SCULLING CHAMPIONSHIP.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 887, 5 August 1910, Page 2

SCULLING CHAMPIONSHIP.

TO. BE BOWED ON'AUGUST lb. By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright" ( Cape Town, August 3. .Router's Agency states that R. Arnst and .E. Barry, who are to _ race, on the Zambesi for the sculling championship of tho world, did very solid work at Livingstone on Tuesday. Nickalls and Pholps paced Barry. Arnst contended himself with one hard row. ; Both men recently • Towed over thei course. The race for the ' sculling championship of the world will take place on August 18. ■ ' STAKES, .£SOO A-SIDE. (Rec. August 4, 11.20 p.m.) London, August 4. .Renter reports that Arnst and, Barry have agreed upon the terms of tho race on August 18. Tho stakes are to be-,£500 a-side. ' CRICKET. ' ;i i ENGLISH"COUNTY MATCHES. „B j f Telegraph -Vnii AsMciition—Copyrlffhl : "■' '- '".' ? *:??* ■Loiio6ii i , August 3.-, In tho comity cricket. 'championship Lancashire beat Yorkshire! by an innings and 111 1 runs. ■■'■'■ ••.-.-. :■■; -' ~. The percentage of tho leading counties aro: Iveut, ,77.77; Surrey,- 52.63; Lancashire, 52SW;:' Middlesex, 50.00; Yorkshire, 47.36. ; [In 1908 the five, leading percentages were: Kent, 77.77; "' Lancashire 55.55; Yorkshire, '50.00.; b'ussox, 40.00; Surrey, 89.13.J . * ' ' '~ THE'SOUTH AFRICAN TOUR, ' (Rec. August 4, 8.25 p.m.) Sydney, August 4. The "Sunday Sun" has' received the following cable message from the South African Cricket Association: "The association fully appreciates, your offered guarantee, but much regrets it can only negotiate with the Board of Control." The "Sun" is determined to make another effort to have its guarantee of ,£SOOO for the; tour accepted, and. has written to the' Board of Control, asking if the board will advise South Africa that it has no objection to the "Sun's" guarantee being accepted.