1937-10-04 — Page 19

THE CHINA MAIL, OCTOBER 4, 1937.

LORD'S SCENE

CHELSEA'S

AWAY

·VICTORY

SHOCKS IN SECOND

DIVISION

FIRST CHARLTON

DEFEAT

London, Saturday:

O MUNIMEIERE]

YORKSHIRE GATES

£1,625 UP

Yorkshire's success this sea- son is reflected in the financial "position of the club. Net gate receipts for matches in York- shire amounted to $7,186, an in- crease of £1,625 on last reason. attendances totalled 205,207, compared with 157,364. -

The following are the results of MAMAK

to-day's League Football games:--|

FIRST DIVISION

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HOCKEY

Arsenal 2 Manchester C. 1 TOURNEY

Birmingham 2. Grimsby

Blackpool

Bolton

Brentford

2

1 Derby

1

→ General Meeting

6 Leicester

1

4 Sunderland

0

Huddersfield 1 · Wolves Liverpool 1 Everton Middlesbro 2 Preston

Portsmouth

Stoke

2 Chelsea 2 Charlton

West Brom. 2 Leeds

1

SECOND DIVISION

Barnsley $2 Burnley

2

Blackburn

4 Southampton (0

Chesterfield

6 Norwich

2

Fulham

1 Bradford

1

Luton

0 Bury Manchester U. 0 Sheffield U. Newcastle 1 Coventry Notts. F. 2- Swansea Plymouth 0 Aston Villa Wednesday 1 West Ham Stockport 3 Tottenham

3

0

2

THIRD DIVISION (SOUTH)

Aldershot Bristol R. Cardiff Crystal P.

2 Gillingham

1 Queen's PR.

2 Notts C.

3 Newport

Mansfield

2 Southend

Millwall

1 Watford

Reading

Swindon

0 Bristol C. 3 Exeter

Torquay

3 Clapton

Walsall

Northampton 3 Brighton

BRINGS CRICKET

7 MATCH TO END

There will be a General Meeting

at St. Andrew's Church Hall, Top

Floor, Nathan Road, Kowloon, on Wednesday, 13th October, 1937, at 0 6 p.m. sharp. It is most important 1that at least one representative of

each team should attend.

AGENDATM

RIVAL CAPTAINS IN

AN INCIDENT

HOLMES OF SURREY

*

BOWLS WIDES

BID TO FORCE WIN OVER MIDDLESEX

(By "THOMAS MOULT")

TWO England captains and a Test selector were the principal figures in an amazing incident at Lord's yesterday. The match between Middlesex and Surrey was drifting to its close when E. R. T. Holmes, the Surrey captain and a Test selector, placed a fieldsman just in front of the pavilion, and then took the ball himself at the Nursery end.

TO THE SURPRISE OF THE CROWD HE HURLED THREE DELIVERIES IN SUCCESSION HIGH OVER THE HEAD OF R. W. V. ROBINS, THE BATSMAN. AS THE BALL FLEW BE- YOND THE WICKET-KEEPER TOWARDS THE BOUNDARY

a. To arrange fixture list for the MACMURRAY, THE FIELDSMAN, PLAINLY ACTING UNDER

Season 1937/38.

b. Any other business.

In connection with (a) each team 1 representative is requested to pro- 1 vide himself with such information 2 regarding his own team as will be 1 required, e.g.

ORDERS, WATCHED IT PASS HIM ON EACH OCCASION FOR- FOUR WIDES. HOLMES'S PURPOSE WAS TO GIVE RUNS TO MIDDLESEX SO THAT HIS FAST BOWLERS COULD USE THE NEW BALL.

Altogether 22 were needed and after a fourth delivery, bowl- ed straight, had been hit to a fieldsman near the wicket, the fifth passed for four byes, the fieldsman again making no attempt to. save the boundary. The sixth and seventh deliveries were stopped by Robins's bat, and then Holmes bowled another ball high through b. Dates, if any, on which team the air, four wides again being signalled. The ninth ball was allowed to go for further extras: is unable to play.

a. Dates and times on which

ground is available.

It is also requested that each

The Middlesex total had now, were indicated be the agitated 0 Club representative will hand to reached 202, and the crowd, hav- manner in which he paced up and

1 the Hon. Secretary at the Generaling perceived Holmes's object, down near the wicket.

2 Meeting the names, addresses and were booing and shouting "Play

o telephone numbers of those of his the game!"

*} UMPIRE'S ACTION.. Everybody now expected that Hol

2 team or Club who are willing to Meanwhile Robins and Allen, mes, with 10 minutes left for play 1officiate as Umpires during the the batsman at the other crease, of the extra half-hour that he had 1 forthcoming Season, together with had responded to Holmes's action previously claimed, would call for 1 some indication of their experience by patting the pitch between the new ball in an attempt to dis- the deliveries. Robins's feelings miss the three outstanding Middle- sex batsmen and force a last-mo ment victory.

Olas such.

1

"Bournemouth -0

THIRD DIVISION (NORTH)

Doncaster Hartlepools

Hull Lincoln Rochdale

3 Gateshead

4

Barrow

1 Crewe

Bradford C

4 Carlisle

2 Chester

1

2 Darlington

0 Oldham

1

1

2 Rotherham

Southport Tranmere Wrexham York

2 Accrington

5 N. Brighton 2)

0 Port Vale 1 Halifax

0

SCOTTISH LEAGUE

FIRST DIVISION

1

FOUL PLAY SCARE

UNFAIR TO PLAYERS

Instead, to the general astonish- ment, the umpires pulled up the stumps and the players walked off the field.

It transpired that the match was abandoned in consequence of

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F.A. WARNING DIRECTED AGAINST appeal against the light by G. O.

SMALL MINORITY

(By FRANK COLES”).

London, September 4.

Allen

UNHAPPY SITUATION The incident, however, had occur- red in bright sunshine. It was ap- parent that this was only an ex-

The talk of foul play, and the published statements yesterday cuse to bring to an end a situation that the Football Association have set out on a clean-up campaign which was becoming unhappy. in the new season, are misleading and most unfair to the majority Robins and Holmes returned to of League clubs and players. The facts are these: The Disciplinary the pavilion together. The Surrey Committee of the F.A., having held an investigation into allegations captain was gesticulating in his at- of increased foul play last season, have found that while the num tempt at an explanation. He was 3 ber of offences was somewhat higher there were 54 suspensions obviously within his right, as Eo- 1 and 340 cautions the responsibility for the increase was confined bins admitted later, when he said: 2 to a few clubs.

"Holmes was perfectly fair and

Ayr Celtic

2 Hamilton 3. Clyde

Dundee

1 Kilmarnock

Falkirk.

1 Queen O'S.

4

Hiberian

4 Morton

Motherwell

3 Hearts

Partick

3 Queen's Park

St. Mirren

St. Johnstone 1 Aberdeen

4 Arbroath

Third Lanark 1 Rangers

Albion Alloa

SECOND DIVISION

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In the First Division one club immediately to inquire into all case acting within the rules of cricket,

recorded 2 had three suspensions and 11 where three cautions are

but something ought to be done to 3 none; in the Second Division one against a player and, if necessary, alter the rules to prevent such bowl- 2 had four and 12 none. More to suspend the offender without fur-

ling" 1 than 50 per cent. of the clubs in ther investigation, is a wise

one

PRECEDENTS QUOTED

1 the four divisions of the League The few players who have bad marks In discussing the incident Holmes 2 were free from suspensions. Half against them will be on their guard. quoted precedents for runs being the cautions in the First and The investigation has proved to given away by the fielding side in Second Divisions were adminis- the hilt that there is little or no- an attempt to gain a victory. At Stenhousemuir 1 tered to five clubs in each one thing wrong with professional foot-the Oval, in June, Sussex bowled 3 E. Stirling 0 club in the First Division had no ball as a whole. Many families have eight wides in order to get the new Dumbarton 4 Cowdenbeath 4 fewer than 15 and one in the their black sheep.

ball In July, 1936, at Leeds, A. The foul-play bogey will not rear B. Sellers, the Yorkshire captain, FIVE CLUBS WARNED its ugly head at Highbury to-day-gave away four byes and nine wides Five clubs, all in the North; have I have had the good fortune to see against Surrey.

Dunfermline

3

Brechin

2 Leith

4 Dundee

3 East Fife

3 Forfar

Edinburgh

King's Park Montrose. Raith

St. Bernard's

3 Airdrie

Reuter

0 Second Division nine.

4

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0 been warned by the Disciplinary both Arsenal and Wolves in action The general impression at Lord's Committee as to the conduct of their and these two 100 per cent. teams last night was that the unfortunate 2 players.

lare certain to give the crowd a incident may have a sequel in an

treat

official inquiry.

The decision of