastbourne Edinburgh Exmouth Folkestone Guernsey Harrogate Hastings Ilfracombe Jersey Llandudno London Lowestoft Margate 450 Morecambe Newquay Penzance Redcar Rhyl Ross-on-Wye St Andrews Scarborough Scilly Isles Shanklin Sidmouth Skegness Southend Southport Southsea Swanage Torbay Tynemouth Westnn-s-M Worthing Hrs 314 281 427 320 422 454 452 257 365 377 394 344 A A 49 overs Total (3 wkts) 108 ldl ol wnkrts 1-4 2-62 3-75 To bat: Harris Titmus YV Hooker latchman Price Stewart Bonus points Worus 4 Middlesex 1 Umpires: A Gaskell Lay GLAMORGAN LANCS At Cardiff Glamorgan 6 wickets standing are 66 behind Lancashire Total Fall ol wickets: 1-37 2-89 4-120 5-144 6-147 7-161 9-178 Rowling: Jackman 16-0-18-0 Roope 7-2-17-0 Harman 19-5-33-1 Pocock 39-4-102-4 Yunis 4-0-18-0 Barrington 17-4 45-5 SURREY First Innings Edrl rttm tre Edwards Smith 1 Stewart Allrn Barrington Brown Allen YV A Smith not out is ope Allen Younis Ahmed Ibw Mortimore I Po ck Mortimore A Long Suiiivan Bissex Harman Smith Mortimore Jackman run out Extras ib 1 lb 7 1 nb 1) Total Fall ot wickets: 1-62 2-74 4-119 5-124 6-134 7-140 9-156 Bowling Brown 13-3-33-0 Smith 16-8-19-1 Mortimore 274-12-44-4 Bis sex 27-10-43-1: Allen 21-9-27-3 Bonus points Glos 4 Surrey 4 Umpires: YVTight Y'arnold SCOREBOARD SUSSEX SOMERSET LANCASHIRE First Innings Lloyd not out YVood Jones YVheatley Pilling Jones Nash LONDON READINGS For 24 hours to 7 pm yesterday (Sun) Max temp 64F (18C) Min temp 50F (10C) Rainfall trace Sunshine 108 hours In Britan yesterday (daytime): Warmest Sandown 69F (2 1C) coldest Lerwick and Cape Wrath (Sutherland) 54F (12C) wettest Rudh Re (Ross and Cromarty) 055 ins sunniest Bournemouth 138 hoars Lighting-up time 845 pm Sun rises 551 am sets 815 pm Moon rises 128 am sets 628 pm High water at: London Bridge 1054 am (184ft): 1032 pm (189ft) Doer 836 am 162ft 911 pm (164ft) At Hove YORKSHIRE Derby 49 10 5 41 11 10 At DERBYS First Innings Hampshire tF SPEEDWAY BRITISH 1GI Oiv I Coventry 56 rvtrell 12) Oxford 22 Bjhor 8): Halifax 42 Boocock 11 Boothroxd 11 Poole 36 (Fengen 12) Swindon 51 Br gg 12 Klby 12) Lnn 27 (Betts 11) Di II Canterbury 46 Murray 11 Non 32 hotield 12 Berwick 37 (Hall 12) Plymouth 41 (Cake 13) KNOCKOUT CUP 3rd Rd Belle Vue 65 (Roper 16) Sheffield 42 (Larsson 13) SCOTTISH CU 1st leg Coatbridge 64 Glasgow 32 CHAflFNGF MATCH Cradlev Heath 51 ngq 12 Jansson 12) Prague 27 (J Holub 9) Engineer Extras (lb not out 7 nb 3) LtvtnqMone Timms Cattell Cottam ShacVle-ton li White Bonus points Hants 5 Northants 1 Umpires: lakeman PhiUipson WARWICKS NOTTS At Edgbaston YVarwickshire 9 wicket tandiag are 175 behind Notts NOTTINGHAMSHIRE First Inning 1 Bolus Stewart Cartwright 44 Frost Brown I Moore not out I Smeuley Kanhai ID Murray Blenkiron Sober not out Extras (ib 1 nb 1) 58 overs Total (4 wkts dec) 205 Fall ol wickets: 1-30 2-84 3-118 4-151 Bowling: Brown 16-1-66-2 Blenkiron 15-2-57 1 Cartwright 12-4-42-1 Gibbs 13-4-31-0 bidulla 2-0-7-0 Did not but Bielby Taylor Forbe Halfyard Stead YV AKYYTCKSHIRE irft Innings Stewart not out 16 Ibaduila Ibw Sobers 4 Amiss not out 9 Extra (nb 1) 66 over Total (3 wkts dec) 126 Fall of wickets 1-11 2-24 3-106 Bowling: YVheatley 13-6-12-1 Cordle 11-3-23-0 Nash 13-8-10-1 Shepherd 16-6-37-1 Lewis 8-3-15-0 Majid 5-2-190 Did not bat: Atkinson Bond Hughes Shuttleworth Higgs Savage GEAMORG Firt Inning Gibbs Nicholson Smith Nicholson 18 I YV Hall Binks Wilson 68 Buxton st Emks Nicholson 10 Morgan Sharpe Illingworth 10 Harvey YYiUon 4 5 Lyre Illingworth 61 YV Taylor Binks Hutton 16 fc Sail 3 6 Nicholson 30 Rhodes not out 13 Extras clb 6 nb 7) 13 Total 9 wkts) 285 Fall wlikct 1-4 2-28 3 40 4 63 5-156 6-163 7-209 8-214 9- 285 To hat: A Jackson YORKSHIRE Taylor 1 Sharpe Padgett Hamn-hire Cloe Illingworth Bnk A Hutton YYilson Trueman A NichoUson Bonn point Derbys 1 York 3 Umpires: Buller A Pepper FIFTH TEST UMPIRES Elliott and A Fagg have been appointed as umpires for the fifth Test between England and Australia which starts at The Oval on Thursday fi Rl KEY RRI 1 53-2 pom 93 Aldit ombe 96-8 YVhitgiftian 1S8-6d Sutton 113-8 Main) Purley 4 1 nh Mi ham 75-7 (nin) er 196-81 Nh 96 Mniden YYdr 0-0 (ram) Sunburj 170 RnnOead )9 train) Cancelled Beddmgton Molesey Somerset 0 Sussex 1 Petrie Aspinall Bonu point Umpire: OTHER SPORT TODAY BOYYIS Clevedon T'ment (ROQUET Nottingham Ol Ch'ship (St Old Link) I AYYN TTNNIS North of Fngiand Ch'-hip (Scarborough' Boqnor Exmouth: Hunstanton Heaton (Bradford) YVinrheter SPEEDYVAY Chall Match Exeter Ham 730) Olvmpique Newcastle (7 30) ATFR POI YN eston-super-Mare YYelsh Under-21 SATELLITES Echo 2 is visible in the evening this week Ti on Tucs: 911-915 rising WNW high ele'atinn 20 degrees setting NNVS and next Sun: 848-849 rising 4VNVX high ele-xation 15 degrees NV5 setting WNW lone Ibw Shuttleworth 0 Davis Higg 17 lewis Atkinson Higg 0 YY alker Shuttleworth 0 M't jtd Jehanqir not out 35 Jones not out 8 17 over Total 4 wkt) 60 Fall nl wicket: 1-0 2-1 3-4 4-38 Tn hat A Cordle Nah Lewi IV Shepherd YVheatley Bonn point: Glamorgan 1 Lancs 2 Umpire: Crapp A YV Sprm er 15 over Total 1 wkt) 30 Fall of wicket: 13 To tHt Knlii A Jan-iMnn Ahberley Smith 1 YV Cartwright Brown YV Bienklron 1 Gibbs Bonus points: Warwicks 2 Notts 2 Umpires: A Fagg Tope SECOND 1 COMPETITION At Southampton Hampshire 194-3 dec Ham-on 85 A 246-6 dec iD Turnei 98 not) Middlesex 160-6 dec (D nq 96) 234 Bennett 74) Hampshire won by 37 Because of the industrial dispute the weather maps which usually appear with this feature are not available i.