1939-07-12 — Page 32

Wednesday,

HONGKONG TELEGRAPH

July 12, 1939.

FIRST TIE IN COUNTY

WORCESTER AND SOMERSETSHIRE SHARE SPOILS

L. Ames Scores Fastest Century Of The Season

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The first tic of the prosent English cricket season was soon at Kidderminster yesterday when Worcestershire and Somersetshire finished up with the same number of runs when the fast wicket fell. Each county, therefore, wins six points.

It was a low-scoring game, Wor- cester hiting op 130 in the first innings, to which Somerset replied with 131. Then in the second Wor~ cester scored 142 and Somerset made une run least

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Glamorgan--336

for

ઇં vlecid (Emrys Davies 102) and 88 for 3.

Sussex,--202.

HAMPSHIRE v, NORTHANTS At Southampton, Hampshire de- feated Northants by eight wirkets.

0 for Northums--140 (I

45) and 157,

Hampshire.169 (Merritt & for 50) of scoring the fastest century of the", FINISON. Ploying for Kent against und 135 for 2. Surrey at the Oval, Aines reached

To Leslie Ames, the former England wicket-keeper, has fallen the honour

LEICESTER . WARWICK

three figures in 67 minutes, beating) At Ashby-le-la-Zouck, Warwick- the previous text by Denis Comptonshire defeated Leicestershire by slx of 82 minuter.

As the result of his brilliant-in- ninga, Kent won the mulch by reven wickets after Surrey had made a sporting declaration.

Altogether, Ames was at the wicket? for 105 minutes to score 130 not out, which included one six and 18 tours, A. Woot's Benefit Match at Brad- ford between Yorkshire and Middle- sex fizzled out tamely, with Middle- sex winning polnis on first innings.

The following results and scores are cabled by Reuter,

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SURREY. KENT

At the Oval, Kent defeated Surery by neven wickets,

Surrey186 and 360 for 7 deeld. (Fishlock, 120, Whitfield 109).

Kent 310 and 234 for 3 (Ames 116 not out).

ESSEX v. GLOUCESTER At Westeli, Gloucester defeated Essex by 234 runs.

Gloucester-432 (W, R. Hammond 20%) and 241 for 7 decid, (Nicholls &) for 83).

Essex.-300 (Vigar 121) and 139 (Spoil 6 for 57).

GLAMORGAN v. SUSSEX At Pontypridd, Glamorgan brat] Sussex on Best Intlnga.

wickets.

4 for 21,

Leicester-10 (Wilmot Hollies 5 for 24) and 121.

Warwickshire-111 (Smith & for 28) x 100 for 4.

NOTTS. DERBYSHIRE At Nottingham, Notts bent Derby- shire on first innings.

Notts313 (Mitchell 5 for 70). Derbyshire.-210 and 125 for 3 In

follow-on.

WORCESTER v. SOMERSET At Kidderminster, Worcestershire and Someraetshire led,

Worcester-130 (Weilar 7 for 45) and 142 (Hazell 5 for 0).

Somerset-131 and 141,

YORKSHIRE v. MIDDLESEX -At-Bradford, Middlesex beat Yorkshire on Arst innings In A Wood's Benefit Linteh.

Yorkshire.-171 (Smith 5 for 48. Stras for 49) and 174 for 5 (Sims 4 for 62).

Middlesex.-202.

ROYAL ARTILLERY

ROYAL ENGINEERS

At Lord's, the two-day match be- tween the Royal Artillery and Royal Engineers was drawn,

Royal Artillery-230 and 114 for 5. Royal Engineers---257.

KOWLOON C.C. HELD TO

IN DRAW BY H.K.C.C. TENNIS LEAGUE MATCH

"Playing on their own-courts-yesterday, the Kowloon C.C. "A" reduced their chances of securing the "B" Division Tennis League Championship when, after leading by 2% sets to 1⁄2 at the end of the first round, they were held to a draw by the Hongkong Cricket Club,

O'M. Denne

Frank Grose and A..V..Wille, lived, Ferguson 0-4: beat B. up to their reputation no. the. Arg and W. H. Jowitt 0-4; drew with pair of the Kowloon C.C. by winning T. C. Monaghan und T. J. Gould.

B. Soltnu ind W. M. Gitting 2 sols, while B: Soltau and W. M.

better show and did (K.C.C. "A") beat Story and Fer- Glitina put up very well in defenitng E. E. Storey guson 6-4; lost to Deane and Jowitt lost to Monaghan and Gould Donald Ander- 5-7; and J. J. Ferguson. son and Norman Macleay were very | 2-6. disappointing. Expected to win two vets, they managed to take only one. Mackay was deplorable in his work overhead and at the net, and let his partner down rather badly.

Of the visitors, T. C. Monaghan and T: J. Gould were the best com- bination, taking 24 seis. Storey and Ferguson also proved a useful com- bination. The latter W(18 deadly overhead and served well.

D. J. N. Anderson and N.-A. E. Mackay (KCC. "A") lost to Stary and Ferguson 4-6; bent Deane tund. Jowill 6-3; lost to Monaghan and| Gould 2-0.

K.J.T.C. Beat Civil Service At King's Park, Kowloon Indians Tennis Club best Civil Service Cricket Club 614-244.

CRICKET

CHAMPIONSHIP

This Team Noods ENGLAND CRICKET ON UPGRADE

A. Bradmanī

London, June 29.

This is the story of the worst cricket catastrophe so far reported in the present English cricket seaspr

We have had stories of five, six, even seven "ducks" all in a row. Now the Toddington. (Gloucestershire) Cricket Club has been skittled out without any member of the team 'making a single run. And they were playing at home.

Their opponents, from a

London business firm, had scored 73 in the first innings.

The Toddingham men usu-

ally knock up at least 150 in

an innings, so their opening pair went out confidently.

But they were soon out, and in three overs five men were back in the pavilion. In four more overs the rest were, out,

But for "Mr. Extras", who presented them with three byes, the Toddington team's score-sheet would have been a complete blank. Preas.

Baseball

United

AMERICANS WIN ALL- STAR GAME

New York, July 11.

In the annual All-Star baseball match played at the Yankee Stadium to-day, the American League defeated the National League by three runs to one. The scores were:

R. H. National League ..... I American League ...

E.

7

3

3

B

Vaughan scored for the Nationals

It. Morrison, the Kowloon Dock skip, reiling a wond at flappy Valley on Saturday in the match against the Craigenzower C.C. J. W. Bradbury, the opposing skip, is at the back-Staf Photographer.

American Ambassador Entertains Athletes

London, July.11. Vaughan and Hack, and a double by States Ambassador to Great Britain Golf

Mr. Joseph Kennely, the United

in the third inning on singles by

Frey.

on hits and an error by Vaughan.

cana,

score.

CHAMPION LEADS IN 1st ROUND

WEST INDIES BEATEN BY EIGHT WICKETS IN FIRST TEST MATCH

HEADLEY EQUALS Sutcliffe FEAT

By D. R. JARDINE

London, June 28.

Just before six o'clock, at Lord's yesterday, England won the Test match against the West Indies by eight wickets. This in spite of some time lost to bad light, and a century in each innings from Headley's bat. Six bats. men have performed this feat in Test matches, but Head- ley joins Sutcliffe in being the only player who has done it twice in such matches. The others are Bardsley, Russell, Hammond and Paynter. The feat has never before been performed at Lord's.

When the West Indies were all out for 225 in their second innings an hour and 55 minutes remained'in which England could make the 99 runs necessary for victory. The wickets of Hutton and Gimblett fell before the runs were hit off by Paynter and Hammond

For England it was a thoroughly wickedly, giving the batsman cor- satisfactory and encouraging moteb. rectly playing on the line of the bail The site came up to, or exceeded 1le chance. expectations, In every department of This was, however, merely the pre- the game, most notably of allude to a spell of howling by Bowes which, for art, accuracy and lack of

bowling.

.

́HAMMOND'S CHOICE

quailfed

ÄLL HEADLEY ·

The maxin that a side or on luce, approached being unique. True, dividual plays as well as it or he is clean bowled Grant, but the allowed to play, cannot be held to figures of 7o. im. 10r. 1w, give no apply to the England eleven with picture of the number of times the any force, though it may account in ball beat the bat, the legs and the some measure for individual die wicket. With ordinary fortune he appointments in the form displayed might have had four or five wickets. In the clrcumstances, it was not to by some of the visitors.

be expected but Grant or Hendley It may, however, be suggested that were at their ease though of the two Lord's is not their happy hunting Grant was the more uncomfortable. ground-ot least they have been con- Throughout the day, indeed, none of vincingly benten on all the three the English bowlers lacked venom cecasions upon, which they havuor_accuracy. played a representative match on the Copson, as in the first innings, and ground. Elsewhere they сат and Wright were the most successful, but Verity, with 140. 4m. 20г. 2w., once should do better.

more supplied convincing answer Hammond led his side calmly and to certain persistent but hardly dis- with judgment throughout. No match criminating critics. is fortunately no dull as to allow everything to work like clockwork, Once again the West Indies Inn- The Americans scored through and his wife lucked only a vaschuti when they entertained the

but broadly things went according to ings was a case of nil, or nearly all, Dickey and Greenberg in the fourth team

visiting American, athletes now in

plun, a well thought-out and well-Headley, Some years ago It used to executed plun. The Selectors can be said of Surrey, though with Then Joe DiMaggio, the Yankeen Great Britain to a tea-party to-day.

congratulate themselves, and should

"Hobbs accuracy, The guests included the Harvard

out, famous hitter, with two men out,

be congratulated.

Surrey out." On the showing of the scored a lovely homer into the grand rowing crew which won the Grand

first Test match the same might be stands in the fifth, which look the Challenge Cup at Henley on Satur

said, substituting Headley and the score to 3-1 in favour of the Amerl-day; the Tabor Academy and the Kent School crews which were the final- ists in the Thames Challenge Cup; J.

For the last day of the match the West Indies for Hobbs and Surrey The Nationals lind their bases

weather relented, reverting at last to with markedly greater accuracy.

The fifth wicket fell at 100, and loaded in the sixth but could not W. Burk, sincer of the Diamond Sculls; R. W. Bates, who also com-

New York, July 11.

really summery conditions. The first peted in the Diamond Sculls; the

35 runs, Rallying in the Anal three holes, flutter of excitement came when it the last five wickels could add only Before the game, Fette substituted Harvard and Yale track team which paul Runyan, the 1938 champlon, led was seen that England were taking

Headley's Innings was oven better for Wyatt, who was not well.

than his first. The same heavy re- Derringer pitched invincibly up to incets Oxford and Cambridge on the way into the second round of the

Yate Saturday; the Harvard and

Haminond had had three courses sponsibility nutch play stage of the 'Professional

was again the fourth inning when he was suc- tennis team; the

present American tennis Golfers Association Championship at open to him. First he could have throughout and the English bowling creded by Lee, while for the Ameri- players who competed at Wimbledon the Parnout Country Club course, declared overnight, at 10 minutes to was giving even less away. But any

during the last fortnight; and the Long Island, to-day.

six, with a bare lead, and trusted to such adverse factors were probably golfers. W., Lawson Little and Johnny

Rumyan defeated-Mortie-Dutra by getting

quick

compensating outweighed by the memory of his Bulla, who participated in the British

before

latest success, which might well Open Champlonship at St. Andrew's. three and one.

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Other big names eliminated were Secondly, he could have batted for more than compensate. Thompson, who was beaten two up an hour in the morning, counting on Much, too, depended upon Senly. by Herman Barron, and Gene Sarazen, Increasing his lead to approximately Never quite at ease, he contrived to who lost to Jack Ryan one up. 200, and thereby hoping to avold the latter for a time during which he necessity for batting a second time. had the fare satisfaction of hiling Reuter adds that in the first round, Thirdly, to do as he did: Declare Bowes for six. It was the same with Tony Manero, the Ryder Cup player first thing, avoiding giving his oppon- the left-handed Weekes without the beat Walter Hagen, former champion, ents a double rolling the wicket, six. by one up: Jack Ryan beat Gene and gaining such advantage os could! CONSTANTINE DISAPPOINTS Sarazen one up; and Sam Snead, be squeezed out of the early life ini Constantine on this occasion at runner-up to Runyan last year, did a very nearly lifeless wicket.

lenst played some strokes on 'the off- not qualify.

In all probability eich and all of side, more than making up in power SECOND ROUND RESULTS these alternatives would have work for any locft of timing. But hĩa hos New York, July 11, ed. The only objection to the course been disappointing match with bat Notable second round matches in adopted was the long initial spell of and with bail, Throughout he gave as 24 hours in the fleid which it re-the impression of being out of prue- quired of the team's four bowlers.fileo and bewildered at playing "In ́a bent But Hammond's scheme did work, class of cricket in which his equals and that will ever be the best test and superiors predominated among and justification of any scheme. This opponents."

Headley did not form the bowling. It would have been wrong to do so in with him. But The West Indies lanings opened with a hitter disastrously, Stollmeyer being out in Cameron was out as a result of un the second over to Copson before a unnecessarily run overthrow which the British and Empiro heavyweight and Empire lightheavyweight titles. run had been scored. The particu-left him, instead of Headley, facing

Madame Lacoste Keeps Her Golf Titlo

Le Touquets, July 11. Madame Lacoste, wife of the former French tennis star, ro- tained the French Women's Open Golf Championship to- day by beating Miss Powell, of Great Britain, by the wide margin of 10 and 9 in their 36- hole final.-Router,

LEN HARVEY

TO DISPUTE ALL CLAIMS

Londen, July 11. Len Harvey, backed by the British Boxing Board of Control, will dispute any claim on the world lightheavy- weight title which the winner of the Billy Conn-Melio Bettina bout at New York on Thursday may make, due to his victory over Jock McAvoy! last night.

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the P.G.A. championship were follows:

Clarence Doser (Pasadena) Ralph Guldah! two up,

Paul Runyan (holder) beat Frank Champ 3 and 2.

Byron Nelson beat W. Franels 3 and 1.

cans, Bridges succeeded Ruffing on the mound in the fourth. Feller re- placed Bridges in the sixth when the Nationals had their bases fall.

Gaoman, of the Nationals, was sent By out-pointing McAvoy, Harvey

on The championship will end the fourth inning, became the first boxer to hold Ave July 15.-Reuter. broken collar-bonei tities simultaneously. He now holds

S. A. and S. S. Jussain (Kowloon to hospital In Indians) drew with I. and B. Aga- Possibly with a furoff; bent W. J. Skinner and J. A from a fall.

Soltau and Cities played Storey and Bendall 6-3; beat S. C. Peck and J. fans and it was not until the ninth

Bob Feller's speed astounded 62,802 titles, as well as the world, British |--United Press.

The Issue won in the balance when Ferguson in the last set of the day, Blcknell 0-1. and the K.C.C. pale won a point for their alde by winning in the tenth

game.

The Kowloon C.C. “A” now have dropped two points and will have to beat South China A‚A. when they meet in order to have any chance of winning the championship,

Scores

F. Grose and A. V. White (K.C.C. "A")

M... Hoosen and A. Khan (Kow-thal Old succeeded in getting the first loon Indians) het Agaturoft Bro-hit off him. thers 6-0; beat Skinner und Bendall 7-5; bent Peck and Bicknell 6-2.

Hack was called out on strikes to end the game,

The Nationals batted Arst, The winning battery was Bridges

Dickey-Reuter.

A. Rahmin and M. A. Khan (Kow- toon Indians) lost to Agafuroff Bro- thers 2-6; last to Skinner and Ben-and

dall 2-6; last to Peck and Bicknell tetic Association beat Craigen gower

2-0.

Craigentower Delenied

Cricket Club 6-3.

W. T. Lee and C. S. Dew (South

beat E. E. Story and J. J. At King's Park, South China Ath-Chint) lost to G. Chon and J. W..

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F. N. Wong and H. K. Ho (South China) lost to Chon and Leonard 3-8; beat Zimmern Brothers. 6-1; bent Chan and King 0-1.

W. II. Ho, and K. H. Leo (South China) lost to Coa and Leonard 1-0: beat Zimmern Brothers 6-1; beat Chan and King 0-0.

Recreio Beat K.D.C. "!**

At Cox's Road, Chb de Recreio beat Kowloon, Cricket Club "B" by

matches to 2.

A. L.. Fisher and J. R. Turner (K.C.C. "B") lost to W. A. Reed and M. A. Oliveira 3-6; lost to A. M. Sliva and L. F. V. Ribeira 3-4; Jost to A. E. Kavier and M. A.

Guterres 1-6.

F. A. Broadbridge and D. Hung (K.CC. "B") lost to Reed and Oll- veira 3-0; lost to Silva and Ribeiro 3-0; beat Xavier and Guterres 0. R. E. Lee and R. Duncan : (K.C.C. "D") lost to Reed, and Olivelŕa 3-8; beat Slvo and Ribeiro-.7-6; lost to Xavier and Guterres 4-0.

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two

play closed.

GREAT BOWLING

Inr ball which got the wicket Jumped the bowling.

One of the heads In Iast Saturday's Lawn Bowls League match in which the Club de Recrelo "A" beat the Police at Klog's Park, Jackie Noronha (with darke: glasses and pipo) is acen directing his-skip-Stof Photographer.

Headley himself was out shortly. afterwards. With his departure, jamid well-earned applause, the race

was as good as ended.

The remaining West Indian batting caved in with a crash. The play. was, however, notable for fine cat- chies by Bowes, Hardstoff, and. Cop- son, which more than atoned for a couple of earlier chances which had escaped the slips.

GIMBLETT'S FIREWORKS

The rest Ja soon told. Gimblett opened with some fireworks, hitting Hylton for a six and four. But both he and,, Inter, Hammond were fortunate to snick Martindale be tween their legs and the wicket.

Hution was out to 'ʼn beautiful ball [from Hylton which pitched on the leg: stump-before-inking the off, and against the hill at that. Hutton waa left standing and gazing, while four runs intèr, at 39, Martindale had the reward he deserved when Gimblett did not snick the ball and was bowl- ed instead.

Hammond and Paynter thereafter had some excellent batting practice, during, which Hammond once drove sk Martindale straight past the bowler's boot to the screen.

The West Indies did not let up with the ball or in the field, and the. 12,000 people who had paid at the gato left well content with the know- ledge that they had had their money's worth and the hope that they had seen the cricket of the home team definitely, on the grade.

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