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CRICKET NOTES

CHAMPIONS STRENGTHEN THEIR

POSITION IN LEAGUE I.

Over the week-end there was purtailed programmas in the prontier Loague as the Kowloon 0.0., the

HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, FRIDAY, MARCH 10, 1933.

FOOTBALL

P.W.D. BEAT SANITARY DEPARTMENT

H. K. C. C. TENNIS TOURNAMENT.

GOOD STRUGGLE SEEN IN SEMI-FINAL TIE

HO KA LAU EXTENDS S. A. RUMJAHN

(BY SALADIN)

IN the first semi-final tie of the Open Singles Championship of the Colony, S. A. Rumjahn met and defeated Ho Ka Lau yes. terday on the Stand Court of the H.K. Cricket Club, and thus await the winner of to-day's match between M. W. Lo and J. A. Cassumbhoy to determine who should hold the title for the cur rent year.

Beautiful weather favoured the players, who found ground conditions ideal, the court being remarkably true.

The annual football match be "Benedicts" Hold" Bachelors "*"

tween the Public Works Department: to a Draw.

and Sanitary Department was play This annual H.K.C.C. game pro-ed at Happy Valley yesterday, and Royal Navy 0.0. and the Civil duced some high scoring and was Service 00 were unengaged, but left unfinished.

ended in a win for the former by the two games played have an imbatted first and were given a good quite exoiting, and the winning goat The Single neu four gonks to three. The game was portant bearing on the champion-start by Harley and Richardson ship.

The Indians overwhelmed who put on 62 in half an hour be

was scored after extra time had their hosts, Craigongower C.C. and fore the latter was caught in the

been played. Incidentally, all the resume their place at the head of slips for a fluky innings of 33. Ho

goals were scored in the second half, the table, whilst the University was most uncomfortable when fac

and the Public Works led at one gained ground by a narrow win over ing Duckitt and gave chances to Dept, however, retaliated and soor. time by three goals. The Sanitary, The Army at Pokfulam and are now Hancock and Owen-Hughes in the only 3 points behind the Hong Kong slips before being brilliantly caught

ed three goals in succession. The 0.0. with two matches in hand and by the latter at second slip. The undecided, and extra time had to game finished with the result' still. 1 point ahead of the Kowloon C.C. Goldsman dived and caught a low unplayed. From the start the Pub EXCEPTIONALLY GOOD DEFENCE WORK The revised league table is as snick with his outstretched hand. under:--

Pearce and Harley almost doubled the score before the latter was caught at mid off by Mitchell who clutched at the ball in front of his face. Pearce gave a polished dis- play and executed some neat leg shots und was finally dismissed by

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The most important league, next Saturday will be that between the K.C.C., and the University and on paper it svents that the former side will collect the full points. The other game is between the Army and the Civil Servants who will thus complete their league programine, The Army side strengthened by the arrival of Capit. Williams should beat the Valley side who will be further weakened by the departure on home loave of their outstanding bawler, E. B. Reed. It seems, thorefere, most probable that the unenviable position of wooden aponists will be occupied by the Cavil Service for the second season Tuning.

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lic Works attacked, ais! Bishop scored with a low cross shot. The- Sanitary Dept. then tried hard to equalise but failed.

The teams were:—

Public Works Department.

Moore.

A long hop from Duckitt which he Wood; Kerr and Hill; Logan, attempted to hit into Quron's Road Richardson and Bebbington: Dob he completely missed the ball howson, Patson, McBride, Bishop and ever and was out 1.b.w. aften giving his best display on the Club groun! Beck played on from Bishop and Marton after hitting tremendous sixer into Queen's Road was also

& victim to Bishop being well caught in the slips by Owen- Hughes, Hall Thompson hit the samo howler almost into the Naval Yard offices but was bowled in mediately afterwards by Lowe and the innings declared closed

was

with the score at 100 for 8. Bishop finished up with the best bowling. analysis of 3 for 13 but Duckitt who also claimed 3 wickets was dead out of luck and his final figures of 3 for 00 did not do justice to his bowl- ing.

Sanitary Department:-Fogwell; Reid and Champelowier: Hooper, Benwell, and Tablin; Gellatley, Braley, Seddon, Sullivan and Simp.

son.

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HOME FOOTBALL

SATURDAY'S. GAMES

7. West Brom.

Sunderland

77.

for losision on Saturday --

The following matches are down

FIRST DIVISION Aston Villa Bolton Huddersfield Chelsea Leicester Liverpool Middlesbro Portsmouth Newcastle Sheffield U. Wolves

. Blackpool 2. Derby

Arsenal

v. Manchester C.. 1. Birmingham

v. Wednesday

#. Everton

Blackburn

r. Lecds.

SECOND DIVISION

Indians Skittle Out Craigengower.

Owen Hughes and Mitchell open. This match played as the Valley to the bowling of Beck and proved to be a surprising low scor-

Richardson and the fast bowler ing one as the hosts were skittled from a rise just in front of the mado the ball rear very dangerously out by Pereira and Minu for the crease, a spot which Duokitt had mor total of 37 runs, no batsinen

found early on. Mitchell was never reaching double figures. The fast bowler sent down 10 overs and 1

at esse when theing Beck and was bail of which were maidens and off a humper from Book. Owen finally caught high up in the slips claimed 5 wickets for 10 whilst Minu hnd wickets in 10 Hughes was batting in quiet man. overs of which half were maidens bowled by Pearce who had taken nor but might have been caught and and condoded 18 huis. The first wicket fell at 6 and the and and the place of Richardson. Whitha.n 3rd at 10 and following this good on drove Beck twice to the boun start the Indians' fielding and at-dary but was then cleats bowled tack, gave absolutely nothing away fast bowler. Bishop opened his and Lowe was caught, also off the the rest of the innings was a merenrocessioni The champions and the wicket and then went on soors by a shot between his legs lost A Runjahn with the score mbat the match was won by caught low down in the slips by to score 22 before being brilliantly Tickets and concluded with the score at 30 for 4. In view of their Munro off Hall Thompson who Plymouth display it seems certain that Pereira had displaced Beek. Owon-Hughes Preston nel Mini will be serious contender swept. Pearce twice to the square Loke for places in the coming Interpart leg boundary but was caught and Tottenham

bowled by the same bowler after scoring 14 in a sound display.. Hay- ward was hit over the heart by a bumper from Hall Thompson but Aldershot Hancock in a stand which took the Bristol R. offered a stubborn resistance with Brighton score to 113. He was finally caught Chrift short ball from Lowson. in the slips off a wild swing at a Crystal Pal

Duckitt Gillinghan come in and scored a slow 11 runs Norwich

with Shanghai in November. Army Defeated by Two Wickets.

In this game played on the Uni Verity ground the bowlers held the upper hand for the Army wore chuelly indebted to Capt. Willinons for, tlici: score of 4 as the new opther scored 70 out of that total

Bradford Charlton Burnley

Manchester U. Grimshy

Oldham Nott Forest

2.

Falbam

r. West Ham, Swansea

21.

#. Southampton

Port Vale

r. Bradford C.

u.

7.

Bury

}',

Chesterfeld

2

Lincoln 0.

1.

Notts County

r. Millwall

THIRD DIVISION (SOUTH)

Q.P. Rangera Rending Southend Watford

# Northampton. v. Swindon

2. Olapton Orient 2. luton

#. Brentford.

4. Torquay

v. Bournemouth

r. Bristol City

4. Nowport ". Coventry "Exeter City

THIRD DIVISION (NORTH)

v. Barnsley.

Crewe

Mansfield

in his first league, game in the before haing bowled by Pearce and Colony. Ho scored his runs all round the wicket without a chanco bad light caused the termination of before being dismissed by Led

play. 1bw and the 5th wicket partner-

Sunday Game. ship took the score from 37 to 92. High scoring was the chief fea- A. T. Lod was the most successful ture of the game between the bowler with 4 wickets for 40 runs. K.C.C. and the University Past and Rodrigues and Ride gave tho Present, played, on Undergrads a good start by adding ground.

the Kowloon Accrington Oittins hit up 61 in R

Barrow 48 runs for the first. wicket, but foreing knock but I gather that

Carliste.. both fell at the same tcte). Gosano his innings was not without blemish Chester and Zimmern, however, carried on and the best innings was played by the good work, despite some excel-Gosano who knocked up 52 and was lent bowling by Garthwaite and undefeated when the innings was with the fall of the 4th wicket at declared closed with the total at 97 the match was still very open. .260 for 6. Reed (whose name is unknown to bowler met with any measure of

None of the K.C.C me) and A. T. Normanbhoy, how-success. Tho Kowloon's innings was ever, knocked off the runs neces featured by a bright partnership sary for victory, the former scoring between the Finchor brothers and a valuable 14 before being caught they were ably assisted by F. S. W. of Garthwaite and the latter was Smith. E. C. Fincher made 770 in- unbeaten with 10 runs to his credit oluding a dozen boundaries and his Garthwaite, bowled 13 over for 48 brother acored 53. Altogether over runa and 5 wickets but.. Mirehouse 480 runs were scored for the loss of was expensive and conceded 54 runs only 12 wickets, the match being ly 12 overs in obtaining his left drawn with the K.C.C. needing wickets. The small ground does, 58 runs with 4 wickets in hand. not favour the, slow bowler as the

F. ERRET.

writer knows only too well

~ Navy Win Again: ~

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SWEEP FRAUD RECALLED

BANGKOK REVIVES RED

CROSS DRAWING

*. Tranmere

7',

v. Wrexham

Halifax

v. Gateshead 2. Doncaster N. Brighton v. Hartlepools Rochdale

v. Stockport Southport Rotherham

v. Hull City v. Darlington York City

2. Walsall SCOTTISH LEAGUE

r. Morton Partick Hamilton

Aberdeen Ayr Un. Clyde Dundee Falkirk Rangers Motherwell

27.

v. Cowdenbeath v. Queen's Park v. Celtio

Hearts

St. Jostone 17. Kilmarnock St. Mirren

East Stirling 帜。 Airdrie

Srd Labark

RESULTS OF WEDNESDAY'S GAMES

(THROUGH PRUTBR'S "AGENCY]"

In their return game with the South Walos Borderere the Navy gained a decisivo win on the King's Park ground and dismissed the Army side, for 80 rans. Tha Border- ers, who wore without the services of Hamilton (held by quamatins re- strictions in Shanghai) and Stocker playing in the league game for the Army) made a good start but they Bollapse miserably against the bowling of Capt. Burnett and Sub-latest red cross lottery is due to cup games follow ALA Larkin. The former who has be drawn very soon now, and re-

Bangkok. The fraud in the last big lottery organised in Bangkok has not been forgotten evidently, and some people are still in goal for their part in that affair. The

LONDON, March 8. The results of to-day's lesense and

F.A Cup Replay

0: Darby *After extra time,

Scottish Cup Replays,

Celtic

played very little cricket this sea Boa, took 5 wickets for 13 with his high tossed slows and Larkin took 4 wickets for only 5 runs. Bonau who was the top scorer with for runs and Capt. Gottwaltz and Mr Extras: each contributed 13. Capt, Burnett incidentally register 2nd his first bat trick in local cricket. Despite the depression, more than Seedismissing Ford Tucker and Church with cauccessiva de balls. Chatel and Ronan, the opening Fowlers for the Borderers, met with miccess and the Navy had little difficulty in winning by 8 wickets. Odr. Tang and Lt. Fuller scor **35 Bad 21, respectively

cently there was a trial run for anyone who cared to go and see it. Sunderland

The method of drawing has been evoked by Mr. Pestonji, a well- known racing man, and the neces sary equipment has been made by the Bangkok Dock Co. Ltd The Motherwell trial seemed very satisfactory Hearts hall the "maney due has comalay It has been on deposit, whe Hong Kong and Chartered banks, Birmingham for they were able to offer more at- Everton tractive terms than the other ex- change bunks operating here for the care of this money bafore the drawing.

Rumjahn won in straight sats, 6-1, 7-5, 7-5, but the run of play and the defence of both players ex- was for closer and more interesting exceedingly well in this department ceptionally good. Ho showed up than the score would indicate, of the game, and, as the match pre- Ka Lau put up an exceedingly good gressed, despite Rumjahn's consis struggle, and fully extended the defence became better and sounder, tent barrage of attacking shots hie holder, who took as long as one and instead of weakening. He deserves a half hours to win the three sets. great credit for the pucky manner The Chinese at one stage led by in which he saved his apponents' 5-1 in the second set, and held set shots placed deep into the corners point on three or four occasions, of the court, often directed from forcing Rumjahn to draw on his volleys at the met. Rumjithn also resources to pull the set out of the had his share of defence, and work fire.. Ho also showed up remarked tirelessly for every shot, especial- ably well in the third set by draw-ly-Ho's forehand orces court drives ing level from 3-5.

which kept low.

Club Championship.

RESULTS

As I anticipated; the match pro- duced a long drawn out struggle, Į which might bave gone to five sets Denis H. Hazell qualified for the had it not been for Rumjahn's semi-final by defeating Day in ability to assert his superiority at straight sets. critical stages. Except in the open- and seemed to have recovered from He played soundly ing set, when Ho had not settled his lapse of last week. down, points were hard to win, and long rallies featured by fine retriaves kept the match interesting from the spectators' point of view. Neither player took undue risks, but both showed considerable en-. terprise, relying principally on placements to out wit each other, with the result that spectacular driving brightened up the match immensely, while their bard hitting was greatly appreciated by the gal- lery.

Smarter Tactica. Rumjahn emerged mainly because of smarter tactics

successful

The scores of yesterday's matches follow :-

Open Singles. Semi-final: S. A. Rumjahn bent Ho Ka Lau" 6-1, 7-5, 7-3.

Club Championship. Denis H. Hazell beat H. B. Day 8-4, 6-2

and slightly better stroke produc 6-0 tion In the latter department, he showed surprising improvement in

Handicap Singles "B,"

A.

H. Harbord beat Jensen 8-2,

Mixed Doubles.

his backhand, with which he drove, A. J. Stoker and Miss Hancock and placed confidently varying it (owe 15/2) beat C. F. Hyde and with cutting He strangely dis- Miss Halifax (owe 3/8) 7-5, 3-0, 6-2 played a distinct weakness at over- Ride and Mrs. Whitham (scr.) head work, which played a promin-beat L. Goldman and Miss Laing

(scr.) 6-2, 3-4.

J. A. CASSUMBROY who plays Lo to-day in the-

semi-final

ent factor in his success against E.C. Fincher last year in the final, so that Ho fed him with lobs, many of which the Indian sent tamely out of the court, He, however, worked out openings for attack very nicely, employing his backhand cut- ting to advantage, and advancing to the net opportunely, where be scored many points by dint of pretty valleys, at which he showed good judgment.

Chinese Reliable. `

On the whols Ho showed up splendidly against the holder in fora. He was unfortunate in strik ing form only in the second set, as in the first set he made numerous errors in an attempt to play him- self in. After that the Chinese proved to be very reliable, and earn- the determined way in which he ed the admiration of the crowd by outplayed his opponent in all de partments of the game to gain a commanding lead of 5-1 in the se cond set. In his progress. Ho placed with remarkable accuracy, and mixed his shots up so cleverly that during this stage he took the sting out of Bumjain's play. A little more enterprise, instead of remain-t ing steady to outplay his opponent; might have earned him the set. He did not despair after his unsuccess ful attempt, but went on to play an uphill fight in the third set when he showed considerable enter prise by gaining the net where he

a Albion Rovers 1 scored repeatedly by deadly volley

8 Kilmarnocking which gave Rumjahn no chances.

9 Hibernians

to retrieve. The effort, however,

-edmoma-trifluïtateras «heohad to- pull-up from 2-4, 85, but mucceeded

3 Aston Villa 2 in drawing level. Against a con- 6. Leicester

centrated attack in the following Kames, he yielded after some oppost. tion?

Manchester C. 2 Bolton

Second Division

Burnley

Fuliram

dard of play: proved to. the semi-Anal round:

V. R. Gordon and Miss Thomas (owa 2/8) w.o. from Dr. and Mrs. Valentine.

C. C. Stark and Mrs Stark w.o. from Clark and Mrs. Mackie,

'TO-DAY'S MATCHES

Opan Singles.

-Semi-final: M.-W. Lo v. JA. Cassumbhoy.

Club Championship. Waring Wood.

Handicap Singles " A," Bishop. Wood. Rido . Gamble.

Handicap Singles "B. Brydon v. Owen.

Commencing TO-DAY at CENTRAL THE PICTURE WE ARE PROUD TO PRESENT

HENRY EDWARDS ANNA NEAGLE

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