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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, WEDNESDAY, JULY 18,

1988.

LEADING COUNTIES WIN CHAMPIONSHIP MATCHES

FINE TRUNDLING SEEN IN LATEST CRICKET TIES

ESSEX BATSMAN MISSES

A GREAT HONOUR

London, July 12. Yorkshire, Lancashire, Middlesex, Gloucestershire and Sussex won their matches in the latest County Cricket Championship pro- gramme, while Clamorgan took points on first innings from Northants.

Several fine bowling performances were recorded. R. Sinfield, the Test bowler, took 14 wickets in all for Gloucester against Worcester at a cost of 110 runs, and Howorth sent back 13 Gloucester batamen in the course of two innings for 133 runs.

J. O'Connor, the sex batsman, had extremely bad luck in not scoring a century in ench innings ntulnat Sussex. In the first knock, he was only four short of the mark, but in the second he hit up 182. His fac batting could not prevent his aide from being beaten by five wickets, however.

DERBYSHIRE ♥, YORKSHIRE

Kowloon C. C. Conclude Programme

122

Beat U.S.R.C. In Tennis League

Kowloon Cricket Club concluded "A" Division tennis league

Soccer Players To

Be Numbered

London, June 30.

It was decided at the sum- mer meeting of the Football Association at Scarborough that the players, other than the goalkeeper, shall be num- bored in the F.A. Cup final and semi-finals, international mat- ches, international trials and the F.A. charity shield match. .The match between England and the Rest of Europe in con- nection with the 75th anniver- sary celebrations of the FA, will be played on the Argenti ground on Oct. 26, The Rest of Europe team will be select ed by the F.I.F.A.

Bowls

NARROW VICTORIES REGISTERED

At Chesterfield Yorkshire detented programate for the reason yesterday Two Players Lose

Derbyshire by 163 runs.

with an impressive win of 7-2 nguinst

the U.S.R.C., on the latter's courts.

of Most surprising feature

the match was the astonishing reversal

Yorkshire were dignied for 198 In their Arst innings as the result of Ane bowling by George Pope who took six wickets for 37 runs. Derhy of form by 1. Goldman and G. E. R. shire fored even worse, however,

Divett' for the losers. Against Chi- when they went in to bat, being allee Recreation Club recently ther out for 158.

In their second innings, Yorkshire declared at 210 for seven wickets, but Derbyshiro were skittled out for 87.

LEICESTER ». LANCASHIRE

In L. G. Berry's Beneft Match at Leicester, Lancashire defeated Lel cestershire by un Innings and five

runs,

Leicester' scored 191 and 169 (Pollard 5 for 67), while Lancashire's

Best Performances

The following were the best individual performances:

Batting

O'Connor (Essex) v.

Sussex

Hart (Middlesex) v.

Notts

Bowling

82

By One Shot

(By "Abe")

Lawn Bowls singles

Further progress was made in the championship

gave brillant display. Yesterday yesterday when four more matches

either approached anything like In the first round were played.

dry form, and after losing enshy in the first sel 10 the Fincher brothers, trailed love-live against Guest and Gray, before losing the set at 3-8.

The home tean was best serveul by D. C. Misra and Newnham, who won their opening set and took Guest and Gray to 12 games before losing. Misra was in exceptionally good form, serving powerfully and driving with telling effect

the forehand, Newnham produced some nice shot, but was unsteady on the valley and overhead.

un

J. Smalley played stylish tenn! but

Was extremely erratic.

and Beudnell never settled down.

The visitors all played well. The

Fincher brothers were never serious-

ralitc ly extended, but when the were lengthened they

fully capable of putting in the winning

96

shut,

and

152

105

Sinfield (Gloucester) v.

Worcester.... 8 for 65 and 6 for 45 Howorth (Worcester) v.

Cloucester

7 for 85 and 6 for 48 J. C. Clay (Glamorgan) v.

Northants

Yorkshire

7 for 49 George Pope (Derby) v.

6 for 37

Heane (Notts) v.

Middlesex

6 for 98

Pollard (Lancashire) v.

Leicester

5 for 57 J. W. A. Stephenson (Essex) v.

Sussex

5 for 84

only visit to the wicket yielded 365, for eight wickets declared.

NOTTS ▾ MIDDLESEX

At Nottingham, Middlesex defeated Notts by nine wickets.

Middlesex declared thelr first Innings at 304 for nine wickets, Hart hitting up 105 and Henno talding six wickets for 08 runs.

Notts replied with 205 and 230, and Middlesex had no difficulty in making 43 for one wicket.

GLAMORGAN ▼. NORTHANTS At Pontypridd, Glamorgan took points on Arst innings Northamptonshire.

from

Glamorgan totalled 299 for soven wickeis declared. In reply Northants were firat dismissed for 100, J. C. Clay, taking soven wiekota for 40 runs. In the follow-on, Northants hud made 70 for seven wickets when stumps were drawn.

WORCESTER ». GLOUCESTER At Stourbridge Gloucestershire defented Worcestershire by 34 runs. ter made 237 (Howorth 7 Gloucester Tor 88) and 100 (Howorth sky for 49), while Worcester scored 113 Sinfield 6: for 45) and 186 (Sinfield

for 05),

SUSSEX ▼ ESSEX ·

At Hove, Sussex defeated Essex by Ave.wickets,

Esacx made 188 in their first fings, of which O'Connor made 90, and 396 in the second, O'Connor' this time scoring 139.

Sussex replied with 282 (Stephen- 241°C for 34) and 242 for Ave wickets.

were

FINE SERVING

the

game

AMATEURS

KICK A FOOTBALL

40,000 MILES ROUND WORLD

Miss Allee ("Killer") Marble is seen hers congratulating Miss Kay Stammers at the end of their Wrightman Cup encounter in which the English giri murprisingly defeated the American chamulon in the opening singles. The United States easily retained the trophy.

FIVE-DAY TESTS WILL COME SOON

Two interesting tles were decided on the Hongkong FC. green, S. M. White beating F. Nolan by 21-17 and W. J. Howard beating D. M. Khan by 21-20.

Although

between Howard and Khan was perhaps the more exciting of the two because of Its cluse fatsh, the one between White and Nolan undoubtedly produced the better standard of play.

and Nolan had some! Indeed White very line heads in which the woods

ere all clustered round the

jack Nolan kept ahead for most of the but while leading 10-15 he dropped a four on

the 20th head, which wung the game round to White's favour. After conceding a single, White finished the match with a brace on the 22nd head.

Fortunes

Aluctuated from Howard and Khan. It was Howard Most

one side

to the other in the encounter between

May Be Possible For 1942

London, July 13. The second Test match has begun. followers of the game have

unless

the

E. F. Fincher's serving was de- shots to forge ahead by 14-12. When In Previous match at Nottingham.

In

fact

of

Budge Surprisingly Beaten At Belgrade

Belgrade, July 12. Donald Budge, present Wim- bledon champion and holder of nearly all the major tennis titles in the world, was sur prisingly defeated to-day in an exhibition match by Kúkulje- vic, the young Cecho-Slovak Davis Cup player.

Budge was beaten by 15-13, 7-5,-Reuter

tion.

They Lost only 8 Games in 95

By Pangloss

London, June 6.

Eight months after setting out on a 40,000-miles world tour, during which they played football in the jungles of India and amid Canadian snows and lost only 8 of their 95 matches-lhe Islington Corinthiaus arrived back in London yesterday.

"You have kicked the football The Islington Corinthians are an round the world, and put British affiliation of well-known amateur sport on the map throughout the Association players who formerly world," said Mr. W. F. Pickford, competed in the London Mid-Weelc president of the Football Association, League, Islington Rotarians welcoming the players when their ganised this four. slip docked at Southampton.

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The 18 players -17 for the last two Here is the record of a wonderful months-included two schoolmasters, tour;

a County crickeler, a gurage keeper, clerks and other Games played 95; won 65; lost E.

other black-coated work- Goals for 237. Against, 76.

All but three are Londoners. In India

The team's the players-amateurs

mannger, Mr. up a record by playing 32 Smith, paid striking tribute to "the all-sel Games in 46 days, travelling long boys" when they parted at the end distances by night to keep to sche- of the tour. They had been true dule.

ambassadors of Britain, he said. "We They

Auests of Indlan hove not left a single enemy behind princes, and after playing in Alexan-us." dria were presented to King Farouk. Everywhere they found the true spirit of sportsmanship--and excel- lent playhi pitches. The turf in Malaya was execptionally good,

were

IN BARE FEET

In the Punjab they opposed Sikha with long beards and uncut hair, who kicked in bare feet. Within £uut miles of the Afghan fronter at Fort Landi Kotal, they played where 3,000 troops live behind barbed wire-in a space that includes soccer and hoe- key grounds.

At Hazirabad the Rujah's pet leo- pard growled dercely at the team mascota stuffed woolly lion carried on the field before every match. It vanished at Singapore. Members ut the party have been told since that it is now worshipped by superstiti- ous Malayan villagers,

COOPER LOSES TO "UNKNOWN"

Surprise Results In American P. G. A. Golf

Shawnee-on-Delaware, July 12. The biggest surprise in the first round of the American Professional A Salgon match referee could not Golf Association's tournament, played speak

a word of English, and the to-day, was the defeat of Harry consistent Tunbridge Wells Rangers full-bock, Cooper, one of the most H. Martin, had to rush up the field golfers in the world."

Cooper was beaten by to interpret decisions spoken in

(un "un- known." Fellz Serafin, who won by French.

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Many prominent American Ryder Cup golfers were successful, however. Densmore Shute beat Clyde Usina three and two; Paul Runyan boat Levi Lynch five and four; Gene Sarazen beat Leo Walper four and three; Ralph Guldahl beat John Malutic four and two; McSpaden beat Som Parks, Jr., three and two; Ed Dudley beat Farrell three and two Frank Moore, who with two rounds of 68, headed the list of qualifiers, beat

the Alps Mahal, Ernie Ball at the nineteenth.

SHADOW OF WAR War shadows intruded more than once on the tour.

On

Hongkong to Macao, surrounded by Chinese junks, Japanese seaplanes swooped down on the steamer-but the pilots saw the who led for the majority of the match, already made up their minds that the weather plays pranks but he slipped badly in the 14th,

Union Jack painted on up 15th, 10th แถ 17th heads when he with the wicket it will result, as did

bridge and no bombs were dropped.

the littla дроге

pare time their lowed his opponent to score seven

draw. E high scoring and

strenuous

programme permitted the fightful to watch, and the brothers Khan led 17-14 and followed up with having cegard to the vagaries

travellers saw

Pompell, Naples, the Pyramids, ploved as well together in this match a brace and a single to loud 20-10 on Cricket, it is surprising the number as at any time during the current the 24th head, he

are convinced that matches should be of five days dura-tombs of the Mogu. Emperors, and

SECOND ROUND to have the of people who he state to

In the second round, Shu

Shute beat the present series will be decided on

Singapore, with its naval basć, match "In the bag"

Lord Hawke, the "Grand Old Man

Then on the way home came Los John Thoren, of Brookline, Mass., wide The same can be said about Guest next head he sent down four the first match, which is to be played

a finish..

of Cricket," who is the treasurer and Angeles, Hollywood, 'Frisco and seven and six; Horton Smith beat and Gray. Guest

Diegel beautifully

and laking advantage of this,

S. Wyatt, of Warwick- a trustee of the M.C.C., governing Niagara Falls.

four and three; Runyan beat Mr. R. E. steady from the baseline and mixed | 110

shire, who would almost certainly body of the game, sald:

Tony Manerò three and two; Blily the arrears. A single on the 26th cnd have been among England's selected lengthy drives with Ident lobs In

"I think it quite likely that the

Burke beat Moore at the 19th; Ray Judicious fashion. Gray prefcired put Howard on level terms, and an- had he not joined the ranks of crie-Ave days gume will be introduced for At Hollywood Heather Angel was Mangrum beat McSpaden at the 20th: the forecourt, but was not always other single on the 27th saw tim keter-journalists, has already put the next series of Test matches the official hostess and the players Harry Bassler bent Dudley four and dependable from this position, and through.

forward the suggestion that when Anyhow, I expect it will come even-were also entertained by Victor Mac-three; and Metz beat Guldahl one McKELVIE BEATEN scored better with his forehand drive. I

the Australians visit us in 1842 Test (tually." On the Kowloon C.C. green, J. Blum, braught in for Burnett who McKelvic failed to maintain his carly is on holiday, gave a creditable ac- form against F. V. V. Ribeiro and count of himself in partnership with was beaten by 21-14. McKelvic led Crawford, and the pair did well fo7-0 at the end of the first three ends, Anatch one set.

season.

was

Detailed scores were:

L. Goldman and G. E. R. Divett (U.S.R.C.) lost to E. C. Fincher and . F. Fincher 2-6; lost to A. E. P. Guest and S. A. Gray 3-6; beat A. Crawford and E. Blum 0-2.

R. Newnham and D. C. Misra (U.S.R.C.) lost to Fincher

and Fincher 1-d; lost to Guest and Gray 6-7; beat Crawford and Blum 6-4.

and' J. Smalley

C. Beadnell (U.S.R.C.)

lost to Fincher and Fincher 6-0; lost to Guest and Gray 2-6; lost to Crawford and Blum 3-0.

RECREIO . H.KC.C.

Although without H. Gonsalves

"A" and Barros, Club de Recreio Division team managed to win their Inst match of the season against the Cricket Club yesterday, by the odd set. The match was played at King's Park, and the home alde introduced two "B" Division players into the sido, J. Remedios and M. A. Oliveira.

The detailed scores were:

A. V. Remedios and A. V. Gosano (Recreio) lost to II. Owen-Hughes and G. W. Sewell 2-8; beat T. t Pearce and A. Sander 6-2; beat Dow and G. Bidwell 6-1.

on the

Ward chalked up a three to reduce

but Ribeiro improved to such good purpose that he allowed his opponent to score only on three other heads out of the 21 played.

Altogether McKelvle scored on six hende, but he had four threes and two singles.

A ding-dong game was played be- tween J. E. Henson and A. R. Minu. The scores were fairly even all tho way.

The two were tied at 18-18; then Henson led 20-18; Minu drew level, and in the 20th head Henson took a single to enter the next round.

Open Pairs Semi-Finals For To-Day

The semi-finals of the Open Pairs championship will be played to-day at 4.30 p.m. on the Civil Service C.C. green,

The two matches are as follows: J. Howell and R. G. Craig v. G. N. Mitchell and J. C. Brown.

C. M. Sva and F. X. Scares v. A. Bakar and A. K. Minu.

win

Both matches promise to be more than ordinarily as the pairs seem to be very well-matched. Their over, the Omar brothers, holders of the title, has revealed Howell and F. J. Remedios and J. J. Remedios Craig to be a pair to be seriously. (Recreio) beat Owen-Hughes and reckoned with, but their opponents Sewell 6-2; lost to Pearce and Sander to-day, Mitchell and Brown, are also 4-0; brat Dow and Bidwell 6-1.

playing extremely well at the (Recreio) lost to Owen-Hughes and C. M. Silva and F. X. Soares were Sowell 4-6; lost to Pearce and Sander not highly thought of even by their 5-7; beat Dow and Bidwell 0-4.

club-mates when the competition commenced, but on their belts are "C" DIVISION-

ow hanging the scalpe of several fancied pairs. Silva is a very steady MATCH

lend, and Soures is painstaking in everything

M. A. Oliveira and J. Barretto,

KOWLOON TONG BEAT CLUB DE RECREIO

moment.

ho does.

A. K. Minu will be out to avenge the defeat of his younger brother

In an important Division who, with J. Hoosen, was beaten by league match, which is bound to Silva and Soares. Bakar will be a have a bearing on the championship, good match for Silva, and much will Kowloon Tong yesterday, defcated depend on Minu and Soares on the Club de Recrelo by Dye sets to four, outcome of this encounter.

3 WEEKS LATER

OH, FATHER, LET ME MIX YOUR HORLICKSS

STAR'S NIGHT CLUB

laglen at his own night club.

up.-Reuter,

He Nearly Failed His Only Son Through

NIGHT STARVATION

THIS IS THE SECOND MISTAKE YOU HAVE MADE ON THE SE FREIGHT CHARGES TO CALCUTTA, WILLIAMS THE COMPANY'S LOSING MONEY! YOU WILL HAVE TO PULL

YOURSELF TOGETHER,.

ALL RIGHT JACK, BUT DON'T SPILL ANY

·IT'S DOING ME FAR. 'TOO MUCH GOOD TO WASTE A DROP OF IT.

Horlicks istbest made in the special Horlicks mix-

er. Obtainable at all good stores-80 cts, large size and 40 cts. small size.

3 MONTHS LATER

THE DIRECTORS OF THE COMPANY HAVE I DECIDED TO MAKE

YOU HEAD OF THIS DEPARTMENT, WILLIAM S. CONGRATULATIONS!

TAKE

WISH 1 DIDN'T ALWAYS FEEL SO TIRED, I EVEN WAKE TIRED, AND IF I DONT GET PROMOTION, I CAN'T SEND JACK TO COLLEGE

WHY DON'T YOU!

SEE A DOCTOR?

YOU SAY YOU FEEL LIMP AND TIRED ALL DAY. HM!! IT'S OFTEN A SIGN OF NIGHT STARVATION

THIS MEANS YOU ARE NOT REPLACING USED-UP ENERGY! DURING SLEEP. I ADVISE

YOU TO TAKE HORLICKS REGULARLY LAST THING AT NIGHT,

(THINKS) NOW I CAN SEND JACK TO COLLEGE,TILANKS TO HORLICKS.

If you wake tired, if you suffer from 'nerves enervation and that dreadful feeling of exhaus- tion GUARD AGAINST NIGHT STARVATION

HORLICKS

YOUSLEEPSOUNDLY, WAKE REFRESHED. AND HAVE EXTRA ENERGY ALL DAY

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