1940-05-14 — Page 18

Tuesday,

HONGKONG TELEGRAPH O May 14, 1940.

"R. Abbit's". Cricket Comments

POLICE

Tel. 28151.

SECURE SHIELD THEY'RE COOL

Indians' Gallant Effort Fails By Five Runs In Thrilling Game

Regional Football At Home

LONDON, May 13 (Reuter) —The following

were

the results of Regional soccer matches played to

Cup Final

day:

Everton

(at Liverpoo{}

6 Liverpool

English

SOUTH "A"

Southend

3

Norwich

SOUTH "B"

Fulham

6 Reading

SOUTH "C"

2

© Arsenal

1 Westham

SOUTH "D"

2 Aldershot

MIDLAND

3 Northampton

Millsvall Portsmouth

Brighton Crystal Pal.

Luton

Wolves

Excellent Innings By T. R. Hunter And M. R. Abbas

IT SEEMS TO BE the fashion in these days to go in for cliches so I will produce the hackneyed one that cricket history was made on Sunday last! am practically certain that no League game has ever been played during May before. It was also the first occasion on which the Police have won the Second Division Shield although I was told that somewhere just before 1913 they very nearly won the First Division. Incidentally, I personally have never before umpired a game right hrough a Luckily the rain did not young thunderstorm.

come down very heavily and the match was not delayed.

HECTIC SCORING IN OPENING GAMES OF BASKETBALL LEAGUE

(By "Guard")

Hot shooters kept their opponents and the score- keepers busy last Saturday evening as six teama competed in the cage League held for the second time this present season at the Chinese Y.M.C.A.

Yesterday's

Sweep Winners

Cash

2

nare 1

$1.485.40

In second division en- counter, Chineso Y.M.C.A. "B" team stampeded through Hung Ying to a 41-29 points victory. Cheong Shui-tong and Chung Kim-sang did yeoman service for the Y, and between them wore responsible for the greater portion of the score.

Wong Sau-pang and Lum Mon- chlu hurried into the coffin corner, to try some of their favourite, shots, but the indoor track which circles *No 2040

the basket immediately above spoiled 24

424.40

whatever good shots might have 110.

212.79

them. However, Unplaced pontes 1850 each): Nos. 985, come Irum

for their managed to gain points side with БОТО excellent under- basket work and long shots.

+1

I greatly admire the way in which both sides were 80 determined to get this match play off. A week before they 1756, 3230, 605, 32, 2355, 3376, 1963, 1034, 7. had turned up though it was almost a certainty that the drizzle was too heavy to allow play.

On Sunday the weather was humid though it

2 somewhat

Queen's P.R. 2 might have been much hotter COUNTY CRICKET

5 West Brom.

EAST MIDLAND

Notts F.

1 Grimsby

1

WESTERN

Manchester C.

@ Crewe

Portvale

· Tranmere

Wrexham

3 New Brighton 5 Stoke

than it was. At the beginning there were frequent squalls of wind, but these gradually died

away and about 3 o'clock it began to spit rain.

A thunder-

storm started drifting up from

STARTS WITH. FRIENDLIES

1002

Rare Z

$1,400,00 - No 1100

424.00 г 970

112.40 Unplaced ponies 1830 each): Nos. 32. 260, 1701 2310, 613, 3821. 232, 3423. 2560, DO, 2094.

2030.

Itaco J

No 600

H

320B 3737

$1,010 545 214

they

PUI YING-WAH KUI ROIST

IN the first division scramble, Pui Ying overcame Wah Kiu 30-20 in free-for-all, what amounted to Outstanding basketeers for Pul Ying were Lal Lin-yuk, Chan Chok-tong, Unplaced ponies ($50 each): No. 1091. |Lam Mu-lee and Tong Shek-chow. 1787, 202, 3012, 1520, 1835.

in for some

Race 4

Ласо Б

No. 1000

7+

1077

$2.297.40 (30.40 328.20

and Tang came Lam sharp shooting from long range, while Lai and Chan sneaked in often! enough to score from underbasket, to put up a substantial score.

Cheong Yiu-lum was the only Wah Kiu man who did an ounce of good work for his side, being more con- cerned about gaining points than

with trying conclusions

the Pul Unplaced nonles (530 each): Nos. 1. Yingers..

No. 847

$1,054.20 201

341.20 ..3331

270.00 Unplaced ponies (330 each): "Nos. 3407. LONDON. May 13 (Reuter) 1927, 2859, 158, 2135, 2041, 055, 1059, the west, but, fortunately, it County cricket made a start to-day 515, 3341, 3129. drifted along the other side of with two friendly two-day matches Harbour and disappeared between Leicestershire and Northants, the

and Notts and Derbyshire, Leicester somewhere in the north-east.

beat Northants by eight wickets, but Although the rain was fairly heavy the second game was drawn.

not allowed to LEICESTER V. NORTHANTS

Leicester beat Northants by eight Interfere with the cricket, and after about half an hour it took off. The wickets at Barwell zplich was in excellent condition but was taking a fair amount of spin. But nothing got up barring a few heavily spun short balls,

1 Manchester U. 2 for a time it was

NORTH WESTERN Blackpool 11 Oldharn Southport

Cardif Plymouth Swansca

Airdrie

1 Bolton

SOUTH WESTERN

4 Newport

4 Bristol R.

6 Bristol C

Scottish

WESTERN

4 St. Mirren

League Rugger

Letcester.105 (Drake 6 for 28) and 151.

tor 2.

23-0.

Race 6

No. 1001

$32

$2,203.00

€53.40 327.70

CLOSE BATTLE

A ceruppy Kwok Mun quintetie Unplaced panles (850 caelt): Nos. 1157. rallied in the last few minutes to

Northants.-162 for 8 dec., and 801043, 103, JAD.

NOTTS V. DERBY Notts and Derby drew at Notting- ham.

Hace 1

No. 1446

101 1309

$2,103.00 £20.00

· 313.40 Unplaced ponies (150 each)? Nós.

Derbyshire-239 and 201 for 8 dec, 420, 1102, 035, 2612, 2100, 100, 4000 (Alderman 100 not out).

Notts-334 for 9 dec. (Heane 101),

DETERMINED TO FINISH

the toss, and THE LRC. won 2 Razack put the Pollee in-a polley which is the only sound one if it is desired to finish the match one way

the other. Carey and Hunter and 05 for 1.

a quick opened as usual, and Carey took a single from the first over from MR. usual, to give Estall

who

chance in the sllps which was Abbas. A. el Arculli, Ist the north end, sent down a beauty well taken.

his frat ball-a good

Or

for

2508 ATAY

Races

42.168.00 070.00 338.40

nip Kay Tge, 36-35 in the night- capper of the evening. The game waxed fast and furious with the score trickling in due to bad shoôi- Ing. Towards the end of the first 42. halt, they appeared to find the bas

ket, and the same thing repeated it- self in the second half.

No. 3681

Unplaced ponies ($50 each) Nos. 3110 1144, 4035.

Race

No. 4703

2070

$2.356.00

673.40 334,70

------Nac# 10

No. 1773

LL

388

" 4323

$4,854,20 1301.20 - 650.00

The second half proved the more exciting as both teams raced neck and neck for the lead which they gained in turn only to lose it shortly afier. Cagers Cheng Kai-ming and Tum Chok-chan for Kwok Mun Unplaced ponies (850 each): Nos, 230 provided the most excitement for turning in blt from leg-which Both Curreem and Razack dug in

batting as 4304, 923, 1157, 3120, 1015.

their side, banging their way in Alibuslar fashion to obtain points. completely. Shortly with Barma, who was beat Carey

Tam- LONDON, May 13 (Renter) after, he

Chan-kuen-was For Kay-Tse,-7 bowled Clarke and the stolidly as usual, and for some time

top-scorer wili a total of 14 points followiur were the results of Rugby price had two wickets down for the only Police success was the 1.b.w. off Lewis which sent Curreem back.

from long (7 goats), most taken League matches played to-day:

Live.

The Indians, however, were falling

and Leong Unplaced ponies ($100 each): NOR. 09. range. Slu Tim-lim Batley

According to the score sheet behind the clock, and when Pope put 2043, 1888, 1811, 455, 4004.

Chok-cheong chalked up quite a few eame In next, but, if my memory serves me, Pope batted before him on Fay at the North and vice Lewis and he bowled both Barma (21) and and there was a useful stand. on All in his first over things looked bad

catching carly Bul bad undesbtedly lost the match. Fope for, the IR.C., and they looked even

Unplaced ponies ($250 each): Nos. 3540, en Razack after surviving worse when rave a simple chance in the gully an appeal for lib.w. (the ball pitched 0041, 0403, 59, 6400, 0330, 000, 0045, 0000, Tennis either before he had scored or after he had got a four through the at least six Inches clear of the leg slips I forget which He should stump) failed to learn his lesson and have been stumped when ten and got in front of one which was well shortly after was badly dropped at up and pitched on the stump.

HURRICANE

Bradford

Halifax

Huli

Salford

Wakefield

York

Wigan

15 Dewsbury

A

31 Hull-Kingston 3

33 Keighley

14

25 Featherstone

13 Broughton

34 Huddersfield

19

13 Leeds

12

13 Warington

BROOKLYN

DODGERS

WIN AGAIN

NEW YORK, May 13

(UP),-

20

the wicket.

WITH FIVE DOWN for afty all

Nace f

No. Di

5500 6073

$3,703- 1000 7000

Famous Australian Jockey Dead

to keep the excitement high.

K.I.T.C. Teams For League Matches

THE following will represent Kow- loon Indlans Tennis Club in the C. and D. Divisions of the Tennis Lea gue this week:

C. Bividos C.B.A (Home)

Aided by these escapes he ran up seemed pretty nearly over when M.

and, with Hunter playing a watchful game at the other end, the R. Abbas came in and fulfilled the score board looked a good deal better Arst duties of a slogger by hitting the ball "blooming Igh and blooming from the Police point of view.

'ard and blooming often." He hit A RUN PER MINUTE

four and, Brooklyn Dodgers won another game THE FIRST sixty runs took at his arst two balls for

arriving

to face Fay after Suffiad in the National Baseball League to hour but afterwards Fay, Hunter had produced a single, he then hit day, beating the Philadelpitla Philles Danbrowsky scored more freely. It 6-3. In the only other

game, the is only fair to the Indian bowlers to the next three balls for four, one a New York Giants trounced the Boston say that at this period the ball was pulled drive" and two lofty fours to famous Australian jockeys. Balch and If. Hanzar, C. M. Than

very greasy and hard to hold, and long stop-two amazing shots!

Greatly heartened Sufflad began to and trainer, who was three Bingh they evidently were not at home with

get going. He lost Abbas when the the sawdust grip. I think Razack after led to drive a jerker, but he times champion jockey be- probably kept Abbas and Arcuill on

Braves by 11-5.

The complete scores were:

NATIONAL LEAGUE

E

R. H.

Philadelphia

7

1

Brooklyn

€

11

2

New York

11:

10

1

Boston

11

?

There was no

schedule.

a bit too long in their first spell.

and Markne took the score steadily

FRANK WOOTTON,

However, after T H. King, who towards victory. There was a catch fore he was twenty, died at

Sydney, Australia, was playing in his 33rd season with put down, and in their excllement

the Pellee, had smacked a couple of they did their best to get ran out. fine fours and had been well caught

Then Markor was 1.b.w. to Fay-He was forty-six. In the deep trying to hit another, very palpable case,

and 8. 8. Kussain, Firdos. Khan and Dr.

Singh.

Mahan Singh, M. S, Hussain and G.

D. Division Cralgenrower

and M. II. Hasson, Jalian Dad and M

TOURNAMENT RESULTS

The following are the latest results In the Club's annual tournament:

S. A. Hussain beat Firdos Khan

6-1 in the

sem! final of the singles championship; S. R. Salleh beat G. M. Khan 6-1, 7-5 in

recently-6-3, 4-0 6-4,

Sull runs came, and then there He rode his first winner, the semi-final of the handicap singles: American League wickets went cheaply and, if my me

mory serves me, 0 wickets were down was a run out, A. H. Ismall falling Kempsey, at Germiston, South S. 5. Hussain and S. R. Salleh receiv ed a walk-over from Dr. H. M. Singl for 114 and all looked over. How to get home after a misunderstanding Africa, when he was nine.

Suffad was bowled by Lewis and

and A. Khan in the semi-final round Ho. was only thirteen when he of the doubles championship; 8, A. ever Kirby had other ideas and hi! there was frantle excitement when gallantly while Estall kept a straight 120 was hoisted with one wicket to rode Retrlove to victory at Folke-Hussain and G. M. Khan bent M.. bat and never looked like letting out.

A catch-perhaps two went adriti go. I will not assert that women stone on August 23, 1000, This was Hoosen and M. Ramzan 6-4, 6-1 in

men appealed his first winner in England,

the semi-final round of the doubles and 17 invaluable runs were added, ininted, but strong

whenever the ball hit the batsmen's

Three years later, while still an

handicap. amid loud applause. Then Abbas

apprentice to his father, Richard got in a nice length oft break to take pads irrespective of where it may

Wootton, he headed the winning Kirby's off slump and the innings have pitched!

list of Jockeys with 105 wins. closed, for 131.

One drop an

ACHING CORNS rolleron pain a three bocondil Apply Gets-It two or three times and the corn will peel right off. Millions, all over the world, use this `falthful felond of corn-muflererS

GETS-IT

Fortunately, when the end camo, it Estall deserves great credit for the was in an obvious way as A. el way in which he held up his end. It Arculli hooked Lewis round towards was not a great total but the IRC. the square leg boundary and Popen batting was known not to be toomade no mistake with the catch. reliable. I raid as the sides went in The Police had won by five runs. that I thought that the last wicket stand would make just the difference

L'Envoi !

In 1910 he was earning more than

Cabinet minister.

SPORT ADVTS.

THE HONG KONG JOCKEY CLUB

He retired at the end of the 1013) season. is; last victory. whs of Fairy King at the Warwick Novem- ber meeting,

Draft Programmes and Entry and this turned out to be a true IT WAS '& splendid match, After the great war he rode for Forma for the Sixth Extra Raco prophecy.

played throughout in a most some

me time under National Hunt Meeting to be hold on Saturday, The Indians Bat sporting spirit and the losers Rules.

For the last seven years he had 25th May, 1940 (weather permit ting) may be obtained at the THE INDIANS began their deserve nearly as much credit

he the winness. I think the lived in Australia.

He was the elder brother of Stan-Secretary's Office, Exchange Build- innings at 4.10 p.m. with Indians lost because they made ley Woollon, the Epsons trainer.

Ing; the Club House, · Happy hundred and twenty-five minutes more errors in the field and

Valley; the Hong Kong Club; the to get 131 runs. Fay bowled at because some of the errors were the Tung Wah end, but did not very expensive.

Sports Club; and the Stables, Shan Kwong Rond. settle down and was soon. roʻ The Palice, have much to thank Hoved by Pope. Lewis bowling Hunter for, as, but for his sterling. medium loft hand over the defence, they might well have wicket kept an excellent length collapsed. The IRC. Inter-batimen

played very gallantly. I congratu and got K. M. Rumjalin, who ate the Police on their win and the was opening out more than losers on their gallant effort.

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