THE
WEDNESDAY, HONGKONG TELEGRAPH,
AUGUST
1988, 3;
G.H. SHERRIFF SCORES EASIEST BOWLS VICTORY
BEATS JACKIE NORONHA
BY 21-1 IN SECOND
ROUND OF OPEN SINGLE
ANOTHER "GIANT" PUT OUT BY C. M. SILVA
(By "Abe")
Playing against G. H. Sherriff in the third round of the Lawn Bowls singles championship, J. E. Noronha, of the Club de Recreio and considered by many to be one of the best leads in the Colony, received the biggest trouncing of his bowls career on the Hongkong F.C. green yesterday when he was beaten by 21-1.
Contrary to general expectations, this proved to be the most one sided game in the open champlon- ships to date.
Noronlu took a single on the first head, but thereafter he was com
scored pletely outplayed. Sherriff on the next 13 hends, and reached his 21 with a three, six twos and six singles.
probably
Sherriff himself would be the first to admit that the Anal score flattered hin; there were times when Noronha unluckily eltur missed the jack or one of the winner's woods
Inch by a fraction of h
On 1 whole, however, Sharrlf was for more consistent on n green which turned out to be heavy and tricky. Noronha could not settle down ant was particularly weak on the long heads.
LONG GAME
While Sherrit took only 14 heads to beat Noronha, John Watson of the Kowloon B.G.C. required 29 heads to dispose of & Zimmern, of the Craigengower C.C., finally winning by 21-14. The matcht was a very tlight one for 18 heads, nt the end of which Watson led 11-10. Then he took a couple of twos to establish n lead
of 15-10. Singles were scored on the next few heads and Watson went to 19-14 >>TI the 20th. The match threatened to go beyond the 20th, but Zimmern, with his last wood, had bad luck in knocking out his second shot to give the match to Watson.
By far the more consistent of the two, A. R. Dallah eliminated R. Basa by 21-11 on the 19th. Dalinh settled down to the vagaries of the green
very quickly and ran off to a lend of G-U before Basa opened his account with a brace. Dallah was lying two. with one wood sitting on the jack,
il
fle started off with a four yester- day and after the tenth head he wen Duncan re- †ntready leading by 16-2.
covered some ground as the result of a three, a
two
and two singles un the subsequent heads. Silva proved · that his lapse was only mumentary: by registering a three on the 18th which took him to 18-0 Singles were stored on all the remaining bends, three of which went to the young Portuguese, who renched his 21 when Duncan bid 13.
B. W Bradbury did not slow to well against 13 W Waterlon, but unce he had got into his stride he was obviously the better player. rally winning out by 21-10 on the 22nd head.
A briliant Bush was staged by L. Xavier in Ins the with A. Brooks- bank and enabled him to win by 21-
14 in the 17th, head, the store was 14-14, but collected Two fours lo clinch the Issue
Though he led 1-15 on the 22nd
head, ( N Mitched could not press home his advantage in his match against J. C. Brown and was fully beaten by 21-19 on the 25th head. it was a ding-dong struggle all the way until Mitchell, will two twos and a single, went to 15-15; but Brown cute back with a single, a three and a two in that order to react his game.
INDIANS BEATEN BY ARMY
but Basa with his last delivery, forced Postponed
the jack to his two bock woods.
Basa made a good recovery after allowing his opponent to lead 9-2 on the eighth head. Drawing well, he took a three, a two, one and three to
forge ahead to 11-9. This lead was shortilved, bowever; for Dailah came
-back with a two, four, a two and
four singles to clinch the match.
On the same green, W. K. Way defented A. Warr by 21-10 on Monday, the match terminating on the 23rd hend.
on
SPLENDID WIN
Tennis League Match
Scores:--
C. Bradshaw and D). J. Adlan
Kitchell 6-2; beat
A. M. Rum/alin and M. O. Hoosen 6-4; beat M. D. Madar and M. I. Razack 6-2.
Latest Results In Bowls Tourney
The following are the latest results of matches played in the Lawn Bowls singles cham- ponship:
Second Round
W. K. Way beat A. Warr 21-16 on the 23rd.
G. C. Norman beat J. S. Logan 21-20,
G. H. Sharriff beat J. E. Noronha 21-1 on the 14th.
Third Round
A. R. Daliah beat R. Basa 21.
on the 19th.
John Watson beat E. Zim- mern 21-11 on the 29th.
L. F. Xavier beat A. Brooks- bank 21-14 on the 19th.
B. W. Bradbury beat D. W. Waterton 21-10 on the 22nd. C M. Silva beat R, Duncan 21.13 on the 22nd.
C Brown beat C. N, Mit- chell 21-19 on the 25th.
Foul Ends
UFS
Miss Helen Jacobs had extremely bad luck during Hie Wimbledon championships. Because of an injured nerve in her right arm, she was unseeded in the women's singles, but despite her injury she fought her way to the final, thus becoming the first unseeded player to have done so at Wimbledon. Then the final match against Mrs. Helen Wills Moody, her old rival, her ankle, which had been hurt previously, gave
with way and she was casily beaten. Ilore Miss Jacobs is seen players watching the tournament.
other
Big Fight YORKSHIRE WANTED
Poor Display By London
By Cicoffrey Simpson
Clearly outfought by Al Delaney, Canada's young heavy-weight cham- pion, at New Cross Stadium, Jack London, the West Hartlepool heavy- weight, rould have had no complaint he was disqualified in the fourth round for hitting low.
erra and
ONLY 67 WHEN RAIN INTERVENED
By Spartan
London, July 6.
Sheffield: Yorkshire v. Australians. Drawn By far the bitterest blow that the weather has struck at York shire's cricketers for years caused the cup of glorious triumph to be snatched from their lips. The Australians were down and all but out when rain came to their rescue and enabled them to pre- servo an unbeaten record.
at
Yellow Ball Not Great Success
الا تعيب
من حوله
VISIBILITY - NO BETTER THAN ORDINARY
SPLENDID BOWLING
PERFORMANCE BY KENNETH FARNES
Takes 14 Wickets For 119
Against Worcestershire
London, Aug. 2..
The splendid bowling performance of Kenneth Farnes, the Essex and England amateur, eclipsed everything else in the County Cricket championship programme which concluded to-day. Bowling against Worcestershire, Farnes captured 14 wickets during the match for 119
run.
Yorkshire made light of their tosic Manchester, against Lancashire at winning the encounter by an innings and 200 runs, while Middlesex de- fented Sussex by three wickets. A feature of the litter mich was the return to form of G. O. B. Allen, the former England captain, who took five wickets for 68 runs in Sussex's first innings.
Leicestershire took points on first innings from Northants by virtue of n lead of one run, and Surrey also took first innings points from Notts through being four runs ahead.
GLAMORGAN », AUSTRALIANS
be- Rain washed out the match tween Glamorgan and the Australians at Swansea, The Welshmen declared at 140 for five wickets, Waite talting four for 45, and the tourists replied with 01 for three. The match was left drawn.
The und stale of the wicket con- fined to only 90 minutes to-day.
play GLOUCESTER. SOMERSET At Bristol, Somerset took points on first innings from Gloucester.
Somerset totalled 501 wickets before declaring, E. F. Longring, the amateur batsman, hitting up 187 not out.
for
seven
Gloucester made only 233 in thier first innings against the bowling of Wellard, who tools seven for 80, and in the follow-on, Gloucester scored 250 for four wickets. Wolter Ham- mond
was 101 not out at the finish. NORTHANTS v. LEICESTER
Leicester won At Northampton,
Innings points from Northamp- tonshire.
Arst
Leicester scored 352, of which Armstrong made 125, and 226 for eight wickets declared, Partridge toking five for 54. Northants replied with 351 (Timms 121) and 50 for one. SURREY NOTTS
At the Oval, Surrey took points on first innings from Notts.
Surrey compiled 447 in their first)
Kenneth Farnes ...he took 14 wickets for 119.
Nutter 5 for 80).
AL
defeated
WORCESTER v. ESSEX
Worcester, Essex Worcestershire by four wickels.
Worcester scored 151, Kenneth Farnes taking six for 43, and 248, Farnes this time claiming eight for 70. Essex made 200 (Howarth 4 for 68) and 200 for six-Reuter.
knock and declared the second at Slackness In British
171 for five. Notis made (Harris 170) and 45 for one.
443
SUSSEX v. MIDDLESEX At Hove, Middlesex defeated Sus- sex by three wickets.
Sussex scored 290. against the bowling of G. 9. Alten, who took five wickets for 60 runs, and in the second innings Sussex totalled 181, Gray taking five for 22.
Middlesex replied with 170 (Nye 5 for 55) and 301 for seven.
WARWICK, DERBY
Boxing Affairs Alleged
The following resolution has been passed by the Executive Committee of the National Boxing Association, National Union of formerly the
Boxers:
"The N.B.A. regrels the alackness
At Birmingham, Derbyshire defeat-in British boxing affairs which has ed Warwickshire by an innings and recently cost Britain her only world championship, and calls for a drastic 28 runs.
control. All future overhaul of
contests should be so supervised as to make Impossible a recurrence of the Benny Lynch-Jackie Jurich fight muddle,
Warwickshire scored 187 (Dallery 113) and 102 (Copson 6 for 30), and Derbyshire made 377, of which A. Pope claimed 103,
runs.
when
Delaney was brought down in a of collapse from a left-hand state
A storm that broke during lunch punch that was so much below the did the dumage und although there there could be no ques-was a walt until four o'clock the wic- border-line thum of leniency by the referee.
ket had been left in such a state Ho disqualified London at once, that the captains had no alternative At Sookunpoo yesterday the Army ants Club beat the Indian ferrea and his decision was unanimously but to abandon the match.
crowd, who booed
The fears of those who had ques- tion Club by sets to 1 in a post-accepted by the poned "C" Division fixture of the London from the ring.
Lention was lucky to escape being loded Yorkshire's ability to get the 150 runs they needed were pruetic- Tennis League.
ruled cut
in the previous round. ally set at rest during the pre-lunch when he aimed at similar punch at
period. Despite the fact that both Delaney's body and floored him Verity and Wood had been dismissed Delaney was in bad way from this
to their at Australians harnessed (ATC): beat M. U. Razack and blow, but, fortunately for him, the 18, the intense keenness which the round ended a second and lie was Yorkshire from getting within sight two after locking artifleen did not prevent it had been del
delivered On the Kowloon C.C. green, C. M.
able to make a good rcovery. of their goal, and they were only 677 Silva, the young Club de Recreio
ALWAYS LOSING
short with seven wickets standing bowler, continued playing his role of A, A. Barton and I. Webb (A.T.C.):
The contest showed London in a when the weather came to Austra "giant-killer" by cilminating R.beat Razack and Kitchell 6-4; heal
poor light. He was allin's rescue.
New York, Aug. 2. Duncan,
former champion, by 21-13 Rumjahn and Hoosen
beat decidedly 6-41
ways losing it, so slow was he on his
OLD SUTCLIFFE
The St. Louls Cardinals became the 22nd hand. This performance, Madar and Razack 6-3,
feel, and so crude in the aiming of Those two hours of fighting cricket following his victory over U. M
and were notable beyond all else for a the first major league baseball team E. Flinter and C. R.
swings. Delaney, neat Durnford his
to try out the new yellow ball to-day Omar, the title-holder, in the first round stamps hiru as a bowler of the (A.T.C.): beat Razack and Klichell speedy, was able to step safely in cameo of master batsmanship vividly in their match against the Brooklyn Arst innings for 133 and Housen side London's wild blows and out-reminiscent of the Sutcliffe of old. Dodgers and were beaten by 6-2. 57) and 120 (Verity greatest promise and be should not-1: lost to Rumjahn
When the tourists wore threaten score him with jabbing lefts and 5-7; bent Madar and Razack 7-5. be taken too lightly.
It has been claimed for the yellow Yorkshire made 453 hooks to the head.
ing to take command, he stood solid
visibility, Delaney was giving away two as a rock for an hour and 59 min-ball that it has a higher stone to a bulky man of 15st. 121b.,utes and swung the
rlabt but none of the players to-day be- Pendulum rigNeved it was Casier to see it. Most so that his was a really smart per-back in Yorkshire's favour. When of them, however, were of the opin- the wicket gradually became more In the second round he hurt Lon- and more an ally of the Australia ion that it was "deader" than the don severely with a splendid short spinners, Sutcliffe's technique and ordinary white ball, because of the
dye. right to the body and after that he discrimination were beyond rc- Fitszimmons, the Dodgers' pitcher, was always dictator of a somewhat prouch. scrambling struggle until. London The outstanding feature of Aus- said the dye made the ball slippery struck him low.
tralia's attack was the unremitting and that he found the ball more There was greater versatility and Industry and unvarying accuracy of dificult to throw-United Press. scienco in Delancy's work. He was the off-spinning Walle, who actually clever in the short-arm Sghting, and was not changed throughout either at long range his straight left was Yorkshire innings, bowling a total more than London could cope with.ot 71 overs. London was all too obvious and con- The Axture created history for the fident in his attacks, and, but for the highest receipts ever known at ni unfortunate ending. I think De-Yorkshire home match, -£4,447 be- laney would have stopped hha inside ing taken on the three days from an the scheduled 10 rounds.
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Bobby Riggs Seeks His Third Title
nggregate attendance of "02,000,
AUSTRALIA
First Inning 222 (D. O. Bradman 59.) A. L. Hassett 04; Smaites d for 11.
Second Innings-132 (Smaties 4 for 40).
YORKSHIRE
RESULTS OF MATCHES
New York, Aug. 2. The following were the results of matches played to-day:
NATIONAL LEAGUE
R. H. E. 3 ་ 11 1 11 3
St. Louis Brooklyn (Camill homered Dodgers).
twice for the
St. Louis
B
1
Brooklyn
10
(Mize homered for the Cardinals. The yellow bull was used for the first time in major league history),
Cincinnati
3
B
Philadelphia
2
0
Chicago
T 12 0
New York
2
0
да
First Innings-203 (White 7 for 101). Second innings
Wood . McCormick
Verily run out
Sutcliffe not out
Hutton e Fingleton b. Waito
Barber not out
1
Total 13 wicia) Bowling-McCormick 23-11-34-1. While 14--14-07
0-2-04-1. Walte
broke open In play, and he was ad- vised not to continue.
Chicago, June 29, Bobby Riggs of Chiengo, seeking his third straight Nutional clay- Mulloy reiched the finals in a court tennis championship, went in- match with Joe Hunt of Los An to the nala
when his geles, runner-up to Riggs last year. yesterday
The opponent, Bryan "Blisy" Grant of
were 2-0, 0-3, 7-5, Atlanta, was forced to default bo- 6-4.
な cause of a blistered hand.
Riggs will meet, 12th seeded Gard ner Mulloy of Miami, Fla., to-day, and a victory would make him the third player to win the event three or more Umes. Big Bill Tilden and Grant bed accomplished the feat proviously,
Ecores
(Bryant pitched for the Cubs and Burgess and Hack homered).
Pittsburgh
Boston
7
(Todd homered for the Pirates). AMERICAN LEAGUE New York Detroit (Gehringer Tigers).
Boston Cleveland
罪
3
ย
homered for
the
4 12 2
0
11 7 Keltner homered for the In-
Later Grant returned to the courts with a bandaged hand and paired with Riggs to defeat Norman Bickel and Norbert Burgess of Chiengo in
quarter final match halted by dians). darkness the day before after each had won one pet. Uggs and Grant won the match with the final count In the Grant-Rings match, Riggs of 6-8, 1-0, 6-3, 0-0, 0-4. had taken the Arst Bot .0-3.
After 1 short rest they faced they were doll in the second when Charles Hare of England and El- Grant was forced to retire because wood Cooke of Portland, Ore., but a blister, the size of a half dollar, lost in straight sets, 0-4, 6-0, 0-4. tors)
and
Philadelphia Chiengo
4
0 8 10 (Inyos homered for the Athletics). Washington
11 G 8 7 (Simmons homered for the Sena-
Reuter,
St. Louis
LANCASHIRE v. YORKSHIRE
It may be recalled that it was At Manchester, Yorkshire defeated Lancashire by an innings and 200 partly the attitude of the N.B.A. that caused the Glasgow Magistrates to Lancashire were dismissed in the refuse a permit for the holding the (Robinson 5 for Lynch-Jurich fight at Cathkin Park. for 21), while Following this decision, it was trans- (Leyland 135, ferred to Paisley.1
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