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END OF FOOTBALL EXHIBITION TENNIS.
SEASON.
CHAMPIONS DEFEAT THE
REST.
SETBACK FOR CHAMPIONS.
KHOO HOO! HYE SHINES.
HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, THURSDAY, MAY 7, 1931.
ENGLISH CRICKET
RESULTS.
FREEMAN TAKES FIFTEEN WICKETS.
RAIN INTERFERES WITH PROGRAMME,
(Tungvon REUTER'S AGENCY.]
Every day for three weeks 100 boys will be practising, in the open if the weather be fing, under cover should it be wet, and it is a sight well worth seeing, and one which must appeal to every enthusiast. Morning and afternoon the prac tive ground is crowded, with mo- thers, fathers, sisters, and aunts. and occasionally a nurse of some budding champion, while the older generation of cricketers, too, make A delight. 5 poing of turning up. fully happy atmosphere pervades the famous ground, and it is good to hear a conch say, "Come and
only waive, but in
ten years' time he will be playing for the Gentlemen."
ENGLISH RUGBY
TROUBLES.
A DISMAL SEASON: NEW BLOOD NEEDED.
SELECTORS COSTLY
MISTAKES,
FUTURE OF. THE BODLEIAN.
£1,000,000 SCHEME OF CONGREGATION.
COMMISSIONERS' PLAN ADOPTED,
Oxford.-A
Devreo containing.
proposals for the settlement of the
Bodleian question will, it is an-
London, May 5. In some parts of the country run interfered with play on the opening Khoo Hooi Hye and P. Kong best ever, four County Matches were and the Lawn Tennis Association, of the County Cricket season', how-leok at this little boy, sir. He is have won with ease, writes C. w.nounced, be promulgated in Con- the Rumjahn Cousins by three sets played to a finish. to one, the result being 6-3, 6-3, 4-6, ng in their favour.
SOUTH CHINA 5: THE REST 1. exhibitions now going on, arrangel In the second day of the series of
by the Hong Kong Cricket Club The fengne fouthuill gason was brought to a cluse yesterday when South China, winners of the first division eup, presented by The Hong Kong Belly Press, played a team made up from the rest of! the Clubs competing in the langue. At the conclusion of the match
Mrs. Ormiston presented the cups and prizes to winners of the first, second and third divisions as well is the cups for the runners-up in
ach division.
The Match.
The Chinese pair very early struck form and before the local had obtained a commanding lead. champions could, get settled, they
which they eventually converted into a set.
Maintaining their superiority in the following set,
the Chinesi · outplayed the Indians and by dint or consistent pressure, under which the latter's, game, broke down re- tentedly they secured the second set also.
Rumlahns Attack,
Pau won the toss and elected to defend the Morrison Hill end goal, The game was fast right from the start, and the text, making some very meal' movements on the right wing, gave the Chinese goalie a lot. The Rumjans came into their of trouble, From, this early stage, own in, the third set, when they however, it was noticed that the attacked with determination, and champions were, the utter team controlled their shots so well that They combined better than their they succeeded in winning a love opponents and their passing was. The Chinese, however, relalint- excellent,
ed immediately, and ran away with The Rest attacked for a time,¦ a lead of 5-1, and, after conceding but the champions settled down to the next game, concluded the match give a 'sparkling exhibition of ¦ by taking the fourth set at 6-9. football, with the result that Rod- gers, who was keeping goal for the Rest, hnd an extremely Insy time, Their first gont came when Lee Wai-tong ran in beautifully to airet. pass and tapped the leather into the goal with Rodgers hopelessly out of position. About a minute later Fang King-cheong made a solo run down the centre of the field and crowned his effort with x fin gon Half-time arrived with South China bolding a comfortable lend of two' goals to mil.
The Second Half,
The accond half started off amely
Kont Beat Essex.
Kent beat Essex by an innings. and 47 runs.
Scorca:- Essex
24
O'Connor, XIX. Freeman, 8 for 1,
Kent
297
Hardinge, 128.
Евьех
128
Freeman, 7 for 33
Glamorgan Win by 181 Muns. Ginmorgan bent Warwickshire by 101 runs at Edgbaston."
Scorest Glamorgan
"
Usefulness of Coaching.
When I was, a boy there were none of the opportunities for prae- tice which abound nowadays, not only at Lord's but at the various conching schools, such as Faulk mer's, Hondron's, and Sandham's, so that the rising generation may, and do, consider themselves ex- tremely fortunato,
Some aver that coaching, can be overdone. This is, no doubt, true, but sensible teachers' such as are to be found at Lord's and elsewhere,
What is wrong with English, Bugger" was a question frequent- ly asked me in Paris on the eveu ng after the game at Columbes, when we lost a match we should
Pickford in Spurting Life.
Incidentally, the winning or los- ing of a match is not everything, but in this particular case it re- sulted in England, the champions of 1030, finishing absolutely last in the competition between the five nations. The extraordinary part of the whole thing is that England drew their first game with Wales, the ultimate winners, and then col- lapsed, as it were, and were defeat- ed in ench of their three remaining
games.
The French Rugger people with whom I spent a very pleasant and interesting time, informed me that not only did they expect their de
185 while insisting on the fundamentalspleted force to lose, but on the run
Paine, & for 61. Warwick ...
1990)
Mercer, 4 for 39, Glamorgan
205
Paine, 4 for 47. Warwick.
100
Mercer, 8 for 42,
Gloucestershire's Three-Wicket Win
at the Oval,
Playing at the Oval Gloucester
On the run of play, the local champions gave an indifferent pershire heat Surrey by three wickets. formance. They did not produes
auch of their fiery attack.
Khoo, however, played a splendid game throughout and to him be longs most of the credit. His driv
was consistently good, while t villeying he tricked the Rumjahus with many subtle shots. Kong played steadily throughout,
Singles Match, Sabrequently, Khoo met C. A. La, Huminiu in a singles exhibition. Although apparently affected by his (strenuous performance in the doubles, he held his own, showing
, even better at driving. He ran a lend of 5-2, and after Ram- match was stopped.
but before play had been in pro-jahn had won the next game, the
gress for very long, the Rest fore
Andrews at Singles,
Scores:- 'Surrey
959
Parker, for 128, Gloucester (0 wickets, dec.) 175 Surrey (wickets, dec.) 60
Parker, 4 for 25. Gloucester (for 7 wiekets) ... 145
Derbyshire Take First Innings Points.
Playing at Derby, Derbyshire took first innings points from Leicester,
Scores: Leicester
Derby
216
224
Leicester' (5 wickets, dec.)"... 207
Friendlies.
a fruitless corner. From the clearance South China got through and a mistake by Strange saw Lee
Local followers of the game will Wai-tong with only the goalie to tat. Len added his around goalbe pleased to learn that Andrews. At Trent Bridge, Sussex te put his sido three up.
the visiting ex Davis Cup player, South China now. monopolised will give a singles exhibition to-day Notta played a drawn game.
Scores: n the Stand Court. C. A. L. Hun
Nolts
play and with the Rest lancks going jalm, the champion, will provid 15 pieces, Budgers had a very busy time and it was only due to his the opposition and a fine match is gond goal-keeping that the Chin-anticipated.
es did not acore more frequently. Following a scrimmage outside the
SPORTS RECORDS. IN
JAPAN.
NEW MARKS.
Rest goal. However," Ip Pak-wa hended the all pasi Rodgers and South China were now holding a eufortable lead of four goals to nothing. Almost immediately after | AMERICANS ESTABLISH TWO Lee Wai-tong got through again and need the last goal for his side, bringing the total up to five. The Rest then go through and just before time, Lowden receiving the ball when placed in an awkward position won rounds of applause ly hooking the ball over his shoulders into the the goal.
The teams were:-'
South Chinn:-Pau: Li Tin-
song.
Tokyo, April 20.~Two more ro. words fell today, the second day of the Kwanto truck and fuld championships.
won
Simpson, the American sprinter,
the 200 metres in 21 sec Yoshiokn being second in 21 3/10 sec. The previous Japanese record was 91 5/10 pe
Tam Kwong-pak; Leunk Earlier in the day, Yoshioka wan Vin-shan. Leung Wing-chiu, Tonga heat in the semi-final of the same Kwan: Chan Sui-tong, Chu Kwok, race, in the same time that he ac- Juen, Fung King-chering, Lee Waicomplished in the final. tong and Ip Pak-wa.
The Rest Rudgers: Strange, Blackburn: Hedley, Hay and Lam Yuk-ying; B. Gosano, Lowden, - Á, Cosno, Crimwood and lanson.
H.K.F.A. COUNCIL.
AGENDA FOR MONTHLY MEETING.
The monthly Council meeting of the Hong Kong Football Associa tion will be held at 20, Ive House Street, next Tuesday at 5.30 1,10., the agenda being as follow-
Confirm minutes of Council meet ing No, 10, and League Manage. meat Committee meeting No. 7.
Treasurers' statement of accounts For April.
Correspondence.
5
Allocate the Sunday Herald Charity Cup receipts.
Fix the date for the annual gen- oral meeting.
KOWLOON GOLF.
SUMMER CUP DRAW.
The following is the draw for, the qualifying round of the Summer Chip, to be played over the Kowloon ettria on Sunday. Play will be on handicap over 18 holes, the 16 best nett scores returned qualifying for match play,
Hothart, the American shot pub-
ing champion, won the shot put
event with 14.31 metres, which was 10 metres better than the bat Japaness, Takuta, who took second place. Takata has held the Japan. èse record since 1930, when he munde 13.51 metres.
AMATEUR BILLIARDS
CHAMPIONSHIP.
EASY VICTORY FOR M.A. BOGGIN, OF MANCHESTER.
In the billiards amateur cham- pionship match at Thurston's, M. A. Boggin, of Manchester, boat, A. Severn, of Nottingham, very easily by 3,220 points to 1,105.
Ho average 29 against 11 at the first session and made breaks of 155, 42, 76, 115, and 110: Bevern's chief bronks were 30, 80, 31 and 29
Doggin's average after the in- terval was 22 to his opponent's & and at this session he got in withi 80. 119, 64, 81; Severn's best was
30.
SEVEN-A-SIDE RUGBY. London, April 26-In the Rugby seven-a-side semifinals to-day, the London Welsh beat Richmond by 12 points to nil and the Harlequins beat Blackhealth by three points to nil.
Larwood, 102 (not out). Wensley, 5 for 97.
Sussex
Notts (7 wickets, dec.)
Hardstoff, 104 (not aut), Sussex (for 1 wicket)
M.0.0, and Yorkshire Draw.
+
30%
.353
mand.
+
gregation on May 7.
The Decree embodies the pro- pounds made by the Commissioners
appointed by the University to muke" inquiries into the library mys- terms of Europe and Amerien. The
estimated cost of the scheme over £1,000,000,
,י
Broad-street Amenities.
The amenities of Brond-street to be preserved by a front section screening the stock and containing the rooms for the reception, hand- ling, and cataloguing of books and for the housing of special collec tions.
C:
A rapid service of books to bo maintained by mechanical means through a turret between the Bod-
leinn and Broad-street.
Some extension, at the discretion of the Librarian, of the privilege of direct access to the storehouse
shelves; the enlargement of the Radcliffe Science Library by the. addition of a new wing, and of the Taylorian Modern. Languages Lib rary on a site in St. Giles adjoin- ising the institute; the developinent of the existing system of subsidiary special libraries, under the contral of the faculties by the provision of accommodation in a new building | adjacent to the examination schools; the preparation of a new
and an improvement in the salaries, working catalogue for the Bodleian;
of the Bodleian staff.
The proposals are as follows: The historic Bodleian to be an tinued mainly as an enlarged range of reading rooms, with direct and easy necess to about 100,000 of the books most in demand. The ground floor of the quadrangle to be used for administrative offices, cloak rooms, and other purposes, includ- ing advanced teaching and research at the Librarian's discretion.
The upper floor of the Camera to be maintained as a reading room The Genius of Spong
for undergraduates, with additional It was proved in that first hectic seating accommodation; the ground twenty minutes at Colombes that floor of the Camera to be used as Roger Spong should never have been
no exhibition room. Storage to ba omitted from the team throughoutconcentrated in a special building the season. The French were play-
on the Broad-street site capable of, ing with devastating fury, and had holding about five million books.
of the game, allow full scope for of the game they should have done natural ability and genius. Fields, This, however, does not entitle ing are taught, as well as batting, or to accept with equanimity a state though one misses the great and of affairs in English Huggér which, almost majestic figure of W. Brear frankly, I regard as humiliating, in by the Lancashire fast bowler, who view of the resources at our com. for so many years gave such en- thusiasm and point to his remarks. However, he has worthy successors, and "Spin her, sir; spin her, is a frequent exhortation; and it was a red-letter day when Lord Harris himself, in bowler hat and with a tiny but in his hands, allowed three or four delighted little boys to send down a few balls to him. Just as then, according to the Greeks, it not been for Spong, although we "washes away all the woes of man,"actually scored "frat, I believe wo 60 dnes a visit Lord's during should have been overwhelmed.. We these apring days bring comfort to the soul of the cricketer.
There are, of course, the Midle-tainly had cause to regret the ab- sex matches at Lord's, and, in ad- dition to the fixtures with York-
must have nisand Spong; we eers
sence of Tom Brown at full back.
It was not that Eric Whiteley did shire and Surrey, M.C.C. play the New Zealanders, on May 16, 18, hot play courageously- he could not and 19, Kent, Oxford, and Cam-do otherwiselt he had no iden
ridge, while the Test match New Zealand. begins on June 27, the University match on July 6. Eton Harrow on July 10, and Gentlemen . Pinyers on July 15.
of conserving the strength and stamina of a hard-battling pack, as Brown would have done. The irony of the whole thing is that the Bristol player was available-fit and rundy to play throughout the hardest game,
At Belfast, after the Ireland and Wales match. I was talking to Harry Packer and Walter Rees, two
of the "big men" in Welsh Rugger. Although it has nothing to do with
A Lord's Batsman.
There will be the usual school and fortnight at the end of July and early in August, and though it is qutside the purely M.C.C. program. me, I would, because of his close 267 association with Lord's mention Hendren's benefit matek; Middle- sex v. Sussex,, at Whitsuntide,
Headrea has made more runs nt. Lord's than any other cricketer, and this will be his second benefit,us," they said we cannot under- so highly is he esteemed by Middle. stand England moitting Brown on Kex. 71
Of his, great popularity I may occasion when he is fit enough will any nothing here it is "plain to play." And that is the opinion for all folks to see," as Macaulay, of thows who have, followed the mind Mr. G. J, V. Weigall, has destinies of England this season. not the Yorkshire bowter, I must
it but I will merely add that few England are the possessors of the men, have given a keener or more generous spirit to the game, or
wooden spoon of the international played it with a happier jore de championship, but I believe they rice. The last ocasion on which should have retained the honours 112 | Hendren had, a benefit was in 1923,
at time when a surgeon of un- they won last season had our re- surpassed skill was interested in sources been sensibly utilised, me, but I hope to be at Lord's om Whit-Saturday when "Patsy"
Playing at Lords, the M.C.C. and Yorkshire played n drawn game. There was to play on the last day owing to rain.
Scores: M.C.C.
Verity, 5 for 42. Yorkshire (8 wickets, dec.) M.C.C. (for no wicket) ......... : 05
Adverse Criticisms.
We have seen and heard adverse criticisms of the Selection Commit-
Bors out to bat to hear the tumul- tuous and affectionats welcome TUESDAY'S HONOURS LIST. which he will receive from the
erowd. It is gratifying to think teo in which the suggestion has been that in South Africa Hendren freely advanced that they should maintained his great reputation,
BATTING.
Hardinge (Kent) Hardstaff (Hotts) ' Larwood (Notis) O'Connor (Essex)
Not out.
128
104*
102*
100
ago
BOWLING.
15 for 142. Freeman (Kent) Merger (Glamorgan)... 12 for 88 Parker (Gloucester)... it for 153 Vority (Yorkshire) 5 for 44
both as batsman and fieldsinan. ali be "scrapped" and a new com. Wisden tells us that he is 42, but (mittee elected in their place. With he still fields like a man half his this I do not agree. I would not like to sre the "passing," for instance, of James Baxter and John Daniell, but I believe a reasonable change might be beneficial.
1,500 GUINEAS GOLF COMPETITION.
BIG. ENTRY OF ENGLISH AND
and
M.C.C.'S PROGRAMME.
HENDREN: A BENEFIT FOR A 11:
HERO AT LORDS.
ARGENTINIAN PROS. ·
If, as I understand, Comd. E, W,
Roberts will be home from sea per- manently before, the commencement ef next season, when we shall have London, April 30-Nently all the South Africans with us; o place well-known English professionals should certainly be found for him. several foreigners, notably He is not only one of the finest Argentines, have catered for the forwards who has ever represented 1,500 guineas Rolf competition. which begins at Southport on May England; he is a wonderful judge of a player, as he proved in 1921, Jose Jurado (Argentine) is part- ered by W. Wooler of Hollingbury when he almost insisted on E. R Park: Genta (Argentine) by Willie | Gardner, the Navy man, then vom- M.C.C. begin their season with Huntor, the 1821 British Amateurpuratively unknown, being includ- matches . Yorkshire and Barrey champion Churio (Argentine) by ed in the England fifteen of that
Michael Bingham, of in the early days of May; but Bench, and Hector Freccero (Ar-season: Gardner proved to be a sinco Easter Monday Lord's has gentine) by Jones of Ifield.
Jurado, who gave the Prince of truly great forward, and indis- Founded to the music of bat and Wales several golf lessons on the penenhle to England for several ball, for the classes for boys, first R.M.S.P. Arlanza on the way back successive seasons.
There is always a tendency to Linstituted by Sir Francis Lagoy, from South America, renewed his
aqualatan with the Princo blame electors when matters and now presided over by W. Find Sunningdale this afternoon, when wrong in international sport. It is lay, the secretary, R. Aird, his he played against him in a four-popular "pastimo" with some Commentators say people when defeat comes our WAY. chief of staff, and R. H. Routledge, bol mateb. assisted by competent coaches, are that the Prince's swing has vory Yet, the Rugby Union might, in much improved since he last piny, this case seriously consider certain ed in England.
alterations, I will leave it at that.
in full swing..
Cooden
o
Just over a year ago the Congre- gation accepted the offer of the Rockefeller Foundation to pay the expenses of a conuission to study library conditions in Europe and America. The Commission consisted of Sir Henry Miers (chairman), Sir Frederic Keyou, Sir Edmund Chambers, Mr. G. X. Clark (Fellow of Oriel), and Mr.. H. R. F. Harrod (student of Christ Church).
They presented their reports on March 30 last, Mr. Harrod sub. mitting a minority report, which criticised that of the majority on the ground that insufficient. importance was attached to the cardinal principles of accessi. bility and concentration,
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