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THE HONGKONG

TELEGRAPH.

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER

18,

1936.

BAD LUCK LOST INTERPORT SAYS HYDE-LAY

Return Of Lawn Bowlers Good

HOW FIRST

MATCH

WAS LOST

FOUND GREENS DIFFICULT

tho

The general impression gain- ed in Hongkong that Colony team should have won the first Intorport lawn bowls match against Shanghai, and would have done but for sheer bad luck, was confirmed by A. Hyde-Lay, Hongkong's cap- tain, when the Interporters re- turned here by the Chichibu Maru this morning.

"We had surprisingly bad luck In test interport" said Hyde-Lay, "This being generally admitted. But for this bad josa we should have won the match."

Giving an example of how the fates were against them, Hyde-Lay referred to one head in which Hong- kong were laying five. But Anal drive by the Shanghat skip not only deprived the Colony of their five, but gave Shanghai the shot.

am

"In the Recond Interport", he said *we played a fair game, but I convinced that no Colony team, how- ever strong, could have withstood the Shanghal rink which played with amazing accuracy,'

UP TO SCRATCH

"Throughout the visit the Colony players case up to scratch in the Interport encounters. Several friend- ly games were played, but in some of thesc the Hongkong men slightly below standard."

were

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"We found the greens difficult to become accustomed to as they were very fast. Personally, however, prefer the Shanghai greens to those in Hongkong", concluded Hyde-Lay. The players reported themselves very fit, net an having had

plendid time up north. As usual the hospitality of thel Shanghul friends was well-nigh overwhelming. Generally speaking, although they were not complaining, they felt a little less bad juck would have seen

hem win the first Interport.

U.S. GOLF

'CHAMPIONSHIP

McLEAN

IS STILL THERE

Reaches The Last Four

n

LANGLEY OUT

Garden City, Long Is.

Sept. 17;

Young Aguinaldo, the 210 pounds Filipino wrestler, who meets Wong Bock-cheung, the American born Chinese mat export, in a contest at the Lee Theatre next Sunday.

Clubhouse Chatter

By "Veritas"

Country Club's

Tennis Visit Fairly Certain

BIG BASEBALL GAME BADLY SUPPORTED

they should send down a team

of

THE suggestion, made by the Baseball Inertia THE

Shanghai Country Club, that

URIOUS, that although baseball is said to have a big following men and women tennis players to meet Colony clubs in unomcial In Hongkong, there was sucht a poor crowd on the Polo ground yesterday

Training Displays At Valley

WILD LIFE RETURNS

(By "Captain Foster'"),

Very good entries have been received for the Soventh Extra Race Meeting to be held on Saturday week and good sport

is assured.

As the handicapi will be out lo- morrow, I will discuss the prospects

in my next racing notes.

There were some good gallops during the week-end, especially

the

Our Daily Golf Hint

One way of overcoming the tendency to lif, the head soon is to keep the eye on the place where the ball was after striking it...

-G. E. Lardner, .

MACAORACE MEETING

FINE SPORT AT AREIA PRETA MONOPLANE'S RUNNING

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AUSTRALIA'S CRICKET

HISTORY

WHEN THE MYTHICAL "ASHES” CAME INTO BEING

RECALLING A REMARKABLE TEST

MATCH IN ENGLAND.

ARTICLE X.

(By R. Abbit)

It would be tedious to go solemnly through the contests be- tween Australia and England year by year. As I was dealing with the carliest days of the same I have so far given as much detail as possible and the story has now come down to the final land-mark. Alrendy "Test" Matches have begun and Australia has beaten England at home. We now come to the great side of 1882 which first defeated a representative English side in England in the only Test played-the game which gave birth to the phrase "The Ashes."

It was a great team. W.G. calls Maurice Read and Peale. It was, 1 ii the best they ever sent, when believe the very strongest side that writing in 1899, and it certainly did could be put into the field by Eng- splendidly. Murdoch, Garrett, Spol- land, for it was full of balling and Bannerman, Blackham, bowling, while Alfred Lyttelton be- Bonnor, Boyte and McDonnell of the hind the sticks yielded little if at all 1880 team were there and Pulmer of to Blackham in skill, the 1870 side niso came. The new The Test Match was due to start men, to England were S. P. Jones,

on Monday, 28th of August, 1882,

(By "Captain Foster") The Macao Jockey Club held amung

Australian

n very successful meeting at forth. Alec Ponies. Blandford

The Arcia Preta, last Sunday, and again impressed early birds and his mile in 2.00.4/5

there was a good crowd of down was quite good. He re

racegoers, the best for a long, the straight in 26.3/5, seconds while

while. the last half-a-mile was covered in 50.3/5 seconds. Ranger owned by thr the

and Attorney-General Chairman of the Club was full of life when he finished the mile in 2.00.4/5 and believe me the Russian lad had his hands full to pull him up. Strathroy is in good condition and as he has a fine mouth, we will not expect to see much in the way of

The salient feature. of the meeting was the double wins of Mr. J. A. Victor's subscription pony Shanghai 4 with Mr. Dietz up in the Tsin Shan Plate and Pao Shan Plate. But in the second event, the charger was ordered by the Stewards to carry on impost of 7 lbs. over the weight for inches against the conditions of the

11. 1. Massic, T. Horan and George and the Australians were handicap- Giffen. Of these the latter was to

had

bowling splendidly been become one of the plants of Aus-ped by the fact that Palmer, who tralian cricket.

throughout the four, was unable to I have already stated that The improvement shown in the play. batting of the side in 1880 was well 1802 was a wet summer, and the end maintained and even though it was of August was living up to it. It rained on Saturday and it rained A bad summer und wickets were

of-again early on the Monday morning. slow, they managed to get plenthem and it is obvious that to bat first on runs, and with wickets to help them the Oval wicket was a great ad-

were deadly. To give was and Giffen

some idea of the strength of the the Australiens proceeded to lose six Mr. Norman Dietz who piloted three attack I will print the

bowling winners, while Mr. S. C. Liang (ures of the top four men, which Soon after 3 o'clock they were all recent Importation

from Tsingtao)epresent the bowling in 38 matches out for ok runs, although their bat- rode two clever races and W. H. S. Davis had an easy effort- less win on Burgomaster.

The conditions were not ideal cleven drawn.

training time out of this pony. We said race and the incident was the Sofforth. Boyle, Garrett, Palmer:j vantage. Murdoch won the toss and

The most successful

nil know that Centre Court, Elee-subject of much criticism. tron and Violet Queen are good sprinters and I have no better news to say that they love their work.

WILD LIFE RETURNS

Racegoers will, I am sure, `be pleased to hear that the grey are Wild

returned Life has

to the Colony and is now owned by the popular American ton Mr. L. Dun- It will be recalled that Wild bar. Life (1932 grimn) was originally owned by the late Mr. Woung of Shanghai and Mr. L! Tse-fong and she was second to Liberty Bay the Hongkong Derby 1932, The mare has had a few wins to her credit but she did not appens in eres public after 1932. It is learned that she dropped four foals and it is expected that her offspring will be racing in two years time. However, let us hope that she still has some of her "pep" left,

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Jockey

น

Mr.

of which no less than twenty-three outright, four lost and

were won

$1.9G

0. M. 13. W. AY.

2.23% 1RN 12.2€ 13% 12.75 128 13.35

1,751

wickets for 40 runs by lunch time.

ing was in no way up to its usual standard. Barlow did excellently to take five wickets for 10 runs in 36 overs. I looked very much as I the advantage of the toss had been thrown away.

owing to the intense heat, but this did not in any way deter the en- 11. F. hyls 1200 20 1.000 thusiasm of punters while dividends. Spoffarth 1.52 700 GE. Painer. 115 11

However England did very little on the whole were not bad. There Werret: 1,200 494 1120

better, Grace was yorked for four were disappointment in the running of some ponies and this will give the The side started off with a rush runs, Barlow went at 18 but then punters something to think about in as in the first game. Massie-a very the score rose to 57 without further spotting the winners for the Orst hard hitter and off-side player-made loss. Then Ulyett was stumped off Lyttelton and Lucas meeting to be held at the Valley on over two hundred against Oxford, Spofforth,

and the Murdoch in the next game caught at the wicket, and Studd was Saturday 20.

only four scored 200 not out against Sussex. bowled. There But then Cambridge (as in 1878) wickets to go when the scores were rose to the occasion, and chiefly by levelled, and Barnes failed but al- put the help of the three brothers C.T., though Steel and Maurice Read G.B. and J.E.K. Studd, beat them on 26, England were all out for 102. Initials The wicket obviously had helped the bowlers all day but one cannot help feeling that with the array of batting that England possessed there must have been a good many cases of cold Ivet.

The starts were handled by Mr. Alee Potts with his usual skill es- pecially in the Ladies' race and the fields were quite good.

BREAKS THE ICE

I said in my last notes that Pride brilliantly. (I think the

are correct but it Wisden's dutes are of Tsingtao was kindly treated by the official in charge of the pound right people must have gone up to age, and the pony ably handled by the Varsity much older than they do Mr. S. C. Liang broke the lee by

Know.)

were

THAT NIGHT IT RAINED-

Of this year's griffins, Royal Scot is giving satisfaction to her connec tions and last Saturday she cantered a slow mile in 2.18.3/5. There was registering his first win of the senson It was, however, a brillant feat of nothing to write home about the for Mr. Reidy. The jockey was not the Australians to go from the end training times but her style covering a new comer to Pride of Tsingtag, of May to the 12th of August with- the last half-a-mile in 1.02.1/6 was for he had his legs over the animal out being beaten. Indeed they won That night if rolned, and there is very Impressive. Mrs. Du

Dunbar's Bear Claw is looking very well and at Tsingtao gome years ago. Mr. ten out of twelve games out-right. little doubt that that rain settled the

Liang rode D waiting race is Boolat

In the It was not until the latter date that fate of the match although it ought Bay It is with much oner

uch opening event, the Toishan Handil- they met a great side of the Players, not to have done so. Barlow, who regret I learn that Dawn-Star is cap, but round the bend, Pride of and were beaten by an innings and was playing in the game, recorded. still on the walking list and it ap- Tsingtas romped home to win by thirty-four runs. Ulyett, Peate and years afterwards that in his opinion pears that Silversmith is little dicky, two lengths. The some

distance Morley bowled magnificently, while the ground was unfit for play at 10 King's Lead and King's Scepire are separated Night View and Diogenes

scored minutes past 12 when the game was and Maurice Read Barnes

resumed. It is very im- stretching out nicely and that is while four lengths behind came heavily.

But Spotforth the, rene- Pro

was ποι

table, however, that the Umpires surely a good sign.

King's Parade who ran a poor ruce. playing. It was perhaps

The Tsin Shan Plate over five fur- tion of this that led to the defeat by would have permitted this. What is longs was the first event for the Cambridge

Past and certain is that the ground was soak- University subscription ponies of

Macao Present. I am unable, however, to ed and slippery. The bowlers could Jockey Club and there were seven locate the fourth loss. It probably hardly stand and the ball extremely runners, Great interest was taken passed almost unnoticed after the hard to hold. There was only one while the ponies were parnding in tremendous climax of the Test game to play. And Mussie played it magnificently. He put up 55 runs the paddock, and Victory Life was Match.

out of the 60 scored for the first made a favourite with Merry Doer.

wicket. Then the ground dried and Shanghai 4 well backed. At the Fall of

little and the other nine wickets fell the red dag, Merry Doer led

So for us I can reconstruct the for 50 runs, pack with Victory Life and

consisted of A. N. Shanghai 4 in close attendance. English side

the Hornby, (capt.), W. G. Grace, Alfred was no change when steeds reached the last quarter mile Lyttelton, A. P. Lucus, C. T. Studd, but once into the straight, A. G. Steel, Barnes, Barlow, Ulyett, (Continued on Page 9.)

Brentford

matches next month, has arousedo witness the star Philippine outfi Defeat

Per-

Charlton

considerable interest in Hongkong.in action against local players. The L.T.A has sent back ahaps it was because the heavy defeat favourable reply, and there is of the Colony, exponents was anti- every likelihood that the visit will cipated. That may be a reason, but It is not an excuse. When a team of materiallse. The ladies where the ability and record of the Calamba IN LONDON DERBY expected to make the trip appear

comes

here it is to be stronger than the men. Sugar Estates

that the Colony SOCCER MATCH and expected natural and They include Mrs. J. Moir and boys will be given something to the same token one

London, Sept. 17. J. McLean (Britain), Johnny Mrs. Reader-Harris, who figured think about; by

Brentford beat Charlton in a Lon- Goodman

Fischer in last year's successful Interport would have thought baseball fans (U.S.),

Поскей to the polador: "Derby" football match to-day, (U.S.) and Voigt (U.S.) are the team. The men are not so well would have

the "Becs" scoring four times to the semi-finalists in the United known, although J.G. Forbes has ground Just to see how it is done!

Shemeld team was heavy, our players

visited States

Huddersfield golf open amateur championship as a result of to- the Hongkong L.T.A. is not very performed fairly creditably. Leonard happy concerning Shanghai's put in some great work as left day's fifth round and quarter-"thumbs down" to an Internort fielder, and then capped it by hit final matches.

this year. Shanghai's reason is ting in a couple of men for the locals' Jast είναι runs. Most spectacular McLean enjoyed a brilliant fifth that their strongest players te feature of the game was the remark- Neville Heath, not available, but Hongkong points able pitching of Dr. Santos, who took round victory over

4. But John out that the Colony sent up a com- advantage of the falling light to leave beating him 6 and Langley, the other surviving English-puritirely weak team last year in Hongkong hitters funning away in man failed against Goodman, losing order to keep alive a series. of bewilderment.

Dr. Santos handed Interparts which was in real out most of the known tricks in by 5 and 3.

Riddell, wha

by danger of becoming relegated to, pitching, and gave the nest display was beaten McLean in the quarter-finals, re- the archives. The Colony had to yet seen in the Colony, turned a card of 73, equalling pur, in go up to Shanghal without the Britain's Last Hope the fifth round, the same score being Rumjabn cousins, which meant

a good record. Incidentally I hear though the score against the Athletic's twice.

sent in by Taller, who was beaten by that the team stood not the LOWLY, but surely Britain's xc-

FIRST ROUND

Wednesday and did well to carn draw,

Results as cabled by Reuter were.

FIRST DIVISION

Brentford

4 Charlton A. Sheffield W. 2 Huddersfield THIRD DIVISION (SOUTH)

2 Brighton Clapton Q.

Millwall Queen's P.R. 0

H.K.C.C. CRICKET · TEAM CHOSEN

1

2

the To Play H.M.S. Adventure

the two best Riddell. These are

faintest chance of winning. Even rounds of the tournament to date,

presentullon in the United States The full results of to-day's 80 Shanghai's invitation was ac-

open amateur golf championship has copted' and Hongkong is inclined beeen dwindling, until to-day we find matches follow.

to feel that the northern port this only one British player remaining in

semi-finale." J. MeLeon, year might have made some sort the

Yester Lawrence of aacrifice in order to pay the re-Walker Cupper is the hero.

turn visit. On the face of it, at day he scored a smashing fifth round

The following will represent the vletory over Neville Heath, who had John least, there appears to be grounds

tourna H.K.C.C. second eleven against H.M. been the "giant-killer" of for the impression that Shanghal ment up to that stage. McLean S. Adventure at King's Park on

Hay Billows beat

Lloyd 4 and 3,

Johnny

beat Goodman Langley 5 and 3.

:

Bussell Martin beat David Davis

4

3 and 2.

Fischer beat Moreland one up.

3:

places the importance of winning finished six holes up with four to Saturday next, starting at 2 p.m.

A.K. Mackenzie (Captain), E.

the Interport somewhat above gn, and it was the biggest margin of Bathural, P.C. Frost, N.P. Fox, E.P. that of helping to maintain, any of the fifth round tles. Later in

Voigt beat Robert Fraser á anu | through such contesta, the friendly the day he went out again and bent Humphreys, J.E. Jupp," R.M.M. King. !

Hand W. Wooding. A. Campbell beat William Holl sporting rivalry which one likes John Riddell 3 and I to enter the A. Read, J. Redman, GA, Stewart

to think exists between the ports. British schoolboy champion, survived

semi-finals. John Langley, former

the

There

post,

of the

THE FIRST VICTORY

Were Macao Stewards Right When They Gave Shanghai

4 Fresh Impost?

(By "Captain Foster")

"Shanghai 4 7lbs. Penalty"

in

D

The dower of English batting had

only to make 85 runs to win the match. They did not do it. Grace and Hornby put up 15 for first wicket when Spofforth bowled Hornby, and Barlow was bowled first ball. Grace and Ulyett made a great stand and the score was 51 for two, but at that point Spofforth got Ulyett caught at the wicket and next over Grace was caught at mid off for I 32 runs (63-4-32), As far as can make out, 12 maidens running were then bowled. Then came on- wickets and seven other

collapse were down for 70 runs. Only 10

runs were needed with three of the best bats in England, Lucas, Barnes and Studd, to get them. It was not to be. Two wicketa fell at 75 and Peate, the last man in. swiped a two

When the "Telegraph Board" was light of the two quotations' an cited hoisted for the sixth race, namely, above, I am of the opinion that the

not justified the Pao Shan Flate, the following Stewards were

We are all and was bowled. Studd never got a penulising Shanghal 4. notice was posted up!---

ball, aware that the Stewards have ex- ceptional powers for the purpose to I am indebted for my facts to Mr. It was learned

Altham's book and also for a des- that this extra regulate, control and do all that is poundage was incurred on account necessary in the interest of owners cription of the desperate excitement of the pony winning the Tein Shian but it would certainly appear to prevalling on the ground. It is sold Plate, and not unnaturally, the be a detrimental analogy to modify one spectator dropped down dead. owner Mr. J. A. Victor protested but the conditions of the race, at the Spofforth's analysis for the match with no redress. It Is Interesting to

cleventh hour:

was 14 wickets for. 90 runs and he relate that in the Programme under

bowled his last eleven overa for two the heading "General Information,"

runs and four wickets.

follows:--

the second, paragraph reads

Plate were:

per Beale."

By

obituary.

For the last two years, the Wong- Nel-Chong Stakes for China Ponies sub-grittins was run before the tiffin

THE FAMOUS, OBITUARY while the Valley Stakes was timed "A Pony winning a Race after the pub We

weights of Handicap sud at 4.30 pm, on the first day of the

It is a curious thing to think that lication of the flandless will carry 1 the. Annual Race Meeting. Should any that household word "The Ashes" In addition to the weight allolted."

one take the trouble to peruse the and the conditions of the Pao Shan conditions of these two races, it originated in a fest in a sporting but For China Panion, Rubeeription. Fortes would be seen that the winner of somewhat risky paper officially, Call Ita thousands of of this Club 18.38. Weight for Inckes as the Wong-Nel-Chang Stakes would ed the Sporting Times but affection-

not incur any penalty, if the owner ately known to It must be borne in mind that the should decide to start the pony in readers ar The Pink-'un. It pub-

following ..the. race referred to (Pao Shan Platel the Valley Stakes. These conditions lished was an open event (not a handicap) also apply to bona fide griffins in the notice: and under the circumstances I fall Maiden Stakes and the Trial Plate." to see why Shanghal 4 chould be Aftar all the Macao Jockey Club de- 3. McLean beat Nevlile Heath 8 The difficulties of raising teams to until the fifth round, then became a Moreland in the fifth round which penalised to the tune of 7 lbs! pends upon small owners for support

travel from ono port to the other į victim of Johnny Goodmanallet i saw the Walker Cup player finish Rightly or wrongly, this incident has, and it would be to their interest

proceeded to become a

double are generally recognised and aner beating Ray Billows in the quar- one up. The odds are greatly against to my mind, never occurred in the see that there is not and preciated, but in view of the by beating Ray Billie big cuprises a British triumph in the champion- annals of the Hongkong racing, interpretation in their compost of willingness of so many Shanghai | ter-Ahals.

ship, but McLean has played so con- though I sincerely hope I shall not racing rules. Luckily the players to make the trip (as or yesterday was the elimination of sistently well, at phi acccused of trying to pick a bone 7 lbs. on, Shanghal 4 gave us thie Deeply lamented by a large circle of J. McLean Best J. niddell 3 and Indiented by the Country Club's Campbell, who had played so strongly ultimately winning the thences of wit accung Stewards of the Macno best race of the afternoon for he Borrowing Friends and Acquaintances

just managed to secure the verdict a good thing for the title. The pro-like that to make some amends for

I may be wrong in my interpreta by a short head, and the same N.-The body will be cremated, and J. Goodman best R. Hiltown a challenge), it does seem that the in the previous rounds that he looked a disregarded. If needs something | Jockey Club..

Shanghai L.T.A. might have gress: of Fischer has been significant. Väritain's awful failure in the Walker 1. tion of the words and phrases cover-i margin of defeat separated Victory adopted n more, enterprising In the quarter-final he won by 6 and

(To Be Continued) Ing the Rules of Racing, but in the Life and Shih Yin Grand, Flacher Brat Martin 0 and 4. Volgt beat Campbell 4 and 3.polley.

3 and 2.

and

at 20th.

John Riddell beat Thomas Taller

QUARTER-FINALS

Cup.

|4 after a rather rocky trip against

In: Affectionate Remembrance of ENGLISH CRICKET. which died at the Oval en

29th August, 1882.

R.LP.H

the Aahes taken to Australia.