THE CHINA MAIL, SATURDAY, JUNE 8, 193
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OWAN HIGHLY PRAISED BY ALL ENGLISH CRICKET CRITICS
OUTH CHINA
TRIUMPH
DOTBALLERS
WELL BEATEN ON
SLIPPERY COURT
LISS SHOWS GREAT
PROMISE
BEING AND WONG UNBEATEN
(By "BASE LINE") The slight shower of rain which at 4.50 p.m. yesterday failed dampen the spirits of those inis enthusiasts who turned out
their "D" Division future st] ng's Park which resulted in South
beating the Kowloon Foot-S. Club by 7% sets to 1.
(Continued on Page 5)
Y. H. Leung and - Tadpole - Wong (CAA)
at A. S. Bliss and D. Knox
at W. Knox and D. J. Willis.. 6
at W. Fuller and G. Winch 6 S. Cheung and M. C. Cheung ICAA)
On "present form a W. V. Robins is likely to play himself into the England. Test team against the South Africans.
AFRICAN'S
RECORD THEIR
MANY CONSIDER HE SHOULD DISPLACE HIS SKIPPER AS I. J. SIEDLE'S OPENING PARTNER
ROBINS ON FORM
TEN WICKETS
FOR 29 RUNS IN
TWO INNINGS
Dogged Sutcliffe Saves Yorkshire
LARWOOD QUESTION
UNANSWERED
W. V. ROBINS, who" de
EIGHTH WIN R. clined the invitation to join
Jardine's Australian team owing to domestic reasons. is making a (Continued on Page ̊4) Worcester, aided by brilliant bold bid for Test recognition this bowling by Jackson and Howorth season. Playing for Middlesex at took 5 Worcester recorded their third championship Lord's, he success, Derbyshire's 54 being the wickets for 19 runs in 8 overs One This followed his 5 for 10 against lowest score of the season. feature of the match was the re- Lancashire, making 10 for 29 in O. M. Tang turn to form of Mitchell, the slow successive innings!
bowler with Test claims. He tookį
er with Bliss and Knox ...
at Knox and Willis
t to Fuller and Winch
CM. Tuang and
at Bliss and Knox
at Knox and Willis
Fuller and Winch
INDIANS BEAT
RADIO
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TROPHY FOR QUICKEST CENTURY OF SEASON
Lowndes Leads Woolley In Race For 100-Guinen Prize
Sir Walter Laurence is ogasn offering a trophy and an order value 100 guineas on a Londen store to the batsman who malter the quickest century in first- class cricket this season
Woolley, who won the trophy last summer, led off with a cet- tury in 95 minutes against Leicestershire at Gravesend in the opening match of the sec SOT But W. G. Lowndes, the Hampshire captain, hit up 100 in 90 minutes against Kent at Portsmouth
ference.
Larwood still
SANDHAM'S CENTURY
GREGORY IS
LET OFF IN BIG
OPENING STAND
Mitchell Innes Coming Batsman
A
GEARY `BEWILDERS NOURSE
CENTURY by Andy Sand- ham ensured Surrey making
la satisfactory reply to Somerset's
total of 341 at the Oval last!
RES (Bob) Wyatt. the Warwick and England Test Cricket Captain, has accepted the invitation to skipper England against the South Africans “in the First Test, which mences next Saturday at Trent Bridge.
ATHLETIC
RECORD
FOUR BLUES FOR CHEFOO BOY
month. Timing the ball perfect- SPLENDID ly. Sandham made some brilliant of drives and smart leg hits, and in 2 hours 50 minutes scored
ten boun Sir Abe Bailey is right about 110 which included that: there is too much inter-daries
Gregory helped to add 93 for the adhered to his first wicket, in 80 minutes, but had 5 for 56 after a long spell of six hours and five minutes in the half-length run and medium-paced a stroke of fortune in, his innings | Gloucester at of 46, Wellard missing him badly match between Yorkshire and bowling against
Trent Bridge, and on a pitch which in the ships when he was 15. He, Glamorgan at Neath. He was com-
might normally have been expect however, made some capital drives pelled to play a defensive game. veteran. followed up his 6 for 66e took an hour to score 9, threeed to give him a harvest, was hit and was very strong when hitting
hours over his first 50, and be for 86 runs off 30 overs without to leg. doubled his score in another hour taking a wicket.
Voce, on the other hand, exploit-i
effectiveness. --- his only other out- standing feat has been 8 for 76 against Surrey.
Charlie Parker, the Gloucester
against Middleser by taking 7 for.
Sutcliffe was at the wicket for
PLAYS IN INTERNATIONAL
HOCKEY TRIALS
· London. June 3. W. E. C. Taylor, formerly of the N. S. Mitchell Innes' 96: was the Chefoo Schools, and now a final 49 against Leicester. but he re-and three-quarters. He showed oc- ceived no support from his
Powerful off-University, has four Blues. It is batsmen and Gloucester dropped casional flashes of brilliance, and, ing fast in-swingers to a slip-field, feature of the Oxford total of 439 year medical student of Glasgow
OWE
first innings points when facing a total of only 97 runa! .
The
RESULTS FRIENDLY
South
Africans
beat
besides s. 6, he hit nine 4's
met with considerable success, and against Worcester.
*
"L.B.W..n" Record
Razack Combination. Outstanding
Barber helped. Sateliffe to add it was chiefly due to his efforts driving brought him a fair propor-almost a record, if not actually that the home county faced a de- tion of his runs, and his hits during on, that a student should have DROP 6 GAMES IN 3 SETS
89 in two hours and the only otherị stand, of note was that for the fitit of only 38 when they batted a star of 2 hours and 20 minutes four Blges of this University.
included a six and 11 boundaries. -- Taylor's athletic prowess is out- hin D. F. Walker played fine forring standing. Having learned At Sockunpoo yesterday 'the
sixth wicket between Wood and second time.** dian Recreation Cinb defeated Northamptonshire by an innings
Sutcliffe, the pair putting on 74 in
cricket after a quiet start and as cricket and hockey at the Schools Jan hour. Radio Sports Clab by 6 sets te and 35 runs at Northampton.
It is likely that all bw. decisionssisted in a big fourth wicket stand at Chefoo it speaks well for the in the "D" Division of the Laws Northants: 129 (B. J. Crisp & for 50) Davies, the slow left-hander, car under the experimental rule will annis League.
and 133... South Africans: 297,
[ried of the bowling honours for be signalled specially by the m Cambridge University beas Glamorgan. The latter took four Somerset by 162 runs at Cam-¡wickets for 11 runs -apiece. bridge Cambridge: 96(Andrews 7 for 29)-and Larwood--The Facts
232 for 6 dec. (R. P. Nelson 91. It is being freely asserted in Somerset: 66 (D. C. Bought Bought 5 Nottingham that
Whe results were?—
*M. Hassan and A. K. Mina (LR.C.)
st. to WJ. Chanson and N. B.
Kitchell
2-6
to G. Singh and Karnsil Singh
3. A 61
st. A. Kan and Kalwant Singh
SU. Razack and D. M. Razack bat Chanson and Kitchell
at G. Singh and K. Singh .. bat: Kau and Singh
6.3
A. E. Sufiad and A. Bakar (LR.C.)
bat Chanson and Kitchell
to G. Singh and K. Sinch
at Man and Singh
*K.C.C. BEAT ARMY
Tindall 117).
for 41) and 160,
Mercer, medium pace, and Emrys
*
Larrood-and Voce-have instructions from their
The Minor Counties drew with committee not to bowl too fast. Oxford University at Oxford.
The committee have refused of- Oxford: 169 for
War-ficially to deny this, but in fact there was farcical cricket during
The MCC drew with
4-6 wickshire at Lord's.
6-2 MCC: 70 (Mayer 5 for 32, Pain the Gloucester tanings.
for 20).
Wawriek: 38 for 2.
TO-DAY'S GAMES
Spectators showed such restive- iness that the withdrawal of Lar-
At the K.C.C. yesterday the Kow- Lord's-Middlesex v. Sussel (E-Ban Wood from the team against SussEK
Son C.C. beat the Army
fab by 51⁄2 sets to 324.
Tennis
*D* DIVISION TABLE TO DATE
dren's Testimonial Match).
was suggested, though not adopted
Just Bristol Gloucestershire v. Kent.
before the Gloucester Worcester.-Worcestershire v. Essex match, Mr. Douglas McCraigh, Cardiff-Glamorgan v. South Africans, chairmán of the committee, ad- Bimingham Warwickshire v. Derby-dressed the players collectively A Pts Manchester-Lancashire v Yorkshire, and impressed on them how de-? 106 Korthampton-Northamptonshire: vesirable it" was to forget the past and help everyone to recapture the true spirit of the game.
PW L D. F
38 017 2012 5 211 812 9 1090
2-1-1-0-92.87
2.4.2 0 3 13 .11 3 51⁄2
4
shire
Leicestershire
Taunton.-Somerset v. Hampshire. Nottingham Nottinghamshire v. Sa
Cambridge-Cambridge University - In Or Out Decision
Free Forcesterk.
9
.
35
JAPAN OUT OF DAVIS CUP
ARMY TOO GOOD FOR INDIANS Wilson And King Shine For Winners
"C" DIVISION CLASH
(Continued from Page 1) -
The world famous Don Branzen, caused all-round disappointment by fis refusal to travel with -- the Australians to South Africa next Year:
Larwood then stated he had de- pires and recorded officially in all finitely decided to bowl medium-matches.
*
Wade Barracked
early training there that he should have so distinguished himself
RUMJAHN'S SUCCESS
TAKES TIME TO
SETTLE DOWN AND
THEN WINS EASILY
Houghton's Early Lead Discounted
SCORES ON ONLY SIX HEADS
After establishing an early lead. S. J. Houghton was surprisingly eliminated in the Second Round of the Open Singles Lawn Bowls Championship yesterday by A. M. Rumjahu, who won by the over- whelming score of 21 shots to § on. the Recreio greeni
Without giving Rumjahn time 1. get the feel of the green, which was slightly sodden owing to a shower of rain, Houghton jumped into the
· lead and scored on the first four heads, but thereafter be failed to register a shot for five heads, and scored only on six ends in the course of the match...
Excellent Bowl
Rumjaha took his time about settling down, but, once firmly "in." played excellent bowls, taking the lead on the seventh head with a *four-shot" group. Ee was, never seriously troubled after that.
Scores were:==
Head Houghton A.M. Romjaku:
while at the Glasgow Academy, to PURVIS AND ROSE
H. F. Wade, the South African which he went on his return to skipper, revealed exceptional power Scotland from Chefoo, and from in his innings of 74 at Leicester. there to the University to study He looked set for the century when medicine:
he was bowled off his pads by Astill Earlier in his knock he was con- tinually barracked for slow scoring
the 100 was hoisted after minutes
WIN
Adal And Dallah Stage Unavailing Rally
“J. 'M. Parvis and H Rose beat
Nicknamed “Chinkie” Nicknamed “Chinkie” by the the name boys of the Academy, has stuck to him ever since, and Jaccording to the University's athe M.-Y. Adal and A. E. Daikh, the... letie magazine just issued, LRC pair, by one shot in the Open D. Tomlinson created havoc in the Chinkie" has quite a distinct and Pairs Lawn Bowls Championship Leicester ranks. Playing in his outstanding personality.
on the Craigengower green yester
first batch for the South Africans, He was recently chosen for In- day- Tomlinson used an astonishing spinternational hockey trials and when The game was abandoned "last moreover he flighted the ballad leading the Glasgow University Wednesday owing to darkness; the mirably and best several batsmen Hockey XI of St. Andrew's Univer. Ladian pair were then being: led with an occasional googly, including sity, "Chinkie" scored no fewer by three shots on the 16th head. [C. L. Edgson, who did a prolife than eight times in the one match.
amount of run-getting for Stamford School last summer
In the later stages of an ex- hilarating match at Cardiff, Glamor-
gan, Deeding 211 to win had to
BABE DIDRIKSON TURNS PRO
score at the rate of a run a minute, To Give Golf Exhibitions
and Snasex bowled and fielded in the keenest fashion.
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But Glamorgan's batting was as stubborn as the bowling was good.
When Smart (28) left, after a
For Sports Goods Firm
Chicago, June 1 paced and had informed the com- At Lord's and the Oval umpires
Following the recent ruling of Association mittee. During practice neither are already giving the special gallant effort, Glamorgan still re- United States #Golf Japan were very hard pressed Voce nor Larwood have attempted signal; and score cards have the quired eight runs with five minutes that she could not play in the thatsman's name marked “N” to remaining Brierley (17 not out) American, women's national Cham- for players this year, the Ja- a fast ball
Now that the committee have signify this...
relieved the tension by cracking pionship as an amateur, Miss Babe panese Lawn Tennis Association
The secretary of the MC.C. is two successive fours. being without the necessary funds thrown back the onus on to the to send a third member to Europe, bowlers there remains only these now writing to the counties asking
Czechoslovakia possess one of alternatives:
Commencing the
them to take similar action. It is Greek Googly Bowler the foremost players in the world Larwood must get wickets by thought that if a record is kept of Xenophod Balasicas is the Greek
slow bowling: revert to his these decisions it may prove help-googly bowler of the South in B. B. Menzel, who, in the course. of his career, has beaten, among
tural style, or come out of the fol at the end of the season. Lean Tothers, Harada and Y. Ohta of Army Tennis Club defeated Japan, Enrique Maser of Spain Indian Recreation Club by 571⁄2 Pat Hoghes of England, Hans Tam- to 3% in the "C" Division of mer of Holland, Fred Perry, the
awn Tennis League yesterday present world champion and
Crawford, the former world-cha nion. He reached the last elek fat Wimbledon in 1983, 255
Japan beat Holland in the First: Bound, while Czechoslovakia Yugoslavia
The committtee have lett if to
The position seems to be that the
wiers have gone to the other me in their desire to "recapture
true spirit of the
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