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COUNTY CRICKET:
Great Finish
By
Northants At Taunton
TWO-WICKET VICTORY
OVER SOMERSET
London, May 6.-History repeated itself today when Northamptonshire opened their championship games by beating Somerset at Taunton. By a strange coincidence, the last time Northamptonshire won their first cham- pionship match of the season occurred 14 years ago, also at Taunton, against Somerset.
Only two men, who helped in that vic- They were D. tory, played in this match. Brookes and J. E. Timms.
was
for three, of 170 1wo mainly responsible for. Sussex's #aven wickets victory over
In a great finish, Northampion= | lotal
by chiro today won wickets. They were set to score
only 64 to win. bul, against the Cambridge University, bowling of II.T.F. Buse, 'Dof- lapsed like the
Langridge mastered the Cam- Northampton-bridge bowling and reached his ahire of old, and only the cool-century after two hours and 20 news of their new skipper, F, .minutes' batting. Brown enabled
save them to
hit
with
AL
Oxford,
Worcestershire wun by six wickets, though they
to
the situation.
In when the score was lost their opening pair for 15 Going! In
six, Brown saw two when set to got 227 In two hours 27 for more wickels Inll, but he re-and a half. They knocked off
with 10 minutes mained unperturbed, and innde the runs
a spare. wlaning
Of the eight first-class mat- characteristic drive to the mid-ches which set big cricket for
Wellard. wicket boundary off
1018 properly on a way He scored 22 not out.
B. G. Garlick, who made morrow, dve are for champion- neven not out, gave his captain ship points.
the
valuable support in those event ful last overs, for 12 runs were still needed when he went to the
10-
The results of games which ended today were:
ALT Taunton: Northampton beat Nor- Someract by two wickels,
crease. Buse, with medium pacethamptonshire 400 and 64 for for 20). deliveries of immaculate length, m claimed seven wickets for 20 eight (Buse seven
Somerset 114 and 240,
Sussex bent runo in nine overs.
At Cambridge: The match proved a personal triumph for Brown, who was Cambridge University by seven leading Northants for the feat wickets. Cambridge University 232 and time. Its bowling chiefly ac-240 and 153 (James Langridge counted for Somerset's remain-four for 39), Sussex
170 for three (John Langridge not out 115).
wickets ing seven second innings falling today for only 103 runs.
Supported by keen felding. Brown look four for 51 in 24 overs with leg spinners.
MCC VICTORY Fortunes changed continuously
At Lords: MCC beat Surrey Surrey 289 by two wickets. and 173 (Balley seven for 07), 281 for eight, MCC 179 and
four Bedser for 02). (Mann 59, Alec
Worcestershire Al Oxford: bent Oxford University by six wickets.
Oxford 3G for six
in the match at Lords until, in an exclling Brith, the MCC beat Surrey by two wickets with 40 minutes to spare.
Worcester- With Surrey all out in their declared and 109 far six de-
clared (Winn 05). before lunch,shire 332 (Bird not out 75) and the BCC were left to get 280 for 220 for four (Kenyon 71, Out- victory
than Ave with more
schoorn 64, White not aut 57). hours to achieve their task.
Reuter.
second innings
M. Brown (34)
Dewes (22) began
sil W. G.
So
freely
that they made 58 together in Bedser bet the 50 minutes, twins caused a breakdown, and with five men out for 158, Sur- rey looked likely to win.
ol
Then George Mann, captain
the MCC team
Africa, drove so
in South
well that he
made 59, including one-six-and
aix fours in 95 minutes. T. E. Bailey helped him to add 71,
runs still required.
Africa,
Jack Young, who toured South
made 21 not out, and helped Dalley to take the site
to victory.
ANOTHER CENTURY
BY LANCRIDGE
A confident century by John Langridge, who at the close had scored an unbeaten 115 out of a
Easy For
Win Lord
Derby's Colt
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH,
SATURDAY, MAY 7, 1949,
Helped To Slay Newsman 140 Rebels
Gregory Sinktopoulos, one of three men accused
of the slaying of CBS Correspondent George Polk, sits in the courtroom at Salonika, Greece, with his mother, Anna Staktopoulos, 68, charged with aiding and abetting the slaying. He was later sentenced to life imprisonment.-AP Picture.
"Big Three" Step Up Broadcast Propaganda War
London, May. 6.-The United States, Bri- tain and Russia are stepping up the East-West their foreign propaganda war by increasing language broadcasts this summer, it was closed hero today.
.
dis-
The British Broadcasting Corporation and
joint... the "Voice of America" are making effort to defeat a set of very powerful stations conducting a jamming operation on a scale “as large as any organised by the Nazis during the war," a BBC announcement said.
the will, at Moscow Radlo
be alming more same time, English language broadcasts at transmissions Britain the Jumping from 1614 to 19 hours weekly-and to North America -Increased from 14 to 20 hours. according to schedules picked up here.
"This
US Urges
Freer Hand
Killed In Burma Battle
CHURCH NOTICES
THE ASSEMBLY AT DUDDELL STREET GOSPEL HALL,
Boar Trong --- (Between the Tank of China and the National City Bank of New York).
Sunday 11 am, Besakleig-of-Brend. Sunday & p.m. Cop
Monday 8 pm.
Rangoon, May, 6-Two high-for Boilovers only). ranking Karen officers, deser ters from the Burmese Army, and 140 rebels, were killed in a night-long battle around the of. Dajku, 20 tellway town. milen north of Rangoon, to night's communique said.
Government forces repulsed repeated night attacks by in- surgents 30 miles north-west of Rangoon, where the insurgents are attempting, a second thrust on the capital.
The communique further re ported several clashes between Government troops anul rebels in the Irrawaddy Delia distelets of Basseln and Myoungma.
The Burmese Army Radio
that thero
wero said tonight
Band indications that White
out of Mandalay, Rangoon,
men, driven 500 miles
north of
two weeks ago, were preparing for a fresh assault on the temple
city.
Service.
Meeting for members of the Forces at No. ia, Chatham Road (1st Door), Kow- locti, Tuesday 8 p.m. Bible Study Thursday & p.m. Prayer Meeting,
People's Saturday 3 p.m. Young
Meet- Talowship ind.
All English speaking triends are welcome.
J
BIBLE AUDITORIUM (Chatham and Mody Roads)
and fenry F. W, Delamore, Neuner Evangellets. saaday, May 8
(lism.nond Organ featured tonight) 3:30 p.m.-Studies in Epistles, of
Paul P. E. Quimby, Ph. D. 4:30 pm-8tudies in the Book of M. E. Itevelation, Pastor Lowven.
5:30 pm Young Peoples Special Programme directed by C. Fisher, R. G. Ubbink, Vernon 8. Mountain, D.D.S., C. E Winter, Ph.D.
6:30 8:30 pm-EVOLUTION # Selentine? Can Evalution Evolution ba rationalised with the Bible account of Young people. Creation?
The White: Dand section of the. People's Volunteer Organisation Com- the White Fing Joined munists in their revolt against Wednesday, hay 11
Thakin Nu's Government. Their reported to be con- men are centrating in stra.gth at n poin! 12 miles north of Mandalay but were fully Government forces prepared to protect the city, the broadcast added.
of Meanwhile, mapping up White Band, fighters in the Sagaing hills, west of Mandalay, continues.
In a clash south of Mandalay, lilled 10 Government troops
and Communists Flag Redl captured arms and ammunition. the Radlo raid--Reuter.
Ganapathy
Protest
Call On Lord Listowel
Krishna Menon's
London, May 6.The Indian High Commissioner, Mir V. K. Krishna Menon, tonight handed his Government's protest to the the at Government British
Malaya of A. in hanging Ganapathy, 24-year-old Indian President of Federation of Trade Unions.
personally
urged to hear the
0:30 pm-News
Xray Around
the world in 30 minutes of plotures. How 10, Be Sure PILAYER WIH Bo Answered. Thursday, May 12
8:30 pm-Fires. Floods, Typtions, Earthquakes-Doen God Send Them? Who Controls tha weather. God or Saten? Friday, May 13
Friday the 13th 0:30 pm-1
Unlucky?Does God approve of Astralogy and Fortune-
lling?
EMMANUEL CHURCHI (218 Nathan Road, Kowloon) interdenominational and Evangelical. Saturday Evening Prayer Meeting, at 130, at 17 Chathan Road Top Floor.
Sunday Morning Divine Service, at 11.30. Trencher; Rev. A. Bollback,
Sunday School, at 3.30 p.m. Evening Service, at 3.00. Preacher: Rev. F. J. T. Savage.
Tursday Morning, at 10.30, Women's Bible Study Group, at 25 Austin Avenue.
and
Song Service, Wednesday, Fellowship Meeling, at 5.00 pm. Hour. Followed by Social Half
Speaker.
Thursday.
Group.
at 8.00 p.m., Chorai
Friday, Army. Bertpture Reader's Bible Study, at 8.00 p.m. Open to
all.
MAJESTIC
SHOWING TO-DAY
the Pan-Malayan at 2.30, 5.20, 1.20 & 0.20 p.m.
Mr Menon called
on Lord Listowel, Minister of State for the Colonies.
A Colonial Omce spokesman said: "Mr Menon presented the views of the Indian Govern- ment. We have no further com- ment to make."
It is understood that the pro- test was delivered to Lord Lis-
the because
Colonial towel
Arthur Creech Secretary, Mr Jones, returned only today from and was not a tour of Africa fully conversant with all the de- 6.-Thotalfs of the case,
For Japan
May
own
In the International
any
It is understood that Mr
the Prime Minister, convey to Menon asked Lord Listowel to Mr Clement Allee, the concern felt by the Government and people of India over the exccu- tion af Ganapathy-Reuter.
Á statement Issued by the that, in order to BBC sald maintain the principle of free-
Washington; dem-of-information, the Cortnited States said today that.
the American
"in Lord-Listowel-was-acting_for given be Japan should
the Colonial Secretary during Chester, May 6.Lord Der-poration and
in its but eight men were out with 12 by's three-year-old colt Swul Voice of America" are jointly cerasing direction
for considering "what can be done
lone | affairs
is absence.
Earlier today Colonial legal low Tall, second favourite
this intentional held."
experts and chief oficials of the the Epsom Derby, had his first to circumvent outing of the season here this interference,"
The BBC statement said thal
A policy statement by the Colonial Ofice met again to dis- cuss the legal and constitutional afternoon in the one mile five
intermittent interference had State Department said that the furious Chester Vose.
been observed for some months beginning of this process during issues involved in the Genapally Starting at five to two on
"obvious affair. has past, but on April 25, a set of the occupation Bailey, who scored 35 not out, and ridden by Douglas Smith,
in developing the lead enjoyed a ne match for, in the Swallow Tail took
very powerful jamming stations advantages
outlook" two Surrey innings, he took 12 about four furlongs from home started an offensive against all healthy international wickels for 141 runs with his and won very easily by sx
broadcasts of the BBC and the and averting "confusion which
arise from right arm fast deliveries.
lengths from
Voice of America in the Rus- might well the Aga Khan's
abrupt removal of the current Moon Dust (six to one) with in language."
the praco Forethought Lord Roseberry's
shows every sign of restrictions" after (five to one) another five being a jamming operation as treaty. lengths away, the third of four
large as any organised by the
resumption The immediate Nazis during the war. The runners.
opposition to effect
hus
been to obliterate by Japan of some international responsibilities in such fields as day was not strong, Swallow the scheduled programmes in
trade promotion, citizenship and Tail's victory was handsomely Russian from London and New
property problems, cultural re- gained and Jockey Douglas | York."
iations, technical and scientine Smith did not ollow him to The BBC said that, in reply arrangements and exchanges dawille once he had struck the
substantial to the Jemming, two additional would provide a front, Smith continued to hand transmissions of 30 minutes will
contribution to the economic re ride him until the winning post be introduced "as a start." In covery of Japan." was passed-Reuter,
these tramissions the BCC will
The statement was issued in CHESTER CUP
send programines on a total of
explanation of a new proposal 25 transmilters,
of to the 11-ntion Far Eastern the to Simultaneously the Volce
permit London, May 6There are 15
w!!} transmit pro- Commission probable runners for the Ches- America
rammes on a total of 23 short-Japanese to accept invitations to Football interpori Mateller Cup, to be run over two
The proposal, submitted to Масло. v. Hongkong
iniles, two furlongs and 77 yards wave transmitiers at one time attend international conferences. and 35 short-wave transmitters
April, met with objections from May. Boundary Street (Kick-off at 5 at Chester tomorrow.
Britain, France, the Philippines Year The are: Now or Never (K. nd one medium-wave ut
other.
"It is hoped that the effect and others. It has not yet been international.
acted upon by the Commission, prize which makes Japanese policy. Two (M. of this joint effort will be
Associated Press.
WEEK-END SPORT
TODAY
Athletics Primary
Schools
at
Athletic Mect (Final Day)
wloon Tong School.
nt
Although the
the
Faulkner's Win In Dunlop Tournament
Virginia
Water, (Burrey)
G-Max Faulkner, old British Ryder Cup Won the first of £350 In the Dunlop Thousand Guineas Golf with Tuurnament here today an aggregate of 281 for 72 holes.
te had a final round of 74.
Ile scored a triumph In this for the second time in strokes years by two
p.in),
Second Division League: Gethin), Fedor 1! (E. Britt). KMB v Navy at Cinathan Honourable the Second (Gordon
V. CAA Rom: Duckynfe
Richards). Asmodee
the Causeway Bay Army (Hong- Beary). Yoyo (W. Ricknby), make both the BBC and
Tory Voice of America Russian ser- Solicitors at Sooku Drageman (3. Lowrey). kong) v. poo (Kick-off at 6 p.m.).
White vices available to listeners, at II (no jockey yet)
London, May 8t was on- Goll-Jubilee Mixed Four-Heather (Chiff Richards), Bang- all events, on some of the large
that the second Suminer number of wavelengths which nounced today kok (C. Spares), somes at Fanling.
the statement round of the Davis Cup tie be- event Castle will be in use," Royal Shower Hockey
(3. Gomuz),
tween Chile and Egypt will be three Navy at King's Park, .3.30 p.m. Street (D. Smith), Perilous (E. said.
This expanded and joint played off in Birmingham, at from Lawn Bowls Taikoo v. Kow- Mercer), Mr Butterwick
be brought into the grounds of Edgbaston Lawn Sam King, who put in a storm loon Dock Club at Quarry Bay, Seagrave), Martane (E. War effort will
(A. effect on Saturday, May 7. Tennis Club on May 14, 16 & 17. ing last round of 70-the best ren), and John
-United Press. teuler,
Maeno V.
3.30 p.m.
Tonals KCC Tournament: Carson)-Reuter, Mist Lambert Bakery, Miss M.
Ribeiro.
Race
Ilaces Fifth Extra Meeting at Happy Valley, First Saddling Bell at 1.30 pan.
TOMORROW Athletics-Triangular Meet at Caroline 11: Army, Royal Air Force &
South China Athlette
2 p.m. Antball-Champions
China
AA)
Moore
Rocky Graziano Reinstated
New York. May 6-The New York State Athletic Commission today reinstated Rocky Graziano, (South former
world
middleweight who was The Best at boxing champion,
suspended early in 1047 for alleged fockey-Macao v. Khalsa attailure to report an Sookunpoo, 10 a.m.
bribe offer,
Thus Itocky, who won the title from Tony Zale only to lose it
Happy Valley, 6 p.m.
Lawn Bowls Tasa Lusitania Match: KUGCV, Recrelo nt
Cup re-enters like
pin.
at
...
picture as a possible contender Softball-Inter-Rong League for Marcel Cardan's crown.
He is still barred in most King's Park. Tennis KCC Tournament: other states which are under the Mr & Mrs A. V. While v. Mr & control of the National Boxing Mrs. J. F. Horsman; Mrs Dorey Association, but New York is most important and Mr Lawes v. Winners of considered the
boxing state.Associated press above match.
voilors Facts, JENTICE, «
PERSINS Pemr
д Lellow international,
of the day-for the Arcond Inward of £200.
Arthur Lees, the Yorkshire
third NVTH professional,
with
292.
When today's fourth round by begau, Faulkner led Leg three shota with King three away. Faulkner more strokes was first out and his one fighting due to a display was largely borrowed putter. He was out in 30 and home in 35.
Loes went to the first tea knowing that a 70 would bring well, him victory. He began faltered and when he realised he could not catch Faulkner ho played a couple of loose shots which were enough to let in the round King, who went brilliantly late in the day.
De Vicenzo was best among the Argentine challengers, with nd aggregato of 303, while A. đẹ Vulder, of Belgium, roturned 300,-Kcuter.
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