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M.C.C. CRICKET AVERAGES

HAMMOND AND COPSON HEAD LISTS

Sydney, March 19.

Hammond heads the batting aver- ages and Copson the, bowling for the M.C.C. tour of Australia which was concluded here today.

Hammond scored 1,511 in 24 of 68.68. innings for an average Copson took 35 wickets at an aver- age cost of 17 runs.

The MC.C. played 25 matches, of which they won seven, lost five and drew 13.

The complete averages are:

'BATTING.

Inns. N.O. Ttl, score Avge.

24 2: 1511

.260-1416-259 154:46

Hammond

231* 68.68

Barnett

Leyland

.29 5

1127. 126 --46.95

Hardstaff,

35 3

1067 110 35.50.

Ames

27 1

920

518

R. E. S. Wyatt 20. 2 Fagg

109 36.38 :106 28.77

112 201 536

28.21 -6825.81 -89 25.62 104 25.80 61 19.00 53* 13.33

G. O. Allen. 19 3 413 Worthington .29 2692 Fishlock ...23 3 506 R.W.V. Robins 21 0 800 1238 200

33 ...21 2 245

12.89 .26 3

12.04 17 Duckworth ..11 4

15 11.85 ..14

19 10.42

Voce

Sims

Verity

Copson

K. Farnes

Copson K. Farnes, Hammond G. O, Allen Sims Verity Voce

277,- 83 73 7

.20 7 88 .26* 0.76 Denotes not out

BOWLING

O. M. R. W. Avge. .178.722 595 35 17.00

285.7 33:1042 48 21.70 | .1843 19 640-27 23.70 258.8 23 1024 41 24.90 .318.5 25 1273 48 26.52 .373.1 96 883 31 28.48

320.1 31 1134 39 29.07 R. W. V. Robins 191.39 815 24 33.95 Leyland

48.3 4 245 6 40.88 Worthington 91 8 364 5 72.80 Also bowled: Ames, 24.5-1-108-9; Barnett, 12-1428-2; Hardstaff, 15-8-91-4; Fishlock, 7-0-32-1; R. E. S. Wyatt,

19-1-123-1.--Reuter.

THE CHINA MAIL, APRIL 6, 1937.

Jean Aerts (left) and Omer Debruycker, Belgian bicycle-riders, smile over their victory-bouquets after winning the 62d annual six- day race in New York City. The Frenchmen Ignat and Diot were second and Bobby Thomas and Tino Reboli, Americans, were third.

AMERICAN

YACHTING

SURPRISE

YANKEE TRANSFORMED FOR

CUP TRIALS

MANNOUNCED TO-DAY

OLLIEF

TOO FAST FOR

DELOFORD

QUEEN'S CLUB TENNIS

LOSER'S SERVICE

WEAK

· Eöndör, Ma¥èh 11: The programme had been so far advanced on the first two days that yesterday's play in the Queen's Club tournament was confined al- most entirely to doubles, only two singles being decided, both of them in the men's court..

The first of these was a bright. and interesting match J. S. ́ ́Ollif was opposed by M.-D.. Deloford, perhaps the best of our young players, and with both determined to attack at every possible "oppor- tunity a very fast game, with fre- quent rallies of volleys, resulted.

Deloford started well, but "two successive love games to Olliff put him on terms, and he led 4-3. A well-fought game, in which deuce was called 10 times, and both men played brilliantly, at last ended in Olliff's favour, and he won the next easily for the set

́ ́ ́CRACKED UP

-Again Deloford went off strongly and led 90, but he began to crack when Olliff put on pressure, and NEW YORK, MARCH 11. the score was 8-áll; Killing very: GERARD LAMBERT, THE "AMERICAN YACHTSMAN, well and finishing with two superb THAT HE HAS BEEN MAKING service aces, Deloford went ahead IMPORTANT CHANGES TO HIS YACHT YANKEE IN THE àgain, but this was his last success. At 4-all he served three double HOPE OF WRESTING FROM MR. HAROLD S. VANDERBILT'S

and Olliff NEW YACHT RANGER THE HONOUR OF DEFENDING THE faults, one at game-point;✨ AMERICA'S CUP AGAINST MR. T. 0. M. SOPWITH AT NEW- went out a good winner in the next PORT THIS SUMMER. THE RACES BEGIN ON JULY 31.

Not only will Yankee's keel be altered but she will carry a sloop rig of a type which has -never been tried out in 2 mo-

UNITED HOSPITALS dern J. class racing yacht.

HELD

Dominion Students' Lucky Try

KEEN RUGBY GAME

WITNESSED

game.

AMERICAN

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The news came as a sur- prise to Amèrican yachtsmen, who had taken it for granted that which is being specially built for this season's racing, would be the obvious defender.

all.

Yankee's mast has been moved six feet forward from its old posi- tion, and nine feet have been added The annual Rugby match be- to the main booms. Ag a result of tween the Dominion Students and the changes her mainsail will be the United Hospitals at Richmond some 500 square feet larger than athletic ground was very even the old one, or 5,553 square feet in Both sides got their share of the ball from the set scrums and, out-

THE ADVANTAGE side,

individualism rather than

Mr. According to the designer, combined work was the usu? Frank Paine, the advantage of the means of progress.

new rig is that a single big headsail The result, a goal and a try each, is more efficient than two sails in was satisfactory, and although all the fore triangle, giving less inter- through the second half the Do-ference between the sails and a bet- minion Students were a man short |ter wind tunnel. Also there will be owing to an injury to Young, the less gear to handle.

right wing, the possibility of а Mr. Lambert admits that the new score was always remote. All the rig is an experiment; and he makes scoring was done before half time. no predictions that Yankee will be Of the forwards, Laubscher and able to beat Ranger in the trials. Mundy, for the Dominion Students, To-day's announcement changes the and Irving, Lytle and Nicholson, whole prospects of the trials. Yan- for the Hospitals, were most pro- kee now unexpectedly looming up as minent. Stidolph ran well, and a lively contender, as in 1930 and Bok was anralert wscrnur-Kalf: For 1934. the Students.

The Hospitals owed a lot to the A. and Guy's), D. E. Stephens (S. combimation of Candler and Hearn, A. and St. Mary's), R. Mundy (S. the Bart's, halves, and the running A. and Bart's), and F. Walt (S. A. of Steed and Morley.

and Guy's).

Dominion Students C.; Hala- United Hospitals.-G. M. Ward mandres (S. A. and Guy's): C. A. (London): J. O., B. Young (St. Young. (Australia and St. Mary's), Thomas's), E. P. Morley (London), H. G. Owen-Smith (S. A. and St. G. R. Steed (King's), C. M. Squire Mary's), D. Muller (S. A. and St. (St. Mary's) ;) P. L. Candler (St. Mary's), N. E. Stidolph (S.A. Bartholomew's), R. D. Hearn (St. and St. Mary's); J. O. Sullivan Bartholomew's): E. S. Nicholson (I.F.S. and St. Mary's), L. Bok (Guy's), W. A. Law (London), P. (S. A. and St. Mary's); M. R. Kark M. Smythe (London), K. G. Irving (8. A. and Guys), D. E. Parry (St. Bartholomew's). M. W. Lloyd- (S.A and St. Mary's), H. C. Barry Owen (St. Mary's), R. L. P. Lytle (SA and London), J. Laubscher (St. Thomas's), D. F. Glass (S. A and Oxford) Forbes (S. (King's), C. S. Darke (Guy's).

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