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HONGKONG: TELEGRAPH...

January 4, 1939,

DULL BATTING SEEN INTER-COMPANY BOXING CHAMPIONS

AT CAPE TOWN Ginger Foran IN 2ND TEST Wins In Three

South Africans Taking No Chances Whatever

Unless the remaining South African wickets aro dismissed cheaply and quickly this morning, the Second Test match now being played at Cape Town will probably end in another draw.

The M.C.C. innings was declared closed at 559 for nine wickets yesterday morning. Batting for the remainder of the day, the South Africans were very slow and at close of play had made only 213 for the loss of six wickets.

Capetown, Jan. 3.

A crowd of 5,000 aw the gone resumed to-day la sunny weather and on a good wicket. Wright and but only Fornes continued batting

when six runs had been added Nourse caught Wright off Langton with nine and Hammond declared

down for 550. Mitchell and Van der Byl opened for South Africa and played cautiously against the good length bowling. They were still to- Kether with 43 on the board when hinch was taken.

When the score renched 06. Van Der Byl skied a ball to Valentine at mid-on off Verity and was held. He had scored 37 in the partnership, which had lasted 111 minutes.

The tourists met with further suc- cess shortly afterwards when E. A. Rowan, the incoming batsinan, was hawled by Weight with n bl off- break after he had inade only six. The total now stood at 79.

Joined by A. D. Nourse, Mitchell emntinued to bat very dully. At ten, which was taken at 121 for two

almost wickets, Nourse had taken him, the scores being Mitchell 30 and Nourre 33.

UVET

Nourse was more lively than Mit chell, but he also was not taking any risles. He made his 33 in 50 minutes.

FUNERAL BATTING

A crowd of 8,000 was present at the resumption to see Mitchell and Nourse continue. the South African Innings.

After scoring at a funereal rale- his last ten runs wore made in 60 minutes—Mitchell was bowled by a googly by Wright. His contribution | of 42, out of 151, represented a grand time-wasting effort and had taken

him 255 minutes. He hit only one four.

Nourse reached his 50 in 102 minutes, displaying grand stroking

all round the wicket,

Intorport Swimmer's Bravery Recognised

Lionel Roza Pereira, the well-known Interport and cross-harbour swimmer. has been awarded a bronze medal by the Royal Humane Society of London for bravery displayed in rescuing a Chinese hawker |¦ who was swept into the har- bour by flood waters while I washing in a nullah on July 20,

1938.

at 213 for six wickets.

Scores:

M.C.C. 1st Inus. L. Hutton, b Gordon

P. A. Gibb, e Wade, b Gordon E. Paynter, Lb.w., b Langton W. R. Hammond, b Davies

1. Anies & Gordon

Edrich, b Gordon

17

1

181

115

B. H. Valentine, 1.b.w., b Gordon 112 H. Verity, b Langton

D. V. P. Wright, e Nourse,

Langton

K. Farnes, not out

Extras

Nine (declared) for

Rounds

Frenchman No Match

For Youngster

"Ginger"

London, Dec. 5, Foran, the Liverpool, feather-weight, scored a slow motion knock-out over the veteran French- Iman, Francois Augier. In the third the Empress Stadium, Earl's Court.

round of an eight rounds contest at last night."

This was Foran's first night in his

own country since his reccat success-

ful American trip. He was not even breathing heavily at the Anish, and

there was not a bead of perspiration

on him.

Foran looker good enough to win the British feather-weight cham-

plans from Spider Kelly, but, then, it is not really fair to judge on

last night's opposition.

He spent the first two rounds weighing the Frenchman up, and, having discovered his many limita-į tions began the third round deter- minel to put an end to this affair.

DOWN FOUR TIMES

The unhappy Frenchman was first of all dropped from a right hook-- Giger's best punch-for nine a left hook floored secunda. the thirty-year-old Frenchman for another nine seconda

Then

Ginger crossed his right again and half pushed Augler to the floor. He took a count of six, but the referee, ite me, seemed to think it a push as he said, "Cone on now, get up." The Frenchman rose only to re-

The "C" Company, 2nd Battalion, The Royal Scots, winners of the Inter-Company Open Boxing Championships of 1937-38 and 1938-39, photographed with their trophies recently,-King's Studio.

ceive another Foran special right Scottish Football

hook.

This time the referee stopped

the fight without counting,

Most delighted at Form's victory was his Liverpool chum, world fly- weight champion Peter Kane, who rame down especially from Liver- pool to watch Ginger do his stuff.

HE WANTS A TITLE

Foran received a cable after the fight from Australia offering him three contests in that country," with guaranteed purses, but he prefers lo Stay in London in the hope of getting aight with Joey Archibald for the world feather-weight championship.

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A WEALTH

33

550

OF CRICKET MATTERS

London, Nov. 30,

Celtic Beaten On

Own Ground

Hearts, Aberdeen Held To Draws

London, Jan. 3. The defeat of Celtic, at home, by Queen's Park was the biggest upset in to-day's programme of matches in the First Division of the Scottish Football League. The amateurs won by a goal to nil.

Fall of wickets:-1 (Hutton) for 20; 2 (Paynter) for 30; 3 (Gibb) for

Hearts and Aberdeen were held to 130; 4 (Aines) for 333; 5 (Edrich)

draws by Arbroath and Ayr United for 338; 0 (Hammond) for 410; 7 Once again the "Cricketer Annual" (Verity) for 504; 8 (Valentine) for contains a wealth of matter critical, respectively, but Rangers won their historical, statistical, anecdotal, pie-away engagement with Partick Thistle

537

Davies

A. W. Briscoe, next mun in, did not | Lungton

was given out leg- Gordon

stay long and

before-wicket to Goddard after mak- | Balaskan

ing two. The score-board now read 160-4-2.

Bowling Analysis

0. M R. V.

10 1 77

torial, and even poetical and imo- ginative. All for half crown.

In "Notes by the Editor" Sir Pel- ham Warner resumes his advocacy of

comfortably. Results:

3 five-day Tests in this country. I, Arbroath

recent recommendations Ayr U.

Celtic

O his wish will come true.

on

the condition of Eng- Falkirk cricket make heartening read-

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177

40

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24

0 115

Mitchell ....

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P. G. B.

Further dlaster befell the South B. Mitchell, ↳ Wright Africans. At 176, Wode was caught (P. G. Van Der Byl, e Valentine, b

Verity magnificently by Edrich, who dived

སྟྭ ཇམཾ ų, low at mid-off to make the calch, off E. A. Rowan, b Wright Verity. Wade had scored ten.

A. D. Nourse, not aut

One ru later, Langton stepped in A, W. Briscoe, Lb.w., b Goddard front of the wicket while playing W. W. Wade, e Edrich, b Verity Goddard and was given marching A. B. C. Langton, 1.b.w., b orders. He had not yet opened his Goddard account.

X. Balaskas, not out Balaskas, the only Greek playing

Extras in International cricket, then carne in to join Nourse. He started Aggressively and at one stage hit Verity

four boundarica succession.

for

in

Total (for 0 wkts.)

Hinh I though satished about

not

he

the bowl completely Fender

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Hibernian Motherwell Partick

St. Johnstone the Auss Mirren discusses E. R. Guligan extols the Third Lanark 14 joys of fielding, and Woolley's won-

8tralians, A. E

Ilcarta

3 Aberdeen

0 Queen's Park

4

Klimarnock

2

Ralk R.

Albion R.

2 Rangers

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Queen O'th. 2 Hamilton 3 Clyile

*Postponed.' derful accomplishments are set out

10 in full. It is perhaps a pity that

in the review of Yorkshire's season

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14

no mention is made of Wood's wic- ket-keeping.

East Fife

213

Fall of wickels:-1 (Van Der Byl) for 66; 2 (Rowan) for 70; 3 (Mitchell) for 151; 4 (Briscoe) for 100; 5 (Langton) for (Wade) for 170; 0

The pair remained together until the end of the day, Nourse having 74 and Balaskna 28, with the total 177.

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Here And There With "Abe".

Golf P. Alliss Appointed

Navy Fifteen Full Value For To Ferndown

Club

Their Rugby Success

he is

Perey Alliss has been appointed professional to the Ferndown (Dor-

Y virtue of their victory over the, about him, and it was discovered set) Club.

on Saturday, the Royal that he was once tried for Wales.

Alliss, who resigned his position Navy won the Triangular Rugby Unfortunately

not always with the Leeds Municipal Council, Tournament; and strangely enough, available for Club as he is so seldom by which he was attached to the it was by beating the Hongkong C.C. in the Colony. He is a pilot with Temple Newsom Club, has been that the Navy cricketers carried off Imperial Airways,

the Triangular Cricket Tournament

on Monday. That the sailors were To Visit Hongkong

full value for their success, none

who has seen them play will deny.ALAYAN Rugby Union authori favour reflected their ability

Identified with Yorkshire golf in re- cent years, but previously he was at Beaconsfield, and before that in Berlin.

Saturday's score of 14-3 in their ties were recently considering

Since Nov. 1 he has been a free to doing away with the North v. South lance professional, and he learned of accept and take chances, and also match and playing a game between his appointment while playing in a the hesitant mood of the Club backs. the Malayan touring aide for Hong- West Yorkshire Alliance competition Askwith was in brilliant form and kong and a team chosen from the at Huddersfield, showed a fine turn of speed. The rest of Malaya. This ixture, it was manner in which he took the ball in thought,

would

give the touring team

and deserved the try

has not been

Allies succeda Jack Randell, and one instance with Bidwell and Mae- some practice before they leave for will start at Ferndown early in the New Year. Randell, who has been Grath in attendance was marvellous the Colony. Eighteen players will

Wat Ferndown for 12 years, is retir which resulted. make the trip to Hongkong, and ing. 1The packs were fairly evenly- though the

team matched and both eights put up a finalised, Dougal Harper has been One of the foremost British pro- very good show. In the first half, appointed captain. The team will; fessionals of recent years, Allies'

forwards were Club

very arrive in Hongkong on February 2 most notable success this season was

£1,000 energetic, but as the game wore on, and will play the Navy, the Hong in the Penfold much of the fire was taken from kong F.C. and all-Hongkong. The tournament, when, as match-play side will be back in Malaya on champion of 1937, he enhanced his February 10.

fume in that type of golf,

the

them.

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Elliot Subdued

Budge Makes Debut

League

His new appointment considerably strengthens professional golf in the

ELLIOT was much subdued in the

Arst half and it was not until TF original arrangements were West Country, where Reginald Whit-

near the end of the game that hel

adhered to, Donald Budge, who combe, the open champion, is the asserted full dominance over his recently turned professional tennis outstanding figure. vis-a-vls. Cessford, although hold-player, should have made his debut ing Elliot In check during the open-at Madison Square Gardens, New ing minutes, was weak in attack York, agains: Ellsworth Vines yester- himself. His handling was bad and

being made and day. A great song is his efforts to open up the

flame

about it, for everyone in the game enerally

squashed. Talbot on both sides of the Atlantic has was seldom seen in individual play, wondered whether Budge is, in fact, and the reason was mainly due to the great the efforts of Henderson, the youth-is

soon

greatest his

superior

THES

whether Vines This 18

Jul Club scrum-hal?, who was at his Geoffrey Simpson has to say about best.

Stewart Wasted

Phil Scott

Wrestles 90 Seconds

it: "But when that question has been settled, Budge will be as little heard of as Perry, Vines and Tilden are now. Not that it will worry him. STEWART was the only Club The compensation for loss of amateur

London. Dec. 4. three-quarter to do anything of status is Impressive. He in getting

His tackling was hard

Nearly 3,000 people, including a andi £1,000 on account, and a guarantee effective. More than once a hard, of a further £14,000 in his first y ence, saw Phil Scott, former British year, fashionably dressed ring-side audi-

the tackle by him held up the Navy at-Holcome Ward, President of tack. Walters, the Navy wing-man Unite

heavyweight boxing champion and States L.T.A., ulso pays once world championship contender, facing Stewart, could make very nice compliment. Although Budge little headway because of the close will be of no further use for the appear for the first time in a wrest-

note.

attention paid him. In attack, Davis Cup, the president says he willing ring at the Ring. Blackfriars. Stewart seldom saw the ball, which be placed No. on the ranking list fast week. was a play as he was obviously in about to be issued. That is more)

was led

Scott, who fought his opponent, form. Bidwell and Grleve could than they would do in England in Jack Sherry, of America, with gloves, make little headway against the similar circumstances and more than was in the ring for exactly a minute dour defence of Askwith and Skel-the Americans did some years back. I and a halt.

At the end of that time he sub- Ion. The two Navy Insides had remember they had Vincent Richards much to do with the Navy win. selected for top place among the mitted to a leg lock and especially Askwith, while Darling,

ing, ranked players but no sooner did timping away supporting himself on the Navy pack leader, played a fine they learn that Richards was to be the shoulders of his second.

It had been understood that Scott garne. He was nobly assisted by come a pioneer of professional tennis Anderson and Romans. Peers, Wat-than they struck him off with the would wrestle Sherry. It was not son and fleath did good work for thickest blue pencil they could find. clear, since he wore gloves, under the Club eight. It was learned after which shows that governing bodies what heading the contest came.

Incidentally, Joe Beckett says he that Dunnett, the Club are more tolerant these days towards second row man, had suffered from men who have been shoved into the has no intention of coming back to slight concussion Throughout the backwaters of professionalism to eke the ring for a veteran's fight against major part of the second half. Yet, out an existence on a few thousands Scott or any other boxer. Joc says '

he has more sense. no-one knew of it becouse he never a year." murmured a complaint.

the

game

Did It Pay?

URING most of the game, Club

İD"

were packing 3-4-1 and, it is doubtful whether It paid. Certainly the ball was quickly heeled but at; times it was only an alert Henderson was got to it before any damage was

done.

Tried For Wales

DLAYING in the Club "A" pack in the match agalast an Army team on Saturday was J. C. Davies, Who distinguished himself. His form was so good that it led to inquiries

Here's Luck!

EWO

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