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Sports News
TENNIS PROGRAMME PLAYED IN
IDEAL WEATHER.
K.C.C. BEAT U.S.R.C. IN MIXED DOUBLES.
EIGHT MATCHES DECIDED.
Fine weather favoured the mid-week tennis programme Fester- day with the result that no less than eight matches were decided in the three divisions of the league,
In the Mixed Doubles, the Kowloon C.C. defeated the United Services by seven sets to two, while the Ladies R.C. beat the Club do Rdoréió by the same score. Miss Stafford-Smith, the Shanghai interporter, played for the winning side, partnering Mr. Arm- étrong.
An
"A"division game, (a postponed fixture) was "played. betweed the South China A.A. and. M.B.K., the former winning by 01 sets to. 2). "
In the division' the Kowloon QC, drew with the H.K. C.C, while the Kowloon Indiana followed their last week's victory "by beating the Deutsch Club by 0 sets to two.
"A" DIVISION.
South Ching AA. v. M.B.K.
0.0.0.. Esaralo.
Making the trip to Happy Valley. Recreio beat Craigengower Cricket
· In the only "A" Division match | Club by 7 seta to 2.
yesterday South China A.A. defont-The scores were:--
ed the M.B.K, on their own ground H. P. Lim and Mok (0.0.0.): by 64 sets to 21.
The scores WOTCH-
Lee Wal Tsui and Lee Woon Troi
(S.C.A.A)-
lost to A. V. Remedios and
HONG KONG DAILY PRESS. THURSDAY, JULY 23, 1931
COUNTY CRICKET MATCHES RESULTS,
AQUATIC NOTES.
YORKSHIRE SCORE FINE WIN OVER NOTTS; SUSSEX STILL GOING STRONG.:
LANCASHIRE SURREY MATCH ABANDONED; MAURICE
TATE WITH THE BALL,
(THROUGH REUZEN ́S ·ÄDENCY.]
London, July 21, 20
All the week-end cricket matches at home were brought to a definite conclusion except the Surrey-Lancashiro ganic at the Oval which had to be abandoned after the visitors had been at the wickets for a part of the first day
Yorkshire further enhanced their chances for championship honours by a brilliant win over Nottingham. Sussex beat Loicester comfortably, a feature of this match being a fine bowling perfor- mance by Maurico Tate who took & wickets for 24 runs,
The following were the most noteworthy batting and bowling performances
Batting.
Holmes (Yorkshire).......... 133 Croom (Warwick) Dacre (Gloucester)
Kent Surrey
Derbyshire
Warwickshire
Middlesex.
828
· Bowling, la Paino (Warwick)-8 for 44 Goddard (Gloucester).. 8 for 79 Robinson (Yorka) 7 for 97 Bowes (Torks)
7 for 80 Parker (Gloucester)... 8 for 64 Tata (Sussex) 5 for 24 Bowley (Sussex)
.......... & for
COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIP TARLE,
49
1st Inna. No Poss. P. W. L. W. L. Besult. Fts. Pts
ENCOURAGING INTERPORT
TRIALS.
UNFORTUNATE CONCENTRA TION OF TALENTS,
LAWN BOWLS."
SPEY CUP COMPETITION:
WATER POLO,
V.R.C. SENIOR TEAM
BEAT KOWLOON.
Kowloon Cricket Club played off their tie in the Spey Royal Cup competition against the Royal in the meeting of the V.R.Cand A fast, water polo game resulted Hong Kong Yacht Club on the Kowloon teams in the senior divi Craigengowor green yesterday.sion yesterday. In the earlier „ÉRY FAKE "STYLE"]
Kowloon won by 23 points to 10.
The scores were:-~~ Besides affording the public an .K.C.C. insight into interport form, the H. Hampton trials at the VRO. last Saturday J. Howe gave a good idea as to Hong J. Frandr Kong's changes against Shanghai A. E. Silkstone and Tientsin at the forthboming
(Skip)
contests to be held in Shanghai in ||ali Soptember between the three ports.
28.
REK.Y.O.
E. B. Reed. E. W. Carpenter A. L. Shiolds W. Macfarlane
(Skip)....... 10
Before proceeding with the sport I think he will be hard to beat even itself, I should like to avail myself if he is not 100A at Lloyds. of this opportunity to congratulate Assuming that Leung Sui Man those in charge
game, the. V.R.C., won by five clear goals, and they repeated their autocosa on this occasion by mooring throo goals, two of which came in. the closing stages of the game when the saire seemed very uncertain, Kowloon, however, never seemed to be dangerous and Knight effective- ly dealt with the few attempts to break through his charge.
The game oponed with the locals having slightly the botter of the few seconds before the interval that play and it was not until the last L. Roza Porbira found the not with
a fost ahct into the far corner.
Kowloon played better in the se
Saturday's te arranging last will be invited to go North, Hong|cond half, but it was seldom that'
the events Kong will in all proaility be re- they were allowed to get within
presented in the back strokes by two Chinese swimmers, Leung Sul, Man and S. H. Wong. It would be a sorry day for Hong Kong's chances if it should be necessary to draw on young Roza Pereira for this event, good though he un-
were very ably handled.
In S. H Wong, Hong Kong has Avery good point winner, I don't know what the distance of his win sing throw was last Saturday, but I should imagine it was not far short of so feet, if indeed it was doubtedly is. not actually more than that Shanghai will be hard put to it to better that and Wong's inclusion in the interport is certain, since he is also a good backstroke swimmer. 985 123 Regarding the backstroke event,
270 151 250 145 270*137 285- 134 285 193
970 108 985 104 585 102 - 28. 93 986 03 #285 84 OKK TH 970 68
Yorkshire
17 9 1. 30 4
238 180
Gloucestershire Notts
18
8., 38
0
8 2 25
0
Sussex. ......
16
7 45 1
Lancashire
19 8 3 8 9
1b 7 7
8 2
13 5
beat Akiyama and Hachiuma 7-8 beat Fujimori and Imura ...6-4 boat Yedo and Yema
E. A. Noronha".............. 0 lost to A. A, Romedios and
H. A. Noronha lost to LA. da Rocha and
G. A. Noronha
4 4 7 1
4 4 4 4
4 8 7 1
2-6
Essex i
691 3
Worcestershire
47.4
0-8
Hampshire
3.6
Leicestershire.
2 4
1
6-3
W. H. Hoh and D. .C. Luk (8.C..
A.A.):-
R
lost to Akiyama and Hachiu.
MA
G. Kelly and E. Howard (Q.C.C.):
lost to A. V. Remedios and E.
A. Noronha........... boat A. A. Romedios and H.
A. Noronha lost to L. A da Rocha and
G. A. Noronha
8
0
Glamorganshire
7 1 4.
270 63
Northamptonshire
17
1
7
а
0 255 44
0-6
6-3
3-0
DERBY » GLOUCESTER.
******... 2-6 lost to Fujimori and Imura... 40 beat Yedo and Yema... 6-2. 8. Chan and Y. W. Les (8.C.A.A): beat Akiyama and Hachiuma 0-4. tied with Fujimori and Imura 0-0 beat Yedo and Yema
"C" DIVISION.
H.K.0.0. v. K.0.0.
E. Howard and N. Kitchell
(0.0.0):~
lost to A. V. Remedios and
E. A. Noronha
0-3
4-6
lost, to A. A. Remedios and
H. A. Noronha
On the Hong Kong Cricket Club ground, Kowloon Cricket Club drow with the home team, each side get-
•ting 44 sets.
The spores were-
Terdre and Lee (H.K.O.C.):~
tied with E. Jack and D.
Mackay
0.0
lost to Hedley and N. Mac-
kay
6;1
best White and Burnett. 6-3
Hepburn and Low (H.K.O.C.):— tied with L Jack and D..
Mackay
0-0
kay beat White and Burnett Barton, and Penn (H.K.Q,C.) —-
loat to L. Jack and D. Mackey 2-0 · lost to Hedley and N. Mackay 4-5 boat White and Burnett6-2
***** 3-0
beat L. A. da Rocha and G.
A. Noronha.....................................
H.K.0.0. v. A.T.0,
-3
Playing at Sookunpoo on Monday, H.K.O.C. defeated Army Tennis Club by nine sets to nil in the "O" division.
MIXED, DOUBLES.
K.0.0, U.S.E.C.
The Kowloon Cricket Club, play- ing on their own ground defeated the United Services rather easily by
seven acts to two.
The scores were:~
Mrs. MacTavish and E. F. Fincher
(K.C.O.):-
Somersetshire 18 381
ball.
wards kept cn attacking for a con- shooting range. The V.R.C. for- siderable time until C. Roka Pereira picked up the ball" close 20, to bang it in for the second goal. third goal scored by Laing, who This was shortly followed by the neatly threw it into the net over the custodian's head when he came
out to moet the attack.. Tho final score was 3-0 in favour of the V.R.C.
and Fridays will continue to be the days for water polo,
*CLOUD PROJECTOR
INVENTED.
ON
The plans at the moment are to take a team of twelve to Shanghai
Late Starting Times.
and, so far, it would seem the senior games in the League will Commencing next Monday, the following have more than a sport. start at 9 p.m., inafund of 8 p.m. ing chance being included:-Wwill follow. Although the time is as at present, and the junior games however, I will say mora later. Larenco, L. Roza Pereira, S. V. changed, Mondaye,
Wednesdays Pager, if selected to go up North, Gittens, Ed. da Roza, Leung Sui will be a good second string in the Man, S. H. Wong, Yeung Yarn event for throwing the water polo Wah. Of these Lawrence, Gittens, Roza Pereira, Leung Sui Man and The 100 yards breast stroke, for Wong might be drawn upon for the which there were two heats, water polo. Who the others will be Į ultimately fell to Yeung Yuen Wah remain to be seen, but I have a of the South China "Athletic Asso-the best water polo talent in he suspicion that they will include
PICTURES REFLECTED
CLOUDS AT ANY HEIGHT. ciation with with W. Foraità of Colony. this connection... It the. V.R.C. coming in second. might not be out of place to point Berlin, Juno 21.-Micky Monse, While it was known that the out that if the team should include Charlie Chaplin and other film Chinese had many good swimmers anybody who is chosen because of stars may possibly be seen cutting in their midst, Yeung's success was his water polo only, it should in their antics in the clouds in fu quite unexpected, as although this clude some others who are good ture, Herr Mannheimer, a Ger- swimmer has an enviable record of for, one event only such as Ed. damian scientist, has invented a successes behind him in inter Roza and Yeung Yuen Wah "cloud projector" by means cf. iss Chinese competitions, his chances Paget, by the way, might be in which pictures can be thrown on es had never been seriously consider oluded in the above list, as he is to the clouds up to any height.
ed However Young's success. valuable second string for throw. oreates the problem of whether oring the polo ball and might be a not he will be invited to go Narth credit to the local team in their with the team. Personally, I hope team race. there will be room for, him/
The method of scoring this year is as follows:-18, points for a win; 7 points for a tie: 5 points for a win on the first innings and 3 points for a loss on the first innings; 4 points for a tie on the first innings and 4 points for a no result.
CLOSE WIN FOR GLOUCESTER.
Cricket enthusiasts who made the trip to Chesterfield to watch this match were provided with plenty of excitement for the match was very keenly contested and resulted eventually in a win for Gloucester by the narrow margin of 18 runs.
Glouoeater took first innings and, thanks to soms fine batting by Dacre (90), made 217 runs, Mit- chell took 6 wickets for 79 runs. In reply to this total, Derby scored 210, Goddard getting 8 wickets for 70 runs.
When Gloucester went in for their second knock they mustered 191. Set to get 199. to win, Derby went about their business in a most determined way and they might possibly hare" got the runs but for some fine bowling by Parker who
captured" 6 wickets for 84 rude. Derby were all out for 180,
The scores were:-- Gloucester, 1st innings
at 170, Bowley being the most successful bowler for Sussex this time with 5 for 42.
The scores were:--- Sussex, 1st inninga
Leicester, 1st innings.
Tate, & for 24.
Sussex, and innings (8 wick-
sts, declared) Leicester, fnd innings
Bowley, B for 42,
NOTTS ». YORKSHIRË,
285
...... 170
PERCY HOLMES GETS A
CENTURY.
At Nottingham, Yorkshire beat the home county by nine wickets.
Notts batted first and their effort reatised 201,runs, Bowes taking wickets for 80 runs, and when York shire went in, they declared at 204 for the loss of 6 wickets. Percy Holmes played one of his typical innings for 133 runs.
deadly forin with the ball, Notts With Robinson (7 for 27) in
could only garner £5 runs in their second effort with the result that Yorkshire wiped off the deficit for the loss of only one wicket.
Tho scores were:-
tied with Hedley and N, Mac-
0-6
lost to Mrs, Dork and Col.
Robinson
4-0
bent Mrs, Keary and Capt.
Lockner
£17
0-3
Dacre, 00.
beat Mrs. James and Capt.
Anderson
Mitchell, 6 for 70.
7-5
Derby, 1st innings
210
Goddard, 8 for 79.
Notts, 1st innings
Gloucester 2nd innings
101
Derby, 2nd innings
180
Parker, & for. 04.
Bowes, 7 for 80. Yorkshire, 1st innings
(3
wicketa, declared)
Holmes, 133,
HARTS v. SOMERSET,
Notte, 2nd innings......
05
Robinson, 7 for 27.
0-3
Yorkshire, 2nd innings (for 1
wicket)
03
"
University
P. Oivil Service,
At Pokfulam the undergraduates beat Civil Service by 8 acts to sot,
The scores were:
A. da Silva and L'Oppenheim, (E.K.U.): M
beat Omerod and Evans
beat Matthews and Best
Miss Dalziel and E. V. Fincher
(K.C.O.):
lost to Mrs. Dork and Robin-
son se
beat Mrs. Keary, and Lock
nert
beat Mrs. James and Capt.
Anderson
Mrs. Kew and A. E. Guest
(K.C.C.):
beat Mr. Dork and Robin-
0-1
Bed
beat Mrs. Keary and Capt.
Lockner
4
7-3
7-B
beat Burnett and Old... 8-1.
Al Taci and H. P. Kho
H.EU.)
tied with Omerod and Evans 6-0 beat Matthows and Beat 01 beat Burnett und Old
3-0.
P. P. Kho and Khỉ HỒ. Lo (HK.V.):
beat Omerod and Evans beat Matthews and Bost beat Burnett and Old
K.LT.O v. Deutsche Club.
0-0
On their own ground the Kowloon Indian Tennis Club defeated the Deutsche Club by 7 sets to one, the other set being unfinished to failing lightVG
The scores were:-
beat Mr James and Capt.
Anderton
Recreio L.E.C,
On their own ground the Club de Recreio lost to the Ladies R.C. by seven sets to two:
The scorca wero- Barretto and Miss Ribeiro (Re-
creio) :=
lost to Humphreys and Miss
Thompson
beat Etherington and Mrs.
Kerrick
tied with Armstrong and Miss
Stafford-Smith
Feroz Ali and Firdos Khan (K.I. creio) dagva N
T.C
beat Neidt and Saltau
beat Ortlepp and Schmidt
6-4
beat Fischer and May
6-3
H, Mahan Singh and 14. A.- Khan
(K.LT.O)
beat Neidt and Beliku 64 tled with Ortlepp and Schmidt beat Fincher and May 2ák 6-0.
Capt. Gore and 8. R. Salleh (KL
lost to Neidt and Boltau beat Fischer and May
3-0·
(0-0
Yvanovich and Miss Botelho (Re-
lost to Humphreys and Miss
Thompson.
2.0
46
KENNEDY AND WHITE BOWL
WELL
At Bournemouth Hampshire boat NORTHANTS », WARWICK, Somerset by four wickets.
Somerset had first innings but they could only get 119 as Kennedy (5 for 57) was keeping a vary, no curate-length throughout-To-this total Hampshire replied with 101, Farmer White getting & victims for 00 runs.
When they went in for the second, Somerset made 192 and Hampshire knocked off the required runs for
CROOM GETS ANOTHER HUNDRED:
201
204
· Ed, da Koza's diving exhibition was, as customary; of a high, stan- dard. In spite of this, however, there seems to be some doubt as to whether he will be included in the interport team, as there is a very strong idea that no matter how good our representatives will prove. to be in diving, they will not have. any chance in Shanghai and the inclusion of a competitor who unwise. However, if one considers specialize in diving, la considered the matter closely, t becomes evi- diver in a team of all-round talent dent that to leave out the best, is also unwise and Ed. da Roza should be one of the first to be chosen for a place in the interport
team.
Lawrence is sure to represent Hong Kong in both the 50 and the. 100 yards race and he is in such grest - form at the moment that Hong Kong's, chances; of carrying off these events are indeed good. Who, the second string will be will depend on the committee's choice. but one feel that the inclusion of either Leung Sui Man or Gitting" specially to awim as second string to Lawrence in the short distance events would not be unwise. Re- garding Leung Sui. Man, readers. will find some mora below. Gittins is as good as any, other swimmer, after Lawrence, over the 10 and the 100 and if he should prove to be any good at all in the 220 and the 410, he is a valuable unit in the team, inasmuch as he can be relied upon to swim second string in several events, besides being sure" to agure in the team race.
At Peterborough, Warwick beat Northamptonshire by an innings
Roza Pereira won the 100. and seventy runs, an Ad yards backstroke event in excellent Warwick took first knock when and convincing manner and while they compiled 328 ruas Croom one congratulates him on his distinguishing himself with a well-success in developing this stroke, played 105. Northants replied with one, cannot but feel sorry that the 119 only 174 runs and were consequently event has fallen to him, because be forced to follow on. This time they is sure of going up North with the fared oven worse for Pains (8 for team in any case. Pereira, if all 44) was in fina fettlo with the ball reports that I have heard about 192 and they were all out for a paleyhim is correct, is untouchablo over
82 LA
J91
The scores were Warwick, lat innings
Croom, 100, Northants, 1st innings Northants, 2nd innings
174
the loss of six wickets....... The scores were imm: : Somerset, 1st innings Kennedy, & for 57. Hampshire, 1st innings White, B for 89. Somerset, 2nd innings Hampshire, 2nd innings (for,
6 wickets).
121
BUSSEX v. LEICESTER. -
TATE AND BOWLEY IN FORM:
At Brighton Sussex defeated Lejonster by 184 runs. ga
Sussex fared nono' too well when they took first knock, being all out for 155 runs but thanks to 'fine piece of bowling by Tato (3 for 24), Leicester were only allowed to mako Rain interferred seriously with the above match at the Oval with 66 in reply ****In Zach Secuno zaude BURADAoit is that we boubam clared at 265 for 8, thus leaving doned, each side getting four Laicester to make 355 to win. This points. No play was possible after was beyond them, however, for their Lancashire had got together 153 for Inst wicket foll when the total stood in the first day, by
lost to Etherington and Mrs.
Korrick tled with Armstrong and Miss 12
Stafford-Smità:
Remedios and Miss
*
40
... 0-3"
(Recrolo) -
Osmund
lost to Humphreys and Minn
lost to Etherington and Mrs.
Kerrick-mennandini. Be7 last to Armstrong and Miss
Staner aith
'-0"
SURREY ». LANCASHIRE,
MATCH ABANDONED
the longer distances;- and as "súch
ho will be wanted for the 220,440, 320 and 880. He is also sure of a place, in the water polo team and that in enough work for any moni Loung Bui Man who came" in second, very close behind Pereira, ahould find himself amongst thorn. who sail for Shanghai in Septem ber, as a fresh Leong Sui Man in the backstroke is surely better than tired Rota Pereira. In connec tion with backstroke swimming, however, 8. H. Wong, the local record-holder-did not compete last Saturday, de baie understood tal for from being in top form. How- over, if Wong makes up his mind to swim the 100 yards backstroke, (Continued on näet Column.) li
In
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