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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH.

SATURDAY, JULY 25, 1936.

CRAIGENGOWER WIN 66 D"?

Go Through Season Undefeated

RAIN AGAIN SMASHING LEADING

SPOILS

CRICKET

KENT'S LUCKY ESCAPE

SPLENDID NOTTS PARTNERSHIP

Landon, July 21. County cricket was asadin spoilt by rain during the hit | three days and only FATER match finished with a definite result, Surrey beating Work! cestershire by an innings. Nolts gained a smart first innings success over Glamorgan thanks to a splendid unfinished second wicket

Harris partnership between Knowles, who added over 200 and early carried beir cenţuriva.

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WIN OVER ARMY T. C.

Radio Finish Runners-Up

YESTERDAY'S GAMES

RACKET WIELDERS

IN "D" DIVISION

C.C.C. COUPLE AT THE TOP

PERRY:

KEEPS FLAG FLYING

The following are The beating successful pies competing in the "D" Benting Army Tennis Club Division of the tennis Trague, their hy 8 sets to n half Craigen-records Including all matches playeitį 20 gower Cricket Club yesterday to date. won the "D" Division tennis lengue

championship, com-

pleting the season's fixtures

DENGANT

"D" DIVISION

1. W. L. P.

without the loss of a single j^, Kitebet and A. Ham point. Radio Sports Club, by virtue of and K. Singh attachers 21 18

their odd set victory over South China Man

Stadio

and W, "Continenze

were the runners-up honours, having it: W. Crabbe and A. E. Perry runa) lost but one match. They have still

14 for another to play, but cannot now bo deponed from second place,

games were played¦s, Only three yesterday, the third being at Sokun- joo between I.K.C., and K.LT.C., M. won by the homesters by arven nela to two.

The

in brief and resulle amended league table follow.

"D" DIVISION

Kent were

the

Avainst Warwickshire

and nt Maidstone rather luckily avaided defent; They managed t speure fr uninga points, despite the fact that when atumps were drawn to-day they re-f quired 90 runs to win with only two wickets in hand.

A Canadian X1 easiting England

The intel, engaged a M.C.C. Irman,

S.C.A.A. qwing to rain, was revived into n

AT.C. Canadiang one-las. encounter, the winning by 76. Carlton bowled well for them taking 6 for 12, the M.C.C. being dismissed for 95.

Detailed results and individual per... | formisuse 3M called by Renter, follow.

COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIP

L.B.C.

6.6.6. ... R.S.C. Yorkshire (218) beat Derbyshire | S.C.A.A. (216 and 148/5) on first innings. LR.C

Notts (232/1, dec.) drew with P.R.C Glamorgan (231 and 130/6) on first; A.T.C. inninga.

Lancashire

(278/2 der.)

with Gloucester (118/4).

CUBA. drew K.LT.C.

K.CO

Kent (140 and 9378) beat Warwickshire (108 and 212/8, dec.)

on first innings..

Wor-

Surrey (358/7 dec.) bent cestershire (130 and 179) by an insings and 47.

Sussex (304 and 77/4) bent. Essex (250) on Arst innings.

Middlesex (126 and 133/9 doc.)! beat Hampshire (112 and 89/5) on first innings.

OTHER MATCHES

Canadian XI (171) beat M. C. C. (95) by 76 in a one-day match.

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South China Athletic Club lost to Radio Spurt by the score of four seta to five in closely contested matches.

(Contiruett on Page 13,7

AUSTIN V.

CRAWFORD IN

DAVIS CUP

133

Harris (Notis) v. Gamote

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Melville (Sussex) v. Essex

110

Knowles (Notts v. Glamor.

101.

Mitchell (Yorkshire)

Derbyshire

103

Squires (Surrey)

Wor-

ink

coster

90

round.

Iddon (Lancashire) v. (ilou-

cestershire

92*

O'Conner (Essex) v. Sussex

NO

* indicates not out

BOWLING

Todd (Kent) v. War- wickshire

....... 6 for 35

Loudon, July 24,

For the second year in succession,

H, W. Austin will figure in the open-

McAll and Whelan (ATC

K. K. Taal and C. M. Tenne

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3. A. and (K.LT.C.)

5. H. Humalo

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Beaniner and Worsfond “SAIT,CU)

Steel-Handled Cricket Bats

match of the Davis Cup challenge For Women

AUSTIN-CRAMM CLASSIC

(By 1, S. Scrivener)

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London, July 2, i will deal with the mates between first, Perry and Badge (U.S.A.) though it netrally came second, bes cause In It Perry kept the flag of Eugland #ying after H. W. Austin, our stylist-in-chief, had fallen 71 viction to

* to von Crain, Kreat stylist as himself.

I don't wish to blow the trumpet | af Great Britain too loudly, but 1 feel bound nevertheless to say thatĮ Perey bed the necessary stroke equip ment for the beating of Budge and was only really embarrassust when he failed. often through being in too) 7 much of a hurry, to make use ofj

3.

理

sfully allve to the value of

the volley, compared with the base-

| line shot, however immaculate, and seems to have an instinctive faculty, When certain situation arises, for enging to himself; "Now for 11!) and going up on a shot that will almost inevitably yield a winning volley un- less anything happens to go wrong.

ANTICIPATING A VOLLEYER

There were virtues in his play oll through the match, and therefore we can afford to be a tle blind to the Inuits in tactics and execution of which he was occasionally guilty.

hudge is a fine volteges, and that is where Perry was wise in block- ng his advances to the net by get- ting there Arst himself if he could, but off the ground Budge is not as sure of himself as he needs to be when

up against a variety artist like Perry.

As a matter of netual-fact, Perry

• ought to have had the first set, which |

eventually Budge

won

at 7-5. After an early capture ench

way.

a wurden did not matter, Perry had the

* 5-4 lead against Budge's service;}

but then got into a tangle with his own, which he lost after innking two brilliant saving shots, This settled) his hush pro tem. Budge went out in (Continued on Page 14-)

Sydney, June 30. England may soon have an oppor-! unity of seeing the steel-bundled bat which have caused such con- troversy in Australie.

SNAGS OF

THE NEW GOAL-KICK RULE

(By Ivan Sharpe)

Inter-

DIVISION

HONOURS

WHERE SECOND TEST. WILL BE PLAYED TO-DAY

Aerial view of the famous Old Trafford cricket ground at Manchester, where the second Test between

England and All-India starts to-day.

BLACK DAY

FOR

ENGLAND

FOLLOWED BY DAZZLING

PERRY

VICTORY

How Kay Stammers And Dorothy Round

Were Beaten At Wimbledon

(y B. S. Scrivener)

London, July 1.

little Chilean girl, darting about like a sprite, was singing the ball into

A day of defeat has followed hard on the heels of a day of the corners or short across the court triumph. At Wimbledon yesterday England's two surviving in a manner which even tried, the representatives in the women's singles, Miss K. E. Stammers and staunch resistance of Miss Jacobs.

Senorita Lizana won the second set Miss D. E. Round, were both beaten, the former by Mile. J.at ), and then they got down to Jedrzejowska (Poland), and the latter by Mrs. H. Sperling (Den- it in carnest. mark); and on the run of the day's play both were fairly and squarely beaten. Neither was able to give of her best against opponents who might both have been given higher places on the list of seeded players than those which they actually occupied. It is worth recording that Mrs, So it happened here. Catching up Sperling, who is champion of France, to 5-3. Miss Round pulled Mrs. had not lost a set in any of the last | Sperling back from 6-5 to 1-6, but four matches that stie player. It could not win either of the next two further worth noting that Mile.

Eames, in which she appeared to be Jedrzejowska had already beaten

up."

Bagging Miss Jacobs service for 4-2, the Senorita was fastness of the American girl in a within sight of a win; but the stead- crisis, which I have so often--but not too often-prolsed, again came to her ald and out she went without giv- ing her opponent another chance.

MISS ROUND'S HANDICAP Miss Hound experienced a hands-

Miss Staminers three times wieneting after the strain of the "puli- leap in her bid for, victory,

How often has this happened! She broke u shoulder-strap, which

of course, gave her a sort of moral Mme. R. Mathieu (France) bent she tried to adjust, sided by Mrs. ascendancy over an opponent whose Fraulein M. lion (Germany), the one Sperling, with a borrowed pin. type of game makes it necessary that and only ennqueror of n seeded This was not successful, for Miss she should be imbued with: contid- ugles player, by 7-5, 6-3, and had Round fidgeted with it several times Lace. Otherwise she

apt to

hesitate over the making of those bravo sbols of hers and to be lost the avowed fate of those who_hes- itate. This is what happened to often yesterday.

τα

ability to misgivings about her at her concentration obviously was

At Inst the do it even though the Ger- affected.

umpiré got man girl led her by 4 in the first down to fell Miss Round that she-had- [set and later by 5m-t.

the referee's permission to leave the court to put things right.

Mine. Mathieu had wòŋ when they met in the seal-final of the chain- Miss Round asked Mrs. Sperling if pionship of France before losing the [she would agree, but eventually Miss final to Mrs. Sperling, who meets her Round went to the base-fine and cou- in the semi-final here.

tinted with the match.

THROWING AWAY POINTS Mile. Jedrzejowska is a powerful hitter who combines precision with, her powerful hitting. She may be GRUELLING FINAL SET

Mrs. Sperlag stated later: "As Mark. Be difference In the

come a a trifle exuberant at times, but Without much doubt the finest Round'said to me, 'Do you mind if I attitude towards Scotland's

she rarely squanders any reasonably women's match of the day was the to off the

to my goal-kick system. This has been

sate return.

last of the four in whiet Miss 11, 11. shoulder-straps and sce the hurried through by

Miss Stammere, on the other hand, Jacobs (USA) beat Senorita A.

"Well, what shall I do? replied, national Board when complications.

while making shots even more Lizana (Chile) on the centre court |† shall get cold if i wait about in the arose that suggested a wiser pro-powerful than those of the Polish by 4, 16, 6. The score, until Miss Round then, suid: "Oh! cedure would have been to walk, was continually throwing away we look at the third set, hardly tell it does not matter then, and went

the Job

important points which might other us what a tough match it was with bark, to her own site and we car- wise have given her games

both women playing tennis of a high ried on. I was then a set up and game-winning lead.

gradu.

leading four-two."

In the draw "made to-day for thei contest between Girent Britain (olders) and Australia, the chal- lengers, Austin and Jack Crawford came out of the hat first. They will therefore open the series on the Centre Court,

This match wie followed by Fred Miss Hozelt Pritchard, of the New Perryv v. Adrian Quist, the Australian South Wales Women's team, has en- having been declared fit to play. tered into, a contract to inscribe her | 6 for Ge On Monday C.R.D. Tuckey and G. name on steel-handled bats which I' Hugen will play Quist and Craw in sporting firm makes specially for 5 for 19 ford in the doubts, and on Tuesday women cricketers. These hats are)

Quist will meet Austin and Perry will likely to be taken abroad by the Aus- 5 for 32 play Crawford.---Reuter'n Bulletin |tralian women's team which is tour-those little skirmishes that arise avantage point in the first gummy Tate (Sussex).v. Essex. 5 for 31 | Services

ing next season.

Daley (Surrey) v. Wor- cestershire

6 for 17 Copson (Derbyshire) v. Yorkshire..

Fil (Hampshire)

Middlesex

Carlton (Canadian XD

Y. M.C.C.

Slazenger

Lawn Tennis Balls

Again adopted for the Challenge Round

of the

DAVIS CUP

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As an illustration of this, she had a Miss Jacobs had the mastery to Bliss Round paid a tribute to Mrs. start with, though not quite to the Sperling's play and added, “I was goal-kicks when the back tips the her own service, which she lost, and extent of 6-2; but thereafter the well beaten.” “ ball into the goalkeeper's hands and another in the fourth game, which the latter puts it down. the field.she also lost, to give her opponent The centre-forward challenges, the the 3-1 lead. Had she won, those back holds him T, and there's મા two games, she might have had a

skirmish,

So Utey said the ball must be

rked "direct into play."

Bul

4-1 lead when she won her service

in

All right. the ftb gune. As It was she was

2-3 down, and the Polish girl never

a direct kicks of two yards by allowed her another chance, and

In goalkeeper lo a back and a return wound up with a love game for the

tap to the goalkeeper for a pant outset al 6-2.

of his hunds, would soon defeat that

warding. Hence the Board decide o

In the second set Miss Stainers

Was

the ball must travel beyond, the led by 2-1 and it the next game

Mile. Jedrzejowska, secving, penalty area." If it doesn't, the kick 15-10 down, but once more did Miss

shall be re-taken."

FLAWS

So neither the faulty kick falling short, nor, the kick intercepted in the penalty area, is any disadvantage to the defenders: it must be retaken, But let that pass.

All this is Law Seven.

ALL DRESSED UP Where the board have rushed things is that Law 10 could not be altered to coincide, as it wasn't on the agendu.

Stammers fail to press her advantage home (2-2), and in the upshot unly got one more game.

LONG ARMS Advantage Mrs. Sperling relies upon the fact) that with her long legs and arms she can cover the whole court against another woman with ease; she also knows all about banging the ball back into the most nwkward and in- irum accessible spots. and apart occasional lapses the rarely loses a point except when a shot absolutely beats her.

And yet all through their match So all other free-kicks by defenders yesterday one had the feeling that Misa Round, with her find array of in the goal area or penalty area cum shots of all kinds, ought to have pro- be tapped into the goalkeepers hands duced enough of them to beat her.

in the old familar way, ind the But somehow, until it was too late alirmishes renewed without infer-

she seemed incapable of raising her ference by the referee,. who is invertors.

tame to its requisite level of of keep- The International Board therefore ing down the number of the errors munner. forced asita national Associations to consi- which were, in a

der whether the new Coul-lick upon ber by the sheer pertinacity of principle shall apply to defenders her opponent. free-kicks throughout the penalty Mrs. Sperling got the 3-1 lead in

arca.

LAST-DITCH EFFORT

each of the two sets, which she won, Indeed, I hear that some request and consolidated the frat at -2. mny be made to get out of the In the second she was 5-2, and then dilemma by requesting all foot-Misa Round suddenly embarked upon bullers to accept this procedure by inst-ditch effort, speeding up her general consent.

gume in a manner which made us Surely the law-makera aren't go-winh devoutly that she had thought ing to as that no free-kick by a of dolug it sooner. defender shall be intercepted in the When you make a belated spurt of penalty-arcal The players there this kind there is always the fear will be all dressed up und: nothing that something will go wrong some- to do,

where before you can get right home.

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