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WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER 6, 1939.

If the World of Sports &

FINAL TEST AGAINST AGAINST WEST INDIES WAS

DISAPPOINTING

LONDON, AUG. 23:--THE FINAL DAY'S PLAY IN THE OVAL TEST MATCH WAS SOMETHING OR AN ANTICLIMAX, WRITES A CORRESPONDENT. For thể match to be thoroughy-alive-it was" necessary that the West Indier should either score apaïe, and then vause English wickets to tumble or themselves get out quickly and for few more runs, leaving England to press for runs and a far towards redeeming a decision which would go some way

from convincing or distinguished performance.

LO TAK KUEN LO TAK KUEN CUP LEAGUE

"

TABLES

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Happy Valley AUSTRALIA

Golf

The following are the results of the Royal Hongkong: Golf Club's competitions played at "Happy Valley:

The following are the standings in the Lo Tak Kuen Cup League- LO. LEAGUE

Second Summer Singlès (Semi- PW D L F A Pie Finals): G. T. May (13) beat J. Wing Fat Hak 3 3 0 0 1 1 6 Linakes (14) 3'up; and J. W. Way- Kin Nal......

4 2 1 1 7 8 5 bew (8) beat N. J. Bebbington Kwo Chot 2 2 0 0 9 3 4 (15) 3 up and 1. Chung Sing... 2 2 0 0 5 1 4 31 11 5 4 3 Ping Yeung

1 1 1 5 3 3

5 14 01 27.1

The West Indies duly got a good straighten "in the most disconcert-Luk Chi Fu.....9 many more runs than are normallying manner where all the others Sun Ching associated with their last four of the left-handers deliveries had Wing Nam wickets, and got these runs, more-been coming into the batsmen and Mo Fat over, at the rattling pace of 103 in frequenty rapping their legs.

the first hour's play of the day.

In retrospect, the major part of

the "day's interest was concentrated

BOWLERS NOWHERE

Thereafter it was all Hutton and KJ Kung in their first hour, with Constan-Hammond, with the bowlers no- Sai Yuen tine scoring eleven 4's and a

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CHAMPIONSHIP The following are the leading scores in the Championship:

A. McKeller

75+71-145 A, E Lissaman.... 75+73=148

3 0 0 3

3 0 1 2

3 0 0 3 1 9 0

J. T. Smith

73+76149

TAK LEAGUE

F. D. Hunter

73+77-150

P W D L F

A Pts

D. B. Edward

77+73-150

3 2 1 0 5 3 5

78+75153

79+75-154

-77+78155 75+82-157

where. More than once at the start Tsun Wan against the two English fast bowl-Hammond snicked the ball through Hon Ying and throughout the Tung Yee ers, who bowled all the time un-the slips

Hung changed, and were in the end-re-stand the ball was more often in

than

though Sheung Mo usual, duced to bowling without a single the alr

nothing quite came hand...

NA Fel slip.

With the close of the West 'In-

Grant made sparing use of Mar- But Ming dies innings two minutes before tindale and Constantine. Johnson Silva midday the tourists' run of success and Clarke bore the brunt of the almost ended. No one will grudge bowling, with occasional help It to them, even if, on reflection, from Grant himself and Headley.

"

4 2 1 1 5 4 5 3 2 0 1 3 3 4 32 0 1 5 3 4!

0 0 4 04

4 2 0 2 2 4 4 31 0 2 3 2 2

... 3.300716

It be considered that some of it The wicket which got progres-Fuet Sing .... was all but handed to them on ssively better the longer the match platter.

lasted. though it was never dif-

Tsimshatsui Kwan Sing

3 3 1 0 3 1 5

T. A Pearce

D. Humphreys

K. 8. Robertson D, S, Robb

J. E. Richardson 76+82-158 There were 30 entries.

CAPTAIN'S CUP

The September" Qualifying Round for the Captain's Cup re- sulted as follows:

J. E Richardson ... 76-868

(qualifies▸

4 2 1 1 9 4 5-follows: " 3.1 10 3 23

3 0 0 3 0 4

3 0 0 3 3 7.0

KUEN LEAGUE

P W D L F A Pts

gu Keung.

There were 18 entries. The Medal Round resulted as

D. Humphreys

75--0-66

4 1 1 2 7 8 3

(qualities

3 1 0 2 1 3 2 3 0 1 2 1 8 1 3 0 0 3 3 7 0

TENG LEAGUE

There were 25 entries.

P W D L P A Pts

3 3 0 0 5 1 6

4 2 1 1 5 3 5

When it was England's turn to cult at any time, would probably Dally Press... 3 1 1 1 1 13. bat, despite some. fresh life added have precluded a Anish in four

Tien Slug to the wicket by the application days. As it was the later stages Kwok Man of the Oval's heaviest foller, there of the play were somewhat unreal. Ling Kong ... never seemed any serious danger and the England Innings was de- of an English batting debacle. clared 10 minutes before time, Hutton and Hammond, in the when it was too late for the West course of a long partnership, arst Indies to go in again. placed any question of defeat be-

Lin Ying

Hammond got his runs in just Tsun Che yond the bounds of possibility, and over three hours to Hutton's Ave Foo Lun thereafter proceeded to enjoy an extended slice of excellent and en-hours, the latter hitting seventeen Wah Kiu... 3 2 0 1 4 2 4. tertaining batting practice,

HAMMOND HEADS BRADMAN

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REFLECTIONS

Coming together "with the score There was, however, ample time at 77, the pair added 264 runs for to reflect on what the West Didies the third wicket, Hutton's share might have totalled had Headley being 117 to his captain's 138. not been run out, and thereafter Apart from breaking the record to consider further the difference partnership of 282 for the third which the absence of Bowes, Cop- wicket in Test matches by two son and Verity made to England's runs, a partnership in which, in-bowling.

Cheung Hung: 3 1 1 1 1 1 3 Hak Keung... 2 1 0 1 3.2 2 3 1 0 2 3 8.2

PAK

Pun To Tung Yee Hung Sze.. Tai Chung

3 1 1 1 6 2

3 0 1 2 3 5 1 2 0 0 2 1 4 0 The League is organized by the China, Amateur Miniature Football Federation Hongkong Branch)...

PROGRAMME, FOR TO-DAY, SUNDAY Hammond's Test centuries now will scarcely be disputed any more

The programme of matches in stands at 22, to Bradman's 21. than that what talent exists has the Ld Tak Kuen Cup League for

Sealy and Constantine were had a very fair trial, One bad clearly' out for runs at a pace from match, and this was a bad one for the week are as follows:-

cidentally. Hammond had himself That there is a general dearth had the major share the tally of et bowlers of the highest class

1.

TO-DAY

5.30 p.m.-Luk Cht Foo v, Chung,

SUNDAY

the opening overs of England's England, must not be allowed to hardly tried" fast bowlers, Runs obscure the early season's promise came at the rate of 10 an over ut good and better things to come. Bing. from the first four overs."

On record, experience in the At 434 Sealy falled to loft mid-

shape of Goddard, and youth in 8.30 a.m.-Hak Keung v. Chung off and thereafter it was all Con- the person of Wright, have both Hung. stantine, though the runs scored had a generous trial without solv- by Martindale, Clarke and Johning England's bowling problem of Sze. son scarcely represent the value of their contributions to their side's seriously looking like doing so.

9.30 a.m.-Tal Chung v. Hung

10.30 am-Silva v. Tsun Wan.

total, easily the highest ever made The batting is quite apother 3 p.m.-Wing Nam v. Mo Fat.

The material at the dis-1 4 p.m.-Tung Yee Hang v. Na in a Test match in England by a story.

posal of the selectors, both "in Fel

West Indian teami

Nichols and Perks continued to quantity and quality, may prove! 5 p.m.lu Keung. v. Kwan ttack the stumps, which made almost embarrassing.

unnecessary for Constantine to

reach for his runs,” Constantine

Bing.

wisely divided his scoring strokes U.S. BASEBALL RESULTS

between the "off and leg sides where earlier in the season he had concentrated solely on the leg

side. One colossal blow from his bat cleared the longest boundary between long-on, and mid-wicket!

at the Vauxhall end,

OILANCES NOT TAKEN

On more than one occasion a

NEW YORK, Sept. 5" (Ret- ter)-The following games in the Major Baseball League were played yesterday:

-1

NATIONAL "LEAGUE

speedler and more certain fields-Philadelphia

man than Wright would have, New York

caught him off Nichols' bowling

AMERICAN LEAGUE

New York. Philadelphia

R.

EL ¡E.

8

1

B 6 3

Nagel and Lodigiani homered for

R. H

E the Athletics,

0 5 21

10

14

2. Washington

Boston

and most assuredly have got a ⚫ Dänning homered for the Giants.

hand to the ball, and Compton atj

the other end should

certainly Boston

have caught him off Perks (1

Brooklyn

But mibor, Blemishes apart, Con-

∙stantine's was a splendid effort, as}; Biste and West homered for the pleasant to watch as it was power-Braves and Koy for the Dodgers. ful and delicate by turns

The innings was only ended by Chicago

a running catch by Wood half-Cincinnati

Pittsburgh

7 B

Foxx homered for the Red Sox.

9

5

Greenberg hornered for the

New York

4

11 4

6 11 4 St. Louis

Detroit

Tigers.

2 10 1

:, 8

€. 6

way to the boundary

1 Philadelphia

catch in St. Louls

4

10

0

cidentally as excellent as it was

St. Louis

McGee pitched for the

Car- į Detroit

Greenberg

6:

unusual for a wicketkeeper. ›

At the start of England's innings dinals and Mize homered.

on occasional ball rose, and nel Cincinnati

ther Keeton nor Hutton was quite St. Louis

at ease. The ball, however, which

1. Tigers

homered for the

# 11 2 Game was called in the eighth innings owing to darkness and it will be replayed to-day,

mnings for replay to-day.

broke the partnership and Kee- Mize homered for the Cardinals ton's wicket was almost a shooter, and game was called in the minth This was with the score at 39, and the accuracy of the West Indies bowling deferred the hoisting of the first 50 until play had been in progress, 65 minuter.

Philadelphia New York

Marten homered for the Phillies. Washington

10 12

The game between Chicago and Cleveland was marred by rain. and was called when Chicago was leading 2-0 in the set innings.

Boston

11

Estaleita hdmered for the Bena- tors and Cronin for the Red Box

Hutton hád skled a no-ball to mid-Chicag

Top Oldfield was out off Johnson's

Chicago

10.

next delivery, which looked to Herman homered for the Cubs,Cleveland

Oldfield again played confident Boston ly, driving his Ball for four past Brooklyn fextra cover, but after lunch, when Pittburgh

WINS DAVIS CUP

Ladies Golf In Hongkong

The following are the results of the August Competitions of the Ladies Section of the Royal Hong- HAVERFORD, (PA), Septong Golf Club:

Captalir's): Cup:

5 (Reuter)-Austrails won, the Davis Cup by three mat-sherry 115-32-83 ches to two

Quist (Australia) beat Riggs (U.S.) 6-1, 6-4, 3-6, 6-4, and Bromwich (Australia) beat Parker (U.S.) 6-0, 6-3, 6-1.

Sporting

CADDIE'S PART

IN GIRL GOLFER'S WIN

Not a little of Miss Joan Lewis's: Mrs. Psuccess in the Victorian and Aus- trallart women's golf champion- ships was due to her ordile, Roy Richards, she disclosed when she returned to Melbourne.

LG.U. Medal Round August. Old Course: Fapling.Silver Division. Mr. W.JB: Mickanste 1027

Richards has caddied for Mias "Happy Valley Medal Pool; 10 Lewis in all her important engage- entries only. Competition can-ments for the past year, and after celled.

her win in the Victorian cham- Autumn Meeting Deep Water pionship. be announced that he Bay, on Sept. 19:

her "do the was going to see

Con-double.".

Tombstone Competition. ditions:-18 holes medal play. 3

Fixtures handicap allowed, only two clubs

TO-DAY

BADMINTON, — Cathedral

Badminton, 8 p.m.

¿BOWES.—Singles Final: U

The significance of this remark- may be used one of which must did not strike Miss Lewis until she be putter Nine holes may besired at the Kööyanga Golf Club- played in the morning and the in Adelaide. Richards, to her sur- Hall other nine in the afternoon. No price was already there, and had

starting after 10 am, until after been booked to her by the caddie M. the driving approaching And put-master (Club de ting competitions have finished

Omar v. AR. Dallah Recreio), 4.30 p.m.

Driving. Approaching and Put- LEAGUE TENNIS.. -- A Division

ting: To start at 10.30 am, and Chinese- v. Indians Hongkong į continue until 1230 p.m. c. C. 5 pm.

TOMORROW

Miss

A week or so before the Ans- tralian championship meeting, Richards hitch-hiked to· Ade- laide.

The more widespread nature ofi Richards, who knows HOCKEY: Annual meeting, Hong- military service has led to the Lewis's shot-making capacity so kong Hockey Association. St. Football Association partly waiv-| well, is a shrewd judge of courses „Andrew's Hill), 5.30 – jám.

ing their Rule 33. This is to the and distances, and it was not long FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER. 8 effect that no club shall register before he had summed up the in- BADMINTON—YMCA Badmin-as a professional player any mantricacies of Kooyonga, his advice

tan, iri, the West Lounge, 8.30 serving with the regular forces.

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YMCA. Mixed and air force reserve are now to the Victorian girl in winning for first Australian championship Swimming, 6 p.m.-.

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