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NEW CHAMPION.
S.A. RUMJAHN DEFEATS NG SZE-KWONG.
in
REMARKABLE GAME.
games,
COUNTY CRICKET.
KENT DEFEATED AT HOME.
A DOUBLE CENTURY.
same
NEW ZEALAND TOUR.
DRAWN MATCH WITH M.C.C.
London, Mav 13.
Playing at Lords, against the M.C.C., the Now Zealand visiting The team effected draw.
acores wero
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M.C.C., 392 and 426 for four
wickets (declared)..
New Zealand, 460 and 224 for
four wickets..
For the M.C.C., Titchmarch made 171 in the first innings and also 71 in the second. M. Lyon made 110 in the second inninga, Allen 104, wot out, and H. Ashton 88.
ST. PETER'S Y.M.C.
LAST NIGHT'S ENJOYABLE. DANCE.
For the visitors, in their first innings, Blunt made 52, Dacre 107, Lowry 106 and McGirr, 58, not out. Allen took seven wickets for 120 The feature of the County runs. The highest scorers in the The Open Championship Singles |
con-second innings were Blunt 51, and final yesterday was not quite the matches which came to a
clusion yesterday was Shepherd's Lowry. 63, not out.--Reuter. sparkling, stimulating exhibition it was expected to be. S. A. Itum-performance when playing for He Surrey against Gloucester. jahn defeated Ng Sze-kwong in three, straight acta so winning not only scored 277 (not out) but also took the bowling honours for the championship of the Colony
his side by getting six wickets for for the first time,
but even 78 runs. he failed to maintain the Another feature of the high standard sel by himself match was the double century' scored by Hammond, and the fact previous his two There were times when both that two further centuries were
Ducat and Dipper. priately dressed up for the occa- players were spectacularly brilli 'made-by
Rather surprising was the de-sion, was the venue of an enjoy- ant, indeed there were many rousing rallies, but taken all round feat of Kent at Home by Derby-able dance, heid by the St. Peter's en-shire, and it was a match full of Young Men's Club last evening, the match evoked thusiasm, Ng.Sze-kwong befag out-interest by reason of the close-this being the second dance of the ness of the scores all through. gonerailed for the most part.
Rumjaha won by 6-1, 7-5, 6-3, When Kent went in to hat for the a worthy winner. last time, they needed 391 to win, More restrained than usual, It may but managed to make 325; Woolley have been that his steadiness was doing his best by a determined unfavoumbly compared with His knack for 187. customary dash and liveliness in attack in the general judgment of the game. Except in the matter of smushing he showed no notice- able falling off in form. He covered the court rapidly, accept-
and he was
little
ed nothing as impossible to him, brought of magnificent recoveries, on
The full results follow:
SURREY GAIN POINTS. A Big Scoring Match.
London, May 18. Playing at the Oval, Surrey won the first innings against
and although it appeared that. Ngourestershire. The scores were . Sze-lowong Was
placing more
aceurately, Rumjahn took advan- tage of the slightest indiscretion on Ng's part Lo pass him with n sterling shot..
Wonderful Volleying.
The most striking feature of Rumjahn's play was his magni
The Cathedral Hall,
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season held by the Club.
There was a large attendance,
V be a and although the weather rather close, it proved to very enjoyable function. Excel- tent music was provided by the Titania Band, while refreshments were not overlooked. For the success of this social, credit is due to Mr. Geo, Zimmern, the energetic Secretary, whose efforts in this and other ways have helped to make the Club a "live" organiza- tion.
It is announced that a picnic Surrey, 57 for seven wickets on Monday is the next item in the season's programnie. Invitationa (declared), and 31 for I wicket.for this have been sent out by the
Gloucestershire, 406 and 363.
herd
In Surrey's first innings, Shep- made the huge score of 277 (not out), Ducat made 142 and Sandham 50.
There were two centuries scored in Gloucester's first knock, Dipper ficent volleying. Ng Sze-kwang making 186 and Hammond 108. very rarely found him at fault. Shepherd took-six wickets for 78 In the second innings, Ham. Rumjahn also took many risks in runs.
endeavouring to force Ng Sze-mond made another century, acor- Smith added 67 and Sin- kwong out of position, and he diding 128.
so with remarkable frequency, field 71, not out.
Ng being very slow to recover.
Good Day for Astill.
Ng Sze-kwong, it may be said, HAMPSHIRE LOSE AT HOME.
At one deserved at least a sel. stage of the game he was playing pulling nore very strongly. energy into his initial service, and usually getting it over, while a less agile opponent than Rum- jahn could not have withstood the forceful attack to all sides of thei court."
The general fortune of the match was almest summed up in
Club.
CHESS.
CARVALHO WINS THE..... CHAMPIONSHIP.
Carvalho beat. Hayes last night-in the third game in the chess contest for the championship of the Kowloon Chess Club and thus wins the Pre- sident's Cup for two years in succes- sion.
·Playing at Southampton against
It is hoped to arranged a match Leicestershire, Hampshire won on the first innings. The scores were: between the Kowloon Chess Club and Leicester, 262 and 299 for H. M. S. Hermes for Thursday next. seven wickets,
Hampshire, 548 for six wickets (declared)
Astill and Armstrong were the the first three games. Both play-most successful batsmen for the ers were on their mettle and bring-visitors, Astill scoring 77 and 101 ing off superb shots but although (not out) and Armstrong, 60 and In Leicester's first innings, the first game went twice to deuce, the second once, and third, five Kennedy took five wickets for 49 Limes, Rumjahn won them all.
Ng Sze-kwong took the fourth
61.
runs.
HAGUE TENNIS.
MORE WINS FOR THE AMERICANS.
The Hague, May 13. In to-day's tennis matches Tilden The principal scorors for Hamp:boat Kool 7-5, 4-6, 6-3, 7-5 and Eun- but fell to pieces for the remainder shire were Kennedy 75, Newman ter defeated Timmer by G-4, 6-3, 6-2, of the set, sending the majority 92, Brown 132 and Parker 82 (not America winning four matches and
of the balls into the net.
The second set was the most Interesting of the three. A dink- dong struggle throughout, much that was brilliant, and much that seen. was curiously poor, was The first four games were all won against service, showing
out).
KENT GO DOWN.
Woolley's Big Effort.
Playing at Chatham, against Kent, Derbyshire won by 64 rans." but Rumjahn The scores were:- aggressiveness, more broke the sequence in the fifth und led by three to two. Rum-
Derby, 283 and 368. Kent, 261 and 326.
losing one. Reuter.
In Derby's first innings, Town-Amsterdam jahn had bad luck with some dar-send made 84 and Freeman took Berlin ing strokes in the sixth game, four wickets for 70 runs. In the Copenhagen Helsingfors which Ng Sac-kwong won to love second innings, Worthington inade Vienna Rumjahn won the seventh to love, 74 and G. Jackson 71.
For Kent, the principal scorers Lisbon in the first innings were Hardinge, Bucharest
Buenos Aires 50; Legge, 80; and Hubble, 52.
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Ng Sze-kwong was now playing Worthington took five wickets for Yokohama at his best, but Rumjahn respond-70 runs. The only century of the New York
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At the end of the match was made by Woolley in Geneva ninth game. tenth 5-5 was called, but Rum-Kent's second innings, his contri- Milan
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jahn making his most spectacular | efforts at this stage, won the next
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The match between Cambridge Bombay Ng Sze-kwong appeared to be University and Sussex, played at Hongkong
The Silver (spot) ..drawn. Was tiring rapidly, and he was no Cambridge,
Silver (forward) match for Rumjahn in the final scores were:
Cambridge, 408 for eight set, never getting within measur-
wickets (declared); and able distance of his opponent.
78 for three wickets. Rumjaba went to 2-0, B-1, 4-2, 6-3, and completed th match by win- Sussex, 204 and 373 for seven
wickets (declared). ning the final point with a terrific
For Cambridge, Dawson made forchand drive from corner
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In the last set, Ng came up to
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The Handicap Doubles,
outstanding player in the tourna-improvement on the part of the ment, having improved remarkably Greens, coinciding with a loss of form by Mitchell and Hyde, who to bo over-excited, appeared enabled the Greens to win seven The Greens won a remarkable games in succession to win the victory in the Handicap Doubles fourth set, while they went on to against Mitchell and Hyde last take the fifth at 6-3. night. Mitchell and Hydo led 5-0
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