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COUNTY CRICKET MATCH RESULTS.
SUSSEX SCORE FINE WIN OVER CHAMPION COUNTY.
NINE CENTURIES RECORDED: FINE FEATS OF BOWLING.
NEW ZEALANDERS DRAW WITH LEICESTER.
Sussex caused a mild sensation in cricket circles in England' bot defeating Lancashire, last year's champion county by four- wickets when they met at Manchester). A feature of this match war the fire bowling of Maurice Tatc, who took 7 wickets for 31 runs in the Red Hose Caunty's second innings.,
Nine centuries were recorded, Hearne of Middlesex claiming two, while Page, who is a member of the New Zealand team, made me against Leicester.
Results at a glance were:
County Championship,
Yorkshire beat Esses by an innings and 8 rune.
Sussex brat Lancashire by four wickets.
'Middlesex brat Glamorgan by 125 runs,
Somerset defeated Warwickshire by 40 runs, Derby won us the first innings ». Surrey,
Worcester gained first innings points. Northants. ;
Friendly Games,
Kent defented Oxford University by ten wickets, Leicester e. New Zealand. -Drawn.
'Batting.
Hearne (Middlesex) 104 and 101
Lee (Middlesex)
107
Park (Warwick)
106
Bowley (Sussex)
105
Hone (Oxford 1.}
105
Page (N.Z)
103
Alderman (Derby)....
Fender (Surrey)... Greenwood (Yorks) LANCS. SUSSEX.
103 100
CHAMPION COUNTY DEFEATED,
Bowling. Freeman (Kent)
B3 for 184 Perbles (Middlesex). 11 for 130. Tate (Sussex)
7 for 31 Verity (Yorkshire) 7 for 77 Wellard (Somerset).. 8 for 42 White (Worcester)... 5 for 31 Snary (Leicester) 5 for 39
the cost of 7 runs cach,
HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, THURSDAY, MAY 14, 1931.
The scores were :--. Surrey, 1st innings
Derby, Ist innings Surrey, 2nd innings (7 wick
cts, declared)
........... 184 307
1188
+
Fender, 100 not out. Peach, 03. Derby, 2nd innings (1 wkt.) 127 ESSEX . YORKSHIRE.
WIN FOR THE WHITE ROSES.
U.S. BASEBALL.
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BOTH THE LEADERSHIPS
RETAINED, ....
ST. LOUIS TEAMS UP AND DOWN.
EVOLUTION OF BRIDGE.
CONTRACT ...AUCTION,
At the present time there are two quencions of paramount importanco to bridge players throughout the country. The first question is whe.
ENGLAND'S TENNIS HOPE.
REVOLUTIONARY STYLE OF NEW STAR.
F. PERRY'S GENIUS.
Enginnd has a new lawn tennis
AL Layton, Yorkshire boat Eres two games played in each of the ther to play contract or auction. | hope in" Mr. Fred Perry, a Middle-
tired for only 100 runs.
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New York, May 7-With only
major leagues, to-day, the leader. The second concerns only those who by an innings and eight runs.
Essex batted first bat put up a ship remained unchanged, as nt St. hivo decided in favour of contract, sorry exhibition, the side being re-donis the Cleveland Indians lost and is whether to play some form the Browna by to to . and at of the clad convention (for there lu reply to this, Yorkshire knock- Forbes Field in Pittsburg the Start various forms of it), or ed up 329 runs for the loss of 8 Louis Cardinals, sunk the Pirates | employ the foreing convention. For wickets (declared),. Greenwood by 11 to 8.
the moment we will concern oursel. being top-scorer with 67 runs. Go. Playing in Detroit, the Tigers ves only with the first question, and ing in for the second time, Essex triumphed over the Chiengo White recarn to the other one on another again failed though this time, they Sox by 0 to 1, and at Chicago the occasion, compiled 215 ruus, leaving York-Cubs needed eleven innings to nos shire winner as above stated. For the Cincinnati Reds by tud. the winners, Verity took 7 wickets Rain at Philadelphia made it in for exactly eleven runs apiece.
possible for the Phillies and the Brooklyn
Dodgers to play. No other games had been arranged.
The Heds had every chance to win until the eighth inning, when the Cube bunched their bingles, to come up from behind and tie the scor at four-all. The deadlock continu ed until the eleventh frame, wher the Cubs put over the winning tally.
The scores were:-
Essex, 184 innings .... Yorks, 1st innings (8 wickets
dcclared)
100
390
Greenwood, 97
Essex, nd inninga
Verity, for 77. LEICESTER. NEW ZEA-
LANDERS.
216
some
HIGH SCORING BY
"Al Molillo, of the Browns, was VISITORS. The New Zealanders made their the major factor in the defeat of appearance at Leicester where they the Indians. Ho pounded out four
bits and scored three runs. In treated the spectators to bright cricket. They hatted firstLxth inning, the Browns engaged and with Page (103 not out) and in a slug-fest, which netted have Desapater (92) batting enterprising. hits and a big lead over the In ly, totalled 434 for 8 wickets (de dians, who were hitting freely but clared).
wero failing to bunch their bingles. Sorrel, pitching for the Tigers. fanned five of the White Sox, help- ing his club to vietory: Owen, of the Tigers, made the only home run of the day.
Following are the scores:-
clared,
The visitors then went for the runs and lost 7 wickets cheaply, Suary getting b for 30.
in the second innings, some good Leicester only made` 277 in reply bowling analyses were returned. to this total as a result of which Someract took first knock and put they were forced to follow on. Playing at Manchester, Sussexan 320 before their last wicket fell. Cromb took five wickets for 02 bent.last year's champions by four To this total, Warwick replied with runs. In their second knock, the wickets. The game was not pro. 227, Wellard, the Someraet fast-county made something of a re- dlucive of very bright cricket, though medium bowler taking 6 wickets at covery and put on 273 for a de- play was interesting throughout.
The winners were not so good Lancs batted first and put on 252 runk and when Sussex went in they in their serond innings when they passed their opponents' total by were, put out for 100 runs, but with
l their second knack, their leader, "Farmer" White (5) Lancashire found. Maurice Tate in for 69) howling well, they got their fine fettle with the ball, the opponents out when the latter still Sumex and England all-rounder wanted fifty runs for a win. Par- wickets for 31 runs, sons played a good innings for the taking Sussex then went in for their losers, making 100 runs. second innings, and although things did not go too brightly with them for a start, they eventually wiped off the deficit with four wickets in hand.
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The scores were:~
New Zealanders, 1st innings
(8 wickets, declared) Page, 101, not out. Dempster, 02.
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NATIONAL LEAGUE.
2nd innings (follow on: 6
Somerset, 1st innings Warwick, 1st innings
320
wickets, dethred) ...... 273
Won Lost Pet.
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New Zealanders, 2nd innings
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Snary, 3 for 30.
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Lanes, 1st innings
969
2 18
Sukses, 1st innings
248
Bowley, 105,
Lanes, 2nd innings
153
Tate, for 31,
for ( wickets)
The scores were:-
Sussex, 2nd innings (total
130
MIDDLESEX #; GLAMORGAN. HEARNE AND PEEBLES IN FINE FORM,
Playing at Lords, Middlesex beat Glamorgan by the comfortable margin of 135 runs.
The scores were:-
Parsons, 106. White, 6 for 00. WORCESTER ", NORTHANTS.
A BOWLER'S WICKET. This match was played at Worces ter, on what appeared to be a bowler's wicket, some very fine figures being returned.
Northants, batted first but were soon out for the small total of 116 run, White (o' for 34) doing all the damage. Worcester, howover, manuged to get together 903 runs A feature of this game was the despite the fact that Thomas, the "Attewell" of Northamptonshire, delightful batting of Hearns, who had the distinction of passing the was in fine form with the ball. He century mark in both innings, being had 6 wickets for 66 runs. undefeated in the second innings. Batting for the second time This match also saw lan Peebler Northants declared at 305 for in fine form with the ball, taking wickets, Root getting five "scalps
for 85 runs, 11 wickets in all for 130 runs,
Worcester were 108 Middlesex batted first and with for 4 when stumps were drawn, thus
the Hearse (104) and Lee (107) scoring taking the points on freely, compiled 337 runs, Clay innings.
wickets for 00 runs. Glamorgan
in went
10 find Peebles in excellent form and with this young amateur taking 7 wickets for 68 runs, they were all out for 170.
Hearne was again very much in prominence in the second innings, this time being undefeated for 101
runs.
Glamorgan fared better in their second innings but their first innings Arrears proved too much for the and their last wicket lell when they still wanted another 130 ruas for victory, Peebles (4 for 12) agnin doing the damage.
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The scores were:-
Northants, lat innings 113
White, 5 for 34,
*.*.*.... 203
Worcester, 1st innings
Thomas, 3 for 68. Northants, 2nd innings (9
wickets, declared).
305
Root, 5 for 85. Worcestor, and innings (total
for 4 wickets)..... SURREY. DERBY.
...
103
FENDER MAKES A CENTURY. Playing at the Oval, Derbyshire took first innings, points from the home county.
DARK BLUES BADLY BEATEN, Making the journey to Oxford, Kent beat the University. by 10 wickets.
The Dark Blues batted first and Hone distinguished himself by scor ing à century, helping the side to total 997 runs. Tich Freeman bowl. ed excellently to return the analysis of 8 for 99.
In reply to this total, the Hop County knocked up 496 for 0 wickets (declared), Ashdown (93), Woolley (95) and Todd (02) being the chief contributors.
Oxford put on 280 runs in their
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Brooklyn Cincinnati Following are the standings in the major leagues:-
AMERICAN LEAGUE,
Won Lost Pet. 7
Cleveland New York 11 * .578 Philadelphia, Detroit Washington 10 10
12
7 10
.502 .523 .500
10
.473
11
.352
St. Louis
31
*232
Chicago
Boston
'ADAMSON CUP.
second effort, Freeman again being RESULTS. IN MAY QUALIFY.
the most successful bowler for the county with 5 for 85.
Going in for the second time, Kent knocked off the required runs. with all ten wickets intact.
The scores were:- Oxford, 1st innings... 207
Hone, 105.
Freeman, 8 for 90. Kent, 1st innings ( wickets,
declared)
Ashdown 93.
Woolley 95.
Todd, 92.
Oxford, 2nd innings.
Freeman, 3 for 85. Kent; 2nd innings (for, no
wickets)
DERBYSHIRE'S NEW CAPTAIN.
480
ING COMPETITION,
The following are the results in the Adamson Cup (May Qualifying Competition):-
A. E. Clarke 70-14=65, qualifies Other scores were:- A G. Ursell 85-1000. I. H. Gelling 90—1773.
excellent.
both bat and
A brief survey of the history of Bridge will not be out of place. The founder of the dynasty, and I use that word deliberately, sincs Bridge is the king of card games, was whist, which flourished for many years, until, strangled by the multiplicity of its conventions, it died the death and made. way
for Bridge, which in its first form had no prenon, and differed from whist in that the dealer or his partner declared trumps, and the latter became dummy. The scoring also was changed. This game was followed by auction bridge, in which the values of the suits were 2, 4, 6, 8, 12, then by Royal Auction Bridge, in which the tricks values became as they are to-day, and which dropped the word royal when its predecessor was forgotten.
x player of 21, and the son of the Socialist M.P. for Kettering, according to the tennis correspon dent of the Daily Telegraph.
After he has had a little more experience of first-class tonuis I believe he and H. W. Austin, un- der sympathetic leadership, will' prove equal to winning back the Davis Cup for England.
Perry promises to revolutionise the game as it has been played in England by exploiting on the courts strokes of which he beenme master as a former world ping- pong champion.
which the traffic of feet must nu. turally raffle-did not always pro- vide a bond in sympathy with his methods,
Perry hits the ball so near the ground that drives has the same *time-saving virtue as half-volleys. The volleyer, following behind these lightning thrusts, often finds they have done their work before he rea ches the not Table tennis is based on the principle of repercussion. Supple in limb, strong in stamina, and buoyant in spirit, Perry-has- it those physical attributes which
ft him to be a pioneer on the lawn Leunis court.
Austin Worried.
Austin, who was meeting Perry in the final of the invitation sing- les, was worried by the unexpected quickness of his opponent's strokes. That Austin was able to win the
match in the end by three sets to
two with a score of 3--6, 4-8, 8-0. 6-1, 7-5, must be ascribed to good fortune and the courage with which he seized his chances at the crisis of the third and fifth sets, in both of which Perry held a 5-2 lead. Perry's finest shot-his close-to- the-ground forehand service return
Packed galleries at, the Queen's Club saw lawn tennis produced by Perry with a speed of foot and hand which was almost entirely novel to many eyes, and which, at
deserted him just when ita loy its inspired periods, was more ad-alty would have carried him home. vanced and perhaps more daring than the modern art of Henri Cochet. To say that Perry in full cry made Tilden's type of game, with all its vigour and control, ap- pear almost dull and stereo- typed by comparison is no geration.
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Lightning Thrusts,
cxag.
The novelty about Perry was that he had an utter contempt for defensive tactics. Indeed, when he attempted to pursue them, he was completely out of his element,
To sum up, Perry's type of game, given a surface without depression or rain to impair its accuracy, is in my opinion, calculated to revolu tionise lawn tonnis. Its forehand brilliancy is undeniable, and it does not suffer on the backhand from the Californian hold-which many young Americans adopt.
Perry first came into notice as A Middlesex junior. He joined the Chiswick Park Club, winning the Middlesex, championship. on its courts last year. ́ At · Wimbledon
TheRabbits'" Obance.
Thus that inevitable law of na- ture, ovolution, has been perform
ing its steady work, and who can doubt that it will continue to do. so, and that contract, the youngest | In attack he was bewildering, only | soon afterwards he defeated Baron member of the dynasty, will reignfailing to gather the fruits of his
undisputed until in due course it begets an offspring to supplant it. Each successive stage of the game
has compared favourably with its predecessor in the same way, in that
it Eas grafted on to the old stem some innovation, which has made
it more amusing to play, and at the same time, strangely enough has given the weaker players, or rabbits, à botter chance, not to hold their own, but to lose jeas.
In fancy, one can hear exclamo-
tions of "But surely that does not apply to Contract, which is such a
difficult gamo!", Contract is not a difficult game; it is only necessary to absorb a few guiding principica of bidding, to find it really quito simple, The referonce here to that half of the game comprised by the bidding only, and not to the play of the hand, the difficulties of which are common to both Auction and Contract, and give both games their great charm of infinite
variety.
Even the finest players are con- fronted with problems in the play of the hand, and from the days of Cavendish onwards countless books have boon written for the education therein of the student, but few people become really good players of the cards otherwise than from natural talent and a capacity to learn from their own mistakes-and what a thrill one feels on those rare occasions when one is conscious of baying excelled oneself and brought off what one flatters oneself is a brilliant coup; only to be equalled, by riding a winner or hitting a goal at polo.
Best Way to Learn,
But with the bidding, it is quito Worthington pan
a different story, Contract is osso bowl, and Mitchell is highly tially a game of combination, and 260thought of by many good judges. consequently it is essential for Some critics think him the best leg playere to be able to interpret the break bowler in the country. Mitmeaning of their partners' bids, 32chell is not a googlie bowler, but which can only be done by their he bowls both the off-broak and the adopting some common system of
bidding.
There are two main aye- leg-break, the latter at a good pace. teras, the English and the Ameri In 1920 he obtained 103 wickets, an; and there are two main ways and last season 138 at 18.30 runs of learning them, by reading them each. Unfortunately he is a poor Derbyshire are a good side. G: tint, and his fielding cannot be dep, which is very quick and very cheap, or from your partner's cri- R. Jackson has done much for them scribed as good. With a large sum ticism-kindly, it is to be hoped- during the last nine years, and ber af all-round players and several the news of his retirement from the promising youngsters the future of but this second way of learning captaincy of the eleven has been Derbyshire cricket appears to ix may be both long and costly. received with the greatest regret. He was fine captain who knew Surrey had first use of the wickets the value of discipline, and, an at- bat, this did not soom to give them tractive left-handed bateman; and were all out for only 184 runs. the presentation made to him to 170 Derby replied with 307, of which cently at the annual general meet- total Alderman claimed 113, noting was but fitting reward for all his fine and unsellar work. He is In their second effort, however, succeeded by A. W. Richardson, an Surrey put up a much better show old Wykehamist. and declared at 388 for the loss of The Cricket Nursery seems to be the young players. Ryan, on A it id a game of combination, in soven wickets. Percy Fender, their turning out well, for Smith, wicket to help him, in a fine left which one good player playing with captain, played a fine innings for sound left-handed batsman, who handed bowler, and Mercar: takes thres rabbits cannot take charge to 100, not out, while Poach helped promises to become an excellent his 100 wickets year after year. the same extent as he can at Auc materially with 03. After Daby ho balted well fast scrson, and The The Bght which the releven-tion Thirdly, i because our The Somerset-Warwick match at had compiled 127 for the loss of Armstrong," a left-handed bowler made with the Australians last of time you will be forced into it, Birmingham resulted in a win for one wicket in their second venture, from Clay Cross, shows ability, August has had a stimulating effect sinos you cannot stay the march of
Townsend .and the former, and although Paraons stumps were drawn, leaving them Storer, Slater,
on the game generally throughout progress Capt. Lindsay Monday of the fatter county made a century winners-on-the-first innings. (Continued at foot of next column.) "the county.
in the Daily Telegraph,
The scores were: Middlesex, 1st innings
Lee, 107.
Hearne, 104.
Clay, 7 for 00.
Glamorgan, 1st innings
Peebles, 7 for $8.
Middlesex, 2nd innings (2)
wickets, declared) ...... 'Hearne, 107. not out. Glamorgan, 2nd tonings .... Peebles, 4 for 72.1
WARWICK v. BOMERSET.
*337
902
928
CLOSE WIN FOR SOMERSET
out,
To all Bridge players who have not yet taken to Contract there are GLAMORGAN,
three sound reasons for doing so. a fairly good anason. All last year's ing and amusing, as is proved by Glamorgan are looking forward to Firstly, it is much more interest- players are available and M. J. the fact that no one who has given Turnbull will again captain the side it a fair trial would dream of on which he had so inspiring an ing back to Auction. Secondly the effect in his first year of captainey. poorer players will not lose Dyson should make lots of runs, so much, oxcept when two rabbits and Howard is, possibly, the best are opposed to two exports, because
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H. L. de Morpurgo, the Italian Davia Cup captain and reached the Inst sixteen.
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