1938-05-24 — Page 9

THE HONGKONG

TELEGRAPH,

TUESDAY,

MAY

24,

1938.

THESE AUSTRALIANS ARE THE MOST ORDINARY TEST TEAM I'VE SEEN

Says Patsy Hendren, Famous England Cricketer

London, Apr. 24.

The hand of, welcome held out last week to the Australian cricketers is a reminder that we are about to start on what should be a really cricket season.

What are our thoughts about the merits of the Australians?

Teats,

him as an opening bat in the

My general summary, based on, I should hope they won't have to knowledge of most of the players, use and on reliable evidence about those the I don't know, is that they are most ordinary lot sent from Austra-

find

in to this country during my time.

I shouldn't be surprised to their hearts, feel that way, 100.

40.

Yet they might have to do

Brown, whom we know, and Fin- gleton are the obvious choices for the honour of opening. I very much

STOUNG-BOY BOWES

DON

TODAY NG DOW

Paul W. Brooks, the Lord's ground

boy, who bowled Don Bradman

middle stump recently. Describing

that the Australians themselves, in doubt it, individually or us a pair, his feat. Brooks sald, "I was trying

But they will prove themselves as good

41 5

Woodfull and Ponsford, and other great opening pairs we have had from Australio.

t isn't their business to shout the Dids ngalost themselves. They

leave that to us.

"RUBBISH!"

I want to knock one idea on the hend. It is that even the weather gads have already ranged themselves on the side of tre Australians. "Look at this amazing spring," people any. "It is making pitches which are just the sort the Australians love."

won't

Wicketkeeper Barnett is 11 useful

It

to bowl him with every ball I sent down. Each time I looked to some distant part of the ground or thought

Bradman would hit the ball Into the

batsman: Chipperfield Rood all- rander, and high hopes are centred In the new man, Lindsay Hassett. Without any disrespect to these fine road. After five minutes I sent down players, It

said that they are must be no better than many

from whom Just an ordinary straight medium- England will be able to choose. The Don't believe such rubbish.

So we turn to the bowling, and Расс delivery. Bradman tried 10 extraordinary two months of weather

nennce number twe

hook it, but missed It completely. we have had is going to play ducks against mennee

-"Tiger" O'Reilly, the world's best And the and drakes with cricket.

inwler at the resent time, without

the present time,

And it hit his middle stump. all the Australians

a doubt Very nearly, I should say. ducks.

the world's best of any time.

flabbergasted, but Bradman Nald I was coaching it Cambridge Inst

As starting bowlers there will be week. Fenner's in one of the best

Ernest McCormick,

nothing. and possibly pitches in the country But each

Walte. shall watch the

smile." day-although the practice was con- Mervyn

fatter

with particular interest. Ife WHE a colt to whom I gave instruc- tion during a spell of conching in ald nature in the same way as usual South Australls ten years ago. Geod because nature has been working luck. Mervyn! differently.

escape

fined to three hours-dust was rising from

those practice pitches. Groundsmen haven't been able

to

1

A CONUNDRUM

1 can't see a Gregory-Macdonald combination approached by the men who will have to open the bowling for Australia. Even so, we haven't knocked them all off yet.

Unless something happens, The best of our Test match pitches will be dusty very early in the games,

On dusty pitches bowlers end make the ball turn, which is im- portont, and pop, which is not quite And upsetting. important, but the Australians are less accustomed Smith. to turning and popping deliveries

10

There is the coundrum Fleetwood-

A

because he conundrum may have the best side in the world than are our own men.

almost treading on

ench other on the Now look at what I have called

way back to the pavilion. Equally this ordinary cricket tentn. There are eight newcomers among the six-he may present a sack of runs to the

teen. I am not prepared to tell you now the eight will shape,

or

world's worst Test match batsmen. The Australlans have six weeks in Nobody which

to work themselves up. If can tell, in advance, whether good cricketers in Australia will be worse they had to choose from the sixteen side to play in a Test to-morrow il better cricketers under English would probably be made up in this All these Ausrtailus are good eric-batting order:

Brown, Fingleton, Bradman, Me- of course. They don't pick

Badcock, Hasselt, Barnett, Cabe, Auds." But they don't make up o

O'Reilly, Fleetwood-Smith, McCor- fearsome combination,

conditions.

The eleventh place (not in bat- ting order) would seem to rest be- tween Waite, Ward, and Chipper |

Does that really seem such a feld. wonderful tean to you?

Of course, there are menaces in mick. the side. Menace number one is Don Bradman. Perhaps it Is sug- gesting the miraculous to say that Bradman ought to be better than he

But mean it. has ever been.

Maturity will have added to his discretion: responsibility will have! stiffened that upper lip.

ALL-ROUNDER

Then, Stan McCabe is a tine all-! rounder. too young to have gone back.

Just before Bradman, ond Just after McCabe in the batting list, the ability has to he proved, although there is a possible real menace in Badcock.

DERBY CALL-OVER

London, May 23. The call-over to-day far the Derby Golden was.Pasch -4, and o; Sovereign 100-150, 7 1;

Scottish Union 1-2, o, 100 Port Marnock 100-6 t and o; Pound Foolish 100-0 0, 18 1; Mirza 100-6 o, 18 t; Bols Rouscil

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At least half a dozen players who 20 o, 25 t; Faroe 28 o. 33 : Fly went to Australia with the last Eng. 33 and o; Troon 33 o, 40 1; Valerian land team have said he is just like 33 o; Manorite 33 of Olympus 40 0, me in build and style. If that is 50 t; Tahir 40 o, 50 t; Bland Star 40 o. true, then if i were an Australian-Reuter.

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AGAINST BUNNY

Hy Ulyss Rogers

"Daily Express" Lawn Teunis Reporter

Bournemouth, Apr. 26. Friends of F. Jack Piercy, tennis-playing_medical student, ranged up with more than usual interest to-day to watch him play "Bunny" Austin in the hard courts championships at Bourne- mouth. Not that they expected to see him win, but for quite another reason.

"Jack's father has promised to give him three shillings for every game he can get out of 'Bunny,' sald one of them.

So the ready-reckoning began. "He's got the

bob"

SWIMMER FOR ARMY

first game-three Japanese Olympic Star

Ordered To Front

Breathless anxiety.

"Game. Piercy,” cried the, inpire, "Six bob," said the lads.

Piercy went steadily on playing the fine game he is nowadays show ing the public.

GAVIA BROTHERS TAKE NATIONAL DOUBLES TITLE

Manila, May, 10.

The Gavia brothers, Leonardo and Juanito. lobbed and smashed their way to whi the 1938 national tennla doubles championship against the Far Eastern University pair, Felicial- mo Ampon end Cesar Carmona, yesterday afternoon at the Rizni Memorial Tennis Stadium, The Gavios' well-eniculated game forced the FEU combination to literally de- feat themselves in three straight set, 0-1, 6-4, 6-2.

"Mighty Mite" Ampon forgot he was playing a doubles match and his attempt to cover the whole court lost the Easterner many costly points. He rushed to Carmona's side of the court time and time again and presented the Gavias with easy! placements and no possible return.

Leonardo and Juanito played a safe game most of the way, lobbing to Ampon who could only return it for a perfect smash. Juanito played exceptionally nice game in the last two scis.. His forehand driving and clever net-work had the FEU pair beaten.

an

Immediately after the match tro- phics were awarded the 1033 win- ners

of the three national tenais

Dr. by

Victor nships

president of Use Philip- pine Islands Lawn. Tennis Associa Lon, Amado Sanchez, who dethroned Leonardo as national singles cham- plon, was the first to receive a cup. Minda Ochoa, who easily captured the women's singles championship. followed next nnd Leonardo and Juanito.

then

came

NO LEAGUE GAME

was

Kowloon postponed

The mixed doubles league match between Kecreio and Cricket Club "A" yesterday after the first round owing to the heavy rain.

The match between Chinese Be- creation Club und the Hongkong Cricket Club was postponed.

STOCK MARKET

REPORT

The Hongkong Stock Exchange offelal summary, Issued at 3.15 p.m. yesterday, says!

There was very little change lu report in the market, which opened and remained quiet throughout the day.

Duyers

Hengkeng Bank $1,500 Hongkong (Lan) chi Union Insurance

Venz, Goldfeld $2.60

HI, & B, Hotela $0.00

IEK, Lande 4 Debentures $101

11.K. Realties 5.70

Peak Trama (Old) B7

Mncan Electrics $17 Constructions #1% Marmaris (11.3.) 3/18

Rajes

Hongkong Dank $1,010/20 Providenia (New) $3.85 H&B, Hotel $0.03/00

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Tokyo. May 23. Murakoho, Japanese Olymple swimming stor, has been conscript- ed and ordered to the front. "Game and first set to Austin,

1938 In the

Games at Berlin, 6-4," said the umpire.

"Twelve bob for Jack." erled Murakoho was fourth in the five thousand metres and ten thousand Jack's chums.

The next set Piercy actually won metres free style events, and is re- 64.

"Eighteen shilings more for Juch! garded as one of Japan's hopes for Thirty bob all told. Keep it up old the 1940 Games in Tokyo.---United SPORT ADVTS.

son: you'll be a millionaire.”

But in the next set Jack didn't

bag

was

o single three bobsworth, It 0-0 against him. However, ninc shillings came along in the fourth set.

"Good old Jack!" said his pals.

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COUNTY CRICKET

London, May 23. Lunch cricket scores were: Derby 217-8 against Somerset. Glamorgan 147-1, Hants 310. Lancs 322, Northants 98 and 0-0. Yorks 212-1, Sussex 200, Leicester 203-7. Warwick 112. Middlesex 474, Notts 53-3. Surrey 9-0, Australlons 328. Worcester

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In a play-off of a tle on the Old Course, Fanling, in the May Quality ing Competition for the Captain's Cup, F. Groves 77-8-71, beat F. Buckle who did not return a card.

Bogey (Par) Pool

The Bogey (Par) Pool played on the Old Course., Fanling, over the week-end was won by R. G. Gray Other scores were: (14) four up. W. M. Gordon (18) one up; J. J. A. Sherry (18), F. Groves (6) and de- ¡H. 17-0, Kent 602-7

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