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RECKLESS IN LOVE FOR

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See this courageous fight of a woman for love!

With the brilliant star of "The

Devil's Holiday," and the hero

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The VAGABOND LOVER

THE CHINA MAIL

CHAMPIONS BEAT

AMERICA'S YOUNG

PLAYERS.

Brilliance of Shields and Woods.

FRANCE CHALLENGED.

MIDDLESEX

NO THRILLS IN LOW SCORING GAME,

KENT WIN AGAIN.

Freeman and Marriott Trouble Leicester.

POOR CONDITIONS.

Hampshire drew with Warwick- shire at Edgbaston, Birmingham.

Scores: Hampshire: 305 (Mynd 93, Paine

„7 for 130), Warwick: 194 for 5.

Derbyshire took first innings points from Notts at Ilkeston...

Scores:

Notts.: 146 (Townsend 6 for 59). Derby: 168 for 2-**

Kent beat Leicester by an Inn- ings and 19 runs at Leicester.

Scores:-

Kent: 300 for 5 dec, Leicester 148 (Freeman 5 for 68,

Marriott B for 43); 133 (Freeman 5 for 53,

Marriott 4 for 50).

Northamptonshire beat Glamor- ganshire by five wickets at Ketter ing.

Scores:-

156.

for 54);

After facing a field of the strong-" est tennis players, in the two Americas, Sydney B. Wood, Jun., and Frank X. Shields, the youthful

London, Yesterday. tennis stars of the United States

Lancashire, the Champions, came Davis Cup team are now well on th

the into their own at Lord's to-day Íroad to Paris and the cup... when they defeated Middlesex by Having travelled a path which 63 runs after a very low scoring brought them into competition with match. The home county were Mexico, Canada, and Argentina, within 11 runs of the Lanchshire they now have Britain to defeat first innings total when their last

Sarrey took first Innings points. before entering into the challenge wicket fell, and were soon in diffi-from Essex at the Oval. round with France.

culties in the fourth Innings

Scores: The splendid showing of these against the very accurate bowling Surrey 285 (Shepherd 167"). youngsters has given many ardent of Tyldesley (R). This is Lanca-Egaex: 227 (Gover 5 for 50), fans new hope that the Davis cup stire's third victory of the season may be brought back to the United and Middlesex's first defent. States where it belongs. Wood is At Edgbaston:: the game between only ninetees whilst Shields is Warwickshire and Hampshire had [twenty. Early in the year, many to be abandoned as a draw with

were lamenting the fact that Tilden the home county 111 runs in Glamorgan: 114 (V. W. C. Jupp 5 and Vincent Richards could not arrears with half their wickels in represont Amerien against France. hand. Mead failed by seven runs Now, however, they believe that it In his effort to equal W. G. Grace's Northants: is well that these two will not re-record-126 centuries, in first-class prosent America again, as the new cricket. Earlier in the season he combination is regarded as a more got within two runs of his object powerful body. The youth and against the New Zealanders before brilliance of the Americans are re-being clean bowled by W. E. Mer- The match between Yorkshire garded as being sufficient to dis- ritt.

and Sussex.at Hull was abandon- count the experience of their op- At Leicester, Kent registered ad owing to rain. It was impos- ponents.

their fifth victory of the season at alble to play on any of the three, Vincent Richards, the well-known the expense of Leicestershire. days as the ground was water-log-: tennis professional, "declares that After losing five wickets for 300 ged. Each county as A result Shields has one fault-nervous-runs A. P. F. Chapman declared secure four points in the Cham- ness. Richards says:

the innings closed and, with Free-pionship table. "When he gets a little older and man and Marriott offering the per- overcomes that nervousness, he'll fect combination, was in a position Gloucestershire beat Worcester. be hard for any man to beat."

Ito enforce the follow on. Both shire by an innings and 71 ruas Wood lacks the strength and bowlers met with further success physique of Shields, but he is ain Leicester's second venture and cool player and master of a softwere responsible for the innings game that pesters a hard hitter to victory. distraction. He holds No. 4 in the national ranking, only Wilmer Allison separating him from Shields.

He came into the limelight with a rush last Summer. During the Seabright tourney, this tall youth mixed his soft strokes with sizzling drives to halt the sensational cam pigning of Ellsworth Vines, who had played havoc with Frank Hup- ter, George Lott and others. Vines 'cracked up in straight sets under this very trying change of

pace.

Wood's fine work did not end with the Seabright championships," however. He trounced George Lott at Southampton and followed this with a victory over Shields after that young man' had defeated Tilden. Going into the finals at Southampton, Wood continued his deliberate, easy-going game to win the championship from Allison.

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Our Sports Diary,

LOCAL.

WATER POLO-To-day-Divi- sion IV.R.G. v. Chinese Bathing Club, 6 p.m.; Division II—Royal Artillery v. Kowloon "B", 6.30 p.m.

LAWN TENNIS-To-day- "B" Division-

K.C.C. Y. Recreio. L.R.C. v. M.B.K

A.T.C. v. H.K.C.C. C.S.C.C. v. University. South China . C.R.Č. C.C.C. v. U.S.R.C.

Division: C.R.C. v. Y.M.C.A. R.S.C. v. H.K.D.C.

K. Indians v, University. K.C.C. v. Deutscher Club.. LR.C. v. South China.. Saturday "A" Division--- South China V. M.B.K. LR.C, v. K.C.C.

C.R.C. v. H.K.C.C.

Division-- M.B.K. v. Recreio. I.R.C. v. K.C.C.- Nippon: Club v. C.C.C. C.R.C. v. University. U.S.R.C. v. C.S.C.c

g Division

Recreio v. Y.M.C.A.

C.C.C. v. C.R.C

University v. K.C.c.

Q.S.CC. v. South China. AsT.O. v. K. Indians. H.K.C.C. v. I.R.C.

LAWN BOWLS- Saturday Division T

Cralgengower v. Kowloon Docks:

KB.G.C. v. KC.C.

Recreio v. Police.

Talkoo v. C.S.C.C. Division, U

Yacht Club Talkoo. K.C.C. Crolgengower. G.S.C.C. v. Recrelo,

H.K. Electric v K.B.G.C.

and Friday.

CRICKET Middlesex v. Worcester.

To-day, To-morrow.

Kent v. Northants.

Sussex Glamorgan

Notts Easexy

Aic Cambridge Uv Leicester,

Hampshire x. Lancashies.

Gloucester v. New: Zenianders.z; Gentlemen y. Players, Saturday,

Monday and Tuesday

Middlesex. Notts

Sussex Surrey.

Kent Lancashire...

Somerset Essors

Yorkshire

orthants! orcister

arricket

The following were the most noteworthy baiting and bowling feats accomplished during the week end cricket programme

Batting,

Shepherd (Surrey) 2. Bakewell (Northants) Hammond (Gloucester)

130 (Bakewell 113, Mercer 5 for 57, Ryan 5 for 63); 81 for 5.

on the Waggon Works ground, Gloucester.

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Scores

Worcester: 103 (Parker 5 for 44); 79 (Parker 5 for 39, Goddard 4 for 20). Gloucester: 253 for 6 dec. (Ham- imond 100, Neale 95).

FRIENDLY.

Somersetshire drew with the New

Zealanders at Bath.

.167.

.113

.100

98

96

93

Scores:- Somerset:

* denotes not out. Bowling.

Lee (Somerset) Neale (Gloucester) Mead (Hampshire)

*Parker.. (Gloucester)..10 for '83 *Freeman (Kent)

10 for 12 Marriott (Kent)

9 for 93 Polne (Warwick)

7 for 130 Tyldesley (R.) (Lancs.) & for, 55 Townsend (Derby)

5 for

Gover (Surrey).....

V. W. C. Jupp (North-

ants)

G. L. Weir.(N.Z.) Mercer (Glamorgan) R. C. Blunt (NZ)

59

5 for 50

1

5 for $4

5 for 57

5 for 57 5 for 60

Ryan (Glamorgan) .... 5 for 03 Goddard (Gloucester) 4 for 29 Wickets taken in both innings.

244 (Lee 98, R. C.

Blunt 5 for 60} :

201 for 9-(G.-L. Weir 5 for 57).

New Zealand: 265.

Century List.. The following have scored cen- turies in the County Championship competition this season:-

Holmes (Yorkshire v. Warwick) 250 Woolley (Kent).... 188 Hammond (Gloucester V. Sussex) 168* Shepherd (Surrey)".

Hopwood (Lancashire)

K. S.

Duleepsinhli (Sussex .

167*

18.

162 C. C. Case (Somerset v. Surrey) 155

Surrey)

Les (Derby v. Esaer) Hobba (Surrey)

147

147 144

A. W. Carr (Notts v. Northants) 140 Burley (Sussex v. Surrey); Shepherd (Surrey)

1:40

Bright cricket was witnessed at the Oval where Surrey and Essex strove desperately for, first innings points. Tom Shepherd, the Surrey veteran, displayed all his old skill in compiling an undefeated innings of 167 scored out of 285. Essex found Gover in good form with the ball but it was a very open game for the major points before the last visiting batsman fell.

Northamptonshire gained their Hobbs (Surrey v. Sussex) first victory of the season at Ket-Astill (Lolcester)... tering today, defeating Glamor

P. G. H. Fender (Surrey v.

Somerset)

139' 131

C. C. Case (Bomerset v. Hants) 131 Smith (Derby v. Essex) Saadham (Surrey. v. Somerset), 131 Sateliffe (Yorkshire v. Warwick) 129 123 Hardinge (Kent v. Essex) Hendren (Middlesex. v. Sussex). 125 Hobbs (Surrey T. Bomerset) -128 Walker (Notts)

125 125 Dacat (Surrey)

125

117

116

Staples (A.)-(Netts) Alderman (Derby y. Surrey)

1131

KS. Dulcepsinhji (Sussex

Northants)

gan by five wickets, Bakewell Bakewell (Northants) who is showing excellent form this season lent valuable aid to the Northants total of 190 by scoring

113,

Continuous rain at Hull did not, allow a ball to be bowled in the match between Yorkshire and Sus- ocx At Bath, Somersetshire held. the New Zealanders, to a draw. after relinquishing a lead of 11 Fruns on the first innings. R.. C Blunt, the visiting, skipper, distin gulshed himself, by capturing 5 wickets for 60 runs out of a total

The full results as cabled by Router were as follow

Lancashire beaf Middlesex by 63 runs at Lord's.

Scorea

Lancashire: 169 and 200..

Middlesex: 158 and 148 (Tyldes-

Play (R.) 6 for 55):

K. S. DuleepainhigEX) -

Bowler (Sussex v. Lancs.) THeurne (Middlesex v. Glamor

112

112

106.

111 Woolley (Kent v. Linea.) ... 108 Lee (Middlesex v. Glamorgan)

107 Rev. J. H.. Parsons (Warwick v.

Somerset)

105 gan)

104 Bowley (Sussex v. Gloucester) 103 Creón (Warwick Derby) 108 Hammond (Gloucester. Notts) 103 Wilker (Notts v. Northants) 102" Cook (Sussex Gloucester). 101* Hearne (Middlesex v. Glamorgan) 101. P. G. H. Fender (Surrey T. O'Connor Derby)

«Елвех Kent) J. C. White (Bomerset) C. T. Bray (Essex)

RE. B. Wyatt (Warwick) Hammond (Gloucester).

* denotes not out.

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FIRST. CLASS COUNTY CHÂMPIONSHIP TABLE TO DATE.

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