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London, June 26. The Football Association decided today to play the proposed match between England and the Rest of the World on October 26. The match will take place in London.—Reuter. the Essex all-rounder, who took five Hampshire wickets for 75 and then made 89 not out, Kent were the most successful Play in the all Chinese hard court championship began yesterday at the National Recreation Club grounds: Three of the eight senior matches in the first round were played eff amd resulted in close scores.
In the opening tussle T. M. Hsu took the measure of T. T. Yui, formerly of Nanking; by 6-9 and 6-4 while a similar score was seen in the next encounter between L, Liu and M. Ñ, Lew, the former winning by consistent play. The third match which went the full distance of three sets turned in favour of T. C. Chang, who outscored P. T. Li by 63, 3-8, 6-2.
The initial round will be concluded today when the rest of the matches dre to get under way. The schedule follows:—
London, June 25.
ITH all their best batsmen gone and still 195 runs behind England's score of 494, Australia were in a critical position at the close of play today in the second Test match at Lord's. Hopes of Australia averting a follow-on, and probable defeat, now rest solely on the shoulders of Brown, who played a stubborn innings today to score 140 and was still undefeated at the drawing of stumps, when the Australian score stood at 299 for five.
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