HONGKONG DAILY: PRESS
COUNTY CRICKET Bad Start To Bad Start To Second Test
CURTAILED
Wet Grounds All Over Country
RAIN INTERFERES: ENGLAND 11 FOR 0 LONDON, July 32 (Reuter) Rain all over the country inter-
MANCHESTER, July 22 (Beater). rupted county cricket matches this-Rain practically washed out the morning, and in only four games first day's play in the second test match between. England and the was play possible before lunch.
West Indies which opened at Old Trafford to-day.
Following are close of play
scores:
Derby 162 for 7 (Smith 717, v. Somerset, at 'Derby.
U.S. BASEBALL
RESULTS
SPORTS
BRITISH WOMEN'S Home Cricket
MILE RECORDTM
LONDON, July 22 (Reuter) In the Women's Amateur
Athle.
NEW YORK, July 22 (Reuter)tic championships at the White Following are the results, of mat- City to-day, Miss, Forster of the ches played in the Major base Civil Service, won the mile in the
ball leagues to-day: '
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Surrey 231 Kent 18 for 0, Blackheath.
at
Battery: There was no play before lunch, the first ball being bowled at 2.15 Pittsburgh and, after England, sent in to bas Baston ...... on a soaked wicket, had put on
Hamlin and Todd.
13
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Hants 193: Leicester 28 for 1. Leicester,
at
11 runs without loss, play was suspended and eventuluy an-
Battery: Swift and Eenes.
Philadelphia...............
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Battery: bardi.
2 8 0" 5
Derringer and Lom-
Chicago New York
Northants 258 for 9 v. Worcester, doned for the day following fur- Cincinnati at Rushden.
There was no play before lunch
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ther heavy showers.
Following yesterday's .cloud- in the following matches:-la-burst, the weather was unsettled morgan v, Warwick, at Llanelly in the early morning, with the Gloucester v. Sussex at Bristol: wicket drying slowly. The outlook
v. Lancs, at Lord's: was poor when the Middlesex
gates were Yorks v. Notts, at Sheffield,
Commencing after lunch, Mid-for admission at their own risk.
opened, and a few hundred paid
diesex had scored 181 runs for three wickets at close of play,
Friday's Results
Yorkshire beat Sussex by 10
wickets.
31.
Sussex-156 (Bowes 7 for 51 and
Yorks-386 (Hatton 177; Nye 5 for 100) and 90 for 0.
Match between Lancashire and Essex was abandoned with Lanca-
Inspections of the wicket were made at noon and at 1.30.
Grant, winning the toss, pat England in to bat; it was now raining heavily again,
Play B*
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77
15 A
new British record mins. 15.3 recs,
time of
Miss Betty Lock, of Mitcham Athletic Club, won the 60 metres
in 7.6 secs, equalling the British record.
CUBA ONE - UP IN DAVIS CUP HAVANA. July 22 (T/Ocean)- Cuba won the first singles in her Davla Cup contest against Canada bere when Morales defeated Hall in straight sets.
Scores were 6-1, 6-2 and 6-2 Winner of the contest will meet Australia in the "Anal of the North American Zone.
Players Run Riot
GENTS' BOWLING
HIT AT TWOŁ RUNS A MINUTE
Players beat Genta by 160 runs
LONDON, July 8 - Grand-
features of the day's play at Lord's, rendered fn- teresting by declarations on the part of both captains, #25 the two-runs-n-minute stand by Denis Compton and,' yes, Len Hutton!
the
The youngsters carrying on- where they left off in
the. "Test match, thrashed Gentlemen's bowling
after Hammond had decided to let Players bat again—although his team were 112-runs be bind. Hammond's action was due to bat owing to having an injured left hand. It was quite obvious that. this amateur side could not in any circumstances give its
op- ponents 112 start and beat them in a day's play.
Galan homered for the Cubs CYCLING MEETING Stephenson being unable to
and Odea for the Glants
Battery: Passeau and Hartnett.
American League
Philadelphia Detroit
TA 18
2 6
Nelson and Hayes.
When play eventually began, j Hutton was sent out to open with Washington..... 11 Fagg. The pair put on 11 runs in Cleveland shire 267 (Peter Smith for 87) and 32 minutes, Hutton 6 and Fagg 2. following which there was a delay of 40 minutes when a steady drizzle Match between Warwickshire Middlesex abandoned with War-came down."
Essex. 80 for 5..
wickshire 55 for 0.
Seven more balls were bowled Match between Surrey and Gla-without further addition to the Boston morgan abandoned with Surrey score, before further persistent Et. Louis
rain drove the players back to the
123 for 9.
The attendance in the afternoon
Match between Worcestershire pavilion. and Derbyshire abandoned with Derby 338 for-8 (Smith-132),
Somersetshire beat Nottingham- shire on the first innings.
Somerset-186 (Gunn 5 for 85)
and 30 for 3.
Notts-168.
Gloucestershire beat Hampshire by 5 wickets.
Hants-103 (Scott 4 for 18. God- dard for 36) and 88 (Goddard 'ö for' 36).
was officially estimated at 11,000, of whom 6.797 paid at the tum- stlles.
The teams are
England-W. R. Hammond (capt.) Paynter, Hutton. Fagg. Compton, Hardstaff, Wood, Wright, Bowes, Copson and Goddard
West Indies R. B. Grant (capt.). Į 104 for dec. J. Stollmeyer, G. Headley, A Gomez JE D. Sealey, J. H. Cameron. L N. Constantine, A. Williams, E. A Martindale, L. G. Hylton and C.. B. Clarke.
Gloucestershire and 66 for 5..
At Lord's annual match between
and Army
Royal Navy was abandoned with Navy 40 for 3.
ENTRIES CLOSE Entries for the All Hongkong Cycling" Meeting to be held at Caroline Hill on August 4 and 15 close this evening." 0
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Hutton and Compton in their stand of 141 in
14 hours both showed great stroke control and o Tairly mastered some far-from-
bowling by easy
Farnes Stephenson. Their hooking
MONDAY, JULY 24, 1939. —PAGE 11
WEATHER REPORT
HONGKONG ROYAL OBSERVATORY
10 am. July 23..
Barometer (at sea level), 29.59 ins.
Temperature. 84 F.
Humidity, 80 per cent. Wind Direction, West,
Wind. Force (Beaufort), 2.
Temperature; maximum yesterday.
89 F
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75 F.
Rainfall for 24 hrs, ending 10th
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Total rainfall since January 1st,
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Against an average of, 18.77 ins Sunset to-night, 7.08 p.m. Sunrise to-morrow; 5.51 a.m.
4 p... Jury 23. Barometer (at sea level), 29.56 Ins. Temperature, 34 F Humidity, 79 per cent. Wind Direction, .W/N.
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St. Louis
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Compton nearly caught up his partner, who had a
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Battery:
Philadelphia
Wilson and Peacock.
Brooklyn
4 5
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dozen 4's. and Hutton two less.
Amateur, Handicapped
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4 Philadelphia Lodigiani homered for the Athletics and York (twice) and Rowe for the Tigers.
Battery: Benton and York. The game between New York and Chicago was postponed owing to Comesky's funeral.
Friday's Results National League
Pittsburgh
R. FL. E.
4 5 2
New York Chicago
Philadelphia Detroit
This game went to 11 innings).
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A FEW PIECES OF BLACKWOOD FURNITURE
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The amateurs, already handi- capped by Stephenson's injury.
treatment Bowes, pro- !! sumably led the Players dur- ing his absence, so Yorkshire
got the captaincy after all!
But for a very uncertain and succes-lucky innings of 60 by Bartlett,
Hammond seemed to throw
wicket away
"at once. skying a ball to the gulley.
soon after which Faynter missed a catch and reftred
yorked by Wright at 153 "for seven-after scoring all but 8 of the runs added for three wickets- and three or four good hits by Brown the remainder of the cricket needs no description.
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