Sparkling Rallies At U.S.R.C.
C.K. Chan Stands Up
To Tsui Yun-Pui
Crawford
Throws Away Big Advantage
(By "ADREM")
DULL OVERCAST SKY AND THREATENING WEATHER
A DID NOT PREVENT A FAIR CROWD FROM ATTENDING
THE HARDCOURT TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIP GAMES AT UNITED, SERVICES RECREATION CLUB-YESTERDAY.
HARDCOURT COMPETITORS
AND UMPIRES
The Committee of the U.S.R.C. note with regret that three com- petitors turned up yesterday with- out umpires and would remind all competitors that it is expected that they make their own arrange- ments.
Although the programme, at first glance, did not appear to have very much attraction; some extraordinarily keen games were seen, easily the most entertaining of which was the match in which match, the light was very difficult Tsui Yun-pui played brilliant tennis to dispose of C. K. Chan, who, and when Lee was leading 10-9, it I understand, has held the Doubles Championship of Canton as well as representing China in the China National Games.
5--2,
Alec Crawford, youthful K.C.C. hope, had a big advantage against Lee Wai Tong but, leading 40-15, he was unable to press It
lost the game, and Lee taking full advantage of this let-off, fought back gallantly to level and eventually to take the set after 20 games had been played.
home,
C. K. Chan's match with young Tsui was one long tale of lost op- portunities. Chan of course has learnt his game on hard courts, and it was not surprising therefore that he settled down a good deal more quickly than did Tsui.
SLICED BACKHAND Driving. fiercely on the forehand
and
RESULTS AT A
GLANCE
SINGLES
AUSTRALIANS
SHARE SPOILS WITH SUSSEX
Lancashire Win But Middlesex Lose
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London, To-day. Leading by over 100 runs on the first innings, Sussex were forced to share the spoils with the Austra- lians in their match at Hove yes- terday, the Tourists adding 300 runs before their hosts went in to bat. The latter scored 53 for the loss of 2 wickets when stumps were drawn.
Walker, the Australian reserve wicketkeeper, who was injured on Monday, had his hand X-Rayed, was mutually agreed that only one revealing a chipped bone, but he more game be played. This Lee
pluckily insisted on won to make the score one set all
batting and was undefeated with two runs to mug and, I understand, the match will
his credit. be replayed at some later date. Some good rallies were seen the only doubles game of the day but Pang Oi-lam and Mok Fuk-in, who play for Kowloon Tong in the "C" Division of the League, dis- played slightly more combination than Harold Lee and S. W. Liang, and emerged at the right end of a 2-1 score.
K. K. Fung beat Lee Kam-ming 6-4, 9-7.
Peter U beat J. F. L. Smalley 6-3, 6-3.
Tsui Yun-pui beat C. K. Chan 6-4, 4-6, 6-2.
Bick Szeto beat S. 8. Leong 6-2, 63.
A. Crawford unfinished against Lee Wai-tong 6-4, 9-11, (To be replayed).
DOUBLES
Pang Oi-lam and Mok Fuk-in beat 8. W. Liang and H. W. Lee 6-4, 3-6, 6—2.
In other games decided yester- day, Peter U beat J. F. L. Smalley and Bick Szeto and K. K. Fung won at the expense of S. S, Leong and Lee Kam-ming, respectively.
TO-DAY'S HARDCOURT PROGRAMME
YORKSHIRE RESTAIN CHAMPIONSHIP
London, To-day. Yorkshire
hias
retained the County Cricket Championship. The match between Middlesex and Sur- rey at Lords, ended in draw, while at Dover yesterday, Yorkshire beat Kent. Yorkshire, which has still to play Sussex, is the cham- pion county for the 20th time..
Middlesex, who were in the run- ning for Championship honours suffered another reverse, this time at the hands of Surrey, who secur- ed first innings points. I. A. R. Peebles, the former England Test player, was in very good form with
for 76 runs. the ball and took 6 Surrey wickets
using a sliced backhand with a low trajectory, which he whipped across court at unexpected
Throughout this set, Lee favour- moments, Chan quickly went to a 3-0 ed a forecourt attack while Craw- lead. Tsui however then began to ford, unless he was drawn up by find his touch, playing some beauti-
a drop-shot-and that happened The following is to-day's programme ful shots into the corners. He got quite frequently as Lee exploited in the Hardcourt Tennis Championships. Chan on the run, and in doing so his favourite stroke remained Court 11.-E. E. Storey and J. J. Fer-i
Results as cabled by Reuter, were:- exposed a weakness in the Canton rooted to the baseline.
guson v. A. Chan and J. Hau.
At Blackpool, Lancashire beat War- player's stroke equipment, which
Court 12.-P. Kong v. H. D. Rum-wickshire on the first innings. jahn.
Lancs.: 338 for 7 dec. (Hopwood 120) made itself particularly evident in
Court 17.-G. E. R. Divett and G. W. Warwick: 321 (Wilkinson 5 for 79) and
and 152 for 7 dec. the last set.
Sewell v. D. S. Sze and F. Grose.
Court 18-Tsui Wai-pui v. Pang Oi-lam.
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TACTICAL ERROR
I have little doubt that had the K.C.C. player adopted a little more initiative, he must have won.
Court 19.-I. Agafuroff .s.
V.
Chan, although making his shots very confidently and accurately, when he had sufficient time, was In the concluding stages of the Rumjahn. very wild when forced to play a shot on the run. He revealed useful service, a sound knowledge of the court, and was not afraid to hit a lob however deeply Tsui sent it over.
In the first part of the second set, when Chan was leading 4-0, he made Tsui look very second-rate and appeared to have his measure. Tsui then pulled out all his big guns, took the next three
games, dropped the next and eventually only lost the set at 6-4.1
Starting off the final set with the advantage of service, Tsui com- -pletely dominated exchanges and after leading 4-0, in the course of which Chan did not win more than 4 points, he went out at 6-2.
LOSES ADVANTAGE On the form he displayed Craw ford should now be in the next round. He was down 1-3 in the first set chiefly because he was un- able to stand up to Lee's well-judg- ed net attacks, but thereafter, as he obtained control of his ground strokes, he experience little further difficulty in passing the C.R.C. player,
He won the set at 6-4 was lead- ing 4-0 in the second and actually had a whole crop of match points
his disposal in the eighth which he threw down the drain, by chang-
ng his type of game.
RETTIGH MISCHER BEEF
SOLE AGENTS:-
A.
81 for 2.
At Worcester, Worcestershire beat Northamptonshire by 2 wickets. Northants: 200 and 140 (Howorth 5
for 51).
Worcester: 104 (Trimms 6 for 18) and
237 for 8.
At Bournemouth, Nottinghamshire beat Hampshire by 167 runs.
Notts: 203 (Boyes 5 for 56) and 349 (Heane 106 not out, Heath 5 for 78).
Hants: 310 and 75.
At Lord's, Surrey beat Middlesex on the first innings.
Middlesex: 241 and 183 for 8.
Surrey: 396 (Gregory 129, Squires 116
(I. A. R. Peebles 6 for 76). At Hove, Sussex drew with the Aus- tralians. Australians: 836 (A. L. Hassett 74, W. A. Brown 75; Wood 4 for 98) and 300 (C. L. Badcock 58, B. J. Bar- nett 58, A L. Hassett 56; Ham- mond 5.for 107).
Sussex: 463 (H. T. Bartlett 157, Cox 76, Stainton 58, Janes Langridge 68; Ward 6 for 184, White 8 for. 75, Barnes 1 for 82, McCormick 0 for 86, Waite 0 for 55, McCabe 0 for 6) and 59 for 2.
EARLIER RESULTS Earlier results as cabled by Reuter, were →→→
At Dover, Yorkshire beat Kent by an innings and 49 runs.
Yorks 326 for 8 dec. (Todd 5 for 64). Kent-168 (Verity 5 for 42) and 109
(Verity 4 for 58)..
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At Ashby-de-la-Zouch, Derby beat Leicester by an innings and 49, runs. Derby-809.
Leicester-131 (Mitchell 5 for 44) and
129 (Mitchell 5 for 45).
At Clacton, Essex beat Glamorgan by an innings and 87 runs. : Glamorgan-150 (Farnes 7 for 75) and
88 (Farnes 8 for 38),
ESSOX 320 for 9 dec.
AUTO-DAY'S PROGRAMME Blackpool-An England XI v. Austra-
Ilans.
Lee running all over the court, CALDBECK, MACGREGOR & CO., LTD. Oval-Surrey v. Lancashire.
and displaying
newer. edlent
FARMERS power, fought
for
Gloucester-Gloucestershire v. Essex. Dover-Kent v. Nottinghamshire. Taunton-Somerset v. Leicestershire. Hove Busser v. Yorkshire.
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