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Interport

Gutierrez Shield

Bowls Prospects

Matches Will Provide

Pointer To Form

BUT TRIALS SHOULD BE HELD

(By "SKIP")

With the Lawn Bowls League season completed, the minds of bowlers turn to other matters; the Open Singles, the Gutierrez International Shield, the Aitkenhead Shield and last but by no means least, the Interport series with Shanghai.

One of the Finalists in the Singles will (weather permitting) be decided a few hours after these notes appear; either Joe Luz will have followed in his brother's footsteps to reach the final, or Victor Ramsey will have achieved that ambition.

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The elder Luz, incidentally, that more than two will make played in the Final three times. grade, but R. G. Craig, of Kowloon Cricket Club, is knocking, at the door He became Colony Champion in and may secure honours. Had het 1928 when he beat J. Ferguson, maintained his League form, W. Mc- the Taikoo bowler and reached leod of the Police Club, who was led the penultimate stage the follow- in Joe Carey's rink which lost in the Rink's Final, might have been a more ing season to lose to Adam Hol- than serious contender for his first land, whilst he was beaten by badge. A. Hyde Lay three years later. The other contestant to-night, J. V. Ramsay, received Interport honours in 1933 and 1935.

It should be a thrilling game with not more than a couple of shots in it either way: On experience alone, Ramsay should win, but his adversary is not to be treated lightly as the Kowloon Dock man fully realises.

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Of the English team, here again I do not think more than a couple of the players will receive further hon- ours this season: I refer to B. W. Bradbury and E. W. Lines, the latter of whom I take to be a certainty. Of the non-Internationals, Victor Ramsay will command serious thought. I sug- gest he would be a useful second man, Another player I have been watching this season, Chris Downman, of the Police team, is also a likely choice. is The match to decide the other fin- More likely to make the grade alist has had to be postponed until Alfred Coates, who, although playing next Wednesday, as B. W. Bradbury, out of position this year, has shown who opposes A. R. Dallah the excellent form and should walk into honour, is indisposed. This unfor- the first part of one of the teams. tunate illness may possibly prevent Then there is Teddy Fincher, who him playing for England in the Se- would have been skipping an Austra- cond Round of the Gutierrez Interna- lian rink but for a misunderstanding tional Shield on Sunday, but it is to whereby a rink was not entered be hoped that he will have recovered time. by then. His presence as skip will improve the confidence of the remain- der of the team, which on paper ap- pears a good one. The players will need to be at their best to surmount The first hurdle-Scotland. their winner of this tie should easily over- come any of the other countries ex- cept Portugal, whom I expect them, to

Of the remaining countries, A. R. meet in the final providing they do

round. not clash in the next

The Dallah had played consistently well the next for the past two seasons and is right

whilst Philippines should reach

Ernie round, but will have a hard game on form at present,

useful against Ireland (or should it be Eire?), Kern, the Swiss skip has also been whilst I expect Switzerland. to have playing a more than an easy match against China, who's U. M. Omar, though not up to

gratifying. entry is very

Portugal very high standard with which have to overcome India and need not associate his name, has the big match this temperament and should be given the anticipate much difficulty in

opportunity to make good. direction.

GUIDE TO FORM Although all possible. Interporters have not entered for their respective countries, in this competition, a slight guide to form may be derived from these matches,

The Po guese team for instance, contains ar players, in J. A. Luz, H. A. Alves, Č. G. Silva and F. X. M. Silva, who must all command at- two other tention as must one or

selected, players who have not been such as L. F. Xavier, who is quité as good a lead as J. A. Luz and is even thought by some to be better. R. F. Luz, though perhaps not quite as brilliant as he was when at his best, is also to be considered.

Of Scotland's team I do not think

On his form this year he ap- pears to be another safe bet for a place. I have specially used the phrase "on his form this year" as I cannot help thinking that in the past there has been a tendency to select players on past reputations. DALLAH AND KERN

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No mention has so far been made of any trial matches taking place, that I know which is surprising,

in many players and followers are favour of these being held just as they are in practically all other sports.

I suggest that six rinks be se- lected and that three trial games be played on Sunday afternoons on different greens. This would give the Selection Committee an oppor- tunity of studying form first hand as distinct from hearsay and guess work.

IMPORTANT POINT.

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Sydney Wooderson, London clerk and Backheath Harrier, has broken two more world running records, the half-mile and 800 metres. Running superbly in a specially framed race he streaked along to cover the "half" in 1 minute 49.2 secs. this being 0.4 secs. faster than the American, Elroy Robinson's time, who pre- viously held the record. Wooderson then went on to beat the 800 metres record in 1 minute 48.4 secs. Photo shows Wooderson being chaired after his magnificent performance at Motspur Park, London. (Copyright-Fox-By Air Mail).

HUTTON'S RECORD AND AFTERMATH

London, August 23. There were remarkable scenes at the Oval when Hutton made the new world's record. All the Aus- tralians and Hardstaff rushed to shake hands with him. The excit- ed crowd cheered continuously,

WORLD RECORDS BROKEN

HALF-MILE AND 800 METRES

and then sang "For He's a Jolly S. C. WOODERSON'S

Good Fellow." While the game was held up, a waiter brought out drinks (which looked like lime juice and soda). Hutton had been batting for 12 hours 20 minutes. Bradman's time for his 334, made at Leeds in 1930, was 61⁄2 hours.

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The previous best score in Eng- land v. Australia Tests was Aus- tralia's 729 for 6 (declared) at Lord's in 1930.

The fact that Hutton also passed Andy Sandham's 953 against the West Indies at Kingston in 1930 was almost unnoticed.

The previous best England sixth wicket stand was 186 by Hammond and Ames at Lord's in the second Test match of this series.

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Pudsey, the Yorkshire town first made famous by Herbert Sutcliffe, and now immortalised in the world of cricket as the home of Leonard Hutton, is planning a great wel- come for the record-breaker when he returns from the Test match. The Mayor is contemplating a civic welcome and a public dinner in honour of Hutton. To-day the whole 25,000 population of the town, from the Mayor down to the smallest schoolboy, was suffering from what one of the oldest inha- bitants called "Hutton fever,"

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