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THE HÒNGKONG TELEGRAPH, MONDAY,
JULY 18, 1938.
CHINESE BEAT INDIANS IN VITAL TENNIS MATCH
THRILLING PLAY
SEEN BETWEEN
RIVAL TEAMS Victory Assured Before The Conclusion Of The Second Round
(By "Abc")
Sotting a pace from the start which was much too fast for their opponents to maintain, the Chinese R.C. won the "A" Division championship of the Hongkong Tennis League for the seventh con- socutive season yesterday by beating the Indians at Causeway Bay by eight sets to one.
Way
The victory for the Chinese was as complete as it could have been: they had already secured the neces- sary five set before the end of the secand round, and in the course of the whole match they shared twe sets, in both of which Lee Wal-tong and Luk Ding-cheung figured,
It
rather disappointing match for the Irdinis who, though they themselves realised that their chances of a win were never bright. neverthelena
do much expected to belter. The biggest surprise was the fullure of S. A. and O. Kumjuhn to
They win a single act.
at standstill in their open- almost to
Wal-tong and ing act against Lee Luk Ding-chung, and they never fully recovered from their unexpeel- 11 was left to 1 D. ed reverse. Rumjalin and A. 11. Mudar, and A. R. Minu and I. M. A. Razuck to take half a se cach.
FINE PLAY
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In spite of the one-sidedness the result, there was some really line tennis
first the played. In rounds particularly a hot pace was maintained; but after the Chinese had made sure of the encounter, the standard sank somewhat,
reaction vine set in. having
When 1 advocated last week that
H. D. Rumjahn should be teamed up with A. R. Minu, I did not expect S. A. and O. Rumjahn to do so badly. No changes were made in the 1.R.C. ine-up; and had one been able to foresee the Aplendid exhibition
of
the Chinese, one would have realised that no changes the indians coul have made would have made any difference result.
at all to the eventual
The greatest service rendered by Les Wal-tong and Luk Ding-cheung to the C.R.C. was not that they beat the Indians No. 1 pair but in the raanner in which they performed the feat. Their excellent retrieving look everything out of the two Rumjahns, who spent themselves in vainly try-
ness in their ground strokes were the greatest Faults of Sirdar and Omor
Smiles greeted the camera when our Staff Photographer took this picture of the victorious Chinese Rumjan, Hod their overhead play R.C, tennis team at Causeway Bay yesterday when the C.R.C. won the "A" Diviston championship for the functioned properly, they certainly seventh consecutive year by beating the Indian R.C. easily, by eight sets to one. would have won their opening set Luk They had against Lee and their chances to pot Hire ball away, but though they had sufletent force could not in their rushes, they Angle them enough and must have been chagrined to find their hardest smashes returned with admest mono- tonous regularity.
Madar played as well as he has one lately though he rather marred an otherwise good display with errors ut som ritient moments. "H. D." was steady without being particu- Jarly brilliant
Minu and Ruzack, who have al ways been regarded as the Indians. third pair though results have often belied this, were unfortunate not to win one set. After losing to Tsul and Hung, they let Lee and Luk 3-2, but were unable to force home their advantage and had to be can- tent finally to share the
the set.
FEATURES OF MATCH
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By "Abe"
OPINION DIVIDED REGARDING SMALL-
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Woolley May Coach
At Eton
Frank Woolley, the Kent and England batsman, is con- sidered a likely successor to George Hirst, England and Yorkshire, as the Eton cricket coach next year.
Hurst
retired from
his
Some People Feel Shanghai duties at Eton after the recent
Visit Should Not Be Made
Features of the match were the FOLLOWING
The
announcement season, would be capable of defeating good-length lobbing of Lee and Luk, made over the week-end that the Craigengower C.C. in the Lengur the uncanny anticipation and net-small-ball soccer team from Hong-on play of Tsui Wai-pui and Hung, and kung has been selected to go up to not
the understanding between younger Tsui and Kong.
The Indians a 11 ichm initely outclassed,
theShanghai for a series of charity
matches in aid of the Chinese. Wur
Saturday. This possibility was overlooked, however, und the of the Crainengower players well-founded when, at the
Cames against Harrow.
JAPANESE NOW WANT
were de-Hellef Fund, opinion has suddenly end of the encounter, they discovered 1944 GAMES
Paul
ing to put the ball away for winners. V. R. C. TO PLAY
OTHERS TOO GOOD
As probably to be expected, Tsul and W. C. won all
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of
Japan will put
Tokyo. July 18. in a bk for the
In charge
of the
the Games
al
GEOFFREY SIMPSON
MAKES PLEA FOR FIVE-DAY TESTS
London, June 15.
That great wicket-keeper, Bert Oldfield, who was Australia's stumper for so many years, observed yesterday that it was a pity such a splendid struggle as the Test at Nottingham proved to be could not be played out.
I
ngree. It wis either team's match when stumps were pulled up, and to leave such a £ght undecided, when thousands had paid to watch it, and hundreds of thousands had followed its progress all over the world, seemed the limit of absurdity.
We can always have our county games, but these England-Australia Tests happen only once every two years. Why don't they play them to a finish?
We do not allow the Cup Final to remain drawn because the 90 min- utes are up, neither do we leave a tennis championship undecided be cause it is "past time,"
Test cricket, to my mind, should take precedence over all other cric- ket. That's the way the Australians look at it. They play all Tests to n finish. When the Australians travel 12,000 miles to play us, they have to put up with this silly four-days restriction. It used to be three days until constant criticism moved the authorities to grant another day.
EXTRA DAY WANTED
The Australians prefer playing the games to a Enish-otherwise thes would not do so in their own coun-
if balko1 try. And
were taken throughout England I am sure the result would be an overwhelming vote for time-limitless Tests.
The concession is too much to hope for. I am afraid, but if the Bourd of Control will not grant it, at least they can extend the matches to five days.
After the huge scores put up nt Nottingham, few will say that live days are unnecessary, The records,
too, prove the case for an extension. When the Australions were last here two Tests were drawn; in the 1830 series another two were drawn; in 1028 three were left undecided, it 1921 two were drawn-and right back through history.
so on,
Do you know that the last Test t Manchester which produced a finish 19057 Altogether 27 Testa was in
afternoon. according 10 Japanese about time the rot was stopped.
NOT TOO LATE Press reports.
It used to be argued that on extra Games of day on a Test match messed up the the Inter-county cricket programme. Now that four days have become the rule, the contention no longer stands.
four days until Tuesday, as the Not Tests start on Friday, and lasting
match uld. it means that tingham
cut into two county they already matches the one that ends on Fri- day and the fresh one starting on Saturday.
So if Tests were to begin on Thur-
become sharply divided arding themselves one shot in arrears. The
regarding Scores:
the advisability of sending Chinese most peculiar feature of the match Tsu Wai-pui and W. C. Rung players to a city at present occupied was that two rinks finished up on level that the terms and it was left to the one-shot (C.R.C.) beat S. A. and O. Rumjan by the Japanese, it seems the victory of J. Hollidge over U. M.
bave 7-3; beal H. D. Rumjalin and A. H. feeling of sure kcal Chinear, Omar to decide the result of the Olymple Cames of 1944, the Exeru Madar 6-4; beat A. R. Minu and been putraged. It Is rather I. M. A. Razack 6-2,
though, that objections should have match, which has given the Civil Sur Live Committee Tsul Yun-pul and
Kong come when all arrangements have vants two more points and sounded cuncelled plans for (C.K.C.) beat Runjahn and Rumbeen made and when Shanghai has the death-knell of the Craigengowe Tokyo of 1940 derided yesterday have been drawn in England, and it
their regarding
champions Jahn 6-1; beat Rumjahn and Madar already been informed of the date
The Club de Recreio 7-5; bent Minu and Hazaek 6-3. the visit, anet not before.
A pro-nopes. Leg Whi-toug
to their game with the Police and are and Luk Ding, posed visit by a Hongkong turn to cheung (CRC) bent Rumjalin and Shanghai was announced in nearly now almost certain of retaining the
The Committee decided to submit Rumjahn 6-4; drew with Rumlahn all the newspapers of the Colony Shield. Unless they slip up badly and Madar 6-6; drew with Minu and several weeks ago, and the Portuguese players should wind up 1944 to a conference of in their remaining three matches, the request regarding the Razack 0-0.
of the scheme, I have it on good authority,
received 110 objections the season with a few points in hand.national Olympic Committee, which
As a result of the Civil Servants' whatever. Now, when they have At completed their plans, they have victory. the race among the bottom will be held next June in London,
1 be teams to avoid relegation has become Mr. lehito Kobashi, the Mayor of visit would be more interesting. old that the
At one time the Tokyo, infra
Civil Servants Shanghal is occupied by the Japan-CIVIT
were regarded I have not been told whether certain to go down, but their win on Tokyo is as deeply interested as ever these objections will be affecting the Saturday has given them a fighting the Olympic Games and intended the 1944 to hold anto "push efforts will depend on the sponsors of the scheme will not
matches. allow themselves to be
At present they are two swayed by the opinion of a few persons. After points behind Kowloon Docks and
The Fincher 18-12 at the end of the 10th atl, the object of the Interport against three behind the Police
ald fodians. Neither of the two last-
made a Shonghal is to collect money in ald of the Chinese War Relief Fund; one named teams can yet consider them-ead, but Teddy's men finds it dimeult to see anything un-selves out of the wood, while the characteristle recovery, scoring 3, 1. patriotic at all ip that. Furthermore position of Kowloon Docks is still 4, 2 and 3 in that order to win the
win the matches be played in the precarious. French Concession. Prominent Players
A MONG the players chosen
R. ENGINEERS
in view of the fact tha
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weir Unrco sels, but they were quite AT WATER-POLO plans of the selected team; but I hope how they fare in their last four Games here."--Renter.
chance; everything
close to defeat in the last round when they were 4-5 down against S. A. and O. Rumjahn. Tsui Yun-pul and Paul Kong storted of somewhat shakily and were 1-3 and 4-5 down against HD. Rumjahn and A. H. Madar in the opening set, but they made a good recovery to win out in the twelfth game. Thereafter they always had the upper hand against the other two I.R.C.' pairs,
Weakness overheat and unsteadi-
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WITH the defeat of the Craigengo- wer C.C. and their own victory
encounter by 25-10. A. R. Dailah was always up against it against J. Hyde, while A. K. Minu had Bad fuck in being one shot down to E. Kern although he scored on no fewer than 12 of the heads. Fincher owed to W. Hyde and T. A. Madar that make the trip are several who over the Indian RC. at Cox's Road, his unbeaten record remained intact. have made their mark in the Hong the Kowloon C.C. have gone un to le liimself was off colour, but Hyde second place in the League Table and Madur played very consistent kong Amateur Football League and have a good chance of finishing bowls, especially the latter, who was They include several South China the season in the runners-up position, always near the jack, Hyde over- "stars," who have appeared in re- Their win over the Indians was well-shadowed D. M. Khun in the opening presentative matches in the Colony deserved, all three rinks being up. heads, but the boot was on the other The team is as follows:
As usual the Indians' weakness while too! towards the
end.
Tommy Cheung Moon-wing (South Ching the start. The three
playing nway was very obvious at Madar was the man who was doing "A"), Wong Kai-mlag, Leung Pak-ench ran off with a substantial lead, ever.
home rinks all the damage to the Indlans,
When Khan was sending wat (South Chinn "B"), Tse Kam-and for the rest of the game hung (South China "B"), Sung Ling-visitors were fighting
the woods consistently close to the jack an uphill in the remaining few heads, Mador
His
sing (Eastern), Lou Ting-song batte. The only indian skip to have almost always succeeded in either (South China "A"), Wan Cheuk-sun, been up at any stage of the match sitting on the Jack or trailing it to Lo Tau-man (a star from Shanghal), was M. R. Abbas,, who led E. C. his side's back woods.
Chu Kam-sing and Lau Chung-song!
(South Chinu “B”),
Mr. Chu Chik-taze, of the Nam Wah Yat Po will be manager of the team, while Mr. Pau Tze-tuen wlli be Secretary.
The team sails by the Empress of Japan on July 22 and will play two games in the Colony prior to deper- ture, on July 10 and 20, against the Volunteers in aid of the War Rellef Fund. The Volunteers have several players proficient at this game, in-|
several members of the St. team. It is
is hoped, I am in- to include A. Gosano, the to turn. soccer player, out for these exhibition matches. The Hongkong team in a strong one, containing as it does many players well-known in local soccer circles and tht sponsors feel confident that it will give a very good account of itself in the North.
Joseph's, formed old Interpart
Bowls Surprise
UEER things happen in lawn
trite, navertheless remalna trud. Otherwise it would have boon ex- tremely difficult to imagine that the Civil Servante, judging by the poor Korm they have boon showing this
QUOwls. This is n paying which, It
Luk Ding-cheung and Loo Wai-long did yeoman service for the QRC yesterday by playing 8. A. Rumjalin and Omar Bumjalin toʻa standstill In the openingsbl. Their, splendid reteloving wore down, the Indians. Luk in scon making a two-handed volley with Les looking on (Photo Staff Photographer},
sday, or even Wednesday, whether
they were allotted five or six days, the arrangement would not inter- fere with the county programme any more than four-days Tests do now.
Therefore what is to stop the allotment of an extra day (or two days. If you like) apart from the hidebound conservatism of those who hold the reins?
It is not too late to extend the rom maining matches. If nothing 13 done, you can wager flat at least one and perhaps two more Tests will end in stalemate. Manchester and Leeds, have favourite's chances of providing draws. They usually do.
AMES' RECORD
So many different types of record were set up in the Test that every- to have overlookezi the one seems one Ames got. Yes he comes into the list.
While he was batting he hit his 2,000th run in Test cricket, No other wicketkeeper has done that- not even OldЛeld, who had a habil of making runs when they
wero most needed, or the belllant If. B. Cameron, of South Africa, whose sudden passing so shocked
Cricketer Another record. SU people say, was that their champion Verity,
not asked to bowl astalist Australian until their first innings was nenring its end...
but, perhaps, I had better not go into that.
was
INDIAN RINK THROUGH TO SEMI-FINALS
Dallah's Four win Bowls Match
Lending most of the way, the rink skipped by A. R. Dallah and consist- ing of D. M. Khan, M. Y. Adal and A. K. Minu, entered the semi-finals of the Lawn Bowls rinks champion- ship on the Police R.C. green yester- Xavier, M. A. Carvalho and L. A. day by beating F. A. Xavler, A. M. Gutierrez by 24-19.
The first few heads were very even and at the end of the fifth, Gutierrez was leading 7-5, but with a single forged ahend to and two twos in succession, Dallal 10-7. Gutlerrez again took the lead when he scored a single and a four, and though he led again on the 15th after scoring a three, he was always in arrears until the end of the match.
The winners scored on 13 heads against their opponents' eight.
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