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THE CHINA MAIL.

THURSDAY, JULY 9, 1931.

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OXFORD BEAT CAMBRIDGE

ANOTHER WIN FOR LOCAL TEAM.

South China Again Successful.

CLOSE GAME.

|BRILLIANT EFFORT BY YOUNG INDIAN.

RECORDS SMASHED.

First Victory for Eight Years.

CANTAB COLLAPSE.

MAX SCHMELING TO MEET CARNERA.

Championship Title at Stake.

VENUE NOT SETTLED.

New York, Yesterday,

London, Yesterday. Oxford University to-day defeated Cambridge Univer- aity by eight wickets at Lord's, thus registering their first vic-plonship won

tory since 1923.

At Batavia, playing against the S.V.B.B. Eleven on July 8 the South China touring eleven by the odd goal in three after a very evenly contested game. The scorers for the tourists were Fung King-cheung and Chu Kwok-luen.

WATER POLO LEAGUE RESULTS.

V.R.C.'S BIG WIN.

At the Victoria Recreation Club last night the VR.C. defeated the Navy by ten goals to nil in the Sonior Division of the Water Polo League.

A fight for the World's Cham- belt Between Max Schmeling, the German and world

A feature of the game was heavyweight champion, and Primo that two double centuries were Carnera, the Italian giant, has scored by rival batsmen. In been fixed for September 17 this Cambridge's first innings A. T. year. The contest will be over 15 Ratcliffe created a new Inter- rounda.

the

University record by scoring The venue for the match has not - 201 out of a total of 385. been settled pending the New York Oxford replied with a total of Boxing Commission's ruling in re- 453 for 8 declared, the Nawab gard to

re-instatement of American of Pataudi contributing an un-Schmeling. Reuter's defeated innings of 238, thus Service. breaking all former records. [A message of July 4 stated:- Taking first use of a batsman's In contest for the World's wicket Cambridge found R. S. G. Heavyweight Boxing Championship Scott in fine form with the ball Max Schmeling (Germany); the beat Young Stribling and, had it not been for a re- holder,

on a technical knock- markably fine innings by Rat (America) cliffe, Cambridge, would have out in the fifteenth round.] been in a very serious situation. contributing 201 Rat-

By

In the Junior Division thecliffe swelled the Cantab, total to V.R.C. "B" drow with the Kowloon 386. Scott, bowling consistently "A" at two goals all. The other well, captured 6 wickets for 64 match in this division resulted in runs. Kowloon "B" being forced to con- cede a walk over to the V.R.C. "A" on account of not being able to raise a team.

The following are the League tables to date:-

Division I

Goals P. W. L. D. F... Pts. V.R.C...

6 600 40 1 12 Chinese Ath. 5 3 1 1 24 8 Kowloon

16 5 2 1 2 17 Chinese B.C. 5 2 2 1 6 18 Navy...

0 5 33 Borderers

05 Division II:

4.30

Goals.

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F.. W. L. D.

A. Pls.

¡V.R.C. "A"

4 4 0 0 24

3

3 0 1 24

3

2 1 0 18

2

University 12th Batt. Argyll Kowloon,"A" V.R.C. "B" Chinese Ath 3 20th Batt... Borderers R. Signals Kowloon "B"

31st Batt

2 0 1 13 2

2 1 1 15 13

2 2 1 16 12

2 1 0 18.

10 22. 0

13 1

08. 0

0 4 0

0 4.0

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Our Sports Diary.

LOCAL.

WATER POLO-To-morrow- Division 1.-Kowloon v. Border- ers, 6 p.m.; Division II-12th Heavy Baltory, R.A. v. Univer- sity, 20th Heavy Battery, R.A. v. I Borderers, 6.30 p.m.

SWIMMING- Saturday-South China A.A. Night Fete (North Point).

Chin-

LAWN TENNIS-Saturday "B" Division-Recreio v. ese R.C.; Indian R.C. v. Nippon Club; Civil Service C.C. v. Kow- loon C.C.; Hong Kong C.C. v.

Craigeng DivisionY.M.C.A. C.C.; University. v. Army T.C.; v. Civil Servico. C.C., Craigongower C.C. v. Deutscher Club; Indian R.C. v. Chinese R.C.; Recreio v. Kowloon C.C.; Army T.C. v. Hong Kong 0.0.

FOOTBALL-To-morrow-Hong Kong Football Association Annual Meeting.

LAWN BOWLS Saturday Division I-Civil Service C.C. v.

Kowloon Dock R.C.; Club de Re-

crelo v. Craigengower C.C., Kow. Joon C.C. v. Police R.C.; Kowloon B.G.C. v. Taikoo RC.; Division II. Club de -Craigengower C.C. Rocrela, Hong Kong Electric, R.C. v. Civil Service 0.0.; Yacht Clab v. Kawloon C.C.; Taikoo R.C. v. Kowloon B.G.C

BASEBALL-Sunday-Japan- ene v. Chinese, Athletic

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PLUCKY PRESTON BOXER.

Battling Sullivan's Comeback.

HIS WIFE'S LIFE,

Twelve months ago Sam Hall.

Prolific Partnership. Oxford faced with this formid- able total received definite en- couragement from the Nawab of Pataudi and H. G. Owen Smith, who participated in a most pro- lific partnership, and the Cam- bridge total was easily passed.mark or "Battling Sullivan, of The Nawab of Pataudi was un- Preston," to give him the name he defeated with 238 rues to his is known by in the boxing world- credit when the innings. was was advised by his medicnt man to declared closed at 453 for 8 relinquish his ring career.. Hero of 2 wickets. F. R. Brown. took half nearly 300. fistic encounters, with such hard-hitting fighters as Harry the wickets for 153 runs.

Cambridge, requiring 69 runs Reeves, Charlie Smith and Con to save the innings defcat, scored O'Kelly to mention but three of only 122 against the fast his opponents-Sullivan's eyes be 7 bowling of E. M. Wellings (5 for gan to give cut, the result of bis repeated batterings In the roped 25).

square, and when, eventually, he was forced to follow his doctor's advice he was almost blind.

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Set the easy task of scoring 65 rum for victory, Oxford knocked off the necessary runs for the loss of two wickets..

Full scores as cabled by Reater were as follows:-

Oxford University heat Cam bridge University by eight wickets at Lord's. Cambridge: 885 (A. T. Ratcliffe 201. R. S. G. Scott 6 for 64).

Care and attention have restored; his sight, and Bullivan is now per fectly fit again, but it is doubtful if this dour fighter would ever hava entered a ring again but for one thing the serious illness of his Young' wife..

Mrs. Hallmark is lying danger- Dusly ill at Preston, expensive spe cialist treatment, and at least two 122 (E. M. Wellings immediate operations are impera- tive to give the girl wife even a 5 for 25). Oxford: 453 for 8 dec., (Nawab chance of life, so, like Frank Varey, of Pataudi 298, the dirt track rider, who flirted H. G. Owen' Smith with death in order to secure ra- 78, F. R. Brown dium treatment for his dying mother, Sullivan has once more be

5 for 158).

55 for two wickets. come the "Battler," at the risk of

[It is learned that A. T. Rat- permanent injury to his sight, in cliffe, the Cambridge cricket order to raise money quickly and Blue, was not included. in the in larger amounts than he could original team, but was given otherwise carn.

W. G. Davies'. place owing

When, recently, Sullivan met and

to the latter player being injur- defeated George Tottles, of Leeds. ed. G. D. Kemp Welch, the over twelve rounds, the ferocity of Cambridge captain, scored 87 out his fighting had the crowd on their

f 285 scored by Cambridge in the first innings.

A. Melville, the South African player, captained the Oxford cleven in the absence of D. N. Moore who is lying seriously ill.]

feet. Like a man possessed he tore into his opponent, not only because. he wanted, and wanted badly, the winning end of the purse then at stake, but in order that he might be given further immediate fights...

The crowd only saw a boxer,

Note by "Cricketer " The Nawab of Fataudi has seemingly determined to give them deed made cricket history in his value for their admission money last year up at Oxford. In score they could not visualise the drama ing 238 not out he broke the for at the back of Sullivan's display of mer highest individual score in Batic fireworks that he was vir a Varsity match. Ratcliffe on tually fighting for his young wife's the previous day had scored 201, life.

thus breaking the former record] He won-handsomely and resp of 172 set up by J. F. Marsh for ed his Immediate reward by being. Cambridge In 1904, but the matched with Paul McGuire of New Nawab surpassed both these castle, John Pettifer, the British high scores with ease.

Cardera), and Pierre Charles. The

In last year'a Varalty match last-named fighter he will meet at he scored 6 and 20, and in the the Cirque de Paris, a ring in which previous year registered scores the Preston boy gained many vic- br 105 and 84 against the Camtories In the past. tridge attack and in the latter Although only twenty-three years year was largely responsible for af age, Sullivan has had over 280 getting Oxford out of a desperate ght, and has yet to be knocked plight In the second innings he out. Absolutely fearless, the Bat aided A. M. Crawley to add 165 tler" is prepared to meet any runs for the second wicket fighter in the world, and he in-one Besides having the satisfac of the few British heavy-weighte tion of scoring a double century who has never shown any signs of the qualifying for the horizontal and century against Light Blues'attack, the Nawab championship." Boteu new record in "Inter

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