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COUNTY CRICKET MATCHES RESULTS.
SPORTING ARRANGEMENT BETWEEN RIVAL CAPTAINS: CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH COMPLETED IN A DAY!
SURREY AGAIN SCORES HEAVILY: CAMBRIDGE AND NEW ZEALANDERS PLAY BRIGHT. CRICKET,
Perhaps the most sporting arrangement between « two - rival captains in the history of county cricket 'was that between F. EXZ Greenwood, the Yorkshire loador, and B. H. Lyon, the Gloucester saptain, who agreed to declare when each side had spored in the m first innings in order that the match might be brought to a dafnite conclusion. The result was that the match was completed after a day's play, this movement towards brighter cricket being well roceived by the cricket world.
*...
The Oval wie the scene of some bright cricket when «Surrey inflicted a heavy defeat upon Warwickshire. The match saw the veteran Hobbs playing at his best and he added another century, to his already long liat Shepherd and Ducat also entered the, land' of three figures, while Wyatt, the captain of the opposing side, came off with 100 in his effort to pull the game round in the fourth inuings. Unfortunately, however, he found no one to stay with him.
The most notable batting and bowling performances ware.
Batting.
Hobbs (Surrey) ....
447
Shepherd (Surrey)
140
Ducat (Surrey)
123
R. C. Blunt (N.Z.)
120
115
Astill (Leicestor)
K. 8. Duleepsinji (Sussex) 129 C. D. Kemp. Welch (Cam.) 102*
Bowling. Freeman (Kent)
.....7 for 44 Verity. (Yorkshire) ..... 7 for Bi Larwook (Notts) 6 for 20 Jackson (Worcester) "....6 for 25- Langridge (J) (Sussex) 6 for 34 Parka (Worcester) 6 for 40 P..G. H. Fender (Sur-
rey)
6. for 51 Gover (Surrey)
for 72 Goddard (Gloucester).. 5 for 21 Wellings (Oxford) for 30 Durston (Middlesex)... 5 for 42
C. S. Dempster (N.Z.) 101* 1. E. 8. Wyalt (Warwick) 100
* denotes not out.
COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIP TABLE.
Gloucester
Middlesex
Kont
•Nottat Worcestershire
Yorkshire
Surrey
Lancashire
Derbyshire
Essex ... Sussex
Hampshire
Leicestershire
Somersetshire
Glamorganshire
Warwickshire
Northamptonshiro
1st Inna. No
Poss.
P. W. L. W. L. Result Pte. Pts.
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(Å 2 2 8 8 *** = 68885387
4
135
4 0 2 0 0 D0
4 I 1 0
105
4 1 1
0 105
.1 105
00
135
103
1 120
0 120
105
00
-105
120
จ
705
103
0.
90 12
8
5
7
0 2
This method of scoring this year is as follows:-15 points for
a win; 7 points, fox a tier 5 points for a win on the first innings and 3 points for loss on first innings; 4 points for a tie on the first innings and 4 paints for no result. YORKS . GDOUCESTEN.
SPORTING DECLARATIONS!
Cricket, in the truest sense of the word, was played when these two counties met at Sheffield, for in order that the game might be a definite conclusion, brought to
the captains of the sides agreed to play only an innings. To confurin with the rules, however, they wore obliged to play two innings cach, with the rosult that after making 4 runs each in" the first knock, the rospectiva captains declared their innings closed!
In the second innings Gloucester made, 171 despite some splendid bowling by Varity who captured 7 wickets for. 64 runs. This was by no means a safe. total but tight fielding and judicious handling of the bowling saw Gloucester dismiss
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innings and 12 ruas, but they word also frented to sound good cricket by Hobbs, Duent and Shophord, who all entered bhe land of thras Ggures For Warwickshire Wratt also made a century, but he had little support from the rest of his aide.
Warwick United-first but vera all out for 130 ruas, Gover, the Surrey fast bowler, taking 0 wickets for 72 runs. Then followed some
HURRICANE RUN MAKING.
FENDER 139 OUT OF 181 IN 80 MINUTES.
THREE CENTURIES AT * THE OVAL,
There were great batting triumphs cricket which gladdened the hearts at the Oval on May 14, for Surrey of Burray's supporters. Hobbs, who against Somerset. In the early despite his 49 years is just as good part of the day came classic con- as ever, treated the bowling with turies in stately style by Hobbs and scant respect and, made 147. Sandhan; then in the... Jast 80 Shepherd was only seven behind minutes, Fender, roused the company Surrey's *** crack "
while Andy with 139 made by the finest hitting Duent got 13, the Bids totalling imaginilo. He ran to 109 out of 603 for 4, declared.
134 in an hour, and his throa, e's Wyatt played a real captain's and seventeen 4's. And while all innings whon Warwick went in for this hurricane business by the Sur the second time. He made 100 runs rey captain was in full swing the but the rest of the side did not old Oxford Bluc, Jardine, indo' a fare too well against Fender (6 for perfect 30. So far Fender and 51) and were all out for 201 Jardins have put on 181 in an hour
The scores wore
and 20 minutes. wore:-
Warwick, let innings
139
Gover,. 6 for 72.
Surrey, 1st innings (4 wkts.
dec.).
503
Hobbs, 147; Shepherd 140;
Ducat 125, Warwick; 2nd innings.
Wyatt, 100,
252
Fender, 6 for 51.
NOTTS . HAMPSHIRE,
LARWOOD'S FINE BOWLING. An Nottingham, the home county bout Hampshire by ten wickets, a feature of the match being the ax cellent bowling of Larwood, who, in taking 6 wickote for 50 runs in the second innings, was chiefly responsible for the, cheap dismissal of Hampshire, who were all out for 88' runa 1....
Hampshire batted first and they put on 220 runs to which Notte re plied with 270 for 9, declared. In their second innings Hampshire fell to pieces and only got 68, thus leaving Notte only nine runs be- hind. These were wiped off without ary: loss, the scorea being:
Hampshire, let innings...... 220 Notts, 1st innings (8 wkts."
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Hampshire, and innings
Larwood, & for 20..
Notte, 2nd innings (for no
wkta)
ing Yorkshire for only 124, thus winning by 47 runs Goddard, the LEICESTER 1, SUSSEX, Gloucester fast-medium bowler, who played against Australia in the fourth Test laet Summer, had a wickets for 21 runs. very successful match, taking o
The scores were :- Gloucester, 1st innings (dec. for no wkta.)........................... Yorkshire, 1st innings (dee.
for no wkts.)''
Gloucester, 2nd innings
Verity, 7 for 04. Yorkshire, 2nd innings Goddard, 6 for 21.
SURREY 2. WARWICK,
4
4
171
124
HOBBS GETS ANOTHER CENTURY.
The Oval erowd ware delighted when they turned out to watch the nove match, for not only did they. ece their county winning by an
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LAWN BOWLS.
ONLY ONE GAME PLAYED
ON SATURDAY.
KOWLOON DUCK RECORD THEIR FIRST WIN,
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Lawn bowlers were very appointed at being unable to carry out their fixtures on Saturday, when heavy rain fell in the morn ing. Hoping against hope for a change in the weather conditions
some sunshine, which alone would have put the grounds in fair: condition for play, decision wore eventually made about tiffin time, to call off the majority of the gamos...
Kowloon Dock, who were booked to play, against the Police at the the only game in the whole of the Valley, made the trip, and this was League programme for the after- noon which was taken in hand and played to a finish. The ground whe in fair condition owing to its ability to drain quickly after bonvy rain, and it so happened that no more rain fell in the afternoon to interfere with the play,
Both the Police and Kowloon had been unsuccessful in their efforts dnabled Kowloon Dock to secure until this day, and the mesting
their initial pointe.. At the half way stage the Police hold a lead of about 12 shots all round, but the visitors mado a great rally after tea-time to reverse the position and win by the small margin of four shots:
scores:
The following were the teams and
Police R.0. Kowloon Dock. J. Carey. W. Hedley
R. G. Craig
Naturally Fender in going for the bowling from the start took any number of risks, and he had a big allco of luck when with his score at 10 Burrough dropped a catch from him in the deep. In one, over from White Fender. scored 10-the first of his two sizes sent the ball out of the ground, and be followed with à four and a three. His first 53 out of 61 occupied only 28 minutes.
Surrey had been given a great start by Hobbs and Sandham, who made 231 for the first wicket. Hobbs had been let off at 3 on the Wednesday evening; but on the following day he was never out in his timing. As for Sandhum, he
J. C. West played with his usual soundness for (Skin) .... four hours. Both Sandham and L. Mist Hobbs hit fifteen 4's. Afterwards Ducnt had two hours and a quarter at the wicket; but everything was overshadowed when Fouder took
command of the game. Surrey's score of 579 for 4 gives them a lead of 241.-
Somerst.
Young, o Ducat, b. Sheffield 20 R. AIngle, & Shefeld-
C. C. Casd, e Brooké, b 10-
Glover ....R
L. Hawkins, b Gover....!
Reynolds
F. E. Booker, W. Mair
(Skip) T. Daly A. Brittain T. Gooding
T. R. Hunter! W. MeHandy J..Oram (Skip)
Total
10
20
H. M. McTavish
R. Lapsley
(Skáp)... 14
C. Atkinson
J. A. Lindsay ·
F. C. Goodman
J." Puncheon
(Skip)
so
G. Henderson, H, G. Cooper i J. V. Ramsay
F. Cullen
14
(Skip)
23
33
Total
67
LEAGUE TABLES,
Division. I
'P. W. D. L.. Craigengower 44.0 Kowloon 0.0.2.2 4.4
Club de Recreio 4 2 0 2 Civil Service
20 24
Taikoo R.C. 4. 2 09 4
.0.2
Kowloon D.R.O. 5. 1. 0 4
LOCAL BASEBALL.
JAPANESE OVERWHELM
CHINESE
Winners of the local baseball championship asb
year, the Japanese Baseball Club again assorted their superiority when they met and defeated the South China outit at Caroline Hill, yesterday: by the comfortable margin of 13
INTER VARSITY TENNIS.
CAMBRIDGE BEAT OXFORD.
BRITISH WIRELESS SERVICE.]
London, June 7. Cambridgo boat Oxford in the inter-Varsity lawn tennis at Oxford
runs bo blagesandel Sur
Although it was their first gama by 1s matches to 2. this summer, one saw enough of the Nipponites to feel confident they will be hard to beat when the league Thoy showed Benson commences.. splendid team work while their, base stealing was, as usual, excellent
The remaining five doubles matches were not played 'owing to rain.
South China lend at 3-1 until the. fourth innings when the Japanese. sent no less than six runners across the plate to give them the lead by other six rune in the fifth innings This was followed by an- run.
and although the Chinese tried. hard they could not-notch another point right up to the end of the seventh inning. A'DAY:
The Teams.
The teams lined up as follows:- ¡S. China,
Japanese.
M. Goo
E. Chang
PS. Hachiuma
& Y. Hachiuma
Y. T. Chan ab Murata F., Yuen
M. Chang H. Young
Fung
2b: Ashizawa.
8.a. Takezawa 36. Miki
r: Kusatio
Suzuki
O. K. Laung 1. Saido The scores, innings by innings, WOTO:*****
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
South China 1202000 5 Jagance
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THE "DERBY"
RESULTS.
EN HONG KONG 3 MINUTES AFTER RACE,
We are informed by the manager
of the Eastern Extension Telegraphi Co, that the Derby" results were transmitted from the course im- 'mediately after, the winners passed the post over their cables to:-
(Continued on next Column.)
DAVIS CUP TENNIS:
PERRY BEATS KIRBY:
THROUGH, REUTER'S AGENCY.].
JEASTBOURNE, Jund" Gin J. Perry (Britain) to say heat Kirby (South Africa), 3-6, 6-4, 6-1, 6-4 Britain had already won thá Davis Cup tie with South Africa 4 by three matchus to nil
RYDER CUP: TEAM.
BERT HODSON INCLUDED.
(THROUGH REUTER'S AGINOY;} .
LONDON, June 0. The inclusion of Bert Hodson, of Chigwell, Essex, completes the Britiah Ryder Cup team. Hodson finished twenty-eighth in yester day's Open Championship.
Bombay Alexandria Capetown Hàng Rong Adelaide
South America
in 2 seconda
LAWN TENNIS BALLS
The
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"Leo" (J; W.) b Sheffield ...
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979
68
H. D. Burrough, b Shofield 8. J. C. White, a Fender, b
Sheffield.
#1
155
'Wellard, b Sheföld
0
G. E. Earle, h Gover
55
Kowloon B.G.O. 4
10
Lindey, not out ........
35
Pratten, e Sheffield
Shepherd, b
Police RC
30 0
SHOTS FOR AND AGAINST.
B 9, 14.3, w 1, n-b 1
14
For Aget. Up. Da.
Total
338
Surrey.
131 Ducat, o Hawkins, b White 83 Shopherd, White
5
Craigengower... 257 187 Kowloon · C.C.....201 200 Club do Recreio 214, 209. Civil Service ... 243 241 Taikoo B.C. 237 241. Kowloon B.GO. 230 230 Kowloon D.R.C. 206 310 Police R.C. 231 224
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Sussex made the trip to Leicester- shire and had to be satisfied with first innings pointe...
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The visitors batted frst and com- piled 397 for 9 declared, Duleep- singhi playing pretty cricket for 112. Leicester replied with 238, Astill contributing 110. while Jatnes Langridge took a for 34. Sussex had got together 75 for 2 when stumps were drawn, the scores being:-
Sussex, ist innings (9 wkts.
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307
Duleapsinghi, 112.
Leicester; 2nd innings.
250
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Langridge, 0 for 34. Susser, Bad innings. (for 2
wkts)
CAMBRIDGE ». NEW
ZEALANDERS.
BRIGHT CRICKET. AT
FENNER'S.
At Cambridge, the New Zealand- ers played a drawn game with the University. Bright enterprising cricket was the feature of the match in the course of which ́no less than 1,100 runs were scored for 30
1
Hobbs, e Pratten, b Wellard 128 Sandham, C Young,
Wellard
D. R. Jardine, not out......
P. G. H. Fender, not out... 120
B 11, w 1, nb 1
13
......... 579
· Total (4 wkts.) Gregory, Peach, Brooks, Gover, (and Sheffield to bnt.
Bowling Analysis. Somerset-First Innings.
0. M. R. W. Gover 23 2003 Sheffield..... 31.4·34193 Gregory Peah....
15138 0 11431 0 Fender...... 10 0 33 0
LOCAL TENNIS.
WEEK-END EVENTS
..
CANCELLED.
The heavy rains on Saturday
wickets. No less than three in-morning rendered it impossible for. dividual hundreds were recorded, the visitors claiming two of these. any tennis to be played in the The Now Zealanders batted first afternoon and the opening of the and soon collared the bowling, local league tennis season was. Roger Blunt, who figured as one of therefore cancelled. It came te a “Wieden's Five Cricketers of The Your
in 1928, played forceful appointment for all of the teams pricket for 120 runs, the side totall-who have been preparing for their ing 375. Cambridge, however, were opening games for some wooks The not to be outdone and they too mass postponed matches will, it is pre- ad the 300 mark before they were sumed, be played off on a later date as the programme will not be altered.
Lout...
In the New Zealander's second knock, Dempster played one of his less then eleven games are to be According to the future list, no characteristic innings for 101 not out, thus enabling his aids to devided, six in the "B" division declare at 220 for 6. Set to get 367, and Ave in the section. They! the Light Blues wont about their are as follows
business in real earnest and had got
200 for 3 when stumms were drawn. Kemp Woloh hit dut daringly and was rewarded with 102, not out, the scores hoing:
New Zealandera, Int innings, 375,
Blunt, 190."
Cambridge, 1st innings ... 3050... Now Zealanders, 2nd innings
(5 White, doc
Dangster, 101 not out. "Cambridge, tha innings (for
200
Hemp Welch, 10 not out.
-"B" Division.
1. Recreio. LR.C
MBK. ATC. OF W/ HK.C.CZ C.8.0.0.:!) v.: H.K.U.T.C... S.CA.ACR.C
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RS.C
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1.R.C
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P. W. D. L Pts. Kowloon B.G.C). T 3. 1 Kowloon C.C. „2 14 3 Club de Recreio 4 30 Taikoo RC. 40 Civil Service... 420 24 Yacht Club 4 1 1 9 Craigongower 14 1 0 3 2 Eléctric R.C..... 40.
0
SHOTS FOR AND AGAINST.
Tor Agst Up Dr." Taikoo R.C. Ba, 278 222 55. · 0, Kowloon B.G.C. 200..214 16- 01 Kowloon C.C.... 958. 21543 Club de Recreio 207: 248 .::14: Civil Service .. 229.228... 10 Yacht Club 224 225 0 1
0. Craigengower... 220 260. Electric R... 016285
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0.110
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