1937-06-09 — Page 18

CRICKET UMPIRING

STORIES

ONE OR TWO FROM INDIA

They were a small group of cric- keters enjoying one another's com- pany. They got to talking about umpiring, and the humours. of it from the player's angle. Someone had complained of having been given out lbw to the ninth ball of an over, after he had "hit the ball hard."

A smile flickered across Wendell Bill's healthy bronzed features.

"India's the place for umpiring,” he observed.

over

"Some of them are great there," he chuckled. "I can tell a

two against myself. story or

I

In one match I had made about 70 on. a perfect wicket, and was sailing. along placidly for the century. glanced a ball nicely, oh, so nicely. Away it went to fine leg for four, and I watched it, feeling very con- tent with my bat and the stroke.

"Very nice, Wendell!' said I to myself.

"Then I turned round to face the bowler again. And when he did not attempt to bowl I asked, 'What's up?"

W. R. Hammond, above, the brilliant Gloucester and - England batsman, was again to the fore in the County matches just conclud- ed. He scored 142. against War- wick.

FILIPINOS v. H.K.B.C. Baseball League Match This Morning

THE CHINA MAIL, JUNE 9, 1937.

EXCELLENT BATTING BY EDRICH

LAARS

PLUCKY EFFORT FOR

MIDDLESEX

WARWICK'S MAMMOTH TOTAL

HOME CRICKET

London, To-day.

There were some excellent individual batting performances in the County Championship cricket matches just concluded, chief among them being the fine form of Edrich, the young Middlesex batsman. Against Lancashire he scored 175 in the first innings and followed this up with an undefeated 73. Despite his efforts, how- ever, Lancashire won by 22 runs, Iddon compiling 114 in his first ́ knock.

Yorkshire are making a big bid for the championship and they further consolidated their position with a smashing win over Kent. Holding a slender lead on the first innings, they amassed 328 for 7 in their second venture and then Smailes skittled the Hop County out for a miserable 84 to return an analysis of 5 for 16.

Worcester created an upset when, cester, when they ran up 518, with

they proved too good for the great-Buckingham's 109 the highest score. ly improved Glamorgan team. Des- Despite a fine first innings by Ham- pite fine batting by Dyson and Daimond, who scored 142, Gloucester The Hong Kong Baseball Club Davies, the Welch team were unable could only total 322 and were then to score sufficient runs and Wor- sent back for 263 in their second are meeting the Filipino Club in a League Baseball game at Carolinecester took a long lead on the first venture. Warwick knocked off the You're out, said the wicket-Hill this morning, commencing at innings, to knock off the required required runs for victory for the

10. a.m.

The Club should have no runs for the loss of one wicket. loss of 4 wickets. keeper.

difficulty in defeating the Filipino Warwick amassed the highest to--None of the remaining County despite the fact that they are fielding tal of the series at the Wagon Works games reached a definite conclusion, many of their reserves.

Ground, Gloucester, against Glou-Surrey, Northants, Hampshire and Leicester winning on the first in- nings.

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""Out! How?' I asked. ""Lbw,' was the response. "Why, I glanced that one.'

"Yes,' said the keeper.

"I hesitated, and then looked around and saw that the only thing to do was to go, when the umpire confirmed the verdict."

"Morrisby, my partner, must have quietly told the umpire, that I had glanced that ball for four. At all events the umpire came up to me afterwards, and referred to the matter.

"I said, 'Couldn't you see that I played the ball?" He said, 'No.' Then amused at his attitude, I asked, 'Why! Could

you not it?"

see

"He patted me on the back, and answered, "Ah! Sahib, I'm deaf."

"That settled me. He couldn't SEE the ball because he DEAF.

Was

"It was the same umpire who did not hear anyone appeal, and did

gave Frank Bryant out Ibw. Frank

not know he was given out.

He took his place at the crease, pre- paring to take strike again, when the umpire called, 'You're out!'

**"How?" said Frank.

‘Lbw,' said the umpire. "I did not hear anyone appeal,' said Frank. The bowler said he did not appeal, and the keeper didn't.

wicket-

Frank calmly remarked, "You cannot give me out without an ap peal."

"And he batted of

K.LT.C. TENNIS TOURNAMENT

Matches Arranged

THE

CIVIL SERVICE PAIR

FOR TITLE?

ECCLESHAW AND GRIMMITT STRONGLY FAVOURED

TO-DAY'S MATCHES

team

The touring New Zealand found the Champion County, Der- byshire, much too good for them, and were soundly beaten by 202

runs.

Scores follow:-

COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIP

At the Oval, Surrey beat Essex on the first inings."

Surrey. 335 and 224-

|Essex-227 (Watts 7 for 88) and 178

for 8 (Gover 6 for 64).

At Lord's, Lancashire beat Middle- sexby 22 runs.

for 83) and 309.

Lancashire 233 (Iddon 114, Sims 5 Middlesex-369 (Edrich 175) and 151

HE rain of the past two days has delayed the progress of the Second Round of the Open Pairs Lawn Bowls championship, but advantage is being taken of the holiday to-day for the playing off of four games, while it is possible that several of the matches which had been postponed or aban- doned will be mutually arranged to be played this Nottinghamshire on the first innings. afternoon.

(Edrich 78 not out, Phillipson 6 for 63).

At Nottinghamshire, Northants beat

Northants-362 and 203 för 5 dec. Notts-330 and 117 for 2.

On the Wagon Works Ground, Glou- S. Eccleshall and A. W. Grimmitt, who eliminated H. Nish and W. Robson in the First Round by five shots, encounter W. P. Anslowcester, Warwick beat Gloucester by G

wickets. and W. Kershaw and should win comfortably. The Civil Service Warwick 518 (Buckingham 109) and pair are conceded a good chance of going a long way in the com-

68 for 4. Gloucester 822 (Hammond 142) and petition and are strongly favoured in many quarters.

253.

P. E. Knight and J. Hollidge, an- The remaining unplayed open other Civil Service pair, who creatrinks encounter between W. Gill's ed a record by beating Hayward four and J. F. Lunny's Hong Kong and Gough of the Police by 47 shots Electric Rink will be played at the

to 4 in the First Round, are oppos-Craigengower Cricket

ed to another Police pair in N. B. Fraser and J. S. Riddell and though stronger opposition is expected, the

Civil Service representatives should

FIXTURES

TO-DAY

W: Mulcahy and J. W. Brown v E Kirman and I. Rengelly.

M. Purvis and R. Hillyer v

Gitting and J. Houghton.

qualify for the Third Round. J. Hollidige was in deadly form in his S. Eccleshall and A. W. Grimmitt first round encounter and Knight F. P. Anslow and W. Kershaw, is playing very well at present.

P. E. Knight and J. Hollidge v N. An even game should be witness-B. Fraser and J. S. Riddell (Craigen- The following matches have been

gower Cricket Club).". arranged in the Kowloon Indian Tennised between M. Purvis and W. R. R. G. Craig and E. C. Fincher v L.

Hillyer and the Kowloon Tong J. Silva and H. A. Alves pair, H. Gittins and 8. J. Houghton, Bowling Green).

SEXTO-MORROW

Club's tennis tournaments:-

SINGLES CHAMPIONSHIP.

(Kowloon

At Portsmouth, Hampshire beat Sus- sex on the first innings. Hampshire 190 (Hil: 161, Walker

129) and 127 for 3 dec. Sussex 440 (J. Parks 168, H. Parks

155) and 85 for 4.

Su

At Stourbridge, Worcester beat Glamorgan by 9 wickets. Glamorgan 224 (Dyson 115) and 211

(Dai Davis 104). Worcester 891 (Gibbons 139) and 47

for 1.

At Frome, Leicester beat Somerset on the first innings. Leicester 4190 (Berry 165); Somerset 266 (Geary-6- for 72) and

7236 for 4.

At Bradford, Yorkshire beat Kent by

Yorkshire-297 (Sellars 109) and 328

for 7 dec

1. Mahan Singh v M. A. Khan-June but in view of the greater experi- J. Forrest and A. E. Carey v A. E. 287 runs.

ence of the latter pair they should Silkstone and F. Goodwin, reach the Third Round-

SINGLES HANDICAP

First Round:53

P. Notanha (rec. 4 ~ Jahan Dad (owe 15.8)—lume 18. **

Second Round

P.Vaswani (plus 15,3)

(awe 15,8)—June 12.

S. A. Hussain (owe. 40)

(owe 30)-June 18.

E. M. Hanlon and J. C. Gill. v J. S. Rodger,

rer, and J. AR Selby?

Kent-254 and 84 (Smalles 5 for 16).

H. F, Stoneham and C. B. Hosking J. S. Landolt and B. W. Bradbury. J. A. da Luz and R. F da Luz y JAYNES Hoosen and A. R. Minu (Kowloon Docks).

FRIENDLY

SILVA AND ALVES FAVOURED:“ The postponed encounter be. tween R. G. Craig and E. C. Fincher Khan and L. J. Silva and H. A. Alves will be played at the Kowloon Bowling G. Singh

Green Club and while it is generally: anticipated that the Portuguese w. L. Walker v V. Sorby, C. E. Gaha-New Zealander-166 and 200 (Mitchell

W. Gill, T. Coleman, G. Duncan and pair will win, they should be great-gan, S. Deacon and J. F. Lunny. lly extended.

Craigengower Cricket Club),

S. S. Hussain (owe 80,4) v M. Ram- zan (owa 15)–June 13,

Firdos Khan (owe 40) v M. R. Salleh (owe 8,6) June 13.

OPEN RINKS

Derby beat the New Zealander by 262 runa at Derby S Derby -941 and 327 for 7 dec. (Alder-

man 1112) M

(At]: 5 for 75).

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