1940-08-09 — Page 6

Friday,

HONGKONG TELEGRAPH

August 9, 1940.

LONELY

PLAYERS

AT

LORD'S

COUNTY

CRICKET STRUGGLES ON

London Counties Doing Great Work Golf

Interest To Foster Empire Elevens And Services Teams Active

STRUGGLING ALONG more for the sake of the game than anything else, for day-time matches anywhere in England at the moment aro more or less a financial "flop”, county cricketers have, where county representative teams are nil, bandod themselves into teams of other names andį are doing great work to maintain the country's in- terost in its second greatest national game.

In this respect, the London Counties XI, which, as the name implies, has been made up of players from the coun- ties surrounding London, is doing specially well. Reports of their matches appear in the Home papers as regularly as would those of a prace-time programme.

Active .on

slightly only a lesser scale are British Empire The XI's and Services teams. Royal Air Forec, particularly, in which Walter Hammond is now a Captain, futures more now in "big" cricket news than it ever did before,

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J. 5. Kemp, b Smith

E. W. Weymouth, hw, b Smith

W. A. Catton, e Price, b Durston

E. Quick, c, Price Watt

I W. Recordon. Wellard

T. A. Maxwell. bw, b Durston

C. H. Weymouth, Duralon

J. Marsh, e and b Durston

H. J. Mulley, not out

K. Heath, e Durston, Todd

Extras

Total

#

.138

Dowling-Smith 2 for 24, Wellard 2 for

ti for 25, Bucetas & for 32, East man 0 for 10, Todd 1 for 21.

Arthur Fag. (Kent) is the out-, standing batamnih of the London Counties ride. In the nine innings he has played to date, he has an aggregate of 643 runs (onec not cut) | and an average of 80.37. In bowling: J. Duraton leads the way with 31 wickets for a cost of 6 runs each.

Detailed peores of some of the match last month were:

London Counties v. Honor Oak

(at Dulwich)

LONDON COUNTIES

F. S. Lee, b Maxwell

A. Faks. b Maxwell

L. Eastman, Hw, b Cotton

1. Todd, not out.....

3. Hulme, Cotton

A. Wellard, e fecorders, bs Maxwell

Price, Best, Weyniotith

A. Watt, D. Weymouth

J. Smith, c Colton, u Kemp

A, Sandian, not out

Extras...

Total (0 wkts.)

Bowling-Colton 2 for 10. Maxwell 2 for 71. Quick 0 to 14, F. Weymouth 2 for 31 Kemp 1 for 14, Heath: 0 for 13.

Oxford v. Empire XI

(at Oxford)

TULE Varsity team won by 10 wie-

ONDON Counties won by 69 runs. LONDON you by one o the "Onks", and Mulley, the amateur international goalkeeper, might have Kone in earlier with better results. Ife discovered a flow in his own bat,

kots. This, despite the Empire borrowed that of L. Todd and then promptly hit the Kent inun into the XI's second innings effort of 308, of which E R. Conradi hit fen 4's in links for a six! golf

Todd was In

кну mood and scoring 52. R. P. Nelson clalined 51 knocked three sixes and 11 four's in and H. T. Bartlett 45. his 90 not out. Duraton captured another ve wickets.

HONOR OAK

W. G, Deni, 1 Wellard

1. Bishop, b Durston

STOP

Oxford ran

the magnificent total of 491 for 3 wickets before de- claring in the first innings, and this included two centuries-one from S. I. Phillips (178) and the other from

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and Herber Ferey Holmes Sutcliffe set up a world's first. wicket record of 555 for Yorkshire against Essex at Leyton.

Gigure WAS Immediately the reached Sutcliffe threw away ifs wicket. Then the score-board was altered to 554-the old record, mado 34 years earlier by another Yorkshire pair, J. T. Brown and John Tunniclific

Elon Ramblers v. Forty. Club match,

·tá, which ... G, TO. Allen, for the Hamblers took wickets. for 23 runs in 11 over. R. 11. Twining, who scor- ed 82, is seen here knocking Allen through the covers, There were only 2,000 spectators at this game, for peo. ple at Home now have little leisure time during the day.

The same evening, however, 10,000 fans were at Wembley Stadium to see the Cup final between West Ham and Blackburn, which the former

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Burke Wins Irish Amateur Title For Sixth Time

Bowls Pairs Tourney

R. P. PHILLIPS AND J. E. HENSON WIN ON LAST HEAD

R. P. PHILLIPS AND J. E.

W. M. O'Sullivan Beaten 4 And 3

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JOHN DURKE, of Castleroy, won the Irish Native Amateur Golf Championship for the sixik ime In ten years. On the Royal Dublin course he beat W. AL O'Sullivan in the 36-holes final by 4 and 3.

Burke was making his eighth up-

"However, the board was altered HENSON scored over A. Fpearance in the final. again to read 555 for 1. Explana-Paul and J. K. Sloan in a Third tion: the scorers had discovered

Round match in the Lawn' a no-ball which had not been

Bowls Pairs

Championship U.S. Tennis Tourney counted..

yesterday at the Kowloon Docks after a game in which amazing fluctuation of fortunes was prominent..

Second Race

Phillips and Henson won by the narrow margin of 20-19,

British Girls Gain Doubles Victory

NEW YORK, Aug. 7 (Reuter),—

At after being three in arrears at Miss Gracyn Wheeler, of the Unlied

Meeting Kowloon C. C.

the commencement of the last head.

States, to-day entered the quarter Anal of the United States Women's Singles tennis championship when she beat Miss Valerie Scott, of Great Steady bowling gave Phillips and Britain. 6-1, 6-2. Henzon a 16-B lead at the end of the

DOUBLES A Bellish ON A HARD and fast track at the 13th end, but Paul and Sloan then

women's doubles pair. a scoring streak that however, scored a success when its Kowloon Cricket Club last night. the featured in second indoor race meeting of the gained 11 shots for them over the Nina K. Brown and Miss Jarvis beat held. The meet, or next six heads to lead 19-10 on the Musa Patricia Hover and Mins Pearl Keason was

Harlan, of the United States, 6-0, 0-1. Ranised by the Australian and New 20th head.

And lense.. excitement Phillips Zealand Association, was held at the K.C.C. by courtesy of the Club Com-i mittee for the entertalument of the Henson jald the foundation of their Reservisis in the 4, and despite narrow shaves when Australian Naval

their opponents failed to take out! As for the previous meeting, the woods, chalked this 4 on thelr card Club was to win 20-19. "Melbourne Cun."

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the

again pleasantly packed, and a very

enjoyable evening was spent.

N. T. A. Fiennes (157),

OXFORD, Brst innings, 491 dec. (N. T A. Fennes 157. S. 1. Philps 178).

Second Innings

S. C. Gardner, not out

D.

2

Lloyd-Morgan, e and b Par

R.. Lust, not out

Extras

At

Other Matches

AT KOWLOON B.G.C. Kowloon Bowling Green L. J. Silva and J. F. V. Ribeiro beat V, Chittenden and W. V. Fleld 30-8. The losers scored on only six heads.

KIT.C. Beat Recreio In "D" Division

KOWLOON Indians scored an un- expected win in the D.division of the Iawn tennis league yesterday when they beat Recreio 5-4.

N. A. Beltrao and V. Yvanovich lost to S. A. and S. 5. Hurroin 1-0, beat Firdos Khan and H. Mahan Singh 7-5, beat Gurbachan Singh and M. Ramzan 0-2.

AT CIVIL SERVICE C.C.

R. M. Soares and P. Yvanovich lost 50-At-Civil Service-W.-Gilland.G.. Dun-to Hussains 1-0, lost to Khan and Singh can beat W. Melrose and J. C. Chal- 12-6, beat Singh and Ramzan 0-0

C. d'Almada and A. M. Alves lost to mers 24-10, and C. Dowman and F. Channing beat R. Maln and G. Munro Hussains 1-0, lust to Khan and Sligh

1-6, beat G. Singh and Ramzan 0-2. 10-14.

Totai (kl.), in Conradl

for Bowing-Phrow ! for 80. Walker 0 for 14,

BRITISH EMPIRE XI Fickt innings D'Arcy, e Luyt, b Wilson ...

5. Parslow, e Lloyd Morgan, b

R. P. Nelson, ibw, h Seolt

W. M. Bebbington, luw, b Singleton

If T. Bartlett, e Kinnerstey,

Simpson.........................

B. Allen, Singleton

F. R. Conradi, Singleton

A. lieckman,. Wilson....

C. L. Walker, Singleton

F. I de Sarain, not out

D. V. Knight, e Luyt, b Scatt

D. L. Danuelly. b Scott

Extras

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Total ... Bowling-lonicy & for 58, Wilson 3 for 12. Scat 3 for $4. Singleton 4 for Simpson 1 for

Second Innings

F. Parslow Scott

R. Conrad, hw, b Scott W. M. Bebbington, e Simpson,

Singleton

J. T. Battlest, e Luyt, b Waen..

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R. de Saram,e and b Sent

P. Nelson, Singleton. & Scott

D'Arcy, c Layl, b Simpson ...

Allen, Wilson, b Simpson ... Beckman, Wilson, b Scott

L. Walker, Ru, b Simpson

V. Knight. b Shinpon

L. Donnelly, not out

Extras

Total

Services-Notts Draw

(at Trent Bridge)

CERGEANT Joe Hardstal, playing against his own county, com-

pletely

a brilliant century after

taking 3 for. 40. He knocked one 6 and eleven 4's, and with A. D. Gilson

(50) added 108 for the third wicket,

NOTTINGHAMSHIRE

9. Knowler, c Warburton, b Hard-

atait...

J. Watkin, b "Warburton

C. Blunt, b Butler

D. Hounsfield. b Dedfearn"******

Market, a and b Warburton.

A. Mends, by Hardstaff repr

B, Hall Butler,

F. Skinner, b Boddy

Washbrook

A Marshall, bw, b Hardstart..

8. Hodgkins, not out ....................................

d. Woodhead, not out

Extras

Total (9 wkts, doc.)

Bowling-Butter 1 for 65, Boddy

50. Hardstar 3 for 40, Warburton 2

45, Washbrook 1 for 45, Redfern 1 for 14.

SERVICES XI

C. Washbrook, D. Hall

D. Gilion. © Marshall, b Walkin 50

Redfern, b Hall

Hardstaff, 0.2arshall, & Hall

Warburton, not out

9. Ty, b Ball

Extra

Total (8 wkcia.)

Bowlirut,Hall 4 for 58, Hodgkina o for

62. Woodanud 0 for 31,-blunt: © for 26, Watkin:1 for 34, Muružati 9 for 16.

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