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SURREY TENNIS

PASCH STILL FAVOURITE FOR DERBY

London, To-day.

The following is the latest call over for the Derby, which will be run at Epsom on Wednesday, June 1:-

Pasch 15 to 8.

Golden Sovereign. 13 to 2 t and o. Scottish Union 100 to 9 o.

Pound Foolish 100 to 8 o, 13 to 1 t. Portmarnock 100 to 7 o, 15 to 1 t

Mirza 18 to 1 t and o.

Glen Loan 20 to 1 o.

Caveman 25 o 1 o, 33 to 1 t.

Manorite 33 to 1 o.

Valerian 40 to 1 o; 50 to 1 t.

Halcyon Gift 50 to 1 o. 66 to 1 t.

-Reuter."

LANCS WIN EASILY

London, To-day,

At Ilford, Lancashire beat Essex

by an innings and 177 runs.

Lancashire 491 for 8 dec. (Iddon

for 87).

M.C.C. ON WAY

TO DEFEAT

Wyatt's Dour Knock

!

THE CHINA MAIL, MAY 17, 1938.

WIN FOR SHAYES DEFEATS MALFROY IN HALF-HOUR

MRS. KING TRIUMPHS IN WOMEN'S SINGLES

(By “A, WALLIS MYERS”)

London, April 16. NEITHER of the singles finals in the Surrey Hard Court championships at Roehampton on Sat- The warmth of The Australian cricket tourists urday raised any great fervour. did not add very many to their the fight, as of the weather, had come earlier in the the M.C.C. at Lords, being all dis- Week, and both Ronald Shayes and Mrs. King had missed for 502, far less than was relatively easy victories.

overnight score of 428 for 5 against

at one time indicated. Don Brad- man only added 21 runs to his

score.

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That of Shayes was achieved after only 30 minutes' play. He defeated C. E. Malfroy 6-3, 6-2, and, save in the first few games and in the first game of the second set, when the New Zealander was getting some work on his service, had matters all his own way. The M.C.C. were dismissed for.

Malfroy, I imagine, was reacting after his laborious battles of 214, Wyatt being the highest scorer

But he was not playing Choy on Saturday, with a dour 84 not out. Fleetwood-the previous rounds. Smith again proved the most suc- and it was no use coming up coyly behind a pawky shot to 'Shayes. cessful Australian bowler, captur-Taking an early ball, which he returned with a dipping flight, Shayes had him smartly passed. ing 4 wickets for 69 runs.

Forced to follow on, M.C.C., at the close were 87 for 1.

The winner's forehand was as ing court-not damp and treach- accurate as his backhand, and in erous turf-Shayes in a little the second set, with confidence while will be very difficult to beat. oozing out, he scored freely with with his fast service. I agree Don Maskell, the Wimbledon coach, who watched this brief and followed on 87 for 1 display that, given a true-bound-

114, Oldfield 115; Peter Smith 5 Australians—502 (D. G. Bradman 278, A. L. Hassett 57; Smith 6 for 139) M.C.C.-214 (R. E. S. Wyatt 84 4 for out; Fleetwood-Smith

Essex 119 (Nutter 5 for 38) and followed on 195.

-Reuter.

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THREATENING INTERLUDE Mrs. King had only one threaten- ing interlude in her match against Miss Saunders. This was when,

encountering the full force of her opponent's volleys, she lost her 53 lead in the first set. But Miss Saunders, either because she tired or because Mrs. King was inde-- fatigable in chasing the distant ball, did not persist in this. cam- paign,

When it came to exchanging drives from the back of the court. or in converting a losing position into a winning, the player with the consistent accuracy was not Miss Saunders. So Mrs. King, nominated to captain and help in the selection of the Wightman Cup team, triump- hed in a field which included all three singles players, who re- presented Great Britain against America at Forest Hills last year.

EXTENDED MISS JACOBS True that match was, decided turf and not on sand, but one can- not help recalling that in 1935 it was Mrs. King who, at Forest Hills, gave Miss Jacobs, the winner that the year, her hardest fight in American championship.

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Let it be added that Mrs. King has increased the pace of her,ser- vice. She faced" Miss Saunders as she had "aced" Miss Stammers. Her second ball was never intimi- dating, but her double faults in the whole week were negligible. She never, conceded a point by care- lessness.

WALK-OVER IN FINAL

Miss Stammers and Miss James were given a walk-over in the wo- men's doubles final., Miss Ingram was incapacitated and had to scratch. The winners of the event, however, were searchingly chal- lenged by Miss Nuthall and Miss Harvey who carried both sets into vantage games, and who found Miss Nuthall's new lifting drives, with their fast dip, difficult to parry and Miss Harvey's, lobs, hard to kill.

The mixed semi-finals were brief. Jones and Miss James, an adven- turous combination, were

Fagainst Ritchie and Migg: Vincible

Scott, and Malfroy showed where his forte lay when he baited traps for Deloford l'and Miss O'Connell, Molds

In a close three-set final Jones and his partner, the fresher pair, Just got home. Malfroy and Ritchie had previously won the men's doubles, finished mercilessly with two love sets.