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FAMOUS CRICKETERS OF THE PAST.
Batsman For A Crisis
Sir K. J. Key's Schoolboy Triumph Against Lancashire,
Sir K. J. Key, Barb..
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a though, of course, Shutes collected cricketer who provos dased from the wonderful band that included; his schooldays As, a boy at Clif (the two Ronds, Abel, and Lohmans. ton he was one of the two chief to hy joined later by the two d "actors in a remarkable performance" mom. Lockwood, and " Richardson.
Playing for Surrey in the sam and-Tom Hayward. mer holidays against Lancashire, ne joined MW. E. Roller, seventh wicket, when some 150 wanted to win. They played out time that evening and on the fol lowing morning the balance was hit off without their being soparab ed.
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During the Brst day of his in nings young Koy drove Crossland into the pavilion.
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In fact Key was a member of the strongest colatý X1. there has ovat
İseen.
By general consent the two grent. et batsmen who never played in a Test match wore Key and Porcy Perrin. In 1887 Kay was invited to go to Australia, but for privato reasons was unable to accept.
HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, TUESDAY, JUNE 7, 1932.
GARRISON BILLIARDS.
THIRD ROUND.
The following are the results of the game between "C" Com- pany Argyle & Sutherland Highlanders, and "C" Company South Wales Borderers in the third round of the Garrison, Billiards Chai, lenge Chip Competition, at the Soldiers Home, last evening:- “C3 Còy, A, & SH,
Coy. N.W.A.
L/C. (99) Williams Ptr. John
Pto. Graut
beat
Cpl. Stewart
Pte. Jaffrey
lost to best
L/C. Seammoll
Cpl. Alexander
Just to
Set, Norris
Pte. Conway Pte. McLeod
boat
bea
L/Cpl. Barry
Pte. (79) Williams
150 to 109 135 to 180
150 to. BI 01 to 150
150 to 133 130 to 148
Result: "C" Coy. A. & S.H. bens "C Coy, S.W.B. 920 to 760.
CROWDED WEEKS OF LAWN TENNIS.
A PRELIMINARY SKIRMISH AT TORQUAY.
A short
FRENCH TENNIS
TITLES
MRS. WILLS-MOODY'S SUCCESS
(Reuter's Special Service.)
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Big lawn tennis bas Curiously, Kay and Perrin were season, but an exceedingly merry From Clifton, Way proueded to that wonderful cricketing college, both moderate fields, and the form- Orial. There he found his older always attributed his failing tone, anys à correspondent in a Lon- schoolfallow, J. H. Brain. Both being "straded" in the pavilion by don daily last month. In the dozen her first triumph of her latest Euro-
were in the Oxford XI. from 1884. his skipper for missing a "gapor 1897, and in the latter year Brain, just previously, captained the Dark Blues.
It is difficult to understand why he was chosen. in preference, ax Key is plaend ng one of the six finest batsmen that Oxford has produced
But after a ball he was last enough, as behoved one who had played three-quamer for Oxford and Richmond-the latter then in
have
WOTI
PABIR, June & Mra. Helen Wills-Moody scored
weeks between how and the end
pean tour at Auteuil to-day when of July the now champions of Wim-she won the Women's Singles title
The final of the men's singles bledon and of France will reveal in the French tennis championships.
our girls-or the
will be fought out between Hari themselves
the Cochet, the lending Fronch player, Americans-will their zenith, when Kay's colleagues Wightman Cup, and the greatest and de Stefani, the conqueror of included W, C, Mitchell, A. 3. Gould, the two Gurdons, Arbier, knock-out competition of the world. H. G. N. Lee, he found "John" Ricketts. F. II.Chaborn, and those incompurasi--for the Davis Cup-will have dea- troyed again all hopes save the win- Cresson, and C. Wraford Brown Balves, Rotherham and Lusty
ners'.
in the last 50 years.
Al Oriel, in addition to Brain,
For years his aggregple in the Varsity stood as the record, as did his innings of 143 in 1980 as the highest individual score of the
Bories.
While at Oxford he compiled 281 for his university against Middle- sex, the match being played on the Chiswick ground.
• Nervous Wineties..
During his four years at the university he was piling up hake sobres for Surrey in the vacation, and at one time it was almost ludicrous on how many occasions he reached the nineties and failed to Boore the century.
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All the same he inade mang of the latter, and un two occasions his was on of the top All England averages for the year. In a pür. ticular innings of 170, he played against Kent he drove
Frank
Roberts.
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In the semi-final, de Stefani beat) Menzel (Czecho-Slovakia) by three sets to one and Cochet won in straight sets, conceding only five
The results weret
Women's Binges Final. Mrs. Wills-Moudy (U.S.A.) bent Madame Mathieu (France), 76, 3-1.
With Whitsun contes general- games. set-off against moderate Golding Key possessed no
going out to grass." One hopes No batsman ever stepped up to the that evary club grass court in Eng- wicket who was his amperior inland will be firm enough during the
In fact, many "stopping a rot." of his greatest innings were played week-end to stand three day's hard when his colleagues failed.
worr. Bay though grass is our "national surface," our Davis Cup team are taking no risks of a rain spoilt match against the Rumanians that skirmish will be fought out on hard courts.
No more modest man ever lived. "I had two good years." he will tell you. And will add that his infinitely preferred playing Rugby football. Yec, good as he was at the latter his cricket was far supavior.
Key always declared that the two bowlers he dreaded most were W Barnes, of Nottingham, and Wat-1 son, of Lancashire, but that the greatest he ever batted against was Crossland,
KOWLOON GOLF.
BRALEY AND EASTMAN
WIN OPEN FOURSOMES.
Welcome Rotura,
Men's Singles Semi-Finals. De Stefani (Italy) beat Menzel, 6-3 2-6. 7-6, 6-4. Cochet (France) beat Marcel Bernart (France) 6-1,
:6-0, 6-4.
FANLING GOLF.
.." Skirmish" is all that opening round ought to be, for-unless book estimates go hopelessly wrong the "CAPTAIN'S CUP RESULTS. Rumanians will be no match for un either in singles or in doubles. Everyone is glad to welcome back Nichelus Mishu, once a familiar figure and effervescent personality in our tournaments, and to see him
Hearne out of the Oval. Another A. T. Braley and A. Eastman exploit as many as he cares of his
that stands out is his 120 against won the Kowloon Golf Club Open dozen twist services. But Mishu is Middlesex as Lord's, when Surrey Foursomes at the Kowloon Coursese years of age and was never quite #ickets fell like ninepins. Key on Sunday when they defeated J.
carried his bat and Surrey scraped, McKelvic and W. Taylor in the of the Perry class; and his comrade-
home by two or three wicket.
In 1887 Koy was one of the Sur rey XI. that won the championship, and in the next eight years they won it even times, though ance (1 1880) key shared it with Lancashire and Nottingham. They won again in 1899 (under his captaincy), but since then only once has success come to the metropolitan county. Jack Shuter and right ably too, Key took over the captaincy from
COMING SHORTLY
TO THE KING'S
More vital today than warn its raighty drums - folded on the silent
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holes.. Final by 10 and 9 over thirty-sixinarins, G. Poulief, comes as an unknown. Neither F. J. Perry nor The winners played good golf in. F. David ought to lose a single; the early stages and established a comfortable lead, being stood 7 up and Perry and G. F. Hughes ought after the first eighteen boles. In
to hold the double quite DOE- the afternoon they went further ahoad to secure their substantialfortabiy,, victory on the 27th green. The Mora important than this test is match was played under handicap, in eighteen. holes. the winners conceding one stroke the one due to begin in the French championships on May 23. Here
Summer Cup.
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The following are the results of the greond round of the Summer Cup played over the Kowloon course on the same day-
W. M. Groves beat J. McKelvie,
2 up.
W. Ramany bent B. McNider, 7
and is.
SHARE
ALLOTMENTS.
TIME ALLOWED TO FILE RETURNS.
Mr. Loo D. Almada, Jnr., apponr- ing on behalf of the Tung. Tak Knitting Co., Ltd.. applied before the Chief Justien (8ir Joseph Komp) in the Supreme Court yos- terday for an extension of time in which to file two, statutory returns with the Registrar of Companies.
An aidavit sworn by the man- aging director stated that between
·November 25, 1931, and April 10, 1092, 1.80 shares of $30 each were allotted and paid for in cash. Again on November, 25, 1031, 306 shares were credited as fully paid up. The necessary entries wore made in the Company's share re- gister, but it was discovered after the time limit for filing the returns had expired that they had looked to file them.
over-
Counsel said that the omission to file the returns was due to in- advertance.
His Lordship granted an exten- sion of seven days in which to fle returns in both cases,
MOTION PICTURE
MERGER.
BIG FAR EASTERN DEVELOPMENT.
Tha quiet that has prevailed in financial circles since the outbreak of the Sino-Japanese hostilities 19 about to be broken, according to authentic but carefully-guarded, in- formation to the affect that a new motion picture company has been formed by several well-known fin- ancial and business lenders of this city.
The company, according to the information available, will develop in Shanghai this industry on scalo not heretofore attempted.
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The now company, it was ascer granted a charter. It is stated to taiped yesterday, has already been
constituce a combine of 50 per cent of the leading existing theatres hore ind in other parts of China, and boaides operating these, will pro- duce Chinese pictures for its own release and distribution elsewhere.
The following were the results in AT THE PENINSULA.
the Captain's Cup Competition, played on the Old Course, Fanling, over the week-end:-
A. Leach qualifies, 30-0-7 Other scores; —
R. "Young," 84-6-78... J. E. Campbell, 05-14-61. There were 19 entries.
HONG KONG POLICE RESERVE.
[ORDERS BY THE HON. T. H. KING,. I.G.P.]
MR.
Chinese Company, Strength: Conitable R.ss Woo Ting Chang has been permitted to resign from the Chinese Company,
the feature of over-riding intarest is the doublos partnership of G. F. Hughes and I. G. Collins. I do
et consider that either H. W. Aus-as from May 23.
Training Couro (Part II): All
tin or Perry ought to be asked to recruits will attend at the Chinese bear the burnt of our Cup doubles Company's Headquarters to-day at as well as singles. Their doubles 3.20 p.m. for instruction. game. while good, is not so out-
J. H. Russell beat J. E. . John-standing as to warrant the risk of
Bon, 4 and 3.
D. C. Wilson beat W. A. Lina,
2 up.
U.S. BASEBALL ·
overstrain.
ona.
turns
Training Course (Part I): All recruits of the Chinese Company will attend Central Police Station for Squad Drill on Thursday, at Indian Company,
5.30 p.m.
The Alternative.
Leaving them out,
Revolver Practice: Revolver prac. tice will be carried out by membara uaturally to Collins and Hughes or of the Indian Company on the Collins and J. C. Gregory. The Kennedy Road Range on Wednes- Arat of, these partnerships has not day, June 16, at 5.30 p.m. under yet been triod. But for the factbers will assemble at the Range at Sub-Inspector A. L. Hopkins. Mem- that Collins until last week-end had that time. Sunday's baseball matches resulthardly hit a ball this season, the ed as follows:---
[THNOVON REUTER'S AGENCY.)
"National Largue,"
Brooklyn 0 Philadelphia Frederick hit a home run. Boston
0 New York Boston
Urbanaki hit a home run. St. Louis
St. Louis
pair would probably have been test- Led at Torquay. In Pacis they will have couples of the Cochet-Brugner 7 calibro in the field; and will show whether in them lies the solution of our Cup doubles problem,
$
7 New York
3 Cincinnati
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3 Cincinnati
It is good at any rate to know that the salectors, in face, of con-
Flying Squad.
Revolver Practica: Revolver prac tion will be carried out by members of the Tlying Squad on the Ken- netly Road Range to-morrow at 5.30 p.m. under Sub-Inspector A. L. Hopkins Members will assemblo at the Range at that time.
Reserve Emergency Unit,
Motor Patrol: A motor patrol
Lombardi and Martin hit homestant pressure, bave relented from will be carried out on Friday, June
Tung
American Langue.
the attitude they took up last sea-10, for all members. They will that because Collins and assemble outside Queen's Pier at
5.30 p.m. Uniform optional. Gregory could not play in the April Trinks they could not be considered for Cup matches. That illjudged decision in all probability cost us 10 the Cup.
Washington 7 Philadelphia 11
Foxx hit a home ruzm New York 12 Boston, 1.
Babe Ruth, Chapana and Dickey
hit a home run. Cleveland D Detroit
Tunics All members who have not. turned in their Khaki tunica for alteration must bring them to. the Police Store at once.
(Bgd.) D. L. KING,
D.S.P. (R.).
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SECOND SYMPHONY
CONCERT.
The second Symphony Concert hold in the Lounge of the Penin- sula Hotel on Sunday evening, was again a great success, and the at tendance was greater than on the first occasion.
The programme proved to be very popular and was much appreciated; the large audience being very gen- erous with their applause.
Par ticularly encored was the 'cello solo by Mr. Podolsky, who played with asure touch and very deep feeling.
The programme for the cert next Sunday will be advertised shortly, and we have heard that Mrs. Nura Kania and Miss Norah Flint, D.R.C.M. Leipzig, well- known to Hong Kong music lovers, will contribute and the public should not miss such a promising
trent.
HEALTH IN EASTERN PORTS.
The following health bulletin of Eastern poris, for the week ended. May 9, has been issued:-
Plague.
Cases: Deathe Alexandria cesareare Rangoon Colombo Pnom-Pinh
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OPEN CHAMPIONSHIP GAME.
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After 16 head each player had scored 14 shots, but McLeod, inr cluding a two and three among his RADNO EXPERTS - WORK GUARANTEED scoros, ran out the winner by 1 ahota to 10.
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