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M.C.C. BEAT [DON BRADMAN BEGINS

SURREY

AS USUAL

GREAT FINISH AT

LORD'S Starts Tour With Big Innings

At Worcester ·

There was" stirring finish 离 Lord's to the match between the M.C.C. and Surrey. Actually the M.C.C. won by five rains, but

In. 1930, the Australians opened the season in Worcester "and" Surrey, set to make 168 runs in a Bradman made 236. In 1934 they opened there and be made 206, fourth innings, covered them-Now they have opened there in 1938 and he made 258: »

selves with glory, for they put up

a score of 480 runs, which is the fifth highest score ever made in a fourth innings during a first class match in England, says the

Times.

Overnight Gregory and Squires had done much to even matters up, 'but, Surrey were by no means out of the wood yet, for the MC.C. bowlers were DOW fresh.... and Surrey, with seven wickets stand- ing, still needed 180 runs.

The master passion of the crowd was to see the public enemy of England at the wicket, sven if their own county team had to be slaughtered to make a Bradman holiday. It has been suggested that the Hon. C. J. Lyttelton, the county captain, was influenced by this desire of the crowd in deciding to put the tourists into bat after win- ning the toss. If he did so, he may rest assured that he incurred no great amount of public cetisure.

"I am afraid this is going to up- In actual fact, Worcester bowlers ↑ were able to get a little out of the set hira," Mr. Jeanes commented, pitch in the early part of the game and he added that Umpire Baldwin and their bowling was excellent was fully justified. For some reason the wicket became easier as the day wore on, but the county dismissed three men for

"Why, you can see from the ring that McCormick was well over the crease, Mr. Jeanes went on,

Later

the afternoon MC-

10

However, Gregory, who was three runs short of his century, had seen enough of the bowlers 139 rung and would not have been for him to know all there was to Battered having five out including Cormick went on to bowl again know about them, and he soon (Bradman, in which case the Aus-He was no-balled another five "cut Smith square for four to take tralians would have been hard times in Ave overa.

his score to 102. Barling, for his part, made one or two streaky atrokes" through the slips, but he also made others which were extremely, good. and, having put

pressed to have scored much be- yond 200.

CRISP BOWLS WELL Crisp, Worcester's South African, his uncertainties behind him, he often had Bradman guessing with went for the bowling wholehear-a lot of admirably fast bowling tedly.

and, aided by some accurate feld-

In the Test Match at Manches- Įter in 1934, G, O. Allen bowled an

over of 13 balls.

There is no record of any bowler' in a first class match being "no- balled" 19 times in three overs.

TEAM SECRECY

The fingers of the spin bowlers ing. the Worcester bowling kept All teams, including Test teams. may been affected by the cold. Bradman in very subdued mood. to be kept secret until the morning but, whatever the Cause. they At the luncheon interval, Den had of the match, is to be the rule of appeared to be unable either to been at the wickets for nearly two the Australian cricketers of this spin the ball or 'to keep a hours and had scored only 37 runs. tour: length.

Though at the end of the day, This policy is of tactical value Among other beautiful strokes the crowd leaving the ground especially in view of the uncertain- Gregory made a perfect square talked solely of Bradman's bril-ty of the English weather and. cut of a short ball from Robins lance, as they remembered only therefore, of the wickets which for four. and Barling hit

an the player who scored his last 200 will determine the type of bowlers over-pitched one from Sims to-runs at a speed which would have they require. wards the Tavern for six.

WYATT'S GOOD LENGIIT

41

cone credit to a Derby winner, t was refreshing to those who think

At 366, when Surrey were only well of England's test chances to

LARWOOD FIT AGAIN Larwood is, it again. He has

99 runs behind. R. E. e. Wyatt see the world's best batsman of been bowling in the nets at Trent- was brought on to bowl, and in nothing to dominate the morning's bridge with all his old fire and his first over he had Gregory; proceedings. whose score of 130 included a 6 and seventeen 4'8 caught by Nelson at short square-leg.

Wyatt's bowling was sgood example of the value "of length as opposed to spin alone, and the Surrey wickets now began to fall so quickly that Barling. who had then made 74. must have. wondered if anyone would stay in long enough for him to reach his century.

accuracy and already the question is being asked, "Will he play in the Test?"

and

TUESDAY, MAY 24. 1938.

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PUBLIC. HOLIDAY

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The Branch Post Offices at Stanley, Talpo and Un Long will alsó have one delivery of ordinary correspondencë at 11 am.

The Money Order Office will be entirely closed.

Postage Stamps of the new issue HM. King George VI in the denominations 1 cent, 5 cents, and 2 dollars will be on sale sa from 24th May.

In order to assist Dealers and others who require considerable quantities of these stamps for "first day covers," supplies in com- plete sheets of 120 stamps only will be available at the Chief-As- countant's Office, 1st Floor, Post Office Building, from 4.30 pun. to 5.00 p.m. on Monday, 23rd May. The stamps, will not be valid for postage until 24th May.

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94th May

24th May

Aramia.... Canton......

24th May

25th May

Calcutta and Straits .... Calcutta and Straits Saigon............................. Haiphong

Straits and Europe via Suez (Let- ters and Papers) London date, 28th April-and London parcels London date, 25th Apri.................

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Shanghai and Foochow Japan and Shanghai... Japan

McCORMICK NO-BALLED The most amazing scene took It is generally believed that although Larwood will not com- place at the opening of the Wor- cester innings, 'McCormick, the mil himself, be will be glad to fastest bowler sent from Aus-

wear an England cap again. Larwood tralia since the war, ́ was no-

has tested his ankle does not balled eight times in the first very thoroughly over, nine times in the second think there is any danger of is and twice in the, third. Then letting him down again.

"I shall bowl in my old style," he Don Bradman took him off. McCormick, who is 31, is Austra-said after a spell of practice, in ER. T Holmes was bowled lia's bowling star. He made his fact, 1 am just the same as I ever Japan was, except that I am a little Straite hitting wildly across a length debut against England at Bris- older-but

worse for

ball, and H. M. Garland-Wells bane in 1938 and got a wicket with

a straight yorker. the first ball of the match. played late at F. R. Brown was soon caught at the wicket, and so Surrey with seven wickets down still needed 69 runs

"IT WILL UPSET HIM” Mr. W. A Jeanes. the Australian' manager, rashed over to the Press

Watts, Burrey's last real hope, Box to find out how many nu then joined Barling and a very balls McCormick had delivered. good hope

he proved to be, Barling took his score to 103 with

a beautiful square cut for four, and when he left, having hit a

8 and nineteen 4's it was" once

again anybody's game.

LAWN BOWLS Results of the matches on the

Brooks gave the M.C.C. bowlers Recreio Green were:-

no trouble," but Gover, meeting F. E. E. Booker and R. Ellis beat the good balls with a straight bát |A. T. Lay and A. Hyde Lay, 18-17. and hitting the bad ones hard

J. M. Jack and V. C. Labrum beat

towards mid-wicket, stayed in V. Petherick and T. Ferguson 22-18.

that."

none the

ZEEBRUGGE BELL RUNG AT DOVER

Admiral of the Fleet Sir Roger Keyes attended a service recently at St. Mary's Church, Dover,"held to commemorate the attack, on

Airways Plane Emp. of Japan........... Santos Maru...... Fres. Doumer..... Hofhows Kanchow..

Kweiyang....

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25th May

25th May

25th May

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28th May

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18th May

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27th May

Kamo Maru...................

97th May

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27th May

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Japan and Shanghai. Canada, USA., and Japan (Seattle

date, 11th May)...

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Sist May

31st May

Pres. McKinley...

31st May

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For

TUESDAY

Zeebrugge on St. George's Day 20 Sariahul and Wuchow...

Haiphong, Batavia and Sourabaya" year ago.

Accompanied by the Mayor of Kongmoon Dover, with members of the Cor- Halphong

Holhow and with Watts until the luncheon

Surrey were then only L Jack and A A. Dand beat Jporation and senior naval interval.

military officers. he afterwards to the Town Hall, proceeded where the Mayor tolled the Zee- brugge bell, which was used by

13 runs behind, but eight runs Orem and W. Malt, 24-21. later the tireless Stephenson won

•

The match between M. 7. Adal match for the MOC. and A. R. Dallah and E. W. Lines bowling Gover.

and R Duncan was postponed.

the

TITLED PEOPLE GO IN FOR ILLEGAL SPORT

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10.00 AM

10,00 AM

10.30 AM

Fer

Date and Time

Tat Ming.. Tjibadak. On Lee. Muinam..

Haldis

Tuesday, 24th

8.15 AM

9.00 AM

Air Mail for “K.L.M. Airways Direct Service"-due Amsterdam, 5th

G.P.O. & K.F.O.

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June

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*11,00 AM

The party then visited ઇ.

town by the late King of the Swatow, Amoy and Foochow ...... Be-glans through. Sir Roger Keyes. Foochow and Tientsin

the Germans on the Mole to give Straits and Calcutta.. warning of. British sea and air Shanghai, Japan and Europe via

Siberia spr raids, and was presented to the

Süisang.

Urd.

Noon

Noon

Aramis...... Hattan.... Norviken.

Noon

Noon

KEO

Reg., 24th Noon

James's Cemetery and lald

wreaths on the graves of the men Air Mail, for Wuchow, Kweiyang and Chungking by the "CNA.C. who lost their lives in the expedi-

Airways Direct Service.”

Distinguished and titled people that it is extremely difficult to at Home, who "are known to sup-time a raid when fighting is ac- tion.

A civic service in commemora- port cock-ighting." are to be tually going on,

WEDNESDAY exposed at the earleat opper- "Only about 10 days ago we had tion, of those who lost their lives tunity.

arranged a raid on a main which in the Zeebrugge rald and while Samshul and Wuchow... That threat is held out by was being held in the Midlands. serving with the Dover Patrol was Kongmoon...

"Owing to one trivial little in-held in St. George's

Church, Manila Captain Fergus McCunt. chlet

cident, which aroused suspicion, Canterbury, in which are pre-Hothow, Pakhoi and Haiphong....

served the flag which gave the Shanghai a the whole thing was called off.

secretary of the R.S.P.C.A.

C.N.A.C. Plane

11:00 AM

Ori. 94tu. Boon OPO Reg 24th Noon Ora, 85th 6.00 AM

Wed., 25th

fr 8.15 M

Kongso.... Fook 'On... Thurland Castle.. Szechuen. Antenor.

10.00 AM

11.00 AM

Noon

1:30 PM

2.30 "PM

5.00 PM

After Investigations over

"Not long ago a big main was signal "St. George for England" at Swatow, Foochow and Tientsin...... Yunnan. number of years by the society's

and teak salvaged Japan plain-clothes squad, a black list fought in Calais. Within 24 hours Zeebrugge, has been tabulated-a list of we had the names of every British from HMS. Vindictive. there.

The Mayor and Corporation at- them many of people who tend their names to person

people of the highest social pcal-tended in state, and an address the legal sport.

tion

was given by the Rev. A. Sargent. Chaplain to the Archbishop of Canterbury.

rather The position is

re- markable," Capt. McCunn reveal-

"We not only had their names, ed. "We know all the people who but their autographs on a menu support, cock-fighting: we know card, but we could do nothing.

where it is carried on; and we know the people who breed the fighting cocks.

· RAID DIFFICULTY “Our dificulty is to raid a main when cock-ighting is taking place. "I know that in a house within

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BRITISH LEGION SERVICE

SECRET PLANS "We now have a secret plain- Major Astor, MP. president of Dover and St. Margaret's clothes squad at work, and we the have evolved plans, which must branches of the British Legion, remain secret, for preventing most took the salute at the annual of the big mains.

service arranged by the St. Mar

Mausang.

Aiz Mail for Slan, Lanchow and Chengtu, etc. (vis Hankow) by

the "Eurasin Airways Service" (To further points by, surface transport as Services permit). Eurasia Plane

G.P.O. & H.P.O.

Beg.

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Ord..

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KPO

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Air Mail for Manila, Guam, Hano- lulu and U.S.A., by the "Pan American Airways Direct Service" Pan-American

de San Francisco, 2nd June.

Airways Plane

THURSDAY samshui and Wuchowe "I think we can say now that garet's branch of the Legion, held Sandakan...

no cock-fighting will take place in at the Dover Patrol Memorial, Shanghal and Japan.........

Chung On Tal Beun Hong..... Rajputana.............. Fooshing.

a few hundred yards of my own this country on a large scale. Leathercote. Point stan Straits, Ceylon, India, E. & 8, Af'ca Santos Maru..

headquarters in Jermyn Street, "In most of the society's activi- Legionaries with their

attended' from cock-fighting is carried on, but I tles we have the public with us. dards

many cannot gate-crash the house with People in high positions are people branches.

The service, was conducted by a squad of inspectors. I must in- we look to for help, which we get.

the Rev. F. J. Cartman - and the form the police and give them but in cock-fighting it is not so. precise information.

Titled people who are no more music was led by the bands of the "Cock-nghting is peculiar in than distinguished blackguards Royal Marines (Deal) and the 4th that it doesn't require an area or lend their names and their post-Staffordshire Regiment (Dover), a field. It can be carried on in tions get away with its Among those present were the a house, but it is all done so "But they will not do so very Mayor of Dover and several sur

vivors of the Zeebrugge, attack! secretly and with such great care much longer."

Gra 25th &.00 FX

EPO.

Rag, 25th 500 PRE... Ord. 26th 8.00 AM

Thursday, 281k

8.10.AM

8.30AM

10,30 AM

Swatow, Shanghai and Tientsin.

1.30 PM

saigon, Ceylon, India. East & South

· Africa, Egypt and Europe via Marseliles-due: Marseilles, 2nd President June

Doumer

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