THE CHINA MAIL, MAY 1, 1989
CRICKET
PROSPECTS OF COUNTIES
The Introduction Of The
The Eight-Ball Over HOCKEY Centenary Year
(Continued from Page 22) Occasionally, MacDonald, sup- ported by Cartwright, instituted an attacking movement, but Kumaon's definitely appeared to be having the better of exchanges:
With about two minutes to go, Umed Singh cut through the cen- tre, eluded the Destroyers' defen- ders, and went racing for goal with the whole Destroyer pack in full cry after him. He was not, to be caught, however, and, slipped the ball into the net for what everyone thought was the winning goal.
Back went Destroyers to bully- off. Right away, MacDonald gain- ed possession and cleverly tricking all who came his
went way, through to equalise.
It was then just a question of keoping the ball in enemy territory. Destroyers succeeded and were ad- judged victors.
It might here be mentioned that if no goals were scored, corners were to count in the scoring. If there were no goals or corners, the team, in whose territory the ball was when the final whistle blew, were declared to have lost.
FULL RESULTS
First Round
Radio "A" beat 9th A.A. Kumaons "A" beat Perseus “A”. Recreio "C" beat 8th R.A. "B". 8th R.A. "A" beat Middlesex
"C".
Nomads "A" received walk-over
from Radio "B". Middlesex beat Motor Torpedo
Boats.
C.B.A. beat Persous "B". Recreio "A" beat R.A.0.C. “B”. Kumaons "B" beat Birmingham
"B".
Middlesex beat 'Local' Defence
Flotilla.
Second Round Radio "A" beat Kumaons "A". 8th Destroyer Flotilla beat Of- ficers, H.M.S. Medway. Birmingham "A" beat Queen's
College.
Recreio "C" beat 8th R.A. “A”. Midgets received
walk-over
from R.A.0.C. “A”.
Lower Deck,
Olympus.
Modway
bent
Royal Engineers received walk-
over from Seatiew, Nomads "A" beat Middlesex, K.I.T.C. beat Middlesex “D”. 8th R.A. "C" beat Ellis Ka-
doorie School.
C.B.A. beat Recreio "A". Royal Scots beat Recreio "B". Kumaons "B" beat Middlesex.
Third Round Lower Deck, Medway, beat Mid-.
gets.
Royal Engineers beat Recreio
"C".
8th. R.A. "C" beat K.I.T.C.- 8th Destroyer Flotilla beat Bir-
mingham "A".
Royal Scots beat Nomads "A". Radio "A", Kumaons "B" and
C.B.A.
"
Quarter Finals
8th Deatroyer Flotilla beat Ra.
dio "A".
Royal Engineers beat Lower
Deck, Medway.-
8th, R.A. "C" beat Royal Scots. Kumaons "B" beat G.B.A.
Semi-Finals
8th Destroyer Flotilla beat
Royal Engineers, Kumaona "B" beat 8th R.A.
8th Destroyer.
maona B
best Ku-
The annual sports meeting
the Belillios Públic. chool will
held at the Hong
Athletic Ground.
to-morrow from Mr. Li Shu the prize
Of Sussex C.C.C.
(By AIR MAIL)
London - Apart from the visit of the West Indies, whose cricketers give a different reading to the game than some of their. overstudious contemporaries, perhaps the most interesting event of season 1939 will be the introduction of the eight-ball over.
It will save time; exactly how much I leave to those of more logarithmic minds, writes "The Daily Telegraph's" cricket cor respondent. Nor, I fancy, will it over-exert the bowlers to the extent that some anticipate. For every extra two balls bowled there will be that amount of rest. Moreover, I have yet to meet the bowler worthy of the name who would not gladly defy his captain and bowl the whole day through.
-KENT
Kent will be without Frank Wool- ley, at any rate till August. The great man is now coach at King's School, Canterbury. He has been made a life member of the Kent C.C.C.
The side will again be captained by F. G. H. Chalk, but as yet it is un- certain how often B. H. Valentine; who batted so well in South Africa, will be available.
The regular presence of Ames and Wright, often absent in 1938 playing for England; should be of benefit to the County.
There will be no fixture at Folke- stone, where support was strangely thin. Instead. the first two 'home. matches will be played at Gillingham. The county much needs the help of al- promising young amateurs--an most universal want. Carter, a me- -dium right-hand bowler, who has been | in the Nursery for five years, may have a trial. Neither Cole nor Foy has been re-engaged.
SUSSEX
occasional gift. It is hoped that S. C. Griffith, an excellent wicket-keeper, and R. G. Stainton, a sound bat and brilliant fielder, may often be avail- able.
YORKSHIRE
Yorkshire, six times champions in the last eight years, organise their resources with enviable thoroughness. Long before the trees are even vague- ly green, George Hirst is drilling and teaching his colts, who are listed with Place of Birth, Height, Age, and Special Proficiency. Professional football, with its exploratory systems," has nothing on Yorkshire and its na- tive cricketers!
All those who played for, the County in 1938, when the cham-- again pionship was won, are available, and again, A. B. Sellers will be captain.
They will play all the Counties ex- cept Somerset, M.C.C. twice, both Universities, and the West Indies. Bowes has now finished his contract with M.C.C. Both he and Smailes suffered from leg injuries last sum- mer.
Both have had a winter's rest and, with Verity, should provide an attack inferior to that of no other
This is the centenary year of the Sussex County Club. A. J. Holmes, whose tact and ability are suited equally to the posts of England-man-county.
Arthur Wood, the wicket-keeper, ager and county captain, will again lead the side. Jim Parks, one of the who came out as a sort of early-mid- most notable all rounders of recent dle-aged prodigy against Australia, at years, will take his benefit at Hove tho Oval, takes his benefit against
For Middlesex at Bradford in July. against Yorkshire in August, the first time Worthing has been given "a week," receiving Gloucestershire and Nottinghamshire in June.
Their supporters hope that H. T. Bartlett and George Cox Junior "will resume as they left off"in the full splendour of forcing batsmanship.
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GLOUCESTERSHIRE
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Gloucestershire will have W. R. Hammond as their captain. He suc ceeds B. O. Allen, who, in spite of the claims of business, hopes to play oc- casionally, as also do B. H. Lyon, the former captain, G. W. Parker, E. D. R. Eagar, and that astute bowler, Dr. C. Tyler.
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Bartlett found no place in the re-
Five professionals scored over cent Tests against South Africa, but I hold to the view that his name may thousand runs each last season.". Wil- one day be mentioned in the same Bon and Emmett, who. achieved this sentence with Gilbert: Jessop. As in feat in their first season with Glou- the great days of "Ranji" and C. B.cestershire, should improve yet fur- Fry, there is some doubt about the bowling. A Maurice Tate is a very
LEADING WOMEN PLAYERS
AT ROEHAMPTON
ther, and give good support to Bar- nett, Neale, and Crapp. Hopkins will be present as reserve wicket-keeper to Wilson.
Too much work has been thrown in bowling on Goddard and Sinfield. It is hoped that Scott, with increased stamina, will add to his speed. Im- provements have been made at Bristol to the members' enclosure. . A new fixture is that against Cambridge University on tour at Bristol on June SOMERSET
21.
The holder and British Wightman Cup captain, Mrs. M. K.'King; Miss K. Stammers, who won the Pad- dington tournament last week; Somerset, who finished seventh in Miss R. M. Hardwick, the Wightman the 1988 championship, will again be Cup player; and Mrs. R. D. Mackel-led by E. F. Longrigg, who, succeed- vie, wife of the Scottish squashing R. A. Ingle last year showed himself a most able captain. N. S rackets Internationalist, and who Mitchell-Innes, who played for Eng represented Great Britain in South land against, South Africa at Notting Africa recently, are the four seeded ham in 1985, is home on leave from the Sudan, and hopes to play fairly Championship, which began “at
regularly. It is hoped, too, that 4. women in the Surrey Hard Courts M. T. Jones, a bateman, will fulfil the Roehampton yesterday.
promise of lusty sensoring
Mrs. McKelvie, who won all her matches in the Test matches again st South Africa, was the only one called upon
yesterday, and
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Still, the backbone of the term re- maine professional: Frank Lee, the a Somerset left-hander, who set
2,000 ord in 1988 by sco
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also that vicket-koi
Oxford University opena a series.c
TO-DAY'S TENNIS
Open Doubles Championship
(Semi Final) Tsui Wai Pui and Tsui Yun Pui v Lim Thiam Tet and Stephen Wong (stand court).
Club Handicap Singles
A. T. Dow (——2,0) v H. J. Armstrong (-15) (7).
Club Handicap Doubles
R. K. Valentine and L. M. S. Lloyd (scratch) v T. C. Monaghan and V. R. Gordon (3.6) (4).
W. Sander and T. J. Gould (~15) v E. E. Story and J. J. Ferguson (~5.6) (8).
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three matches at Bath in the latter part of June.”
NORTHAMPTONSHIRE Northamptonshire have a new Pre- sident, Earl Spencer, in whose park at Althorp, the first good-glass cricket was played in the County in the mid- dle of last century, the nucleus and origin of the County Club,
R.. P. Nelson, the left-hand bat and bowler, will again captain the side, and, with all respect to the batsmen. the tho most important addition to strength will bo Merritt, formerly of: New Zealand, at his best ́a very fine leg-break bowler.
It is possible, but far from cer- tain at the moment, that Bake- well's hand will have sufficiently recovered to enable him to resume his place in the team. His loss was a cruel blow.
WES
Partridge and Buswell will again be the opening bowlers, and much will be expected of Brookes, not yet twen- ty-four years old, who
shown himself a stylish and effective bats- man. My correspondent writes that "from the playing point of view there is a spirit of optimism abroad." May it lead to that success which came as long ago as 1933 when the club won An four of its first five matches. addition to the players is Broderick, a young left-hand bowler from Bacup, Lancashire.
LANCASHIRE
W. H. L. Lister will again captain Lancashire, and their cricket instruc- AU tor remains Harry Makepeace. the professionals have been retained except Greenhalgh. New men on the staff are S. Banham, a wicket-keeper: F. Cooper, batsman: I. Oldham, a right-hand medium bowler.
The Old Trafford turf is, as ever, in- beautiful condition, and the whole of the ringside has been concreted 'under the seating,
Farrimond, who has kept wicket with distinction and regularity since the retirement of Duck- worth, takes his benefit when Mid- dlesex visit Old Trafford on July 1. The County much need a first- class slow left-hand bowler. The first match is at Gloucester on Saturday, May 6. All the first-class counties will be met.
WARWICKSHIRE Warwickshire, under the leadership of P. Cranmer, will play all the coun- ties except Essex, Kent. Nottingham- shire, and Somerset. There is a fix- ture against Cambridge University at Mitchell and Butler's Ground, Bir- mingham. on June 14, 15. 16. The West Indies coma to Edgbaston August 9, 10, 11.
All the players hava, been re engaged except Paine, the left- hand bowler, who was unable to come to terms.
on
Among amateurs R. E. S. Wyatt. will assist, it is hoped, regularly, and J. R. Thompson, of Cambridge Uni- versity, most attractive batsman. will be available after the University Imatch, sudah, too. 18%, acted from | N. A. Ehortland, a bateman who start- ed well late last sésson, and holds the county's second eleven record of 202 not out
With
tht the bowling may be thig,
- too much may depend on Mayer
first-class umpire FR. Santall as superintendent at 18 merved the
forty.