THE CHINA MAIL, OCTOBER 5, 1937.
JAMES PARKS SETS UP NEW RECORD
HOCKEY CLUB SENIOR TEAM
The following team will represent the 1st XI of the Hong Kong Hockey Club against the Club de Recreio on the Club Ground at 5-15 Pm to-morrow.
V. M. Benwell; Flt/Lt. R L Wallace, E. V. Reed; R. A. Bates, W. A. Reed, G. Sommer: S. Fowler, T. Whitley G. E. Divett (Capt.) B. I. Bickford and V. Bond.
FE Woolley, of Kent, played for Over Thirty against Under Thirty at Folkestone.
DAILEY COMES BACK TO BREAK RECORD
REES' SURPRISING FAILURE
(By GEORGE GREENWOOD)
London, September 2.
3,000 RUNS AND 100 WICKETS
MAMMOTH SCORING AMES SCORES 149
London, September 6.
MES PARKS completed a record “double” of 3,000 runs and 100 wickets in a season when scoring 61 for the Over Thirty eleven against the Under Thirty at Folkestone.
Another feature was Ames's thrilling bout of scoring, which brought him 149 at high speed 88 of them in boundaries. There were also the still more thrilling half-hour when Todd and Watt shared 92 in 30 minutes for the ninth wicket, and the success of Davies, Glamorgan, who, having previously taken 100 wickets, com- pleted 2,000 runs.
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SOFTBALL LEAGUE
As there wETE not enough members to form a quorum, the meeting of the Hong Kong Soft- ball League, scheduled to be held yesterday, was postponed to 5.30 pm to-day at the Hotel
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A NEW course record of 67 by Allan Dailey, of Wanstead, and the failure of David Rees, of Surbiton, were the chief points of interest in the first of the southern section's two qualifying rounds for the £1,250 match-play championship, at Calcot, REFEREES near Reading, yesterday.
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GIVEN THE SAME RATE OF SCORING, EVEN A 69 IS NOT CERTAIN TO GET HIM OUT OF THE WOOD.
Five hundred and thirty-four runs. were scored in six hours, including no fewer than 10 sixes and 65 fours! Of this monster to- tal 530 were made by the Over Thirty batsmen, and, batting for a few minutes before the close, the Under Thirties scored 4 for none.
The "Babies", as their oppon- ents on the Over Thirty side patronisingly referred to the Un- der Thirties, are unfortunate in losing the toss on a pitch that gave only a grudging assistance to any of the bowlers. They were. also unfortunate that they had a butter-finger epidemic other- wise that total of 530 might have. stopped in the zone of 300.
PARKS'S-ESCAPE
Rees, who greatly distinguished himself in the Ryder Cup match, is the holder of the title. A score TO BE REDUCED of 75 places him in the gravest danger, for in the Hong Kong football referees struggle for one of the 23 allotted places, 41 play-were given an assurance by the Football Association Council last ers finished ahead of him.
night that their fees would not be On the other hand, they were for- IN ORDER TO ESCAPE THE INDIGNITY OF RELEGA-reduced without notification. If a tunate to dismiss Woolley early, for TION, REES CANNOT AFFORD TO TAKE MORE THAN 69 IN reduction were necessary owing to at 22 he was caught by deep mid- THE NEXT ROUND, ALWAYS ASSUMING, OF COURSE, THAT financial reason, the fees would off. Then, however, Parks and THE REST OF THE FIELD DO NOT COME TO GRIEF
remain unchanged until the deci-Ames gathered 136
in an hour and UNLIKELY CONTINGENCY.
sion was made known to the 45 minutes. Parks was missed be- Referees.
hind the wicket when 6, Parks being With regard to the invitation the luckless bowler; and, Ames was Another distinguished player] The fact that Dailey never took from the Philippines for a visit hit on the head by a rising ball from in- almost in the same plight as a stronger iron than a No. 4 for the from a first class referee, it was Perks; but neither of these Rees is Ernest Whitcombe, of seconu shot
that details be obtained cidents checked the flow of runs, cx- decided ngit Meyrick Park, Bournemouth,plains the existing conditions of the from Manila of passage, date and the lunch score being 151 for one. whose remarkable last round of course.
Ames passed the hundred mark in most cases the club em- other matters.
An invitation from the South in two hours and reached 149 be- China Athletic Association for an fore he played a leg-break into his to play in a stumps. He gave a chance in the Association team charity match for the War Relief 70's, and another at 126, but he was fund was brought up. It was de- so aggressive that risks were in-
evitable. cided that the matter be taken up with the Government for permis- sion.
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64 enabled him to: win the pioyed was either a No. 6 or a mas- Brighton £1,000 tournament. Imeniblick.. Even at the long sıxın,
Including Dailey, five men broke
over 50 yards, the second snot was 70, the others being L A. Tittering- ton, a young player of Welwyn Gar-played with a No. 4, but in this in- stance Valley was too ambitious, for den City, who had a 68, and Padg-ne was short and took the only ham, D. Curtis, of Queen's Park or the round. Bournemouth, and Mr. Daragon, of Addington Palace, each with 69.
strokes.
Dailey had one slice of luck, At the 10th. where it is possible to reason, everything went wrong. He RETURN TO FORM
drive the green, he struck a tree finished in 5, 6, 3, 5—a loss of four Dailey's return to the form of lon the left, otherwise the shot four years ago, when, as a com- would have finished in the car park. paratively unknown player from He escaped with a 4. The figures for Yorkshire, he suddenly sprang into his record round of 67 were. fame, is most welcome. "A" tall," sparsely-built young man, Dailey, who has not enjoyed the best of health, gave up serious competitive golf for a time.
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From the back of the green at the 16th Daragon took four shots to hole out, while at the 18th he miss- ed a putt of less than two feet both
inexcusable errors.
Out: 4 3 4 3 4 5 3 3 4-33 In: 4 3 4 4 4 4 4 3 4-34 Finding the greens to his liking, Titterington putted beautifully for for Rees it cannot be suggested that Though the ball kicked unkindly his round of 68. He seemed incap-he was the victim of ill-luck. The The rest would appear to haveable of missing the hole from any truth is that he did not play his done him good, for he was hitting distance-a delightful but, alas! an the ball tremendous distances, and, all too infrequent experience. moreover, keeping it straight, an easy thing to do in a course of slopes and tricky runs.
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best. The finish to the round 6, 4, 5, 4, 5—was disastrous in the ex- treme.
OVERDID IT Misjudging the distance at the 14th, he put his second shot into a ditch crossing the fairway. Deter- mined not to be short, he overdid
ANTE-CLIMAX AVERTED Davies also contributed to the run-getting carnival, but an anti- climax might have followed if Todd and Watt had not decided that nothing less than the long handle was justified when the tea-time score-board had shown 332 for six.
Todd was in an hour and half al- together, and he hit twelve 4's as
well as those four 6's in his 89. Watt
was at the crease only 35 minutes for 77, and he clouted more 6's than |4's—six against five.
K.C.C. LAWN TENNIS MEETING TO NIGHT
A meeting of all members who are interested in the Tennis affairs of the Kowloon Cricket Club, will be held this evening at 6.15 p.m. sharp.
: BEST FOR YEARS Padgham, who usually has a des- perate struggle to qualify, describ- By constant watering and careful
ed his effort of 69 as his best first treatment it was possible to patch qualifying round for many years. on the greens and stop, a fact over Driving well and putting with re- looked by many of the players, who,newed confidence, he was not alto- it, and was over the green at each in mortal fear of going over, de-
gether satisfied with the mashie- of the last three holes. liberately played short of the green.niblick shots, which occasionally Possessed of the necessary fight- (1) Sub-committee Election of were inclined to stray. Lack of firming qualities there is no reason why four members to serve on the Ten-
Imagine
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SURPRISE!
The agenda is
ball, aligh, "eir surprise when the Iness in the Blow was the real ex Rees should not safely dig himselfnis Sub-committee with the Tennis
on rock-like turf, planation.
in with a 69 in the next round.
Governor. shot over the green. What they were Daragon seemed almost certain to Ernest Whitcombe owed his 74 to (2) Suggestions and recommen- trying to avoid they unwittingly break the new record, as, with four a dreadful start 6, 4, 5. Thus indations including Programme for succeeded in doing an exasperat holes to play, he was six under 4's, the three opening holes four shots the forthcoming year. ing state of affairs.
Suddenly, and without apparent were lost.
(3) Any other business,
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