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THE HONGKONG
TELEGRAPH, WEDNESDAY,
SEPTEMBER 14, 1938.
NAVY SENIOR TEAM LEFT OUT OF CRICKET LEAGUE
"R. ABBIT” CRITICISES SLACKNESS SHOWN BY THE LOCAL OFFICIALS -NEW INTERPORT CAPTAIN WILL HAVE TO BE FOUND
In view of the fact that it has been decided to send a team up to Shanghai, if one can be raised, and that the League meeting has already been held, I take it that we may consider the Hong- kong Season to have started. I am therefore putting together a few notes on the position as I see it, though I must frankly admit that at the present moment I have no very definite information.
rabbits.
We
If a team can be raised, it will go do not occur to me at the moment, to Shanghal but I am afraid it is a writing somewhat of hand. From
Colledge binger "if" than other cricket scribes the Civil Service. seem to think. In the first place it possibly get away, though I believe in no good our sending up to Shanghai is quite uncertain. Incidentally,
what
was the joke about hla dum- an absolute pack of
up a team strong enough to aged fool? I asked him about it but must put give them some sort of game and he was jud as puzzled as I wan, s0 not think it is I suppose it was one of those bills do not to be quite frank going to be too enay. To start with put in to make it a bit harder. The our two first selections, T. A. Pearce inly other possible selection from the C.S.C.C. to my mind is McLellan, and H. Owen-ffughes, are both
From Craigengewer there is of able to go. This in self is a crush- ing blow. Alee Pearce lust Summer course, E. Zimmern, but for the rest hind an average for Kent of 16.52 forget completely muddled-up with 20 Innings. is made 281 runs, three the initials of the various brothers
and cousin, Billimoria might times not out, with a top senre of 59, tried as a left-hand howler, but for the M.C.C. and for the Charterhouse Friars he played inst brilliant cricket and was making centuries every other day. It is true that he has hardly ever quite ap- proached his English form out here, especially in Interparts, but after his year at home he would be an in- valuable asset to the batting, apart from his beautiful Belding and useful bowling
Owen-Hughes has long interport experience and is a punish- ing hat who seemed to be regaining his bowling last senson,
QUESTION OF CAPTAINCY
Without these two we shall be sadly up against it and there is also
a question of the captaincy. I love
been told that there is some chance of
A. C. 1. Bowker taking up the game again and possibly going up to Shang-
sidered the matter very carefully,
OTHER CANDIDATES.
be
From Kowloon the nunes which occur to one are those of the two Fluchers and Robert Lee. I frankly am at a loss to say anything at pre- went about Recreio, E. L. Gosano fit will probably be tried, but people with Race injuries are always rather risky with an away alde.
TA. Pearer
... he cannot go to Shanghai.
Tonnis Postponed At Forest Hills
Forest Hills, N.Y.,
Sept. 13.
Rain fell here to-day, and the matches arranged in the American national tennis championships ware there- fore postponed.—United Press.
Rain Washes Out Several Baseball Ties
New York, Sept. 13. Rain interfered with the Baseball) programme to-day, three matches in the National League being washed
out on this account.
Results were as follows:
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Chicago Boston
R. 11. E. 2 4
5 11 1
WOOLLEY'S PARTING KNOCK AT AUSTRALIA
HOME SOCCER PROSPECTS
No. 7-Cowan To
·
JAMES SHOWS FITNESS
WITH SPARKLING CENTURY IN A CRISIS
for
4
By C. W. Packford
Canterbury: Australia 479; Kent 108 and 205
London, Aug. 16. Frank Woolley, the 52-year-old veteran England player, ap
Train Brighton pearing for the last time against the Australians and against a
team not one of whom was born when he commenced his first There will be few new faces at class career, played a magnificent innings of 81 at a time when Brighton this season because, al-Kent were on the slide towards an ignominious defeat.
and
though the side falled to achieve last year, the club their ambition frished
position. In an excellent up Inaccurate finishing was the Al-
weakness. Time blon's chief again the forwards played attrac- football in midfield yet nothing seemed to go right for them at close
The defence, on
Live
the
other hand, could hardly have been improved upon.
The matches Pittsburgh Pirates v.quarters. New York Giants, Cincinnati Reda v. Brooklyn Dodgers, and St. Louis Cardinals v. Philadelphia Phillies were not played owing to rain.
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Washington Chiengo
ON
12
0
2
(West homered for the Senators).
I want it to be quite clear that I have mentioned these names increly Tooking back at list season's
cricket
and Umpire, or rather Umpire and iden and that I haven't any sure whether these gentlemen are avall-twelth man, in 1921, How far this oble or not. I know even less about question is going to complicate the the Services. Captain Whitmarsh production of a team I do not know, and Walker for the Tigers).
- DO
Ames not out ........
Extrag
Total (4 wkis)
263 Bowling-Waitu 22-7-J-4, Wilte 17-7- 35-3. Ward 7-1-14-1 Fleetwood-Smith
Hours of play to-day 1010330
Kent followed on no fewer than, FARK at Walker.b Ward 371 in arrears, but the seriousness B. H. Valentino lbw b Waite of the situation made no difference F. G. 11. Chalk low b F-Smith
Todd not out to a man who has so often in the past 30 years pulled his county out of a dificulty.
first two balls he re- He hit the
point he played all the bowling with solved to the boundary and from this 3-6-14-1. an elegant ease that aroused a huge Two of the four come from Pres-
crowd to the utmost enthusiasm. ton North End-P. Trainor and J.
Fag, his partner, was completely Atherton-while the other two-F.
and when dismissed overshadowed had Green and J. Philbin-assisted Tor-
only scored 11 of the 16 obtained United last your. quay
for the first wicket.
On the
the Trainor can play at full-back or
arrival of Ames full- half-back. Green is also a
velerar continued hia wonderful back, and Atherton and Philbin are
times Inside forwards. The acquisition of hitting. He crashed the bull three to the ringside and new players is always something of pure a lottery, but if those Brighton have brought the crowd to its feet by bit-
". secured can live up to their reputa-in Ward over the score-board for tions the Albion will once again be Nothing appeared to trouble film In the running for promotion.
[until he just failed to get over an Goalkeepers
Height
offalde ball and was Anely taken in.
low down at mid-off by Bradman. 65 He had been batting for only minutes and his major scoring strokes included n,, a and thirteen 4's.
Washington
Chicago
43
D #
7.1
New York
10
0
Cleveland
1
8 .0
Boston Detroit
3
H
1
9
10 1
c. Thomson
G. Mee
(Higgins homered for the Red Sox
Racks
E. Marriott! E. Martin
McNaughton
Half-inc
L. Darling
J. Stevena
D. Walker
G. Hisdon
E. Hall
Association Football
.M., is undoubtedly worth his place I don't know much either about The match between Philadelphia. Trainer if he can get away, and so is C.. Shanghal. They sent a team up to Athletles and St. Louis Browns was Green Man of the Middlesex, There
owing to rain.-- other players in the Middlesex, but, Wei Hal-Wel to have a game with not
are
of course, it is impossible say some naval sides and 1 guther Donald Reuter.
to say
10
off.
It wi
n trial
Leach will still be in command.
HOME CRICKET
played
I storled an article on the Test F.A. AND FOREIGN
TOURS
R. Farrell
Wilson Atherion
J. Davie
A. Law
II. Stepheng
J. Carl
J Philo
9. Jurat
1. Goftey
Weight
at.
6
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2 - BEER COMOR
Sam Cowan, the former Munchies-
The scene when he walked to the Canterbury pavilion for the last time will not soon be forgotten, but the Whether enthusiasm was justified.
calle, but it
not
way to
the inspired batting of their veteran influenced the others I do it certainly paved the capital Kent recovery. A HAPPY AUGURY
and Valentine unhesitatingly Ames attacked every ball not of a perfect length, and Bradman must have de
VINES TURNS GOLFER
BUT FAILS TO QUALIFY IN
U.S. AMATEUR
Oakmont, Pa., Sept. 13. Gus Moreland, the former Walker Cup golfer, with on aggregate of 140, including a brilliant second round of 70, leads the list of qualifiers in the American Amateur Golf Champion- ship.
The second place is shared by Willie Turnsen, Marvin Ward and Richard Chapman, each with 140. plored the absence of O'Reilly und, The British champion, Charles
McCormick.
Live
It is almost Impossible to describe Yates, of Atlanta, is joint ninth with
152. way the
the Australian bowling was In one over Valentine twice ter City player; has been appointedove Ward over the ropes for six trainer, a most popular choice. Im In the next over from the other end. provements are being made to the ground which will double the cover-mes,
hal in charge, though I cannot vouch whether they could get it really They will also have our old friends for this fact. Bowker usually plays be time enough a few games at the beginning of each seriously about the personnel of the the Seaforths to fall back on. senson but then faden out of the team when the trial games start. I picture, but he is always in train-know it in desired to hold ing and I can see no reason why he next Saturday, but at the present
some dimeulty about finding matches but it occurred to me that should not make an excellent come-there
a ground. It is in any back if he really gave his mind to it.
ense very it was rather out of date.
Sudice As for others I really have not con-early for cricket.
it to say that with a bit of luck we There is one great difficulty about might well have won both the Arst prior to the posting of names of those these interport games and that is and second matches, and that Eng- who will be asked to play in a few that they are not in the same category | lish cricket proved a great deal SPECIAL COMMITTEE practise james. The ones
as some other games where teams are healthier than a lot of people (I con- are. There i
sent at the expense of the association. fess I was one of them) had sup- A. R. Minu, (of course), A. II. Medar, here and I sincerely trust there never promising youngsters, though there!
no cricket association pos
posed. There seem to be plenty of K. Nazarin and possibly A. R. Abbas
But even if there was, ther is a inck of really fast bowlers. Next] From the Cricket Club itself, be will be. side: Bowker, Kilbee will be tried,
A hint that English football clubs (side. put up season, (if the world remains pence will not, in future, be allowed to Anyone and of course Arthur Beck, though whether the latter's long sojourn in who goes up will have to pay his should prove a very Interesting undertake foreign tours during the
Pone. the home of Baseball and Gold own passage, though I belleve ex- Mines has cotised his bowling to leave pensel up there are very small. him one does not know. There are They certainly were entirely negli possibly severn! more whose names gible when went up as twelth man
suggest themselves to my mind
that
we funds to send a team. would not be a position
in d
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No. 8- The
the
Non-qualifiers Include the tennis star, Elsworth Vines, and bous the British entrants, T. A. Torrance, and Brig. General A.C. Critchley.
who completed his half- Reuter,
ed accommodation on the popular century in 55 minutes, treated Waite,
in the same way.
On Walte being relieved by White. Ames pulled the newcomer high into second tler of the members' stand. The pair put on 95 in. 55 minutes.
Ames hit another ball out of the ground-the sixth of the innings up Bristol Rovers were a most dis-to this period-and then at the end
Association as to the suitability of Rovers of Bristol
close season without Arst satisfying a special committee of the Football
League Meeting has certainly taken ing statement issued by the F.A.:
Returning to our local game, the such tours is contained in the follow- the bull by the horns by deciding
the
and F. W. Rinder, having
Australians Defeated For
senson untli of minutes passed Woolley's Second Time
Batsmen Fail At Scarborough
London, Sept. 13.
The Australian cricketers now in England sustained the second defeat
that the League Scuson shall start on "The members of the committee appointing side last
A few overs later he reached January 7 and that after that on con- necompanying the team (the Eng-March. In the last two months they score. secutive Saturdays League matches land team on their Continental tour, put up a really good fight, only one three figure
WONDERFUL REVIVAL shall be played. I wonder if they 1038), viz., A. G. Hines, It. 1. of the last eight matches being lost.
He had obtained 101 out of 140 in That no doubt Influenced manager realized that this practleatly cuts the Huband, B.
A. Glanvill, H. Bruff" Fletcher to retain so many 100 minutes, almost rivalling Wool- Navy out of the Senior Division at Hughes
ley in the pace of his scoring Kent all events? It was singularly unfor- witnessed a match between an Eng of the players.
The Rovers have done well in were now well on the way to save tunate that upparently no Naval re-lish touring team and a Continental
given the innings defeat, a really wonder- presentative had been notified, and football team, are of the opinion that securing Wilson, who has it looks as if the old slackness in might be in the best interests of many brilliant displays in Bristol ful revival, for in the early part of the day they had passed through a the Lengue was to running of
to the Football Association to refer, in Cily's goal. go on. I read nothing about hours future, applications for permission Only one new full back-Hartley, doleful time. culous. The present ones are ridi- to play matches abroad in the close from Gillingham--has been signed. The Australians went on batting of the present tour to-day when their culous, but apparently the authori- season, to shape and corintthe, Webb, who has been secured from to add 20 to their overnight score match against Mr. H. D. G. Leveson ties are too black even to discuss the would consider each application from Newport County, although a half- and then in two and a quarter hours Gower's team at Scarborough con- back, can play a folly good game at o
at dismissed the county for 198. maiter. I will apologize if this is the following viewpoints:
out from the men by ten wickets. back. The Rovers were not really Woolley was run incorrect, but no mention of the question was made in the newspaper "I-Whether the match is against strong at wing-half last season, but first ball of the innings, and follow- the botting col- report
I read. Quite frankly to try (a) a selected team of a national should be better served this season. Ing this disaster
pleased at lapsed.
deler- and manage the affairs of the
resisted League association; (b) a selected team of a Mr. Fletcher is greatly
cartainly Fags signed Warhurst, of Bath "2--Whether the strength and
duced few runs, Only Ames shaped standing of the opposing teams are. United.
Five new forwards have been with any confidence until Levelt and equal.
(from Wright, the last-wicket pair, "3--Any other circumstance which signed, and in Kavanagh
Wella Rangers) the courageously to add 31 runs. might militate against the prestige Tunbridge
AUSTRALIA
at one meeting held in September national lengue, or (c) another club. (havand previously with Sheffield minedly for 10 minutes, but pro-
is too silly for words and it is to put down the undoubted Uis that diminution in the interest in Cricket shown is Hongkong in our days.
II. Owen Hughes ......
he also cannot get away for
the Interport,
Hit
Close on Saturday430 for t (D. G. of the Football Association as sports Rovers have a strong bustling type
of centre-forward. He was a prorament 54). Yesterday's Ding
C. L. Badcock 76, 8. Barnes body. particular consideration shoulde scorer for Tunbridge Wells in, B. A.
be especial- the second half of last season, Kits. W. Winta & Todd & Wright...
from Southport is a scoring - Ward e Valentine b Todd ly during times of tension, when chen, more than the playing of a match is winger. List of players engaged:
Goalkeepers: Nicholls. Burgess, Wilson (Bristol City).
ut staite, and when it is particularly necessary for the English prestige in sport to be maintained.”
LEN HUTTON PENALISED FOR KICKING BALL
Backe: Smith, Miller, Roberts, Hartley (Gillingham).
14
L. O'B. Fleetwood-Smith not out
B 24 lb 7 nb 2
...... 470 Toini Bowling-Watt 33-7-102-4, Todd 40-15- 145-4, Davies 20-3-75-0 Wright 10-3-0-77-1 Italves: O'Mahony, Warren, McArthur, Woolley 16-47-1.
KENT Seward. Webb (Newport County), Whit-
First Innings feld (Worksop Town), Warhurst (Dath
Woolley run oui City), Millington (Runcorn).
Forward: Butterworth, Ties, Milis. Gar-Fag d Brown b Walla diner, Tolland, Carron, Accrington Stan- Antes et Walker & White ley), Kitchen (Southport), Rogers (New,'B, II. Valentine ibw b Walte cartle Utd.), Spivey Torquay Utd), F. G, 1. Chalk & Waite Kavanagh Tunbridge Wells Rangers),
HEARTS
[UTTON, conselous, of the ap WIN AWAY
Soccer season, kicked
a ball over the boundary line in the
Fifth Test match and created an "in- ENCOUNTER
eldent." Brown hit the last ball of an over, and he and Fleetwood- Smith, who was in with him, could easily have run two. They pre- ferred to saunter a single in order that Brown might keep the bowling. Hutton's act didn't make Brown's bit a boundary. Four "penalty runs" were awarded as well as the single
Three Scottish Soccer Matches
London, Sept. 13.
and Brown still kept the bowling. Three matches in the First Division
There
1 no rule to penalise batsmen of the Scottish Football League were
for deliberately refusing to make played to-day. The results were as
Theron rule to penalize follows:
runs,
feldmen for trying to give them
runs. It is one of those things vaguely, covered by the "spirit of the game,"
Falkirk
0. Ilearts
Partick St Mirren
2 Ealth B. 2 Queen's Park 1
--Reuter.
Todd b Ward
C. 11. Knoll b Walte
J. G. W. Davies e Walte b Whito Wright not aut
Watt b While
A. IV. Levett b Fleetwood-Smith
ni bi
Total
Becond Innings Woolley e Bradman b Ward
cluded in a victory for the English- Scoring 300 in their first innings, the tourists were dismissed in their second for only 102, W. A. Brown carried his but for 30 not out, J. H.
First Defeat In 17 Years Apart From Tests
London, Sept. 13. The Australian cricketers' defeat by Mr. H. D. G. Leve- son Cower's eleven at Scar- borough to-day is the first suf- fered by Australians in Eng- land for 17 years apart from Test matches.-Reuter Special,
Fingician had 20, C. L. Badcock a "blob and S. J. McCabe and Sidney Barnes on each. Bowes captured Ove wickets for 42 runs.
Mr. Leveson Gower's team hit up 303 for eight wickets declared in these Arst innings, and in the second, made 40 without loss to win by teni si) wickets--Reuter.
103
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