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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. SATURDAY, AUGUST 15, 1986,

COATES IS IDEAL NO. 1

In

Draws Brilliantly

Championship Final

UNIQUE RECOVERY BY GUTIERREZ

Apparent Walk-Over Becomes Exciting Struggle

(By "Veritas")

A recovery, well-nigh unique in the annals of the Hongkong lawn bowls singles championship was effected yesterday by L. A. Gutierrez, when be met A. E. Coates in the final of the 1936 com.

petition. He converted what appeared to be an inevitable "walk-

over" for his opponent, into one of the most exciting matches ever seen at the Kowloon Bowling Green Club.

Coales eventually won 22-10, but so that Gutierrez was forced to cun- | not before Gutierrez had cut down a centrate on taking out shots always dencit of 17-4 to 20-19. At which a hazardous type of game, sluge the Portuguese was bowling so well that not a few of the large as- sembly of spectators were prepared to see him clinch the issue.

But Gullerrez, confronted with the taak of rolling up the face for the 25th head, decided on full head, and It was this, I think, which settled his chances. lie had been bowling with

AN IDEAL No. 1

In fact, throughout this match, Coates played like an ideal No. 1. and on such form he appears to be the right man for this position up in Shanghai,

He found his green and length straight away, and, somewhat sur- showed greater accuracy on the

increasing accuracy on medium heads, wrist to full heads, than he did

but he had never been very happy about the very wide backhand draw on the full head at the Austin Road end of the green. The

draw

on this hand was not only wide, but sharp, calling for a inte green. Not the sort of a hand with whh to lay two or three dead shots.

LAST HEAD DESCRIBED

Contex came

on the shorter ones.

He was quietly methodical, full of confidence, and for the first half of the matchs definitely superior to Gutierrez in tactles.

Gutierrez slurted to come into his Coates had own on the 13th head. the advantage for three woods, but Gutierrez came along with a lovely

The next head, saw Gutierrez, con-

The Score Card

A. E, Coates

Jea

Seuve

L. A. Gutierrez

Tokl Beare

Total

HOME CRICKET

GREAT GLOUCESTER VICTORY

Yorks' Curious Match

London, Aug. 14. Gloucestershire scored a bril- liant victory over Surrey in the county cricket championship to-day. Set to score 289 in the fourth innings, they obtain- ed the runs for the loss of five wickets.

:

Hammond was in his brightest mood and scored a magnificent 108, and this in spite of F. R. Brown's clever bowling which gave him analysis of for 83.

EPI

And this was amply illustrated by shot, After this there was no hold- the woods delivered on that 25th healing him. The 14th was a spectacu which gave Coates his first ehampton-lar head. Gutierrez was lying shot, Gutierrez chose a backhand draw but Contes sent up a fine wood to partially carry the jack and take the with his first wood

shot. Gutierrez replied with a per- yards short.

along fect take-aat wood on the forchand, with forehand and landed within and Contes was short with his final 18 inches of the Juck. Gutierrez delivery. changed to forehand for his second

Surrey batted first and compiled delivery, but was two feet short.

hart tinue his Improved form, but Coates g10, while Gloucester were sent back, Coates replied with a wood yard was still bowling well within his

second innings, short on the forehand. Gutierrez limits, and, quite naturally, had no für 193. In their went right through, missing by inches undue cause for worry. He was Surrey totalled 270 (Darling 78). in his offort to

to take out Coates's shot

CURIOUS DECLARATON wood, and Coates came along with ing shot on this head until Gutierrez bowled a perfect fourth wood to get another forehand draw to rest his wick off one of his front woods, Yorkshire had a curious match with rhot WOOL

off Leicestershire. The laitor then on for anullier wick

declared Gutierrez

errez was then caught in the Coates shat, to win the head.

their first innings at 170 for 9, and trap. He had a

to meshes of his any

acoro 263. Apparently with a view to upset-Yorkshire went in fairly open draw on the backhand, but daren't rink it because he hadn't found the right green.. The fore hand draw was decidedly risky; at lenst it called for complete accuracy ..if he was to rest Contes's shot wood. very nice two on the 17th, Coates arst innings for 50 runs, while in

As it was Gutierrez, delivering rather taking too much green in his efforts Leicester's second carelessly took foot too much i greos and left Coates lying, two for the match

But if Gutierrez-made-a-tnellend error

in the rhythm of Contes's game, Batting a second time Leicester hit Gutierrez selected a skert head for up 268, and Yorkshire finished the the 16th, but this sulled the Craleen-) match scoring 60 for one in their rower man, who proceeded to collect second innings. a storic. Gutierrez responded with

Bowes took eight wickets in the

lo draw.

FIRST STROKE OF "JOSS"

He

knock Prentice acored 93, while Bowes garnered an- other five wickets for 40, Smith bowled well for Leicester to take for 73.

FOR INTERPORT BOWLS

THE OLYMPICS

BRITISH 1 ROWING

SUCCESSES

Yesterday's bowls championship winner and runner-up. On left la A. E. Conter, who won, and L. A. Gutierrez, who just failed after a great fight. (Photo: Mee, Cheung).

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I noted the fact at Wimbledon and commented on it. I have had reason to note it again since then. The curi- ous fact is that tennis players, DB & In this respect, fall marks By this time Gutierrez had altered

cines, are the rudest people in all I have dealt with every type must be given unstintingly for his the score from 17-4 to 18-0.

sport Noits earned first innings points fighting finish. For ten out of the secured another single on the 18th, from Warwickshire Warwick batted of sthlete. Dozens of footballers are first twelve lends he was literally then on the next head earned rat and compiled 319 Ord 98, then my personal friends; hundreds outplayed, and he gave Conten, who first stroke of real Joss. Contes was declared their second innings at 207 them have spoken with me, as the

demanded. Cricketers up a four on the first head, lying one, and two for a measure for G, R. E. S. Wyatt hitting up 100 news den

Coates go to 17-4. And Coates was playing With his fourth

almost invariably been

pleasant, Boxers-well that type of bowls which Invariably endeavoured to take out Gutierrez's

uncommunicative, Notts responded firstly with 227 am possible second shot, which would have

un well known around. the apella surcoc.

He was drawing dead with his left Coates lying three. But he just and easily secured a draw by scoring dressing-rooms and ringsides of this

two woods,

mach|71 for 2 in the second innings.country then putting in failed, taking slightly too

as a black first

| Reuter, (Continued on Page 13.) covering shots or anfety back woods.

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BUT GERMANY IS ON TOP

BASKETBALL WIN FOR FILIPINOS.

Berlin, Aug. 14.

The Philippines to-day carn- ed fourth position in the final placings of the Olympic basket- ball competition. United States won the event, with Canada second, Mexico third and Uruguay fifth.

Philippines and Uruguay played to-day to decide the fourth and fifth places. At half time 300 spectators were sitting in driving rain watch-

JURUMBACUARENTEELTECnnunzing the Filipinos slip and alle to The pinyers lend over Uruguay. ENGLAND'S TEST TEAM were handicapped by the sloshy court and the ganto see-sawed back and FINALLY CHOSEN

forth, Uruguay twice levelling the scores in the first half, but never leading...

London, Aug. 18.

England's team to meet All-} Uruguay (temporarily led 18-16 In India in the third and final Test the early part of the second half, match at the Oval, has been final-But thereafter the Filipinos apeed ly selected as follows:-

carried them through despite the rain

G. O. Allen (Captain), Ham-and muddy court. mond, Leyland. Verity, Fishlock, Thanks to their clever passing the Barnell, Voce, Duckworth. Worth- Filipinos avoided the necessity of Ington. Fagg and Hims.British floor work-United Press! Wireless.

this morning that H. H. Fusiliers

Rose, of the Kowloon

Bowling Green Club, onc

of the six players select-

Stage Good

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kong in the forthcoming Interport against Shang- hai, has not been able to obtain the necessary two weeks' leave and will not travel with the team. His place has been. taken by F.V.V. Ribeiro, of the Club de Recreio. The team will sail on the Empress of Asia and return by the Chichibu Maru on September 16.

WARWICK'S BEST CATCHER

£283 COLLECTED FOR CROOM

BRITISH ROWING SUCCESSES Borlin, Aug. 14. Schaeffer of Germany to-day won the singles sculls in the World Olympics, while Germany also won the coxswainless pairs, coxswained palre, coxswainless four and coxswain- ed fours,

Beresford and Southwood of Britain won the double scalls with Germany's representatives second. Britain, ro- presented by the London Rowing Club, camo second in the coxswain. less fours.

United States won the eights, with Italy second, Germany third, and Britain represented by the Leander week. crow, fourth-Router

The 2nd. Battalion Royal Welch Fusiliers staged fourteen exceptional ly good boxing contests at the Han- kow Barracks during the They were witnessed by a large num- ber of enthusiasts, who warmly applauded some of the finest boxing seen in the Colony this season.

ROWING DETAILS

Berlin, Aug. 14. Germany won the finals of the four- These events formed part of the onred shell with coxswain over 2,000 Regimental boxers' training course metres to-day, covering the distance and at the conclusion of the evening in 7 mins, 10 2/10 seconds, Switzer- cer, Major T. C. land, France and Netherlands finished the Commanding Offeer, Sharp, said they were all highly second, third and fourth respectively. pleased with the boxing which had In the coxswainless pairs, Germany. been seen. He paid special tribute won in 8 mins, 10 secs, with Denmark to the boxers who had put in such and Argentina second and third. very hard work under trying condi- Gormany won the singles neulla tlons and intense, heat,

and United States with Austrio There were several contests which following, Germany also captured stood out for their speed, skill and the coxswain pairs and the

four-oared, making dive hard hitting, the following contest-wainless ants deserving honourable mention: straight wins. Sgt. Grindley, Cpl. Carliste, Fur. Owens, 43 Davies, Fus. Raven. Fus. the 2,000 metros eight-onred crow Ross, 70 Morgan, L/Cpl. Roberts and event, thus giving United States her Fus. Frimston.

THE RESULTS

COXN--

The University of Washington won

fifth straight victory in the blue- ribbon classic. The time was six The results were as follows: mins. 25.8 secs. Italy finished second Eus. Frimston beat Cpl. Carliste: a quarter of S length behind, while knocking him out in second round; Germany, Britain, Hungary and Fus. 00 Wright beat Fus. Jones; Fus. Switzerland followed in that ardor. Raven beat Fus. Ross: Fus. Bray beat The "Huskies" were lying fifth at Fus. Jones; Fus. 70 Morgan beat Fus. the halfway atage, whereafter with BENEFITomas: Sel. Grindley beat Fus. steadily into the load, passing Italy L/Cpl. Roberts beat Fus. their rhythmic power they drove at the 1,000 metres murk, United 43 Davies: Fus, 58 Morgan beat Fus, London, July 20. Rees, Fus. 80 Taylor beat Fus. Press,

SABRE FINALS The loss of a day's play at Bir- Hoosan: Fus. Gresty beat Fus. Con-

Hungary won the sabre finals to- mingham was a great disappointment, way; Fus. Ryan beat Cpl. Gleave; as the popular Warwickshire opening Fus. 10 Smith beat Fus. Keating day at the Olympics and thus retain Swinnerton beat L/Cpl. the championship. Italy Anished batsman, A. J. Croom, is taking his Fus.

There's

TAKES

Whether it

Press.

is the closer proximity of the crowd at the courts and the adulation that beneft from the match with Sussex. Gilchrist; Fus. 71 Edwards beat Fus. second and Germany third.-United is breathed on them, not only as they Rain on Friday left the ground 30 Thomas. play but as they walk about, at saturated, but play would have been Wimbledon, I don't know. But I do possible during the afternoon had not know that they are the least easy to more rain fallen after lunch. As it I have had to was, the downpour persisted, and at four o'clock the game was called off

Inpproach of any growth.

come into contact

I told you of the

the colleague at for the day.

Wimbledon who

AT 6.30

large part of Croom, for whom subscription EVERY EVENING This two weeks screw there during 31st so far has brought in £283, has

the championships-opening and held- been 12 years with Warwickshire, ing doors for them to pass through has headed the professionals In the and never received a single "Thank batting averages on six occasions, and You.' Hla was no isolated expert-thas taken 235 catches-a Warwick- ence. Almost all the newspaperraen shire post-War record. He has scored

in the last eight|| there spoke seathingly about Wimble over 1,000 rung don mannera.

scasons, during which his average hus And then, knowing that Tom never fallen below 32, and had. (up Whittaker, the Arsenal trainer, was to May of this year) made 10 cen- nt Eastbourne taking care of our turies, with a highest score of 211. v Davis Cup team, I sent a man down Worcestershire in 1934.

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to see exactly how he was keeping He was born on May 23, 1897, and them fit.

began his cricket career with Berk- Tom, normally the friendliest mon shire, when A. P. F. Chapman was in sport and one of the readiest to in the side. It was mainly due to recommendation that speak about his business, was very Chapman's reticent about the light training he Croom was invited to qualify for was there to supervise. When my Warwickshire. His full record, up to colleague asked Fred Perry how the the beginning of this season, in first- training was going, the champion class cricket is:

BOLBON

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he wasn't speaking to a fellow-tennis player, beni a hasty retreat with the observation: "I don't want to talk to, you fellows."

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