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FIRST TIE IN WORCESTER AND SOMERSETSHIRE SHARE SPOILS

L. Ames Scores Fastest Century Of The Season

The first tic of the present English cricket soason was seen at Kidderminster yesterday when Worcestershire and Somersetshire finished up with the same number of runs when the last wicket fall. Each county, therefore, wins six points.

I was a tow-scoring gune, Wor-: cester hitting up 130 in the first innings, to which Somerset repiled; with 131. Then in the second Wor- cester scored 142 and Somerset made one run less!

To Leslic Ames, the former England wleket-keeper, han fallen the honour of reoring the fastest century of the, Playing for Kent agost season, Surrey at the Oval, Ames renched three Agures in 67 minutes, beating

for

Glamorgan~330

8 tte*lt{. (Emrys Davies 102) and B8 for 3.

Sumex.-202,

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

Northants-140 ( i for 15) and 157.

Hampshire169 (Merritt å for 50)

125 for 2.

LEICESTER Y. WARWICK

A Ashby-de-la-Zouch. Warwick-

wickets.

the previous best by Denis Comptonshire defeated Leicestershire by six of 82 minutes,

As the result of his brililent "in-: njugs, Kent won the match by seven wickets after Surrey had made a sporting declaration.

Altogether, Ames was at the wicket) for 105 minutes to spore 130 not out, which included one six and 18 fours. A. Wood's Benefit Match at Brad- ford between Yorkshire and Middle- aex Azzled out tamely, with Middle- sex winning points on first innings.

The following results und scores are cabled by Reuter,

SURREY v. KENT

At the Oval, Kent defeated Surrey by Reven wickets.

Surrey-198 and 306 for 7 deeld. (Pishlock 120, Whitfeld 109).

Kent. 318 and 234 for 3 (Ames) 138 not out).

ESSEX v. GLOUCESTER

At Westcliff, Gloucester defeated Essex by 234 runs.

Gloucester-432 (W. R. Hammond 207) and 241 for 7 decid. (Nicholls for 83),

Essex.-300 (Vigar 121) and 139 (Scott 5 for 57).

GLAMORGAN ». SUSSEX

At Pontypridd, Glamorgan beat Sussex on first innings.

4 for 21.

Leicester--80 (Wmot Bullies 5 for 24) and 121.

Warwickshire. (Smuth 5 for 28) amt 100 for 4.

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

Notts313 (Mitchell 5 for 70). Derbyshire-210 and 125 for 3 in follow-on.

WORCESTER. SOMERSET A Kidderminster, Worcestershire and Somersetshire tied.

Worcester.130 (Wellor 7 för 45) and 142 (Hazell 5 for 6). Somerset.-131 and 141,

Wednesday,

HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. July 12, 1939,

COUNTY

This Team Needs

A Bradman

London, June 29.

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

We have had stories of five, six, even seven "ducks" all in J 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 ot home.

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Their opponents from 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.

United Preks,

Baseball

AMERICANS WIN ALL- STAR GAME

New York, July 11. In the ann All-Star baseball match played at the Yankee Stadium to-day, the American League defested the National League by three runs

The scores were:

R. H. E.

YORKSHIRE. MIDDLESEX At Bradford. Middlesex beat Yorkshire first innings in A. to one. Wood's Benet Match.

on

Yorkshire-171 (Smith 5 for 48, National League .... Sins 4 for 45) and 172 for 5 (Sims, American League 4. For (3).

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 3. Royal Engineers.-257.

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3

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Vaughan seared for the Nationals

in the third inning on singles by Vaughan and Hack, and a double by Frey.

The

CRICKET

CHAMPIONSHIP

ENGLAND CRICKET ON UPGRADE

R. Marrison, the Kowloon Dock skip, rolling a wood at Happy Valley on Saturday in the match against the Cralgengower C.C. B. W. Bradbury, the opposing skip, is at the back-Staff Photographer.

American Ambassador Entertains Athletes

London, July [1. ' Mr. Julieph Kennedy, the United States Ambassador to Great Britain, Golf Americans scored through and his wife jacked only a baseball Dickey and Greenberg in the fourth visiting American athletes now in team when they entertained the on hits and an error by Vaughan.

Then Joe DiMaggio, the Yankees' Great Britain to a tea-party to-day.

The guests included the Harvard famous hitter, with two men scored a lovely homer into the granding crew which won the Grand stands in the fifth, which took, the Challenge Cup at Henley on Satur score to 3-1 in favour of the Ameri-day: the Tabor Academy and the Kent School crews which were the Onai-

out,

KOWLOON C.C. HELD TO The Nationals had their bases ists in the Thames Challenge Cup: J

DRAW BY H.K.C.C. IN 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 21⁄2 sets to 12 at the end of the first round, they were held to a draw by the Hongkong Cricket Club.

Frank Grose and A. V. White lived Ferguson.8-4; beat B. O'M. Deane the first and W. II. Jowill 0-4: drew with up to their reputation as pair of the Kowloon G.C. by winning T. C. Monaghan and T. J. Gould.

B. Soltau

Gittin and W. M 2 sets, while B. Soltau and W. M. Gittins put up a better show and did (K.C.C. "A") beat Story and Fer- guson 6-4; lost to Deane and Jowitt very well in defenitng E. E. Storey and J. J. Ferguson. Donald Ander 5-7; lost to Munaghan and Gould son und Norman Mackay were very 2-6. disappointing Expected to win two acts, 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 co- bination, taking 21 sele. Storey and Ferguson also proved a useful com- bination. The latter, was deadly overhead and served well.

D. J. N. Anderson and N. A. E.

Mackay (K.C.C. "A") lost to Story and Ferguson 1-8; beat Denne and Jowitt 6-3; lost to Monaghan and

Gould 2-0.

K.LT.C. Beat Civil Service At King's Park, Kowloon Indians Club beat Civil Service Tennis Cricket Club 61-24.

S. A. and S. S. Hussain (Kowloon Indians) drew wills 1. and 13. Aga The issue was in the balance when furoff; beat W. J. Skinner and J. A. Soltau and Cittins played Storey and Bendall 6-3; beat S. C. Peck and Ferguson in the last set of the day, Bicknell 6-1.

M. O. Iloosen und A. Khan (Kow and the K.C.C. pair won a point for

the tenth luon Indians) bent Agaturoff Bro- thetr side by winningt

thers 6-0; beat Skinner and Bendall gaine.

7-5; beat Peck and Bicknell 0-2.

they

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

Scores

F. Grose and A. V. White (K.C.C. "A") beat E. E. Story and J. J.

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 Indias 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.

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For England it was a thoroughly wickedly, giving the batsman cor- satisfactory and encouraging match rectly playing on the line of the ball The side enme up to, exceeded le chance.

expectations, in every department of This was, however, merely the pre- the game, most notably of all inlude to a spell of bowling by Bowes which, for art, accuracy and lack of

bowling.

The maxim that a side or an in-luck, approached being unique. True, dividual plays as well as it or he is he clean bowled Grant, but the allowed to play, cannot be held to figures of 70. 4m. 10. 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 dis- wicket. With ordinary fortune he appointments in the form displayed might have had four or five wickets, In the circumstances, it was not to by some of the visitors.

be expected that Grant or Headley It may, however, be suggested that were at their case though of the two Lord's is not their happy hunting Grant was the more uncomfortable. ground-at least they have been con- Throughout the day, indeed, none of vincingly beaten on all the three the English bowlers lacked venom Occasions upon which they havej or accuracy, played a representative match on the ground. Elsewhere they should do better.

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Cupson, as in the first innings, and and Wright were the most successful, but Verity, with 140. 4m. 20г. Zw., once inore suppiled convincing answer to certain persistent but hardly dis- criminating crities.

Itammond led his side calmly and with judgment throughout. No match is fortunately so dull as to allow

ALL HEADLEY everything to work like clockwork, Once again the West Indies inn- but broadly things went according to Ings was a case of all, or nearly all, plan, a well thought-out and well- Headley. Some years ago it used to executed plon. The Selectors can be said of Surrey, though with congratulate themselves, and should qualified accuracy,

"Hobbs oui, be congratulated.

Surrey uu." On the showing of the first Test match the same might be said, substituting Hendley and the West Indies for Hobbs and Surrey with markedly greater accuracy.

The fifth wicket fell at 190, and

HAMMOND'S CHOICE For the last day of the match the weather relented, reverting at Inst to W. Burk, winner of the Diamond loaded in the sixth but could not Sculls; R. W. Bates, who also com

really summery conditions. The Arst New York, July 11. peted in the Diamond Sculls; the

Rallying in the final three holes, flutter of excitement came when the last five wickets could add only Before the game, Fette substituted Harvard and Yale track team which Paul Rumyan, the 1935 champion, led was seen that England were taking135 runs.

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

meets Oxford and Cambridge on

ihan his first. The same heavy re- Derringer pitched Invincibly up to Saturday; the Harvard and Yale the way into the second round of the the fold.

Hammond had had three courses

was sponsibility

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

present American tennis match play stage of the Professional cended by Lee, while for the Ameri- players who competed at Wimbledon Golfers Association Championship at open to him. First he could have throughout and the English bowling during the last fortnight; and the the Poronok Country Club course, declared overnight, at 10 minutes to was giving even leaa Dway. But any (six, with a bare lend, and trusted to suelt adverse factors were probably golfers, W. Lawson Little and Johnny Long Island, to-day?

two

compensating outweighed by the memory of his quick Runyan defeated Mortie Dutra by getting Bulla, who participated in the British

wickets before play closed.

latest success, which might_well Open Championship at St Andrew's three and pre-

Secondly, he could have batted for more than compensate, -United Press.

Other big names eliminated were

Much, too, depended upon Sealy. Thompson, who was beaten two up an hour in the morning, counting on Herman Barron: Gene Sarazen, who increasing his lead to opproximately Never quite at case, he contrived to lost to Jack Ryan one up.-United 200, and thereby hoping to avoid the flatter for a time during which he Press.

necessity for batting a sccond time. had the rare satisfaction of hitting Reuter adds that in the first round, Thirdly, to do as he did: Declare Bowes for six. It was the same with Tony Monero, the Ryder Cup player first thing, avoiding giving his oppon- the left-handed Weekes without the beat Walter Hagen, former champion, ents n double rolling of the wicket, six. by one up; Jack Ryan beat Gene and gaining such advantage as could CONSTANTINE DISAPPOINTS

Constantine on this occasion at Saruzen one up: and Sam Snead, be squeezed out of the early life in

lenst played some strokees on the off- runner-up to Hunyan last year, did a very nearly lifeless wicket. not quality.

SECOND ROUND RESULTS

Madame Lacoste Keeps Her Golf Title

Le Touquets, July 11. Madame Lacoste, wife of the former French tennis star, ro- tained the French Women's Open Golf Championship to

LEN HARVEY

TO DISPUTE

day by beating Miss Powell, ALL CLAIMS

of Great Britain, by the wide margin of 10 and 9 in their 36- hole finator Benter,

London, 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-Mello Bettina bout at New York on Thursday may inoke, due to his victory over Jock McAvoy last night.

In all probability coch and all of side, more then making up in power these alternatives would have work for any lack of timing. But his hos New York, July 11. ed. The only objection to the course been a disappointing match with bat Notable second round matches in adopted was the long initial spell of and with ball. Throughout he gave the P.G.A. championship were as 214 hours in the field which it re- the impression of being out of prac

quired Ühe team's four bowlers tice and bewildered at playing in a follows:

Clarence Doser (Pasadena) beat But Hammond's scheme did worit, class of cricket in which his equals cans, Bridges succeeded Ruming on

Ralph Guldahl two up.

and that will ever be the best test and superiors predominated among Paul Runyan (holder) beat Frank

and justification of any scheme. hir opponents. the nound in the fourth. Feller re-

Ileadley did not farm the bowling. placed Bridges in the sixth when the

Champ 3 and 2.

ilyron Nelson best W. Francis 3

It would have been wrong to do so Nationals had their bases Tail.

with him. But and 1. Guoman, of the National, was sent By out-pointing McAvoy, Harvey The championship will end! on

The West Indies innings opened with a hitter in to hospital in the fourth inning, became the first boxer to hold Ave July 15. Reuter.

disastrously, Stollmeyer being out in Cameron was out as a result of an broken collar-bone titles simultaneously. He now holds

the second over to Copson before a unnecessarily run overthrow which possibly with a

the British and Empire heavyweight and Empire lightheavyweight titles. run had been scared. The particu- left him, instead of Headley, facing Bob Feller's speed astounded 02,002 titles, as well as the world, Belfish-United Press, fans and it was not until the ninth that Old succeeded in getting the first bit off him.

from a fall.

Hack was called out on striites to end the game.

The Nationals batted first, The winning battery was Bridges

A. Rahmin and M. A. Khan (Kow- loon Indians) lost to Agafuroff Broand Diekey-Reuter. thers 2-6; lost to Skinner and Ben-

dall 2-0; lust to Peck and Bicknell letiz Association beat Craigengower

2-6.

Craigengower Defeated

Cricket Club 0-3.

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

At King's Purk, South Chino Ath-China) lost to G. Chon and J. W.

Leonard 2-0: beat E. and F. Zím-{ men 6-0; beat A. Chan and H. King B-1.

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F. N. Wong and H. K. Ho (Soulh China) lost to Chou and Leonard 3-0; beat Zimmern Brothers 0-1; beat Chan and King 6-1,

W. H. Ho and K. H. Lee (South China) lost to Chon and Leonard 1-0: beat Zimmern Brothers 0-1: best Chan and King 6-0.

Recreio Beat K.C.C. "B" At Cox's 'Hood, Club de Recrolo beat Kowloon Cricket Club "B" by. 7 matches to 2,

A. L. Fisher and J. R. Turner (KC.C. "B") lost to W. A. Reed and M.. A. Óliveira 3-0; lost to A. M. Silva and L. F. V. Ribeiro 3-0; just to A. E. Xavier and M. A. Guterres 1-0.

F. A. Brondbridge. and D. Hung (ICC.C. "D") lost to Reed and Oll- veira. 3-0; lost Silva and Ribeiro! 3-0; bent Xavier and Guterres 0-4.;

R. E. Lee and R. Duncan (K.C.C. "B") lost to Reed and Oliveira 3-6; beat Silva and Ribeiro 7-5; lost to Xavier and Guterres 4-0.

GREAT BOWLING

lar ball which got the wickel jumped the bowling.

One of the beads in last Saturday's Lawn Bowls League match in which the Club de Recrelo "A" beat the Police at King's Park. Jackle Noronha (with dark glasses and pipe) is seen directing his skip-Staff Photographer.

Hendley himself was out shortly afterwards, With his depurture, amid well-earned applause, the race. was as good as ended.

The remaining West Indian batting enved in with a crash, The play wns, however, notable for fine cat- ches by Bowes, Hardstaff, and Cop- son, which more than atoned for a couple of carler chances which had escaped the slips.

Gimblett

GIMBLETT'S FIREWORKS The rest is soon told. opened with some fireworks, hitting Hylon for a six and a four, But both he and, later, Hammond were. fortunate to snick Martindale be tween their legs and the wicket.

Hutton was out to a beautiful ball from Hylton which pitched on the te stump before taking the off, and against the hill at that. Hution was Jeft standing and gazing, white four runs Inter, at 30; Martindale had the reward he deserved whert Gimblett did not anlel the ball and was bowl- ed instead,

Hammond and Paynter thereafter had some exevilent iniling practice, during which Hammond once drove Marlindale straight past the bowler's boot to the screen.

The West Indies did not lot up with the ball or in the field, and the 12,000 people who had paid at the state 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 up grade,