... Nearly £350,000 Gate Money from the World Cup Brazilian football followers have been impressed by the play, sportsmanship and gentlemanlike behaviour of England's team, said Senhor Mario Polo, president of the Brazilian Sports Federation, on being presented ...

... EDITOR’S LETTER BAG Why They Beat Us at Sport last few weeks have brought for England defeats in tennis, boxing, rugby, and international universit> athletics, a rout in Test cricket, and lastly an appalling massacre in football. These are the principal ...

... Beeston and Stapleford U.D.C., presented the cup to the winners. Arrangements for the Winners v. Rest matches have been made as follows: Psarson Cup August 9-10. at the Ericsson Athletic ground. Marvin Cup. August 14-15. at the Can- Fastener ground. ...

... Bottesford lose thrilling cricket cup final Record crowd see match at Grantham A record crowd of over I.WW watched Buckminster beat Bottcstord by nine runs in thrilling final of the Thompson Cup at London-road, Grantham, last night. With each side being ...

... is , poured into cups without handles, similar to the first 1 tea-cup, for tasting. But tasters • do not swallow it. We couldn’t keep going if we , had to drink all we taste,” Bill ■ said. * I like cup ; But I'm very fond of a nice cup of tea. I think ...

... to-day for use by England’s footballers. The boots will be used for training, although if the pitches are very hard, thev may also be worn in matches. The American World Cup football team decided that the ball ...

... CENTRE-FORWARD The defeat of the England football team in the World Cup tournament docs not surprise me. To my mind, the England selectors left the greatest centre-forward in Nottingham. If Tommy Lawton had been included in the Cup games 1 ...

... of F.1.F.A., the body organising the World Cup series, they remained behind in Rio de Janicro to see the finish of the competition. Mr. Walter Winterbottom. the England team manager, made it quite clear that England would not be deterred by their defeat ...

... challenge cups, which were won by Aline Nequest (Directors Cup) for school s«rvice: A. Nequest and Franks (Ford Cup), senior champions: D Caldwell (Gravell Cup), junior champion; J. Champkins (Col. Ford Cup), swimming champion; Norrish House ...

... Nottingham Association’s third test match for the All-England team at Shelford F H Ainsworth who was placed 17th with 2-11-8. brought his aggregate for the series to 10-1-0 to win the Association Cup Leading weights were; C. T»e 3-8-8 K Orchard 5-J5-8. ...

... be Hedley Baxter (Middlesex), the British Davis Cup player, and G. E. Godscll (Gloucestershire 1. Among the women entrants are Mrs. H. E. F. Behr (Yorkshire), who reached the semi-final of the all-England Plate at Wimbledon. Miss E. A Middleton, the Notts ...

... then, to be done ? Let us have an eleven who will show us the kind of cricket we have enjoved at Trent Bridge in the past. J. B WEBSTER. Farnri-road, Chilwell, Notts. TWO OF THE BEST The World Cup games have showed up England’s weakness at ...