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HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 12, 1935.
2 In the World of Sports
WARWICKSHIRE FAIL AT THE OVAL
All Out For 90 Meagre Runs Against Surrey
(Special Air Mail Service)
London, May 25 Warwickshire, so we read yes- terday morning, stood thurd in the first published list of the County Championship, but at luncheon time at the Oval yesterday- they were all out for 90 meagre runs against Surrey, and at the close of play they were 176 ruhs behind on the first innings.
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Deep thought could provide nc reason for Warwickshire's failure on a pitch which they themselves would be the first to describe as easy enough No leather-jacket: have made their way from »St. John's Wood to Kennington, and
Fishlock
EASY WIN FOR CHINESE
Against The U.S.R.C.!
At the Chinese Recreation Club
afternoor the yesterday
home the "A" team easily defeated United Services team by 8 sets to 1, though this does not give a fair impression of the play of Capt. Manners and L. Goldman who both played excellent tennis and gav their opponents a hard fight in all three "games. They won the only set for their team against Lee Wai Tong and Luk Ding Cheung, while they very nearly beat Ho Ka Lau and W. C. Hung whom they led at one time by 54, only to lose
the set at 7-5.
although twice he had to exercise the batsman's privilege of being allowed another hit at the ball in He urder to defend his wicket. twice drove Wyatt, who by now was overpitching the ball, to the off boundary, the first stroke with his left leg flung out and the second off his back foot. He was as severe on Mayer, whom he lit first to long on and then to long off the ball in each case making these new a sweet sound off boards which surround the Oval, Santall, when he came on at the ball Vauxhall end. brought the
to hit Barling's. back sharply middle stump. but neither Hollies
At last Holmes, playing forward, was inside a leg-break to be caught at the wicket, having scored 71 of the 92 runs while he was in. Fen- der was out second ball to a goog- ly: Whitfield Was leg-before- wicket. and Surrey's total was none too good at seven for 107.
indeed there was nothing particu-hor Paine, when they were given larly hostile in Surrey's bowling.
chance 1
to demonstrate any Perhaps Warwickshire suffered a
latent horrors in the pitch. could 'reaction from their great and
keep Holmes quiet exciting victory on Tuesday at Hove. Later, when Surrey batted. with quite as disheartening" a frst their 'Start to. overcome.
captain
gallant and then the
showed what batting could be. E. R. T. Holmes zer- tainly set the example, but in the end it was Fishlock who was the unchallenged hero of the day. "He well merited the compliment paid to him by the Warwickshire team, who with fingers blue with cold had cheerfully stopped the hardest of hits, when at the end of the day they stood aside to allow him to go first up the was to play defensive strokes pavillon steps.
Watts stayed in while Fishlock came into his own. So long as Holmes had been in Fishlock had played quietly and surely, but now he played still surely but gained in strength. He found another good partner in Brooks, whose day
of the
The U.S.R.C. are going to find it rather difficult to End another such capable player to partner L Goldman as Capt. Monners who is leaving on Thursday morning for London on HM.S. Suffolk,
The scores ere:-
Ka Lau and W. CHunk
(C.R.CJ):
#
beat Capt. Manners and L.
Goldman beat R.
7-3 Withington and
8-1 Capt. J. D. Mine beat C. Ravenhill and D,
Tellinton
6-
Lee Wal Tong and Luk Ding
Cheung. (C.R.G):
lost to Capt. Manners and L
Goldman
JACK JOHNSON SILKSTONE ELIMINATED
The Louis-Carnera Open Bowls Championship
Fight
St. Louis, Missouri, June 1.- Jack Johnson, the only coloured agater ever to held the world's heavyweight title, does not believe sensational that Joe Louts, the Young Detroit heavyweight, will beat Pruno Carnera when the pair meet in New York late in June
Contrary to general expectat tions, A. E Silkstone, -a former in-
well to score to the applause of the large gathering that was pre- sent to witness the matcn.
GOODWIN OUT
terporter and conqueror of R. Luz, was eliminated from the open Singles Championship .on the Craigengower G. C. green yester- In the Second round of the same day by A. O. Brawn whom he met competition. P. F. Goodwin of the the second round of the tour-Kowloon C. C. lost to J, K. sipan. rament, He lost to the Civil Ser the Hong Kong Electric player by vice Cricket Club howler by 21
22 to 9 shots on the Hong Kong Johnson Afty-seven years old. shots to 18 after playing 26 heads.
Football Club green. The encounter was, featured by. Goodwin started very shazily and now engaged in wholesale selling of liquer. said of Louts "good bowling and the polished and had no time to make am not wild about Louis. He's not display of both victor and van-effective recovery to the big lead of play. that the winner" clinched in the in a class with other great Negro quished and on the run fighters like Joe: Gans or Joe Wal Brawn fully deserved his win; he enely part of the game. COLE, I've seen him in several played very steadily throughout. “ fights.
He bus to action. He is a slow, plodding counter-puncher. and has been taught, the funda; mentals wrongly. Although he is one of the world's worst fighters, Carnera has a fairly good left and his experience should be too much, for Louls."
mittee meeting will be held this week to decide the date for the first race and the selection of the crews for the different boats.
'CULLEN WINS
any
F. Cullon met and defeated H. Gitters, on the Recrelo green.. y 21 shots to 12.
Play opened with both the play- ers scoring evenly but quite sud- denly, the winner ran into a 19-13 lead on the 20th head. After this stage, the former interporter play- At the fifth head, Gittens was ed mest attructively, and had, Brawn quite rattled. and ងរ the result of which. he, took the score to 20 to 18 on the 25th head. On the 25th head, however, Brawn with a brillant effort scores the neces- sary shot to annex the match, Silkstone had his "woods" well placed in this head, and was "lying" but the winner did very
3-8
beat R. L. Withington and
Capt. J. D. Milne beat C. Ravenhill and
Tollinton Tsul Wai Pul and In Tuk
Cheek (C.R.C.):
·B-3
D.
A 1
beat Capt. Manners and L.
Goldman beat R. L. Withington and
Capt. J. D. Mine beat C. Ravenhill and
Tailinton
ON
7-5
6-2
D.
6-2
well to win two out of three of their games which enabled the Kowloon team to run our winners in a very close encounter
highest merit. Fishlock with his strong forearm had little
KOWLOON WIN *THREE QUICK WICKETS
respect for those who were attend:
The "B"
Chinese team of the Gover, when Warwickshire be-
ing to their normal business out-
Recreation Club lost to the Kow- gan their Innings, bowled with his side the walled circle of the Oval
loon Cricket Club in "their "A" usual vigour to the full comple- Having hit one no-ball over the
Division encounter on the C.R.C. ment of slips and gullies, but boundary. he hit four more 8's. there was nothing unusual to be
one of which landed in the Vicar-round yesterday afternoon. A expected by those who had taken
age Garden, the ball being retriev-P. Guest and G.. C. Burnett did their carly, seats, Croom drove ec with splintered glass and other Watts, who was bowling from the signs of a lotig travel. That ac Pavilion end, to long-on, where
counted for 30 of his runs, of which the "sparrows chatter to thema
56 more were made from boundary selves, Ave runs being scored from
strokes, most of which were full- the stroke, but at 18 Kilner was
blooded and curling drives be- leg-before-wicket to. Watts Croomtween mid-off and extra scored easily enough, unt. Holmes, point. coming ch at the Vauxhall end, had him caught at mid-on. The score was then 34, and in the next
from over
was Watts Santall
R. E. 5. caught in the alips.
into such Wyatt dug himself purpose that it was 20 minutes before he had scored his first run. while Gover, suffering from his previous exertions this season. had been bowling from the Pavilion rend with an economical run and many more fieldsmen in front of the wicket than behind it.
a
cover
WARWICKSHIRE-First Innings
Kilner, 1p.w.. b.- Watts Croom, c. Squires b. Holmes.. Santali, c. Fishlock, b. Watts... R. E. 9. Wyatt. 1.b.w., b. Fender Dollery, b. Fender...... Collin, b. Gover...... Paine, c. Whitfield, b. Fender. F, Cranmer, st. Brooks, b. Fen-
'der
Smart, b.w., b. Fender Mayer, not out
The results scores were:— P. Kong and T. Kwok (C.R.C.). -drew with E. "C-Fincher abd
8-6 E. F. Fincher beat A. EF. Guest and G. C.
Burnett
#1
5 29
draw with M. Pagh and F.
Grose
8-6
4u Tak Lam and P. F. Choy
9
11
1C.R.C.): beat' E. C. Fincher and E. F.
5'
Fincher
8-4
0
lost to A. E. P. Guest and G.
C. Burnett
4-5
lost to M. Pagh and F. Grose 2-6
18F H. Kwok and S. W. Liang
2
(C.R.C.):
lost to E. C. Fincher and E
5
F. Fincher
..... 0-8
90
lost to A. E. P. Guest and G.
C. Burnett
5-7
beat M. Pagh and F. Grose MATCH POSTPONED
5-4
Hollles, st. Brooks, b. Whitfield - 0
Byes. 4; 1.b., i
Total
SURREY.-First Innings
At half-past 12 a hot drink was served to the field, so comforting to the fleiding side that wickets at once began to tumble. P. G. H. Fender took charge in a know- ing way of the Vauxhall end and" at once persuaded Dollery, player of great promise with a straight bat. to jump in and to be entirely beaten by the break. Colla was missed at the wicket off Fender before he played a ball from Gover on to his wicket, Fishlock, not out
Sandham, Lb.w. (N.). b. Wyatt Gregory, 1.b.w., b. Wyatt ...... Squires, lb,w, b. Wyatt Barling. b. Santall
E, R. T. Halmes, c. Smart, b.
Hoilles
Whitfield, Lb.w., b. Hollles...... Watts, b.. Santall. Brooks, b. Mayer Gover, Lb.w., b. Mayer
1
Owing to some unforeseen cir- Division the ""A" cumstances.
3 League match between the Indian 4 Recreation Club and the "Craigen- 9gower Cricket Club, which should have been played on the formers'
71 courts yesterday, was postponed.
113 It is understood that the Axture
will be played off on Friday next.
0
21
34 0
Byes, 8: Lb.w., 1; n.b., 1... 10
Total
(N.) Blgnifies 1.b.w. under new
law.
BOWLING ANALYSIS
Warwickshire-First Innings
and Paine, who had also been a P. O. H. Fender, b. Hollies...... shade lucky not to be stumped. hit a ball from Fender for a catch at extra cover-point. Wyatt, who later in the day was to enjoy the failure of batsmen who put their legs in front of the wicket, was himself leg-before-wicket, having striven for an hour for nine runs. Some gallant Bogging to leg by runs. Smart meant a few more but Warwickshire sat down to luncheon all out and bewildered. Burrey, when their turn came for 13 runa, lost three wickets first Sandham, then Gregory, and
Gover afterwards
leg- Squires belag before-wicket to Wyatt, who had Watts begun the bowling at the Pavilion end, with Mayer at the other. Ferider
Whitfield Quite a young spectator at this point remarked, "They've got very big legs to-day." Wyatt had been making the new ball swing away. and the one which came back was all the more unpleasant.
AN, ATTACKING INNINGS Holmes, from the moment that he went in, attacked the bowling,
Holmes
Mayer Wyatt Santall
Hollies Paine
GOLF NEWS
Bogey (Par) Pool. Fanling Old 288 Course June 8-10, 1835.
0. M. R. W. 12
1 4 28
71 22 2
* 4
1
6
1
0 2 27 5
1.3 0
4
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Surrey-First Innings
OMR
#
W.
18:4 33 2
17 4 67. 3
12 3 33
#
19 484 3
11 239.0
Umpires-Reeves and Hendren.
Paymaster Comdr. E. M. Tetley (9) ali square A, M. W. Scott (10) 1 down,
G. Massulle (10) was also one down but Scott wins owing to the better score over the last nine holes,
There were 50 entries.
THE. V.R.C
Great interest in still being maiztained by the Rowing Sectio
o the Victoria Recreation Club and the committee have arranged bi-monthly races during Jurie, July and August for an Aggregate Pen-
Dart.
The course wi be from Kellet Island to the Club House. A com-
leading 5-4, but on the 9th. Cullen scored a three to get the 'lead, This.he maintained until the end, Gittens fading out of the picture from the 15th head when he was only one point behind his oppon- ent. A four at the 13th further enhanced. Cullen's chances and he played cleverly to force home his advantage.
U.S. BASEBALL
Only One Fixture
New York, June 10. Only one match was played in the National Baseball League to- day while no fixtures were schedul- ed in the American Championship,
Pittsburgh Pirates were engaged. against Cincinati Reds, the lat- ter being trounced by fourteen runs to one. Yaughan scored two home suns and Gus Surh. Paul Waner and Floyd Young hit one each for the Pirates.
The scores as cabled by Reuter follow:
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Cincinnati Fittsburgh
IN
R. H. E
1 1 0
14 17
0
OTHER `MATCHES
At the Taikoo Recreation Club yesterday afternoon, W. H. B. Muskett beat S. Eccleshall in the Open Singles Championship by 21 shots to 12-
C. J. Tacchi heavily defeated C. b. Hosking on the Kowloon Dock green by 21-4. Tacchi was in ne form and scored on almost every head, while the reverse must be could said of his opponent who not do anything right.
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