1940-08-30 — Page 14

Friday.

HONGKONG TELEGRAPH

August 30, 1940.

ORIGIN OF CRICKET? STOOLBALL IN THE TEMPLE

Stoolball Matches For Red Cross Fund

Don Bradman Stands Against Sport During War Time

(By "Tinker"}

STOOLBALL, claimed by many as the origin of cricket, is making itself known to the public once more as it did for a while during the last war. During that period—1915-18—use was made of Lord's for exhibition games in aid of the war of- fort.

Taking its place among other games in the concerted sports drive in aid of the War Fund, which now total near- ly £75,000, stoolball was played last month on the lawns

of the Inner Temple. The accompanying picture shows Major Baseball

one of those games in progress.

These exhibition games were

organised by Mr. W. W. Gran-

tham, K.C., who maintains that

Stoolball was "the father of Two Shanghai Swimming

cricket". It takes but a glance

to show the similarity of the

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however, The

played To-day, or as was mentioned in the "Domesday Book," bears but slight Actual resemblance to the original.

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stops were used as the that gianes, and, strend, when the ball was hit by the batenat, other players quatting around in forta of vierte Lose from their wifet seals and rant

the principle ut! rounders

To-day the stools air replaced by boards mensuring some 18 inches by 12 and are placed about 4 feet above the ground. These slope backwards and are placed bust 15 yards apart. Fielders number the same as in

Ku are cricket.

scored by hits. There I

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The bats "stumped" in the rules

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bats, and the ball is of a hard tennis

ball variety, which

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The ball la bowled underhand, and like baseball pitcher, the bowler must keep the ball in the air.

Bloolball, formerly very popular nl Home, is now played mostly in the villages of Sussex.

FROM

the

Records Broken

TWO Shanghai swimming re- cords went

Jant hy the board Saturday when Jack Lumsdaine, back-stroke star of the northern part, clocked 1 mln. 48 2/3 seca. for the 150 yards back-stroke,

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Meadmore Colicite shattered the women's mark for the 100 yards free-style, covering the distance in 69 secs

Both these times beiter the previous marks by two seconds,

League Tennis

KOWLOON BEAT FILIPINOS IN "D" DIVISION

taying at home in the "D" Division of the Tennis League yesterday, the Filipino Club were beaten 6-8 by the Kowloon Cricket Club.

Storen were:

beiro and F. Gonsalves lost to app and Gillard 4-0 lost to Perry and Perkina 4-0: beat O'Neill and Zulauf

"down under como news that Don Bradman is not only against war-time cricket but against any form of sport at all

F. Choo and Z. G. Slen lost to Rapp,¦ strite. He during the period of

and Gitlard 4-0 Just to Perry and expressed his opinions in letter to the President of the Victoria Perklas 6-, beat O'Neill and Zulauf

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Cricket Association.

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though

since then Victoria, South Austra- A. Banker und 1 Souza beat Happ tin and Queensland have voted and Gillard 0-2; Jant to Perry and Per-

matcheskins 1-0 lost 10 O'Nelli against Shefeld Shield

for the duration. It far't very likely 14-0 that Bradman will have so very

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thinking.

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und phaulsend the importance of the news people. From England

ITI stwort the carrying on that the Australian contingent there tonal way. The M.C.C were in- have already formed a cricket team stantly encouraged to keep Lord's and arrangements are under weigh open for Servier vricket, and no one to have an Australion XI play the is going to suggest that there is any London Counties at Lord's

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Stoolball match in progress on the lawns of the Inner Temple. Arranged by Mr. W. W. Grantham, K.C..., stoolball has joined in the world-wide aporta drive for funds to aid the war effort.

Lawn Bowls

Omar Brothers Reach Quarter-Finals Of Pairs Championship

EXCEPT for a short spell in the middle of the game, when W. Gill and G. Duncan drew within one shot of their opponents-9-10-the Omar Brothers, U. M. and A. M., maintained a comfortable lead throughout the fourth round match in the lawn bowls pairs championship played at the Civil Service C.C. yesterday, and eventually won 25-11; thus qualifying for the quarter-final stages.

From 10-9, by which they were] leading on the 14th head, the Omars scored 15 shots over the last seven heads-4,2,4,0,2,1,2- while Gill and Duncan were only able to add their further two shots on the 18th end.

The Omor brothers run into an early lead, and were leading 7-0 at GM and the end of the 4th end,

Sports Personalities

From Shanghai

Two Hongkong Interport sporting personalities arrived in Tiongkong yesterday in the course of passing; through the Colony.

They were Mrs. I. Stone, Hongkong and half-back hockey singles over the next three bends, former "Y" Ladies' left-half, and F. but the Omar added a 2 a one Cessford, Hongkong Interport Rugby to set up their seven-shots lead stand-off-half.

Duncan suceerded in scoring three Interport

(10-3) agai.

LEAD REDUCED At this stage, however, Duncan doggedly. und at times

Gill and

brilliantly set out to reduce that trad i with a 4 on the next head, which

and with 12,1,1,1, drew up to 8-10 was followed by a 2 and then un- Eleven shots in the head, and it seemed promised that the game other 4.

gothe was, at least, going to be very close, with only four heads to

The Omars shattered these hopes upposition's chances were slim, and the as if to make doubly certain, Omars added 2,1 and 2 on the last three heads, after Gill and Duncan hud scored 2 on the 18th.

Wireless Telegraphers Win

11 cues anti-sport feeling tinuaire of sport provided There is no

with any vital whr there. In fact, from reports, the Aussies are eager, most cager, to get their hands on a bat and ball once more.

Britain Is the centre of the con- AL Aict: Australia is far removed. the outbreak of 1rouble Home Government took a broad outlook

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not interfere work at hand.

The Australians cannot be told what to do, but the Home Country has set the example, though even without that example they will undoubtedly see that the policy of carrying on is the best.

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Inter-Section Trophy

RECORDING VICTORIES in nearly every event for which they entered, the Wireless Telegraphy Section of the Royal Corps of Signals beat the Rest to win the Inter-Section trophy at the Corps' annual Grave (Beat), Time 10 2/5 sec.

lengths breast-stroke-1, swimming aports held at the Ferris (W/1): 2 L/Cpl. Party (W/T). " Army pool, Victoria Barracks, Time ba 4/8 secs.

Diving (igh and low boards)-1, Blg. yesterday.

McCann (WT) (24 pts): 2 W/Cpl. Party (Mobile) (22 pt.) L/Cpl. Truscoit (test) (2011 pts).

Sig. Latter attracted attention in the Long Plunge in all three tries he plunged around the 50-foot mark.

Results were:

Plunging1 8g. Latter (West) (51. 7 in) 2. Big, Bennett (W/T.) (45 11, 2 ins); 3, L/Cpl. Thorley (Rest) (45 ft.).

Two lengths tree-style-1. Big. Allen (WT): 2 Big Bennett (W/T.); J, Sig. Hodges. Timo 44 4/9 sCOL

*Two

Sig.

Old Soldier Racn-1, Sgt. Wathen; 2 Capt. Hayes

Inter-Mess Italay,-1, Men (70 2/5 sec);

2. Corporala (50 secs); 3. Omeers and Sergennis.

Diving for plates.-I, L/Cpl. Truscott; 2, Sig. Davan

One length Novices race—i, Big, Lecs (W/TJ; *, Big, Roellich (W/T); 3, L/Cpl.seca).

Women's Golf

Competitions Cancelled By Evacuation

SEVERAL

The scores were:

A. M. Omar and

U. M. AT

W. Oil and

c. Dunca

Hongkong C.C. Teams

The following have been chosen to

1

Laing.

Obstacle race-1. Sig. Morgan and Sig.represent the Jiongkong Cricket Club

in League Lawn Bowls matches to Inter-Section relay-1. Wireless Tele-jmorrow: proph' 1 min. 57 seca); 2, Best (2 mins.

"E", Taikoo (home)-- F. D. Angus, W. J. Hansen, J. L. Mouat Novelty race-Bly, Price and Sig. Mo- and E.B. Abraham. Cann,

A. T. Lay, A D. Humphries, E. Hospes and R. R. Davies.

AK. Mackenzie, J. A. Angus, I. Á. Edwards and W. Brown.

200 yarda feco-style/1, Big. Allen (W/T.) 2 L/Cpl Thorley (est); 3. Big, Bennett (W. Time 2 mins, 7 2/8 soch. Invitation Relay-1, Royal Scots (1 Hunter Bandmaster Jordan, L/Cp!, Slater and Cpl. Butherland); % Middlesex "A" J. Middick "". Time 2 mins. 59 2/5 Inter-Section Water-polo-Wireless Tola graphy beat Rest by goals to nil. Goal scorers Word Cpl. Bedford 3. Sig. Allen

COMPETITIONS of 2, Big, Bennett 1, Big. Will 1 the women's 'motion, of the Royal| Hongkong, Golf Club have been, can- celled owing to 120 evacuation. These are the Driving. Approaching and. Putting competitions arranged for September 24, and the Captain's Cup 1945 competition, for which, to date, eight have qualised bat have been evacuated," -

The Autumn meeting of the: Ladies" Section of thổ Noyal Hongkong "Golf{ Club will be held at Deep Water Bay oa September, 2497 KEN

A Tombstone Competition will short- ly be held and an entrance feat of 81 In ald of the British War Organisation Fund will be made. The compatilon may be played any time during tho day, all cards to be returned by p.m. Players will arrange thal, own partners; a prize will be given, Me The Committee of the

Bection would find it very helpful 38 - those players wishing to compete would kindly: sign; the" list all Dosp Water Bay, or ring up Mrs. Showan, Tel. 31325 or Birs Mackintosh, Teli

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