THE
HONGKONG TELEGRAPH WEDNESDAY. AUGUST
1984.
HONGKONG BOWLERS
TWO WINS SCORED YESTERDAY
Cooper And Rapley Swamp Rhodesian Couple
RINKS TWICE BEATEN
The Hongkong lawn bowls team taking part in the Empire Games, to-day lost four encounters and won two: One success was achieved in the singles, while H. G. Cooper and F. L. Rapley scored in one of the pairs matches. Reverses included a singles, a pairs and two rinks encounters.
A. Hydo-Lay started the day- well with a clover victory over
CANADA SWEEPS, the Irish representative.
THE BOARD
IN EMPIRE GAMES SWIMMING
Hongkong's reigning champion won by 21-18. Subsequently he met Baker, the Rhodeslan, and was quito outplayed, scoring only four points to his opponent's 21.
Hongkong's second victory of the day came when Cooper and Rapley met Evans and Baxter of Rhodesla. It was a runaway affair, the locals.
losers' 16.
FOUR, VICTORIES up 36 points against the
YESTERDAY
London, Aug. 7.
Canada practically swept the board in the British Empire Games swimming finala at Wembley to-day, winning four out of six ovents.
Miss Dowur, the Canadian flash won the women's 440 metres free style in 5 minutes 45 3-5 seconds, Burleigh was home first in the; men's 100 metres free style in 55 seconds, while the Canadians won both the men's medley relay race, over 300 metres backstroke, bronst: stroke and free style in 3 minutes 11 1-5 seconds, and the women's medley relay ráce over 300 metres in 3 minutes 12 seconds.
England carried of the diving championship, Ray securing first place with 117.12.pointe.
A now British record for the men's 44 motres free style was: established by Ryan of Australia,Į who won In 5 minutes 3 seconds.
This has brought the swimming events to a close,
Canada were easily the most) successful of the competitors, win-j ning as many as cight events. England and Australia tied second with three wins, and Scotland two. Į
Below is a tabulated list of the final results,
CANADA WON THE
100 yards women's free style | 100 yards women's free style Women's diving
Women's medley relay.
Women's 440 yards free style 800 yards relay free, style Men's 100 yards free style Men's medley relay
ENGLAND WON THE
100 yards back stroke Men's springboard diving Men's high diving
AUSTRALIA WON THE
1,500 yarda free style 200 yards breast stroke. 440 yards free style'
SCOTLAND WON THE
100 yards back stroke
200 yards breast stroke.
More English Running Successes
AT THE EMPIRE GAMES
London, Aug..7. Enginn won the 440 yards relay (four at 110 yards) in £1.1/5
· seconda, equalling British record
at the Empiro Games to-day.
Miss Clark, South Africa, won! the 80 metres women's hurdles in 11.4/5 seconds, establishing a new British record,
Dixon of Canada won throwing the javelin with a throw of 196 foot 11 inches. ;
England won the mile relay in 3 minutes 10.4/6 seconds,
won the Webstor of Canada marathon in 24-hours 40 minutes 36 seconds,
Richardson of Canada won the long jump at 20 foot 6% Inches., Fourteen countries, Domiulons, and Colonies are taking part in the James--British Wireless,
EARLIER RESULTS.
In yesterday's track' and field
events in the. Empire Games at
the White City, England made
Rhodesia took revenge in the rinks winning by 22-18, nud Ire- land also proved too strong for the Ilongkong performers, winning in both pairs and rinks.
Yesterday's results, na by Reuter, folfow.
SINGLES. lfongkong beat Ireland 21-19 Rhodesia beat Hongkong 21-4 Canada beat New Zealand 21-1 Scotland beat South Africa 21-19 Wales beat Rhodesin 21-15 England bent Australia 21-16 Ireland beat New Zealand 21-13 Canada beat Wales 21-16 Scotland beat Australia 21-14 South Africa beat England 21-20
PAIRS.
IMPROVE AT EMPIRE GAMES
Two members of the Australian women's swimming team who might me Empire Games during the last three days. Left to
Miss Claire Donnie and Miza Leslie Thompson.
BRITAIN PREPARING FOR OLYMPICS
PROMINENT ATHLETES WHO MAY FIGURE IN THE TEAM
EXPECTED TO SHOW IMPROVEMENT IN FIELD EVENTS London, Aug. 7. Britain is busily preparing for the Xith Olympic Games in Berlin in 1936.
1908
RAIN
THWARTS SUSSEX
RESULTS AT À GLANCE.
COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIP.
Surrey (281 & 127-1) beat Notts 1259 & 286-5) on first
innings.
Middlesex (148 & 109-8) beat Sussex (131 & 242-9 dec,)
on first innings.
Leicester (251 & 34-5) beat Northants (130 & 1541 by
five wickets.
Hampshire (292 & 129-6 dec.) bear Gloucester (206 &
79-5! on first innings.
Yorkshire (291-6 dec.) boat Lancashire (2731-on first.
innings.
Kent (392) beat Somerset (272 & 106) by innings and
14 runs..
Derbyshire (240) beat Warwick (219 G 76-1) on first
innings.
Essex (418) beat Worcester. (188 & 1911 on first innings.
FRIENDLY.
Australians (440-7 dec.) drew with Glamorgan 1112&
189-51.
EVEN BREAK ENGLISH
YANKEES LOSE AND WIN
LATEST BASEBALL RESULTS
CRICKET AVERAGES
HAMMOND HEADS BATTING
AND RUINS CRICKET
| GENERALLY
Ever Rinec
when the Olympic Games were last held in Britain, British athletes have been heavily outclassed in all field:
The climax came in 1932, when although entered in all the field events, neither the men nor women obtained a single point. ington Senators in a double ed below. which include the There
New York, Aug. 7. The Yankees engaged Wash-
The first-class averages publish-
YORKS & LANCS DRAW
MARRIOTT, BOWLS *EFFECTIVELY
Rain fell in most parts of the country yesterday and ruined the first class. cricket matches. At Worcester, for instance, not a ball could be bowled, while after Glamorgan had advanced overnight score by nine with out further loss against the Australians, rain stopped play for the day.
In consoquence there was plethora of drawn matches. Only" two, in
fact, carried decialve resulta, Kent, beat. Somerset by an innings at Canterbury, and Leicester defeated Northants by five wickets in a low scoring, match....
SUSSEX UNLUCKY. Sussex were decidedly unlucky.
By the end of the Summer it events. cabled
should be possible to form some idea of the track and field squad, at least.
The A.A.A. championships early in
was much heart-burning header to-day, but after winning matchen finished on Friday, July They had Middlesex well beaten, July, the
present Empire when the team returned, and after the first match by a nose-cut, 13. show that W. R. Hammond but could not win a race against Games, and the women's Olymplud several conferences, a scheme of lost the second rather heavily. (Gloucestershire) has risen from: the clock, and finally had to inter in the month, will all provide intensive training in field events pointers for two years hence,
the top of the suffer defeat on the first innings............ was started.
The Glants managed to bent 18th place. to
Sussex scored 131 in their Brooklyn Dodgers, bat St. Louis batting in the last fortnight, Cardinalu, after blanking. out during which he has scored 511 Brst innings, Middlesex respond- Cincinnati Reds in the first game, runs and improved his averageing with 148. The league leaders lost the second.
from 50.35 to 80.46.
batted more successfully in the second attempt and declared at Cleveland Indians had to bow The best all-rounder of the 242 for. 9, leading Middlesex to before Chicago, while Detroit season, so far, is J. Parks, of Tigers rattled up a dozen runs Sussex, who has a batting average against St. Louis Browns. of 51.05 and has taken 46 wickets
at u cost of 23.79 euch. Scores FLA cabled by Reuter
BATTING.
Apart from unforeseen circum- stances, such as accidents, death, and so on, most of the leading stars who are active this Summer, will form the nucleus of the 1936 Olympic team.
PROMINENT NOMINEERS. Ireland beat Hongkong 23-15 Hongkong beat Rhodesia 35-16
Names that come to the mind England beat Australin 18-17-
ure E. 1. Davis, the Cambridge Wales bent Rhodesia 32-15
University president, and sprin- Scotland beat South Africa 26-14ter, who has done a 9/10ths for Wales beat Canada 25-16
the dash, and should improve England beat South Africa 31-11 Godfrey Rampling, the Scotland hent Australia 29-11
RINKS.
and champion quarter-miler, Jück Powell, another quarter-miler, D. 10. Finlay, sprint burdler, and Jerry Cornes, who, some claim, is better than Jack Lovelock over the mille. Lovelock, of courso, expected to head the New Zealand
squad.
SUMMER SCHOOL.
A summer school is operating, where the raw stuff can receive expert coaching right from the start, something that the fold men here have never before had. There are frequent lectures by the old time stars, such as Fred Gaby on hurdling, and Harry Abrahams on the broad jump Later on there follow. will be carefully graded competi- tions to polish up the style in actual events..
it is not expected that all this tuition will put Britain Immediate- ly into the top-flight of feld athletes, for it is a fact that European athletes usually excel Is in this branch. It should, how- eyer, accrue some few points in placings, which with Britain's usual superiority in the middle- distance running events should put her well up the final list. United Press.
Ireland beat Hongkong 25-10 Rhodesia beat Hongkong 22-18 Ireland beat New Zonland 31-10 Canada beat Wales 22-19 Scotland beat Australla 40-10
One thing, which this South Africa beat England 22-15,.
season, Rhodesia beat Wales 27-11.
and those that come before 1936, Canada beat New Zealand 19-11-likely to produce, sadla Scotland beat South Africa 17-16| tinet Improvement in field events. England beat Australia 28-16
SCOTLAND WINS SIX GAMES
England, Still Leads
The Way
Scotland carried off ebiet honsura in the Empire Games lawn bowls programme yesterday, when they recorded six victories in as many matches.
England,
however, still lead the way. They together with, Canada. and Ireland, won four encounters. Australia had the unpleasant ox- Iperience of losing all elx engage- ments, while New Zealand did not win a game.
Present standings are:
P. W. D. L 12 9 0
England
Cannda
Scotland
Aruland
Safrica
Rhodesia Wales Hongkong Australia N. Zealand
11 8 0
9
0 6
almost a clean sweep. Rampling. In the 440 yards final, and Miks. Hiscock, in the 220 yards, net new British records.
Lorton, Aug. 7.
*
Overseas Competitors In Empire Games
LEADING REPRESENTATIVES OF SOME
OF THE DOMINIONS
London, Aug. 7. In the 80 metres at Los Angeles, Overseas competitors at the hurdles in 15 8/10ths seca, and has recently done the spring British Empire Games now the high jump at 4 feet 10 inches, being staged at the White Botha is a half-miler, and Thacker City and Wembley, have can beat 6 feet 2 inches in the
high jump. performed extremely well so far, South Africa, New Zealand and Australia all|
`. figuring prominently.
Here
are some of the leading lights In the various athletle teams from the Dominions.
SOUTH AFRICA.
Clayton is a cyclist who recently did 1,000 meter time trial th 1 min. 21 2/10ths secs., and the mile in 2 mins. 11 3/10ths secs.
NEW ZEALAND.
T. G. Broadway is a
leading
NATIONAL LEAGUE.
Pittsburgh
(Vaughan homered): Philadelphia
30
score 226 to win. When stumps were drawn, the Lord's team had loat eight wickets for 109 runs.
Yorkshire and Lancashire, just below Sussex in the championship. table, also played draw matchi Inna, Out Runs, Inne. Avge with Yorkshire tničng the major.
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(Koenecke homered) New York Chicago
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New York
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Times Not
1043 163 945 20 5 1649
290 NO.40
214 78-10 share of the points. Play was
202 76.70
47 1 1846 106 23
1323 very restricted by rain and only 1274 220 67.18
innings were completed.
262 112 04.30 two
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64.44Yorkshire declared at 291 for 6, 05.29 nnd
dismissed Lancashire for
168 951 101 59,43
1783 248 87.83 273,
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157
1186 178
110
1235 1214
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Gloucester
of
202,
replied with 206.
59.67 Hampshire applied the closure in
49.0 the accond knock at 120 for G, and
47.69
47.60 Gloucester Just managed to stave
43.39
45.18
45.00
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G. F. Walters
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Washington
17
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Cleveland
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Lansridge (Jun,)
Chicago
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member of the team. He recently Beat The
won the national half-mile title
The team is: M. W. Theunissen, for the third time in 1.55 4/10th, C. R. C.
on
a slow track and
Harry B. Hart, J. H. Viljoen, Miss large field. He also won the 440 Barbara Burke, A.. S. Du Plessis,
J. Luckhoff, H. A. Thompson, Miss Marjorie Clarke, E. Clayton, E. Thacker, and W. Botha.
yards in 50 Seck.
Billy Savidan made the trip for the six mile event, and Norm Theunissen is the new South Cooper for the three miles, and steeplechase. Brainsby, a young African dash champion. He walked hop-step-jump artist, who did 48.2 away with the 100 yards at the national meet, is another 9 7/10ths secs, and the 220 yards fine athlete. in 21 8/10th's acce
In the Empire Cames, continuing
Jack Lovelock, the amelal mile Harry Hart, a huge six-footer, record holder of the world, is, of at the White City to-day, Lovelock of won the shot put at 60 feet 82 course, heading the team. the mile, doing the distance in 412/18 feet 3 inches, and the discus ut Now Zealand captured the final for inches, the hammer throw at 125
133 feet 6 inches. He is probably
ruins. All the ovents were finals,
In the 410 yards, Rampling, of favourite for these events in the England, won a hotly contested race Gaines, in 48 accs., establishing a British re- cord.
Sweeney followed him to success in the 220 yards, setting a time of 21 9/10 soch.
In the two milo steeplechase, Scars brook, England, was first, in a time of 10 mika, 23 4/10 secs.
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AUSTRALIA.
Jack Metcalfe, Woodhouse, MeLardy and Yates are the track and fold team, Metcalfo la safe Viljoen is a hurdler whose at 6 feet 6 Inchon for the high latest times are 15 sece over the jump, just over 60 fest for the high hurdles, and 25 acca, over the hop-step-jump and gats very near low. He also broad jumps at 23 24 feet in the broad jump. feet 6 inches. Miss Burke has a
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BEST PERFORMANCES.
BATTING.
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cester
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Gloucester
116
103
Arnold (Hants)
Hardstar. (Notte):
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BATTING.
scored a useful win in the "A" Cralgengower Cricket Club Division of the tennis.lengue yes- terday when at Causeway Bay they defeated Chinese Recreation Club second string by six sets to three.
S. J. McCabe Leonard and Hachlumo wero la
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new South African record of Woodhouse is a pole vaulter. In the hammer throw Noken of 11 2/10ths seca for 100 yards to who recently cleared 13 foot for England tossed the weight 168 feet or credit, and a furlong In 25 a new Australian record. To fachlumn 5-7: lost to Goaano and
inches,
8/10the secs. Du Plessis cun polt- also did 6 fcot in the Victorian Lai 3-6; beat Taui and Zimmern w doty Miss Hiscock of England won the vault at 12 feet 8 inches.
#tato women's £20 yards Anal In the excel-.
championshipa.
0:0. McLardy lost time of 25 secs, sutting another Luckhoff throws the javelin 180 D/10th secs while Yates has (C.R.C.) lost to Leonard and chop
ran 120 yards hurdles in 14 Au King and Lau Man-kulFwd-Bmits *** 214. do a done 9 4/6 for the 100 and 21 Hachiumu-0-6; lost to Gesane and England, leaped 17 feet 11 inches. infle in around 4 mins. 20 secs. 4/5 for the 220 yards United Lai 2.0; lost to Taul and Zimmern B. Darling *** 08
In the broad jump, Bartholomew of feet, and Thompson can
Miss Clarke, who, finished third | Prenn.
British record,
-Reuter
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Somerset captured, tins wicketa for 106 runs. His 6 for 78 saw. Somerset sont back in their first knack for 272 and batting second Ume, Dioy compiled 100, WA Marriott taking 4 for 28. Kent 1212743 43 13.31 cored freely aggregating :892, 203 -1494 7A 19.18 and thus.
74923 to 1946 inninge
18 was comfortably. by an
The scores and those of in- E41566 44.8 dividuál performers, werd unbled
by Reinder
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