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LEAGUE TENNIS
South
China Encounter
Little Opposition From K.C.C.
Play "League Tennis" And Never Really Pushed
Well-Balanced Team Should Finish Up Well
DISPLAYING far more steadiness and generally
TENNIS
MAJOR MURRAY'S FRENCH
SUCCESSOR
Capt. F. Sale, A.E.C., has tak- en over the duties of Hon. Secre- tary of Hong Kong Rifle Associa- tion from Major G. P. Murray, who is proceeding to the United Kingdom on transfer to Home Es- tablishment.
Capt. Sale's office is in Com- mand Headquarters, Tel. H.Q. No.
exploiting the type of game likely to meet with success in the League, South China yesterday beat 7 Kowloon Cricket Club in the "A" Division of the
Tennis League by 7-2.
K.C.C. never offered any sort of a threat and were down 21⁄2-1⁄2 after the first round and 42-12 after the second.
The losers were without the ser- vices of D.J.N. Anderson yester- day but his presence is likely to have made little difference. A. V. White, who took his place, gave a very useful display and if he were more reliable off the ground, would definitely make an excellent First Division player.
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success. This combination was another which showed little understanding. Feature of his game yesterday was First two South China pairs wer his fine volleying but lack of under-impressive. They played the cautious standing with his partner. S., A. Gray, type of game that is so difficult to resulted in numerous mistakes over-beat over one set. head,
Most impressive was F. C. Wong. good knowledge of courteraft. His com a well-equipped stroke player with a
Szeto Bick covered court excellent- Gray was his usual impetuous self.ly and made few mistakes overhead. while C. K. Chau gave him every sup- He played some brilliant shots, espe-
port. cially overhead, but was unable to maintain a rally long enough against opponents who were content to retrieve everything, to be really successful.
Nevertheless, White and Gray de- serve full marks for their splendid ef- forts in their last two sets. In the second, playing dashingly, they took a lead of 4-2 and only went down 5-7 and in the final set, after being 2-5 down, came up from behind to share honours at 6-all.
bination with Liu Kwai-fan, a very steady player, was an ideal one very little got past this pair.
and
TENNIS POSSIBLE TO-DAY
Despite the heavy rainfall of
WOMEN'S
TOURNEY
Paris, To-day. In the French lawn tennis championships, WO- men's quarter-finals, Madame Ma- thieu, of France, beat Mlle. Weiv- ers, of Luxembourg, 6-3, 6-3.
Mlle. Jedrzejowska, of Poland, beat Madame Halff, of France, 4-6, 6-2, 6-4.
Mile Pannetier, of France, beat Miss Hardwick, of Britain, 7-5, 6-4, and
Madame Lebailly, of France,
last night, the improvement in the beat Mrs. Fabyan, of America, weather this morning makes League
tennis possible.
6-1, 6-1.-Reuter.
There are two "key" matches HOME CRICKET down for decision this afternoon.
At King's Park, South China, big- gest
threat to the title aspirations YORKSHIRE
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of C. R. C., entertain the latter team, while at Cox's Road, Kowloon Cricket Club "A" meet Craigen- gower Cricket Club, who, despite an early set-back at the hands of Hong Kong Cricket Club, are one of the most powerful teams in the League.
CONSOLIDATE
London, To-day. Yorkshire, holders of the Coun- South China ty Cricket Championship for the this morning that play will be pos-past two seasons, are going to be sible provided no further rain falls, very difficult to displace from the while K.C.C. will not be able to
It was stated at
A. Chan and J. Hsu were the only give a decision until 2.30 this after-head of the table this season. pair K.C.C. were able to make any im- noon although it is believed that pression on. Chan was steadiness per-play will be possible provided the sonified but his partner was far
weather keeps fine. impetuous to be effective.
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C.S.C.C.
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Following on several fine per- formances, they scored a magni- ficient victory over their nearest rivals, Middlesex, in two days, by an innings and 246 runs.
· E. C. Fincher and G. C. Burnett were On their display yesterday South Following is the programme and disappointing as a combination. Fin-China should be fairly well up in the some of the teams:- cher was far too prone to make mis-League table at the end of the season. | S.C.A.A. takes, probably due to the slippery They have a very well-balanced team | K.I.T.C.
Yorkshire batted first and de- nature of the courts which made good which will take a lot of beating.
K.C.C. "A" footwork and recovering difficult,
C. K. Chan and Szeto Bick (South | H.K.C.C.
clared at 430 for 5, Sutcliffe and while Burnett was inclined to be er- China).
S.C.A.A.-C. S. Dew and W. T. Lee; Leyland both batting very well, ratic off the ground.
beat E. C. Fincher and G. C. W. H. Ho and J. Hsu; H. K. Ho and
and they then dismissed Middlesex The latter struck an inspired spell! Burnett
6-3 H. T. Bee.. in the second set, however, when his
K.I.T.C.-S. A. Hussain and S. S. for 62 and 122, Bowes and Verity killing overhead and drive volley ford
6-8 Hussain; M. O. Hoosen and A. Rahmin; | doing all the damage. contributed greatly to a 7-5 victory beat A. V. White and S. A. Gray 7 F. Khan and M. A. Khan. -the only one registered by K.C.C.
C.D.R.-A. M. Remedios and M. A. Oliveira; W. A. Reed and H. S. Gon- 6-4 salves; L. F. V. Ribeiro and A. M. Sil-
Grim Struggle
Guest and Crawford were featured in a grim struggle with A. Chan and J. Hsu in their first set, which was shared, but thereafter met with scant
beat A. E. P. Guest and A. Craw-
F. C. Wong and K. F. Liu (South China).
beat Fincher and Burnett beat Guest and Crawford beat White and Gray.
6-1 ya.
6--1 K.C.C. (A)-F. Grose and A. V. White: W. M. Gittins and B. Soltau; 5-7 N. A. E. Mackay and R. T. Broad- 6-6 bridge.
A. Chan and J. Hsu (South China). lost to Fincher and Burnett drew with Guest and Crawford drew with White and Gray
STYLE and COMFORT!
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C.C.C.-G. Choy and W. J. Howard; E. Zimmern and G. Li; R. Choy and
J. Leonard.
H.K.C.C.-E. E. Storey and J. J. Fer- guson; B. O'M. Deane; W. H. Jowitt; T. J. Gould and T. C. Monaghan,
C.S.C.C.-I. Agafuroff and B. Aga- furoff; J. A. Bendall and W. J. Skin- ner;. A. Peck and J. Bicknell.
SOUTH CHINA'S FIRST SWIMMING GALA
Yorkshire 430 for 6 dec. (Sutcliffe
175, Leyland 180 not out). Middlesex-62 (Bowes 5 for 20, Verity
4 for 17) and, followed on, 122 (Verity 4 for 20).
In another match which finished yesterday, Gloucester beat Essex by an innings and 93 runs. Essex-150 and 182 (Lambert 5 for
44). Gloucester 425 (Emmett 99).-Reuter.
200 yds. free style (open to Chinese Press)-1, Lo Hung-sze 2, Lo Chee- hing.
Ladies' 100 yds. free style-1; Yeung Sau-chun; 2, Lee Cheuk-wah.
Men's 100 yds. back stroke-1, Lui Sek-kwan; 2, Kwok Hon-ming.
Girls' and Boys' 50 yds.. free style- 1. Kan Sau-taun; 2, Yuen Tse-min. Novelty Race-1, Chu Wai-lan; Ng Yee-man,
Ladies' 200 yds. breast stroke-1, Tsang Fung-kwan, 2; Lee Cheuk-wah. Men's 200 yds, breast stroke-1, Ho Hon-kan; 2, Lo Pui-yun.
All season swimmers-200 yds, relay InstHo Yuk-kwan's team; 2, Yeung Chu-
nam's team.
The first swimming gala of South China Athletic Association night proved to be very popular and, Judging by the large gathering, gurs well for the season.
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The results were as follows:- Rowing (1 mile)-1, Wong Chee- hung; 2, Chu Wai-lam.
The S.C.A.A. team deleated the Roy- al Navy by five goals to one in a water polo match.
At the conclusion of the sports, Mrs. Chan Fung-sau presented the prizes.