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“REFEREE"')

V GOSANO, of Club de

A. Recreio, has decided to

withdraw from the Craigen- gower Cricket, Club Lawn Ten- nis Singles Competition, and as a result has given J. W. Leon-

MRS. HOLM

ONCE AGAIN

ard a walk-over. With A. V. CHAMPION

Gosano out of the competition, there will be a keen struggle between H: :D. Rumjahn and J. W. Leonard for the title. Chinese Nine Weakened ́..

THE

THE Hong Kong Chinese baseball team have been greatly weak- ened by the departure of several of their outstanding players. Harold and Philip Chang, Moe and Joe Kau have left for the United States, while K. Chung, their centre field, has gone up-North, P., Chang, the youthful second baseman, is spend ing a holiday visiting his parents in the country: Japanese Unfortunate

THE

are

Nippon Club

the most unfortunate team in the Baseball League. They have a good nine, but have often been beaten in the last stretch. Like some other teams, they have had to depend on one pitcher, but Amasaki, who is rat- ed one of the best in the League, is only able to last five innings. Takeda and Mikuni are their other pitchers. Not Enough Time-

I Baseball League is far behind in its N view of the fact that the local

fixtures, and that they only have the ground till August, it is quite pro bable that the proposed Internation- al Competition will not be played this

season.

Gilchrist as Referee

GILCHRIST, the Hong Kong Football Club soccer player, is taking up refereeing, this season and expects to be qualified by the com- mencement of the season. Rocha As Wing-Half

S soon as a goalkeeper is found As soon as a goalkeeper is found

Rocha, their present goalkeeper, ex- pects to secure a position as one of their wing-halves.: Chinese All-Rounder

HOO SIEW-HONG, who played, in CE

goal, at water-polo for the Static Machine Guns last, Monday week, is a keen footballer and has played for South China seniors on many occa- sions during the past two seasons. Besides these games, Choo is a fair- ly good tennis player and a fine athlete...

W. C. Simpson ·Returns--

W. Tong lawn bowler, returned to

G...SIMPSON, the Kowloon

the Colony last week after spending a short, but enjoyable, holiday in Japan.

Delgado As Custodian

N.

DELGADO, the St. Joseph's and Portuguese soccer right-half,

SCOTTISH GOLF TITLE

MAKES VERY FINE RECOVERY

THE CHINA MAIL, JULY 20, 1987.

HUTTON SCORES 100 A

ON HIS 21ST JOG

SUTCLIFFE SHARES IN 315 PARTNERSHIP MASTER AND PUPIL BRILLIANT

London, June 24. MASTER and pupil, Sutcliffe and Hutton, in- scribed their names in partnership in the next edition of Wisden's "Long partnerships," by scor- ing 315 for Yorkshire's first wicket against Leices- tershire at Hull, yesterday.

HUTTON CELEBRATED HIS TWENTY-FIRST BIRTHDAY AND THE CRICKET-EVE, AS IT WERE, OF HIS FIRST AP: London, June 23. PEARANCE FOR ENGLAND IN A TEST MATCH BY A BRIL- WHICH FOLLOWS. HIS 271 SCOR Mrs. A. M. Holm (Troon), the LIANT INNINGS OF 153-- former British champion, regain-ED AGAINST DERBYSHIRE ON SATURDAY AND MONDAY.

Yet there was something sobering and at the same time pecu- ed. the Scottish title yesterday, liarly fitting in the reflection that Sutcliffe was still the master, when on the King's course at still giving the lead; and if he was not exactly the inspiration of Gleneagles she defeated Mrs. Iar Hutton, he scored a shade the faster and was, though almost im Bowhill (Gullane) by 3 and 2 in perceptibly, the dominating figure in this long and profitable part- the 18-hole final.

nership.

Batting was easy on an easy-

bril-

Mrs. Holm won the first two

being short at the first and bun-long boundaries and some kered at the second.

Two

holes in good 4's, Mrs. Bowhill paced wicket, and in spite of the SOMERSET,

liant ground fielding, runs came TRIUMPH IN halves followed, Mrs. Bowhill freely all the time. pitching dead to save the fourth after Wellescect her woreout after being well short in two, but

at the short fifth.

The ex-champion won the sixth, however, her opponent being bun- kered, but she took three putts and lost the seventh, and the match was square when she lost the ninth..

TEE SHOT TO 14TH

Mrs. Holm regained the lead at the 10th, but was bunkered at the 11th but was punk the

From the first ball Sutcliffe and CLOSE FINISH seeing the ball well and in form. Hutton batted like men who were

Drives, beautiful hitting through the covers, and cuts. square and late flowed from their bats.

Martin's Great Bowling

London, June 192: to PERFECT UNDERSTANDING There was an exciting, finish In an hour and 50 minutes 100 the match at Bath, Somerset de- was on the board, Sutcliffe, by that feating, Worcester by three wickets. time having completed his 50. Somerset, wanted 131 to win, and After lunch the Leicestershire bowl- fine bowling by Martin, who

took ers toiled on, but they could never six of the seven, wickets for. 44, disturb the equanimity and perfect gave them many anxious, moments. understanding of the two batsmen, Martin's figures for the game were

Hutton took two hours and a 14-for 110.

12th,

half over his 50. Yet his scoring Somerset resumed wanting 108 Mrs. Holm played a fine second shot to the 13th to be one up again,difficult to set a field for him. Of in hand, and the score reached the

strokes were so varied that it was runs to win with all their wickets:

and her tee shot to the 14th (285

the 15 century partnerships for 90's with only one wicket down yards) finished a yard or two from the pin and she did not have

Yorkshire this season, Hutton has when the side met with some sur- to

prising set-backs. putt. The 15th was halved, both now taken part in 10. missing the green with second shots, and Mrs. Holm won at the 16th

(151 pards), where she holed putt for a two against Mrs. Bow- hill's three.

R.

BASA, holder of the Craigengower Cricket Club Lawn Bowls Singles Championship, is

title. He first won ending his

it in 1921:

135TH. CENTURY.

Lee and Longrigg were both out Sutcliffe, never making the lat 92, and four more wickets went slightest mistake, reached his hun-down for four runs. adred out of 192 in three hours and Martin so completely dominated 10 minutes. It was his 98th for the situation that he dismissed. An- Yorkshire, and the 135th of his drews, Luckes, and Ingle in...nine

balls for one run.

career.

Hutton went on picking out the right ball to hit, and chiefly with ball after tea, but Sutcliffe went on strokes on the off-side of the wic-until nearly the close for his 189, ket, he completed his 100 out of finding a brisk partner in Leyland, 222 in three hours and a half. and Yorkshire ended the day once After that he began to score faster more in an invincible position and by tea-time he had just passed 428 for 3 another big step in the direction of the championship hav- Hutton was bowled by the first ing been made.

U. M. Omar, is, however, out to recapture the title which he his older, wearier comrade. is available in

lost to Basa last season.

will be seen between the sticks, this season until E. M. Marques, their re- gular goal-keeper, December.

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