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THURSDAY, JUNE 15,
1933.
AMAZING SPEY ROYAL VICTORY
43 SHOTS TO 6
|C.C.C. OVERWHELM · YACHT CLUB
POLICE SUCCESSES IN CHAMPIONSHIP
LATEST FIXTURES
Some astonishing bowls was seen on the Police Green yes- terday, when the Craigengower rink beat the Yacht Club in the Spey Royal Cup by 43 shots to
six.
This is probably the severest defeat ever inflicted on a team in this competition and the achiovement was due entirely to the remarkable team work of the winners.
Composed of G. L Buchanan. (No 1), B. W. Bradbury (No. 2), H. Beer No. 3) and U. M. Omar (skip), the "Craig" rink maintain- ed such consistent accuracy that d'a and 3's were regularly register- ed.
The 16th head was tragle from the Yacht Club viewpoint when Craigongower scored a seven, but throughout there was only one the rink in it as was shown by way Craigengower recorded 4's at the 3rd, 11th, 12th, 18th and 21st bends.
Some of the players taking part in the Spey Royal Cup bowls match on the Police green yesterday between Cralgengower and the Club, the former winning with ease. (Photo: Ming Yuen).
"BODY-LINE" BOWLING
ARGUMENT IS IRRELEVANT.
L.B.W. RULE ROOT CAUSE OF CRICKET TROUBLE That the critics have placed too much importance to the dangers or unsportmanship of "body-line" bowling and are ignoring the root cause of the trouble with cricket to-day is the contention of Mr. Howard Marshall in an interesting article in the London Telegraph.
27 NATIONS COMPETING AT WIMBLEDON
306 ENTRIES ACCEPTED
NIGEL SHARPE NOT TAKING PART
(Our Own Correspondent).
London, June 14. Entries for the Tennis Championships at Wim- bledon-the Blue Riband
courts- of the tennis closed to-day, when 118 entrics for the Men's Singles championship and 86 for the Women's were accepted.,
These will be made up to 128
and 96 respectively when the qualifying competitions in the
North and South of England have been completed.
The Women's Doubles has at-
to an entry of 43 pairs and that of the Men's 59 pairs. There are 76 entries in the Mixed Doubles.
COCHET CONQUEROR OUT. Twenty-six nations will be re- presented at Wimbledon this year
In it Marshall states:
wicket with the person instead of the which promises to be the greatest Skipped by A. Macfarlane, the
County batsmen will dislike this bat is contrary to the spirit of the meeting over held,
One notable Engilah absentee will Yacht Club four strove hard to re- article intensely. A pity, but it game, and inconsistent with strict cover lost ground, but intermittent cannot be helped; the batsman, it fairness, and tho. M.C.C. will dis-be Nigel Sharpe, who in 1931 beat singles and a two on the 17th seems to me, has already had his countenance and prevent this practice Henri Cochet, French idol, in the Arst round, by 0-1, 6-3, 6-2. head were their only rewards. fair share of consideration. Now by every means in their power." They lay shot wood on the 5th, it is the bowler's turn; and when I: Unhappily, the M.C.C. failed to Sharpe is suffering from foot trou-
speak of
of bowlers I do not necessarily translate their strong words into acble. 7th, 8th and 19th honds.
nean Lorwood. It will be diffleult, tion, and in order to show how the The result:-
though,
cricket deliberate use of the legs has in- to write a general article this summer without bringing creased I take the following table
Craigengowej Yacht Club G.L. Buchanan J. L. Spence B.W. Bradbury J. A. R. Selby H. Beer U.M. Omar
.Total
(skip)
48
Larwood into it somewhere. Body from Mr. Lyttelton's book: Football
line bowling, leg-theory, the whole
J. W. C. Bonnardreary busines of the Australian con- 1870 A. Macfarlane
(skip)
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8628 057 1 in 8 The deductions from this table are is likely to be harmful to cricket is
obvious; the whole technique of bats- generally accepted.
What I cannot understand is the manship has changed since system- and The Hongkong Electric held a way most critics, ove ustached alle covering-up was introduced the surprise in store for Taikoo yos-etitles in particular, have approached the bowler not only has to torday when they eliminated the the controversy. The won Jardino bat, but the batsman's disastrous. COMBINED CHINESE GAUMOUNT — BRITISH
The results have been
Increasing and Larwood are surely as irrelevant and are becoming an as they are illogical; what is needed
cricket. The logical outcome of the is not legislation to restrict leg-menace to the existence of first-class
Into those. bowler's attempts to overcome inquiry theory, but
the introduc- have been principles of modern batsmanship difficulties
bowl.
of tion googlies and leg.theory, and which have produced body-line
Recreation Club by 23 shots to 12. which have been made upon
J. Sloan
The rinks were:
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Taikoo R. C.
D. Peoples
J. Watson
J. Chalmers
(skip) 12
J. F. Lunny L. do Rome W.H.B. Muskett
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W. Wotherspooning as their natural CRICKET. the consequences of the batsman's
(ukip) 28 THE CHAMPIONSHIP
POLICE PLAYERS
WIN
CAUSE OF DULL
uae of his pads have been the de-
RULE MUST BE REVISED.
In a scrappy game the Com- bined team of South China and Tung Hwa players bent the Navy in a friendly foot- ball match at Caroline Hill yesterday by two matches to
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·nil. It, as many of us believe, all is testable two-eyed stance, the decline not well with cricket to-day, wo of stroke play, huge scores and drawn must seek the cause instead of matches.
Hwa team who have been playing bickering childishly over the effects. The cause, as I see it, lies in the
County cricket to-day-ls, in my in exhibition matches in Manila 1.b.w. rule, which allows
the bats-
at cpinion, moribund, but it would caused a re-arrangement in the his iran to use
logs as a second line some encouragement and batsmen Chinese team, and five local play- of defence against balls which pitch were forced to make proper use of ers turned out.
the wicket. This rule, as Mr their bats.
The Chinese, were always on cutside
his
We must, in short, return to the top and only wretched marksman- R. F. Luz, 1929 champion and R. H. Lyttelton argued so ably in two Police representatives figured book on the subject, is at the root of
original Lb.w. law of 1774, which ing up.. among yesterday's singles cham-all our troubles, from dull cricket and principle, if not the wording, of the ship kept their score from mount-
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awn matches to the exaggerated stated that "the striker is out..... Tam Kong-pak scored early on plonship winners.
Luz of the Recreio had a simple development of leg-theory attack. If he puts his leg before the wicket Unfortunately, the principle at task in eliminating J. Fraser of
in defence is now
the K.C.C. reaching his points on cold and we find evenly with a design to stop the ball and in the game and Chan Hung-kwong ́|
MAIR BEATEN:
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"SHABBY.".
bo
Admedly the modern batsman!
were
setually prevent the ball from hit-added a second before the inter-
val: ting it.
-Although the Navy enjoyed a the 18th head with Fraser totall-Leya sticking their right legs across There are those who maintain that
strain greater share of the exchanges in ing only eight.
as a protection against the break this would put too great a Luz held the lead from the first back of balls outside the off-stump. upon the umpires, but under the exist the second half, they were never few heads and never relaxed his "There in nothing wrong or contrary ing rule they have to decide whether very dangerous and the match to the spirit of the game" wrote that the ball pitched between the wickets, grip.
this
responsibility they would petered out without addition to the score. distinguished batsman, Mr. D. J. Knight, in the
cricket and of Badminton
Teams:-Chinese-Luk Chung- W. Mair, Police skip received a volume, "in bringing the lega- back set-back when he was ousted by together in front of the wicket and
alteration
contemplated. He Leung Iu-chan, Leung Wing-chul, his club-mate A. R. Clarke, Clarke behind the hat to not as an extra do would complain bitterly if any such rau, Lee Ting-sang, Lee. Ning
entirely looked a cortain loser, when Mair finco, so long as the ball has pitched would have to adapt himself to an To Hoi-yuon, Young Syi-yick, Tee
his new technique, and the wicket." off
Chow-ting, Tam Kong-pak, Chan went into a lend of 12-5, but the
average might suffer severely. There' former recovered cleverly, over- Now there is something radically would be no harm in this, however, Hung-kwong and Man Cheung- hauled his opponent and took the wrong here. Older cricketers had for lower scoring would mean fower wal,
R. Navy. Woodman, Forrest, lead with a three. After reaching other views, and that great player, drawn matches, and the County a dozon points, Mair failed to score Wiliam Boldham, who was born in Championship would come to life Matthews, Blair, Richards, Sy- on another head, Clarke going out 176, la quoted by
Inw of
When we consider also the revivaimonds, Redler, Usher, Northey,
Timberlake and Bates. £137 to his points with a series of sin- Pyereft as saying: "The
1.b.w. was not made or wanted which would inevitably fellow in the gles and two'a.
one of our best hitters, was
enough to get his leg in the arts of bowling and stroke play, wo way P
and take advantage of the bow. must purely agree that it is high time the M.C.C. carried out their Steadiness carned T. Perkins, lers."
Shabby-that is the significant forty-year-old threat to discounten- another Police player his game
gainst J. Basto of the Recrolo,word, and to my mind it sums up the ance and prevent the use of the legs.
whole situation. Cricket is a game HOME RACING. and in winning 21-17 achieved a Intended to be fought out with two
Hyperion Wins Prince's Prize At Ascot,
London, June, 13.
PERKINS CONSISTENT.
weapons,
well deserved success.
the ball and the bat, and Very little divided the con- when the batsnian introduces his pads testants throughout, but Perkins eliberately as an additional weapon was constantly the more reliable he is taking a shabby advantage of
again,
bowler and proved an adapt in his oppont any rate, was still the The Prince of Walon Stakes was general attitude fifty years ago, and
extricating himself from unhappy positions.
this with a beautifully delivered Fuld that "gentlemen deeldedly of
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LOSS OF INCOME In adition to the new play- writer rule, a rovised schema for Injury will be brought before the Rugby Union at the annual meet At the 21st Perkins needed one in 1887, at the first meeting of the run at Ascot to-day with the fol- the insurance of players against
of the older
ing in London on June 23, The shot for game, and he obtained County Cricket Council, Lord Harris lowing result.
scheme provides that a club or cricket school were opinion that some alteration was re-
The botting: 1/2 Hyperion, 6/1 organisation, may arrange to pay quired in the law of lb.w."
nub. As a result of this meeting a
two and/or medical expenses incurred Only one championship match committee was appolated to inquire Sham Suddin, 38/1 Belfrey. Six compensation for loss of income
into the matter, And they passedaran. Hyperion won by in arranged for this afternoon.
E. C. Fincher, well known all-resolution to the effect that "the length with a short head separat at practice or in matches during
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SPEY ROYAL FIXTURE.
A further fixture has been made In connexion with the Spey Royal Cup competition.
On Sunday at the Craigengower, starting at 3.30, the Kowloon Dock and Indian Recreation. Club rinka Will meetin
The Docks team is: R. Lapsley
FL. Morrison
W. Grieg
F. Cullen (skip)
On Monday at the Civil Service green, the following two matches In the singles championship will bo played off.
AW. Grimmitt'v N.J. Bebbington R.P. Phillips v. T. Armstrong All of next Wednesday's matches on the Police Green have been cancellad,
Hyperion Shem Suddin. Belfrey
THE HUNT CUP.
London, June 14. The Hunt Cup was run to-day. The results:
Colorado Kid Scattercash Diamantes. The betting: 100/8 Colorado Kidi 28/1- Bentbercanh; 83/1 Diamantee. Twenty-eight ran.
21
Colorado Kid won by two lengths, and the same distance separated the next runners-Router,
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