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THE HONGKONG

TELEGRAPH. FRIDAY, JULY - 5, 1935.

CRICKET'S HISTORY IN SOUTH AFRICA

DECLINE AND FALL IN CRICKET "SWEEP"

THE GAME

English Team Of 1909 Fare Better Than Predecessors

CHAPTER V

PAST THE CREST

(By "R, Abbit"}

In the winter of 1909-10 yel an-- other M. C. C. side went out to South Africa under the captaincy of H.D.G. Loveson-Gawer. The name of the

capta The majority of that

Australia won four of the representa Live games, and Victor Trumper had an average of over 4 for six com- pleted Innings.

CHAPTER VI

DE PROFUNDIS

by the way, presents some

In the late autumn of 1995 South very big African erkeket had had swung into non-Goro

aл

players, which showed itself in the form, apart from one or two great

Australian tour, was

WARNING

County Club's £2,000

Benefit

Arnold Payne and Charles Swin- den, of Northampton, were sum moned at the local police court recently as organisers of a Derby Sweepstake draw on behalf of the Northamptonshire County Cricket

Club.

The magistraten accepted a afate- ment that the case was brought as a warning, and dismissed It on payment of costs £2 12s. 6d. A summons against the printer of the tickets was withdrawn.

Mr. R. C. Vaughan, defonding the lately retired England's ken like some new planet. counsel, said that as soon as they Admiral, who was before captain of But it was not fates to spread is knew there was any question of the the Cornwall, di I was under the brightest light for more than five and legality of the draw they suspended impression that the cricketer pro- half years. The loss of all-round and later cancelled it. nounced his name as it was spelt, but

By similar meuns Mr. Payne and I am told I am quite wrong.

continue Mr. Swinden had baised £2,000 for It was not such a bad team ; and increase, until a little over a the club in five years. among others, Hobbs, Rhodes, David

yeur after the Antipodean tour, the Benton, Woolley, Thompson. Blythe, and

debactu of

Triangular the Buckenham, Morice Bird and Simp Tournament occurred in England in son-tlayard, were included.

The the wet summer of 1812.

The iden emanated from a South average age of the team was bej tween thirty all thirty-one years. African

magnate, Sir Abe Bailey, They did not fare so badly as War and perhaps at first view seemed | ner's teams previously had done, but ind enough, for it brought South they last the rubber by the old game Africa and Australa to England at In five finished matches,

AREA WATER POLO

Cotton's Brilliant Golf

MEMORABLE FIRST MATCH - WITH COMPSTON AT SAND MOOR

BOXERS' DISPUTE

ON BEAUTY

WHEN TARLETON WAS TRAINING

"¡Continued from Page 8).

looked to be set for another profit- able advance when he was three holes to the good at the 5th on Archio Compston. But Compaton, with his Roehampton laurels show-, ing little signs. of the Birkdale frosts, had other idens, and squar- ed the game at the 0th, where Jolly VISIT TO CAMP followed a good one by pushing his tee-shot out. Compston took the lead at the next, holing from eight feet after Jolly's ball had hit his opponent's with a putt never quite on the linen costly misapplication of Exellu's theories, which was again the loser's portion at the twelfth.

(By Fred Dartnell)

London, June 10. To the general public the lives of boxers so far as their interest is concerned, exists chiefly be. tween the four sides of the roped ker recovery at the 13th, but Comp- A stymie saved Jolly after a bun- ring. What they do outside the stou with 42 finished the game at ring, their thoughts, aspirations |the fifteenth, green-a good run and ambitions, does not make that—4, 4, 3, 6, 4, 2. half the appeal which lies in a

Jones was three under fours acíchce superlative display of with the gloves, or the thrilling when he beat, Robertson; Branch knock of a deadly punch. There was put in 35 and beat. Good is, however, another side to your soundly by six and four. But all Evered this yesterday on arriv faded when Percy Aillas beat last fighting man's make-up. I dis- the happenings of the morning ing at Slough to have a look at year's winner, A. H. Padgham, Nel Tarleton's training operations There was nothing in the early for his fight next Wednesday at stages to suggest the departure of quite ineffective on the "matting-on-iiicult all round. England, fresh The following are the results of Liverpool with Freddie Miller for the holder. He was three under ART wickets, and altogether had a from the triumph of Johnny Douglas's the second round matches the the world's championship.

fours for the first six holes and bnd tour, Rhodes and Walley also tean-(Warner was really captain Hongkong Area Water Polo Knock- shared thin

three up. inability

do well on but he fell ill after the first game and Competition:

Tarleton and his sparring part- H. Q. Wing 1/Lincolns beat "D"ners were sitting quietly together these pitches.

then never played in another match)--in cor. 2/E. Fan. R. 41; "A" Coy. Buckenham.

Allies then exploded 5, 3, 3, 3, to 1911-12 aged 33, a good fast bowler, and Australin in

the rrated

une up. Padgham was Thompson, a medium spinner, worked South Africans by all three Tests/Lincolns best "B" Coy, 1/Linceins in a room adjacent to the gym become

↓ 2; 12th Heavy Bty. R. A. bent just before beginning the after-bunkered at the short seventh, very hard without meeting with any Bowling on rain-damaged wickets (E. Lan. R. bent . Q. Wing 2/8. just in time," said the English from six feet; Alliss put his second Coy. 2/R. W. F. 7 – 0; "B" Coy. noon's work. "You've got here played a good recovery, but missed Simpson-Hayward's fast lols on that F. R. Foster and Harnes went on to Lan. it. 8 0.22nd A. A. S/ Coy. feather-weight champion, "to settle up three feet from the hole at the

une Line. It, however, overlooked Results Of Second Round This was almost entirely due to two important factors-the English the fact that Blythe who had been climate and the County Cricket

Of Competition the master of the South Africans en Championship. It was a very un- the wet grass wickets of 1907, was pleasant summer and wickets were

great reward. But the success of

Australian

"A"

•

type of wicket was pronounced, and repeat their

triumph F. bent "B" Coy. 2/R. W. F. 7-3; saved us front an even worse upset. against the South Africans and the 24th Ivy, Bay. R. A. beat II.K. Signell

a debate!"

[eighth-a courageous shot for Curiously enough ho became in- latter actually took 34 wickets (out of Section R. C. S. 3-0 "A" Coy. 2/E nocuous and Blythe found his true the 60 that fell) for 282 runs!

"What is it all about?" I naked. Padgham had put his six feet away. | Lan. R. bent "C" Coy, 2/E, Lan, R. farm on the matting-on-grass wickets

er did the South Africans do very 51; 27 Cny. R. A. M. C.

and Tarleton replied that the sub But Padghan missed his putt, at Cape Town.

Alliss didn't, and when Padgham much better

the Australians, fvy. By. R. A. I -0.

ject under discussion was inch England beat (whom,

what missed the green at the short ninth The Third Round matches are: | constituled benuty. That was' a handsomely in the only match con-

was and Alliss got his three, the game cluded), as they lost

1. Q. Wing 1/Lincolns v. "A" Coy. puzzler strnight ́awny Iwa games 1/Linentns; 12th Hvy. Ity, R. A. v. Beribe. I looked on one

įwas squire. of the though they minnaged to draw on "B" Cor, 2/E. Lan. R.; 2nd A. A cauliflower South African bowling was borne brother in their favour. But in the S/L Cay. R. E. v. 2415 Ivy. Bty, poses round me and wondered overing from ten feet at the next to ears and damaged Then Alias rubbed it in by hol- Faulkner and Vogler, win, in this et match Matthews, of Australia, A.; "A" Coy. 2/E. Lan. R. v. 27 Coy department of the game, carried the made cricket history by performing R. A. M. Ö..

backs. Faulkner too the hat trick in both innings!

STILL COODLIES

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the incongruity of it all and why take the lend. 4, 4, 3, 4, 5, 3 fol- the possessors thereof should be lowed; then Padgham's approach discussing such a thing as beauty. to the sixteenth, never quite firmly Jenough struck, kicked away to the left. He cut, the legs off his pitch

IDEAL DEMPSEY

had developed into a very sound bat. The lack of success shows to what ripple of applause. In those days the if cramped a bit at first. South depth South Africans cricket. Jnd "company" nl Lord's knew how to Afrien won the first Test by 19 ru

sunk. The old quartette of googlie apprecinte fine cricket even if runs after being led by a humired on the bowlers had more or loss finished, did come slowly, first innings, and in the second game though Faulkner still had his days Tall and beautifully proportioned,

It was about good looks as ap- (which palled up fifteen feet short, their triumph was easier. They also and was still brillant as a batsminn. Syd. Barnes had the easiest possible plied to men that the opinions and Alliss with a four became appeared to be

winging the third But there was only A. D. Nourse-nm up to the wicket and a beautiful differed. Tarleton was very frank dormy, pretty easily, as England wanted 221

veteran in Tests-to help him rhythmic swing of the right arm and decisive. He was all for the runs in the last innings ar

and lost four how wickets for 42. However, Hobbs then only twenty-three-showed very high; The result was type. He plumped for Jack Demp; at the seventeenth and pulling his

in batting, though Herbert W. Taylor which brought the ball down

Then Padgham took the next from manly as opposed to the theatrical two, Alliss failing from four feet Morice Bird Kot going together and promising style with the bat. He will nounced rise from the pitch with an sey as his ideal. I did not remind drive on to the first fairway at the England pulled it off by three wie be heard of later in South

Vice;

apreciable amount of leg bias, which! Afrien keis. But in the next Test on the Cricket. Another new-comer. Why brought the hall across nearly wirket him that Dempsey had had his nose last hole, being short with his sec Newlands Ground in Cape Town, bowled leg breaks in a very promifnet Barnes might have had more he conformed to Tarleton's estim- feet. With his lead gone Allise re wide but not quite As a matter of built up by the specialists before ond and finally missing from nine South Africa

innile

the jug way wIS S. J. Pegler also rubber-by-

y-..-winning -- comfortably, twenty-three. He has played much wickets at times but for this ring sate: England did

fused to be shaken and, getting the 11 certain amount cricket since then,

it often took the hall over the sticks! of face-saving in the last game

instead of hitting them. When to Somebody mentioned Carpentier lead in three at the 19th, watched by winning by wickets to FURTHER ENGLISH SUPRE JACY this frequently added a very late as the bend ideal, but I reminded adgham, who had put his second make the balance ngainst us only the;

swing, it en easily be imagined what Yet one more series of Tests was a nightmare Burner was even to the the lads that handsome is as hand-in a bunker pin-high, left with a old game.

But Dough South Africa won the to be played before the tragedy of best batsmen in those days. Though some does and that if Monsieur six-foot putt to keep the rubber, there were signs in the ne- the Great War laid all cricket aside, he has now reached the considerable Georges had not possessed a mur. alive. But the ball lipped the hole counts of the matches, which we can Johnny Douglas took a team in 1918-age of 62, I understaral that he is derons right hand (pace G.. B. and Padgham went, as my esteem- "From the still playing League Cricket some Shaw) he would not have possess win has never quite naid yet, "to ed contemporary Mr. Bernard Dar- now read, that all was not well with 14 to South Africa, their cricket. The full scores are not records in Mr. Altham's book—which | where in the North Country, and is fed such a following as he did,

hide his head amongst a cloud of to hand but far fewer names are of course is only a sketch-it

VICTORY

Caliban was mentioned as having done outstanding appear that Hubby batted and Sydney ACRUSHING VICing runs!

no great looker, stars.":. work. Faulkner and

be Barnes bowles, while

suppose In any case Douglas's team won according to Shakespeare, but if he tween them took 05 out of the 85 Douglas bowled and batted at the four and drew one Test Matcha were fighting to-day and had a wickets which fell to the bowler dur-ather end. Actually no reference to decisive victory. In the second Teststring of lightning knock-outs to ner for Freddie Miller for quite a ing the course of the live test nutches, or information of, the personnel of Match Barnes took seventeen out af while the only two batsmen who were the team appeare in any books which twenty wickets to fall, which, so far is credit everybody would be fall-lot of his matches, and it was a

ins can trace, is record in Testing for him;

good idea to engage him for Tarle- mentioned hy name in the negoun, ure to hand."

Match Cricket, South Africa were

ton's

sharpening up process. hopelessly elipsed.

Tarleton is looking very fit. The Peters put on the "southpaw" H. W. Taylor, played some excellent change from his old training quar-methods and generally gave a good the fahings but there were few to help fers near Liverpool has done him imitation of the American style, Tarleton was married about but once when Tarleton caught him

given by Mr. Altham were Faulkner and Gordon White. In cricket

you

may bitch your waggon to a star, or

SYDNEY BARNES

The amazing thing really Is

Their

captain,

to two or three. But when they fall tate development of S. Barnes, who, hint. S. J. Pegier had stopped be good. the crash is abrupt and definite.

A

one which relies on two

sounder than one

1913-14, was at his best, when he some

not recorded in

game

strong, well-balanced side x fain the games in Australia in 1911-12 hind in England after 1912 when seven weeks ago, but the noble art with a smashing right to the jaw and in the South African games of seems to remember he played for demands the personal ancrifice and the young Londener was glad to go

County Northamptonshire was between 38 and 41, an age when think-although it

in the more or less sunny South back to orthodoxy by way of re- up, though, of course, there have been be was mast bowlers are thinking of packing Wisden's Biographical notes and she feels good enough to turn the lief.

not available, Blackenlarg tables on the American who beat notable exceptions such BR

both waya and kept a steady length,

or three cracks.

It so happened that in 1910-11 a South African side went to Australia. Some mention may be made of this

Chee

to

J. T. partially filled his place for he broke him at Liverpool Inst September. It is sixteen years since Tarle-

1924.

in a more detailed way Inter, together Hearne,

ton began boxing, but he has .re- with the account of their Australian I remember very well neeing him, but of the rest J. W. Zulch and Innda He has a trio of ardent assistantstained quite a youthful outlook on games. But to trace the course in the summer before the Australian alone did any good. Twenty-three is Johnny Peters, the Battersca the game. I reminded him that I bad almost written 'curve'-of their cricket at this juncture, some refers in the Gentlemen and Players) players appeared for South Africa boy, George Daly, who is on Jeff had seen him beaten in' the Ama-

watch nt Lord's in 1911. He was in all are sign of Cricket weuk- Uickaun's clerical staff and wielda teur. this tour is

necessary, bowling from the Nursery end, while ness. Of the five Tests, England won a hefty glove as well, and Phinena "Yes!" he replied. "I fought three

Championships in Vogler had

quite lost his bowling and fremanger was at the Pavillon en tu but the four in favour of the John, the Welsh feather-weight. times as an amateur and each time Reggie Schwarz alone did much and J. W. H. T. Douglas and Plum that game was with the ball, for Faulkner was Warner were batting. They could South Africans who might

Each of these lads made things I was have

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breezy for Tarleton, who had to ultimately won the title. But you take quite a number of hard blows. won't hold that against me next

Petera has been a sparring part-week, I hope!".

making Ar niany runs make no more than 20 runs in an won had it not rained. And so ended that he averaged 73 in the five hour. It was magnificent cricket and cricket between the two Countries for Tests, and did not take many wickets, after each maiden over, there was aleight and a half years,

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