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HONGKONG TELEGRAPH
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 24.
1932.
SUSSEX STUMBLE AT CRUCIAL POINT
CHAMPIONSHIP RACE NEARLY AT AN END
YORKS Need fiftEEN POINTS London, Aug. 23. THE long and tense race for the cricket championship title is now almost over. Sussex stumbled by the way to allow Yorkshire to forge ahead and practically assure themselves of the honours. The "Tykes" require but fifteen points their re maining two fixtures to retain the title which they have held fifteen times in the course of thirty-five seasons. Sussex were lucky to escape outright defeat by Warwick, where- as Yorkshire always had plenty in hand against Surrey. Features of the county programme were the innings successes gained by Kent, Hampshire, Derbyshire, Lancashire and All India.
COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIP. Lancashire (316-4 dec.) beat Somer
ket (157 & 88) by an innings and 101 runs at Blackpool
Kont (277
beat & 244-8 dec.) Middlesex (121 & 288) by 152
runs at Lord's,
KOWLOON FOOTBALL
CLUB MEETING
SWIMMING
DEFEAT OF FORMER LOCAL CHAMPION
JOHNSTON LOSES IN
SHANGHAI
Shanghai. Aug. 20. Good swimming was witnessed at the Rowing Club last night when the 27th annual swimming gala commenced.
C. II. Raven won the half mile race in the time of 12 min. 49 1-5. which was alightly over the old record of 12 minutes 47 seconds set up by J. R. Johnstone the former Hongkong swimner. was an excellent race with Raven and Johnstone showing good style and providing the spectators with troni in classical swimming together with a glimpse of rare: endurance qualities,
N. Hammand won the 100 yards: junior free style in the time of 69 secr., the youngsters all showing up to good advantage and
that Shanghai wit al ways be provided with new blood from the younger generation.
Yorkshire (235 & 135-7) beat Surrey HEAVY LOSS LAST proving
(231 & 118) by three wickets nt the Oval
Hampshire (343-8 dec.) beat tilamor
gan (108 & 92) by an innings And 143 runs af Bournemouth. Derby (369) heat. Northant (193 &)
143) by an innings and 123 reas at Chesterfield.
on
Warwick (330 & 1294 dec.) beat Sussex (220 & 158-7) 1st
mings at Ertstbourne.
FRIENDLY MATCH..
All India (112-8 dec.) beat Leleester (100 & 291) by an innings and
runs at Leicester).
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in the long plunge champion- ship, N. Concoff won defeating R. Berthet recording 70 Jeet 10 inches, while Berthet plunged 66 Teet.
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The half mile saw C. H. Raven Influenza producing form
reminiscent of Debility Reza Pereirn's style in the inter- Indigestion port last year and from the start Sleeplessness Major C.M. Manners, who pre- he went towny with apparently no Exhaustion sided, attributed the loss to, prin effort. Swimming a long and engy cipally, the unfortunate football stroke, J. R. Johnsttone, the record dispute of last season, rendering holder. Jay second but Raven in matches with the Chiasse impossierensed his lead and despite John- ble and cuttsing a heavy loss on stone's efforts he was unable to the stands.
hold the
younger swimmer who They were looking forward to ran out to a good lead of a half a much happier season. They had length inside of the first quarter loat an anusually large number, of mile. From there onwards it was players for one reason or another, apparent that Raven would win but a good deal of new blund kas and possibly break the existing re- come along and they were confi-card. He finished up strongly to dent that the Kowhion Football lead Johnstone in by almiest a Club would prove themselves still length in the excellent time of 12 50a force to be reckoned with in local minutes 49 1-5 secs.. which is just
football.
slightly over the record. John- The report and accounts were stone was second and Doughty had a great tussle with Chapin approved.
to secure third place.
Wazir Ah (All Indin)
178
Brown, G. (Hampshire) Sonry, Il, C. (Leicester)
12X
121
Rev. J. 11. Parsons (Warwick)
101
Watson, F. (Lancashire)
100
1. H. Valentine (Rent) Hobbs, J. B. (Surrey)
Howling.
Kennedy, A. S. (Hampshire) and
Townsend, I (Derby)
Cox, A. (Northants)"..
Bower, W. E. (Yorkshire) Prine, 1. (Warwick)
7 for 281 6 for 431
7 for 37
7 for 91
a for 49
6 for 65
M. 4. C. Alloni (Surrey).. 6 for 754
MANY BIG
WINS
CRICKET SEEN AT ITS BEST
The county programme produced
extremely fine cricket. į
sonte
The election of officers resulted as follows:
President: Mr. T.A. Mitchell Chairman: Mr. R. Hall.
Hon. Treasurer: Mr. S. Dallow. Hon. Secretary: Mr. J. Mackie. Captain: Mr. J. McKelvic. Vice-Captain: Mr. G. Hedley. Tennis Convenor: Mr. Chaplin. Bar Convenor: Mr. S. Dailow. General Committee: Messrs. T.F. Bradford, J. Brach, W.M. Johnson, T. Coleman, R. Lapsley and F.C. Clemo.
Ballotting Committee: Messrs. A. Spary. Docherty, and J.W. Brown.
NISH AND GUTIERREZ TO PLAY OFF.
Lancashire retained their winning | FINAL OF OPEN LAWN BOWLS
CHAMPIONSHIP farm by overwhelming Somerset.
R. F. Luz. A former champion, by an innings, making a reply of
was surprisingly defeated by 11. 346 for 4 wickets declared to Nish in the semi-inal of the Lawn Somerset's first total of 157, and Bowls Open Championship yesterday then dismissing the westcountry-n the Kowloon Bowling Green.
Luz was a hot favourite for the for a meagre 88. Watson title this year, and his defent by the wide margin of 21 shota to 8 should batted brightly for the Lan-make Nish the favourite. castrians to reach the three-gureswick and L. A. Gutierrez also pro- The other semi-final between A. II.
mark before dismissal.
Gutierrez won 21 vided
nn upset. shots to 18 after a close game. Sussex trod a very thorny pathi This is the first occasion in which against Warwick and were lucky Nish and Gutierrez have entered the final of the bowls championship, and
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but in doing so found their wickets taken away from them and at the close had actually lost seven bats- men and were still 72 runs behind Their objective.
After leading Yorkshire by 16 runs on the first innings, Surrey. collapsed and were dismissed for 118, Bowes capturing 6 for 49. The polential champions had a bit of a struggle for the runs required, but hit them off after losing seven wickets.
Hampshire, Derby and All India enjoyed comfortable victories. Wazir All displayed his customary form with the bat to score 178, whilst the feature of the Derby- Northants encounter was the bril- liant bowling of Cox, who took nine of the Derby wickets for 91 rune, despite the home team com- piling 69 runs. Townsend replied on behalf of Derby when he de- cured 7 victims at a little over 5 runs aplece.
Batting fallures by Middlesex allowed Kent to win with caso at Lord's, where individually, only B. H. Valentine stood out with prominence Roller,
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