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HEADLEY FOR LEAGUE

TERMS ACCEPTED

JOINING LANCS CLUB

A WONDERFUL BATSMAN

BIG SCORES THIS SUMMER

London, Aug. 29. George Headley, the greatest batsman ever to come out of the West Indica and certainly one of the most prolific scorers in England this summer has decided to thrown in his lot with Lancashire League cricket.

The anouncement was made to-day that Headley has definite- ly decided to accept an offer by the Haslingden Club to play in the Lancashire League, subject to the terms and conditions offer- ed by them.

The contract is expected to be signed in a few days, which means that Headley will play next season. Headley has been brilliantly

successful with the West Indies Test team this summer..

AVERAGE OF 68,

Ile hus seven double figure innings including three double centuries. On August 7 he had scored 16-10 runs for an average of 68,33. His full Agures at that time were:

H'get

Inns Runs Inns

27

1640 224*

Not Ont

Av 3 68.33 In the course of seven innings Hendley this season has scored 1,308 runs. His best innings have

been:

v M.C.C.

✓ Glamorgan

v Somerset

v Derbyshire

v Norfolk

v Warwick

v England

129 129

242

RESULTS AT A GLANCE.

COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIP.

CRICKET DANCING|

CRICKET FIZZLING

Surrey (402-8 dec. and 193-4) beat Middlesex (247 and 347) by OUT

six wickets.

Lancashire (334, and 191) beat Leicester (234 and 120) by 171

tuna,

..

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Kent (336 and 316-7 dec.) beat Noits (331 and 208-2) on first

innings.

Somerset (282 and 234) beat Warwick (153 and 305-7) on first

innings.

Derby (583-3 dec.) beat Northants (224 and 130) by an innings

and 184 runs.

Worcester (402-4 dec.) bent Glamorgan (190 and 205) by innings

and seven runs,

FRIENDLY.

The Army (472-8 dec. and 149-5 dec.) drew with West Indies

(346 and 181-4).

HYDE-LAY IN FINAL

BEATS COATES IN BOWLS CHAMPIONSHIP

FINE DISPLAY OF CONSISTENCY

COATES WORTHY |

LOSER

A Hyde-Lay fully justisfied the confiedence of his friends yesterday when he defeated A.E. Coates, the Craigengower player in the semi-final of the lawn bowls open singles cham- pionship by 21 shots to 17.

The K.C.C. exponent played steadily against a dour fighter and it was this which allowed Hyde- Lay to retain a winning lead which he obtained early in the game.

Neither men indulged In "re- works" or bowls of a very specta-: cular nature, but they were consist- 200 ent, and there were several un-

usually good heads.

257*

182 169

Apart from his 169 In the Second Test, Headley's has not been unusually successful against England this summer. In the first Test le scored 13 and 50, in the socond 169 and 24, and in the third "9" and 12.

OPPORTUNITIES TAKEN,

In reaching the final for the first time in his career, Hyde-Lay has throughout revealed exceptionally reliable form and a continuance of this will make him a difficult player either for Luz or Bradbury to beat.

He Aclzed-all-his-opportunities on the Police green yesterday, murg- ing his first shots with clever cover woods, and it was his skill in this an

Hydelay if Action yesterday (Photo: Ming Yuen).

THE BITER

BIT

GIANTS PLAYED AT OWN GAME

BLANK OUT AND BLANKED OUT

♫

New York, Aug-29. New York Giants had a rather unusual experience to-day LEAGUE TENNIS direction which prevented Contes, when, after blanking out.St. Louis double who played good bowls, from win-in the first match of ning.

hender, they were themselves dia- To-day, B. W. Bradbury, the last missed without scoring. Craiganpower representative left The Yankees were in scoring helping in the competition and R. F. Luz, mood against Detroit, of the Recrelo meet at Kowloon themselves to eleven runs, and the Cleveland broke Bowling Green Club for right of Senators And

even in a double header. playing Heyde Lay in the final.

Reuter cabled the following

TWO VICTORIES FOR C.R.C.

RECREIO LOSE

On their own courts, the Club de Recreio were defeated by the Unite Services Recreation Club by live sets to four in the "B" Division of the

Tennis League.

L. A, da Silva and J. J. Remedios (Recreio) beat H. R. B. Hancock and E. Grimble, 6-1; beat Capt. Cannon 1 Capt. Harry, 6-1; lost to 1t. War- and Ing and Lt. Stocker, 2-6..

3. B. Gonenives and A. E. Xavier (Recreio) beat Hancock and Grimble, 6-4; lost to Cannon and Barry, 3-0; beat Waring and Stocker, 6-3.

Dr. A. P, Guterres and E. A. Noronha (Recreio) lost to Hancock and Grimblo, 3-6; fost to Cannon and Barry, 0-6; lost to Waring and Stocker, 5-7.

NINE SETS TO NIL.

The Chinese Recreation Club "A" tean engaged the Craigengower C.C. In the "A" Division of the 'Tennis League at Causeway Bay yesterday and won by nine sets to nil.

Their "G" Division team also en- gaged the Police Recreation Club at home, nid won by 7 neta to 2.

AUSTRIA WINS

QUALIFY FOR 1934 DAVIS CUP

Zagreb, Aug. 29. Austria are the second team to

qualify for the 1934 competition proper of the Davis Cup,

To-day they completed their quarter-final tie with Yugoslavia, winning by four matches to one. They thus accompany Italy into next year's tournament-Renter.

ARMY HARBOUR

TEAM RACE

Four Teams Taking Part

The Army Cross Harbour Team

K. M. Wong and H. O. Teo playing Race is to be held on Wednesday,

in the "C" Division match had to connext starting from Railway Pier. code ono set to their opponents, Pito Kowloon, qua Anishing at the and Carruthrs, after only two games R.A.5.0. Cambor, Hongkong. had been played, as Tso suddenly took

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TALL SCORING AGAIN.

THREE WORCESTER CENTURIES

HOPWOOD'S ALL ROUND FORM

London, Aug. 29. Interest in the county cricket championship is rapidly declin. ing. Next week will see the last games being played,, and although the title is no longer at stake, teams will concentrate improving their present standings in the league table.

on

These have not been materially affected by the latest results which provide victories for Surrey, Lancashire. Derbyshire and War-i

coater.

Kent and Somerset managed to capture first innings points.

Among the features of the play was Derbyshire's huge score of 083 for 3 wickets. It was obtain. ed against Northants in a match which Derby won by an Innings and which renlised over 900 runs.

Three batsmen liberally contri- buted to the enormous total, Townsend, Smith and bee all scor- Ipg centuries.

ALL-ROUND HOPWOOD, Worcester were also in scoring mood against Glamorgan and ag-i

4 gregated 402. for the loss of wickets before closing the innings.

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earned the distinction of making the highest invidual score in the county games.

To Hopwood, however, fell the: chief honours of the day. He played a vital part in the victory of Lancashire against Leicester. In addition to scoring 110 out of a total of 334, he took nine wickets for 33 runs.

Brook the Worcester bowlor was also in fine fettle and in two inn- ings claimed ten victims for 153 runs.

-UNAVAILING EFFORT.

Middlesex made a big effort to stave off defeat against Surrey, batting a second time and storing

347.

Surrey obtained too big a lead on the first innings and Middlesex were unable to make up sumcient To the first innings score leeway. of 247 by Middlesex, Surrey re- plied with 402 for 8 declared. The losers batted with for more con- fdence in their return visit and actually scored 347, setting Sur rey the task of making 193 to win. This Hobbs and Company did with

six wickets to spare.

The Army easily held their own against the West Indies. Hudson

(181) and Hamilton (121) hit the West Indies bowling to all parts |

(Musolf homered for Chicago) of the field and the Army were able to apply the closure at 472 for B.

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AMERICAN LEAGUE.

West Indies replied quite conf- dently aggregating 346, and after. the Army had declared a second time at 149 for 6, the visitors. played out time hitting up 181 for the loss of four wickets.

HONOURS LIST.

BATTING.

Hudson (Army) v W. Indies 181 Nichol (Worcester) v Glam-

165 organ Townsend (Derby) v. Nor

thants

142 Smith (Derby) y Northants 129* F. R. Brown (Surrey) v'Mid-

St. Loula

10 14

Boston

8.

14.

St. Loula

6

dlesex

Boston

0 13

0

(Reynolds homered

for

128 128 Leo (Derby), Northants Hamilton (Army) v W. Indles 121 St.Hendren. (Middlesex)

V

111

(Johnson and Werber, hamored for. Boston).

Detroit

il and had to leave the court.

M. W. Lo (C.R.C.) beat J. W. Leanard and G. red caps; Lincolns, blue caps; South Loufs and Cooke for. Boston) Lin, 7-6: bent R. Chen and A. V. Wales Borderers, white Gosano, 6-2, bent W. Reed and Tsui amall unite, no.cap.

The Railway has kindly placed. Yun-pui, 6-4.

W. O. Hung and Iu Tak-chouk the verandah at Kowloon at the dis (C.R.C.) beat Leonard and Lla, 5-2posal of officers and their familles beat Choa and Gesano, 6-2; beat Reed as spectators, and the colonnade and and Taut, 0-4.

Ng Kam-chuen and Chit Tsun-chien-front have been placed at the (0.R.C.) beat Leonard and Lia, 0-4; disposal of other ranks. No specta- beat Chon and Gosano, 6-1; beat Reed tors will be allowed on the Railway

Plor. and Tsul, 0-8.

C.R.C.. POLICE.

The Chinoso R.C. defeated the Police I.C. by 7 sets to 2 on the home .courts. •

CHANNEL VICTORY.

London, Aug. 20,- Mia Bonny Lowry, & Manchester K. M, Wong and H. O. Tɗo (0.1.C.) Tonto Pila and Carruthers, 0-2 girl, aged 22 years, swam the Channel (abandoned); bent Smith and Thump- from Cape Gris New to the Bouth ton, 0-1; boat Thorps and Loughlin, Foreland, in 16 hours, 45 rainutas...

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Surrey

Hopwood (Lones) v Leicester 110 Sealey (W. Indice) y Army 106* Haig (Middlesex) v Surrey. 101-

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DOWLING.

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5 for 85

for 33

Fender: (Surrey) "v Mid

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5 for 80

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