THE CHINA
Rain
Interferes With Play
Cricket Matches Decided On
First Innings
W.R. HAMMOND SCORES
ANOTHER
CENTURY
London, To-day.
AUSTRALIAN GIRL WINS
KING OF
SWEDEN'S CUP
N. Wynne, Australian champion in 1937, paired with H. G.. N. Copper,
London, April 18.-Miss Thelma Mrs. Hopman with K. C. Gandar Dow- Coyne, the Australian Doubles Cham-er, and Miss D. Stevenson with N. pion, partnered by J. S. Olliff, won the Sharpe,
1
King of Sweden's Mixed Doubles Cup Divided into two sections of eight yesterday at the Spring Meeting of the players, cach competition was decided International Club, at the R.A.C. Coun-under sealed handicap. Both sectional winners were on the back mark at try Club, Epsom (writes A. Wallis scratch, but Olliff and Miss Coyne only
Myers).
Rain interfered with many of the County Cricket Championship matches yesterday" and as a result many
on were decided the first innings, although there was no play in the M.C.C.-Austra-
'Seventeen pairs competed, and among lian encounter, at Lord's, which was declared a draw.
Glamorgan, making their first appearance this season, took the players who partnered I. C. mem- first innings points off Warwickshire, Clay bowling well to take bers were the four
5 for 59.
first
At Southampton, Leicestershire] beat Hampshire on the innings, C. S. Dempster, the skip-| per, making his second consecutive century (he scored 105 against the Australians).
Yorkshire, the County Cham- pions, were in for a shock at Gloucester where Gloucestershire
secured first innings points, "Walter" Hammond scoring his fourth century of the season.
Hammond's performances to date
are:
89' v. Oxford U. 112 v. Hampshire.
SOUTH CHINA PLAYERS OUT OF PRACTICE
Miss Captain Against K.C.C. And Lose 8-1
Lack of practice, due to the fact that their courts are being retur- fed, left South China Athletic As- sociation completely at the mercy of Kowloon Cricket Club in the "A" Division of the Tennis League yesterday at the K.C.C., and they lost by 8 sets to 1. }
missed
237 v. Derbyshire.
116 v. Middlesex,
124 v. Yorkshire.
At Trent Bridge Sussex beat Nottinghamshire by an innings and 71 runs, Jim Parks scoring all round the wicket for his 169, while Cornfield also contributed his share towards Sussex's success by cap- turing 5 for 40 to help dismiss the
losers for 176 in their second
knock.
Results as cabled by Reuter, were: At Birmingham, Glamorgan beat Warwickshire on the first innings. Warwick: 215 (Clay 5 for 59) and 178
(Clay 4 for 61, Mercer 4 for 51). Glamorgan: 222 (Hollies 6 for 81) and
142 for 3.
At Cambridge, the University drew with Northamptonshire.
Cambridge: 209 and 379 for 7 dec. (P. A. Gibb 141, Thompson 96). Northants: 168 and 172 for 4.
At Southampton, Leicestershire beat Hampshire on the first innings. Hants: 221 and 64 for 2. Leicester: 288 for 8 dec. (C. S. Demp-
ster 110; Boyes 5 for 52).
Derbyshire
beat
At Chesterfield, Surrey by 112 runs.. Derby: 235 and 210. Surrey: 159 (Mitchell 7 for 45) and
174 (Townsend 7 for 57).
South China also greatly. Wong Fuk-nam, their skipper, who is recovering from his recent operation,
At Gloucester, Gloucestershire beat and not even his presence among the spectators could help to pull them to-Yorkshire on the first innings.
gether.
Yorks: 266 (Sutcliffe 110) and 58-
for-0.
mond 124).
A. Chan, better known for his ex-Gloucester: 428 for 9 dec. (W. R. Ham- ploits with Kowloon Tong G, C. A. two seasons ago, gave evidence that he is going to make a name for him- self in time. He reminds one of Ho Ka-lau in his tactics. Ip was not very steady and paid much more attention to spin than length. Of the other four players H. K. Ho was most in the limelight.
runs.
+
At Nottingham, Sussex beat Not
71 an innings and tinghamshire by Sussex: 478 for 7 dec. (Jim Parks 169,
Cox 101). Notts: 231 and followed on 176 (J.
Cornford 5 for 40).
EARLIER RESULTS
K.C.C. strength could not be fully guaged as they were never fully ex- tended by opponents who preferred the lob to the drive. Ernie Fincher At Lord's, the M.C.C. drew with the gave a fine display overhead and ap- Australians, rain preventing play yes- pears likely to give his brother. Teddy terday.
139).
better support than he did last year. Australians-502 (D. G. Bradman 278, Crawford's ground shots and volleys | A. L. Hassett 57; Smith 6 for were effective, but his lobbing lacked length. Burnett played a fair game in the first two sets, but was most unre- liable in the final set against Chan and Ip.
Guest came to the net more often
M.C.C.-214 (R. E. S. Wyatt 84 not out; Fleetwood-Smith 4 for 69) and followed on 87 for 1.
At Ilford, Lancashire beat Essex by
than is his wont and as a result won an innings and 177 runs. mány more points. Gray was brilliant in spasms, but will have to pay more attention to his second service.
Lancashire 491 for 8 dec. (Iddon 114, Oldfield 115; Peter Smith 5. for 87).
K.C.C. have not a championship Essex-119 (Nutter 5 for 38) and fol-
team this year, but they are strong enough to hold their own against, any team except C.R.C., and possibly I.R.C.
Scores:
E. C. Fincher and E. F. Fincher (K.C.C.).
beat A. Chan and C. P. Ip
lowed on 195..
Rauter.
TO-DAY'S MATCHES
6-2 The following matches start to-day: beat Liu Kwai-fan and H. K. Ho 6-1 At Lord's-Middlesex v Lancashire.
At the Oval-Surrey v Derbyshire. 6-1 At Northampton-Northants v The
beat Ho Wai-hing and P, Y.
Chang
A. Crawford and G. C., Burnett
(K.C.C.).
beat Chan and Ip
beat Liu and Ho
beat Ho and Chang
7-5
Australians.
At Basingstoke-Hampshire v Worces
tershire.
6-2 At Gillingham-Kent v Gloucestershire. 6-0 At Hove-Sussex v Warwickshire.
A. E. P. Guest and S. A. Gray At Sheffield-Yorkshire v Essex.
(K.C.C.).
beat Chan and Ip
lost to Liu and Ho bent Ho and Chang
6-2
At Cambridge-Cambridge University
v Notts.
7 At Oxford-Oxford University v Lei-
02
cestershire.
won their division after a tie with E. R. Avory and Mrs. Strawson, who re- ceived a handicap of four games.
In the final, consisting of one set, members of the Olliff and his partner conceded two- sixths, and the volleying of Miss Australian Women's team which ar-Coyne in this match, as in the previous rived in England last Friday. Miss round, was a feature of the day's play.
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