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HOCKEY CHAMPIONS' WATERLOO,

HONG KONG LADIES BEATEN BY THE REST."

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PRESENTATION OF CAER CLARK CUP,

HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, SATURDAY, MAY 9, 1931.

GOLF.

ROYAL HONG KONG GOLF CLUB.

STARTING TIMES FOR TOMORROW,

A. G. Coppin and W. A.

HOME CRICKET.

CLOSE WIN" FOR GLOUCESTER.

8.30 am. K. K. Rounds and W. C.

Haley.

0,24

PARKER PLAYS HAVOC WITH DERBY BATSMEN.

0.28

9,326,

11.30

(TURQVON KEUTER'S AGENCY.]

LONDON, May 7. Charlie Parker, the Gloucester left-hand spin lowler who topped the bowling averajes for his County last year, is again right9,40

In their in the fore thin aso match with Derby on the Vistoria ground, Cheltenham, which result eu in a win for Gloucester, Parker took no less than fourteen wickets in two innings for only 93 runs.

Derby had first use of the wickets but with Parker (0 for 41) in such deadly form with the hall, they euld only score 100 runs.

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The Hong Kong Ladies'. Hockey Club, winners of the Caer Clark ‚ Cup äumpetition, and the only un- -I gaten side in the competition, met their Waterloo last evening when they played Thy tent in the last match of the season, The Reas team were composed of Kowloop

Gloucester, however, were Laulies so that the match was in

very much better for they were all 10.00, the mature of a Hong Kong-Kow-out when they had put together

lun tussle. The latter won by

three goals in

The standard of play might have Then higher but no, doubt, the 'ñat weather had a lot to do with the low play. The Rest drew Grst Blond when Moad George, sent in **n beautiful goal, to the delight f the Kel supporters, but this Alecia, was shortlived for a little later C. M. Ferguson, riqualised fo. the champions.

About this stage Jenny Whyte and M. Bishop came in for a lot of applanse for elever work, especs- ally the latter, whs wade many fine uns down the wing. On the Kaw

toon side, da full-buecks, P. Woolley

and A. Fowler tackled excellently, while, Phyllies Gutins, gave, the Hong Kong defence a lot of trouble on the left wing.

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but 112 runs.

Butterfield.

J. H. B. Lee and Q. A. A. Macfadyen,

RUGBY SEASON REVIEWED.

WHY ENGLAND FAILED: DEMAND, FOR NEW SELECTION COMMITTEE.

WALES BRILLIANT ALL ROUND.

[BY CAPT. E. I. M. BARRETT IN THE

With the defent of England or | France at Colombes, the former an nexes the wooden spoon for the

NORTH CHINA Daily News"]·

Obvious. Oholco Ignored,

Then again, turn to the choices for the very responsible place of

1. G. Allison and A. J.senson most astounding result, full-back. 1. Wolff.

Highet.

J. R. Callis and V. R. Gordon,

weing that England started off by

The uno olivions choice was T, W, Brown of Bristol. Us

Ireland, with its "Old Brigade," had a good senson, but did not unearth any new talent, Mark Sugden was simply splendid in both the English and Scottish mat- ches, but he surely cannot go ca for pyet. In Beamish, Iroland pos- sesses the forward who is probably the best playing, and he was ably backed up by Clinch. The latter will be remembered in Shanghai ns serving with the British troops in 1097.

The Scottish sids were about an

good as they were expected to be, though hardly convincing, Thoy, too, have relied considerably on old stagers and have hot yet found any one to take the places of Ian Smith and Macpherson.

Franco's Troubles,

LAWN BOWLS.

LEAGUE PROGRAMME FOR TO-DAY.

The following in the programine of nisatches in the law bowla lorage this afternoon.-

Division I

Civil Service . Police.

Kowloon CC. r. Kowloon Docks, Bowling Green el Craipengower. Club de linereic r. Tnikoo.

Division II.

Craigengower r. Bowling Green. Yacht Club Civil Service Taikoo 1. Club de Recreio. Electric R.C, . Kowloon C.C.

SWIMMING.

D. F. C. Cleland and all but beating Wales, ensily the fortunately, he was unfit at the C. Highet.

best side of the year. This resulc time of the first match, but since is not nearly so huid as 'it appears. | then has been playing well for his Besides the draw against Wales, clubs -quite one of the strongest in

France has been in a wolter of when England played puerile foot the country. Bedford was given political trouble which has affected TRIANGULAR INTERPORT ball, the matches against Ireland two chances, who all who saw him | her football physically "and moral. Comdr. Priestley and J. and France. were lost by but against Wales would have considerly. At first sight, it seemed that the defection of the "douse" clubs single point, and in the lattered one quite sufficient, and, having was a righteous protest against the match England crossed the line dropped. Bedford, a player is pick- three times to France's one. ed whose chief asset seems to be his With the wealth of talent avail-pluck! He had little experience of able,·England should have done high-class football. » much better and the reason for their

9.44

T. Low and N. K. Little

john.

9.-15

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0.32

0,50

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10.05

In their second innings, Derby also failed dismally, and were all stat fair 120 ans, Parker's fire res Eifis time being & for 80,

Set to get 100 runs for a win, 10.12. Gloucester started none

100 well and alone stage it looked 48 10.10 though Derby might, snatch the but playing stendily, points, Gloucester piled on the necessary is for the loss of six wickets. The scores wore:-

Derby, Tat innings

Parker, for 41. Gloucester, 1st innings Derby, 2nd innings

Parker, 8 for 60. Gloucester, 2nd innings (for

6 wkts.

GLAMORGAN OVERWHELM." ED AT NOTTINGHAM.

LARWOOD SHINES. THREE CENTURIES

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10.20..

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A. H. Ferguson and E D Matthews.

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WN. Buyers and D.

S.

R. R. Davies and R. 5, W. Paterson.

Whyte-Smith. E. J. Pries and

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TO TAKE PLACE IN SHANG. HAI IN SEPTEMBER.

| nladministration of the ruling body, but it has latterly been sug gested that finance was at the bot tom of the split. Teams all over

We learn from the secretary of the country are run as a commer- cial proposition, players being sub the V.R.C. that the Hong Kong sidized by the local butcher or boot-

tena to compete in the triangular · trodiced strong feeling into the interport between Hong Kong. degraerated into veritable deg leaving Hong Kong for Shanghai garme with the result that matches | Shanghai and Tientsin will be fights, in which lives were lost, The British Unions were forced to France puta her house in order, there is an end to her representa- tive matches.

One cannot ise at severely critical J. M. Walker and T. & failure is not far to seek. That in rogard to the selection of the maker. The elub championship in-

renson is nothing more or less than threexquarters and forwarde. Buy- . H. faulty selection and the need of and showed that, he is a centre of new Selection Committee. There the greatest promise and yet he wax C. B. Shank and S. Charts been a tendency, extending over dropped after the Irish match, when

Dowler

Feltham.

H. S. V. Mossop and at least thirty years to salcet play he was very badly served by his take drastic netion and now, unless

Young.

A. 1. Bowker and F. Syne Thomson:

E. Stone and 3. Coul

thart.

A. M. Parker and C. Mycock.

D. Forbes and D. J. Gil.

,more.

I. W. Shown and ‚E,

Munro.

J.

10:24

100

10.28

112 120

10.32

111 10.30 1

10.40 *

10.44 ""

10.45

H. R. Remington and A 11. Penn.

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J Thayer and R. Lat

Harold Larwood, th England | 10.52 Fast bowler, was again prominent with the bnt when Notts beat 10.56 Glamorgan by An innings and 300

uns in their friendly fixture at

11.00 Nottingham. Larwood nude 4. uns in the first innings and fol lowed up this success by taking 8 10.01. wickets for 54 runs when Glanmir gan went in to bat Ter the second

time.

Then M. Wesley broke through allowing, a scrimmage outside tu: Hong Kong goal and put Kowloon ahead. This was soon followed by another goal, Maud George scor.organ could only total 181.

ing again.

Though a beaten team, lung Kong played pluckily but they were not allowed tu get within shooting distance and the long histle went with Kowloon warts

winners.

The Teams.

The teams were:- Hong Kong: G. E. Little; E. N Gray, J. Smalley: J. L. Whyte, I M Pope, M. L. Wallner; I. C Dell, J. Balzis, E. M. Donelao, C. M. Ferguson and M. Bishop.

The Rest: R. Rose: A. Fowler, 1. Woolley; E, Bouth, M. Alves, B. Dalziel: C. Bethelo, M. Woolley, M. George, A. Alves and P. Git Lins.

Cups Presented.

The home county took first knock And put up 234 runs with Larwood ng top-acorar. In reply to this,

Notts second innings produced 375 runs for the loss of three wickets when the innings was de. clared closed. Lilley made 110 -855 Walker 100 not out and Voce, the fast bowler, 120,

With Larwood in Jendly form with the ball, Glamorgan put up sorry exhibition in their second innings when they were all out for

147 rena.

The scores weare:-- Nretts, 1st innings

Larwood, 14

Glamorgan, Ist innings Nolts, 2nd innings, (3 wkts

deo.)

031

101

375

Lilley, 110, Walker 100, not out Voco, 129, Glamorgan, 2nd inninga 147 Larward, 8 for 54.

SEVEN OLD BLUES AT CAMBRIDGE.

0. Eager and A. D. "Hutuphreys.

. Pike and S. J. H. Fox

A. fench and W. Shields.

C.

C.

R. W. Taplin and J. B. Lariyan.

P. Sykes and W. J. Rid- diford.

halves and had no chance oxcept in defence, which was splendid. Är- vold was chosen first as a wing,

erg from London clubs for England, to the exclusion of the North and Midlande. As indienting the strength of one Midland club, Co-thon as a centre, and the introdue tion of Tallet, a pure individualist, was not a happy inspiration in the light of the mammoth together by Scotland.

ventry, no less than fourteen of their players were selected to re- Present Warwickshire in, the final of the County Championship against Gloucestershire, and yet a single Coventry, there was not. player considered good enough te play for his country.

Weak at Half-Back. Admittedly, England's weakness lay at half-back, and to fill these two positions some truly imbecile Selections were perpetrated Bar rington of Bristol was a star turn At the commencement, of the season, playing behind Carter, his club- mate, but Carter was said to be too eld and liable to Injury. Yet Car- E. J. Dawley and Gter is going strong at the end of W. Garrett. G. B. Lane and L. C. the senson, after being opposed to all the best teams in England and Grover.

Wales. Pope at scrum-half was so badly shown up by Powell in the Welsh match that he should not have been again considered, yet he was chosen to play in the Inst two games, to the exclusion of men like. Carter, Gascoigne of Coventry, and Gadney of Leicester.

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11.09

11.12

11.16

H. G. Williams and

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Coulson.

11.20

A. Reid and J.

E.

Richardson.

17.24

W. R. Vallance and R. M. Robertson.

G.

on a little trying especially as he and hardly grown to his height, but, this year he should develop.

Promising Seniors,

Barrington having proved in nocuous without his usual partner, why was not Spong considered Beòner? In fact, why was he not

Of the ather old Blues, Ratelife is a batsman and Hazelrigg played in the first place, after his bowler of slow-medium stuff which was not very successful until his nmaring performaneca against Oxford; he followed an analysis of three for 49 in the first innings with four for 17 in the second. Yet he only took sixteen wickets for Cambridge. The fact remains that, barring Brown and Rought-Rought, there are no outstanding old choi

MANY. ALLROUNDERS,

The all-rounder is most useful, Though they have lost such stal. and Kemp-Welch has many good warts as E, T, Killick' and J. T. ones available. Among the seniors are W. H. Webster, the Sorcer Morgan, Cambridge University look like having a much better sido Blue, who was in the running for than last year at this stage. It place last year, and the Harro- is early to prophesy, but it is pos sibly to note the amount of pro- mising material Kemp-Welch has at bis, disposal.

At the conclusion of the game. Mr. A. A. Dand enid that Mr. Caur Clark was to have come to give away the prizea but owing to cer. tain unforseen circumstances cold not make the trip to King's Park Ho therefore deputized for Mr. Including himself, there will be Clark and he really did not know six hoing F. H. Brown, A. H seven old Blues available, the other why the honour should have falled | Fabian, A. G. Hazlerigg" R. H

to him when there were other who C. Human, A. T. Rateliffe, and R.

were more qualiñed for the job. :

However, he wished to congratu- late the Hong Kong Ladies on win ning the cup; they went throw the competition without a defeat and were really worthy champinas Mr. Dand said that the secret of

vian, N. M. Rothschild. Then there

E. Cawston, the hurdler, who had a brilliant career at Lancing and has already helped Sussex. He is a sound bat and more than use ful bowler, who has inadvlled him- self carefully on Tate.

A. G. Pelham, the here of last Year's Eton and Harrow match, is E. Rought Rought.. No fower than

Inare of n bowler than a intaman, six of them can bowl-last year

and A. S. Lawrence, last season's they took between them-164 out of

Harrow, captain, is a tall left- the 165 wickets for the Varsity-hander who can hit the ball, and

Human, and Brown, Fabian,

good batsmen in D. R. Wilcox, of Kemp-Welch, and possibly Rought ou occasions bowl well. There are Rought, can be described as all Dulwich, who missed his Blue last rounders.

year, but played in three matches Brown had the second largest bag for Essex, and T. A: Crawford, of f wickets Inst your. He also head. their success was team work and ined the batting averagos with 17 in Kent. Another tower with county this respect he hoped the otanings at over 48 runs cael, includ- experience is Kenneth Faroes, of teams would strive to emulate) ing scores of 150 at the Oval and EBBUX. them.

The standard of play had imprev-teens. ed immensely in all the teams and Mr. Dand ho hoped to see more Indies play next year. St. An- drew's, in their first year, did ex- cellently to finish second, wine Recreio, who came third, were the only team who had the honour of

Kemp Welch batted consistently, making a point from the Hong but his seventeen wickets were only secured at a cost of 12 runs each. Ladies.

Rought-Rought began last season with a few days of startling suc Margaret

before the summer, whereof South Affer ther-the Woolley received the runners-up probably found his first full sea-place of Ian Peables no the bogey

(Continued on next Column.) man for Lord's.

1401. Leveson Gower's XI-a flue Lastly, there is the question of performance for a Freshman in his wicketkeeper. to succred Morgan. There is no doubt that There is one excellent candidate to He is J. T, H. Comber, of Marlborough, Brown has a big future. powerfully built, and is not afraid who not only shows great promiso

bowler to hit the ball. Ho is a

as a keeper, but is a good bat. Ho of the Bottington type and pace, is the nephew of H. G. Comber, able to mix a fast ball with the the popular Pembroko don, to leg-break and the googly Al-whom Cambridge sport probably wes more during recent years than though both Fabian and Human

to any other man. took 20. wickets last year, they were expensive.

Mr. Dand then handed the Cup 131j8.

Those are only a few of the names from which Kemp-Welch will have to choose. Cambridge fnon will devoutly hope he will ick right and get together a sido which will again lay Oxford' in the

M. Gray of the Hongs but he seemed to get stalo dust, even though Owen Smith

Kong Ladies while

itne for St. Androw's.

success last season and with the team who visited Now Zealand? S. C. Meikle would have been a sound choice to replace Barrington, but he, like many others, was passed over, having failed to please the eye of the powers that be. Truly the ways of the English Selection Committee have been strange!

PILSNER

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Too Many Changes. Of course, such criticism may be regarded in the light of an excuse for defeat, but similar criticism has been heard throughout the land

is wherever Rugger followed, Whereas Wales chose the identical team who drew against England for her next match, England formed it necessary to make changes. This is a very significant fact, because it must be remembered that last year Wales, experienced considorable trouble with its Selor- tion Committee and it was only after this trouble had been cleared up that the Welsh team established itself and was rightly considered to be the best team of the 1929-30 sen.

son, at the finish.

some

nino

England needs to get rid of cranks who think no footballer is any good who cannot, "bung the all about" half the breadth of the Haid, and then we shall have tho side that is really representative of the old country,"

Wales' Superiority,

The International programune just concluded has been most inter- esting, as, after somewhat dull start, the matches England . Ire- Wales and Scot- iand, Ireland »

and England provided land, play which can only be described as thrilling from start to finish. Of the uperiority of Wales there can bo no question. In every dopart- ment they were brilliant, particu- larly at forward. Bassett, their captain and full inck, proved hin self a player who will rank with the giants of the past, a beautiful tackler and kick, and always cool and resourceful. The other out- standing performers were Boon, on the wing: Ralphs, atand-off half; and Fendor, the wing-forward.

in September,

Plenty of keenness in OWN among likely interpurters in che Colony and the Hong Kong con- At Home, the game appears to tingent to sail for Shanghai at tho be in a very healthy condition, the end of this suminer should be a very

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