CRICKET'S GREATEST ACCUSED OF HITLER
WILLIAM J. O'REILLY, world's greatest cric- ket bowler, stands accused of frightening batsmen
"Hitler with
intimidation tactics," writes the "Christian Science Monitor" Correspondent from Sydney.
The indictment is made in a letter O'Reilly has received from an Adelaide fan who watched him route South Australia's team in the last big game of the season.
It should
not be imagined from this that O'Reilly hurls the hard leather ball along with the blitzkrieg speed of Harold Larwood, one-time Not- tingham terrorist, and makes a habit of trying to Because the velocity of hit batsmen's legs or ribs. his bowling is fairly gentle. It is classed as medium- slow.
The Adelanie complaint ». based In addition to making the ball mm a charge that O'Reilly placed swerve, pause, Boat, or dip mits! an infielder (the equivalent of fight, O'Reilly persundes it to baseball's third basemant within turn to either side from the one yard of the batsmen Ties i
ground or go straight on, at un- an aver - statement of this case, the predictable paces and heights.. heder was two yards away. anywhere between hip and mid-
Reilly' demeanor is not that, shin. He is 35, but is likely to be
THE CHINA MAIL, MAY 26, `1941.
BOWLER Skips BOWLER Skips Tables TACTICS
SATURDAY'S BOWLS
RESULTS AT A GLANCE
FOLLOWING IS THE RECORD OF THE SKIPS IN THE THREE DIVISIONS OF THE LEAGUE:—
FIRST DIVISION
U. M. Omar (C.C.C.) A. P. Guterres (Rec. "8")
A. M. Holland (K.B.G.C. "A" R. F. Luz (Rec, "A") M. R. Abbas (1.A.C.) J. Shepherd (P.R.C.)
P. W. T. L. F.
3 3 0 0 79 3 3 0 0 73
3 3 0 0 72 41
A. Up Dn Pts.
43 36 0 6 40 33
6 0 31 0 8
3
3 0 0 69 45 24
0 6
3
3 0 0
68 45 23
0
6
3 3 0 D
71 54
17
0
6
C. S. Rosselet (C.C.C.)
3 2 0 1
71 42
29
0 4
B. W. Bradbury (C.C.C.)
3 2 0 1
41
R. Duncan (K.8.G.C. "B") J. J. Basto (Rec. "B") F. X. Bliva (Rec. "A")
3 2 0 1
79 64 26 72 B6 16
0 0 4
4
3 2 0
} 60 48
12
0 4
3 2 0 T 66 47
@ 0 4
(1) (2)
49 53
A. J. Hall (K.8.G.C. “A") C. G. Silva (Rec. "A"}
3 2
0 1 56 48
8
0
4
3
2
0
1
63 56
7
0 4
C. Strange (0.9.C.C.)
3
1 1 1 68 53
5
จ 3
A. K. Minu (L.R.C.)
3
T 0 2 58 59
อ
1
A. Morrison (K.D.R.C.)
3
1 0 2 52 53
0
1
3
1 0 2 58 60
0
2
A. R. Dallah (I.R.C.)
D
3
Following were Saturday Lawn Bowls League results:
SECOND DIVISION HKFC 11} 61 Recreio (2)
THIRD DIVISION BK Electric (2) 74 H.KFC IRC
31 KBGC
HOME
FOOTBALL
RESULTS
The following are the results of
matches played at i of a musdeer canseious of his guilt: Stal in the front tank when pener at football He has not even bothered to point brings restumption of international | Home im Saturday --
had cricket
out
that the two timpares
fo Btervene f the close
Now an Army physical instruc- feder was obstructing stroke-itor, Lieut. Don Bradman, world movements, but had no authority, record
four sporer, batted only to stop the batsmen from attempt-times, in big matches. Twice he ing powerful hits to sear, the in- truder away to a safer distance All the great bowler is doing about it is to add the letter to his collection of souvenuTS.
was caught out first ball, an u
calamity which precedented caused a greater buzz in Aus- traba than anything Mr. Matsuoka has said, to time of writing.
Nicknamed "Tiger" Outstanding batsman of
the season is Sid Barnes, 23, self- possessed, quickfooted,
and i
+
LONDON CUP Millwall 2, Arsenal 5.
SOUTH REGIONAL LEAGUE
Aldershot 0. Crystal Palace 3. Brentford 3. Reading 1; Cardill City 4. Portsmouth 1; Fulham 8. Southend 2; Tottenham 3, Leices- ter 0; Walsall Nottingham
6. Forest 7. Watford 3, Queen's Park Rangers 3, West Ham 3. Chelsea 3
NORTH REGIONAL LEAGUE
We don't know what Hitler's mckname in the Wilhelmstrasse compactly-buit. He scored 1,050! Blackpool 3, Burnley 0; Everton
is, but O'Reilly's is "Tiger" be- runs in 14 innings. In six innings, caitse of his unflagging determina- Barnes made 100 or more a tully and the way he "disguises which usually takes him about fair nature with hard-favoured; 24 hours" batting. ruge" in the manner King Henry
tion
V advised at Harfleur.
Nu
looks less like one
Der
Fuehrer The man who has brought down the British Empire's best balsinen is taller than 6 ft., has sandy hair, doesn't keep his top lip in partial ambush, and weighs 203 potinds.
Hut he
Score-Box Excitement
3. Sheffield United 3; Manchester City 6, Bolton Wanderers 4: York City 2. Middlesborough 4; Chester 1, Liverpool 6.
MATCH REGIONAL Chesterfield 5, Stoke City 1.
To the uninitiated, cricket rivals chess for protracted dullness but
OTHER MATCHES
XI 4: Services its ritual Newcastle 0, those who understandi believe 11 is crammed with a Norwich City 0, Royal Air Force Air wider variety of incident than any | XI 4: West Brom. 6, Royal
Force XI 1. INTER-ALLIED SERVICE CUP
other sport,
Score-keepers at an O'Farrell relentlessly blockades! batsmen into subjection, and bet-Cup match became so excited that
they forgot to pencil down lows appeals to the umpire forg Justice when a leg, instead of a boundary hit which would have bat, is used to keep the ball from given Junee victory by one the stumps.
Once, with affected over Wagga, Before the omission innocence, he asked an unrespon- was discovered the players had sive umpire: "Where's your dug?" left the ground. A replay has been
The umpire said he owned no ggested. dog. "Well," said O'Reilly, "you're the frst blind man I've seen with- oul one."
As O'Reilly lopes rhythmically SPORTS
to the bowling crease-line, he swings his simian-length right arm like a pendulion, with thei wrist crooked. He drags his fin- gers across the ball, as it leaves his hand, to give it one of the spins that
the keep guessing.
butsmen
Spins From Ground You correspondent recalls one American visitor's surprise at: finding that, in cricket, the ball is thrown on the ground, not as a gesture of pique, but as an in- tegral feature of the game. What the ball does as it bounces makes it much more difficult to hit than when it comes direct through the
air.
HEROES
run
SEMI-FINALS British Army 4, Belgian Army 1; Civilian Defence 2, Royal Air
Force 4.
SUMMER SERIES YACHTING
The second Summer Series of the Royal Hong Kong Yacht Club sailed on Saturday resulted follows:- So far this war, amateur box-
Finished Corrected Yacht -Ser- Redshank 16.27.42 ing has collected a V.C.
16.27.42 geant Harry Nicholls and two (Capt. J. Krogh-Moe).
18.29.4 16.20.04% DF.C.S. Recently I heard of an-Joss
(Major G. E. Neve). other award for gallantry finding
10.29.07 16.29.07 15 its way to a "punching for plea- La Linda
(Mr. P. D, A. Chidell). sure" representative, writes L. V.)
Gull
.. 10.30.35 Manning.
(Capt, A. O. G. Mills).
10.30.47 True Blue
... 16.30.47 (Mr. L. Garner), Artemis
16.30.50% 16.30.05% (Mr. G, G. Wood).
18.35.05 10.34.28
David Myers, a member of the A.B.A. Council and secretary of the West Ham B.C., has been specially commended by the R.S.P.C.A. for his work in rescu- (Mr. Hitchcott) ing animals during a particularly Wendy virulent "blitz."
Alleo
... 16.45 27 (Mr. G. Navey).
L. Guy (K.B.G.C. "B")
M. N. Rakusen (C.S.C.C.)
J. F. McGowan (C.S.C.C.)
B. Basto (Rec. "B")
T. A. Madar (K.C.C.)
J. McKelvie (K.B.G.C. "B")
3 1 0 2 52 65
3 1 Q 2 50 60 0 10
NNNNNNNNNNNNOCE
3
0 2 51 62
0
3 1 0 2 51
3 ↑
0 2
58
63
71
0 12 2
0 13 2
3 1
3 1 0 2 45 71
0 2 48 65 0 17 2
0 26
3
1
0 2 48 77 0 29 2
3 Q 1 2 46 67 0 21
$
G. S. Sherriff (K.B.G.C. "A"}
3
0
0 3 51 68
0 17 Q
3 0 0 3 46 67
0 21
0
J. Kempton (K.D.R.C.)
W. Mair (P.R.C.)
J. Fraser (K.C.C.)
E. G. Post (P.R.C.)
E. C. Fincher (K.C.C.)
T. Coleman (K.D.R.C.)
Totals
3 0 Q 3 38 74 O 36 0 3 0 0 3 31 86 Q 56 0
90 44
2 44 1730 1730 275 275 90
SECOND DIVISION
A, J. Kew (K. Tong) J. L. Stephens (K, Tong) W. MacFarlane (H.K.F.C.) O. P. Remedios (Recreio) W. V. Field (K.F.C.)
H. W. Randall (C.C.C.) T. L. Lock (C.C.C.) W. J. Bagley (P.O.C.) R. S. Meadows (K.C.C.) A. Jillott (P.O.C.).....
J. A. Remedios (Recreio) W. J. Howard (K. Tong) M. J. Medina (C.C.C.)
P. W. T. L. F. A. Up Dn Pts. 3 3 0 0 80 38 42 0 6 3 2 1 0 78 54 24 0 5
4 2 1 1 86 57 29 0 5 4 2 1 1 70 81 0
2 0 1 66 46 20 0 4
-GOD-OONDO
11
5
2
2
0
0 66 34 32 O 4
P. Younghusband (K.F.C.)
2
0 2 0
40 27 13 0 4
C. Gowland (P.O.C.)
3
2 0 1
86 49
0 37
4
3
3 2
0 1
62
51 11
4
3
2 0
1 71 69 2 0 4
3 2 0
1 63 60
3 0 4
3 2 0 1 57 63
6 4
4 2 0 2
74 69
5
4 0
3
1 1
67 1
56 11
0
3
3
1
1 1 55 62
7 0
3
A. Steven (K.C.C.)
1
1 1 53 63
10
W. Melrose (T.D.R.C.)
1
0
1
45 33 12 0
J. C. Chalmers (T.D.R.C.)
2 1
0 1 34 40
6 2
A. W. Brown (H.K.C.C.)
2
1 0 1 30 42
0 12 2
W. GIF (H.K.F.C.)
3
T. W. Carr (K.C.C.)
3
1
2 0
47 60
0 13
2
J
R. Soares (Recreio) W. Simpson (K.F.C.)
4
1 0 3 75 113
38 0
2
2 0
2 0
A. Brooksbank (H.K.F.C.) F. Goodwin (H.K.C.C.)
2 0
27 38 0 2 28 49
11
0
21
G. E. Costelho (H.K.C.C.) J. A. Watson (T.D.R.C.) H. V. Pearse (H.K.F.C.)
2 0 2 0 0 2 21
0 2 30 54 0
24
3
0
58 0
0 3 39 58 0
37
19
78 36
6 36 1534 1534 241 241 78
Totals
7 0 2 48 53 0 5
2 0 0 2 36 57 0 21
* * * 1 2 #ei &NNNNDDD000 | 2
THIRD DIVISION
P. W. T. L. F. A. Up Dn Pts.
3 3 0 0 62 61 11 0 6 4 3 0 1 90 64 26 0 6
NNNNNNNNNI
3 1 1 1 60 1 2 78 ↑ 1 0 0 38 5 33
K. C. Hamilton (K.B.G.C.)
A. M. Wahab (1.R.C.)
C. F. Needham (H.K.F.C.)
2 2 0 ព 50 30 20
0 4
E. S. Abraham (H.K.C.C.)
2
2 0 0 43 31 12
0
4
J. C. Altken (P.R.C.)
3
2 0 1 72 46 26
4
A. O. Madar (I.R.C.)
3 2 0 1 69 43 16
J. T. Smalfey (K.F.C.)
3 2
67 63 14
4
R. Ogden (KF.C.)
3
2
1 66 61 5
4
as
H. Nish (K.B.G.C.)
3
2
1 62 57 5
Pis. 18
M. F. Alarcon (Recreio}
3 2 0
B. Evans (K.F.C.)
3 2
15
J.
J. Russell (H.K.F.C.)
MacDonald (P.R.C.)
4 2
6. M. Rumjahn (1.R.C.)
4
1
1 62 63 D 0 1 63 55 0
2 0
64 90 0
38 22 79 0
26 4
3
1
J. F. Lunny (H.K.E.R.C.) L, Gaddi (C.C.q.)
1
1
0 0 28 20 8
2
16.30.35
10
A., Nissim (H\K\C,C.)
1
1 0 0 24 18 €
2
18
W. A. Cornell (H.K.C.C.)
1 1 0 0 20 16
6
J. B. Gilroy (H.K.C.C.)
1 1
0 0 19 15
4
15
B. A. Mansell (M.K.F.C.)
1 2
G. 8. Ladd (C.C.C.)
2
6
J. K. Sloan (H.K.E.R.C.)
2
F. Channing (P.R.C.)
18.37.20
11
M. A. Carvalho (Recreio)
0 1 46 31 10
36 1
36 1 0 1 31 51 0 3 1
57 0 2
58 0 3 1 о 2 46 51 0
15
0
1
1
6
3 7 0 2 55 64
Q
9
2
3 1 0 2 650 63 0 3 1 0 2 37 63
13
0 26
1
1 0 0 1 18 21 0 0 0 1 16 21 0
5
↑ 0 0 1 15 20
0
0
1
0 0 1 16 25
0
10
0
1 0
0 1 14 29 0
15 0
2
0 0 2 27 38
0
11
0
2 0 0 2 34 56
b 22 0
2
0.0 2 21 53
•
92 0
P. A. Yvanovich (Recreio)
3
0 0 3 48 64 0
16
D
00-00-200-oooooo-O-DO-DOCKING
P. C. Morgan (H.K.F.C.)
L. de Roma (H.K.E.R.C.)
A. J. Coelho (C.C.C.)
N. P. Karanjla (C.C.C.)
E. A. Altken (K.B.G.C.)
A. H. Madar (1.R.C.)
C. E. Gahagan (H.K.E.R.C.)
G. 8. Graver (H.K.F.C.)
A. McKellar (H.K.C.D.)
G. E. F. Thompson (K.B.G.C.) (J. Pau (G.D.C.)
A. F. Paul, (H.K.E.R.C.)
Totals
1 0 0 1 22 23 Q
84 47 2 41 1601 1801 228 228 84
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