THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. WEDNESDAY, JULY 10, 1935.
CAMBRIDGE HAVE SLIGHT ADVANTAGE AT LORD'S
Four Centuries In Match Between Notts And Tourists,
OXFORD DISMISSED FOR
221 RUNS
LIGHT BLUES SCORE 161 FOR
FIVE WICKETS
YORKSHIRE ASSUME LEADERSHIP OF COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIP
London, July 9.
The annual University cricket match be- tween Cambridge and Oxford which is being decided turn in played at Lord's has taken a
favour of the Light Blues who, on the first day, were dismissed for 302 runs. To-day the Dark Blues scored but 221 runs and at the close of play Cambridge had made 161 for five wickets.
When play clused yesterday Armstrong and Townsend were res- Oxford, in reply to Cambridge's total, |ponsible for the collapse of the cham- hal made 37 runs without fors. With !pions, the former taking Ave for 13 the exception of the brilliant young and the latter five for 36, Gryton player, F. C. de Suram, the
Derby declared their second awnings Dark Blues were unable to withstanal elmsed at 91 for nine but Iddon was the bowling of J. 11. Cameron,
able to save Lancashire from an out- Saram contrihal H ruusright defent when he stubbornly held towarda the Axfood Total of 21 his end up to score 70 without bring while Cameron captured seven of the dismissed. At the close of play Jan- wickets for 15 runs.
made 176 for four
Cambridge, in their second innitus, put ap 162 reps for live wickets when stump vege drawn for the day.
SOUTH AFRICANS IN FORM
wickets.
Glamorgan improved their pigi tion in the championship by virtue of a victory against Leicestershire by runs at Newport where they and dismissed the Two South African batsmen. Bruce made 16 Mitchell and H. F. Wade, their cap-visitors for B, E. Havies had six wickets for 24 runs against Leicester-
RESULTS AT A
GLANCE
COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIP Glamorgan (246 and 277 for 6 wkts. dec.) beat Leicester- shire (130 and 240) by 153 runs.
Worcestershire (225 and 273 for 7 wkts, dec.) beat Somerset (197 and 128) by 173 runs.
Warwickshire (308 and 258) beat Middlesex (232, and 202) by 132 runs.
Derbyshire (273 and 191 for 9 wkts. dec.) beat Lancashire (86 and 176 for 4 wkts.) on first innings,
Hampshire (321 and 164) beat Kent (246 and 213) by 26
rtina.
Essex (60 and 245 for 7 wkts. dec.) beat Northants (159 and 145) by three wickets.
Yorkshire (582 for 7 wkts. dec.) beat Surrey (206 and 256) by an innings and 120 runs.
FRIENDLY MATCHES Cambridge University (302 and 161 for 5 wkta.) v. Oxford University (221).
Notts (312 and 312 for '9 wkts.) drew with South Africa 512).
tain, were in scoring mood at Trent Bridge against Notis where the match was left drawn.
Notts had first lease of the wicket and scored 312 runs, of which Hard- alaft made 164. The tourists rallied up the huge neore of 512.
Bruce Mitchell, the hero of the Second Test match, made 142 runs and Wade 151. When stuhp were drawn Notts had 312 for nine wickets, Gunn being Hot out with 100 to his credit.
Juts
BEST PERFORMANCES
BATTING
Barber (Yorks v.
H. F. Wade (S. Africa v.
Notts)
255 Surrey Hardstaff (Notts v. S.
Africa)
154
151
B. Mitchell (S. Africa v.
Notts)
142
M. J. Turnbull (Glamor.
gan v. Leicester) Squires (Surrey v. Yorks) 120* Gunn (Notts v. S. Africa) 100* T. N. Pearce (Essex v.
Northants)
140
97*
94
85
81
Fagg (Kent v. Hants). F. C. de Saram (Oxford v.
Cambridge)
R. E. S. Wyatt (Warwick
v. Middlesex)
J. H. Human (Middlesex
v. Warwick)
ཉལ་ཆ
77
Iddon (Lancs. v. Derby) 76*
BOWLING
Jackson (Worcester
v. Somerset) 9 for 45 Hill (Harts v. Kent) 8 for 62
and....
6 for 84 J. H. Cameron (Cam-
bridge v. Oxford). 7 for 73 E. Davies (Glamorgan
v. Leicester)
6 for 24 Clark (Northants v.
Essex)
V.
6 for 30 Sim (Middlesex
Warwick)
6 for 93 Freeman (Kent v.
Hants)
6 for 101 Armstrong (Derby v.
Lancs.)
5 for 13 Townsend (Derby v.
Lanca.) Leyland (Yorks
Surrey) Bawes (Yorks
Surrey) Howarth (Worcester
v. Somerset) Boswell (Essex
Northants)
5 for 35
5 for 46
5 for 54
5 for 60
4 for 22
With M. J Turnbull searing 140
H. F. Wade, the South African cricket captain, who scored 151 rùns against Notts a Trent Bridge, is here seen hooking a ball to leg in a recent match. Wade's century at Nottingham was his third of the tour.
VON CRAMM BEATS CRAWFORD
VICTORY IN THE DAVIS CUP
MASTERLY PLAY BY WINNER
Universities
THE LOCAL
Unimpressive FOOTBALL
This Season SEASON
RECORDS OF THE TWO SIDES
DARK BLUES' TEAM
MEETING NEXT MONDAY
A QUESTION OF FIXTURES
BEST MATCH OF SEASON
INSPIRED BOWLS IN PAIRS CHAMPIONSHIP
·
HIGH STANDARD MAINTAINED BY ALL FOUR PLAYERS
CRAIGENCOWER COMBINATION LOSE TO RECREIO STARS
(By. "Sagax")
Featured by bowls of the highest standard yet seen in the local open championships this season, the quarter-final Pairs match between the Craigengower C. C. pair, R. F. Luz and H. Beer and the Club de Recreio combination, F.X. M. da Silva and C. G. Silva, on the Kowloon Bowling Green Club's green yesterday afternoon, provided a thrilling contest throughout and al- though the Happy Valley pair lost by 26 shots... to 13 they were by no means disgraced.
In fact, without being over gener- were the times when the opposition nus to the losers or, in any way at-were lying and he would trall the tempting to detract from the merit jack either to save or draw Arst shot. The Club de Recrela skip too was of victory scored by the Silvas, it can safely be said that Laiz and Beer at the top of his form although he covered thomsives with n much had a little Joss with some of his glare ne dal the winners, who, al-shots, Many, however, were shots though they played better tagether, which were played for and could not and won by a fairly comfortable nur- altogether be attributed to luck. He gin, were, to a small extent, the as responsible for some clever draw-
Likes the ing and driving
other luckier pair.
There were times when C, G. Silva, players rarely wasted his words, (By R. Abbit)
particularly, received great ass.dance The Craigongower couple opened Berlin, June 14.
with some of his shots from a with with a two on the first hend but con
eeded a four on the second. Luz had Germany struck a great blow
Yesterday I published a few
while both Lua and Beer, on many to Australia's hopes of winning
notes on the Cambridge side
(By "Sapx")
occasions, were missing their obire two woods just short of the Jack on the Davis Cup when she won the which I thought I knew pretty
tive by the marrowest of margins, Onja full hend but with his third wood first two singles matches from well as I had seen the team which Next Monday the initial step one head Beer, in attempting to diss trailed the "kilty" a foot and then
(Continued on Page 9.) Australia in their semi-final tie in played in their first match. on towards the commencement of ge the shot with an extra heavy
delivery, three tires successfully suil the European zone at the Red Tour. I had not been able to: yet another football season willed through a row port but. al- White Club here to-day.
wildly when The crowd cheered Baron Von Cramm, Germany's num ber one player, defeated J. H. Craw
Australia's ford,
champion, straight sets, 6-3, 7-5, 6-2, and they again displayed great enthusiasm when H. Henkel crented another aur
in
CHAMPIONS ON VIEW?
get that information about Ox-
should carry the jack or the shot, he ford and I had hoped to have the be taken by the holding of the though it seemed hvitable that he names in this morning's paper annual general meeting of repre- failed with each of the thren de
written on sentatives of clubs in affiliation liveries. (these notes are Tuesday.) I shall therefore cut with the Hongkong Football As. this article a bit short as I have sociation. The actual playing not as much information as I had season, however, will not start prise by defeating young Vivian Me-hoped, and I may be able to pub- until late September or, perhaps, lish some supplementary notes
sometime in the middle of Sep later.
tember, as the entries necessitate. THE RECORDS
Grath by three sets to one--4---0, 62, 6, 6-2.
Crawford tried in vain to keep his opponent from the net and get him on the run with long, sweeping drives to the corners. But Von Cramain played an inspired game and coun- tered every more.
however,
Lawn Bowls
Programme
For To-day
TITLE HOLDERS NOT PLAYING
lead in the third set when Crawford Surrey match had to be abandoned competitions crammed into one doubt the more consistent bowls and Postponed, until next Monday,
season in Hongkong and as a result played the
As soon as the four players had settled down after the first couple of heads the immediate prediction of the majority of the spectators, was that If the standard then attained could
Von Cramm gave a masterly dis Cambridge have not had a particu-
As important point worthy of be maintained, the winners of the tie yesterday would undoubtedly qualify play. Despite the intense heat, de farby rood season. They have to the consideration for the coming sea-for the title, and this view beenme revealed amazing agility and powersdale of July 3 leuter The Minor son is the congestion of fixtures at more apparent ns ench head was
endurance, whereas Crawford Countien le four wickets; Somerset | abviously could not get acclimatised by seven wickets and Sussex by ninety the end of each season in recent played.
A serious endeavour should During the whole of the match TIE POSTPONED and was not quite his usual self. The cans. Thus of their three was: years, German auccessfully stormed the net, and also put over many useful Inher Rinst first eluss counties, it will be: be made to avoid a repetition of there was never a really bad bead Only one of the two quarter seen that all three are very low in last year's cramming of matches at any stage did any of the final matches arranged for this
players suffer any serious lapse of
afternoon in the Pairs Lawn the list. Cambridge drew with Notta in the final work of the season, form.
probably the best performance when, in one case a team was re- F. X. M. da Silva was the out- Bowls Championship is to be and lost to the South Africans by an quired to full three matches in standing player und Luz, the other played, as the game between the innings; to the Army by four wickets, four days, and this, one week after lead, was arobably the worst but the title holders, F. J. Jones and A. to Yorkshire by reven wickets; to the the normal close of the season.
difference of the standard tween W. Grimmitt, and the Craigen- Free Foresters by sev
seven wickets and
these two players was so slight that gower combination, M. J. Medina In actual fact there are too many it was hardly noticeable. There is no and J. Cavanagh, has been Ven Cramm got away with a 4-0 to the M.C.C. by eight wickets. The
that F. X. M. de Silve
Jones met with a minor mishap appeared very tired. Crawford, how without a ball being bowled
carried off the honours of the
ryateh. it is impossible to carry out the He was drawing so accurately that he last week when, as a result of the ever, mande à great effort, won the
The Oxford record on paper xlures as originally arranged by was invariably resting or trailing the heavy raine, he slipped in the next game, and then broke through Von Cramm's service for 2-1. He very impressive. They started by
League Management henting Worcester by an tunings and the
Com-Jack and many were the occasions workshop in the Naval Yard and continued to fight desperately, but
sprained his back. His singles Van Crain won the last two agresatest cabled match beaten the M.C.C. evitable.
rans. They have in their mittee and congestion becomes in when he out-ployed his opponent.
As has been stated. Luz was not game yesterday with F. Cullen, of after some splendid rallies,
and
nitogether favoured with his share of by five runs. Between the Brst
last gunes they have drawn with The Association might well con- the luck and many of his shots were the Kowloon Docks had to be post- Gloucester, South Africa, Leicester, sider the reduction of the number only just wide. However, it is the poned on that account.
W. K. Way and A. S, Gomes, the McGrath, who played in shorts and
and Free Foresters, of teams in each division of the results that count and he found his Minor Counties had dis right wrist bandaged, quickly while they lost to Lancashire by un league and either have two sections opponent nach too dundly for him. runners-up last year, will meet L. ran into a 4-love lead in the first innings and 30. to Yorkshire by an in the third division or inaugurate but would probably have been more at the Kowloon Bowling Green Club, He was always there or thereabouts A. R. Duncan and R. Duncan, of Henkel made it four all, but innings and 69, to Leveson-Gewer's failed in the most rainer Very little ten by te wickets, & Sussex by 39 a fourth division. The promotion hame had he skipped the combina- on the Kowloon Dock Groen. of the real McGrath was seen after runs, and to Surrey by eight wickets, and relegation system might be in-tion.
In the Singles avant two matches to advantage and to that. Henkel le 4-1 in the second It may, indeed, be thought that they troduced
are down for this afternoon. A. set; McGrath rallied and won his serure, on form, the weaker side but I balance the teams for the first sea-
M. Remjahn, of the Indian R. G., vice game, but Henkel then won his. am doubtful if that is actually the son those clubs which finished at
Beer, however, played a very good is to meet A. Hyde-Lay, of the ense. Their side has been a good the bottom of the respective divi- game as skip and was in no way to Kowloon Cricket Club, and A. M. for act.
deal more upset by Schools than bassions last season might be re-ime for the defeat.. He shared the Holland, of the Kowloon B. G. C., been the case with the Cambridge legated.
honours with side, and so has ut got together so well.
HENKEL SOON. ON
Ilamphire brought off their best performance to date when they beat the strong Kent eleven by 26 runs at Tonbridge, where Hill distinguish ed himself with the ball by taking a total of 14 wickols for 146 runs,
Hampshire compiled 321 runs and then dismissed Kent for 246, of which
Henkel walked away, with the third Fagg scored 94, while Hill took eight shire.
act, his splendid backland hot wickets
across the court 'and accurate placing for 62 runs. The visitors only managed 164 In their secomi innings, Freeman coming into his Glamorgan were able to close down the sidelines repeatedly leaving MeGrath standing. The German.con- their second innings at 277 for six
tinued on top for the remainder of own with six for 101. Jill again wickets. They then sent back tai- caused the dismissal of Kent, thicestershire for 240 runs.
the match. time for 213 runs. The Ilants bowler claimed six further victims JACKSON'S INSPIRED BOWLING for 84 runs.
Jackson, the Worcestershire bowler, DERBYSHIRE CHECKED
was in deadly form with the ball Derbyshire lost their position at the match at Dudley against Somer«.] the head of the table by failing to set where the hosts won by 173 runs. win against Lancashire, the holders When Worcestershire wont to the of the title, at Buxton, where the wickets they knocked up 223 runs hosts took points for a lead on first while Somerset scored 197, Howarth innings, after scoring 273 and then taking five for 60. Worcestershire's Ulamiasing Lancashire for 88. second innings was declared closed at
272 for seven and then Jackson took nine Somerset wickets for 46 runs (to dismiss the visitors for 128.
„ Full points went to Warwickshire in their match against Middlesex at Birmingham where the winners scored 308 runs (Wyatt 81) and 268 Stins for 91). Middlesex replied with totala of 299 and 202 (Human 77).
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last year. yeur's Blues, not to mention T. II.
his blue in 1034 - Dyson who was given and then stood down owing to com- plete loss of form afterwards. Blues who were due to be in residence were Walker, Seamer, N. S. Knight, the wicket-keeper, A, P. Singleton, K. L. T. Jéckson and P. C. de Saram; while Dyson and A. R. Legard, a Blue of 1032, were still up.
OLD BLUES OUT?
The
As R. C. M. Kimpton has already iven awarded his Blue it seems pretty certain that Knight has lost his place.
NO BASEBALL MATCHES
CLUBS HAVE REST YESTERDAY
Now York, July 9. There were no baseball matches
LEAGUE TENNIS
I can find only one trace of both Jack-played in either the American or кол ond do Sarem. Jackson, the National Leagues to-day- Rugger Blue, had a football injury Reuter. that was possibly going to keep him out of cricket, while de Saram has had influenza.. If these two have gone on Tour it is quito on the cards they will play possibly displacing Halli- day and Barton in my list. But one cannot be sure. Legard has shown! much of his old form and as he and! The programme for this afternoon's Ballance both took five wickets in "B" Division fixtures in the local the close victory over the BLC.C. in Lawn Tennis League, are as follows: the match before the Varsity Match, Civil Servico V. Hongkong G-C.) I think they are certainties.
Club de Recrelo v. C. B, A
Well, I suppose we at all know when Chinese R. C... V. Indian R. C. the London papers come out here.
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