1938-12-15 — Page 25

THE CHINA MAIL, DECEMBER 15, 1938

LADIES' TENNIS '

VICTORY FOR

MRS. TRACEY

AND MRS. SKINNER

K.C.C. Combination

Eliminated

COLONY LADIES' DOUBLES SEMI-FINAL

(Mrs. Tracey and Mrs. Skinner beat Mrs. O. Burnett and Miss V. Bradbury 5-7, 6-1), 7-5.)

Never reaching any great heights of brilliance, Mrs. Tracey and Mrs. Skinner, at the U.S.R.C. yesterday afternoon, beat the K.C.C. pair, Mrs. Burnett and Miss V. Bradbury after a ding-dong struggle.

There was never very much in it, as, the scores suggest. Throughout, with never an occasional volleying coup to relieve the monotony, the match was fought out from the base- line. Tactics never changed. It was a case of the survival of the fittest, or rather, the least erratic in prolonged driving duels.

Every year, the Historic Eton Wall Game is played on the fields of Eton between the Oppidans and the Collegers, dressed in striped socks, scarfs and caps of college colours. Photo shows-A line of players marching across the fields at Eton dressed in their traditional attire.

Mrs. Tracey and Mrs. Skinner £1000-A-Side

were slightly more consistent and so they won. There is little more than that can be said, The former drove powerfully and rarely made a mis- take on either hand,

while

Challenge

Mrs Golf Match

Skinner, although her forehand

Toss Of Coin

WEEK-END CRICKET

TEAMS

The following

(Copyright. Fox).

KOWLOON TEAMS

Kowloon teams to play Civil Service on Saturday are:

1st. XI (away).-D. J. N. Anderson will represent Club] (Captain), K. M. Baxter, F. A. and R. de Recreio 1st. XI in a friendly cric-T. Broadbridge, E. F. Fincher, G. W. ket match against Indian R.C. on the Giffen, S. V. Gittins, G. A. Goodban, latter's ground on Saturday:

R. E. Lee, N. D. Lloyd. G, A, White. A. M. Rodrigues (Capt.), N. Bel- 2nd. XI (home).-S. A. Gray (Cap- Gosano, H. L. Ozorio, A. P. Pereira, W. Hume, B. D. Lay, J. R. Luke, T. A. M. Prata, W. A. Reed, P. M. N.A. Madar, W. L. McKenzie, G. E. Tay- da Silva, jur, and E. M. L. Soares. lor, C. Walker, A. Wright.

drive with exaggerated top-spin Settlement Reached By trao, E. L. Gesano, J. Gosano, L. G. tain), R. Baldwin, H. Brokenshire, L. would not have won a prize for technique, it was seldom that she failed to get it into court.

THE LOSERS.

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London.

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For the losers, Miss Bradbury, H. G. Bentley and Henry Cot- for the most part, was made the ton will play their much-discuss- object of attack and she stood up ed £2000 challenge match against to the pounding very well, especial-Brig.-General A. C. Critchley and ly in the final set when she got Alfred Perry at Addington, Croy- her forehand drive working

and don,

on December 12, and returned with interest anything | Birkdale, Southport, on Decem- directed to her part of the court. ber 14. Play will be by four- She scored with sizzling drives somes, and 36 holes on each day. up the tramlines with an occasional After ten days of negotiations cross-court drive which was every by telephone and telegram from bit as effective. Her backhand, London to Southport and the Con- which was all wrong from a tennistinent,

the parties reached point of view, proved sufficient for agreement by the toss of a coin, the occasion and she nearly always to which Bentley "called" from got it over the net although beyond 200 miles away.

that, there is little that can be said The match was arranged in the for this department of her game. first place for Southport on Novem-

Mrs. Burnett, when not hurried, ber 30 and Addington on December | made all her strokes very nicely, but 2. Neither Bentley nor Cotton could was inclined to fall down when accept these dates, and yesterday hurried on the backhand. She was Bentley accepted a suggestion that the only one of the four who ever the game should be played on De- made any attempt to take the fore-cember 12 and 14. court and had she persisted in these methods--she appeared to lack con- fidence in her volley--the result might well have been reversed.

JAMES DEAR WINS OPEN SQUASH TITLE

F. D. Amr Bey Did Not Compete

London, To-day.

ANOTHER HITCH

Then another hitch arose. Bentley and Cotton agreed-on the tele- phone that it would be more con- venient to both if the match started at Addington and finished at South- port. Critchley, when approached, said, "I am tired of arguing about.. it. Tell Bentley I will toss him for choice."

Bentley accepted the offer, and, sitting before the telephone in his father's house at Southport called "heads." "Heads" it was, and Bent-. ley, said :-:

· FIRST AT ADDINGTON ·

James Dear yesterday won the "The first 36 holes shall be play- British Open Squash rackets 'title[ed at Addingdon," and later Critch- when he beat A. E. Biddle, by 6-9, [ley received a telegram confirming 9-1, 9-2, 96. Dear won the the new arrangement. first match last week by 3 games Admission money' will be charged to 2.

at both courses, and the proceeds

The Egyptian, F. D. Amr Bey, will go to charity. Captain M. H. a recognised as the finest squash Heppel, Addington secretly, plana player the world has ever produced to divide the profits between a local and holder of the title for the pre-hospital and the Professional vious five years, did not compete.—| Golfers”. Association Benevolent Reuter.

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