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ENGLAND CAN BEAT THESE AUSTRALIANS SAYS R.E.S. WYATT

Former Test Captain On Weak Spots Of Visitors

Sixteen Australian cricketers fired with the ambition and determination typical of Australian Test teams have arrived in England. They are a young team full of possibilities, with an average age of only 28.

On paper they appear to be a very strong combination, but undoubtedly there are weaknesses, and there la no cause, I think, to be pessimistic about our chance of regaining the **Ashes,"

To the type of batsman, therefore, who is anxious to get runs O'Reilly's not be so nccuracy by lisel will morally destructive.,

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, WEDNESDAY,

MRS. MOODY WINS Captain Victor Cazalet

Denies Rumours Of Engagement

London, May 10.

In the Second Round of the Sur- rey Tennis Championships, Mrs. Helen Wills Moody defeated Mrs, Elsie Pittman by 6-0, 6-1.

MAY 18, 1938.·

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"Merrily We Live" (King's Theatre, Australia's Wonderful 10-day) merry yarn delightfully diffuse motron (Bille Burke) whose hobby" in putting

Sydney, Aprli 28. Captain Victor Alexander Cazalet, tromps back on their feet. When unshaven, wayfaring Brian" Alterne

Australia has produced another wants to use her telephone, her eyes M.C., wealthy bachelor and Member of Parliament, has denied the rumours light up and the fun starts. When wonder racehorse which may rival that he is engaged to Mrs. Moody daughter Constance Bennett's eyes the famous turf deeds of Phar Lap.

of niso light up at the sight United PrCEK.

handsome chaffeur, into which the unshaven tramp has turned, there is

family n delightful

ruckus, It is kept at a good pace by Norman. McLeod, the director, whose task has been made easier by the efforts of Alan Mowbray, the principals and Clarence Kolb, Bonita Granville and Patsy Kelly.

failures is unusually large, will be strong, but not invincible.

that if In this respect, I belleve our selectors can unearth a really can make good swing bowler who the ball swing away, several of the big run-getters will be dismissed cheaply.

to the

A touring foam invariably includes son for the selection of a single fat bola is a type of ball seldom

some players lacking experience of the conditions under which the games will be played. Variety in the pace of wickets and change of light often make a vast difference to a batsman. There have been many cases of ine, oven great, cricketers falling abrood; and the Australiane have suffered in this way just as much as we have.

Australian In my opinion, this team runs a greater risk than usual, for only eight of the 10 have been here before, and only five have played in Test cricket in England. Evory touring team has its fallures, and the greater the number of now comera, the higher the probability of

failures.

LEFT-HAND GOOGLIES

One of the great factors which contributed towards the winning of the rubber In 1934 was the Grim-

I feel there can be only one rea- wickets will be bowler, McCormick, and that is the belief that similar to those of 1034.

DOPING THE WICKETS We then played into the hands of our

opponents by selecting fast bowlers as our main attack and sting from them by removing the doping the wickets.

Tim Wall, the Australian fast bowler, was top of the Test bowling averages in Australia during the series 1932-33, and bottom here in 1034 with an average of 78.08 runs per wicket obtained. This suggests that our wickets were anything but sympathetic towards fast bowling

We were relying almost entirely on this form of

of attack.

pitches are, Well-prepared

essential for first-class cricket, but it is to be hoped that we shall benefit by post and painful

The "Ashes" were won in 1932-93 out of natural, fast. wickets.

on fast wickets. Fast bowling on a doped wicket is an entirely different proposition, and the Australian

have selectors Rambled rashly by relying solely en

course,

of

in Australia owing worry most Australians A Maurice conditions, and one which would Tate in his prime would be invalu- able, and enhance our chances by 60

per cent.

A SOUNDER BRADMAN Don Bradman, although he is per- haps less brilliant, is as great a bats- man as ever. He has probably lost some of his quickness of eye, but this, I think, is more than counter- acted by an increased soundness of

method.

Bradman and Ponsford were res. ponsible for more than 1,000 runs last two Tests of 1934. But it is out of approximately 1,000 in the doubtful if there is a player of Pons- ford's calibre to open the innings for Australia this season.

Brown and Fingleton are both ex- cellent opening batsmen, but they are not an ideal pair, as they both might be termed defensive batsmen, and or the ability to force the pace in the way which made Ponsford such a great opening man.

mett-O'Reilly attack. This has been periences and not take the pace neither has the wide range of strokes

dissolved, and I consider the omiss slon of Grimmett a mistake, which will be serious unless Ward or Fleet-by fast bowling wood-Smith can reproduce his de- curacy and his wiles.

cx-

McCormick for the fast attack.

English spectators will appreciate the lovely action of the tall Me- Cormick, who, in my opinion, is the fastest bowler in the world to-day, I should describe his run-up

the

He is Ajax, a three-year-old-chest- nut colt by Herole-Medmenham (Imp.) owned by Messrs. E. L. Baillieu, A. W. Thomson and "Mr. Constable."

Ajax was unbeaten during the butuma meetings both in Melbourne and Sydney and has carried his total slake earnings to £18,950.

Turf writers hail Ajax as one of "Dangerous To Know" (Queen's the greatest, three-year-olds in Aus- and Alhambra Theatres, to-day)tralian racing history. Ajax has a big never been extended enough for ex- racketeer who seeks to enjoy society

perts

eris to judge what speed the colt life as well as political and financial

is capable of. Suave Akim Tamiroft is

control of the city in which he lives. His plans to frame a young bond salesman and marry his financee aro folled by the gangster's loyal Chinese companion. Fast, well-acted. Gall Patrick, Anna May Wong, Harvey Stephena and Anthony Quinn are in the cast,

"Seventh Heaven" (Majestie Thea tre-day)--An old story with a new cast. Simone Simon and James Stewart take the places of Janet Gaynor and Charles Farrell and make a good job of it in this picture with the saccharine qualities.

FINAL SHOOT · Large Attendance At Sunday Meeting

The Hongkong Rifle Association held its final shoot of the season on Sunday when over 150 members took

WATCH FINGLETON At the same time I think Fingle-port in ton will be one of the outstanding successes of the tour, because he is both sound and adaptable.

the various competitions.

The weather, although hot, did not deter many members making high scores, 95 out of a possible 100 being made by Surg. Lt. Mackie,

Ajax climaxed his autumn engage- ments by winning the C. W. Cropper Plate of £1,300, run over six fur- lengs at Randwick.

Ajax, carrying 9st, 2lb. which in- cluded a 7 lb penalty, scored with

the

greatest of case from Pendova (7.4) and King's Head (9.0) in 1 min. considering the holding nature of the 19% Dec. The time was excellent

track.

"Since 1915 I have ridden some of the most brilliant racehorses in Australia, but never in my whole experience have piloted a horse na great as Ajax over a short distancé," declared E. Bartle, who rode Ajax in the race.

BRAWN CUP REPLAY

The following will represent St Andrew's An the replay hockey match of the Brawn Cup against the Recreto Ladies this afternoon at 5.10 on the "Y" ground:"

J. Hail; J. Broadbridge. E. Chang; P. Lawson, M. Roza, B. Greaves; V. Churn, Y. Ho, S. Roberts, D. Hall and A. N. Other.

Fleetwood-Smith can be an tremely dangerous bowler with his left-hand googlies, capable of dis missing the best of batsman. He is Inclined to be erratic, but seldom has more accurate bowling been seen than his performance at Adelaide in the Fourth Test of 1937, when he something between that of Larwood his fielding is the Anest I have ever (b) event was won by the 4th Sub-second, Super. Thompson. Walking- was largely responsible for an Aus- and Tim Wall. He is kely to be accurate. He is, Indeed, well worths.R. (b) Aggregate Cup was won by P Open-First, Lt. Ashby, second, very dangerous in his first few overs, watching, waddock may be asked to Surg. Lt. Mackie and the SR. (n)

the

tralian victory,

Ward posseases flight and ability to spin the ball to a marked degree, but he has not that mastery length and direction which made Grimmett one of the greatest googly bowlers of all time.

of

Grimmett's absence, I think, may have a marked effect on O'Reilly's bowling, for it is seldom realised how much these two helped each

other.

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but lacks the stamina of other great fast bowlers.

A GREAT RISK

Four years ago the Australian team came here without a slow left- hander-a risk that should never be taken, for this type of bowler is in- dispensable on a "sticky" wicket.

This year the Australian selectors have wisely included E. S. White, who should prove of immense value, particularly where wet wickets are concerned.

Their accuracy was such that the batsman was apt to become puzzled and worried as to how to get a run; whereas it a batsman can help him-

The team is thus prepared for all self to twos and threes and an occasional four at one end he will wickets, having exponents of be content to play maiden overs types of bowling. from the other.

ail

The batting unless the number of

Darkish, of medium height and rather slim, he will speedily be popular with our cricket crowds, for and his throwing remarkably

seca and

Possibly,

All the role of opening batsman. He has a wide variety of strokes at his command, but recently he has not met with great success in this posi- tion.

To sum up the situation, I would say that if the Tests are played on wet wickets we should definitely side, and prove to be the better given one weather I consider we stand a good chance of winning the rubber if our prospect is not pre- Judiced by doping the pitches.

But surely our inability to get out not only the Australlons but also India and New Zealand bas taught a lesson in that respect?

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The S.R. (a) event was won by the Newton, second, Capt. Trevor. Dou- 1st Bn, Middlesex Regt. The SR. Bles Open. First, Capt. Trevor,

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At the conclusion of the meeting Col. N. M. S. Irwin, D.5.0., M.C., very to the kindly presented the prizes various prize winners.

Before Major Murray called upon Col. Irwin to give away the prizes, he thanked Col. Irwin on behalf of the Council and members of the As- sociation for very kindly consenting to become the President.

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Shoot Resuits Inter-Affliated Clubs

match.

S. R. (a); Winner, 1st. Bn. Middlesex Reg.-LL Dawson 72, L/Cpl. Amos 70, L/Cpl. Powell 75, Dmr, Stickley 70, Eds, Haigh 76, total 380. Second, 2nd. Bn. Royal Scots S. R (b); Winner, 4th Submarine Flotilla Ride Club P. O. Clark 88, P. O. Hinds 90, C. E. R. A Atkinson 85, E. R. A. Keiller 91, E, A, Templeton 94, total 448. Second, Hongkong Police Sgt. Perking 01, Sgt. Mckay 83, Inp. Hop- kins 87, Cpl. Puran Singh 88, B, C. Charan Singh 84, total 438.

SPORT ADVTS.

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THE FIFTH EXTRA RACE MEETING will be held (weather permitting at HAPPY VALLEY on SATURDAY, 21st MAX, 1938, com- mencing at 2.00 pm.

The First Bell will be rung al 1.30 p.m.

MEMBERS' ENCLOSURE

S. R. (b) Aggregate Winner, Surg. Lt. Maddie 95; Handicap Winner, Sgt. Perkins 01; 200-yards range No Ono without a badge will be winner, E: A. Templeton 49; 500 admitted to the Members Enclosure. yards yards range winner, Surg. Lt. Mackie 49; Handicap Spoon Winners, Cadet Carey 88, Sgt. Cooper- 92.

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Clay Bird Resulta

Aggregate Open-First, Lt. Ashby, H.K.N.V.F, 25, second, Cápt, Newton, Middlesex 10.

Singles Open-First; Lt. Ashby, second, Capt. Newton.

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