LAWRENCE BREAKS
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ANOTHER GOES TO CHAMPION
SWIMMING SPORTS YESTERDAY
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. FRIDAY, AUGUST 30, 1935.
CRICKET HISTORY'S
: CONCLUSION
The Game As Played In
South Africa
CHAPTER X11
(Continued)
DOMESTIC CRICKET
THE CURRIE CUP
In the season of 1533-34 the Tourna ment for the Currie Cup was played. The games are if two days' duration, - a recent devription of the pre- Last week 1 leit off at the end of sent South Afrienn alde in England Wilfred Lawrence, the Hongkong the South Africa senson of 1932-33 as being composed of Saturday alter swimming champion, continued his with a înst reference to the Natal-noon cricketers is much bestile the
21
there neeme la
to be record-breaking performances at the Transvaal game ià February. Since mark,
casualness about the number of V.B.C. yesterday-the second day, of
matches
played as in the season under the Annual Hongkong Swimming then there have fwer, two seasons
review. Three
provli ees played five Championships-when he broke the played through In South Africa before Lhe present team left for England.
Aanies, three Jour, and one three old 880 yarda mark for the bath by those of 1933-34 and of 1934-35.
set in this year, as in the next, hodenia brief sketch of the competition cricket did not compete, owing, no doubt, to Reven and three-fifths seconds,
Only two swimmers entered for may be of interest to my readers. in the distance to a covered and the fact that the gam dificulty of the tires from the busi- this race, and this robbed it of much view of the
Currie Cup competiness point of view, but, as a general of its interest, but the fact that the player in the champion was challenged by his old tion of these two yents undoubtedly į rule, there are in n full searon eight rival Lionel Roza-Pereira kept the had a very large influence on the race alive. Lawrence won by about selection of the side which has done sites in the Turtament. I do not twelve yards in a fine race.
No well in England. But before pro propose to discuss the actual play in
cricket Any detail,, but the following sketch of the Freeding to a
there is one rather interesting fact shows the results: which should be recorded.
Both swimmers were neck to neck for nearly three quarters of the race It was only in the last few laps that the champion drew away.
Lawrence was given a great ova thon when it was announced that hir 11 mins. time for the distance was 474/5 mecs.
CRICKET COACHES IN SOUTH AFRICA
As hun already been reinted, the game in South Africa from its earliest stages has beer developed under the
table
1051-84
First Inte Matches Won Lee! Won Jami
Natal Western Province Border
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were
The
Hideo Nishimura (left) and Jiro Yamagishi, the Japanese Davis Cup players, who arrived this morning.
She won when for a visiting wide, which, I method as I the County Champion fortien om wat present
were
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SOUTH AFRICANS AT THE OVAL
272 FOR NONE
London, Aug. 1. Statements na to the staleness of the South Africans were con- founded from the very start of their game at the Oval, for they
Soon
put a stranglehold on Surrey and finished the day in an overwhelming position of superi- ority. Bruce Mitchell and Ro- wan each exceeded the century, and not only passed Surrey' modest total of 183 but put on 272 without being separated.
Surrey's Innings provided a curi- Ous, mixture of good, bad and in- different batting. At least three of the team were dismissed from half-hearted strokes. Others were unfortunate, particularly Brown, who fell to a juggling act in the slips between Vincent and Mitchell, and Barling, who was batting superbly, when adjudged 1,b,w. from a very quick-rising ball.
It does so at a time when the cricket of the Dominion is at ila zenith. From the amallest beginnings | Cimilar in every quarter of our far flung Empire has grown lo its present size where it can claim an equality with the cricket of the Mother Country. It is eurious to
A DREADFUL START reflect that the game, in its start at
Still, the excellent length of Pieter-Maritzbury, was just like the Langton and Crisp was always a
I have no doul games which, I
menace to the earlier batsmen. The played at Happy Valley from the
club two bowlers put so much energy round was opened. But there the and vim into their onslaught that seed was sown, not in a little moun- Surrey had Ave men out for 49.
Matters did not improve when country where 11 has spread and flourished. | Vincent relieved Langton, who had And, above all, the goodly tree that been bowling with untiring energy
1 serd has grown from that
healthy for nearly two hours. one, upright and straight-limbed, and the misco free from
cisenous parasitic Kron growths
and of bad sportsmanship overkreu desire to win. From the first time England played South Afriene team until now, the men who have represented their' country have
In the next year the same seven
But there of English professionals, provinces competed In the Ladies 100 Yards Free cotiching
more games played, 19 in oil. Style, Mine Yeung Shu-king, the In the earlier days engagementa were professionals
dophls scoring is done upon a percentage Chinese National champion, scored an sometimes offered to easy win and was never stretched
neerpted, ied to that particular ship at home, with all the big money at any part of the race.
for the win outright, if I may use the ne she liked in 69.3/5 oCH.
conch settling in the country. Frank Hearne in a case in point. Another expression. I will again confine my-tainous Island, but in a vast
nced by self to printing the table af which
was largely influenced considerations of health, was that of {{{col Lon.ann who poor George down ne a couch irgely because in thong days and believe now) the supposed to A promising young swimmer, K. South African climate is Nazarin, beat two opponents in the be beneficial to these suffering
Min It. Thirlwell, a newcomer to local swimming championships, swam a plucky race and managed to beat Min Doris Hunt by n touch for second place.
results:
134,16 Trev] Natal
Crater Free State com | Gelqunland West
from
Western Provbice
100 Yards Breast Stroke Juniori or threatened by tubx reulosis. There Championship of the V.R.C., in win-have also bomm amateurs-Frank Eastern Province ning in 82.2/6 secombs.
Mitchell for example---who
Tram Itace.
Results:
of foeni
The time between
the
Pina Ione. Maths Won Leet Won Fanat
2 0
1
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4
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I taking out there figures Inde в кресілі note of any particularly been splendid sportsmen, and every good scares or bowling performances.
team that has visited England has
Viljoen. Balasko, A. I
Nourse
easily-pleased public. And I, for one, F. L. Dalton, Siedle, (Jun),
andrejaice that they have now heen Rowan come ap frequently. Curious-conbled to drains the cap that ly enough there a few outstanding dashed from their lips at the bowling fonts
two by minute is 1907.. B. J. Crisp. R. J. Williams, the reserve wicket
ket keeper, ales made some useful Frares. Bruce Mitchell, curiously, enough, did not come off very much.
best one or
WAA inst
rettled The Hongkong University relay down to business at any cate for a team, winners of the event last year.į few years while to the conching The zenines af Watte, I. B. Cameron. I wenn colten opinions from our not-too-
in the country and devoted repeated their triumph in the Open their cricket
these plngers. But after arly days came the time when de- 75 Yards Medley Race Handicapite engagement
English ef STI "B" Ciune---1. F. 1. Gosano; 2, A. professional for the season became A. Gulerrra; 3. L. M. Remedios. the
It was eminently satis- fashion. 100 Yards Free Style Lailies' Championship-1, Miss Yeung Sau-factory from the professional's point king; 2, Mi R. Thirlwell; 3, Misk of view as the engagement filled in the end of une Doris Hunt. Time: 49.3/5 secs.
HH Yards Fere Style (Open) 1. English season the beginning of Many mes can readily be W. Lawrence; 2, 1. Roza-Pereirn. another.
Athei. Astill, Geeson, line: 11 mins. 47.45 wees.; 12 mins, recalled.
George
Brows, Cadman. Kennedy, Newman, II. W. Law, Wensley and W. Wainwright have all been mit for one 33-84 season case the first appoint- or more engagements.
coach, ment J. A. J. Christy, the very usefal Test ericketer of recent
years, who gone to the Wanderers Club. There seems little doubt that this is beginning of a peretice which will in the end become" ur ivernal. tay that the engagement of English coarbes is a thing of the past, but
1
180 Yards Breast Stroke Junior Championship of the V.R.C1. K. Nazarin; 2. N. Delgado; 9, Leo Silva. Time: 82.276 Meca,
Dying (Scaled Handicap) Open to Members of the V.R.C.-1. 1. A. du Rozu,
Team Race (Open).--1, Hongkong University; 2, V.R.C. Also swam: Chinese Bathing Club and Royal En- gineers,
of n
There are very
Then with seven unt for 83 Fishlock, the survivor of a chance. in the gally soon after his arrival, began to levy tell and all he needed apparently was someone to keen the other end up.
This support he actually found in Fender of all people and for once in a way we saw the veteran hitter in a subdued maod.
Brooks also helped to add 43 in 20 minutes and Fishlock completed an invaluable 82. nearly half of which came from boundary hits.
The last three wickets added ex-
ROWAN MISSED Mitchell and Rowan sent 50 up in 40 minutes, soon after which Fish-
lock robbed over of what would
THE FUTURE Ant what will be the history of actly 100 runs. But it must not be suppe mediate
that
South African Cricket in the i- the men now in England
Unfortunately I future? whole of the success
know little of the conditions obtaining in South Africa. My in- many got players. Inting pression in tint things are beginning
whose performances stand well out.
to right themelves there slowly na But in the| Such are Harris, Helfrich, L. Duffus,
have been a hard-earned wicket by (who is the "Cricketer's" correspon
pon-they are in England. But I imagine missing a chance by Rowan in the lent, 1 think, Grieveson, Briscoe, that the team on its return will have gully. Then, In an almost mechani- to buckle down to work, as happened | cal manner, the second 60 WIN W. N. Foley, L. Manning, and George,
at the end of the tour to Australia reached in a similar time, who when a school-boy played for the
in 1902-00. It will be interesting to combined schools against A. P. F Chapman's team.
see if most of the side will be avail- able-or, if nvdflable, will be selected to play against the Australian cleven which is due to reach South Africa nhout the end of November next,
South African
the
I do not
Two cases of Typhoid were reported | 1 think that in the not too distant
CHAPTER
L'ENVOI
XII
And here this Bitle sketch of the
to the local health m therilles on Wed-future we shall see nothing but South | progress of the greatest of games in
nesday.
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South Afrien mús, draw to a close,
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Neither Governor Holmes could get much pace from a picture of a wicket. Brown attempted in vain to produce
googly of a reasonable length. and Fender bowled more full tosses and half-volleys than have ever
om him do.
The result, was inevitable and the Surrey fellers were run off their
The Australian side has been chosen since the end of their season-I sup- pore about March-April. My impres. ston is that Victor Richnvilson is to feet.
captain the side, while the other Time and again towards the end players picked art B. A. Barnett, of the day both batsmen maile their W. A. Brown, A. 6. Chipperfield, I. S.Stroke and did not move from their Darling, H. I. Ebeling. J. I. Fingleton.crease, so quickly did the ball flash L. OPI, Fleetwood-Smith, C. V. Grim- to the boundary.
mett, S. J. McCabe, E. L. McCormick,
I. P. O'Brien, W. A. Oldfield and W. J. O'Reilly
The sole interest in this travesty
of a duel between batsman and race of the two
It is a precious strong side, especial-towler was the
ly in howling, as E. L. McCormick South Africans for the first cen-
is said to be the fastest bowler now tury. That they exceeded the Sur- playing in Australia. It is not with- re total in 1835 minutes passed in the scope of this article to discuss
almost unnoticed, the biggest cheer
the
Kidy
in detail Sulflee it to say of the day rewarding Rowan for that it is one which will take 2 jenching Three figures 胡 tremendous lot of beating. It is
ix #
few
curious thing but so far the South minutes before his partner followed Africans have never done themselves suit.
justice against the Australinas. At the close of play Rowan had
It is fortunate that they have
Their last visit was a great ense in 146 and Mitchell 122 runs. point.
great many fine cricketers to draw ua as the present side have been playing cricket more or less steadily vince November, 1944. It will be interesting to see how things go in
a way though somehow I, for one, find
GIMCRACK STAKES
it very hard to work up any interest Paul Beg Wins At Twenty
in cricket played agaitist Australin.
Hut win or inne, the South Africans are a splendid lot of fellows who
of
have at last achieved a success they have aimed at for at least a quarter i
a century? It will he great content when the M.C.C. sends a team out, as I suppose they will du in the winter of 1937. But hereafter, no mare three day teste for our South African friends. Long may they
"R. ABBIT."
prosper.
To One Odds
London, Aug. 20.
The following was the result of the Gimcrack Stakes:
1. Paul Beg, 20 to 1.
2. Harrow-by-Gem 15 to 8.
3. Windmail, 100 to 8.
The race was won by a neck and there was a length between second nui third.
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