Wednesday,
HONGKONG TELEGRAPH
August 16, 1939.
DEFINITE RESULTS REACHED IN COUNTY CRICKET
YORKSHIRE BEAT
WORCESTER BUT MIDDLESEX LOSE LEN HUTTON SHINES WITH BAT AND BALL
Definite results were reached in many of the County Cricket Championship matches which concluded yesterday. Yorkshire were amongst the successful' counties, but Middlesex, their closest rivals, were defeated by eight wickets at the Oval by Surrey.
Scoring was inclined to be low in most matches except in the one at Hastings between Sussex and Kent. The later, after declaring both thei innings. nt 440 for eight wickets and 223 for four, won the encounter by 103 runs a century by
Jolin Langridge in the second innings fail- ing to Live Sussex.
Leonard Hutton, the young England opening batsman, distinguished him- self with both hat and ball in York- shire's match against Worcestershire at Bradford. The champions were 23 runs behind Worcestershire in the Art Innings, but itution scored 100 In the second and was chiefly respon-
for Yorkshire's total of 300.
alble Then when Worcester went to
men second time, Hutton took five wickets for 38 runs.
The West Indies tourists sustained another defeat, this time at Chelten- ham (College Ground) where they were entertained by Gloucestershire, The visitors were benten by coven wickets.
The West Indions scored only 102 and 220,
The following scores and results of matches were cabled by Router:
SURREY Y. MIDDLESEX
At the Oval, Surrey defeated Mid- dlesex by eight wickets,
Middlesex.217 (Paricer 4 for 34) and 223.
Surrey, 272 (R. W. V. Robins 6 for 80) and 171 for 2.
SUSSEX v.
KENT
At Hastings, Kent defeated Sussex by 108 runs,
Kent-440 for 5 declared (F. G. I. Chalk 124, B. H. Valentino 104, Wood 5 for 90) and 223 for 4 declared (Fagg 181 not out).
Sussex-101 (Wright 0 for 80) and 30% (John Langridge 141).
NORTHANTS v. WARWICKSHIRE
At Northampton, Warwickshire beat Northants on first innings.
Warwickshire. 371 for 4 declared (I 138, R. E. S. Wyrait 151) and 200 for 4,
Northants. 357 (R, P. Nelson 93, Hollles 7 for 110).
NOTTS . LANCASHIRE
At Nottingham, Lancashire defeat- ed Notts by six wickets.
Noits.-237 and 234 (Phillipson 7 for 53).
Lancashire,149 and 323 for 4 (Paynter 154).
HAMPSHIRE, LEICESTER At Southampton, Hampshire de- feated Leicestershire by 117 runs.
Į
Hampshire-285 (Sperry 5 for 03) and 245 for 7 deeld,
Leicester-189 and 104.
SOMERSET ♥. GLAMORGAN
At Weston-super-Mare,
Kan
Glamor- defented Somerset by two wickets.
Somerset--127 (Mathews 6 for 40, Judge 4 for 66) and 201 (Smart 5 for 391.
Glamorgan-13) und 170 for B (Andrews 5 for 64).
defeated
YORKSHIRE ▾ WORCESTER
At Bradford, Yorkshire Worcestershire by 00 runs.
Yorkshire-171 (Perky 5 for 65) and 309 (Rution 109). Worcestershire.-194
197 (Hutton 5 for 58).
un
CLOUCESTER. WEST INDIES
At Chellenhum (College Ground), Gloucester defeated the West Indies by even wickets.
West Indies.-102 and 220. Gloucester-162 (Constantine 5 for 40) and 231 for 3.
Records Go In Japanese National Meet
Tokyo, Aug. 15.
Four new International swimming records for this year were act by youthful Japanese swimmers yester- day on the third day of the national swimming championship meet, at the Meiji Shrine pool, Tokyo,
Thailand Wins Tennis Interport Series
Miss Sanguan and Sanoh were much too good in their mixed doubles match against W. Sander and Mrs. L. R. Andrewcs of Hongkong yesterday, winning by 6-0, 6-3. The Thalland pair won nine games in a row at the start of the match.--Staf Photographer,
ROBSON AND NISH
ALMOST
CERTAIN
TO ENTER FINAL
Rain-Storm Stops Play In Lawn Bowls Semi-Final
Baseball
REDS BEAT PIRATES TWICE
New York, Aug. 15. The following are the results of matches played in the Major Base- ball Leagues to-day:
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Pittsburgh
Battery.Reds,
R. H. E.
8 12
11 2 Thompson and
5
D
1
10
0
The four players (T. E. Robson and H. Nish v. J. Cincinnati Gibson and W. V. Field) in the semi-finals of the Open Lombardi. Pairs Bowls Championship braved a shower and near-Pittsburgh darkness in an attempt to finish their match on the Civil Cincinnati Service C.C. green yesterday, but the rain-storm finally Battery-Reds, John Niggeling and forced them to abandon play with still one more head to
go.
com-
Herschberger.
127
New York Brooklyn
13 0 Kampouris homered for the Giants. Batters.Dodgers, Beck and Millies.
At the end Robson and Nish were, and Nish play before in this leading 20-18, principally as the petition how they have come so far Philadelphia result of a four on the 20th head, this season.
which was played with rain falling
byate ending to what had pro-
o 0
Battery-Phillies, The following were the scores head
Boston
Phelps.
8
0
Hamlin
and
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Robson ond
Head
Nish
Gibson
́änd Field.
St. Louis Chicago!!**
3
0
.5 13
2
Tresh.
Shigeo Arai, of St. Paul's Univer-most of the time. It was an un- by head: aity, equalled the national record for the 200-metres free style negotiating the distance in 2 min. after the 19th, Robson and Nish were to be a thrilling anish; for 8.6 sec.
only leading by one that, 16-15. But con- a graduate of in the rain, Gibson and Field
four on the 20th, leaving: time this year
task for the 100-metres them with the herculean backstroke by covering the distance having to score a six on the remaining in 1 min. 8.4 sec., while Tomikatsu head in order to win. Amario, of Nippon University, com- pleted the 1,500-metres free-style in 10 min. 21.8 sec.
Waseda University, set up the best ceded
Klichl Yoshida,
of
This last head will be played on the. Kowloon F.C. green this afternoon, but the result is almost a foregone
ū
game
Tetsuo Hamuco, winner of the conclusion. 200-metres breaststroke in the Berlin: Olymples, tied with the nationali Robson played great record for the event when he yesterday and was the best of the negotiated the distance in 2 min. 40.4 four men on view, giving an indica- sec.--Domel.
tion to those who had never seen him
This is the Canadian Davis Cup team which recently, lost to Cuba in the American Zone of the cairpeililoct. The tenmi is totally new-etrung on youth, if wosk in strength and experience. Left to FightBruce Hall, U. sf¬T. Divinity student; Bili Pediar, of Vancouver and Toronto; non-playing, captain. Forster, Manfredi; ! Ellis - Earshis, of Montreal, and Phil Pearson, of Vancouver and Toronto..
2020 20
CAREY DEFEATED
15
Battery-White Sox, Rigney and
Washington
New York
Gelbert homered: for the Senators
2
3
0
3 .0 1
Gomez and
6 and Gordon for the Yankees.
Battery.Yankees,
In the only remaining match in the second round of the open Bowls singles championship, G. Perkins de- feated A. E. Carey on the Craigen- gower C.C. green yesterday by 21-17 on the 29th head.
TO-DAY'S MATCH
Dickey,
Cleveland
Detroit
3 3 12 11
0
Trosky and Keltner homered for the Indians. Battery-Tigers New- som and Tebbetts,~Router,
Tennis
ARMY KEEP SERVICES TITLE
the
Carey is one of the six players
The Army easily retained selected to go up to Shanghai to re- present Hongkong in the Interport.pionship, which concluded at Wim- Inter-Services Lawn Tennis Cham-
bledon recently, the anal placings being: Army, 10 wins; Navy, 4; If all four players reach the best Singles: 2nd Lieut. D. R. Bocquet 4. Yesterday's results were: form, bowling of a very high stand- ard ought to be seen at the Kowloon (Army) beat Sq. dr. D. K. Burnett F.C. dis afternoon when L. J. Bilve(R.A.F.) 6-4, 6-4; Capt. D. I, Bur- and J. F. V. Ribeiro meet their club- neit (Army) beat
cat P/O A J, Mackay mates, IL A. Alves and F. V. V. (RAF) 3་ 4 70, 80; Capt. H Ribeiro, in the other semi-final of the F. C. Horne (Army) beat Lieut.
A Open Pairs Championship.
Kirkconnell
Doubles: 2nd Lieut. D. R. Boquer
0-2. (Navy) The pairs are weil matched The former did extremely well last week and 2nd
Lieut. A. L. A to beat J. E. Noronha and C. G. Silva, (Army) beat Sq. Ldr. J. L. H. Flet another formidable pair from the cher and F/O E. Holden (ILA.F.) Club de Recreio, and are, therefore, 3-6, 7-5, 6-1; Capt. R. C. H. Kir- unlikely to be intimidated by the re-wan and Capt. H. F. C. Horne putation of Alves and Ribeiro. It (Army) beat Lieut. W. B Musprolt, will be a battle between youth and and Rev. C. R. F. Muspratt (Navy) experience.
6-2, D-7 Maj: L. E. Bourke and Capt. D. 1. Burnett (Army) bent Capt. P. F. Glover and Cdr, M. A. W. Buzzard (Navy), 6-3, 6-2.
Gunners To Meet
Capt. Glover and Cdr. "Buzzard (Navy) beat F/O A. E. Robinson and
Signals At Soccer / Ad Mackay (R.A.F.) 6-2,
0-3; Lieut WB. Musprett and Rev. C. R. F. Muspratt (Navy) boat Sq. Headquarter Wing of the Bih
Ldr. B. K. Burnett and Sq. Ldr. R. G. Heavy Regiment, Royal Artillery, Shaw (RAF) 6, Sand, Bind: Sq. will meet Royal Corps of Signals in Ldr. J.. L. H.. Fletcher and F/OE a friendly football match on the Holden (B.A.F.) bent Lieut. A. Kirk- Railway ground, Kowloon, to-mor-connell and Surgn, Lleut E. B. Ewens row, at 4-p.m.
(Navy) 18-10, 4–0 0–2.
Miles
J. Holman (Wimbledon High The following will represent the School), Miss J.-B. Rudd (Wimblo- Gunnera:
don County) and Miss "M. • Ereaut LABdr. Purdue; Bdr. Doyle, L/Bdr. (Jersey College), three 'of the chief Dunn; Gar. Brown, L/Bdr. Roberts, contenders for the' shigles title, ali Gar. Fisher; Bdr. Ówens; Gar. Bur-| reached the fourth round in the geas, Gar. Woolridge, LABdr. Croas, | schoolgirls' lawn tennis tournament Ber. Lyons.
at Queen's Club;
Sanoh And Kasom Take
Doubles Match From Finches And Remedios
(By "Abe")
By winning the doubles match yesterday on the Hongkong C.C. courts, Thailand won the Tennis Interpórt against Hongkong by three matches to nil, Thus to-day's two remaining singles have no bearing on the result.
Tindand's representatives were
Sangh and Caul, Kason, who de-
feated E. C. Fincher and A. V. Re-Tennis League
seen
medion in two straight sets after an exhilarating mulch, which provided the best tennis of the whole series,
incl Fincher
Remedios
ployed well, particularly the latter, whe Was he good as ever I have hin, but there was a greater stendi- ness about the visitors' play which tok its tole in the end. The local men reached great heights in minny of the rallies, but their game was far too inconsistent for them to hope for_victory against the Thailanders. The final scores of 6-4, 7-5 in favour of the visitors give a good idea of the closeness of the fle.
Had they been a litt Fincher and Remedios would have extended Sanoh and Kasom even further, but though they
equalled
two
NARROW ESCAPE FOR K.C.C.
Rain Interrupts Vital Match
It was unfortunate for South China A.A. that the rain came
the visitors In brillance, the down just when it did yesterday locals lacked their stability. When when they were playing the taking service, Remedios was very Kowloon C.C. "A" in the vital good indeed and hit several outright match for the championship of
while at the net Fincher, the "B" Division Tennis League. winners. as usual, was steady and sometimes brilliant, making some interceptions which left Sanoh und Kasom liter aily standing.
GOOD RECOVERY
After losing the first set, however, the Hongkong men had to put their best feet forward to square the match, and thus were unable to take the chances which the visitors could afford do. And perhaps by
to do.
being too careful, Fincher and Remedios found themselves 3-5 in arrears.
Rain had interfered with the match Yesterday, it seemed that the match опее before after it had started. would be competed but the rain- storm broke when the teams were playing the last round, with the Chinese leading 4-2, and drove all the players hurriedly to shelter.
The Chinese were showing good and appeared to be almost certain of winning the encounter, which would have given them the one set in the last round to clinch the championship, as "hey needed only
form
issue.
The following were the scores:
But the local men tought back welt and after squaring the set at 5-5, they were within a point of taking the lead at 6-5 on Kasom's service, A. V. White and F. Grose (K.C.C. but were unable to take that vilal "A") lost to W. T. Lee and P. Dew point.
The Thallanders in the end main-4-0; beat F. N. Wong and H. K. Ho tained the squarer frontal attack, and D. J. N. Anderson and N. A. E. in the closing exchanges the Hong- Mackay (KC.C. "A") lost to Lee kong pair were spilt asunder, largely and Dew 4-6; beat N. K. Ma and W. through the machinations of Sanoh, H. Ho 6-3. though Kasam lled his role splen B. Soltau and W. M. Gitlins didly.
(K.C.C. "A") lost to Wong and H. K.
By this time Sanoh is quite well- Ho 5-7; lost to Ma and Ho 4-0. known to local tennis enthusiasts.
But yesterday's doubles match was the first occasion on which Capt. Ka- som,
a former Combridge "Blue" was seen in action in an ofeinl match
Но
The match will be replayed next Tuesday.
H.K.C.C. v. K.C.C. "B"
himself
uselt to The H.KCC, beat the K.C.C. "B"
in the Colonyuipped player, strons Lawn Tennis League yesterday..
be
team 0-0 in the "B" Division of the
J. J. Ferguson beat D. A. Joyce and
E. E. Story and (H.K.C.C.)
tip proved overhead, posse
possessing & useful service but rather lacking in consistency.
Tie was a useful partner for Sanoh, whose trickiness forced Fincher and J. II. S. Duncan 0-3; beat I. E. Lee Remedios into making weak returns and A. L. Fisher 6-2; beat F. A. Broadbridge and W. I Hapley 8-3. which Kasom summarily dealt with
B. O. M. Deane and W. H. Jowett at the net,
beat Joyce and Duncan 6-3; beat Lee and Fisher 6-3; beat Broadbridge and Rapley 6-1.
MIXED DOUBLES MATCH Before this, there was a mixed dou-
bles match in which W. Sander and Mrs. L. K. Andrewes opposed Sanoh man beat Joyce and Duncan 6-1; F. J. Gould and Capt. A. B. What- and Miss Sanguan, the lady champion of Thailand. The visitors were far beat Lee and Fisher 0-1; beat Broad- the better pair and won 6-0, 6-3, bridge and Ropley 0-4.
In the knock-up before the match, Miss Sanguan created an extremely enough to beat
favourable impression with her ter-
ony lady in Hong-
rine forehand drive and her strong long- Apart from a palpable weak- overhead work nt the net. But in ness on the backhand, she seems well- the match, she did not make as much grounded in the rudiments of the use of her forehand drive as had game. been expected, while her backhand
TO-DAY'S PROGRAMME
The Interport series concludes this afternoon with two singles, in which
was distinctly vulner
vulnerable. Nevertheless her agility and the accuracy of Sanoh's placements were S. A. Rumjahn will meet Munng enough to see them through against Roeng and H. D. Rumjaha will play La pale who were not quite in the same | Sanoh.
class. The visitors won the first If the Rumjahns can conserve their nine games in a row.
energy suficiently to last the full Judging her by her exhibition yes-distance, they ought to make a good terday, I think Miss Sanguan is. good | Oght of to-day's games.
Capi, Kasom (right), captain of the Thallaid: team, revealed strong. overhead play when he parisiered Sandh in the doublog: Against E C. Fincher and A.V. Remedie. ·By winning this matche mi straight vola, the viations have olinched the Infatport pártevőingsinsi :: Hongkonāra Al-Staff Photographer.'