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AUSTRALIANS RUN UP BIG SCORE AGAINST GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Fleet Rifle Meeting

Mrs. Oliver, wife Rear- Admiral R. D. Oliver, C.B., C.B.E., D.S.C., Flag Officer Commanding Fifth Cruise Squadron, presented the prizes and trophies to win ners of the 1948 British Paci- fic Fleet Rifle Meeting on board H.M'S. Sussex Saturday.

The rifle meeting was held be- tween Mondny and Friday on Stonecutters Istand m perfect! weather.

on

The result of the vompetition. for the Fleet Bife Cup for the big ships was-

11.M.S. London. 1347 points. 11.M.S. Sussex, 1325 punkly,

Small Ships

Besides winning the Fleet Cup HMS. Lundon also carried wway many of the team "prizes, Lod by Lieutenant Constaler Cus- tance, 11 M.S. Tandon's team enn- tained very good shots in structor Lieutenoot Salemon, Chief Petty Offeer Down, Able Seaman Howlett and others as thoroughly deserved their win.

put tip n $200 provided_sryerni. In-

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Gloucester, July 3.

| At the close of play today, the Australian tourists had scored 560 runs for five wickets in their match against Gloucestershire,

".

Morris monopolised the scoring to carry his score to 231 by tea time, this being the highest of his career and the highest score by an Australian during the present tour.

Giving a brilliant exhibition | the night

#creep

caught fire.

eld with hoses and quickly got

the blaze under control.

of hard hitting, featuring lee Dense smoke gave way to, fames, side shots, and on-drives, Mor- and play was halted while the raced across the ris claimed 129 of the 194 add-ground staff

in two hours between lunch and try. He completed 150 runs two and three quarter hours, end'nt ten he had been batting for four hours, with a six and 32 fours as his best shots.

Play Hold Up

He and Miller, who hit n xix and four fours, added 136 in the 90 minutes for the third wicket, Play was held up when a hedge near the park just behind

Dillard's Sequence Snapped

Milwaukee, July 4. The phenomenal victory streak of track star Harrison Dillard was snapped at the 82 straight on Saturday when he ILM.S. Sussex

was beaten by Barney Ewell in the 100-metre sprint end fight and

Bill Porter in the 110-metre dividual winners,

hurdle race at the National The Flect Cup for the smar-Amateur Athletic Union track ships was won by H.M.9. Hart) and field championships. who led HIM.8. Cossack by Exhausted by stiff qualifying one point, H.M.S. Black Swan ruces, Dillars lost the races. was third. The other challenge North-western star Porter won CUPE went to the following the hurdles in 14.1 BCCS. and. ships:

Ewell ran the 100-metre in 10.6 secs.

Obstacle Cup (Hamilton-Leigh)

ILM.S. Lowton.

Team

Snap Shooting 'Cup

(Roberts) HM.S. Tamne. Team Tiles Cup H.M.S. Cossar, The climax of the Meeting was the series of events to decide, the "B.P.F. VIII". Champion shot of the British Pacille Fleet is

Sergeant Davies-of H.M.S.j

bat:

out

Morris continued 10 magnificently and, when for 290, harrowly failed in his *mbition to Join the grant Australians who have

made

FOOT of 300'in' England. All his strokes were executed with grace and precision, and the] chances he gave at 50, 01 and 207 were small blemishes in an, ex- hibition of brilliant batsmanship. le batted five hours, and hit one nix and 13 fours, Hundreds of sinall boys swarmed on to the field to cheer, him as he walked from the pitch..

Polished Style

Young Harvey, another hander,

was

shadowed in

scarcely

Jeft-

over,

fourth wicket

Ho

stand of 102 in two hours. cut and drove in polished style and hit la

In an entertain- fours ing offort.

The Australian total of 560 uns for five was made in six hours of delightful cricket.

Scores: AUSTRALIANS 18T INNINGS Bames c. Crapp b. Cook ... 44 Morris c./and b. Scott Hassett, stumped Wilson

COOK Miller c. Cook b. Scoll Harvey-c Allen b, Cook Loxton not out McCool not out

Extras

29b

21

51

T5

48

8

3

Total for five

BOWLING

560

0. M. R.

W.

Barnett

15

1 - 52

0

27

2 135

2

8 1 23

0

28.

2. 105

0-

28

5 02

Cranfield

17

2 88

0

In the last major track meet Scott before the Olympic trials next Monks week, few major upsets developed Goddard and performances generally were Cook unspectacular. Among the best marks were:

Gil Dodds victory in the 1500- metre in 3 mins. 62.1 sces..

Herb MeKenley's 46.3 secs in the 400-metre.

Dreyer's heave of 41 in the 50-ib.

and the others in the VII re Henry Petty Officer Hender, (Cossack), feet 2 inches. Boy Copper; (Suasex), Colour weight-bettering the world re-

Serty Dowra, Concord,

Officer Donwra, (London), Roy Cochran's-62.3-secs in the

Richard Morcom and

Rob

Olympic Boxing

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London, July 3,

A cut over the right eye has

HONG KONG, MONDAY, JULY 5, 1948,

UNOFFICIAL CHOICE

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Excellent Play In Women's Singles Final

Wimbledon, July 3. Miss Louise Brough, blonde 25-year-old American champion, today won the women's singles title at Wimbledon, beating her Wightman' Cup team-mate, 23-year-old Miss Doris Hart, by 6-3 and 8-6 in the final.

The play at times equalled | point right to the end, and saved the best seen in a women's three match points in the 12th singles final on the famous game of the serud set and an

other, in the 11th. centre court.

*Miss Hart. (hus finished runner-

up for the second year in succes- «lon, for fast your she was beaten by Mrs. Osborne Du Pont, whoe are defeated in the semi-final this усат.

Today's match lasted nearly an hour and a half and was watched by Queen Mary, the Duchess of Kent, Prime Minister Attles and a packed gallery.

Both played a similar stype of hard-hitting-all court game, and the deciding factor, was Mys Brough's superior control. Miss Hart," however, contested

.1

Ovary

Royal Yacht "Bluebottle'

London, July 3.- Her mast stepped and her sails stretching," the - Royai yacht "Bluebottle" will soon slip down the way for a rac-. ing career under the pennant |, of Princess Elizabeth and Prince Philip.

Miss Hart began the mats! confidently and was within ‘* point of # 3-0 lead on har opa enent's delivery.... but Mia Brough with some 'deadly overhead work levelled three-all and after a hard figh tuok the next three games fo the set.

Miss Hort fought back splen

from 1-3 to within a polni afdly of u 5-3 lead on Miss Brough's service in the second set but ther the pendulum swung and Mis Breugh led, 8-5 and 40-16 on her own service. But a miraculous retrieve by. Miss Hart · and, two errors off her own racket kept the match alive.

Epic Match

The end of a thrilling final, in which many games had the losing elde in the mixed and women' doubles Anals, but John Brom wich, the Australian, who wa beaten in the Men's Singles final yesterday, carried off the Men's Doubles title with his young cora- patriot, Frank Sedgman and re-

the

Inined Mixed Doubles cham pionship with his oil partner Mus Brough..

the

Bromwich and Sedgman wen an aplo 62 games final, beating Crack Americana Tom Brown, and Gardnar Mulloy by 5-7, 7-5, 7-8 and 9-7. Bromwich and Miss Brough The "Bluebottle" — about

scored a hard fought win by.6-2. four tons and Just under 30 feet. 3-8 and. 6-3 over Sedgman and -will race in the Dragon class. Miss Hart in the Mixed Doubles With Philip, an experienced anal and needed Eve match points sailor, at her wheel, she will prob- before settling the issue. ably race, first of all, against In the final of the Women's other Dragons at Cowes off the Doubles, Mra. Margaret Du Pont early in August in and Miss Brough, winner in 1940, Isle of Wight e

by the Royal scored a 6-3, 3-8 and 6-8. victory over Miss Hart and Mrs. Todd,

The

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Enging Room Artilleer. Smith, 400-metre hurdles. (Sussex), Chief Petty Oficer

forced lightweight Cliff Curvis, of An Macson (Sussex) and Lieutenant Richards tied in the pole vault Swansea, to withdraw from his

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contest against Joseph Preys, Bel- gium, ut Olympia on Tuesday.

Curyis place will be taken by Johnny Russell, 20-year-old Ken tish Town fighter who has an outstanding record of knockout wins.

London, July 3. "unknown" 18-year-old Lancashire schoolboy, Joseph Birroll, of Barrow. Grammar School, stole the limelight in the Amateur Athletic As- sociation championships at the White City, London, today, in which the Australian Olym- pic athletes won five titles.

This will be the only alteration

Birrell..won the 120 yards. This_was_only Birrell's second on the Olympic card, the chief bout on which is a 15 round con-hurdles. by two yards from two senior competition. He has been test for the European fyweight of the Australian competitora, hurdling for two years, and hopes itla. The holder, Maurico San John Garber and C.R. Green, to go to Sandhurst and make the deyron, facts Dickie O'Sullivan of and proved a

Army his career. worthy repre- | Islington,

sentative for Britain in' the absence of the nation's leading. meets an undisclosed bantem hurler, Donald Finlay, who was unable to compete because of a strained muscle.

The Italian... Tino Cardinall,

weight rival over right rounds, Associated Press,

GIANT OXFORD BOWLER TAKES SEVEN FOR 51

London, July 3, Philip Whitcombe, the young six fost four Oxford "University fast-medium bowler, achieved a fine performance in the 104th official Oxford-Com- bridge match at Lords today, in which the In- dian player, A. H. Kardár; was included in the' Oxford-side.!

Harris Beaton Harold Pariott 23-year-old

Overseas Success In Regatta

Henley on Thames, July 3,

Four of the ten titles in Royal Regatta, Henley's whose fashionable four-day meeting ended here today, went to overseas competitors. art student, ran a great half- Morvyn Wood, giant New mile against such formidable South Wales policeman, won the opposition as Arthur 'Wint, of Diamond Sculls for Australia. E. Jamalca, and Douglas Harris, Plossens and W. Collet, of Bel- of New Zealand. Both potentiși | gium, won the Double-Sculls. Olymple 800-metre champions. The Victoria Lake Rowing Rounding the last bend Harris won the Wyfold Cup for South appeared a certain winner, but Africa, while Princetown Uni- Parlett, breaking away with versity garnered the Thames Cup amazing rapidity, overhauled him for the United States,

by two yards. won

"A fifth fille-might also have Leo McDonald Balloy lost both one abroad. had not the Aus- his sprint, and furlong illes. In trallan stroke F.G.. Ace been at- the 100-yard race he had to take tacked with cramp in the Silver third place to the six foot Aus- final when he and his ̈~ partner" tralian John Treloar and All-Star were leading with only a quarter M.C. Crowdhol.-Reuter.

of a mile to go..

and

LAWN BOWLS LEAGUE GAME

Club

This enabled Leander, repre-↳ sented by the veteran Cambriage scullers, W. Laurio and J. Wilson, to win by three lengths-Repter

BASEBALL LEAGUE STANDING

-contest arranged

It was the island sailing club who won last year-Router.

of Cowes which

presented the

trim little craft to the Royal couple as a wedding present,

Elizabeth and Philip picked the namo prompted by the Royal blue fof her hull and the blue sathe she will carry in addition to her racing whiter:

Bermuda rigged, she is bulit of Canadian pine, has a 35-foot mast of Canadian spruce and a cabin topped with Honduras-mahogany. Her racing pennant of dark blue will carry the initials "E.F." in gold-Associated Press,

BASEBALL MANAGER

⠀ SUSPENDED...

Columbus, Ohio, July 3. George C.-Trautman, president of the Minor League Baseball As sociation, today suspended Cyl Pfeiffer, manager of the Rockford, Illinois, Club, for 60 days for splt. ting tobacco fulce in the eye of umpire Bill Fleming

The incident occurred during-á dispute over a play in the game between the Rockford and Clinton, Iowa, teams on June 10..

Derby, July 3. A party. of 100

Australian children arrived here today for a

Pfeiffer denied the charge, but three month vacation in England. admitted he was chewing tobacco .Quests of the British-Australian and claimed some of it might children's Reception Committee, have "sprayed accidentially they will be "adopted" by various Trautman said he was satisfe people for their stay hero-As the act--was deliberate.-United sociated Press.

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Athletics Closing Indian's Land

New-York, July 3

Athletics swamped Boston Red Sox 8-2 for the second time in a row today, broathing hot on the necks of the pace-setting Cleveland Indians.. The game was close until the eighth inning, when Athletics exploded for four runs and gave Rod Sox their third straight loss.

The Indians kept well thead Cleveland Indiens of the pack as Bob Feller got St Louis Browns

Indians: p Feller; a Hegan, his eighth straight victory. U-2

ver SL Louis Browns. Bo- Browds: p Garvor, Biscan; binson, and Boudreau homered -for-Indians

ion Senatora ADR Yankees defeated) Washington Senators: Senators 6-3 to give Allie Ray Early. holds his 10th victory of the Aca son, Hal Newhouser set the pace Barts.

Yonkoes ** 671

Hudson, Harrist; Yankees: p Reynolds, Page; o

Hor-Detroit Tigers 6-2 win over Detroit TigersARMA New York, July 4the collar-dwelling Chicago White Chicago White Sox Beroball league standings (in-Sox to chalk up his 11th

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triamphs.

Tigers: p Nowhouser; e Xebe Brooklyn Dodgers snapped a

White Sox: p Haynes, Calt six-game losing streak with a

well

e Weigel rally.

7-5, over

NATIONAL LEAGUE ?e which won out

arch-rival, New York BREAK PEEK 531 Folante. At The Dodgers nem New York Giants". 098 catcher, Roy Campanella, set, the Brooklyn. Dodgers - 45495 pace with two singles, a clolo Glants; 87:448 and a walk de Joe Gordon's two Trinkle, Erickson, Kennedy

At Ming Yuen, Hong Kong †Electric-Recreation “Club · lost to Kowloon Bowling Green Club by Showing ability to pin down At Lords: Cambridge Univer 70, shots in a Second Division persistent batsmen. Whiltcombe sity 200, (Dewes 54, Bailey 68. Lawn' Bowls League gumo yester Look seven wicke for 51 runs Wacombe saven for 51) Oxford der Paul, T. Dyer, JR Bottom-

day. -the first, three in 20 overs for to bat.

loy and JF: Lunny (H.K.E.R.C.). 1:28.

At Worthing: Hampshire 218 lost, to R.P. Phillips, J. Hempsey, 1. Kardar bowled 17 overs during (Palley 64, Horman (6), Susson Laff, Whant and L.. Gur 6.41; Ecluding gesterday's games,

the Cambridge Innings out of 19, for one,

Man Foulson, JO. Stoke, J.F. Barrow' which' 27 runs were hit, hụt was At Sheffield: Yorkshire 355 and R.C. Butler (HKERC) lost not among the wickets.

(Yardley 114, Halliday 69, Watsin to J.R. Wigginton, H, Lammert, Twi England's

of

Test players, not que 95) Surrey, to bat. E.A. Alkins and GEF. Thomp the captain, Norman Yardley, and. At Wostoli Leicestershire 407 son 17-24; G.W. Crawford, S.H. Pitsburgh www. the all-rounder, Bill: Edrich, for 8 Herry 7

18. Prentice 70, Fell, W. Stonehouse and AG. New York showed some welcome good form Jackson not out 183), Essex to Gardner (HKSERC)

24 lost to. W. Philadelphia with the bat today.

bat.

Bailey, K.C. Hamilton, V.C. Dixon Cincinnat Yardley's workmanlike and Af Nottingham: Worcestershire and L.G. Coombes 0-40.

Brooklyn Attractive

first century of the 200 (E. Cooper 100, Herris Ave

Chicago season for Yorkshire against Sur fir 19), Nottinghamshire 12 for [THY-EX""BRecord must go a leng Av. Derbyt Middlesex. · DIB

way toward quelling the clamours) (Robertson - 65, Edrich 183); of some critics for another Eng-Darbyshire 37, for one of land leader.

At Kettering Homerant 303, Batling nearly three hours herCimblets, 60, Hill 65, Coope (70) hit 14 fourEVRON ped, Adrich, played a delightfullyptonshire 38 for 0,

At Newport, Glamorgan A-280

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Close of play scoring in Ve

Lancashire to bat 15:199 Birmiristolm: Warwickahim 187, for Of Lildner 125, Donnelly

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