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THE HONGKONG
TELEGRAPH."
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 22,
1936.
FREE LANCES STILL POINTLESS, BUT PLAY WELL
FATHER AND SON
WIN THREE
GAMES
Recreio Hotly Pressed
By Chinese R. C.
(By "Verling")
Though without A. L. Fisher, Free Lances last evening gave St. Andrew's "A" a good run for their money when they met in the return badminton league match. St. Andrew's won 6-3; but the feature of the match was the winning of three games by father and son, E. L. H. and War. wick Shute.
Shute Bentor touched his best form during the evening making some especially clever shots in the opening game against E. F. Fincher and H. Sainto irst string Kew. The were thrown right out of their stride the effective court craft of the by opposition, and though they made something of a recovery after losing the first sight aces, they never looked ilky winning the game.
St. Andrew's pairs were too good visiting for the remainder of the teum, and after they had been held up to three-ali, ran away with the next three Komes,
There was some first-rate bodmin- ton at the Club de Recreio where the "B" team received Chinese Re- creation Club, and repeated their per- formance of a week ago to win. by alx games to three.
on the Recreio won the match strength of two setted games, when I. A. Barros and N. Beitrus firstly and W. Ho 24-10, beat C. Y.
Yung and on snatched a close victory over 5. W. Liang and S. W. Wong 23-20. Another close game was that E. in which II. A. Noronha and A Xavier beat Yung and Ho 21-18.
Yung and Ho Leung 21-15; beat 24-19; beat Liang and Wong 23-20.
L. A. Silva and E. A. R. Alves (Recreio "B") lost to Choy and Leung 10-21; lost to Yung and Ho 15-21; beat Liang and Wong 21-10.
"B" DIVISION
KING'S COLLEGE ». K. TONG "B"
At Bonbant Road last night, the King's College beat Kowloon Tong "B" by nine games to mil.
S
D'Almada
II. T. WOD and II, N. Chung (King's College) beat J. A. de V. Soares and C. D'Almada 21-13; beat K. N. Lec and J. M. Pong 21-13; best Smedley and J. Alvares 21-7.
John Pau and K. 11.
11. Lo (King'{
and College) bent Soures 21-12; beat Lee and Pong 21-0; beat Smedley and Alvares 21-8. W. N. Cheung and
K. L. Lul (King's College) bent Soares and D'Almada 21-10; beat Lee and Pong 21-2; beat Smedley and Alvares 24- 20.
LEAGUE TABLE
"A" Division
4 0 0 22 14
3 3 0 0 20 2 0
5 & 1
The St. John's Hall team, this year's winnors of the Hongkong University Intor-Hostel tonnia tournament. Standing!--H. T. Tang, P. K. Leung, B. Ling, G, Chang, S. Wong and H. H. LL. Sitting:-Y. W. Wong (Hon. Sec), Rev. G, K. Carpenter (Warden), Mr. K. J. Chua (Chairman), Mrs. Carpenter, and Y. N. Tan (Sports Capt). Photo by A. Fong.
Clubhouse Chatter
By "Veritas"
ALLEN'S DECLARATION
VINDICATED
ASTUTE MOVE PUTS ENGLAND ON TOP IN SECOND TEST
Our Daily Golf Hint
P. W. D. L. F. A. Pts.THEN it was first known in acum
Hongkong yesterday that England's first innings in the second Test match had been de- clared at the overnight score of 420 for 6, lots of people mutter- ed "Has the man gone crazy ?". By "the man" they meant "Gubby" Allen, England's cap-
Recreio "B" Recreio "A" St. Andrew's
0 2 "A
0 4 C. R. C. Free Lancera. 5 0 0 5 10 35 0
0 0 0 University "A" 0
0 0 0 0 0 University "B" 0
"B" Division
0
King's College 5 Chinese In the only "B" Division encounter,
Y.M.C.A.... King's College pursued their triump-St. Jolin's .... annihilating Kowloon Kowloon Tong hant path by
"B"
nine games to love. The Tonk
A was played on
Bonham V.R.C. Lia gomo Road court, and only J. A. de V. S. &, S. Home Soares and C. D'Almada could make
St. Andrew's pairs, any impression on the Colige They obtained 18 aces in one game, Kowloon Tong 12 in another and 16 to the third.
The surprise of the evening was be fine effort of B. Smedley and J. Alvares, the visiting third string, against W. N. Choung and K. L. Lui, They succeeded in setting the game, only to lose it 20-24.
Detalfod scores and
leagues follow.
"A" DIVISION
amended
ST. ANDREW'S "A" v
"FREE" LANCES
Church Played at St. Andrew's Hall, the home team winning by six gumes to three.
E. F. Fincher and 11, Kow (St. Andrew's) lost to E. L. H. Shute and W. Shule 12-21; beat 3. L. Ander son and K. Shute 21-0; beat G.
Fowler and Harris 21-4.
A. E. P. Gucat and S. A. Gray (St. Andrew's) lost to Shute and Shute 14-21; boat Anderson and Shute 21 11: beat Fowler and Harris 21-4.
P. A Broadbridge and F. V. Wong (91 Andrew's) lost to Shule and Shufe 10-21; beat Anderson and Shute 21-10; beat Fowler and Harris 21-25. RECREIO "B" «. CRC.
"13"
0
0 41 4 10tain, and their astonishment and dismay could easily be for. given. Though the very action of Allen made it clear the wicket
0
0 2700
3 0
1 22 14 0
3 0 2 24 21 2 0
6
10 20
4
2 0 4 14 40
4
3
6 0
1
0 4 14 31
2
0 0 6 13 41
"ELIGIBILITY LIST"
ABOLISHED
was likely to be extremely diffi-
ICÍNA DELLE
The club munt 80 on through and finish. A res- tricted finish is the effect of something wrong with the swing.
-Bobby Jones.
cult, quite a number of enthu DO YACHTING
siasts argued, and not without
reasonable grounds, that Allen
could afford to go in and muck RULES NEED
the pitch up for half an hour or
80, gef together a few more runs
and still leave it horribly sticky REVISION?
for the Aussics. This, at least;": was an arguable theory in view of the lack of definite informa- lion as to actual conditions. But the story of Australia's first
Royal and Ancient Club innings which closed for 80; and
Introduce Reforms
their recovery in the follow-on conclusively revealed the wis dom of Allen's apparently mean- ingless declaration.
He Guessed Right
Fresh Code Is
Suggested
The conclusions arrived at by the permanent committee of the Internations! Yacht Racing Union, The Royal and Ancient Club have
which met in London at the end of decided to abolish the "eligibility
November, are not yet known in list" which has been in operation in
Hongkong. A few days before the committee was to meet The Times connection with entries for the Am THE History of yesterday's play at
published an article, which stated teur Golf Championship, states The Sydney shows that the wicket, Times. The event is now open 16
that one of the main subjects for all golfers whose club handicaps do though suffering from the effects of
discussion would probably be aug- resilons for an improvement in the not exceed one stroke. The Chom- overnight rain when the match was pionship Committee of the club, in a resumed, was still capable of roll-
Right of Way Rules. The article is statement Issued recently also an ing out easier after a little drying
reproduced below as an item of in- terest for local yachtsmen. nounced important changes in the sun and wind. This must have been the conclusion of Allen when he made Open Championship conditions.
Most racing yachimen are of the The Champlonship Committee of his early morning inspection and the the Royal and Ancient Club of St. events of the day fully proved how opinion that the existing rules need Andrews announces that the 'Eligibil- right was his conjecture. Australla revision, and some even hold that a ity List' which has been in operation were tumbled out on a shocking new code should be introduced. The for some years in connection with the wicket, but the cables tell us that existing rules, it is necessary to re- entries for the Amateur champion from the lunch interval onwards it member, are essentially the same as
called ship has been abolished and entries was always improving, and that the Regulations for Preventing Colli- restored to "Rule Road" sea), of which whose club handicaps com ali exced between the Innings reput over in slope of the usually a
handicaps do not something approaching ди easy the four guiding principles are (0) "B") lost to W. C. Choy and one stroke. In the Open Champion,
Allen continued the overtaking vessel keep clear; (h) P. C. Leung 17-21; beat C. Y. Yung ship the number of competitors to wicket. Itad and I. W. tio 21-10; beat S. W. Liang quality has been increased from 100 overnight innings, the Englishman port tack vessel keep clear; (e) and B. W. Wong 21-13.
to 140, but oumber to remain in for would have suffered the ill-effects of vessel with the wind free keep clear one sailing close-hauled: (2) 11. A. Barros and N. Beltrag the last two rounds has been reduced the rain, while Australia would have for
started their first knock on an im- windward vergel keep clear. (Recreio "D"} beat Choy and from 60, to 40."
proving pitch, and very probably object of these rules is, of course, to would never have been dismissed for prevent the risk of collision. In 80. If Allen deserves commendation yacht cacing, however, opposing yes- for his astute captaincy equally sets are sailing at close quarters, fre sincere must be our appreciation of quently and for long periods within the vallant effort by the Australians the zone of risk of collision. In or. to make a ght of it in the second der to distinguish these many and* innings. They are faced with almost varied positions and to legislate for a hopeless task, yet one cannot have them it was, therefore, necessary to
At King's Park Recreio "B" beat the Chinese Recreation Club by 6 Rercio North and A. E. Xavier
games to 3.
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AN AMERICAN SUGGESTION With the course of time footnote has been added to footnote, quali
until Bcation to qualification THE most important question seems originally simple code has become
to be for how long can the complex one in which, many com- wicket, which dried out so quickly, plain, it is not always clear which particu- remain reasonably good? This rule should be applied to morning's play will probably give us lar
case. During the summer Mr. re- the answer. Australia start the day H. S. Vanderbilt, helmsman of
cent
America's Cup defenders, 201 runs in arrears with nine wickets In hand. This means that they can published a paper in which a fresh hardly hope to win unless they add code of rules was suggested. As another 300. That is possible, but Isociated an authors with Mr.Vander- think very unlikely, for the wicket bill
were two other leading Ameri- will not continue to improve, and can yachtsmen namely, Mr. P. J. rather think Australia will find her Roosevelt and Mrs. Merie-Smith. self fighting desperately after the The paper proposes that the four first half hour's play this morning basic rules be reduced from four to to avoid the innings defeat. If Austwo. The two rules to be (a) On tralla does make England bat again the same tack, windward yacht keep It will be a magnificent performance clear, (b) On opposite tacks, port for it will mean the scoring of 400 runs on a pitch full of snares and tack yacht to keep clear. hazards; and in the face of a situa-
tlon sutient to dampen the cour-fication would allont, by I..
age of any team.
They Have Bowled
HOW ENGLAND LOST, THEN REGAINED ADVANTAGES IN THE FIRST TEST Detailed Descriptions Of The First And Third Day's Play
THE first detailed descriptions of the first and third day's play in the Bris- bane cricket Test have just reached Hongkong. Neville Cardus of the Sydney Sun has written brilliantly on the match, and his comments, pun- gent in wit and sagacity, are reprinted below. In these two articles he describes how England let slip her advantage of winning the toss by losing cheap wickets on the first day, and how she regained her position by dis- missing Australia on a good wicket for 234 runs. He criticises the Australian batting, saying that the slow bowlers worked a huge bluff, while Voce bowled magnificently.
Brisbane, Dec. 3. or Buckingham Palace end. Wand's fint over| On a good wickel England threw was a clever variation on the theme of a away the boon and blessing of firstly. Eisraelt played it with a bat a innings by irresolute batsmanshipkely padlocked door. before lunch against high-tempered quick bowling by McCormick, whe then becaine aflicted of lumbago, of all complaints suffer here, so far from Manchester.
McCormick bowled well with the new ball. He made it rear several Umes breast or head high, but more he threatened no vital or frequently Intellectual part of the batsman's person or onotomy.
Hammond and Worthington both got out by making what the expert
hologi
mental psy call reflex ne-
at
NERVES TAUT
The struggle could be felt intensely, for all nerves were taut a grand bone of con• tention was being gnawed by the various dogg, Bus Barnett was cool hrid brave, and though Leyland could not do as he withed the King- lant temperature eased a ts. In fact, a medive off-drive for six by Barnett from Ward let momentary Breeze blow. He hit the next ball for four arrogantly, in the manner of a man in a beleaguered elty at tempitng sortie.
Barnett was admirable, but the betting named certainty of touch. I felt that both Leyland and Barnett ware often obilgel to
play strokes which the bowlers wanted them
to make, and which they themselves would
rather have evaded.
Bt, no further Blanster occurred before -5.80, when the cricketers came in to lunch
After welding morning's work.
Ward bowled at the pavilion,
from all over the fold.
making
Robins and Verity
IRRESOLUTE BATTING
ENGLISH SPIN BOWLERS' BLUFF
VOCE SPLENDID
(By Neville Cardós)
Betsbane, Doc. Yesterday England attacked. This
DD
balls. Worthington swept his bat at a ball going past his head where he could not see or control what he was at Hammond
Afier Inc. and, and Layland seat A| mistook n
not lofty kicker to rush or White's an unpolicied stroke which lob-high chance to McCormick at mid-en. The was a new team. Voce bowled at his into an
and most accurate, with Australian fielding was only, good: I did not best bed
upn catch so simple that I could feel always that organized hostility with awer theories only one man stood for him have wept to see greatness so put man shooting rape of menace at the batsmen at short leg. All these facts will, I out of countenance.
Barnett want his stylish confident way hope, emerge from the narrative be- A brilliant and thoroughly rulti-
strokes sirong and handsome. I low: they deserve special emphasis in Ruant vated display by Barnett saved Eng-particularly liked his cool treatment of Ward's advance. land's innings. from the empirical pin. He walled for it, which was often eart
Voce did his damage mainly with
ball which the good length
went commonplace and unprincipled that for him to do, for Want tended to pitch strReilly seemed Industriom this time rather
a little. He scarcely ever and Leyland's character, for frankly
away Leyland was not technically at his than creatin best for a long time, and was given two or three innings.
Hardstaff once more was a prey 10 self doubt. How he survived five minutes of slow spin was mysterious.
JUST DOWLING
and uphill. · None the
The balance became more nicely bowled a short ball, and when he poed. Though ensin's back was 11111 lor did bowl one, it was fatally hooked lew the cricket by McCabe. The downfall of McCabe Barnett sugated that a standard bearer had
а кар In the Australian led the bullridden England colours, and opened was determined to keepɔ them aloft. And innings which should be filled up at Leyland was his soldier at arms, hard pressed once the tall is long enough to wag now and then, maybe, but shrewd and full the dog off the field, of horse sense,
BEATEN BY FORM
were
Leyland was namin malused, this time in the And Australia's methods against Yet, with all the encouragement given them, silp of McCormick, with his wore in the slow spin bowlers were as unscientific the Australias bowlers did not always convey twintim, The Australians were not putting
(Continued on Page 13.) traditional ruthimenesa Byd the impression of unuring bouillity or of forward their light technical control, nor did the Geldermen keeping the enemy down race they suggest those encircling invisible barbed wire, down.
Australian Holding which entanglemente,
on the batamen‘a usta contrives to ax wine of imagination,
O'Bellly appeared this time a more or lea liling how endeavouring to make progress by the moral qualities of engifemtion and persistence, could dissern. na great sopblaty of spin or flight in his work. And, even batore McCormick went out of action thought he was much dependent on the new Ell, Ward has excellent moments when he fights his spin; often, though, he bowie overmuch to the ground, so that he can be viayed back lelureir, with almost a yawn; of impatience
felt During the Barnett-Leyland stand I that the day le quickly coming when the England batsmen will assert themselves. In to-day's showing Australia's attack is not at all put of the ordinary, and can be more or less put down..
the - It. Chipperfield bowled, amiably from
pavilion, or Crown Jewels end, and the lansim The next advance of Australia occurred' seemed for the time in langulah ́Rod rest because of one of those mistakes which only self. batamen make who are in form: Bernet Tea obviously refreshed the bowlers, for at enght to tum a aplekish ball by O'Reilly to once Ward apun a hail from jew at the well- leg and was caught by the matchlees Of Blahted length be must always try to bowl an, tiluminating ;. Amen. Jeit for it and died the logical daathem passes once demonstrating how it needs 3 | caught in the alipe.
A
On the whole I enasa away from Wook Joongabbs in the suddenly descending twilight: not at all depressed about England's betting- The doubt la the bowing, which to-morrow will get a opportunity.
Leyland's hundred, as I way, was another proof that he is, a man of humour, who take things as they come, and never allows an academic develion to technical irregularities to interfere with private and obilnate Insan- | CATASTROPHE!
ilona.
Allen and Bradman came forth to toss, and Allen won, and the storm clouds went by, and the crow simmered, and before the action began they stood up and examined the Prese as though we were demoried cared animals, which probably we ware Humour, with a thousand tongues and typewriters, atrode the blast. A slight distatorm added to the gene- ral comfort..
and calmatrophic The Leginning Tandemanium WINE unlessbed. McCormick's, Ant ball, which he bowled like a hurricane,! pitched short, re high at Worthington's left shoulder, Worthington hooked impulsively. eurod his stroke, skied it, and Oldfield, after atarting iste, ran forward All frensy and Yoruelty, and held the catch.
WAN
Poor Worthington stood dased a moment, then departed head down,
In the same over McCormick siruck Face midship, and the agony was abated while For tired to drs dock for repairs. McCormick's next, bail TOS hear Farg' crenlum, and we could see for ourselves that McCormick's two short legs were not merely decorative, but recensory, at least for a while, until the ball lost its newnese. But one of McCormick's short legs was moved to the albe, and the rising angle of the attack became mare in accordance with the modern batman's view of respectable fast bowling. In quick sequence Barnett cut McCormick for four, edged him dangerously for four, und ept him again with a great hammerewing right from the shoulder.
Blevers at the other end kept a length, and once or twice, a late swinger wrinkled Yew's bspw.
The grine momentarily quietened, but, ah, the crafty way the great, zame prepares, Ibi frontes Fazu tried a leg glance againes | McCormick and Oldheld caught him with: Sha roost fively aldeway swoop.
FALLEN MONARCH ·
And 10, and wor, for England1 ·Baman perished first_balt! McCormick sent him ene hat short of a 'Jengib, and il rowe, above iammand's left hip at au sente angle. Kam mond costarted. hipwelf, riebbed, with sudden reluctance trying to get the ball away to the on somewhere and somehow. le spooned t up berribly and silly short leg bad no alterna- tire bas to bold a catel which, in ita Belglenn- now, aw lammond snd, diapossessed
The did the old ship of England run again into eboals and, engulfing sisa. · McCormick bowled with hostile 'alm and at the pace which couple the burried irrational stroke. And while the hall was new be cleverly varied hie attack on the leg atomp to a danger, some aslide the off stamp. Now and sexin be Inserted kicker. His length whe, not, no far I could sw, shorter than his pa warranted.
monarch. The paper claims that the simpli
ducing doubtful
to a mini- secondly, eliminating the which exista" to-day of cossibility more than one Interpretation of the same rule; thirdly, by "letting the right of way follow natural-linem''; fourthly, by eliminating danger. In- TT would be silly to deny that Eng herent in the present rules because Bland owes much to her present of the changes which have taken
:(Continued on Page 13.) place in mils and rig
Splendidly!
Leyland Looking like Yorkshire with"" ber back to the wall, joined Barueit, and OʻBellly lumbered into the trip, whenƐing - Kia -- Arma -heavily, :-und-Ward enovo on-at-the-pavilion
fleld, Ranjitzinhli wrote
fine eye and a good player to get caught Harista once again had to come in against at the wicket in the way Härnits wor enught slow apt to elude the furies which hava boun
Barnett's cricket throughout appealed to the i purvuing him, and again be eufered many
Leyland nursed him, but Leyland was onem more badly 'mlased, now at Ti, from's return to Ward,
imagination and to our sense of cricket's art. angulshed pulestone. How he survived at t Occasionally he wavered before the good was hard to say. I was reminded of the fair length spin. but, as I have hinted, the spin | lady at the fale who har kniem thrown all did not canalatently glich on the blind spot. round her body, and escape tort
The wine of a wickel made O'Reily's tali temporarily stand up, and be neatly overh whelmed Amer fire bail, sex before, and, judging from Oldfsid's leap forward, caught The cricket was not hereabout good enough at the wicket from a "hevren help ma” push | for a Test mitch. It needed more class and at a rost had-tempered delivery,
personality. But Leyland persisted and con- The weather cooled, but electricity re- quered his rare character. mained in the game, though I did not always
Hardstat somehow resurrected him feel the Australian bowlers ware sa negressive gradually, and his innings had a Lazarus kina as they tried to look after the morning'a taste of recond births, anyhow, be stared in. of the blood of three Englishnan,
Meanwhile, Leyland reached his century, and Rievers, am afrald, only an honest | thrived on his work wa it went on. effort, by nature to repent Alen Falefax: she He and Barnett bailed the water out of the: never even tries to repeat masterler almost expelzed boat, and when he felt Ave she breaks the mould in which a Trumble minutes from the close of play, even iludders or a Turner la taadioned.
| Beld or. Pudsey could not have given hlas a Towards tes tima I felt that the Australian | warmer ovalion back to the pavillon (or, velled attack really did need sea-with sometblog is presence) end of the ground.
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