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NEW ENTRIES FOR THE RUMJAHN COUSINS
LEAGUE.
Eastern Desire Senior Status.
TSING TUNG CLUB,
the
Entries for competition in Hong Kong Football League for the the 1931-32 season, closed on Satur- day, when Mr. W. E. Hollands, the Hor. Secretary reported the usual
list of entrants..
The Royal Artillery will not com- pete in the Division 1. this Winter,
HONOURED.
Guests of Admiral Chan Chak.
SERIES OF MATCHES.
THE CHINA MAIL..
WHITE ROSE CLAIM MAJOR POINTS IN BATTLE OF ROSES
HOLMES AND SUTCLIFFE DEFIANT
GLOUCESTER AND NOTTS HARD ON THE TRAIL
FOR CHAMPIONSHIP.
FIDDIAN GREEN RETURNS TO WORCESTER
London, Yesterday, The features of the mid-week cricket programme were the dour struggle for runs at Sheffield and the inevitable result; the magni- fcent first wicket partnership be tween Holmes and Sutcliffe; the dismissal of Surrey for 82 runs; K. S. Dulcepsinhji's eighth county championship century; Fiddlan Green's return to the Worcester- shire side with a century.
Full results as cabled by Reuter were as follow:-
Notts beat Surrey by nine wickets at the Oval,
Scores;-
Surrey: 362 and 82 (Voce 6 for 43,
Larwood 4 for 33),
Notts: 298 and 147 for 1.
Sussex beat Middlesex by nine wickets at Brighton.
Scores:- Middlesex: 205 and 204 (Lang- ridge, J. 7 for 76). Sussex: 375 (K. S. Duleepsinhji
103);
1
36 for one wicket.
Gloucestershire beat Hampshire
by 256 runs at Southampton.
Scores:- Gloucester: 253 (Bailey 5 for 51); 280 for 9 dec. (Dacre
101). Hampshire: 172 and 105 (Goddard
5 for 58).
The following were the most noteworthy batting and bowling feats accomplished during the. week-end cricket programme?—
Batting.
Suteline (Yorkshire).
Derby (Leicester)
J. E. Mills (N.ZÓ
Holmes (Yorkshire)·
C. A. Fladian Green (Wortes.
ter) UM
K. S. Duleepainhil. (Sussex) .103 Dacre (Gloucester)
Bowling.
195 .156
.137 .125
..108
*Freeman (Kent)
Langridge, J. (Sussex)..
.101
.15 for 94 Tfor 76
Voce (Notts) s
H. G. Vivian (N.Z.)
6 for 43
6 for 70
Astill (Leicester)
5 for 36
N. E. Partridge (Warwick)
5 for 47
Bailey (Hampshire)"
5 for 51
5 for 52
5 for 38 --4 for 33- inninga.
Andrews (Someract) Goddard (Gloucester). Lurwood-(Notts)
wickets taken in both
Scores:- Leicester: 153 and B07 (Derby
156).
Northants: 296 (Astill 5 for 36)
and 108 for 6.
Kent beat Somersetshire by eight; wickets at Canterbury. Somerset: 122 (Freeman 7 for 59)
67 (Freeman 8 for 35). Kent: 146 (Andrews for (2)
48 for two wickets..
see,
FRIENDLY.
The New Zealanders beat Glamor. Worcestershire beat Essex' by ganshire by nine wickets at Swan nine wickets at Worcester.
Scores!- Worcester: 389 (C. A.Fiadian,
Green 108);
·
61 for one wicket.
The following were the results Essex: 193 and 256. of a series of matches arranged in Canton between local representa- tives and the Rumjahn cousins, Hong Kong's doubles champions, on Sunday and Monday:
Singles.
G. Budiker beat S. A. Rumjahn hut Eastern have applied for ad- 7-5, 4-6, 9-7, 6-1. mission into this section, while an
Warwickshire beat Derbyshire by nine wickets at Derby.
Scores:- Derby: 93 (N. E. Partridge 5 for
47) and 191. Warwick: 160 and 130 for
wicket.
one
Yorkshire took first innings H. D. Rumjahn beat Leung Tak points from Lancashire at Sheffield.
entry for Division IL has been re-kwong 7-5, 6-3, 4-5, 6-3.
Scores:
G. Bodiker beat H. D. Rumjahn Yorkshire: 484 for 7 dec. (Sutcliffe ceived from the Tsing Tung Club 3-6, 1-6, 6-4, 6-0, 6-3.
195, Holmes 125). which is new to the League. It is
Leung Tak-kwan recently de- Lancashire: 221 and 166 for 2. also possible that one of the Bat-
feated E. C. Fincher, this year's]
Northamptonshire took first inn. tery teams will figure in the com-runner-up in the Hong Kong Singlesings points from Leicestershire at petition.
Otherwise, the entries are as in the past, and a meeting will pro- ably be held this week to consider the applications and make the draw.
NEW TERROR FOR SKY
WARFARE.
Discovery Which Will Stop Engines.
SUCCESSFUL TRIALS.
German chemists have made a sensational new war gas dis- covery. It is a gas which, it is claimed, can bring down acro- planes by stopping their motors if their engines suck in the smallest portion,
The invention sounds as fan tastic as the much-talked-of "death ray," and were it rot that the claim comes from distin guished experts it would prob- ably be dismissed as a dream.
Championship by two sets to one.
The doubles matches were un- avoidably cancelled owing to S. A. Rumjahn being forced to retire on account of illness.
On Sunday night, Admiral Chan Chak gave a dinner in honour of the Rumjahns at the Navy Club.
No one can doubt that tennis has atood the test of many decades and Its ever-increasing popularity proves that it will hold its own for many more. For one. reason, tennia issues its call to the youth and middle-aged of both sexes, while not a few who have left the forties even fifties far behind, still maintain their fondness for the racket. Dr. D. Lechmere Ander
or
son.
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constituent was ethylated iodine.
By putting up a wall of this gas, it is believed it will be pos Bible to hold off an ́ enëmy air fleet.
"The moment & minute parti cle of this gas, orters, an engine it is brought to a standstill, and the aeroplane is forced to descend," he said. have proved that by mixing this "Our trials
gas with another, light, gas such as hydrogen the erection of such Its discoverer is the German a barrier wall is possible.” scientist Professor Karl Hof- mann, head of the cheatical de hidden to have inllitary nero. The fact that Germany is for partment of the Berlin Institute planes under the provisions of of Technology.'
Chemical experts at the inthe Treaty of Versailles has re-
aulted in German scientista en atitute maintain that the mys- terious chemical may be the most gaging in tremendous research Bensational discovery of recent and experimenting to discover a means of adequately defending. times, with the possibility of the Reich from aerial weapons having a far-reaching effect on which other European countries modern warfare,............
possess.
"We have been working for many years on this problem, and have just completed the first
Mr. J. Gordon Miller, chairman,
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Leicester.
Scores:-
Glamorgan: 186 (H. G. Vivian 6)
for 70) and 259.
N. Zealand: 363 (J. E. Mills 137)
- and 36 for 1, Century List.
The following have scored cen- turies in the County Championship competition this season:-
230
.200.
.198
.169
108
Holmes (Yorkshire v. Warwick) 250 Holmen (Yorkshire v. Notts)...133 Holmes (Yorkshire v. Lancashire) 125 Hendren (Middlesex v. Notta) 232 Hendren (Middlesex v. Warwick) 189 Hendren (Middlesex v. Sussex)
1251 Hendren (Middlesex v. Gloucester) 117 Hendren (Middlesex v. Warwick) 100* Sutcliffe (Yorkshire v. Kent) Sutcliffe (Yorkshire v. Lancashire) 195 Sutcliffe (Torkshire v. Somerset) 183 Sutclille. (Yorkshire v. Warwick) 129 Sutcliffe (Yorkshire v, Middlesex) 120
Forkshire v. Hampshire) 107- (H.) (Sussex v. Essex) Woolley (Kent. Yorkshire) Woolley Kent Northants) Woolley (Kent v. Lanes.) Woolley (Kent v. Warwick)
.103 Sandkam (Surrey v. Glamorgan) 175 Sondham (Surrey v. Hampshire) 113′′ Bandham (Surrey v. Somerset) 131
Sandham (Surrey v. Derby) 107 G. T. S. Stevens (Middlesex v
Warwick)
.170* G. S. Stevens (Middlesex v.
Worcester)
..115 Hammond (Gloucester v. Sussex) 168* Hammond (Gloucester v. Notts) 103 Hammond (Gloucester)
***.. 100
Wor. Hammond (Gloucester v.
100 cester) Shepherd (Surrey v. Fsacx) 167 Shepherd (Surrey v. Warwick) 140 Hopwood Lancashire v. Surrey) 165 Hopwood (Lancashire v War- Langridge, J. (Sussex v. Glamor
wick)
126
.161
gan)
FIRST CLASS COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIP TABLE TO DATE,
Notta (4)
Sussex (7)
Kent (5)
Lancashire (1)
Surrey (8)
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Walters (Worcester v. Northants) 153 Dacre (Gloucester v, Narthante) 165 Dacre (Gloucester v. Warwick) 119* Dacre (Gloucester v. Hampshire). 101 Dacre (Gloncester v. Lancs.)...100 K. S. Duleepsinhji (Sussex v.
Worcester)
161 K. S. Duleepsinh (Sussex Y.
Essex)
Cook (Sussex v. Glamorgan) Cook (Sussex v. Gloucester)... 101 Keeton (Natta v. Essex)..... O'Connor (Essex. v. Lancashire) O'Connor (Essex v. Northants) O'Connor (Essex v. Kent) Bates (Warwick y. Notts) R. E. 8. Wyatt (Warwick
Northants)
100
330 129
G. T. Bray (Essex v. Glamorgan) 122
...169. Mead (Hampshire . Surrey) Mead (Hampshire v. Northants)..106* Mead (Hampshire т. Sussex) ..106. | C, C. Case (Somerset v. Surrey) 155 C. C. Case (Bomerket v. Hants) 131 Iddon (Lancashire v. Kent) ....153 Iddon (Lancashire v Middlesex) 137 Hearne (Middlesex v. Leicester) 152* ¡Hearne (Middlesex v. Glamor-
Hallows (Lanes, v. Gloucester)..100 J. C. White (Somefact v. Natts) 109. Paynter (Lancashire v. Warwick) 100 Gunn, G. (Notts v. Warwick) ...183 Gunn, V. G. (Notta v. Warwick) 100* Derby (Leicester v. Northants) .156 C. A. Fiddlan Green (Worcester T.
Essex)
.108
Quaife, B.-W. (Worcester
Middlesex) Horrocks (Lancashire v. Notta) .100* E. F. Longrigg (Somerset
Yorkshire)
* denotes not out.
† scored in his benefit match. TA Century scored in each innings,
Bowling Honours,
The following have taken ten or more wickets in a County Cham pionship match-
105
..133
161*
K. B. Duleepsinhji (Sussex
Kent) K. 8. Duleepsinhj (Sussex T.
Surrey)
K. S. Dalrepsah (Sussex
Essex)
T
127
162
..140
RE S. Wyatt (Warwick
Surrey)
.104.
Yorkshire (3) Gloucestershire (2)
F. W. L. W. L. Result Pts. Pts. 21 12 1 4 0 14 315 214
.21 10
4 5 2 21 9 2 5 5
315
181
K. 8. Duleepsinhji (Sussex v.
Northants).
E. S. Duleepsinhji (Sussex V
Leicester)
..12
0
315 175
112 K. S. Duleepainhji (Sussex Y.
Middlesex)
.103
21 9 55 1
315 187
9173
330 158
346 143
330 129
-345 128
346 113
530 112
930 111
330 104
Somersetshire (14)
330 80
(12)
Glamorganshire (11) Northamptonshire (17)
315 - 86 $15. 78 315 64
104 Heanne (Middlesex v. Glamorgan): 101 Pearce (Ensex v., Lancashire) Hobbs (Burrey v. Warwick) Hobbs (Surrey v. Somerset) Robba (Surrey T. Sussex) Hobbs (Surrey v. Glamorgan) Hubbs (Surrey v. Derby)
152 147
128
Parker (Gloucester v. Notts) 15 for 113 Parker (Gloucester v. Derby) 14 for $1
106
Parker (Gloucester v. Leices
105
Ler)
....11 for 108
|144a 107
Parker (Gloucester v. Sur
..11 for 153
Parker (Gloucester v. Wor- 147
..11 for 179.
.10 for 83
Derbyshire (9) Warwickshire (15) Essex (6)
Middlesex (16) Worcestershire (10) Hampshire (18)
22 4*10
2.4
The figures in brackets were the positions occupied by the counties at the close of the 1930 season. The method of scoring this year is as follows:-15 points for a win; 71⁄2 points for e tle: 5.points for a win on the first innings and 3 points for a loss on first innings; 4 points for a tle on the first innings and 4 points for, a do result.
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Lee (Middlesex v. Worcester) Lee (Middlesex v. Glutaurgan)
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Bowley (Sussex v. Surrey)
.144
rey)
cester)
Parker (Gloucester Y. War-
cester)
Parker (Gloucester vMid. -144-
.137 105
Bowley (Sussex v. Essex) Bowley (Sussex v. Lanca.) Bowley (Sussex v. Gloucester). 103 Timma (Northants v. Derbyshire) 147 Thams. (Northants 7. Hants) ...131 Tyldesley (E) (Lancashire
Warwick) Tyldesley; (E) (Lanes, v. Kent) · 120 - Tyldesley (E.) (Lancashire
Gloucester)
Tyldesley (E)
Essex).
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.144
.127
116
A. W. Carr (Notia v. Northants).140 A. W. Carr (Natts v. Worcester) 127
A. W. Carr (Noits. v. Middlesex) 162 C. T. Bray (Essex v. Northants). 100 I. G. H. Fender (Surrey (Mar
Somerset)
dlesex)........
.10 for 180 Freeman (Kent v. Somerset) 15 for 94 Freeman (Kent v. Essex). .15 for 142 Freeman (Kent v. Leicester) 15 for 144- Frman (Kent y. Northants) 12 for $4 Freeman (Kent v. Middlesex) 11 for 102 *Freeman (Kent v. Lanca) 10 for 19 Freeman (Kent, v. Bamernet). 10 for 115 Freeman (Kent v. Leicester) 10 for 121 Mercer (Clamargin v. War.
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LA. R. Peebles (Middlesex
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100*
Smith (Derby v Essex)
131
I.A. R. Peebles (Middlesex
v. Glamorgan)
.11 for 130
Eastman (Essex v. Glamorgan).129 Arnold (Hampshire v Northants) 128*
I. A. R. Prebles (Middlesex
v. Bomerset)
.10 for 107
Arnold (Hants v. Gloucester). 111.Verity (Yorkshire v. Glamor- Arsold (Hinte Northants)....100 Iv. w. c. Jupp (Northants v
Hampshire)
128
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Y.
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Hardinge' (Kent v. Essex)
101 128
Hardinge (Kent v. Lancashire) .111 Walker (Notta. Somerset...125 Walker (Notts v. Northants) Ducat (Surrey vo Warwick) "ja Leyland (Yorkshire v. Surrey) ..124 N. Haig (Middlesex v. Notts). 123 E., Y. Dawson (Leicester v. Glon-
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102
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Shipman (Leicester, v. Middlesex) 120 | Rev. J. H. Parsons (Warwick. v.
Lancashire)......
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Someriel)
106
Mitchell (Yorkshire v. Somerset) 134
.14 for, 54 Yorkshire v. War.
.10 for 15 Bowen (Yorks. v. Middlesex) 11 for 102 |Bowes (Yorkshire v. Surrey) 10 for 125 Howes (Yorks, v. Hampshire) 19 for 132 Root (Worcester v. Lolcenter) 13 for 68 Root (Worcester v. 'Essex) 10 for 182 Mitchell (Derby v. Sussex) 12 for 30 Wensley (Bussex v. Derby) 12 for 15 Tate (Sussex v. Northants) 12 for 58 Ryan G
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cester)
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Scoring Records.
Highest scores
Mitchell (Yorkshire v. Hampshire) 119* | 621 for 3 dec÷Middlesex v. Notts at Nichol (Worcester, v. Middlesex) 118 Bislili (Leicester v. Sussex)
Trent Bridge. 115 679 for 4 dec--Surrey v. Somerset at.
the Oral, .....115 | 521 for 7 decNotts v. Warwick at
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B11, for 3-dec--Warwick." Noita at
Edgbaston, Birming
Alderman (Derby v. Surrey) 101135 Biaples A(Noits v., Yorkshire) 131 Staples A. (Nofta v. Somerset) 113 Bakewell (Northania v. Glouces fter)*
154 fjakewell" (Northants: v. Glamor- | 303 for 4 dec-Burrey. v. Warwick,
.113
shire at the Oval, Githhons (Worcester v. Middlesex)· 183 484 for 7 decYorkshire ·Va Lanes? Gibbons (Worcester v. Northants) 113;
shire at Shemeld Gibbons (Worcester v. Derby),109
Sussex Gibbons (Worcester: v. Notts) ...110
Brighton, Lee (J) (Somerset v. Northanta) 113- 476 for 5 dec-Surrey Y. Glamorgan Ames (Kent Sussexy porn
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