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OXFORD DEFEATED.

{THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]

LONDON, May 18. At Oxford the South African team. beat Oxford University by four wickets.

Oxford batted first and scored 159 TUES,

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The visitors replied with 998.

In their second innings Oxford

"INTER-VARSITY SPORTS.

A WIN FOR LONDON.

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Considerable interest was dia- played in the Inter-Varsity Cham ham over the week-end. pionships competed for at Birming

London headed the list with 30 points with Birmingham a second and Manchester third,

close

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FRANCO-AMERICAN TENNIS.

HELEN WILLS AGAIN A WINNER.

[REUTER'S AMERICAN SERVICE}

TENNIS LEAGUE.

TRIPLE WINS FOR H.K.C.C.

CHINESE R.C. "C" BEATEN.

AUTEUIL, May 18.

A full programme of Tennis Miss Edith Cross. best Madame League matches was carried out on Mothein -3, 6-2, and Miss Helen Saturday. Keen play marked the Wills beat Madame Laurie 60, competitions, and the results show

Mlle. Barbier and, dme. Bordes beit Miss Merrill and re. Bundy

scored 295. N. Quin took six wie THE PRINCE PLAYS GOLF. by 83, 84.

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The visitors' second innings real- ised 181 runs for six wickets.

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Surrey v. Sumor.

At the Oval Surrey defeated Sussex by two wickets,

Sussex batted first and seated only 60. Fenicy took four wickets for sight runs.

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Surrey replied with 181. took six wickets for 30 runs.

Sussex scored 954 in their second innings, to which Surrey repked with 161 for eight wickets.

Warwickshire v. Northants.

Warwickshire

At Northampton

won by two wickets.

The local team batted first and acored 1 to which the visitors

· replied with" 903. „Clark took six wickets for 65.

In their second innings Northanta soored 278.

Warwickshire, in their second innings, acored For eight j

wickets.

233

Notts v. Cambridge. The match at Nottingham was drawn?

Notts scored 200 and 274, declar ed. Carr scored 100..

Cambridge scored 278 and 145 for. eight wickets.

AGAINST SASSOON AND 'BOOTH,

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H.R.H. the Prince of Wales was partnered by Hagen against Sir Victor Sassoon and A. Boomer in a torsome at Swinley Forest (Berks) Golf Courie,

The Prince and Hagen won by two hales.

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Davis Cup Ties,

In the Davis Cup match, South Africa bear Sweden by 3 matches to nil.

Italy eliminated Ireland by three matches to nit,

Danada, winning two singles and The United States alimnated

doubles matches.

MARATHON RACE.

FERRIS WINS FOR FIFTH TIME.

(THROUGH ELUTER'S ADENOT.]

ed many close finishes,

Hong Kong Cricket Club, who last weak showed up very promin- ently by beating Chinese Recreation Clab in the "A" Division, regis tered a win in each division, and are thus at the top of the League Table "A" DOW. They met Craigengower on their opponents' courts with the same players" who successfully best the Chinese, and

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Kowloon Win.

the "B" Division they scraped past Recreio by the narrowest possible margin while in division the other

they beat BAO.C. The Chinese Recreation Club who started the season favour. ites for honour, in all three divi- sions disappointed their supporters In the Polytechnin Harriers Open again by losing to South China in Marathon from Windsor to London, finishing at the Stamford Bridge the "Division. They had quite mack (36 miles and 356 yards), a good match against the M.B.K.

"LONDON, May 19.

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Honda and Akiyama did very well, besting the Lo Brothers and Ng

W. Laaksonen (Finland) #33 second, and H. Bignall (Highgate Sae Kwong and C. Choo, but Ho Harriers) third. This is Ferris's Ka Lau and Yew Man Kit proved fifth consecutive win.

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their sets.

In the "B," they had a walk- over victory against their old rivals, the Indians, who failed to take a set,

Kowloon secured their second paiat in the "A" Division at the erpense of Recreio, and are thus at the top of the Table with, Hong | Kong Cricket Club,

University Loss. South China sprang a surprise by beating the University. It is their first win in the "A" Division and they can be proud at having beaten a first division Club of many years standing.

B DIVISION.

Recreio 2.0.0.

At King's Park, the Club de Recreio loat to the Hong Kong C.C. by four sets to Ave.

C. de R-LA Rrbeiro and A. V. Remedios, C. A. Barretto and A. A. Remedios, LA. Rocha and Q. A Noronha.

H.K.C.C.-C. E. Holmes and O. E. C. Marton, R. K. Valentine and W. A. Nowera, E. J. R. Mitchell and C. C. Stark,

WOMAN WHO HAS TAKEN MY PLACE.”

DEAD WIFE'S LETTER IN A DIVORCE CASE.

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£1,300 FOR A HUSBAND.

Damages of £1,500 were awarded to Mr. George Richard Roper, Kowloon 0.0. v. B.E. and 2.9,

dental surgeon, of the Red House, On their own ground, the Low-Regent's Park-road, Finchlely, who loon C.C. lost to the Royal En-

was granted a "decree misi in the your to Corps of Signals Divorce Court owing to the miscon- by aeta to Ave.

K.O.C.-L. Jack and W. Brown, duct of his wife, Mr. Barbara Mary Roper, with Mr. Harold Goddard, against whom damages

1. Zimmern and G. Lee, A. E. Guest and W. Gittis.

BERS. Col Skinner and Capt. de Linde, Major Tosh and Sergt. Trumper, Major Kerrich and 3. M. Atkinson.

Beven.

University . Nippon, At Pokfulam the University lost to the Nippon Club by two sets to University-G. E. Yeah and Frot. Ride, T. E. Lien and F. Y. Khoo, Y. F. Chew and D. J.. N. Anderson. Nippon Club.-N. Nomura and K. Suenaga, T. Fujieds and K. Yoshi kawa, K. Nakura and Y. Sajiki,

Chinese R.C. e. Indian E.0; At Sookumpas, the Indian R.C. lost to the Chinese R.C. by nine sets to mil

I.R.C.-S. 4. B. Bux" and S. A. S. ELsesin and D Ismail, S. Mohamed, A. H. Madar and N. B. Kitchell.

CRC.-H. Lo and Iu Tak Cheuk, Ean Man Kwong and In Tak La, Lai Kwong Tsun and Lau Fook Kl.

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Y.M.C.A., 8.0.A.4.

ciation by eight sets to one.

Y.CA-Rev. Evans and White, J. Price and E R. Price, E. Ponsford and C. S. Pile,

S.C.A.AS K. Tam and L. F. Tin, H. Chan and A. Chan, F. L. Wong and Y. L. Yang,

CDIVISION.

H.E.O.C. v. R.A.0.0.

On their own ground, the Hong Army Ordnance Corps by zine Kong C.C.defeated the Royal sets to all.

L. Dunbar, C. Blaker and C. H. H.K.C.C.-H. V. Parker and W.

Bradley, N. 9. Los and J. A. Sum- mers.

White

were claimed,

The case was not defended on the allegation of misconduct, but the issue of damages was contested.

INTELLECTUALS INDICTED.

NOT INFLUENTIAL.

Addressing the congress of the National Union of Students at

the student," Mr. Sidney Herbert, Aberystwyth on “The vocation of

of the Department of International Politics at the University College of Wales, declared that 'st no time in the world's history had the in-. tellectual class been so ininfluential

at the present time). What was happening to-day

great and ancient university had In a certain European capital a been closed down by a buffoon of a military dictator, and no one thought it important. No king of France would have been so rash as to close down the University of Paris in the thirteenth century.

One of Mr. Roper's witnesses was Dr. Geargs Cohen, the coroner for

That seemed to be an indication East Middlesex, who conducted an influence of the class that was con- of the decline in importance and inquest, on October 1, on Mrs. cerned with the things of the mind. Helen Emily Goddard, the wife of An examination of the causes of Mr. Goddard.

the decline would produce a divi- sion, roughly, into two main parts Inquest Evidence,

-the forces that were operating in society and were outside the intel Mr. Justice Hill, addressing the lectus class that influenced and jury on the question of proof of controlled it; and the faults and misconduct, said:

failings of the intellectual class it pends on a verbal confession.

"The admission of the wife de- self. Thers seemed to be in our So age a greater confusion intellec- far as Goddard is concerned, there tually and morally than any other is the evidence of what took place age showed. on oath at the inquest was in sub- at the inquest. What Goddard said Apologists of Wrongs. stance that the contents of a lettera means and an end. He did not There was a confusion between written to him by his late wife were suggest that material well-being was 1 a bad thing in itself, but we had

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"Putting all these things together you may think that the woman she referred to was Mrs. Roper."!

On their own graund, the YoungThe letter began with these confused the means and the end. Men's Christian Association defeat words: Why have you brought this Public interest was concentrated" to be the best pair, winning alled the South China Athletic Asseterrible trouble an Roper's life and just on those aspects of intellectual his two children 1'She does not activity, which promised material mention Mrs. Roper in the letter by | resulta name, but she speaks of

When universities wanted money, woman who has taken my place, the appeal made was, "If you and the creature who accepted my want to beat the Americans and hospitality night after night and Germana in economic competition, deliberately planned to take my bus then you must endow your univer- band from me.'

sities. Give us money and we will give you 100 per cent. return in the shape of increased dividends." In the main, it was for that sort of thing that the purse strings were * Value of Mrs. Roper."

opened. People were looking for Mr. Justice Hill, dealing with material, resulta from intellectusi the question of damages, said effort, and if they did not get them Damages are in the nature of they had no concern with intellec- compensation,

tual affairs. not punishment. Goddard's conduct and its most Whatever we may think about They had got to ask themselves what they had done to permit that unhappy result on his wife, we have state of things to grow up, and, to consider here, the damages for still more, what they had done to R.A.O.C. Major

and the wrong done to the husband, forfeit the respect and considera- S/Sgt. Greenaway, S/Sgt. Hardy The wrong done to Mrs. Goddard is tion of mankind. They ought to and Corp. Thompson, S/Condr, wholly irrelevant in that respect. conceza themselves with their short- Paver and L/Cpl. Mergan.

It is necessary to consider what comings, and they were many. was the value of Mrs. Roper. Mrs. They had deliberately descended Goddard's opinion WLS, The into the gutter, and" had made Recreature who accepted my hos themselves the aiders and abettors pitality night after night and deof those who lived there. During band from me. If you think the all countries rushed down into the liberately planned to take my hus the war the intellectual classes of main fault was with Mrs. Roper, sea of propaganda. They de then that will not be a matter for liberately placed themselves at the disposal of the herds and · made damages against Mr. Goddard. happily until the last year or so.

"Mr. Roper said that he lived themselves apologists of intolerable

Questions were asked him in cross-

More and more before the war, examination by counsel for Mr. and increasingly after the war, Goddard. In that comection you they had seen that same enthusiasm may perhaps discount suggestions on the part of the intellectual to made on behalf of Mr. Goddard join in and shout with the crowd. when you take into consideration The whole of the poisonous racial. the fact that, at any rate until propaganda had been invented and last Saturday, Mr. Goddard was purveyed by the intellectual classes. continuing to five with Mrs. Roper.

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Interesting results were returned in the "B" and "C" Divisions. In the former the Royal Engineers. beat Kowloon, while University went down to Nippon. YM.C.A. played their initial match and beat South China. In the "C" Divi- sion Recreio showed up in specta-

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sets to love from Craigengower. Civil Service had the better of the exchanges against the Indiaas.

RESULTS.

The detailed results follow-

"A"

DIVISION.

Recreio 2.0.0.0.

At King's Park, the Club de creio defeated the Craigengover C.C. by nine sets to sil."

C. de R. Xavier and Oliviera, M. Remedics and C. E. Xavier, C. Baato and H. A. Noronha.

C.C.C.-G. Kelly and R. Lay, D. Clow and Y. Souza, E. Hamson Bad D. M..A. Bozack.

Chinese E.C. v. 9.0.A.4. At Causeway Bay, the Chinese B.C. lost to the South China AA by four sets to five.

CRC-M. C. Law and C. W. Cheng, P. K. Kwok and Chau Wah Po, W. C. Hung and Chiu Tan

Chiu.

S.C.A.A.-Ng Kam Cheun and Choy Ping Fan. C. S. Chan and C. C. Ma, Ip Kas and Mow Yuk Kwan..

Chinese E.Ç. v. M.B.K. At Causeway Bay, the Chinese R.C. defeated the Mitani Bussan Civil Service 0.0, v. Indian. R.Ü. Kaisha by six acts to three.

At Happy Valley, the Civil Ser- C.R.C-Ng Sze. Kwong and C.vice 0.0, defeated the Indian R.C..

by six sets to three. Choa, M. W. Lo and M. K. Lo,

C.$.C.C.-Major C. Willson and Ho Ka Lau and Yew Man Kit. J. Bartow, J. Bendall and F. Brad- M.B.KT. Honda and T. Aki-ey, D. J Valentine and C. Spitter. FAMS, T. Yamada and T. Imura, Y. Uikuchi and H. Yoshida.

Oraigengower. v. H‚K.0.0..

At Happy Valley the Craigen gower CC. lost to the Hong Kong C.C by three sets to six.

C.C.C.-J. W. Leonard and 0. Ismail, G. Lia and Y. Hachiuma, D. Ramjaha and G. Bodiker.

HCC.-E. D. Lawrence and

H. Owen Hughes, 3. G. Laurie and H. J. Armstrong, G. W. Sewell dad 4. D. Humphreys.

Hassan

wrongs.

Taking the general facts of the case into consideration you have to | WOMAN'S HEAD BATTERED: apply yourselves to this conundrum and arrive at the best thing possible as a fair and reasonable figure.”

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BILLIARDS.

150

ST. PATRICK'S BEAT 'C.C.C. | I.R.C.-O. Hoosen and M. Þ. Madar, A. R. Mina and J. S.

St. Patrick's Ackber, A. G. Mohamed and K. Ribeiro 103 L. Remedios

E. Zimmera 145. F. M. Cruz 150 A. Kitchell 108 G. Burrows H. Kew 130 M. Medina R. C. Reed 150 H. Painter H. Lim

150 W. Finch

Total 808: Total

LEAGUE TABLES.

P. W. L. Pia.

"A" Division."

Hong Kong C.C. Kowloos C.C. Chinese B.C... 11 M.E.K.

South China A... Club de Recreio University

1 D Craigengower C.0.... 9 0 9 0 Indian R.C.

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"B" Division.

3.0.A.A. z. B.X. University. On their own ground the South China A.A. defeated the H.K University by Ave, sata to four.

8.C.AA-14 Woon Teoi and, Li Wei Tsai, Chaz So and Ho Wa Hing, T. S. Cho and W. S. Lay.

University, G. de Souza and H. BE. & R.S.

K. Len, Prof. Forster and Prof Tottenham, T. K. Tom and T. Chong.

E.0.0. v. Recreio.

Chineze R.C. Hong Kong Đ MEK YMCA Club de Recreio Carversity

Nippos Kowlood C.C.

Indian R.C. South

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On their own ground, the Kow- loon C.C. defeated the Club de Recreio by eight sister one.

ICC-EC. Fincher and E. F. Fincher, S. E. Green and T. Lay, C. E. Millard and F. Grose.

C. de B-R Robarts and V. Craigengower C.C Ivanovich, E. J. Remedios and A. Chinese RC..... V. Gosano, H. A. Barros and E. A. Indian R.C." Noronha,

P. W. L. P. Givil Service C.C..... 2. 2 02 Club de Betreio 2 204 South China A.A..... 1 0 1 Hong Kong C.C ..... I: 10

R.E. & R.A.

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TRAGEDY IN QUEENSLAND.

A Mackay message says that the Eton police visited the home of an elderly orchardist, named Gordon, and found Mrs. Gordon lying dead on the floor in a pool of blood, with her head `shockingly battered.

There was also evidence of her. clothes having been on fire.

The police were informed that during a quarrel a lamp was knock- 150 ed over and ignited the woman's 130 blouse, but the fire was extinguish- 130ed with a bucket of water, and that

· 135 | the woman had been struck on the -head with a brick twice, and killed.

813 Gordon is reported to have made,

a statement to the police..

Return match on the 24th inst. at C.C.C. at è p.m.

The following will represent [ C.C.C. against St. Peter's Y.M.C. on 2nd inst. 44 0.0.0. st.5 p.m. sharp: Ribeiro, L. M. A Razack, A. Kitchell, H. Kew R. C. Read, and H. P. Lim. ».

INTERNATIONAL POLO PLAYER FOUND. SHOT

DEATH OF COUNTY

CRICKETER.

ESSEX CLUB BEREAVED.

.... {“ D.P."! Special Service.)

The death was annonced London on Saturday of Mr. G. E. Thompson, the well-known County Cricketer.

Captain J. P. Dening, of the times for Essex County C.C. Of Mr. Thompson had bowled many Indian Army, an Internationallate years, he had been secretary of polo player, who had been home or the club. leave from India, was found what dead in a locked apartment at the Bolton House Hotel, Bolton-street, Westminster, where he had been staying. A revolver was found o the floor by his side..

He went to America in 1927, and was a member of the British polo. team which took part in the Inter- national games there. The Indian Army List for January givee Capt. 10 John Pitt Dening, of the fith 10 Cavalry, as commanding the Bhopal 20 Sultania Infantry."

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LONDON, May 18.

J. Turucna (U.S.A. beat Charles Whitcombe (Britain), two up over

38 holes in the Final to-day