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HONGKONG TELEGRAPH.: FRIDAY, DECEMBER 18, 1936.

ENGLAND'S GREAT 1911-12 TEST

TRIUMPH IN AUSTRALIA

FOUR MATCHES WON AFTER LOSING

THE FIRST

J.W.H.T. DOUGLAS AS CAPTAIN

(By R. Abbit)

Since the publication of my last article a friend of mine, who has a very fine cricket library which makes me break the Tenth Commandment every time I think of it, has kindly lent me a copy of the 1913 Wisden. It seems that the volume was that of Wisden's Jubileo as the almanac was first published in 1874. I might state for the benefit of those humorously minded that I unfortunately omitted to buy a copy of the first number.

On paper the Australians seemed to have a tremendously. strong side as of the new-comers very great things

Australia again batted on a plumb pitch and the disaster was worse than before. This time F. R. Foster,

were expected of Dr. H. V. Hordern, got going and took 5 for 30, and the W. J. Whitty, R. B. Minnett and C. innings totalled 133. Kelleway. Of these Hordern

What

the

and

Minnett played in all five Test England made 801-Hobbs 107. matches. The former did excellent-Again a situation to call for all the

latter

was useful with Australians' pluck and again they while the

Kelleway was an opening rose to it. They totalled 470 without bat in the first four Test matches in a single century! Carter showed. which he played alone and with in some of his old form and made 72. average of 22:12 did not do so badly, England. however, won easily by but Whitty, who had been expected seven wickets. to do great things with his

inst proved very

and

in-

It is but fair to mention however innocuous England and his three wie- that in the first knock Ransford kets in the first two Test matches could only bat again at the end,

(No. 4) damaged his thumb 01.00

apiece. The remaining seven players were all old hands, while in the second Trumper had a perhaps in one or two cases a little crocked knee and went.in lost:

cost

Too

ing

old. Cotter had lost the extra bit!

that hod

made him 50

THE RUBBER game

Australia could not afford to lose

of pace dangerous.

As a matter of fact the real weak- the fourth Test, but they stuck to new of the Australions will be seen the same side, but Douglas won the from glance at the Australian bowl- toas and put Australia in on a bad averages. Of the 74 wickets wicket. It paid, as they were all' which fell, Hordern took 32 for 24.27 out for 191, Barnes and Foster tak- aplece while Colter's 12 cost him ing 5 for 74 and 4 for 77 respective- 45,00. The balance

ly. of the wickets were divided between the other eight But the wicket Improved and bowlers, and Armstrong, who had Hobbs and Rhodes put up our first bowled so, well in England, only got wicket record of 323 for the first nine for 37.11.

wicket. I believe it to be still a you turn to the English bowling record, Australia's best being 180 at soven bowlers only were, tried, and the Oval in 1909. England made practically all the wickets fell to 589-then a record, but beaten by R. Foster (32 for 21.02), 5. F.them at Sydney in 1928/9-630 and Barnes (34 for 22.88) and J. W. H. T. at Manchester 1934-627 for mine Douglas (15 for 23.06). Those three wickets. Australian however have bowlers really carried England three better aggregates 720 for at through to victory. On more than Lords in 1930, 701-Oval 1034 and one occasion they performed the re-005-Oval in 1930. markable feat of getting rid of the

I

But to revert to the Melbourne extremely strong Australian side on a game. Australia this time failed to perfect wicket for a very small come back-Douglas taking 5 for 40 and England won by an innings Again the games started in n man-and 225 runs. ner which in no

THE FINAL VICTORY -

Woy suggested

what was to come in the future. Douglas was in charge owing to

at

The Afth match was played Warner's illness and neither he nor form and was dropped and Macartney Sydney. Bardsley had not found his the side hind shaken down. The

Victory in the first Test was won came in. His previous omission was

by good butting but partly by probably the great error made by the the excellent bowling of Hordern. selectors. It was

close

game.

The Englishmen had not met his After two blank days owing to rain, googlles before and he had the better England batted and made 324-

this time, though he never |

Woolley 133 hot them again was able to establish an as- only 170. cendancy.

of

In the first innings Australia on

wicket Bcored 447 run

Food

and

out and Australia

England replied with 214 Australia had to get 303 and as at the close of Wednesday they had 193 for, three It looked as if they Trumper made 113 but he was very would do it, but on Thursday down slow and he was by no means the cur Trumper of old. Minnett made a ket. As it was they got 202 and only ain and spoiled the wie- come the rain very fine 90 and all the rest got a lost by 70 runs. It was bad luck. Gunn and C. P. Mead But their crushing victory once more failed

Completely, but fine innings put English cricket on terms with

by W. Hearne

F. R. Foster and F.

Itself. Woolley enabled England to total 318. In the

again made runs

few,

3.

nearly second innings

and 308 was the total

70

although was the highest score, Douglas made the mistake of starting with himself

(To be continued)

and Foster instead of starting with CLUBHOUSE CHATTER

Barnes and Foster, but It was a mis- take he never repeated, England fought hard. George Gunn made a fine 62, but Australia never looked Bike losing and. In the end won by 146 runs.

THE SECOND TEST

13

BY "VERITAS"

(Continued from Page 12.) still in play, though it might otherwise have gone into touch er It was not surprising to. And that over the goal-line." In other words Australia played the same team in the referee and linesmen, if in the the Second Test at Melbourne. The Aeld of play, are players, or rather first had been played at Sydney, byre treated as players by the laws the way. Australia won the

of the game.

toss

and went in and Barnes proceeded Delightful Conundrum

to bowl on a good wicket five overs

of which four were maidens, one

run

being scored off the

During these overs Bardsley plN the face of this it would seem

fairly logical to argue that if

same

on, Hill was clean bowled, Kelleway a player kicks the ball against a re- 1.b.w. and Armstrong caught at the feree or linesman while they are in wicket. Four of the best bats gone the field of play, the ball goes across for eleven runs on a plumb pitch his goal line, and a corner is the I

Bays much for the courage of right decision, then by the Australian batsmen that the innings token if the ball passes into the net, totalled 184. Hordern, yet another a

a goal must be given. Perhaps great all-rounder, made an excellent misunderstood the gentleman who 49 not out and Ransford got 43 before gave me the original problem, and he was caught at the wicket off thought Hitch.

he said

"goar sk"

7

when

actually he said

But it is Hobbs failed in the first Innings indeed a delightful little conundrum and but for a stubborn 114 by J. Wupon which I should like to hear Hearne (the baby of the side) Eng- some authoritative statement. I

land would not have enjoyed the have found nothing in black and lead of B1 they had. In the second white to substantiate either the khock Armstrong got 90 and numbers argument that a goalkick or a goal 6, 7, 8 and 9 all scored well and they should be awarded, and if the Hong- Bot England 219 to win. Hobbs took kong · Referees' Association haven't

126 not out and the_runs were already debated this particular pro- knocked off for two wickets...

blem, they may find it of Interest,

It shows the. pleasant terms the

countries were on when we read that New Footballer For

Warner who was well enough to

watch the game from a long chair In The Police the pavilion managed to get out on Monday to have a look at the wicket and on being recognised, was fran- tically cheered by the crowd.

ANOTHER SHOCK

this weale to say that Hongkong ETTER from the old hometown

Police are to receive a new foot- baller next week, He is C. I. Smith of Tunbridge Wells, who arrives, in England's easy win at Melbourne the Colony by the Ranpura to join must have shaken the Australians the Police Force. Had long associa who had not thought the visitors so tion

with

soccer back: the Kentish For the next match Adelaide they dropped Whitty for senior division stuff in the focal at town of Chalybeate Springs, playing Matthews, bowler much thought of lengtio for the Conservative F. C in Australia who never came off, Maybe he's just the fella Police are against the English though in 1912 looking for to acom those goals which he war to do a double hat-trick have persistently eluded them this against the South Africans..

good.

ecasan.

Gracie Fields, the popular English variaty actress, adopted a new role recently when she donned shirt, shorts and boots to kick off in a rugby match at her birthplace, Rochdals. Here she is seen mak- ing a fins kick to start the game.

Our Daily Golf Hint

Of one thing I am quite positive a small amount of practico is preferable to over doing things at one particular

moment.

-T. P. Perkins.

Ben Foord Takes Up Golf

..

Boxer Expert In Many Sports

London, Nov. 20. Ben Foord hus taken up golf. He is already in the front ranks as a swimmer, sprinter. high ́jumper, Rugby footballer and boxer. Foord has a good eye for games, and he should do well at golf, especially he has secured Brig.-Gen. Critchley for his advisor.

General Critchley is a great per- former on the links and seems to have struck up a friendship with

Foord.

The South African has also deve- loped an interest in greyhound rac- Ing. While he was at Northaw traku- ing for his fight with Walter Neusel, Foord was living among hundreds of greyhounds at the G.R.A. kennels. near his training quarters.

When he first went there Foord thought that he would not be able to stay because of the dogs barking at night. But he became used to it, and long before the fight he grew so accustomed to the noise of the dogs that he slept through it unmoved.

DERBY'S CAPTAIN

•RESIGNS

Sussex Not Re-engaging Three Players

London, Nov. 24.

A. W. Richardson, captain of the Derbyshire Cricket Club, last sea son's county champions, has re- signed. Sussex Cricket Club have decided not to re-engage Wensley, Greenwood, Pearce and George Cox (in charge of the Hove nursery) for

next seaso

A. W. Richardson, hos resigned owing to the calls 'of' business, "-Ho first captained Derbyshire In 1931 and his natute leadership' had much to do with the Midlanders carrying off the championship last season.

Holed In One Two Days Running

Birmingham, Nov. 26.

NEW LAWN TENNIS REGULATION "Stray Ball" on

Court

Not a Problem

London, Nov. 24.

A problem has been lately submit-

ted to the Council of the L.T.A, deal-

solved as follows.....

ing with the "stray ball." It was P. & O-BRITISH INDIA-APCAR AND

...

"Any stationary object lying on the surface of the court shall be deemed to be part of such surface; but. If the bail in play strikes an object moving along or above the surface of the court, a let must be allowed."

The "tationary object" to which the first part of this ruling refers nearly always a ball. If a player is sumclently careless and regardless of his own interests, or lazy enough to leave a ball lying about in his court, he must take the consequences of the (ball in play 'hitting it.

.

If a return of his opponent's does hit it, he is allowed by Rule 20 to return the ball in play, if he can succeed in so doing. Needless to say It is infrequent indeed that succesă attends his effort to do so, for a ball hitting another ball on the ground is apt to behave in an un- accountable manner.

There might, of course, be olher objects lying about on the surface of the court, such as an empty ball box fallen from

the

umpire's chair. Under the ruling given, the player would presumably have to play his shot out of the ball box, unless he clected to claim that he was hindered in making his stroke by something not within bis control, for an empty box can hardly be considered as a permanent fixture of the court, when it is detached from its perch on the umpire's chair.

BADMINTON. THIS EVENING One League Match Being Played

A golfer's dream has been realised by Mr. L. Parlow, to-night in the

Only one match is being played mixed doubles bad- vice-captain of the Cocks-minton league, Free Lances having asked for a postponement of their moor Golf Club, Birming-game with. Recreio "B". ham.

It was revealed to-day that he twice holed out in one during the week-end--using the same ball each time--- and both holes are exactly the same length (161-yards).

On Saturday he achieved his feat at the fourth, and on Sunday at the tenth.

FANLING GOLF

STARTING TIMES

SUNDAY

Old Course 9,20 A. K. Mackenzie, A. E.

mon.

FOR

Recreio "A", the champions visit |the Cathedral Hall to play St. John's, and they are certain to retain their 100 per cent. record.

£15,000 TO HELP LAWN TENNIS

LATEST. GESTURE BY L.T.A.

The Lawn Tennis Association are to cash some of their investments and spend the money (probably between £10,000 and £15,000) for the ad- vancement of lawn tennis in England and as an old to clubs in danger of |losing their grounds.

This announcement was made by Mr. W. S. Dallley, the Surrey honorary secretary, "at the annuni meeting of the Surrey L.T.A.

Mr. Dailley, in his report, mention- Lissa-ed that in the Surrey Junior Cham- pionships he discovered one young player using a racket made in 1914. Between his matches this lad was seen tying up his racket with pleces of string.

9.24 T. Lindars, G. T. May.. 0.28 H. Jusserand, W. N. A. Smalley. 0.32 W. A. Stewart, D. S. Robb. 9.30 B. D. Evans, A. Sommerfelt. 9.40 S. H. Dodwell, A. C. I, Bowker, 0.44 A.. D. Humphreys, F. A. Red-

mond,

Mycock. 0.40 J. M. Gray, C. | 0.52 D. D. Forbes, E. R. Walch.. 9.56 J. C. Dunbar, R. C. Webb. 10.00 J. L. Adams, J. F. Robinson. 10.04 J. A. R. Selby, X. MacDonald. 10.08 T. Low, 8. T. Butin.

10.12 H. N. Williamson, D. M.

Richards.

10.10 H. R. B. Hancock, T. E. Pearce. 10.20 S. A. Sleap, J. Harrop. 10.24 I. H. Gehre, T. R. Chassels. 10.20 T. R. Rowell, J. 3. Dykes.

New Course

9.20 R. Young, E. J. R. Mitchell. 9.24 G. Marseille, W.

W. Sharp. 9.32 R. 1. Cherrill, L. M. S. Lloyd. 0.36 D. J. Keagh, R. A. Lammert. -D44 D. J. Gilmore, P. Morrison. 0.48 H. C. Hopkins, P.. L'Lecto. 9.56 G.A. Leiper, A. Kidd. 10.00 K. W, Jones, A., Murdoch. 10.09 H. M. Alexander, Col. Mat-

thews. 10.16 Mrs. Adams, Mrs. Robinson 10.24 J. W. and Mrs. Mayhew... 10.32 H. and Mrs. Overy. 10.40 Wing Cdr. Bishop, D. W. Mċ-

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10.40 L. R. Cramer, 3. S. Dynnett. 10.56 Majame" Jusserand,

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