1936-07-27 — Page 21

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. MONDAY, JULY 27,

ENGLAND'S CRAIGENGOWER MAKING

CRICKET

(Continued from Pago 8.3

superlative skill a'snorting break at the end of a sudden swerve.

But the game is very different spectacle in the eyes of the man pri villeged to sit directly behind the wicket, high up in pavillion or stand. To him it is a dreary sight to see long hop and slow full joases banged to

CERTAIN

OF LAWN BOWLS CHAMPIONSHIP: ANOTHER BIG WIN

RAIN CURTAILS THE PROGRAMME

Indian R.C.

Police .C.

60

Rain considerably affected last Saturday's lawn bowls league pro- the boundary two or three times angramme, only two matches being played in the first division. Craigengo- over. No credit belongs to anyone. wer, potential winners, were in feresia lible form against the Indian Recrea The spectacle is a neddifying as tion Club, winning on all three rinks. Results in brief and ameniled league the sight of a heavyweight punching tables follow. a lightweight. But to the man in a. poaltion to see, delight comes when stern duel is fought between but and ball, with nothing given away on Talkoo Dock either side. He is able to realise the dificulties, he perceives the fincase of the bowler, the skilful defener of the batsman who is stepping what, to n lesser mortal, would be the unstopp

ble.

The length, the hung, the break, the subtle variation of pace and fight

ars there for his appreciation. That in cricket. But these things are hid~; den from the average man in the erowi.

"Kowloon Dock Craigengawer "E"

*Civil Servler Football Club "A" Kowloon B.C.C. Chib de Recreio

Kowloom C.C.

Pastponed

Cragengower "A" Kowloon B.G.C.

If it were possible for everyone to sit behind the wicket--in short, la xer the play as it really is--there would be lille barracking, far less contempt For cricket which does not contain the Club de Fecreio frequent aix. But the millenium is Cragengower "{}"

Poller 1.C. nol yet.

Civil Service Kowloon C.C.

OLD BOWLERS' HEAVY WORKS!!

It is the custom la condone any of Taikon Dork the faults from which presvat-alay Inchan R.C. cricket muffers, not excluding End Kavloun D length bowling, on the ground that

the pone players are over-worked, i

There is a popular enperstition that Row loan B.G.C. the present generalish toil in twice hub de Reeveîte

As

As many matches as their fathers, Kowloon EC.

a matter of fart, Richardson was worked to such an extrin that be was a spent force

HR.F.C. "A" Craipensower

at thirty-three. Police ( whereas Tate is still going cally at Vieta Club forty, And Itiehardson twice played E Electri cricket almost continuously fat there

LKFC "I"

"In 1804 be bawird #36

REBONN,"

overa en English grounds, proceeded Civil Serstee

to Australia, where he sent down 18,

and followed these with 1,690 in 1895, |

FIRST DIVISION

15

Craigyngower "A".

Civil Service

Kowloon

.G.C.

Club de Recreio

60

Kowloon C.C.

SECOND DIVISION

V

Police R.C.

OA

Craigengower

78

Yacht Club

60

H.K. Electric ..

59 Football Club "B"

LEAGUE TABLES TO DATE

1

48

-17

40

55

28

First Division

I'. W.

L.

F.

A.

Up

Dn.

14.

13 12

1 832

680 188

0

24

4

758

G72 114

18

740 043 103

D

10

720

704

704

09

14

D

703

审 211

12

048 081

1 33

էդ

740

781

N 41

В

477 540

41 83

G

10

690 632

0134

1)

SUN 713

0 128

4

Second Division

P. W 13 12

F. D

937

A. Lip

301 020

Pts.

24

786 611 175 0

714

702

12

14

715

721

4

14

710 750

0 ገጽ

13

037

694

( 57

10

302

673

Et

654

729

# 75

639

798

@ 159

540 642

72

ין

In 1897 his aggregate in Bagland was unable hour and players often had] 35.0.6, and extraneous matches were No one last season 3,683 overs, next he took 57 in Aus to lay their bags anded to their, homes more numerous. tralia, with 1.22 coming in 1898, in the small hours of the morning, bowled as many avers as Richardson | This compares favourably with my Professiomis did not own melor-cars and some of his contemporaries were bowling. Also, winter thing that Tate luns ever done within in those days, per eould they often in the habit

pay was rare, and unibers of profes- a given perind, Moreover, it must be intford en fares. remembered that Tam ichardson was) Only three counties have been signals were engaged in heavy manual An exceptionally fast bowler, with a promoted to the first-class within labour from September to April. run of nearly twenty yards. last forty years, and at the time when Some of them hewed coal deep down the mines. That sounds more were no more then fourteen in In his time stumps were not drawn there

the

to the West nswearying Championship,

than a trip early on the third day to enable teams !teoma

in

to reach their destinations at a ren-juguinst the seventeen of to-dny, Indies.

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AQUATIC SPORTS

Mak Wai-ming Establishes New Mark for 400 Metres

CIVIL SERVANTS MEET

Mak Wal-ming, the Chinese Civil Served Club swimmer, established a new record for his Club when he

first

covered the 400 metres' free-style in 5 mins. 32.5/5 RCCs. at the monthly gala of the Club held at North Point on Saturday night.

7th.

An Interesing programme of events had been arranged, which concluded with a water-pelo match between the Civil Servants and the Battery. Royal Artillery, which. the former won by six goals to one. The Chinese opened the scoring through Mak Wal-ming, but soon after this Jolly equalised for the Artillery. The remainder of the first half was well contested, but towards its close Lai Yin-cheuk scored. In the second stanza, the Chinese had practically their own way, scoring four more goals. Lai Yin-cheuk (3), Shek Kam-pul and Mak Wal-ming scored.

The Resulty

400 Metres Free Style (Open to the Colony)-1, Max Wal-ming (Chinese Civil Service Club); 2, Norman Lee (South China); 3, Chan Wing-kni (Chinese Y.M.C.A.). Time--5 mina. 32.2/6 secs. (Itecord).

100 Metres Free Style-1, Shak Kam-pul, 2, Mak Wal-ming; 3. Lam Ping-tong. Time 80.4/5 secs.

100 Meires Relay Race (Boys and girls under 15). Miss Lo Pui- king and Master To Yuk-king; 2. Miss Leung Chilug-min and Master Chung Wang-ki; 3, Misa Lai Sau- fan and Master Chau Kai-ki. Time - min. 35 sces,

50 Metres Obstacle Race,- 1. Cheung Yul-tin; 2, Tsui Karn-min; 3. lp Fung-sze.

108 Metres Free Style Handicap.—

1. Cheng Kam-wah: 2. Lam Sik; 3. Chea Po-wan.

1936.

Miss Helen Jacoba, Wimbledon champion, takes a rest from the tennis courts, to enjoy a stroll with Mr. Robert W. Bingham, the United States Ambassador in London.

WHAT HAMMOND DID

SCORED 100 IN 90 MINUTES:

TOTALLED 118 OUT OF 50 Metres Free Style.-1;

Ladles 50

Ching-

Miss Leung Ching-chun; 2, Mies So Wal-hing: 3, Miss Leung alm. Time-52 seconds.

50 Metres Derby Race.-), Chung Yiu-lin: 2. Fung-sze.

Water Palo-Civil Servants 6: 7th Battery, Royal Arullery 1.

2. Mak Wal-ming: 3. Ip

Civil Servants:-Chui Sin-hang: Ki Yui-woon and Fan Kwal-chol; Shek Kam-pul; Lai Yin-cheuk; Mak Wai- ming and Suen Foo-shun.

7th Battery. B.A.:-Dürhain: Fol- kard and Marshall; Jolly; Leslie. Ogden and Maddox.

EXHIBITION DIVING Chung Shing Swimming Gala Postponed

The third annual swimming gala of the Chung Shing Benevolent Society, which was be held last Saturday at their pavilion in Kennedy Town. was postponed til next Saturday, owing to the unfavourable

weather.

However, the large gathering pre- sent were entertained with exhibi- tions by So Tin-mo and Kwok Chu shun, the outstanding divers of the Society, who proved themselves ex-

perts.

Another item which won the appinuse of the gathering was an per- exhibition of fancy Houling formed by Chan Sit-tong, the Scere- tary of the Society.

As a concluding item, a water polo game between the Chung Shing team and a team from the Royal Artillery, 24th. Battery, Stonecutters, was played. The game ended with

favour of the score '6-0 in Chinese.

CLOSE OF PLAY

Rain Curtails Matches

the

London, July 25.

i

Notty, at

Rain throughout the country eur- tailed the cricket programme, close of play scores being as follow:

Warwick 24 for D v. Lancashire, at Birmingham.

Derby Illeston.

Surrey 250 for six (J. C. Squires 78) Kent, at the Oval.

Northants 115 for three v. Essex,

at Ilford.

V. 134 for six

Gloucester 236 (Geary

five for 03) v. Leicester 55 for 0, at Leices ter.

Hants 106 (Mercer six for 48). v. Glamorgan 173 at Bournemouth.

There was no play at Taunton in the match between Somerset and Middlesex.

Yorkshire 167 (Tate Ave for 33) v. Sussex 133 for six at Bradford.

-Reuter.

HIT 16 BOUNDARIES

173:

ENGLAND'S STRONG POSITION

and

Walter Hammond, the Gloucestershire England cricketer, who in 1928-29 broke the hearts of the Australian bowlers, came back into his finest batting form against All-India at Manchester on Saturday when he scored

118 out of a total of 173 in 120 minutes

reached his century in 90 minutes

hit no less than 16 boundaries

helped to add 134 runs for the second wicket

Not before this Season has C. S. Nayudu, b Verity flammond batted with such complete Maharaj Kumar of Vizianagram,

b Rollins assurance or with anything like the same brillance. Ilis audacious, but R. Meher Homil, not out perfectly-timed off-drives yielded him M. Nissur, e Hardstaff, b. Robins boundary after boundary and he smote the Indian bowling so hard that he scored over 20 runs whilst F4B6, the young Kent batsman, was com piling a steady 30.

As a result of this sparkling display England finished the day in a strong position. Alt-India were dismissed for 203, while England replied with 173 for the loss of two wickets.

Extras

Total...

10

B

0

13

1

1

203

(Mustaq

Fall of the wickets-1. Ali) for 18; (Merchant) for 67; 3 (Amar Singh) for 73; 4 (C. K. Nayu- du) for 100; 6 (Ramaswami) for 161, (Khan) for 164; 7 (C. S. Nnyuu) for 181; 8 (Maharaj Kumar) for 188; 9 (Wazir All) for 190; 10 (Nissar) for 203.

UNLUCKY GOVER -----Gover-was-i-unluckiest bowler.

Ilis analysis read:

Allen of the day.

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Gover ག་

0 Hammond Yet he should have had the wickets Robins

0

15

MI

39

Bowling Analysis

of Merchant and Mustaq All within Verify

Gimblett Worthington overs, Arst three dropped Merchant off the Surrey fast

his

bowler when the batsman had scored three while Verity gave Mustaq Ali

M 0.

R

W.

14

#

15

30

9

1

34

9

34.

17

D

ENGLAND

a "lite" off the same bowler a minute Gimblett, Nissar

later.

Hammond, not out

Extra's

At one time India Jooked like Fagr. b Mustaq AB putting together a very respectable Worthington, not out

core. They were 181 for 5, but hereafter it was a procession, the re- maining five wickets falling for an Additional 42 runs.

Total (for wkts.). 173 Fall of wickets:-1 (Giniblett) for 12: 2 (Fugg) for 146;

When England batted Gimblett fall

To bat, G, 0. Allen, Middlesex) ed, Fagg made a very promising Captain, R. W. V. Robbins. (Middly, Test debut, collecting 39 in methodical sex), Verity (Yorkshire), Fishlock and praiseworthy style. The fact (Surrey), Hardstuff (Nuits), Duck-

that Hammond's fireworks Over worth (Lancashire), and Glover shadowed the Kent man's inning

does not detract from its value.now from its academic excellence.

Full scores follow:

ALL-INDIA

V. M. Merchant, e Hammond, b

Verity

| Mustaq Ali, run out

Amar Singh, Duckworth, b

Worthington

Major C. K. Nayudu, l.b.w.,

Allen

Wazir All, Worthington,

Verity

....

G.Ramaswami, b Verity Jehangir Khan, e Duckworth; b

Allen

(Surrey).

Derby

Kert

Nulta

33 Nurs

CHAMPIONSHIP TABLE

It is No Pess WW 1 Row Pta Pi Poe C 16 16 10

12 Yorkshire

Middlesex.. Hampshire Fasex. 17 Gloucester

27

16 lelemhinn

Worces'shire Somerset 42 Warwicksitle

Suake...

40

Lancashire Glamor!

Northants

2 4 1 176 286 01.11 2 1 146 288 16.87 46 D 128 226 60.10 4 3 4 2 140 200 44.00 1132 285 45.31

1DNO 120 300 13.00 68 40 102 266 40.00 801 112 16 33.08 27 31 78 220 54,0 6361 01 250 22.08 K 1 1 & 2 3

70 240 21,00

265 29.80

300 24.66 366 29.47

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