THE CHINA MAIL, JUNE 24, 1988
BARNETT AND HUTTON GET
TheirHundreds
We Burst A Bubble, And Bury A Bogy C. B. FRY
FRY SAYS--
C. B. Fry, the well-known authority on cricket, will be writing a series of commentaries on the Five Test Matches between England and Australia exclusively for the "China Mail," and below we print the first day's play, in the First Test Match, at Trent Bridge, Nottingham. The second day's play will appear in to-morrow's issues of the "China Mail."
(Exclusive To "China Mail"-By Air Mail) Nottingham, June 10. THE old time Trent Bridge ground has developed into a modern stadium. On one side only, re- mains part of the ring of benches. George Parr's immemorial elm, relic of unsophisticated days, leans barely over the roof of tiered and covered seats.
Mr. C. B. Fry, above, well-known authority on international cricket, is writing exclusively for the "China Mail".
or his bat. his great shoulders and the long swing He heartens the whole out- look; and already ne nas done his bit,
Noon comes. Then niteen minutes. Then our first 50 goes up. Well done And the sun has
YESTERDAY'S LEAGUETM
TENNIS RESULTS
C.R.C. And K. Tong Win Comfortably
Several. tennis matches in the VC" Division of the Lawn Tennia League were held yesterday, Kow- loon Cricket Club beating the Army. at home, while Kowloon Tong and Chinese Recreation Club both re- corded overwhelming victories over South China and the India Recrea- tion Club, respectively.
INDIANS OVERWHELMED
At Sookunpoo, Indian Recreation Club were defeated by the Chinese Recreation Club by 9 sets to nil in the "C" Division of the Lawn Tennis League.
T. Ali and T. Hamet (LR.C.). lost to C. C. Luk and P. F. Wong 1-6 lost to C. N. Chang and F. L. Ma 3-6 lost to F. K. Lau and L. F. Hon 1—6 A. M. Rumjahn and S. M. Rumjahn (I.R.C.).
lost to Lau and Hon lost to Luk and Wong lost to Chang and Ma
ARMY LOSE.
2--6
4-6
2-6
3-6
4-6
1-6
WE ALL EXAMINED THE PITCH_WITH_CAREFUL EYES; our two champions. HALF THE SELECTORS, A THIRD OF THE ENGLISH PLAY-begun to shine. ERS AND SOME FRACTION OF THE CRITICS, AND THE GROUND CURATOR TOLD US THAT IT WOULD UNCOVER AS! Well, he is playing his own Yorkshire Meanwhile what of Leonard Hutton? A GOOD WICKET, WITH NOT MUCH PACE IN IT.
game, Tall, sum, watchrul, and an Jupiter Pluvius (never leave out this great name) is wonder-studied strokes.
ever-ready bat for the placing of his
M. Hassan and M. V. A. Razack ing whether to reign or not to reign
(I.R.C.). monarch of the fortunes of A contrast the other end cricket. Indeed, the weather is doubtful. Early this morning out-
lost to Luk and Wong is our strong Unaries. Those crusning drives lost to Lau and Hon
lost to Chang and Ma side Nottingham, it rained like stair-rods for an hour, and then cricket;
are the imperial strokes of modern cleared up.
The sky is heavy and overcast. I doubt whether we Hammond's drives seem no more than almost they make Walter shall have a match of level conditions.
loraly. Leave out Charles Barnett? At King's Park, the Kowloon Cric- However and I mean that Test match too-and went on to score.
What a foolishness it would have been, ket Club beat the Army Tennis Club word a shout has gone up
One hour of play; and to the minute. by 6% sets to 2. 190 odd. Surely an omen.
Charles Barnett drives a cannon bail from the crowded front of
Scores:- the ends. I doubt if the
Well, Mccormick, too, has changed past O'Reilly's head to the rails; and B. So tau and R. S. Capell (K.C.C.). pavilion. Walter has spun
turf is the enough to suit his kind of merit.
tas: tops his 50. On the board 70 good beat Warr and Land coin and the Don has called deed, Barnett is giving him a taste of
So far we are happy.
drew with Taylor and Tudor Things go our way. wrong. Walter, dignified and un-toko-square cuts, on drives,
Charles has beat Wilson and Duffield square nearly knocked Don Bradman down. A G. A. White moved, just
and a glimpse
1 hope this goes on. of plea- sure in his dark brown eyes, de- Smith replaces O'Reilly. Yes; Xavier Glory be, but it was a shrewd blow.
Leslie O'Brien Xavier Fleetwood-and The Don did not hold the ball. beat Warr and Land
heavy clout to mid-on or a full pitch, (K.C.C.). clares to take the innings.
is one of his names. He is the X of The Don carries his narrow face with his side-the unknown quantity, Char. its set Australian amile upstairs-andles Barnett says why? he carries, too, no good news; for one him for three boundaries.
Ana punches and all know that to win the toss in this unsettled weather is a valuable pull.
cuts.
BARNETT'S BIT
in-runs.
6-4
6-6
6-3
W. M.
Gittins
G4
6-1
5-7
Madar
5-7
7--5
7-5
beat Taylor and Tudor lost to Wilson and Duffield
.R. Broadbridge and T. A. (K.C.C.). lost to Warr and Land
THE HUNDRED UP Now we stand at 99. O'Reilly bowls to Charles. Our firm lad plants dove-like drive past cover. And, my masters, there is the hundred up. fbeat Taylor and Tudor
A fine start indeed. Barnett has beat Wilson and Duffield played his usual bold game.
Young
Before he went out to toss, Walter after all?
Are you not glad of Charles Barnett chose his eleven. He decided to leave tury, remember how I asked and asked the innings for England as he does tor I am. If he scores a cen- Hutton has just walked in and opened out G. Pope and N. W. D. Yardley. So for his inclusion. There my boy, Reginald Sinfield, wears his Virile,_resolute-and-adventurous. Mark England cap, and I am ever so glad.
A splendid fellow and he looks it.
I think Walter is wholly wise, what-
ever the result, to
include young Wright. He is a chance of a new deci sive factor in our team. He is differ- ent,
The ten minutes bell rings across the field. The neat motor roller is slowly polishing the pitch. In ten minutes
Charles Barnett, the successful veteran: of great games in Australia, and Leonard Hutton, our younger hope, will walk out to start this great game. They are a cool pair.
Here come the Australians. You know now the Don has decided to bank on his speed merchant, McCormick. Waite, the medium-pace swinger, is left out and Ward, the slow leg-breaker, is retained.
McCor-
Here are our batsmen. mick bowls the first over to Charles Barnett, and Charles scores a sin-
gle past point.
1
Young Hutton coolly turns straight ball to leg. The match is get:
WE ESCAPE
At once an escape. Barnett lets fly his square cut at a rising ball. The ball finds the out-flung left hand of Brown at backward-point, and cannons on to the earth. A hard chance. But an escape. It nearly stuck,
Now we can look round and consider, Can we by Jove? Hutton played u riser from McCormick down. The ball spun back against the leg-stump. And the ball did not fall off, And- the umpire was called.
Umpire Chester declared the bail to bo not displaced: A sigh of relief.
O'Reilly yelps and appeals against Barnett for leg before. O'Reilly" leaps;
like a wallaby as he yelps.
Hutton sound
he plays. Yorkshire.
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KOWLOON TONG WIN
The Kowloon Tong Garden City As- sociation beat the South China Athle- tic Association by 9 sets to nil in the "C" Division of the Lawn Tennis League.
Scores:-
O. L. Pang and F. I. Fok (Kowloon Tong).
OLD LIQUEUR BRANDIES EXCE
FOR
THE CONNOISSEUR
B. B. PALE OLD
F.O. V. (Finest Old Vintage)
GODET FRERES 1852.
ROUYER GUILLET 1865
EXSHAW'S V. F. O. (60 years old)
NAPOLEON 1814
comfortable. What incident hand and CALDBECK, MACGREGOR & CO.,
upset him. No doubt he remembers
that his tutor, Herbert Sutcliffe, once
played a ball on to his stumps without disturbing his bails and in a first
LTD
beat K. K. Fung and K. S. Kwan 6-0 beat C. N. Lau and T. K. Leung 6-0 beat H. C. Kwok and C. B. Wong 6--0 H. C. Chan and H. Lin (Kowloon Tong).
beat Fung and Kwan
8-1
beat Lau and Leung
6--2
beat Kwok and Wong
W. Wu and K. Lam (Kowloon Tong).
6-3
62
6-2
62
beat Fung and Kwan beat. Lau and Leung beat Kwok and Wong
DAVE CROWLEY WINS BRITISH L'WEIGHT TITLE
JIMMY WALSH
OUTPOINTED
Liverpool, To-day. Dave Crowley (9 st. 5 lb) won the British · Lightweight Boxing Championship last night when he outpointed the holder, Jimmy Walsh (9 st. 8 lb.) in a 15 round contest, before 6,000 spectators.
Crowley gave a rousing display and employing a two handed attack was full of action..
Walsh kept mainly on the de- fensive, but
| gash over meda nasty
eye in the seventh round from which stage he was always striving to cross his right to Crowley's jaw-Reuter.