1926-05-18 — Page 9

TUESDAY, MAY 18, 1928.

"CHINA MAIL" SPORTS PAGE

THE AUSTRALIANS.

COUNTY CRICKET.

CHAMPION FIELD.

THE CHINA MAIL

SECOND DAY'S PLAY AGAINST FOUR MATCHES FINISHED IN LOCAL OPTION'S RIVALS IN

THE MEC. «!

202 RUNS IN A DAY

(Reuter's Service.)

London, May 17, HRH the Prince of Wales was'

prosent to-day (second day's play at Lord's, for the match between Australia and the M.C... were 10,000, spectators.

There

Position when play started: -MIGEL (1st Innings) 190 run;

Austalans 12 for pa wirket. I

The Australians went on to make 264 runs for, 9 wickets, Macartney made 61 by brilliant cricket and shots all round the wiekut.. W. H. Ponsford made 46. not

in anurenterprising Innings.

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POT HUNTING..

SHANGHAI CRICKET CLUB "KEPT FREE."

referred

HELPING SCHOOLBOYS.

Matters of general Interest, in spheres outside of cricket, wore mentioned by Mr. G. My Billings (President) at the annual meeting of the Shanghai: C:

· Mr.

Billings the development ot" sport during the year, and the work of the Club in both cricket and tonnis While the Club had not been alto gelber successful for either line of sport they had some excellent players, and 'coult look forward to better things during the coming

Beason.

The grounds had been put at the . disposal of school boys for the pro- motion of school spots in Shang- Bad Three tennis courts and three erteket grounds have beam offered for the use of boya of the foreign. public schools, and it was hoped that the sporting activities of thi schools will be much encouraged.

The President also mentioned certain construction plans tanden: way, including the raising of the east end of fold the installation of flush closets, cte,

The Club was something handed but to them, something which they cherished! It was the biggest sport club in Shangbal except the. Race Club. The Cricket Club, how ever, was 'not only Six, but it was n club for sportsmanship.

An alement of material zain-of pot hunting was coming into some sports in Shanghai from which he hoped the Cricket Club was to be kept free. Clean sportmanship- for its own sake--was what they aimed at.

The matter was brought up of the expense now being incraped in the making of a hard tennis court, costing in the neighbourhood of Mex. $1,000. It was stated that another Club obtained its hard courts at about one-sixth, the price. It appeared; however, that they got most of theif material free of

charge.

Mr. Billings was unanimously elected President of the Club. for the coming year. Capt. E 1 M Barrett was elected Vice-President. The following members of the General Committee wäre elected: H. W. Allison, D. G. Barnes. T. A. T. Begg, D. C. Burn, G. S. Dunkley,

B. W. Duthoit, D. W. Leach and W.

Mancel-Smith.

To the Ballotting Committee

TWO DAYS.

INNINGS VICTORIES:.

BIG RACE:

LIST OF ENTRIES.

BRITAIN AVENGED.

SAMERICAN GOLF TEAM

DEFEATED!!

The

WALKER CUP TEAMS..

(Reuter'a Servics.)

NOW DEFIN

INTERPORT CRICKET TEAM

SEERCEED!

TOUR IN MALAYA,

LOCAL SHARE MARKET

OFFICIAL QUOTATIONE.

HONGKONG MAY 18, 1926, 10:30 am.

Hongkong's interport cricket team for Malays has been com London, May 17

ploted" and will "unfl on Thursday TT on London by the Bs. "Hoang The team TT on Shangbal Oxford and Cambridge a

Barks Golfing Society avenged yesterday's. R. Hancock (cnptain), H. N. Hongkong Bank

London. The fall Hut of entries for the defeat at the hands of the AmortBalhatchet, A. C. I. Bowkor, H. G. doub In the county cricket cham plonship, four matches were defirst pony race in the National can "Walker" Cup team at Rye Burgos, E. Cacher J Chartered Bank cided yesterday, the stronger Championship of China for a by 3 matches to 2

Humphreys, Rev. T. B. Powoll; Mercantile Bank, A. &. B. In the foursomes Quimet and W. Rammay, B. B. Reed, G. R. do. teams winning in each case by an stake of $10,000, is now at hand. innings, after two days play in It includes fourteen ponies, with Guilford (USA) beat Roger Sayer, C.Q.M.S. A Stripp and P. & 0. Bank....

Bank of East Asia... representatives from all over Wethered and J. H. Tolley by Captain R. A. Wartere, three day matches)...

(and four Hongkong one hole. Gillies and Hooman

Marine Insurances. China

Canton Insurance bent Sweetser and Mackenzie ponies): as follow:

China Underwriters 20. Sutton's (USA), by one. hole. Bobby Jones

North China Insurance., Union Insurance.TE Yangtze Insurance

There has been little surprise so far, as will be seen in the table, the "bigger" counties all being on top, except Kent who have not started their programme. “

LANCS. v. DERBY.

(Reuter's Service.)

London, May 17

At Manchester, Lancashire beat

1. General F A. Bengal, grey. 13.1. Haimovitch's Black Prince, buy 19.3.

2.

3.

e:

Day's Bonnie Scotland, dün 18.8.

and Watts Gunn (USA) beat Back, and Powell by 5 and 3. Ellison and Storey bent Von Eim and another by a and 2 The Britishers included

Bowker. Reed and Powell will form the "first line of attack" and Sayer may do a lot with 4 slow bowling, Burgess is a chango bowler and Balhatchet can also be

kno

4. JJ Paterson's Dago, dun Walker" Cup nominees. 8x put on but he is nothing, like what China Fire Insurance....

Derbyshire by an innings and 214 16.

runs. Scores

EARLIER CABLE.

13.3.

5.

The feature of the Americans T T Chow & Co.'s Grandiwas accurate putting. Warship, bay 19.8.

Dyer and Beith's Grey Morn,

grey 18.2.

Lancs. (1st) 353 runs. Hallows

7

Roda a Lady Love, chestnut

made 110, Sibbles 54.

13:1

Derby (1st) 59 runs.

Parkin

8.

took 4 wickets for 25 runs,

Edward Sheng's Leadership, chestnut: 18:26

runs

Derby (2nd), followed-on, 80

Parkin 4 for 20.

9.

10

Allan's Orange: chestnut, 13.3.

Northants v. Hants,

At Northampton, Northampton shire lost to Hampshire by an 11

Scores: innings and 79 runs.

Hanta (1st) 204 runs. V. W. C12 Jupp took 5 wickets for 79 runs.

Northants (1st) 60 runs Boyes took 6 wickets for 17 runs and Newman 3 for 1.

Northants (2nd)), followed,ony. 75 runs.. Newman took 8 wickets: for 30 runs.

Yorkshire v. Leicester.

At Leeds, Yorkshire beat Leicestershire by an innings and 96 runs. Score

139

Macaulay. Leicester (1st) Macuulay took 6 wickets for 22

runs.

JUNS.

Yorks. (1st) 295 runs for

Sutcliffe.

wickets, declared. Sutcliffe made 60; Leyland 50.

runs.

Leicester (2nd) 118 Macaulay took 5 for 15,

Essex v. Surrey, At Leyton, Essex lost to Surrey runs. by an innings and 40 Scores:-

Surrey (1st) 524 runs for

Hobbs.

were elected: G. H. Mann, W. Rwickets, declared. Hobbs made 69,. Cockburn, J. R. Horder, E. S.

Jones, G. D. Nicholl . H. Raiker,

and F. L. Wainwright .. ̈

**Absent Member" Rule.

Mr. Forshaw proposed a change in the rule with regard to absent members.. Не pointed out that the present ruling did not exactly convey the desires of the Club with regard to such membera.. and proposed that it be amended to read that members absent from Shanghal for three months. (during

P. G. H. Fender.

the playing season) may retain Sandham 67, Shepherd 93, P. G. H. their Club membership by payment Fender 104.

of a fee of $2.00, the regular fee Essex (1st) 287 runs. F. W. H

to continue immediately upon his return to Shangha

Nicholas made 140;

Essex (2nd), followed on, 197 INoto-Mr. Billings, it will be runs, Nicholas made 62, recalled, was the captain of O'Connor 60 Fender took 7 Shanghai Interport cricket team wickets for 76 runs, which brought off a surprise on the Hongkong ground a few years ago. As one of the later balsamen, he made the winning hitman glorious stroke which sent the ball out of

The table now stands --

the ground. At the subsequent in- | Middlesex lerport dinner, Mr. R. Hancock pre Yorkshire "sented Mr. Billings with the ball, burrey

suitably mounted, jacularly men- Lancash tioning that Tadpole had retrieved Notts Iton being told that he must do Haats so somewhere in the vicinity of Warwick Central Market

Wah Yan College hold their annual athletic, sports on the

nd, Happy Valley, 21

OWS MMA Food

of Education) will distri

Ten will be served.

Worcester Derbyshire.

13.

14.

John Peel's: Local Option, bay 18.2.

William

Toeg and Priestley's Pretty Polly, bay 18.2. Edward Sheng & Co's Reinforcement, bay 18.2. Toeg and Priestley's Rose- bery, chestnut 18.2

London, May 17 A feature of the. British Amateur Golf championship draw is the number of clashings amongst the 27 American competitors which will occur should the latter win the first and Becond rourds, the most notable being that the winner of Von Elm v. Quimet in the second round opposes. Sweeteer.

Joned and Gardner clash in the third round, and Evans and Standish in the fourth

The 218 entries Include those

Eve's Warrenfield, bay 18 This big race will be the sixth event on the first day of the Infrom Australia, New Zealand, ternational Recreation Club's Canada, India France, Holland and 127th race meeting, June 12 The Switzerland-Reuter. distance is a mile and a quarter. Conditions are as follows:

SCHOOL BASKETBALL.

|

Fire Insurances.

AK. Fire Insurance

Shipping:

he was about three pensona ago...

Stripp, of course, is the wicket- keeper, and a sound, plodding bat. Douglases.... The recognised batsmen are Hongkong Steamboats .. Hancock Fincher, Ramsay and || HK. Tugs & Lighters.. Sayer. Captain Warters, if in luck, Indo-Chinas (Pref.) ought also to do big things. Humphreys fe quite good, and Bowkers BalBatchet Burgess and Powell can make a fair number of

rüns,

da (Det) Lid, „da. (w) HI Orients Navigation Shell Transports. Star Ferries Hongkong's strong point ought Water-boats to be in the field, with such die-Refineries. tinguished names as Hancock (slip Chine Sugars ....... both ways), Balhatchet (if last Malabon Sugars Saturday's form is not permanent);

Mining. Bowker (any position), Fincher Benguets....

outfield), Ramsay and Warters Kailan Mixing Ad Gu-leld) and Sayer (the recognised ||Langkats. (Combined) interport. cover-point for years). do. (Single)

Shanghai Exploration Shanghai Lani .... Raubs................

If skipper Hancock usos the bowls ing to the best advantage and Backed up as we should be by good Beking our potential opponente should not be able to put up ter rific acores. It is tho batting that, icaves cause for concern, the side lacking one, two, or even three, men Winner 310,000, 2nd pony $2,000,

of the steady type who can take For all Chinu Srd póny $1.000)

the edge off the bowling" and can ponies, irrespective of clues and

Ying Wah College finished Le relied on to make runs under sex, being bona fide properties of undefeated champions in both ser almost any circumstances; or in a member or members of any re-tions of the local Students' Basket-other words, batsmen of the Rey cognised race club in China ball League, getting maximum Me. Quick's type Hongkong, whose height does not points in the two divisions. Finall exceed 13 hande 3: Inches (fraction

positions were of an inch to count in favour of pony).

Weight for inches as per seule 140 lbs. for 12 hands with additional 3 lbs. for "every inch above the height).

Senior: Ying Wah : 12, Queen's College 10 Y.M.C.A. Hostel 6.St. Paul's, Educational netitute. University "A" and Ying wah "B" each four. University

Beratched),

Junior: Ying Wan 10, Y.M.C.A. Day School 6. St. Paul's 6 Wanchut 4, Ellia Kadoorie 4, Queen's Colloge

2.

Jockeys To be ridden by members of any recognised race club in China or Hongkong who have won at least Ave fat races, Any Jockeys to whom permission Mr. E. G. Stewart President of so ride has been refused by the the League, will give away the stewards of any recognised rice

Prizes at the Chinese Y.M.C.A. the

club' is not allowed to ride in this

race.

afternoon..

It will be recalled that Ying Wa College finished second in the Open addi-Basketball Langue, losing only Fi

the Chinese YMCA.. whom the subsequently defeated at the South China A.A. sporta

Astarter's fee of $100 shall be paid for each pony entered in tion to an entrance fee of $100, which shall go to the club..

Hongkong's hopes rest on Local to start favourite. Option, but Warrenfield is likely

Local Option won the Derby and Champions in 1925 and the Champions in 1926. He was last to Saligia and Grey Morn in the Extra Meeting Champions last autumn, when off colour; but has won every other race. 19

Grey Morn ran second in lust year's Derby and Champions and third in this year's Champions. He won the Aggregate Cup last year.

Pid: Won Est.

Ins.

Lady Love is a Hongkong 1926 Derby griffin which ran very dis appointingly.

Pretty Polly, a mare, finished second in the Hongkong Derby 1926 and was unplaced in the Champions:

ELECTRIC "DERBY.""

The sporting organisatione con nected with the two electric light) companies of the Colony have been in friendly opposition, again, the

U.S. BASEBALL LEAGUES,

On the morning of May 11 the US. major basebalt longue table. stood aft

National League.

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American › Lengue.

New York -Washington Chicago. Cleveland

W. L Fet (1477) (867 15 9 629 „147 91609) 199591 Philadelphin11 12 478- 813 331

Detroit

St. Louis Boston

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China Light Power Co. Ltd. BILLIARDS HANDICAP (Kowlooh) defeating the H.K

Electric Co. Ltd., at lawn tenals,

The Palace Hotel, Kowloon, will

on the Kowloon C.C. ground, on | hald their usual billiards handicap Sunday..

again this year, Silver cups will The match was played on lengus be presented to the first three, and tennis lines, the ponineula mea a special prize to the competitor winning by 65 games to 34.

making the highest break En trance 69 closing on May 23

These tournaments "have been very popular every on both sides of the to both Service and cly

Tokyo, May 10-The second baseball match played yesterday afternoon between Waseda, and Meji University teams has resulted in the score of 7 to 6 In favour of the latter.

BASEBALL PRACTICE.

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MB ORES TRAINING.

There was a large audience at the City Hall yesterday evening when the pupils of Mr. Harry Ore gave a recital lasting for about an hour and a half and in which the results of careful training were do. (now) apparent in the brilliant render-Hongkong Tramways ings of some well-known piano Lane, Crawfords

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Mr. Harry Ore Bouree In B do (Ordinary) (Bach) Scherzo in A flat (Beatho-Watsons (old) yen) Etude in C fat (Chopin) do (new) Miss Dorothy Ray Song with Wm. Powells out words. No. 14 (Medelssohn) H.K. Telephone A Northern Saga (Nolck)

Mise Grace Ho Tung: Mando- linata (Paladilhe;) Valde Bluette (Drigo)

Misa Hilda Xavier: Nocturne in

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ECONOMY BILL.

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Mr. Henry Kew Gavottel (Gluck-Brahma) Military Polon

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London, May 17 Mr. C. Y. Pasang 1- Violin solos, The House of Lords has passed Canzonetta (d'Ambrosio ), Varia, the third reading of the Economy:

tions (Corelli-Tartiz-Kreisler)3

>^Mian Mira Gutierrez: Souvenir A London cable of April 22 (Drdia), Country Gardens (Grain reported The House of Com

mons, by 328 votes to 188, passed Miss Daisy" Ma - Les Sylvains the third reading of the Economy (Chaminade)

Bill after speeches, by Mr. ifred Kew: The Flat Barsay MacDonald and Mr. Lloyd baminade),- Menuet a George:condemning the proposals kyle in the Bill to take £4.700,000 from alse in. A. the National Insurance Fund and igoletto Para- to economise on education.

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