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THE CHINA MAIL, JUNE 12, 1937.

MIDDLESEX DEFEAT YORKSHIRE

HONG KONG

HOCKEY

ASSOCIATION

General Meeting On Thursday LARGE AGENDA

There will be a General Meeting of the Hong Kong Hockey Associa- tion at 6 p.m. on Thursday, June 17 at St. Andrews Church Hall.

All

Hockey clubs în. the Colóny, Army, Navy and Civilian are requested to be represented.

Any motion to be brought up at the Annual General Meeting may be submitted to the Secretary this meeting, in writing.

The agenda is as follows:-

at

1. To confirm minutes of last

General Meeting of 26/7/36. Correspondence.

Hedley

Verity, the brilliant Yorkshire slow left-hand bowler, could not prevent Middlesex inflict- ing the first defeat of the season on the ""Tykes.”

5.

2.

3.

To confirm appointment of Secretary.

6.

4.

To confirm appointment of

TYKES FIRST DEFEAT THIS SEASON

PAYNTER SCORES 266

AGAINST ESSEX

HAMMOND AGAIN

London, To-day.

A major sensation marked the County Cricket matches just concluded, the hitherto undefeated Yorkshire team which, prior to this match, easily To confirm appointment of led the Championship table with a percentage of

President.

Vice-President.

To receive suggestions for 90, were well and truly trounced by Middlesex.

Annual General Meeting.

YORKSHIRE HAD FIRST LEASE OF THE WICKET AND COMPILED 218 RUNS, J. SMITH. 6 FOR 75, BOWLING VERY

EUROPEAN 'Y' SWIMMING STEADILY OBTAINING A LEAD OF 153 ON THE FIRST INN-

GALA TO-NIGHT

PROGRAMME OF EIGHT EVENTS:

WATER POLO MATCHES

(By "CRAWL”).

INGS. MIDDLESEX. THANKS TO SOME FÜRTHER BRILLIANT BOWLING BY SMITH, SKITTLED OUT THE POWERFUL YORK- SHIRE BATSMEN FOR ONLY 131, TO WIN BY AN INNINGS AND 22 RUNS.

Derbyshire, the champions, returned to form with a fine win over Hampshire at Southampton. George Pope, who captured 5 for 34 in Hampshire's first innings. being chiefly responsible.

finest indivi- Undoubtedly the

'THE EUROPEAN Y.M.C.A. WILL HOLD THEIR FIRST, SWIM-dual effort was Paynter's mammoth 1 MING GALA OF THE PRESENT SEASON TO-NIGHT WITH score for Lancashire against Essex, A SHORT, BUT ATTRACTIVE PROGRAMME OF 7 EVENTS IN- which enabled his team to win by Paynter, CLUDING A WATER-POLO MATCH AGAINST THE ROYAL CORPS OF SIGNALS. CONTRARY TO EXPECTATIONS, THE an innings and 212 runs. NUMBER OF ENTRIES IN THE MEN'S EVENTS ARE VERY who has been batting excellently ENCOURAGING, BUT THE SAME CANNOT BE SAID OF THE this season, and is freely spoken' LADIES' SECTION, WHICH HAS RESPONDED VERY POORLY.about in Home cricketing circles as

England's H. G. Lange, former captain of swimming at the "Y" is not the logical partner for Barnett in innings in taking part to-night in the competitive events, but will play at opening

future Tests, amassed no fewer centre-half in the water-polo team.

than 266, the biggest individual total of the season.

should

Due the

There were twelve entries in the Men's 50 Yards Aggregate Free-style handicap, necessitat- ing three heats which produce fairly good races. to a lack of entries from Ladies' Section, the Mixed Relay has been abandoned and in its place a Medley Relay for two teams of four swimmers each has been substituted, these being fairly evenly matched.

în

Style

There are only three entries the Ladies' 50 Yards Free Aggregate and a close race should

ensue.

seasons

have

a

the

The Y.M.C.A. team has not played water-polo for nearly two although five of their team played before and should give fairly good display again Signals, who are reputed to be one of the strongest teams among the Small Units, and who stand a very good chance of securing the Hong Kong Area Small Units Water-Polo title.

The following are the entries:-

H. G. Lange, above, former cap- tain of swimming at the European Y.M.C.A., will not be taking part in any of the competitive events in to-night's gala, although he will be playing water-pole for the "y" at centre-half.

Men's 50 yards Free Style Aggregate Handicap: Heat 1. Hudson (go), R. Barkus (4) A. Leppard (5) R. Gold-| man (9). Heat 2. W. Raymond (go), Needham (1), G. Cox (6). A. Keown

Novelty Race: G. Fuxman, T. R. ~(9). Heat 3. G. Fuxman (go), Ash-

A. Keown, Mrs. M. Majof, ford (2). J. Hughes (3), J. Sloan (6). Ingram,

Ladies' 50 Yards Free Style Aggre- Miss V. Greenway and Miss M. Somer gate Handicap: Miss E-Watson (go), ville. Miss W. Ingram (3), Mrs. M. Major Men's 100 yards Free Style Relay:

"A" team (A. Keown, J. Greenberg, (8).

Hudson and Raymond). "B" team (R. B. Wood, T. R. Ingram, Ashford and G. Fuxman). "C" team (J. Sloan, G. Cox, A. Leppard and R. Barkus).

Water Polo: Y.M.C.A. R.C. of Signals.

100 Yards Medley Relay (Teams of four-free, back, breast and free): "A" Team: Raymond, Sloan, R. Wood and Ashford.

B.

*"B" Team: Barkus, A. Keown,

J.

Hughes and Hudson.

Boys 50 Yards Free Style (Handi-・ “Y":S. Fowler, W. F. Kerr, and R. p) V Saunders, (go), E. Hurley Goldman; H. G. Lange, G. Fuxman, R.

B. Wood and J. Sloan. (2) and V. Millington (6).

Hammond again! This brilliant cricketer was again to the fore with a fine performance against Sussex, when he scored 160.

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Despite his effort, however, Sus- sex, who have a very well-balanced team, could not be held, and they registered another victory. They have not lost a match to date.

In the remaining county matches, Surrey won narrowly against Somerset, Glamorgan beat Notts, on the first innings, -and- Warwick beat Leicester.

Wins for Cambridge and Wor- cester over Northampton and the New Zealanders, respectively, fea- tured the friendly games.

Results as cabled by Reuter were:-

COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIPS

Middlesex beat Yorkshire by an in- nings and 22-runs at Lord's. Yorkshire: 218 (Smith 6 for 75) and

131 (Smith 4 for 44). Middlesex:

Derbyshire beat Hampshire by 199 runs at Southampton..

227 for 6 dec. Derbyshire: 187 (Herman 5 for 56) and Hampshire: 126 (George Pope 5 for

84) and 89.

Lancashire beat Essex by an innings and 212 runs at Old Trafford, Essex: 199 (Phillipson 5 for 70) and

84. Lancashire: 495 for 8 dec. (Paynter

266).

KERI

Sussex beat Gloucestershire by wickets at Horsham.. Sussex: 443 and 75 for 5. Gloucester: 230 (Hammond 6 for 78)

and 287 (W. R. Hammond 160).

Surrey beat Somerset by 11 runs at the Oval. Surrey: 406 (Gregory 102, Squires 116)

and 35 (Andrews 6.42—128) Somerset: 264 (F. S. Lee 130), and 166

(Wellard 91 not out).

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Glamorgan beat Nottinghamshire on the first innings at Cardiff. Notts: 234 (Staples 113 not out) and

281 for 8. Glamorgan: 888 (Dai Davies 117).

Warwickshire beat Leicestershire by three wickets at Birmingham. Leicester: 399 (Berry 124) and 221 for

7 dec. Warwick: 272 and 350 for 7 (Santall

133, R. E. S. Wyatt 109).

FRIENDLIES

Cambridge University beat -Nort- hamptonshire by 9 wickets at Fenners. Northants: 257 and 174. Cambridge: 287 (J. H. Pawle 105) and

47 for 1.

Worcestershire beat the New landers by 136 runs at Worcester. Worcester: 374 (Grimshaw 103)

208 for 6 dec. "

N. Zealanders: 154 and 292 (Weir 184

not out, Martin 5 for 106).

TO-DAY'S MATCHES

Brentwood-Essex v. Gloucestershir Oval-Surrey v. Glamorgan. Horsham-Sussex v. Derbyshire. Warwickshire Birmingham

Hampshire. Kidderminster Worcestershire

Northamptonshire.

cestershire,

Manchester Lancashire v. Somerset. Tonbridge--Kent v. Yorkshire. Worksop Nottinghamshire v. Lel- Lord's Middlesex v. New Zealand-

Free

ers.

Cambridge Cambridge U.

Foresters.