As I See Sport
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, THURSDAY,
SEPTEMBER
29,
1938.
By "Abe"
BRADBURY EARNS REWARD FOR HIS GREAT KEENNESS
Worthy Holder Of Bowls Singles Championship
un-
enthusiasm for the game and') about it. It was extremely angiduous practice count for fortunate that the tour should con- anything, then it would be dimeult eludo on such a note.
to find a more worthy bowls cham-
plon of the Colony than B. W. Brad-Visitors' Record
bury, of the Cralgengower C.C., who
defeated J. A. de Luz, of the Clubho following is the full record of
de Itecreio, by 21-15 in the final on the visitors' tour.
Tucadny to win the Ule. Long re- as one of the keenest bowls players in the Colony, he spends Deveral evenings a week during the suminer on the bowls green at the Cralgengower C.C., but in spite at the great amount of practice he puta In every season, he had never, until year, won the Colony title 01- though he has won other bowls honours. The nearest he got to win- ning the championship was in 1939 King when, after beating Dick Alves in
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the semi-finals, he was expected to beat Bob Duncan; but he lost after в good fight. He has been very con- sistent in this competition for many years; for apart from entering the
Anal he has been in the semi-finals on Beveral occasions. And besides having represented Hongkong
on many occasions in Interport matches
Shanghai, Against
Bradbury skipped Ilongkong rink which won ni
Australia, 641, Worcester, 200, und 196.-Won.
Australiu, 607 for seven; Oxford, 117 and 75.—Won,
Australia, 500 for five; Leicealer, { 212 and 213.-Won,
Australia, 708 for five; Cambridge, 120 and 103,Won. Australia, 502;
Play
stopped
M.C.C., 214. Rain -Drawn, Austraila, 400 for six. Northants,{ 191 nad 135.-Won,
523 and 232 for two; Australia, Surrey 271 and 101 for one.-- Drawn,
une declured;
Australia, 320 for Hampshire, 157,-Drawn.
Australia, 188 and 21 for none.--- Drawn.
Australia, 188 and 25 for none, Gloucester, 78 and 107,-Won.
Australia, 145 and 153; Essex, 114 and 87-Won,
Australia 397 and 335 for four:
301 and 149,--Won,
Wanstead in 1930, 1fe has again 411 and 427 for
been chosen for the 1938 Hongkong
geen
team, and will skip the first rink
4.
Kowloon Docks. Though he has
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England, 698,--Drawn,
Australia, 303 and 204 for 4; Lan-
never skipped before in an Interport cashire, 280 and 80 for three.-
contest, ha record in the aeries is so Drawn.
good that it can almost be taken for
422 204 for
PUTTING THE TAPE ON IT-An incident on Tuesday in the Lawn Bowls singles final match be- tween B. W. Bradbury and J, A. da Lux played at the Kowloon B.G.C. Here Bradbury is seen helping Mr. A. Hyde-Lay to measure while Luz looks on.-Staff Photographer,
Saturday's Football
In England
London, Sept. 28.
The Secretary of the English
HOME SOCCER
Football League states that PROSPECTS
Saturday's soccer will be play- ed as scheduled unless a state of emergency is declared in the country.-Router,
grunted that he will do well; i England 404 and 242 right NOTED GOLFER
memory serves me rightly, he has never played in a losing rink yel. Peculiarly enough, he has played in every interport match in U. M. Omar's rink.
Australians Leave
NOT quite with the same pomp as they arrived in the country, the Awstralian cricket tourists left Eng- Iand last week-end for home utter poveral months of cricket in the Ola
to
Denwn.
Australia, 222 and 132; Yorkshire, 205 and 80 for 3.--Drown.
Australia, 441 for 4;, Derbyshire, 161 and 50-Drawn. -
Australia, 300 for eight; Warwick, 170 and 118.-Won.
Australia, 243 and 453 for four;
Notts, 147 and 137-Won.
Australia, 484 for six; Somerset, 110 and 138.-Won.
Australia, 61 for three; Glamorgan,| 148 for five-Drawn,
Australia, 243 and 320; Scotland, tie 88 and 130 for eight-Drawa,
82.--
PASSED THROUGH
THE COLONY
Larry Montes On
Way To Japan
No. 16-New
Blood For Aldershot
Cross-Harbour Race To Be Held To-day
Officials of the Victoria Ro- creation Club are continuing with their plans for the annual cross-harbour swimming race, it was learned this morning.
The event will be held this afternoon, commencing from Kowloon side at 5.15 p.m.
RUGBY MATCHES AT HOME
London, Sept. 28. The Jubilee rugby match between Bristol and R. F. Oukes's and W. T. Pearce's International XV, played 10-day, resulted in a win for the latter team by 16-3.
Great hopes are entertained by Aldershot, whose forward line wit be strengthened by the introduction of new blood, and Manager Bill Mc-) Cracken thinks he has just the right blend of youth and experience.
Fourteen of last season's players have been retained, and there are 13)
In a Rugby Union match, Bridgend newcomers. They are: A. F. Grant.
defeated Cardiff by three points to conlkcener, from
J. C. Horton, nil-Reuter. Bury: back (Huddersfield), R. Eastwood, back (Altrincham); W. H.
Gowdy, Arriving on the Empress of Asia half-back (Altrincham); W. Waln from Manila yesterday was Larry wright, half-hack (Manen-ld). G. Chalmers Montes, the Philippines outstanding Raynor, Colfer, who is on his way to compete Ruffeller cutside-left (Shemeld
outalde-right" (Bury); J. G. D. Egen
J. Gray left (West Ham): in the Japan open and Japan
Turner, professional
championships,
United); L. Williams,
outside-right
Montes, who will be the Phillip-nside-right (Notts County). and J. right (Notts County); G. D. Egan, p.nes' representative in a compeition Gray, inside forward (Jarrow). that will include competitors from
golf
D.
L. Williams.
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FIFTH MATCH WAS FITTING CLIMAX TO TEST SERIES
Great Future Predicted For Leonard Hutton
By Elton Ede
-London.
Hutton's memorable - achievement -- and - England's fantastic score at the Oval form a fitting climax to the Test matches which have been played between England and Australia this summer. Certain sections of the Press may prefer to meer, but in a few years time 1938 will be regarded as annes mirabilis, and many of us will recall the great batting feats performed on both sides.
Hution must come first. In nddi- tions to his record innlogs of 304, which rob Bradman, for the tline being, of the highest score in the history of Test match cricket, ne a century in his first Test Innings against Australia: of 118.25 outshines
ninter and his even
B. Hutton has lild
the foundations of a great career well and tru
truly: If he has a head for heights, to a dizzy eminence.
we may see nim rise,
Paynter, with 210 not out at Trent Bridge, and 90 a Lord'n, has deserved well of his country, while Hammond can recail
an innings of majestie greatness at Lord's; nor should Ley- land's 107 in this fast match be for- Gotten.
HIS LONG SUIT
'On Australia's side W. A. Brown, alded and abetted by our fast bowl- ers, who consistently led up to his long sult, scored 200 not out, not to hiention 133 at Nottingham, and 69 in the game just finished. He show- ed the true Australian patience and hot Trent Bridge, fortitude. McCabe, at slaughtered our bowlers for the must | brilliant double century in the rich history
of Test Matches.
of the Audition.
us the finol
O'Reilly and Fleetwood-Smith spun England to the brink of des- truction at Leeds, though it re- inained for Hassett, when the teams were grappling like Sherlock Holmes and Professor Moriarty on the edge to give
all is said and done, one must come back to Don Brad-
He saved his side of Notting man. ham and
at Lord's; his cen- ogain tury at Leeds in an atmosphere re miniscent, as Sherlock Holmes would
nder have said, of Gower Street Under- ground Station In the eighties, along made an Australian
push to
But, when
Leonard Hutton Sets Up Many Records
Hutton's great innings of 364 in the Fifth Cricket Test against the Australians at the Oval last month. set up the following records:
(a)
It is the highest in- nings in Test Cricket:
(b)
It is the highest in-
nings by a Yorkshireman;
(c) It is the longest in- nings in first-class cricket-- 13 hours, 20 minutes;
For the first time an (d) opening batsman has batted for 22 days;
(c) Hutton is the only batsman who has shared part- nerships of over 300 and 200 in the same innings of a Test match:
(f). He is the youngest English cricketer to score an innings of 300 runs:
(g) It is the highest in- nings by a professional bats.
man.
Ourselves are great." •
Little wonder that the Australíana stuck to their heartbreaking task in the field at the Oval with a tenacity almost beyond praise,
Those who said, in and out of
Australia, 297; Surrey 103 for 7 which are scheduled to take place, (Charlton): W. Chalmers, inside. NO. 17-WALSALL'S hilty: and at the ory a possi-season: that tongland were the bet-
Country. The team, led by Doll Bradman, managed
retain
Australia, 380 for five; Durham, "Ashes" for Australia spite of the fact that in the two games which 105 and 90-Won.
143, Scotland, Australia, reached a decision, each alde claimed one. Apart from the defent in the Drawn. historic Fifth Teal at the Oval, the tourists were
beaten once, by Mi
by Mr. Drown.
Austraila, 479 and 7 for 0; Kent H. D. G. Leveson-Gower's XI by ten wickets. This the first defeat 108 and 377.Won by 10 wickets.
Was
Australia, 200; Army 113 and 110. a visiting Australian team in of England in 17 years apart from Tent-Won by innings and 67 runs.
Australia, 201 and 123, England matches.
In fairness to the tourists, It should be stated that this defeat 903 for 7 deeld-Lost by innings and
inflicted on them towards the 579 runs,
Australia, 300; Sussex 463 and 53 end of the tour when Bradman was Injured and when several of their for 2-Drawn.
best men had been laid low by one Australia, 174 and 68 for U; Eng
thing or another. It was also unland XI 132 and 99-Won by 10 fortunate that the tourists employed wickets. tactics in one of the concluding Australla, 990 and 327;; Sir Pelhamn
next month.
team.
in home games.
the
matches which provoked a great deal Warner's XI 223 and 38 for 0-kolama. Montes expects to re for season tickets, and there is every Bambrick, the Irish international | took the
of
Drawn.
criticism. Playing against an England Eleven at, Folkestone at the beginning of this month, the Atis- tralians were alleged to have given an exhibition of pottering to which Australia, 143; Gentlemen of Ire- spectators objected. The position,
Australia, 300 and 102; Mr. H. G. Leveson Gower's XI 383 for decid. and 40 for 0.-Lost by wickets.
land 84.--Won by 01 runs.
It seemed, called for speedy runs and
but Scotland's Discovery a sporting declaration. Instead the tourists `gave two hours:
of boring batting. Both The Times MOST sensational Scottish soccer
and the Daily Mail wrote strongly
discovery this season in Alex
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keenness and his inspiring example most unscathed out of their ordeal in Judged by the careful team build.fut the fold, as well as by his skil-Aunt Sallies). If one points out
captaincy.
that winning the toss once or twice Australia, Hawall and Japan, is be-Raynor and Ruffell, who are nimast months, Walsall do not intend having sprinting to grab
Much is expected of Chalmers, ing which has proceeded in recent
I can see Bradman agamming off-Ames,
at Lord's might have made all the differenc
to Australia, the retort that we had g sent to the Japanese tourna- ments by the Athlete Supply Co. certain to get places in the first a repeat performance of last season's drive of Wright's, one-banded, and Goddard
Ames, Bowes, Hution, Leyland sorry exhibition, which resulted in as
balt Inc., by whom he is employed.
wriggled out of his Aldershot's The Japan Open will take place Sheppard and Williams were the for retention of League status. Six though it were endowed with flat-tralian misfortune. Bradman's team
defence, of which an application having to be made clutches,
through once, twice, thrice by any comparable story of Aus- on October 11, 12 and 13 and mainstay, did remarkably well last new men of experience have been like propensities, laughing all over should have included Grimmett (for
tournament will take Japan, pro. place two or three days thereafter season, only 14 goals being coneeded secured and they should go a long his boyish face at his own splendid positively his last appearance) and
why towards strengthening the weak failure. ne tournament will be held at the
"pots, particularly in attack. sawa Country Club, just out of
A GREAT CAPTAIN
bowler. Chief among the big captures is Again, at the Oval, when white
ONE CRITICISM field as substitute for turn to Manlia by November 8 to
centre-forward from Chelsea. But-Fingleton, Bradman
One fair criticism of these Test Open, prepare for the Philippine
withdrew dis matches remains namely, that win- tery, formerly of the Wolves and creetly, only to fall upon him sud ning the toss is an advantage too which lo scheduled to be played at Wack Wack n January.
later of Bury and Bradford City, is denly from the rear, seize him by great to be left to chance. If, in likely to оссиру
the inside-left his large neck-he had to stretch to addition, the colossal position Davies, of Chesterfield, has place in the fleid. That touch of will be seen that what is needed is are recalled, it secured.
good-natured horsepiny put White The defence will undoubtedly be at home immediately, and warmed bowler from the beginning of the a fair balance between batsmon and stronger than for some seasons, our hearts to Australia's great cap match. Possibly a ball could be do- than his spontaneous vized which would bile and turn on Beeson, from Villa, and Mate (West tain no less Bromwich Albion) should form a congratulations to Hutton at taking the smoothest and hordest of wie- powerful alliance at back. Sixteen from him one proud record.
kets; alternatively, of last season's players have been There is a verse in John Drink-
the compulsory use of a certain amount of sand In retained,
water's "Abraham Lincoln" which the top-dressing might bring about Prospects generally are consider might have been wrillen about the desired result. ably brighter and a much better Bradman, for li Ats him like If the tendency towards larges season is anticipated. Players avall-į glove!--
and larger scorea is not somehow "When the high heart we magnify, checked the Test matches may in And the true vision celebrate, the and be killed by a surfeit of And worship greatness passing by, run-getting.
There has been a record demand
prospect of Increased support.
Goalkeepers
Iloight
st. in.
5 3
Bt. h..
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11.
been
Full-Backs
I. II. Sheppard
G. Williams
Competing in the Japan tourna- mens will not be new for Montes.:
G. Greaves He was Japanese Open champion in A, F. Grant 1933 and 1934 when he was in Japan;
as ú professional at the employed Kasumigaseki Country
Club, in Takyo.
Rennie, the boy who almost stepped'
out of a juvenile team straight into
L. Kelly
J. C. Horton
R. Eastwood
Half-Tacks
the million-dollar Heart of Midlo. C. Bummerbea. thian front rank as a centre forward, W. Burnicie
Robson and delighted the Edinburgh crowd D. Diaper
by
two goals and making a scoring third for Tommy Walker in his first W. A. Gowdy
W. H. Dixon game. Scotland has found its own W. Wainwright Bastin. Rennie was a trawler-hand
at Newhaven, but his brother was drowned Inst year, and he sees toot-3. Troud ball as a way out of a
that profession
Simpson means only hord work and danger. W. WION
H. Exan He's a cautious ind, though. Next R. c. Court month he is going to sit for his G. Havner mate's ticket, just in case.
J. Ruffell D. Tumer
Forwards
Welght berth, and for the extreme right do this and run him towards is the last ten years scores mado in
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Goalkeepers: Tewkesbury and Wil-
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Backs: Beeson (Villa), Male (West) Bromwich Albion), Harper,
+ Fialf-Backs: Godfrey (Cardif City);
Morgan, Simpson, Askew, į Bradford, Smith, Payne. Forwards: Bambrick
Bultery (Bradford City),
(Chelsea),
Davlea
(Chesterfeld), Beasley, Bate, Brown, Bulger, Gandy, Redwood, Evans.
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