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THE

TUESDAY, HONGKONG TELEGRAPH,

APRIL 12, 1938.

TSUI BROTHERS HAVE EASY PASSAGE INTO FINAL

Cricket Notes

By "R. Abbit”

Excellent Game Between Press. And Middlesex

“AND SO THE POOR. DOG HAD NONE"

The match between the Navy and the U.S.R.C. was one to which I had been looking forward for some time with the pleasantest anticipations, as I knew some of our brighter cricketers would be turning out. There is always excellent sporting cricket on a Sunday at the Navy ground and their messman has a brand of pickled cauliflower which appeals to my a-little-below-the-region-of-my- heart. Unfortunately it was not to be.

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Chiefly owing, I gather, to the Rille Meeting, the US.R.C. were at the last minute unable to raise bide.

I am most grateful to the courtesy of the Naval skipper who hud to rang me up early (even if

the give poor imitation of Aphrodite

ing Anadyomene by leaping from my bath to answer the sele- phone) to inform me the game was off. He saved me a long and use- less journey, though the cuption at stil! held the head of this article food,

BAT MIGHTIER THAN Pen However, there was some com- pensation in that I could get down to see the afternoon of the Press vs. Middlesex mat

Owing to match.

the regrettable habit of certain papers of coming out nom. on Monday the Press side were robbed of several excellent players and,

I

to leg came to Arculli and the Middlesex, skipper very wisely.

who hnd placed him by Coombes Arculi at long on in his first over. 73-2-32 after 47 minutes. A good inninga except for his shaky start. F. Zimmern came in and gave his celebrated imitation of a hen, but he managed to collect a lucky four off Coombes through the slips. At that point ien was taken.

AFTER TEA

Hatfield bowled down wind (more or les for it was slatting about) after ten from the North end and his first delivery sent Abbas' baits flying. Burnet stopped only a short while, risky during which fe

which short runs

upset who was

much how Zimmern

though he scored slowly. steadier

ran some

rather

As a matter of fact he had much less

to make a than his fair share of the bowling.

good game of it, fin. instructed At 88 Burnett drove Coombes very the bowler that temporary street-sellers com- hard and straight and missions were issued to two or three took a red-hot c & b with his right Mackay who suc- cricketers who are not normally con-hand---8014-4. nected with the Press. This was an excellent arrangement as the resu was an uncommonly fine day's cricket upon a perfect day of which the hent was, well mitigated by a fresh breeze which at times was so fresh that it carried away tennis screens galoro,

A GOOD START

his leg

Taul Wal-put and Taul Yun-pu! entered the final of the Open Tennis Doubles Championship very easily by beating J. W. Leonard and George Choa in the semi-final yesterday by three sets to all..

Clear-cut Victory For Jack Smith At N.S.C.

By Geoffrey Simpson

Jack Smith (Worcester), the 19-years-old engineering ap- prentice who turned boxer and won the Daily Muil's £2,000 heavy- weight novices' competition last December, reappeared at the National Sporting Club, Earl's Court, last month and punched his way to a clear and workmanlike victory.

ceeded did not seem very happy at first and he was dropped at third slip off Halfeld early on. He then be- gan to score Insier and quile out- einssed Zimmern, though he was

His victims, beaten on points over| lucky to snick Hatheld (who was bowing very well with no luck) for six rounds, was Tommy Brown, the four between his legs and his wicket. Hackney ironworker, semi-finalist in The century was hoisted but at the same competition, and who many

and p.m. then he tried to turn thought was the most talentet fighter one of Hatfield's which pitched in the tournament, though beaten,

outside just

stump, Smith, who has been training with The pace off the pitch beat film and Ben Foord, completely removed that the bali glanced off his pad to impression last night by the style in

100-5-22. which he won. uproot his middle stump.

Holding the centre of the ring and Zimmern's score was six only, but his time was to come later and he leaving Brown to do the circling, kept an invaluable end up, F.M. Smith, boxing very soildly, scored in Arculil was soon yorked by Hatfield telling style with left jabs and body (113-8-3) and things looked bad for smashes. For four rounds he neatly the Pruss.

supped Brown's

Brown & Tather flashy A STOUT STAND

punches, and there were few occh However, Y. el Arculli came in losions when, having made his man

Runs miss, he did not drive home' a hurt- | play a very useful imings. came quite freely after a bit and ful left to the body.

Just whch onlookers were prepar- Peal went on for Coombes. Zimmern

10 Phim

do something

I only saw the end of the Middle-4.55 pex innings as I was unable to get down before lunch. They started rather curiously as Man scored the arat seventeen runs and was then caught off Luke. After that Weedon came in and was very restrained, for him, while Coombes got 28 and the second wicket fell at about 47-(I think there was a slight error in the score book which made it 45 for r2 wickels). Major Newham helped Weedon to add about twenty then Johns shared in a stand of 98, of which he claimed 45 runs, hitting nine fours. Haleld scored 13 while helping to udd 36 runs Weedon began to score faster and was out 8th wicket down. for 67, in which there were sine fours. The wicket fell at 205 and after another fell at the same total the innings was declared closed.

THE PRESS BAT

and

and then

was very slow on his feet and let ing for

Nazarin put him through the covers and broke for four and had a nice late cut for

as if

American Swimmer Smashes Record

Paris, Apr. 5.

The American swimming champion, Ralph Flanagan, to- day broke, the world record for the 500 metres free style event, covering the distance in 5 minutes 56:5 seconds, the New York correspondent of the sports paper L'Auto re- ported to-day.

The record was previously held by the American Jack Medica with a time of 5 min- utes 57.8 seconds.-Havas.

NOT EXTENDED AT ALL BY OPPONENTS IN THE PENULTIMATE ROUND

Easy Home Victory

For Dundee

London, Apr. 11. Dundee improved. their position in the First Division of the Scottish Football League considerably to-day as the co- sult of their home victory over Ayr United by five goals to

pre.

in the northern section of the Third Division of the Eng- lish League, New Brighton, at home, drew with Bradford City, each side scoring once.-- Roiler.

"BUNNY"

UNINTERESTING TENNIS AT YESTERDAY'S MATCH

(By "Abo")

Will the Taul brothers be able to repeat their 1936 success în the Colony Tennis Doubles Championship this year? Yesterday on the stand court of the Hongkong CC, they advanced another step towards this goal by beating J. W. Leonard and George Choa in. straight sets in the semi-final round and, unless an upset occursį“ 'should now meet the Rumjahn cousins in the final. It will be a match worth going a long way to see.

Showing a marked superiority all-, were not good enough to withstand round, the Tsul brothers were never suel a persistent onslaught. troubled and won the encounter in Even their lobbing, which they straight sets, conceding eight games exploited so successfully against Let in the process. It was nothing more Wai-tong and Paul Kong in the than 1 practice match for them: the quarter-final, falled Leonard and result was never in doubt and the Chou yesterday. Seldom was a lob play, with dur deference to Leonard sufficiently deep to worry the brothers und Choa who have done extremely who, by taking up their positions in well to reach such an important stage the forecourt, mude light of their of the tournament, was little short of tasit. n mere formality.

AUSTIN,

RETIRING FROM

DAVIS CUP

Could Not Undertake Training And Travel

"Bunny" Austin told the Sunday Dispatch that he is retiring from the Davis Cup competition because he thinks younger players should have

chance. Austin is 32.

a ch

Announcing his, decision earlier he had declared that he could not un- dertake "the special training and travel which would be involved by Pain's attempt to regain the Davis

"I feel at enough, of course-it's not that. But 1 don't feel that shall improve much now, or that I should be able to do much towards winning the Cup again for England.

"After winning the Cup in 1912 It took England until 1933 to win it again.

Out of that 1933 team of Perry? Hughes, Lee, and myself, not onc now remains.

:

"It will need a strong team to win the Cup again and I think a new, young lot of players should be found.

"I'm not giving up tennis, of course, I expect I shall play in the Wimbledon chempionships and other tournaments."

pace and was constantly flicking out his left, but it was notlecable that he could not stay close to Smith for long. Smith is too hard.

Arthur Danabar, former emoteur. light-weight champion, having his first fight us a professional, had his father with him to act us second, but Danahar schier was ordered to vacate the corner by a Board of Control official, because he did not holdi

Board licence. Danahar nevertheless won his fight with Fred Lowbridge (Wolverhamp-

most com In the

comfortable fashion. ton) He is રી fine you

young boxer, and his straight-left punching was all too steady for Lowbridge. Dunahar also punished his man towards the end of the six rounds with right swings, but he is inclined to be wild with his right.

The most pleasing features of the If the match revealed nothing else, losers' play were Choa's driving, showed that the elder Taut is which would have met with better rightly regarded as without an equal results against less skilful vellegers in local tennis. He was head and, and an effective smash made with a shoulders above every one else yes-reverse racket by Leonard. terday, bringing off shots which only The scores were 6-3, 6-3, 0-3. he among local players dared

to

attempt, Probably because most of his shots came off, he was guilty of trying to do too much; on several

occasions he "poached" very palp Hockey

pably, and threw his younger brother out of position. Although he scored |

No "Open" Tonnis This Afternoon

No match will be played in the Open Tennis Champion- ships on the Hongkong C.C. courts this afternoon. The tournament resumes to-morrow with a singles semi-final tie botween Tsul Yun-pui and H. D. Rumjahn (holder) on the stand court.

MACAO TO PLAY CIVILIANS

It has now been decided that the second game to be played by the Macao Interport hockey team, in Hongkong will be against the Civi-

lians and not against the Combined The Services as originally suggested. following have been chosen to repre- sent the Civilians

Ramzan

(Radio)

(K. I. T. C.); Guest Gonsalves (Recreio Has-

Marc S. Fowler (Club))

G. Singh

W. A.Reed (Club)

G. Fowler (Radio) GoC.

(KIT.C.)

E; V.

many winners, he also lost many points while doing this, and would (C.B.A.). Pyara Singh undoubtedly have lost more had the, and Wall (Police).

Reserves: Benwell (Club), opposition been stronger. Against! Reed (Club), Brown (Police) A. P. the Rumjahns, the Davis Cup player Souza would be well-advised to have little more faith in Taui Yun-pul, who is fully capable of looking after himself.

WEAK OVERHEAD

In

In fact, Wal-pui is fortunate that he has a player like his brother us partner. Admittedly Yun-pul was patently weak overhead, but in all other departments of the game he was sound. All he need do now is smash to develop a more reflable before becoming as formidable his brother.

in

the

.

(K.I.T.C.) and Bickford (Club).

The match will be played on Mon- day, April 18.

241 RUNS SCORED IN 98 MINUTES

Hobart.

In taking eight games

Against Tasmania for the Austra- course of the three sets, Leonard and lan XI tourists, Bradman and Bad- Choa did as well as could be expect-cock scored 241 runs in 98 minutes. ed. They were not in the same class They scored really fast when: as the Teul brothers, and were Bradman hit three sixes off sucċes~ definitely outplayed. There were sive balls:

Bradman hit six boundaries in one their own, and there were occasions over; when both Leonard and Choa scored Badcock hit five fours in one over. winners which left their opponcats They added their last 50 to 10 standing; but on the whole, they minutes!

off several sitting fours on the leg spectacular, Smith grow slow and skie, The score had been raised by faded away disappointingly in the 47 runs when Zimmern hit one to last two rounds.

for He weighed 13st. 11lb., and though cover standing

square and called

minute very strong seemed in need of more Arculi hesitated a run. The Press had quite a good batting and then went and was out by a training A half-stone removed from

yards.

This mid-section and thighs would looked It side and there was every prospect of couple of a close, fight. Nazarin and M. el Hatfield had thrown the wicket down have given him speed to have forced weight discovered for many years.

He shook Brown a few times with learn that it missed home the advantage is harder and Areuill opened to the bowling of Sgt. but on

and Man gathered it cleaner hitting had gained film.

several rallies in which they held! rights to the jaw, but it was his let Paterson... After a preliminary, wide by a factory

the wicket.

Brown finished faster and more hocking and jabbing and the sound 100-7-18. Two more wickets fall for six rung aggressive, and in rounds five and ness of his defence which made him

six put in such a lot of smart left-so much out of the ordinary. n single but Areutli was nearly and all seemed over.

Brown used hand leading that he partly destroy-

his feet at a great stumped off his first ball and was

A LAST WICKET STAND twice beaten on the off.

However, despite the kindly but ed the earlier good impression Smith eldentally, wng R

despairing smiles with which his had

made.. Paterson's bowling. On

Smith has not been in the best of) or outside

advent was greeted, E. MacNider the

he WAS always dooff-sturop

tou bowling!

Zimm To some extent Zimmern tournament, which probably dangerous but he sent down far to presented a very straight bat to the health since he won the Daily Mail many on the leg side. Hatacid tried to farm the bowling

though counted for

ho

his lack of condition, bowled as stendily as usual from the did Hitle with it when he had I but once again he demonstrated that; Tung Wah end but runs came fairly (I subsequently learned that he was he is the most talented novice heavy- steadily to Nazarin, Arculi defend-determined at all costs to prevent

of

ed but bis opens

opening was very shaky. MacNider having to face Hatfeld)..

off-turners

After

several

had

advantage of point

recollected it was his duty to got Hatfield, who bowled

with n

ac-

the ball

Zimmern

A DARING FIELD

maidens however simlle) and instead of At 27 Coombes went on for Pater MacNider so for forgot himself as departing to mid-wicket it disturbed son and bowled medium well pitched up

with no man out to plunk Coombes on again at the his off stumą, 191-10-8.

was not Wa end-for four. As Stalky Tung

curious innings out forty-n Nazarin took advantage of list put it once, the bleating of the kid of which the Keynote was that he drive cheerfully but Arculli was

brand Zimmern had excited the tiger

to play a good deal of very juiced

Just to

splendidly, and fours-which he did twice 10 the was too slow on his feet to punish and, fours

bowlers ade

adequately. after Nazarin had soup the fifty square-leg boundary. MacNider pro- the spin bov

It was an excellent finish to what with a pulled dfive, call bogan, to ceeded to hit another four to mid lay about him. At 59 Ecal a slow wicket and only fifteen runs were was, I expect, the last game of the season. I would repeat here, my left-hander (round) went on for required to win. Coombes and Nazarin got inside hla However, Hatfield's next over was appeal to Club Secretaries to send first ball to lift it to cover. 59-1-28 too good. Zimmern could only slop me any Agures or facts-including them and then the kid bleated once match records for the past Season too often (I offer my apologies to so that they may be

scored in 40 minutes.

With Abbas-in, Hatfield bowled an over round the wicket, but ten runs

1.

Mr. E. MacNider for my shikaristic tidity in print.

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