THE HONGKONG. TELEGRAPH.
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 1994.
SENSATIONAL DEFEAT OF THE ARSENAL
LOSE 2-0
Lancashire
AT Facing
BLACKBURN Defeat
MILLWALL CLING REST IN STRONG
TO RECORD
LUCKY WIN OVER GILLINGHAM.
HALIFAX DRAW
London, Sept. 17. The dramatic defeat of the Arsenal by Blackburn Rovers constituted the
POSITION
London, Sept. 17. Lancashire. the champion county, caslly saved the Innings defeat against the Rest to-day In the final match of the cricket aca- son, but it la doubtful whether they can avoid boing beaten to-morrow.
The Rest declared their first innings at the overnight total of 385 for wickets, leaving Lan- cashire to score 180 to avoid the innings defeat.
At the close the champions had Beared 208 for the loss of nine feature of to-day's Eng-wickets, and are 119 runa ahend lish League football.
London's team of football princes went to Blackburn, the team who only gained their first, Win of the season last Saturday and were decisively defeated by two clear goals. It was the Rovers*
outstanding second achievement within three days, the Wednesday having fallen victims to them on Saturday.
In the second division, West. Hom provided Hull City with their initial win of the senson, losing by four clear goals, while Norwich made an unsuccessful visit to Bury, boing
bunten by the only goal scored.
Millwall, before their own sup- porters at New Cross, managed to retain their 100 per cent, record at the expense of Gillingham, but it
with one wicket to fall
Tyldesley and Iddon were the chief run-getters to-day, the former hitting up 82, and Idden 80.-Reuter.
ENGLISH
CRICKET
AVERAGES
HAMMOND AND VERITY
Hammond and Verity lead the batting and bowling averages
was touch and go, the Londoners' respectively in first class English winning by the odd goat in Ave.
Halifax were unexpectedly heldcricket up to and including AugusË
to division of points on their own ground when Walsall wore the visi- fora. пріесе,
Blackburn It. 2 Arsenal
SECOND DIVISION.
25.
BATTING.
Time: Not
Highest
Jam, Dui. Rune. Înue. Avge.
2232 102 82.66 1228 240* 06.02
1000 202 62.34
2312 232 $7.80
2259 248 67,4%
B 2015 220 07.30
The teams scored
#
goal
Beaults
as
esbled by Router
· were:
FIRST DIVISION.
Hammond W, 22, J. 11. um
Ames
0
Tyldesley -O'Connor
Cook
tiresory
1 Norwich 1
0
Todil...
Sutcliffe
West Ham
0
Iddon
1. E. Wanti
Leyland
bo
Woolley
F. U de Haram
Hendren
1 Langridge (John)
1119 209 50,80 1983 15 40.84 215423
Arnold
2235
Brait
Bury
Hull C.
THIRD DIVISION (SOUTH).
Millwall
3 Gillingham
THIRD DIVISION (NORTH). · Halifax
1 Walsall
B. H. Lyon
46 13
14 0 2210 180 co.on 1787 130 54.15 1777 203 63.84
2204 2001 E2.63
1470 1420 200 2506 107
M.C.C. TEAM TO VISIT WEST INDIES
In the women's national tennis championships tournament at Forest Hills, L. I. Helen Jacobs became a double champion, success- fully defending her singlos title and teaming with Sarah Palfrey to win the doubles crown. She is shown in the foreground after a difficult return in the final match against Dorothy Andrus and Carolin Babcock. Miss Palfrey is at the left, her eye on the ball.
HOW MASKELL WON PROFESSIONAL
TENNIS TITLE
Outplayed Jeffery In The Final
RETAINS
THE DOUBLES CHAMPIONSHIP
Donald Maskell
NEW “SUBS” ARRIVE
Draw To Be Made September 24
The Subscription Griffins ar rived, by the Nanning on Sunday Jast.
TENNIS
ENGLAND BEATS BELGIUM
11 PLAYERS ALREADY SELECTED
WYATT CHOSEN CAPTAIN
WALTERS ALSO IN THE TEAM
FOUR "TESTS”
London, Sept. 17. Eleven players to form the nucleus of the English cricket team to visit the West Indies this winter were announced to. day.
R. E. 8. Wyatt, who captained England against the Australiano this summer is to slipper the side, and three other amatours have already been chosen.
The players so far selected
are:-
RE. S. Wyatt (Warwick- shire) capt.
C. F.
shire)
Walters (Worcester-
E. R. T. Holmes (Surrey) K. Fornes (Essex) Hammond (Gloucester) Hendren (Middlesex) Ames (Kent)
Farrlmond (Lancashire) Smith (Middlesex) Paine (Warwickshire) Leyland (Yorkshire)
Othor players will be selected later. The M.C.C. team leaves for the West Indies tour on De-
The riding test will take place at INTERNATIONALmber 15 and returns on April 1.
the Race Course, at 12.45 pm, on Monday, September 24.
The draw for the ponies accept-
MATCH
Great Britain best Belgium in the nt
Test
Thirteen games will be played. of which four will be matches.-Router.
Steadiness Wins Burles A Record Victory
won the it by means of a lucky half-volley picked by the Stewards will be held at Professional tennis champion- up which became an unexpected and the Paddock, the Race Course, at two day international match
Knocke-fur-mere by 7-4. Each side BOY GOLF CHAMPION untakeable drop-shot. Maskell defied 5 p.m. on the same day. ship for the seventh year in lack and put his own service skilfully! For the convenience of Members won three matches on the arst day, succession by beating his con- to his credit, but lost the next game, wishing to view the riding test, Belgium ending the day with a lead stant challenger from the other being pertaps guilty of a transitory tiffins can be obtained at the Club of one set, games being equal at 01. fancy for unripo peaches. Despite House on September 24, if ordered Miss R. M. Hardwick held a lead of half of the draw, T. C. Jeffery somo ripping passing shots against in advance from the No. 1 Boya set and 6-2 against Mlle. B. Watson,
Maskell's seventh gamo pressure
| but was caught and passed for set- (Melbury), 6-1 6-3 6-1.
all. However the English lady Jeffery was 3-4, and then, appearing (Telephone 21920),
ho assured
hed met
asserted her superiority in the third fate 26 mount, began
set and from B-love won the match at 0-2. R. K. Tinkler held a set-point against A. Lacroix at 6-3 in their C) won the Boys' Golf Champion- first set; he was still ahend at the ship by the record margin of 12 and odd games until B-all, but from this 10 when he met F. B. Allpass -point could only. win one further (Hadley Wood) in the 88 holes inal
of the three doubles at Moortown, Leeds, laat month. game. Two
Belgian supporters considered that. In
Jeffery, of course, is not as good as to
62.60 Maskell, but he is better than his his
Бо
2 showing in the Anal. It is certainly demonstrating "that driven back feel- 2015: 370 60.37 a bit heartrending to have your besting by letting the ball fall too for
before making his stroke.
1800 108 1080 180
40.60
in
ones dealt with with certainty and Therenfier the affair was proces
nover funereal) 50.09 your confidence cut into by the haras-sional (though 49.08 sing and deliberate length of a man character. Jeffery was helped to the one game he won in the last set by n 49.50 who revenis no weakness to speak of. not cord but, as though in roprisal, Maskell finished the match 'with, a love game against service, scoring with
40.43
| Mitchell (A.) York. 434 1928 18 1 1423 L'ark J.)
2843 281 47.90
SUNDAY FOOTBALL Parks (2)
Association Making Rapid Headway
R. de W. K. Winlaw 12
Elarnels......
O.-F. Wallers
A. Biritite.....
Keelog
Ashdown J'aynier
Armatron (Leics.).
Catmore ....
The Sunday Football Association | Watson.... has been in existence only about Tarber....... two weeks, but wight Leagues have. Mitebell-Innes joined and over 200 clubs, with Crom
M. J. Turnbull
a membership of 2,000, have been Lee, F. 8. m.)
filiated.
An attempt is being made to organise a tour in Glasgow, prob- ably at Christinas.
Handta Binter
Bucknel
Harris
1435 1823 201 41,40 1782 232
100" 49.08 In his own manner Jeffery has a 1236 101 47.63 similar certainty of stroke, but he 4282 394 45.04
1697-1748.24 was without the stout heart to bore in JOY 44.8 bohind it; he tended to hang back. A 44 potential winning stroke is helped 41.44 considerably by a tactical movement, 41.4 417 which may be translated by your 10.08 opponent as a personal belief in ita 40.08 elleacy.
1400
1633
45 0 1858 178
1736
1775 248
40.34
1281
1463 211
39.27
1863
38.04
1505 140
58.02
1654
27 1 068 F15
1100
55.12 AR.18
18 2 1768 158
F. O. a. Chai 80 3 1144 139
• Higuides Not Out.
BOWLING.
MASKELL'S QUALITY.
Maskell has the champlon's quality 18.06 of Infusing into the ball a purpose be 88.48 38.13yond the actual power of its flight and place. At the same time, though winning so easily, he was not at his best in the final He had played bet-
(Qualification: $5 wicketa; average 20.3 0.
R. W. Aver 11023 444 2183 125 10.02 1209/3 439 2020 105 · 10.54
"Critics of Sunday football," an official remarked, "have objected to it on the grounds that It will create gambling und professionalism. One great point in our policy la Yanty that this Association will not Larwood tolerate any attempts on the part C. Clay
Grary of anyone, either official or player, | Cupion to bring sham-amateurism or semi-te... professionalism into Sunday League si, 2. football.'
Jowe
508.1 823
101 1802
218 1731
15,97
18.00
130 1923 ES 18.20 672. 161 1587 RO 18.46 420 24 10 18.48 BB2.0 201 2307
(Mod).... 12492 300 NGB Mitchell, 11,
(Derby)
South, IL. A
127 13.63
102 10.04
(Derby) 917.1 196
19.26
Hopwood
K. Faroe
Proposed Badminton
Pope, A. V.
1710.4 248
480.5
(10
19.52
077
19.04
01 20.08
Mayer
20.12
1. A.
Peebles 352.4
21.12
(Leiti)
(062.0
254 2503
117 21.30
Freeman
525,3
5910 112
21.60
Xmalies
200
Você ...
281.5
Macaulay
541.6
10TT
21.07
Townsend
691.1
1628
22.01
BDO
236 1477
13 22.07
1939
70 24.5
League
ANOTHER CUP OFFERED
There is every indication of
Bibbles...
(Northants) 771.1 17
1950 00
2857 121 21.05
AUSTRALIAN AVERAGES.
BATTING.
Time Nat
D. Maskell (right), winner of the Inr. out Rune. Inns, Aver. Professional Championship of Great
Highest
the proposed badminton league D. G. Bradman... 24 3 1720 801
78.18
in Hongkong being greeted. 11. Tanatorio 77.98 Britain for the seventh time, and T.
with enthusiastic support.
173 42.30
5. J. McCabe...... 88 7 1700 240 69.84
C. Jeffery, the runner-up. W. M. Woodfull. 251197 228 52.04 Nearly all of the clubs have ex- . 4. Chipparbeid. 24
9040.38 ter in the seminal against F. Poul- 87.61 son (Queen's); and for the matter of 32.00 that 80 had Jeffery against J. Pearce 11. (Queen's). His wrist work was fro
Clifield
J., Dromier 1. Ebeing o. y. arimmelt W. Will 020.
Smith
109 224 BO
100
47
בות
01.04
28.25
not-cord for the last point, after having, possibly as a preparation for receipt of service and a demonstration wiped his racket hand on the chalk of the base-line,
YANKEES WELL BEATEN
TIGERS NEARLY CHAMPIONS
FINE PITCHING DEBUT
Detroit
York
7
HOPMAN WINS
ENGLISH TENNIS
TITLE
BEATS STEDMAN EASILY
RS. Burles (Gerrards Cross G.
matches provides unexpected results. Allpass made a promising start de Borman and Mille. Adamson, would by winning each of the first two holes in a "birdle" four, and he overcome Cooper and Misa Dearman still held a lead of one hole at the The visitors however recovered from
In
ecore
1.6 in the first set to win at 7-5 seventh. From that stage, how 6-2. P. Goelhand and Mille, B. Watson ever-he-met with a-great-deal-of combined effectively to beat fare and trouble, and Burles won seven of Miss Hardwick 0-3 6-4,
the remaining eleven holes to finish the round six up with a BRITAIN GOES AHEAD.
of 76 against 86. Allpass after- Great Britain went right ahead on could do nothing right in the The two fine centre courts at the second day, winning four of the noon and failed to win a hole, Scarborough were surrounded by five matches. The outstanding match Burles hnd no more than three a dense crowd when the finals of of the day was that in which C. E. "birdies" during the 26 holes of the North of England champion-j Hore boat C. Nagyaert. the the match, but on only five occa ships were played last month. The second net Hare hurt his hand in aiona, did he record a figure worte final of the Men's Singles was a falling, but he recovered to take the than bogey. little disappointing, for A. C. set for the match Miss Lyie did not Stedman, the cupholder, was over-served many double faults. Mille. Sole tako long to bent Mile. Adamson, who played by the very ine game pro- played pluckily against Miss Deat- duced by H. G.- Itopman, whom man, but the English lady won easily Bone critics still regard
Belgian as the Hare and Cooper gave the best player In Australin.
Davis Cup players, De Borman and Lacroix, a hard match, and only sur Hopman attacked almost from rendered at 6-8 4-0. Great Britain the start and refused to be driven thus won by 7 matches to 4, 14 sets from the net, even when Stedman to 9, 122 games to 96. successfully passed or lobbed him.
He had to work very hard for the
RESULTS.
Miss N. M. Lyle (G.B.) bt. Mlle. N. Adamson 6-1 0-1: Miss E. M. Dearman (G.B.) bt Mile. Sole 6-2 6-2; 31ins R. M. Hardwick (G.B.) et Mlle
New York, Sept. 17. first set at 04, but took the R. K.. Tinkler (G.B.) lost to A practically second more easily, a feature of Lacroix 1-6 1-11: 1 GN. Cooper Tigers assured themselves of the Ameri- his play being some remarkably wank 1-0, 3-6; can League pennant to-day when fine stop volleys. When he went. Hare (G.B.) bt Ch. Naeyuert - they defeated New York Yankees, to 4-1 in the third set all seemed Crowder blanking out the New over, but there was a lot of Oght)
left in Stedman, who won two love outht A sensational plece of pitching games in succession before finally was performed by- George going down at B-1. Crockette, a recruit from KunsUR City, who made his debut major league baseball for Boston Red Sox to-day. He blanked out St. Louis Browns.
Rosulte as, cabled by Reuter, follow.
AMERICAN LEAGUE,
R. II. E.
1
in
Philadelphia 0 '10 (McNair hit two home runs)
Chicago
4
Boston
St. Louis
quently faulty when volleying, and ho(George Hockette pitched) 10.4 was inclined to over-run his back-
18.00
411481 hand; though incidentally ho has 9.13 strengthened the latter stroko, for which ho employs the Tilden theory
prossed their interest in the pro-W. A. Brown 351108 119.
A. F. Kippax ...... 4 Joot and In every other way the w. Rely league la
The incentive warm support. A. Bamelt
given by Messrs. W. A. G. Spalding Brothers in their generous offer of a trophy, has been added to by another offer by G. E. Brothers, local sports dealers, who have been authorised by their head office to make a similar offer. Two trophios are therefore assured for competition, and should be sufficient to encourage a good entry of teams in men's and mixed doubles, leagues should these be formed."
The meating to consider those proposals is on Friday afternoon of this week in the 8, 6. f. Post Board Room
W. J. O'neilly
11.
23
Dlantes Not Out.
BOWLING.
0. 7441 873
being 850
On, Firewood-
simler
临
5.13 of production. He has also to an ex- tent mastered his former bugbear, the absoluto kill of the short lob.
M.. R. W2 ***. *.17.17 180 1001 68 18,01
GAME DESCRIDED.
The second set of the single was, closely contented for, the first aix 119 1407 14 19.19 games. Maskell broko
10.04
Now York.d (Crowder pitched)
Detroit
WOMAN'S SINGLES.
B. Watson 6-2 6-8 0-2.
Hare and Cooper (G.B.) lost to The Women's Singles final was Lacroix and L. De Borman 6-8 4-6. an Anglo-Australian affair, Miss bt Mme. Trane and Mlle. Adamaan Miss Dearman and Miss Lyle (G.B.) Hartigan, champion of Australia, 6-3 6-1. being opposed by Miss Susan Nool.
LAWSON LITTLE
Another Title For Champion
San Francisco, Aug, 23. Lawaon
the Little,
British Amateur Golf champion, has WON the Northern Californian ': Open Tournament with a par score of 288 for the seventy-two holes. Little, in partnership with his coach, Larry Brazil, also carried off the team prize for the best amateur professional aggregate,
Little was in the same wonderful form that he showed when winning the British amateur, and was ca pecially brilliant on the greens. He Wen by four strokes from Bonny who had 292. John Black, former- Coltrin, a former holder of the title,
iy of Troon, Scotland, finished fifth (294) wis
The closeness of the match may Tinkler and Miss Lyle (G.D.) with 299. Mark Fry
be indicated by the fact that each Lacroix and Bimo. Isaac 6-2 6-4; third and Jack Finger (296) fourth. Copper and Mise Dearman (G.B.) ht player in turn was once within de Borman and Mils. Adamson 7-5 two strokes of victory before for- 6-2; Hard and Miss Hardwick (G.B.) tune finally decided in Misa Harti- lost to P. Geelband and Mile. Watson gan's favour. Miss Noel, employ-3-0 4-0.
Ing her opponent to hit, socured
8
ing elowing-up taetics and tempt-
ง 11
1
0
2 2
2
0
0
0
3 0
Washington 13 21 Clovelend...
B .* (Averill and Welland homered)
· NATIONAL LEAGUE.
AQUATIC SPORTS
University Holding Meet During Week
the first set at 6-2, but the Aus-opportunity and, aided by a doci- tralian, playing with great con- sfon on a very difficult point, took fidonco and making many Ano, the next treo games of a match
The Hongkong Univoralty will be hard-bit winners down the fore-which at one turn seemed almost holding their annual aquatic sports in hand sideline, took the second gone beyond recall. Form; how the YM.C.A. Bath, Kowloon, during with the loss of only one game. over, was vindicated, for she had the week. The first part of the pro- previously beater Miss Noel both grammo will be decided to-morrow, The third set was a ding-dong at Amsterdam and in the Scottleh commencing at 5 pm, and on Saturday fight. Miss Noel started so well
to a close. that she led 4-1, but Miss Hartl Championships, but it cortainly at 2 pm, the meeting will be brought looked as it would be "third
The Annual Aquatie Sports in con gan gradually overhauled her and time lucky" for Miss Nool up to nection with the Bt. John Ambulanco thon lod: 64. Then it was Mian
D. V. Orimmel 084.4 308 1758 109 19.19 Jeffrey's norvito for 2-0, but Joffory
Three matches were scheduled Noof's turn again, and she led very near the end of the match. Brigade will be held on Sunday, next, through in the National Longue but none G5, 6, and 8-7. Unluckily
Mon's Singles.-H. C. Hopman at the China Athletic Association T. W. Wall.... 452 9 1218
3. Dating
18 19:58 replied by taking Maskell's, the cham-were played owing to rain. The for her, at this point she wont beat A. O. Stedman (holder), 6-4, Bathing Pavillon, North Point, com-
mencing at 10 ́a.m. A. d. Chipperfield 1823
108781 plon getting rather under the ball for gamba affected were:-Cincinnati right off her game and soomed -2, 6--4-
Owing to unavoidable efrcumstancos Bromine 71.5.
38 48.26 his driver and hitting out in conso New York, Pittsburgh unable to make up her mind Women's Singles-Miss J. Har-the Garrison Schools' sports, arranged The following, also howledi 31. A. Harnt, quence. The next game was rather a Brooklyn and Chiengo 10-3-1 A. F. Kippax, 2-0-6+0.
scramble, but Jeffery got away with Philadelphia.
whether to go to the not or stay tigan boat Miss S. Nool, 2-6, 6-1, for the Y.M.C.A. Bath for this after back, Miss Hartigan seized her 10-8.
noon and next Monday, have beert
8. J. Melkba
76.4
713
15 625
245 40.00