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Sports News
CRICKET NOTES.
INTERPORT NEWS."
port. But neither was Tedily Fic- cher down in the Straits. "He only just got into the team at the last minute in his next Interport, if my memory serves me, and took
Selecting Ahead.
fifty in the second knock which There was no lat Division League won the game. I am convinced of the wisdom of persevering with the gatue on Sunday last or indeed young uns. They will end of it! any other senior cricket At the Richardson, too, has a lot of runs present time the Tennis Tournain him and I sincerely trust he may
get another trial. ment is rather captivating people's interesta, and I for one shall be devoutly thankful when it is oYBT, and we can get down to work on our Interport team.
It must be remembered that the difficulties with which we enn beset, are ex actly those which confront Shang- hai when they bring their side down bere every other November. I do
THE HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, FRIDAY,
H.K.C.C. TENNIS TOURNAMENT.
M. W. LO BEATS NG SZE
CHEUNG.
M. W. Lo and Ng Sie Cheung met each other yesterday for the
fourth time in the third round of the Open Singles Championship of the Colony, and at last reached a decision, the former winning in straight sets 0-3, 6-3, 6-0. .'
The match was played on the Stand Court commencing at a little I am, on reflection, absolutely in past 3 p.m. In contrast to the agreement with the policy of pick three previous encounters, a short ing your team well ahead and per game resulted. Lo assorted him- severing with it, and getting it to self yesterday, and by dint of a be a team and not eleven men. The little enterprise and risk forced the only snag is that it's a bit difpace on Ng Sze Cheung who fell ficult to deal with men that you off under the attack. He deserves don't know much about. The en tire devotion of the Somersets to credit however for staying the the art of equitation has roobed champion on three occasions.
the cricket field of several good.
HANDICAP EVENTS:
BOXING.
ROWLES TO DEFEND
HIS TITLE. -
SIX" OTHER LIVELY SCRAPS "ARRANGED,..
Association tournament has been The next Hong Kong Boxing arranged for Saturday, April 12, when fans will be provided with a programme of seven good fights.
The chief attraction will be the 13 rounds match for the heavy weight championship of the Colony and Belt, between A..B. Rowles of the Marazion, the holder, and Marine Smith of H.M.S. Hermes. followers of the noble art here, and- Both men are well known to
form just now, a really good scrap as they are in the best of fighting should result. The holder is con sidered the best heavyweight turned out by the China Fleet, for many a long day. Smith comes with a
M. W. Lo now meets H. D. Rum-good Home record and he won his not, despair, however, if the posseticketers. Strachey, now second-jahn in the fourth round for the inst four fights by the k.o, route, ibility of sending a fairly repre-ed to the Adjutant of the Volum right to qualify for the semi-final, all in the rat round. His laat sentative side up to the North; and teers, has played a couple of good where E. C... Fincher is awaiting opponent was the well-known Kid Andre of Shanghai, and if Smith knocks for them, and I hear his the winner. should we get beaten, the inclusion cricket is well worth a trial. There
can put so clever a fighter to sleep of several younger men will give are also the Argyles. At the momen:
in euch quick time, it will be in- them experience, even if they do I suppose they will
the In the Handicap Singles "B" teresting to see what he will do not come off. I shall have more traditional forty-eight hours
Diveet entered the final by beating against the present holder of the "sling their ammicks," but it may Dr. Burton in the semi-final, while titles and. Belt. Reports from the to say in this connection later.
well be that we could collect one it the "A" H. Owen Hughes enter- opposition camps are good and both
nien are confident of winning! of two useful men out of them.ed the semi-final by brating Capt. We want a good slow bowler veryį Etherington. badly.
WAND
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By the courtesy of a member of the Cricket Sub-Committee, to which I referred last week, I am enabled to
A Rule People Get Wrong! state that T. E. Pearce, E. C. Fin- cher, E. F. Fincher, F. I. ZimmernIt is surprising how many good
accand
or
and Capt. "Reynolds have, definitely accepted the invitation. This is an uncommonly strong nucleus as re- gards the batting though. Reynolds is the only bowler, and he can hardly be regarded as more than third change. Wyatt and Omar-both bowlers are the only two who have definitely refus ed the invitation. Brace. Ia told, in
spite of statements to the contrary, is not yet certain. Bowker and Owen Hughes are in the same position, and I have hesitation in saying that these three players are the most impuriant out- standing question. If all three! could go, we could be assured of a Hood side.
were as fol.
Yesterday's scorey lows:-
RESULTS.
Open Singles.
Six Other Good Battles, Marine Fraser of H.M.S. Hermes and A. B. Lee (H.M.S. Sepoy) will meet in a 10-round middleweight affair. It will be remembered that these fighters have appeared in M. W. Lo beat Ng Sze Cheung local tournaments before, and they 0-3, 6-3, 6-0.
were then at the welter limit. They have since grown, and as both are said to have been hard at train- heating for some time past, the fight is expected to travel the full distance, with very little to choose between the fighters in the end.
cricketers are uncertain, about the definite" rule as to a catch at the wicket-or indeed anywhere. have heard quite expert cricketers
Handicap Singles, "A." maintain that one can be caught | off one's wrist, while it has even H. Owen Hughes (owe 4/6) been advanced that below the Capt. E. C. Etherington (ser.) 6-9, elbow is out! The rule arnally. reads that the batsman is out if¦. Handicap Singlos "B," the ball, from a stroke of the bat or hand, but not the wrist, be held before it touch the ground. Caught. The hand is always in- terpreted to include the batting glove. Obviously the intention is that, the batsman shall be cut off
his bat or the hands with which
he grasps the bundle and are there. fore in actual touch with a part of the bat.
To-Crow's Game.
If
The only gaune I have knowledge of, at the time of writing is betweën the H.K.C.C. and the IRC. the Club ean get anything like a representative fear but they should win. But these days; one never
I learn that, at present, no fer the invitations are being issued. I confess I do hope most sincerely that a place will be found for An- | derson. I am well aware that he knową. was not a success in the last Inter
R. ABBIT.
Semifinal: G. E. R. Divett (owe 1/8) beat Dr. Burton (rec, 13) 1-6,
6-4, 6-3,
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TO-DAY'S MATCHES.
Open Doubles.
F. A. Redmond and A. L. Sulli van ". Kong Too Cheung and Ho Ka La
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Club Championship..
APRIL 4, 1930.
B Round Bantamweight Contest. A. B. Rawlings (H.M.S. Hermes) r. Pte. Pearce (Somerset Light Infantry),
6 Round Featherweight Contest.-- A. B. Odell (H.M.S. Hermes) r Cpl. Sherston (Somerset Light In- tantry).
HOME FOOTBALL.
RESULTS OF LEAGUE MATCHES.
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LONDON, April 2 The following were the results of League football to-day-
matches played Division I, Newcastle....... 1 Birmingham... 1 Aston Villa...... 4 Grimsby Arsenal....... Liverpool
Torquay Bristol R......
Division III. (Southern).
Brighton... 0 Plymouth
Division H. (Northern), Hartlepools..... 3 York City
Scottish League. Dander 2 Hearts
THE OLDEST CRICKET CLUB?
CHERTSEY'S RECORD OF 153 YEARS.
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POLICE METHODS
CRITICISED.
PROTEST BY MAJOR'S.
WIDOW.
A verdict of death from Natural causes was returned at Funtington, near Chichester, Sussex, last month, when a coroner's inquiry, previous Is adjourned, into the death of Major Sidney John Fowler, of Fun- tington Hall, was coneluded. the widow during the proceedings There was a protest on behalf of concerning the police inquiries.
Mr. D. H Falconer, Mrs. Fowler's solicitor, said the result of the inquest would come as,, no surprise to those acquainted with the physical condition "of the late Major Fowler, He had been in atructed to comment strongly on the minute inquiries made by the police into the private affairs of Mrs. Fowler,
Mr. E. J. Dell, the police solicitor, protested, against Mr. Falconer's remark, and the subject was pur 3,sued no further.
A report received from Dr. Roche Lynch, of the Home Office, on an analysis he had made, stated that he had detected no trace of poison or any axious substance.
Later that day we found an order had been made for "posta: Burten. There was nothing to do but to comply with it.
It was held that day. About 10.13 that night the police arrived,
They started by saying that there would have to be an inquest, and asked me if I had any dan- gerous druga, or whether
had missed any aspirin or disinfectant. "I asked if they were insinuating that my husband had killed himself, as there was no ane'ou God's earth who loved life better than he did.
"I took them to the room where he died. They went. all round medicine cupboard, and took away examining everything, including the two or three lots of lotion, two or three empty bottles. and some chloroforma which had never been unsealed.
I handed them a syringe and niorphia," which we had to have because of my husband's illness.
I was under inquiry by the police until 12.20 a m., that is, for two bours and Sve minutes.
"I told them I had nothing to hide, and signed a statement.
"The police made all sorts of inquiries from friends of mine, and even wanted to see my, marriage certificate.”
GIRL INCENDIARY.
VILLAGE TERRORISED FOR A YEAR.
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Major Fowler, who was a retired officer of the R. F .. was 35. Et died suddenly on January 8. Only a few hours before, the funeral, en Which is the oldest cricket, club January 11, jury was empanelled A 14-year-old girl, who WAS The annual report of the Chert and the inquest opened:
obliged to stand on a stool to se sey Cricket Club, of which Sir Immediately after the inquest over the dock, faced the judge and Edward Stern is president, states: Mrs. Fowler, necompanied by herury at Olnintz Assizes recently, "We are now in possession of solicitar, walked to Funtington charged with an offence which is documents that prove that the Hall, her residence, which stands punishable by life imprisonment- Chertsey Cricket Club was in ex-in its own grounds, adjoining the habitual arson. This child, who istence as far back as 1775, when inn where the inquest was held. Jisped her answers in a weak voice. county matches were played "on There, sitting in the library, sur-terrorised for months the district their ground."
rounded by books and hunting of Laschkan by her activities, and trophies, she gave a reporter the story of her husband's illness and the inquiries made by the police.
She complained about the conduct of the police. She said:"
In some form or other a game with bat and ball has been played in this country since the middle of the thirteenth century. Russell's "History of Guildford," the county town of Surrey and about ten miles. from Chertsey, states that cricket was played there in the sixteenth century.
WAL more
"My husband died very sudden ir. The day of his death we had arranged to go out. and he was taken alarmingly at about 10 o'clock in the morning.
Dr. Andre, our family doctor, came as soon as possible and re- nsored my husband, who had get into a very bad state of nerves.
caused the gendarmerie of the entire province of Moravia to be concentrated in the affected area, until the Government decided to ΜΟΥΣ 1 regiment of troops tur Laschkau to protect the farms. Three or four times weekly for nearly
д year the unfortunate
peasants saw the whole property of one or the other of their number destroyed by flames.
Another middleweight contest will be between Marine Woolford, H..S. Hermes, and A. B. Tuck. of the Sepoy. Woolford recently fought Ewin at the Naval Canteen. In these days (says Chambers' and although he lost on points, the Encyclopædia, the hat general opinion was that there was like a hockey stick than a modern
In answer to the judge's question and Ewin, who is one of the best very little difference between himbat. Generally, too, only one
concerning the reason for the arson, stump was used, and pitches were
the child gave such answers as: scrappers at his weight in the on rough ground.
I went to see about the child I loved the sight of the fire, and Colony Tuck is the rugged sort of
rea's meal. Five minutes later I the flames devouring everything," battler and is fully expected to extention was paid to the grounds, returned to my husband, who aper "The peasant was so ugly," or tend his man.
and that other changes took placparently was much quieter. The which led to the game being played medicine arrived in about ten on something like the scientific. minutes, and I went up, only to Round Welterweight Contest.lines known to-day. It was about discover that he was lying dead. Pte. Jones (Somerset Light Int. this time, apparently, that the A. B. Burrows (H.M.8. Sirdar). Chertsey Club was formed. Round T. J. Prier and E, R. Price"() 6 Round Lightweight Contest.- arm bowling, the introduction of A. D. Humphreys and G. RA. B. Harvey (H.M.S. Stormcloud) which met with much opposition, Sayer (S
. O. S. Scott (H.M.S. Hermes). was not legalised until 1844.
A. D. Humphreys r. L. Forster. Handicap Singles "A," P. W. J. Planner free. 5/6) v. Dr. L T Ride (ree. 2/6)..
Handicap Doubtes.
The rest of the programme is as
under:-
It was after 1750 that more at
"The first intimation I had that everything was not in order was the following Friday-two days later when a police officer came to see me with Dr. Andre.
The hay was badly stacked." or "His barns were too well filled.".
The prison doctors declared the child perfectly normal and fully responsible for her actions; but th jury did not. They found her not guilty of habituel arson, but guilty of simple arson. She was sentenced to two months' imprisonment.
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