THE CHINA MAIL, MARCH 9, 1937.
TO-DAY'S LAWN
TENNIS TIES POSTPONED
Due to the heavy over-night rain. the courts of the Hong Kong | Cricket Club are in a sodden state, and unfit for play, and as a result all to-day's championship and
H.K.C.C. matches have been un- avoidably postponed.
NO TENNIS YESTERDAY
ISAPPERS LEAD
GUNNERS IN TWO-DAY MATCH
Barron And Michell Shine With Ball
LOW SCORING AT
Q
KOWLOON C.C.
The wet state of the wicket, pre- cluded any high scoring on the first day of a two day cricket fixture Owing to the wet weather, the between the Royal Artillery and matches for the Open Tennis Cham- the Royal Engineers which is be pionships arranged for yesterday (ing played on the Kowloon Cricket were not played.
Club ground, commencing yester- day.
F.A. CUP SEMI-FINAL ROUND-DRAW
Millwall Held In League Match
London, Yesterday, The following is the draw for the F. A. Cup Semi-Finals which will be played on April 4.
Wolverhampton or Sunderland v.
Millwall.
The Gunners had first Tease of the wicket and collapsed badly be- fore consistent bowling by the op- position. Barron returned the best analysis, capturing 4 for 25.
The Sappers fared slightly bet- ter and just managed to reach the century, thanks to an innings of 37 by Q.M.S. Eaton, and 23 by Spr. Hod- dinott, Capt. Michell, swinging "the ball a great deal, returned the ex- ¡cellent analysis of 8 for 47. in 15.5
Lovers..
Weather permitting, the match was to be continued at 10 am to day.
Scores:
RA-1st Innings Bdr. Baker, b Moreton
West Bromwich Albion v. Pres- Sgt. Howe, played on, b Lt. Barron ton N. E. (On the Arsenal Gar. Chaplin, c Warr, b Goodger Ground).
Lt. Garthwaite, < Hoddinot, b Lt.
Barron
If Wolverhampton win the re- play the semi-final will be played at Liverpool. If Sunderland win it will be played at Huddersfield.
In 3 Third Division (South) match played yesterday, Millwall, who are in the Semi-Final Round of the F. A. Cup, were held to a goalless draw at home by Notts. County.-Reuter.
LINCOLNSHIRE
Capt. Michell, c
Barron
Hurst, b Lt LL. Marson, st Warr, b Collins Bdr. Wiles, b Lt. Barron Bdr. Summer, c Shipp, b Hurst Bdr. Bancroft, b Hurst Gnr. Marshall, * Hoddinot,
Collins
Gnr. Sutham, not out
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17
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A recent pose of Max Baer, former heavyweight boxing chan- pion of the world, whose fight with Walter Neusel, of Germany, at the Harringay Stadium, London, has been vetoed by the British Boxing Board of Control
K.B.G.C. REPORT STATES CLUB IN
SOUND POSITION
But Slight Loss In Working Account
BOWLS SUCCESSES
TIENTSIN SOCCER XI FOR S'HAI
TO PLAY IN THREE MATCHES
REPUTED TO BE VERY STRONG
Shanghai, March 7.
The Shanghai Football Asso- ciation is busy completing ar- rangements for the visit of Tientsin's soccer team during the Easter holidays. With the Interport match only three weeks away, a proposed fixture list has already been drawn up by the S.F.A.
The Northerners expect to leave Tientsin on March 22, ar- riving here two days later and starting on their return journey on March 29. They will play a series of three matches while in Shanghai, though in the event of the Interport match being drawn or rain. interfering with the fixtures, the programme will be altered.
The Interport match will be held on Good Friday, March 26, at the Canidrome. Tientsin against a combined Chinese side on the fol- lowing day, Saturday, March 27, at the Yenping Road Stadium, and the final game against the Com- bined Services on Monday March 29, also at the Canidrome.
FIVE MATCHES
have
At present five matches been played between the two ports, Tientsin winning three, Shanghai one and
one match being drawn.
The thiry-seventh annual gener-The latter occurred in 1934, when al meeting of the Kowloon Bowling a triangular Interport between 62 Green Club will be held in the Hong Kong, Tientsin and Shang-
Club-house on Tuesday, March 16, hai was held here. W. 1937, at 6 p.m.
Total
Bowling Analysis
0. M R.
Lt. Barron.
11
425
4
Q.M.S. Moreton Goodger
6 3. 11
1
GRAND NATIONAL Collins
LATEST BETTING
London, Yesterday.
The following is the latest call- over for the Lincolnshire Handi
cap:
Monte Sano, 100 to 7, t and o Takemy, 15 to 1 o, 100 to 6 t Laureat 100 to 6
Nipaway, 100 to 6 Edgehill, 18 to-1:
Voltus, 20 to 1, t and o
Scotch Bout, 20 to 1, t and o Juido, 20 to 1 o, 22 to 1 t Lost Scent, 28 to 1
Pricket, 33 to 1 t and o
Grand National
The following prices were offer- ed yesterday for the Grand Na- tional:
Ready Cash, 12 to 1, t and o Royal Mail, 100 to 8 o, 100 to 7 t Golden Miller, 100 to 8o, 13 to 1 t De la Chance, 100 to 7, t and o Didoric, 100 to 7 o, 15 to 1 t Puckabelle, 15 to 1 o, 100 to 6 t Ego, 20 to 10
Spionand, 22 to 1 o, 25 to 1st Misdemeanour, 28 to 1, t and o Pencraik, 28 to 10, 33 to 1 t What Have You, 50 to 1t and o
Reuter
IRELAND HOCKEY TEAM FOR-TO-DAY'S MATCH
Hurst
3 1 *3
42 1
301
R.E1st Innings
Sgt. Daniels, b. Capt. Michell
10:
6
Tientsin, according to reports will be represented by a strong
The Report and Balance Sheet side. 1 for the year ended December 31, 21936, reveal a slight loss in the Working Account, but the finances
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of the Club are in a very sound
Q.M.S. Moreton, e Baker, b Lt. condition.
Garthwaite
Sgt. Collins, b Capt. Michell Sgt Goodger, c Sumner, b Capt.
Mitchell
QMS. Eaton,
Capt. Michell
Garthwaite,
Lt. Barron, b Capt. Michell Cpl Shipp, b Capt. Michell Spr. Hoddinott, c Bancroft,
Capt. Mitchell
Cpl. Hurst, c Latham, b Michell Q.M.S. Warr, c Howe, b Bdr. Baker Spr Bradford, not out
Extras
Total
Bowling Analysis
Lt. Garthwaite Capt. Michell Bdr. Baker
12
Depressed conditions in the Co-
D. R. JARDINE
OPPOSED TO
|lony during the past year are re- NEW
flected in reduced entrance fees. subscriptions and bar profits.
37 The Report further states: Mem-
2 bership.-Twenty-seven new mem-
10
bers joined, three were reinstated,
L.B.W. RULE
London, February 12.
23 and 31 resigned or were struck off D. R. Jardine, the former Eng-
7 for various reasons.
3
Bowls Competitions
land captain, declared himself The membership is now: 8 Life"an open and confessed oppon- Members, 3 Honorary Members ent" of the new Lb.w. rule at 155 Ordinary Members and 55 Sea- the Club Cricket Conference in 100 going Members, a total of 221 mem- London last night. The new
bers.
rule, he fears, will destroy the ambition in young batsmen to A team was entered in each di-make batting an art rather than vision of the Hong Kong Lawn a primitive impulse. It is only Bowls League, the Club securing at his peril that the batsman now third place in the 1st Division and moves across to the line of the again winning the Championship ball. of the 2nd Division.
In the
C. M. RW .13 5 -36 1 15.5 3 47 8 3 0 16
K.C.C. TEAM FOR
"Many people hoped that the Colony open events new rule would bring about the NEXT SATURDAY'S Messrs. R. Duncan and S. Randle return of the old-fashioned off-
VITAL MATCH
won the pairs competition and Mr. break bowler," said Mr. Jardine. S. Randle also skipped the success-"But this has not been the case ful England Team in the Interna- in county cricket. tional Competition.
BOYS AMATEUR FOOTBALL LEAGUE RESULTS
"They also promised that it The following have been selected
would encourage the legendary to represent the Kowloon Cricket
off-side batting we have heard Club in their League cricket match The following will present Ire-next Saturday against the Indian
about but have never seen. But land against Wales in this after B.C
it has not brought about the re noon's local International hockey
The Fusilier Boys drew with Wab turn of off-side batting so far.” F. Goodwm, E. C. Fincher, EF Yan College in the Boys Amateur encounter on the HKS.RA Fincher, R. E. Lee, D. J. N. Anderson, Football League at Prince Edward believes, would never have moot- Club cricketers, Mr. Jardine ground:-
AW Ramsey, S. Jez, F. A. Broad- L/Cpl Boyd (EUR); Lt. Wilson bridge, B. D. Lay, C. B. R. Sargent and Road last Saturday. Lardner scored such a radical change. In its (PUP) and L/Cpl Ray (RE); NA. E. Mackay.
ed both the Fusilier goals, while inception it owes a good deal to L/Cpl. Moore (BUR), R. Boston A victory for the Indians will Wah Yan equalised late in the sethe public desire to see finished (BUR), Sgt. Hayden (RUR.); Bagl give them the championship, whue cond period. On the Central Bri-matches. "But it seems to me Stevens (BUR), Rim. Nolan draw will ensure a replay with tish School ground yesterday, St that cricket is too large a game (RUB), Capt. Ryland (EUR), the Club provided the latter secure Joseph's beat the Central British to be ruled by what we may call 1. C. Harris (EUR) and Wall (Police)
full points from Craigengower. School by a solitary goal.
the public, financial side of "