1938-06-27 — Page 19

THE CHINA MAIL, JUNE 27, 1938.

C. B. Fry's Test Commentary

OUR LONDON AIR MAIL SPORTS NEWS

First Test Surprise

London, June 15. Mr. W. H. Jeanes, the Australians' revealed yesterday that manager, when play ceased at 6.15 p.m. on the last day of the Test match at Trent Bridge on Tuesday, Brad- had Australian captain, man, the declared their second innings closed. They had scored 427 for six wickets, leaving England to get 181 to win,

The rules allow 10-minute inter- val between innings, so that England min- should have gone in for five utes' batting.

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The scorers were not told of the declaration, and it was supposed that the game had been abandoned that the Australians could catch early train to London. As England did not bat a second time, the cap- tains must have agreed on the early finish.

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Record Test Gate

The total receipts for the first Test match were £8060, a record for a Test in England, and £491 more than was taken in the Australians' visit to Nottingham four years ago.

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Pallada Hurts Knee

Against Budge

(Continued from Page 18).

BROWN CAUGHT

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This to my mind would have been- the better policy. It would have put the Australians in a position of moral defeat, even if they had saved the game.

I write this now; but I said it when the declaration was in doubt.

Verity coaxed Brown into a long hit and Paynter pouched a neat catch. So our foes have lost two wickets and are 12 runs on.

Stanley McCabe is now with A promise of enlivenment.

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estimate of of my original

their probable rate of scoring. Had we used our fast bowlers less I should have been about right.

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stroke so cutely, and then had make ground. Verity bowled the ball.

INTERESTING

LEAGUE TENNIS GAMES TO DAY

H.K.C.C. Meet U.S.R.C. In Mixed Doubles Tie

So now Australia lead by 92 with

Some fairly interesting tennis- four men gone. This is brighter. Two hours left for play; would it were should be witnessed in the Mixed Doubles League this afternoon twelve.

Enter Jack Badcock, and he has when the Hong Kong Cricket Club some early adventures in the inters-entertain the United Services Re- tices of Verity's packed parade of

creation Club, at Chater Road. sillies.

Wright on again. And the Don is caught at cover off a no ball.

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The later were assured of the runners-up position when they nar- rowly defeated the Kowloon Cric- ket Club last Monday and should Not, a single Australian batsman, NEVER TO SPARE THEM

leave the courts to-day with both except McCabe when on the rampage My reflection during the tea in-points, although they are most like- with liberty to take risks, has play-terval, that is to say, my considered ed Wright with any comfort or con- advice is this. When we get on top ly to be fully extended. fidence. Nor has any of them been of these Australians we ought never At Cox's Road, both Kowloon firm with either Sinfield or Verity.

Admitted that our bowling has been to spare them. If we had batted here Cricket Club teams, "A" and "B" will on the acquisitive Australian lines, be engaged in a "Derby" encounter very good all through, nevertheless, I

as the Don bats, we could have made

in which the former should emerge expected a higher class of bats-

800 runs at least. manship of our visitors.

we winners by a comfortable margin. This, if we get the should do. They will try to do it to In the remaining game to-day us if they win the toss in fine wea-C.R.C., the potential winners, ther.

should easily account for Ladies' Recreation Club.

SIX-ASLEEP

Drinks on a tray; but the batting pursues its dogged footsteps, appar- ently unrefreshed.

Many of the spectators are sun- bathing, and six in a recumbent row are asleep just inland of George Parr's

tree.

Verity is still bowling. Sinfield is on again, and is this time trying round the wicket..

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chance,

We resume. Wright resumes; he rivala O'Reilly as a stayer. Perhaps he is Irish.

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Well, I have watched the batsmen whom Mr. Justice Evatt, of Austra- lia, describes as "functional," and whom Australia declares the best of all time and I have learned nothing. General stalemate, the Don still

cock, after repeatedly being beaten, is clean bowled by Wright.

The hutch is ajar.

I do not think either the Don or McCabe will be caught in the long-playing with functional caution. Bad- field. The Don has now collected 78. If the lads of the mound at Sydney were here they would be shouting to Walter Hammond to take off Verity and put the clock on.

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McCabe is beginning to be enter- Finalists in the men's singles of the

he is as often 38 not French lawn tennis championships are taining;'

is Donald Budge, of America, Wimbledon unintentionally attacking us. He and American champion, and Roderich not the player we saw yesterday. Menzel, of Czechoslovakia.

The mo-

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INSPIRED BOWLING Verity still bowling like an inspired The Don still batting marionette. functionally. Barnett doing his best to start his innings,

Our functionals are 129 runs on with an hour and a quarter of play left. They remain severely functional, The Australian batsmen still func- tioning. Their side now have a lead Don. Bradman registered his 90, and of 188. Danger is definitely past. dest Menzel declined to give an opinion of his chance against a player who has next ball McCabe was morally bowl-The populance audibly ironical. hitherto been practically invincible.ed by Wright, but he said: "I am glad to have an op- portunity of meeting Budge again, and I hope that I shall give him a good

I met him in California once game. and he beat me 1-6, 11-9, 6-3,"

In the semi-finals on June 8, Budge defeated J.-Pallada (Yugoslavia), 6? 6-3, 6-3, The match nearly ended when Pallada hurt his knee early in the third set, but, though in obvious pain. he played out the set encouraged all the while by his opponent.

the court The hot sunshine made suited to Budge's game, but it also in- duced the American to take risks which cost him many points. Pallada's game was too orthodox and stereotyped tɔ enable him to take full advantage of Budge's slips, and then, when he had hurt his knee at 40-80 In his favour in the first game of the last set, the contest was as good as over.

In the other semi-final, Menzel beat F. Puncec (Yugoslavia), 6–4, 6-4.

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In the women's singles, Mme. R Mathieu, France's number one player. entered the finals by beating Mme. A. Halff, 6-1, 6-1. She will meet Mme. P. Landry, of Belgium, in the final. Mme. Landry won her semi-finals match with Mile Rollin Courquerque, of Holland, 6-2, 6-4.

Perry Wins At Leeds

Charles Barnett is called from the

deep to bowl instead of Sinfield. This Who would not be ironical? Were may get a wicket; it will certainly ac-T an art critic, like Cardus. I would celerate the scoring. He defeated the describe this as still life. Certainly Don once at Adelaide in his first over. still: much less certainly life.

Verity returned to duty with the Whatever it is, it is painful.

*. *** Don at 95. The Don arranged a sing-

in front of cover point.

VERITY'S CAPTURE

Two balls later, Verity captured" the great wicket of McCabe. A catch at short slip. Australia have lost three wickets and are 84 runs

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on.

Enter Hassett, Farnes to Don. Two defensive strokes. cut for two,..........

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The whole history of this match. from the time our batsmen buried the bogey of the Australian, bowling.

The following is to-day's and this week's remaining fixtures:-

To-day

MIXED DOUBLES

Recreio H.K.C.C. K.C.C. (A)

U.S.R.C. S.C:A.A. K.C.C.

I.R.C.

V L.R.C.

VU.S.R.C.

K.C.C. (B)

To-morrow

“A”, DIVISION :

v. G.R.C.

v. Recreio.

v H.K.C.C.

Wednesday

H.K.U.T.C. H.K.C.C...

S.C.A.A. K.C.C.

A.T.C.

C.R.C.

Recreio

--S.C.A.A.

"B" DIVISION

v `C.R.C. . v Recreio ▼C.C.C. v\C.S.C.C.

v K.LT.C.

Thursday

"C" DIVISION

VIR.C.

v HK.U.T.C.

v C.C.C.

TKCG

has resolved itself into a long effort OPEN PAIRS

by the Australians to save their re- putation in the eyes of Australia.

Had they any regard for their re- putation in England, they could not

ENCOUNTERS

have descended to such platitudinous FOR THIS WEEK

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They could have fought to rectify their inferior position as well by mak

their An appeal for l.b.w., a cut for two;ing-runs as by sitting on and the Don adds a century to his splices. long list. A century it has taken him a long time to complete; to wit, four hours and a quarter. Not one of his character parts this. He might have been an ordinary county batsman.

The question is at issue whether, played as it was played to-day at Nottingham, cricket is a game at all.

With luck of the toss and the wea- Compton, at silly-point, dived into ther they may win the rubber; *** 80 near space and caught Hassett off may we. But even if we lose, I would the face of his bat. A wonderful rather play cricket our way and lose catch, because he anticipated the than their way and win.

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Owing to unavailable circumstances changes have been made in the arrangements for the Third and Fourth Rounds of the Open Pairs Lawn Bowls Championship.

The Third Round game between W. E. Hollands and S. Farlow and G. N.

Mitchell and J. C. Brown will now not take place until Monday, July 4, The Fourth Round match between the winner of the above game and G. Norman and J. G. Meyer, fixed for

Thursday next has been postponed.

The following are the new arrange. ments:

TO-DAY

Third RoundAt Civil Service

C. Peraira and J.,C. Remedios

A. Bakar and A. K. Minu.

Fourth Round.

K. M. Omar and A. 8. Gomes v. Lines and R. Duncan.

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C. M. Silva and F. X. Soares Hoosen and AR. Minu.

W. Hillyer and J. Hollidge Ellies, and F. Booker.

Fourth RoundAt Kowloon C.C. FV. V. Ribeiro and H.A. Alvas

P. Barby and A.-J. Hall.

STO-MORROW

At Kowloon B.G.C.

O. P. Remedios and E. de Souza v." M. JE Medina and J. Cavanagh. A: M. and D. M. Omar v Jas

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