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THE

SATURDAY, JUNE 16, 1928.

WORLD SPORT

COUNTY CRICKET

STRUGGLES.

(Continued from Page 1.) nings, four points going to each

side.

LEAGUE TENNIS.

CHINESE MAINTAIN UNBEATEN RECORD.

With the championship honours of the first division depending almost entirely on the clash between the Chineas Recreation Club and the The scored were:

Hongkong Cricket Club, the only two Middlesex: 435 for 4 wickets undefeated teams, yesterday after

(decd.)

noou's match on. the ground of the latter team draw a large crowd of supporters of both teams.

MERGER OF 200 THEATRES.

DEAL INVOLVING £8,500,000.

The long-expected merger be tween the Gaumont British Picture and. the General Corporation Theatro Corporation has been com- pleted.

An arrangement has been reach- od by which Gaumont. British has acquired the whole of the ordinary of the General share capital Theatre Corporation in exchango, for ordinary shares in Gaumont British.

By this amalgamation the control of some 200 theatres ia unified un der Gaumont British, which, with the Dunman Picture Houses and other associated companies, will form the largest cinema combine outside the United States of

America,

The total capital involved was Essex: 246 for 5 wickets.

The town lent hus been consider-slated by an official of Gaumont to bo appoximately Lee gave a fine display against ably strengthened this year by the British the diversified Essex attack, and inclusion of McEurchran from Can- | £8,500,000. contributed 105. His partnership Lon and Lieut. J. Hale while the with Hendren was the most fruit Chinese have suffered a depletion in ful for Middlesex,, Hendren main their ranks by the departure recently taining his brilliant form, and scor- of Yew Man-hit and the indisposition Ing freely all round the wicket. of Ng Sze-cheong. The visitors, as Hendren was not out when the de-a result, hud to call upon the services claration was made with 126 to his of two reserves from the Second Divi-

sion. credit..

Rai interfered with the normal course of the game, and Essex de- fended stontly on a pitch which should have been of assistance to

the bowlers.

MORE BAD WEATHER. Very Little Play in Yorkshire Match.

Run-getting was extremely dif- ficult at Sheffield were Yorkshire entertained the West Indies, and the match was drawn, Yorkshire were dismissed for 179 and the West Indies made 56 for the loss of three wickets...

SLATER BOWLS WELL.

Leicester Perilously Near Defeat,

Statement Promised. Lieutenant-Colonel A. C. Brom- head, the chairman of directors of Gaumont British, of which his is managing director, did not feel brother, Mr. Reginald Bromhead, himself at liberty to say what policy would be pursued in the man- the newly-acquired agement of theatres. A statement will, how- ever, be issued in due course.

The Chinese fully appreciated the difficult task they were called upon to face and from the outset they hard for every point fought McEachran and liale playing against the visitors wenkest pair in llo Ka- lau and Lan, Fok-ki bad little dith-

The General Theatres Corpora- culty in gaining an advantage of five tion was formed in March by Mr. games for the Cricket Club but on P. A. Szarvasy, with a nominal Another court Ng Sze-kwong partner- capital of £3,000,000, for the pur- el by C. Chon turned the tables chase of 5% London and provincial their hosts and equalised matters by taking eight of the eleven games from theatres, including the Capitol, the Palladium, the Astoria, and the Rev. Alexander and Lawrence, was left to the Lo buthers to give Holborn Empire. The recent re- the Chinese a three.game lend on the signation of Sir Walter, Gibbons from the managing-directorship first round.

had made some arrangement of the kind now greed upon Inevitable.

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pairing in the second round wag aven closer but the home team found themselves facing a deficit of six games when they commenced the final round. A queer coincident of The match was that the Chinese gained a lend of three games on each round, they eventually winning the match by the narrow margin of 54 games to 15.

An immediate result of the amalgamation, so far as London is concerned, will be that Gaumont British will have control of an im- portant central key-theatre in the Capitol. Hitherto the Marbla Arch Pavilion had been the prin McEachran and Hale (Hongkongcipal West-End "shop-window" for of Derbyshire, for whom Worthing-C. C.) lost to Ng Sze-kwong and C. the productions of their Shephered's

Choa 5-6; lost to M. K. and M. W. Bush studios. ton again batted capitally,

Another brilliant bowling feat by Slater placed Leicester in serious peril of defeat at the hands

The scores were:

Leicester: 120 and 144 for six

wickets,

J

Derbyshire 224 for 8 wickets

(decd.)

Slater proved almost unplayable in Leicester's first innings, and he Look 5 wickets for 29 runs.

Derbyshire, thanks to Worthing- ton's contribution of 121, the giant's phare of the total of 224, de-

The full scares were:

Lo 4-7; beat Ho Ka-lan and Lau Fook- ki B-3.

G. W. Sewell and A. D. Humphreys

(longkong C. C.) lost to Ng Sze- kwong and Chon 5-6; lost to Lo and La 1-7; lost to Ho and Lau 5-6.

Hlev. Alexander and E. D. Lawrence Just to Ng Bze-kwong and Chon 3-8; ont to La and Lo 5-8; beat Ifo, and Lau 6-6,

54.

Totals: Hongkong C. C. 45. Chinese

Clared when 104 runs ahead in the CHAMPION WRESTLER. hope of again securing the Leices- ter wickets cheaply,

E. W. Dawson's teain however gave an improved display and they were 40 runs ahead with 4 wickets in hand when stamps were drawn. Derby gained points for a lead on the first innings.

NOTTS WELL ON TOP.

Bad Weather Deprives Them of Success.

Notts made a great effort to force an innings victory against Hampshire at Nottingham, but were baulked by the weather. Hampshire entered upon their second innings and were at 18 runs in arrears with 4 wickets in hand when stumps were drawn.

The scores were:

Hunts: 253 and 116 for six

wickets. Nolts: 387 for six wickets

(decd.).

Larwood bowled magnificently in Hampshire's first innings, taking 6 wickets for 66 runs.

Notts gained a lend of 134 and declared, the side owing much to the display of Payton, who treat ed the Hants bowlers with scant respect and had made 129 without defeat when Mr. Carr declared..

VARSITY VICTORY.

T. C. Longfield Gives Bright Display.

Cambridge University defeated

!

HONOUR FALLS TO LOCAL POLICEMAN.

The champion wrestler of Hong- kong hud Kowloon was decided 'at a series of matches which were, held in a large matabed at the Mole Depot, Nathan Road, the day before yester- day, when Indians belonging to the Punjabi Regiment now stationed here met some of their countrymen of the | police force.

The two men who faced each other fur champtonship honours were Boor Singh, police mutar van driver, Cen tral Police Station, and Depdo Ram, Punjabi corporal. The latter has a reputation for wrestling skill but he met his match in the policeman, who put Depoe Ram on his hack after only four minutes. Considerable ex

the citement was roused among the when the bout between spectators these two giants was in profess Al- though the policeman did not have the greatest difficaly in overpowering his opponent,

From the time that the present In- dian regiment arrived in the Colony, towards the end of last year, Depoo Rara has been regarded as the local champion, having had much c in India, and his defeat has

a spurting Jubilation among the In- dian

police, It seems quite likely. that these two exponents will meet again, in which event the meeting should provide an excellent tussle.

In addition there were eleven other encounters between goldiers and policemen, all of which provided good sport and resulted income clever grappling,

at a cost of 49 runs in their second.

Somerset went in a second time Northants at Northampton by an with 166 runs required for suc Innings and 37 runs, the acores, beccss, but Mercer took 5 wickets for Ing:

53 runs, and the score fell 45 runs short.

Cambridge: 381 for 8 wickets

(decd.)

Northants: 169 and 175.

*

T. C. Longfield was top scorer for Cambridge, compiling 90 in a bright display.

WIN FOR GLAMORGAN. Bowlers on Top at Pontypridd,

Glamorgan gained their first victory of the season at the ex- pense of Somerset. The Ponty- pridd ground was a bowler's pará- dise after the recent had weather, and low scoring was the order. Glamorgan: 126 and 178.- Somerset: 149 and 110,

J. C. White took oight wickets for 50 runs in Glamorgan's first innings, while the fast bowler, W. T. Greswell, claimed 6 victims

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TEN WICKETS FOR 100.

Iddon's Fine Bowling Against Gloucester.

Lancashire have largely to thank Iddon for their big success against Gloucester, though Watson's cen- tury was also an extremely valu- able contribution,

The scores were:

Lancashire: 310,

Gloucester: 120 and 167.

Lanca- Watson made 149 in shire's first innings, a fine acore under difficult circumstances.

Gloucester collapsed, Iddon tak- ing 6 wickets for 40 runs, and were forced to follow-on. Iddon again bowled to good purpose, claiming five wickets for 60 runs.

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The following in the list of local sharo, quotations issued to-day:

Banki.

Hongkong Bank, $1290 sa. Chartered Bank, £211.b. Mercantile A. & B., 435

1. P. and O. 491 East Aale $75 n.

Insurances.

Canton Ins., #615 D. Union Ins., $334 b.. North China, Ins., Tla, 142-b. Yangtze Ine., $50 n.

China Underwriters, 82 35 b. China Piros, $230 h. H. R. Fire Ins., $730 4.

Shipping. Douglases, 137 8.

H. K. Steamboats, $29 n. H. K. Tugs, $22 ń. Indo-Chinas, (Dof.) $80 Shell Trans., 98/3 n. Union Waterboats, $201 b. Mining.

Benguets, $17 n. Kailans, 65

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Lanpkats, Tls. 12.20 n. S'hai Exploration, Tis. 2.80" r. Raubs, 84 12. Tronohe, 17/6 n

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Docks, etc. Kowloon Wharvas, 134 b. Whampon Docks, $39 h: China Providents $5.10 b. Hongkowa, Tls. 156 . New Engineeringe. Ths. 5 n. Shanghai Docks, Tin. 1073 n.

Cottons.

Ewo. Cottons, Tis. 8.60 b. Orientale, Tle. 2.20 n. S'hai Cottons, Tis. 51 (old) a.

Lands, fotele, etc. H. and 8. Hotela, 89.65 8. H. K. Lands, $657 S'hai Fands Tls. 137 Humphreys, $141 b. Realtion, $8.50 K

Public Utilities. Tramways, $241 J

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B.

Peak Trams, (old) $121 b. Star Ferries, $64). b,

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China Lights, (Old) $11.85 a.

'kong Electrics, $72 Macae Electrics, $26 b. Telephones 853 8. China Busos, Tls. 92 h.. Singaporo Tractions, 10/9 n. Industriais.

China Sugars, $2.70. Malabons, $246

Canton Icon, $318. Coments Comb:) 89.30 s. Ropes (Old) $7 United Asbestos $10

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Stores &c. Dairy Farms, $211 n. Watson, $14, s.

Der A. Wing, 50 n. Lane Crawforda, $3.75 n. Mackintosh, $20 n. Sinceres, $9.50 - . ñ. Wm. Powells. $3 b.

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Amusements, $31 s. Constructions, $l n. B'quo Ind. G. Bonds, 644% n. H. K. G. Loan, 4%

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