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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH.
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 17, 1932.
COUNTY CRICKET FACING SERIOUS CRISIS
SUSSEX CHALLENGE
YORKS RIVALS WIN AGAIN
FINE
BATTING
BY AMES
LANCS. SUCCESS AT LAST.
London, Aug. 16.
THE admirable fighting spirit of Sussex in their sustained challenge to Yorkshire for cham- pionship honours is being more
and
more demonstrated. No
GRACE AND SKILL AT LOS ANGELES
SPLENDID illustration of the grace and skill diaplayed by Miss Dorothy Paynton, the American divor at the Los
Angeles Olympica,
matter if Yorkshire win their ENGLAND
matches in two days, Sussex
reply with equally pronounced DISCOVERS
victories, their latest being that
of 10 wickets against Somerset. A BOXER
If Leslie Ames, the Kent wicket-keeper-batsman con- tinues his present form he PETERSEN NOW A will prove a thorn in the NATIONAL HOPE
side of the Australian attack. He registered an- other three-figure innings for the Hop county against Hampshire, this being his
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Commenting
the On
recent
LOSSES REPORTED BY MANY CLUBS
B. H. LYON OFFERS SOLUTION TO PROBLEM
"SAYS GAME MUST BE MADE FASTER
em-
THE serious financial position of county cricket was
phasised again recently when rain prevented a ball from being in three first-class matches and seriously limited play in two others.
Though more people than ever are following the game through the newspapers, the attendances at most of the county grounds in a normal season-except in the most densely populated areas-are not big enough to make the game a paying proposition,
This
year, nearly 50 playing one who can be called fast-and days were lost in May by counties then only sometimes. alrondy seriously embarrased: "In the past, I am told, batamen
PERAK SPORTS memberships have fallen, and used to put their left foot to the
MALAYAN RECORDS
BROKEN
Ipoh, Aug. 6,
The Perak open athletic meeting.
even if county matches are fa- ball and crack it through the voured by the weather in the holi- covers. Now they place the ball day month of August, the greatest cleverly on the leg side and play anxiety as to the future is felt
in several quarters.
VERY ILL.
The position is fully discussed
was favoured by fine weather atby Mr. B. H. Lyon, Gloucester- fart. The programme opened shire's enterprising captain, in with running of the 100 yards the following statement:
a chancoloss innings of 40 in three hours. And yet people ask what is wrong with county cricket now!
MAKE THEM HIT.
"How can we make county cricketers play as the 1932 public wants them to play? How can
heats. The next was the shot
"I do not believe there is any we make the game faster? And putt in which only three compoti one living in the world to-day who how can we accomplish this with- tora entered. There werc al-would be glad to see county cric-out robbing the together 13 items and competition ket die. I feel sure there is
game of its no science and skill? was very keen.
ione deliberately trying to kill it,
"I believe wo can do it by The sports reached a high stan- and there must be thousands shortening the time available for fight for the heavy-weight cham-dard and two Malayan and several would make big sacrifices to keep play and by limiting each alde's pionship of Britain between Reagle Perak records were broken during it alive.
innings to a fixed period. And I Meen and Jack Petersen, which the course of the afternoon. H. F. "And yet it is ill. Very ill.. In know many people are of the same the latter won in two rounds by C. Lancy, an, American teacher at fact, so ill that without an injec. opinion.
"But nothing happens. Middlesex, winning emphatically by administering a knock-out to his the Anglo-Chinese School cleared 21 tion of strychnine it will probably
No adversary,
F. Sandorson feet 934 inches in the long jumppass away.
real effort is made to try any- thing. We all know something is wrong. We all know certain counties are in financial difficul-
of
Lancashire, after
вотіся reverses, met with a success against
nine wickets.
COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIP. Sussex (324 & 20-0) beat Somerset (204 & 139) by 10 wickets at Taunton. Hampshire (108 & 208-8) beat Kent
(405) on 1st innings at Dover, Worcester (356 & 179) bent Derby
W.
writes:-
Great Britain has at last found
beating the Malayan record by 11 inches.
a boy who promises to bring back
Lee Fan Choon, a recent arrival some of those honours that were from China cleared 5 feet 8 inch in once ours in the ring.
"Why?
"Why should county cricket be in such a critical position?
"I will tell you. I have been
ties.
"Indeed, I understand that the We have found a boy who, bo- the high jump to beat the Perak retrying to explain for three years,
cord by 24 inches. New Berak took to fighting in preference to gomile, the 220 yards flat, and the cause the game was in his blood,records were established in the half but no one would listen--no one M.C.C. is already, considering put-
will listen.
ting one or two on the dole--that shire (305 & 124-5) en 1sting to a university.
To make both ends meet, is making them grants to enable innings at Derby.
them clubs cannot rely county
to continuo a precarious We are all upset and ceived from members. charity and the subscriptions re-existence.
The most worried about it.. But nobody important part of their revenue does anything except-I forgot
Warwick (333) beat Northants (217
108) by an innings and 58 runs at Birmingham.
Lancashire (386-5 dec. & 74-1) heat Middlesex (223 & 236) by
wickets at Manchester.
+
FRIENDLY MATCH.
Surrey (387-9 dec, & 95-3) drew with All India (201 & 322-8 dec.) at
the Oval,
.HONOURS LIST.
Balting
180
148
121 109
Ames (Kent) v Hampshire Paynter (Lancs,) v Middlesex. Mead (Hampshire) v Kent ... Gibbons (Worcester) v Derby Whitfield (Surrey) v All India .. 101* Tyldesley (Lancs.) v Middlesex 100
* Signifies not out.
Bowling
Longridge, J. (Sussex) V
Somerset
Mitchell (Derby) v Wor-
cester
F. G. H. Fender (Surrey) v
All India
G for 53
NORTHANTS COLLAPSE
KENT STRUGGLE IN VAIN
10,000 AUDIENCE:
Was
hurdles.
The other Malayan record established in the 880 yards relay, Two fighters: a frail-looking with the time of 1. min. 36 2/5 secs. boy with the face of great intel-At the conclusion of the meeting, ligence, a lad who has been liken- Mrs. B. C. Gerathy distributed the ed to the great Carpentier, slim, medals and challenge cups. but grim
Celtic
fire. Just a mun
Results:-
At the other side, Meen, a dour 100 yards: 1, Veerapen; 2, man, heavy and strong, with the Chee Hooi Voon: 3, Khoo Heng square fighting fure of a typical Stew. 10 1/5 sec, long jump: 1. H. man of the Midlands. No trace of F. C. Lancy; 2, Wan Siew Lun; 3, deter-Abdul Majid. Distance 21 ft. 934 mined to hold on to the title that in. was his.
Half mile: 1, R. E. James; 2, Tengku Mohamed; 3, Najar Singh Then the first bell, the pon-Time, 2 min. 4 1/5 sec. derous crawl of the Desborough
Throwing the cricket ball: 1, F. man towards the rushing youth w. Ayres; 2, Selvateen. Distance of Wales. And five minutes 92 yds. 231 ins. later, after four minutes of 220 yards: 1. Veerapan: 2. Khoo actual fighting-Meen, stretch-Heng Siaw; 3, Alladad Khan. Time.
on the canvas, senseless, 22 3/5 sec. battered into oblivion.
ed
THE FIGHTING SPIRIT, Four minutes. It takes no time
minutes! The end of the first
it must read,
Khan.
muxt
on
taken at the gate.
come from the shillings the M.C.C. which has increased
the size of the wicket by an inch! "Therefore county cricket has
"Gloucestershire to draw a public which now has hours to make 229 on a fastish takes five innumerable other attractions
and
of fast-
within easy reach a public which dashes to these attractions in high-powered motor-coaches on motor-bicycles, and feasts its eyes on various forma moving objects and animals.
"What a change from the sedate and pair or the horse carriage brake!
"If one can believe anything one
wicket. on a smallish ground, Lancashire takes six hours to make 280 odd.
"And all that our cricket writers say is that So-an-so had bad luck in getting only 96.
"Why is it that the powers that he are so terrified of altering the game in any way? The Football Association made a vital altera-
Kticcesk,
is told about the grand old days tion in the offside rule with great of Grace, Ranji,' Jessop, Richard- "No one wants to spoil cricket; Bon, "Sammy" Woods, Trumper, must have been worth going miles to set out in the near future do Kortright, and the rest, cricket everyone, wants to help! If the suggested alterations that I hope to see even in a horse brake.
beard.
Downs
2. Wong Ben Hec; 3, Abdul Majid. High jump: 1. Lee Fan Choon;
Height 5 ft. 8 in.
One mile: 1, Fatch Mohamed; 2, "I feel sure that not even Jack not help well, we will not have 6 for 94 to tell, yet what happened in those Utam Singh; 3. Bhen Singh-Time, Parker on his own Southampton them. But at least we might give
dirt-track could be more thrilling them a trini." 5 min. 1 2/5 sec. 5 for 58 round, Meen down, out, and the
Hurdles: 1, Eusoff Khan; 2, than the 'Grand Old Man' playing
COUNTIES' LOSSES. Thompson. Time, 17 2/5 sec. on a very natural wicket on Clif- Here are bell to his rescue.
special messages Pole jump: 1. Liew Hong Choon; ton
and flicking Kort-issued by a number of clubs, Strange though
fastest one out of his which indicate how seriously the one minute before Meen took his 2. Whlanta Wehanta. Helght 9 ft. 3 right's
in.
financial position is viewed, GB- first count-Petersen was almost
pecially by the smaller counties. 440 yards: I, Adbul Majil; 2, out, his knees were unsteady and
GENTLE PLAY.
Northamptonshire has lost bo- the slow, ponderous men from the Palani Pillai'; 3, Esoff
"Compare the past with the
tween £300 and £400 this season Midlands was hammering away at Time, 54 3/5 sec.
Veterans' Race: Winner, Colonel present. What a difference.
as a direct result of weather con- his opponent's body. Petersen's
"Nowadays we see D. R. Jardine ditions. The adoption of later face was bleeding, he could not Prior.
880 yards relay: Winners, Anglo-playing on a perfectly prepared hours of play as an experiment get away from those terrific left
Chinese School.
at the Oval against, say, has Time, 1, min. 36 Hearne. He plays these slow difference to
pitch
not made any appreciable hooks of Meen and the fish seem-
2/5 sec.
the "gatas." In- ied over.
Individual Champion: Veerapen: bowler either by a perfect for 'clock have been balanced by a off-breaks gently back to the creased receipts after four But there was that Celtic fire, runner-up, Abdul Majid. Northants, after compiling 217 that fighting spirit that may carry
ward stroke or an equally perfect loss in takings before luncheon, against Warwick, collapsed badly Petersen to heights that have 80
copy-book back shot. And Jar-
"Hamphire's gates are just when faced with a reply of 382 long been denied the fighters of
dine is an England captain and about equal to last season's," said and lost by an Innings.
Britain. Streaming blood, wob-glowness was tragie, and for per- therefore the cynosure of all
haps 50sec. he evaded the fnovit-young cricketers' eyes..
Mr. G. II. Muir (secretary), "but Over 1,000 runs for 28 wickets bling knees, were nothing.
wo badly need more support. Wo He boxed un-until suddenly able.
"Writers who attempt to defend did very well in the two matches were scored in the Kent v. Hamp-there was the opening for that
But that terrifying right once this kind of play (which to mynt Portsmonth; but the gates at shire match which marked the deadly right hand. It went over more went home, and Mech was mind is slowly killing the game) Southampton have been opening of the Dover festival.
lifted clean off his feet. As he
disnp- say that it demonstrates the The home team, faced with the and Meen went down.
From a deadly slience, from sec was falling again that right bat- science of cricket at its best and pointing." score of 408, attacked the Hamping the frail
and tered home.
Worcestershire lost $100 yester boy beaten shire, bowling with vigour, Leslie mashed, the crowd
is fascinating to those who un-day through the break in the wên- Ames in particular, enjoying him-Been stopped down, and the bell
It was the end. For over a derstand its finer points. self to hit up a
minute poor
"I flatter myself that I under-ther. For various reasons three characteristic
Meen lay there. anved him. 180. This was his seventh con-
Seconds and people from out-stand the finer points of the home matches this season bave ended on the second day. It is side the ring rushed to his aid, game, and I confess I do not want feared that the season's loss will tury of the season, the majority
and there in the middle was a to watch this kind of cricket not be less than £1,000. of which have been scored on his
dancing boy of Wales. Gone howevor perfect the execution.
Warwickshire's blank day the grim fighting expression,, "In the past, I am told, there
against Kent is a serious just waving arma, a laughing were always four or five really blow. 315k the whole match face, and a new hope for Britain fast bowlers playing. Now I sups prejudiced. A conservative pose Harold Larwood is the only estimate of the season's loss is
went wild.
LIKE A PANTHER.
native soil Kent failed by three Then that last round, the second. runs to reach the Hampshire total, Like a panther that would not be and the game thereafter potered robbed of ita pray Petersen rushed out into a natural "draw.
across the ring. Poor Moon, ho hardly know where he was. His
Philip Mead displayed partiality for the home attack and hit up 121, but thero ware no distinguish- ing features In the visitors' second knock.
James Langridge again played ni prominent part in the victory of Sussex over Somerset by taking 6 wickets for 63 runs in the second innings.
Both Paynter and Tyldesloy made light of the Middlesex trand- lers and haved the way for an Dasy Lancashire win. Paynter hit up 148 and his colleague just reached the three figure mark. boforo dismissal. In both innings
was born.
WONDER WOMAN ATHLETE
WINS OLYMPIC HONOURS
£1,500.
Lancashire had a deficit last season of more than $2.000, and the position now is similar to the corresponding period last season. But much is hoped for from threa of the most attractive matches still to be played · at Old Traf- ford, Manchester, against - York- shire, Middiessex, and Notting- hamshire.
Yorkshire's estimated loss. through bad weather in May in £1,500. Bince then six horne matches have brought in għte money of more than 45.000 A2211. cricket, weather coupled wi