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TELEGRAPH TUIDAY, AUGUST 80, 1988.

HARDCOURT TENNIS STARTS UNDER GLOOMY SKY

THREE MATCHES

PLAYED OFF ON J.V. Ramsay Wins Exciting Bowls Encounter

OPENING DAY

FINCHER AND REMEDIOS BEAT KONG AND KWOK

Ten keen tennis players grimaced tauntingly at skies which were threatening rain yesterday, decided to play their matches, and thus opened the 1938 hardcourt championships of the Colony at the United Services Recreation Club.

They were rewarded. The courts, | Agafuroff and Pengelly were qule- despite rain during the day-inker to the attack and nearly always fact right up to the Inst minute emerged successful from a ne! ex- played perfectly, the candy surface cursion. having become bound, reducing the chances of the playem slipping as they raced across the court,

The three

results were pretty much in accordance with expecta- tions, Chief interest was centred on the doubles -

|

fli-

and A. 3. C. Fincher attacking phots for his ralds to the

and Paul Kong and Tennie Kwok, Both were new combinations, though aff four players enjoy enviable reputations. By this match Fincher and Itemedios in dicated they are going to have an Important voice in the destination of the title. It is hard to imagine them moeling defeat before the semi-final) round.

The

FINE FORM

Both men were in first-class form yesterday, and by strong atineking methods ran away from their op ponents, who could not counter a barrige of volleys and smashes, Remedios was especially severe on tucking the ball away and accuracy. Fin- cher was at his best in the tighter rallies, when he more than once pull off out

a dazzling winner from ed

pelessed.

position.

erred In attempting to hit the cover off the ball before he had given himself a chance to get his timing in order. In

In the only sinudes game of the afternoon, S. A. Gray won in straight sets from

from Major L. A. Newnham, after the U.S.R.C. player had tablished a 4-2 lead in the first set. Newaban played steadily but lacked

forecourt, Gray, once he had mea- mured his Uming, managed to in- crease the pace, and largely through an incisive forehand

drive, forced Newnham Into mistakes. Newn- hatin's spin shots were nulified on the hardcourt, through on grass they would have been very effective.

Gray volleyed well in the second set, and generally speaking had the measure of his opponent after the first ten games.

A peculiarity of the afternoon's matches was the similarity of the scores. Finclæer and Gozano won 6-4, 6-4, Apafuroff and Pengelly won 6-2, 6-4, and Gray won 0-4, 0-2. TO-DAY'S MATCHES

Prospects

of play to-day do not took too promising at the moment, but if the courts are fit, the following is the programme;,

SINGLES.

K. K. Fung v. Lee Kam-ming; J. F. L. Smalley v. Peter U; A. Craw- Ford v. Lee Wai-tong; C. K. Chan v. Taul Yun-pul; S. S. Leong v. Bick

consequence, his shots yielded a Szeto. big crop of errors and made Kong's work all the harder.

DOUBLES

Pang Ol-Inm and Mok Fuk-in v. Konk played extremely well with-H. W. Lee and S. W. Liang. in the limits of his opportunities. ile was a ready

volleyer, though

somewhat too prone to attempt aharply angled shots which often found the wrong side of the tram- lines. Its service was telling and it was he who managed to lengthen some of the mullies and to give the opposition their most troublesome

moments.

Nevertheless he confidence with which Fincher and Remedio played augured well for their continued success in the tournament. Certain- ly there is not more than two beller pairs In competition.

tho

of the Civil

win was that

CONVINCING WIN Another cool 1. Agaturoff i and J. Pengelly, who beat R. C.. S. Allen and JR. R. Jenking

in straight

sets. With

Call-Over

For The

St. Leger

11/0 Pasch (0), 0/4 (taken and

wanted).

7/1 Pound Foolish (t. and o.). 6/1 Scottish Union (t. and o.).

Can (o).

With a vast amount of league experience behind them, the winners played with

splendid understanding 100/7

and were nover

Kent provided weak opposition for Yorkshire in the County Cricket Championship match just con- cluded. The Tykes won by an innings and 49 runs. Here is a picture of the Kent team:—Back Row (left to right), Lewis, Spencer. Harding, Wait. Wright, Fang, Todd. Front Row, Woolley. A. P. F Chapman, F. G. H. Chalk, B. 11 Valentine and Ames,

As I See Sport

By "Abe"

CHARLTON

POINTS

MALAYAN RUGBY COLLECT

VISIT NOT YET A CERTAINTY

But Further Correspondence Should Clear The Way

INCE the report that a Malayan some of the anomolles that have ap-

rugby team may be visiting the peared in the latest one.

Colony early next year for a series Lynch Won't Pay

of matches was published, a great deal of enthusiasm has been aroused

ex-world

CONSISTENCY EARNS HIM VICTORY IN QUARTER-FINAL TIE L. F. Xavier Fails To Find The Green On One Hand

(By "Abe")

In many respects the match between L. F. Xavier and J. V. Ramsay on the Kowloon B.G.C. green yesterday was the best of the quarter-final games in the Lawn Bowls singles championship of the Colony. The score of 21-19 in favour of Ramsay was the closest of the four ties in this round; play was of consistently high standard; the issue was very open until the end; the game finished in pouring rain and in semi-darkness; and, to aid to the excitement of the occasion, it took the umpire, Mr. A. Hyde-Lay, almost five minutes to decide who had the shot on the 22nd head when Ramsay was leading 19-17.

As a result of the rain earlier in the day, the green was inclined to be heavy. However, neither player seemed very much affected and both ปรุงพ

very well to the jack. Ramsay started off in great style and led 7-0 after the fourth head. By the end of the seventh, he was 10-1 ahead, and was playing so well that it looked odtls on him fishing the match in quick time.

XAVIER DRAWS LEVEL But Xavier all of a sudden came into his own, and with a single on the eighth and four two's on iu suc- As Ramsay had dominated in the opening heads, so did Xavier from the eighth to the 12th.

English Football-ceeding heads he drew level at 10-16. League Results

on

Ramsay then obtained a single on the 13th, but on the very next end he dropped a four as the result of on steady drawing

the part of Xavier, who now led 14-11 for the two sagles gave Ramsay back his lead, but with a two on the 18th, Xavier

passed him again.

London, Aug. 29. Beaten by Bolton Wanderers Saturday, Charlton Athletic their first points in the First Division of the English Football League to day by beating Stoke at home by four goals to two. Wolves and Leicester played a drawn game, neither team scoring.

In the Second Division, Manchester

Have an indication City

of their strength by visiting Chesterfield and winning by three goals to all.

Results of matches played to-day were as follows:

Charlion

FIRST DIVISION

4 Stoke

0 Leicester SECOND DIVISION

Inm

Arst line in the match.

A two and

This proved to be the last acca slon in which Xavier led; for Rams scored two braces to lead 10-10, which became 20-17 at the end of the 22nd head.

On this head, Ramsay drew one to

jack

but Xavier was up to it

the with

,

Match Postponed

The semi-final match in the Lawn Bowls singles champion- ship, between B. W. Bradbury and A. R. Dallah, fixed for to- morrow on the Club de Recreio green, has been postponed for one week owing to the indis- position of the former player. The match will be played on Wednesday, September 7, on the same green.

Road.

Although he

up from the KC.C. end to Austin always narrow or wide, he inexpli- wus almost cably kept on this hand, with the result that he wasted a good many fence on this hand so of his woods. What made his insis understand was that he was playing dimcult to

throughout the encounter. the backhand

very well Indeed

Some extremely good heads were seen, and the standard of play was his third wood. The two always of a high level,

2 woods seemed so equi-distant from

the kitty at the end of the head that

it took the umpire several minutes

1

to decide that Ramsay had the shot.

z) Calipers had to be used to arrive at}

a decision.

1 Swansea

Falham

Manchester C. 3

น

Coventry

0

Sheffield W. Millwall

N-(SOUTH)

in local rugger circles, as it is felt RENNY LYNCH,

fly Dweight boxing champlon, has tint such a visit would be the very thing to give the game a illip here. decided he will not pay the 200

Wolves A meeting of the rugby section of fine imposed on him by the British the London, Aug. 20.

Hongkong Football Club was Boxing Board of Control, and that Bradford The following in the latest call-

held

last weck, I

bantam. Bury I understand, and in future he will fight as over for the St. Leger:

the repart of the proposed visit was The fine was imposed because Lynch Chesterfield

with received

failed to make the weight in his Sheffield U. ch- tremendous ihusiasm

world title fight with Jackie Jurich Tottenham Also present ut this meeting were representatives of the (U.S.A.1, at Paisley, on June 29. In Tranmere Army and Navy, and as they were an interview, Lynch said he is also looking forward to the visit, pas

posing

pro- West to America and battle. THIRD-DIVISION to indications

were that the Malayan bis to the world's bantamweight Northampton team would have a very warm wel-

ship.. He des

described as Port Vale come in Hongkong. Looking at the

the B.B.B.C.'s condi- Walsall Straits Times yesterday, came tion imposed that his training camp THIRD DIVISION (NORTH) across an item, which stated that should always be open to inspection Doncaster the visit was not yet a certainty. by representative of the Board, Halifax Writing from Kuala Lumpur on and the Anancial arrangements un- Huil August 17, a correspondent of the der similar supervision. He com- Licoln Straits Times said, "Visit of plained that the Board should not Rotherham Malayan rugby fifteen to Hongkong have imposed "such a terrific money Stockport was not yet assured, said Mr. F. A. penalty" when he had honestly done Wrexham Taylor at the meeting of the Selan- everything to make the weight.

9/1

and

in dilculles. 100/6 They preferred

of place- 100/0 accuracy ments to forcing methods, but these 100/0 tactica paid handsomely against a 100/8 combination which also depended 25/1 upon steadiness for their points,

Caveman (1. and o.); Sadruddin (0). Portmarnock (o). Golden Sovereign (0). Challenge (o), 18/1 (t). Seventh Wonder (D).

Reuter.

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WAB discussed at a meeting of

Even then the match was by no means over. It begun to rain very o hard and

Blackburn B. 2 was still under those conditions, it anybody's match although Ramsay was leading 20-17 Xavier 2 Watford

scored a single on the 23rd, following Newport

jup with another on the 24th (ns a Ipswich

result of Д splend.d bit of bowling when he trolled the jacke with his @last wood). On the 25th, however, Ramsay obtained the single he need- 2ed for the match.

0 Southport

Bradford C.

0 Oldham

2 Barnsley

4

Crewe

3 Accrington

3 Hartlepools

--Reuter.

the Malayan Rugby Union, explained YORKSHIRE ALMOST

Mr. Taylor, general feeling was in favour of the tour, and the secretary was asked to obtain the views of Hongkong players and officials and

enthusiasts. There had been

no

time since then to receive a reply, so that there was no certainly in the malter."

the uncertainty now felt in Malaya is due to the fact

HOME IN CRICKET CHAMPIONSHIP

that the views of Hongkong "players HUGH BARTLETT SCORES FASTEST

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and oficials and enthusiasts** had been sounded, then it seems Malaya may be assured that their visit will be a most welcome one, and that they will be warmly re- ceived here. No doubt further cor- respondence between Hongkong and- Malayan officials will be able to clear the air,

Eccentric Scoring

CENTURY OF THE SEASON

London, Aug. 29.

Yorkshire are nearly home in their bid to retain the County Cricket Championship. Playing against Kent, they won easily to-day by an innings and 49 runs, thanks to splendid bowling by

·Hedley Verity, who took nine wickets in the course of the match for 95 runs.

In answer to Yorkshire's total

Essex totalled 320 for nine wickets

FASTEST CENTURY

Aunning of the present of 320 for eight wickets declared declared in their only knock

was

42)

In a

frat-class cricket mateli

has

been made by H. T. Bartlett, of

Sussex, who scored 157 in 122

minutes against the Australian tourists at Hove.

County Cricket season, a new (Todd 5 for 64), Kent scored 168 aystem of reckoning points was born in their first innings (Verity 5 for The fastest century of the season amid general acclamation. Every-

and 109 In their second body was sick of percentages and 11

felt, possibly, that any change (Verity 4 for 58). must be an improvement, says a

As a result of the victory, York- Home writer, Äfter

fter nearly four shire need only to win their remains months, the ledgeling has

ing Axture against Sussex at Hove to grown up, and is now capable of showing what retain the championship, even as it can do in the way of eccentricitl suming that Middlesex are successful

in their present ma against three des. On August the following Agures appeared in the records of the leading counties:

P. W. L. Pis. Aver. Lorkshire 20 14 2 100 0.00 Middlesex.... 16 11 4 130 8.50

Surrey.

LEICESTER 7. DERBY,

At Ashby-de-la-Zouch, Derbyshire defeated Leicestershire by an innings and 40 runs,

Derby scored 300, to which Lelees- An advantage of 50 seems scarce- tershire replied with 131 - (Mitchell 6 ly adequate reward for winning for 44) and 120 (Mitchell 5 for 45). three more and losing two fewer matches. In the same table, Essex

A former Cambridge captain and one of the finest left-handed hitters in the game to-day, Barlett reached tres in 67 minutes. figures Altogether. he hit six sixes and 18 fours in his innings. In one over from Ward, he hit a single, two tours and two sixes.

total of 453. Cox contributed 76, Bartlett was top-scorer in Sussex's Stainton

58 and James Langridge 68. Ward was the most successful Aus- tralian bowler,

wickets taking six for 184 runs. White took three for 75, Barnes one for 32, McCormick none for 88, Walle_none for 55 and At Clacton, Essex defeated | McCabe none for six. 8.20. But while each had won Glamorgan by an innings and 87 Walker, the Australian wicket-

and Somerset had identical overages

ESSEX v. GLAMORGAN

seven matches, Essex bad lost ten runs, splendid bowling by Kenneth keeper, who has been hurt anca bo- to Somerset's seven. On the face of Farnes being the feature of the fore, was again injured in the finger It, the latter would appear to have match.

to-day and had to retire, Barnett

* the better record. So long as coun- Glamorgan made 150 in their first taking his place. Walker's "Doger do play programmes of varying innings, Farnes taking seven wickets will be X-rayed. length it will be dimcult to evolve a for 78 run, and 65 in the second perfect system, but it should be Farnes this time claiming eight for possible by degrees to eliminate 38,500

In reply to Sussex's total, tho Aus- trallans had made 47 for, one at close of play-Reuter.

FINE TUSSLE

It was a ne tussle all the way, Ramsay faltered alightly in the middle stages of the match, but re- covered splendidly in the end. He was not troubled at all by the heavi- ness of the green.

Xavier might have won had hej been able to play the forchand going

Scores:

Xavier

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