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SURREY'S NEW CAPTAIN.
Douglas Jardine. Appointed.
A POINTER.
London, March 18.
FINCHER REACHES THE FINAL.
Honda's Devastating Drive Tamed.
FOUR SET ENCOUNTER.
Yesterday's semi-final witnessed
PHAR LAP DIES IN CALIFORNIA.
The "Red Terror" of the Australian Turf.
FROM COLIC.
New York, Yesterday, the probable winner of the 1932 The most famous five-year old Championship in action. By de gelding in the history of the turf.
of
D. R. Jardine has been appointed Captain of the Surrey County C.C. in succession to P. G. H. Fender. festing T. Honda in four sets Phar Lap, the "Red Terror"
The appointment is regarded in E. C. Fincher showed that he has the Australian turf, died from colic whither it had been as significant in sufficient courage and stamina to in California quarters
five set encounter even shipped from New Zealand on view of the English team's visit to face a Australia at the end of this year. should he receive an early setback March 20 for the Agua Caliente $50,000 handicap which it won by seven lengths.-Reuter's American Service.
His Career,
or two.
Yesterday he lost the first set Douglas Robert Jardine was to an opponent who was both most born in Bombay on October 23, accurate and most tactical in all 1900, His father was M. R. Jar-his placements, and he found him- dine, a famous, old Oxford Blue, self at sea before the barrage of who was in the Indian Civil Ser- forehand drives which caused him vice. M. R. Jardine scored 140 for undue exertion in attempting to Oxford vs. Cambriuge in 1892. retrieve.
FANLING GOLF QUALIFIERS.
Captain's Cup on Old and New Course.
Douglas Jardine was educated at In the second set, however, he Winchester, where he was a not-changed his tactics; came back able success as a batsman. He from his position at the net; and went up to Oxford in 1919 and played from the base line in the gained his Blue in 1920, playing manner more in keeping with his
At Fanling on April 2 and 3 on three times against Cambridge. He reputation. The change of tac- was kept out of the team in tics soon told its tale and Honda the Old Course, J. Mandracchia While at the was soon a set in arrears despite qualified, and on the New Course 1922 by an injury.
for the Captain's Cup (90—18=72) University in 1921 he attracted a that merciless forehand drive of
lot of attention by acoring 96, not his. The first set was a repetition. C. Gould out, against the powerful Austra- of the former and a keen defen-qualified. lian team led by Armstrong. Asive game overcame the gallant stylish batsman with strong de- Honda.
thousand runs in a season.
(92-15=77) also
LADIES' GOLF.
-SHANGHAI FOURSOMES
COMPETITION.
Win for Mrs. Lambert and Mrs. Tottenham,
was
fence and great ability to score on Though losing, Honda clearly the on aide Jardine has been one of demonstrated that he still possesses the outstanding amateur cricketers the most devastating forehand in England since 1921. He scored drive of any player in the Colony. over a thousand runs in each of the His backhand, however, lost him following seasons:-1924, 25, 26, many valuable points, but this was 27, 28 and 31. In Australia in probably due to the spin imparted
The Shanghai Foursome Com- 1928-29 he again scored over to nearly every one of Fincher's
over the New returns. He attacked from the petition played Unfortunately for Surrey Jar- commencement and showed enter-Course, Fanling, yesterday
won by Mrs. D. C. Lambert and dine was unable to play regularly prise throughout. for the County. When he did so
All that can be sald of Fincher Mrs. R. E. Tottenham with the he was always a success.
is that he played a great game and score of 85-1)=74. In 1926 aaw Jardine play sev-won a well deserved victory. The was of a much eral notable innings. The best tennis served up was his 103 against Middlesex at higher standard than that witness Lord's. He put up an excellent! ed on the previous evening and show for Surrey vs. the Australians rather suggests that Fincher Mias Robinson and Miss Wilson
going to receive a glorious oppor-100-21=79. on a bud wicket. He aggregated 1.050 rung for Surrey during that tunity to achieve an ambition for season and was third in the batting which he has striven for the past four or five years. Honda's eli- averages. One of his finest dis-
mination breaks a chain of suc-¡ Y.M.C.A. DRAW WITH plays was given at Birmingham In
cesses which he has recorded in in Augusst against Warwickshire.
alternate years Bince 1926. He He scored 167 on that occasion. In has won the championship on three 1927 he notched 6 centuries, three occasions, in 1926, 1928, and 1980 for Surrey, one for the Gentlemen whilst Fincher has yet to win his
vs. the Players at Lord's and the other for Harlequins vs. Oxford.
first title.
He had the honour of heading the day's programine were:-
English averages that season with
the record figures of 91 for 14 in-
nings. No batsman barring Don
The complets results of yester-
Open Singles. (Semi-final).
Other scores were:-Mrs. C. B. Brown
and Misa Stevenson 94-17-77; Mrs. A, B. Stewart and Mrs. P. S. Cassidy 01-12-79;
AIR FORCE.
Scrappy Hockey Match
at King's Park.
At King's Park yesterday after-
Bradman, has ever recorded a high- E. C. Fincher beat T. Honda noon, in a scrappy hockey match,
er average in a season in England 2-6, 6-2, 6-2, 6-3,
than Jardine.
In Australia.
Open Doubles.
the Y.M.C.A. first eleven drew with a team from the R.A.F., both
M. W. and M. K. Lo beat Segalen sides scoring twice, the score, nt
Walsham 6-2, 6-3,
Club Championship,
In 1929 Jardine went out to Aus-and tralia with the M.C.C. team led by |A. P. F. Chapman and he played in
Colombo. During the 1928 season Tafton 6-4, 7-5,
in England he had shown excellent] form, scoring 86 and 40 runs out
vs. the Players at Lord's after hav-
A. L. Sullivan beat G. W. A.
Handicap Doubles,
Clarke Lampard and
beat
ing scored 193 for the Gentlemen Humphreys and Blake 7-5, 6-4.
Hyde and Turner beat Bowker
VN.
Players at the Oval,
He also scored 167 for Surrey and Gordon 6-4, 4-6, 7-5.
TO-DAY'S PROGRAMME.
Open Doubles, (Semi-final.)
VB. Yorkshire and 112 for Free Foresters vs. Oxford. He again headed the English batting averages with 87.16 for 17 innings. Jardine's success in Australia was one of the features of the M.C.C. tour in 1928-29. He opened M. W. and M. K. Lo. brilliantly with 109 vs. Australia | in his first appearance on an Aus- tralian ground. He followed this up with 104 vs. Victoria and 140 | against N. S. Wales thus recording 8 centuries in consecutive innings. This was an unprecedented feat for a batsman visiting Australia.
S. A. and H. D. Rumjahn
In the frat Test he scored 35 and
Club Championship. (Semi-final.)
_
the interval being one all. W. J. Browne was responsible for both the "Y's" points.
To-morrow, the Y.M.C.A. second eleven are meeting the R.A.0.C., at King's Park, at 5.15 p.m.
Club II. v. C.B.A.
The following will represent the Hong Kong Hockey Club 2nd: XI. against the C.B.A. on Monday
their ground at 5.15 p.m.; sharp;-
on
RW. Sapsed; L. A. R. Duncan, LF. Nicholson; J. E. Potter, v.E. G. S. Dale, H. J. D. Lowe: G, F. Reas, R. H. D. Wade, W. A. Nowers, S. J. H. Fox, and L. D. Kilbee.
R. M. Henderson v. L. Goldman.
Handicap Singles "A." Harkins or Barton v. T. J. Price.
Handicap Singles "B,"· Clarabut or Clarke v. Wilson. Handicap Doubles.
WITH A NEEDLE IN HER FOOT.
Experience.
S. E. and D. S. Green v. Hyde Tennis Player's Amazing 65 not out. 28 (run out) in the and Turner or Bowker and Gordon. Second Test, 62 and 33 in the Third, Handicap Mixed Doubles, 214 vs. Tasmania, 114 ye. S. Aus Hancock and Miss Hancock v. tralia, 98 in the Fourth Test, and Col. and Mrs. Lecky. 115 va. Victoria. In ail he scored
Joyce Willams, a participator in 1168 runs on the tour in all fret 104 for England vs. Yorkshire at the Australian Junior tennis chame class matches and averaged 64.88, the Oval, and 106 not out for pionship at Adelaide, plased for being second only to W. B. Ham-M.C.C. vs. Cambridge. He captain many years with a needle in her mond. He had 8 centerlea to his ed England is the Tests with the leg. credit.
New Zealanders scoring 88 and 0/ It was only a year ago that she Scores Over 10,000 Rus not out at Lord's and 7, not out in was compelled to withdraw from a Up to the end of the 1980 season the Second Test at the Oval. In final, after a strenuous game in the In England Jardine had scored the 3rd Test at Manchester ha semi-final round on account of foct 9,846 runs in first class cricket scored 28, mot put Jardins 1s in trouble,
averaging 44.6. He had then notch high favout at Lord's and with his An X-ray examination revealed a ed 24 centuries with 214 as his experience galoed in Australia in needle in the arch of her instep, highest score. Since then he took 1928-29 and his successful lender. How or when it came neither she his aggregate, to 11,049. Last een- ship of England in last year's Tests nor her parents could remember, son Jardine played 30 innings, in England ke seems destined to and the doctor was of opinion that | averaged 64:94 and was third in the be the Captain of the next England the piece of steel, over an inch in |English averages. He aggregated team to visit Australia" -"Onlooker". length, had been travelling for | 1,104 runs.. His best scores were in the Ceylon Observe.
many years.
any
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