THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH
JULY FRIDAY,
22,
HONGKONG WINS ESPLIN CUP FOR
A STRONG RINK JUST MANAGES BY ONE SHOT
Success For Lawn Bowlers Now On Leave In England
Hongkong lawn bowlers now on leave in England won the annual match for the Esplin Cup yesterday, beating Wanstead by 20 shots to 19.
Hongkong
11%
fielded probably strongest in to have taken part in the series. W. L. Walker was No. 1, J. C. Gal No. 2. F. Goodwin No. 3 and Adam Hollard was aktp.
According in the enble sent by Mr. B. E. Maughan, who is In charge of the team, it was an excellent gasle and the finish was very exelting, as the scores would testify
This Is Hongkong's third suverss In the series, which commenced in 1931 when Mr. James J. Esplin, o..E.. President of the Wanstead Club, pre- sented the trophy for annual com- petition between the Club and Hong- kong lawn bowlers on leave in Eng- fand.
1935
"The first time Hongkong won the Cup was in
when RE E Auenza Marks, J. F. Lunny. V. N. and S. andie
sucessful by were 10-14. In 1936, a rink, skipped by B. W. Brudbury, again won the Cup by 24-18, other members of the rink being E. G. Post, V. Petherick and G. C. Moss.
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Last year C. Dowman, A. Pout, W. E. Hollands and W. V Field were beaten by 24-19.
ly
Von Cramm May Be Pardoned
von
Berlin, July 14, The Government may short-
Cottfried pardon Cramm, Germany's champion tennis player, who is now in gaol after having been found guilty of "Sexual offences. sporting circles here claimed to-day.
in the The authorities, meantime, only mention him in denying rumours of his suicide. which was recently widely reported here
Von Cramm is one of the best tennis stylists in Europe He was Germany's foremost singles player, and in partner. ship with Henner Henkel could be relied upon to give stiff competition 10 any other pair
in the world -Haves
ENGLAND BATSMEN
GAVE MIDDLESEX THRILLING WIN
By William Pollock
At Chelmsford-Middlesex beat Esser by one wicket
London, June 22.
Young England batsmen Edrich and Compton played leading parts in the tremendous struggle in this match yesterday. Between them they scored 145 of their team's needed-to-win runs, Compton reaching his thousand for the season.
Middlesex must have died a dozen times before they anally beat Essex by one wicket.
All went well with them the third wicket fell at 132, when Edrich was caught and bowled by Peler Smith.
The bowler was so delighted over his catch that he gave an imitation of the exuberant but absent Coptain J. W. A. Stephenson.
Edrich had played finely, dealing with Smith's slows better than any he Was out one else, and when
begun to silde. Middlesex wickets went thus: 170-4, 172-5, 100-6, 196-7, 200-0.
IMPLORING CRIES
The
Bryn Jones
Says "No"
To The 'Spurs
1938.
THE THIRD TIME
A snapshot taken on Saturday when the Royal Hongkong Yacht Club ławn bowlers visited the Kow- loon F.C.V. Chittenden, of the K.F.C., ki seen delivering a wood while his opposle No. 3, A. Nissim, is stand- ing behind with a wood in his hand. Kowloon F.C., won the encounter 47 shots and now need only one more victory to make sure of the Third Division championship.-Pictorial News.
Glorious Batting By Bradman
Scores Century In .73 Minutes
By Wendell Bill
Old Trafford, June 21. Don Bradman dominated the final day's cricket at Old Trafford yester- day, and, with a glorious display of superlative batting, hit the fastest century of the summer. He reached three figures in 73 minutes, The provious fastest hundred was that C. W. C. Packe. the Army batsman, on He took 75 May 31 at Cambridge. minutes.
D
made the Bradman yesterday
His home attack look second-rate. rentury included no less than 15 4's and his delightful display was masterpiece of timing and footwork. an extent, he looked Although he forced the pace to such
S safe as we have ever seen him, and caused us to wonder what is in store for Eng- ottnck when he
land's adopt this role in a Test
decides to match. Spectators rose and cheered him to the echo when he returned to the pavilion.
Ceferino Garcia To Get Crack At Title
L. O'. Fleetwood-Smith absent
23, 1-7. n-ba
Total
0
LEG-BEFORE RULE SHOULD INCLUDE
THE LEG BREAK London Club Cricketers To
Try It Out
London, July 4.
It is remarkable how the views of club cricketers in London and the South havo changed during the past three years. In 1935 the Council of the Cricket Conference, and many of the loading players, were strongly opposed to any alteration of the lbw rule, and refused even to give the proposals of the M.C.C. an, experi mental trial.
LEFT-HANDERS
ducl
Arsteinss Many experienced and 1036 the samme ofteinis In
to test the players now belleve this should be players were un enger M.C.C. experiment as they had been tried in County matches, and
yeur previously to condemn it. view of the heavy scoring in club of unsatis- Last season, following the success of games, and the number the new addition to the low rule factory drawn matches leading of- many playera became ronvinced that ncials are convinced further addi- n further alteration was necessary to tion to the rule will have to be made
more fairly to equalise the Include the leg break ball.
Now, with
the M.C.C. disinclined between bat and ball. to consider any change at present. anxious to test club
caplains re what effect on the game this fur- amendment of the rule would have.
Accordingly, some evening matches are to be arranged to experiment on the new ines, which will permit unplees to give a player out Ibw, from any ball which is prevented from hitting the wicket by his legs whether it breaks in from the off or leg.
Filipino Meets Armstrong
In September For
If
Welter Crown
300
Second Innings.
nings—Fingleton, e Wilkinson, Philipson HB Brown, Nutter, 70: Bradruan, nol out, 101: Bodcock, not out. 14; 3. Tota) (2 wkts, dec.). 204.
LANCASHIRE Washbrook, Walle Paynter, lbw b Walte iddon, è Badcock, h McCormick oldheld, e Badcock, b McCormick Hopwood, run out Nuiter. Cb McCormick
. H. L. Lister, c & b Chipperfield Philipson, h Chipperfield Farrimmond, e tradman, b McCormick Follard, not aut Wilkinson, b White
B 0, 1-b 0, w 1, D-bi
16
280
Tatal Second Innings Washbrook, b Chipper- leid, 11; Paynter b Chipperfield, 20, Iddon, e Waite, b White, 1 Oldfield, not out, 30; Hopwood, not out, 17; 1-b 1: Total 13 wkts.) do.
AUSTRALIANS.-First Innings
Phillipson Pullard Nulter Wilkinson
10
ONUMÁ
Phillipson bowled three no-bails.
Becond Innings
Philipson
==082
W.
102008
the In
San Francisco. Garcia, one of Ceferino hardest-punching welterweights the business, la confident he can whip Henry Armstrong, the Los Angeles negro who holds both the welter and featherweight crowns.
The two are scheduled tentatively for a title bout in Los Angeles next September.
"I'm getting the greatest op- portunity of my life and I'm going to make the best of it," warned the came to these
young Filipino who shores six years ago.
Armstrong, he admitted, is a great Aighter.
"He's good, sure, but I don't think he's good enough to bent big weiter- weights," said Garela, who boasts an impressive string of victories, most of them by knockouts.
Garela belleves he has improved 100 per cent, since he lost to Barney Ross here in 1935 who floored him in the first round.
D
LANCASHIRE-First Innings
M R.
too
21
Pollard The cricket of the morning was of Nutter
the Wilkinson Kidon the dullest type imaginable. baiting exhibition of Fingleton and Hopwood. Brown being deplorable in its char- acter, and one sadly disappointing the respectable crowd, who had ex-
from the McCormick pocted a bright
Walte visitors. The Australian openers
White attack
as if Chipperneld faced the Lancashire
life depended on them Bryn Jones, Welsh wizard inside their very forward, of Wolverhampton merely remaining at the wickets, but derers
is not joining Tottenhem possibly a desire to obtain batting
practice for Friday's Test match McCormick Hotspur after all.
was really their intention.
London, June 22.
McCormick bowled three no-balls, one
wide.
Walte
Peter McWilliam, 'Spurs manager, dashed from his home at Redear to Joc Hulme, was run out and de-Wolverhampton early yesterday, had their parted very red in the face. Hart was caught first ball after lunch. Robins was held at the second at- tempt by wicketkeeper Wade in response to imploring cries of "hold It" from the Beld.
In this case they certainly carried White
earnestness too far, and the Chipperüeld
Back
half an hour's chat with Jones, but fact that only 30 runs were scored 'could not persuade him to sign.
So, for the present, Jones stays, His club will not agree to transfer him to n Firs, Division side they don't want Jones to play against
them.
before lunch tells its own tale of the batsmen's lack of enterprise. Brown especially was drab appearing in- capable and really undesirous of making a single shot against a very ordinary attack, and scoring only 32 runs in this period.
this
The proceedings became almost a
BRIGHTER BROWN Little hysterical at times. Robins,
Even so, George Allison, Argenal having by desperate sprinting, c
Apparently Bradman took Brown caped being run out, put his hand manager, who has previously made record offers for Jones, has not given to his head, sat down on the grass, hope of getting him. He has re- to task at luncheon, as afterwards an
exclaimed,
the present entirely different attitude towards and
Cheese itor newed his bid during
the bowling was shown by something that sounded like that.
week.
player in particular, and he attacked and enter- Meantime, the transfer of Spros- with refreshing vigour ton, international basis, to Tottenham, prise, using his wide range of strokes with delightful effect. In 20 minutes has raised a storm in Leeds.
he had more than doubled bls lunch score, and was dismissed forcing the расс.
It was all most thrilling and excit- ing. Jim Smith hit 12 runs and two Just possible tremendous high catches off six balls.
still wanted
Twenty-four were when Baxter came in, last man. Compton made 23 of them. His bat- ting was splendid; strong, cool, even were cheeky. But, when wickets going at the other end, he would have been wiser to take more charge of the bowling than he did.
At the end he was nearly left high
"I was definitely against letting Sproston go," said Mr. Ernest Pullan. Leeds chairman, yesterday, "but I was out-voted. The other directors, big nancial were thinking of the goin to the club,"
Fingleton carried on steadily, an- but centurion, certain when facing Phillipson with the new ball. Although sound, 185 Sproston is reported to have cost minutes and only three 4's was a poor rate of scoring for a batsman of his calibre, considering the state of the match.
Lancashire were presented with an hour's batting practice, but it
and dry, for Baxter's repertoire con- the Spurs £8,000,
sisted almost solely of precariously
putting his bat "there" Still, all's
well that ends well.
When Compton made the winning CLOSE OF PLAY could not be said they put the time
hit Peter Smith went up and shook him by the hand. It had been a great battle between them. Peter bowled magnificently, both as a leg spinner and an in-swinger-ho is two sorts of bowler in one person. He took eight wickets in the last in- nings, but he just could not win the match.
BBIEK
Pirst innings-500 (D. H. Wilcox BI). Second Innings-aal
MIDDLESEX-
First Inning—381,
Becond Innings Edrich ab P. Smith***** Brown Wlicex b P, Smith Price: a Nichol b ́P. Smith Compton nol aut
Hulme run out
Ilarta O'Connor b
Benth
R. W. V, Robins a Wade' b P. 8mi
Munger C. H. Smith
Bims low Smith
Bmith (J.) e Quick 15 P-Binith
A. D. Baxter not out
Tolol (9.wicie.)
CRICKET SCORES
M
to much use, except that it enabled Oldfield to reach his 1.000 runs for the season.
The only other Interesting point was that White, Australia's tall left- arm bowler, showed a decided Im- bowl provement by deciding to round the wicket and spin the ball instead of his previous futile fast, over-the-wicket tactics. There is no doubt he looked and was a decidedly bettor bowler for a change. But it was entirely Bradman's day, and he lifted the match from the doldrums 100 for 0; to glorious heights.
AUSTRALIANS
London, July 21. The following were the scores ut close of play in the County Cricket Championship programme to-day:
6 declared: Gloucester 487 for Surrey 280 for G.
Hampshire 190 and Yokrshire 254.
Kent 347; Glomorgan 271 and 135 W. A. Brown, Farrimond, b' Penip
for 3.
1D, G.
b Nutter-
Pollard, b Phillip Badock, a Pollard & Philipson A. L. Hasselt, Nuiter
Leicester 208; Somerset 100 and 130 | c." for 7.
Northants 377; Sussex 499 for 4.
Notts 242; Essex -50 and 334 for Reuler.
A G. Chipperfield, e Farrimond,
"Thillipson
B. A. Barnett, e Pollard, v Philipson M. G. Watte, lbw, b Wilkinson
0.E, 8 White, not out
EL MeCormick, b Pollard
10
Second Innings
20
Umpires: Dolphin, G. M. Leo.
Indicates captain.
Wicket-keeper.
MANY DRAWN GAMES
success is a the experiment
Will be strong recommendations made to the M.C.C. concerning the advisability of extending the lbw rule to cover the leg break as well as the off break ball.
Views are not only changing con- cerning the lbw rule but also with regard to the number of left-hand players that should be included in Up to a cou- a strong club eleven. ple of years ago few captains desired to have more than two left-handers in their team; one a good batsman and the other a slow leg breakt bowler.
To-day three or four
are wel- comed, and every captain now wants at least a left-hand fast and a slow bowler and a quick-scoring left- hand batsman.
This explains why, at the moment, there are such a number of excep- tionally fine left-handed players in- the leading London club teams.
WOMEN BRIGHTEN UP THIS YEAR'S BISLEY SHOOTING MEETING
London, July 5.
A marksman of 62, Commander Sir Lionel Fletcher, R.N.R. gave a remarkable demonstration of skill at the opening of Bisley fortnight to-day.
Firing at the extremely difficult new "sniping" target-in which a tiny dish leapt up et unexpected places for three seconds out of a dummy parapet-he scored five hits out of eight shots. Fow marksmen came anywhere near Sir Lionel's score.
This brilliant shooting symbolised
"I lost that fight because I was the great popularity of the two new "My innovations of this year's "Brighter anxlous," Garcia said. punches were wild, and Ross, ex- Bisley"-the sniping, and the com- perienced and smart, knew how to petition for those over 65. pull out of danger."
No fewer than 57 men have on-
the veterans' contest. He said he has shortened bis tered for punches, which gives him consider-Among them is Lord Cottesloe, the ably more power and accuracy. He 76-year-old president of the National tried out his new style July 4, Rifle Association. knocked out Jpektie Burke of Ogden, Utah, in the fourth round of a ten- rounder.
A splendid dudy of D. O. Finlay (nearest camera), the British hurd- ilus champion. Here he seen nett lag up a new record of 14.7 seconds in the final of the 120 yards hurdles at Chiswick. Last week he won the 120 yards hurdles at the A‚¡ cha' mpionships; for the seventh consecti- thus equables the British tive year us, the White City in 14.4 seck,
record.
"We have Introduced this sniping contest to keep pace with the times. Similar practice has now been intro- duced in the Army." an official ex- pinined.
factor towards д Another "Brighter Bidley" is its record num- ber of women competitors. Marks
women
of
Hongkong,
Jamaica,
ARTHUR LOCKE CARRIES OFF IRISH "OPEN"
Breaks Course Record
Port Marnock, July 21.
to-day championship
with
an
Arthur Locke, the former South Golf Canada, and Australle are a re-African amateur golfer and now presented. Teams of men also from professional, won the Irish The Dominions and British posses
72 sions are taking an unusually large aggregate of 292, made up by four
rounds of 80, 73, 69, 70 over part.
Eight out of the 16 Southern holes. Rhodesians were in the prize list of He broke the course record in the the B.S.A. competition to-day, one third round with a card of 69, and of them being Lleut. L. B. Fereday, thus becomes the first claimant for who for three years was Mayor of the prize of £200 offered to players Salisbury, the capital.
Public schoolboys from all parts
of Britain, enjoying the greatest ad-
breaking 70.
Henry Cotton was second with an venture of their lives, shot to-day aggregate of 293-Reuter.
and met pioneers from all parts of
the
Empire. Two women competi-
tors from over seas are shooting
ngainst their husbands--Mra Julian NO BETTING
Simpson, whose husband is a mem
ber of the Jamaican team, and Mrs.
M. J. Holmes whose husband ALLOWED
shooting for Hongkong.
is
ON
Some of the women are urging GOLF LINKS
that there should be a special sec-
tion of the camp set apart for them
to live in under canvas.
New York, July 2 Officials of one of the big Ameri- golf tournaments played at Ridgewood, Now Jersey, took firm
can
POLLARD FIRST action to stamp out course batting.
TO SECURE 100 WICKETS
London, July 1 Pollard, the Lancashire fast me- dium bowler, whose claim to a place
in
which was seriously threatening big golf.
no
All betting was banned and book-makers were allowed on the course. The president of the US. Golf Association, Mr. Archie Reid, sald, "Betting by outsiders led to all kinds of chicanery.
"Golf is probably the most vulner hasuble of any to all sorts of tricks by the England Test team frequently been advocated, has the gamblers," he added "A man stand- distinction of being the first bowlering to win a lot of money might dis- rupt the opponent of the player ho to secure 100 wickets this season.
He completed his century against had backed by shouting at the top Northamptonshire, when he sent back of his swing, making audible com
ments, or moving just as he was: six batsmen for 42 runs, bringing his total for the season up to 101.
putting"