TUESDAY, AUGUST 11, 1931.
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THE CHINA MAIL.
SOME DAY CRICKET DID JARDINĖ MAKE BETTY NUTHALL ON
WILL HAVE TO GO.
The Decline of England' in Big Encounters.
LACK OF ADAPTABILITY:
Nine Englishmen, an Indian, and A Scot (representing England, not the British Empire!) are now mak- ing an effort to comply more satis factorily with a curious fabric of rules and ritual thin are New Zealanders.
eleven
A MISTAKE?
England's Chance in the First Test.
CAUTION PERSONIFIED.
THE STARS.
Analyses Borotra's Strokes and Tilden's.
THE FINEST BACKHAND.
SPANISH
FOOTBALL 2,000 MILES TRIP TO
ON THE RISE.
To Play Against An England XI.
RETURN MATCH."
A Spanish football team is to meet an English team in England during next season.
ERECT A CROSS.
Honouring Balloonist and His Companions,
FIVE BRAVE MEN.
Five brave men left. Stockholm
on June 14 for the Polar wastes, taking with them a simple cross bearing. three names.
Members of a new Scandinavian
Tilden mentioned Jean Boratra's London, July 1. What a fine chance of a glorious overhead play and his courage, for cricket adventure was missed at both of which I have the greatest
"This match," said Sir Frederick Lord's yesterday, says a Dally Ex- admiration, but it is difficult to
show where to stop when describ- Wall, Secretary of the F.A., “will press cricket correspondent.
New Zealand declared at 469 for ing the good points of this be a return to the game in Madrid Polar Expedition, they are travel- The Spaniards won that ling north for more than 2,000 nine wickets in their second In- "D'Artagnan of the Centre Court." in 1929. -England has failed ingloriously nings, leaving England 240 runs to We had a glorious example of his match by four goals to three after miles to erect their cross on the camp site where Andree and his a most sporting contest. at cricket against the Australians get to win two hours twenty. courage last Wimbledon when he
"They asked us then for a re-two companions faced and met and the South Africans. Since five minutes. England secured met Tilden in the semi-final..
He was, for once in a way, the furn, to be played in England in death, nearly 36 years ago. then the West Indians--the West 146 for five wickets, and the
It was only in August of last only representative of France left April or May this year, but we Ingians, mark you-have beaten match
a Norwegian acientific Australia.
in the championship, and even his were unable to do this and have year that
expedition discovered the bodies of mercurial spirits were calmed a written to the Spanish F.A., Buthe Swedish explorer, Auguste little with the sense of the respon- gesting that a match be played on
Andree, and his two companions, He lost, December
Arsenal Frankel and Strinberg.
on While Bibility he had to bear. but the battle will never be forgot-ground."
Island, which is the final goal of the-new-expedition. It is a When Lowry-made-his-creditable-ten-so-long as Wimbledon is Wim-
bledon.
Defeat by. New Zealand-whose total population is about equal to that of Glasgow will be the crowning degradation.
What is this cricket?
thing: very
carioits
the heart of a
WAS
drawn.
Far better to have tried and lost than never to have tried at all. It was a tame draw, too, with all the honours going to T. C. Lowry and
his men from New Zealand.
certainside had batted so well, everybody
9 Gn the
IN ACTION.
clear to and sporting declaration, after his If anybody ever tells me they TENNIS “CARNERAS.” type of obsolescent English round the ground was saying, haven't time to play lawn tennis, man; an liogical fabric of ar-"Will England go for the runs?", I think of Borotra and smile. Dur bitrary and innne. rules, prejudices, and "Who will Jardine send in ing the Wimbledon fortnight he and conventions, born of Senti-first?” ment by Snobbery.
moment.
was doing about a twelve-hour job of work a day, and a heavy job too,
in addition to playing lawn ten- is! He-had-enormous-business.
a neglected, and Borotra never quite. 1 suppose he is one of the few young business men, and certainly the only tennis player, who is enraing over £80,000 a year..
Lyttleton Rogers Beats Argentine Star..
THIRTY-SIX GAMES.
In a balloon, the Eagle, Andree!
left Danes Island, Spitzbergen, in July 1, 1897, in an attempt to drift | over the North Pole.
Only a Stake.
At present there is only stake precariously fixed in a cairn of stones to mark the place on White Island where ore of the strangest and most gallant stories in the history of Polar exploration came to its cloac.
The snows and the blizzard, and the slowly-moving ice may sweep away so humble a memorial to three gallant men. -
These runs could have been It is hard to see cricket in its gathered with the proper will and true light to-day, so great has spirit. After all, 100 Tune an hour been the growth of misleading is not an impossible pace. If only' deals on, which could not be tradition. literature, make-believe, Jardine had been inspired for and blah, declares Glyn Roberts in the Daily Express.
He might have sent in Hammond Only The British Empire. and Woolley as his opening pair, first wicket We glory in cricket
Two lawn tennis "Carneras,' as our with Duleepsinhji national "game." It is played down, with instructions to knock
G. L. Yaleton Rogers (Ireland), Quick Brain Needed. nowhere but in the British Empire. the cover off the ball and the white
Overhead work, which finishes who standa 6ft. 8in., and R. Boyd And Professor Ahlmann, who is Wherever the lean, bronzed, paint from the pavillon rails.
off a rally straight away, and vol- (Argentine), bulkier and only an leading the expedition, believes British public schoolboy wends his
"Get runs, or get out," should, leying-such volleying as we have
inch so shorter, fought, at that it is "of great moment" "that way, he carries his long leather have been the order.
never seen before-come natural to Queen's Club recently for a place the remembrance of Andree's cour- bag, and he will set up his stumps Instead, Jardine stuck to his him, because, whatever he is doing, in the London championship semi-age should stand as an eternal in the Sunderbunds or the first-innings opening pair-Arnold he is always in a hurry.
Even finals. Rogers won by 12--10, 8-6. sign defying the elements, which Himalayan glacier.
of Hampshire and
With a fury entrancing to watch overcame the balloon and its voy. | Tilden's slow alices; the most Australia, South Africa, New Northants. Perhaps it was the difficult shots in the world to speed these two giants served, drove and agers. Zealand, and the West Indies send caution of Jardine's legal training. up on, cannot slow his game down, volleyed each other, and there Professor Ahlmann's expedition their best interpreters of the cult
that the came no break in the service for will have other duties than those to compete with ours.
The memory of the of erecting the cross and survey. 20 games.
on
In Australin cricket is the prin- cipal religion and its prophet is Bradman.
I
We have been given to under-
stand that we are a sport-loving
nation, and when, year after year, Americans win our golf champion- ships and Frenchmen our tennis titles, we smirk paternally and any, “Ah well, we showed 'em how" and so, I suppose, we did.
But do you play cricket in
France? Non, monsieur.".
In the U.S.? "No, sir."
In Germany?.. "Nein."
Bakewell of
FIRST-CLASS CRICKET AVERAGES
Sutcliffe and Larwood on Top.
TATE WELL UP.
the leading cricket in
The following are averages in first class England:-
Batting.
Runs. Av. Nor, it seems, do they play this Sutcliffe (Yorkshire) ..2089 94.95 game in, Italy, Russia, Scandinavia | Nawab of Pataudi Spain, and South America.
or
sooner one gets the job in hand wild shot which lost Boyd his-ser-ing the whole site of Andree's
ด
his idea seeming to be
finished the better.
His physical activity is unbe- vice in the twenty-first game seem- camp..
B ed to stay with him, and for Officially known as the Swedish lievable, and it springs from mentality which is just the same. few games he went to pieces. Norwegian Spitzbergen Expedition, Many people, judging by surface Rogers during this time establish- Summer of 1981, it will have, as -carelessness and dash, say that ed a 4-1 lead in the second set. its chief scientific duties the sur- Borotra is the most unorthodox Boyd made a magnificent recovery, vey of Northeastland and White player in the world, but this is far drew level at 4all, and staved Island. from being the truth. He is a far off defeat from six match-points be better player to copy, in many fore succumbing
respects, than Cochet, and, apart
from his overhead play, which
should be an inspiration to any
Here, Professor. Ahlmann says, they will concentrate on the new- lý discovered and highly-important current which floated both Andree and the Italian survivors out of
beginner, his backhand is one of IRELAND & SCOTLAND the North, and on to the vast
the finest in the world.
He is talking about retiring from lawn tennis, but I don't think this will happen for a while. He will not have time to tell them that hels retiring-and-will-find himself. (Sussex) 2174 58.75' booked for Davia Cup matches and
(Oxford) 1328 89.00 Dissipation of Energy. D. R. Jardine (Surrey). 878 67.16 Watch...a-game-of-cricket--How K. S Duleepsinhji.............. much actual dissipation of energy
is there? Just a very little by the Hendren (Middlesex) 1799 58.09 championships until one morning alleged fast bowler.
How much talk, fooling, procras- tination, palaver, strolling about; searching the skyline for the pro- mise of a cloud, donning of pads, doffing of blazers, appeals against light, and intervals, for tea?
AT CRICKET.
Thistle Defeated by 72 Runs.
BOUCHER'S FINE BOWLING. -
cupola of ice eternally clamped down over the whole of White Island.
The expedition is expected to bring home results of first-class importance to the Norwegian and Swedish Governments, who-have- opened a new chapter in the his- tory of their Polar co-operation by Rev. J. H. Parsons
waking to find he had made all the
organizing the expedition together. (Warwick) 984 67.88 money in the world and there is
There left with Profesnor .Bowling.
nothing else to do, hé gets time to
Ahlmann, Doctora Kulling and Wkte. Av. write and tell the authorities con-
Rosenbaum, engineer Olav Stax- Scotland required 107 to win on 102 11.26 cerned that he really has nished .....180 12.46 with the game.
the last day of their annual match rud, and Malmberg. a well-known with two wickets in hand. Runs
They have been preceded by How the participants love to see
came slowly, and, in spite of a good Erik Eriksson and Lieutenant Three professionals are mention-Innings by J. F. Jones with Ireland Christel to Narvik, where the a left-handed batsman come in!
113 14.69 ed in Bill's, list, himself, Vincent 61 not out Scotland were still 72 Quest awaits them. Change the field. Is it the end of Freeman (Kent)....... 202 14.97 Richards, the player who used to runs in arrears when Baster was the over? Change the field again.
Study of Glaciers. This is how our young men spend than Hammond, and Lacoste than come on to the centre court with run out when attempting a short
a few acore rackets, and Karel run. their precious Saturday afternoona. Sutcliffe.
Ireland thus gained their The expedition passes beyond Few of them can do competently We are all familiar with, and Koseluh, whom I regard in many first victory over Scotland since Spitzbergan to Northeastland, part
respects as the finest all-round 1927,
There were no outstanding of which is still unexplored. No-
Larwood (Notts) Verity (Yorkshire) Tate (Sussex) Parker (Gloucester) Root (Worcester)
118 14.02 ... 167 14.41
I
Pros. Do Great Good.
editor.
the little that is required of them. think a little tired of the contemp player in the world. Although at} scores, Jones 51 being the highest thing more is known of its interior No stumper seems to stop more tible hair-splitting which goes on the time I am writing arrangements score in the match. The bowlers than that it is eternally covered than half of the balls that come ...."The ball should be smaller," to him; the long-stop is invariably the wicket should be bigger," have not been made which will were on top throughout the match. with a shield of ice whose depth à total less. Nearly every catch is "there should be an eight-ball
enable us to see any big profes-In Ireland's first innings D. S. has never been tested. sional matches this year, I shall
Nothing is recorded of White Huddleston took 6 wickets for 49 writes Betty Nuthall in a special nings J. C. Boucher took 6 for 29 article to the China Press.
and followed this up by taking 5 While there has not been any for 36 in the second inninga. landslide towards professionalism,
dropped; and they throw like over," "the governing body should be surprised if England is left out,runa while in Scotland's first in Island but for the important but
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"But," say the cricket lovers,
"you cannot have seen cricket on
be scrapped.".....
Tilden's Chop.
slight records. left by Andres. Here it is that the study of the glaciers la expected to reveal many secrets of nature in this part of the Polar regions.
M. D. Lyon's Views. Mr. M. D. Lyon has his views the village green the butcher Lord Doings wants something bowling, the, curate batting, the else. Mr. Hugh de Selincourt tells as some people claim, there is a D. R. Jardine is without doubt major keeping wicket-the green sward, the elmas round the pavilion the world that all is well with definite trend on the part of first-the soundest bat playing first-class |
class amateurs towards the pro- the church-top peeping over, the cricket-just leave it alone. gay blazers and the women-that, So the dismal make-belleve fessional ranks. I am sure it can cricket in Britain to-day, and as LAW OF THE WILD.
such would be an even bigger Raset surely, is a part of England the dragged along. But they know the do nothing but good to the game to the next side to go down under Stork Army's Revenge real England that is passing away truth all the time in spite of their eventually, for the present status than he was last time, and that is
tranaparent pulloga. too quickly to e
for Murder by Swan. They know they are wasting of the lawn tennis professional is Lack of Adaptability, de
not very high. But that is a mat paying something. It must not be Not quickly enough-despite all their time, for you cannot cure a
solidity, Jardine has also proved
Berlin, July 15, that Messrs. R. C. Sheriff, E. V. dead man. And cricket is dead: ter which is outside these articles, forgotten that, apart from his
that he can be a very great scoring When a young stork want tos Lucas, Neville Cardas, H. Only the crafty co-operation of the
The chop stroke which Tilden factor in Australia.-P. G H near to a swans' heat on a large Vachell, and all their forces, have worst products of our public
lake near Gross Westerwitz the schools, misogynists, writers on mentions is something far more Fendors an to say
watching husband" amote the In- England's lunatic, lack of adapt cricket, idle members of the aris than a mere chop. It is a shot
truder with his wing and sent It ability is landing her in the mud tocracy, and manufacturers of which is played from a dropping
head first into the water. Then As it is and when she wakes up cricket paraphernalia has kept it call, but he does not come down this thing called, cricket must be alive so long. directly behind it, but rather down able to tell which way a ball is the awanheld the stork nuder - one of the first things to go Never again shall we swallow and across, with the result that going to swerve and break, if he water until it was drowned,
Our logical continental neigh hungrily the "lunch scores" and one, can never be quite sure what watches his opponent's racket, The "murder" had been witness- boura have looked at it, thought, "close of play scores." The dreary the ball le going to do have Bill's takes a great deal of watched by several other storks, which called the whole stork population to joys of anticipating, congratulat seen it swerve one way and break ingl
But he is too clever a player and gether. Ten of the largest birds ing, and criticising the Test elevens back against the swerve, worve
and shoot. swerve and stand up tactician to expect that these shots flew low over the swans, nest, peck have gone for quer
Lawn tennis has come to stay and look at you, and swerve, and will win him aces outright. They ing viciously at the inmates. Ave years she would The whole world has realised the then go on swerving in the same pre mixed with straight, drives, and The rest of the stork army form team over here that glories of this game; in halfan direction after it has hit the other kinds of shots, in order to ed circle from which the swang fidelested" hour of tennis you can expand ground. What can you do with a get his opponent thinking, and in found no escape, and It was not more energy than in three days of shot like that?aby case they have to be dealt with long, before the entire family were would do it Cochet cricket. It is colourful and varied. While I do not go back on what very carefully, if they are going pecked to death. Then the etorke
destroyed the nest be better man Cricket is dead; long live tennis! I said about a good player being to be put back into court.
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