1937-05-26 — Page 19

THE CHINA MAIL, MAY 26, 1937.

K.C.C. MAKE STRANGE TENNIS MOVE

GOOD PARTNERSHIPS

BROKEN UP

"B" DIVISION TEAM'S

CHANCES!

SPRINGBOK CAPTAIN'S

ENGLISH WEDDING

Cape Town, 1.

F.A. BANS

TOUR ON

Mr. Herbert Wade, the Spring CONTINENT

bok cricket captain, sailed for Eng- land in the Edinburgh Castle this afternoon. His marriage to Miss Irene Margaret Horton, daughter of Mr. F. N. Horton, High Sheriff of Warwickshire, and Mrs. Hor- ton, will take place at Shipston-on- Stour, Worcestershire, on May 29.

MANY SHOCKS IN STORE FOR CLUB AT THE TEAM

(By "ADREM")

CONCRETE

SHOCK FOR FAMOUS CLUB

Wolves In Mass Protest

* London; May 1, The Football Association yes-/ terday made the following an- nouncement: "In view of the numerous reports of misconduct by players of the Wolverhamp- ton Wanderers Club during the past two seasons; the F. A. Coun- cil, meeting in London to-day, J. H. Fingleton, the Australian decided that the application of Test cricketer, strongly supports the club for permission to play the suggestion made by R. W. V.

I HAVE been given to understand that the PITCHES

Kowloon Cricket Club seriously consider their chances for the championship of the "B" Division SUPPORTED of the tennis League. If they hope to win it with the team they have just nominated, I am afraid that they are going to suffer a rude shock.

TIONS IN THE LEAGUE.

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The Tennis Sub-Committee feel that they have at last secured a well-balanced side. Crawford and Gray have been promoted to the senior team, and Clarke and Grose, who figured in the "A" last season, have been relegated to the junior team to make room for them. Burnett and Ramsey have been split up and will partner Clark and Watson, respectively.

Sydney, May 1.

LAST SEASON, ALTHOUGH THEY CONSIDERED THAT Robins in a recent article in the matches on the Continent during THEY HAD A GOOD SIDE, THEIR LACK OF BALANCE LOST "Cricketer," for the institution the coming close season be not

|granted.”

This drastic and unprecedent- THEM VALUABLE POINTS, DESPITE THE FACT THAT THEY of concrete wickets in England.

RAMSEY AND AND

Fingleton instances Bradman, ed action will cause tremendous HAD IN

CRAWFORD GRAY AND BURNETT, TWO PAIRS, WHO CONSISTENTLY TOOK AT Badcock, McCabe, and O'Reilly

Yesterday the Wolverhampton LEAST A COUPLE OF SETS OFF THE STRONGEST COMBINA- as examples of players who surprise in football circles.

learnt their cricket on matting- covered concrete pitches, and re- players addressed a letter of pro- test to the Association on this point. calls that Bradman had a pro-

PERMISSION GIVEN nounced "concrete" style when

turf wickets. he first played on

The critics in Sydney then A* prominent football official formed the opinion that Brad-pointed out that the Football Lea man - would have to alter the

gue at its meeting yesterday had whole of his unorthodox style, given permission for the tour. They have played together in Bradman confidently stuck to his Arrangements were being made On paper, the sub-committee,

League, if memory own methods and confounded for 12-day tour of Central Europe, allege, they have three pairs all the senior

right, me

the his critics.

beginning next Saturday. Matches of about the same strength, who serves.

were to have been played at Buda- should prove far too good for last eight years, and have been the There is nothing more dismal, anything they may encounter in sheet-anchor on which all the vic- says Fingleton, than playing on pest, Bucharest, Belgrade and Ant-

tories scored by the K.C.C. have de- indifferent turf pitches. Coir werp: the course of the season.

matting on concrete gives both Personally, I think they are very pended.

A combination certain of win-bowler and batsman a chance. optimistic. So far as I can see, the only pair that does look at all re-ning at least two sets, has a tre- liable, is Grose and Anderson, who mendous moral effect on play a dashing brand of tennis, and mainder of the team and if they are withal, are sufficiently reliable to be split up and Teddy plays with Bodi- COUNCIL able to play "canny", if the occasion]ker, and Ernie plays with Guest or arises.

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BROKEN UP

for

the re- FOOTBALL

Gray, as has been mooted, what will MEETING be the result, three pairs of equal strength, or should I say, equal

USEFUL PAIRING

:

Corinthian's Visit To Colony

TWO FAMOUS RACE HORSES

Pharos And Vatout

Former Drops. Dead At Stud

London, May

I can see no feasible reason why weakness, for frankly I cannot see as Ernie it has been found necessary to break two such erratic players up the Burnett-Ramsey partnership. and Gray ever hitting if. off and

A meeting of the Hong Kong DEAD Their record last season was suffi- Bodiker, who is admittedly not, a ciently convincing to indicate that doubles player, would be a tremen- Football Association Council will. they would, at least, be as success-dous handicap to even the inimit-be held to-morrow in the Associa- tion's rooms, Gloucester Hotel, at ful this year. Surely the authori-able Teddy.

5.30 p.m. ties do not imagine that pairing

The business includes considera- Clarke with Burnett would in any

Tam Kong-pak case, Guest and Crawford should prove tion of the way be an improvement. And sure-1 ly Watson has got beyond the fast a useful pairing, probably more re-dealt with by the Emergency Com- mittee, but referred to the Council. League game. Instead of experi-liable than either of the others.

I have no comment to make on The case concerns Tam's dismissal Two famous horses, both sires of menting with new combinations,

in the Governor's (notable winners, died in France why not continue with one that has the Mixed Doubles team. In view of from the field

yesterday.. proved itself?

the illness of Mrs. McCaw, Gray Cup match a few weeks ago. I cannot help feeling, also, that and Miss Mackenzie, who have had A letter from the Islington Co- Gittins is being wasted in the "C" the added advantage of playing to-rinthians will also be considered, tournament, together with a report from the Division. There can be no ques-gether in the K.C.C. tion, in this case, of Gitting be- which, incidently they won, will do sub-committee regarding the allo ing played in a junior team because quite as well as E. F. Fincher and cation of monies to charity.

Dalziel. Teddy Fincher and of the calls of youth

Miss R. Perry, as I remarked once an excellent singles player, but is before, should be good for three sets infinitely less convincing at the against the most powerful pair in doubles game. He requires a part the Colony,

Clarke and Gittins? The former Miss

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ner who will provide a steadying influence. Gittins or even Watson would do that, but certainly not Burnett, who would be obliged to cramp his natural type of game.

BROTHERS SPLIT UP?

mean that because all

MR. MARSHALL THROWN

Unusual Mishap

The Earl of Derby's Pharos, who finished second in the 1923 Derby, fell dead at the stud farm of Quilly Calvados, and M. Leon Volterra's Vatout died at the Haras de Bois Roussel stud..

Pharos, who was 17, was the lead- ing sire in Britain in 1931 and dur- ing his lifetime sired 180 winners, which gained $115,861 in prize money. His classic winners were Cameronian, 2,000 Guineas and the Mr. F. B. "Peanut" Marshall, the Derby, 1981; and Firdaussi, St. well-known Shanghai jockey, had Leger, 1982. - Nie the unusual experience of being un- seated this morning. He took out Swansea Town have signed Lang, Mariposa, a subscription griffin of

SWANSEA TOWN SIGN LANG

FIFTH LAST YEAR Vatout, Toaled win 1926, was And then the "A" team. Does it the Manchester United outside-left, this season belonging to Mr. Sun-formerly owned by the American,

just as tre pony was Mr. Jefferson D. Cohn, Hes who formerly played for Newcastle shine, United and was member of the coming out of the padduck on the fifth on the winning sires list in centred on the "B" and the

the way to the track it shied suddenly, France last year with £18,000. being utilised to "blood" several team which beat Arsenal in young players, that no efforts are|F. A. Cup Final of 1932. Aston Vil-and, caught unawares, Mr. Marshall He was the sire of the remark- going to be made to win matches? la have signed E. Mullegan, an 18- was thrown. He did not suffer any-able colt William of Valence, who I feel very strongly on this ques-year-old inside-left from Worksop thing beyond a rude shock, but he set up a record in the City and tion of splitting up the Fincher Town, who received their largest failed to take further part in the Suburban at Epsom last week by

transfer fee for some years.

training this morning.

carrying 9st. 61h, to victory.

brothers.

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