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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 17, 1932.
COUNTY CRICKET FACING SERIOUS CRISIS
SUSSEX CHALLENGE
YORKS RIVALS
Y
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
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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-j other. three-figure innings for the Hop county against Hampshire, this being his
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Lancashire. after (L series reversey, met with a success against
nine wickets,
LOSSES REPORTED BY MANY CLUBS
B. H. LYON OFFERS SOLUTION TO PROBLEM
SAYS GAME MUST BE MADE FASTER THE serious financial position of county cricket was em- phasised again recently when rain provented 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.
PERAK SPORTS memberships have fallen
MALAYAN RECORDS
The
BROKEN
even
This year nearly 50 playing one who can be called fast-and days were lost in May by counties then only sometimes. already seriously embarrased: "In the past, Iam told, batsmen and used to put their left foot to the if county matches are fa- | ball and crack it through tho voured by the weather in the holi- covers. Now they 'place the bull day month of August, the greatest cleverly on the leg side and play auxiety as to the future is felt a chanceless innings of 40 in in several quarters.
three hours. And yet people ask what is wrong with county cricket. now!
VERY ILL.
MAKE THEM HIT.
Ipoh, Aug. 6,
The position is fully discussed The Perak open athletic meeting;
shire's enterprising captain, in "How CAN we make was favoured by time weather at by Mr. B. II. Lyen, Gloucester- ihe start.
county The programme opened
100 yards the following statement:
cricketers play as the M32 public with running of the
want them to play? shot next was the
"I do not believe there is anywe make the game faster? And How can mutt in which only three competi-one living in the world to-day who how can we accomplish this with- tor's entered. There were al-worth be glad to see county cries out robbing the together 13 items and competition ket die. I feel sure there is
game of ita Bu sefence and skill? was very keen,
one, deliberately trying to kill it, "I believe we can do
it by must be thousands shortening the time available for The sports reached a high stag- and there fight for the tavy-weight cham-dard and two Malayan and several would make big sacrifices to keep play and by limiting each side's innings to a fixed peribd. And I pionship of Britain between Reis Perak records were broken during Meen and Jack Petersen, which the course of the afternoon. II. F. “And yet in ill. Very II.. 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. No
Champion at 20
Commentlux
the- recent
it alive.
Middlesex, winning emphatically by administering a knock-out to his the Anglo-Chinese School cleared 21tion of strychnine it will probaby real effort is made to try any-
pass away. "Why?
"Why should county cricket be in such a critical position?
"I will tell you I have been
thing, We all know something is wrong. We all know certain counties are in financial difficul ties.
adversary. W. P. Sanderson feet 9 inches in the long jump. writes:--
beating the Maluyan record by 11 Great Britain has at last found inches. 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 jonce nrs in the ring.
We have found a boy who, be the high jump to beat the Pernk re-trying to explain for three years, M.C.C. is already considering put-
cord by 2% inches. New Perak but no one would listen-no one enuse the game was in his blood, records were established in the half will listen. Worcester G56 & 179) beat Derby us to fighting in preference to re-recurs estards what, and the ***To make both ends meet, is making them grants to enable
COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIP. Sussex (321 & 20-0) bent Somerset a
(201 & 139) by 10 wickets at Taunton. Hampshire (408 & 298-8) beat Kent
an 1st at
ing to a university.
10,000 AUDIENCE.
was
shire (305 & 121-5) (11 1st!
hurdles. innings at Derby, Warwick (383) bent Northants (217
The other Malayan record &108) by an innings and 58 runs
established in the 880 yards relay, at Birmingham.
Two fighters; a frail-locking with the time of 1 min. 36 2/5 secs. Lancashire (396-5 dec. & 74-13 beat bay with the face of great intel-1At the conclusion of the meeting Middlesex (223 & 236) by 9 licence, a lad who has been liken Mrs. C. C. Gerathy distributed the
led to the great Carpentier, slim, medals and challenge cups.
Results:- thut grim.
wickets at Manchester,
FRIENDLY MATCH.
011
"Indeed, I understand that the
|ting one or two on the dole that
them county clubs cannot rely
to continue
a precarious charity and the subscriptions re-existence. We are all upset and ceived from members. The most worried about it. But nobody important part of their revenue does anything except-I forgot 11031 come from the shillings the M.C.C. which has increased taken at the gate.
the size of the wicket by an inch! "Therefore county cricket has
"Gloucestershire takes five to draw a public which now has hours to make 229 on a fastish ! At the other side. Meen, a dour 100 yards: 1, Veerapen; 2,
innumerable other attractions
wicket, on a smallish Heng
ground, Surrey (387-9 dec, & 95-3) drew with man, heavy and strong, with the Chee Hool Voon; 3, Khoo
1 AR India (201 & 322-8 dec.) at square fighting face of a typical Siew. 1 1/5 sec. long jump: 1. II. within easy reach; a public which Lancashire takes six hours
make 280 odd. man of the Midlands. No trace of P. C. Lancy; 2, Wan Siew Lam: 3, dashes to these attractions
"And all that our erickut writers Celtic fire. Just a DR deter-Abdul Majid. Distance 21 ft. 9 igh-powered motor-conches and on motor-bicycles, and feasts its Imined to hold on to the title that in.
Half mile: 1, R. E. James; 2, eyes on various forms of fast-ay is that Su-an-so had bad luck was his.
in getting only 96. Tengku Mohamed; 3, Najar Singh.moving objects and animals.
"What a change from the sedale be are so terrified of altering the "Why is it that the powers that Then the first bell, the pon-Time, 2 min. 4 1/5 sec. derous crawl of the Desborough
Throwing the cricket ball: 1, carriage and pair or the horse game in any way? The Football man towards the rushing youth W. Ayres; 2, Selvateen.
Distance brake! of Wales. And live minutes 92 yds. 24 ins. later, after four minutes of
220 yards: 1, Veerapan; 2, Khoo actual lighting-Meen, stretch-Heng Siew; 3, Alladad Khan. Time,
canvas, senseless. 22 3/5 sec. ed on the battered into oblivion.
The Oval.
HONOURS LIST.
Batting
„Ames (Kent) v Hampshire .... 190 Paynter (Lanes) v Middlesex.. 148 Mead (Hampshire) v Kent ... 121 Gibbons (Worcester) y Derby .. Whitfield (Surrey) v All India .. 101′′ Tyldesley (Lanes.) v Middlesex 100
Signifies not out.
Bowling
Langridge, J. (Sussex) v
Somerset
Mitchell (Derby) y Wor-
cester
P. G. H. Fender (Surrey) v
All India
6 for 53
O for 94
5 for BB
NORTHANTS COLLAPSE
KENT STRUGGLE IN VAIN
High jump: 1, Lee Fan Choon; 2. Wong Ben Hee; 3, Abdul Majid. Height 5 ft. 8 in.
in
висссия.
"If one can believe anything one Association made a vital altera- is told about the grand old daysian in the offside rule with great of Girnee, Ranji. Jessop, Richard- "No one wants to spoil cricket; son, "Sammy" Wonds, Trumper, Kortright, and the rest, cricket everyone wants to help! If the must have been worth going miles rested alterations that I hope to set out in the near future do to see even in a horse brake.
I feel sure that not even, Jack them. But at least we might give not help-well, we will not have on his own Southampton them a trial." Parker dirt-track could be more thrilling
COUNTIES' LOSSES. Hurdles 1, Eusoff Khan; 2, than the 'Grand Old Man' playing
Keré on a very natural wicket on Clif-! Thompson. Time, 17 2/5 sec.
special messages Downs and flicking Kort-issued by a number of clubs,
fastest one out of
his which indicate how seriously the
THE FIGHTING SPIRIT. Four minutes. It takes no time One mile: 1, Fatch Mohamed; 2, to tell, yet what happened in those Utam Singh; 3, Bhen Singh. Time, minutes! The end of the first 5 min. 1 2/5 sec. round, Meen down, out, and the hell to his rescue.
Pole jump: 1, Liew Ifang Choon; ton 2. Whlanta Wahanta. Height 9 ft. & right's
beard.
Prior.
pitch
are
Strange though it must road, one minute before Meen took his
financial position is viewed, cs-- in. first count Petersen was almost
pecially by the smaller counties. 440 yards: 1, Adbul Maji; 2, out, kis knees were unsteady and
GENTLE PLAY. Exxoff Khan.
Northamptonshire har lost be- the slow, ponderous man from the Palani Pillai; 3,
"Compare the past with the
tween £300 and £400 this season idlands was hammering away at Time, 54 3/5 sec.
na a direct result of weather con- Veterans' Race: Winner, Colonel present. What a difference.
"Nawadays we see D. R. Jardine ditions. The adoption of his opponent's body. Petersen's
later face was bleeding, he could not
experiment 880 yards rday: Winners, Anglo-playing on a perfectly prepared hours of play as an get away from these terrific left
at the Oval against, say, has not made any appreciable hooks of Meen and the fish scem-/Chinese School. Time, 1, anin. 36itsarne. He plays these slow difference
12/5 sec.
to the "gates." In- ed over.
off-breaks gently Individual Champion: Veerapen; bowler either by a perfect forelock have been balanced by a back to the creased receipts after four But there was that Celtic fire.
runner-up, Abdul Majid.
ward stroke or an equally perfect loss in takings before luncheon. Northants, after compiling 217 that fighting spirit that may carrý against Warwick, collapsed badly Petersen to heights that have so
copy-hook back shot. And Jar- "Hamphire's gates are just when fared with a reply of 382 long been denied the fighters of
dine is an England captain and about equal to Inst season's,” said and lost by an innings.
of all cynosure Britain, Streaming blond, wob-slowness was tragic, and for per- therefore the
¡Mr. G. H. Muir (secretary), "but haps 50sec. he evaded the inevit-young cricketers' even. Over 1,000 runs for 28 wickets bling knees, were nothing.
"Writers who attempt to defend we badly need more support. We on-until suddenly able. were scored in the Kent y. Hump-there was the
But that terrifying right once this kind of play (which to myt Portsmonth, but the gates at did very well in the two matches opening for that shire match which marked the deadly right hand. It went over more went honte, and Meen was mind is slowly killing the game) Southampton have been disap-
Dover festival.) opening of the
lifted clean off his feet. "As he say that it demonstrates the pointing." The home team, faced with the and Meen went down.
From a deadly silence, from aee-was falling again that right bal-science of cricket at its best and Worcestershire lost £100 yastor- score of 408, attacked the amping the frail boy beaten
is fascinating to those who un-day through the break in the wen- shire, bowling with vigour, Leslie smashed, the crowd
It was the end. For over a derstand its finer points.
ther. For various reasons three Ames in particular, enjoying him-
minute poor Meen lay there. "I flatter myself that I under-home matches this season have self to hit up a characteristic Meen stopped down, and the bell
saved him,
Seconds and people from out stand the finer points of the 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 and there in the middle was a to watch this kind of cricket.not be less than £1,000. dancing boy of Wales. Gone however perfect the execution,
Warwickshire's. blank day the grim fighting expression, "In the past, I am told, there against Kent Is
Borious LL - Just waving arms, a laughing were always four or five really blow,
tho whole match face, and a new hope for Britain fast bowlers playing. Now I supla prejudiced. A conservativo pose Harold Larwood is the only estimate of the season's logs is
Ic' boxed
and tered home.
went wild.
180. This was his seventh.cen- tury of the season, the majority
LIKE A PANTHER. of which have been scored on his
Then that last round, the second. native soil. Kent falled by three runs to reach the Hampshire total, Like a panther that would not be and the game thereafter petered robbed of its proy Peterson rushed across the ring. Poor Meen, he out into a natural draw.
hardly knew whore he was.
Philip Mead displayed partiality for the home attack and hit up 121, but there wore no distinguish- ing features in the visitors' second knock.
James Langridge again played a prominent part in the victory of Sussex over Somerset by taking 6 wickets for 53 runs in the second innings.
Both Paynter and Tyldesley mado light of the Middlesex trand- lers and paved the way for an onsy Lancashire win. Payntor hit up 148 and his colleague just reached the throo figure marki before dismissal. In both inningà Middlesex Wore put out for loss |than 250-Reuter,
His
was born.
WONDER WOMAN ATHLETE
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WINS OLYMPIC HONOURS.
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dibuggained sonond plaas in the high jump as the above pissure demonstrates).
£1,600.
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Lancashire had a deficit last soason of more than £2.000, and the position now is similar to the corresponding period. last season, But much is hoped for from throo of the most attractive matches
till to be played at Old Traf-.. ford, Manchester, against. York- shire, Middlussex, and Notting- hamahiro..
Yorkshire's estimated Inne through bad weather in May is £1,000. Since then six homo matches have brought. In gate money of more than £5.000. Roat cricket weather coupled with a month of remarkable · playing: success has compensated: well for tho disastrous opening montre
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