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ENGLAND FARES WELL

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IN SECOND TEST

Unfinished Century By

Walter Hammond

GREAT SECOND-WICKET STAND

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London, July 25,

At the close of play to-day In the Second Test match at Manchester, England held a lead of 30 runs with eight wickets In hand. All-India, batting first, scored 263 and England replied with 173 for 2.

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With the first wicket-down for 12 runs, Hammond, with Fagg as his partner, gave a brilliant display, the partnership pro- ducing 134 runs. Hammond was 118 not out at the, close, his score including sixteen boundaries.

A crowd of 5.000 was present in

.sutiny

the

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R. Meher Homii, not out .... weather when Maharaj- M. Nissar, e Hardstaff. b Robins kumur of Vizianagram won toss and elected to bat on a wicket which showed signs of drying,

There

change, in the

was no

Ki

1.

Extra

Total

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13

1

203

HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, MONDAY, JULY 27, 1936.

OLYMPIC GAMES

Students Welcomed In Berlin

* Hong Bona" Daity. Press" Special.

Berlin, July 24.

One thousand sport students re- presenting 34 nations have taken up quarters in the Holiday Campi near Berlin which is being held

POSTPONED

TENNIS GAMES

TO BE PLAYED OFF

THIS WEEK "

The Chinese Recreation Club, champions of the "A" division of

in connection with the Olympic the local lawn tennis league, will Games,

play the Kowloon Cricket Club Tuesday. This game was Among those which have travel-next lod many thousand miles are re-postponed from last Tuesday. presentatives from China, Argen- tine, Brazil, Haiti and India.

Dr. Rust. German Minister for Education, expressed the expecta-

tion

that the spirit of friendly understanding between the Nations engendered by the Olympic Games would continue long after they were over. The President of the Olympic Committee. Dr. Lewald welcomed the students in the name of the Committee and said he hoped all would take the best impressions away with them.- Transocean News Service,~~~

PROGRESS OF TORCH "Hong Kong Dady Prosa" Speciali

Soloniki. July 24. The Olympic Torch arrived here)

the heavy storm (Maharaj-on lime despite

(Mushtaq Fall of wickets:-1 teams. Hindlekar. who was All for 18; 2 (Merchant) for 67; 3 troubled by blurring vision in the (Amar Singh) for 73: 4 (C, K. left eye being advised to rest for Nayudu) for 100; 5 (Ramaswam!) a fortnight and replaced by Meher for 161, 6 (Khan) for 164; 7 (0.8.

for 181; 8 Lancashire | Nayudu) the 'Hom!!. Place,

player, WILS

England's kumar) for 188: 9 (Wazir AM) for that had been raging for the last League twelfth man, while Bannerjee - 190: 10' (Nissar) for 203. ed a similar position on the visit-{

ing side.

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DROPPED CATCHES

The match commenced with an epidemic of dropped catches, Gim- blett missing Merchant when he

24 hours. all shops and public places in the town were closed, the population thronging the streets. The Mayor kindled the fire on the Altar in front of the Town Hall, after which the runner went on toTM wards the Hungarian frontier.- Transocean News Service.

Bowling Analysis

! Allen

Gover

........ 14 15

0. M. R.

3

W.

.39

2

2 39

0

Hammond Robins Verity.

9 1

34

0

9. 1 34

2

17

# #1

4

4

0

15

1

ENGLAND

118

LORD BEATTY'S

39

5 LAST MESSAGE

2

had scored three runs and Verity missing Mustaq Ali, both off the Worthington bowling of Gover

After his let off. Merchant Gimblett. b Nissar.... blended caution with aggression. Hammond, not out but with the total at 18 Mustaq Ail

Fagg. Lb.w.. b Mustaq Al who had scored 13 was run out Worthington, not out Joined by Amar Singh. Merchant continued his cautious tactics and brought the total to 67 when he was taken at short slip by Ham-

Extras

Total (for 2 wkts.)... 173 2,500 Scouts To Hear

Fall of wickets:-1 (Gimblett)

mond off Verity. Merchant had for 12;" 2 (Fagg) for 148-Routes

scored 33 in sixty eight minutes.

Major Nayadu Joined Amar

Singh, but the latter was taken by Duckworth in Worthington's first

over with the addition of only six runs to the total, his own cón- tribution being 33.

With three wickets down for 73, the scoring pace slowed down in the face of accurate bowling... and after carrying the total to $104 Major Nayadu was-ib.w. to Allen.

AFTER LUNCH

SUGGESTED AIR LINE

FROM HAWAII TO AUSTRALIA

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The weather was glorious after Honolulu (Via Clipper Air Mali),

competition from lunch and the crowd had increased-Facing

at

to 8,000 when Wazir Al1 and least two other nations, the United Ramaswami continued their in- State may be expected to begin nings. The visitora brightened active preparation early next year things up until Verity took Ramas- for an air line to the Antipodes, in wami's leg stump, 161 for 5. the opinion, of W. T. Miller, super- Jehingir Khan Was caught by intendent of airways, bureau of air Duckworth after the addition of commerce. three runs.

Record

London, July 9.

On Sunday 2,500 London scout and guide commissioners, scou masters, and guide captains will bear the Empire Day message which the late Lord Beatty wrote as he lay dying, and which has been recorded by his son, the pre- sent Lord Beatty..

The occasion will be a special showing of the film "Rhodes of Africa for scout and guide officers arranged with the approval of Lord Chief Scout Baden-Powell the

who, having seen the film, deciar- ed that it was one every-one con- ufcted with scout and guide move- ments ought to see. Lord Somers, the Deputy Chief Scout, has ex- pressed his intention to be pre- sent. The audience will include Sir William Wayland, M.P., chair-

man of the Empire Day Movement,

cers of the Boy Scouts A350- ciation Imperial Headquarters staff, and leaders of other nation- al youth organizations

"Rhodes of Africa" will be pre-

ceded by the late Lord Beatty's

Miller is here to supervise re- C. 8. Nayadu and Wazir All car-colonization of Howland, Baker, ried the score to 181 when the and Jarvis islands by young Ha- former was beaten by Verity. 181 walians who will collect the first for 1. After scoring six runs the detailed terological data of the Maharajkumar was beaten by south Pacific. Robina, 188 for 8. Wazir All (42) He characterized this work as the the highest scorer for the side was first step toward an air line from caught by Worthington off Verity. Hawall to Australia which aeron-

mtasage. Another feature of the He played a defensive game after autical observers believe will short-

programme will be a short film his fine fth wicket partnership ly be developed.

showing Lord Baden-Powell, in- Some observers expect commer-pecting scouts in various parts of which produced 61 runs.... With Nissar caught by Hardstaff offcial companies to make preliminary the world "Robins, the innings closed for 203, overtures for southbound air mail contracts after presidential elec- tions.

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Great Britain and Japan are this country's leading rivals to open a new aeronautical pathway to Aus tralia, now already, connected with Europe by air.

ENGLAND BATS Gimblett and Hammond opened the innings for England, but with the total at 12 Gimblect was beaten by a straight one from Nissar.

Joined by Fagg. Hammond brought of some brilliant, and

British Imperial Airways report- powerful cover driving, scoring 62 edly is eyeing possibilities of a di- runs in Atty minutes, including rect Canada-Austraila route, via eight boundaries. The century went up on the score board after seventy minutes and Hammond's fourteenth boundary gave him the three-figure БСОТЕ in ninety minutes.

The second wicket partnership lasted 110 minutes until Fagg was 1.b.w, to Mustaq Alf, his score being 39 and the total 140 for 2. Ham- mond carried on his rock-like de-

il

Fearl Harbour feet air base, who expressed beller flying conditions southward "on the whole" were comparable to those along Pan American Airway's present trans- paclic route.

Milier declared such observations, Hawaii. Japan now linked with preceding a south Pacific the. Formosa, is believed anxious to ex- would eliminate the necessity for tend the system through the Philip.many of the pioneering nights Pan pines to the Antipodes,

American made in buiding its transpacific system.

American Interest in a south: Pa- cific system led to preliminary work last year which Miller said gives this country a marked advantage in the race for the Pacific's last great insular markets.

Several possible routes were sur

On the July expedition. Miller's' fourth in connection with this work, he will establish the first weather station at Pago Pago, des- | tined to become a terminus for any south Paciic line.

Coupled with the Club de Re- relo, the Kowloon Cricket Club are the strongest rivals of the Chineac, who have retained the title for the afth consecutive season.

This afternoon, the K.C.C. “A” team will meet the Chinese in the double League, which mixed should provide an interesting event for the afternoon.

the

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DAVIS CUP TENNIS

Challenge Round Started

Wimbledon, July 25, Great Britain, holders of the Davis Cup for the past three years, made a very satisfactory start`in the Challenge Round against Aus tralia this afternoon when H. W. "Bunny" Austin, No. 2 ranking player, 'swept Jack Crawford, ex- the Wimbledon champion, off court with scores of 4-8, 6-3, 6-1. 6-1

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Fred Perry, Wimbledon cham- plon for the past three years, gave Britian a 2-0 lead as the result of a 6-1, 4-6, 7-5, 6-2 win over Adrian Quist, the Australian cham- pion

defeated Having already "U.S.R.C. on their own courts, the Chinese are tavoured to retain the Dunlop Shield they won last year.

The following are this week's fix-perfect tures:-

fence in partnership with Worth-veyed. Hawaiian students, living

Additionally the colonists - will ¦¦ ington and brought the score to on Howland. Baker and Jarvis 18-take tractors to Howland and Jarvis. lands for one year, also collected islands to clear and level the coral- detafied surface weather data for 'strewn terrain for airports prepar the department of commerce,/ ing for the expected use of land

They will return in July after planes in the future. two months' absence to establish

173 for 2 when stumps were drawn Up to this time Hammond, 118 not out, had been at the wicket for 120 minutes and hit sixteen boun- daries

The following were the scores: permanent buildings and radio ter-

minals on the tiny equatorial is lands, Miller said,

ALL-INDIA

V. M. Merchant, c Hammond.

b Verity..!

· Mushtaq Ali, run out Amar Singh, e Duckworth, D

Worthington

Major C. K, Nayudu.. 1.b... b

Allen

Waar All, e Worthington, b

Verity

"O. Ramaswami, b' Verity

Jehangir Khan, e Duckworth,

b' Allen

C. S. Nayudu, b Verity Marajkumar of Vizianagram, b·

Robins140.

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He said the colonists will remain 13 "indefinitely" on the three islands, leading to belief the occupancy is 27 planned for between two and three

years,

All three equatorial islands have, been eliminated as possible sea- plane base points. Observers be- ileve a southern line will go first to Kingman reef or Palmyra is- and, approximately 1,000 miles southward of Hawall, and thence to Pago Pago. From there two routes are possible to the Antipodes,

16 The students will take theodalite either directly to Aukland, New instruments and other equipment Zealand, or to. Bydney, Australia.

42 for recording upper air readingsvis Buva,

40 which will be radioed dally to naval The latter route, described as pre- stations at Pago Pazo, American terable, will not be possible for Bameo, and Pearl Harbour, here. American companies without a These readings will complement change in the present Australian policy which prohibits landing of

a report made recently by L. R.W.

Stephens, then aerologist of the American aircraft on the island.

Austin's

backhand was under control and his cleverly angled shots

won many crucial points. His skillful lobs and drop shots caused Crawford great ari- xiety and caused him to tire quick-

MIXED DOUBLES LEAGUE (To-day)

b.

Recreio v. US.R.C. C.R.C. v. K.C.C. "A".

"A" DIVISION (Tuesday)

K.C.C. v. C.R.C. "A" C.P.C. "Ev. U.S.R.C. 1.R.C. v. Recreio. H.K.C.C. . S.C.A.A.

"B" DIVISION (Wednesday)

C.R.C. "E" v. University. C.R.C. "A" Y. C.8.0.C. C.BA. v. H.K C.C.

IR.C. v. Recreio

K.C.C. v. C.C.C.

"C" DIVISION" (Thursday)

K.I.T.C. v. K.C.C. "A" K.T.G.C.A. v. LR.C. University v. S.C.A.A." C.R.C. v. Recreio, C.S.C.C. v. C.C.C. K.C.C. "B" v. Army.

"D" DIVISION (Friday)

Army v. P.R.C. IRC, v. REC.

un The Australian, who was

the doubtedly handicapped by windy and rainy weather. WES I weak in his ground shots, but his

service was brillianı,

Apart from the fourth game, which he won on his service, Craw- ford won only three points in the whole of the fourth set. His mono- tonous neeting of-returnable shots staggered the packed stadium.

FORCEFUL TENNIS

Fred Perry vanquished Adrian Quist with forceful and dekhing tennis though his lost many points through apparent carelessness. His service was deadly and he had four aces in the Arst set.

Quist was steady in the second set in which Perry was erratic. Bath became disconcerted at be- ing footfaulted and Perry there! after applied pressure.

Rain interrupted play severa] times.-Beuter.

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