SPORT ADVTS.
THE HONG KONG
JOCKEY CLUB.
Draft Programmes and Entry Forms for the Fifth Extra Raco Mecting to be held on Saturday, 16th May, 1936, (weather permit- ting) may be obtained at the Secretary's Office, Exchange Build. Ing: the Club House, Happy Valley; the Hong Kong Club; the Sports Club; and the Stables, į Shan Kwong Road.
o'clock
Entries close at 12 NOON on Thursday, 7th May, 1938.
By Order,
S. A. SLEAP,
Actg, Secretary.
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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. MONDAY, MAY
1936.
MIDDLESEX AND THE COUNTY CRICKET CHAMPIONSHIP
TO MAKE BIG ATTEMPT
TO TAKE IT SOUTH
R. W. V. ROBINS THE INSPIRATION
(By William Pollock)
Can the county cricket cham. [ pionship be brought south this
scason?
If you except the Notts championship in 1929, it has gone to the north for the Inst thirteen years. Yorkshire had it again, for the fourth time in five, last summer.
I believe that the team with the best chanes to break this slight monotony is Middlesex.
Oldfield Will Not Retire
TEST CRICKETER DENIES REPORT-
"You can deny
any ro- port that I intend to retire from first-class cricket on my return. I love the game and its influences, and I have no wish at the moment to retire.”
Middlesex ware third last season. With a bit of luck-a big bit of luck they might go to the top this time.
I had a talk with H. W. V. Robins, the Middlesex ex-captain. Rubins is Just about the liveliest of live wires-OLDFIELD. in the game, and he is full of ideas.
He would like to see:-
This cable message was received from Australia's famour Test wic- ket-keeper, W., A. Oldfield, by the of the Sydney Daily Telegraph on the eve of the Australian team's departure from Capetown on the return voyage to Australia.
(a) St. John's Wood Station re-Sporting Editor named Lord's. ("Why not? The Arsenal has a station named after
it.")
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(b) Elementary and secondary schoolboys let into Lord's at certain There has been speculation in re- times on payment of n penny. cent months whether Oldfield, who ("Schoolboys are the future back- has been playing Test cricket since would be in his accustomed one of cricket, and there is usually 1920, room for thousands of them at position of wicketkeeper against the Lord's".)
Englishmen in Austrália at the end) (e) Cricket matches advertised of the year. modernly, with attractive pletoria! { His message should settle the is posters "Lord's is the best cricket (sue. ground in the world, and it should
bo packed in fine weather," Robins said. "And the way to pack it is
to see that the cricket is attractive."
MIDDLESEX AMATEURS
NEARLY ENDED
Last Few Kicks In Local Football
It should be nitractive this season, Midicsex will play more amateurs than any other Ride--not that amateurs are accessarlly more attrne- live cricketers than professionals-teams have brought their local league and most of them are good.
Seven of the fourteen first division
football programine to a close. Eleven Robins himself, G. O. Allen. Items can boast of this in the second Peebles, John Human, f. G. Owen- en wilted third division has Smith, and "Sandy" Baxter will play}
been completed for more than in most of the Middlesex matches, week.
Freddie Steele, smashing young Tacoma, Wash, middleweight, proved 'too much for Champion Eddie (Babo) Risko, in a non-tillo fight at Seattle, the champion" losing thic decision at the end of 10 hard-fought rounds. Above. Rioko reels back from one of. Steele's hard rights to the body. In the_sixth, round,
RACING CARD
Events For Fifth Extra Meeting
BRISBANE H'DCP
SATURDAY'S SOCCER- RESULTS
Latest League Tables
FIRST DIVISION
2 East Lancs.
S. China "D", The following is the programme for R. U. Rifles the Fifth Extra Race Meeting, to be 11. 1. F. G.
held at Happy Valley, on Saturday, May 10:
1.-2.00 p.m.-Shbig Mun Handi-
Royal Weich Fusiliers lost all Allen is, I am told, going all out chance of finishing runners-up in the this season. Peebles will play in second division in consequence of cpp.-For China Ponles. “A” Class, twenty matches if his shoulder being held to a draw on Saturday, Winners of $5,000 or more in stakes. keeps good-in which case he may! The most they can now do is to since 1st January, 1030, barred.
East Jockey Allowance. Bix Furlongs. bowl himself to Australia as Eng- finish on level pegging with land's stock spinner.
Lncashire, but the latter will enjoy
Kowloon
ne his preparation for ble medical "finals" allows.
with
Owen-Smith will turn out as often goal averaged the season
flourish beating R.A. (Stonecutters) by tour goals to one.
Club flopped again--this time to the Welch Fusillers. Cannot hope to finish better than fourth, more pro-. bably sixth.
Baxter, back from the Australia New Zealand tour, will give the team three quick howlers-himself, Allen, nd Jim Smith.
QUICK-FOOTED YOUNGSTER
J. W. Hearne, in his last season at Lord's, is not likely to be regularly in the side; hut "Patsy" Hendren will be there again and Robins is very hopeful about young Muncer-as-a quick-footed batsman,
Half a dozen Middlesex club players Art be tried out in the tavo now Middlesex nets at Lori's this month (grass and matting); and Mark Tindall (Cambridge) eat play if wanted.
Yes, on paper, Middlesex are going to be a pretty hot lot.
THE NEW. "MIDDLE"
One of the questiona is, to be sure, how will the new "middle" at Lord's play?
The centre has been relaid during the winter and—it is hoped-the un
-Showing THURSDAY- pepular leather-jackets routed.
ALHAMBRA
COUNT THE
"TELEGRAPHS"
EVERYWHERE
will behave this summer till it
has been played on.
In the second division Navy, the champions, scored 125 goals, while Kowloon, "wooden-spoonists" con- ceded the same number.
Combined goals scoring propen-
sities of the R.A-(Stonecutters) and R.A. (Lyemung have so far produced 57 goals-and given away, 182!!
KENTUCKY DERBY
Outsider Wins U.S. Turf Classic
Louisville, May 2. Churchill Downs, here, to-day.
The Kentucky Derby was run at
his candidate, Hold Venture, which Mr. Morton I. Schertz won with
IVES
and
For
"
2 Royal Navy
1 R.W. Fusiliers, 3
R. A. Stone'tera 1 Kowloon F. C.
Lengue Table
GOAIH.
P. W. D. L. F. A. Pts.
S. China "A" 20 10 2 5 70 01 40 Chinese Ath. 20 14 346 26 37
H. K. Police. 20 13 8 5 58 31 34- 2,--2,30 p.m.-Nanting Handicap.- R.W. Fusiliera 26 13 75
China Ponies,
subscription 5. China "B". 26 12 9
26 16 Griffins of this Club of this season, that have not won a race nt Racer NAVY 23 12
C. Meetings of this Club, Jockey Al R. Ulster. R. 2099 ast Lancs. 25 11 4 Past lowance, One Mic.
3.-3.00 p.in.Brisbane Spring St. Joseph'a
C. de Recrelo. 26 7 Handicap-For Australian Ponies of Kowloon F. C. 2 7 8 16
25 8 2 any Season. Jockey Allowance, One R.A. Lyemun. 23 2 19 40 74 B and a Quarter Miles.
4.-3.30 p.m.-West River Handicap. Stonecutters. 26 13 22 17 108 5 For China Po
Ponies "C" Class, Portles
SECOND DIVISION that have won since January 1, 1936, barred. R. Engineers 12 Kowloon - C.-
$800 or more in stakes
Jockey Allowance.. From the. Two R. U. Rifles. 0 Chineso Ath. Mlle Post Once Round and In (About ¦ R. W. Fusiliers. 1 Eastern Ath. One Mile 155 Yards).
League Table
Goals. P. W. D. L. F. A. Pts. Royal Navy, 28 23 2 1125 27 48 Note-One Entry only will be East Lancs. 26 19 3 3 81 25 41 made for the Pei-Ho Handicap (Races R. U. Rities. 26 17 4 5 73 31 38 Nos. 5 and 7). Entries will be R.W. Fusiliers 24 14
01 77 21 divided Into First and Second Sec-R. Engineers. 28 16 2 8 99 tions at the discretion of the Handi- R.A.S.C. and copper..
54.09 p.m.-Pel-Ho Handicap. First Section. For China Ponies, "D" Class. Jockey Allowance. One Mlle.
R.A.0.C... 20 13
0-4.30 p.m-Wallsend Handicap. S. China.... 26 13 Jockey Allowance. Six Furlongs.
For Australian Ponics, "D" Class, Chinese Ath. 20 10 Eastern Ath. 26 D
ridden by I. I. A. Sanford. 15.00 p.m.-Pei-Ho Handicap.-H. K. FC... 25 7 But brand new wickets can be very This was the 62nd. Derby and was Second Section. For China Ponies, University... 20
"D" Cinss, Jockey Allowance. One Radio S. C... 26 6 tricky, and no one can prophesy how run before 75,000 fans.
Mr. Widener's Brevity was second Mile.
C. de Recreio, 20 Indian Broom third.
85.30 p.m.-Yangtze Handleap. Kowloon F.C. 20 2 The time for
the mile and a-For China Ponies, "I" Class. Jockey quarter was 2 mins. 03.3/5 secs. Allowance. Five Furlongs.
The winner's purse. amounted to 9–0.00 p.m.-Hwang Ho Handicap, and was won by a head-For China Ponies, "C" Class. Ponles stakes since January. .1, 1980.
Last season the ground gave Middlesex any advantage that was going there. They knew it, and ita comic ways, better than any
team.
other U.3.837,12 Anish. Brevity was six that have won less than $500 in
The next best average to Hendren's 51 at Lord's last summer was 23.
Most of them were out before they got in.
In a
longths ahead of Indian Broom,
Blen was fourth and Joli fifth.
HOME RUGBY
1
1
វ័យ២៨ឆ→ អ៊ឌអអៗដជង្គង
· London, May 2.
barred. To be ridden by Jockeys The following were the results of Bold Venture paid U.S.$43 for a who have not won ten races any- Rugby matches played to-day: win on a $2 ticket, U.S411.80 for a where at any time. No Whips or place and U.S.$6.00 show, which are Spurs allowed. From the Two Mile Aberavon the best lividends paid on the Post Once Itound and In About One Anatol Kentucky Derby since 1918-United Mile 155 Yards). Press.
A lecture by Mr. J. F. Carig will
Cardiff be given on Friday, May 8, on "The
Daily Double Event:-Fifth and Hartlepools Development and Maintenanco of
Reuter adds that Bold Venture Seventh Races.
Northampton Motor Cars at 8.30 p.m. in Room started at 10/1, Brovity at 6/5 and "K" of the University."
Entries close at Noon on Thursday Plymouth Indian Broom at 2/1.
ine!!
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15 A DANGEROUS
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HOW
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ABOUT
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The Law Steps In
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I CAN UNDERSTAND
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1936
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