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THE

HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, SATURDAY, JUNE 18, 1938.

CRICKET TOURISTS BEAT GENTLEMEN OF ENGLAND

P. GIBB SAVES LOSERS FROM TOTAL FAILURE

DECISIONS REACHED IN ALL COUNTY MATCHES

London, June 17.

The Australian cricket tourista in England won another match to-day when they concluded their fixture with the Gentlemen of England at Lord's, winning by 282 runs. After declaring their second innings at 335 for four wickets, the tourists dismissed the Gentlemen for 149, of which P. A. Gibb, the Cambridge wicket- treeper, made 67. L. O'B. Fleetwood-Smith was in fine form and took seven wickets for 44 runs.

Decisions were reached in all the matches played in the County Cricket Championship. Somerset defeated Essex, Yorkshire bent

Glamorgan,

Middlesex beat Gloucester, Ahire bent Derbyshire, Kent Worcestershire, and Notts Sussex.

Hamp-

bent beat

Both Cambridge and Oxford Uni- versities were defented, the former by Surrey and the latter by Lancashire, GLAMORGAN ». YORKSHIRE AL Cardin. Yorkshire defeated Gilmorgon by 130 runs.

Thanks to 127 by M. Leyland and Yorkshire totalled Smaites, 117 by 343 in the first innings, W. Wooller, the Welsh International rugby player, taking five wickets for 90 runs.

the

second innings. Yorkshire

clared at 221 for four wickets,

Glamorgan replied

(Robinson

five for 93)

(Verly seven for 83).

111

d

with

260 184

GLOUCESTER MIDDLESEX

AL

Bristol.

4.

Middlesex defented Gloucester by an innings and 42 runs.

Gloucester scored 209 and 322,

O Allen making 104 and Nonle 04. $73, to while Middelesex hit up

contributed 118 and which Extrich

Sinfield was the most

with successful Gloucester bowler

Hulme 143,

six wickets for 184 runs.

HAMPSHIRE «. DERBYSHIRE At Portsmouth, Hampshire defcat- ed Derbyshire by 37 runs.

Hampshire scored 313 and 203, and Derby replied with 358 (Worthington 121) and 183.

KENT. WORCESTER

Al Tenbridge, Kent defeated Wor- cestershire by seven wickets.

Centuries by Woolley (130) and Fagg (190) enabled Kent to total 420 in their first inninga. In their second. Kent declared at 172 for three, of which Leslie Anics made 04. Worcester innde 220 and 379, King

runs.

- contributing 104. Harding captured

five wickets for 99 runs for Kent.

ESSEX +. SOMERSET At Cheimsford, Somerset defeated Essex by 45

Somerset scored 280 and 222 (P. Le 103). while Exsex Find 308 (Wellard

for 124) und 150 (Wellard five for 70 and Andrews four for 00).

Mrs. Wills Moody Bows To Defeat

ist at

London, June 17 Mrs. Sperling, a former final- Wimbledon, caused a surprise in the semi-finals of the London Tennis Champion, ships to-day by defeating Mrs. Helen Wills Moody by 8-6. 6.2.

This was the second defeat sustained by Mrs. Moody in her present "come-back" cam- paign.

Another American competi- tor, Mrs. Sarah Palfrey-Fabyan, was eliminated when she was beaten by Mile jedrzejowska, || of Poland, who won by 6-3,

6-2.

Mrs. Sperling and Mlle Je- drzejowska will now meet in the final-United Press

Cambridge were first sent back for 212 and then for 271.

SUSSEX. NOTTS

At Have, Nottinghamshire defeated Sussex by four wickels,

Frank Woolley

in his last season as pood as

Cuer

EDRICH LEADS IN BATTING

London. May 23.

W. J Edrich, the 22-year-old

Middlesex botsman, has a chance of

LAWN BOWLS LEADERS CLASH THIS AFTERNOON AT HAPPY VALLEY

For many clubs, to-day marks the second half of their Lawn Bowls League season. In other words, they have met every other team in their particular division, and now they will commence their return matches. At this stage of the competition, a weighing of their prospects in the championship appears to be justified. In the First Division, the Crolgen- gower C.C. and the Club de Recreio Bre tled on points, each having obtained ten. However, the Happy Valley players have a match in hond and are in the better positon

Curiously enough, the champions of the 1937 season will have an op- portunity of lowering the colours of the Cralgengower CC. this afternoon: for the teams, as they did in the opening match of the season, clash to-day. While the Cratgengower C.C. WRI have the decided advantage of playing on their own green, it has also to be remembered that the Recreio players have been improving past with every match during the

other'

the hand, month. On the Happy Valley men have had a couple Which of narrow shaves recently.

ot Happy means that the match

Valley to-day will be very open.

In the Secund Division, the Club

de Recreio are leading by a paint!

from the Kowloon B.G.C. There is!

| completing his 1,000 runs in a season

curlier than it has ever been donettle doubt that these are the two

before.

lending teams in this division in spite of the fact that the Craigengower C.C. are only one point behind the

Mrs, Sperling, who caused a sur- prize by beating Mrs. Helen Wills Mondy in the semi-finals of the Len- don Tennis Championships by 8-6.

6-2.

ROYALTY PRESENT AT ASCOT

Meeting Concludes In Glorious Weather

Their

EARLIEST RULES OF GOLF DISCOVERED

Notable Find In Honourable

Company's Records

A discovery which is claimed as the most interesting contribu-` tion to the history of the game of golf in recent years has been made in the records of the Honourable Company of golfers.

10. If you should lose your Ball, by Its being taken up, or any other way, you are to go back to the Spot, where you allow your adversary a Stroke for the struck fast, to drop another Ball, And

misfortune.

An examination of the first min- all honestly for the Holo; and, not to ute book, covering the period 1744 lying in your way to the fiole.

play upon your Adversary's Dall not to 1701, in the possession of the

Company, with Honourable

the words, "Records of the Gentlemen Golfers," embossed on the outside cover, has led to the discovery of a sat of rules which cannot under any circumstances whatever he later in date than 1751, and which

may be regarded as having been entered in the minute book in 1744.

discovery lies in

The significance of the unexpected

this that

these rules are ten years older than those preserved in the first minute of the Royal and Ancient Club, and gener- ally understood and nccepted us the earliest set of rules for the game.

The read:-

newly discovered

. rules

ARTICLES AND LAWS IN PLAYING AT GOLF

1. You must Tea your Bali, within Club's length of the Hole.

2.

3

4

a

Your Tee must be upon the Ground, You are nol to change (20 Ital which you Strike off the Tee,

You are not to remove Stones. Dones or any Break Club, for the sake of play. Your Bail. Except upon the fair Green, and that only within a Clubs length of your Ball.

Including his innings against Nutta on Saturday, he needed only 36 more to achieve this distinction. As, how- Kowloon B.G.C.

London, June 17. ever, by scored 21 of his runs on the j In the Third Division, the Kowloon

d. it your Ball come among Watter. Majesties the King and or any wattery fifth, you are at liberty last day of Aprit the actual number Football Club have won all their Queen were again present at Ascot to take out your Ball and bringing it be he requires to complete his 1,000 matches to date and are the only to-day, the final day. Once more hind the hazard and Tecing it, you may play it with any Club and allow your runs for the month of May in 57. team to have a 100 per cent reglorious weather favoured the meet-Adversary

In 1927 W. R. Hummond reached They have so many experienced playing.

a Stroke, B: Bu getting out runs on May 28, but Edrich, ers in their midst that it is not at 1000

if your Balls be found any where supposing he does not add to his present not out more, has a possible well. As a matter of fact, they are three more chances to get the runs playing out of their class and it is before that date. And he is in only almost certain that promotion will be second Acason of first-class gained at the end of the season.

The

the matches following

who

your

all surprising that they have done so The Wokingham Stakes went to touching, one another you are to lift the 7. At Halling, you are in play your the North Country horse, Bold Ben, you play the last. 9-1, owned by Mr. A. E. Berry. This gave the jockey Elliott, rode the Derby winner, another big race victory. Bold Ben beat Mrs. C. Smith's Kinderscout. 10-1.

# by length with Miss Parson's Davy-Do- Kowloon Little, B-1, a head away

pince.

иге

his crickett

His nearest rival is rudman, who down for decision to-day:

First Division to date has scored 870 runs, but 268

Civil Service C.C. V. of these were scored in one innings In April. The averages, pubished B.G.C. for the first time this season, are:

Batting (Qualification; Five indings, average 30)

Times Highest Inns, N.O. Runs Score Aver. 730 102 n1.77 A2A 100 74.20

... 12

Earich Huttan Holmes W. R. Hommand J'aynter Gregory Iddon Complen

Sussex made 200 (A. J. 133 not out) and 183 (Butler five for 04), while Notts replied with 155 and 326 for six wickets.

GENTLEMEN OF ENGLAND v. AUSTRALIANS

At Lord's, the Australian cricket Lourists defcuted the Gentlemen of England by 282 runs.

In their first innings, the tourists scored 307 to which the Gentlemen of England replied with 31,

Going in again, the Australians de- clared at 335 for four wickets. 1.

Fingleton contributed 121

runs

E. 5. Wyati

Kowloon CC, v. Kowloon Docks, Craigengower C.C. Club

V.

do

Twenty-six

race

in

third

hursca rist in

beating Sir Charles Hyde's Suzz, 100-6, by a head.

evens.

9. No man at Holling his Bell, is to be slowed, to mark his way to the Hote with his Club, or anything else.

10. It a Dall be stopp'd by any person. Horse, Dog, or anything else, The Ball so stop'd must be played where it lyes. 11. it you draw your Club, in order to Birike & proceed so far in the Stroke as to be bringing down your Club: then, your Club shall break, in, any way. It is to be Accounted a Broke,

from

12. to whose Ball yes farther the Hofe is obliged to play arst.

13. Neither Trench, Ditch, or Dyko, made for the preservation of the Links, nar the Scholar's Holes or the Soldier'a Lines, Birall be. Accounted a Hazard, But the Ball is to be taken out. Tecd and play'd with any fron Club.

JOHN RATTHY, CIT.

The 5th and 13th Articles of the foregoing Laws having occasioned frequent Disputes It is found Con- venient That in all time Coming the Law Shall be. That in no case What- ever a Boll Shall be Lifted without losing a Stroke

# Except is in the Scholars hotes When may he ጋር taken out teed and played with any Iron Club without losing a Stroke And in all other Cases The Ball must be Played where it iyes Except it is at least half Covered with Water or th When it may if the Player Chuses be taken out Teed and Played with any Loosing a Stroke,

Club upon

THOMAS BOSWALL, CPN. EARLIEST LAW-GIVERS Special research in regard to Honourable Company history, as u won the Queen Alexandra Stakes.

Mr. James Rank's Epigram, 4-1, result of which these rules have come to light, has been made, and Mr. Philip Dunne's unbenten volt, (says the special representative of Portobello, starting at

re-The Scotsman) I have officially had the corded its fourth successive win, the opportunity of reading the notes taking the Windsor Castle Stakes upon them and upon other interest- Police R.C. v. Indian R.C.

Mr. Lawson, the trainer. had an and preventing by one and a half Ing aspects of the famous Muirheld early double, Lord Aster's Caveman, lengths Gordon Richards, riding the club compiled by Mr. C: B. Clapcott, Second Division

Jersey 2-1 Money Kowloon B.G.C. v. Civil Service 5-4 favourite, winning

Down, completing his the editor of a volume published Stakes, and Sir Abe

Balley's treble

some time ago on "The Rules of the 72.00 C.C.

Ten Oldest Golf Clubs" 243 70.05 Taikoo R.C. v. Craigengower C.C.Maranta, 11-4 favourite, winning the The King's Stand Stakes resulted Club de Regrelo v. Hongkong FC. Hardwicke Stakes. Both the winners in the American, Mr. Marshall were ridden by Gordon Richards, Field's Foray, 3-1, winning from

There was a real turn-up in the Shaifleet 7-4, and King's Britannia Stakes in which 34 horses 6-2. Eight ran. Foray won by three ran, Lisle Lysaght's Tin Hat, 20-1, quarters of a length.Reuter,

Recreto.

0.443

Police R.C.. Hongkong F.C. "A”. Third Division Kowloon F.C. V.

781 #37 76.10

104

200

450 109

20.00

D.

023

103

Lanridge (İns.)

110

€7.79

PA. Gilb

141

04.00

Inria

58.79

O'Connor

418

129

02.20

asn

134 147 50.44 C.C.

01.07

300

01 40.70

0

343

133

43.20

110 48.70

280

70 48.00 Recreio.

110 40.71

Yacht Club v. Kowloon Tong.

11

108 46.03

10

107

131

209

01

44.3

201

101

41.60 | Perks

144

42.44 Marin

E. D. R. Egar

B. O. Allen

Olafeld

Sutellife

Townsend 1 F Langridge (John)

E. J. H. Don Neale

Clinbiete

Cox (Musex)

Gibbons

Hopwood

Parks (J. J

of

Leyland

Ontes (C) Crane

2010) Alterinoz

Hinrastaty Verity

to

43.22

Craigengower Hongkong F. C. v. Kowloon C. C. Hongkong Electric Club de

Stephenson

07. 41.33 Capt. J W. A. 160 41.14 114 40.00 Sinfeld

01 37.20 Parks 13. 14. 02- 27.12 | Mayer

101 1 31 050 26 21.48 164.2 34 482 22 24.00

11.1 24 354

17 22.30 2334 60 303 100 46 355 JB 23,00 £2 20 12 23.70

THE AUSTRALIANS

Batting

Timen Higher

Inna, N.O. Runs Score Aver.

IT 37.00

36.87

20.70

140

72 404

39,50

35.33 A. L. Hasselt 36.15 p. G. Bradman

C. L. Hadenek

Bowling (Qualineation: 10 wickets, average 24)

M. R. W. Avte.

J. 11. Fingleton

W. A. Brown

to the total yesterday, and to-day C. OXFORD. LANCASHIRE

L. Badcock gave an exhibition At Oxford, Lancashire defeated the audacious cricket, hooking the ball Dark Blues by seven wickets.

with great power during his stay of Oxford totalled 308 in their first 175 minutes and hitting 12 bound- innings of which J. D. Eagar made aries. (Curiously enough his score | Phillipson 125, and 174 in their second, in the is not mentioned in the cable). tater fanings, Wilkinson took five The

of England Worlington Gentlemen wickets for

Lanenshire. 55 ruos for Lan

collapsed in

In the second innings, being *Sigalles nas out. Lancashire scored 358 (Oldfield dismissed for 149 run P. A. Gibb, 137), Yover taking six for 58, and the Cambridge wicket-keeper. saved 18 for three in the second.

the side from complete disaster with a fine fighting innings of 67, made in 95 minutes, and which included 12 fours. Gibb gave a good display of judicious hitting to leg

L. O'B. Fleetwood Smith bowled very well. fighting and spinning the bali cleverly." He took seven of the wickets for 44 runs.-Reuter,

SURREY CAMBRIDGE

At the Oval, Surrey defeated Cam- heldge Universily by an innings and 20 runs.

In their only visit to the wicket, Surrey scored 512 for eight wickets before declaring, Whitfield hitting up¦ 198 and Berry 104 not out.

Verity Cornford jay'

Butler

A. G. Chipperneld

40 13,32 M. G. While.....

614 220 103.60

B

0

733 273 146.00

637 100 107.30

0 354 [24 70.00

273 1041 3.24

180 104 01.00

202

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W. Avec.

710.57

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ID 347 21 15.08 9. J. McCaur... 75 10 177 11 10.09 B. A. Barnett 13.1 0374 23 15.20

Signifies not out. 120.1 23 321

10.00 10.4 10 204 12 17,00 120.2 26 133 19 17.02 E. S. White 213 43 502 32 17.56 L. O'n, Fleetwood.

10.10

1920 M: G, Watte... 1143

S. J. McCabe

13 10373 0 1.83 10.50 W. J. O'Reilly 137.3 67 300 17 31.44 10.00 E. L, McCormick

283 31.4

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175. Watts (Surrey) 84.3 Mitchell (T. 1.)

(Derby) 812 170.t

Paing

Goddard Smith (J.) (Midd

494 27 38.22 F. Ward

Smith 135.1 30 377 27 13.00

154.1

303 .it.55

235 13 16.07

23.05 Also bowled: A. G. Chipperfield, 3-6- 21.30 14-1

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