1927-05-11 — Page 9

WEDNESDAY, MAY 11, 1927.

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SPORTS SECTION

"DOUBLES."

Hobbs Gets 2 Centuries. Again.

OPPONENT DOES THE SAME.

Jack Hobbs, England's greatest batsman of the present day, has been doing big things again even though the Home cricket season Is only in its second week.

At the Oval, he scored a contory In each innings against Hamp‐ shire.

The compliment was repaid by Newman, the Hants all-rounder, who did likewise and took a few wickets into the bargain.

Not to be outdone, Bato (of (Glamorgan) ran up two cen- turies against Essex!

Many Big Scores. Batsman's wickets must have prevailed as the scores are all on the big side.

K. S. Duleepsinhji. Ranji's nephew and the Light Blue under- graduate) made the highest in- dividual score of 254 not out.

There were ather centuries galore but a few bowlers took! their toll, principally, Larwood of Notts, last year's Test "find."

Wes

The highest aggregate made, by the New Zealand team under T. C. Lowry (the former Cambridge captain and brother- in-law of A. P. F. Chapman, Eug- land's captain).

Champions Checked,

Of Hobb's feat, it should be mentioned that this is the fourth time that he has brought off a double in his first-class cricket career.

Lancashire (the champions) re- ceived their first check in the county championship. Surrey also dropped points, but York- shire's strength prevailed.

London, May 10.

County championship and other first-class cricket matches con- cluded to-day resulted:-

The Double "Double."

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DAVIS CUP.

INDIA DÉFEAT SPAIN IN DOUBLES.

LEAD BY 2-MATCHES TO 1.

LAWN TENNIS.

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· TO-DAY'S MATCHES.

MATCHES POSTPONED.

THE CHINA MAIL.

SHANGHAI RACES.

"CHAMPIONS CASH SWEEP RESULT

ALL THE LUCKY NUMBERS.

GIBBON WAKEFIELD.

MAN WHO WAS CONVICI

AND STATESMAN.

A FAMOUS ABDUCTION CASE

23 of a trial which was not only The centenary fell on March

its central figure a man whom sensational in itself but had for

connections.

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The continuance of wet wen- The result of the Shanghal Race ther has rendered the tennis Club sweeps on the Spring Chum- courts at the Kong Kong Cricket plons is given below. Club unsuitable for tennis to-day.

The first three ponles are mark Ås a result the exhibition ed; other runners are prefixed with matches arranged for the benefit an asterisk; and the others are history honours in very different of the Ministering Children's treated as non-starters, Barcelona, May 10. League have been postponed. "A" Sweep In the Davis Cup international This will naturally come as a lawn tennis match between Spain disappointment alike to the or-

(in the European ganisers, and India

the players, and the eliminating zone), A. H. Fyzee public; but it will be recognised and Praenda (India) defcated that this was the only course pos- Flaquer and J. Morales (Spain)sible under the circumstances. 0-6, 6-3, 6-3, 6-3.-Reuter,

Prasada has won one singles

match while Fyzee lost one. India

now leads by two matches to one. HOW CARDIFF WON. The "Ele" consists of five matches (one doubles and four singles) so that the result hinges on the last one or two singles matchse.

SWIM DEMONSTRATION.

URDAYOGA & VIPERVISA ILY.

George. Young. the Canadian winner of the Catalina Channel marathon swimming race, demon- strated his winuing strokes in the

At the Oval, Surrey led Hamp-chilly waters of New York Bay. shire on the first innings in an un- completed match. Scores:-~~

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ARSENAL'S FIGHT IN CUP FINAL.

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The Field

To a roar of applause, Arsenal] got a free-kick and Baker. landed the ball at the goal-mouth. Farqu- harson punched the ball away.

The weather was fine but gusty. After 11 12 attack by Cardiff, Arsenal took the offensive.

A foul against Arsenal relieved

the pressure.

Buchan repelled a Cardiff raid.

Farquharson's Great Save, ・・・ 'Kennedy took a well-placed free- kick, the ball bobbing from the

off-side.

Arsenal Get Four Corners.

saved the Londoners.

FIRST BOX.

JOHN WALKER AND HIS MATCHES.

Scarlett on opposing sides, as In many another forensic battle. One of the witnesses, of whom we are glad to cherish every pos-. sible glimpse, was David Laing, the

Of marrying blacksmith Gretna Green. And urraigned in the dock were Edward Gibbon Wakefield, his brother William, his step-mother, and Edward Thevenot. The charge was that of abducting a fifteen-year-old schoolgirl named Ellen Turner, and forcing her into marringe | with the first-asmed prisoner.

The bride was a prospective heiress in a small way; the bride- groom (though this was not, of course, "opened" to the jury) had Jalready some experience of ad- venturous matrimony. Eleven years before, as a youth of twenty, he had made a runaway match with a ward in chancery to which the lady's family were induced to reconcile themselves. His spouse being now dead, he sought to mend his languishing) fortunes by a still greater piece! of audacity, to which certain of This family lent their co-operation.

Inveigled From School, Briefly, what was done was to

agree-

On Saturday, April 7, 1827, heads of Buchan and Brain to the John Walker, a. chemist and inveigle the girl from her board- goalmouth when Hoar was declared druggist, carrying on business at ing-school on the pretext of her 59, High Street, Stockton-on-mother's illness, to drive her off From another Arsenal free-kick) Parker sent in a terrific grounder, Tees. sold a box of lucifer matches to Gretna, and to persuade her which was magnificently saved by to Mr. John Hixon. This is the that her marriage to Wakefield Farquharson, who was cheered. first recorded sale of matches, was the only means of extricating Farquharson then nearly put aand, despite rival claims, has her father from serious financial Some evidence long shot from Baker into the net. established beyond all doubt John embarrassment

Walker's right to be regarded as was adduced with the object of The cleverness of Buchan and the inventor of the lucifer match. showing that Miss Turner had not Hulme gained

Arsenal the first The phosphorus match was not found the abduction distasteful: invented until 1834, seven years the blacksmith testified that after corner,

Three more followed quiekly. later. A contemporary of Walker the ceremony "they both em- From the fourth John landed the has recorded that though fre-braced each other very ball on the top of the net. Arsenal quently pressed by his friends to ably and were "in the very best forwards were incisive, though only take out a patent, he always de-of comfortable spirits," The a great piece of work by Baker once clined, saying it was not worth criminality of the enterprise, however, was clear enough, and Cardiff's first real shot was ob while doing so, "considering the Wakefield and his brother, were tained after half an hour, Irving simple and trifling nature of the

both sentenced to three years' article." firing past the post,

imprisonment. The marriage} Kennedy took a free-kick and the According to an account of ball landed at the goul mouth. Walker's discovery, and published (which had not been consum-

Farquharson managed to scram-in 1852 in a local newspaper, Act of Parliament.

mated) was annulled by a special ble the ball away before Brain's seven years before his death, arrival.

Edward Wakefield's three years "Mr. Walker was preparing some in Newgate were to bear memor- Buchan Limps.

lighting mixture for his own use, able fruit. For one thing, he Buchan was limping from a fall when a match, after being dip wrote a book on penology which against Nelson's legs. Neverthe-ped in the lighting preparation, had no little influence upon sub- ham made 58. Pothecary took 41 Abrahami (captain) and R. E. Lind. less he nearly headed a goal from a took fire by accidental friction on sequent, reforms of the criminal] Two fouls against Cardiff were friction match, and the hint was was the attention which (as one This was the first Haw. But far more important I "C" team (away) v. C. R. C.-W. Arsenal were attacking when the not lost. He commenced making whose career was not improbably

Woodward (captain) and R. FInterval arrived with no goal. friction matches, selling with Strange, G. Lee and A. J. Kew, C. H.

From a corner Farquharson each box a piece of doubled sand-closed in his own country) he punched the ball away in the second paper to set them in flame by devoted to the subject of colonial Leddra and A. H. McBride.

life and its problems. pressure of the thumb and a sharp his finger on the weak spots of Twice Brain sent in hook-shots pull." against the side of the net.

Australian administration in its Walker never The closest escape

divulged the was when

reckless grants of land and its: chemical composition · · of his

Surrey (1st) 439 runs. Hobbs made 112, Jeacocke 55, Shepherd 120, Peach 77, Fender 53; New- man took 5 wkts. for 123 runs.

Hants (1st) 370 runs. made 57, Newman 102..

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Surrey (2nd) 281 runs for 6 wkts., dec. Hobbs made 104 runs, this being the fourth time in his .career that he has made a century in both innings of a match, Sand-

wkts, for 47 runs.

Hants (2nd) 249 runs for 5 wkts. Newman made 102 not out. Newman therefore got into three figures in each innings, providing the unique incidence of a batsman on each side accomplishing the "double" in the same match.

Two More Centuries. At Leyton, Essex lost first innings points to Glamorgan in an uncompleted match. Scores ---

Glamorgan (1st) 486 runs.

K.C.C. TENNIS TEAMS.

Teams to represent Kowloon Cricket Club in the Tennis League this Saturday, beginning at 4 p.m. are as follow:-

"A" team (away) v. M.B.K.:- E. C. Fincher (captain) and L. Jack, W. Hyde and C. E. Millard, E. F. Fincher and C. W. E. Bishop.

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sell, A. Hanson and G. S. Ford, C. H. Atkins and D. J. Purves,

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Hoar, from Buchan's glorious pass, matches, and a search of his lack of an emigrant policy,

shot into Farquharson's hands,

Cardiff's Swift Swoops, Butler fell like a log from a vol-

Bates made 105, Walters 78, tries, including eight from America, ley against his face. He resumed

three from Calcutta, two from immédiately. Cairo, two from Tasmania, · one

Davies (D.) 121 not out. Russell took 4 wkts, for 60 runs.

Essex (1st) 411 runs. Douglas made 64 not out, Cutmore. 51, Eastman 60, Hipkin 102...

Glamorgan (2nd): 211 runs for

6 wkts., dec. Bates made 111.

Essex (2nd) 106 runs for 9 wkts. Clay took 4 wkts. for 38

runs.

Lancashire's Match,

At Birmingham, Warwickshire loat first innings points to Lanca- chire (the holders) in an unfinish. ed match. Scores:-

from Switzerland and one from Sumatra.

The American, Jesse Sweetser,

Reuter.

Cardiff confined their attack swift swoops.

books failed to reveal any trace of it.

Beginnings of the Colonies.

box of fifty, and 2d. for the box, and had the satisfaction of see- In one book after another he He charged one shilling per compelled attention to his views, to some of which are still in existing many of them applied in ence. His first matches were colonial government through the made of hard cardboard, some-efforts of societies formed under what similar to the substance his inspiration

by

Arsenal were most consistent. As a result of nest work the holder, has not entered. Curtis, McLachlan fashed the ball

the post. Arsenal retallated, Farquharson running out to beat Brain for a passi by Buchan.

Cardiff improved. From a mix up in front of goal Ferguson. sent in a hard grounder.

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Lancs, (1st) 876 runs. Hallows made 70, Green 68, Taylor 77,

Warwick (1st) 267 runs, ¡Parsons made 105; Sibbles: took 4 each. wkts. for 66 runs.

Lancs (2nd) 240 runs wkts, dec. Green made 66,

son 52, Iddon 80 not out.

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in the play-off of the Kowloon chess Cardiff were now one goal.-up Club championship in which they with 28 minutes of the second half at present tie with one victory.game.

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used for fusce pipe-lighters, but with these bodies his position was stantial wood splinters. he soon employed the more sub-chiefly of a background charac- ter, since his record was too Walker, who was born in 1781, patent a disqualification for public died on May 1, 1859, and was life. But it was upon his prin- buried in Norton Churchyard. iples that the new colony of His only memorials are a small South Australia was organised brass tablet outside the premises by such men as Grote and Moles- similar one in Stockton Parish private estimation of politicians men have ever put to such pre- where he carried on business, a worth, and his standing in the Church, and his.tomb-stone..

720,000 WAR GRAVES,

Wm. Powella

was shown by his being taken to fitable use in the public interest Canada as unofficial adviser by a well-merited sentence of im- Lord Durham in entering on his prisonment. famous Governor-Generalship.

Wakefield had a large share in drawing up Durham's famous Re-

CHIVALRY IN CRIME.

KING'S ESCAPE.

AN ECHO OF COWES WEEK

1926.03

Notts (2nd) 136 runs for 2 Ferguson had the goat at his Warwick (2nd)' 199 rune' for 3 wkta. Walker made 60 not out.mercy, but Lewis rushing out, port of the Imperial War Graves the foundation and early super and justice scientific, there would the

Light Blues v. Middlesex.

Arsenal railled, and Brain netted, At Cambridge, the. University but the point was disallowed as he drew with Middlesex. Scores:- was offside.. Dawson made 53. Durston took (1st) 231. runs.

wkts. Bates made 106, not put.

Yorkshire Win Easily,

189 runa,

At Gloucester, Gloucestershire lost to Yorkshire by an innings and 21 runs. Scores:-

Gloucester (1st) Waddington took 6 wickets for 51 Yorks (1st) 468 runs for 6 wkts., dec. Holmes made. 180, Sutcliffe 134, Kilner (R.) '90. not

rung.

-out.

Gloucester (2nd) 268 runa Hammond made 136 runs.

Larwood's Bowling. At Nottingham, Notts defeated Sussex by eight wickets. Scores:

Cantabs

4 wkts, for 46 runs.

Arsenal Lack Vim.

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London: Apropos of the open- ing of the Yachting season it is A year of great progress is re-port. But the remainder of his corded in the "Seventh Annual Re life was concerned mainly with "If only life were mathematical Cowes in 1926, with His Majesty revealed that'the "Britannia" at

King aboard,,narrowly Commission (Stationery Office, vision of the colony of New be some curious reshuffling of escaped a disastre 15.)...

Major-General Sir Fabian Ware, drance on the part of the Colonial ourselves," said Mr. J. A. R. Cairna, known, previously, to be a good Zealand. Meeting with hin most of the positions of folk like The "Britannia” was well- vice-chairman of the Commission, refers to the encouragement deriv-.1Office, he got his associates to the Thames Police Court magis-hard-weather boat, though, com In the closing minutes Arsenalled by members of the Commission despatch the first boat-load of trate, at the annual meeting of the paratively slow in light breezes. without Government Holloway, N., Discharged Prison- Therefore it was decided to made 52, Hendron 68, Killick 94.

Middlesex (1st) 344 runs. Les attacked hotly, but they lacked from the growing attachment of the settlers

their early vim.

French and Belgian people to the sanction, and the credit is due to era Aid Society held at the Man-lengthen the mast and the Cardiff was attacking when the 1,000. British war cemeteries in him of having thus forestalled a aton House, E.. whistle sounded: Teams-

France and Belgium.ARKA Lowe took 5 wkts. for 1 runs,

boom.. French annexation" of the coun- "I wish we folk would get rid of Cantabs (2nd) 966 runs for 5Cardiff City:-Farquharson, Nel- There is never a day of com- try. He worked in London for the notion, that the people who are rock and the "Norada" were On the day when the "Sham- memoration of the dead, or anni-) wkts.. dec. Duleepsinhji made son, Watson; Keenor, Sloan, Hardy; 254 runs not out.".

Curtis, Irving: Ferguson, Len Davis, versary: of an outstanding event the interests of the Infant Colony convicted are so very much worse digmasted the "Britannia" be

3 wkts.

Middlesex (2nd) 128 runs for McLachlan,

of the Great War on which a visit until 1862, when he went out in than ourselves (he continued). The Arsenal-Lewis; Parker, of ceremony is not paid to these person Two years later his There is in jail to-night a man came unmanageable. The skip- cemeteries by the French people health broke down, and without accustorsed to call to myself & Gall-tannia", has not been since raced.. whose life.I knew, and whom I was par ran for Cowes The "Bri- Kermedy Baker," Butler, Jolin;

At the conclusion of the game, Further evidence of sympathy activity, he died in 1882. Hulme, Buchan, Brain, Blyth, Hoar. In the neighbourhood.

being able to face any further lean, but, life plays queer tricks on This incident explains the HM the King presented the Cup with the objects of the Commis Wakefield's great intellectualAt Thames Police Cow on February 24 this year. Other

the wisest. RESEA

alteration of the rig, carried out and medals,sion's work is afforded by the powers were associated with two women were charged large yachts are having their

A pleasing feature of the pro

welcome given by the French peoples to the proposal to erect kink of which the abduction After the Arst hearing a third rise altered similarly!? tablets in memory of the Million episode was not the only mant- young woman went to a sergeant Lord Waring the owner of Dead of the Britian Empire in the festation. His associates in and said: "I want to give myself the famous White Heather Cathedrals situated in areas as public work generally parted com-up. It was I who stole the things has refused to alter the rig of sociated with the British Armies.pany with him in course of time, that the others received, and his yacht. The White Hea

of scruple which he showed in the to taking the punishment.

of means

for his high-That is a curious chivalry; it is eligible to compete inlithe

L'curious splendour from the people events this yeary | ectives. But no name that you and I are accustomed to her in the records of regard as the off-scouring of the tatesmanship, and few world

New Zealand Tour. The New Zealanders (who are touring in the Old County this season) drew with Martineau's XI. Scores

New Zealand (1st) 686 runs for

Sussex (1st) 129 runs. Larwood

cheding was the manner in which (the 1926 Test Match fast bowl 9 wkts. dec. Blunt made 119, the Arsenal players shook hands (er) took 7 wickets for 36 runs, Mills 188, Dacre 10131 with their opponents.p

Notts (1st) 244 runs. Hollings Martineau's XI (lat) 256 runs. -dale took 4 wkts, for 57 and Wilkinson made 101 Merritt

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Parks & for 10. took 4 wkta. for 88 runs, and The 87th Punjabi Regimental and 160,000 anidentifierare being rendered uneasy by the lack want to be with them when it comes thermay, therefore bein

Sussex (2nd) 248 runs. Bowley Bernau 4 for 69.29 made 67, Isherwood 54. Staples Martineau's (and followed held to-day on the United Service cemeteries is as wide is (26)

Sports and "at home" are being have been registered be

mission and the distrib (A.) too344for 19.215.

or) 168 runs for 5 wktsTanner Recreation Club ground, Kowloon tres of war in which the lose Continued ce foot of next colums, made 721

beginning at 3 pm.

the Empire were enga

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20 Zion,Professor JL. MorroOTAS