THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH THURSDAY, JULY 6,
WORLD'S GREATEST BATSMAN
BRADMAN
ALMOST
PERFECT
HAS ONLY ONE WEAKNESS
.Don Bradman, is the greatest batsman I have ever seen.
I have no hesitation in saying this after my unfor- gettable and enlightening. experience this season at Lord's when I captained Middlesex against the Aus.. tralians and bowled at Eng- land's Public Enemy No. 1.
♫ feld
Bradman?
Set
for
· Twenty-two men would not have been enough to plug all the holes. be found in our run-saving barhed- wire ontanglements during bis masterplace.
Badman is a more versatile all- round player than even Charles Macartney, and he excels Walter Hammond at one stroke. The Aus- tralian has all the shots of the Gloucestershire "Ace" and a better aquare cut,
Nover shall I forget one of Don's perfectly timed cats up the bill against us.
The square cut is unfortunately Taissing from the quiver of muny modern class batsmen, and I hope the fact that auth a fine player makes It so magnificently, and gathers such a bagful of 4's will bring it into fashion again.
Bradman willingly Incurred mora riska in this great innings against Middlesex than would be justified if he aimed at security,
THE ALMOST
PERFECT
CRICKET. PLAYER
The gay-hearted adventurer who
But as a brillant demonstration of was the despair of his opponents scleatife hitting I have never seen and the delight of that great
it remotely approached.
UNCANNY SHOTS.
All the lovely shots were seen in turn, and it was almost uncanny_ how, just as one was thinking,
Lord crowd was not the player whom we saw in 1930 smashing record after record by watchful waiting for the loose ball.
'A WEAKNESS.
When Bradman is in
this
"Well, he has not played that one, cautious mood on a sound wicket ! the very stroke flashed out as if cannot understand why he ever Bradman were a thought-render.
does get out But when he is Unhappily I did not see Runji, "forked lightning in pads," as I Trumper, or Gilbert Jessop, Jack heard someone describe him after Hobbs, splendid balaman as he still his double century at Lord's, he f
continually conceding not playing with the is audacity of his youth when I bowlers & sporting chance, began watching first class cricket.
is, was
The
It Bradman has a little weak-
Therefore it is impossible for meness. It is an inclination to step to compare Bradman with his.pring towards square leg when facing a elpal rivals in the past.
rising fast ball on the off. Thus
It is interesting to observe, bow- if he, ventures a stroke he is apt in the not to get completely over the bail, ever, that one's elders pavilion who have seen all the Some think they have detected leading cricketers since the W. G. certain other subtle Baws in his Grace epoch are gradually coming armoury. It would be unpatriotic round to the view that this Aus- of me, to refer to them, becauKO tralian artist, who has little more the knowledge may prove valuable than begun his career, has had no to England in the epic battles superior,
about to be fought out.
OXFORD V CAMBRIDGE
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R.A.S.C. Beat Royal Artillery
A Small Arma competition was held between 20th Battery, R.A. and 12 Coy, R.A.SC. at Stonecut- ters yesterday afternoon, 12 Goy. boing the challengers.
The practices were five rounde MATCH NEXT WEEK application and five rounds rapid
London, July 4
110
at 200 yards, and five rounds ap plication at 300 yards, making a The Oxford and Cambridge Uni-total "possible" of 55. versities today announced their teams for the annual ericket There was a wrong following match to be played at Lord's start-wind which, though it had ing on July 9. Both are strongly effect at 200 yards, at 300 yorda represented by sound all round necessitated aiming into the wind. teams, but with leanings towards In view of this, the scoring on both better batting than bowling. sides was quite good. The CX- ceptionally low scores registered The Universities this season on ench side were dae to untried have been concerned in some blg|rifles, acoring matches, suggesting that given a fast wicket at Lord's next Monday, there will be a lot of runs registered..
Detailed scores were as follows:
Fat laym}} Set. Rawlinson
dr. Herrer
Gnr. Micklers
ar Hader
1/Cpt. Mecker
R.A.
R.A.S.C.
tx
Set. Headand
47
Cpl. Eycott
42
Capt. Each
15
Hart. Ierson
M
to
Ple. Tri
29
A/Fut. Hrighton
20
8.Q.M.8 Digby
24
Dez. Elisom
IN
23
I'te. Arenda
24
Bitel John
20
P
Cred
170
Chr. Gover Gnr. Tyro
Cambridge are being represent ed by five old Blues in J. H. Human, R. de W. K. Winlaw, A. W. Allen, M. Jehangir Khan and J. G. W. Davies, while they have the as-in. Walker sistance of II. T. Bartlett, a Dir. Karen Freshman, who last year broker Endicott all records for fnat scoring in Gnr. Brock schoolboy cricket.
The teame, na cabled by Reuter
are:
CAMBRIDGE...
Gne. Hammond
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The butt party, which was ably directed by C.S.M. Summers, was supplied by the R.A.S.C.
After the firing, the two teams and (Win-enjoyed a welcome bathe,
J. H. Human (Repton) captain I de W. R. Winlaw chester)
A. W. Allen (Eton)"
M. Jehangir Khan (Lakore)
J. G. W. Davies (Tonbridge)
A. G. Powell (Charterhouse)
A. G. Pelham (Eton)
G. W. Parker (Gloucester)
repaired to the R.A., N.A.A.F. Institute for tea.
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J. W. T.. Grimshaw (King Big Prizes To Be Won On
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J. S. M. King (Dulwich)
H. T. Bartlett (Dulwich)
OXFORD.
F. H. G. Chalk (Brasenose) captain
D. F. Walker (Brasenose) C. H. Townsend (New College) R. G. Tindall (Trinity)
A. Barlow (Brasenose) J. W. Senmer (Brasenose) N. S. Mitchell-Innes
nose)
F. C. de Saram (Keble)
(Brass
1. Singleton (Brasenose) I. . Dyson (Christchurch) N. S. Knight (Wadham)
Fred Perry And Jack Crawford
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Tickets. which
aro
ilmited to 100,000, will cost $1 each and con- ditions will be exactly the same as those for the Sweep on the Juling Stakes.
Should all tickets be taken up, the prizes will be as follows: 1st Prize, | $42,500; 2nd Prize, $12.160; 3rd
Prize, 56,080. A sum of $15,200 will: be divided amongɛt drawers of un- pinced catered ponics (whother starters or not).
Tickets are now on sule at the Jockey, Olub offices.
One case of diphtheria, three cases of typhoid, two cases of meningitis with one death, threo cases of animal "rables and '65 deaths from tuberculosis were reported to the local health au- thorities last week. On Tuesday there
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WAS
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Crawford in Ave sels. Crossing over to Australia to take part in Test matches, he first outplayed
Of course, there are two Brail- What do I think will happen in Crawford in the New South Wales mans as dramatically different as the Tests?
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his third successive victory when they later met in the final of the singles. Furthermore, with G.P. Hughes, Perry won the Australian doubles title.
Returning to England he again encountered Crawford in the final of the hardcourt championship, but won easily in straight sets. In Paris.he was warm favourite for the French hardcourt crown, but a sprained ankle while playing against de Stefan! ruined his chances of winning.
CRAWFORD-PERFECT MACHINE.
Crawford, who is the most per fect "machine" on the tennis court eluce Rene Lacoste of France. Inst your reached the peak of his form, and in winning both the French and Wimbledon singles titles, cstablished himself as the world's best player at the time.
Since then ho has shown variable form. His continual de- feats at the hands of Perry have already been referred to. Some what surprisingly he was beaten In the final of the French champ- Ionship this year by Von Cramm, and, it was generally felt that Crawford had begun, to return to his weakness of early days, when inconsistency, through lack of sustained concentration, caused him to lose many vital match after acveral brilliant displays,
In Australia, of course, Craw- ford has retened supreme for overal years. McGrath is still his only serious rival thore. A master of all the known strokes in the game. Crawford bonata an especially fine backhand anil uses. this as a weanon of attack. His
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