1934-06-16 — Page 12

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. SATURDAY, JUNE 16, 1934.

ENGLAND WINS WIGHTMAN CUP DOUBLES MATCH Miss Lyle & Miss Dearman Perform Welly YET ANOTHER CENTURY FOR “PATSY”

Miss Dearman and Miss Nancy Lyle (inft) who yesterday best Miss Babcock and Miss Cruickshank in the Wightman Cup.

Interesting

Tennis Statistics

THE BOURNEMOUTH CHAMPIONSHIPS

BETTER COMBINATION THAN AMERICANS

ERRATIC MISS BABCOCK LOSES

TWO SET POINTS

MISS JACOB'S SLASHING REVENGE FOR FRENCH SINGLES DEFEAT

AMERICA LEADS 2-1 AT CLOSE

A now photograph of Miss D.

man Cup singlos.

America leads England by two matches to one as a result of yesterday's opening play in the Wight- man Cup tennis contest at Wimbledon. The visitors captured both the singles, Miss Dorothy Round, Round and Miss M. C. Scriven, who England's leading player, surprisingly admitting de- wers both heaton yesterday in Wight- feat to Miss Sarah Palfrey, and Miss Margaret Scriven being absolutely outclassed by Miss Helen Jacobs.

English stock recovered when the new doubles combination, Miss E. M. Dearman and Miss Nancy Lyle; Overcame Miss C. Babcock and Miss Cruickshank. The detailed scores of the matches were:

SINGLES.

Miss Sarah Palfrey (U.S.A.) beat Miss D. Round (England)

6-3, 3-6, 8-6, Miss H. Jacobs (U.S.A.) bent Miss M. C. Scriven (England) 6-1,

6-1.

DOUBLES.

Miss E. M. Dearmon and Miss N. Lyle (England) beat Miss C. |

Babcock and Miss Cruickshank (U.S.A.) 7-5, 7-5.

I describing the

combination manner in 1ish The point scores of each game in

seized their The later matches in the Singles which Miss Jacobo beat Miss opportunity and broke through for Championships at Bournemouth are Serfven in the second singles of the set. illuminating. The details, reproduced the day, Trefer states that the i Again in the second stunza, the h-low, show for instance, that Kirby | American girl gained a remarkable | Americans had set point at 543, won 12 successive points from Perry revenge for her defeat by Miss but Miss Babcock ignis threw in their first set, sad that Perry drew Scriven in the final of the French away opportunities, and Miss Lyle right away from rawford from 4-5

Championship.

and Miss Dearman needed no in each of the fint two sets of the Anal. The clase fight which Miss She outclassed and outplayed second chance. They took charge Stammers gave Miss Round in their Aliss Scriven. who touched ber of the exchanges, and ran out accond wes is also Indiented by the poorest form).

|worthy winners in straight seta. point were of the match; she won throw games frons douce and lost two- others after deuce enlls.

PERRY. KIRBY.

First set.-Perry serving-4-0, 4-2. 4, Bud, Bud, 0-4, 4-2, 4-6, 7-5, 2-4, 4-11

Perry 35 points. Kirby 31 Second set-Perry, serving-4-0 5-4, 6-7, 4-2, 4-1, 6-3,

Perry 31 points, Kirby 17. Third set- -Kirby serving--4-5, 4-6,

4-0, 5-3, 0-4, 4-2. 3-6, 2-4, 0-0. Perry 5 points. Kirby 25.

CRAWFORD ». QUIST.

First set-Quist serving--9-4, 0-4,

0-4, 1-4.

THE DOUBLES.

RESULTS AT A GLANCE.

COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIP. Kent (344 and 301-6. dec.) beat Worcester (278 and 1912) by 178 run

Derby (336 and 93-0) beat Gloucester (299 and 307) on frat indloga

Sussex (125-5 der. and 4-1) beat Surrey (280 and 211) by nine wickets

Middlesex (476-6 dec.) ben! Glamorgan (102 and 202) by Innings and 112

Lancashire (375 nud 11-1) heat Hampshire (241 and 159) by nine wickets

Notts (371 and 157-9 dec), bent Essex (181 and 193) by 145

THAN

..

OTHER MATCHES. Australians. (284 and 231) drew with Northants (187 and 133-9)

FRED PERRY REVEALS A NEW FEATURE

MATCH WITH CRAWFORD AFFORDS PSYCHOLOGICAL STUDY

ENGLISHMAN'S "TEMPARAMENT" NOW A THING OF THE PAST Well, we had our Perry-Crawford final, states Lawn Tennis and Badminton, in a description of the Bournemouth Hardcourt championships, but truth to tell it was not the great match we had looked forward to. The first set was windblown, and the gusts spoilt the delicacy of the exchanges and the judging of lobs; the latter deterrent was a ruling factor because a satisfactory toss over the heads of either of these tall men is only to be achieved

under the best conditions.

game against a

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HENDREN

SUSSEX FLOG SURREY

CONSOLATION. WIN FOR KENT

NORTHANTS MANAGE : DRAW

London, June 15. Sussex retained their hold of the county cricket leadership. to-day by soundly beating Surroy to the tune of nine wickets. However Kent kept pace with them with an easy victory over Worcester, and Yorkshire had previously col lected 15 points, so that the three leading positions in the table remain unchanged. Middlesex, and Lancashire gain- ed decisive wing which are some- what rare to them, the former.

BEST PERFORMANCE.

BATTING.

Langridge, J. (Sussex) y

Surrey KAYA

160 Hammond (Gloster) v Derby 134 Parks, J. (Sussex) Surrey 123 Hendren (Middlesex)

Glamorgan {** 114 A. Brown (Australians) v

Northants

G. O. Allen (Middlesex) v

Glamorgan....

Bulme (Middlesex)

Glamorgun

113

112

108

A. W. Carr (Notta) v Essex 107 Bakewell Northants)

Australians........

Timms (Northants)

Australians 4*******

Indicates not out

BOWLING.

❤

53

50

6 for 45

Hopwood (Lanes)

Hampshire Fleetwood-Smith ÇAB-

stralians) Northants for 29 P. Smith (Essex) v

Notts Larwoud (Nolis)

Exxex Matthews

(Northants)

v Australians...

for 48

5 for 50

6 for 87

wutting Glamorgan on the spot PHIL MEAD

and the Lancastrians completely dominating Hampshire.

"Patsy" Hendren, whose batting MARVEL OF

this

year has easily been the moat outstanding feature of first class

cricket, compiled another contury THE AGE

MASTERLY-

and others who assisted towards the huge Middlesex total of 476 for 6 declared were Hulme, the Arsenal footballers, who hit up 108, and G. O. Allen, who, accord

AGAINST AUSSIES ing to reports is now quite At. He rellected a merry 112 not out.

Describing Philip Mead as the Glamorgan were always in the marvel of the age, the News-Chronicle toils at the wicket. Their first says that he and Geoffrey Lowndes, venture earned for them the poor the new captain of Hampshire, took toll from the Australian sture of 162, and following on they heavy

crowd.

id little better, only 202 aceroing bowlers and gave huge delight to the from their efforts.

Lancashire's first knock of 357 age of 47, scored the 143rd contury of The famous left-hander, at the ripe was sumclent to upset Hampshire, his career. Lowndes also topped the who could only collect 241 and in hundred, and the gallant pair had the their second attempt were sent distinction of putting on 217 for the | back for 169. Hopwood wrought fourth wicket in just under three

the damage on that ocension, cap-.

hours. turing 6 for 45.

SUSSEX ENJOY THEMSELVES.

enjoyed them.

selves expense

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London.

roy, Surrey's'

Mrs. Fearnley Whittingstall is to

irst Innings knock of 280 held

He is lan Sussex Inds, who

withi

425 for 5 de- clared. J. Parks and John Lan-

ridge were thug“.“

lighia.. leading

re-

In the absence, of Grimmett, Wall and Ebeling the attack of the tourists suffered a considerable wenk- nes and the leading actors of Hamp-

Lowndes drove in a manner miniscent of the true Eton style and when caught off a skier he had not only hit three 'two In an over at the expense of McCabe-but twenty 4's as the result of a superb dispiny of batting. Lowndes, who comes of an old Buckinghamshire family and who succeeded Lord Tennyson in the captaincy this year, wat his Blue for Oxford in 1921, and this was his second and highest century of.

the year.

The English girl had little con- MISS ROUND'S SURPRISE. There were four love games in the prol over her driving, and in the Miss Palfrey's success against set, in terms of the laser they were Grst ant Miss Jacobs went to four- Miss Round was largely attributed the righik and twelfth Porry serving, love. Miss Scriven then Improved to her clevereness in successfully the ninth Crawford serving, and in slightly to win a game, but the exploiting forehand drives against|terms of the winner the fourteenth American was right on top and a slow-footed opponent.

Perry serving. In the second game, went to her points with ease

There were plenty of sents Perry, and in the thirteenth, Craw- In the second set Miss Jacobs empty when Miss Palfrey playing ford served, two double-faults,

divided ngain jumped into a commanding with a

skirt lead of three-love, and Miss Scriven Round in a frock, took the court for in the fourth and Crawford in the

and Mins fast the hellan Bailey To Play With Sussex, the team of big scores, whire took swift miyantage. went all out to recover. She won a the opening match of the series. fifth game, neither man in the process game, but was unable to cope with states Henter. the American champion's brilliant | Miss Round's

service was ex-being up to the mark. An 8-6 set all-round game which carried her cellent early on, but there was little Perry. Total: Perry 10 points. Kirby 73.] through to another 6.1 set.

volleying in the exchanges, both The second set Perry won ni" 7-5 players preferring baseline driving, with lind patch in the middle of it. have a new mixed doubles partner no terrors for the

Miss Palfrey's agility enabled he was 4-1 up, fost the sixth gaine at Wimbledon this year, Honours in the doubles mutel her to pick up the fastest of 4-2, 4-I, A-1, 1-2, 1-4, 40, 4-1, 3-6 which followed went to the English returns, but in the final set the Kiving 30 with two sloubie-faults, and Bailey, a fellow member of the Mel. responded

pair, Miss Dearmana and Miss Lyle. American started to volley, and down. To throw a

then threw the seventh when 0-40 bury Club. Although making their initial ap- American Miss Round's weakness pearance together

Bailey is over six feet in height in a Wightman in dealing with deep shots to the man of Crawford's calibre at this and a hard hitter. In a practice Cup match, they combined beauti

atnge in n set wwas a hit of lacticH fully.

In the third set. Miss Palfrey that in the circumstances required match at Melbury recently he and led 5-4 with service to go, but she supreme confidence. Perry's reward Mrs. Whittingstall gave two men messed this ap, and allowed Miss was to equalise int he lost his aer-players a very close game. Round to go into 6-6 lend. But | vice again at the tenth game. There

Until last year Mrs. Whitting Miss Babcock Was

it was the nearest the English girl after, confident¦still, he sumpped two stall played with Henri Cochet. steady overhead and her luck got to victory, Miss Paifrey, with games, for the set, After Crawford of soundness in that department en-confidence restored, taking the next had opened the third set by winning They never won at Wimbedon, but nbled the English girls to stage three games in a row, the last two his service Perry, bluzed his way home secured both the French and Ameri- PERRY v. CRAWFORD. two very important recoveries when being won with only three points with six gumes in succession. can mixed doubles titles. The

things looked black for them. First set-Crawford serving-6-3,

In the first.set the visitors held 6-8, 2-4, 6-3, 3-5, 4-4, 4-2, 4-1, 4-set point at 6-4, but Miss Babcock it cannot be said that at any stage.

The match lasted 90 minutes, and PSYCHOLOGY OF ENCOUNTER. American title has only once pre

viously been won by an oversena (Continued on Page 9.) ·

failed with smashes, and the Eng- was Miss Round seen at her best analytically, instructive, but actually free-although Perry

This skeleton of the nutch may be pair-1. B. Hawkes and Mrs. God- won it in it does not give the psychology of

1932 with Miss Sarah Palfrey, a the encounter. Crawford may or may not have been aware of it, but member of this year's American he was the vans of demonstrating Wightman Cup team.

Crawford 35 points. Quist 25. Second set-Quist serving-4-2, 3-6, -4-2, 3-5, 1-4, 1-4, 4-1, 2-4, 4-2, 2-4. Crawford 3 points. Quist 28. Third soquist serving-1-1, 4-2, 2-1,4-2, 3-5, 8-6, 4-2, 0-1, 4-0.

Quist 83 points. Crawford 26. Fourths set.Crawford serving-1-4, 4-0), 3-6, 4-1, 4-2, 2-4 4-2, 4-2.

Crawford 20 points. Quist. 18. Tolal: Crawford 12 points. Quist

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a new Perry, a pinger who was once temperamental but is now not only

Acad. who...stayed 3 houra-anci hit Afteen 4's, mnde his runs at various periods much quicker than is usual for hint, and on the leg side he was very strong. He-not only placed all his strokes with rare skill, but drove cleverly, nor did the voteran forget to illustrate the cut,

Brown. the former hit- ting up 122 and Langridge, top score of the day, 460. Finally Sussex won by nine wickets, being set only 54 to score to win.

As long ago as 1911-12 Mend made hin Grst trip to Australia, and the Kent made amends to the Ton-secand visit occurred in 1928-9 at a bridge crowd for their defeat by period when the older generation Warwickshire, by easily account-down under" laboured under the Ing for Worcester In the second delusion that the M.C.C.

Men's son and not the great original! match of the festival.

Kent again indulged in some

The attendance reached 10,000 and free scoring, their first innings realising 344 and their second 301 for 6 duelured. Worcester could only respond with 278 and 192.

A. W. Carr made one of his all too rare centuries for Notte, and

guining control over his temperament | BOWLS PLAYERS DISSATISFIED

ANTIQUATED METHOD

CONDEMNED

OF E.B.A.

bui learning to use the volatileness frem which it arose, on the one hand] as a curb upon his increasing con- Sidence and, on the other as an extra power plant. His temperament in the past has and the effect of reacting! upon his reserves, nowadays it waits Devotees of single-hunded bowls in and 3 or over for the single rink. A int reserve unless properly handled, crowded county associations are up in triples contest for men owing 3 or and he knows his own weakness to be against the E.B.A. methods of more could also be instituted.

arriving at their national champions. Years ago, at an E.B.A. Council strength if wisely directed. Crawford To the unenlightened let me explain mecling, I ventured the opinion that a on the contrary is at less tension art that one has to win, or act as runner-national handlenp would have to be neema in danger of reverting to his up, in a county championship ero the formed with all clubs making their from the national" "heet. concentration. The honour of appearing in the national handicap old pauses in

events at Paddington is gained, writes The suggestion was negatived. We Crawford who withstood and con- G. T. Burrows, in the News-Chronicte, | have an excellent English champion quered the lamboyance of Ellsworth Now the small counties secure 50 or in James McKinlay, of Paddington, Vines at Wimbledon Inst year would 60 and even fewer entries for their from whom to build up a national not have been mastered by the cou-singles and their winner can go for handicap for 1943. Failing a man as to London, whereas Kent, good an McKinlay in other years, the scious erushing machine which Perry ward forced himself to be at Bournemouth. Surrey, Middlesex and Essex, each national handicap could be made up attracting 400 to 450, and even more from the winners of the lending open PERRY'S FOREHAND.'

entries for their singles contests, can tournaments. rend up but two men, Le., the netunl Technically speaking Perry won on winner and the man he bent in thẻ

-LIMITING ENTRANTS, his forehand ground strokes and county final.

Among most officials connected with volleying, and Crawford lost du-his

This was

thought fair scheare howls clubs there is an inward four Inability to manoeuvre him away from years ago, before the E.B.A., through of altempting something new, and one opportunities to exploit them. From the process of its county organisation another, viewpoint Perry, in fighting developed so enormously as it has. trim, kept the attack and Crawford was not in sufficient touch to tako it

from him. The concluding stroke of

the 'match was an illustration of this.

A WAY OUT.

What is the way out of this state As a last elfort Crawford, going up of affairs, where a London

man, -a

finds the same thing reflected in the

Council of the Association.

hal Kent

the sum of R5 taken at the gate was a record for an Australian match at Southampton.

Larwood backed up his skipper by taking & for 650, so that Notta beat Essex rather easily.

Northants managed to stave or defeat against the Australians, but they were lucky to do so, the close finding them 198 runs in arrears with one wicket outstanding.

Brown reached his century as

Fleetwood-Smith.

The county championships them- selves in the London area have grown many players enter for the fun of expected in to the extent they have beenting so

the thing."

the Australians' on his service, put a backhand volley Metropolitan pair of rink has to play

second innings, his 113 bolng mado Were the countles themundiver to | out, of which ordinarily ho would have half as many games again as some of

out of a total of 234. Maithowa made a winner. There was no com- the provincial players who earn the crap their championship, as at pre: bowled well for the county teams to

gent decided, and hold their own pulsion about him, and no consistent right to appear`at Paddington? depth of cleverness. In effect he was

fortnights" they would soon get rid return an analysis of 5 for 87.

Northanta almost as short of practice us he was tion, in my opinion, would be for the

The best means of cheaping the posis of those players.

were fighting do In writing thunwise I do not seeksporately for runs in their second last year when he was beaten by E.B.A. to scrap its prezent system of to deny the working man player or the Innings, and only Bakewell and

, P. Hughes, only it was apt

finding its champions and leave the parks pinyer from the opportunity of Timms saved them. The former obvious. Hughes won on this soft surface with Crawford digging for the The E.B.A. could select its own fort he is keen, and the fortnight tourna bare half century,

counties to continue with their, events, competing in his county games. If hit up 60 and his colleague the. ball in dull weather; Perry won on a night from the calendar and run its ments I suggest wore bard surface in brilliant weather with

in voguo, ho eliampionships, open to the would make arrangements to secure form with his loft hand googlies, Fleotwood-Smith was in good. the ball behaving in a normal world, but only to men whose handicap the period off, as he dita to-day to go

Is. 5 over for the slagles and -- puira, to Hastings and other seaside avents, and captured-5 for 29,

manner.

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