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ENGLAND'S TEAM FOR THIRD TEST

FARNES COMPTON AND MATTHEWS SELECTED

London, To-day.

The following have been selected

to represent England in the Third and final test match against Zealanders to be played at the Oval

commencing next Saturday.

R. W. V. Robins (Captain)

K. Farnes

W. R. Hammond

T. W. Goddard

C. J. Barnett

LE G. Ames

E. Paynter

J. Hardstaff

L. Hutton.

the

A. D. Matthews

D. Compton.

-Reuter.

Three changes have been made in the team which won the last match at Old Trafford, Denis Compton, A. D. Matthews and Kenneth Farnes being brought into the side in place of Wellard, E. R. Brown and Smith

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Denis Compton's rise to promin- ence has been nothing short of me teorie Making his debut for Mid- dlesex last season, he compiled 1,000

runs in his first appearance in 2 first-class cricket season and was freely spoken about as a future England batsman.

Eminently sound în defence, he .displays great discretion in picking.

MISS ALISON MACKENZE LEAVING

Loss To Colony Tennis

Kowlon Cricket Club will lose one of its best lady tennis players next month when Miss, Alison Mackenzie sails for England to take up a secretarial appointment in Birmingham.

Miss Mackenzie sails on Septem- ber 1 by the Hakone Maru and will then sever a three years association with the K.CC. during which time she has figured prominently as a tennis player of considerable ability and promise.

For the past two years she has played regularly in the club's senior mixed doubles league team and has played with some success in the annual tournaments.

BADMINTON PLAYER

She is also well-known in Hong Kong as one of the leading lady badminton players. She was among the first to take up the game at the K.C.C, and later she played in the League for Kowloon Tong and fast season for the Free Lances. She- has figured in a number of repre- sentative games including the Hong Kong v. Shanghai match în 1936 and in exhibition matches at the Association's Presentation Nights. His

Frankie Parker, above, the United States second string sin- gles player, is seen above in a typical action photograph. phenomenal rise is reviewed in the accompanying article.

INTERPORT

the right ball to punish and em SWIMMING

ploys the drive, the pull and square- leg hit with equal facility. He is a fieldsman of conspicuous merit and is quite a useful left-hand bowler, although probably not up to Test standard.

A. D. Matthews fine bowling this season has earned him his place

TRIALS

New Programme Issued

In view of the cancellation of the third of the Interpart swimming trials last Saturday night owing to Easily the most consistent mem- the inclement weather prevailing

O MERITERIELITEETIZZERIZEITKEY.

INTERPORT TENNIS MATCH CANCELLED

Northern Conditions Responsible

Shanghai, August 5. The cancellation of the Interport tennis match between Shanghai and Tientsin, arranged for this

ber of the Northants attack last then, the following programme of coming week-end in Shanghai, was year, he was nevertheless only mo- trials, issued by the Interport derately successful, capturing 33 Secretary, will be adhered to.

wickets at a cost of 20.46.

Kenneth Farnes needs no introduc- tion. He was a member of the M.C.C. team which toured Australia last Winter and is, without doubt, the finest fast bowler in England to-day.

PATAUDI BACK AT CRICKET

WORCESTER'S GOOD LUCK

London, June 25. It is ood news for Worcester- Shire and indeed for all crickef-

play

July

that the Nawab of Pataudi

The following is the programme

* TO-MORROW 6 PM. 220 Yards free-style:

50 Yards free-style. Water polo, G.

- THURSDAY—6 PM. 440 Yards free-style: 100 Yards breast-stroke.

SATURDAY 9.15 PM.

- 50 Yards free-style. -

100 Yards back-stroke. 100 Yards free-style Water Polo.

Fancy Diving (Exhibition). 440 Yards free style (Exhibitioz tween Miss Yerng Sau-king Miss V. Thirlwell).

NEW BRITISH MARK BY WOODERSON

Glasgow, August 7.

S. C. Wooderson, the famous Bri-

in England and is expected tain middle distance runner, broke

ket for three

but

Gymkhan

day

s adopted country in the British record for the three- been out of cric-quarter mile in an athletic meeting

owing to lines:

here to-day, being timed at 3 mins. played for Indiar 10.9 secs, beating Jack Lovelock's Osterley the other old mark by 13 sees. eared to be his old

Wooderson's feat to-day was only three-tenths of a second outside the

Benter.

itly effortless and world record

delighted

“get enou

were much AUSTRALIANS lay for All- IN GERMAN

son's

DOUBLES FINAL

Hamburg,

announced last night by the secre- tary of the local Lawn Tennis As- sociation.

The reason given for the can- cellation was the inability of the Tientsin players to come to Shanghai at present. Uncertainty was expressed as to whether an Interport against Tientsin would be possible this year.

WIMBLEDON TENNIS SIDELIGHTS

GATE RECEIPTS OVER $100,000

London, July 2

The gate receipts for Wimbledon this year exceeded £100,000 and the profits are likely to be many thousands of pounds, making the tournament, financially, one of the most successful in the history of the game.

Every day of the meeting saw "Court Full" notices appearing outside the centre court, while, during the first week, number one court and several outside courts LAZBERLEITISKENEZESERVA EZAZIT EE were jammed to capacity.

GERMAN BOXING SUCCESS

Berlin, Saturday. Max Schmeling, German contender for world heavy- weight boxing honours, was among the crowd of 6,000 here last night who saw Gustav Eder, the German welter- weight champion, beat Pernot

(France) on points.

Pernot is a former holder of the French welterweight title Trans-Ocean

CAPTAINS CUP QUALIFIER

AT FANLING

with a ca7 for the Capi

the

over the

entries

day

Round.

There was also, unfortunately, a certain amount of ticket profiteer- fing and despite all the efforts of the authorities the profiteers had

active meeting.

an

Court seats changed hands at prices from $10 upwards.

There were, of course, complaint A

from incensed buyers, but there was nothing the authorities could do.

COURT COSTS

cost of labour, the seed and manure necessary to prepare all the courts at Wimble- don for next year will cost well over $1.0002

Apart from the Cho

Throughout the fortnight of the championships between 7,000 and 8,000 balls are used, the number varying according the weather If it is wet more are use ness causing them to buoyancy quicker

damp- lose their

AS GOOD AS THEY THINK THEY ARE

Often you find with fighter