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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

WARNING

English Team Of 1909 Fare County Club's £2,000

+

Better Than Predecessors

CHAPTER V

PAST THE CREST

captoes! The

AB

the

(By "R. Abbit”)

| Australia won four of the representa- tive games, and Victor Trumper had an average of over 94 for six com- pleted innings.

CHAPTER VI

DE PROFUNDIS

Australian tour,

WHA

Benefit

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

The magistrates accepted a state- ment that the case was brought na warning, and dismissed it on payment of costs £2 128. Gd. A summons against the printer of the ticketa was withdrawn,

AREA WATER POLO

Cotton's Brilliant Golf

MEMORABLE FIRST MATCH WITH COMPSTON AT SAND MOOR

BOXERS' DISPUTE

ON BEAUTY

WHEN TARLETON WAS TRAINING

VISIT TO CAMP

(By Fred Dartnell)

(Continued from Page §),

looked to be set for another profit- Jable advance when he was three | holes to the' good at the 5th on Archie Compaton. But Compston, with his Roehampton laurels show- ing little signs of the Birkdale frosts, had other ideas, and squar- ed the game at the 9th, where Jolly followed a good one by pushing his tee-shot out. Compston took the dead at the next, holing-from eight feet after Jolly's ball had hit his opponent's with a putt never quite on the line-a costly misapplication of Euclid's theories, which WMA ngain the loser's portion at the

In the winter of 1009-10 yet an- other M. C. C. side went out to South; Afrien under the captaincy of H.D.G. Lovenon-Gower. The name of the by the way, presents some

In the late autumn of 1905 South majority of that African cricket had had swum into blg family

"Lew it pronounce

Mr. B. C. Vaughan, defending retired England's ken like sonte new planet. lately Admiral, who was before captain of But it was not fated to spreart its counsel, said that as soon as they

London, June 10. the Cornwall, dll. I was under the brightest light for more than five and knew there was any question of the Impression that the cricketer Proform, apart from one or two great and later cancelled it.

a half years. The loss of all-round legality of the draw they suspended To the general public the lives

of boxers so far as their interest {twelfth. nounced his name as it was spelt, but players, which showed itself in the i am told I am quite wrong.

By similar means Mr. Payne and is concerned, exista chiefly be- ! to continue Mr. Swinden had halsed £2,000 for tween the four sides of the roped ker recovery at the 13th, but Comp- such a bad team and increase, until a little over a the club in five years.

A stymie saved Jolly after a bun- It was not among ethers, Hobbs, Rhodes, David year after the Antipodean tour, the Benton, Woolley, Thempsat, Blythe,

ring. What they do outside the ston with 42 finished the game at c. and debacle of the Triangular Buckenham, Morice Bird

3rd and Simp Tournament occurred in England in

ring, their thoughts, aspirations the fifteenth green- good run son-Hayward, were

included. The

wet summer of 1912.

and ambitions, does not make įthat--4, 4, 3, 6, 4, 2. Average age of the team was bo

The iden

emanated from a South

half the appeal, which lies in a. tween thirty and thirty years. African magnate, Sir Abe Bailey,

Jones was three under fours superlative display of science They did not fare so badly as War and perhaps at first view seemed

with the gloves, or the thrilling when he beat Robertson; Branch her's team previously had done, but

Found

for it brought South enough, they lost the rubber by the old game Africa and Australa to England at

| knock of a deadly punch. There was out in 35 and beat Good in five finished matches,

is, however, another side to your soundly by six and four. But all one time. It, This was almost entirely due to two important facte

newever, overlooked Results Of Second Round fighting man's make-up. I dis- the happenings of the morning factors-the. English the fact that Blythe who had been climate and the County

covered this yesterday on arriv-faded when Percy Allies bent last Cricke the master of the South Africans on Championship. It was

ing at Slough to have a look at year's winner, A. H. Padgham. Of Competition very un- the wet grass wickets of 1907, was pleasant summer and wickets were

Nel Tarleton's traming operations There was nothing in the early quite ineffective on the "matting on difficult all round. England, fresh

for his fight next Wednesday at stages to suggest the departure of The following are the results of Liverpool with Freddie Miller for the holder. He was three under Mand" wickets, and altogether had a from the triumph of Johnny Douglas's the second round matches in bad tour. Rhodes and Woolley also team-(Warner was really captain Hongkong Area Water Polo Knock-

the the world's championship.

fours for the first six holes and. do well on but he fell ill after the first game and out Competition: shared thin

Buckenham, then never played in another match-in 11. Q Wing 1/Lincolns bent "D"ners were sitting quietly together

Tarkton and his sparring part-three up. aged 33, # goed fast bowler, and Austrolia in

19142,

routed the Coy. 24. Lan. t. 4. I: "A" Coy-in a room adjacent to the gym become one up. Ingham Thompson, a medium spinner, worked South Afrienas, by all three Tests Lincolns bent "I Cor. 1/Lincolns.

Allins then exploded 3, 3, 3, 3, to hard without meeting with any played,

2: 12th Heavy Bty. R. A. bent just before beginning the after- bunkered at the short seventh, Erent reward. But the success, of Bowling on rain-damaged wickets!"A" Coy. 2/R. W. F. 7 – 0; "B" Cay, noon's work. "You've got here played a good recovery, but missed Simpson-liayward's fast labs on that F. B. Foster and Baraes went on a 2/10. Lan, R. beat 11. Q. Wing /F. Just in time," said the Enlish from six feet; Alliss put his second type of wicket was pronounced, and repent their Australiate

worse upset. against the South Africans and the best "B" Cos. 2/R. W. F. 7-3; a debate" saved us from an even

triamphs Lan. R. 8

0: 22nd A. A. SL Coy. feather-weight champlon, "to settle up three feet from the hole at the Curiously enough he became In-Intter actually took 34 wickets fout of 24th Hvy. Bty, R. A. beat II.K. Signal

eighth-a courageous shot for nocharis and Blythe found his true the 60 that fell) for 282 runs!

Section h. c. s. 3 0; "A" Coy. 2/E. form on the watting-on-grass wickets | Nar did the South Africans du verynn. R. bent "C" Coy, E. Lan. R.

But Padgham missed his putt, Padgham had put his six feet away. much better against the Australians, 5-1; 27 Coy. . A. M. C. beat 20th (whom, Incidentally, England beat Ivy. Bty. R. A. 10. handsomely in the only match con-

The Third Round matches are: eluded), as they lost two

H. Q. Wing 1/Lincolns v. "A" Coy. the though they managed to draw on Coy. 2/E. Jan. R.; 22nd A. A 1/Lincolns; 12th Ivy. Bly. R. A. v. South African bowling was borne is rather in their favor. But in the S/L Coy. R. E. v. 24th Ivy. Bty. noses round me and wondered over ing from ten feet at the next to

Vogler, who, in this first match Matthews, of Australia, AA Coy. 2/E. Lnn. R. v. 27 Cay department of the game, carried the made cricket history by performing R. A. M. G. side on their backs. Faulkner to the hat trick in bath innings! had developed into a very sound bat, if cramped

at first, South Africa won the first Teat by 10 run

these pitchlity to

very

at Cape Town. '

STILL COODLIES

In this visit, the brunt of

Faulkner and

keta.

South Africa

of face-saving in the Inst game, by winning by ten wickets

odd game.

-then

S, J.

while

Frum

5

Was

and Tarleton replied that the aul

"What is it all about?" I asked, jeet under discusalon was what lies didn't, and when Padgham constituted beauty. That was a

missed the green at the short ninth puzzler straight away for

and Allise got bis three, the game the cauliflower scribe. I looked on one or two

was square. ·

the incongruity of it all and why take the lead. 4. 4. 3, 4, 5, 3 fol edra and damaged Then Allies rubbed it in by hol-

discussing auch a thing as beauty, to the sixteenth, never quite firmly the possessors thereof should be flowed; then Padgham's approach enough struck, kicked away to the IDEAL DEMPSEY

left. He cut the legs off his pitch

game

The lack of success shows to what ripple of applause. In those days the depth South Afrienn ericket had "company" at Lord's know how to sunk. The old quartette of googlie appreciate fine cricket even if cuns after being led by a hundred on the bowlers had more first innings, and in the second game though Faulkner still hul his days

or less falshed, did come slowly. their triumph was easier. They also and was still brilliant as a batsman. Syd. Barnes had the easiest possible plied to men

Tail and beautifully proportioned, It was about good looks as ap- which pulled up fifteen feet short, appeared to be winning the third

But there was only A. D. Nourse run up

that the opinions and Alliss with a four became pretty easily, as England wanted 221 now a veteran in Testo help him rhythmic swing

the wicket and a beautiful differed. Tarleton was very frankdormy:

the right wickeln for 42. However, Hobbitting, though Herbert W. Taylor which brought the ball down runs in the last innings and lost four in

arm and decisive. He was all for the Morice Bird get going together and promising style with the bat. He will nounced rise from the pitch with an type. He plumped for Jack Dempat the seventeenth and pulling his Then Padgham took the next only twenty-three-showed very high. The result was a pnmanly as opposed to the theatrical two, Allisa failing from four feet

from

England pulled it off by three wie be heard of later in

Hut in the next Test on the Cricket, Another new-comer.

South Africa Apreciable amount of leg blas, which sey as ble ideal. I did not remind drive on to the first fairway at the who brought the ball across nearly wicket him that Dempsey had had his nose that hole, being short with his see- Newlands Ground in Cape Town, bowled leg breaks in a very promise, wide but not quite As a matter of built up by the specialists before ond and finally missing from nine

made

of the ing way was Kure rubber

by winning comfortably twenty-three. He has played much wickets at times but for this rise, as ate.

Pegler alsu fnet Barnes might have had more he conformed to Tarleton's estim- feet. With his lend gone Alliss re- England" did A cerlain amount cricket since then,

it often took the ball over the sticks

fused to be shaken and, getting the instead of hitting them. When FURTHER ENGLISH SUPRE JACY this in frequently ulded a very late as the beau ideal, but I reminded Padgham, who had put his second Lo Somebody mentioned Carpentier lead in three at the 19th, watched ninke the lancé against us only the

Yet are more series of Teats was a nightmare Barnes was even to the

swing, it can easily be igized what the lads that handsome is as hand-in a bunker pin-high, left with a But though South Africa won the to be played before the tragedy of test batsmen in those days. Though some does and that if Monsieur six-foot putt to keep the rubber, there were signs in the e dehumy Douglas, tud a cricket aside, in bus now reached the considerable Georges had not possessed a mur- and the ball tipped the hole

the matches, which we can shiny took a team in 1613 age of 62, now read, that all was not well with 14 to

South Africa.

understand that he is lerous right hand (pace the still playing League Cricket Home-Shaw) he would not have possess win has never quite said yet, "to G. B. and Padgham went, as my esteem- their cricket. The full scores are not records in Mr. Althain's book-which where in the North Country, and ised such a following as he did.

ed contemporary Mr. Bernard Dar- to hand but far fewer names are, a 10

of course is only, a sketch-it would

taking wickets and even making runs! meationed as having done outstanding appear that Hobbs batted and Sydney A CRUSHING VICTORY

hide his head amongst a cloud of work. Faulkner and Vogler, be Barnes Bowled

Caliban was no great looker, stará." suppose

In any case Douglas's team tween them took 65 out of the 85 Dougins bowled and batted at the four and dress on

won according to Shakespeare, but if he wickets which fell to the bowler for information of the personnel of Match Barnes tak seventeen out of his credit everybody would be fall-ut of his matches, and it was a dur-other ent. Actually no reference to decisive victory. In the second Test string of lightning knock-outs to her for Freddie Miller for quite a

Test Match--a were fighting to-day and had a ing the course of the five test match the teams appears in any hooks which twenty wickets to fall, which, an fur while the only two batsmen whn mentioned by name in the account

I can trace, is a record in Testing for him.

good idea to engage him for Tarle- given by Mr. Althan were Faulkner

Match Cricket, South Africa and Gordon White. In cricket you

hopelessly eclipsed.

Lon's sharpening up. Tarleton is looking very ft. The Peters pat on Their

process. captain, nay hitch your waggon to a star,

II. W. Taylor, played some excellent change from his old training quar-methods and generally gave a good The amazing thing really is the janings but there were few to help ters near Liverpool has done him imitation of the American style, the "southpaw" to two or three. But when they fall late development of S. Barnes, who, him. S. J. Pegler had stopped be good. Tarleton was married about but once when Tarleton caught him the crash in abrupt and definite. Ain 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 strong, well-balanced side is far and in the South African games of seem to remember he played for demands the personal sacrifice and the young Londoner was glad to go Rounder than one which relies on two 1913-14, was at his best, when or three cracks.

he some County Northamptonshire in the more or less sunny South back to orthodoxy by way of re- was between 38 and 41, an age when think-although It s happened that in 1910-11 most bowlers are thinking of packing Wisden's Biographical notes and so he feels good enough to turn the

in not recorded in South African side went to Australia. up, though, of course, there have been be was Some mention may be made of this notable exceptions

not available, Blackenburg tables on the American who beat in a more detailed way later, together Hvarne,

J. T. partially filled his place for he broke him at Liverpool last September. with the account of their Australian remember very well seeing him, bet of the rest J. W. Zulch and Hands

It is sixteen years since Tarle- hotle ways and kept a steady length, games. But to trace the course in the summer before the Australian alone did any good. Twenty-three in Johnny Peters, the Battersea the game.

He has a trio of ardent assistants tained quite a youthful outlook on ton began boxing, but he has re- nimost written curve of their tests, in the Gentlemen and Players players appeared for South Africa boy, George Daly, who is on Jeff had seen him beaten in the Ama- cricket at this juncture, some refer-natch at Lord's in 1911.

I reminded him that I Be was in all--a sure sign of Cricket weak- Dickson's clerical staff and wieldsteur ence to this tour is necessary, howling from the Nursery end, while neas. Of the five Tests, England won a hefty glove as well, and Phineas "Yes" be replied. "I fought three Vogler had quite lust his bowling and Iremonger was at the Pavilion red, but the fourth, but the draw in John, the Welsh feather-weight. times as an amateur and each time

Championships in Reggie Schwarz

1924. much and J. W. H. T. Douglas and Plan that game was in favour of alone did with the ball,

wax Warner were batting. for Faulkner was

They could South Africans buay making ન

una make no more titan 20 runs in

who might have Each of these lada made things I was that he averaged 73 in the five hour it was magnificent cricket and cricket between the two Countries for take quite a number of hard blows. won't hold that against me next an won had it not rained. And so eruled breezy for Tarleton, who had to ultimately won the title. But you

beaten by the Tests, and did not take many wickets, lafter each zuniden over, there was a eight and a half years.

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

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were

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