1937-10-27 — Page 19

THE CHINA MAIL, OCTOBER 27,

BRILLIANT TENNIS AT WEMBLEY

COCHET DEFEATS DAN MASKELL IN 3 SETS

GENIUS OF PLAY ONLY HE CAN PRODUCE

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ENGLISHMAN OUT OF PRACTICE

(By “A. WALLIS MYERS”)

London, September 29. IT seemed a little ironic that, with such ideal wea- ther prevailing yesterday for outdoor lawn ten- nis in a natural light, the professionals should have met in a championship tournament at Wembley last night under artificial conditions under cover.

ALL THE MORE SURPRISING THAT HENRI COCHET,

An excellent action study of forwards jumping for the ball in a line- out during last Wednesday's friendly Rugby encounter on the Club ground, Happy Valley.

MAKING HIS FIRST APPEARANCE AS AN EX-AMATEUR IN FAMOUS SOCCER PLAYER

LONDON, ALTHOUGH HE "WENT OVER” FOUR YEARS AGO, SHOULD HAVE PRODUCED THE MARVELLOUS FORM THAT DEFEATED DAN MASKELL IN THREE SETS, 6-4, 6-1, 6-3.

Four countries were represented on the improvised Empire Pool court America has Tilden, whose appetite for play is never appeased, and Lester Stoeffen. Germany has Nusslein, a fine all court player; France three of her great shot-makers in Cochet, Ramillon and Plaa; and England its past and present professional champions, Maskell and Jeffery.

INTERNATIONAL FOOTBALL CLASSIC

ON TRANSFER LIST

London, September 28-Blenkin, Meacock, the Lincoln City half- sop, the Liverpool left back, who a back, is suspended for a fortnight automatic and fined £5. He was sent of the few years ago was an choice for England, is for sale. He field during the match against Car- has been placed on the transfer fist lisle on September 4. by mutaal consent of himself and The Scottish FA have decided this club.

to play the match between Scotland This field embodies every Blenkinsop first played for Eng and Czecho-Slovakia at Torox Park, variety of style. The Americans land in 1929. He was capped five Glasgow, on December 8 are the service pace merchants-times each against Scotland, Ireland! Tilden is still able to fire his and Wales, and captained his coun- thunderbolts. The British and try on several occasions. German are not as tempestuous Drake and Male, the Arsenal They are students of positional players, injured in the match openings, less spectacular, per- against Derby County on Saturday, haps, but sound point winners. were X-rayed yesterday, and the France supplies the unexpected results show no fracture in either Kadoorie School drew two-all in Scotland and Wales have both thrust, the impudent half-volley case. Drake has a badly twisted hockey match on the Radio Sports announced their teams for next Sa- and the masked lob most of knee, and it is not yet possible to ground yesterday. Udaham Singh turday's International soccer clas-the imaginative strokes that de say how long it will take to mend. Dillon and Kartar Singh Gill scor- sic, at Cardiff, the second since the corate an otherwise familiar pat-Male should be fit in a fortnighted the goals for Ellis Kadoorie and commencement of the season, Eng- tern.

The FA gave notice of the sea-Telok Singh notched both for

Teams For Next

Saturday

INTER SCHOOL MATCH DRAWN

Queen's College and

land having defeated Ireland eas If Tilden defeats Jeffery this son's first suspension yesterday. Queen's. fly by 5 goals to 1 last Saturday, at evening he will play Cochet to resur- Belfast, in the first encounter. rect one of their famous amateur Wales, who are the holders of the fights to-morrow, in the semi-final

title, won all three of their matches The draw originally placed Tilden last season, beating Scotland by the and Cochet in different halves, but odd goal in three at Dundee.

Of the total number of matches apparently Nusslein is ranked No. 1

among the competing professionals, played, Scotland have won 36 and with Tilden No. 2 and Cochet Wales 9 while 12 have been drawn.!

No. 3 this means that the last two Scotland have scored 166 goals must be in the same half, hence the against 64 by Wales.

The teams for Cardiff are as fol- lows:-

change which was made last night.

MASKELL OUT OF PRACTICE Maskell was at a disadvantage Wales: Gray (Chester); Turner against Cochet in that he had en- (Charlton). Hughes (Birmingham); Murphy (West Bromwich), Hanford joyed little match practice during (Sheffield Wednesday), Richards (Bir- the last few weeks. He began with mingham); Phillips (Aston Villa), Les-

lie Jones (Coventry Perry (Doncs a lead of 3-1, increasing it to 42. ter), Bryn Jones (Wolverhampton), Then Cochet found that form Morris (Birmingham)

which had electrified Wimbledon in Scotland: Dawson (Rangers); Ander the past. Taking the ball on the son (Hearts), Cummings (Aston Vil-

·la); Massie (Aston Villa), Simpson rise, he advanced to the net, and, (Rangers), Brown (Rangers); Main with a characteristically deft volley, (Rangers), Walker (Hearts), Frank won point after point The are O'Donnell (Preston N.E.) McPhail (Rangers) and Duncan (Derby)-Reu- lighting made it difficult for Maskell

to lob.

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TO-DAYS FRIENDLY RUGBY MATCH

The following will represent the Club Rugby fifteen in a friendly match against the 8th ayy Brigade, RA, on the Club

at Happy Valley, to-day grow

ncing at 5.15 pa DAR Selby will referee. JPWhitham (Captain), Campbell, E. Taverner, Murray L Lammert, M. G. ruthers, JR Henderson, R Oliphant J 8. Dunnett, Holden, B. Hynes,

Needham

WELL IN HAND After taking eight games by really brilliant. chet eased up a little, but he the match well in hand and the set was always at his command.

In the second sh Nusslein had many protracted lies with Plaa, and the score in the German's favour scarcely does justice to the French- man's sound defence. It could not be such an

rating encounter as the first because there was com- paratively little lleying nor did ose strokes of which Cochet alone can pro-

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