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Sports News
WATER POLO
LEAGUE.
R.A. GIVES V.R.CA" A CLOSE GAME.
A FURTHER VICTORY FOR FUKIEN CLUB.
In the first division of the Water, Polo League, V.R.C, sunexed yet two more points when they defeat ed the R.A. team by two goals to one in the match played last even- ing. The game. was interesting, though it was characterised by more fouls than was desired.
An attack made during the first | three, minutes of the game gave Silva Netto An opportunity to score the first goal for V.R.C. Play continued to remain in E.A's por- tion of the pool, and shortly after the first goal Roza-Perreira broke through in a melee and threw ono in which completely beat the RA goalie.
R.A. sent in the ball, on many occasions from over the half-way line, but the Y.B.C. goalie was not to be beaten, Crossing over, the military team was awarded ¤ #throw, foul being registered against Weill, playing back for V.R.C. The soldiers grasped the opportunity and threw one into the Y.R.C. goal..
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A feature in the play of the second half was the stubborn resis tance put up by the R.A. backs against the opposing forwards. The soldiers made periodic raids against V.R.C, but none of them were successful. There was no fur- ther scoring.
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The teams were: R.A. Rivbands, Dangerfield, Cavanagh, Maltby, Lewis, Forres ter and Gray.
V.R.C... Soares, Weill, Stewart, Roza-Perreira, Gittins, Silva-Netto and Knight.
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Junior Game.
The junior game between Fukiện Club and 12th- Heavy Battery start- ed in a promising manner, each side scoring one goal before the match was five minutes' old. The military team fell into a lapse, however and allowed their oppon ents to add four more goals, mink ing the score of 3-1 in favour of Fukien Club at the end of the first half of the game.
Spectators were treated to a fine game in the second half, when Fu- kien Club, although doing most of the attacking. failed to add to their score. The goalie and backs of 12th Heavy Battery played sterling game and stopped a good number of shots.
LEAGUE TENNIS.
CIVIL SERVICE DEFEATED BY CHINESE..
Chinese 0.C.. Civil Service 0.0.
Playing with one pair short the Civil Service C.C. was defeated by the Chinese R.C. by 5 sets to nil on the latter's ground. The scores were:--
F. F. Choi and M. S. Kwok (CRC)-
Armstrong and
beut T.
Savage beat G. Gull and B. Bick-
ford
0-0
6- 0
W. P. Tsui and W. H. Choa (C.R.C.):—
beat G. Gull, and.. B. Bick-
ford
B
H. Chan and S. W. Leung (C.R.C.):—
beat Armstrong and Savage 6-2 bent G. Gull and B. Bickford 6- 4 The game between W. P. Taui and W. H. Chaa and Armstrong and Savage was not played.
MIXED DOUBLES.
Win for U.S.R.C.
The U.S.R.C. scored an 8-1 victory. over the Kowloon Cricket Club. The scores were:- 19.
EC Fincher and Mrs. Sayer. (K.C.C.):--
lost to L. Goldman and Mrz.
Taylor
Jest to E. Grimble and Mrs.
Keary
E. E. Fincher and Mrs. Hunbly (K.C:C):-
HONG KONG DAILY PRESS. THURSDAY, JULY 24, 1930.
HOME CRICKET SCORES. SIR BASIL CLARKE GHOST FROM WHITE
FIVE COUNTY FIXTURES ABANDONED
OWING TO RAIN.
NO PLAY BETWEEN DERBYSHIRE AND YORKSHIRE AT CHESTERFIELD.
[THROUGH REUTER'S 'AGENCY.]
LONDON, July 99.
County cricket during the week received serious interference from the weather. Five matches had to be abandoned, including the fixture at Chesterfeld between Derby and Yorkshire, where not a single ball was bowled during all the three days.
Decisions on frst innings scores were gained in three matches where a few high scores and good bowling performances were re- corded. Duleepsinghi and Nichols, who are included in the forth- coming Test match, were prominent in their respective depart
menta..
SUMMARY OF THE RESULTS.
Notts. Middlesex.
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Notts won on the first innings against Middlesex at Lord's
Middlesex Notts (4 wickets, declared) 348
(1 wicket).
174
30
379
174
Sussex. Essex,
382
Essex won on the first innings against Sussex at Brighton. Essex
Sussex.
910
$79
(3 wickets)
302
6-11
512
Kent ». Gloucester.
Gloucester won on the first inninga against Kent at Maid-
stone.
Gloucester
(4 wickets)
023
Warwick v. Hampshire. Match abandoned, four points going to each side. 174 Warwick (3 wickets) "Nerthanta v, Glamorgan.
201
999
Kent...
123
432
991
'Surrey v. Lancashire.
1
8-10
At the Oval. Lancashire
242
Match abandoned; four points going to each side.
Surrey (nd wicketa)
40-
"beat Col. Skinner and Mrs.
Dook
Leicester v. Somerset.co
||
0-1
9-6
At Leicester. Leicester
175
Match abandoned, four points going to each side.
Somerset (4 wickets).
47
At Coventry. Hants
2,4
lost to Grimble and Mrs.
Keary
At Peterborough. side, 1.8
Glamorgan
2.6
Batting.
236. Northants (4 wickets)
Bowling.
Duleepsinghi (Sussex)
188*
Kew
Russell (Essex)
178
Walker (Notts)
165*
White (Somerset)
Pope (Essex)
123
Voce (Notta)
4 f 47:
2-6
Payton (Notts)
90
Parker (Gloucester)
5 for 63
*Not out.
Bowley (Essex)
0-8
6-8
lost to Goldman and Mrs.
Taylor
last to Col. Skinner and Mrs.
Dook
Q. Bodiker and Mra. (K.C.C.):
lost to Goldman and 'Mrs.
Taylor
lost to Col. Skinner and Mrs.
.Dodd
lost to Grimble and Mrs.
Keary
Match abandoned; four points going to each
NOTTS v. MIDDLESEX.
WALKER SCORES_165.
At Lord's, Notts took first innings points from Middlesex after declar- CHINESE FOOTBALL TOUR. ing the close of their innings at
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DUE IN ENGLAND IN OCTOBER.
Negotiations bave been completed for a tour of England by a team of Chinese amateur footballers during the coming season.
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Towards the close of the match, three players from the Fukien
Leaving Singapore on August 29 Club were ordered one of the bath, and this resulted in play being the South China team will reach transferred to their side. With Marseilles about September 12 and only four men playing for Fukien will travel direct to Vienna, where Cluo, the match became somewhat they will commence the European one-sided, but before the soldiers could add to their score the final portion of the tour by playing the whistle was blown.
best clubs in Austria. From Vienna they will" journey to Hungary, Switzerland and Germany, before reaching England in October, when they will be received by Sir F. J. Wall, the secretary of the F.A..
The teams were:
12th Heavy Battery: Fletcher, Breeds, Watson, Heskith, True, Hayward and Leadbeater.
Fukien Club: Kwok King Tong, Lok Man Shum, Ho Yung Chi, Sung Iu Tak, Tai Chun Hing, Wong Lit Kwong and Wong
Ching.
U.S. BASEBALL RESULTS."
[Reuter's AMERICAN EERVICE.]
NEW YORK, July: 22. The following are the results of the baseball matches played in the
New York
New York
National League.
A Chicago
e Chicago.
1 St. Louis
On arrival in London they will be entertained to dinner at the House of Commons and will receive an official welcome by the Govern
In addition, Sir Oswald ment.
Stoll has invited the officials, play- ers and the members of the Chinese Delegation in London to spend an evening at the Coliseum. -
Headquarters at York.
For the greater part of their stay National and American Leagues in the British Isles the headquar- to-day
ters will be at York, but the tourists hope to be often in London and have been promised a warm wel- come by the Amateur Cup holders, Ilford. They have received much assistance from the Rev. H. Dunico, M.P., Deputy Speaker of the House of Commons and president of the Ilford Club, and also from Bir F. J. Wall..
Brooklyn Philadelphia
Cleveland Cleveland Detroit St. Louis
1 Pittsburg
American League. ". 6 New York:
10. New York
6 Philadelphix
3. Washington
CRICKET.
AUSTRALIAN MATCH ABANDONED;
(THROUGH REUTER'S
248 for four wickets. Walker batted steadily for 185 not out.
Notts, 1st innings" (4 wickets,
declared)
Walker, 165 not out. Payton, 90.
Middlesex, 1st innings
348
.....174
Voce, 4 for 47. - Notts, 2nd innings (1.wicket)" 30 SUSSEX #. ESSEX.
TEST PLAYERS CLASH. At Brighton, Essex won on the first innings against Sussex by a margin of 152 runs. Eussell (178) and Pope (123) were prominent for the winners.
In their first innings many of the Sussex batsmen were beaten by the good bowling of M. S. Nichols, whe is included in the fourth Test match. Duleepsinghi, another of England's hopes, recovered his form in the second innings and looked quite good for a double century when closing time arrived. Essex, 1st innings Pope, 183. Russell, 178. Bowley, & for 90. Sussex, 1st innings
Essex, 2nd innings
382
210
Nichols, 4 for 23.
279
Bowley, 4 for 77. Sussex, and innings (3 wick-
eta)
302.
Duleepsinghi, 188 not out. KENT ». GLOUCESTER.
PARKER BOWLS WELL Af Maidstone, Gloucester_claimed first innings points from Kent by an excess of 78 runs.
Freeman took five of the Glou cestershire wickets, but they cost about 21 runs cach, while Parker
78
Nichols (Essex) ...... 4 for 23 Meyer (Warwick) 6 for 43 0 for 30
and
5 for 20 4 for 77
LEICESTER v. SOMERSET.
"NO. RESULT.”
At Leicester, four points were taken by each side when the match had to be abandoned owing to rain.
The scores were Leicester, 1st innings
White, 6 for 50. Somerset, 1st innings
wickets)
'WARWICK ». HANTS,
POINTS SHARED.
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(4)
175
IN DERBY SCENE.
BLOWS ON THE TOP OF AN OMNIBUS.
MAJOR'S CASE FAILS.
men and
Fashionably-dressed: women crowded Epsom Police Court Inst month when Major Victor Beau- fort; described as of the Goring Hotel, Ebury-street, S.W., summon- ed Sir Basil Clarke, of Cadogan- gardens, Chelsea, for common.as- sault.
MAN'S GRAVE.^
FRIENDS MEET AFTER 13 YEARS.
LEFT. FOR DEAD.
Mr. Frank Daly walked into an hotel in Bloomsbury one day lat month and saw a man studying the luncheon menu whom he had left
for dead in the "White Man's Grave""
region of West Africa thirteen years ago.
"Peter O'Brien he exclaimed It was alleged in the wording of the summons that Sir Basil "did gripping him by the shoulder and unlawfully assault and beat the said staring at him, incredulous.
exclaimed Mr. Major Victor Beauford at Epsom" Frank Dały (”
O'Brien, Downs an June 4.
The summons was dismissed and the chairman said that there would be no order for costs.
Mr. Ben Thomas, for Major Beaus fort, said that the summons arose out of an incident on the top of no omnibus at the Derby
The two men, both of middle- deep age-Mr. Daly bronzed a mahogany by tropical suns; and the man he thought dead, pale with hair that illness had turned silver drew their chairs together,
What on earth has happened, Major Beaufort and his wife and Peter? Have you risen from the grave, or what? I left you for dead stepson bought three tickets for thirteen years ago. I heard they places on a St. Dunstan's omnihas,buried you at Abbontiakoon." and Major Beaufort took up his Without waiting for & reply Mr. position in the gangway between Daly rushed on. the two front seats, intending to watch the race.
Admiral's Complaint. Admiral Sir Henry Bruce was seated on his left, and behind him was Sir Basil Clarke and Lady Clarke. The admiral complained that he could not see the race with Major Beaufort standing in the position be was.
*
How Both Fared.
** It beats me. I heard you were down with malaria at Abdontia- koon, and, of course, legged it for the Gold Coast is fast as I could. You were unconscious when I ar rived, and honestly, old man. I thought you were a. corpse. looked like a dead man'
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Mr. O'Brien smiled. "I'm alive all, right," he said, "and it's good to see you again, Frank. I was given up by the doctors, but I just would not die, and here I am. I heard afterwards that you had called at the hospital and I tried to find you.
"And then the doctors ordered me back to England... but tell me about yourself." "
"Oh! lots of things have hap pened to me," said Mr. Daly. I couldn't settle down after your death... sounds funny doesn't it, but I still can't understand how you didn't die. And I sat out
Major Beauford asked another smaller man to stand in front of him, which he did, and when the race finished there was some dispute regarding the winner, and for the general information of chose on the omribus Major Beaufort stood with one foot on the left seat"and one on the right to ace the number.
"Whether he fell, or whether the admiral pushed him inadvertently at not," said Mr. Thomas, Major Beaufort fell forward as if to go over the front of the omnibus.
"Saving himself, he asked the admiral what he thought. he was doing. Before he could recover Sir Basil dealt Major Beaufort a blow in the face-a blow of such force that he cut the inside of his mouth against his false teeth and blacken ed his eye for a week afterwards." "Well, it was a tough trip and Mr. Thomas added that Sir, Basil never a reef I could tap, all the followed it up by, attempting to way," resumed Mr. Daly. "I was off the wondering how I could find a new throw Major Beaufort omnibus, and came at him with partner, and, was in the hotel at raised knee as if to kick him in the M'wanza when who should I see in stomach.
Heed "In Chancery." Major Beaufort, in self-defence,
arme, and held him in chancery
Sir Basil's head under his until he saw there was no more fight left in him.
Mr. Thomas said he could only described it as "ruffanly conduct," and for a man in Sir Basil's position 47it aggravated the offence.
At Coventry, Warwick and Hamp- ahire claimed four points each in an abandoned match... The scores
were:-
174
Hants, 1st innings
Mayer, 6" for 43. Warwick, 1st innings (3 wick-
ets) HORTHANTS. GLAMORGAN,
201
RAIN STOPS PLAY. At Peterborough, Northants and Glamorgan reached no decision owing to rain consequently divided the points. The scores were:~
Glamorgan, 1st innings 238 Northants, 1st innings (4
wickets).
CHAMPIONSHIP TABLE,
1st Tan. No
78
1
91
0;
0: 87
1 87 1- 85
70-
1
2 75 70
P. W. LW, L. Res. Pts. Yorkshire..17 0 2 2 2 286 Lancashire 1770 3 5 2 94% Notts 17 6 183 Kent
18. 9 6 22: Sussex 19 6 3 4 Ď Gloucester...18 6 4 1 4 Essex18 -5 -3—5—4. Burrey 182186 Derbyshire..17 6 4:23 Worcester....19 3 6 64 Leicester 18 4 6 4 3 Glamorgan...18 3 6.6.2 63 Warwick.18 9 5 6 4 1 02 Northants...19 39 29 3 52 Hampshire...10 3 6 15 148
Major Beaufort gave evidence bearing out the story related by his, Counsel,
on our old game-prospecting."
"What were you looking for this time," interjected Mr. O'Brien.
"Gold," said Mr. Daly..
"I wish I'd been with you," said. his friend.
the lounge but. Ponsonby You remember him? He asked after you, and I said you'd snuffed it We set out for Mubuka and met
and I said you'd ched. fellard. He asked after you, too,
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Then At Kassama He said, when questioned about fellow who was willing to sell his his size, that he stood eft., and was claim. His property was six miles forty inches round the chest. away in lion country. We were Major Beaufort denied that he supposed to follow the wheel-marks was standing in a way calculated of the owners of the mine, but we to make everything unpleasant for lost them in the sand, and then we those not as big as he was. If any came across four lions feeding on witness stated that he adopted an antelope. Did we tackle them? threatening attitude towards Ad- We did not. We just got that lorry | POISONS miral Bruce it would be a lie.
going and beat it as fast as we Mr. Fox-Andrews, on behalf of could" Sir Basil Clarke, said that Sir Basil, unter the impression that Major Beaufort was about the strike the admiral, was of the opinion that it was his duty as a gentleman and in law to prevent an unjustifi- able assault.
He did what any decent English man would have done, and hit Major Beaufort: Sir Basil took that course, and, having done it, did not" regret it. A g
Sir Basil. Clarke gave evidence. that Major Beaufort-obstructed the view, and his answer to various re- quests to sit down was always You shut up. He said when ask ed by the conductor to go to bis seat," I am going to stop here."
Blow With Fist.
Luncheon finished. The dining- rooms of the Imperial Hotel emp- tied. Tea-time arrived to find the two veterans of the wilds still ex-. changing memories. ...
SINGAPORE MOTORIST ON MURDER CHARGE-
FIGHT THAT FOLLOWED ACCIDENT.
A CHILD COULD
BUY."
JUDGE AGAINST SLOT MACHINE SALES.
Judge Crawford found in favour of the Pharmaceutical Society last. month in a test case brought by them at Edmonton County, Court against Harry Ronald Watkinson, a chemist, and a member of the Society of Lordship-lane, Tatten- ham, N., to decide whether it is. legal for a chemist to allow poisons to be taken from a slot machine outside his shops at th
The article concerned was a bottle of disinfectant labelled "poi
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A minor motor-car accident was disclosed as the incident that led to charges of murder against two Boyances at the Singapore Assizes before Mr. Justice-Cobbett last Judge Crawford said it would be most unfortunate in the public in- week.
One of the accused men was the terest to allow a highly dangerous "Sir Basil said that Major Beau 1 85 fort strode up in a manner which owner of the car, an Austin Seven poison to be sold from an auto- gave every evidence that he was and, according to the case for thematic machine without say super-
vision. He continued KA, about to strike the admiral. prosecution set out by Mfr. D. G.
"The evidence satisfies me that I stepped forward and gave Odborne Jones, prosecuting by fist
coin in the slot and take a bottle him a blow with my left fist, he from the Deputy Public Prosecutor, any child tall enough to place a he added. "He turned round on the car in turning a corner ran me, and I gave him another with over the shafts of one of several could do so without the knowledge the right. Blows fell very quickly, rickshus parked at the spot. A of the defendant or any person in
quarrel ensued between the driver his employment en An both right and left."
There had been previous trouble of the Austin (the first accused) Boyond all question this ought An analyst, the Judge continued, with the major, and an hour and and the pullers, and on a free not to be allowed to continue." half of arguing,
fight developed between partisans Mr. Fox-Andrews said that cer of the Boyanese, who had run out had found that the bottles contain tain references had been made to from nearby houses, and the pullers ed over 47 per cent. of homologues Lady Bruce. She had been dead Three of the latter were stabbed, of carbolic acid-a very dangorcus.
either, ungen Lest Strang in consentence of the poison was with the admiral on Derby dmth of two of the stabbed, vien contain Austin and Day.
for the other side took the same Middlesex....18.07 182 number of wickets at about 12 runs Somerset 1.10 411
MATCHES IN PROGRESS.
each:
Gloucester, 1st innings
Freeman, 5 for 107.
299
Kent, 1st innings 223
Parker; & for 63. Gloucester, 2nd innings
wickets)
BURET
133
The Unmost players wir de pitied again the best English amateu MATCH ABANDONED
At the Oval, rain interfered with teams, in addition to representative sides of England, Ireland, Scotland the match between these teams and Wales..
and four points were taken by each team.
On completion of their European programme the team will lasve AGENOT.]
England about December 20, re turning to China by way, of the LONDON, July 23.
U.S.A. (where they will meet the The Australiana "match at Sun-ading American teams in New derland has been abandoned.
York) and Japan.
Surrey had all their wickets in- tact when the game was abandon- cd, the scores at the close being as under
Lance, 1st innings Surrey (no wickets)
242
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The following matches are now in
progress :--
Durham . Australians at Sunder-
land (two dayan). Royal Navy The Army at
-Lord's (two đáyk). Remmen Eles byshire, at the Oval Bussex. Notts at Brighton Essex v. Lancashire at Leyton. Hampshire Worcester at
Bournemouth
Yorkshire Northants at Harro-
gate. Warwick Middlesex at Bir-
mingham.' Leicester v. Glamorgan at Lei
cester.
Sir Basil Clarke, cross-exa hned one of the men who were alleged by Mr. Thomas, remarked in regard to have run out and joined in the ta Major Beaufort, I thought he fight were charged with murder. was a bounder, but did not say 80."
He denied that he went at the major with his knee raised. The major tried to pull his ear off, and later he had to have it dressed.
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The dose of bull I dangerous poison as the disinfectant involved in the case ought to be part of the business of a chemist and druggist rather than of any other trader.
At the first hearing of the nation. it was pointed out by Mr. Glyn Jones, on behalf of the Pharmaceu tical Society, that it was a friend R.ly" case. No reflection was cat-
bn-Mr. Watkinson
The alleged incident occurred at Cornwall Street of Chinwen Road, on May 6 last.
The accused claimed trial, and are being defended by Mr. C. Wilson and Mr. E. Rhodes.
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