1935-08-21 — Page 11

THE FOURTH TEST

Great Recovery By England

ENGLAND.—First Innings,

Smith (D), e Mitchell,

Bell

35.

Bakewell, b Crisp

33

Barber, b Langton, b Bell..

1

Hammond, b Crisp

20

R. E. S. Wyatt, ibw (N])-b

Orlip

Leyland, Mitchell, b Crisp

3 53

R. W. V. Robins, b Bell 108 Vertay, lbw b Langton...... 16 Tate, e Viljoen, b Vincent * 34 Duckworth, Nourse. b

Crisp

Bowes, not out

2 ..0

Extras

13

Total

357

SOUTH AFRICA.-First Innings

B. Mitcheli, not out

2

E. A. Rowan, not out....

3

Total (o wkt.) bat-H F. Το

Wade, A. D. Nourse, K. G. Viljoen, H. B. Came- ron, EL Dalton, A. B. Langton, C. L. Vincent, R. J. Crisp, and A. J. Bell.

BOWLING ANALYSIS

"W

SLOW TO

AN EXTREMITY

The rumour that some kind of epidemic had broken 'out among the South Africans BLS the result of food poisoning was not confirmed, and this time no late change was necessary in the Eng- tund side. Clay was the man left ut, and it seems somewhat futile to ask him to travel, for the second time, some hundreds of miles on the oft-chance of the wicket sud- denly becoming of a character to suit is style.

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ABYSSINIA AND

ITS CURRENCY

Italian Bank's Monopoly

(Special Air Mail Servicë)

London, July 30. The Ethiopian crisis has drawn attention to the interesting fact that an Italian bank holds the monopoly of supplying Abyssinia with its currency.

TENNIS EXHIBITION RAISES $5,000

Kho Sin-kie Stars In Flood Relief Programme

Shanghai, Aug. 19. A handsome sum of abous $5,000 was raised for the flood relief fund as the exhibition at the Cathay Tennis Club yesterday afternoon when three Chinese and two for-

in the second set" which Carson won aga'n by the same score of 6-2, Khoo could only ottan the fourth, and six:h` gamës,

SPLENDID GAME

→Four tennis. wizards who have Actually, the Abyssinian talari elga champions met in two singles in some way been connected with and one doubles matches. A bly the Davis Cup gave a splendid crowd estimated in the neighbour- exhibition in the doubles match. hood of 1,000 enthusiasts attend-stick" Duff who had been select- ed, amongst them Mr. S. Y. Woo, ed to present Canada before he director of the Greater Shanghai

came to Shanghai, played in part-

are the well-known Maria Theresa thalers which for century and a half were minted in the Austrian. mint. They are huge coins, as big as the old English .crowns, and bear on one side the portrait of

Bureau of Social Affairs, his wife, and many prominent government oftefa's and business-men, 1740-

The start of the England batting was slow to an extremity England did not look like Engländ with Sut the Austrian Empress Maria elite nway and Hobby as a specta- | Theresa (who ruled from

-

nership with Lewis Carson, the coach of China's Davis Cup team. against Gordon Lum, the former

Kho Sinkle, one of the mem-Davis Cup representative, and bers of China's Davis Cup team. Kho sm-Rie: The Chinese pair avenged the defeat he had re-

took the first set at 6-3 but Duff ceived from the hands of Cordon and Carson retalated in the sec-. Lum, a couple of years ago at the and, to take the verdict by B-4. China National Athletic Meeting The Chinese were, leading by 4 to at the capital. by vanquishing his 2 in the second set when Duff. rival by 4-6, 6-4 and 4. In an- with his clean-cut volleys at the other singles match Lewis Carson nes and Carson rendering greas and manager of China's support, took four games in suc-

cess'on' to even matters. Davis Cup team, met little op- position from Khoo Hool-hye, the

The third set, which the Chinese sing'es champion of wau by 6-2, was played in semi-

dherwise Shanghai and only Chinese who darkness:

bitter has appeared on the Wimbledon struggle would have ensued. courts. In wo straight setts, 8-2"Stick" Duf d'splayed wonderful

the ex- torm and 6-2. "Stick" Duff

the net while Lewis Shanghat singles champion, and Carson was clever with his cross- Lewis Carson went down before court shots. Luta gave a fine Kho Sin-kle and Gordon Lum in showing and Kho Sin-kle was pair winning by 6-3, 4-8 and 6-2. "the doubles match. the Chinese undoubtedly the best of the quart- exte with h's deadly smashes ard

ricky change of pace.

tor. It was a' case of a new ren--1780) and the date 1780, while on eration at the wicket, and although the reverse side they have the Smith and Bakewell justified them- | Austrian double-headed eagle, selves as opening batsmen to the These Maria Theresa thalers extent of scoring 72 for the first arculate both in Abyssinia and in

other wicket, they seemed to be awed by many

of parts

North- the circumstances.

Eastern Africa and Arabia. The value The South African bowling. as

of a thaler is about two represented by Crisp, Bell, and Vin-English gold shilings. cent, may or may.

Although other nations tried to coach not be far

"talar!" superior to anything supplied by oust the

from North- the average county, but Bakewell

Eastern Africa

by introducing and Smith appeared to see in them rupees and other silver coins, he former 90 5

Something far above the ordinary. Abyssinians stuck to their tradi-

tional Maria Theresa "co'ns: '" Both, on their county form, are at- tacking

Three years ago a group, in players. They, have strokes, yet the first hour produced which a well-known British metal firm was represented, obtained the monopoly of buying all the thalers from the Vienna mint. sold its rights to a large Italian Shortly afterwards this group bank, which now has the sale of under its control. It is obvious thalets in North-Eastern, Africa that this might have considerable political importance

O. M. R. W 26 1 28 3 90 3 4 85 1

crisp

Bell

Vincent

****

28

Langton

11

0 50

Mitchell

1.

0 11 û

FALL OF THE WICKETS 1--71, 2-77, 3-123 4-132, 5-141, 6-246, 7-302, 8.-338, 9857 10

357.

England was made what on gures appears to be a splendid opening with a score of 357. But perhaps it is a little too early to be optimistic. Something exceptional

only 50, and Smith, who bits so hard and wisely when champion- ship points are being fought for was a very subdued player. He stayed for an hour and a half with Yet. by rule, he is a hard-driving only 35 to his name at the end. batsman,

Smith, has what is known as the So, too, is Bakewell, who, like

UNIQUE CEREMONY Before the commencement of Play Mr. S. Y. Woo, director of the Bureau of Social Affairs shook with Kho and Lum and perform-

must happen in the way of bowling two-eyed stance to a pronounced exports of Maria Theresa thalers ed a unique ceremony by hitting

-to bring victory to Englarid, but even the game ends in a dull draw, enough has been done to

nake one day in a Manchester Test Match, a precious memory Everything went right to hold the interest-collapse, recovery, back- to-the-wall batting, hard hitting at the right moment; In brief, cricke

at its best.

Li

It was a day of the sunsame and there were times when the Hight was bad but there had been no rain to put the wicket under suspicion, and badly timed strokes with hatsmen deceived by the night

rather than by any pranks of the

pitch caused most of the England

fallures.

Luck, for we most part, was un England's side. Catches were missed early in the day of a kind that are described as brilliant when they are made. and inexcusable. when they are dropped. Yet. In spite of these things, Eve batsmen were out for 141. With only an

degree, but who rectifies his origin al position by getting his feet in wicket strokes by the time that the the right place for in-front-of-the ball nieets the bat

The opening overs were full of hy presenting their bats in a mast adventures. The batsmen began the country. obliging manner to balls going

at

PORTUGAL DEFEATED BY JAPAN

Shanghai, Aug 16. The tle between Portugal and

Japan in the Rotary Cup tourha-

ment was broken yesterday

the first

when Sudo and Suzuki defested the Collaco brothers by 6/4, 8/6.. in the third match of round: This now leads Japan to the second round and she will mee: China on Saturday at the Shapghal Tennis Club, in the sin- gles and the doubles will be play- ed off on the following day. Great Britain will meet America with an identical programme this week end.

have appeared in

An Interesting point is that no

the statistics the first ball. At the conclusion during the past two years. The Mrs. Woo presented the handsome the necessary silver, to Austria, the exhibition. the trophies being explanation may be that Italy sent silver cups to the participants of mnted the thalers at the Vienna donated by Mr. S. W, Woo. Mr. mint, and that the silver then left F. Schaffer performed he duties

of umpire in an admirable man ner, officiating in all the three matches, which took about: three and a quarter hours to complete. He gave prompt decisions and re of them were in the slip direction: a partner "after his own merry matches, and his services were ained in his seat throughout the Bakewell had made only nine when heart. How cheekily they ran the much appreciated. Vincent should have caught him. short singles. This time Robins smith presented a chance at six. was not the bull-at-the-gate bats- had gained on the previously day him a second life. Each of these and a mis-hit low in the gully gave man, who has thrown his wicket was agreed upon to abandoned Japan showed confidence in

dimcult chances. but they were of the kind that must be held to win Test matches,

away outside the off stump, and his best devil-may-care manner. before the score reached 40. three possible chances were missed Any loose balls were adequately Each punished, and in Robins he found

were

away so often at'Lord's this season, He was a titter with a batsman's mind

DELAY THROUGH RAIN It was a very happy partnership

The South African captain was slow to make bowling changes of the enterprising kind. He began when they were not snapping up with Crisp and Bell; he put Vin-singles they were hitting hard in cent on for Bell at 20: he gave Bell many directions. When rain came a second trial later, but he did not cause a few minutes delay, they erratic-looking contingent to fol- { introduce the scheming Langton or had put on 89 runs in an hour, a. low, it was at that point that South the leg-breaking Mitchell It was pace for a Test match team at a Africa lost their grip on the game. THE FIELDING RATTLED

when Smith ficked at the off bail time of trouble. They began to Some free hitting and

ence too often that the first wicket score an eagerly as ever, when the fell. After a very cheeky running between

uncomfortable weather cleared, but probably they rattled the Belding, and H. F. Wade peals for 1.b.w, Barber, in attempt- beginning, which included two ap-

were not seeing the ball so clearly was singularly loath to experimenting a hook, skied the ball, and was

as previously.

with

some wickets

F

The four games-love which Kho

and the singles match between

Kho Sin-k'e and Gordon Tum started arev. Kho had a dying start, capturing the first two led down and took four games in games to love. Lum quickly set- succession to lead. Kho managed to reduce the margin to one game, 5 to 4 for Lum. Being favoured with the 10th game on his service of the opening set at 614 Gordon Lum was given the verdict

his bowling. Criticism of easily caught with the score at 77 captains nas always been a popup to that point the batting hart wide of the on stump, and was from one corner to the other at

lar amusement, but it did seam that an earlier

use might have

been uneventful

been made of A. B. Langton, and more work given to B. Mitchell.,; who was only allowed to send down way-house form

one over.

At a crucial time the batsmen were allowed to settle down before any change was made, and Crisp "and Bell and Vincent were used as If they alone were capable of tak- Ing wickets.

AN UPHILL BATTLE Fighting au uphill battle, Kho managed to win the two subse- quent sets at 6-4 and 6-4, Lum was apparently (red in the second set after Kho had made him run

the baseline. In the second set he score was brought to level on two occasions at one all and three all. The third and fleciaing set was almost a replica of the sec- ond, Lum levelling the score at one all and three all Lum was somewhat vexed by a couple of games in the second set when he had a good chance of obtaining .he lead.

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be a one-sided affair and Lew's Carson won from Knoo

Throughout the three sets play-

her tactics while Portugal-fell to pieces after her magnificent per- formance in the second set wher she lost after a hard struggle by 8-6.

Suzuki was definitely superior to the Portuguese representatives. E usual high standard but h's bro- Colaco played a game up to his ther did not give him sufficient support.

The combination of Sudo and

The second set saw Portuga grimly determined to make good the lost opening set, and the two Collaco brothers made splendia effor Dogged work of a fair standard, with 50me excellent cruss court play and volleys was witnessed but after the eleventh game, when the score stood at 5/6 in favour of Portugal, Japan went out for victory which she securer at 8/6.

The third se, saw a great falling away in Portugal's resistance to Japan's attacks, and Sudo, with careful piscinik was able, with the close support of Suzuki, to out play Portugal and take the non- ours 6-2...

Portuga is therefore eliminated from the series, and the remain-

really exelt ng games as the pick of each nation enter the contest,

%

Anyhow, Leyland attempted to cut a ball from Crisp that was well

"caught as a consequence. He had FINE FREE DRIVING

made his 53 in eighty minutes, an enterprising all-round innings. Bakewell was playing a half- After that it was mostly Robing of cricket. He Verity was content to look on in would start something

which admiration at the other end, and promised to be a forcing stroke, made only 18 in a seventh wicket change his mind at the last minute partnership, which produced 68. and suddenly check himself: Yet. Robins was 96 when the seventh now and then, he showed that he wicket fell at 302, and he had to remembers his scoring shots, even battle very hard for the femaining when playing for England. He runs. The gods were good to

The second singles match Not for the first time in his short contradicted his cramped-up post- him, for he was beaten several proved to career R. W. V. Robins came to tion at the wicket with the right times, and a great congratulatory Hoot-hye with ease. Carson con- ing matches should witness some England's rescue. He was, of knee bent so that it almost covers cheer went up when a late env course. selected for his bowling, the middle stump to the extent of brought him his century," but he entered when England were introducing some fine free swing- in danger of collapse, and he ing driving, but he badly cals-timed promptly proceeded to take charge of the game. Those eccentricities 4 in the long-on direction, after he brightest hundreds scored in a Test that have cost him his wicket more bad batted two hours and twenty-match for a long time-without than once this season were aban- Ave minutes for 63. His departure recklessness but tull of enterprise doned. He was Robins the cricket-came at a sorry time for England without apparent risk. He hit, er, not Robins trying to smite

Hammond had begun like the twelve 4's. Some may say that he everything.

great player that he is-and so should have played with the same For two hours he entertained the often forgets in Test Matches: discretion after he had reached his ble crowd, and turned the game Nothing better in cricket could be hundred, as before, since his side round in England's favour, It is a imagined than two boundary was by no means free from defeat, long time since a more popular 100 strokes that he made in the early but his last neck-or-nothing stroke has been made in a Test Match. part of his innings. They were, in was a worthy end to a joyous inn-

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ceded the first and sixth games in Khoo in the open'ng se; while

In the next over he was bowled by Bell after batting only two

a full pitch which he tried to hit for hours ror 108. It was one of the

"R..E. B. Wyatt won the toss for technique, defensive strokes. He inge, the third time in this season's four merely played back, yet his timing Tate, who was given an en- Test matches but the England was so perfect that the ball raced thusiastic reception, knocked up a batsmen looked upon the wicket to the boundary with the speed 34 which included seven 4′s," ang with a certain amount of suspicion of thought. There was no need died in an attempt to hit a 6, be- They went through that bat-tap- to chase it! But Hammond, once ing well caught in the deep field. ping pantomime, which is known more, only stayed to show how An easy catch at cover from a mis- BB" gardening." The suggestion magnificent he can be and how hit by Duckworth ended an innings was that the pitch had been a little bad he can be, for it was an ab- that had lasted five hours and five over-watered. Certainly, when the sent-minded looking stroke which minutes. feet of the bowlers kicked up the cost him his wicket, although he turf, the soll looked mud-coloured. touched the ball which bowled him, Yet it was the swing of the ball RES. Wyatt came only to go rather than any pranks from the under the thw new rule, and half pitch that got the English but the side was out for 141 Better men into early difficulties. Indeed, times, from England's points of It was more by Juck than Judgment view, came. When R, W. V. Robins that they lived through the open- entered into partnership with Ley- ing overs,

land. The Yorkshireman began in gates.

The South Africans opened their reply shortly before six o'clock, but bad light caused a stoppage after three funs, had been. scored, and at twenty past six stumps were drawn for the day.

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