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LAWN BOWLS LEAGUE GLOUCESTERSHIRE'S
REVIEW.
Close Finish Between -
REVENGE.
WORCESTER DEFEATED.
Police & Kowloon Dock. Parker Again Captures
ONLY ONE MATCH.
[By "Short Read.")
if any of the two leaders would dron their first points.
Ten Wickets.
HAMMOND'S CENTURY.
London, Yesterday.
JAPANESE TENNIS LAUDED.
Tennis Invasion Creates
a Sensation.
PATRIOTIC AID.
London, June 2,
Grent tribute is being paid by
It was unfortunate that' rain spoiled the Lawn Bowls League programme on Saturday as a fine On the Wagon Works ground at British experts to the sportsman- series of matches promised to in- Gloucester to-day Worcestershire ship and efficiency of the Japanese erase interest and decide which-lost to Gloucestershire by an inn-lawn tennis players now competing
in British tournaments... ings and 71 runs after two days'
This appreciation is inspired by play. On June 2 Worcestershire surprised their many supporters the recent important victories of by defeating Gloucestershire bywac Aoki and Ryuki Miki who 101 runs at Stourbridge, but their figured so prominently in the cover- ed court championship of London. crushing defeat to-day was only to
Aoki won titles in the singles (bent- be expected from the hands of ang Miki in the final), the men's team which was still smarting doubles and the mixed doubles, under, its recent defeat.
while Miki shared the honours with his compatriot in the men's doubles
It was not surprising to find that the Police green at the Valley was declared playable. This must be the third or fourth year in sug- cession in which all games have been "off" on one Saturday except ing that on the Police green.
It was predicted in this column Worcester took first use of the on Friday that the match would be wicket and totalled 103, Parker a thrilling one, with little to claiming half the wickets for 44 choose between the Police and the runs. Gloucestershire, thanks to Kowloon Dock at the finish. And a good partnership between Ham so it proved to be. The Dock won mond (100) and Neale (96), were by only four points! .J able to declare when 150 rupe
Lahead. Worcester's second in
title.
Among the tributes is that of H. R. McDonald, one of Britain's premier lawn tennis critics, who de clares that all Japanese players possess a wonderfully balanced temperament in a greater degree than the players of any other na-
tion.
Progress of the Match. The following shows the various inga was a debacle. Parker (5 for interesting stages of, the match:139) and Goddard (4 for 29) "dis-
F.R.C. K.D.R.C. missing the side for 79 rune.
McDonald reviews Miki's great Full results as cabled by Reu-feat in winning the South of Eng- iter were as follow:-
Gloucestershire beat Worcester shire by an innings and 71 runs on the Wagon Works ground, Gloucester. Scores
5th head
11
11
10th head
30
19'
15th head
40
39
18th hend
44
51.
19th head
49
51
20th Hend
51
53
21st head.***
53
.57
Worcester;
On the first rink Mair's rink were,drawn against Lapsley's, the Iatter leading by 74 at the sixth head. At the 12th bend the scores Gloucester: were level (10 all). At the seven- led teenth head Lapsley's men again by 14-13. but Mair's rink
!
land. championship at Eastbourne last year when the little Japanese beat Britain's star player Wilfred Austin, H. Keates Lester and Charles H. Kingsley in successive rounds. He also predicts that Miki 103 (Parker & for 44) will be a big factor in the distribu-
79 (Parker 5 for 39tion of Goddard 4 for 29). honours. 263, for 6 dec. (Ham- mond 100, Nealo
·96).
COMPETING.
scored on the last four heads and GREAT BRITAIN NOT won by 19-14. The winners had one 4 and one 3. The losers' total comprised four 2'a and six singles. A Good 'Recovery. West's four were pitted against Puncheon's four, the latter lead- ing by 4-2 at the fifth head. West's rink monopolised the next
European' Swimming Championships.
gix. heads and led by 154. The UNOFFICIAL REPRESENTATION.
score was taken to 16-7 at the 13th head, but the visitors/notch-
London, June: 2, Great Britain will not take part ed a 6. The home rink thereafter in the European swimming cham
the present
season's
"Now," declares McDonald,,"we have another budding champion from Japan to contend with 'in' Iwao Aoki. It is possible that he will be the best of all the Japanese players in doubles, a variety of the game that hitherto has not seemed to make so big an appeal to them as the singles.
"Lasting powers and concentra- |tion have greatly helped the Japan- ese in their quest for the honoura
of a great world game into which
they came comparatively late in the day. Much of their success is duc to their keen, patriotic desire to put their country
gut only a 2 and a couple of singles pionships to be held in Paris bean the lawn tennis map. They play and the Dock boys forced the gametween August 28 and 80, according all their matches just as the French to a draw-20 all. The home rink to the Amateur Swimming Associado, feeling that they represent the had three 3's (In succession)tion committee. The French as whole Japanese nation, and with the whilst the Dock had one 6 and asociation told the British committee call of their country 'ringing in couple of 3's.
the expenses of five women swim- that they were prepared to pay only their ears."-Ex
Cullen's team met Oram's team, and the first 11 heads saw remark- ably low scoring, the figures being 7-7. A3 for the Police was fol-
flowed by 3. 1, 4. 2 for the Dock, the latter then leading by 17-10. The Police got only a couple of 2's thereafter and lost by 23-14, a
mers and a limited number of officials: : ...
lieve that Britain, could not ade- Amateur swimming officials be- quately be represented by such a
team.
Although there will be no official
on the last head giving the Dock British representatives at the Euro-
a clear win of four points for the Club as a whole. The highest. score for the Police was a 3; whilst
pean
swimming championships, British swimmers will take part in
the Dock had a couple of 4's and number of International water
3.
SKIPS RECORDS.
Division: I.
W. Russell, K.B.G.C..
A.
E. Silkstone, K.C.C,
U. M. Omar, C.C.C.
|F. Cullen, K.D.
J: Gibson, K.C.C.
E. el Arculli, C.C.E.
A. H. Lay, K.C.C.
R. Luz, C. de R.
J. C. West, P.R.C.
C. S. Rosselet, C.G.C.
D. Rumjahn, C.C.C.
R. Basa, C.C.C.
J. Gregory, G.S.C.C.
J. C.
C. Brown, K.D.
J. Ferguson, T.R.C.
N. Drummond, T.R.C.
R. Wallace, T.R.C.
W. Mair, P.R.C.
J. Fraser, K.C.C.
GE. Marques,
C. de R.
J. Hollidge, C.8.0.0.
D. Warren, K.B.G.C. ·
A. O. Brawn, C.S.C.C.
L. Guy, K.B.G.C.
C. Silva, C. de R.
R. Lapsley, K.D.
A. Holland, C.S.C.C.
A. J.
C. de R. P.R.C.
J. Puncheon, K.D. R. Hall, K.B.G.C.
3. C. Lyal, K.G.C.
13. Oram, P.R.C.
F. Booker, P.R.C.
Division II.
W. Drake, K.B.G.C.
Shields,
A. Davidson,
J. Ozorio, G. de R. 4.55
B.C.C.
J. Robinson. K.C.C,
H.. Alves, C. de R.
A. de Souza, C.C.C.
W. Macfarlane, Y.C.
H. E. Strange, C.s.c.c..
W. J. Bickford, C.9.C.C.
TRO
T. Grimes, J. Jack, K.C.C. V.Labrum, K.0.0 R. Duncan
F. Bilva, C. de R
Dy Munro, T.R.C;
F. V. Ribeiro, C. de R..
P. Ramsay, Y.,
W. Gill, C.C.CA.
J.-F. Lunny E.R.C.
JShellshoar,÷Y.OM
W. Hollande, 0.9.0.0.
Vi Patherick, K.B.G.C.,
conteste...
—A-British-water-polo-team-will- meet a German team
on July 18 and 19, probably at Hamburg and Bremen. The water polo match her tween Britain and France is sched.
P. W. D. Luted for October 17 and will take
4 0 0
place in London with Dr. M. Nusa- 31 0 4-8 01 baum, Germany, as referee. 4 3 0 1
The inter-country speed swim- 3201 ming contest between England, 1 1 0
Scotland and Wales will be held on 1 1 0
September 5 at Rhyl and the na- 2tional breast-stroke championship will take place seven days later. The Ireland-Scotland. water polo, match will probably be played on August 8 or 13 at a venue to bo fixed by Ireland.--United Press...
WATER POLO. C.A.A. DEFEAT CHINESE.
- BATHING CLUB.
At the V.R.C. last night the Chinese Athletic Association beat 10 the Chinese Bathing Club by four goals to all in the Senior Division. In the Junior Division the Kow-
i loon "A" beat the Royal Signals by
001 seven goals to nil.
GOLF.
02.0
F. W. D. L.
4 0 0
0.
0
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JUNE CAPTAIN'S CUP- CORRECTION.
We have been notified by the Secretary of the Royal Hong Kong Golf Club that J. E. Richardson with a score of 96-1878 quali- fled, and not E J. Munro as al- 01 ready officially stated...
0.
02 C. Spink, C.C.C
02 Deakin
02 Luck,
00M. O'Bri
00H H
030FL Rapley, K.B.G 101FX Soares, C. de
101. Chapman,
1.1 H. Pearts, C.C
Continued at foot of next Column
Muskett, E.RO. A. Wobster,
P. W. D. L
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