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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. MONDAY, MARCH 8, 1937.
WOODFULL TELLS WHY AUSTRALIA WON THE ASHES
Allan Did Not Make The Most Of His Opportunities
England Must Attack The Spin Bowlers
BRADMAN'S GENIUS. UPSETS SUPERIOR TEAM WORK
(By W. M. WOODFULL, the Famous Australian Test Captain)
SI predicted, a big innings from Bradman's flashing bat alone A could give Australia victory in the Test series. So it proved. The mighty Don, without peer as a flawless run-scoring machine, put together some of the greatest innings of his illustrious carcer. His aggregate in the fourth Test match was 218. Australia's margin at the end of six hectic days' play was 148,
Without Bradman it is therefore rue to say England would have gained the one success she needed to capture the Ashes.
in the third Test Dradman, it will; this season played Sheffield Shield -] be remembered, again stood between nings of 101, 200, whit 94, must be con. Australia and defent. Thla-can 1ideret.
best describe him as superhuman? bafiman has 114W played seven In- sings of over 200 In Testa against, Kngland, and fire of them quite de- Anitely turned the venden la kita side'n farolr.
ORIGIN OF THE "ASHES"
MOCK EPITAPH AFTER ENGLAND'S DEFEAT IN 1882
Many readers have naked us to relate the history of the Tent "Ashes."
The term was first used in 1882 when
Since Bradman's first Text Australla URM won nine rantehes including the Anal tent. Bradman's innings in these games Include auch neuren as 129, 254, 24, 102 ant out, 244, 270, 212 and 180. The only time he failed to compile a three-figure innings, when Australia boat England in that period, was nt Leeds in 1934. Then, in a low-scoring the Australians reprod aneneational mateb, bia Innings were 20 and 25. victory by even runn Lover in kirung
Thear Agures fully fustrate the‡ English Leùm at the Oval, enormous, almost averwhelming, pari; In arting paper appeared a car- Hradman ho played in preventing the toen, 'representing the death of English; complete eclipse of Australian cricket cricket and accompanied hy M mock ence 1028, Been with Bradman in the epitaph, which rand's
"In affectionnte side Australia has still lost 11 rantches |
remembrance "T as compared with the eight she has English cricket, which died at the Oval woat
on 29th August, 1880.
"Deeply lamented by a largo circle of
I mention thear facts to show how much depended on Bradman Al Mel-orrowing bourne whern Australia retained the .. "Ashes,"
friends and nequaintances.
"N.B. The body will be cremated and At Adelaide Bradman cut out entirely the ashes taken to Austraila,"
In the following year England had bis beloved hook shot, which has no often brought him the bulk of his runneten Australls in the third Test, the
*tolaps
ilis superà footwork, and his wonderful aye, however, prevented the bowlers from pinning him down. It is impos sible to praise too highly the abilities for concentration and stamina that enablod Bradman to bat for more than seven hours without making one fatro stroke. it whe an innings worthy of bolog ranked among the cricket classics. Do not, however, let what I bave written detract from the part played: last week by Pirotwood-fimith, Batsmen alone cannot hammer the imat hulls into opponents' cons. That privilege is loft to howlers, and Fleetwood-Smith accompilabad the fent as inhumanly na any undertakeri
FLEETWOOD-SMITH'S
DISTINCTION
18 gulfe was unrelenting, his break
of the pitch
Hand pace
oxira-
ordinary, while his length, some Limos erratic, was beyond criticism. It was uncanny to watch a ball that turn- ed so much yet controlled with such accuracy,
were burned, mid the
ashes
sealed in an inserthed urn, which was presented by Melbourne women to the English captain, the Hon. Ivo Bigh, afterwards Lure Darntoy,
The urn win brought to England and placed in the library at. Lord Darnley's kent, Cobham Park. The historle urs wan on exhibition to the publie at the Central Hall, Westminster, 1926,
GREAT BOWLER DEAD
WALTER BREARLEY PASSES AFTER
OPERATION
Just as lightning-eyed Bradman has changed the world's conception of batting, so has Fleetwood-Smith added} new pazca to the bowlers' almanach.
Walter Brearley, the famous fe the first man who has ever been able to deliver left-hand googiles Lancashire and England fast capable of breaking down the real bowler, died in the Middlesex Harnett (twice), Leyland (twice), Voce Hospital. London, following an (twice), Allen, Verity, Itammond and operation. He
was sixty-one Amer-those wore Fleetwood-Smith's vietime in the fourth test. Not a bad years of age.
tance of Test batsmen.
sum up, Brudnian and Fleetwood-
Brearley was one of the best fast Smith won the "Ashes" almost off their bowlers who ever played for Eng- own "hats" for Australia, but England | land. lest chiefly because her latamon falled
to attack the plow Lowling, when they had them virtually in their pockels,
He had wonderful physique and
stamina, and in the last hour of n
Fleetwood-Smith and 'itely will be brailing day was as fast as he had tamed only by intelligent offensive.
Yet England, two, had her heroen, evan been in the first hour. A man only if their efforts proved unavailing to be compared with Tom Richard- Hammond, who is the second greatest son. Ifying bataman, did not make many runn, but he showed his versatility by taking seven wickets in the fourth test match for 87 runs. He is a far better medium-paced howler than he is given credit for being
HAMMOND AS BOWLER
H
TAMMOND is able to make the hall swing away Into, and he can also bowl a vicious bronk-back, white always he maintains a good length.
His bowling was preceded by a tearing run up to the wickel. One of the greatest feats to his credit was his 17 wickets for 137 runs in the Lancashire v. Somerset match at Old Trafford in 1905.
- Although such a fine bowler, he was the poorest bat imaginable. It was his own favourite joke.
As he is the Gnent ally fielder in the His quick walk (almost a run) to world, Hammond can rightly lay credit the wicket when he had to go in al-
cricketer."
to the claim of being the "complete ways argusert faughter, for he was Barnett, I believe, has come to stay very popular, matter where he for at least a decade as England's open played Cricket yas first and foremost tag bataman. There is something col a game to Brearley and he played it like in the ‚wny, this sturdy son of with all his might.. Gloucester gets into, position to clout
Cheery to a degree he
loved
the blow bowlers into the doep fold. A grand batsman who has not yet reached hearty joke and true to type, he kla zenith.
never allowed à game to become dull
As an all-round" team England is while he was in it. undoubtedly superior to Australia, but
After his "big" days were over he
she lacks tip-top spla bowling and has spent weeks at Lord's each springtime
not Bradman.
I wonder, however, whether the Eng- trying to infeet young schoolboys
Iand foam was not,pant ita, posk in Mal- with his own enthusiasm.
'bourno,
From my own personal experience 1) know there comes a time when the tour, ing team grows stulo`and tired. · It hapi) pened to us, in England in 1934, but the recovered our soap just in time for the Oral match.
Remember the train of travelling and playing day in and day out since October must take toll of a team's vitality. To offsat this the touring elde gains in,team-work, „AUSTRALIA'S WICKET-KEEPER
Twould not be surprised if the solac- torn asked themselves this ques- tion), "Sball", wo retain Oiddela na k
leket-keeper or give the place to young man
Two
mrise
very Important considerations
-of keeping to Floatwood-Smith.
£8,000 For Tour Of Argentine
"WOLVES” OFFER Buenos Aires.
It is reported that Wolver- hore. Ong, is the strengthhampton Wanderers F.C., the should I any weakness of the Ranga- English League club, have made roo's tail, and the ether is the question an offer to the Argentine Foot- I do not think the time has come for ball Association to play elght Oldfield to stand down from, bis high matches between Buenos Aires podostal in International cricket, but if the selectors decide on change my and Rosario or Montevideo for a proference would be for Barnett, who guarantee of £8,000. -was- socond) wiikot-kaspar, on our fast
tour in England. He knows how to take wolves" will call on May 8 or 15, If the offer is accepted the Fleetwood-Smith's bowling.
However,; "Tallón,, whe has strandy it is stated.
Practice for the Beat Race on March 24. The Oxford University crew in a fast row at Henley. In rawing order: M. G. C. Ashby (bow), J. S. Lewes, D. R. B. Mynors, 1. G. Rowe. J. P. Burrough, J. D. Sturrock, J. C.,Cherry, A. B. Hodgson, Brd G. J. P. Mertdeld (cox),
Hole In One At Deep Water
By LADY LEARNER!
MISS B. FRASER, who playing
has been
golf for only a few weeks, recently did the sixth hole
at the Deep Water Bay course in one.
BRADDOCK TALKS OF RESIGNING
AND PROMOTING LOUIS- SCHMELING FIGHT
New York.
WEEK-END OF UPSETS WAS
FEATURE OF FOOTBALL
on
wero
Puzzling results featured the English and Scottish football encounters
Saturday. Arsenal eliminated from the F. A. Cup in an away match at West Bromwich, and Tottenham went down surprisingly to Preston in a home game. Millwall beat Manchester City, but Wolves and Sunderland fought a one-all draw.
The most surprising result of the first division of the English League was the defeat of the leaders, Charlton, by the lowly placed Wednesday, and Stoke falled against Manchester United. There has been practi- cally no reshufflor of the league table, however, although Middlesborough have jumped to fourth place.
Results in the second division were much as expected, but, the southern section of the Lord division Aldershot, who have been at the bottom of the list for the season, sprang a surprise on Bristol City by beating them three-nll, Brighton has changed places with Notts County at the head of the list and Luton havə dropped to fourth, following defeat by Bournemouth,,
Stockport, leaders of the northern section,, went down two-one to Carliste in a home game, and have been replaced at the head of the table by Linenin, who beat Mandeld in a home game. There were many upsels in this division, Barrow beating Darlington, Accrington accounting for Halifax and Gateshead beating Rochdale. There has been a big re-arrangement of the League table as a result.
Two games in the first division of the Bootsy Edigue were not played, and there has been little change In the League table, the first six places being the sopa jis last week. Ayr have gone further ahead second division, and there were no surprises fi'the results.
In the
English and Scottish League results are cabled by Reuter, and the Irish League by Our Own Corrès-
pondent,
F. A. CUP
(SIXTH ROUND)
Wolves West Brom. Miwal Tottenham
1 Sunderland
3 Arsenal
THIRD DIVISION (SOUTH)
Aldershot
1 Bournemouth
1 Brighton
2 Manchester C. D Bristol R.
1 Preston N. E. 3 Gillingham
3 Bristol C.
2 Luton
1
Cardia
4 Clapton 0.
SCOTTISH LEAGUE (FIRST DIVISION)
Clyde
Dundee
2
Falkirk
• Hibernian
0 Queen's P. R. Kilmarnock
4 Albion 2 Dunfermlino
1
2
5 St. Arren
1
2
0
0
2. Ccitlo
700
JAMES J. BRADDOCK, world heavy-weight champion, who
is under contract to defend his Bolton
title against Max Schmeling, but
prefers the more lucrative meet-
FIRST DIVISION
Brentford
ing with Joe Louis, may over- Derby
come the difficulties of his posi- Everton
tion by retigning the tile, pro-Manchester U. moting a fight between Schme- wennesday ling and Louis for the champion- ship, and challenging the winner.
The proposal is that Braddock should get a third of the net receipts Charlton of the Louls-Schmeling title fight. Arsenal which would probably give him more then he would get from fight with Schmeling.
Club.
Areatord boycotted Middlesbro Sunderland
✔ Birmingham
4.- Leeds
1 Chelsea
Newport
N'hampton
Southend
o Swindon
Walford
Middlesbro'
3
Brighton
2 Stoke
3 Charlton
League Table
32 15 11 6 44 37 1
3 14 11 6 07.40 30 31 16 8 8 67.54 38 32 10 6 10 62 55 38 31 16 32 6 4 11 68 58 30
3 Kending
3 Walsall 4 Exeter
1 Torquay
2
3 Crystal Fal__ 1.
Motherwell Partick
3 Hearts 0 Arbroath I.Third Lanark 3
0 Rangers
Hamilton
1
1
Aberdeen
0
Queen O'Bth. Queen's F. +St. Johnstone *Not played.
Postponed. Ground unfit,
League Table
P. W.D. L. F. A. Pla. 32 19 4 9 60 33 42
Rangers...
Notts County 31 169 8 57 44 41
Watford
Luton
32 16 8 64 43 40 30 18 3 9 07 30 30
P. W. D. L. F. AP Queen's PR. 32 15 8 6 58 33 39 Reading 31 14 9 8 59 44 37 Millwall .... 20 15 6 0 32 33 30 Gillingham 31 14 8 0 44 40 36 Southend ... 31 13 0 65 40 35 Northampton 32 15 5 11 64 49 35 Bournemouth 31 14 6 11 45 45 34 Clapton O... 31 9 12 10 37 42 30 Swindon 30 10 8 12 53 48 28 Crystal Pal. 32 0 10 13 50 47 20 Bristol R. 32 13 2 17 65 5D 28 Bristol C. 31 11 4 10 50 00 20
32 9 10
22
MA Braddock's Oght with the winner Manchester C. 30 13 10 7 87 48 38 would probably draw a million.
Portsmouth 31 14 8 2 60 40 30 dollar gate.
Derby
32 15 8 11 71 73 Meanwhile, on account of the re- Everton
32 14 5 13 71 62 33 ports that the promoters, Mike Chelsea
32 11 10 11 43 48 12 32 Jacobs, of the Twentieth Century
12 0 13 00
62 36 Grimsby
10 8 12 53 45 29 and the finals Sporting
Stoke
31 10 Club
Are considering holding Huddersfield 31 0 11 11 51 49 20 Braddock-Louis light in the Birmingham. 32 11 12 13 49 20 smaller baseball stadium at Chicago Preston N. E. 31 13 43 66 27
June,
Joe Gold, Braddock's Liverpool ..
31 9 8 14 50 1 20 manager, states that he has cancelled Wedn
Wednesday 30 7 11 12 42 44 25 his
31 11 2 18 45 65 24 plans for a trip to Chicago to Leeds sigh anything until he was assured West Brom.. 29 10 4 15 57 70 124 that the contest would held at Bolton .....
be
32 0 11 15 34 68 23 Soldier's Field.
Manchester U. 32 7 8 17 44 04 22
In
COTTON FOR U.S.?
1.
Protest Against New Caddie Rule
SECOND DIVISION
Aston Villa Burnley Chesterfield Coventry Doncaster Falham
Henry Cotton, former British Open golf champion, may shortly be going to America to play in Notis Forest the Masters' tournament at At- Plymouth lanta, Georgia next month.
S'hampton
"It is an invitation tourna- | Swansea ment and I have been asked to go across," Colton told a report- er. "I have not yet definitely decided to go, but I probably Blackpool shall. If I accept it will mean Leicester me being away three weeks. Plymouth
“By going to America I should Bury
1. Norwich
30
Newport Exeter Walsall Aldershot
31 7 8 10
31
30
31
League Table
P. W. D. L. F. A. Pis. 31 21 8 2 0 25 50 Aberdeen' ... 31 20 6 5 74 36
.31 20 3 8 89 45 43
Hearts Celtic
31 18 7 6 74.40 13 Falkirk ..... 32 18 4 56 40 Third Lantik 33 10 3 10 50 49 Motherwell Dundee Hamilton Kilmarnock
Johnstoric 32 Partick
5 10 09 50 40 30 15 00′ 65 37 36 32 1 11 D 51 50 33 30 14 3 13 23 19 17
Clyde
12 7
32 11 31 10 0 31 12
Queen's Park 33 8 St. Mirren Arbroath Hibernian..
32 0 ย
31 10 31 8 10 Queen O'Sth 32 77 Albion
+32 5 5 Dunfermline
31 8 10 20 30,87-14
SECOND DIVISION
Airdrio Alloa
Dumbarton
2 "Forfar
| THIRD DIVISION ́ ́ (NORTH) Cowdenbeath
1 Lincoln
Montrose
Kalih E.
St. Bernards Sten❜mulr
1 Morton
1 Ayr
4
3 1 Leith
East Surling
1
0 King's Park
5 Dundee U.
6 Edinburgh
3 East File
7 Brechin
Accrington
3 Halifax
2 Sheffield U. 1 Bury
1 Darlington
2 Barrow
2 Gateshead
* Rochdale
2 Barnsley
1 Hall
1 Chester
1
2' Mansfield
0
*Not played.
4 New Brighton
Oldham
1 Crewe
0
-League Table
3 Tranmere
0
⚫ Southport
2
Ayr
2 Hartlepools
+
Morton
1 Carlisle
2 York
Airdrie
1 West Ham
2 Fort Vale
2 Leicester
3 Bradford
1 Newcastle
1 Rotherham
* Binckburn
1 Blackpool
League Table
2 Stockport
1 Wrexham
P. W. D. L. F. À. Pts. 33 21 4 8 77 40 46 33 18 0 0 80 48 42 32 10 7 82.42 11 33 10 8 0 62 40 40
miss the £2,000 tournament, which Aston Villa.. 32. 13 11 6 68 40 37 starts in March with the qualifying
Sheffield U. rounds. I notice that on the entry Coventry form for this competition it states Fulham that the finals will be played with West Hom the new Ideo in force for drawing Chesterfield caddies by lot.
Newcastle
Well,
I shalt never play in any
tournament with that in operation Totton
"I wont to enjoy my golf and not
to be hide-bound by restrictions. The Southampton rules are all right as they are and Swansea have been for several years. Why Norwich can't they leave them alono?'
33 14 8 11 52 43 36 110 36 2013 10 8 40 30 38
32 13 0 10 38 31. 14 0 11 05-430 32 14 6 12 69 00 34 32 14 4 14 50 47 38
4:34
34
Lincoln
Leaguo Tablo
P. W. D. L. F.
Pt.
30 24 2 4 113 42 60
28 19 4 5 89 37 42
z St. Bernards 20 19 4 6 85 42 42 28 14 0 0 00 40 35 Cowdenbeath 20 12 8 03 Iaith Rovers 29 14 3 12 02 East
FLc.... 20 11 8 11 60 13 01
29
29.11
20 14 2 12 00 P. W. D. L. F. A. pts. East Stirling
Sten'muir... 20 12 30 10 56 78 44 13 Parfor
Forfar......... Chester
32 18 7 7.07 41 42 Stockport... 31 15 11 5 04 31 41
Montrose Port Vale... 33 15 7 11 48 46 37 Oldham
**** 30 14 D 7 00 44 37 9 52 48.37
31 15 5 11 55 48 33 30 12 8 10 42 22 30 12 8 10 53 43 32
31
127 12
20
12 a
Hull Hartlepools Wrexham 0 14 00 40 34 Accrington ..
Halifax....
Carlisic
31 12 0. Mansfield 32.11 9 12 40 40 31 Southport 326 30.13
32 12 7 13 41 42, 91
York 13 GB 43 30 32 10 0 13.
New Brighton 8.9 12 46 58
58 20
New Brighton 31 9 31 12 4 0 39 60 21 28 10
Rochdale 32 @ 7.10 44-57 25 Gateshead ..
Tranmere Crewo Rotherham
32 8 9 16 41 64 35 Bradford C.
"If a player is to be responsible Barnaley for his caddie's actions, then he must Notts Forest always be able to choose his own Bradford caddie."
Doncaster
32. 0.7 10
59.21
39
48 69.24
40 80.23
70.30
Darlington
Barrow
Alga
Leith Lenn Dundee U. Dumburton.. Brechin King's Park Edinburgh
29 11 5 13 64 29 10 4 15 60 20 7 3 13 62 -29 0 410 40 20 7 8 14 56 28 0 3 16 54
20 2 3 24 37 100 7
IRISH LEAGUE-
67 20
53 28
Arda Ballymena Belfast
32 0 8 15 47 65 ..20 0.8 13 49 50 20 31 10 8 18 55 08 25
31 8.9 14 44 05 2 Cliftonville
32 9.6.17 60 73-24
...31
31
Derry
1 Bangor
Z Glentoran
4. Coleraine
2. Lerne
4 Glenavon
3
1 Llafeld
Portadown
3 Newry Town
0 11 14 48 00:29 Distillery
30 7 8 10 47:05 23
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BADMINTON
King's College Venue
וי
CHAMPIONSHIP
FINALS
THROUGH the generosity
of King's College, all of the quarter-finals and semi- finals of the Colony Badmin- ton Championship will be played on the King's College
court.
It is notified that the quarter- finals will commence at 8.15 p.m. and the semi-finals at 8.30 p.m., us follows:
WEDNESDAY
All four quarter-finals men's singles championship. matches are:
in the
The
P. I. Wong v. K. 5. Liew, C. E. Chng v. P. K. Hul. T. C. Leo v. A. L Fisher and T. J. Ong v. M. An Oliveira.
TUESDAY, MARCH 16
The mixed doubles semi-finals. The matches are:---
P. K. Hul and Miss U. Khoo v. L. A. Carvalho and Miss C. Sliva, 8. A. Gray and Miss A. Mackenzie v. M. A. Oliveira and Miss M. SQvo.
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 17
All tour quarter-finaly in the men's doubles, the matches being:- P. II. Wong and C. E. Chog v. A. M. Sliva and L. A. Carvalho, F. H. Kwok and S. W. Liang v.
Ful and T. C. Leg, F. 8. Lleo and K. L. Yong v. H. A, Alves and E. de Boma, ‚T. J. Ong and F. Koh V. DE
Oliveira and J..J. Demedios,
TUESDAY, MARCH 23
A.
The semi-finals of the men' singles.
THURSDAY, MARCH
The semi-finals of the men's doubles.
Competitors will not need to apply: for shuttlecocks for any of these matches; neither will they be required to arrange for umpires. The sub- committee is making itself respon- sible, for these provisions.
NAVAL "REGATTA
Successful Function Held On the Canton. River
H.M.S.. MOTH VICTORIOUS
Canton, Mar. 7. The entire British West River flotilla, composed of the gunboats Tarantula, Cleala, Moth, Robin and. Scamew, held a very successful re- gatta yesterday a few miles below Cunton.
After a number of hard fought events, H.M.S. Moth emerged victori- ous and deservedly won the aggregate cup.
Later H.MS. Tarantula, with Cap- toin AEM.B. Cunningham-Graham, Senior Naval Oficer of the West River, abroad, steamed back to Can- ton at the head of the flotilla.
During the passage a salute of 21 21 guns was fired for the Republic of China-Reiter.
BRIDGE OLYMPIC
Example of How Hands Will Be Played
The 1937 Olymple Bridge Tourna- ment whI be held on April 7. The entrance fee is $10 per couple and entries should be made in Pairs, .
In this tournament, instead of playing against their opponents, as is usual, players will be playing against "Par". In some hands, the par would be either the correct final contract or going down one. The band below is a good illustration:
North-South par Three no trump played by West and down one,
K9073 842 A43.
497.
10642
♡AKQ
0 0 100
*AQ10
SOUTH
4AD
1095 0765
A 15
♡763
North leads the spade seven, over- takes the Queen and leads tho nino; Botting the contract one.
All players who are entering the tournament are requested to send, their names and entrance fees to:
Colonel E. S. Doughty, Hongkong,: P. O. Box 247.