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DEAN SWANN'S ADDRESS.

VERITY'S FINE SPELL SOUTH CHINA BEAT

AGAINST SURREY.

YORKSHIRE AGAIN WIN. Duleepsinhji's Bad Luck at Tunbridge Wells. KENT'S FIFTH DEFEAT,

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Indian Recreation Club Continue Winning.

LEAGUE TENNIS RESULTS.

Division

Tennis

Playing on the South China. Ath- At the weekly tiffin of the

letic Association ground yesterday, Rotary Club yesterday the Very Reverend Dean Swann, a Cam- At Tunbridge Wells Kent lost the Radio Sports Club were defeat- bridge Blue, and member of a well their fifth successive match when led by the home team, in the "C"

of the Lawn known rowing family, gave an in Sussex won by seven, wickets.' tereating address on the subject of The decline of the strong Southern League, by 7 sets to 2.

Scores:- rowing, with particular reference challenger has been nothing short to the methods of training and of sensational, for it must be con- preparation for racing at the Uni-sidered that Kent collected 102 versitles.

points in their first ten matches and

with half as ROW

many matches played again the county has not advanced its total by one solitary point! -

ran

The Dean commenced by taking his hearers to the Cam." He des- eribed how the freshman is first trained in a tub pair with fixed seats, where he learns how to

Yorkshire, with a match in hand, make his stroke, to keep his feet is only three points behind Notts, firm on the stretcher, and to de-the present leaders in the Cham- velop the proper awing. The use pionship race. Is Yorkshire going of the legs in rowing was all-im-to regain its former laurels this

Yesterday Verity portant, and the best way to learn year? vas by beginning with a fixed seat. Later, the freshman joins "erock" sight," which is a painful but wonderful sight in action. Practice is carried out daily, in all weathers, under the supervision of coaches on the bank. Rowing at the 'Varsities was a hard service, but it brought out the 'best. in a man, preparing him for the stern- er disciplines of life that lay be- fore him.

Ladder of Success.

A

Dean Swann went on to describe the rungs of the ladder in Cam- bridge rowing success. The "blue," of course, headed the list, then the trial cap, the College First May Boat colours, then the first Lent Boat There was for. (every man in every boat the glit. tering possibility of making a bump in the Lent or May races, and it four bumps were made of hanging up his proudly emblazon- ed oar on the wall.

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The following were the, most noteworthy batting and bowling fests accomplished during the week-end cricket programme:-

Batting.

Darre (Gloucester) Iddon (Lancashire) Bakewell (Northants)

F. I. Mak and C. C. Luk (5.C.A.A.) ;~~~

beat W. Chanson and C. T.

Lau

lost to" W. Wu and C. N.

5- 2

Teang beat W. Abbas and Y. T., Man 6- 2

H. K. Ho and K. F. Lui (S.C.A.A.) ;—

beat W. Chanson and C. T.

6-

Lau beat W. Wu and C. N. Tsang 6-4 beat W. Abbas and Y. T. Man 6- 2

K. H. Chan and F. N.. Wong (S.C.A.A.):~

beat W. Chanson and C. T. "

Lau

6- 2

.165

137 124

K. S. Duleepsinhji (Sussex) 127-

lost to. W. Wu, and C. N.

Tsang ... beat W. Abbas and Y, T.' Man 6 4 'League Table to Date.

·0-6

91

Sets.

Leyland (Yorkshire) · Ames (Kent),

124

Gunn, G. (Notts)

.112 101

denotes not out.

Bowling.

"Bowes (Yorkshire) ...............10 for 125 A. E. G. Baring (Hamp-

shire) Freeman (Kent) Verily (Yorkshire)

Paine (Warwick)

Slater (Derbyshire)

Nichols (Essex)

Tate (Sussex)

P. W. D. L. F. A. Pts. Chinese R.C. 6 6, 1-D 44 10. 11 Recreio

6 5 1 0 37 14 11 5500 36

S.C.A.A,

Y.M.C.A....

10

5Î2874254 10

Kowloon C.C. B 4 G 1

127

18.

Indian R.C. 7 4 0 3 33 28 8 University 5 3 0 2 28 164

G 3 0 8 22% 28% R

Radio S.C. 7 2 2 3 25% 38 - 0

H.K.C.C.

9 for 26

8 for 150

Army T.C.

6 for 11

6 for 42

C.S.C.C.

5 for 28

5 for 48

6 for 77

Wick:ta taken in both innings

K.I.T.C.

7 8.0 4 29 34

7 0 16 17 - 48

Graduates A. 3 0 0.2 344 194

Deutscher C. 4049 27 0.0.0.

500 5 7 374 0

MIXED DOUBLES.

LRC. BEAT LRC

At Sookunpoo yesterday after- Full results as cabled by Reiternoon, the Indian Recreation Club were as follow

through the Surrey eleven in the Describing sliding-seat rowing excellent figures of B wickets for second innings and returned the Dean Swann referred to the "clink-11 runs to give his side an innings er-built eight," a comparatively victory. heavily-built boat suitable for more elementary rowing, and used in the Lent races. The "Mayg" were rowed in "light ships." The caraman must have achieved a con- siderable degree of skill to row In a "light ship.".

The speaker went on to discuss the essentials of a good stroke, und then described the procedure at the May. Races, which were "bumping races."

Boat Race Training. ... As regards the Varsity "Boat

mixed doubles team defeated the Sussex beat Kent by seven wic Ladies' Recreation Club "by 734 kets as Tunbridge Wells.

Scores:-

Kont: 258 (Tate 5 for 77)

326 (Ames 112).

Sussex: 271 (K. 8. Dulcepsinhji

ter,

sets to 12.

Scores:-

H. D. Rumjahn and Mrs. Gull (L.R.C.):

beat J. Armstrong and 91, Freeman 8 for 150). Mrs. Stafford Smith, 316 for 8 (K. S. Duleep beat A. D. Humphreys and

Misa Thomas Binh 127).

6- 2

Lancashire took first innings

beat Capt. and Mrs. Ethering-

ton...

6- Ř

Scores:-

Roce, "when I had the job of points from Middlesex at Manches- choosing the Cambridge crew; there were over nine hundred men in the C.U.B.C. to choose from." In October a atart is, made to whittle, these down to sixteen. At the end of that month the two

Trial: Eights' race over a three mile course at Ely, on the Ouse. where the water was deeper and liveller.

The Varsity Boat starts practice at the beginning of the Easter Term, and after about four or five weeks the crew is usually fixed.

Later the crew go down to the upper reaches of the Thames--and nowadays each crew goes to Hen- ley every other year and practices from Leander Club: After about In fortnight the crew goes down to Putney for final practice, about two and one half weeks as a rule,

A Great Sport.

Lancashire: 323 (Iddon 187). Middlesex: 104.

Gloucestershire took first innings points from Northamptonshire at Kettering.

Scorcs:-

Gloucester: 453 for 8 dec., (Dacre

165).. Northants: 150 and 229 for 4

(Bakewell 184),

Yorkshire beat Surrey by an in- nings and 55 runs at Bradford.

Scores:

Surrey: 166 (Bowes 6 for, 98)

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S. A. Rumijahn and Miss R. Burjahn (I.R.C.) --- beat HJ. Armstrong and

Mrs. Stafford Smith. beat A. D. Humphreys and

Miss Thomas Jost to Capt. and Mrs....

Etherington

2- 6

C. A. L. Rumjahn and Mrs. Osborne (LR.C.) ——

bant" H. J. Armstrong. and

Mrs. Stafford, Smith ....... 8 1 draw with A. D. Humphreys

and Miss Thomas

beat Capt. and Mrs. Ethering

ton

points from Glamorganshire 81 (Rowes 4 for 82, Bath,

Verity 6 for 11). ⠀⠀⠀⠀ Scores:--- Yorkshire: 281 for 4 dec., (Leyland

124).

Derbyshire took first innings Dean Swann continued with "a graphic description of the Bont points from Leicestershire at Race itself, and concluded by em|| Ashby-de-la-Zouch, phasising the human aspect of Scores M rowing. In his opinion, it was one Derby 219 and 69 for 7 dec. of the finest preparations a young Leicester: 79 (Slater 5 for 28) 44 man could have for the difficult business of living and working in harmony with his follow mon,

Rotarian A Shields returned thanks to the speaker on behalf of the Rotary Club/

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Warwickshire took first innings polats from Worcestershire at Edg- baston, Birmingham.

Scores NA

Somerset: 817 and 55 for 1.. Glamorgan : 225.

Essex beat Hampshire. by two wickets at Colchester.”

Scores:W

Hampshire 69 and 150 (Nichols 5

for 48).

Essex. 69 (A. E. G. Baring 9. for 26), and 161 for 8.

FRIENDLY.

Notts drew with the New Zea Warwick: 218 and 166 for 6 dec.landers at Tront Bridge, Notting

A and 155 for 4

TWENTY GRAND GETS Worcester 117 (Paine 6 for 42) ham.

Scores:

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Notts: 832 (G. Gann 101), Somersets lire took first Innings- New Zealand: 250 for 8

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