THE CHINA MAIL, MAY 24, 1937.
Lord Howe, above, famous British ́ ́motor-racing driver, re- cently opened the new 60 ́mile Crystal Palace circuit at which it is hoped to stage" the Royal Automobile Club's Grand “Prix, which was previously held over the Ards Circuit, Belfast.
ENGLAND JEALOUS OF BILLIARDS RECORDS
ORACE LINDRUM has almost out of
AYRES
LAWN TENNIS ANNUAL
Some Interesting Articles
CRICKET SEASON RICH IN PROMISE
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London, April 29. With the start of the season Ayres' Lawn Tennis Amual, now in YOUNG LEICESTERSHIRE XI its thirtieth year of publication, Having successfully emerged makes a timely appearance and con- from -- a financial crisis, Leicester- tinues to keep pace with the growth shire look forward to a big im- of the game.
provement from a younger and The Editor writes an interesting more attractive eleven. While Ship- introduction under the title "Year man and Marlow have left (Mar- In, Year Qut,” in the course of low for League cricket), Bowley, which he reviews the more recent slow left-arm, and Riley, a forcing happenings and then draws some bat, have returned. Glamorgan have striking parallels with years gone a new off-break bowler in E. C. by.
Jones, a former Minor Counties". cricketer, and Wooller, the Rugby International, is now qualified. The batting should be stronger.
“LEAVING WELL ALONE" With all the authority of one of the founders of the LT.A., H. S. Scrivener contributes an article on
With Clark, the fast left-hander, "Leaving Well Alone,” dealing with certain to play, and Bakewell re- the rules as we know them, and C, covered from the injuries he re- P. Dixon provides some valuable [ceived in a motor accident last au- “Advice to Young Doubles Players." tumn, Northamptonshire are hope-
"All the usual features, Rankings, ful. Matthews is now coach Tournament Results, and Bijou Stowe School. Biographies are also included with
11 OLD BLUES The Oxford University captain,
at
H match over one week he conceded Melbourne Inman 3000 start the customary detail. Price 5s, F.A. P. Singleton, faces several pro-
and won by 9500-7777.
Some English Press officials are becoming impatient regarding the B.C.C. withholding the certificate from Lindrum for his world's snooker record of 141. The Australian has broken the record three times, but his name has not yet appeared on the record list.
street, E.C.
of finding. blems, including that opening batsmen, but he is fortun- ate in having eleven old Blues BOYS' GOLF TITLE
available. The main anxiety at Cambridge is the task of replacing For the 17th English Boys' Ama-such bowlers as M. Jahangir Khan, He lifted Davis's figures of 114 to 116, but the effort was not teur Golf Championship, which be-W. Wooller, J. M. Brocklebank, and recognised owing to a technicality. On December 11 he made 131, gins at the Bruntsfield Society's R. P. Nelson. M. Tindall, the cap- but a night or two later Sidney Smith got busy and rattled up 133. course, near Edinburgh, on Au-tain, can call upon seven old Blues. Then came Lindrum's 141. After dilly-dallying, officialdom has gust 24, entrants must be under 18 Spectators will find improved. intimated it will "consider” the record if Lindrum can satisfy the years on August, 28, the day the accommodation and better facili- committee the table was to standard.
championship finishes, and no boy ties on several county grounds. Fol- who has ever been employed in any lowing Gloucestershire's golf professional's shop can enter. at Bristol last season, Sussex are installing loud speakers at Hove; Surrey are bringing the terraces. into line with the stands at the Oval Yorkshire have re-surfaced the Headingley track with tar-ma-
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London “Daily Mail" of January 14 is wrathful at the idea that a special table erected for an important match is not being ac- cepted as "standard.”.
Public School's Cricket
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is a very useful fast medium bow- ler-he took 28 wickets for under 15 runs apiece and Mischler, who is a very steady batsman, should make an ideal opening partner; P. M. Reid, F. H. Boyden, D. Smith, and D. J. Higgens should lay the foundation of a powerful batting side.
TAIL TOO LONG
abandoned last July, have seven old colours left for this term. J. A. Thompson, who succeeds J. C. Cobb in the captaincy, batted consistent- ly last year and scored nearly 400
runs.
of E. C. Bonsfield to partner him He will have the assistance
for the first wicket.
CLIFTON were the worst victims of the weather conditions last year of any school, and not a ball had been bowled in any of the three school matches before they came P. G. C. Wood, who hits the ball up to Lord's. The batting was only hard, B. N. S: Kidson, and D. G. W. moderate and there was too long a Yeats-Brown should make many tail, and, like. so many other runs. At the same time the bowl- schools, the slip fielding was too ing, which is generally the problem often at. fault. E. K. Scott, who is at Tonbridge, will have a good celebrating his fifth year in the start, as Kidson, P. R. Stevens, eleven and second of captaincy, was Yeats-Brown all took wickets last one of last year's most distinguish year, though J. D. Parsons's fast ed schoolboy cricketers.
bowling is bound to be missed. It As a very small boy he headed will be difficult to fill the place behind the wicket of M. Latham, the bowling averages in 1933, and
who headed the batting averages. had much to do with Clifton's vic- tory over Tonbridge, his leg breaks taking six wickets for 57 in the first. innings. Since then he has kept up his bowling and very much im proved his batting, and was second in the tables last year to A. R. Mut-
The championship committee of ter, who is also available. The only the Royal and Ancient Golf Club other old colour left is G. A. Gibbs, of St. Andrews has announced that a reliable wicket-keeper. Mutter the amateur championship of 1988 may develop into a useful change will be played at
Club, and bowler. There will be keen competi- Open championship of 1938, at the tion for the other places.
Royal Cinque Ports Club, Deal. Half the qualifying 'rounds of the “Open” will be played at the Royal
GOOD START
NEXT YEAR'S GOLF VENUE
TONBRIDGE, who were in a win- ning position at Lord's when ra Cinque Ports and half at Royal St. caused the Clifton tratch to be George's, Sandwich,
HENDREN TO COACH HARROW
example
E. Hendren, the Middlesex and cadam to stop dust nuisance; England cricket, has been appointed Hampshire have improved seating coach to Harrow School
at from the accommodation
Southampton, beginning of the summer 1938 for a and provided better facilities for period of five years. At the same luncheon and teas at Portsmouth; time Hendren has decided to retire and Lancashire have made exten- from first-class cricket at the end of sive alterations for the benefit of the coming season.
the general public at Old Trafford."
CORONATION WINES
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