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THE CHINA MAIL, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 1936

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THE HIGH SPOTS OF A GREAT LAWN TENNIS SEASON REVIEWED

CRICKET SEASON

UNDER REVIEW

YORKSHIRE LESS LIKE A MACHINE

N. W. D. YARDLEY AND D. COMPTON STAND OUT FROM CROWD

(By H. A. H. Carson)

London, September 1.

WHEN cricket historians tell the tale of this season of 1936 they will probably dismiss it as one of the worst on record in the matter of weather. Not that it actually was, but we for- get that we began with better weather than is usual in May, and only remember the poor days of July and August.

It has not been a great season, I admit, for the cricket has been topsy-turvy and the All India tour failed to give that fillip to English cricket which we expect from a touring side. There was, however, a grand contest for the County Championship. before Derbyshire won it, and at times Kent, Middlesex, Notts,! Yorkshire and Derbyshire have looked like coming out first.

I am not sure that I like se open a contest. It is amusing to read. and interesting to see, but one has the idea of levelling I have always looked upon York- down rather than levelling up.

Jesse Owens, American negro, who was the outstanding star of the Olympic Games in Berlin is here shown being kissed by his mother, left, and his wife on his arrival back in New York. A large crowd, including a special delegation from his native Ohio, met the

world's fastest human."

CHAMPIONSHIP GALA AT EUROPEAN Y.M.C.A.

shire as a model team, arranged in all its departments so well EXCITING SWIMMING PROGRAMME

that the best cricket in the county represents the county, and this season we have not had Yorkshire towering amongst us. not because we others were better. but because Yorkshire's bat- ting was not so good, and, Yorkshire's bowling not so over- whelming.

K.C.C. “A” UPSET CHAMPIONS

Mixed Doubles League Encounter

KING'S PARK TEAM AVENGE DEFEAT

|

Yorkshire were less like a

machine, with a human capacity to err in the field.

With the exception

of

IS ANTICIPATED

GREAT FUTURE FOR Breast-Stroke.

Champion DONALD BUDGE

FAST DEVELOPING INTO

A CHAMPION

TRAGEDY OF WIMBLEDON FINAL

London, August 29. NOW, though summer, very late, has just

appeared, and warm weather, after long periods of rain, has been with us, the lawn tennis season is moving to its close. We have reached the last chapter. Soon, when the few September tournaments are over, the lawn tennis book of 1936 will be finished.

And so in this last week of August we are able to look back over the season.. Nothing unusual, nothing sensational has

happened. If anything championships and matches have gone E.

Nothing has come about!

M. MARQUES. the Colony breast-stroke swimming

more ever to book. unanticipated. There has been no new sensational arrivals in champion and St. Joseph's football With one or two exceptions form was custodian, was born in Hong Kong championship ternis.

We are indeed very much jin 1913 and educated at St. Joseph'a very much as is previous years..

College. where we were when the season began.

He first came into the sports F. J. Perry, commencing the season as the number one player of the world, ends it in the same position, his reputation limelight in 1931, when he joined His the Victoria Recreation Club as a not increased certainly not diminished, but reaffirmed. form at Wimbledon, "unconvincing at first, improved with each junior member and in the follow- match he played as the fortnight progressed. By the final hefing year entered the Colony Cross- the Harbour

employing breast-stroke throughout. had worked into his best.

After the race he was advised by the late Hector M. Remedios, then

It was the tragedy of an un-¡ --- eventful. Wimbledon that his]

eagerly awaited, should have

match against Von Cramm, 30 RIFLES WILL

BE HARD TEAM (By "CRAWL")

TO DEFEAT COME good swimming is anticipated this evening in the Euro- ended in so dismal a manner. a mis- pean Y.M.C.A. swimming pool, where the "s" final cham-From every point of view Von

CAMPBELL WILL pionship gala will be staged, commencing at 6-30 p.m. and ter-Cramm's accident was minating with a dinner-dance and prize distribution, Mrs. P. S. fortune. It was a misfortune

BE MISSED Cassidy, wife of the President of the Board of Directors, having for Von Cramm, depriving him jof an opportunity to make a Glamorgan and Northampton, kindly consented to distribute the prizes.

second bid against Perry for

NEW INTERMEDIATE LINE the counties have played

The five main events on the the Wimbledon title, to defeat

FOR FIRST ELEVEN i programme are the Men's 100 again a player who, earlier in yards free style. the Junior 100 the year, he had beaten in It was a misfortune; Yards free-style, the 50 Yards Paris. breast-stroke: the 50 Yards back for the spectators, some of stroke and the Diving, while the whom had queued up all night Ladies' 50 Yards free-style has so to see the match.

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even set of games, and it was never safe to prophesy that any

one county could beat another. OLYMPIC TANK

For the latter half of the sea- son we were playing on funny wickets and anything might have happened.

It was rather curious that the theory that fast bowlers needed

STARS TO GIVE EXHIBITION

The Kowloon Cricket Club Alfast wickets and slow ones Japanese Ladies At “Y”

team caused an upset in the Mixed should

have been SQ Con-

Doubles League yesterday even tinually contradicted, possibly be ing at King's Park, when they de feated the Chinese Recreation Club, who were without the Tsul!

cause the art of the grounds- man is so well understood in these idays that a difficult wicket is

brothers. by 5% sets to 3%. after rarely seen, and the modern bats- having lost the first round

counter by 8 sets to 1.

eng.

man, the

to get

on with game, attempts shots off G. Bodiker and Miss A. Ma a slow bowler that are beyond kenzle were in fine form and did

hope of reasonable success.

The lack

of success

Pool On Friday

LOCAL TALENT WILL BE' MATCHED AGAINST THE

VISITORS

(By "CRAWL")

far drawn eight entries, which is most encouraging.

יי.

(By "REFEREE")

race.

VR.C. breast-stroke champion, to develop his stroke. In 1933 he was selected by the VR.C. as their

second string swimmer against the Shanghai Foreign "Y" winning the event much to everybody's sur- prise.

'Since then he has twice repre- sented Hong Kong in Interport swimming meets, in Shanghai in 1984, and in the Colony last year. when he was placed third on both

The Royal Ulster Rifes, one of ¡occasions. Не has competed the most powerful sides in the the Colony championships on three First Division of the local foot-occasions and en two occasions, i71 ball League, are looking forward 1954 and 1985, was second to Kazok

ja

to

Chun-hang, the Colony and Inter- port champion, but he won the tille for the first time last Saturday night at the VRC.

Hollow Victory And finally it was a misfortune to a very successful season In addition to the champion-for Perry. Not only did it giveview of the fact that in spite of ship events, there will be a 200 him a hollow victory for his third their arriving here at the end of Yards free-style relay between successive triumph at Wimble-last season, they were able

Marquee also has fairly good the pick of the Army and the don, but it deprived him of his extend several of the leading cinks,

soccer record.

He first played YMCA, a 200 Yards Mixed Re-chance of avenging his defeat by and also because they do not an-

ticipate many changes in the team goalkeeper for St. Joseph's in the lay and a novelty race in addition Von Cramm in Paris, of proving.

(this season.

Second Division during the 1992- to the usual Men's and Ladies' 50 in fair combat his superiority over

Campbell, their pivot, will be 3 season, but later transferred to Yards Aggregate Handicap races. tis German rival, and of reaffim-]

leaving for home early on in the Club de Recreio, playing in their Lange Favoured ing plainly and surely Lange, who won the 50 Yards occasion most suited for the pur-season and his place will be filled first Division team until the end by Moore, who may led the team of the 1934-35 season, when he re- during his absence. The loss of turned to the Saints. After a few Campbell will be greatly felt matches, however, he left the Colony The only other change in the for Shanghai and played for Club

πο

the

He also

A sporting event of outstanding free-style on September 9 and the pose his supremacy in the by fast interest to swimmers will take 220 Yards free-style title yester-tennis world.

this However, though

oppor not concede a set, sharing the spoils in one match and winniti bowlers on fast wickets. I am in-place in the European YMCA day evening, is favoured to retain two others.

clined to attribute to that instruc-swimming pool next Friday after his 100 Yards free-style title this tunity was denied him at Wimble tion to umpires which practically noon between 4.30 pm and 5.30 evening, although Anslow, who don, it came later in the Davis team will be Nelson, who is also Lusitano in the Senior League for

Left to play the deciding leaving the station, and his posithe rest of the season.

will be filled played in goal for them in the E. C. Fincher and Miss O. Dalziel puts intimidation" out of court, pm, when a team of 13 Japanese swam exceedingly well in the Cup. (K.C.C. "A")

and, as has been said very truly. World Olympic lady swimmers Colony championship, is expected match in the Challenge Round, hetion at left-half

played, a game that will live long either by McCauley or Millar. Final of the Shottore Cup against in exhibition to fully extend hira. lost to W. C. Hung and Mrs. E.

4.8a fast bowler who cannot frigh-will participate

Connor will be in goal, while Lo-Litton

The Junior 100 Yards free-style in the memory of those who were last year's reserve players.

Marques has secured local inter- ten the batsmen is robbed of his events against the cream of local,

soccer recognition in talent.

championship should see a very privileged to see it, producing a 62 principal weapon.

full-backs. Arnold, brand of tennis that can scarcely Pickering and Stevens will be the

They are a. sound both the Colony and in Shanghai. The Japanese ladies will arrive good race between

in- LB.W. Decisions

in the Colony on Friday morning Booker, Lephard and Keown. A have been equalled. setting an There have been a large num- at dawn by the s.s. Kashima Maru though the latter is the present delible seal on his greatness as a pair, Pickering being especially He first represented Portugal, in ber of leg-before-wicket decisions and leave for Shanghai the same holder of the 50 Yards title, he is player. T-Sjunder the new rule, but I have not evening at 6 pm, and as a result by no means

beat Iu Tak-check and Mrs. Chiu

Chur-chiu

beat S. W. Liang and Miss R

Perry

6-2

G. Bodizer and Miss A: Mackenzie (K.C.C. ~A

beat Bung and Mrs. Litton

drew with Iu and Mrs. Chiu

beat Liang and Miss Perry

certainty in the

most!

6-6 yet seen the first off-break bowler the only convenient time for the 100, which should be the

good.

hard

Tung Hwa.

goal, in the Colony, during the New Half-Back Line

(1935-35 season, against Wales in Paris Weakness

Due to the two vacancies

in the Semi-Final, and against China- His only weakness in the season-

intermediate line. this in the Final. was displayed in Paris.

Never the

be the first time 2

He played in goal for Portugal 6-3 that I expected this rule would gala will be between 430 p.m. and open event on the programme.

throughout the championship did will The Diving 5.30 p.m.

line will be in Shanghai against China in the produce.

The events will probably be the?

Von Cramm in the final he play-seen in action. McGonigal, at Final during the 1935-36 season. The Diving championship should he show his best form, and against new intermediate E. F. Fincher and Miss M. Griffiths

I do not like this N rule, as I

right-half, is

worker, A. fine all-round sportsman, Mar (see several junior entries, among

When, (KCC. “A”) drew with Hang and Mrs. Lätton 6-6 consider it throws too much re-100 Yards free-style, in which

the hard-worked Miss V. Thirwell (VAC) the Co-whom Milla and E. Fowler stand ed only in fits and starts. 66 Sponsibility on

The other wing-jahead of him. drew with Iu and Mrs. Chiu ....

a good chance of taking the title in the second and fourth sets, he while Moore has played at cen-ques has still many active years

was really playing, there was only tre-half before. lost to Liang and Miss Perry... 5-7 umpires, but it has worked well lony champion, and Miss Chan

and may Woon-king (Chinese Civil Servants Sissors, who has been practicing In first-class games,

of Club), the Canton Provincial Meetassiduously throughout the sea-jone man on the court who count half position will be filled by Mixed Doubles League some day bring back a little

that off-side play which is so at-ing champion, will probably re-son, but who has not yet taken ed. But in the first and last sets, either McCauley or Millar. The Final Table

Itractive.

present the Colony, the 50 Yards part in any of the "y" galas, is aand in the later part of third, his former arrived in the Colony at: TIISILEERS. ROWING free-style, in which Miss D. Hurt fairly good performet and is also genius, which has carried him to the end of last season.

was only played four games with the sen- Better Fielding (V.R.C.) and Miss Leung Yuk-a likely candidate for the title is present position,

conspicuous by its complete ab ors, while Millar, who played for the Battalion in Egypt, injured If neither batting nor bowling chan (C.B.C.) will be the Colony should he enter. A Pts

opinion swimmers, and the 30 Yards back-

Von Cramm remains, as last his knee just before he arrived here and did not play last sea-i 8 16. 1 14

3 has improved, in Recreio

The stroke, in which Miss Leung Wing-

world's year, the

second best! C.R.C.

1414. fielding has been better. ... 8 7 158

player. Though certainly he has son. Both are reputed to be very

aseful. K.C.C. 'A' 8 5 2 143

11 slower pace of the turf-may perhan (Mak Ngah) the Canton Pro-

not gone back, I do not think he

(Continued on Page 3) K.C.C. B8 07 117

haps have rendered round feld-jvincial champion, will be one of

has improved, except perhaps in U.S.R.C.. 8 5 2 1 42% 26% 11 ing a trifle easier, but it has not the Colony stars.

greater power and accuracy on Totals 40 18 18 4 177 177 40 affected catching, which generally

his back hand drive.

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TABLE TO DATE

P W L D F

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has been excellent, except per-1 haps at the Oval, and when “REST" CRICKET XI TO MEET good a ground fielding, side

COLONY SIDE

50

ав

Surrey find it difficult to make

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their catches, you may be certain

The following have been select-

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LANGE RETAINS

220 TITLE:

A

sence.

Beats Field Of Four In Poor Time

NOTABLE DEBUT IN FIRST DIVISION

and has

K.G.C. PRESENTATION TO MR. D. C. WILSON

REGATTA

Large Crowd Witness

Annual Event

The final rates of the annual rowing regatta of the Royal Welch Fusiliers took place at Shamshuipo yesterday,

"Fimal placings of yesterday's There was a large gathering of events were as follows:

1,000. Yards-"D" beat "C" Coy. friends and members at the Kow-by one length Time: 5 mins. 55 secs. H G. Lange retained his 220

Joon Golf Club yesterday evening 2,000 Yards-"D" beat, "E". Coy. that there is something wronged to represent the Best of the Yards free-style swimming title at

when a presentation, on behalf of by six lengths. Time: 8 mins, 49 secs. When Gibson was suddenly the members, was made to Mr. D. Southend Supporters Club has with the light, and the Oval is be-Colony against the Cricket Inter-the European T.MC.A. pool' yes.. handed a further cheque for £50 ing buried at the bottom of a well port team in a match to be played terday when he beat F. Anslow

on the K.C.C. ground on Saturday comfortably in 2 mins. 49 2-5 secs. taken ill it meant that Middles-C. Wilson, former president and "SPURS SEVEN CASUALTIES to the directors of Southend of high houses and flats.

Seven Tottenham players were United F.C., bringing the season's The wicket-keeping, like the at 2 pm and on Sunday at noon: which represented his worst time. brough had to take the field with leaptain of the Club, on the ocea EC Fincher, L. D. Hibee, E. Only four swimmers took part|Ferguson, in 18-year-old goal-jalon of his departure from the total: to £1,150. In addition the batting and the bowling, was good. club has provided a new entrance and just at the moment there is men, Oven-Hughes, N. & in the race, G. Amold coming in keeper. This young player, who Colony, Mr. and Mrs. Wilson and injured at Upton Park in their

Mackey, AW. Hayward (Cept-), to one of the stands and recandi- any amount of goodness with a E Perry, Lient Hylands, F. Gthird a few strokes behind Anslow, keeps wicket for Darlington Rall their three children will be lexy-opening game. They were: Howe, Goodwin, F. D. Padra and Tell while R. Goldman dropped out of way Athletic, made a notable ing the Colony for Scotland next Rowe, Grice, Alexander, Bucking-

Friday by the mv. Scharnhorst. ham, Morrison and Ladford. tioned the scare board at a cost of lack of distinction.

the event after half the distance. ¡debut in First Division football (Continued on Page 3). Tafoell. £45.