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SOUTH AFRICAN CRICKET

IN RETROSPECT

THE HONGKONG

WALSH'S GREAT VICTORY

SUCCESSES AND FAILURES OF Beats European Boxing

PIONEERING TEAMS

Champion

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

PLAYED IN YEARS GONE BY

CHAPTER II

(CONTINUED)

(By R. Abbit)

Tho next South African team to visit England came over in the 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. He is, by the way, still hale and hearty and is writing an accourt of his cricketing life in the current numbers of the "Cricketer." With him again- came Louis Tancred, Hathorn, Kotze, Sinclair,

good deal of

the dimenlties of batting on. The

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But there is no doubt that the South Africans bowled it with far more certain length than that to which Borinquet attained, for he was never sure of his length, and in three consecutive balls might come a full logs, a didapper, and an entirely unplayable ball. The South African googly merchants at their best kept well nigh as stendy length as the average stock bowler.

CHAPTER II-

WORTHY FOES

There is no doubt that the ex-

of

1903-1904 the

M. C. C. had taken the decisive step

1244

TK)

Jimmie Walsh (Cheater) out- light-weight champion of Europe, in a 12-round contest at Liverpool, It was a close flight, fought at a thrilling pace throughout.

Orlandi repeatedly hooked Walsh to the body and crashed over a right, but the Cheater boxer kept cool and unet the ring cleverly. in the fifth round Walsh found the only way to counter the Itallan's attack was by straight left, and after this he used this blow effectively,

The eighth round was Walsh's best. He frequently hit hard to the Italian's face, and on one occa- sion span him round with a terrific. right,

VICTORY AT LAST

to a

won.

ENGLAND AGAIN BEATEN But this attiful could not be maintained when South Africa beat England twice again on the Wan- derers' ground, and then, to pin the fourth thing down 'cmelusively, won the

match at Capetown

on

In South Africa there had always been representative games between the full strength of the Country matting-on-grass wicket by an

innings!

TELEGRAPH FRIDAY, JUNE 21, 1935.

DR. TWEDDELL AND LAWSON LITTLE

How They Qualified For Golf Final

(Continued from Page 8).

better.

lat.

TENNIS FIXTURES PLAYED

"C" DIVISION MATCHES

RAIN CAUSES TWO POSTPONEMENTS

team by 6 sets to 21%. LA. Carvalho and A. M. Xavier wore the | bent pair for the Recreio, winning

all their sats. Scores

G. Kelly and 9. Cassumbhoy (Craigengewer) lost to Carvalho and Xavier lost to J. A. Xavier andt N. Beltrao 3-0 lost to C. E. Xavier: and 11. Gonsnives 4-0.

T. Lock and E. B. Hamson (Craig, engower) Jost to Carvalho and Xavier 4-6; bent Xavier and Boltrao. 6-4:

drew with Xavler and Gon- salves 8-6.

L. Chon and N. O. Sadick (Craig-

to engowor) lost

Carvalho and Xavier 3-6; bent Xavlor and Beltrao 6-1; lost to Xavier and Gonnalven

INDIANS v. KOWLOON C.C.

Playing at home, the Indian Ro-

They were square at the turn, with Torrance out in 40 and Dykes in 39. Torrance lost the 11th, where his second was over the back, and finished with Tweddell one up on T. A. Tor-on a patch from which he played rance. It ended there in a two and recovery back over the green' into a one victory for Tweddell.

bunker, but he squared with a 4 of After halves in 4, 5. 6. Torrance the sort that his opponents learn to Rain yesterday afternoon caused took the lead at the fourth with a 3 receive without surprint, putting in two matches in the "C" Division of creation Club were but the demon of booking possessed second clear of the green, pitching-up the Lawn Tennis League programme Kowloon Cricket Crunced by the

to be abandoned. The Army Tennis to one. Scores: three holes, lost the let at the next and holing from six yarde.

He took the lead at the 13th, holing Club were to have played the Chin This avalanche

Torrance

then from 12 feet for 3; but Dykes is not ene Recreation Club

M. P. Madar and A. Rahmin stopped in dramatic fashion by put one to be subdued easily, and the fight Bay, but the match was postponed and R. S. Capell 3-6; lost to G. A. at Causeway (Indian R.C.) lost to C. E. Watson ting his second stone-dead at the 8th. never lost its intensity, til Dyker as the courts were unit for play, White and W. Gittins 2-0; lost to

pushal

teo shots saw an undis«, visited two bunkers at the Inch. and the other match affected was J. S. Smith and A. Crawford 3-0. tinguished half in 4 at the 9th, with Nor was there evet much to spare that between the Kowloon Indian Tweddell out in an approximate 41. in the match in which Tweddell beat Tennis Club and the Central British dian R.C.) lost to Watson and Capelt.

T. Hamet and A. R. Abbas (In- with Torrance, a Iand 1 weddell took 3 to get down one hole.

stroke Erie Pildian, nisu of Stanbridge, by Association at Kowloon.

-u; lost to White and Gitting 2-0: from the edge of the 10th, and again Fiddinn's

horror. ever-present

The Indian Recreation Club enter-drew with Smith and Crawford B-6. A. R. Suffled and A. K. Ismail this everchanging match was square: topping, overcame him on the second tuined the Kowloon Cricket Club at (Inilian 1.6.) lost

Watson and but, with Torrance a a long way to the and third tees, but he refused to be Sookupro, and only managed to get Capell 4-0; lost to White and Git- right with his second at the next, shaken, and was only one down at the set as a result of two sets bettinn 2-6 drew with Smith and Craw- Tweddell took the lead.

tura after squaring at the Sthing halved. At Pokfulum, the Uniford 6-4. He became

hooking. Tweddell aved the next the 5th. with a powerful recovery from rough

Fiddian topped his second to the guwer Cricket Club. to the left, but after both had missed 7th, and again slipped behind. Fid- found two bunkers at the holeable putts, to win the 15th, he dinu was bunkered at the 18th, and 10th, missed a putt of much value, but little Torrance made a classic

but length, recovery

fine iron home, to the

from 5ft. for the bulf after Tweddell! Tweddell just managed to get ther away. had holed in from a little further better of the riques (ap from his from the ter and finally failing to Lu `8-4.

Little found THE SIXTH ROUND

{{t+s! 41 the start. and turned four Phake a putt after some "Naughton The best of the sixth round matches saw an exacting finish, with Sween the referee and endfies.

and the Sweeny and Walker match and Gold" measuring with the flag by saw Torrance beat J. Morton Dykes who had turned four up, hard pushed] (Western Gailes), 2021 International to hang on to his lend.

Sweeny got the better of some tre- reserve Scottish wing-forward and brother of the Rugby international, win a holes, and he squares at the passed on to a less successful after Walker rattled up 3, 4, 3, 4, 4, tonerous putting on the last green, and 17th with a 6, Sweeny being bunkered] non.

at the 10th.

"

up at the 13th, where Tweddell being buntered at the 4th, yersity got the better of the South

** China" A.A., and the Club de Re- UNIVERSITY. SOUTH CHINA

for

the Craigen-

CRAIGENGOWER v. RECREIO The Club de Recreio, visiting Craigengower, defeated the home (Continued on Next ColumnaJ

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cricketers Gordon White and Regria the English people aware that the way, is the manager of the present once again Torrance was beset with and finding a four beyond his scope creio accounted and Halliwell, and those two grent cellent form of the 1904 side made usual type. The latter, by the Schwarz made their debul. White South Africans were fast becoming team. was only twenty-two, but Schwarz, foe worthy of their willow. In

winter the who had played a cricket in England before going to of sponsoring a side for Austratin e running its usual nurse and The first test match seemed to South Africa, was twenty-nine. Frank Mitchell was fully aware of themselves, and had sent ant the South Africa had to get a hundred from a bunker at the 17th, but failed } 12d), Rot, one hole back.

first of many visiting "England" and seventy-nine runs with their turf wickets of England after the teams to the Antipodes. The past four wickets.

Thanks was a success, and in 1906-6 1'. magnificent stand between Gordon then almost invariable matting of Warner, who had led England 1 White and Nourae they put on a South African grounds, and victory against Australia, aptnine hundred was strategie enough to get his fan 31. C. C. team on a visit to seventh wicket, but when Sherwell anil twenty-one for the hen to England three weeks before

by Africa, Though | South their first fixture. so that they means our full strength, it was still needed.

come in last, forty-five runs were could get ample practler under the¦ unfamiliar conditions fore play have defeated practically

Nourge and he got pretty powerful side that would them and the match was

every There was a scene of Inder: ribable ing a match. This, of course, was

only in England. In included.enthusiasm on the ground. possible PROLIN With Dis prohesides the Captain. F. 1 Fane.the first time South Africa had ever It was gramme Al only

twenty-six, Crawford, who had only left eaten England and at first the matches, though it could not be managed in the ease of the present in Blythe, Denton, Alert Kell, a pharky bit of work laut a bit of n Repton the summer before. Hayes, result was looked upon at home as team who are playing forty! But

is interesting to ree that they ranks Board, the wicket keeper,

Haigh. Board and Lees, among its luke. presumably on purpose, started off was thirty eight and Haigh and with some of the weaker counties. Warner thirty-For and thirty-three! Mitchell's side, though it had an respectively; it will be seen that excellent math record never me! there was quite a

Iol of youth team officially designated as lost! Crawford was only nine "England". A was the custom theb and until 1907 in England, the nearest they got to it was when they played strong M. C, C, sides, The side made a very good in

and the best eleven the Visitors pression, both on the public and in could pat into the field. Up to this

ricket circles. Few people, how time South Afrien had

It is interesting to see that the ever, when they saw Schwarz bow successful and well as their 1904 down to bad cricket on the part never beeneritics at honte set the defents for the first time against Oxford side had done in England, no one of the English players rather than University, could have suspected supposed that their tour would be that they were watching the first anything but a repetition of the South Africans.

to good play on the part of the overs of the first, of the great farmer

Indeed they seem googly howlers, who made sich were completely rented as they lost attitude as they are adopting to Sheces 4498, Yet England to have adopted much the same sensation for the next few years, the first four matches, and only wards Wyatt's defeat in the West and were to the up our finest hats managed to win the fifth. Three Indies. But it was the leg breaks mer hopelessly on the mattingf these games were played on the of Reggie Schwarz, which popped wickets of South Africa.

famous Wanderers' Club Ground at off the matting at a tremendous | GREAT GOOGLY QUARTETTE Johannesburg. It has only just pure and incidentally turned out to Although $1 South African, lately been turfed, but had before he off brinks when they pitched, Schwarz owed his training ax A a matting wicket "pitched on sand." that beat us, combined with Faulk- cricketer to England. He was an old Pauline and had played for

CAPETOWN WICKETS

ner's disguised finger spin. some time in the Middlesex eleven. with B. 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 Schwarz experimented on his own grass.

on assume that the delivery was a leg As far as enn he along the same lines, and not only fained, this "sand", as it is called in fortunately he did not always bowl ascer-break, .and rice revan! Un- did he succeed himself bat taught others, and later the great heated and rammed hard, so that had not so much bowling to do but by Mr. Altham's book was specially the wrong 'un! Vogler and White quartette of himself, Gordon White, it presented a smooth and firm sut-they were very Vogler and Faulkner arose It is face all over the ground, and pre-been said, if one is not sure which sogind. As has 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 corth" or "rammed the best method of playing it is to nearly all AL bowling before 1942, no successors tion. but no clear deseription can

their earth" would be a better descrip- play it as late as possible.. Rut arose who could bowl the googly Le found.

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

ball nips off the wicket with added By this time Halliwell had re-pace and devil as it does from enough, MJ- has

the end of

The other two- games- were at

It was said that the only way to play then was to watch carefully

ski and success. There is ng tired from the rame, but the new matting. Curiously doubt, however, that Schwarz and captain. Percy Sherwell, was as though the modern trend the bowlers of his type brought good as he had been. about the development of the two not up to his predecessor's form on the sticks, in this particular I possibl: andoubtedly been to go right back eyed stance and the trumpli off when taking fast bowling, Sherwell four F. L. Fane did best against the back play over right out at her, Sir” used to les the googlies in the history of the game.

forward. Come isconi teted be the best taker of googly merchants, and he relied chief-if not the only-maxim of The main case of our defeat was regards this type of bowling, if very largely on forward pay. As the old time school professional, the bowling of the "Big Four" must be remembered that it is But now the theory came in that schwarz, Gordon White, Vogler helped much more by a matting the batsman should play the ball and Faulkner, the last two being wicket pitched on hard soil than at the last possible minute as he new-emnera. could not be sure which way

A. D. Nourse, then by one pitelied upon grass, while was twenty seven going to turn by watching the father of the Dubey Norse in the helpful.

years of age=the | the grass wicket itself is still less bowler's hard. Bosanquet was to present team also began his career, to a big finger-spin and this proved It gives much mere elleet all intents and purposes the in-and his imperturbable left handed to be the case with Simpron-Hay- ventor of the googly, though claims defence was of great value to the ward, Fave been laid on behalf of earlier side. J. II. Sinclair, an old men tremendously, and in later years players, presumably on the ground bee of South African teams, though proved very successful in South that the maxim ante Agamemnone" must always and S. J. Snooke, a new-comer, proderers Ground.

irere fortessall under thirty years of age, Africa, and especially at the Wan- apply

Frided the stock bowling of the

(To Be Continurá}

who spun hin fast-jobs

HIT SONGS: "Reckless,'

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Muo

JEAN

The University entertained the South China A.A. at Pokfulum and won by 5% sets to 34. J. Leo and 11. Y. Kwak won all their sets for the University. Scores:

7-5

Y. G. LA and J. Shu (Univer- sity) lost to H. Chen and C. L Liu 6-7: beat H. Ma and C. 11. Ung beat C. P. Wong and W. G

J. W. Wool and C. P. Yu (Uni- versity), lost to Chan and Liu 1-0; drow with Ma und Ung 0-6; lost to Wong and Lu 4-6.

J. Lee and H. Y. Kwok (Univer- Ma and Ung 6-4; beat Wong and sily) beat Chan and Lu 6-3; beat

Lu 6-1.

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