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County Cricket:
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THE PICT
SWISS WATCH.
CHINA MAIL
Surrey must win last County match to share Championship with
Lancs
London, August. 29.
W. Indies match Surrey's last County match of the season, against
with. Middlesex ends in a draw
London, August 20. Robert Christiani, the West Indies reserve wicketkeeper, scored two fine centuries in the match against Middlesex at Lords today, which was jefti drawn.
Leicestershire, starting at the Oval tomorrow, will docido whether Lancashire will win the Championship outright or Surrey will share it with them.
The important match between Lancashire and
Surrey petered out in a draw today, but Sur rey's four points for a first innings lead brought their total to 208 points, 12 behind Lancashire, who have completed their pro- gramme.
In the West Indies first. In plugs, which was continued thi Surrey must now beat Lel- | morning. and which riosed atcestershire if they are to share 343, Christiand shared in a ninth the title with Lancashire. wicket stand of 94 in 20 taington | Yorkshire, with 200 points from with Hines Johnson establishing their full 28 matches, are assured
West Indies) of third place. any record far a turing team in England, beating the previous best of 92 runs by M.P. Fernandes and 3. M. Mebliit, against Cambridge University game, 1928.
Warwickshire, who have 132 points from their completed pro-
without
Glamorgan's match ngainst Was abandered Warwickshire
decision the eighth which mɔ-decision match Glunorgan have taken part this
Officials estimate thint
gato receipts are: Glamorgan down by £5,000, compared with
season,
A grand spoil
sland fourth In the last RRSOTI. Table. Derbyshire, with 130 polnit Christiani sed 131 runs and one match to play, are Aft highest innings of the tear-Somerset, with 12 point: from s evinpleted programme, are sixth. and Kent, with 108 points from 28 matches, stond their fulf seventh.
balt hours, in two and a hit one six and 21. fours.
Middlesex then set the West: indies to score 178 runs for vic.
tory,
Notte spored their third vie. and tory of the season today
ralead have
themselves from the bottom place for the. Brati time since June 13.
In 93 minutes, and Chele. Etant, who opened the inningi, briliant 100 not out scored which included 14 fours,
brought his match ag grorite to 231 runs without being dismissed and during the day he also became the sixth West In-match to play and are equal in
dics batsman to reach 1,000 runs during the tour,
Jan
The County side, who secred 311
the first innings declared their second innlugs clored nf Puns for four just before tea. 209 They had acored 25 runs for no wlelteta by the lunch interval.
Ten was then 'tokens, the West Indies to score 178 run for victory in about one and half hours.
leaving
were
The clock beat the fuam, for when stumps drawn they were only 30 rune short of victory,—Reuter,
HOME FOOTBALL RESULTS
They have 84 poin with one
points with Leicestershire, who have two games to play,, and above Essex, who have 60 points from. 27 games.
his 80 runk,
over
the
A grand spell of fast medium bowling by Jepson earned him figures of six wickets for 32 runs against Kent, who were skilled for 81 runs when needing only 137 runs to win..
Aut. England's captain for
Freddie Brown. of tralia, Northamptonshire, spun the
ball well when the pitch war drying and took five Glauces. terative wickets for 80 runs
Lawrence, of Somerset
T
needing 30 runs to complete the double of 100 wickets and 1,000 runs, had the misfortune to be caught off the back of his bat when he had made only 11 in inal match of the campaign against Worcester.
Rosults
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HONG KONG, THURSDAY, AUGUST 31, 1950.
Mass start for
the Big Swim Lawn Bowlst
The start of the Crow-Channel Swim from Cap Gris Nex, Francs, tumbled 24 entrants. including six women, Into the water. Twelve countries were representad—(AP Photo).
The
elusive prize of premier football teams
By WALTER PILKINGTON
What team trophy is the most difficult in the world to win? There may be many guesses, but it is doubtful whether any sporting prize is harder to get, as olusive or as covated, as the championship of the English Football Loogue.
Time after time this cup of merit has been snatch-
ed away from a team confident of winning: it....
В even
the
Somerset's Safaty-first tactics Lancashire adopted safety- first tactics against Surrey and during the day there was much
Today's results were: barracking from spectators, who
AL
of "Northampton: Northamp- found the slow batling tedious.
moat consistent {petitive sense until the turn The two tonshire's match against Glouces Cyril Washbrook, scoring more tershire was abandoned owing to sides in Britain since the war, the century. touring
than twice as fast as his opening heavy
Even so, it is remarkable that Northamptonshire Manchester United and Wol-
alone
represents Arsenal Winston Place, partner.
task 385 for five declared.
red. Gloucester verhampton Wanderers, have Metropolis in the championship two hours and 40 minutes over shire 100 (Brown, right-arm leg-suffered frustration which honours list, although the South!
break bowler, Ave for 66, Garlick. Justrates better than anything of England has one other wo Yorkshire Anished their Cham-right-arm medium offspin bowler. how
strong,
well-representative, Portsmouth, who have been champions during the plonshiji programme on a winning four for 48) and 00 for two. nate, with is good victory
last two years. At the Oval: Surrey drew with balanced team, with good re- Hampshire. Hampshire lost their Lanenshire,
Lancashire 221 and serves, can miss the season's
Only 12 of those 18 honoured ve outstanding second innings 203 wickets
for four declared (Wash biggest honour in the last lap 18 runs in brook 00), Surrey, 287, Surrey of the race.
day. Preston, Blackburn Rov. minutes to suffer an innings de- did
In the last six seasons of Eng-
ers. Manchester City and Ghet did not bat a second time, -feat.-
"At-Taunton: The match-be-ish League football Manchester
status, not for the first time, by for 48 runs to Lring his match i was abandoned owing to ruin. three times and last May Anished
Alex Coxon took six wickete tween Somerset and Worcester United have been the runners-up-field United have lost senior
being relegated to Division 11 analysis to 10 wickets for 80 Worcester 140, for nine declared fourth.
Thus, as many as 10 of the pre- (Lawrence
sent 22 senior English clubs have right-arm legbrenk. Another easy victory was re-five for 47). Somerset 126 12
never been champions. There are some famous names among them. gistered by Derbyshire, who took eight (Howarth, left-arm slow
They are Wolverhampton Wan- three for 22).
Bolton Bradforit C. 1kets for 70 runs
derers, Derby County, in 80 minutes At Dover: --Beuter. today and won by. 10 wickets.
45 runs
Notts 157 and 210. Kent
Hotspur (newly promoted from 237 and 81 (Jepson, right-arm
Division II), Blackposi. Fulham, fast medium bowler, six for 32). At Leicester: Leicestershire
Middlesbrough, Chelsea and Stoke City.
London, August 20. The followint were the results of football matches played today:] FIRST_DIVISION
Burnley
0 Blackpool THIRD DIVISION (SOUTH) Southend U. D Millwall
0
3
THIRD DIVISION (NORTH) Oldham
runa,
¿ Chester
0
Rochdale Southport Tranmore
1
Bradford
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101
Wolverhampton Wanderers in were second three times, third once, and last the same period season after a runaway start had to concede pride of place to
plons, on goal average.
olubs are in the Division I to-
U.S. National Lawn Tennis Championships
KBGC
Refreshing
DRINK
Coca-Cola
beat KCC in second of Liberation Shield games
The second of the Liberation Shield Lawn Bowls
games between Kowloon Cricket Club and· Kowloon Bowling Green Club at Cox's Road. yesterday anded in a win for KBGC, who beat their opponents by 35 shots, the final scora boing 173-138.
KBGC won on four rinks and lost on four.
at Happy Volley yesterday, bo-
the Green
The biggest win recorded by the visiting team was that of tweon teams representing Williamson over Fincher, the "Red and the "Green".
won by three shots, the final former winning by 20 shots.
score being 49-41.
KBCC's 'win yesterday placed Them 57 shots ahead, they hav ing won their previous match by 22 slots.
Unless KCC make a tremen- dous effort in their Bnal gene, which will be played on October KBGC should win the Shield, which is now held by their op- ponents.
KCC
E. R. Rasselet L. Bowes
W: II. Cowle
J. Tindall
KBGC
F
C. Clemo
F. Greenwood
W. Butterworth L. Sykes
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D (Gkip)
J. A. Tibble G. C. Norinan C. I. Stapleton D. Trelli
C. R. Rossélet V. Chittenden T Lock
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Forest Hills, August 20.* Crashing lightning and a halted downpour torrential play in the National Tennia J. Redmon
Just F. R. Kerman! Championships today When the Wimbledon cham-J. G. Roberston
Brough, plon, MissLouise.
W. J. Howard
(Sklp) was one game away from de- feat at the hands of the first negro ever to compete in the tournament.
Gibson of
New
w. J. Keates J. Tang F. Howarth J. Lan
Landolt
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צים
Red
A. MeAlpine L.G. YOUR W.V. Field B.A. Mankell
(skip)
A. Wallwork W. Wyper
A. Mackenzie
T. Morgan
30
Green
J. Gilchrist
I. O'Grady
A.W. Hircock NJ, Bebbington
+(skip)
J. Watson AL Roberts B.I. Blekford T.M. Pale
(skip)
13
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Tatol
11
Total
Cricket Club of
18
25
XLC East India Badminton
L. Gaddi
R. G. Browne G.E.F.
Thompson
W. C. Simpson
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A Hutton J. Crighton L. Guy J. G. Meyer
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18
D. S. Oliver C. Wilcox F. E. Skinher
25
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Championships
Bombay, August 29.
A. Firuz, of Malaya, was beaten 15-4, 15-2.in the final of the Cricket Club of. India Badminton Championships here 15 tonight by India's No. 1.
Davinder Mohan
R. J. Wiginton
(skip).
A. Batley
A. Dodd
F. Shields. A. Marshall
(Ekip)
26.
Miss. Alther York, former Florida A&M-net star, who is the first negro com- G. B. Rosselet petitor ever to play at Forest H. A. Triggs Hills, was leading the third seeded T. E. Baker blende from Beverly Hills, Call M. N. Rakusen
(kip) fornia, when the driving down!-
Lesue until M.A.Grimpel pour postponed the
L. Brezny jomorrow.
Two invading hopefula in the W. Hong Sling men's division England's Tony A. J. Kew
Belgium's and Mottram Philippe Washer were knock- G. Boswell
W. Baker ed out of the tournament.
H. E, Howkins Annelies Borsi, Italian cham-
E. C. Fincher. among the plon, top seeded
(Skip) wamen visitors, was kayoed by A. Ridsdale Miss Betty Rosenquest of South HP. Weir
and Mrs. Joy C. Thompson Orange, 6-4, 6-4, Gannon Mottram, second foreign A. E. P.Guest
20 (Skip) reed, followed her husband out former Rurne, Miss Madgo
"Total" of the tournament as she lost to Rumanian champion from Los Angeles, 1-6, 6-3, 0-4.
P. Hughes
P. Kennedy A. E. Eliot
W. Williamson
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11
W. Russell A. McInnis R. Morrison J. Fraser
(skip)
130 Total
PRC function
New Brighton 1 Tour Essex second innings wlespin bowler Holts bent Kent by Portsmouth, the reigning cham- Wanderers, Charlton, Tottenham with care, Top-seeded Mrs. Mar- the occasion
Let us salute West Indies
By DENIS COMPTON
#frew with Sussex. Lelcestershire, 204 and 07 for four, Sussex 207 (Woolor, right-arm fast medium bowler, three for 31)-Reuter,
This was only the tome in the long historic
tournament that the champlon ship has been settled by such a narrow margin.
The previous instance occurred 26 years ago when Huddersfield Town, a club with nine ‘Interna- tional players at that time, gained the first of three successivo cham-
Baseball scores Bionship triumphs.
New York, August 20. Today's baseball scores werc: NATIONAL LEAGUE
1 H New York Pittsburgh
I'm beginning to think cricket spectators are
about the hardest to please in the world. Why? Because of the storm of abuse heaped on the West Indies for their slow batting in the Oval Test.
We certainly bit the duct at the Boston Oval, but even bearing in mind Cinclinati
To my mind such criticism
is stupid and unjustifled.
Jehn Goddard's then were one
that defeat, I refuse to believe rundeinhis un and one to play. They car that our prospects "down under'
St. Louis hardly be blamed for their deter are as gloomy as people imagine. bination to halve the last hole" Match-winning bowler Brooklyn Dodgers
No team in the world could Chiengo Cubs
at least
They went one better, but don't have got many runs on the Ken- tot the West Indies had never nington fourth-day wicket, and
won n Teat in this country before quite apart froin the pitch, that Dotroit (2nd game) 19. let alone a series.
man fiamadhin, was always wail- Washington This season has provided, w with a landmark in cricket, It has ng ready to spring,
..
Arsenal's foot
Six clubs have gained the title two years running. Preston North Vila End, Sunderland,
Aston
The last five have not even had the consolation of winning foot- ball's other great prize, the Foot- ball Association Cup:
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Difficult to win The League' tournament is so difficult to win because it is #1 marathon race of 42 matches.
Mony team who start with the bright blaze of a good fire, lade and smoulder as the season E (twice), Shomicid Wednesday advances and finally die away for (twice), Liverpool and Ports- want of fuel to keep them going, Huddersfield in the shape of good reserves, or
zest Arsenal have because their early
and itself out. energy, loon burned Many And they cannot molatain the pace they set.
Liverpool affords a example:
10 14
3 3
2 mouth, but only Town and the
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9
05
1
achieved a treble run.
Arsenal's feat glittered in the records of the years 1933-24-85; Indeed, during a period of eight: seasons the famous London club 2 won the championship five times 5 and the Football Association Cup.
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Vic Raschi,
Standings
Although John Goddard and Attcleveland
established the West Indians as Valentine did the most damage, New York being in the top riass of world still maintain that Sonny Remad- Winning pitcher cricket and, far from glving them hin is the best match-winning loser Early Wyan. the "bird," let's salute them for bowler of his type in the world. Infusing... rame, life into who' might otherwise have been a dul-How do you play such a
destructive bowlert There' only one way, Get. used to receiving him, and that takon an awful long time.
al season,
Their go-slow efforte can bo counted on the angers of óna hatick
Hu think of the timen their happy-go-lucky, tactics bave of his team mates talking abou thrilled us all
him the other day. Seems that
once
hove it will ba From the stove gathered that not many of the hundred or so clubs who havÒ been members of the Football League through the years have won the championship of Division in the 61 seasons of play to-date.
typleat
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Tan. Jin Eong and Piruz, of Maloya, beat Davinder Mohan and George Lewis, of Bombay, by 15-10, 15-6 to enter the final of the mon's doubles. They gava:b fine exhibition of doubles, play", and keeping up a furious attack 20 they had the Indians so mixed up that several points came from well-placed drop shots.
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Well matched
The first game saw, the players woll matched before. the Malayans wan at 15-10. India's representa- 18tives went into a 3-0 lead in the second game and scored another 173 point, but the Malayang levelled at 4.4 and then went steadily on to win.
Tomorrow the Malayan par Win with ease
The Police Recreation Club will play Bombay's young comes
Madbil Pall: and Four ranking American women
gally decorated yesterday, bination,
friendly Manohar Shopardikor. In the being a led the way into the third round was
between the final-Reuter. garet Osborne DuPont of Wil- lawn bowls game mington, twice champion, elimina- Police. Force from the Island and ted Miss Edna Sollchs of New members of the Force from the mainland ended in-win for York, 6-0, 6-1.
The Fourth-seeded
Beverly
Miss
.
SHANGHAI GIRL CAGERS SUFFER FIRST DEFEAT
Baker of Santa Monica defeated the Mainland by three shots, the
Jane Breed of New York, final score being 109-106.
At the conclusion of the game. were presented to the Fifth-seeded Mrs. Patricia spons
bowlers by Mrs.
Playing their last game in Canning Todd beat Miss Heather successful Nicholls of Bermuda. 6-1, 6-0 Brown, wife of Inspector Harry the Colony before 8 capacity
crowd at the Kowloon-Chin Fry of Akron defeated Miss Vir- ginia. Kovacs of San Francisco spoons to the winners, Mr. G Shanghat "Lai" Girls' basket- Perkins chairman of the Police ball team suffered its first, de- 2-0, 0-3,-8-2.
eliminated by Recreation Club in a short speech feat when it lost to the Heung Mottram was
Tao girls 23-18 in a hotly con tenth seeded Jim Brink of thanked the ladies for arrangin Battle, 6-4, 4-6, 6-3, 4-6, 6-3 tea during the afternoon.
Perkins congratulated the tested game.
The Houng, Tao girls, who expected before wogard beaded Kowloon team on the fine sine
to play against the Herbie Flam or Beverly Hills He hoped that this game between, refused
members of the Police Force Sumatra Girls' basketball teamn 0-1, 6-4,0-8, 6-4, ***
I recently on the strength of an
and sixth ranking Miss Shirley Brown.
Before the presentation nese YMCA last night, the
went down
reactionaries, did not display a very, high standard of sportsman- ship last night, b
In three other completed second would be an annual affair.
es involving seeded was his wish that it should be allegation that the latter. werd -round matches-
ranked
sed Cardnar Mul. held on Liberation Day in each stars, third: In avolding defeat until the
A social evening was held later, 20th match of last Borson Liver: loy beat High Stewart of Lo year. -pool created a new record for Angeles 6-1, 6-2, 6-1. Fifth
ranked. Vie Seixas overcame allowed by a dance. The First Division. In its present cardo Balblers of Chile, 0-3.
Hong Kong formation:
Before losing on December 10 6-2, 6-3 and Earl Cochell of Lo: they had played 10, wen 10 and Angeles eliminated Harry Lika drawn nine, scoring 33 goals to of San Francisco, 6-0, 6-1, 6-2- 16. Liverpool also had a good United Press,"
run in the Cup, reaching the anal
Cowle Askew Hayward Brown
(Skip) 20 in which they were defeated by 260,000. Three more. Brentford
(tormbrly in Division 1), West Hong Kong Ham United and Queen's Park Dutly
Reynolds Rangers are in. Division II.
The biggest county in Eng- land, Yorkshire, has only three
(skip' clubs of top ranking, Middles- brough; Huddersfield and new McCroton ly promoted Sheffield Wednes. Jones days Lasuhire, although still able Perkins
The honour la shared among 1 Arsenal.
The strain of trying to shine in of whom Preston North End, Aston Villa, Blackburn, Rovers, both competitions was too much Everton, Burnley and West Brom-for even a fine, enthusiastic side. New York, August 29, wich Albion, were numbered foThey know when they renched March, The following were the stand-the original 12 members when the the Cup semi-final in
With another, "soven or eight I was interested to hear severings in the Major baseball leagues.League was formed in 1883.
The others are Liverpool; Man-League games still to be played, NATIONAL LEAGUE chester United, Manchester City, that they needed a lent of six or
Games Sunderland, Newcastlo inter sever points to have a chance of Won Lost Pce. Behind Sheffield United Shefield Wed-winning both the Cup and League, to boast ux premier teams, has been "(whip) nesday, Huddersfield Town, Ar- fent last accorppilshed by Aaton jest Manchester City, Preston Kavanagh senal and Portsmouth, and (Villa 1897.
North End and Blackburn Rovers Howartit Thragi-Aston Ville, Sunderland Their margin was too slender to biglaton 11 in recent years. Goodman... Hand Arropakishuvni yon- the and Liverpool not only missed the
An ever growing challenged
Cameron trophy six me each, and Liver- Cup, bijt hud to be content with coming from the South of the pool and Everion, the pride of the eighth place from the top of the Country and the North will have Martin 192 "grdat, Marseysidó: port, have on Leagungana
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Willerton
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„F shall never forget the picture and practised at the nets, he had Philadelphia. 77 47,021 I had one day of Everton Wockes them. tied up just as badly, as so. Brooklyn run out by Milos, continuing his many of our leading batainen have Boston #print past his broken wicke ocen. Ishull remember 1950 at St. Loyir: right to the pavilion, his ined "mystery man Ramadhin's year. New York covered in the broadest grin. So much has been sald and Chicago That Incident typinod the Tourists written about that run-out mix-ur Cincinnall outlook on cricket.
with Lún Hutton in the Test that | Filtsburgh-
joyed dve succtadas each In big, contres com hard to retain its long alles Can you imagine the average I had, better put an end to the
* Competitive
The prosant geographient ftude The case of Fulham is typical McDonald' Cogllah or Australian, batsmen rumours rigtit, away, SARY DENTAMERICAN, LEAGUEMININ
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Dowman
(skip)
100,
¿C. Pile/
(skip)
Total
HKFC challenge game
100 Total 100
They were inclined to resort to robust methods against their ais- ters from Shanghal, who were cyldently feeling the strain of playing two nights in succession.
The Shanghai giris have played. Ave games in the Colony, winning four and losing one....
SINGAPORE AAA ENGAGE GEOFFREY DYSON
Singapore, August
The British Amateur Athletle Association coach, Geoffrey Dy son, is being engaged by the Sin- gapore AAA to come out and saf up classes for Malayan coaches,
Accompanied by his wife, the British Olymple hurdler, Maureen Gardlier, he in expected about Beptember: 9.
Dyson who, considered, an Rutharily on technique, w use athletes material for lustration Associated Trons Vie
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