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HONGKONG TELEGRAPH

July 22, 1939.

YORKSHIRE AND GLOUCESTERSHIRE WIN MATCHES

RAIN CURTAILS PLAY IN MANY CRICKET TIES

TEST BATSMAN, BOWLER

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IN SPLENDID FETTLE

Rain once again played havoc with the pro- gramme of County Cricket Championship matchos which concluded yesterday, no fewer than five matches, including the two-day fixture botwoen the Royal Navy and the Army, having to be abandoned.

Gloucestershire and Yorkshire were

the only two counties which took full

points from their matches, the form- Lawn Bowls

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delcuting Hampshire by

Ave

wickets and the latter beating Sussex

by ten wickets.

Gloucester's victory wna vilzinec |

as a result of a timely declaration in the first innings and fine bowling by Tom

Goddard. After dismissing their Hampshire for 103 Arst krock, Gloucestershire declared

at 101 for six wickets.

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In the second innings. Ilampshire were dismissed for only 16 und Gloucestershire won with five wickels In 'hand.

Matches In.

First Round Of Singles

Several matches of the first round

Tom Goddard, who has been select.of the Open Singles Chaunpionship

of the Colony were played yester

ed to play against the West Indies day. I-day, captured 12 wickets In this! match for a total of only 72 runs. He took four for 16 in Hainpshire's Jirst innings and eight for the same total in the second.

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Another English Testite

dis tinguish himself was Len Hutton, of Yorkshire, who hit up 177 In his county's first innings, which realised 340 runs.

Cfollowing results and are cubled by Reuter:

scures

NOTTS. SOMERSET At Nottingham, Somersetshire took points on first innings from Notts.

Somerset, 180 (Guna 5 for 85) und 00 for 3.

Notts.-185.

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GLOUCESTER, HAMPSHIRE

At Taikoo R.C.

Both beginning well and playing a close game throughout, F. E. Chan- ning bent J. E. Norontin at Talkoo or the 26th Recreation Club 21-17 head,

Noronha opened the scoring with a three but was a point behind when Channing's score registered five on the Rith head, From the ninth head onwards Channing began, to take the tend, but Noronha was never far he- hind and was losing two points when Channing had 17 on the 22nd head. on the 23rd With his score, at 20 head, Channing was not able to get 26th the winning point until the head.

At the same Club N. R. Fraser 24-7.

scores included

R. Busa beat Basa was the and his

At Bristol, Gloucestershire defeated superior from the start three

two fours, Hampshire by Ove wickels.

Hampshire103 (Septt 4 for 18, doubles, two threes and four singles. Goddard 4 for 30) and 60 (Goddard Fraser, scored on six heads, the game 8 for 30).

Gloucester-104 for 0 decid, and ending on the 17th head.

40 for 5.

YORKSHIRE ». SUSSEX

At Scarborough, Yorkshire defeat Sussex-150 (Bowes 7 for 34) and

ed Sussex hy ten wickets.

310.

Yorkshire 380 (Hutton 177, Nye 5 for 100) and 00 for 0.

ESSEX, LANCASHIRE

At Kowloon F.C.

At the Kowloon Football Club, H. Gittens beat J. S. Riddell 21-14 on the 25th head. He led all the way and led 17-9 on the 20th end, when Riddell began to find his game.

3. A. Luz beat J. N. Wong 21-13 on the 20th head on the same green. Wong began well, with two 2's, und At Colchester, the match between was leading 5-1 on the fourth end. He recorded two singles in the Essex and Lancashire was abandoned only ends and was trailing owing to rain.

Lancashire-207 (Peter Smith 7-10 after the 13th head. Luz scor- ed-two 3a and Ave. 2's, while Weng for BT). WARWICKSHIRE ♥. MIDDLESEX had one 3 and three twos.

The match at Birmingham between! was Warwickshire and Middlesex also abandoned.

Warwickshire.---55 for 0.

SURREY. GLAMORGAN At the Oval, the match Surrey and Glamorgan doned.

between was aban-

Surrey--123 and 0. WORCESTERSHIRE . DERBY

the match between At Dudley

and Derby was Worcestershire abandoned.

Derbyshire. 388 for B (Smith 132).

ROYAL NAVY. THE ARMY The two-day match, at Lord's be tween the Royal Navy and the Army was interfered with by rain and the match was abandoned.

Royal Navy-40 for 3.

The match scheduled between G. Moss and A, Eastman for the Kow- loon Cricket Club green was post- poned.

Fostponed Match

R.8. GRANT

G. HEADLEY.

L.N. CONSTANTINE

J.E.D. SEALEY

J.D. STOLLMEYER

IT ALL DEPENDS ON WHETHER HEADLEY WILL BE SUPPORTED

Prospects And Teams In

Second Test Match

In view of the fact that the English Selectors have picked such a fine team, the West Indies will have to do much better than they have been doing of late if they are to avoid defeat again in the Second Tost which begins at Manchester-to-day.

The English team is as follows:

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W. R Hammond (Gloucester), Capk, Paynter (Lancashire), Hutton League Tennis (Yorkshire), Farr (Rent), Compton Paying at the resumption of their Iiddlesex), Hardstaff (Notts), Wood game which was postponed on Mon-Yorkshiro), Wright (Kent), Bowes day owing to the rain, A. R. Minu (Yorkshire). Copson (Derbyshire) beat F. P. Anslow 21-14 yesterday, and Goddard (Gloucester).

was 0.0 at the 10th Their score bead, when the game was adjourned.

Kowloon C.C. Beaten By HongkongC.C.

This is about the strongest side that Yesterday. Anslow added one point can be picked at the present moment, to his score at the 13th head, and and though some people may regret for the next four the absence of Verity, the Yorkshire xept that score heads, after which he steadily made left-hander, the inclusion of Goddard, who is showing such splendid form

At the Hongkong Cricket Club up the deficiency.

Minu played fine bowls and was now, cannot be said to have weaken- consistent. He had a four

In the ed the English attack. The balting, yesterday in a Mixed Doubles League as before, remains strong, and with tennis match, Kowloon Cricket Club last head.

Fagg opening the innings with Hutton, suffered defeat at the hands of the a good start for England seems home team by 5% to 3% sets.. assured.

H. J. Armstrong and Mrs. L. R. Andrews (H.K.C.C.) beat S. A. Groy and Mrs Smeby 6-2, beat A. According to a Reuter cable re-While and Miss V. Bradbury 6-4, ceived this morning, the West Indies lost to F. Grose and Miss Stokes are likely to be represented by the 4-5, following:

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W. Sander and Mrs. A. E. Lissaman (H.K.CC.) beat Gray und Smeby 0-1 R. 8. Grant. (Capt.), J. B. Stoll-lost to White and Miss Bradbury 2-0, meyer, George Headley, G. Gomez, beat Grose and Miss Stokes 0-4.

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Miss Bradbury 2-0, beat Grose and Miss Stokes 6-2.

This team is not lacking in bell- llance, but, of them all, only George Headley, and to a lesser degree, Jeff Stollmeyer, can be relied upon in the batting line, which has been their Too much greatest weakness to date. scems to depend upon Headley: it may be a slight exaggeration, but one has now come to think of the West Indians in Test matches as "Headley out, West Indies all out."

Adrian Quist In Tennis Final

Chestunt Hills, July 21.

E.A. MARTINDALE

Passing Of Noted Turf Personality

J. T. Downing Who Once Won Fortune

On One Race

Shefeld, July 11. One of the biggest wins in modern racing-£45,000 on a single race

UNION BREWERS TO BE SEVERELY TRIED: PLAY THE MINDANAO TO-DAY Umpires Still Uncertain About The Ground Rules

(By "Bingle")

Now that the League is going into its home stretch, and Beer Baron Bennett's Union Brewers have just about clinched the flag, there is one aggregation which might, and could, wrest it from thom. This is the Mindanao squad, who are out for revenge to-day when they meet the Brewers at 2.30 p.m., at Caroline Hill,

Both teams are intuet, plthough was anybody's game until the last Charlle Horton might not be in the minute. I would say that they have Mindanao line-up: If he is, I'll bajo chance to win. A mighty big dif- his swan song, and I, for one, will ference has been witnessed from the be hoping that he'll be out there. time the season started, when the Charlie's showing lust Sunday should Nam Iiwa boys looked like a bunch have some redeeming feature, and of bushers, to their present callbro it's up to him to show us what he of play. Foxy 'Grandpa' Leung pro- really has on the ball. Whichever tably has something to do with it, way the fans look at it, the fight will I do believe.

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Battery for South China will again good one. Both sides are out for blood-and, incidentally, the pen- be Hank Chang and Dynamo Ho, nant and I wouldn't be surprised it while U.B., with no relief hurler,

Silm Arculi we all got our four blits warth out! must rely there.

The Beermen will have the same bullery and so will the gobs: Slim Arcuit and Hal Winglee for UB, and Crooner Ruel and Paintpot Thomas for Mindanao.

THE nightcap at 11.30 nm., between

the Hongkang Baseball Club end U. S. S. Mindanno will probably be another dismal affair. Larry Law- rence is back in our midst and will take the mound again for the Mol- WO double-headers are scheduled thenmen, but it won't make much for the week-end when Club de difference who pitches. It's Min- Recreio and Chinese Baseball Club danno's game!

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on a bounce, and three bases for pi O-MORROW'S double bill com-batted ball that lands on the right-

mences at 10 a.m.-I hope when field bank,

Batted ball that reaches the leftfield South China clashes with Unfor Brewery. I UB should win the fence, through it or is, stopped there, previous day, this tussle will have no entitles the batter to three bases. But, Batted ball over the fence is a home bearing on the championship. should it be otherwise, I'm thinking run, automatically. that the stand will be packed,

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A passed ball is called every time stiff scropit touches the stand when the ball is

against Mindanao last Sunday, and it in play.

Which Is More Important:

Offense Or Defense?

ARGUMENTS over the relative importance of baseball offense

was once made by Mr. J. T. Downing, and defense are never ending. Both are essential to a well-rounded of racehorses, who has died in a

noted betting operator and owner ball team, but which is the more important of the two?

-Champions at the defence recall eighty thousand dollars a year for Sheild nursing home after an operation for appendicitis.

famous teams like the hitless won his defensive work in the outfield, "Pip" Downing, who at 13 was ders, the White Sox of 1900. They brilliant as that work has proved to working in a Yorkshire coal mine, also point out that the champion Red be? Did Hornsby draw forty thou- built up from small beginnings on Sox teams for several seasons were sand dollars annually from the Chi- of the Inrgest bookmaking firms in the country, with office in Shemidore noted for their impregnable cage Cubs because at his ficiding defense than for their smashing at- around second base, or because he and Rotherham.

tack. They also recall alugging was the greatest right-hanted batter Later he left the business largely to the care of his brother, and be- teams weak on the defense that found the National League ever produced? And how about Ty Cobb? What regular racegoer, owner of the pennant pace all too swift.

Against such claims comes the made him baseball's greatest player? one of the many racehorses, and

challenging rejoinder that the punch His work in snaring grounders and leading backers in Tattersall's Ring

What is the high files or bis work at bat and on His bly success was with his horse is the thing in baseball, North Drift-named after a section keynote of the modern game, any- the base paths? of the pit in which he worked as a way? The home run! Who were Babe Ruth the highest paid stars? boy.

North Drift won the Manchester and Rogers Hornsby. Did Babe get

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DOYLE IN ANOTHER FIASCO

London, July 11. Once again Jack Doyle's meeting with Eddle Phillips of London, ended In a Blasco. The fight was scheduled for ten rounds but ended after two minutes and twenty-four seconds with Doyle on his back counted out. Doyle began in his usual style and in the first half minute Phillips was twice down on one knee. Doyle was

In the Longwood Bowl tennis Just punching at him while Phillips, tournament semi-finals to-day, Adrian obviously all nerves, spent most of A pleasing feature of the team's Quist, of Australia, defeated the Stan- the time endeavouring to cover up. dispings has been the fine form shown ford star, Bob Low, by 9-0, 6-3, 6-3, He did land two lefts lo. Doyle's face by Jeff Stollmeyer, the "baby" of Jack Crawford, another member but they were half-hearted affairs. the touring side. For one so young of the Australian Davis Cup team, Indeed. Doyle disregarded this-and his game is remarkably matured, and meets Cena Mako to-morrow, to his great mistake.

recent matches have confirmed all the United Press.

good reports about him.

One experienced member of M.C.C. recently called him Palairet of the Lovely Idles," after accing him make a splendid century ukainst Middlesex. -

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A Reuter message says that sun- shine is drying the wet. wicket after the recent rains. Prospects for to-day ara bright If the weather continues. Another good match is indicated.

Phillips. was

getting under a left of Doyle's, and The shot home a right and left to Doyle's 'stomach. He was doubling up, and Doyle went on his back to be counted out. It was one of the most remarkable first rounds ima- ginable. At one period it looked as If Doyle had only to hit Phillips three seconds later it was Doyle who was stretched on the canvas with only the power to scrape a glove in a neutral corner. As a matter of fact the count waa Owing to the lack of a quorum, unnecessary for Doyle was out for the annual meeting of the Hongkong nearer twenty than ten seconds.

p.m. when the Rifle Association, which was to have August 1, at 6.30 been held at the China Fleet Club, meeting will be held in the Jacobean yesterday, WAS: postponed until Room of the Hongkong Hotel.

Attract A Quorum

In these examples the offense marshals strong arguments. Even (Continued on Page 13.)

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