The Archive · 1938

Sheffield Shield

Adelaide, Feb, 0, The. Sheffield Shield cricket tournament was completed today with South Australia defeat Ing Victoria by 125 runs. Neither of these teams, however, won the championship, which Was captured by New South Wales with a total of 21 points,- Their Victory to-day, however, enabled South Australia to share second place with Victoria, each finish ing with a (oral of 14 points, Queensland was last with five points, The scores of the final match were: South Australia—187 and 340; Vietoria—195 and 177, Don Bradman, the captain of the Australian Test team, and Badeoek, Australia's opening bat, were the mainstays of the South Australian side, Bradman gave his best performances against Queensland, In the first_mateh Knocked up 246, while in the return game he mide a century each innings—107 and 113.—

Reuter, FRENCH AIRMAN SETS NEW, wor D RECORD

Paris, Feb. new world speed record was} neb Hossi, with an Amiot-300 chine over a distance of 2.000 tree with a load of 2,000 iklo-

Chuck, Haines, 135, out oSspat altesssndr, tt i,"in he hed 122 Ib. won on a not-out in the ith rowna from Soo fora, 134 1b.

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