THE CHINA MAIL, JUNE 5, 1987.
S. AFRICA ADVANCE IN DAVIS CUP
INTER
'VARSITY
ATHLETICS ·
PENNINGTON IN FINE FORM
ONLY ONE NEW RECORD
(By BEVIL RUDD)
London, May 5. Four finals were decided at the White City yesterday when the Universities Athletic Union championships were begun, and as a result of these London leads Cambridge by 23 points to 22. Oxford are next with 11 points, Nottingham fourth with 10, and Edinburgh fifth with nine.
B. E. Maughan, above, in action at the Football Club, when part- nered by R. P. Phillips, he was de- feated by Nolan and McLeod in the Second Round of the Open Pairs Lawn Bowls Championship by four shots.
CAN INDIANS
It is fairly certain, however, that when the remaining 11 finals BEAT JUNIOR
take place this afternoon, Cam-
bridge will win the point cham-CHAMPIONS? pionship, with Oxford adn Lon- don fighting out second place.
Yesterday's sport was by numerous miner casualties. H. E. Askew (Cambridge) strained a muscle when winning his heat in
marred
To-day's Lawn Bowls Programme
the 220yds and was unable to long POLICE-C.C.C. GAME
AT H.K.F.C.
jump, and during the long jump, first J. P. S. Daniell (Oxford) pull- ed a muscle and then C. H. Naylor The only game of any interest in (London) twisted a knee, but not the three divisions of the Lawn before he had secured third place. Bowls League to-day is the Second W. M. F. Hudson (Cambridge) Division encounter between the re- was badly spiked in the half-mile (cently demoted Indian Recreation heat, and in the same heat M. A. Club, and the Kowloon Bowling Melford (Oxford) twisted an an-Green Club, champions of the divi- kle, but both should be fit for to- [sion, and with the advantage of day's final. And magnificent playing at home, the Indians should finish it should produce.
consolidate their position at the top of the table with a win.
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EQUALLED RECORD
As the Police Recreation · Club Yesterday A. Pennington (Ox-green is not playable yet, the First ford), equalled his own record of Division encounter with Craigen 22.3sec in winning his 220yd heat, gower Cricket Club will be played and there is little doubt that he and at the Hong Kong Football Club, C. B. Holmes (Manchester) will be land though the champions are, the inside that time when they meet in better balanced team,
the Police to-day's final.
should be able to fully extend them.
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J. G. Barnes (London) won his quarter-mile hurdles heat in 57.4-
sec.
C. F. Byers and J. P. S. Daniell were going well when they won their heats in slower time, but Barnes can, I think, get very near the record of 56.2sec to-day.
NEW HAMMER MARK
F. G. Akister (London) was the only record-breaker yesterday. He threw the hammer 141ft 6in, 10ft further than he accomplished last year. D. W. Boyd (Edinburgh) was second with 129ft 4in.
A good game should be seen be- tween the Football Club and the Yacht Club, while the Recreio and Civil Service clash in the Third Division should also be exciting. These four teams are equal on points, all having only lost one game so far.
The following is Skip's forecast
FIRST DIVISION
C.C.C.
H.K.F.C.
P.R.C.
LR.C.
de R.
The other three finals produced very keen competition, but no out- standing performance. J. F.. Klein K.B.G.C.“ (Cambridge) led in the javelin in the preliminary throws, but then R E. M. Blakeway got his spear two yards in front. However, Klein rose to the occasion, and with his |K.C.C. last throw beat Blakeway by a yard. C. A. Walker (Nottingham), the|PR.C. high jumper, was a close third.
Long:jumping was again de- pressingly mediocre. “Not until the third round did any of the competi- tors clear 21fts. The event was, won K.F.C. by HK: Lister (Nottingham) with C. de 21.5%in. There was only 93⁄41⁄4în-be- tween the winner and the sixth man. C.C.C. Lister has phenomenal spring, for he is not particularly fast, and he H.K.F.C. takes one of the shortest runs I have ever seen-barely 20 yards.
(67) C.S.C.C. (—) K.C.C.
-(51) C. de R.
(51) K.D.R.C.
SECOND DIVISION
(); K.B.G.C.
(59) H.K.F.C.
C.C.C:
T.R.C.
THIRD DIVISION
(-) · H.K.E.R.C;
(--). C.S.C.C.
(~~) K.TR.C. (~~~~)R.ILI.K.Y.C.
(53)
€ 1 € 3 13 11 0011
(Figures in brackets denote result of corresponding games last season).
WIN AGAINST NEW
ZEALAND
KIRBY TOO GOOD FOR
ANDREWS
N. ZEALAND CHAMPION BEATEN (By A. WALLIS MYERS)
WITHI
Brighton, May 12. ITHDEAN was lucky for lawn tennis to-day. While London was wet and gloomy, Brighton had its meed of sunshine and South Africa began the last day's play in their Davis Cup-tie against New Zealand under excellent conditions.
One up with two to play, the South Africans required only one of the two remaining singles. They took the first through V. G. Kirby with complete confidence, and thus, qualified to meet Jugo- slavia at Zagreb in the next round next month.
Kirby beat E. D. Andrews 6-2, 64, 6—2. Both men made free use of top spin, but this has less value on a mineral surface. than on grass, and consequently the less-laboured service of Kirby involved less physical strain. Andrews reacted more as the contest proceeded.
Andrews was deputising for H.K.B.C. TO MEET A. C. Stedman, still nursing a
leg strain, but his eager and con- VOLUNTEERS than the eight games that fell THIS AFTERNOON
centrated fight deserved more
:i
to his racket. His best effort came in the second set, in which he had several chances to reach 54.
CLEVERLY VARIED LENGTH
Kirby's rhythm had been dis- turbed by the New Zealander's clever mixture of length and spin, but Kirby fought the ninth game very stubbornly, and got his ser- vice break just at the right moment With two sets in the bag and vic- tory ahead, Kirby played many de- which the best lightful shots, of were in the region of the net.
Keen Encounter Anticipated
TWO BALL GAMES TO-MORROW
(By “INFIELD"); Weather permitting the League Baseball encounter between the Hong Kong Baseball Club and Volunteers should be one off most interesting seen this season, and will be featured by hard hitting on both sides,
This will be the second game He combined finesse with force, of the Defence Corps as their en- now achieving a fine masked drop, counter with Pui Ching, when next a powerful cut smash. An-they narrowly lost, has
been drews maintained the chase with declared void o
by
the Commit- characteristic ardour, but he found tee. The Hong Kong Club have the effort of moving up and down an unbeaten record of three games, the court beyond his physical re-and this will be the last of their difficult obstacles in the First Round of the competition.
IF CLUB WIN
Berve.
A win for the Club will place them in a very strong position..
No changes are contemplated in either team and much of the Vo
hopes lunteers
will depend on
N. Z. HOLDER BEATEN
The two reserves-E. E. Fannin, of Durban, and D. C. Coombe, the present New Zealand champion played the last match. With his fluent command of ground strokes, Bowen and Wing Lee, who will be- a scoring back hand down the line, pitching and catching, respective- and a nice sense of direction, |ly. Fannin made a good impression. The Volunteers' infield compares He won 6-4, 6- 6--3.
I think he needs to increase the tempo of his game and to give his volleying strokes more scope. He has the build and temperament of a menacing player, and both he and Coombe, making their debut in Europe, should benefit by practice against better opponents.
Complete results:
very favourably with that of the Club, and providing D. Leonard, the captain is able to instill con- fidence in his side from the start and the whole team settle early, they should fully extend the Club.
To-morrow the Volunteers will encounter the Nippon Club in their
ostponed encounter, while Filipino Club will play the Hong Kong Chinese in the other game im- mediately after.
Singles:-A. C. Stedman (N.Z.) bt The following are the teams: N. G. Farquharson. 7-E. 6—8. 8-6, Volunteers: J. Bowen (p.). H. Wing .62; V. G. Kirby (S.A.) bt. C. E. Mal-Lee (s.). M. Mendonca (1st b.). N. Bel- frov. 7-5, 6-2, 6-3: Kirby bt E. D. trai (2nd b.). A. Hussain (3rd b.), D. Andrews. 6-2, 6ƒ. 6-3: E. E. Fan-Leonard (8.8.). V. Costa 41f.), M. Ab- min (S.A.) bt D. C. Coombe (N.Z.), bas (m.f), and S. Leonard (r.(). 6-4, 6-4, 63.
Doubles Farmuharson & Kirby (S. A) bt Andrews & Malfroy, 7-6, 6-2,
H.K.B. Club:—R: M¢Call (v.)..Thom- son (e.), Hearther (at “b.). Smadlev (2nd b.). Melthen (3rd b.). H. McCall (8.n.), Ledig (1.f.), Muir (c.f.), Divett (r.f.).