CRICKET
NOTTS LIKELY CHAMPIONS. (Australian Press Assn.) (By Cable—Press Assn. —Copyright.) LONDON, Auguct 30. The victories of Nottingham, Yorkshire and Lancashire to-day left the cricket championship dependent on the last round of matches. At present Nottingham has 155 points and Yorkshire and Lancashire 148 each. Nottingham can only be deprived of winning if Derbyshire beat Nottingham outright, and Yorkshire beat Sussex outright. Lancashire has played its last match, so is out of the running. S. AFRICANS’ HOLIDAY MATCH. LONDON, August 31. At West Bridgford, playing against J. Calin’s eleven, South Africa in the first innings scored 158 for 3 (Morkel not out 52). Rain stopped play. • LEADING PLAYERS. LONDON, September 1. Batting averages: Hobbs 1859 runs, average 66.39; Hammond, 2456, 64.63; Sutcliffe 2138, 57.78; Wyatt 2353, 54.72; Duleepsinhji 2185, 53.29; Sandham 2311, 52.52; Whysall, 2464, 51.33; Mead 1436, 51.28; Woolley, 2193, 51.20. Bowling: R. Tyldesley 154 wickets, average 15.57; White 164, 15.92; Goddard 181, 16.08; Voce 119, 16.71; Tate 137, 17.26; Freeman 240, ' 17.39; Parker 138, 17.41; Shipman, 59, 17.79; Rhodes 91, 18.02.
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