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WILL LARWOOD ADOPT JACK DOYLE
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THE LEG THEORY?
NAWAB IN ACTION
(By Athole.)
F.A. Cup Final on Saturday heralded the close of the Football season, and to-day cricket| commences in England with five first-class matches
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The following are the matches commencing to-day :--
M.C.C. v. Surrey at. Lord's.
Notts v. Worcester at Trent Bridge.
Oxford U. v. Yorkshire at Oxford.
Cambridge U. v. Sussex at Cambridge.
masters of the art of boxing had
"The trip has done me a lot of good," he said on arrival in Eng- land, "I en glad to be back in London only if it is going to get (me a fight. I have found the ipunch that is going to win me a world's title. I am sure of that." Qualified observers at Descamps'
Club Cricket Conference XI v. West Indies at Catford Bridge. training camp at La Guerche con-
Arthur Carr should have little anxiety regarding his county's first game. Larwood has been re- Iported fit by the doctor, and Voce hos completely recovered from the ankle injury he sustained late in the Australian tour. So that with Sam Staples having had a win- ter's rest the Notts attack should be one of the most formidable in the country.
In the Nawab of Pataudi, fresh from a not too arduous Australian tour, and Gibbons, however, they will meet two first-clasa batsmen worthy of their attention. -
sider that the expert tuition afford- ed Doyle bas worked wonders and
The China · Mail it will be interesting to see how
Sports Diary
TO-DAY Athletics Inter-School Sports-heals.
TO-MORROW Billiards Garrison League R.A.M.C v. Lincolns South Wales Borderers v.
Engineers Small Unite v. Royal Artillery.
Lawa Tensis.—II. E. Area Lengue, Kowloon Section Royal
Royal
Signals v. "p" Company, Lincolns
Hong Kong Section "" Company, S.W.B. v, R.A.S.C.
FRIDAY: Athletics
Keen interest will be shown in the advance of Keeton, who gave Inter-School Sports (Caroline Hill) such promise last year as an open- Billiards Soldiers' Club Tournament ing batsman, but he is really the "B" Company, S.W.B. v. "D" Company,
Lincolns. only promising player Notts have Lawn Tennia.-H. K. Area League, among their younger players, Wal-
Kowloon Section
ker is still one of the soundest No. 20th. Battery, Royal Artillery v. "C" 3 batsmen, but he is now in his
Company, Lincolns
Hong Kong Section Company, S.W.B.
39th. year, and, though he headed 12th. Battery Royal Artillery v. "p" the Notte averages with 44.08, he
| was aided chiefly by seven not out innings in an aggregate of 1587. Keeton actually score 93 runs more |for two innings less.
Worcestershire, who are. for- tunate to be competing again after the disastrous season they ex- perienced last year owing to rain,
are not likely to extend Notts, but there are many other countries- notably Yorkshire, Lancashire, |Sussex and Kent-who will.
In spite of Arthur Carr's prediction that Notts will win the championship they last won in 1929 I shall be sur- prised if they occupy one of the first three positions at the close of the season.
the Irishman shapes in his next appearance in the ring.
There was certainly room for Improvement in Doyle's work when he left this country. He has splen- did physique and a natural punch in either hand. But he had no defence.
His general ringcraft was extremely crude.
Doyle is anxious to challenge Jack Petersen for the British heavy-weight title. Promoters are already angling for the match be- cause both mien are recognized box-office attractions.
Before such a contest is staged it will be necessary for Doyle to re-establish himself in the eyes of the British public after his several months absence from the ring. A preliminary fight with Reggie Mèen, who has fallen from grace as the result of recent défents, may be Doyle's next public appearance,
-Reuter.
Dailey Beats Ray After Being
Three Down
Best Putter In The Big Competition.
to
SAVO himself on the 16th
green.
London, April 7. There was some thrilling golf in the first and second rounds of the cut his tee shot into the bunker at That was deriny two Ray. Dailey match play stages of the Roehamp the 17th, and Ray followed suit on ton tournament, which were played the left. Recovering well Ray lay to-day by sixteen professionals, two or three yards from the hole,] among whom were only a meagre whereupon Dailey played the shot The West Indies team, under the few of the best-known names in of a lifetime to within a foot...
AMAZING PUTTING captaincy. of G. C. Grant, will en British golf. The weather again
At the 18th, Dalley holed from atļ ter on their third match, and, was superb. The course was bak-least twelve yards over different even though I do not know the ed harder than ever.
jslopes to square the match, middle composition of the Conference: XI, A great attraction was the match of the hole in three from long I forecast a third draw for them between youth and experience, in range. But it came out again be in the two-day fixture. The fol which Alan Dailey, youngest Britcause of the bad state of the green. lowing are the probable teams; Ish Ryder Cup nominee, beat Ted Everything appeared to be over ker, Keeton, Gunn, G. V. Gann, Lar Ray at the 22nd. Ray opened gal when he sliced his second at the wood, Voce, Bhipston, Lilley, Staples lantly at the first hole by sinking next, and falled to get on In thres (8). and Staples (A),
an extremely long putt, which rustl-But a masterly chip and putt say- Worcester: C. A.• "Fiddian-Greened all across the green and into ed him once again, and he went on (Captain); Newab of Pataudi, B. W. the hold for a three. He nearly to win at the 22nd hole, which he Quite, C W. Walters, Gibbons, Wright, Brook, Jackson, Per
lost his advantage at the fourth, played to perfection, while Bay Perka
Nichol and Root,
where he fluffed his approach: but took six, A West Indies-G. C. Grant (captain), another putt, this time from about C. A. Roach, Ben Sealey, G. Headley, five yards, saved him.
Notta:-A. W. Carr (Captain), Wal-
F. R. Martin, E.. L. G. Hoad, B. Ö.
Grifith, E. A. Martindale, G Merry, V.
§A. Valentine and L. Barrow,
LIFTED HIS HEAD
The following was the order in which At the fifth he again; missed a the countries finished last season simple approach through Hifung P. W L. D. Pa. his head. With 60 yards of fat
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Dalley is to be congratulated not only on his fine achievement; but also on the fact that he is clearly the best putter in the tournament.
Keith Dalby, beaten by Tom
28 1927 15 fairway, and at least 85 yards of Green, took too many, fives, Green 28 141 18 262 green between him and the hole, it played good, steady golf, aided by 28 148--11-248 was difficult to see why he should fine three at the eighth, and wu 28 184 12, 241 elect to take such a dangerous club three up at the turn. 280 2 17 210 as the pashto niblick. His put Bert Hodson, who beat W. J. 614 170 ter, however, once again came to Oké, played two magnificent second 18168 the rescue, and he halved the hole, shots to the eighth and ninth holes 10 10157 This was too much for Dalley, who, from sand bunkers on the right of
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