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Friday,
HONGKONG TELEGRAPH
August 9, 1940.
LONELY
PLAYERS
AT
LORD'S
COUNTY CRICKET
STRUGGLES ON
London Counties Doing Great Work Golf
Interest
To. Foster Empire Elevens And Services Teams Active
It Happened
In 1932
Percy Holmes
Herbert and Sutcliffe set up a world's first- wleket record of 555 for Yorkshire against Essex at Leylon.
the figuro WIB Immediately
wicket. Then the score-board was altered to 654the old record, made 34 years earlier by another Yorkshire pair, J. T. Brown and John Tunnicliffe.
STRUGGLING ALONG more for the sake of the game than anything else, for day-time reached Sutcliffe threw away his matches anywhore in England at the moment are more or less a financial "flop”, county cricketers have, where county representative teams aro nil, banded themselves into teams of other names and are doing great work to maintain the country's in- terest in its second greatest national game.
In this respect, the London Counties XI, which, as the name implies, has been made up of players from the coun- ties surrounding London, is doing specially well. Reports: of their matches appear in the Home papers as regularly
as would those of a peace-time programme.
Active on only a slightly lesser scale are British Empire KI's and Services teams. The Royal Air Force, particularly, in which Waiter Hammond is now)
a Captain, features more now in "big" cricket news than it ever did before,'
J. S. Kemp. b Smith
E. W. Weymouth, ibw,
amith
W. A Culton, e Price, b Durston
E. Quick, c. Price & Walt
L. W. Recordon, b Wellard
A. Maxwell, bw, b Durston
II. Weymouth, b Duraton
J. Marsh, a and b Durian
H. J. Mulley, not out
IC. Heath, e Durston, Todd
Extras
Total
.157
Burke Wins Title For
Bowls Pairs Tourney
R. P. PHILLIPS AND J. E. HENSON WIN ON LAST HEAD
Eton Ramblers v. Forty Club mateb, in which d ̧ˆ0. Allen, for the
·Hamblers took. 9 wickets for 23 runs in 11 over......... R. XI. - Twining, who #cor- ed 82, is seen hers knocking 'Allon through the covers. There were, only 2,000 spectators ak this game, for peo- plo at Home now have litte Iciaure timo during the day.
The same evening, however, 40,000 fans were at Wembley Stadium to see the Cup final between West Ham and Blackburn, which the former
won,
Irish Amateur Sixth Time
W. M. O'Sullivan Beaten 4 And 3
JOHN BURTE. of Castleroy, Limerick, won the Irish Native Amateur Gott Championship for the sixth time in ten years. On the Royal Dublin course he beat W. ML O'Sullivan In the 38-holes final by 4 and 3.
U.S. Tennis Tournoy
R. P. PHILLIPS AND J. E.
Burke was making his clyhih ap- However, the board was altered HENSON scored over A. F.pearance in the final. again to read 555 for 1; Explans-Paul and J. K. Sloan in a Third tion: the scorers had discovered Round match in the Lawn a no-ball, which had not been
Pairs Championship Bowls counted.
the yesterday at
Kowloon Docks after a game in which amazing fluctuation of fortunes was prominent.
Second
Race
Phillips and Henson won by the narrow margin of 20-19,
British Girls Gain Doubles Victory
NEW YORK, Aug. 7' (Reuter),—
Meeting At after being three in arrears at Miss Gracya Wheeler, of the Unlied
Kowloon C.C.
Season Was
the commencement of the last | head. -
States, to-day entered the quarter. final of the United States Women's Singles tennis championship when he beat Ass Valerie Scott, of Great Britain, 6-1, 6-2.
DOUBLES
Steady bowling gave Phillips and lienson a 18-8 lead at the end of the ON A HARD and fast track at the 13th end, but Paul and Sloan then
A British women's doubles pair, scoring streak that however, scored a success when Miss Kowloon Cricket Club last night, the featured in second indoor race meeting of the gained 11 shots for them over the Nina K. Brown and Miss Jarvis best held. The meet, or- next six heads to lead 19-10 un the Misa Patricia over and Miss Pearl Harlan, of the United States, 6-0, 6-1, Bowling-Smith 2 for 24 Wellard 2 for gantsed by the Australian and New 20th head. Arthur Fag (Kent) is the outs, Wall for 23, Dursion 5 for 32, East-Zealand Association, was held at the Amid tense excitement Phillips
K.C.C. by courtesy of the Club Com- mittee for the entertainment of the Henson lald the foundation of their Australian Naval Reservists in the 4, und despite narrow shaves when
their opponents failed, to take. outį Colony,
As for the previous meeting, the woods, chalked thts 4 on their card
was to win 20-19. "Melbourne Cup," the Club agata pleasantly packed, and a very enjoyable evening was spent.
standing batman of the Counties side. In the nine
London man for 10, Todd 1 for 21.
innings he has played to date, he has an aggregate of $43 runs (onee hot out) i and an average of 30.37. In bowling; J. Durston lels the way with 31 wackets for a cost of 6 runs cach,
Detalled scores of some of the match Inst month were:
London Counties v. Honor Oak
(at Dulwich)
LONDON Counties won by 63 runs. L. Bishop made top score for the "Oaks, and Mulley, the amateur international goalkeeper, might have Kono in earlier with better results.
LONDON COUNTIES
.F. S. Lee, b Maxwell
A FOEx. Maxwell
L.. Eastman, bw, b Cotton
1. Todd, not out....
J. Hulme, b Cotton
A. Wellard, e Recordon, b Maxwell
F. Price, Best, b Weymouth
A. Watt, b Weymouth
Smith, e Cotion, b Kemp
A. Bondham, not out
Extras
Total (0 wkts.)
Bowling-Cotton 2 for 78. Maxwell 3 for 71, Quick 0 fo r14, E. Weymouth for 31, Kemp 1 for 14, Heath for 13,
Oxford v. Empire XI
(at Oxford)
Ile discovered a flaw in his own bat,TE Varuity tent won by 10 wic borrowed that of L. Todd and then kets. This, despite the Empire promptly lit the Kent man into the XI's second innings effort of 308, of golf links: for a six!
which E. R. Conradi hit ten 4 in Todd was in gay mood and scoring 52, R. P. Nelson claimed 51 Inocked Urreo slxes and 11 four's in and H. T. Bartlett 45. his 90 not: out. Durston captured another five wickets,
HONOR OAK
W. G. Best, b Wellard
hop, Duelon
STOP
Oxford ran
up the magnificent total of 491 for 3 wickets before de- cloring in the first innings, and this included two centuries-one from S.! 1. Phillips (170) and the other from
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N. T. A. Fiennes (157).
OXFORD, fest incilean, 401 dec. (N. T. A. Fiennes 157, S. I. Phillips 170).
Becond Innings
Gardner. not out...
B. L. Lloyd-foran, and b Par-
lows.
I. E. Luyt, not out
Extrus
Total (1 wkt) conn
20
Other Matches
AT KOWLOON B.G.C.
At Kowloon Bowling Green L. J. Silva and J. F. V. Ribeiru beal V Chittenden and W. V. Field 30-0. The losers scored on only six heads.
K.I.T.C. Beat Recreio In "D" Division
KOWLOON Indians scored an un- expected win in the D division of the lawn tennis league yesterday when they beat Recreio 5-4.
N. A. Belirno and V. Yvanovich lost to S. A. and S. S. Hussain 1-8. beat Firdos Khan and H. Mahan Singh 7-5, beat Gurbachan Singh and M. Ramzan 6-2.
AT CIVIL SERVICE C.C.
R. M. Soares and F. Yvanovich lost ~Al ́Civil Service W: Gill-and-G.-Dun-to-Hussains-1-0, lost.to Khan and Singh Bowling Paralow 1 for 15, Conradiean beat W. Melrose and J. C. Chal-2-8, beat Singh and Ramzan 6-0
C. d'Almada and A. M. Alves lost to 24-10, and C. Dowman and F. merg Channing beat R. Main and G. Munro Hussains 1-0, lost to Khan and Singh 10-14.
1-6, beat a. Singh and Ramzan 6-2.
for BO, Walker for 14.
BRITISH EMPIRE XI First Insings
L. D'Arcy, e Lust, b Wilson
F. Parslow, e Lloyd Morgan,
Wilson
T. Nelson, ibw, Scott
W. Nebbington, uw, Singleton
11. T. Bartleit, e Kinnersley, b
Simpson
B. Alon. b Singleton
E. R. Conradi, b Singicton
A. Beckman, b Wilson...
L. Walker, b Singleton
R, de Saram, not out
D. V. Knight, e Layt. U Scott'
D. I Donnelly, b Scoit
Extras....
Total Bowling-Henley 0 for 56. Wilson 3 for 32. Scott 3 for 12, Bingleton Simpson 1 for 33.
Second Innlaga Parslow, b Scolt
for BS,
Conradi, ibw, Scott ... 32 M, Bebbington, c Simpson, b Singleton
T. artioit e Luyt, b Wilson..
1. de Saram, a and b Scolt
P. Nelson, Binglelen, b Scott „D'Arcy, Luyt, b 8impson
Allen, e Wilson, b Simpson
Beckman. e Wilion. b Scott
L. Walker, lbw. b Simpson ma
V. Knight. b Simpson
1. Donnolly, not out
Extras
Total
Services-Notts Draw
88.. uzpaGE BR
(at Trent Bridge) MERGEANT Joe Hardstoff, playing against his own county, com- pletely n brilliant century after
taking 3 for 40. He knocked one 0 and cloven 4's, and with A. D. Glison! (50) added 100 for the third wicket.
NOTTINGHAMSHIRE
8. Knowles, c Warburton, b Hard-
staff.
Watkin. b. Warburtan
C. Blunt, Butler ****
D. Houtaiold, b Dedicat....
Markel a and b Warburton
Mends, b Hardata
Hail o Butlor" b. Wast
-Skinner b Boddy.
A. Marshall, ibw, b Hardsta
·B, Hodgkir, not out-
G. Woodhead, not out
Extras...
-Total (B wkte, deef)'+32.
Bowlingrutier 1 for 15,-Bodây
59. Hardstan's for 10, Warburton
4. Wahbrook 1 for 45, Redfern, & for
SERVICES XI
Washbrook, 6-Ħall.
„D. Ginon, © Marshall, D: WAY
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Kwathurton, not out
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