THE HONGKONG· TELEGRAPH. THURSDAY, JULY
1936.
"AS YOU WERE" WIMBLEDON FINALISTS
Fred Perry in characteristic action. He reached the Wimbledon singles final yesterday by beating Donald Budge, America's last representative.
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IF PERRY Hughes And SHOULD WIN
Semi-Final
Tuckey In
He Will Set
Record
PERRY-ROUND VICTORY
London, July 1.
G. P. Hughes and . R. D. Tuckey!
PERRY- VON CRAMM
Fourth Match
In 2 Years
HOW THEY
I
WON
For the second successive
year Fred J. Perry (England)
and
Baron Gottfried Von Baron Von Cram, whose classical stroke produci Cramm (Germany) will meet in yesterday put him into the Wimbledon final for
the final of the men's singles
at Wimbledon. Yesterday they
negotiated the semi-finals,
the second au crensivo year.
Perry beating Donold Bud LED 5-4 AND
(U.S.A.) and Von Cramm over.
coming H. W. Austin (Eng-40-LOVE IN
land). Both encounters went
to four sets, Perry losing the FIFTH SET
first and the German the third.
This will be their fourth match in important competitive tennis during two years, and their second encounter of 1974.
They first run against each other in The Davis Cop of 182 when Britnin Journeyed to Berlin and were bentes by the odd rubber, Daniel Pronn's un. expected victories over Perry and Aus the being the deviding factora,
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THEN DEFAULTED
VON CRAMM'S ACTION
a month Inter by scores of 6-2, 6-4, Davis Cup pair in
doubles Championship. Last month they met again in the final of the French champion-reason for this astonishment ship and this the Von Cramm Was: realised hin ambition. He beal Perry after an unusual Ave-set match by scores of 6-0, 2-6, 6-2,
G-0.
opponent
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England's Test Victory Was Inglorious
Young Batsmen Failed Dismally:- Allen's Captaincy
COTTON LOSES HIS CHANCE
To Play Off For Title
(By R. Abbit)
lish
The first Test Match is over and England won by nine wickets. But what a win!
n
Ilioult to imagine that Eng
tekst has ever been at so fow an ebb. Allen won the toss ugunst a side whose only success had been against the Minor Counties and with the best young English cricket al his disposal failed to secure 1.ກ.. on the first innings although the side was only faced with a total of 147. True.
the wicket may have been hind but then there seems no reason to such worse for the auppose Indians.
The only explanation seems to be that we have no batsmes in younger English cricket who have either the skill or the temperament to foco a big occasion.
who
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TO-DAY'S SPORTS DIARY
BOWLS, TENNIS &
SWIMMING
Lawn bowl, lawn
tennis and water polo are chief attractions in 10- day's sen sports diary. There are bowls further matches in the lawn
be played. singles championship to while the Volunteer swimming sports start to-day.
Here is the complete programme: Singles Championship "A.E. Contes v. T. Fergusson (Recreio Green) JE. Henson v. U. M. Omar (Kowloon Dock Green) J.D. Thomson v. J.J. Busto (K.
C.C. Green) Lawn Tenals
"C" Division R.I.T.C. v. G.S.C.C. K.C.C. "B" v. CRC. AT.C C.C.C.
Recreio
.9.C.A.A.
v. University
v. Kowloon Tong
v. K.C.C. "A"
V. I.R.C.
AQUATICS
Volunteer Sports
Mobile Machine Gund v., Static Machine Guns, 6 p.m. Coast De fence Unit y, Corps Infantry (V.R.C. Bath), 6.30.
of 36 and has been playing HENLEY WAS
DULL
BUT ONLY IN WEATHER
But on that occasion Perry beat Von
London, July 1.
St. Germain, July 1. Cramm 6-1, 6-2, 6-3 and the German Wimbledon was stupefied to- ace bad to wait until last month in
day when the announcement! Henry Cotton, playing like
Let us do the Indians full justice. Paris before he obtained revenge. Be.
a tired man, lost his grip on the Their bowling and fielding must have Lween those dates Perry administered was made that Von Crammn and two further defeats, benting Von Henckel, the German couple, French golf championship to-been excellent. Indeed Amar Singh's performance in taking six wickets for Cramm in the French championship had defaulted to Wilmer Allison|
day and instead of finishing thirty-five runs was magnificent. But final in 1935 6-3, 3-6, 6-1, 6-3, and and John Van Ryn. American
comfortable winner as promised the lamentable fact remains that in penting the achievement at Wimbledon
the men's by his first two rounds, had to England's first innings the only made runs was Maurice share first place with Lasalle batma The
who is only three weeks short Dallemagne the Frenchman. of the are of
Test Cricket for nearly ten years. He Both men aggregated 277 for the made 60. The total was 134 and all When the match was stopped the four rounds, and according to arrange our budding batsmen, Mitchell, Gimb
Hardstat day before owing to rain, the Germent will play off for the title over
lett, Turnbull,
plus n (admittedly mans were leading five games to 38 holes,
veteran) RES. Wyatt But Renter reports that us Cotton is four and 10-love in the tn sel, They nerded hut one point for the so very fatigued he may scratch and turned in 27 runs between them. It
was pitiful. match. But Van Cramm insisted give allemagne a walk-over.
Van Donck the Belgiun finished But, it, may be argued, we have at on defaulting as he wanted to rest third with a score of 286, nine strokes¡ least shown that we have got a very preparatory to his singles.
fine bowling side? I wish I could Cotten lost his chance of winning by think so. The value of a bowler's taking 74 on his cutward trip to-day, performance depends entirely on the Cotton's lead to three strokes, and as a batsman's scores must be judged by the quality of the opposing then
finished with a xeries of fire bowlers. works which gave him a magnificent well, admitingly. G. O. Allen's figures The English bowlers have done very round of 66, only one stroke worse than the record established by of 5 for 36 and 6 for 43 are good in Cotton the day before, and two any first class cricket. But it must strokes better than George Duncan's he remembered that the Indian cleven
on its present form is about as we previous course record. Cotton improved on the homeward a any first class side in England in
One of the early important resulta journey and had a card of 60, but it batting. It is doubtful if a was not good enough to prevent Dal- one of them would rain a place on was the victory of Pembroke College, bis merits in a representative side. Cambridge over Thames Rowing Club |"And"st," "well though our bowlera did, in the first heat of the Grand-Chul-
comfort lo
aro holders we cannot take too much
Jengo Oup. Pembroke our souls for their performance.
and they won by three-quarters of n And as for the batting, we seem length in 7 minutes 23 seconds. to suffer from people who can make (Continued on Page 5.)
behind the leaders,
2-0, Perry is reported to have been out- played in that-lest set and London critics said he gave the worst display of his career against an playing academic tennis.
VON CRAMM BLIGHTS HOPES The Americans strongly protested, It Von Cramm yesterday who but the German ace was. insistent, If Fred Perry wins the, Wimblé-¦ entered the semi-finals of the men's wichted hopes of an all-English finnl.fand sur Allison and Van Ryn passed Dallemagne returned a 70 reducing, strength of the batting he meets even dun championship to-morrow he doubles championship at Wimbledon to gave I. W. Austin a thoroughly on a de qurter-finals, find with will he the first post-war player to today when they defeated C. E. Mali- sound thrashing in four sets, conced-Boroira ant ruguon and Hughes have secured the title for three or froy and A. C. Stedman of Newing the third in the generally accepted and Tuckný, are equal favourites for more successive years. Already he
The manner, but returning after the in- the title. holds the distinction of being the Zealand in the quarter-finals.
but the terval to monopolise the court and to player to
equalled match went to four sets, have Tilden's post-war achievement of English couple wou easily, securing win the fourth set with ease. winning the championship twice in the fourth set to love, succession.
only
ocensions sinco started in 1877.
Four players have won the singles i Turkey was less successful in the erowa on three or Jove successive third round of the mis doables when Wimbledon first he and Miss Perry Sexivan lost to Mme. Mathieu and Mured Petra of W. Renshaw the Englishman was the first le clalined it six years in France. It was a hard fought match from 1881 to 1980 in of three sets, extending succussion, clusive. He was followed by R. F.games.
Over #3
Doherty, who held the crown from
Fred Perry and Miss Dorothy 1887 to 1000 inclusive, while two years later 11. L. Doherty started his Round, holders of the mixed doubles reign which lasted from 1109 to 1906.title advanced to the fifth round with In 1910 Anthony Wilding became in a fine victory over Mlle. Conquerque disputed champion and retain the and lians Timmer of Holland. They were also extended the full distancë, title until 1913 both years inclusive.
shred
K.
A message from United Press saya that Ven Cramm won because he was steadier in the long range deep court driving battle and because he was a superior tacticium. Austin seemed to take to heart the loss of the first set
Miss Helen.Jacobs figured in two victories yesterday. Playing with Mr. Sarah Fabyan he bent Mias S. Mavrogerdato and Miss M. M1, Moss of England 6-2, 6-2, and with of Vas yn defeated Daniel Prens, formerly of Germany and Miss M. Dearman
(England) 8:6, 6-3.
Hemugue from having the same. Aggres and had it gone to Austin the whole
mate my thu Englishman,
Here are the scores of the first three A Franco-American ladies com- favour. match might have swung round to his
bination bent an Anglo-French part-players for the four rounds.
G5 69 74 GD 277 J. Cotton Donald Budge made Perry look something like a novice in their first nership when Mra. D. B. Andrus
73 68 70 66 277 1. Dallemagne and MI. Henrotin (U.S.A.)
72 70 70 74 286 The tall American played Het.
(Frence) triumphed
Mine. teanls sufficient to make him unMatheleu (France) and Miss "Billy" heatable and 20,000 excited specta-Yarke (England) 7-6, 6-2 United tors reacted sharply to his magni- ficent display.
But in the second set, anys United
game Prean, Perry lifted his thereafter more or less dominated. Budge in every department of the
game.
As the match
Since then the tille has been re when H. W. Austin and Miss
A further British upset occurred Stammers fell victims to Donald Budge and Mrs. Sarah Fabyan, while G. E. Malfrog and Mme, Sperling caused something of an upart when tired slightly and Perry went out to they bent Jacques Brugnon of France a worthy victory with a succession of and Mlle. Jedzrejowska of Poland in sweeping drives, incisive volleys and straight sets.—liënter.
nareturnable smashes.
by no less than ten players. was no competition during the War years, but thereafter the title changed hands avery year with the exception of 1920 and 1921 (Tilden) and 1934 and 1935 (Perry). Borotra, Cochet, Lacoste, 9. B. Wood, Vines and Craw ford have all been winners since 1922,
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Results
The following, are the principal results in yesterday's programme at Wimbledon ns called by Reuter and; United Press,
Semi-Finals
F. J. Perry (England) beat D Budgo (U.S.) 5-7, 6-4, 6-3, 6-4
G. Von Cramm (Germany) beat H. W. Austin (England) 8-6, 6-3, 2-6, 6-3
Men's Doubles
G. R. Hughes and C.R.D, Tuckey (England) beat C. E. Malfrey and A. C. Siedman (New Zealand) 6-1, .6-1, 3-0, 6-0
W. Allison and J. Ván Ryn (U.8.). bent . Henckel and G. Von Cramm (Germany) by default
Mixed Doubles
M. Petra and Mme. Mathieu (France) beat C.R.D. Tuckey and Miss Scriven (England) 3-6, 7-5
7-5
F. Perry and Mins D.. Round (England) beat H. Timmer and Mille. Conquerque (Holland) 9-7,
4-6, 6-2.
Van Donck...
Records Of League Tennis
Pairs In The "A", And
Mixed Doubles Divs.
The following
Otk.c.c.j
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(1.K.C.C.) binations
mixed F. Grose and As a P. Guent in doubles,
(K.0.0)
taking port and "A" league tennis up to and including yesterday,
MIXED DOUBLES
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(K.C.C. 21, Tuul Yun-puk and Mas Perry
(CHILON) Age
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and Mrs. Wilson Withington A. v. temetios and Miss A. Roan
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(K.0.0.1)
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(K.C.0.1)
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(8.0.A.A.) C. E. Malfroy (N. Zealand) and
Fincher (K.C.C.} Mme. Sperling (Denmark) beat J. E. C. and E. P. Fincher
A. I. Rullivan and T. Goldman Brugnon (France) and
(U.S.R.C.) Jedzrejowska (Poland) 6-3, 6-3. W. 11. Ho and K. II. Wong
(B.G.AA.)
Mlle.
D. Budge and Mra. Sarah Fabran G. Bediker and C. Clark (K.0.0) (U.S.) beat II. W. Austin and MGR. 1. Tumjalin and A. 16. Madar K. Stammer
(England) 7-9, 0-3, J. (ERO) (non
6-1.
'A. V. Remedios and J. Goneulves
Bisa Tut Wal-pul and Teul Yun-pul
(0.R.C.1)
3. Van Ryn and Miss H. Jacobs (U.8.); beat D. Prenn and Dearmsa 8-6, 6-8. · ̧
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6. A. Tamall and I. M. A. Razack
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Miss II. Jacobs and, Mrs. Borah. Fabyan (U.S.) beat Miss S., 0, 100son and F. D. Paratra Mavrogerdato and Miss M. M. MoeS (England) 6-2, 6-2.
Men. Andrus (U.S.) and Mile. Henrolla (France) beat Mmo. 'Mathieu (France) and Miss "Dillio
Yorke (England) 7-5, 6-2.
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Three American schools crews were victorious in the Thames Cup.. Kent bat Bedford by 14 lengths in 7:58, Tabor beat London "B" easily in 7:40 Nichols defeated Browne Twickenham by 1% lengths in 8:10.
Oxford
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Elon were also successful in tho Ladies' Plate, benting Westminstor by lengths.-Reuter-
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