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Yesterday's TO-DAY'S Championship CRICKET

MATCH

Tennis

Matches

(Continued from Page 12.)

who played, so well ogainst the Rarajahn cousins on Thursday, lost to C. P. ip yesterday will remain one

(Continued from Page 12.)

than an ordinary chance of winning, (even though the Navy will be streng- thened as a result of the return of a portion of the fleet. Tall scoring

is possible on the matting wicket. which suggests drawn game.

of the mysteries of the present Kowloon Cricket Club are at home tournament. Ile looked u better lo the University, and despite the player, and most decidedly better shots. It is true he was a bit perplexed by Ip's incessant chop and out, but this perplexity should not have remained longer than the first get.

In fact, there was plenty of evidence to indicate that he had conquered that particular type of return when the second set had Anished.

mude students smart success of last week, one is inclined to favour the main- tand's prospects of winning. Varsity must face Lee, Goodwin, Lay and Anderson, as well as the possibility of Sargent on a soft wicket, and i doubt whether their batting will be sumelent to meet the test.

Nevertheless he lost, though, be was probably the best loser the tourney tms seen yet. His free backhand drives were lovely to watch, though I rather imagine he would benefit on the forehand if he changed his grip: He la

Lesing Western grip which so often foreca one into a high trajectory unless the }. shot is

a

Ip's stolidness was allied with certain amount of court-craft which gave the lie to the simple appearance of his shots.

I like the way he varled his lengil, and, as for sus tained

ucvaracy.

LED 7-6, THEN CRAMP I talked about marathon matches In describing one of last Monday's

It was short-distance of game, but it fair compared with the encounter yesterday between Wel Chung and S. S. Hussnin.

They started their match before 5 o'clock, and at 6.15 had to rall

jt

SECOND DIVISION

Four second division league games

their

of

The second string are somewhat | chastened by the news that neither W. C. Hung nor G. C. Burnett c play for them, but I understand R. Hunter and Baker, both members of the club, who have performed with

substitute.

A last minute chit from the club house indleates a vehement denial that the senior team will have their wicket-keeper (complete with pads) opening the attack at the Bowling. Green Club end. Ilkewise the juniors have protested against the

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. SATURDAY, MARCH 6, 1937.

History Of Australia Cricket (Concluded}"

THE 1934 RUBBER IN

St. Joseph's College

SPORTS

MEETING

WRS WON

day sill undecided because report that they will not destare their STARTERS FOR FIRST Hussain was fiering from severe innings until 5.30 pm, They will trump. By that time they had deture sharp at 5.29

played two sets of 8-6 and 7-5.

EXTRA MEETING

ENGLAND

WYATT, THE BOGEY IS · BROUGHT IN AS CAPTAIN

AND THE "ASHES" ARE LOST

The tour of Jardine's side ended in 1933 on a note of general dissatisfaction, but the M.C.C. had backed up their captain, and moreover had made him the captain of an M.C.C. side which was to tour India in 1934-35.

WEATHER SAVES ENGLAND

A high standard of running was are booked. Cricket Club will pro-seen at the South China Athletic bably beat Reerelo, Indians cannot be ground, Caroline Hill yesterday when too #anguine about

But as time went on and the ques-ja veteran made 53 in the first knock chances the St. Joseph's College held their tion of leg-theory bowling was de- and took four wickets. gainst Arthy "B" while Army "A" 21st Annual Athletic meeting.

bated with Australia it seems-lo u In the second game at Lorda Wyatt should at least hold their own against Army C, and, I imagine, a whacked when La Salle College, Central have always suspected that the change was otherwise the same, Craizengower. Civil Service receive A great deal of Interest was evine MCC. were altering their view. 1 and Bowes for Mitchell but the learn great many people at least, that the came in for the Nawab of Pataudi the ing

British School, St. Paul's College and in their attitude was due in large transpired after that Farnes was not though it

SEASON'S BIG "HATE"

the With Yan College lined up for measure to the statements of Hobbs really fit. England scored 440 and And perfectly timed

the To-morrow, the cricket season's big the invitation Relay, opened to the und Warner both of whom had de- Australin 182 for 2 wickets by Satur-

Schools of the Colony. This event veloped a very strong feeling against day night elbow is certainly too deeply bent, "Late" is due to be settled at the

and things were pretty Central of Kowloon freedom preventing complete

by the

British the tactics. Cricket Chib, when the

However that may be, equal. Then it rained and on Mon- novement in the swing and follow-club's first and second elevens meet School with La Salle College second. there is no doubt that Jardine felt day Verity took charge. Australia through. There is little wrong with | in-an-ali-day encounter.

that he had been thrown overboard | failed to save the follow on and were The idea (apparently) is for the the Wah Yan College were in the Larwood,

For the first 440 yards in this race to appease his service; it is a nice natural swing

the Australlan anger: beaten by an innings and 38 runs. too, smarting well timed, with the weight first cleven to demonstrate to the lead, but little by little the winners erexilble series of public insults and and

B an in Verity took 7 for 61 and 0 for 13- excellently

distributed. He also has funtors that they "ain't so hot des-chased up to give their third and last abuse which had been hurled at him

a brilliant bit of bowling. quite a working knowledge of the pite

The third Test was played at the the fact they wo

won the league,men unbeatable leads.

during the later part of the tour, and Old Trafford in four days of marvel- his overhead has while the Juniors are perfectly con- volley, though

which An event

caused oom for improvement,

much suffering physically from a bruised lous sunshine, and resulted in an heaps of room

vinced thuit my colleague R. Abbi amusement was the tug-of-war be- heel which at one time seemed like- orgie of run-getting, and a dull draw. Withal, he was a more

hote versatile was right, and that the senior XI in tween the Married and the Unmur-ly to end his cricket career for ever, It is chiefly notable for the celebrat- player than Ip, but less patient, and one of the four teams in the first ried teachers of the College, which gave vent to his feelings in the pressed over of O'Reilly who when the this, I suppose, is the answer to the division, which they the capable

was easily won by the Unmarried This is anathema when a professional score was 60 for no wicket got Wal- question: why did he lose?

beating,

team.

writes and criticises the M.C.C. policy!ters caught at forward short leg, ship was won by Joseph Woo, the had no reason to bore the MC.C, was Hammond, after a leg glance for This year the Senior Champion-How far a certain influence, which bowled Wyatt next bail and bowled Junior Championship by Kaka Singh behind Jarwood's outburst one does four, with the ball but one flerf and the Midget honours by Ng Chik toe had to be left out as he was by 153, Ames 72, Allen 01, and Verity, not know. But there it was. Voce However, Hendren had 132, Leyland tong.

unless he who had previously shown signs of redit for the Police this season, will lish Schools gave away. the prizes/could set his field as he liked.-

Mr. J. Ralston, inspector of Eng-po means ready to dow!

being a really useful bat, 60 not and when giving watches as awards Suffice it to say, however, that out!

However, despite the fact that Brad- to the winning team of the Inter-when England came to pick a team Class Tug-of-war remarked smiling bereft of three players who had had by "Wimbledon Throat"

to meet the Australians, she was man and Chipperfield were affected ly, "Now you wont be late."

they made 'morc to do with previous victories 401. The crucial point was saving than practically any one else. The the follow on and thanks to Chipper- pilot was dropped and the Selectorsfeld, O'Reilly and Wall it was done. to continue a marine metaphor, took The rest of the cricket had little In- aboard Jonah instead. Wyatt is fine terest. cricketer but as a captain he has The been consistently unsuccesful. Brst appearance was when with a game apiece won the English selee and Keeton came in and did not to Sutcliffe could not play at Leeds tors, dropped Chapman for Wyatt,

so badly. There was 'however England lost. Wyatt captained an amazing selection as the Selectors M.C.C. side against the West Indies fired no doubt by his successes against Handicaps for the starters at the lost. England were then put in the tail batsmen First Extra Meeting

of weak Countes. of the long his charge for 1934 and they also und kung Jockey Club, on March 13, are lost.

neglecting It is a curious thing but this Match failures, put in Mitchell of his previous Test as follow:

bad luck seems to extend to his own Derbyshire again. He took no wicket Tytam Handicap, "A" Class, One injuries. Mile-Araxy, 152, Corunation Day, West Indies and in 1034

He broke his jaw in the for 117 runs! England, for the third

a broken 155; Election Day. 142; Flying Arrow, thumb kept him out of the first game all out soon after five for 200,

ume running, batted first and wore Benalla, Mar, 5. 147: Gordito, 166: Happy Venture, at Nottingham where Australia won. was said to be solely due to bad bat- Losing alx wickets for only 138:141; Helephant, 149; Inca, 140; Lan- AUSTRALIA'S STRENGTH-AND rung, the MC.C. tourists to-day cashire Tich, 149; Mariposa, 144;

ting but Fender in his book states WEAKNESS made a good weavery in their two National Anthem. 140; Pagan Love.

he found on putting his hand on that though it looked perfectly easy, day match against a 'Victorian Coun- 35; Prospero, 143; Radium, 143 task was far less formidable than it that it was sweating and must have ty XI and fully scored 344. Both Shipmaster, 152; Tempest, 154; Whal-might have been. But they also rose given the bowlers more help than was When Hussain appeared to have sides are batting 12 men.

sey 151.

to greater heights than was expect noticeable from the pavillon. the winning set within his grasp, he At lunch, four wickets had fallen Tylam Handicap, "B" Class, One ed."

Aus- Woodfull was now at the end of tralia seemed at first to find no dim- dramatically collapsed to the ground for 138, Walter Hammond being out Mile China Clipper, 155: Fetlar, his cricket career but I his personal culty but on changing ends, Bowes writing with pain, and the players for 53. After the interval two more 15: Feudal Kishi 1 Faith 10-skill had diminished somewhat, his dismissed

Brown, to call the match off,

wickels fell without any addition to venture, 152: National Faith, 149; captaincy had matured,

Oldfield und Nor as un Woodfull in the last ten balls of the Scores were as follow:

the score, but L.A. Fishlock came to Persian Cat, 152; Playboy, 152: Yum opening bat was he to be written off. day Three were down for thirty- Open Singles.-S. W. Liang beat the rescue with 104, made In 168 Sing, 155.

He had an average of 28.56 for his nine and it was anyone's game. :) -Ma Chin-chong 3-4, 6-3; C. P. Ip minutes. Its scoring strokes Hongkong Handicap, "A". Class, eight Innings and, with Ponsford; But if the wicket had been bad

bout G. Choa 2

One and a Quarter Miles.--Aire, 144: rarely failed to take the shine off on the first day 2-0, 6-3, 6-2. The mitch | eluded 14 fours. W. Voce hod a between

there was nothing S. S.

5. Russain and Wei Chung merry knock, hitting up 53 not out Bear Claw, 168: Commencement Day, the ball to make the way clear for Wrong with it afterwards

and next was abandoned with the former in 50 minutes. He, stored a six and 154; Cossack's Beauty, 158; Diana Bradman.

day Ponsford and Bradman leading by 5-7,

7-0.

eight fours.

put In Bay, 168; Gladiator, 158; Havoc Eye, When he brought the side over, 388 for the fourth wicket. Ponsford Open

161: Soldier of Britain, 15: Thunder Woodfull doubtful about his made 181 and Bradman 3041 The Bay, 151.

bowling. He felt that he would have

total, 584,

was smaller than might Class. to depend mainly on Grimmett and have been anticipated as Bowes shot One and a Quarter Miles.-Amber- | O'Relily, And though others gave the tail out and had the really ex- ley, 140; Bistre, 140: Bright View, unexpected assistance, so he did. cellent figures, in the circumstances. 153; Flybynight, 140; Jungle Jin, And they tose to it. If the batting of 6 wickets for 142 runs. msay received a walk- P.C. Lee; F.V. Harrison v. Ma Nal-143 King's Bounty, 145; King's of Bradman had been the key-note of J.C. Tool and R. M. Henry, kwong: H.D. Rumjahn v. Luk Chun- Jubilee, 140; King's Lead, 150; New the 1030 victory, the bowling of these land could save the game and it look- It was merely a question if Eng- Club Handicap Singles.-F. V. Har- cheong, A. Crawford v. G.C. Burnett; Star, 188: Ponline Bay, 148; 10. Arst finger and has only top spin. A to play and sill more unlikely with rison beat G.E.R. Divett 6-3, 2-6, 6-1; J. D. Milne v. Leong Ping-chiu.

great spinners must obtain the ed unlikely with a day and a half J.T.B. Evans beat L.R.

Highness, 140: Soldier of Peace, 146; first Andrews 4-8, 7-5, 7-5: LT. Ride beat E.M. Hon Luen-fung v. 11.T. Bec and H.Y. bridge, 140: Ythan, 141.

Open Doubles.--Ng Sze-kwong and Tyne, 150; Valorous, 140; Wade-came off fast but lifted and he got a day to play and 188 for 4 up only. Bryden 6-0, 6-3.

break, google, and flighting he had But rain delayed the start and after Lau.

Moqule Ponds Handicap, One Mile. perfected the ball that looks like a two wickets had fallen there was, at Club Championship Singles.-L.T, -Australian Boy, 145; Bag Tor, 140; googlie but leaves the hand off the one o'clock, a cloud burst of such in-

Centre Court, 155; Derby Day, 148: first finger and has only top spin. Atensity that no further play was pos Club Handicap Singles.-R.M.M. Honey, 147; Just Thai, 138; Racing lot of bowlers could bowl it, but none sible. A lucky draw for England. King v. J. Thomson; G.S. Chambers Hearl, 140 Ranger, 155; Snowy disguise it with the art of Grimmett,

and Hussain was leading 7—6 The third.

In

From the earlier exelunges it

looked as though lussain would win

at will, but Wel, whom I am told is

CRICKET TOURISTS

a protegy of Tsui Wai-pui, displayed M.C.C. Recovery Against

a wonderful amount of resource and

stamina and kept pegging away from the baseline, occasionally going in to volley. Hussain found that he had to keep the ball in play and could, not secure quick points. Most of the games were dragged out to their limit, and as the match wore on, so did the contestants play more and

more for safety.

K. Shute

bent 15

F.

Leys

0-3

Victoria XI

in-

LH, Shute and The Victorian County XI had

lost

B. O'M. Deane and J. two wickets for 29 runs when stumps 9-7: E.C. Fincher and were drawu-Reuter,

W.C. Hung beat A.L. Sullivan and H.

Owen Hughes 6-2, 6-0; G.C. Burnett

and A. W. Ramsay

over from

MONDAY'S PROGRAMME The programme of matches to be played on Monday is as follows:

Open Singles.-R.L. Withington v.

ME

THE GLOUCESTER

with

The

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New Numbers

Ride v. W.M. Barton.

v. J.C. Pool.

Next Week's Events

Hongkong Handicap, "B"

River, 154; Vixen Tor, 144.

TO-NIGHT

It will thus be seen that Australia's

was

and a crop of 1b.w. decisions follow- ed, O'Reilly, on the hand bowled u medium oft break which not only

one

THE FINAL STRUGGLE

The last game at the Oval had to

came off fast but lifted and he got be fought to a finish and England a lot of men taken at forward short set about trying to improve the side. ☺☺☺)********] leg on defensive back strokes. They The Selectors very wisely dropped were the masters of the English bats- Hopwood, and Mitchell bringing in men and took 53 wickels out of the Allen and Clark. But when Hendren 08 that fell in Test matches-an had to call off owing to a strain they amazing feat! These figures were: brought in Woolley who, admittedly

C. V. Grimmett

had done well for Kent. He was 47 396-148-688-25-26.72 years of age and has played.. as a bat in an unlimited time gamel One 334-128-808-28-24.02 cannot help thinking that the Selec As regards the batsmeri, Brodman, tors were recalling the success of if at times apt to throw his wicket Rhodes in 1926! But he was a bowl- from an excess of attacking er Everyone felt sorry for Woolley zeal, had become a master of strokes who only made 4 and 6 and drop- and his skill omazed everyone. Pons-ped Ponsford twice in the 'slips early ford, though out of one match from on in the first innings..

Gala Night at the GLOUCESTER

(Extension till 2 a.m.)

W. 1. O'Reilly

away

finess was amazingly good if a trifle The details of the match are prob- lucky at times. McCabe played bet-ably too well known to require much ter than over while Brown "made a elaboration. The only time at which great impression as a batsman. England was on top was when Clark

The fielding was for better than bowled Brown at 21. Then Ponsford Woodfull had expected. Bromley, and Bradman put on 451 runs in five Brown, Chipperfield and Darling were and a quarter hours and broke all all splendid. Oldfield was as good as records. Ponsford who le said 10 ever though he did. not do quite so have given five possible chances well with the bat, chiefly: no doubt made 200 and Bradman in a magni- because the occasion seldom arose Beent display· 244, Australia's total when he had to pull things round was 701--the second highest ever re-

-an.old speciality-of bis as a bat! gistered,

The term suffered a bit early on Sutcliffe and Walters put up 00 from dil-health, but they were for- runs before play closed on the second tunate enough to have no less than day, but on Tuesday there was the eight men who played in all ave usual collapse after the first wicket Tests while Ponsford, Wall and had fallen. Leyland and Ames look- Darling all played in four. They fed like putting things on a fighting were a better side than the English basis and then Ames strained his team at batting, bowling and fielding, back-an injury from which he has

THE TESTS

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ed at 1230 pm.. It is possible though As it was a match to be played very doubtful that England' might to a finish, despite a lead of 380 have got the guns had the batsmen runs Woodfull decided to bat again, gone out for them but they played He was quite right even as Chap- for a draw and, with the wicket man had been at Brisbane In 1928. wearing, were all out ten minutes be- Australla made 327.

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