1935-06-21 — Page 21

SOUTH AFRICAN CRICKET

IN RETROSPECT

SUCCESSES AND

FAILURES OF PIONEERING TEAMS

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. FRIDAY, JUNE 21, 1935.

WALSH'S GREAT DR. TWEDDELL AND

VICTORY

LAWSON LITTLE How They Qualified For Golf Final

Beats European Boxing Champion

out.

CONDITIONS UNDER WHICH GAME WAS pointed Carlo Orlandi (Italy), the

PLAYED IN YEARS GONE BY

(By R. Abbit)

CHAPTER II

(CONTINUED!

But there is no doubt that the South Africans bowled it with far more certain length than that to

Jimmie Walsh (Chester)

light-weight champion of Europe. Jun 12-round contest at Liverpool. It was a close fight, fought at a thrilling pace throughout.

Orlandi repeatedly hooked Walsh to the body and crashed over right, but the Chester boxer kept

A

(Continued from Paga 8).

TENNIS FIXTURES PLAYED

"C" DIVISION MATCHES

team by 644 sels to 24. L. A. Carvalho and A. M. Xavior were the best pair for the Recreio, winning all their sets. Scores: 1

6. Kelly and S. Cassumbhoy. (Craigengower) lost to Carvalho and Xavier 4-6; lost to J. A. Xavier and N. Boltrao 3-6; lost to C. E. Xavier and H. Gonsalves 4-0.

ADU

T. Lock and E. B. Hamson (Craig, engower) lost to Carvalho Xavier 4-8; beat Xavier and Beltrao 6-4; drew with Xavier and Gon- nolves 6-0.

L. Choa and N. 0. Sadick (Craig engower) lost to Carvalho and Xavier -6; beat Xavier and Boltrao

with Tweddell one up on T. A. Tor. on a patch from which he played a RAIN CAUSES TWO ; lost to Xavier and. Gonsalves

rance. It ended there in a two and one victory for Twoddell.

After halves in 4, 5, 6, Torrance took the lead at the fourth with a 3,

They were square at the turn, with Torrance out in 40 and Dyken in 30.· Torrance lost the 11th, whore his second was over the back, and finished

recovery back over the green into n bunker, but he squared with a 4 of the sort that his opponents learn to receive without surprise; putting his

POSTPONEMENTS

1-0.

The next South African team to which Bosanquet attained, for he cool and used the ring cleverly but the demon of hooking possessed) second clear of the green, pitching UP the Lawn Tennis Léngue programme Kowloon Cricket Club by eight act visit England came over in the was never sure of his length. and In the fifth round Walsh found him, and, finding trouble at the next and kaling from Alx 13th, holing Club were to have played the Chin-.

in three consecutive balls might the only way to counter the came a fall toss, a didapper, and

summer of 1904. It was under the captaincy of Frank Mitchell who, as has already been stated. settled in South Africa after the tour of Lord Hawke's 1898 team of which he had been a member a length as He is, by the way, still hale and bowler, hearty and is writing at account

of his cricketing life in the current! numbers of the "Cricketer."

With him again came Louis Tancred, Hathorn, Kotze, Sinclair,

Italian's attack was by a straight an entirely unplayable ball. The left, and after this he used this South African googly merchants at blow effectively. their best kept well nigh as steady :

the average stock

CHAPTER 111

WORTHY FOES

The eighth round was Walsh's beat. He frequently hit hard to the Hallan's face, and on one occa- sion spun him round with a terrific

right.

INDIANS, KOWLOON C.C. Itain yesterday afternoon caused Playing at home, the Indian Ite- two matches in the "C" Division of creation Club were trounced by the to be abandoned. The Army Tennis to one, Scores;

M. P. Madar and A. Rahmin one to be subdued easily, and the fight Bay, but the match was postponed and R. S. Capell 3-0; lost to atson

one Recreation Club at Causeway (Indian R.C.) lost to C. E. never lost its intensity, till Dyken as the courts were unfit for play, White and Gitting at 10 G. A. visited two bunkers at the 19th.

yarda. He took the land at This avalanche Torrance then from 12 feet for 3; but Dykes In not

and the other match affected was J. S. Smith and A. Crawford 3-6, Nor was there ever much to spare that between the Kowloon Indian T. Hanet and A. R. Abbas (In-

4-6; lost to White and Gitting 2-6: drew with Smith and Crawford 6-6. A. R. Suflad and A. K. Ismait

three holes, lost the lot. stopped in dramatic fashion by nut- ting his second stone-load at the 8th.

Two pushed too shots saw an undis tinguished half in 4 at the 9th, with Teddell out in an approximate 41, in the match in which Tweddell beat Tennis Club and the Central British an R.C.) lost to Watson and Capell and 1 up, with Torrance

a stroke Eric Fiddian, also of Stanbridge, by Association at Kowloon, better. Tweddell took 3 to get down one

hole. from the hanging match was square; topping, overcame him on the second tried the Kowloon Cricket Club at Indian R.C. lost to Watson and

of the 10th, and again Fidian's -ever-present

horror, The Indian Recreation Club enter- this everchanging but

with Torrance a long way to the and third tees, but he refused to be Sookup, and only managed to gut Capell 4-6; lost to White and G right with his second at the next, shaken, and was only one doves at the end." At Pokfulam, the tins 2-6; drew with Smith and Craw Tweddell took the lead.

turn after aquaring at the Ing halved. Uni-ford 6-8. He became 2 up at the 13th, where Tweddell being bunkered at the 4th, versity got the better of the South hooking. Tweddell saved the next the 5th.

accounted for the Craigen- powerful recovery from rough VICTORY AT LAST

Fiddian topped his second to the ower Cricket Club. but a to the left,

after both had missed 7th, and again slipped behind. Fid-

CRAIGENGOWER ▼. RECREIO. match seemned to found two bunkers

haleable putts, to win the 16th, he dian was bunkered at the 10th, and

at the foth, missed a putt of auch value, but little The Club cours and Torrance made a classic

Recreio, visiting recovery length, but a fine iron home, to the Craigengawer, defeated the home

(Continued our Next Columns.) Tweddell just managed to get the

with

5th,

errin

ic

UNIVERSITY », SOUTH CHINA, The University entertained the South China A.A. at Pokfulum and won by 64 sets to 314. J. Lee and H. Y. Kwok won all their nets for the Univerally, Scores:

Y. C. Lau and J. Shu (Univer- alty) lost to H. Chun and C, L Liu 5-7, bent 11. Ma and C. H. Ung 7-5; bent C. P. Wong and W. C.

There is no doubt that the ex-1. cellent form of the 1904 side made usual type. The intter, by the and Halliwell, and those two great the English people aware that the way. is the manager of the present once again Torrance was beset with' aud finding a four beyond his scope at China A.A., and the Club ale Re- cricketers Gordon White and Reggie Schwarz made their debut. White South Africans were fast becoming team.

a foc worthy of their willow. In was only twenty-two, bol Schwarz, the

winter of 1903-1904 the who had played u good deal of

The first test cricket in England before going to M. C. C. had taken the decisive step

of sponsoring aide for Australiae running its usun! Frank Mitchell was fully aware of themselves, and had sent out the South Africa had to get a hundred from a bunker at the 17th, but failed 12th, got one hele back,

edinculties of batting on the first of many visiting "England" and seventy-nine runs with their from 6ft for the half after Tweddell turf wickets of England after the teams to the Autipodes, The plan first four wickets. Thanks to a had holod in from a little further better of the finish. South African grounds, and he Warner, who had led England to White and Nourse they put on al then almost invariable matiing of was a success, and in 1905-6 P. F. magnificent stand between Gordon away.

victory against Australia, captained hundred en to England three weeks before the M. C. C, team on a visit to Reventh wicket, but when Sherwell saw Torrance bant J. Morion Dyke an exacting finish, with Sweeny and Gold" mensuring with the fing by versity) lost to Chan and Llu 1-6;

South Africa. Though by

South Africa,

was twenty-nine.

was strategic enough to get his

their first fixture, that they

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and twenty-one for the ermen last, furty-five runs were could get ample penetice unde the means our full strength, it was still. nerded. Nourse and he got

pretty powerful side, that would them and the match unfamiliar conditions before play have defeated practically everyThere was a scene of inder: ribable ing a match. This, of course, was county in England.

In included.enthusiasm on the ground. It was possible enough with bis prides the Captain, F. Fane, the first time South Africa hnd ever Kramme of only twenty-six J. N. Crawford, who had only left beaten England and at first the matches, though it could not Repton the summer before, Hayes, result was looked upon at home as managed in the case of the present Folia Blythe, Denton, Albert Relf, a plucky bit of work but a bit of a team who are playing forty! But, Haigh. Board and Lees, among its fluke. it is interesting to er that they ranks. presumably on purpose, started off was thirty eight and Haigh and Board, the wicket keeper, with some of the weaker counties. Warner thirty-four and thirty-three Mitchell's side, though it had an respectively: it will be seen that excellent match record never met their was quite a team officially designated asalna! Crawford was byly nine a lot of youth "England". As was the custom teen. then and until 1907 in England, the nearest they got to it was when been representative games between In South Afrien there had always they played strong M. C. C. sides, the full strength of the Country The side maile a very good im pression, both on the public and in Leould put into the field,

and the best cleven the Visitors ricket circles, Few people, how-

Up to this ever, when they saw Schwarz bowl

time South Africa had never been for the first time against Oxford University, could have suspected that they were watching the first

overs of the first,

of the grut googly bowlers, who made such a sensation for the next few years, and were to the up our finest its men hopelessly on the matting wickets of South Africa.

ENGLAND AGAIN BEATEN maintained when South Africa beat But this attitude conid not be

derers' ground, and then, to pin the England twice again on the Wan-

the mattingen-grass wicket by an fourth match thing down conclusively, won the

innings!

at Capetown on

It is interesting to see that the critics at home set the defeats down to bad cricket on the part

of the English players rather than

to good play on the part of the South Africans. Indeed they serm to have adopted much the same wards Wyatt's defeat in the West attitude as they are adopting to. Indies. But it was the leg breaks of Reggie Schwarz, which popped off the matting at a tremendous

acessful and well as their 1904 side had done in England, no one pesed that their tour would be aything but a repetition of the former MHCCESSOR, Yet England the first four matches, and only were completely rruted as they lost managed to win the fifth. Three of these games were played on the famous Wanderers' Clith Ground at Johannesburg. It has only justpace and incidentally turned out to lately been turfed, but had before matting wicket "pitched on sand."

CAPETOWN WICKETS

he oft breaks when they pitched, that beat us, combined with Faulk- ner's disguised finger spin.

But

GREAT GOOGLY QUARTETTE Although J South African, Schwarz owed his training as a cricketer to England. He was an ald Pauline and had player for

It was said that the only way to some time in the Middlesex eleven. The other two games were at

play them was to watch carefully with R. J. T." Bosanquet when the Capetown where in those days the for the off-break action and then latter was developing his googlies. wicket was matting pitched on Schwarz experimented on his own grass. As far as can

Aum that the delivery was a leg along the same lines, and not only tained, this 'sand', as it is called in fortunately he did not always bowl be aserreak, and pice versal Un- did the succeed himself but he: Mr. Altham's book was specially the wrong 'un! Vegler and White taught others, and later the great seated and rammed hard, so that had not so much bowling to do but quartette of himself, Gordon White, it presented a smooth and firm sur. they were Vogler and Faulkner arose

very sound. As has It is face all over the ground, and pre-been said, if one is not sure which rather a curious fact that when sumably did not take footprints, way a length ball is going to break, this school finished, and they were Possibly "packed earth" or "rammed the best method of playing it is to nearly all at the end of their earth" would be better descrip play it as late as possible. bowling before 1912. no successors tinn, but no clear description cún arose who could bowl the googly Le found.

this is not so easy to do when the with anything approaching their

hall nips off the wicket with added skill and sucerss. There is tired from the game, but the new matting. Curiously

By this time Halliwell had re- pace and devil as it doca from doubt, however, that Schwarz and captain, Percy Sherwell, was as though the modern

enough, al- the bowlers of his type brought good as he had been. If possibly undoubtedly been to go right back trend has about the development of the two- not up to his predecessor's form eyed stance and the triumph of when taking fast bowling, Sherwell back play over forward. "Come is consi tered he the best taker of Pght out at her, Sir" used to be the googlies in the history of the game chief-if not the only maxim of The main cause of our defeat was the old time school professional, the lowling of the "Big Four But now the theory cunte in that Schwarz, Gordon White, Vogler helped much more by a the batsman should play the ball and Faulkner, the last two being wirket pitched on hard soil than at the last possible minute as he new-comers. A. D. Nourse, then one pitched upon grass, while could not be sure which way it was twenty seven years of age-the the grass wicket itself is still less going to turn by watching the father of the Dudley Noorse in the helpful. It gives much more effect bowler's batid. Bosanquet was te present team als began his career, to a big finger-spin and this proved all intents and purposes the in-and his impertorbable left handed to be the case with Simpson-Huy ventor of the googly, though claims defence was of great value to the Ward, who spon have been laid on behalf of earlier side. J. H. Sinclair, an old men tremendously, and in later years his fast-lobs players, presumably on the groundber of South African teams, though proved very successful, in South that the maxim ente Agamemnana" must always and S, J. Snooke, a new-comer, pro-

"Vixere fortes still under thirty years of age. Africa, and especially at the Wan- apply

derers Ground. ivided the stock bowling of the

on the sticks, in this particular tour F. L. Fane did best against the only merchants, and he relied very largely on forward play. AN regards this type of bowling, t must be remembered that it ix matting

(To Be Continued)

THE SIXTH ROUND

tle found Henriques far from his from the tee and finally failing to Lu 6-4 best at the start, and turned four whole a putt after some "Naughton and the Sweeny and Walker match

who

J. W. Wool and C. P. Yu (Uni- The best of the sixth round matches

drow with Me and Ung 0-6; lont to (Western Gailes),

had turned four up, hard pushed the referee and enddies. an international to hang on to his lead."

Wong and Le 4-6. Scottish wing-forward and

Sweeny got the better of some tre- reserve

J. Lee and H. Y. Kwok (Univer- brother of the Rugby international, win 3 holes, and he squared at the passed on to a less successful after-Ma and Ung 6-4; beat Wong and Walker rattled up 3, 5, 3, 3, 4, to merous putting on the last green, and sity) beat Chan and Lu 6-1; bent 17th with a 5, Sweeny being bunkered noon.

Lu -1.

at the 19th.

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