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IRELAND owes former leader Albert Reynolds a great debt for his contribution towards peace and prosperity, Taoiseach Brian Cowen said last night.
Speaking at the launch of Mr Reynolds' autobiography in Dublin, Mr Cowen paid warm tribute to the man who first appointed him to Cabinet.
In a lengthy speech that mixed humour and emotion, he spoke of Mr Reynolds' career as a minister and his short-lived, but significant, tenure as taoiseach between 1992 and 1994.
In particular, he cited the deal that Mr Reynolds struck to secure £8bn in structural funds from the EU – money that would play a key role in Ireland's economic development.
In reference to the North, he said Mr Reynolds worked tirelessly to produce a breakthrough in the peace process.
That came in the shape of the Downing Street Declaration in 1993, which paved the way for everything that followed, including the IRA ceasefire in 1994.
While Mr Cowen did not wish to suggest everything was "solved" when Mr Reynolds left office, he said the former taoiseach's contribution had been crucial.
"To Albert Reynolds I say, as Taoiseach of this country today, we are deeply proud, and deeply grateful, for all that work," Mr Cowen said, to sustained applause from those present.
Mr Reynolds did not speak at the launch but his son, Philip, said his father had been determined not to write his autobiography until such time as peace had been achieved. "I think in so far as any country can say it's at peace, this is probably an appropriate time," he said.
In addition to Philip, Mr Reynolds was accompanied by his wife Kathleen, to whom warm tributes were also paid, and the couple's five daughters.
Guests at the launch included John and Pat Hume, and a large Fianna Fáil contingent, including Junior Minister Martin Mansergh, who aided several taoisigh during the peace process; former EU commissioner Padraig Flynn; Transport Minister Noel Dempsey; and former junior ministers Tom Kitt and Ned O'Keeffe.
A large number of current and former officials from the Department of Foreign Affairs were also in attendance, as were broadcaster Gay Byrne and his wife Kathleen Watkins.
Unable to attend on the night because of other engagements were Sinn Féin's Gerry Adams and Martin McGuinness.
Also absent was former taoiseach Bertie Ahern, whom Mr Reynolds accuses in his book of ruining his chances to run for the presidency in 1997.
Mr Cowen, meanwhile, had guests in laughter when he pointed to one slight inaccuracy in the book. It quotes Mr Cowen as saying how he looked forward to entering coalition with a "renegade" Labour Party in 1992. Mr Cowen took the chance to correct the record: "I actually said with a 'regenerated' Labour Party!"
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This article has one neat tidbit about Williams: his conviction for stealing the computer monitors was based on a surveilance video showing him doing it. That means it looks like the prosecution wasn't some witch hunt.
I thought everyone used laptops these days - in a few years people will ask "what is a computer monitor"?
THREE stolen monitors..THREE murders..eerie..

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Heard A.D. would be contacting knowledgeable and influential people. Could we post our telephone numbers to make it easier for him to get ahold of us?
The AD needs to go.
He hired the coach.
Siena College should follow the example of the Catholic Church which took less than two weeks from the time one pope resigned until the naming of a new pope.
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great lookin' inkin'!
love the 9-panel page. one of kirby's best layouts.
This is more proof that what constitutes good inking is fairly subjective and a matter of personal taste...because personally, I can't stand this stuff. The lettering is appalling and the inking is atrocious, in my opinion. I think Thibodeaux was probably the worst Kirby inker ever -- so bad he made Vince Colletta look like Rembrandt.
very interesting, john S....i thought you guys would be all over thib!
he has a good heavy hand.
this page reminds me of BWS inking on kirby's bicenntenial battles pages.
but, i agree, the lettering on this particular series was bad.
Well, BWS knows when and where to go heavy, and when and where to go light. Thibodeaux obviously doesn't. His line weights seem almost completely random. BWS knows how to translate grayish graphite lines to solid black ink lines for optimum effect. Thibodeaux seems to have little or no conception of that. He was far too much of a novice at this time to be inking Kirby's work. Sorry, but that's just how I feel about it.
I agree with John that Thibodeaux just didn't have the chops. Novice is a perfect description. On the other hand I still prefer him to plenty of people with a lot more skill, because he was trying to be faithful to the pencils.
I liked BWS inking Kirby about as much as I liked Chic Stone inking BWS on Conan.
Sorry to differ guys but, although I always thought Theakston and Thibodeaux produced mediocre inking, I wouldn't rank them below Colletta.
At this stage of Jack's decline, they didn't get an easy job compared to the wonder years of Kirby at his peak power.
I don't even want to imagine what Vinnie would have done with Kirby's pencils in his twilight days.
Smith's inking has its charm but I'm happy it has only been a short-lived experiment.
By the way, I'm certainly a great fan of his early days when he was still signing Barry Smith with Kirby's influence beneath the surface of his "Art nouveau" style.
Not as much a fan of what he has done after under the BWS signature.
I'd have to rank Theakston below Colletta. What he did to The Hunger Dogs was criminal.
The Kirby Museum has plenty of Jack's pencils from Captain Victory posted in the gallery section:
Personally I think Kirby's pencils in the early to mid 80's are sensational, and very tight, as tight as anything he ever produced.
Patrick, my guess is, growing up with Kirby's comics from late seventies to early eighties, you are somewhat fetichist towards it.
Out of nostalgia our viewpoints are skewed towards the material we read a a kid.
Nonetheless, there's no denying that Kirby's art, starting from late seventies, suffered from a sharp decline in quality.
It's sad but quite understandable that, after decades of hard laboring, Jack's body was collapsing.
Also, taking account of the shameful treatment he had and still was going through from Marvel, one can only admire the man could manage to muster enough energy to last until the mid eighties.
Yes, even during his twilight days, there has always been something of value in what the King produced.
But, given how much highs he already achieved during his long career, it's not showing disrespect - quite the contrary - to place things at their rightful place.
Artistically, Jack Kirby's 80's output is nowhere near "sensational".
Except to your eyes and heart, Patrick, which is something I won't deny you.
Yeah, I completely disagree. You have to consider that I like artwork which might be viewed a cartoony looking by many people. Stuff like Neal Adams might impress me on one level, but it just isn't my thing.
I'm much more inclined to Wolverton, Jack Cole, Robert Crumb, or Don Martin, than I am Alex Raymond.
The fact that Kirby's art became increasingly "cartoony" is something I find very appealing.
Personally I think people absolutely "fetisize" the whole Marvel Marvel era, not just Kirby, but everything about it.
I'm 54 so it's not like I grew up on the late 70's and 80's stuff. I just like it better. There is a decline which is seen in the Super Powers stuff, that was because Jack had suffered a stroke which caused a tremor in his drawing hand.
I agree that people fetishize the 1960s "Marvel Age" comics just as much as anything else. One more way in which I think Jack's work was prescient was that, by the late seventies/early eighties, he was looking beyond Marvel to creator-owned venues like Eclipse and Pacific, realizing that the big corporate publishers had nearly had the biscuit in terms of producing creatively vital material. As I've said before, if Jack was still around and active today, there's no doubt that he'd be doing creator-owned stuff (on-goings, mini-series, one-shots, graphic novels, whatever) for companies like Image and Dark Horse, not grinding out unoriginal work-for-hire crap for publishers like Marvel and DC.
That's OK, you were a bit on the late side, I guess.
I, too, like the cartoony quality in Jack's art.
Granted, a majority of the comics Marvel published in the sixties (or since) has been mediocre, still, some of them were different and, of course, Kirby or Ditko produced some incredible stuff.
I grew up in a place where the market wasn't dominated by one genre so I learned to enjoy a wide range of comics from underground to mainstream with everything in between.
Also, due to a several years gap in french publishing, I've been reading Jack's first and second tenure at marvel more or less at the same time.
In light of this, I can tell you that Kirby's work from mid to late sixties really stand out as his masterpieces.
If Patrick was "a bit on the late side", I guess I was a whole lot on the late side. The first F.F.s I read were the John Romita issues and the first THORs I read were the John Buscema issues. During the first half of the seventies I read a lot of reprints of Jack's sixties stuff, and in all honesty, I didn't see much of a difference between a Lee / Kirby comic and a Roy Thomas / John Buscema comic. I didn't become a Kirby fan until Jack returned to Marvel in '75 and started doing his solo runs on Cap, Eternals, 2001, Black Panther, etc. I found all of those books to be a lot more energetic, honest and interesting than the sanitized and corrupted (by Stan Lee) sixties material. I then started buying back issues of Jack's seventies DC material and was very impressed by that, also. So, even though I read the sixties stuff first (via reprints), I can tell you that Kirby's work from the seventies really stands out as his masterpieces.
No doubt the work around 1966-1968 showed a degree of refinement which was absent from the early 60's work as well as the slightly less enthused work Kirby produced the last couple of years at Marvel. You can see Jack became very excited again shortly after joining DC, and again the work is in a zone up until Jack was told DC was pulling the plug on the Fourth World. That happened after Jack had dropped Olsen, and produced the first two issues of The Demon, and Kamandi. After that Jack's work is still great, but looked again more like his last two years at Marvel. The second (third actually) go round at Marvel in the mid-late 70's shows Kirby again in high gear at the start, but his style has become more abstracted. This is common with many artists, and while age can play a role, I think also that a mature artist increasingly feels free to bend the rules.
In my view the work did on Captain Victory is superb. I'd urge anyone to study the penciled pages, since Thibodeaux cheapened the qualities in the pencils. Also The Road to Armagetto as penciled by Kirby, and inked by Royer is very strong work. The additions, and Even Gods Must Die are a little spotty, but they were a rush job because of DC editorial decisions. I still see great work in them buried under the inks. This page for example.
Or this one:
Kirby's progession towards increasing abstraction is a move away from the refined style closest to what fans and DC editors of the 50's wanted, and what Kirby came closest to when inked by Sinnott 1966-68, but I see the move as a natural progression, having something to do with age, but again many people think Monet produced his best work late in life, when his work had become far more abstract.
Or consider Picasso:
'ppreciate everyone's comments.
its good to see that I clearly do NOT over-analyze Kirby's art (as much as some of you other folk!) ;)
I read him quite a bit later, and took some time to warm up. First for me was a back-issue of 2001 and I thought it was a joke. But now, 2001 is one of my favorite titles...
i try to look at every piece here, and elsewhere, UNTO its own.
I think he did some stellar work in 40s-80s and I'd be hard-pressed to call any decade (or year) his prime.
I think every decade he re-invented himself, and brought something new to the table.
Now, I'd always prefer to look at the Kirby pencils, but otherwise, enjoy each era's work as embellished by his stable of period inkers.
The lettering here is horrible. Better than mine, but I'm not a professional letterer.
I think the art looks good.
right, the lettering on cap'n victory was wretched, but prolly better than mine ;)
We need to remember that Jack was working almost full time in animation when he was doing this stuff. His eyes were giving him problems, so he worked very large on his Ruby-Spears stuff, a lot of which is as beautiful as anything he ever did.
Thibodeaux was a very close friend of the Kirby family and Jack wanted to help his career. And there was a stretch in the middle of the series when he found his own groove. Joe Sinnott wasn't losing any sleep but it had its own charms. It's kind of like how Berry gave Kamandi and Omac a weird, otherworldly kind of vibe. I loved all this 80s stuff in high school since it went well with my, um, recreational activities.
I'd love to see this series rebuilt from the pencils up, though that will never happen.


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And that's all from me. An excellent performance from England, with bat and ball. If you must quibble – and what's a game of cricket without a quibble? – South Africa's innings, once it reached 80-8, could have been ended sooner and cheaper. But this was undeniably emphatic, and showed bowlers (most) and batsmen (several) in good or excellent form. Promising signs. Thanks for your company, byeee!
James Tredwell is man of the match
"I've been in and around different squads over the last few years," he says. "It's nice to get a few games on the bounce. It's hard when you're on the periphery, you want to get some games." Asked how much credit should go to Anderson, he says: "I think when you have two wickets in those four or five overs you're up and running. When I come on, if they're three or four down then it's much easier." Can England drop him for the final? "They can, yeah, but I hope not."
Captain Cook says:
"Jimmy was fantastic, the other guys backed him up and then Tricky Tredders was exceptional again. It was a lot more humid today, and it swung in the nets yesterday. It hasn't swung conventionally yet, but when it does he's the best in the world.
"To win a final, or any tournament, you need everyone contributing and we've certainly done that so far. Trotty's knock was great, Jos, great keeping, and Tredders is so reliable. We're very lucky to have two quality spinners in our ranks.
"It's been a good tournament so far for us. Clearly the game at Cardiff, the 24-over game, your hopes are in the balance but we managed to scrape through. We don't mind who we play in the final. We're lucky to be given the opportunity in front of a home crowd."
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"I wouldn't say it was that important, the toss. It didn't really do that much. We just didn't play well. We got ourselves to blame again today. Just didn't play well. Under pressure from the word go, some sparks of light there at the end but it just wasn't good enough from the top order unfortunately.
"I'm especially proud of David Miller and Rory the way they fought back. A lot of sides would have been bowled out for 100 there. [Bowling] I think the guys tried everything possible but we just couldn't get that breakthrough, couldn't get Nos four, five and six.
"There are no excuses. I truly believe we have the talent to win this tournament. I thought we had the talent and the potential to do so. We didn't. We just didn't play well enough, it's as simple as that.
"The most important thing is we played really well together as a team, in pressure situations, bar today. Lots of youngsters stepped up to the plate, and all the senior guys as well. Today was unfortunately not good enough. It's been a great tournament. It'll be sad to see it go. It's short and sweet and I believe the best teams come out on top."
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…emphatic. England's bowling was decisive again, with Anderson magnificent and now engaged in a three-way tussle with Tredwell and Trott for the man-of-the-match award (which should surely go to a bowler). Tomorrow we find out whether India or Sri Lanka will be their opponents in the final, at Edgbaston on Sunday. South Africa had a horrible day, but for an hour or so of decent batting when it was too late to make a difference.
ENGLAND WIN BY SEVEN WICKETS! England 179-3 (Trott 82, Morgan 15)
Time for one more delightful cover drive from Trott, who finishes with a totally unhurried 84-ball 82.
37th over: England 175-3 (Trott 78, Morgan 15; target 176)
Morgan thumps the penultimate ball of Morris's over past point for four, and the last ends up about 10 yards away. The scores are level.
36th over: England 167-3 (Trott 78, Morgan 7; target 176)
This is nearly over. Obviously. Sky shows a lot of very relaxed people grinning on the England balcony.
35th over: England 158-3 (Trott 75, Morgan 1; target 176)
Tsotsobe bowls three dot balls, and then delivers one into Trott's sweet spot, and with awesome inevitability it disappears to the cover boundary. The next goes through mid-on for another four. "It's nice to see Trott ticking along nicely," understates Adam White. "This is the 22nd 50 of his ODI career. He's 11th on this list of scores of 50 or more, having played half the games of those above him. His strike rate is better than 6 of the 10 players above him, as well." Yes, but I would say that he's a lot easier to love when England have bowled first and have a desultory target.
34th over: England 150-3 (Trott 67, Morgan 1; target 176)
England bring up 150 with three singles. "So who does KP come in for, if anyone?" ponders Dan Lucas. "I'd say Bell, and I'd drop Morgan for Bairstow. I'd keep Tredwell and (can't believe I'm saying this) Bopara, who was been excellent." Yes, probably Bell. Tredwell has been really excellent, but he remains a second choice, surely.
33rd over: England 147-3 (Trott 65, Morgan 0; target 176)
"More subtle analyses are permitted from the graph - specifically some quantifiable measure of the impact of events," responds Chris Bojke (the graph is there in the 27th over). "In addition to the few I mentioned you can also see from the beginning of the graph that if SA want to moan about the influence of losing the toss and being put in to bat first you can see that shifted the probability of an England win by about 2% whereas their batting performance…" Is the impact of losing the toss – which was considered "a good one to win" this morning – always so undervalued in betting markets?
32nd over: England 146-3 (Trott 64, Morgan 0; target 176)
A sad end to what had been a particularly impressive over as far as Root's concerned. The second ball was thumped in the air towards mid on. "Catch!" shouted Duminy. There was no one at mid on. Four. The fourth was just an invitation to score runs, which Root pushed through midwicket for another four. Clearly he'd decided to have fun. He can now have fun in the dressing-room, with his pads off.
WICKET! Root b Duminy 48 (England 146-3)
Root goes on one knee and tries to scoop the ball over his left shoulder, but doesn't get much on it and instead tickles it into his stumps.
31st over: England 136-2 (Trott 64, Root 38; target 176)
Rory Kleinveldt, South Africa's most parsimonious bowler, returns and England get just one run from his over.
30th over: England 135-2 (Trott 64, Root 37; target 176)
The first half of McLaren's over goes for no runs. The second half goes for seven, with Trott getting a four through fine leg off the last. "Having read the complicated statistical analysis supplied by Chris Bojke does anyone mind if I continue just taking a quick look at the state of play and thinking 'we should win from here?'," asks Mark Dembry. The analysis, if I'm reading it right, seems to suggest that when you think one team is overwhelmingly likely to win, other people will also think that team is overwhelmingly likely to win. And the reason all these people think they're overwhelmingly likely to win is that they are, indeed, overwhelmingly likely to win.
29th over: England 128-2 (Trott 58, Root 36; target 176)
Another lovely boundary from Root, easing the ball through the covers, and there are less than 50 runs to go now. "I find it mildly curious that teams' scoring rates are measured in runs per over whereas individuals' rates are in runs per 100 balls," writes Rod Hall. The word "mildly" may prove key here. "Essentially they're measuring the same thing but aren't directly comparable. For example as I type the England RR is 4.17 – how does this compare with Trott's SR of 78.33 and Root's of 60.00? OK you can do the sums to work out that Trott's RR is 4.7 and Root's is 3.6 but why can't we settle on one or the other? (PS It's a quiet day in the office)" A reasonable question. I don't know why an individual's scoring isn't measured in average number of runs per ball faced (though working this out from the strike rate involves only very straightforward mathematics, clearly).
28th over: England 121-2 (Trott 58, Root 29; target 176)
Root pulls McLaren to the long midwicket boundary – all about the timing. "Just catching up with the bad puns from earlier," writes Robin Hazlehurst, a phrase that brings a bilious feeling of imminent-further-pun-based dread to my heart, "can I just point out that if we get to the final we may be relying on Mr Bresnan supported (from afar) by Mrs Bresnan And 'er son."
27th over: England 115-2 (Trott 57, Root 24; target 176)
Good over from Duminy, one run off it. Chris Bojke emails to introduce "a very nerdy way of looking at how the game is progressing over time". "Look at the betting odds on an England win on Betfair (other bookmakers are available) and use the graph of implied chance," he writes. "As I write Trott & Root are guiding England safely home and we are now at a point where the match favours England more than at any other point (previous high point was the 80ish/8 in the SA innings). You can see the (market interpretation) impact of wickets and partnerships quite clearly. The Amla wicket moved Englands chances from 60% to about 71%, the ninth wicket stand by SA dragged England's chances down from about 92% to 80% and this current partnership by T&R looks to have improved the probability of an England win from about 85% to 95%ish."
26th over: England 114-2 (Trott 56, Root 24; target 176)
There's a loud appeal for lbw against Trott, but Kumar Dharmasena isn't impressed and discussions about a possible appeal are brief – the ball was heading down the leg side. And bouncing a bit high. Trott bides his time, waits for his moment, and then hits Peterson's penultimate ball through the covers for four, and then the next past square leg for three.
25th over: England 105-2 (Trott 47, Root 24; target 176)
It is now starting to seem a little processional. Which isn't a bad thing. I'm not criticising here, you understand. South Africa need a wicket in the next couple of overs, you'd have thought, to have any chance. A pretty good over from Morris, five runs coming from it.
24th over: England 100-2 (Trott 44, Root 23; target 176)
Root very nearly inside-edges Peterson onto his own stumps. But doesn't. "Afternoon Simon, afternoon all six of you," writes Guy Honsby. "I know this would take a cock-up of monumental proportions for England to mess this one up, but am I the only one still feeling just a tiny bit nervous that it's possible? I suppose golden boy Root and Mr Dependable (the no.5 ODI batsman in the world, for all the daft naysayers) should be the perfect players to get the job done, but being of a certain age I think there'll always be a residual fear inbuilt into any England supporter that lived through the 90s, and Ad******." Nerves are entirely appropriate when your team is likely but not yet certain to win a pretty important match, whatever their history.
23rd over: England 96-2 (Trott 43, Root 20; target 176)
Trott hits Morris's first ball through the covers for a delightful four. As Kieron Shaw identified (22nd over), these are precisely the circumstances where Jonathan Trott is at his most cherishable. He's taking few risks, scoring sufficient runs – as Cardus said of Trevor Bailey, "he is not only an anchor for England, he barnacles the good ship to the floor of the ocean". Root edges the last ball just wide of the wrong-footed De Villiers' desperate leftward dive and off for four.
22nd over: England 87-2 (Trott 38, Root 16; target 176)
Peterson returns, and three times Trott works the ball into that undermanned leg side for runs – to square leg for two, past square leg for four, and to fine leg for three. "Fan-critics of Trott always complain that he bats 'selfishly', but I always find the exact opposite to be true," writes Kieron Shaw. "Everybody else bats 'their own game' — but Trott always bats as if he is the entire team. He doesn't go out to knock an egotistical 'game-changing innings'. He paces his innings as if he personally has 9 wickets in hand before he'll be actually out, so starts slow and steady and builds up. And on a day like today when, let's be honest, as England fans our sphincters are never fully relaxed until we get within 10 runs of the finish, thank effing goodness somebody does that."
21st over: England 78-2 (Trott 29, Root 16; target 176)
Just one off the over and that's 21 completed – this was pretty much peak hideousness in South Africa's innings – they were 78-7 at this point, hitting 80-8 in the 23rd. "I just spent a good minute wondering who H.S. Gilchrist and H.S. Gayle were, before the penny dropped," wails Paul Turp (referring to the 20th over). "Suppose it's better to be an honest buffoon." Well that's arguable.
20th over: England 77-2 (Trott 28, Root 16; target 176)
Another fine boundary from Root, guided between a variety of fielders through point for four, brings England to within 100 runs of their target. Meanwhile Christopher Fish has done his homework, and has answered Sam Blackledge's question (13th over) about winning 50-over tournaments without any batsmen scoring a century. "It's been done twice in the Champions Trophy – Australia in 2006/07 (HS Gilchrist 92 v WI) and West Indies in 2004 (HS Gayle 99 v Bangladesh). Unsurprisingly, it's never been done in the World Cup."
19th over: England 72-2 (Trott 27, Root 12; target 176)
A poor ball from Tsotsobe is dispatched through backward point by Root, and the next rears up off the surface and hits the batsman in a place where it would hurt a very great deal if he didn't have very good protection. "It's a shame the captain couldn't cook up a good innings and the other opener didn't bell-t it to the boundary too often," notes Chris Mellor. "Let's hope they don't need Steve to Finn-ish it off with some Broad strokes." Yes, indeed, let's … um … hope not.
18th over: England 67-2 (Trott 26, Root 8; target 176)
Root clips the ball off his legs and it trundles past straight fine leg for four – given as leg byes, though again I wasn't so sure. This is going prosaically England's way, at the moment.
17th over: England 61-2 (Trott 25, Root 7)
Tsotsobe returns, and starts by chucking a pie at Trott and watching it get disdainfully gobbled up. The over improves markedly from there. "If Trott's taking root and Root's going to trot along, can we also probably expect Morgan to get it g-Eoin and Ravi to Bop-ar-ound the park in a little while too?" asks Jeff Burgin. "No complaints if Robin just peters on as well."
16th over: England 57-2 (Trott 21, Root 7)
McLaren bowls a wide, but Root goes for it anyway with a wild slash. Absolutely anything could have happened there – four, six, caught behind – but he misses it entirely. That wide and a couple off the last, Root's reward for working the ball into the all-but-deserted leg side, is all England get from the over.
15th over: England 54-2 (Trott 21, Root 5)
Root hits the second ball through cover but not quite to the boundary, and the three runs that ensue is all England need to stay on track. Nevertheless, Trott greedily snuffles another two.
14th over: England 49-2 (Trott 19, Root 2)
Ryan McLaren bowls for the first time today, and England unleash a couple of singles. "Are we expecting Trott to take root while Root trots along?" ponders Simon Gardner of England's batting strategy. I think roots are precisely what is called for here.
13th over: England 47-2 (Trott 18, Root 1)
This is really quite tense. The next 10 overs or so could well decide this match – another couple of swift wickets and England will be all a-tremble; 40-odd runs without any and it might start to look a bit processional. "When was the last time a team won an ICC 50 over competition without any of its batsmen scoring a century?" asks Sam Blackledge. I started trying to look for an answer on statsguru, but my brain started to melt and I gave up.
12th over: England 45-2 (Trott 16, Root 0)
Peterson, with Trott on strike, attempts a second successive maiden and he very nearly gets there until, after five dot balls, Trott drives him down the ground really very stylishly for four.
11th over: England 41-2 (Trott 12, Root 0)
That was the last ball of the over, from which Bell had previously got two runs by working the ball to square leg.
WICKET! Bell c De Villiers b Kleinveldt 20 (England 41-2)
Bell gets to 20, and promptly gets out, nibbling greedily at an OK delivery and edging to De Villiers.
10th over: England 39-1 (Bell 18, Trott 12)
What we have here is an opportunity for Trott to bat pretty much as slowly as he likes without anyone really having any grounds for criticism. And he celebrates this freedom as only he can, by not only allowing Peterson to bowl a maiden, but by failing to so much as attempt a stroke that might bring him a run. He's still got 13 runs from 15 balls, mind.
9th over: England 39-1 (Bell 18, Trott 12)
Morris overpitches to Trott, who carves neatly and economically to the wide mid on boundary for four beauties, then he drops short on the off side and finds himself cut for three more. Right, that's it from me. I'll hand you back to Simon for England's triumphant procession to victory/mind-meltingly miserable collapse.*
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8th over: England 30-1 (Bell 17, Trott 5)
"I don't want to be the prophet of doom, but how can you be so sure that the TMS board game will still be there when you pop back in later on?" prophet-of-dooms David Hopkins. "Surely a canny shopper will have already snapped up such a bargain, even before you unwittingly sent hordes of OBO readers scouring charity shops across the London area?" High shelf. That's all I'm saying. Peterson returns as De Villiers juggles his bowlers at a speed not usually seen in London anywhere other than Covent Garden. Bell clips for a couple then drives sweetly for one more.
7th over: England 26-1 (Bell 14, Trott 4)
Surely this could not be more Trott territory if it had its own anthem, currency and national dish. Slow accumulation fits the bill perfectly. Morris stays on to his pads immediately and finds himself clipped for four.
WICKET!! Cook c de Villiers b Morris 4 (England 22-1)
The England captain goes! It was a delicious ball from Morris, one that seamed back in to the left-hander, who got tucked up and managed to squirt a bottom edge through to AB de Villiers.
6th over: England 22-0 (Cook 6, Bell 14)
Tsotsobe – a name which pleasingly seems to bring out the Lancashire in Michael Atherton's accent – comes into the attack and Bell smites him square for the first boundary of the innings. And he repeats the trick off the last ball of the over. Fine shot, poor bowling.
"Re: the TMS Board game," begins Joe Orchard. "If things have gone eerily quiet on the old emails, assume that it's people not dignifying that question with a response. The fact that you even had to think about such an incredible bargain purchase makes me think, in the words of Andy Zaltzman, go and take a long, hard bath with yourself."
5th over: England 14-0 (Cook 6, Bell 6)
Check your inbox! This week's Spin has landed. Morris back into the attack. Cook has a big hairy-bellied waft at a wide one then gets straightened up a touch.
4th over: England 14-0 (Cook 6, Bell 6)
Peterson again. England work a few singles. "Re Barney's choke-off comment, surely a 'choker' is someone who is expected to win but contrives to blow it," writes Jonathan Brown. "On that basis, you can't really say SA have choked here. I didn't see anyone bigging up their chances before this tournament started." In which case, if a choker knows they're going to choke are they no longer a choking choker? And if Chris Tavare plays a forward defensive in a forest but there's no one there to see it …
3rd over: England 12-0 (Cook 5, Bell 5)
A question: yesterday in a charity shop I spotted the Test Match Special board game (circa 1986?), with Botham and Jack Russell on the front, priced a £2. Should I pop in and buy it on the way home and then bring it into the office to entertain during OBO rain breaks during the Ashes? I think I know the answer. Spin from both ends as South Africa turn to JP Duminy – this has been something of the tournament of the bits-and-pieces bowlers thus far. Cook shimmies down the track and lofts over the top of wide mid on for a couple.
2nd over: England 6-0 (Cook 1, Bell 3)
Katy Perry's Hot n Cold blares out over the Tannoy between overs, possibly in tribute to Ian Bell. Interestingly Robin Peterson and his left arm spin kicks things off from the Vauxhall End and isn't a million miles away from having Bell pouched at leg slip as he looks to tickle one to fine leg. Bell then sends himself sprawling as Cook drops-and-runs slightly more dangerously than necessary at this stage. A couple tweak away from Bell at the end of the over, klonking into the outside half of the bat if not finding the edge.
1st over: England 2-0 (Cook 0, Bell 0)
Afternoon all. John Ashdown taking temporary charge here while Simon refuels. This should – should – be comfortable enough for England. But then we've typed that before. Chris Morris opens the bowling for South Africa, who have been given a sniff by that partnership between Miller and Kleinveldt, and gets the chase off the ground with a couple of wides, one either side of the stumps.
Innings break
Those wickets came at just the right time, given the amount of grumbling that was starting to come my way about the manner in which England had played their hand since South Africa found themselves at 80-8. It's not as good as it might have been for England, but it is certainly still good. It looks very much like bowling in the first hour of the day will prove key to things here. Anyway, I'm going to grab some lunch. See you in a bit!
WICKET! Tsotsobe c Buttler b Broad 0 (South Africa 175 all out)
Broad repeats the trick, banging the ball in short and Tsotsobe doesn't really know what to do with himself, the ball just touching his glove on the way through.
WICKET! Kleinveldt c Buttler b Broad 43 (South Africa 175-9)
The partnership is broken! Broad bowls a couple of short balls, then a full toss, and then pitches one short again. Kleinveldt tries to fend it away, gets a fine touch – perhaps from his glove – and Buttler takes an excellent diving catch.
38th over: South Africa 174-8 (Miller 56, Kleinveldt 43)
Bopara continues, and Miller gets another boundary. "Once again Cook is showing his shortcomings as an ODI captain," writes Nimish Varadkar. "Just too safe. He should use Anderson and Finn and try to take a wicket. Instead he is allowing South Africa to bat as long as they can. If Miller lasts till the 40th over, he can inflict serious damage. Ask anyone who has seen him in the IPL this season."
37th over: South Africa 168-8 (Miller 51, Kleinveldt 42)
"Whatever they're doing, they're doing beautifully," is Shane Warne's analysis of this partnership, which has now been responsible for more runs than everyone else put together. Miller hits Broad for two, then a drive that flies over a stretching fielder at midwicket for four and then a single to bring up his 50.
36th over: South Africa 159-8 (Miller 43, Kleinveldt 41)
This is by some way the best innings of Kleinveldt's short ODI career – his five previous efforts being 26, 0, 6, 18 and 4. Is Cook right to be bowling the part-timers at this point, though, or should he be going all out for one more wicket? Well, two ideally…
35th over: South Africa 152-8 (Miller 42, Kleinveldt 35)
Root continues, and it's another expensive over. Kleinveldt thumps the ball down the ground for four, and then Miller thunders one over midwicket for similar.
34th over: South Africa 141-8 (Miller 36, Kleinveldt 30)
Kleinveldt hits the ball in the air down the ground, where it bounces a couple of yards short of Broad at long on. "Is it too early for an 'oh … England'?" asks Elliot Carr-Barnsley, one of several worried English emailers. "We're perspiring at the thought of pressing the boot down on the neck, and it's dripping down and making it slip."
33rd over: South Africa 139-8 (Miller 35, Kleinveldt 29)
A considerably cheaper Root over, two singles coming from it. And here, courtesy of Richard Woods, is the stumping law in full, for reference purposes.
Law 39 Stumped.
1. Out Stumped
(a) The striker is out Stumped if
(i) he is out of his ground
and (ii) he is receiving a ball which is not a No ball
and (iii) he is not attempting a run
and (iv) his wicket is fairly put down by the wicket-keeper without the intervention of another member of the fielding side
(b) The striker is out Stumped if all the conditions of (a) above are satisfied, even though a decision of Run out would be justified.
32nd over: South Africa 137-8 (Miller 34, Kleinveldt 28)
Kleinveldt continues to flex his muscles, ruining an otherwise scoreless Bopara over by thumping the fourth ball back whence it came, only more so, for four. "You cannot be stumped by a non-keeper nor can you be run out when not attempting a run unless both conditions apply," writes Nick Clark. "Where it would have been a stumping if the keeper did it the not attempting a run rule is voided. Which is also a cunning way to 'stump' somebody off a no-ball – pass it to slips for him to do it instead as you can be runout off a no-ball even if it is a 'stumping' by a fielder."
31st over: South Africa 133-8 (Miller 34, Kleinveldt 24)
Root replaces Tredwell, and Kleinveldt thumps him over cover for two, and then over midwicket for a fairly enormous six. "Surely a 'stumping' from slip should be called a slumping? Especially apt for this innings I feel..." suggests Mike Ward.
30th over: South Africa 124-8 (Miller 35, Kleinveldt 15)
Given that these two came together with 80 runs on the board, this is … well … it's hard to use the phrase best-case scenario in these circumstances, but it's certainly no longer a worst-case one. "Given the slightly ignominious nature of McLaren's dismissal and his somewhat half-hearted dive, I'd say he could be given 'slipped out', couldn't he?" suggests Robin Hazlehurst.
29th over: South Africa 120-8 (Miller 32, Kleinveldt 13)
Two leg byes is as much as South Africa can manage from Tredwell's over. "Before my fellow England fans assume this match is all over let's just pause for a moment to recall that only a few weeks ago David Miller scored 100 from a mere 38 deliveries," writes David Grey. "So long as someone stays at the other end…"
28th over: South Africa 118-8 (Miller 32, Kleinveldt 13)
Broad returns, and his first ball slides down the leg side. It's a fifth run to have come from wides – six batsmen have been and gone without contributing so many. Later, Kleinveldt hits hard over midwicket, but not hard enough for the ball to carry to the rope. Miller hits the next ball even harder, over point for six. "The question of being stumped from slip came up on TMS earlier this season, when they had John Holder in an Ask the Umpire session," writes John Starbuck. "The answer is definite: only the wicketkeeper can stump anyone (I don't know which Law applies but there must be one)."
27th over: South Africa 105-8 (Miller 24, Kleinveldt 9)
Anderson's back, with his eighth over, as England go for the jugular. Keep going for the jugular, I suppose. "I remember England v West Indies in the Champs trophy final when we have them in trouble and tried to finish them off, but failed and ended up bowling our second string bowlers towards the death," writes Bob O'Hara. "I hope Cook's aware of this, and brings on RavBop and Root pretty soon."
26th over: South Africa 102-8 (Miller 23, Kleinveldt 7)
Miller having hit his first ball through midwicket for four, Finn thunders the fourth into Kleinveldt's pads. Rod Tucker shakes his head but England review it. It always looked optimistic, and Hawkeye reveals the ball would have clipped leg stump, which isn't good enough to reverse the decision. "Regarding McLaren's wicket, on TMS they raised the point that a batsman is strictly run out if he's attempting a run – which McLaren clearly was not when Trott threw down his wicket," writes Stephen Davenport. "But can you be stumped from slip?" An interesting semantic point. Does the sport need a new word to describe this particular kind of wicket, or is one of the ones they've already got good enough?
25th over: South Africa 94-8 (Miller 17, Kleinveldt 6)
Tredwell inevitably continues, and he's clobbered for a full seven runs, including a full-blooded thud over long off by Kleindveldt for a one-bounce four. This is South Africa's ninth one-day semi-final, of which they have won just one. It's not a good run, now is it.
24rd over: South Africa 87-8 (Miller 16, Kleinveldt 0)
Finn's first ball is thundered over long off for six to wild applause from a crowd who are presumably having rather a good time. "Well at least there's not chance of the 'reverse swing issue' rising it's head again today," notes Peter Boyce.
23rd over: South Africa 80-8 (Miller 9, Kleinveldt 0)
Shall we just have a quick look at the scorecard (as best I can)? It's a remarkable-looking thing, after all.
CA Ingram lbw b Anderson 0
HM Amla c †Buttler b Finn 1
RJ Peterson lbw b Anderson 30
F du Plessis c †Buttler b Tredwell 26
AB de Villiers*† c †Buttler b Broad 0
JP Duminy b Tredwell 3
DA Miller not out 9
R McLaren run out (Trott) 1
CH Morris c †Buttler b Tredwell 3
RK Kleinveldt not out 0
Extras (lb 4, w 3) 7
Total (8 wickets; 23 overs) 80
WICKET! Morris c Buttler b Tredwell 3 (South Africa 80-8)
Buttler gets the ball to straighten, and it gets the thinnest of edges, more audible than visible, on its way to Buttler.
22nd over: South Africa 77-7 (Miller 9, Morris 1)
A fine over – a maiden, natch – from Finn, who has Miller repeatedly playing and missing. "Three catches for Buttler then?" asks Gary Naylor. "How's he keeping? Every time I see him, he's a little untidy, but doesn't miss much that's important. He has plenty of time to improve or, to put it another way, he's a better keeper than Matt Prior (or Ian Healy) at 22." He's not had a lot to do, strange as that may sound, but I can't think of anything he's done wrong today.
21st over: South Africa 77-7 (Miller 9, Morris 1)
This is car-crash cricket from South Africa. Props, though, to some excellent bowling, with Tredwell joining Anderson as star of the innings thus far.
WICKET! McLaren run out (Trott) 1 (South Africa 76-7)
Ryan McClaren takes a few steps down the pitch to Tredwell and then gets no contact, the ball flying off his pad to Trott at slip, who catches, shies at the stumps and leaves the batsman out by a yard and a half. This is disastrous stuff. Will South Africa use up half their overs here?
20th over: South Africa 76-6 (Miller 8, McLaren 1)
Finn's first ball goes for four, but the over improves from there. "Thinking of De Villiers' pre-match press conference, this is a novel way to try to rid the South Africans of their 'chokers' tag by engineering a completely inept performance guaranteed to avoid the kind of tense, close finish that might be a real test of nerve," writes David Wall. "I suppose there is something to be said for that in terms of the development of new tactics."
19th over: South Africa 70-6 (Miller 3, McLaren 0)
At the start of that over I got an email from someone at oddschecker telling me that the odds against England winning today had slipped to 3-10, and South Africa's lengthened from 11-10 to 11-4. They'll be even more extreme now, presumably. In response to Adrian Neville's poser (15th over), Anthony Hulse replies: "It's nothing to do with the difficulty of predicting where it would have gone (after all the same applies to a delivery pitching outside off), if you allow LBW to balls pitching outside leg then everyone would bowl around the wicket, aiming to hit leg but pitching a few inches outside. Leg side shots become too risky to play, and off side shots become impossible because the ball is never there. That doesn't make for much of a contest."
WICKET! Du Plessis c Buttler b Tredwell 26 (South Africa 70-6)
Du Plessis tries to work the ball to third man but it's a quicker delivery, and he times the shot badly, the ball skims off the top of his bat and into Buttler's gloves!
18th over: South Africa 66-5 (Du Plessis 25, Miller 0)
Finn returns with his most parsimonious since his Amla-trapping first. "Do you think Jimmy is off the field getting the sandpaper insert in his pocket replaced?" asks Al Morrison, referring to Anderson's brief absence (15th over). If he keeps bowling like this, people will ask…
17th over: South Africa 63-5 (Du Plessis 22, Miller 0)
Tredwell is having an excellent tournament, and the watching Swann has both arms in the air applauding at the end of the over. It is, it must be said, astonishingly unenthusiastic overhead applauding, but overhead applauding it most certainly was.
WICKET! Duminy b Tredwell 3 (South Africa 63-5)
He should have gone in Tredwell's last over, and JP Duminy does go in this one, after he chops the ball onto his stumps. This is going rather well for the hosts.
16th over: South Africa 61-4 (Du Plessis 21, Duminy 2)
Broad continues, and Du Plessis tickles the ball off his pads and down leg side for four (they're given leg byes, but I'm not convinced). There's no doubt about the next, driven through long on for another four. "Over here in Singapore, we're trapped in a choking smog courtesy of Indonesian farmers burning precious forests to grow oil palm," writes Adrian Boey. "I would suggest that in answer to the age-old OBO question, in this case it is not cowardly but prudent to hope like hell for rain." I wish you well to receive it, Adrian, or something. Here, though, we've probably had enough this month.
15th over: South Africa 52-4 (Du Plessis 17, Duminy 1)
Anderson can't continue, because he's in the dressing-room for reasons unknown. So Tredwell comes in, and his second ball slaps Duminy in the pads, but the appeal is turned down and England don't appeal. They should have, though – it was hitting the stumps. "Was the ruling (14th over) Not Out because it was adjudged to have pitched outside leg owing to the difficulty of deciding if it would have gone on to hit the stumps (how do ya like that syntax)? If so, with hawkeye we can now tell, so why retain the rule?" asks Adrian Neville.
14th over: South Africa 50-4 (Du Plessis 16, Duminy 0)
De Villiers will be howling with regret and impotent fury about that one, a stinking way to get out, chasing a wide delivery and getting a bottom edge that just carried to Buttler.
NOT A WICKET! Duminy lbw b Broad 0 (South Africa 50-4)
Duminy's out first ball! But is it? Duminy has appealed this! And it turns out the ball pitched just outside leg stump, and he survives!
WICKET! De Villiers c Buttler b Broad 0 (South Africa 50-4)
Hearts in mouths as the umpires ask to check that it wasn't a no-ball, with memories of the extremely marginal call that went in Broad's favour against New Zealand. This time, though, his heel landed a couple of inches behind the line, rather than mere millimetres, and De Villiers is out without scoring!
13th over: South Africa 49-3 (Du Plessis 15, De Villiers 0)
Anderson bowls a seventh over, and the only run is entirely accidental, coming via a Du Plessis edge. "Regarding Richard O'Hagan's wife's t-shirt. This revelation could inspire a whole industry of OBO themed tat," writes Richard Naylor. "Mothers-to-be could get t-shirts asking 'is it cowardly to ask for an epidural?' with an outline figure in an appropriate pose."
12th over: South Africa 48-3 (Du Plessis 14, De Villiers 0)
Broad bowls to a good length, and Du Plessis' three, driven through cover, is all South Africa get. "As we mentioned in a recent OBO, people don't alliterate first and last names so much nowadays, so probably not Brian or Brynjolf as the first name," writes John Starbuck. "The last successful Yorkshire bowlers for England were Darren Gough and Ryan Sidebottom, but then in cricket the number of initials carry weight, so maybe the full England XI could contribute theirs and be multiple godfathers? Welcome, Alastair Ian…"
11th over: South Africa 45-3 (Du Plessis 11, De Villiers 0)
Anderson bowls a sixth over – presumably his last, for now, though he is doing rather splendidly. A wicket maiden, and he seems to be bowling in a different match/world to everyone else. "Wonder if Bresnan père nouveau will volunteer for duty the first time the baby fills its nappy, thereby going in first change?" asks Luke Williams. "If so, will presumably ask the skipper immediately if he can change ends. Ah, my coat! Thank you…" Yes, I think you should leave now.
WICKET! Peterson lbw b Anderson 30 (South Africa 45-3)
And right on cue, Anderson gets the ball to swing back into Peterson, and he's caught fairly plumbish. He sticks around to discuss with Faf du Plessis the possibility of a successful appeal, but doesn't go as far as to attempt one.
10th over: South Africa 45-2 (Peterson 30, Du Plessis 11)
Du Plessis drives through the cover for four, at which Broad demands an application of sawdust to the pitch. Both of these batsmen seem comfortable, and England will want shot of one or both sharpish. "When our son was born, my wife was wearing a cricket-related t-shirt won in an OBO competition," writes Richard O'Hagan. Glad to be of service.
9th over: South Africa 38-2 (Peterson 29, Du Plessis 5)
Anderson continues, and South Africa continue not to score many runs from him – both Finn and Broad are going at seven an over (Broad from an admittedly small sample); Anderson at two. "Surely Raymond and Brian have to be considered?" writes Richard White of a junior Bresnan. "Or Tony, in homage to the estimable Tony Nicholson, foil to Fred for so many years, whose physique reminds me at least of Bresnan's."
8th over: South Africa 37-2 (Peterson 28, Du Plessis 5)
Peterson had so much fun during Finn's previous over that Broad immediately replaces him. And he's kind-of-dropped second ball, which he drives towards Bell at cover, who dives to his left and gets a lot of fingers on the ball, but neither palm. Two balls later he gets a tickle to midwicket hopelessly wrong and a leading edge flies well over the head of packward point. Du Plessis thuds the next ball through midwicket for a tasty four. "Can't resist the old'un but gud'un," writes Tony Whitley. "Agitated dad, unable to attend birth, dials wrong number and gets not the hospital but the local cricket ground. Begs for a report on progress and gets told " Well, we have six of them out , only four to go - and the last one was a duck."
7th over: South Africa 30-2 (Peterson 25, Du Plessis 1)
Peterson's only run from Anderson's over came when he accidentally chopped the ball into the ground and over the stumps – not by much mind. Anderson's four overs have gone for nine runs; Finn's three for 21. "I can think of no better occasion nor forum than today's OBO to come up with a few helpful suggestions the name for Brezzy Lad's errr, lad?" proposes James Dale. "I'll get the ball rolling: if it's a boy: Geoff, Len, Fred, Herbert. If it's a girl, Barbara. Done."
6th over: South Africa 29-2 (Peterson 24, Du Plessis 1)
Three consecutive fours for Peterson, the first pulled through square leg, the second tickled off his pads and past Buttler's despairing dive, and the third driven to long-off. None of them terrible deliveries from Finn. "My wife and I would have preferred the birth of my son to be more like Essex's innings against Lancashire – quick albeit quite painful – but instead it was a three-day Trott marathon ended finally with a perfect catch in the slips by the doctor," recalls Timothy Gibbs.
5th over: South Africa 16-2 (Peterson 11, Du Plessis 1)
Peterson has started pretty well, and having vaguely steadied a wildly listing ship he earns another three runs with a shot of minimal effort and maximal timing that sends the ball trundling through mid-wicket, where Broad saves the boundary.
4th over: South Africa 11-2 (Peterson 8, Du Plessis 0)
South Africa's first boundary is driven rather smartly through the covers by Peterson. Richard O'Hagan points out that the opinion I criticised (2nd over) isn't his, but Jeremy Hardy's, and anyway wasn't so much an opinion as a joke. An important distinction: it's a fairly silly opinion, but quite a good joke.
3rd over: South Africa 5-2 (Peterson 2, Du Plessis 0)
Peterson gets a single with a cut to third man, and that's the only run from the over. "With their baby now two weeks overdue is Mrs Bresnan expected to delivery a heavy baby, in keeping with her husband's famous deliveries?" asks Paul Neve. Honk!
2nd over: South Africa 4-2 (Peterson 1, Du Plessis 0)
Finn starts from the other end, and does rather well all thing considered. "I fully understand that, in the modern era, it is considered acceptable for professional sportsmen to miss a game to attend childbirth, but I can't help but wonder if Bresnan would've made the same decision had this been the final," writes Richard O'Hagan. "As Jeremy Hardy said, it is strange that so many men want to be at the birth of their child when so many women don't." Don't think it's strange at all, and find that opinion bizarre. Having attended a couple myself, it's not a magical, mystical moment of parent-infant connectivity, it's just about being there at a time when your partner may experience pain, hardship, extremes of happiness or sadness, or even boredom. Why wouldn't you be there?
WICKET! Amla c Buttler b Finn 1 (South Africa 4-2)
Amla is beaten for pace there, trying to get his bat out of the way, failing to do so in time and the ball clipping the foot and carrying to the keeper. An incredible start!
1st over: South Africa 2-1 (Peterson 0, Amla 0)
Looks like everyone's taking their sweet time getting to the Oval this morning, and there's lots of space in the stands (if not, it seems, in the press box). It is cloudy and oppressively muggy in London this morning, which will be why England were so keen to bowl. Both runs thus far have come from wides.
WICKET! Ingram lbw b Anderson 0 (South Africa 1-1)
That's the start England wanted! And it's lovely bowling from Anderson, getting one to move away from the batsman, and the next to straighten and slap him on the pad just below the knee.
Anthems have been sung, action is totally imminent. England's record in ODI semi-finals: P8 W4 L4. Can they win a third on the spin today? Will they swing the ball? When? How suspiciously? Answers on their way…
The teams! And umpires!
England Alastair Cook, Ian Bell, Jonathan Trott, Joe Root, Eoin Morgan, Ravi Bopara, Jos Buttler, Stuart Broad, James Tredwell, Steven Finn, James Anderson.
South Africa Hashim Amla, Colin Ingram, Faf du Plessis, AB de Villiers, JP Duminy, David Miller, Ryan McLaren, Rory Kleinveldt, Robin Peterson, Chris Morris, Lonwabo Tsotsobe.
Umpires HDPK Dharmasena (Sri Lanka) and RJ Tucker (Australia)
TV umpire BNJ Oxenford (Australia)
This is the Press Association's morning report, which should fill a few gaps for the moment:
England went into today's Champions Trophy semi-final against South Africa without both Graeme Swann and Tim Bresnan. Swann was again replaced by James Tredwell, as England give their first-choice off-spinner time to recover from a calf strain. Steven Finn came in at The Oval for Bresnan, whose wife has been due to give birth to their first child for the past two weeks. South Africa were without their world number one fast bowler Dale Steyn, still struggling with a groin injury, and Rory Kleinveldt replaced him. But it was England who would bowl first under cloud cover on a humid morning after winning the toss.
Hello world!
Right, no time to hang around. England have won the toss, and will bowl. And they will do so with everyone looking extremely carefully at exactly what they're up to. Teams to come very soon indeed.
Simon will be here from 10.15am. Or thereabouts. The big news from The Oval so far this morning is that South Africa will be without the injured Dale Steyn, who has failed to recover from his groin problem. While that sinks in, take a a gander at the potential key clashes in today's semi-final:
Jimmy Anderson v Hashim Amla
Amla had the Indian sign over the English last year, carrying his eye-catching form from a successful three-Test series (482 runs at an average of 120.50) into the drawn one-day contest that followed (335 at 111.66). There was a career-best 150 rattled up at the Rose Bowl, and an unbeaten 97 accumulated at Trent Bridge, with the opener irresistible and the home side rendered blunt. Anderson, England's premier bowler, failed to dismiss him all summer and should mugginess give way to clear blue skies and an enticingly flat track at The Oval, England will be fearful of history repeating itself. Prise out Amla early, though, and they will inflict psychological damage.
Alastair Cook v AB de Villiers
No player in the tournament is burdened by greater responsibility than the South Africa captain, wicketkeeper and world's leading ODI batsman. But Cook also carries the expectations of a nation, particularly in this of all summers. At times there have been question marks over the England captain's batting in limited-overs cricket, with suggestions he stifles the team at the top of the order as he looks to "build a platform". Half-centuries in the last two matches, including a pivotal knock of 64 off 47 balls against New Zealand, answered those critics and the focus may instead zoom in on De Villiers' tactical acumen. He usually covers for any perceived deficiency with a swishing bat, but his record of one fifty in 15 ODIs against England may sow the seeds of doubt.
Eoin Morgan v David Miller
Where Morgan is all invention and improvisation, a blur of outrageous reverse sweeps with the odd heave over midwicket and classic cover-drive thrown in, Miller bludgeons it. A strike-rate of 101.85 from 23 one-day internationals is testament to that, his power-game far from subtle, but when it comes off it is brutally effective. His 38, belted from 29 deliveries in the final group game, was arguably key in overcoming West Indies. Morgan's last half-century for England was his 73 against these opponents at this venue last August. England will hope for a repeat.


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v XHE HERALD 1
™ Stands for the Interests of 's
R Southern Califoruia. J
The Kesult of the Confer
ence's Labor.
The Bill Will Take Effect on
October Ist.
The Bonded Period Extended to Feb
ruary 1, 1891.
Tho Duty on Citrus Fruits Reduced From
The Liberal Rates Prescribed
By the House Bill.
Associated Press Dispatches.
Washington, Sept. 26.—After ten
days' hard work tlie conference commit
tee on tlie tariff bill completed its work
late this afternoon and reported the re
sult to the house. Tlie committee had
to deal with 464 amendments. In the
more important items tlie result of tlie
committee's action was as follows :
The date when the bill is to take effect
is made October 6th.
February Ist, next, is fixed as the ul
timate date upon which goods deposited
in bond before October Ist, may be
withdrawn at the old rates of duty.
In the case of sugar the conference, in
place of a uniform bounty of two cents
on grades of 80 and above, as provided
by the house, included maple sugar and
adopted the following provision: On
and after July 11, 1891, and until July 1.
1905, there shall be paid from any
money in the treasury, not otherwise
appropriated under the provision of sec
tion 3089 Revised Statutes, to the pro
ducer of sugar, there being not less than
90 degrees polarioscope, from beets,-sor
ghum or sugar cane grown within the
United States, or from maple sap produc
ed within the United States, a bounty of
two cents per pound, and upon sugar
testing less than 90 degrees, and not
less than 80 degrees, a bounty of one
and three-fourth cents per pound, under
such rules and regulations as the com
missioner of internal revenue, with the
approval of the secretary of tlie treasury
may prescribe.
In the oase of imported sugars, the
house line of No. Hi Dutch standard, be
low which sugar shall be free, is adopt
ed ; but on higher grades the result was
a compromise as follows: All sugars
above No. 1(3 in color shall pay a duty of
five-tenths of Tone cent per pound,
provided, that all sugars above No. 16
in color shall pay one-tenth of one cent
a pound in addition to the rate herein
provided for, when exported from, or the
products of any country, when and bo
long as such country pays, or shall here*
after pay, directly or indirectly, a boun
ty on the exportation of any such sugar
which may De included in this grade,
which is greater than is paid on raw
sugars of lower saccharine strength;
and the secretary of tho treasury
shall prescribe suitable rules and regu
lations to carry this nrovision into
effect; and provided further, that all
machinery purchased abroad and
erected in a beet sugar factory and used
in the production of raw sugar in the
United States, from beets produced
therein, shall be admitted duty free
until the first day of July, 1892. Pro
vided that any duty collected on any of
the above described machinery pur
chased abroad, and imported into the
United States for the uses above indi
cated since January Ist, 1890, shall be
Whereas, the senate provided that
the sugar schedule and bounty provis
ion was to take effect March Ist, next,
the conference fixed upon April Ist, as
the date, with the proviso that No. 13
sugar may be in the meantime refined
in bond without duty.
The duty on binding twine is fixed at
seven-tenths of a cent, but on other
manila cordage the rate is advanced from
l'i'cents to I^'cents per pound, more
than was agreed upon by either house.
All of the paragraphs inserted by the
senate providing for a customs commis
sion were striken out by the confer
In tin plate, the house rate, ? 4 cent
per pound above sheet iron rates to July
Ist next, and 2-10 after that date, is re
tained. The senate rate of a further ad
ditional duty of 35 per oent. on manu
factures of tin plate, ia replaced by an
absolute single duty of 55 per cent, and
its stipulation for free Go-pound tin,
after 1896, in case of the failure of do
mestic works to produce one-third of
the consumption, is retained.
In the internal revenues features of
the bill, nearly all the house provisions
are restored. The provisions removing
all restrictions on farmers and growers
of tobacco, in regard to the sale of leaf
tobacco, are restored, and the proviso
added that a farmer shall furnish, on
demand of an internal officer, a state
ment of his sales, etc. A fine of $500 is
provided for the violation of this provis
The conference committee struck out
the senate amendments providing for a
tariff commission.
The tax on smoking and manufactur
ed tobacco and on snuff is placed at 6
cents per pound. Opium manufacturers
are taxed if 10 per pound upon opium
manufactured in the United States for
smoking purposes, and only persons who
are citizens of the United States are per
mitted to engage in its manufacture.
The rates established in the wool
schedule where amendments are made,
. are as follows : Woolen or worstt :1 yarn
from the hair of the camel, goat, al
paca or other animals, valued above 30
cents a pound, 2 W times the duty on un
washed wools of the first class; woolen
or worsted cloths, valued above 30 cents
a pound, three times the duty on un
washed wool of the first class; on
clothing ready made, and articles of
wearing apparel of every description
made up or manufactured wholly or in
part, not specially provided for, and
plushes and other pile fabrics, all the
foregoing composed wholly or in part of
wool, worsted of the hair of the camel,
goat, alpaca or other animals, four and
one-half times the duty imposed by this
act on unwashed wool of the first class.
The conferees agreed to the senate
.reciprocity and retaliation amendment,
..'.naking but one change, which wi« in j
the date, which is January, 1892, in
stead of July next.
Of the changes made in the agri
cultural schedules, the conferees' report
says: "In the agricultural schedule
the house rate is mainly retained on
oranges, lemons and limes, which the
houae made dutiable at double the
present rates, in order to afford
protection and encouragement to
the planters of California and Florida.
The senate reduced the rates somewhat,
but leaves them above the present laws.
The house conferres yielded reluctantly.
An amendment was" added to that of
the senate imposing an additional duty
of 30 per cent on packages in which
oranges, lemons and limes are imported.
The paragraphs inserced by the"senate
imposing a discriminating duty of 10
per cent on tea, the product of countries
east of the Cape of Good Hope, when
imported from countries east of the
Cape of Good Hope, is stricken out.
The senate struck out the bounty pro
visions proposed In the silk schedule bill
passed by the house.
In the liquor schedule the senate made
increases on various forma of wines and
liquors. The house rates were restored,
except on champagne and spirits, leav
ing still wines and malt liquors at the
existing rates of duty.
The conferees, speaking of the effect
of the bill on the revenues, say they do
not believe there is any matt rial differ
ence between the house and the senate
bills, in the matter of the estimated re
duction made in the dutiable scnedule,
namely $60,000,000, and their action has
not materially affected that estimate,
except in the restoration of the internal
revenue provisions of the house, and of
that point they say :
For the year ending June 30, 1890, the
receipts from special taxes on the class of
persons to be relieved by the bill, were
$1,515,481; from taxes on tobacco, $18,
--235,482, and from snuff, $737,731. By
the passage of the bill the reduction in
revenue from tobacco will be $4,581,370,
and from snuff, $184,433, making from
these sources an aggregate of $4,765,803.
Adding these figures to the reduction
which would follow in the abolition of
the special taxes, would make a total re
duction in internal revenue receipts of
$(5,281,284. Tlie probable reduction by
the customs schedules will probably be
about $(50,000,000, which would give an
aggregate reduction by the bill of about
Dilatory Tactics Pursued by the Court
and the Crown.
Dublin, Sept. 26.—The streets of Tip
perary were thronged with people till a
late hour last night, discussing the ex
citing events of the day. The situation
this morning is much more tranquil
than yesterday. The streets are still
thronged with people laboring under
suppressed excitement, but there has
been no collision with the police. The
authorities are taking special precaution
to guard against the possibility of an
outbreak. Detachments of soldiers are
assisting the police in maintaining
The session of the court was of, short
duration this morning. The presiding
magistrate announced that it would be
impossible to go on with the cases as
the judge of the county court required
the building. It would, therefore, be
necessary to adjourn further proceed
ings until the afternoon.
Before the magistrate could declare
the court adjourned, Timothy Healv
sprang to his feet and in the name of
tlie defendants offered an earnest pro
test agaiust adjournment. It was not
right, he urged, that the magistrates in
audi a case should suit their actions to
the convenience of the county court.
The judge of that tribunal should be
the one to yield instead of insisting on
his right in the premises.
Healy's protest was unavailing. As
soon as he resumed his seat the court
adjourned until afternoon.
When the court reopened in the after
noon, Ronan proceeded with a state
ment oi the crown's case againgt the
accused men. He read long extracts
from speeches made-at various Nation
alist meetings since the inauguration of
the plan of campaign.
William O'Brien charlingly reminded
Rowan that his ship Was to sail for
America on Thursday next.
When the court adjourned, Ro
nan was |still speaking. Timothy
Harrington made a strong pro
test against the course being pursued
by the prosecution. Tlie protest, how
ever, had no effect upon the court, and
the present policy of the prosecution
will, it is generally believed, be main
tained to the end oi tlie trial.
John Morley departed today for Eng
A Horrible Crime.
Camden, N. J., Sept. 26. —A horrible
crime, resembling in detail* the
murder of Annie Lecoudflp was
brought to light this afternoon by the
rinding of the mutilated body of Mrs.
John Miller, aged 29, in a dense woods
near her home in Delaware township,
this county. Frank Linge, a burly
negro who was suspected of the murder
of Miss Leconey, is locked up charged
with causing Mrs. Miller's death. The
motive is supposed to have been rob
A Double Electrocution.
Winchenwom, Mass., Sept. 26. —Ed-
ward T. Ryan, aged 18, and G. Barnard,
aged 20, were instantly killed tonight by
an electric light wire coining in contact
with an incandescent circuit on Pound
street. Barnard's hands were badly
burned, and it is supposed Ryan at
tempted to assist him and himself fell a
Watterson Speaks In Boston.
Boston, Sept. 26. —A large gathering
in the Massachusetts Reform club to
night greeted Henry Watterson of the
Louisville Courier-Journal, who de
livered an address on the political issues
of the day, including the tariff bill and
the elections bill.
Only a Volley Salute.
New York, Sept. 26.—Carlos Penalta,
who arrived from Mexico two days ago,
ridicules the story of the attack on Pres
ident Diaz. He was at the celebration
mentioned, and the only musketry he
heard was a volley salute iired as the
president and his staff appeared.
Killed by Pigs.
New Castle, Pa., Sept. 26. —A 3-year
old girl named Cooper accidentally fell
into a pig sty tonight. In an instant
two powerful pigs attacked her, and be
fore anyone could come to her assistance,
lacerated her limbs and body in an
awful manner. The child will die.
Congress May Adjourn on
Tuesday Next.
McKinley Trying to Force An
Abrupt Close.
The Tariff Report Submitted and to
Be Disposed of at Once.
More Charges Against the Postmaster of
the House—Reed Rides Over Dem
ocrats Rough-Shod.
Associated Press Dispatches. 1
Washington, Sept. 26. —In the house
today a resolution was passed for the
appointment of a sub-committee of live
of the world's fair committee to inquire
into matters relative thereto and report
at the next Beaaion.
Enloe, of Tennessee, offered a resolu
tion stating that it was alleged that the
postmaster of the house has on the roll
of his employees,at $100 a month, a man
named Bradley who works in the gov
ernment printing ofiice; that Bradley
pays $95 a month to a son of the post
master who does not work in the post
office ; and directing the committee on
accounts to investigate. A tilt between
the speaker, Enloe and Blount,
of Georgia, occurred over the
speaker calling them to order for
not confining themselves to the matter
of the resolution. They charged the
speaker with unfairness in restricting
Democrats to the subject in hand more
cloaely than Republicans. The speaker
replied that the Democrats were more
given to transgression than the Repub
Enloe spoke of hia resolution of yes
terday and complained of having been
deprived of the floor in a parliamentary,
but very unfair manner. There was
quite a lengthy discussion between
himself, the speaker and Blount, at the
conclusion of which the resolution waa
Soon after, McKinley brought in the
conference report on tlie tariff bill, and
it was ordered printed in the record.
McKinley then gave notice that to
morrow, immediately after the reading
of the journal, he would call up the re
port for consideration and final disposi
McMillin wanted the time extended
until Monday.
McKinley said the bill, as it would be
printed, contained all the changes rec
ommended by the conference committee.
Aa to many featurea of the bill the
points of disagreement had been perfect
ly well understood for weeks, and it was
perfectly understood what the confer -
ence committee recommended. Tho
gentlemen on both sides were anxious
to get home, and he must insist upon
its consideration tomorrow.
McMillin thereupon insisted upon the
reading of the conference report. The
reading was not completed at 6 o'clock
when the houae took a recess, before
which McKinley offered for reference a
resolution for the final adjournment of
congress on Tuesday next at 2 o'clock.
The house at the evening sessiou
passed 112 private pension bills and
A Number ot Bills and Resolutions
Washington, Sept. 2(1. —In the senate
today Sherman introduced a hill (re
ferred to the committee on appropria
tions,) appropriating $183,000 for the
purchase for the use of the senaae, of
the Maltby house at the corner of New
Jerstey avenue and B street, northwest,
with the vacant lot on the north side
of it. He said the reason why its pur
chase had been so long delayed, was
that there had been litigation as to
the title.
The conference report for the estab
lishment of a 2,000-acre park in the
District of Columbia, was passed.
The house resolution appropriating
$1,000,000 for the purchase of nickel ore,
or nickel matte, for naval purposes, was
received from the house.
Cameron ottered an amendment pro
viding that such nickel ore or nickel
matte, so purchased, shall be equitably
distributed among contractors of nickel
sheet-armor plating.
After an extended debate Hale con
sented to let the joint resolution go
over till tomorrow.
Consideration of the calendar was re
sumed, and the house bill granting
leave of absence to clerks and employees
of lirst and second-class postoflices was
On motion of Blair, the House bill to
amend the act to prohibit the importa
tion and immigration of foreigners and
aliens under contract or agreement to
perform labor, was taken from the cal
Plumb moved to amend the fifth sec
tion which provides that the act shall
not apply to professional actors, artists,
etc., by inserting before the word "arti
cles", the words "musical or otherwise."
Agreed to.
Carlisle moved to substitute for the
words "regularly ordained ministers of
the gospel", the words "regularly or
dained or constituted ministers of relig
ion", and said without that amendment
the bill would exclude Jewish rabbis.
Agreed to.
Plumb moved to insert after the words
"artists," the word "musicians."
Agreed to.
Plumb offered an amendment that the
bill shall not apply to any organization
of musicians or orchestra's.
The bill went over till tomorrow, leav
ing the last amendment unacted upon,
and the senate resumed consideration of
the bill to establish United States land
courts. Without action the senate ad
Tlie Big Trees Reservation Christened—
Silver Purchases, Etc.
Washington, Sept. 26. —Secretary No
ble has promulgated rules and regula
tions for the government of the park in
Tu.are county, California, containing the
mammoth or "sequoia gigantea" trees,
created by the act of congress approved
September 25, 1890. The secretary
christens the new park "the Sequoia
National Park." The rules for its regu
lations are substantially the same as
those governing the Yellowstone park.
The secretary said today, if he
found it practicable he would pro
cure from an adjoining tract to
the park a section of one of the mam
moth trees for exhibition at the world's
fair at Chicago.
The treasury department today pur
chased 105,000 ounces of silver, paying
$1.13 for 40,000 ounces, and $1.13 1 4 for
•55,000 ounces. The amount offered was
166,000 ounces. The total purchase of
silver to date under the new law is
7,277,000 ounces. The quota for this
month is now filled.
The census bureau announces the
population of Oakland, California, at
48,590 ;an increase of 14.035; Sacra
mento, 56,272, an increase of 4,852,
Stocton, 14,376, an increase of 4,094.
Representative Caswell today re
ported favorably from the committee on
judiciary the ae'nate bill to amend the
laws in reference to bigamy. The bill
has particular reference to the
church of the Latter Day
Saints whose charter was forfeited
in 1887. The proceeds of the sale
of its real estate is turned over to the
school fund, but no provision is made
for the disposition of the personal prop
erty of the corporation, which amounts
to nearly $400,000 and is awaiting the ac
tion of the court. The committee deems
it wise to let the money take the same
course as that derived from the sale of
real estate, and place it in the school
The Prosecution Ends Its Evidence and
the Defense Begins.
Woodstock, Ont., Sept. 26. —Miss
Cromwell, of Eastwood, was the first
witness in the Burchelltrial today. She
testified that on February 17th she went
to the station to meet some friends
who were to come in on
the 3 o'clock train. She met
Burchell in a lane coming from
Brantford road to the station. His
shoes were muddy, and his trousers
rolled up. He entered the station and
bought a ticket for Hamilton. ft he had
no doubt as to his identity with the
James Hay ward, of Eastwood, testi
fied that he was at the station on the
day in question and saw Miss Smith
there; he also noticed that BurchalPa
trousers were rolled up.
Henry Jones, a porter at Eastwood
station, corroborated Hayward's evi
dence, as did Mary Swaize, also.
George Hay, a brakeman on the
Grand Trunk road, swore positively that
he saw Burchell get on at Eastwood and
saw him last at Niagara Falls.
After two other witnesses were exam
ined, Osier said this was all the evidence
against the prisoner.
In the afternoon the witnesses for the
defense began.
John Robb heard two shots in the
swamp about dusk, and shortly after
saw a man come out, followed by an
other. A neighhor, Mts. Schnltz, cor
roborrated this story.
John Burgh saw two men going east on
the Governor's road and took them on
his wagon to a point opposite Perry's
place, from where they went on east.
Neither of them was the prisoner.
Farmer Oliver said two men called at
his house at 3 o'clock on the morning
of the 18th of February, saying they
were going to Princetown to buy horses,
and had missed the way.
James Atkinson, of Dtumbo, said two
men giving the names of Culwell and
Baker, called at his hotel early on the
morning of the 20th, and asked for
Samuel Straib said Baker and Cul
well called at his father's house Thurs
day before the body was found. Three
other witnesses testified that they
thought the body was that of a man
who had been peddling polish about
Woodstock, but were not sure.
Three witnesses familiar with the
swamp testified that there is no such
trail as referred to in the former evi
dence, as leading from the second point
to the place of finding the body.
Adjourned until tomorrow.
Journeying to Washington to See
President Harrison.
City of Mexico, Sept. 26. —The mar
ried daughter oi General Barrundia
who made an attempt on Min
ister Mizner's life, has arrived
at Oaxaca, before leaving for the
United States, where she goes with a
large bundle of documents concerning
her father's murder, to present to Presi
dent Harrison.
Death of an Heiress.
Philadelphia, Sept. 28.—Elisabeth
Diexel Smith, wife oi Walter G. Smith,
and eldest daughter of the late Francis
A. Drexel, died at Torresdale, today,
after an illness of a few days. Mrs.
Smith's share of her father's estate was
Committed a Felony.
San Francisco, Sept. 20. —District At
torney Page today tiled informations a
gainst Charles Pochette and Sidney Hunt
ington, charging them with having com
mitted a felony on the 12th instant in
having participated in a prize right at
the California Athletic club.
Air. Clunieat Home.
Santa Criz, Sept. 26. —Hon. Thomas
J. Clunie, member of congress from this
district, arrived here this evening, and
was tendered a reception by the local
board of trade.
Records Lowered.
Kankakee, Ills., Sept. 26 —Nelson
lowered the world's stallion record to
day; time 2:11, I ' 2. Faustino lowered
the two-year-old stallion record; time
Judge Jeremiah Smith of Dover, N 11.,
recently appointed to a profesorship at
Harvard, is probably among the young
est among the few sons of Revolutionary
soldiers now living. He was born in
1837. His father, Hon. Jeremiah Smith,
was one of the battle of Bennington sol
Miss Annie Cutting, the American
heiress, whose engagement to a Belgian
noble, Isaron Verier,is announced from
llomburg, made her debut in New York
six or seven years ago in a ball given in
her honor at Delmonico's by her uncle,
General William Cutting. She is an
only daughter.
Required to Knock Out the
Mission Boy.
The Australian Settled Him in
Short Order-
The Much Talked of International
Fight a Tinner of the Past.
The Battle was Short, Sharp and Decisive
—Slavin the Winner—McAulitTe |
Badly Punished.
Associated Press Dispatches. I
London, Sept. 2".—The much talked
of fight between Frank Slavin, the Aus- j
tralian champion, and Joe McAuliffe, I
the American heavy weight pugilist,
took place at the Ormond club, at 5
o'clock this morning. In order to bring
the contest within the limits of the law,
gloves weighing six ounces, instead of j
four ounces, were used, and the number I
of rounds was reduced from thiity to j
fifteen. The hour of the fight was kept
Secret in order to avoid a mob crowding j
access to the Ormond club, the main
door of which was guarded with the 1
greatest vigilance.
Slavin, accompanied by Lewis, his
manager, and Start, hia trainer, arrived
at the club houae at 6 o'clock laat even
ing and went to bed. McAuliffe, attend- '
ed by his trainer, Billy Madden, and his
manager, Richard K. Fox, came later !
and took a shorter rest than his oppo
At 1 o'clock in the morning the sport
ing celebrities began to assemble at the
scene of the fight. Among the noted
ones were Lord Marcus Beresford, Count
Kinskic, Hon. M. Gieville, Pony Moore,
Charles Mitchell and Charles Archer.
At 3:30 o'clock the men were awak
ened by their trainers and thoroughly
sponged down and rubbed, and each re
ceived a stimulant in the form of an ;
egg flip.
At four o'clock the doors of the gym- I
nasium were opened and the ring ropes
were speedily surrounded. Both ap- I
peared to be in splendid condition. |
McAuliffe was the first to enter the ring.
He had for his seconds Jack Burke and
Billy Madden. Slavin was attended by
Jem Carney and M. McCarthy. When
the referees took their positions and
time was called, betting was 5 to 4 on
At about 5 o'clock the two principals
entered the ring, followed by their
seconds. At the call of time both men
advanced at once to the centre of the
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ring. After ahort preliminary sparring,
Slavin led off rather low with his right.
This was returned by one from Mc-
Auliffe with his left, which miased its
mark. The Australian pluckily
followed up with a good one
from his left, then his right,
and in some exchanges which followed,
McAuliffe had decidedly the better of it.
When they broke away McAuliffe landed
I a power ul blow on his opponej Vt
chest with his right, but Slavin promt ly
retaliated, whereupon McAuliffe ca
to the ground.
After McAuliffe came to the grob.ui
there fwas tremendous cheering in the
Australian corner. Upon McAuliffe
arising the two got together and Mc-
Auliffe landed a terrific blow on Slavin 'a
face. The American was at once kt • n
on the face of his man, and landing
twice with his right, hit him tremen
dous blows, time not being called until
McAuliffe left off with a decided advan
In the second round McAuliffe began
with his right on Slavin's face, then
quickly got away to escape a determined
rush by Slavin. Right around the ring
the Australian chased his man, who now
began to cut a sorry figure, and when
they go; close enough, Slavin was twice
more strenuous in dealing punishment
with his right. Alter the men closed
the American broke away, having got
the worse of the deal.
On resuming the fight Slavin saw his
chance. Availing himself of it very
quickly, he was in to finish his already
beaten man, and he soon knocked Mc-
Auliffe down with a clean blow, and
after waiting for his return, recommenced
most vigorously. It was now all over
with the "Mission boy", as he only rose
to receive terrific punishment and going
down again as soft as possible.
Finally his seconds, seeing that fur
ther perseverance would be worse than
useless, intimated that Slavin had most
effectually defeated McAuliffe. The
announcement occasioned a scene of the
wildest enthusiasm. The fight was for
1.000 pounds and the Police Gazette
championship belt.
The Stockton Race*.
Stockton, Cal., Sept. 26.—The first
two events were a walkover for Conrad
and Fairy for running stakes.
Three-quarter mile dash—Won by Ac
claim ; time 1:16>2.
Four-year-old-district trotting race—
First and third money won by Beaury
Me,the field distanced; best time, 2:21 % .
Match between Sultan mare and Gyr>
sy—Won by the former; best time,2:3o)£.
Special trot.—Won by Clay Duke,
Foxy second; best time 2:31)4,
Three-year-old pacing.—Three heats
were run without a decision, when the
race was postponed on account of dark
ness ; best time 2:28.
Boulanger a Revolutionist.
Paris, Sept. 26. —Prominent socialists
declare Boulanger has promised to cast
hia lot with the revolutionists on the
first civic commotion.
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Market Weighton is gearing up for celebrations on a giant scale next month.
On 13 July, the second annual Giant Community Day will be held on the town's High Street and Market Place, providing fun for all the family.
Taking place from 11.30am to 4pm, there will be a wide variety of attractions to keep people of all ages entertained.
Full story in next week's (26 June) Pocklington Post.