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WEDNESDAY, JUNE 17, 1981.

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MEAD EQUALS GRACE'S RECORD

LEAGUE TENNIS. RESULTS.

FOUR MATCHES PLAYED.

H.K.C.C. Hold C.R.C.

to à Draw.

K.C.C. ROUTED.

Further progress was made in the Hong Kong Lawn Tennis *League yesterday when four matches were decided. The Hoog Kong Cricket Club are to be con- gratulated on their unexpected draw with the strong Chinese Re creation Club side. Other matches resulted as were anticipated.

Full results were as follows:-

|126TH CENTURY, AT NORTHAMPTON.

KENT SET-BACK.

Gloucester Fail to Force a Win.

GALLANT SUSSEX.

London, Yesterday. Philin Mead, the Hampshire, veteran, scored his 126th century at Northampton to-day, thus equal- ing the number of centuries com- piled in first-class cricket by W. G. Grace. After being led on the first Innings Hampshire participated in batting practice during their second venture and it was then that Mead scored 106 not out., fte has been striving, desperately for this distinction and earlier in the sea. Bon registered scores of 99 against Visiting the Chinese Recreation the New Zealanders and 93 against Club courts the H.K.C.C. 'forced- n Warwickshire. draw in the "A" Division encount-enly other batsman now-to lead the er, each side scoring 4%, points.

Hampshire player 'In the compila-'} tion of centuries, Scores:-

"A" DIVISION.

Ng Sze-kwong and Iu Tak-lam (C.R.C.):-

CZECHO - SLOVAKIA WINNING.

TWO SINGLES, Denmark Fighting Pluckily.

DAVIS CUP RESULTS.

Copenhagen, Yesterday.

In the semi-final round of the European Zone, of the Davis Cup here to-day, Czecho-Slovakia won both singles matches against Den- mark and are now well in the run- ning for the final against Grent Britain, the winners of which match will play the American Zone final- iats for right of challenge' to Franco, the holders of the Davis Cup.

Jack Hobbs is the as follows.

Kent received a check to their victorious, progress when they al- lost to Holmes and Sullivan. 4- Glowed Lancashire to run up the lost to Humphreys and Owen

Hughesi,

* 4-6

►

huge first innings fotal of 430, but drew with Sewall and Marcelli 6-8pirited batting Hardinge placed them in a sound position at the

Results as cabled by Reuter were Menzel (Czecho - Slovakia) beat Ulrich (Denmark) 6-3, 6-2, 7-5. Hecht (Czecho - Slovakin). beat Henriksen (Denmark) 6-3, 6-0, 3-6, 6-2, 11-9.

Surrey beat Sussex by 12 runs

Scores

Ho Ka-lau and Yew Man-kit conclusion of the game. It leat Horsham.

(C.R.C.):-

beat Holmes and Sullivan..... 60 beat Humphreys and Owen

HughesN

beat Sewell and Marrell!

M. W. Le and Ng (C.R.C.):

curious that the Lancashire skip- per, P. T. Eckersley, did not enforce Surrey: 195 (Tate 5 for-46); 8- 1 the follow-on, but instead scored

265 for 8 dec, 62a further 168 runs. Had it been Sussex: 113 (Sheffield 5 for 35);

325, Sze-cheung B. H. Lyon or P. G. H. Fender con- cerned, one would have had little doubt as to the' course pursued.

lost to Holmes and Sullivan 5-7 beat Humphreys and Owen

Hughes

lost to Sewell,and Marcelli

IR.C. v. K.C.C.

5-7

At Sookunpoo the Indian Recrea- tion 'Club defeated the Kowloon C.C. by eight sets to one.

Scores:-

S. A. Rumjahn and H. D. Rumjahn (1.R.C.):-

beat E. C. and E. F. Fincher. 6-1 bent A. E. Guest and Millard, 6-1 beat F. Grone and W. Hyde ... 6- 4

C. A. L. Rumjaho and J. A.'E. Casoumbhoy (IR.C.)

6- 4 6-0

beat E. C. and E, F. Fincher beat A. E. Guest and Millard. beat F. Grose and W. Hyde.. 6-0

A. R. Minu and O. Ismall (LR,C.):— lost to E. C. and E. F. Fincher 2-6 beal A. E., Guest and Millard 6- 4 beat F. Grose and W. Hyde .... 7-:5)

"B" DIVISION.

The H.K.C.C. beat the Army Tennis Club by 'six sets to three.

Scores:-

H. Owen Hughes and Marseilles (H.K.C.C.)—

beat S. M. Atkinson and S. M.

Mitchell

beat Capt. Thorpe and Cel. Lecky beat Major Kerrick and Capt. de

Linde

6-3 0-1

Br 2

Denderson

and

| (H.K.C.C.):—

The following were the most noteworthy batting and bowling. feats accomplished during the week-end cricket programme→→

Batting,

Iddon (Lancs.)

Arnold (Hants.)

153 126

V. W. C. Juop (Northants) 128 Tyldesley (E.)

(Lanes.)

Dacre (Gloucester)

Hardinge (Kent)

120

119*

113

Mead (Hants.)

306"

Kennedy, (Hants.)

103

A. W. Carr (Noits)

102

Davies (D.) (Glonergan)

93

• denotes not cut.

Tyldesley (R.) (Lancs.) Nichols (Essex) Freeman (Kent) Larwood. (Notts)

.7 for $2

.7 for 55

7 for 179

Bowling.

Sheffield (Surrey) Tate (Sussex) Bowes (Yorks) Paine (Warwick) Boyes (Hants.) Mitchell (Darby)

.6 for 64

5 for

35

1.5 for 46 ..5 for 57 ..5 for 75 ..5 for 76 ..for 97

Natts advanced one place in the championship table as the result of their victory over Middlesex át Lord's.

Arthur Carr scored his

Lancashire took first innings points from Kent at Tonbridge.

Scores:-

Lancs.: 430 (Tyldesley. (E.) 120,

Iddon 158, Freeman 7 for 179);

168 for 5 dec. Kent: 187 (Tyldesley (R.) 7 for

52);...

265 for 3 (Hardinge 111).

Essex took first Innings points from Somersetshire at Taunton.

Scores:-

Somerset: 212 (Nichola 7 for 55); 85 for 1.. Essex: 220,

Yorkshire took first innings points from "Leicestershire at Sheffield.

Scores:-

Yorkshire: 263;

167 for 2 dec. Leicester: 157. (Bowes 5 for 57); 29 for 1.

Northamptonshire took first inn- ings points from Hampshire at Northampton.

Scores:-

Hants.: 303 (Kennedy 103);

284 for 2 dec. (Arnold

128, Mead 106*).

Monoghan second century of the season and Northants: 331 (V. W. C. Jupy

lost to S. M. Atkinson and S. M.

Mitchell

Larwood again performed well with

3-6 the ball.

beat Capt. Thorne and Col. Lecky 6- 3 lost to Major Kerrick and Capt.

de Linde

40

Stark and Bowker (H.K.C.C.): loat to S. M: Atkinson and S. M... **Mitchell

3-6

beat Capt. Thorpe and Col. Lecky - beat Majór Kerrick and Capt. de

Linde

“C” DIVISION.

6: 8

Surrey played an exciting game with Sussex at Horsham and were

128, Boyes 5 for 76); 22 for no wicket.

Worcestershire took frst innings rewarded by victory by 12 runs. points from Glamorganshire at Sussex conceded a lead of 82 runs Wercester. on the first innings and were set

Scores: 4388 runs for victory. They made

Worcester: .232; a gallant effort and were only twelve runs in arrears when the last wicket fell.

132 for B.

Glamorgan: 212 (Davies (D.) 93).

a draw at Nuneaton dropped one points from Warwickshire.

Gloucestershire took first innings

Gloucestershire as the result of

The Deutscher Club entertain-place in the table. The New Zea- ing the Army Tonnis Club lost by landers played another drawn game six sets to three,

at Derby and must by now be won- dering how cricket thrives In Eng- land.

Scores:

May and Kayserling (D.G);—

lost to Paul and Halford

4- 0

lost to Stephenson and Lockham 28. Full results as cabled by Router

lost to Jarman and Ward .... 5-7 were as follows:-

Soltau and Neidt '(D.C.);—–*

Notts beat Middlesex. by 126. runs at Lord's.

beat Paul and Halford

#. 4

Scores

beat Stephenson and Lockham

beat Jarman and Ward...

7- 5 04

Jaeger and Foraita (D.C.);

Notts: 295 (A. W. Carr 102);

194 for 9 dec.

lost to Stephenson and Lockham 2-8 lost to Jarman and Ward Y 2- 6

64); 189.

lest to Paul and Halford ... 3-6 Middlesex: 174 (Larwood € for

MONDAY'S GAME

The Civil Servico. C.C. entertain=

fed the South China A A, and lost

by 2% Bets to 81⁄2 1.

Scores:

V. H. Freeman and C. K. Anderson (C.§.Q.C.):—

lost to Wong Fook-nam and Lukjede San Chan-chang

lost to "Ho Kim-wam and Lau

Kwai-tank

beat Chan Kam-hung-and: Cha

Bam-moon

HE. Evans and H. {(0.8.0.0.) — NA

lost to Wang Fook-nam and

Chan-chang

lost to Ho Kim-

Pez-Kwal-dan

beat Chan Kam-hing “ani

mga-Kam-moonli

WA Parton

drew...

Scores Gloucester: 883 (Dacre 119*, Paine

5 for 75): Warwick? 188;

151 for 8.

FRIENDLY.

Derbyshire drew with the New Zealanders at Derby.

Scoras:A

5

Derby: 280; and 91 for 2. New Zealanders: 296 (Mitchell fox. 97);

FIRST CLASS COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIP TABLE TO DATE.

Kent (5)

Notts (4) Gloucestershire (2), Middlesex (16). Lancashire (1). Worcestershire (10) Burray(8) Yorkshire (5) Essex (6) Derbyshire Bussey (7) Hampshire Northampton Leicestershire Glamorganshire Somersetshire, Warwickshire

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