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HONGI

SATURDAY MAY 1437-1938;

COUNTY CRICKET MATCHES ALL REACH DECISIONS

As I See Sport

By "Abe"

SAIGON SOCCERITES TO "LEARN" GAME IN THE COLONY

But We May Pick Up A Few Points Ourselves

"VERY fast" was how a member

of the Lalington Corinthion team, which recently visited. Hong-

Bowls' Third Week

THE local lawn bowls seuson entera

kong, described football in Saigon. upon its third week to-day. Not having been down to Sufgon, I am

with each team having played only

afraid I have no knowledge of thele two matches, It is surprising that mandard of play and therefore can- only three teams out of a total of 24

not

on the Indian R.C. in the First Division, and the other is the Kowloon F.C.

the Third. As they have been

vouch for Ulic description given

www.have remained unbeaten. Two me by the Islingtonian. But a team of Saigon footballers is now in Ilong these are the Cralgengower C.C. and kong for a series of matches here and will start with a game against the South China A.A., the sponsors

so the most consistent team in the of the visit. Those who, like my League during the last few years,

wice of scoint Gelf, have not had a chance in the present standing of the Craigen- a Salgon football team in nction, can

players is

is only to be ex- at Sower C.C. obtain a first-hand Impression at Causeway Bay to-day when the pected; but that the Indians should high position has roshare visitors play South China, to-morrow caused some comment. However, it when they meet the Hongkong F.A., should be remembered, as I have

next Saturday when they play the Army. All three matches will pointed out already, that the Indians arc I force to be reckoned with! the Navy ground starting at when they play at home, and

both have been Won at

have Socicunpoo. They graceful

or

be on

the

same

5 p.m. on each day. I have been their matches told that the Salgon stars are here "to learn football"-

to

moted

the

or

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more ог on the same basis since 1936,

improvement in the two years. The issue

On the oxiretoe THE AUSTRALIAN CRICKETERS who are to play fo the Test matches this summer reached England last month. Above: The scene aboard the liner Orontes wallo the players were facing dozens of cameras, some making news films, soon after their arrival at Southampton. left is Mr. W. H. Jeanes, the manager, and the players enumerated are 1, 8. J. McCabe (vice-captain); 2, A. G. Chipperfield; 8, L. O'B. Fleetwood- Smilb; 4, W. J. O'Reilly; 5, E. L. McCormick; 6, E. 8. White; 7, 8. Barnes; 8. J. H. Fingleton; 9, B. A. Burnett; 19, C. L. Badcock; 11, D. G. Bradman (captain); 12, A. L. Hasselt; 13, C. W. Walker; 14, F. Ward; 15, W. A. Brown; 10, M. G. Watic,

AUSTRALIAN SHAYES GOLF TEAM FOR BRITAIN

realisation that until they meet with All Ex-Amateur the stronger counties, their real ali-

effectiveness w!!! round totally revealed.

not be

"

the Indians have shown "There's Yorkshire'

to-day is very

do not know how many players

Champions To Play

At St. Andrew's!

The Australian golf team, which is

TAKES HONOURS

By Frank Poxon

MARGATE TO

BREAK

EXCITING GAME AT LORD'S

MIDDLESEX SUCCEEDS

London, May 13.

Once again all the matches in the County Cricket Championship programme have ended decisive- ly. Somerset defeated Worces-- tershire, Middlesex defeated Gloucester, Derbyshire defeated Lancashire, Warwickshire de feated Hampshire and Yorkshire defeated Essex,

The most exelting match of the programme was that played at Lord's between Middlesex and Glou- cester. Gloucester Rcored 478

in their first innings, thanks to centuries by Walter Hammond, Neate and Wilson, and peculiarly enough, Mid- dlesex put up an identical score in

reply, Edrich and Compton improving

their prospects of selection in the Test matclics by making 182 and 103

Gloucester mado respectively.

eporting declaration in the second

for at 243

seven, And 244 with three.

innings

Middlesex scored

wickets in hard.

As generally expected, the Aus tralian tourists easily defeated Cambridge, winning by an Innings and 420 runs.

SOMERSET ♥. WORCESTER

At Taunton, Somerset defeated

WITH ARSENAL Worcestershire by 63 runs.

Against the bowling of Perits, who took six wickets for 34 runs, Somer- set totalled only 114 in their first innings. Worcester did not do much Andrews and made 150, bettor claiming Ave victims for 38 runs.

Somerset improved considerably in their second venture, declaring at 290 for six wickets, to which score Lee contributed 138. Requiring 201 runs to win, Worcester were all out

side has hit up at least one century, not

Yet

A. L. Hassett leads the way shown what they can do while play- and

successive bute to our play, but if the game is ing away. To-day, they

will

three-scored in have with of as high a standard in Saigon as I

it has to be remem their first opportunity of doing

80; matches. Still, am told it is, we will probably have they play Civil Service C.C. away, bered that Worcester, Oxford, Lei- a few things to learn

ourselves. The

and Cambridge do not re- team now in Hongitong is stated to in 1936 when the Indians were procester

to the First Division ther present the cream of English cricket, be about the strongest that can be failed to acore a single win, away

and the

awe

which the Australians nicked, and when we remember that from home soil; the nearest they got must

must inspire by their great batting

Margate will cease to be Arsenal's nursery club at the end of the pre- the Islington Corinthians were held

to it,

it, peculiarly enough, was against strength should be tempered by the

sent season, Arsenal have been un- a draw in one of their three

the Civil Servants. While matches in Satgen we will apprec-C.S.C.C. have remained

able to accede to a request for better ats the standard of the game there. less

terms and the agreement between the clubs is to be terminated by mutual London, Apr. 13,

arrangement. Tam's Return

Some very good play was seen at

During the three years the agree DEHIND the bare announcement open. The Craigengower C.C. should

tennis tournament yesterday.

than

20 players have left Margate for that Tam Kong-pak has been win on their own green against the Yorkshire will cupply to the going to England as the guests of the Melbury Club (Kensington) lawnment has been in operation more for 207, Wellard taking five for 05.

The first match, in the Davis Cup League clubs. Former Margate

OXFORD. MINOR COUNTIES selected to play at right back for Poller, hut the Club de Recreio, Inst! English team in the coming Tests" the Royal and Ancient Golf Club at

Highbury inelude the Hongkong Football Association year's champions, will find it dif- said Sir Stanley Jackson, speaking St. Andrew's to play matches played trials provided a grand duel between players now at

At Oxford, Oxford University against the Saigon team lies A story: Bcult to beat Kowloon Docks at at a Yorkshire cricket luncheon on in Ceylon while, passing through on D. W. Butler and Frank Wilde, Butler Lewis, Grifiths, Carr and Atter.

winning at 6-2, 6-0, 40, 9-7. Manager Jack Lambert, the old defeated the Minor Counties by. 230. This South China player was sus| Hunghom. Encouraged by their April 21. "Someone has been asking the Narkunda,

Wilde is probably better on a fast Arsenal and Fulham forward, will be runs. pended at the end of the 1936-37 win over the Portuguesa, the K.C.C. who is going to get the Australians

Oxford scored 217 (Berry' for 81) The manager of the team is Mr. grass surface than on rubble, but he retained in the service of the High- 2009015 for an offence committed in are hopeful of repeating this feat out. Well, if there is no one els Charles W. Randic, captain of the put up a good show yesterday, al- bury club, who along with Cardif, and 310 for four declared (unica

there is always the Yorkshire team,

though Butler deserved to win. Worcester and Chelmsford have 147), while Minor Counties replied he added amid laughter. Bill Bowes Royal Sydney Golf Club, and the These two may be our doubles pair applied for membership of the South with 176 (Mogill & for 57) and 131. is coming in for some praise. Lord playing members of the team, which in the Davis Cup.

ern League. Hawke said some nice things about consists entirely of ex-amateur

i him recently and on April 21 S

had champions of Australia, include: Stanley Jackson declared he never seen a better fast-medium Len Netticfold, the captain, a bowler than Bowes at his best. Sir Tasmanian by birth. Winner of the Stanley also thought there was reason why England should not find Amateur Championship of Australia a team that would beat the Austra in 1928 and 1928. Has on numerous

occasions won the Amateur plonship of Tasmania. Edrich's Problem

a Governor's Cup match. The vic-against the Kowloon B.G.C. tim was D. S. Blake, the Kowloon

F.C. player, who fractured an ankle These Australians! so badly that his football career was thought at one time to be ended.

Suspended until the end of the 1937-REFORE 33 Benson, aroused a

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Tam Kong-pak's case menced their matches in England, a great deal of discussion in a colleague offered me odds of three well to two against England in the Test the Emergency Committee as as in the Council, but the sentence matches. With no indication what- passed by the former body was up-sover as to how the tourists would seemed tempting held by the latter, Happily Blake's fare, the odds injury has mended well and he has enough; but I did not take up the already turned out a few times for bet. You never know what to ex- Kowloon, And riow that the football pect from these Australians. And первоп In: Hongkong has officially aim now very glad indeed that I did

is eligible to play again; not.

In the ended, Tam

matches 50 far in they played the Association alguides this by pick-which

to

in

Austra- right

Old

the the

Country, appear

have scored a total partnership with Costa a back, Ap. Hans

of 2,518 parently though they have never runs in four innings for the loss of seen him play for more than one only 27 wickets giving them senson, Association officials consider average of 03.24 runs per wicket! I him still good enough to play in a these figures are not sufficient proof

of their batting strength, I best. representative match! At his Tam most versatile

In the Colony. Australians have not had to hat more He has been in almost every posl than once. Against Worcester, they tion in the forward line, and is scored 541 in their first innings and equally at home in defence, specialis- won by an innings and 77 runs; ing at back. He has represented against Oxford they made 070 for China in several Far Eastern Olym-seven wickets and won by an innings pic Games, and in 1936 was a mem- and 487 runs; against Leicester, they ber of the Chinese World Olympic scored 590 for five and won by an football team to visit Berlin. He innings and 163 runs; against Cam tias also played in the Interport bridge, they scored 708 for five, and series for Hongkong against Shang-won by an innings end 425

Every recognised batsman in

hai

lians.

no

Cham-

M. J. Ryon, the only Victorian re- won the Amateur

ONE of the most promising batamen presentative,

In England to-day, W. J. Edrich, Championship of Australia in 1929) is in a predicament. He is on Tot- and the Open Championship of Is a member of tenham's books as an outside left- Australia in 1932.

was

he is a footballer as well as a cric- the Kingston Heath Club Melbourne, keter-but until late this summer he

H. W. Hattersley, of Sydney, won will be unable to decide whether he will

Last the Amateur Championship of Aus will prefer cricket to soccer.

he

out of

of football al-tralia in 1930. winter don't

together as he toured India with Lord Tennyson's team, and winter he may be among those chosen to visit South Africa with an M.C.C. team. What makes the situa

wasy one of the know what are. In each match, the

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T. S. Muckay, also of Sydney won next the Amateur Championship of Aus-

stralia in 1934.

No international matches of any has been retained by the Spurs in ing Australians while in Great Bri- on more difficult for him is that he character will be played by the visil- the spite of the fact that they know his tain, but they hope by means future as a footballer is uncertain. visit to establish friendly contact Edrich is regarded as having a great with leading players in other parts chance to be selected for England of the world and give a further fillp against the Australians in the forth to the game which is already very coming Test matches.

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R. A. Shayes, the Kentish player, gave easily the best display in these trial matches while beating E. J. Filby 6—1, 6———4, 6——

Shayes may be England's "player of the year.** He has the right physique and the right strokes. In the third trial game, C. M. Jones beat the Scottish player, D. McPhall,

6-2, 11–9, 12-10.

This was Jones's second win in the trials and McPhail's second defeat, Jones was good on the volley, where as McPhail was not. The Scot twice got within a point of the second set in the tenth game.

MIDDLESEX, GLOUCESTER

defeated At Lord's, Middlesex Gloucestershire by three wickets.

Gloucester scored 478 in their first innings, Walter Hammond hitting up another century of 116, Neale 109 and Wilson 130.

Middlesex scored exactly as many

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