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THE
HONGKONG TELEGRAPH,
TUESDAY,
OCTOBER 18, 1938.
Local Week-End Cricket
Matches Reviewed
By "R. Abbit
""
On the whole, the wickets on Saturday last in the Colony were rather on the "jam-pot" side, some of them possibly being too slow to be really difficult, others being quite unpleasant. I only managed to see the Club and Civil Service match myself, and having read a very, very brief critic of that in a local paper. I feel once more how hopeless it is to try and criticizo a match on the score sheet/ More of this anon. I can only say that I will do my best to guess the probabilitics and I shall have to continue doing so until someone explains to me how I can see four or five matches at the same time.
Th K.C.C. butted first against D. Crary and Sargent all got runs. singularly “stranger" Army side and Incidenally, I rather think it time did very comfortably, None, of the that the D.B.S. stopped playing Army bowling had very much clnim
masters. It would teach the eleven to be considered dangerous in any
to rely more on their own efforts. case and Donald Anderson and R. T. Broadbridge did very much as they This remark appiles to the C.B.S.
liked with it. Things, of Bourse, are
expect a
are well. The University got 10 for 5
at present completely disorganized | and seemed much the anime side, and one cannot Army alde. They did well enough to with a possible exception of Gegg, us
they were last year.
draw,
and
exaughto
FLATTERING FIGURES
Sergeant Baker making 30 Godby 35 not out. I was glad to see that Man was able to play
There remains the match that I again after his nasty accident in the Interport trial. For some reason or did see, and, as I said earlier in this other, however, he was only down article, it just shows you how you Jast man. I rather gather cricket is can buy it if you have to judge by a bit diMcult for the Middlesex Regi-score-sheets. Longfield, as I ex- meat at the moment
pected, is said to have bowled brilliantly. I have no doubt that he can do so with n wicket to help him, when he has found his length; but apart from a magnificent ball which bowled Daniels, and two quite useful ones inter, ne was all over the place. Its rat ball nearly pitched on his toe and, had not the wicket been gummy enough to hold it no that Arthur Lay broadcasted on entirely the wrong wave-length, it would undoubtedly have gone out of the ground. He also got Parrow off short rib-roaster which a taller 10 the
Lee and Lloyd did most of the bowling for the K.C.C., who, I notice and Captain Whitmarsh playing for them. He has not yet got into form witth the bat.
pavilion rolls. Actually Beck, who decided to pitch up, bowled as well Has anyone except perhaps Leckie who varied his pace cleverly. He seems to be unlucky in that he can never get the extra bit en that takes the wicket.
I.R.C. TROUNCED Playing over at King's Park the I.R.C. get a bad bealing from Recreta. The wicket apparently suited A. P. Pereira, who must have bowled very much better than he had been doing in the Interport trials. His figures read 15.4-5-21-7 which must be ac-batsman would have sent
excellent performance. counted an The Indian
batting completely collapsed with the exception of A. H. Madar und A. R. Kitchell who both
double до
figures. They were all out for 62 runs and of those, extras clamed no less than 10!
The Recreio did not do very much better, but with E. L. Gosano making 10, L. G, Gosano 25, and A. P. Pereira 14 they got up to 92. Minu had
-45.
same thing happened in the Junior match between these Clubs, for Recrelo made 100 and the L.R.C. could do no better than 80. K. M. Rujahn and A. Baker did best for the I.R.C. and they were I think, pretty well worth their places in the Arst eleven. A. J. M. Prata was top scorer for Recreio with 25.
THE DIE HARDS
HOPE AHEAD
Badly as the Civil Service batted they have hope ahead. They have Dicky Richardson, Baker, Griffiths, Hawkins and Tubby Wood to come In either now or shortly; and they have a couple of useful recruits in It is of great Holidge and Ainslie. importance that these two youngsters should stop in the first with a view to the future. If they go down to the second you can write them off. Both have the idea of the game, feld well and can send down a length unil besides playing with a straight bnt. Whitley also bowled very well Civil Service recond and it is a great pity he not more eleven managed to get into three consistent. The Club batting was figures, thanks to A. Warr and I. P.useful, with little to extend t Tamworth but no-one else could do Incidentally McLellan is much more very much besides., The Cricket Club offective if used often in small doses had little difficulty in hitting off the rather than if he is put on and kept -runs. Incidentally 1 begin to feel on, even if he does prefer the latter
terribly elderly, as I find I used to play cricket with Tamworth's father in North Devon. There are signs, by the way, that the Civil Servicó second eleven may buck up quite a bit this season,
The
SCHOOL DOES WELL
The D.B.S. made 141 for 0 declared against the University. F. 3. Lay,
treatment.
The Club, of course could hardly be judged by the game, They have Alee Penreo to come in, and will be a useful all round side, especially if Acci Bowker sticice to the game and they can turn out a pretty regular eleven. This chopping and changlug is what they have been suffering
from for the post two or three years,
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Watching Skip's Wood
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Players watching anxiously as W. V. Field rolled his wood in the game between the Shanghai Interport Bowls team and a Kowloon F. C. rink. The visitors won by the close margin of one shot, the final scores being 21-20. Been in the picture are (left to right), J. AL. C. Lopes, K. L. Swartzell, T. Fergusson, R. ali and V. Chittenden-Staff Photographer.
To Turn "Pro"
HENRY COTTON Offer Made To Budge
DETHRONES THE GOLF QUEENS
(By A Correspondent)
London, Oct. 7.
This goes to show how unpredictable golf form is. About cloven o'clock yesterday morning at Maylands golf course, near Romford, the betting was evens on the match in which Henry Cotton was to play the "best ball" of Lady Heathcoat-Amory (Joyca Wethered), Miss Enid Wilson and Mme. Simone Lacoste.
that Cotton The argument was might outdrive his three opponents by a long, long way (which he did), but that they would be there in the
with end to catch tum up
their approaching and putung.
But It was Cotton who did the approaching and putting. To
tremendous drives he added
*x-
pected enormous putts. Indeed,
he putted the women right out of the match to win by four holes up with three to play.
INTERNATIONAL
SOCCER TEAMS FOR MATCHES
London, Oct. 17. The English soccer team to meet: Wales in the International match at Cardiff on October 22 will be:
Woodley (Chelsea); Sproston
Chicago, Oct. 17.
The well-known sports pro- moter. Mr. Jack Harris, an- nounced to-day that he has offered Donald Budge $75,000 with an option of "liberal per- centage" to turn professional and to go on tour in 1939.
Mr. Harris said that Budge had requested $100,000. United Press.
NO COMMITMENTS Oakland, Cal., Oct. 17. Donald Budge stated here, "I have made no commitments' in reply to Mr. Harris's offer of I have been think- $75,000. ing it over and I may accept $100,000"-United Press,
COTTON DOES NOT
Hupgood (Arsenal), LIKE 14-
os if he were coaxing (Arsenal); Matthews (Stoke), Robin- CLUB RULE
son
There was an unwieldy gallery of 2,000 people, who galloped over bunkers and tere through greens. Everybody relaxed, even Cotton,
Once, all ready to play a shot, he (Tottenham), hod walt for his caddie, lost in captain; Willingham (Huddersfield).
(Huddersfield), crowd. Plaintively ho called Young
Copping the cro "Come out," as
hole. a rabbit out of
(Sheffield Wednesday), Lawton Another time he showed the gal- (Everton), Goulden (West Ham), lery how to make a big cirela round) and Boyes
The Welsh
will be as follows: him. It was quite a new Cotton,
John (Swansea); Whatley (Totten- Charlton), T. G. Jones (Everton), Hughes (Birmingham); Green
Richards (Birmingham); Hopkins (Brentford). Leslie Jones (Arsenal),
(Derby), Astley
Bryn (Arsenal), Cumner (Arsenal).
TO MEET CONTINENT
Out in 33 and four under 4's for the afteen holes played, Cotton re- quired only one putt on six greens.
A rock-like, wide-apart stance, a full follow-through with a slight dip of the left shoulder towards the hole was the secret to far as could
все
Jones
the
Of the women, only Mme. Lacoste (hall her; frailest of the three, only The England team to meet she won a hole from Henry) looked Continent at Highbury on October 26 like sinking putts. She holds the will be the same as the one against club with her right forefinger point- Wales. Any alterations will be an- ing down the shaft. Try it your-nounced after Saturday's match.---
Reuter.
self.
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"Interfering With Players' Liberty".
London, Oct. 3.
Miss Chance Of
Forcing A Tie
Beaten By Single Shot By Shanghai Interporters
By "Abo"
The Kowloon Football Club, champions of the Third Division in the Hongkong Lawn Bowls League during the 1938 season, enter- tained the Shanghai Interport team on their green yesterday, and the home representatives did very well indeed to hold the visitors to a one-shot margin. The final scores were 21-20 n' favour of the : Shanghai rink.
Call-Over For Cesarewitch Announced
London, Oct. 17. The following is the latest call-over for the Cesarewlich:
100/8 Black Speck (0), 13/1 (0)
and wanted. 13/1 Dubonnet (t and o) 100/7
Salonaise (0), 15/1 (1)
15/1 Snipewood (1 and 6) 17/1 Snake Lig
Lightning (and o) 17/1 Contrev. (t and of 17/1 Fet (0), 10/1 ́(t) 22/1 Lovesicgent (t and o)" 22/1 Olympus (0), 25/1 (1) 22/1 Earth Stopper (o), 25/1 (t) Stainless Stephen (0), 28/1 25/1
25/1 Queen Shilling (u), 20/1 25/1 Nettlewood (0) 20/1 Harewood (t and o) 28/1
Muborakt (6), 33/1 (t) 33/1 Fox Star (0) 33/1 Celibate II (0) 40/1 Ranfield (t and o) 50/1 Gpypo (t and o) 50/1 Near Relation (0) 06/1 Holnechase (t and o) R0/1 Responent (0) 100/1
Valerian (t and o) 100/1 Six Calidore (t and o).
Reuter.
Miss Scriven Retains Her Tennis Title
London, Oct. 17.
In the Queen's Club women's in- nis final, played to-day, Miss Mar- garet Scriven, halder, defented Miss McKelvie by 0-3, 4-6, 0-1.-Router.
Baron Von Cramm In Good Health
Berlin, Oct. 17. Relatives of Baron Gottfried von Cramm, the German tennis ace who was released from prison on Sunday, said he was in good health before his release.
The R. and A. has, as is well known, decided that after the next spring meeting at St. Andrews, the 14 club rule will be enforced. In They declined to discuss detalls of addition it is suggested that a change his plans for the future, United in the ball may come to keep down Presi. big hitting.
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Cotton does not like it, and this is what he says: "Firstly, I consider the 14 club law unnecessary. It is Just another to add to a list of rules; already more numerous than those of any other sport. Besides, I feel it few is one nimed merely players. I can think of less than a hundred golfers who carry more than 14 clubs. I do not know of a Arst-class player to-day who carries so many clubs as to be conspicuous the average is from 14 to 18. The extra ones now deemed to be too many would be only the spares or clubs with which to play odd shots and to take risks when lying near a tree or from a bad lie. My own set comprises 16, although cocasion- ally I carry a Jigger and heavy club for digging out of the tough spots. Here is my bagful:-
Woods:-Driver,
brussic, spoon,
and lotted spoon, being numbers 1, 2, 3, 4.
Irons Nos. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 0, 0, 7, 7, 8, sand iron and putter.
"That does not make a gargantuan bag, and yet I would be beyond the pale. Bo one of the first weaknesses of the new rule is that the R. and A, are Interfering with a player's liberty, And this restriction might even lead to the point when the set of 14 clubs would have to be of a given specification. Then wo Would see who can play the
Clubs game. almost be made to some im- xible standard. I do not think the new move will ruin the profes alonale financially, but it certainly will stop the keen amateur from buying those extra clubs to put in his bag.
"For the other, side, it is argued that 14 clubs are too "many-seven or eleven 'should be the limit, But, as-7 believe that making fourteen to already an interferance, you can guess what I think of Our Own Correspondent,
A sa matter of fact, the KF.C. quartette had a great opportunity of making a tie of the encounter on the fost head, Shanghai were leading by three shots, but the RF.C.
were having two when W. V. Field, their skip, had his last wood to go. Had he been able to make it into a coun- scores would have been ter, the levelled at 21-21, but he was a trifo
lost
too heavy and went through.
Though he failed with his wood, it was Field who Blive the K.F.C. the opportunity of possibly squaring the match. The visitors were lying three when the skips went down to roll on the Inst licad, but with his first wood, Field broke up the lay and the jack spring sideways to give the K.F.C. two.
LATE EFFORT
Hugh Wallace and W.. J. Mac- Dermott stood out from the Shanghai rink, the visitors being represented by K. L. Swartzell, A. M. Gutierres, 1. M. C. Lopes and W. J. Brierley (skip). The Kowloon F.C, were re- resented by B. Hall, V. Chittenden,
T.
Fergusson and W. V. Field (skip). Because Shanghai had established an early lead and elso because there were many loose heads, the match was not really interesting until the few ends when the K.F.C. made their effort to snatch the game out of the fire. With five, followed with
two, the Shanghat men were al ready seven shots ahead after the Arst two enda. At the end of the fifth, they led 0-1 and at the end of the 11th by 15-7. The KF.C. scored six shots in four heads from the 12th to the 15th, but a four on the 16th tead nut the visitors further in the by 19-13. On the next three ends, however; the local men scored two, one and two in that order to toko themselves only one shot sway from their opponents' score. Shanghal re
20th and gistered a brace on the though the K.F.C. also hit a two on the last head, they were still one shot in arrears.
Scores:
Shanghai
Kowloon F.C.
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