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LOCAL TENNIS LEAGUE
NEARING
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CONCLUSION
Most of the events of the Colony Inter-club tennis league are now ontering their concluding stages and Clubs are now busy working out their probable final positions in the League tables.
Last week's matches saw the virtual conclusion of two events. By forcing the United Services Recreation Club to a draw in the Ladies' "A" Division fixture, Kowloon Cricket Club en- abled the Ladies' Recreation Club now to go through their two remaining games' with an easy feeling of having won the championship in this event.
The Peak Cal's emergence as the best champions during This year's league season and of its retaining its title for the second year is a fitting humeur to a hudoubtedly outstanding ladies' tennis Jub ነጻ ቅ the Colony. It is produced some of the best lady players seen On the local courts, the most whom was prominent along
Miss D. Kent, a lady player of a class by herself.
The Club started without the services
14 no doubt that many will be seen in er Lengtens petimas from this Club, which wil zoutuse to fake a leat in modo. temper afm
the Improving Fersonine sta dirt of the game on the color y.
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would easily win their se Training Runes and replay ench other for the title.
This 8. lack nukes the likell- hot of a replay very slim, at- though the Valley Club will sul have to play the University twier and the Kewloon Cricket Club
nee mure,
One more event will be des the when cided tomorrow,' Craigengower team meets the Ladies'
Ladies'
HONG KONG, MONDAY, AUGUST 3, 1949.
County Cricket League Standings
London, July 30.
The positions in the English County cricket championship table today are as follow:--
Mittellesex Worcestershire Warwickshire Yorkshire
P W
18 9 0 17 ទ 5
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3
17
17 L
18 A
2
4
7
18 B
Northamptonshire 18
Glamorgan
"B"
Surrey
Re
Gloucestershire.
Essex
12
Derbyshire Kent
tn
10
Nottinghamshire
111
Sussex
10
18 4
creation. Cut at the Valley With already one victory over their rivals for thele riv
this Division's the Valley Glut honoura, Ladies իրա been practising hard for this key match, as win will give them a possible;
the championship for
the first time in the history o' the Club in the Colony tennis
league.
The Men's "A" Dlvrion League
winners of which any well, cinim to be
to be the leading men's
ha Lelanis Club in the Colony,
where th www reached a slasher the WHA nother
with issue reintrins humpionship South China Athletic Assorialter or the Chinese Recreation Clubs. Although FCAA's line-up fe the match with the CRC The week was by no means an un- must be ad. formidable one, it
Intervention of rated that the cain gave them a quod break, iz. that they cases count on the services of Ip Koon-bung in their next meeting,
Biggest Surprise The Club Mixed Doubles "B" stalten pra
cape of the biggest 11 Mrs.
when Mrs.
powerful CRC They hath the ably sexier to a straw, and paved the wow for de Craigengower Cric- almost certain ka:
their Fast
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It was terally conrried that the hunere Recreation Club and
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this encounter, the suggestion
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John Langridge (Sussex) 38
2315
Highest
102 not out 234 not out
Average
72.52 70.15
R. Simpson (Notts)
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68.96
W. Keyton (Notis)
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208
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LHulton (Yorkshire) 36
2043 201
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200
61.04
1
847
141
1
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794
1315
219 not out 158 not out 219 not aut
C. Washbrook (Lanen.
shire)
D. Insole (Essex) ..........
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6. Dawson Hampshire) 18
G. Doggart (Sussex).
Bowling:
Liberation Shield Series
Kowloon Cricket Club In- creased their previous lead of 40 shots over the Kowloon
Club by Bowling Green further 44 shuts in the annual Liberation Shield series result of the second played yesterday.
us # game
The Cricket Club registered wins on five rinks and the Bowl- ing Green Club on three.
W. C. Simpson's rink gave the Bowling Club their greatest mar- Kin of 14 shots, while on the KCC E. Skinner's four gave ide F. their Club a substantial lead with n 33-9 win over the rink skippert by A. L. G. Eastonan.
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Middlessex Fail Against Sussex
London, July 30.
The start of the August bank holiday week-ond cricket matches saw big crowds on every ground and with every County in action there was a full programme,
With the exception of Glamorgan, the champions,
who were engaged with the New Zealanders, all Counties were in championship games and.. a feature of the day's play was the collapse of Middlesex, present leaders in the County table. They had lost half their wickets before 50 runs were on the boord in reply to the total of just over 300 by lowly placed Sussex,
Sheer good bowling and smart to declare without being able to and claim a Hampshire wicket i the responsible, delding Middlesex will be
grave closlug hall hour. when
dinnger
in
cham- wero
Close Of Play Scores
of following on they resume on Monday. Fortunately for their A thrilling finish was seen in
The close of play scores were: the rinks pionship hopes Middlesex between
At the Oval: Surrey 409 for 5 the
Rume skipped by H. A. Laminert and done a good turn by their neigh-
thrashed the (Fishlock 95, E. Better 103, Par- E. C. Fincher. Fincher's rink was bours Essex, who down 5-14 at the 11th head but attack of Worcestershire, second ker 71 not our) Nottinghamshire
the Inble, to hit the day's to bat. continually in by consistent piny
At Bristol: Gloucestershire 342 highest score.
55): 159, Crapp (Graveney reduced their defelt to 17-21 by the 20th head. A brilliant five In
Somerset 12 for one.
Warwickshire 203 the last head gave them a hard-
At Derby: fought win by a single shot.
(Gardiner 03): Derbyshire fur 4 hourg
to bat. Rain restricted play.
At Have: Sussex 302 (Shepparu
Both Sussex and Essrx played free cricket which delights that fre spectators and ench had 147 runa
in the two on the hoard before
Dodds stars
lunchruxt
the onrinusscht by Worcestershire ten fours in 45 minutes,
J. Fraser's Bowling Club rink grand recovery when staged a they got the better of T. Lock's KCC rink by 23 shots to 20. Down 8-15 at the 12th head they but Ceny and Insole were went on to score on six of the dominant batsmen
58.40 54.77
remaining nine heads to win by 52.93
the marrow margin of three shots 52.00
W Average 61. 18.05
17.03
The third and final game of the series will take place on Sunday October 8.
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A. Kardar (Warwickshire) D. Wright (Kent)
553.1
223
1034
452.3
58
1580
03
10.98
1. Jackson (Derbyshire)603:1′′
10?
1533-
J. Laker (Surrey...
743.1
202
1382
18.42
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Howarth (Worcester). 721.1
246
1500
*A4 10.57
C. Gladwin (Derbyshire) 030.J L. Muneer.
T. Goddard (Gloucester) B03.2
212
2213
115 18.24
A. P. Weir
186
1442
74
19.48
(Glamorgan) 785.3
134
1703
02 19.48
1. Bazell Somerset)
580.3 D32,4
201
1319
67 10.88
L. A. Collyer
365 1705
88 20.05
P. Hughes
-Reuter.
J. Young (Middlesex)
The Mixed Doubles "A" Divi- ston chempionship will also hinge on the second match between the South Chinn Athletic Association ****624640* And the Chinese Recreation Club. The SCAA have already de- feated the Tai Hang Club in the RC "A" first encounter by five sets to cec. three tone unplayed), and if they rereh can repeat their first performance XT "Blue" on their return meeting, the date sec
HAA
of which is us yet unfixed, the KT "W championship is practically in
their bag.
MENY "D" DIVIHION
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Lawn Bowls
Open Triples Championship
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col-60); Middlesex 65 for 5.
eds: Rain restricted play At Leeds;
the
in the match between Yorkshire three and Lancashire, Yorkshire 211 for
figure scores, Insole batted just 4 (Halliday 90).
A Souhend: Essex 458 (Dodds short of three and a half hours
56, Cray 129. Insole 147); Wor- fund hit 10 hours.
Contrast to this bright hitting eestershire 40 for none.
At Canterbury: Kent 413 for @ were at the wicket nil Yorkshire were day for 211 for four wickets in declared (Ames 80. Tock 129, their match with Lancashire, a Davies 99): slow
"KCC
progress typical of malches none. between the two Counties, „oven
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Allowing for
brief stoppage 332
before tunich,
which
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with
C. Thompson T. P. Styles F. Howarth
G.E.F. Thompson Geo Lec
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R. H. Browne
J. Crighton
J. Mckelvic
· (Skip)
E. F. S. Baker
A. Dodd
A. J. Hull
E. A. Atkins
(Ski)
The Omer brothers, K. M., A. T. Wren
1. Tindall
T.
J. Hemsley
(Skin)
M. and U. MT. Omar of the Cral- H. A. Lammert gengower Cricket Club uni!§ed |
F. Goodwin
13 (Skip)
A. Baggot
Hampshire 23 for
Lister:
Lekestershire
B (Berry-182);"Northump- - ..
through rain. They hit only 87 tonshire to bat-Reuter.
Essex and Sussex performance.
A Sorry Start
unt
23
C. Champelovler|
Yorkshire made a sorry star!
14
when Len Hutton, captaining thei side, was run out for "duck."
J. M. Forrest
3. Отан
20 (Skip)
H. Gittins
T. Baker
·A. J. Kew
15
C. 5. Rosselet
(Skip)
A. E. P. Guest
. Tung
J. N. Wong
for the quarter finals of the Co- A. Hutton Tony Open Lawn Bowls Triples G. Norman championship at the Hong Kong RJ. Wingginton W. Hong Sling Football Club yesterday when L. Sykes MIXED DOUBLER "A" DIVIRION
More Open Comparatively more open are The Men's "B" and "C" Division RAP Lengues. The deciding match in Division is that the Men's "B"
ictween CRC "A" and SCAA ix-
on August 10, HT
ef to take place
SCAA £
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F. A. Plume of W. composed
and CAL Pearson 24 Cameron, J. Hayward
Gough by 17 shots to 14 affer F. Shields an exciting game.
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36
C. I. Stapleton
J. Tibble
M. N. Rakusen
30
(Skip)
1
E. R. Rosselet
610
11 36 19
0
scored The winnerS heads and
the losers
The Cars
MIXED DOUBLES "n" DIVISION
Home, they will be practically k
of the Division's honours. Uster assured
an the other I CHC should, hand, claim the tw points, they will kill have another hurdle in cec the form of the
Craigengower
CRC
Cricket Clubs on August 23. If t CRC lost there will be a replay ang the three fears.
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USRC
In the Men's "C" Division, the
tens "B" Two CRC
and "A" continue to hold the lead, without nee having lost ony match so far. LRC This will
ore less be a CHC family affair between the worl teams, as to who should occupy the top position by the end of the season.
more
Ip In Singapore
7 22 4 3 20 43
W. C. Simpson J. Landolt
(Skip)
J.G. Robertson. on en C. E. Terry
on eight. J. G. Meyer
took the lead and J. Fraser
6 2 4 0 24 384 kypt it till the end although at 2101 284 one stage the Police rio caught up with them and the score was
42-30
LADIES "B" DIVIAION
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8 7 1
83 21 24
4 3 3 D 20 22
**SIC Кос
CRC "I
SCAA CCC
The news that Ip Koon-hung. CRC "A" the Colony Singles Champion is how in the Final in the Mulayan INC tennis tournament in Singapore KCC has been source of gratification CRE to his many supporters here,
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5.00 10 44
MEN'S "C" DIVISION
日
I UKR is most likely that he will easily, Rerefo win the title und bring back an- Kowloon Dock other laurel to the Colony's tennis world.
French
In already has to his credit victorles
over the Java and Indo-China champions and the All-China national Championship. If he should win the Malayan title, ho will
amply demonstrate that Hong Kong's standard of the game is by far the highest in the Far East bar- ring the Philippines. It will be interesting to have a Philliping team over to play an inter-port game with Hong Kong later in the year.
The Melayan championship overy year attracts not only en-1 trics from the various states of the Peninsula but also auch neighbouring countries us Java, Dutch East Indies, Sium, French Indo-China and even Ceylon.
Should the go to Ip. Ma loya will once again have a for- eign holder, as it repeatedly, used to have in the past.
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13 all on the 15th head.
The Omars were leading 3-2 on the fourth head, six all on the and 13-8. on té seventh head
11th head. ·
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This Week's Games
TODAY
Mixed Doubles "A" Division USRC v. SCAA LRC v. CRC HKCC. v. KCC
TOMORROW
Man's "B" Division LRC v. IRC KT. "Blue" v. USRC CRC "A" v. CRC "B" Recreio v. SCAA RAF v. KT "White" НКСС . ССС
Ladies' "B" Division KCC v. USRC - CRC 'v. Recralo CCC v. LRC. ·
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 3
Men's "C","DIVision' LRC v. Recreio IRC v. CRC "C" CRC "A" V. BCAA CRC “B” v. CCC, Kowloon Dock v. USIC League Standings
THURSDAY, AUGUST 'MEN'S 'FÀ”, DIVISION'
\ Ladian! “A” bivision. „WLDVA PLRC v. KCCUM
Other postponad games
Notable foreign Malayan cham- plons ware H. C. Sanseni of Ceylon, Van Gido of French Indo- China and Soembadjoe of Java,
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SDIBISION.
Gough and his men then chalk- ed up seven shots on the follow-
ing four heads to bring the score to 13 all.
The Omar then scored a single
R. P. Phillips
C. R. Rosselet
R. S. Capell
T. Lock
(Skip)
A. C. Tribble A. W, Ramscy
W. Butterworth
(Skip)
23
A. M. Davison
A. Bulley
AL.G. Eastman (Skip)
Total'
D
139
F. E. Skinner
(Skip)
Total
Lusitano Trophy
20
who
KRAMER BEATS
BUDGE IN
SLAZENGER FINAL
Scarborough, July 30.' Jack Kramer, the 1947 Wim-
heat Donald
Budge, a pre-war winner. Wimbledon
who is st years Kramers senior, 4-6, 7-5, 6-4, In the final of the Sinzenger professional Inwn ten- nis temament here today.
In the earlier match against Lan-ledor champion, now aged 27. cashire this season he hit 201 and not out. Erle Bedser,
remained with Laurie Fishlock throughout the pre-lunch speil for Surrey, proceeded to the highest score of
Kramer's nuslaken, after lead- his Orst-class cricket career-163
and Surrey for the loss of only ng 3-2, lost him the first set, but half their wieke's passett the 400 after second set games had gone with service until Kamer broke thretch to leave (-5, his greater Fishlook was unlucky, to be slumina carried luni tarnugh. dismissed for 95, the fifth time In the Anal of the doubles, this season that ho has been Kramer and Budze beat Dinny out in the so-called nervous
and Palla, Australiu,
Pancha 90s. Five times he has scored Secure, Ecuador, D-8, 6-2, 5-7,
6-2-Neuter.
mark.
century.
were
There
other century makes curing the day and Les lle Berry, Leicestershire's senior professional, hit a inst
onė to create a new record by register- ing his 38th century for the
37th Fils
previously the
C. J. B.
HOLDEN WINS BAAA MARATHON FOR THIRD TIME
Birmingham, July 30. equalled
Jack Holder, 42-year-old Wood, who was a spectator to- British international, won the
County.
day.
feat
of
Graveney, ored 22, of Glou- British Amateur Athletic Asso- 33 costeraire, played the best ciation marathon championship innings of his career and his 159 for the third successive timo 183 in four hours included 20 fours. when he covered the 26 miles The day's other centurion was 385 yards course here today in Leslie Todd, of Kent which Coun-two hours 34 minutes, | 10.0 ty scored 300 for the loss of only secands.
two wickely before a Todd Tom Richarris, second in the was then 129 not out, but he was Olympic marathon, Anished The "Lusitano Trophy" was wrested by the Club de Re- dismissed without addition just second in two hours 30 minutes followed by C. H.
creio from the Club Lusitano after the Interval. Kent wickets 8 seconds,
on the next head, followed by a at King's Park yesterday, when then tumbled, J. C. Davies, their Ballard in two hours 38 minutes three to lead by four shots with Recreio beat their guests by captain, foiling when one short 42 seconds.
There were 65 starters.--Reuter. one more head to play. Gough 24 shots in the Annual Lawn of a hundred, but they were able
and his men registered a single shot to go down fighting by three
shols.
- AUSTRALIA LEADS MEXICO
Bowls match between two Clubs.
these
Club de Resrelo, as hosts, en- tertained their guests and frien most lavishly, with the result that not only a cure free gume o bowis
wąs Bech,
but a most enjoyable lime was had by all.
Club do. Recreio—– Club Lusitano
Recreio
J.A. Cotton
Lusitano
IN DAVIS CUP Wilmington, Delaware,
July 30. Australia gained a 3-0 win- hing lead over Mexico here to- J.H. Figueiredo C.R. Dins Azedo
American semi-G.A. Noronha day in the
Cup when C.C. Pereira final of the Davis
.(Skip) John Bromwich and Frank Sedgman beat the Mexican L.M. Rodrigues EJ, da brothers, Armando and Rolando Vega by 6-0, 6-4, 6-2 in the doubles match.
B. Pintas A.V, Gosano C.F. Marques
(Skip) The Australians won the first
Imatches yesterday | J.A. Victor.. Iwo, singles and only two more singles remain H.R. Pinna to be decided:
3
on
Australia will now meet the European Zone champions, Italy, in the inter-zone final at the Westchester County Club August 12, 13 and 14, the winners earning the right to challenge the United States holders of the trophy.
Bromwich and "Sedgman, out- classed the Mexican brother in
Bromwich was the outstanding
D.C.S. Álves
L.A. Rozario R. Roberts
A.A.W. Remedios -26 (Skip) 15
Figueldo »
E.A. Das Remedios
C.V.Marques H.A. de B. Batelho 20 (Skip) 13
E.D. Rocha -
A.C. Rozario A.P. Pereira Jr.
C. Roza-Pereira A.M. Souza ·
(Skip) 13 (Skip) Total
Total
Total
70 Total
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