County cricket:
BUREN
THE PERFECT SWISS WATCH
CHINA MAIL
Scoreboard error leads
to a drama at Worcester Worcester
London, June 12.
A double century, a bowling hat-trick and several spirited battles for first innings points, which included one tie, marked today's play in the English County cricket programme. Charlie Harris, 41-year-old Notts opening bat, who on Saturday against Hampshire recorded his first century of the season, today continu- cd the knock and was undefeated with 239 runs when the Notts innings closed.
He hit two Alves and 31
fours while batting nearly eight hours. It was the high- est score in his 22 years of
first-class cricket.
CRICKET:
England win first home Test since 1947
Manchester, June 12. England won their first home Northamptonshire looked, to be Test match since 1047 when in trouble against Surrey at the the West Indies, offering only resistance in the Oval, when they lost halt their moderate side for 153 runs, but a stubborn final stages, lost by 202 runs partnership between Brown and at Old Trafford. taking first innings points.
Warwickshire.
Davis led to Northamptonshirg The West Indies never looked
The secont hat-trick of the
The lenders. soukan war peiformed bự A. E. Khodes, 33-year-old Derbyshire made a determined but vain bki spiner, who claimed the wheftets to top Leleestershire's big total of three University batsmen in the first County match to be three balls at Oxford.
played a Contville in 37 years.
A scoreboard error led deama at
14 A
Warvester, when the Worcester first inings endest |
Close of play scores The following are the close
against Yorkshire, The board of play scores: showed 237 T. 30 behind i At Lords: Middlesex 263- and Yorkshire's total, but the scorers: 110 for three (Brown 73). Lan-
additional extra cashire 257. #iscovered
and it brought the scores level. At the Oval: Surrey 221 and
This meant that should the 126 for Ave.
280.
draw cach
nratch finish decisively the loping wide would gain two prints for a first Innings (le and In the event of a side would get two polata,
Theer hurt been quly two pre- vivus instances of first innings tje since the scoring system wast revised before the 1946 season.
F. Leadbeater, young York- share leg-break bowler, clakned eight Worcester Wickets for just over 10 runa aplece.
Northamptonshire
At Oxford: Derbyshire 206 and 108 for four (Elliott 56). Oxford University 218.
like making a fight of it from the time that Christiant gave a sim- ple catch in silly mid-off in the third over of the day.
The remaining batsmen hit out in desperation And even Stall- meyer, who batted so correctly on caught off a Saturday, WRS reckless stroke.
Traacherous pitch The West Indles simply could not achieve the miracle perform aneo, which was needed for them to overcome the treacherous Old) Trafford pitch.
views Whatever the
of the players on the difficulties of play- ing good cricket, on turf fro
HONG KONG, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 14, 1950.
Davis Cup:
Australia expected to reach Challenge round
1
By CONNIE RYAN
Now York, June 12.
USA tonnis leadors expect Australia to roach the Davis Cup challenge round again in 1950, and think that the matches will be so even- ly contested that they will draw the largest tennis crowds of recont years.
Cup, rueress enjoyed by the tournament
for the past few years,
The top foreigners all have at Forest Hilto mally ilmes before-men like Jaroslav
Bidwell,
"1 thinks the Davis matches against Australia will be terrific," said Ralph Gat- comb, president of the West of Forest Side Tennis Club
site of the Davis Cup Hills, play and the USA nationals.
"If the Aussies win the Cup and stay on to play in the nationals, that tournament can be more suc ecksful than ever."
Gatcomb admitted, though.
played
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Spectators should be
shown more consideration
By N. W. D, YARDLEY
Schoolboy I believe we players should sit among the specta-
tors more often and so get to know what the people in the rings think of things.
swimming Spectators by their support provide cricketers with
sensation
Cheong Kin-man of Wah
Yan College again proved him-
their livelihood and keep the County clubs financed. Without them County cricket、;-
would cease to exist,
The Oval has made a stride in
this direction this sca5011- very successful it has proved, too
number of the player folding→ even misfelding-the ball.
Móre enterprise
the
Therefore, they ought to be self to be one of the most pro- the first consideration of boil: mising young swimmers the players and clubs, whose duty Colony has ever had when the should be to provide good en--by flashing on the board the School's Aquatic Meet, spon-tertainment,
comfort and Johr kored by the Hong Kong Chin- amenities. Bromwich. Glanni Cucelli ese Amateur Swimming Asso-
Sitting for six hours on a hard and Ricardo clation concluded of the Chung sent on Robort Abdessalam
bleak or very hot day, Balbiere and nons havO
Although be Shing Swimming Pavilion Inst requires both patience and will-
entertainment come top attractions,
evening.
power. Let us have as many value of cricket has improve The
1940
Davis Cup plny, which lasted three days, brought gate Style in the record breaking time seats as possible, with an
He won the 100 Metres Free comfortable and well-arranged during the past few seasons, the
ado- are still games which, by moto that the USA Jacks the colourful receipts of $52.000, and the eight-of 63.4 seconds and then won quale supply of cushions for hire enterprise on the part, of the the 400 Metres Free Style in 5 Bars and refreshment stalls, batsmen and more sporting de- minutes 38 seconds which shat- too, are few and badly organised.clarations by enptains, could be: tered the All-China record set up Queuring is probably inevitable, turned from an inevitable draw by Chen Chur-lam by several but to reach the counter and then into on exciting Auish. seconds.
find that the supply of cups er On prosent-day wickets the side winning the toss should endeavour to be in a position to declare the following morning or even late the Rest evening,
courag always provided, of
top of th
Individual star, who is needed to altraction. provide box-office
and none of
of the other nation have such a player either. "We don't have anyone like Gonzales от Jack Kramer," said Gatesmb, "but we have
few players who may do big things. Tony Trabert, for Instance he has a far physique and the strokes, and he hits hard.
Pancho
national singles brought day 1949
US$94,000, Capucity
eLewds for the Davis Cup would bring lu aknot US$100,000, and the nationals could do some $150,000 if crowds were sistently large.
IRC TENNIS TEAM
In the last event of the even-glassen has been expended in In- in be war the anchor man of furlating. The Wah Yan team in the 800
Make refreshments attractive. Metres Free Style relay and the One ground I know provides ex- team won by over two length collent
picnic cartons with of the
pool in 11 minutes 31.4 savoury contents Couldn't this be seconds. The following have been select-
done everywhere? "Or perhaps Budge Patty, Tom
During the Mect swimming ex- or Arted to represent the Indian Re-hibitions were given by leading Brown, Fred Kovaleski
creation Club in a "D" Division Chinese ludy swimmers of the Larsen will develop."
lawn tennis match against CRC Colony mcluding Miss Leong Ol- (2) al. Sookunpoo on Friday,
mul. June 105
Chief attraction However, Gatcomb sald that the At Cambridge: Free Foresters which the ball jumped and turn foreiga fleki probably would be F Rumjalin, M. Samy, S. K. 71 And 246 for five (Valentine, sharply from the first day, there the chief attraction in the nation- Bux, Ador A Rumjohn, S. 1 07. Allen 81). Cambridge Uni- could be no
the joyetals, presuming that Australia's Khan and S. M. Rumjahn (Cap- versity 362 for nine declared. spectators
singles lain).
Those unable to play At Gravesem: Somerset 250 watching the batsmen struggle for players remain for the
are re- championship. and 333 for six (Gimblett 184) - ruas. Kent 303.
At Worrestert Yorkshire 230 and 198 for six (Coxon 50, noti out). Worcester 238.
At Horsham: Essex 274 and 155 for eight. Sussex 363,
six
Lancashire foiled
At Gloucester: Glamorgan 400 Fine leg-u.cat bowling by Jim Bud 24 for two. Glocestershire Mims who 46, toiled Lanca- 331 (R. Graveney 115, Munger, shire's bid for Brst Innings right-arm off-spin bowler, points over Mildlesex, but they for 136).* were only six runs behind.
Sens took five wickets for 66 306 (Gardner 95). Funk.
At Nottingham: Notts 401. Hampshire 190 for tio wicket (McCorkell 103 not out, Rogers 72 not out)-Reuter.
Alan Moss, young Middlesex bowler, claimed his first County wicket-and a good que ton, for he had Cyril Washbrook. the England opening bot, leg-before.
When Kant lost their eighth wicket at Gravesend, they were will 24 runs behind Somerset'o
At Contville: Leicestershire 343 and 20 for three. Warwickshire
COUNTY CRICKET
London, June 13. The following were the results
first innings Total. Douglar of County ericket matches ended Wright, The England pin today. bowlar, was then seen in the unusual role of bateman and he and Ridgway carried the score
Horsham, Sussex At
bent Essex by eight wickets; Essex 274 and 186, John Dakes, right-
past Somerset before Ridgway arm medluni bowler taking five
doubt that
thoroughly
Stollmeyer stayed for three tour and 10 minutes and hit to fours in his fighting innings of 78, and Goddard remained un
An exhibliion Water-Folo gapio of the competitive events. was also played at the conclusion Dr. Wong Sck-to. Honorary President of the Association pre-
and he also donated n special prize of a gold cross to the in- dividual champion of the Meet, Cheang Kin-man, who won all four individual events he swam in.
If so, most neutral observers quested to notify the Captain assented the prizes to the winners predict no more than the ordinary soon as possible.
defeated and kept his end going YACHTING JOTTINGS: while Hines Johnson, despite an Injured side. hit a six and three fours In his 22.
Hollies, bowling from the end which gave greater assistance, took five wickets for 63 runs, and for 53 Berry had four wickets runs to round off a highly success- ful Test debut with nine wickets for 116 runs.
More than Berry's number of wickets, however, was the skill he showed in every phase of the bowling arts-Router.
Beckenham Lawn Tennis Championships
fell. Weight went on to make wickets for 33 runs, and Sussex Beckenham, Kent. June 12.
45 not out.
For Deep
460 and 81 for two.-Reuter.
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McAuley wins Star class regatta final
By "MAINSHEET BLOCK"
The final of the Star class regatta races which was sailed on Sunday in a drizzle but with a fair wind was won by McAulay.
McAuley made an excellent
start, crossing the line with ATHLETICS:
the gun.
On the beat up to Far APC h consolidated his advantage. The
little throughout | order changed the race, though on the 'second India's lap, Price in No. 0 reduced the player. lead from two minutes to half a
men's minute.
Naresh Kumar, fourth ranked tennis won his first round singles match when Beckenham Lawn Tennis Championships opened today.
He beat W.T. Anderson, England, by 6-4, 7-5.
very
flu Some of this closing up may
the 15 have been due thorough way, in which McAuley covered every tack which Price made.
pluy the stars who will later |
ing:
Wimbledon ure compe!- Gardnar Mulloy, the tall American, is defending his title and has been seeded to meet Eric Sturgess, of South Africa; 'In the final. ...
Narondm Nath Boon followed his compatriot into the second round with a 6-1, 6-4 win over: P. Rossberg, of Sweden.
Miss Guasio Moran, of the lace panties' fame, who is top-seeded for the women's event, made her re-entry to English tennis be-
10 photographers
fore
newsreel cameraman.
and
In the first round she beat Mirs Sheila Dowdeswell, of Kenya, by #1-2 and 6-2.---Keuter.
Mikro docs well
Bristol, June 12.
former Al- Champlon,
Sumant Misra,
Indian Lawn Tennis
won two matches in the men'? singles when the West of England!
Championships opened today.
In the first round he defeated
Last week's results, were:
SATURDAY, JUNE 10. Dinghy Open Aace.
3rd
1st Tolfree (14) 1.1220; 2nd
(5) 1.14.28; Brackenbury Salter (11) 1.15.48; Courtney (8) Rd.
SUNDAY, JUNE 11.
Regatta Star 3rd Heat.
1st Price (1) 50.30; 2nd Mis Partonus (4) 1.3.00; 3rd Harrison (2) 1.8.00.
Regatte Star Flokl.
1st McAuley (4) $3.55; 2nd Pilce (8) 04.20; 3rd Brackenbury (5) 57.52, 4th Furrer (1) 1.7.16. 8th Miss Porteous (2) 1.7.45.
Records broken at Northern Ireland Meet
Belfast, June 12. Harrison Dillard, the United States Olympic sprint Cham- pion, tonight set up a North- ern Ireland 100 yards record of 0.8 secs, here. He beat by a tenth of a second the record established last year by C. Peters, of the United States.
The School' Championship: was won by Wah Yan College! (A.M. and P.M. combined) with 50 peints while Fong Lam was runrere up with 23 points.
us
that the bat is on ball.
It is better to close 420 all out,
Crowds are
generally good natured, but for the big, Im-than 340 for 3. Risks have to be
laken to achieve such an object. portant matches let
have
The batsman must show initiative adequate police control. Rain is disconcerting for all, and imagination in Anding the
necurat but how often do spectators wall strokes outside the ground when the start bowling and good fielding. in delayed in complete oblivion of what is taking place inside.
to overcome
HKFA COUNCIL
MEETING
A meeting of the Council e the Hong Kong Football Ass ciation will be held at the As sociution'a office on Tuesday, June 20, 1950 at 5.30 p.m. forf the following purpose8-
So captains, make your Inspec- tions and decisions as early as possible and pass them on to the ground authorlties for the bene- of those outside the gates. Why waste time? Rain stops play. Too much time is wasted after such a break. It is often some ten minutes or
1. Conf Minutes of meeting more after the rain reases that No. 11. 2. Adopt Minutes of In the captains or amplies (usually terport Sub-Committee meeti prompted by the rowd) Lake No. 9. 3. Adopt Minutes of League, 10 the Management Committee No. 6. The following are the results of their feisurely stroll
wickel
4. Adopt Minutes of Disciplinary the events held last night; .
meeting No. 8. If play is practicable resump; Committee Metres Free Style: Cheong Kla-man (Wah Yan); 2. tion must be prompt after such Accounts for the month of May Lau Kam-hung (Fong Lam); 3.1 breaks, and go home.
or the crowds will get 1050. 6. To approve the accounts Lau Kam-bor (Fong
for the year ending 31st May
63.4 reca.
The some applies for stoppages 1850. 7. To appoint Auditors and (record).
difficult fix 1. through bad light, o
their remuneration. 8.Ap 200 Metres Breast-stroke: Leung Hin-kin (Ling Ying); 2 decision for the umpires, I know, consider proposed amendments Yeung Ying-chak (Wah Yan); a. but the spectators should be the the Rules. D. To consider Lo Yeung-chung (Kong Lung). first consideration.
approve the Report of Counci Time: 3 mins, 3.1 sees. (record), And here is a plea for bigger for presentation to Annual Gon
400 Metres Free Style: 1.
300
Results
3.
Lam), Time.
Austration
11. Any other business.
an
Cheang Kin-man (Wall Lan); z the Aussequipped grounds on eral Meeting. 10. Correspondend Lam Kwan-nga (St. Louis); 3. A ground holding 80,000 would Lau Kam-bor (Fong Lam). Time: certainly be filled to capacity for 5 ms 30.3 secs. (China record). an England v. Australia match in 800 Metres Free Style Relay London. However, I realise this
not
Such (4 x 290): 1. Wah Yan; 2. Kong la
practicable.
#
CHARITY PING PONG
Lungi
3. Fong Lam; 4, St. Louls. ground would seldom be full, and |-Time: 11-mins, 31.4. sect.---------
could not be used f
for winter-A-churity-Ping-Pong-game-in Final paints standing in the sports as in Australla.
uld of the Stanley · Boys' Campi However, School Championship: Wah Yar
Australian type will be played at the
Chinese 50 points; Fang Lam 23; Kong
score-boarda would be wel YMCA at 8 p.m. on Friday, Ju comed by all. They give a 16. between the Electricnt Unito Lung 16; St. Louis 14 and Ling Ying-7.
complete picture of the game- (Champions of Shanghai) ond, Q the batsman's score: the Luen of Hong Kong (Winners of analysis of all bowlers; how the Chi Tsun Cup).
bateman was out; the
The following are the teams: fiolder on fielding the ball; in
Electrical United: Asch Slų: addition to the detall given on chok (Shanghai Single's Cham." our type of score-board.
plen), Foo Chil-fung and L A spectator who doesn't know Han-chun.
Chin-sin
1
Huge field expected for Ascot Stakes
Dillard, competing in the Roya Ulster Constabulary Athletics meeting, also won the 120 yards
London, June 12. hurdles in 14.9 aces.
A huge field of 20 is expect- Hugo Malocco, of the Uniter ed to go to the post for the broke the trish 440 yards Ascot Stakes, to be run over
He won
won in 47.6 secs, two and a half miles at the seven-tenths
of a sen. better opening of the Royal meeting than the previous best, made
by
at Ascot tomorrow: another American, Dave Bolan In Dublin last year.
R. McFarlane, of Canada, was second in this event.
Bill Dwyer, who had run second to Dillard in the 100 yards, won the 220 yards for the United States in 22.4 secs.
The race is Umed to start at 2.45 p.m. GMT.
Probabies and jockeys are us follows:
Blue Fox
ticola (R. Poincelet), Coubrador Aldeborough (F. Barlow), Mon- (A. Wragg), Capplejiuca (E. Brit1),
Sarda (no Jockey yet). Chancellor ROUND ITALY
C. (E
Elliott), CYCLE RACE Cleverly judged raco
Cerathspey (A. Breasley), Fore- thought (W. Nevett), Cider Apple Naples, June 12.
Honourable (e Witte), The Northern Ireland mile re- Gino Bartall, the Italian cycling card was broken by Len Eyre, the Johnstone), Father Thames (W.
Rickaby),
(Gordon D. Whitehead (England) by 6-11ace, today made what was prob- English International, who ran a and 0-1, and passed into the third ably his last attempt to catch up cleverly judged race to beat H. Richards), While Cloud (R. Res- round with a 6-4 and 6-3 win on the Swiss cyclist, Hugo Koblet, Ashenfelter, of the United States, der), Port Frere (G. Littlewood),
another and take the lead in the Giro
Bonaparte (R. Shaw), Claude d'Italia (Round Italy) eyele race.
The United States squad shat. Duval (Eph Smith), Hall (H. He failed in the bid and Koblet
Packhoun), Prionlum (Douglas tered two more Morthern Fre- | kept his lead over the last but
Smith), Legendo d'Amour (N. land records later in the even Whiteside), Light Cavalry (A. of one Campobasso-Naples lap
Ing.
(P. Evana), Roberts), Le Hero the race. The last lap, batween
Brown
won the 880 Danae. 1 (J. Sire!!), Turkish Naples and Rome, will be raced yards in 1 min. 55.2 secs. to beat Beau (James Doyle), Tarka (W Power(R. Atamic Philadelphia, June 12. Koblet is now Armly expected by a fifth of a sec, the record made Snaith).
1030 by F.f. Hanley, of Eng- Bradley), Eastern Saga (L."Fig- The Philadelphia Athletics to win and become
the first in announced today that the base- foreigner ever to have won the land.
gott). Potent (J. Egan), Royaliste "The three-mile race was won (D. Greening) and Guerrier (T. ball club "definitely will not be Giro d'Italia in the 33 years of its sold this souson."
by Ashenfelter in 14 min. 16.4 Mahon),—Reuter, history,
A. McPherson, over British player-Reuter,
BASEBALL CLUB WILL NOT BE SOLD THIS SEASON
tomorrow.
in 4 mina. 14.2 seca.
A statement by the manage»: Fata. the Italian, won today's secs, which was 13-3/5th secs. ment sald, "Even if we should lap between Campobasso and receive an attractive offer, one Naples-Reuterz would take months to straighten
out details? connection with TWO MORE BRITISH··
such transaction," United Press. 4
NO BASEBALL
New York, June 12, There are no games today Associated Press
Fitated and publiebet for the Prupele SORE NO OTITAN MATTED, PRANK LESLIE BUSH, Windsor Heus,
- SOCCER: REFEREES :
*- FOR ARGENTINE
faster than the record establishe last year by Steve McCoke, of Ireland Reuter.
BETTING TIPS SOLD
AT "CUT RATES”” Buenos Aires, June 12.
Sydney, June 12, Two mere British football Post employees, have been referees Uchard. Maddison and accuson of tapping | telephone Arthur: Berry-havo,) arrived: ? in wires of leading racing men and Argentina: under-contract to the selling the belting lips at "cut Argentine Football Association:
The Association sow has 13 Port Ofice investigators are British referees under contract -- fecking" into the charges Asso- Associated S
PIRATES ACQUIRE HANK BOROWY
Pitisburgh, June 12. The Pittsburgh Pirates tonight acquired veteran plicher. Hank Borowy from the Philadelphia Phillies Borowy has done úttle pitching, for the Phils this year, He won 12 and lost 12 games for the Phils last year. T
Before that he played for the Chicago Cubs and the New York
now will report to
the Pirater in New York tomorrow.— Associated: Pros.
each
Chung
a single player by night, is soon of Luen: completely in the plcture with- | (Hong Kong Single's Chumpion?! out being a source of embarrasă- | Law Kam-sung and Wong Sil ment to his next door neighbour. tim.
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