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Middlesex Defied
By Squires And Constable
(Continued from Page 3)
Squires reached 50 by means of lovely off drive off Complon1, whose bowling did not remind us of the day a year or two ago
same Oval, he when, on Mus took Surrey wickets by the dozen. Constable, too, hit hhn for four- A vigoreus mall, quite Idiomatic for so grammatical a player,.
The match at last was being infused with some impulse of sport. A square cut by Squires off Warr enchanted the eyesight; the speed over die grass secmed to make a straight line of red hot
bail. It was good to Heldemen in vain chage öfter the morning's immobility.
Century For Squires
Consecutive maiden overs by Young and Sini provoke.l Squires to a drastic drive lofted over the hend pt mid-on off Young--a Fare and ́stlautating sight for the present generation. And
| Constable broke the cordon with. a pretty hit to the of bom Sims. scrupulously along the grass.
Squires, when 80, spolled the poise of a elvilise innings by an elementary mow to leg off Young. The mishit tell out of harm's way, but it was not even
agricultural; it was urban dis- trict.
Squires reached his
century with another charming cut, His Ane and cleur- cricket now, so ext, had no relation to his crie- ket before lunch; at any rate, it was only a poor relation,
The stand assumed such ease à and security that I could 1301 understand why Robins was not asked to bowl. If Sims's hum-
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Another languishing perlod en- sued, then Squires smote Young for six, and in the same over hli The a full toss back to him. stand added 191 and came to an
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end at four o'clock.
A Great Catch
Parker, who apparently wish- ed at once to be out leg-bafore. was not disappointed. Then the malch suffered drift and obe reurity again; it could not achieve ignition. It was hard to support
Constable arrived at his cen.”
In fury
duo
на course. thoroughly deserved it, for on the whole he batted well. But not yet fa he a century man, or, let LIG BRY, truly
На centurian.
attained hit goal with a beautiful off-drive ,from a half volley bowled by
Bima.
He was
out soon nfterwards when Ware ran backwords and held a catch from a lofty hit above him at mid-of-a real ratch, as remarkable as anything seen all day. It was good, also, to watch the keen, ngilo fielding of Robins, for ever alive and up-
tourh rarently beyond the
years
of
Barton, useful if not exactly prodigal, was chught out at 283 another wicket for Sims, who And bowled hopefully for some
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Sima addressed an appeal for teg before, arms uplifted, but I was rejected; probably the um- pire's vision was clouded by dust at the striker's end and probably Sims appealed by car.
·Dour Respectability
Surrey passed 300 after nearly 5 hours' effort whereupon Mc- Intyre and Laker suggested bel- ligerence, but were kept along on the right side of respectability by the simple device of a “xhort- of-a-length" ball by Young.
altogether. A respectable day unless vulgarity occurred behind my back after I had left the ground at the customary hour. George Gunn most likely would have departed with me, even if he had been batting, saying "You chaps can finish when you like, but I always go home at 0.30.”
THE HONGKONG ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
Notice to Shareholders.
Notice is hereby given that an Interim Dividend, in respect of the year 1940, of $0.80 per share, Free of Tax, has been declared payable on and after 7th September, 1949.
Applications for Dividend Warrants should be made either personally or by letter to the Registered Office of the Com- pany, P. & O.. Building,
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1950
HONG KONG
Telephone 31261
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1950 EDITION
CARNIVAL
By Dick Turner
COËR, SHE BY NEX SERVOCOMA. DE AL
5-211
"Certainly I read the papers, and I'm telling you, young man, the principal product of Russia is not the veto!"
BARCLAY ON BRIDGE
By Shepard Barclay
"The Authority on Authudiles"
WHICH 19' MORE LIKELY?
take the Brai diamond with the YOU must not always depend | K. If Enst later get the lead on what your partner seems to with the heart A, the J would Sy literally with his bids-or an still stop diamonds. If West had then East would opponent either, for that matter. the heart A.
his In all close questions, It is well surely have six danonds for
to stop and think what kind of bil, so West would not have an-
lead through the ing would have been likely other
J.
Playing that way, he won the 10 enuse you to take the action
other fellow did, if you were first diamond, ran ve clubs and
the
a heart from dummy. in his place. It also helps con- then led slcierably if you know the other | West won with the A and had fellow's bidding habits and there the diamond 3 to return, so that the by have a still better line on his four diaments by East bent hand.
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SABO
1 K 4 3 DK J 5 CA 4 3 2
HJR5
DA 10 0
4 2
N W E S
CJ 6
S Q 10 5
CO B
SK 4
HQ D G
contract.
If North hnd held up, on the first trick, he would have made the contract But that would have risked defeat if East held the heart A.
A kibitzer, 110 knew East's habits, said that the latter, with havo a parsing partner, would been likely to double if he had held two nees. But North didn't know that about his opponent, so guessed the unsuccessful way to seek safety.
Tomorrow's Problem
SOJ 7 4 3 HK 33 Z DK 4
CK Q 1075
tDealer: South. vulnerable).
North-South
South
Weat
North
East
Pass
Pass
JC
I D
2 C
Pass
2 NT
Pass
C D
3 NT
When East led his diamond 45 10 against that contract and
SAF 03 2
WestH AJ 0,4
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A 7
W ED AD765
$
CX 4
5 K
B
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covered the 9 with the Q. North DJ 10 3 was up against the problem that CQJ 10 8 3 decided the fate of his contract,
With the
and 2 of the suit out
of sight, Eust could hold
four.
(Dealer: vulnerable).
DQ 6 2
CA7682
East. Neither sido
Ove or six diamonds. North de- elded it was either five or six, a if West held four he would have been likely to raise over the 2-
If East bids 1-Spade, South 2- Clubs, even with a weak hand. He decided that either East fund Clubs, West 2-Hearts, East 3- six, without the heart A on the Diamonds, West 3-No Trumps,
East side, or else five with it.
4-Diamonds and West 3-
If either of these guenses was Diamonds, what should be South's right, his best play would be to defence?
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11 Charge with 26 Depositing.
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29 Concise.
29 Registers,
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