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THE CHINA MAIL.

CURRENT SPORTING GOSSIP

BRITISH AMATEUR CHAMPIONS LOSE TO TILDEN THE WORLD'S

GOLF.

Only One American Survivor.

WETHERED STILL IN.

Loudon, Yesterday.

In the third round of the Bri- fish Amateur Championship at Westward Ho Voigt beat Aber-

2 and one.

WORCESTER.

45

HAMMOND 168 NOT OUT.

Hampshire Strategy at the Oval.

NEW ZEALAND WIN.

London, Yesterday. The defeat of Lancashire at War- crombie, Fairbanks's conqueror, by coster provided the sensation of the week-end cricket programe. Roger Wethered heat T. Tor Batting first, the home county rance by 4 and 2.

scored 169 and proceeded to 'dis. miss the champions for a paltry score of 75. In the fourth innings Lancashire, requiring 211 runs for dismissed for 85. wickets for

Dr. McCormack beat Demaria, a wealthy young Argentinian, by and 2.

Cyril Tolley brent Robert Harris victory, were by 4 and 2.

John

America's Only Hope. Douglas Fiddian beat Hadden at the 21st.

Marlin Smith (Royal St. George's) beat

Forsman Winged Foot) at the 20th, leav- ing Voigt as the sole player re- maining of the eleven Americans Voigt meets Bernard Darwin in the next round.

Earlier Rounds.

Barlier cables stated:--

At Westward Ho yesterday It was Douglas Fairbanks's first at- tempt to win the British Amateur Championship, and he was the great attraction, being followed by a large crowd when he was beaten by one up at the best green by J. Abercrombie of the Royal Liverpool.

There is a probability of a Bri. fish-American. final, Tolley against Voigt. Tolley has received a bye into the second round; while Voigt hunt the Lincoln champlon, Bow- m. 4 and 3.

Bombardier Wells, the British ex-heavyweight champion, beat the veteran international, H. Taylor, 4 and 2

Other first round results were: Sir Ernest Holderness (twice the holder) beat G. Hannay, 2 up. Douglas Grant beat De Paolo (America), at the 20th.

Leonard Crawley, the English native champion, has scratched.

Second Round.

In the second round the village gardener of Northam, the ad- Jurent course, was the hero of the morning, heating the brightly- attired American, Tom Maguire, by 3 and 2. Andrews, the victor, has to work before the match, i after which he renumes work. He had the local milkman as his caddie. All the villagers ran over to congratulate him.

To-day's surprises were:- Lister Hurtly beat one of the favourites. Edward Tipple, a Lon- don golfer, of Langley Park, by 2

Root claiming

runs.

Gloucester, thanks to a fine un- defeated century by Hammond, secured a first inninga lead over Sussex at Brighton. With Larwood

took

good bowling form and centurica from Walker and A. W. Carr. Notta comfortably

first innings points from Northants at Trent Bridge. The match between Lei- cestershire and Derbyshire result- ed in a struggle for first innings points, and stumps were drawn after the winning hit on the first innings.

The following were the most noteworthy batting and howling Neats accomplished during the eek-end cricket programme:-

Batting.

Hammond (Gloucester)

A. W. Carr (Noits)

Howley (Sussex)

Walker (Notts)

T. C. Lowry (N.Z.)

168 .140

.103

.102.

.101.

.101.

G. D. Kemp Welch (Camb.) 101

Cook (Sussex)...

⚫ Denotes not 'out.

Bowling,

Tyldesley (R) (Lancs.)

Verity (Yorkshire) Root (Worcester) Slater (Derby)

W. E.

E. Merritt (N.Z.) Larwood (Notts.)

1. B. Cromb (N.Z.) Mayer (Warwick) Nichol (Essex)

Kennedy (Hants.) Perks (Worcester)

A. H. Fabian (Camb.)

Parker (Gloucester)

Freeman (Kent) Durston (Middlesex) Watt (Kent)...

11 for 59

10 for 36

9 for 23

8 for 63

7 for 28

6 for 44

6 for 46

6 for 76

6 for 81

O TUF OL

6 for 86

5 for 19

$ for 36

$ for 59

5 for 63

5 for 80

4 for 5 Tyldesley took 11 wickets in the course of the match.

Kemp Welch seems in good form after his short tour of Egypt with H. M. Martineau's XI. Yesterday he scored 101 against the Middle- sex attack. The New Zealanders' secured their second victory of the present tour at the expense of the M.C.C. at Lords, T. C. Lowry, a The young Midlander, Douglas relative of A. P. F. Chapman, Fiddian (Stourbridge) eliminated scoring his first century of the wing a former English champion, by 3 tour. Forced to follow on 201

and 2.

and 1.

The veteran, Robert Harris, beat the Scottish champion, Kenneth Greig, 2 up.

Reveral Americans fell. Nall exin of the Royal and Ancient, brat Paul Azbill, 4 and 3.

Rex Hartley, former Californian, beat Douglas Grant, 5 and 3.

Hadden, of Orinda, America, beat Joshua Crane, of Brookline,

4. and 3.

John Forsman, of Winged Foot, had a walk over from the Oxonian American, Herbert Scheftel, who acratched. Reuter.

rung in arrears, the M.C.C. were dismissed for 48 runs, the lowest acore of the season. Merritt fol- Jowed up his 8 for 41 against Es- sex by taking. 7 wickets for 28 runs. Kent found little difficulty in accounting for Derbyshire al- though gaining a lead of but 20 runs on the first Innings. Watt, a bowler who played in very few matches inst season, took 4 wickets for 6 runs in Derbyshire's second innings.

The match at the Oval provid- ed many surprises. Surrey batted first and scored 245. Hampshire had scored 127 without loas when the declaration was made. Surrey

TWO REFEREES FOR increased their advantage by scor

FOOTBALL

Interesting Experiment in Calcutta.

EXAMPLE FOLLOWED.

Calcutta, April 26.

Calcutta is making an experi.

ment with two referees for aoccer to-morrow when the Loya! Régiment, the Calcutta League! Champions, and the Durham Light Infantry, one of the finest football combinations In India, meet on the Calcutta ground.

It seems that the Association at Khargpur had two referees for thefr football matches all last season, totally regardless of tho Laws of football laid down by the FA, and the Calcutta Football, League, replying on the fact that they are not affilated to the Foot ball Association are trying to foll low that example..

ing a further 103 runs for the loss of only two wickets at which point they, In turn, declared. Re- quiring 222 rans för victory Hamp- shire lost half their wickets for 125 runs before stumps were drawn,

BEST PLAYER.

Wins Professional Title Easily.

RICHARDS BEATEN.

Philadelphia, May 14. William T. Tilden to-day Won the professional lawn tennis cham- pionship of the United States and of the world when he defeated series of matches which began in Vincent Richards in the third of a

the Madison Square Garden, New York, a week back,

Tilden won by 6-4, 5-7, 7-5, 6-2. - United Press.

In 1918, 1919 and 1922 Tilden won the American doubles title

with Richards as his partner. In 1926 Richards beat Tilden on three ocessions and in October of the

same year he turned professional, Tildah delayed this step until last December in order to be able to play against Richards and Kozeluh For the professional title, as he had already won amateur champion, ship at Wimbledon in 1930.

Below are appended the full re- aults as cabled by Reuter:-

Worcester defented Lancashire by 126 runs at Worcester.

Sentes: Worcester: 160 (Tyldesley (R.) 5 for 31); 117 (Tyldesley (R.) 6 for 28). Lancashire: 75 (Perks 5 for 19); 85 (Root 9 for 23).

Kent beat Derby by nine wickets at Derby,

Scores:-

Derby: 150 (Freeman 5 for 63);

187 (Watt 4 for 5).

Kent: 170 (Slater 8 for 63);

119 for 1.

Surrey took first innings points from Hampshire at the Oval.

Scores:-

Surrey: 245 (Kennedy 6 for 86);

103 for 2.

Hampshire: 127 for no wicket

declared; 125 for 5.

Gloucester took first innings points from Sussex at Brighton.

Scores

Sussex: 107 (Parker 5 for 59); 2783 (Bowley 103, Cook 101*).

Gloucester: 289 for 5 dec. (Ham-

mond 168").

Nolts took first innings points from Northants at Trent Bridge.

Scores:-

Northants: 211 (Larwood & for

44); 78 for 2. Notts: 302 for 3 dec. (Walker 102*, A. W. Carr 110).

Leicester took first innings points from Essex at Leicester.

Scores:-

Essex: 245 for 7 dec. Leicester: 246 for. 8 (Nichol 6

for 81).

FRIENDLIES.

The New Zealanders beat the M.C.C, by an innings and 122 runs at Lord's.

Scores:--

New Zealand: 302 for 9 dec.

(T. C. Lowry 101*). M.C.C.: 182 (I. B. Cromb 6 for 40); 48 (W. E. Merrit 7 for 28).

Cambridge U. drew with Middle- sex at Cambridge.

Scores:- Cambridge U.: 289 (G. D. Kemp Welch 101, Durston 5 for 80); 87 for 3. Middlesex: 185 (A. H. Fabian 5

for 36).

Yorkshire beat Warwickshire by an innings and 25 runs at Leeds.

Scores:-

Warwick: 201 and 72 (Vority 10

for 30)..

Yorkshire: 298 (Mayer 6 for 76).

FIRST CLASS COUNTY CHAM PIONSHIP TABLE TO DATE.

Gloucestorshire (2) Yorkshire (3)

2

200

First Inne. Poss. P. W L Won Lost. Pls. Pts.

3 Q

1.75 53

80,

2

Kent (5)

Somersetshire (14) Middlesex (16) Worcestershire (10) Notte (4) Sussex

*(7) Glamorganshire (11)

Lancashire (1) Surrey (8) Derbyshir

·Harúpshiras Leicestershi

Northamptonshire (17) Essex (6)

Warwickshire (15).

The figures, in brackets

1

80

2010- 45 D Itionssccupied by the counties at the close of the 1980 season. The method of, scoring this year is a foliows:--15 points for a win: 7 points for a tier -15" polits. for 's win on the first innings and 3 points for a lom onfrat minings 4 poldis for a tie on the frst innings and 4 points for no result

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