1935-08-20

PROSPECT OF A DRAW

England's Attack Fails

London, July 30. The fourth Test Match between Eugland and south Afrien & Old Trafford, unless something unusual occurs, is progressing quietly to wards draw. England, after some anxious moments when bowl-

to see the ball pass through the lips, Viljoen reached his 50 with a stroke to long-on off Verity which conated three runs, but im mediately afterwards he missed a bali on the off-side from Bowes,

HONG KONG DAILY PRESS. TUESDAY, AUGUST 20, 1935.

U.S. BASEBALL YORKSHIRE WELL MIXED DOUBLES

"Schoolboy" Rowe Impresses

New York, Aug 18, 1 "Schoolboy" Rowe, the Detroit Tigers pitcher, brought of an- other of his pitching feats, to-day when ne Dlanked out the strong New York Yankees' team in the Wade was out in a peculiar mau- American Baseball League to give ry seemed scarce and simple, gainer, which it is hard to explain the Tigers à convincing victory. od a lead on the first innings of He must have lost sight of the ball.

Not only did he hold the Yan- 38 runs, and at the close of play perhaps thinking that it wouldkees to no score but he assisted were 82 ruas shead with nine break back to pass the leg-stump.

the Tigers' battery by hitting a Austen it hit him on ne pads and wickets to fall in, their second in-

Lite time. home run, the team winning by nings. The state of affairs is well, going straight at adjusted for in truth neither side Cameron, who likes all kinds of 6-0. has yet show itself capable of bowing and all kinds of pitches, supporting outstanding individual performances,

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The chance seemed all the more sad because Bakewell's feld-

had been one of the brightest Aentures of England's out-cricket.

Viljoen hit Bowes high to the un, drove Tate straight back to the boundary, and England quite mani- festly had lost their grip.

Came

ron, the wound of whose but is a pleasure, cute drove, and dicked the ball through the slips, and still Robins was moving about

There were several double head- ers in the two major Leagues to

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Notts Batting Breaks Down

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London. July 30, A Yorkshire team sorely handi- capped by having four men en- gaged in the Test match at Man- chester and another on the injured list, achieved an excellent per- formance in disposing of Notting bamshire for 232 runs The post- tion at the close of play. too, favoured Yorkshire, who, with eight wickets in hand. were 171 runs behind. In fact, had it not

TENNIS

U.S.R.C. Beaten

Playing on their own courts, the U.S.R.C. were beaten by the C.R.C. by 5 sets to 4. in a mixed doubles league match yesterday.

On the whole both teams played well but the outstanding pair for the home team were R Goldman and Miss Hancock, while Hp Ka Lau and Mrs. Litton played well to

win their three sets.

Lee Wal Tang and. Mrs. Lo had &n day of dropping all their

The scores were:m games.

R. Goldman and Miss Hancock gst to H. K. Lau and Mrs,"

Litton

day, although the top "teams" of been for a great century inningbeat L. W. Tong and Mrs. Lo

by Keeton-his first of the sea beat W. C.. Hung and Mrs. Nottinghamshire would have fared

very badly. engaged

the two major Leagues to-day, al- though the top teams of the two during the day. Both the Glants and Tigers were successfulful.

St. Louis Cardinals, second the Giants in the National Lea- with shared the honours gue, Boston Braves who won the first game by the narrowest of margins. Owing to rain a double header schedule between the Philadelphia Athletics and Chicago White Sox was postponed. The Chicago out- fit was leading by one run to no- thing in the first match when" a deluge forced the game to be call- |ed off in the second inning.

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verity, for all the bowler's gunning, high and far over the on- It has been a good game not be boundary, and South Africa were Lemporarily safe. Eugland a cause the cricket has been of a markably high standard, bat be-great opportunity when, ut 166leagues, were only once

Bakewall missed a not over-din- cause always when it looked to be

cult chance at forward short-leg vff sagging a Robins, a Viljoun, or a flowes came to the front to give Lowes. one something to admire. Batsmen on both sides have flourished their bats at balls outside the offatump and have missed them by more than is seemly in representative cricket, and there has been an unaccustomed proposition of friendly howling which comes straight on to the bat. But for all that the crowd have enjoyed it and there has generally been some running about with

u the deep instead of bowling. Jag of something happening

Hammond bowled well. Verity was BOWES A FINE START BY

a little more than steady, but Roẻ bins surely was the man to be tri- England had done well emagh wed. When he did come on again store 33, 011 baturany in their urst

he had to spread his field about in, inaings. aid with some rain

the hope of a miss-hit from bata- ing the week-end it was telt chut

men who had taken charge of the South Africa would have to strug situation. Once he bowled a leg gie hard to avoid the indignity of break so swiftly that the ball flew batting twice in a day. Che pit off Viljoen's bat between Dack- tually played easier yesterday worth and Hamond, and if a ball morning for South Africa ka it

can find its way between those two had done, for all its preparation it must be doing something re- for England on Saturday. Bowes markable. Cameron hit another amil Tate both bowled to the same off Verity, a huge carry, and so at Jack:

Smith, Hummond, and last the South Afrious forced ling- Wyatt in the slips, with Verity

land to ask for a new ball. Bowes the gully, and they were old shpi

rubbing and Deldsmen who were blowing their fingers, for there was us yet no sun and the wind was' Bowes from the Stretford anrp. nd made the ball rise. Mitchell ence "playing a bail perilously up to square leg, where Rakewell was standing lose in to the wicket. Rowan had to survive one splendid Over from Howes, who was bringing the ball back marply, out with the score at 21 he was bowled by the best ball, yet seen in the match. It fizzed across from the leg side to hit the off stump, and Rowan could do no more than smile and admit that he was truly eaten and

bowled some part of an over with

it and from the first ball which Tate sent down Cameros. trying to take the shine off in one crash. was caught at mid-off.

VILJOEN'S CENTURY

The batsmen after this used down. Viljoen went on hurriedly to his century, while Dalton missed the ball more often in his first few overs than could be counted. Tea was succeeded by a gradual toning of the bowling. Dalton had had his luck and he made full use of it. He his Tate and Robins, mak ing Bowes run about as if he were chasing butterflies, and Bowes, with Viljoen is, brought Africa were definitely in the as- another man over to the leg-side, cendant. Then came a big change. but it was Viljoen who fint made Bowes, coming on at the Stretford it his purpose to play the ball away end, had Viljoen caught at back ward point. Langton was out to a to the off. Hammond had aime on at the Manchester end and Viljoen catch by Bakewell at short leg. first played him down to third Crisp was held from a hard-enough man and then fored him past exhit, caught by Verity, and when Bowes Awice in Bell was out the last four wickets tra cover-point,

over bat Mitchell-how well had fallen for 30 ruus

bowled

South

he was bowling at this time-but England when they went in again the next wicket fell down when at a quarter to 6 had an unplea Mitchell, who had ignored con sans sert. Smith, playing late to temptuously the temptation of the a ball pitched well up to him, was off-side trap, suddenly had to play teg-before-wicket, but Barber rade a stroke to a rising ball which balls of a normal length look short. Sowed off his bat to Duckworth's Bakewell hit straight and hard, rising hands. It was a good ball and England, when the sun came out in the evening, were definitely and a grand catch"

attacking. Crisp, from the Stret ford end, made the ball bump aud hounce more than even Bows bad been able to do.

Bakewell, with

Eugland could have gone on dike that they might have put themselves in a winning position, but something went wrong in the matter of the change or choice of being and Viljoen played just Ito well. Verity is said to be a harinless bowler on a good wicket, but yesterday he proclaimed variety of pace and spin which was disconcering. Nourse started luckily, as many have done before in this match He flicked one ball from Tate over the head of second slip and once must have been plea Barber, c. Langton, b.. Bell vd to look found to see that is Hammond, b. Crisp legstamp" was still standing to aRE.S. Wyatt, 1-b. w. (N.), b ball from Verity, Viljnen. whis

his two-eyed stance, can determine what to leave alone, and when Langton came on he watched the ball which went away from him and forced it safely away. Score:

England,-First Innings Smith (D.), e. Mitchell, b.Bell 35 Bakewell. b Crisp.

Crisp

Verity, 1.b.-w., b, Langton Tate, c. Viljoen, b. Vincent

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Keeton opened the innings, as usual, and was ninth out, clean bowled by a particularly fast ball from Rawlin, which hit the off

Early on Keeton. stump. damaged in a heavy collision with Smith, one of the umpires, but was able to resume after ten minutes' rest. to reach 120 out of 232, in- cluding thirteen 4's. in four and a quarter hours.

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Knowles, a sound but dilatory batsman, stayed with him while 92 were added in an hour and fifty minutes, out, spart from this pair and Staples, the visitors' batting broke down badly. Robinson dis- missing Jones and Larwood with successive deliveries.

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Jones, b Robinson ....... Larwood, & Sellers, b Robinson Voce. Ibw, b Smalles Butler, not out

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FEATURES

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real feat it was not so much to Leyland, Mitchell, h Crisp score a entury, as he ventually R. W. V. Robins, b. Bell did. as to stop the possibility of a rout, played Tate in the manner of one who sees the ball coming on to the hat and invites it Nours made, in between times, so many good stroke that his mistakes were forgiven but with the sore at 91 he lashed wildly at a ball which he thought to be outside the leg

Duckworth, c. Nourse, b. Crisp 2 R. J. Crisp, c. Verity, b. Bowes Bowes, not out

J. Bell, 1-bw., b. Tate ......

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Byes, il-b. 9;., 1-b, 11

357

Total Second Innings-Smith (D.), i-b-w., b. Crisp 0; Bakewell, not

strap, but from which be was output, 21; Barber, not cut, ; no leg-before-wicket

QUESTIONABLE FOLICY Then, for the first time, Robins, who had been lurking about at

ball, 1 Total (1 wkt.), 43

Fall of the Wicketz England.-First' Innings.

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long-leg and extra cover-point, was 71 77 123 132 141 248 302 338 357 357

Second Innings

Total

(N.) Signifies 1-b-w. under low new.

Fall of the Wickets South Africa-First Innings

315

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 1897 10

21 41 91 194 223 268 311 311 318 318

Bowling Analysis England-Firat Innings

O. ME W. 28.1 199

380 3

28 4 85

put on to bowl. His first over to

Wado W so good, just of the

right length with the ball making

haste off the pitch, that wickets.

Orisp Bell

might have fallen quickly. When

Vincent

in his third over, he was driven to

South Africa. First I prings

keep him on Viljoen hij stopped E. A. Rowan, b. Bowen

long-off for 4 hp was taken off R. Mitchell, c. Duckworth, b surely it was just the moment to Hammond)

Mitchell

Langton

13-

South

nnings

a googly with some dificulty, and E. G. Viljoen, e. Verity, b

if England were to

match Bowen pap

194

Robins, with Bowes

end, was the man to do

the other & D.Nourse, 1b-,, b. Verity s Bowes, IF Wade, 1-bw b. Bowes 16

Bowes Tate Hammond

whhb, he did come on

Dot quite, so good as hi hic

been

Cameron, & Bowes, b Tate K

in his first spell, but he got the ball EI Dalton 1b. b. Bovins 47

the lap and Wade was lucky0. L. Vincent, not out

Wratt

Umpires oster and Walden.

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