HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, THE
FRIDAY,
1938. JULY 22,
2.
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HONGKONG WINS ESPLIN CUP FOR THE THIRD TIME
A STRONG RINK JUST MANAGES BY ONE SHOT
Success For Lawn Bowlers Now On Leave In England
Hongkong lawn bowlers now on leave in England won the annual match for the Esplin Cup yesterday, beating Wanstead by 20 shots to 19.
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Hongkong fielded probably strongest team to have taken part In the series. W. L. Walker was No. 1, J. C. Gill No. 2. F. Goodwin Nu, 3 and Adam Holland was skip.
According to the cable sent by Mr. B. E. Maughan, who is in charge of the team, It was an excellent game and the finish was very exelting, s the scores would testify.
This is Hongkong's third succers commented in
in the series, which
cum-
1031 when Mr. James J. Explin, o.n... Presklent of the Wanstead Club, pre- ronted the trophy for annual petition between the Club and Hong- kong lawn bowlers on leave in Eng- lund.
The first Ume Hongkong won the Cup was in 1035
when R. E. Marks, J. F. Lunny, V. N. Allenzu successful by and S. Randle were
10-14. In 1930, a rink, skipped by B. W. Bradbury, again won the Cup by 24-18, other members of the rink being. E. G. Post. V. Petherick and G. C. Mau
Last year C. Dowman, A. F. Paul. W. E. Hollands and W. V Field were beaten by 24-19,
Von Cramm May
Be Pardoned
von
Berlin, July 14. The Government may short-
Cottfried ly
pardon Cramm, Germany's champion tennis player, who is now in gaol after having been found guilty of Sexual offences." sporting circles here claimed to-day.
The authorities. in the meantime, only mention him in denying rumours of his suicide. which was recently widely reported here.
Von Cramm is one of the best tennis stylists in Europe. He was Germany's foremost singles player, and in partner. ship with Henner Henkel could be relied upon to give stiff competition to any other pair in the world. Havas
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ENGLAND BATSMEN
GAVE MIDDLESEX THRILLING WIN
By Will Pollock
At Chelmsford-Middlesex beat Easer by one wicket
London, June ZZ.
Young England batsmen Edrich and Compton played leading parts in the tremendous struggle in this match yesterday. Between them they scored 145 of their team's needed-to-win runs, Compton reaching his thousand for the season,
Middlesex must have died a dozen times before they finally beat Essex by one wicket.
All went well with them till the third wicket tell at 132, when Edrich was caught and bowled by Puter Smith.
The bowler was so delighted over his catch that he gave an imitation
of the exuberant but absent Captain J. W. A. Stephenson.
whg
out
The
Exirich had played finely, dealing with Smith's slows better than any one else, and when be
to slide. Middlesex began wickets went thus: 170-4, 175, 100-0, 1967, 200—0.·
IMPLORING CRIES
Joe Hulme was run out and de- parted very red in the face. Hart was caught first ball after lunch. Robins was held at the second at- tempt by wicketkeeper Wade, in response to imploring cries of "hold It" from the Bell
feld.
Bryn Jones Says "No"
To The 'Spurs
A snapshot taken an 8sturday when the Royal Hongkong Yacht Club lawn bowlers visited the Kow- loon F.C.V. Chittenden, of the K.F.C., is seen delivering a wood while his opposite No, 3. A. Nissim, is stand- ing behind with a wood In his hand, Kowloon F.C, won the encounter 47 shots and now need only one more victory to make sure of the Third Division championship.-Pictorial News.
Glorious Batting By Bradman
Scores Century In 73 Minutes
By Wendell Bill
Ceferino Garcia To Get Crack At Title
L. Of. Fleetwood-Smith alment ill
2, 1-7. n-b 3
Total
303
Second Tanings. Fingleton, e Wilkinson, Phillipaan 0: Brown, b Nutter, 70; Bradinah, not out, 101; Badenek, not out. 14; b 3. Total (2 wktn. dec.). 204.
LANCASHIRE
Washbrook, b Waite Paynter, Ibw, b Walte Iddon, à Badcock, b McCormick Oldfield, Badenck, McCormick Hopwood, run out Nutter, & McCormick
Old Trafford, June 21. Don Bradman, dominated the final day's cricket at Old Trafford yester- day, and, with a glorious display of superlative natting, hit the fastest century of the summer. Ile reached W H. & Lister, e & Chipperficid three faures In 73 minutes. The Phillipson, Eric
Farrimond, e
b McCormick previous fastest hundred was that C. Follard, not out W. C. Packe. the Army batsman, on Wilkinson, h White
He took 75 BQ, 1-b 0, w 1, n-ba May 31 at Cambridge. minutes.
Tota!
Whs
11
Second Innings Washbrook,
10
240
Chipper-
not
Filipino Meets Armstrong
In September For Welter Crown
. San Francisro. Ceferino Ciarcla, onc of the hardest-punching welterweights in the business, is confident he can whip Henry Armstrong, the Los Angeles negro who holds both the welter and featherweight crowns.
The two are scheduled tentatively for a title bout in Los Angeles next September.
"I'm getting the greatest (1) portunity of my life and I'm going to make the best of 1," worned the who young Filipino
come to these
whores six years ago.
W Armstrong, he admitted, is a great
fighter.
Bradman yesterday made the
field. 11; Paynter. b Child, 20; home attack look second-rate. His on white b White, century incluffed no less than 15 4's, aut 30: 1lopwood, not out, 17; 1-b 1; Total and his delightfu) display
3 wkts.) 10. masterpiece of timing and footwork. Although he forced the pace to such un extent, he looked as safe as we have ever seen him, and caused us to wonder what is a store for Eng- attack when ho land's strongest decides to adopt this role in Test match. Spectators roso and cheered him to the echo when he returned to the pavillon.
AUSTRALIANS First Inninga
Phillipson
Holford Nutter Wilkinson
30.5
12
15
Phillipson bowled three no-balls.
Second Innings
Philipson Pollard
Jadon
The cricket of the morning was of Nutter the dullest type imaginable. the Winan batting exhibition of Finnicton and Brown being deplorable in its char- arter, and one
disappointing the respectable crend who had ex-
dispiny pected a bright
from the McCormick visitors. The Australian openers white London, June 22.
Lancashire faced the
attack as Bryn Jones, Welsh wizard Insider
their very life depended on them Wan- forward, of Wolverhampton derers
not joining Tottenham merely remaining at the wickets, but a desire to obtain batting possibly Hotspur after all.
practice for Friday's Test match was really their intention.
1st
Peter McWilliam, 'Spurs manager, dashed from his home at Redcor to In this case they certainly carried cornestness too far, and the Wolverhampton early yesterday, had their half an hour's chat with Jones, but fact that only 90 runs were scored could not persuad. him to sign, before lunch tells its own tale of the So, for the present, Jones stays, batsmen's lack of enterprise, Brown His club will not agree to transfer especially was drab appearing in- him to a First Division side-they capable and really undesirous of don't want Jones to play against making a single shot against a very ordinary attack, and scoring only 32 runs in this period.
them.
Even so, George Allison, Arsenal manager, who has previously made record offers for Jones, has not given)
He has re- up hope of getting him. newed his bid during the present
week.
Meantime, the transfer of Sprus ton, international bacic, to Tottenham, has raised a storm in Leeds,
The proceedings became almost a Hittle hysterical at times. Robins,
BRIGHTER BROWN having by desperate aprinting, es-
Apparently Bradman took Brown out, put his hand caped being to his head, sat down on the grass,
to task at luncheon, as afterwards an "Cheese It"-or exclaimed, and
entirely different attitude towards the bowling was shown by this Romething that sounded like that,
It was all most thrilling and excit-
player in particular, and he attacked and enter- jog, Jim Smith hit 12 runs and two
with refreshing vigour Just possible tremendous high cutches
prise, using his wide range of strokes six balls,
with delightful effort. In 20 minutes he had more than doubled his lunch Twenty-four were still wanted
"I was definitely ngainst letting score, and was dismissed forcing the when Baxter
in, last man. Compton made 23 of them. His bat- Sproston go," said Mr. Ernest Pullan, pace.
Leeds chulman, yesterday, "but i ting was splendid: strong, cool, even
Fingleton carried on steadily, an- were was out-voted, The other directors
centurion, but cheeky. But, when wickels
big financini pearing a certain
erred when facing Phillipson with going at the other end, he would were thinking of the have been wiser to take more charge gain to the club."
the new ball. Although sound, 185 only three 4's was a of the bowling than be did.
Sproston is reported to have cost minutes and
poor rate of sormidering the state for a batsman the Spurs £8,000,
of his calibre, of the match.
DI
came
At the end he was nearly left high for Baxter's repertoire con- and dry, sisted almost solely of preenrlously pulling his bat "there" Sill, all's well that ends well,
When Compton made the winning
hit Peter Smith went up and shook him by the hand. It had been a battle between them. Peter
grent magnificently, both. no o leg
spinner and an in-swinger-he is two sorts of bowler in one person. He took eight wickets in the last in-. nings, but he just could not win the match
HESEX
First Tuning-300 (Woox 91), Bocons Baningai.
MIDDLASKI
Wirst Tonings.281
Second Tamnings
Editch ob. P. Benith
Brown Wilcox b P. Smith
Price a Nichols P. Smith
Comptonį not otit "éiseA
Hulme run otib
ber
Hart o O'Connor UP. Smith
*W, V3. Stobins e Wade b P..Emili
#mitsu(JA) 2 Quick b Fi
Bime: Ibu-g."Smith
A. D. Brator, mot out
Zotal: 19" wiel)
CLOSE OF PLAY
CRICKET SCORES
London, July 21.
Lancashire were presented with could not be said they put the time
hour's batting practice, but it
to much use, except that it canbled Oldfield to reach his 1,000 runs for. the season.
The only other interesting point was that White, Australia's tall left- arm bowler, showed a decided Im provement by deciding to bow! round the wicket and spin the ball The following were the scores at instead of his previous futile fast. close of play in the County Cricket over-the-wicket teetles. There is no Champlonship.programme to-day: doubt he looked and was a decidedly chango. But it declared; better bowler for
was entirely Bradman's day, and he lifted the match from the doktrums for to glorious heights.
Gloucester 487 for 5 Surrey 280 for 0.
Hampshiro 100 and 160 Yokrahire 254,
Kent 347; Glamorgan 271 and 130 for 'B.
AUSTRALIANS
Ir. Fingleton, b Nutter ...
ID, G, Bradman, a Pollard, b Philip Leiccator 358; Somerset 100 and 130 e. L. Raddock, e Pollard b Phillipson
A. L. lessatt, b Nuiter for J
Northants 377; Bussex 490 for 4,
J
Notts 242; Essex, 59 and 334 for 0. ftcutori
G. Chipperfield, e Ferrimond,
A. A. Bernett, e Pollard, b Phu
M, C. Walto, inw, b wilkinson
E, S, White, not out
L. McCormick, b Pollard
Walte
669232
-~
20
Hopwood
0
LANCASHIRE First Innings
R.
W.
04
134
#7
Chipperfield
McCormick bowled three no-balla, one wide.
Second Innings
£
McCormick Write Whita ChipperDela Dnd cock
Umpires: Dolphin, G. M. Lee.
↑ Indicates captain.
Wicko
0 20
3 30
keeper.
COMNO
"He's good, sure, but I don't think he's good enough to beat big welter- weights," said Garcia, who boasts an Impressive string of victories, most of them by knockouts.
Garcia belleves he has improved 100 per cent, since he lost to Barney Floss here in 1935 whe cored him In the Arst round.
LEG-BEFORE RULE SHOULD INCLUDE THE LEG BREAK London Club Cricketers To
Try It Out
London, July 4.
It is remarkable how the views of club cricketers in London and the South have changed during the past three years. In 1935 of the leading the Council of the Cricket Conference, and many players, were strongly opposed to any alteration of the lbw rule, and refused even to give the proposals of the M.C.C. an experi- mental trial.
and In 1936 the sume oficials players were as eager to test the M.C.C, experiment as they had been to condemn it. a year previously Lust season, following the success of
to
the the new addition
lbw rulo many players became convinced that a further alteration was necessary to include the leg break ball.
Now, with the M.C.C. disinclined to constier any change at present,
anxious to test club captalus ure what effect on the game this fur- ther amendment of the rule would have.
Accordingly, some evening matches are to be arranged to experiment on the new lines, which will permit umpires to give player out ibw, from any bali which is prevented from hitung the wicket by his legs whether it breaks in from the off or leg.
success
Many
first-class experienced players now believe this should be matches, and In tried in County view of the heavy scoring in club games, and the number of unsatis- factory drawn matches leading of- Actals are convinced further addi- tion to the rule will have to be made duel more fully to equalise the between bat and ball.
LEFT-HANDERS
a
cou--
Views are not only changing con- cerning the bw rule but also with regard to the number of left-hand players that should be included in a strong club eleven. Up to ple of years ago few captains desired to have more than two left-handers in their team; one a good batsman and the other
break a slow leg towler.
To-day three or four are wel- comed, and every captain now wants at least left-hand fast and a slow bowler and a quick-scoring left- hand batsman.
MANY DRAWN GAMES
If
is a the experiment strong recommendations will be mede the M.C.C. concerning the This explains why, at the moment, advisablky of extending the lbw there are such a number of excep- rule to cover the leg break as welltionally fine left-handed players in us the off breuk ball.
the leading London club teams.
WOMEN BRIGHTEN
UP THIS
THIS YEAR'S BISLEY SHOOTING MEETING
London, July 5.
A marksman of 62, Commander Sir Lionel Fletcher, R.N.R gave a remarkable demonstration of skill at the opening of Bisley fortnight to-day.
Firing at the extremely difficult new "sniping" target-in which a tiny dish leapt up at unexpected places for three seconds out of a dummy parapet-he scored five hits out of eight shots. Few markamen came anywhere near Sir Lionel's score.
This brilliant shooting symbolised "I lost that fight because I was the great popularity of the two new too anxious,
"My innovations of this year's "Brighter Garclo said. punches were wild, and Ross, ex- Bisley-the sniping, and the com- perienced and smart, kaew how to petition for those over 65. pull out of danger."
No fewer the 57 men have en- contest. for the veterans' Ere sald he has shortened his tered punches, which gives him consider-Among them is Lord Cottesloe, the ably more power and accuracy. He 76-year-old president of the National tried out his new style July 4, Rifle Association. knocked out Jackle Burke of Ogden, Utah, in the fourth round of a ten- rounder.
A splendid study of D..O. Finlay (nourent camera), the British hurd-
♫
"We have introduced this sniping contest to keep pace with the times. Similar practice has now been intro- duced in the Army," an official ex- plained.
Another factor towards "Brighter Bisley" is its record num- ber of women competitors. Marks- women of Hongkong, Jamaica, Canada, and Australia are all re- presented. Teams of men also from the Dominions and British posses sions are taking an unusually large part
ARTHUR LOCKE CARRIES OFF IRISH “OPEN”
Breaks Course Record
{
an
72
Port Marnock, July 21. Arthur Locke, the former South. African amateur golfer and now professional, won the Irish Golf
to-day. with championship aggregate of 202, made up by four rounds of 80, 73, 09, 70 Eight out of the 16 Southern holes. Rhodesians were in the prize list of the B.S.A, competition to-day, one of them being Licut. L. B. Fereday, who for three years was Mayor of Salisbury, the capital.
Public schoolboys from all parts of Britain, enjoying the greatest od-
over
He broke the course record in the third round with a card of 69, and
thus becomes the first claireunt for the prize of £200 offered to players breaking 70.
Henry Colton was second with on venture of their lives, shot to-day aggregate of 203.-Reuter. and met pioneers from all parts of
the Empire, Two women competi-
tors from over seas are shooting against their husbands-Mrs. Jullan
Simpson, whose husband is a mem- NO BETTING ber of the Jurnalcan team, and Mrs. ALLOWED ON
M. J. Holmes
whose husband
shooting for Hongkong.
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Some of the women are urging GOLF LINKS
that there should be a special sec-
tion of the camp set apart for them
to live in under canvas.
In
1
con
New York, July 2. Ofelula of one of the blg Ameri- golf tournaments, played at Ridgewood, New Jersey, took :`firm
which was seriously threatening big golf.
POLLARD FIRST action to stamp out course betting,
TO SECURE 100 WICKETS
no
All beiting was banned and, bools-makers were allowed on the course. The president of the U.S. Golf Association, Mr. Archla Reld, Bald. "Betting by outsidora led to all kinds of chicanery,
London, July 7. Pollard, the Lancashire fost mo- dlum bowler, whose claim to a place "Golf ią probably the most vulner-
14 the England Test team has able of any to all sorts of tricks by frequently been advocated, has the gamblers," he added. "A man stand- distinction of being the first bowler ing to win a lot of money might dis-
100 wickets this season,
rupt the opponent of the player ho Ho Northamptonshire, when he sent back tamen für 42 runs, bringing his Lotal for the season up to 101,.
ling champion.. Ilora ho s seen sett ing up a nowy record of 14.7 seconds to Rembleled his century against | had backed by shouting at the top-
In the Anal of the 120 yards hurdles at Chiswick, Last week ho won the 120 yards hurdles the A... cha mpionships for the seventh conseou- Live year at the White City, in 14.4 secs, ilius, equalling the British record.
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of his swing, making audible come menta, or moving just as boɔwas putting."
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