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Tuesday,

HONGKONG TELEGRAPH

August 29, 1939.

QUARTER-FINAL BOWLS MATCHES DISAPPOINTING

Here And There With "Abe"

English Girls Fail Once More In Wightman Cup

WI

WHEN you need four matches for rubber and you have a player who is assured of taking two of them on her own and a third with her

In the doubles, partner

you may rightly regard the enunter as al rendy In the bat."

Bellain's second string pair, the first, of course, being Miss Stammers and Hammersley (nee Freda Mrs.

Nuthall und James). Miss

Miss Brown, despite having Won the telte title together, were no match

fre

you have for her teams Miss Bundy and Miss Arnold,

Niisa Helen Juerba, Mrs. Sarah Palfrey-Fabyan, Miss Dorothy

who conceded only four Raines in the two sets. If only fritain had finished the test day one match In

might

and Mix Arnold. And thus the lead instead of une down, there

have been a

Mrs. Fabyan-the

Marble

her

fo

out in the 1930 Wightman Cup

a fight of it yet. test between the fending Early teants But as it was though Miss Valerie players of United States and Great Stult defeated Britain. The match,

played

at only really bright ante in the con- Forcat Hilla over the week-end, e-text from the British point of view sulted in na easy victory for the

thes!--the result With ever really ini American girls by five to two after doubt. Mice

dropped they had led 2-1 at the end of the Bet set against Miss Stammers, but Brst day's play. Since 1030, British steadied herself sufficiently

the next two sets, and with indles have not triumphed in this take

and the 1939 quest for the li

the Mi Stommers' defeat the English contest, Cup started

unce

again on a rather bops faded it altogether. Of the forlorn note. This is not surprising 17 series played to date since the In view of the fact that in Miss Alice Cup was Arst played for in 1923, the Marble, the Wimbledon champion, United States has won 13, with 12 Home Football the Americans had a player who was matches won, against Great Britain's

of winning empable

three matches four series with 47 matches won. off her own racket-two singles and

the

doubles with Mrn. Fabyan

Miss Marble made short chrift of Migs Kay Stammers in the Wimble don final, and therefore it was not to be expected that the English girl turn the tables, takbig into would consideration the fact that the con- Marble's home test was on Miss

And if court, so to speak. Stammers had no chance of over- coming Mian Marble, nobody else in the side had.

Misa

Missed Opportunity WHAT & nity the first doubles match went to United States of to Britain! Miss Betty Nuthall and Miss Nina Brown, who represented Britain this match,

Instead

Davis Cup Trail

PREDICTIONS regarding the pro-

gress of the Davis Cup compo» uition in 1939 have turned out to be mare or less correct. The only mis-j take made by pre-season prophets

was that, Yugo-slavin won the European Zone instead of Germany. But whether Yugo-Stavin or Ger- ***** many, Australin was generally ex- pected to meet the United States in the Challenge Round as it was re- cognised that neither Yugo-Slavia nor Germany was strong enough to beat Australia in the Inter-Zone Final

had any other country won through to the Challenge Round, it

not would be too difficult to assess the chances of each country inasmuch as in all

Blackpool's Second Win Of Season

London, Aug. 28. Blackpool scored their second victory in two matches in the First Division of the English Football League to-day when, playing at home, they defeated Brentford by two goals to one.

In the Second Division, West Ham are not regular partners. Mis Nut-ikelihood the leading playerss would also registered their second success in ball's rear partner la Miss Jean have met before in international Nicoll, while Miss Brown's is Miss tournainents this year.

two games when they beat Fulham But in Austy the same score. Rita Jarvis. But neither Miss Nicoll train's cuse it is all different. Aus- nor Miss Jarvis was in the Brittiolians did not go to Europe and did Of the five matches played in the team, and to perforce Miss Nuthall not compete eller in France or Third Division, one in the southern had to team up with Mian Brown os

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NOT A VERY GOOD SHOT.—An incident in the Goscombo-O'Sullivan Cup bowls match on the Police R.C. groan on Sunday when, in one of theo games played, the Prison Department defeated Government House by 25-13. His Honour Sir Atholl MacGregor, the Chief Justice, looks on as the No. 3's apply the tapa-Staff Photographer.

Leeds Beats Halifax In Rugby League

London, Aug, 20,

In the Rugby League, Leeds de- fented Halifax to-day by nine points to eight-Reuter.

fewer than three resulted in victories! for away teams.

The following results of matches are cabled by Reuter:

FIRST DIVISION

1 Everton

Aston Villa Blackpool 2 Brentford Stake

Coventry

SECOND

Millwall Wednesday West Ham

Bolton DIVISION

2

*

3 West Bromwich

3

Pirmouth

2

Barnsley

2 Fulham THIRD DIVISION (SOUTH) Northampton 1 Exeter

THIRD DIVISION (NORTH)

2 Oldham

Halifax Lincoln

Rotherham Barrow

2

• Darlington York

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Famous Cricketers To Marry

London, Aug. 18. Two famous Yorkshire cric- keters are to be married-but they will have to wait until the end of the cricket season.

Leonard Hutton, record- breaking England batsman, who scored 364 against Don Bradman's Test team at the Oval last year, will marry Miss Dorothy Dennis, whom he met when he was an unknown She is the sister of player. Frank Dennis, the former Yorkshire player.

was

Frank Smailes, who selected as a bowler to play in the Third Test last year-- the Test was washed out owing to rain is to marry Dorothy Stubbs.

Hutton's marriage will take place on September 30, and Smailes on September 21.- United Press,

County Cricket

Yorkshire Win Again

London, Aug. 28. At-Bournemouth, Yorkshire took only two days to beat Hampshire in

U. M. OMAR BEATS H. WHITE 21-1: REMEDIOS WINS

ONLY ONE I.R.C. MAN LEFT IN TOURNAMENT

(By "Abe")

U. M. Omar, A. R. Dallah, B. Basto and C. F. Remedios won their way into the semi-finals of the Open Bowls singles championship of tho Colony yesterday by winning their quarter-final matches. None of the four games produced the tight fight that had been expected: in fact, in one match, that between Omar and H. White, the former won with ridiculous caso, by 21-1.

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Omar was in irresistible form on The following were the scores of the Club de Recreio green, drawing the matches: well round the jack all the time and

U. M. OMAR

H. WHITE taking only 12 heads in which to dispose of his opponent. Omar led 10-0 after Ave heads, conceded n single on the sixth, and ran off with another 11 rots in the next Elx heads for victory.

White could not settle down and was never in the pleurr.

On the Kowloon B.G.C., M. R. Abbas gave promise of holding C. F. Remedios, the former Shanghai 11 chanulon, in the first few heads, but 12 his game deteriorated in the closing stares. At the end of the 6th end, Abbas was leading 8-1, but Remedios then got used to the green and slowly but steadily caught up with his up- ponent.

The turning point came in the 15th head, when Abbas was still leading |10-9. Remedios drew three beauties round the Jack and blocked Abbas on the drawing band with his last

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which was also in, the count. 1.R.C. player had to come up on the other hand, but he was slightly 1 16 too narrow. With the four on this fend, Remedios formed into the lend jand never relinquished it.

REMEDIOS SHINES

13

10 17

Even then, the match promised to well to the jack. be close as both men were drawing 20

The main differ-

221 ence in the game of the two men was į 56 that Remedios brought off his best

23 shots at the right time; almost in- variably when Abbas was lying one or two, Remedios would come up to take the shot away. On the other hand, Abbas was not successful when Remedios was huving the shot,

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At the 20th, the score was 16-14 it was still anyone's game. Remedios, however, scored on the next three beads, a single, three and two giving him 22 well-deserved win. Abbas had only himself to blame for the three on Use 22nd end. There was nothing to lose in being up wit

with 12 his last wond as Remedios was already 13 lying three, but though he had the perfect green he was a yard short.

On the 23rd, Remedios was again 16 in deadly drawing -form and drew three slots. With his third wood, Abbas managed to take third shot. but his lost was wrecked.

DALLAH THROUGH

As might have bean expected. A the County Cricket Championship, R. Dallah repented last year's per- the semi-finals

winning by an innings and 11 runs.formance of Perkins, of the Police:

As a result of this victory, Yorkshire by beating G.

Itas annexed the champinahip R.C., on the Civil Service C.C. green. once again.

Hampshire-118 (Verity & for 223 and 110.

Yorkshire,243 (Dean 5 for 56).--

Reuter.

“NOISE" PROTESTS ANGER CAMPBELL

Coniston, Aug. 14.

Sir Malcolm Campbell, who ar rived here to-night, fold me that he was angry about the protests from the Lake District against his attempt to break the world's speed record ón Coniston Water, writes an English correspondent,

"If I had taken Blue Bird II. abroad I would have been received with open arms," he said. **In Americn. I would probably have had half a million people lining the banks while I made the attempt.

have ever

This is the first lime attempted to race on a British lake. and immediately I have shoals of protests. I think it is ridiculous. If they want to stop all noise on water In the Lake District, why not niso close all roads to motor `trafle?

ALL BRITISH

"This is O British-bullt boat- partly designed by the Admiralty— has a British crew, and will try to | establish ́bi' record on a British fake. U häs taken two years to build, and the results of the trials may be of the greatest importance to the coun-

i didn't want to go abroad, be cause of the uncertain international situation. If I had gone to Italy. thousands of pounds worth of stuff could have been lost.

****It is also necessary for me to be in England: da I hold a commission

in the Territorial "Army."

(Bir Malcolm succeeded in break- ing the record last week).

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C. F. REMEDIOS

M. R. ABBAS

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14

B. BASTO

A. R. MINU

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Dallah played a steady rather than spectacular game, and a four on the 18th, head helped him considerably. 10

On the same green, B. Basto

"did extremely well to beat A. R. Minu 21-8. The latetr was not playing at his best, having difficulty almost throughout with his weight.

A. R. DALLAH

G. PERKINS

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