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THE CHINA MAIL, APRIL 10, 1937.

DECIDING LEAGUE CRICKET MATCH

COLONY

LAWN TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIPS

Fixtures För Next Week

The following are the Colony Lawn Tennis Championship fixtures for next week:

Court)

:

MONDAY

Open Singles Championship

E. C. Fincher v Wong Fuk-nam,

Club Singles Championship

G. W. Sewell v W. M. Barton

Club Handicap Singles

J. Thomson. (~1.6) * LT. Ride (2.6) or A. C. I Bowker (scr.)

F. V. Harrison (~3.6) v D. S. Robb (15.6)

TUESDAY

H.K.C.C. SHOULD BEAT INDIAN R.C.

NEVE AND OWEN-HUGHES VICTORIA WIN

THIS

MAY TURN TIDE

NEWCOMER FOR CLUB XI

(By "ADREM")-

HIS afternoon at the Hong Kong C.C., the deciding match between the Indian R.C. and the Hong Kong C.C. for the championship of the senior division of the Cricket League - will take

SHEFFIELD

SHIELD SERIES

Record Their 16th Victory

MCCORMICK'S FINE BOWLING

Adelaide, March 16.. Victoria, by beating South Aus-

tralia (holders) by nine wickets here to-day, won the Sheffield Shield for the sixteenth time.

match of the season, for Victoria,

Everything depended on this last

lia by only two points. A

FIVE VICTIMS

Paul Kong v S. A. Rumjahn (Stand place. With the weather having at last settled with 19 points, led South Austra

win down, a fine wicket seems to be assured, which, would have given South Australis the trophy, and a win on the first from the point of view of a deciding match, is per- innings would have made a tie.

Victoria wanted only 49 runs to haps rather unfortunate.

win out-right, and 22 were scored Lon Saturday. The outstanding 27- THERE HAS BEEN A GREAT DEAL OF SPECULATION were made to-day for the loss of AŠ TO THE OUTCOME OF THIS GAME. WHEN THESE TWO Lee's wicket, and the match ended TEAMS CLASHED IN THE LEAGUE A SHORT WHILE AGO, in little more than two days. Open Singles Championship F. H. Kwok or K. Shute v Y. C. Lau THE INDIANS HAD SLIGHTLY THE BETTER OF A DRAW.

C. W. Walker, the South Aus- Open Doubles Championship E. L. H. Shute and K. Shute v E. C. MANY CRITICS. CONSIDERED THEN, THAT IF THEY HAD tralian wicket-keeper, who claimed Fincher and W. C. Hung (Stand Court) DECLARED EARLIER THAN THEY DID, AND HAD GIVEN five victims in the first innings,

Club Handicap Doubles

caught. Lee off Waite's bowling to- A. H. Penn and J. R. Collis (+15) THE CLUB A SPORTING CHANCE OF GETTING THE RUNS, day. K. E. Rigg and 1. Lee made 21 vE. H. Williams and L. R. Andrewes THEY MIGHT HAVE BEEN ABLE TO FORCE A DEFINITE not out and 13 not out respectively. (+3.6)

Waite's wicket cost him three runs. J. Rodger and. J. S. Rodger (-5.6)|RESULT.

South Australia-First Innings, 182 or M. Pagh and 'J. Thomson (~5,6) v

(D. G. Bradman 31, L. O'B Fleetwood. A. C.. I. Bowker and R. K. Valentine

The Club were 'not then at full batting strength. Owen Smith 6 for 66); second innings, 79 (E. (3.6) or W. Wooding and H. F. Green (3.6)

Hughes had been rather badly shaken by a nasty crack on the L. McCormick 9 for 40). Club Mixed Doubles

mouth received from a hard return off his own bowling by. A. H. VictoriaFirst Innings, 213. (I. Lee Major and Mrs. Withington v V. R. Madar, and H. B. Neve was an absentee from the side. These two 109 not out); second innings, 49 for 1 Gordon and Miss Mackie

players are the Club's match-winning batsmen. Owen Hughes, wkt-Reuter.

FINAL TABLE with his long reach, and Neve, with his wide repertoire of strokes, score as rapidly as anyone in the Colony, and without them to contend with, the other batsmen would probably have been dismissed in going for quick runs.

WEDNESDAY

Open Singles Championship Leong Ping-chiu v H. D. Rumjahn

or L. J. Howard (Stand Court).

Open Doubles Championship

A. V. Gosano and A. V. Remedios V Ng Sze-kwong and Hon Luen-fung.

Club Singles Championship

conclusion

will

P.

be

Victoria Australia N.S.W.. Queens- land

drawn, that I consider the odds to be against an Indian victory.

Be that as it may, the Indians which, the will again have to try conclusions this afternoon and I hardly J. Thomson v R. L. Withington or think they will again have such

F. V. Harrison v G. E. R. Divett

A. L. Sullivan.

Club Handicap, Singles

M. Pagh (~30) ог F. A. Joseph (+26) v G. Smith (4-3.6)

a glorious opportunity.

Club will be without the services A K. Mackenzie (-1.6) v G.. Pol- of T. E. Pearce and A. C. I. Bow- glase (-1.6) or H. Owen-Hughes ker, but have obtained the services (-15).

of a newcomer to local cricket in the person of R. E. H. Nelson, who I understand, has played some very good cricket at home. He did Wong Fuk-nam and Luk Ding-cheong in the Hong match, so he should well for the Bank last week, very P. F. Tsoi and Ng Nam-chuen (Stand Court),"

prove a decided acquisition.

THURSDAY

Open Doubles Championship

W. N. Cheung and M. C. Hung v A. M. Rodrigues and L. A. Silva or Wong Fuk-nam and Lui 'Kwai-fum.

Club Handicap Doubles

FULL STRENGTH

IRC. are at full strength, but F. G. Nigel and R. M. M. King (-+-4.6) v A. H. Penn and J. R. Collis apart from Minu, I cannot see any- (16) or E. H. Williams and L R. thing really outstanding in their Andrews (+3.6)

:: Club Mixed Doubles

In the event of a draw, I under-

stand the match will again be re- played.

TEAM'S RECORDS.

The following are the records for the two teams in the league:

HONG KONG C. C.

Won Lost

on

on

W. L. 1st 1st Pts.

in in 3 0 3 0 24 6 3 1 0 2 17 6 1 2 1 2 10

1 ཧ་ 0

SIR M. CAMPBELL TO SEEK WATER SPEED RECORD

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His High-Speed Motor Boat LAND SPEED WILL HOLD ITS OWN Beat the Army by 5 wickets; beat Navy by 4 wickets; beat University by

March 16. 5 wickets; drew with Civil Service; beat K.C.C. by 8 wickets; drew with Sir Malcolm Campbell has de Indian R.C.; beat Craigengower by 6 | cided not to make any further at- wickets; Points: 17

INDIAN R. C.

Beat University by 5 wickets; beat attack. M. el Arculli has been res-Craigengower by 4 wickets; beat Army T. C. Monaghan and VG vonsible for some decent perform- by 4 wickets; beat Navy by 70 runs; (-5.6) v G. E. R. Divett and B. O'M. Deane (-16:3). - P

ances, bot is not really as good as beat Civil Service by 22 runa; drew he is made out to be in some cir-with Hong Kong. C.C.; drew with KC.

the answer to a opposite number eles. F. M. el Arcnlli might supply C.; Points: 17.

for Minu, with his fast-medium afternoon's match:- leg breaks, but I hardly think he will prove effective against good {batsmen.

▼ W. Wooding and Miss Ward or J. C. 1. F. L. Smalley and Miss Smalley

Pool and Miss Allen.”“.

FRIDAY"

Open Singles Championship.

E. C. Fincher or Wong Fuk-nam

Y, W. Lee (Stand Court)

The following are the teams for this

tempts to break" his world's land speed record of 304 miles an hour. Instead, he is turning his attention to high-speed Ƒ motor-boating, and hopes to try out a new high-speed boat on Loch Lomond in June.

Sir Malcolm explained yesterday how he came to transfer his in- terests from the land to the water.

made a definite promise to family," he said, "that if I Indian R.C.-A H. Rumjahn (Capt.), A. H. Madar, A. R. Minu, A. R. Abbas, reached the speed of 300 miles an A. R. Kitchell, F. M. el Arculli, S. A. hour I would not make any further Ismail, Yel Arculli, M. el Arculli, K. attempts on the motor car speed re- Nazarin and A. A. Rumjahn Reser- cord. have reached 300 miles per If the Indians bat first, I am ofves:-A, S. Suffiad, and M. P. Madar.

hour and I am to adhere to that the opinion that the Club will win,

Hong Kong C.C.SA. W. Hayward mise, much to my regret veur provided either Owen Hughes, Neve (Capt.), H. W. Baines, E. R. Duckitt, For the last 18 months he has F. V. Harrison (3.6) or D. 8. Robb or Gillespie get going with the bat. P. C. Frost, R. D. Gillespie R. L. (+15) v V. R. Gordon (scr.) or E. R. If, on the other hand, Club have Holden, RB. H. Nelson, H.B. Neve, been engaged in the construction high- Childe (4,6),(10, Thomson first use of the wicket, either a Owen Hughes. G. A. Stewart, RL of a new type of one-man

L. T. Ride (+28),

D. Wodehouse. Reserves: N. P. Fox, speed boat “Every nut and bolt and

Scorer: H. G. (——1.8), or A, C. I. Bowker (scr.) vw draw or a victory for them seems Umpire, P. E. Basket.

everything in the boat is British." Wooding (--8,6),

Wallington, most likely to eventuate.

Club Singles Championship

M. Pagh v J. F. Leya

Club Handicap Singles

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