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COUNTY CRICKET.

GLAMORGAN'S BID FOR WINNING POINTS

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London, Aug. 23.---Glamorgan, the cham- pionship leaders, struck a blow for vital points against Hampshire today by building up manding first innings score and taking six cheap Hampahird wickets in the last 75 minutes.

How They Stand At Close Of Play

This is how the six loading counties stood at closd of play yesterday in the concluding phase of the fight for the -county cricket. championship: gera.

Glamorgan

County

Derby

Surrey

Points Ccurrent

To patr Opponent.

100tants

Games Left

#core Opp. Score To Play 310

30/0

1

1984 Lon

03/3

245/8*

#144

M'sex

193 &

430/5

2

130/3

140

130

Somerket Surrey

70/2

213

2

450/6

103 &

130/3

245/0*

63/3

0

Yorks

Middlesex

Lancashire

• Declared.

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Glamorgan's batting was sound not spectacular, A. Dyson, E. Davis and W. Jones all combining an excellent defence with the ability to punlah any boll short of a length. Only McCorkell showed any ability to cope with some devastating slow bowling by Glamorgan when flamp- shire went in.

Al Taunton: Somerset 253 (Buse 56, Cooper 53, Robinson five for 04); Yorkshire 70.for two.

At Bournemouth; Glamorgan 315 (Dyson 51, S. Davies 74, Jones not out 78. Balley six for 85), Hampshire 50 for six.

At Dudley, Warwickshire 230 (Donnelly D6) and 38 for one: Wor- The Test selector, J. C. Clay, incestershire 108 (Hollies 4 for 37).—

Reuter. particular, was deadly, capturing three wickets at a cost of only six runs aplees in half a dozen overs.

Surrey's

championship hopes were tealt a further blow by Middlesex nt Lords today, Middlesex declared Saturday's total and dismissed Surrey in three hours 40 minutes, making them, follow on 257 runs behind.

rune

At the close, Burrey, with seven REC 121

innings wickets standing, to avoid an Innings defeat. Jim Sims, the 44 year-old slow spin bowler, was in fine form for the champions, taking five of the first six wickets for 27 runs and, in all, claiming seven for

58.

six.

after but.

Kent Lose By Au Innings And 106

Canterbury, Aug. 23.-The Aus- rattan cricketers, after scoring 361 runs in their first innings, bent Kent by an innings and 100 here today.

Turis

The devastating speed Lindwall,

of Ray Bill Johnston and Sam Loxton demoralised the Kent bats- inen In their match against the Australian here and they were twice run through cheaply to lose by nó innings and 180 runs.

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH,

TUESDAY, AUGUST 24, 1948.

NO LACK OF SPIRIT

The shinguarded legs of Catcher Andy Seminick of the Philadelphia Phillies dangle in the air as he nosedives into feld box at Ebbets Field, New York, to catch foul from bat of Brooklyn's Gil Hodges. Dodgers won 5 to 2-AP Wirephoto.

BILLIARDS

ASSOCIATION

MAY BE REVIVED

Resuscitation of the old Hongkong Billiards Association is being mooled. In fact, the movement has advanced to the stage when it is proposed to call a meeting of sports clubs early in September to discuss formation of an Association whose first aims will be to organise a billiards and snooker league, Colony championships and Interport matches.

The enthusiast behind this pro- who

Continuing their frst innhugs 10- Jeet is Mr F. C. R. Wiggins, today's

day the Australians brought their score to 301 and then distnissed Kent for 51 and 124.

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already has the promised support of a number of clubs and who has

drafted in preparation for the pub-o

meeting a constitution for the proposed Assoclatlun.

The scores at the end county cricket matches were:

Al Northampton: Essex 200 for Raia prevented further play lunch. Murthamptonshire to

As the Kent wickets tumbled, only J. Davies (21 not out) in the

Pawson

(35) At Lords: Middlesex 450 for fea Arst innings and it, declared, Surrey 193

England's Evans,

wicket- (Sims for keeper (49) in the second innings minimum of 20 clubs will be suffl- Mr Wiggins is confident that a 58) and 130 for three (Fishlock hot out $3.

were able to put up any sort ef clently interested to join the, Asso- At Eastbourne:

against the Australian attack. Gloucestershire show

clation and to enter teams in the 443 (Allen 148. Lambert 68), Sus-

In a a field day for the Australian | lengue. sex 248 for sls (Oakes not out 13.

bowlers, the best match figures were Bartlett not out 877.

recorded by Lindwall (six for 41), BIII Johnstone (4 for 30) and Loxton (four for 22).

At Manchester: Lancashire 245 for six declared (Howard 145); Derbyshire 03 for free.

At Leicester: Nottinghamshire 212 (Wanrow 73, Walsh five for 76, Leicestershire 257 for seven (Watson 68. Derry 62, Prentice 50).

He envisaged n league of two divisions and, Inter, Colony cham- plonships.

He feels certain that a sufficiency Kent's Arst innings total of 51 waser tolent is available in Hongkong tu the lowest scored against the tour-frit teams worthy to pit against the ists this sumower, being one less than hest which Singapore, Shanghat and England's score in the Fifth Test Manila can put up.

Reuter.

Australian Averages

BATTING:

A. R. Morria.

S. J. Loxton

A. L. Hasselt

W. A Brown

S. G. Barnes

I. N. Harvey

K. R. Miller

R. A. Hamence

I. R. Lindwall

R. A. Saggers

D. Tallon

C. L. McCool

Innings Not Out Runs Highest Score

Average

D. G. Bradmau

20

·

1,013

187

87.13

1,021

200

€7.54

B10

150-

60.12

1,085

130

1,200

50.16

200

57.57

1,001

170

54.50

793

112

49.56

076

202*

48.80

414

02

27,00

375

20.78

201

23.12

200

25.00

295

377

24.50 23.00

141

17.02

100

78

16.00 8.00

I. W. Johnson

D. Ring

W. A. Johnston

E. R. H. Toshack

13 15

12

*Not out. Averages are up to August 17 only.

3

BOWLING:

Overs Maidens Runs

Wickels

R. A. Hamence

Average

42.3

10

R. R. Lindwall

400.3

115

102 1,08-1

G

17.00

T

17.20

K. R. Miller

364.4

25

820

48

17.27

W. A. Johnston

730.1

241

1,417

82

17.28

C. L. McCool

328.2

04

1. W. Johnson

820

45

18.40

570.4

502

197 171

1,342 1.036

70

10.17

50

21.12

S, J. Loxton

D. Ring

A. R. Morris

301.2 448.1 20

7-4 123

300

27

21.85

1,104

49

22.03

U

70

"

38.00

57.4

24

93

E. R. H. Toshack

S. G. Barnes

46.50

County Cricket Averages

Crapp

D. Compton

Robertson

Ikin

W. J. Edrich

Doliery

W. E Jones

James Langridge

BATTING:

Washurook

Innings Not Out Runs Highest Score

Average

+

Jutton

1,000

200

70.37

1. N, Pearce

5

1,933

176*

Fage

7

1,548

#11*

1.043

167.

60.03 57.33 64,52

1,050

127

53.51

1.850

252*

53.11

1.830.

147

47.07

1.233 1,030

108

45.66

1,515

187

1,404

212.

1,337

45.27

44.30

44.55

111

43.12

1,072

182*

42.88

1,071

170

41.77

1,371

184

41.54

2

1,006

203

1.308

123

41.12 40.82

Hardstaff

Brookes

J. C. Déwes

Fishlock

Amos

*Not out. Averages are up to August 17 only.

Muncer

Gladwin Pritchard Wardio Hollies Hazeli

100*

17.20

erl

The meetings, which is to be call

carly next month, will be asked first to agree to the formation of a Hongkong Billiards Association and then lo approve, or, if thought fit, to amond, the draft constitution.

Entries

for the

league twill be called for shortly after Association has been formed. Club secretaries will be noted of the date of the proposed meeting through advertisements in newspapers.

the

the

MCC Tour Of

South Africa

The MCC

touring team which, under the captaincy of F. G. Mann, leaves England on October 7 will play Ave Test Matches, each of four days duration, In South Africa next winter.

The full fixture list is:

Oct. 20 to Nov. 1-v. Western Province at Capetown.

Nov. 13 to 18-v. Griqualand West at Kimberley.

"Pacific Games'

Crazy Gang Antics At Wembley

BY ARCHIE QUICK

If Bud Flanagan, the rest of the Crazy Gang, and Sid Field were to stage all that happened in one day at the Wembley Olympic Games boxing, it would be 'n riot. Never have I watched such fantastic happenings in the world of sport.

Its tempo was set when an Argentinian bantamweight, Pares, was declared three ounces overweight.. By"Olympic rules he could reduce but must not leave the scales; So whilst he was on them, his handlers massaged him, towelled him down, scraped the soles of his feet, dusted scales and cut off his hair in great chunks, but still he could not make

it.

Olymple oficiais, confusing him dicerlly of the standard of boxing with another Argentinian, flyweight and tho. downright poor quality of Perez, announced that he was dis- the refereelog and judging and you qualined, and South African Dea- will gather that the mond Williams was given a walk-something of an anti-climax after boxing was

a week of great nihlotles.

over.

Then an Argentinian officiat had an idea that the scales night bo Wrong.

1/100 OZ

They were by a hundredth of

Baseball

ounce. Williams, whom it did not. New York, ` Aug. 23.—In ̧ ́n really concern, walved Ils right marathon' struggle packed with to a walkover, and Pares, who had all the colour and tension of the ' another hour in which to reduce. World Series, Boston Braves this time beat the scales.

from

and Parcs was

In the ring, Williams cot a hiding edged Brooklyn Dodgers 3-2 to-

Percz

beaten day in the 14th inning and took by Australian Carruthers, but fur-a tighter grip on first place.

ther complications oróse 08 the Hungarians, whose bantam ropre- A crowd of 32,409. sentative in the next round had to meet Carruthers, lodged a

a protest over the mixup

fans watchod the Braves win out in the three- hour and 40-minute struggle In which anch manager used 17/play- crs. Braves employed five pitchers and Dodgers four....

In the Carruthers-Pares fight, we had the spectable of the oferec calling a doctor into the ring during

The victory Cave Braves the the progress of a bout to, examine lion's share in the crucial series by Parcs cut eye and when the Aght margin of three games to one and was allowed to continue, Carruthers, put them two and one half gamea too, sustained a cut eye which ne-

shead. cessitated three siltches.

NOT QUITE ALL

As it this were not all, we saw the president of the jury of appeal publicly expostulate, against the referee's decision whilst that official wns in the ring.

when

Byan's game-winning double come with one out and spolled a magnificent relief pitching perfor mance by Rex Barney, who hnd pitched slut out ball after takinst over in the ninth,

Scoring the winning. run from Masi, who had belted third base on a clutch it was Phil double off the right deld wall and then taken an extra base when Dodger out-

The fun was not yet over for nt the end of the day, Uraguayan Alves lost a decision to the American. negro, Johnson, hfelder George Shuda fumbled the

#rebound.

was carried shoulder-high from the ring by weeping, shouting compat- riots, taken into the judges' box and dumped on the Jury of appeal table whilst the crowd shouted and

For this exhibllion, several mem- bers of the Uruguayan party were carpeted. Add to this the

So The Olympic Games At London threw miles

May Be Known In History

BY ARCHIE QUICK

The London Olympic Games will go down as the most pacific in their history. This I believe is chiefly due to two things perfect organisation and a very sincere at- tempt on the part of visiting nations to make their hosts feel at ease under adverse conditions.

The

scenes

undercurrent' behind the were not aggressive is that the Argentinians, these conditions and the defent of enough for Peruvians, Iranians, Koreans, Ameri- Peter Brander was typleal ex- cans. Colonials and all the rest of ample. He was clever but not rugged the polyglot collection realised that enough to catch the judges' eyes." England did a bold thing in staging these games, that quarters at Rich- mond, Uxbridge and West Drayton were as good as any that have gone

been before, hospitality had generous as "a-war-scarred, Nal011 could offer and it, was up to them. to see the Game through In friendly sportini manner.

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Indians Beat

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Welsh

The United States disqualification Wrexham, Aug 23.The Indian the 400 metres rally was un- Olympic soccer team beat a Welsh fortunate and Britain scerned 10 Americans appreciated was not easily than the score ́suggesta. have won an empty title but the amateur team here by four goals to This evening and won more our fault and that the judges were strictly neutral. This decision was Eight of the Indian players were Anally reversed.

without boots, but they reduced the Welsh team to a negligible quanti- ly by real scientific methods."

They kept the ball on the ground often had the In the wrong

IN BOXING TOO

And that spirit has shown itself

in boxing too. Ono Brillsher who so well that they shall remain nameless was fortu- Welsh

side chasing

MA~

PRO CYCLING CHAMPIONSHIPS

Ámsterdam, Aug. 23. The Italians, Fausto Coppi and A. Bevilacqua, were both classified tonight for the quarter finals of in the world cycling champion- the professional pursuit event

ships here.

Coppl defeated I. Gillen of Luxembourg and Bevilacqua beat E. Peters of Holland.

because of

Coppi's time was oix minutes 28.1 seconds. Gillen hart to withdrow from-the-course-just-before the end

flat tyre. He was then more than 30 metres behind.

Bevilacqua's time was six minutes 27.4 seconds; that of E. Peters, xix minutes 38 seconds. He had a start of nearly 11⁄2 rounds or 250 metres . The third quarter final was won by H. Koblet, Switzerland, In six minutes 27.1 seconds, defeating A. Landrieux, Frauce, whose time was six minutes 42.5 seconds.

Finally, Gerrit Schultz of Holland, with Coppi of Italy, favourite for the world title that is held by Coppi, decated K. W. Nielsen of Denmark Schultz's time was six minutes 34.2

secs. Nielsen's was six mins. 40.0 SCCS.

The

.

because Minst could

error did not mean much

Just as easily have scored from second on the drive that Ryan drilled down the third base line into the left feld corner.

Braves could thank their airtight rellet pliching, which yielded only four hits and no runs in the last 12 innings, for their vital victory.

After starter Nelson Potter had evened up Dodgers' two runs-ono in each of the first tsko Innings- Charley "Red" Barrett. Ernie White, Bab Hogue and Vern Bickford held Dodgers almost helpless.

The score was!

NATIONAL LEAGUE

Boston Braves Brooklyn:

. R. H

3 12

29

(14 innings)

-United Press. STANKY. RECOVERING

242-4

New York, Aug. 23,-Boston Braves, who had just defeated got more good news today when the Brooklyn Dodgers in a crucial series, doctor said regular second baseman Eddie Stanky should be back in the lineup by September 9.

Stanky, key man in Boston's pen- nant plans, has been out for six weeks because of a broken ankle.

Doctor Roger T. Doyle examined was "pleased" with lis condition and Stanky's ankle today and sald ho that Stanky will have ankle." Doyle gave the second base- "sound man pormission to go light workout on Tuesday and work through a back into condition by easy singes. -United Press.

Mills Will Not Be Fit Until October

Nov. 3-4-v. County Districts at nate in the extreme to get an award direction. Robertson.

over a Continental Crilics knew it, officials knew it, British officials na-

The Indians were given a tremen- mitted it, but the losing team did dous ovation

Koblet, Coppi and Bevilacqua of when they left the Italy and Schultz of Holland classl- not say a word although they pro- feld, having won the use of their fessional pursuit event to be held in two games against the Welsh nma- bably knew it best.

to be on teurs easily,--Neufcr.

Tuesday followed by the final.. Each country was allowed to

to enter two riders in the pursult races. There were two from Belgium, France, Italy, Luxembourg, Holland the leht-heavyweight champion of London, Aug 23-Freddla Mills, and Switzerland and one each from the world, has been very much

and Denmark-Associated

Nov. 10 to 22-v.

Orange Free State and Basutoland at Bloem- fontein.

Nov. 28 to 20-v. Natal at Durban.

Dec. 3 to 6-v. Northeast Transvaal at Pretorin.

Dec. 7 to 8-v. Combined Transvaal XI at Benoni.

Dec. 10 to 13-v. Transvani Johannesburg.

But behind the scenes in boxing there was some feeling about saca- Ing number ot Judges and re- ferees by the Jury of Appeal. Why, I do not know, for this is a regular occurrence at all. Olymple Games.

Football Results

London? Aug. 23.-Results

In

Britain Press.

The truth of the matter, is that yesterday's football matches were: national associations nominale men

Dec. 18 to 20-First Test Match at done during the week..

Durban.

2

*

2

3 X

First Division

Manchester U. 3 who are not competent judges from Blackpool atan international standard and so Blackburn R.

Second Division the whittling down is automatically Cardin City

Bradford Luian Town Coventry City Tottenham H. 1 Sheffield. Wed 3 West Ham U Halifax Town 1

Third Division (North) -

Barrow Southport 0 York City

Glasgow Cup (1st Round) Cellic.

1 Partick Thistle 1 (Abandoned after 25 minutes, in the second half owing to forrential rain). Reuter.

Dec. 22 to 23 v. Natal County Districts at Ladysmith.

Dec. 27 10 30-Second Teal Match ni Johannesburg.

Jan. 1 to 5—Third Test Batch at

Capetown.

Jan. 8 to 11. East Province at Port Elizabeth.

Jan 15 to 15-v. Border London.

nit East

Jan. 21 to 24-y, Transvaal st Johannesburg.

Jan. 20 to Feb. 1-..Rhodesia at Bulawayo,

The pily is that the best judger and referees are generally an ine Jury of Appeal and cannot oMcinto themselves. 00 started at the be at the end of it. ginning of the week, 45 remained

The standard of judging has been

extremely low and so has some of the boxing too, but the Britishers

Nepalese Prince

In Golf Match

f

Kilmarnock Aug? 23.--Rajkumar Pitamber, a prince of Nepal, who is Feb. 4 to 7-v, Rhodesia at Salls at Westminster School, London,

at Johannesburg.

BOWLING:

Overa Maidens

Funs Wickets

Averago

J. A. Young

930.1

383

1,821

107

17.01

Bailey

028.5

321

1,782

103

· 17.10

G. H. Pope

693 1,004,1

171

1,724

100

17.21

bury.

426

2,202

131

100,5

22

1,832

100

080,1 1,020.2

200

2,524

. 340

JB7

2,253

123

17.20 10.02 18.31

1,083.3

30D

2,273

124

18,34

842.1

280

Walsh

880.1

· 148

1,700 2,641.

.00

Nutter

063

V. E. Jackson

028.1

148 204

1,788. 1,014

132. 83

10.05 19,25

85

21.03 21.34

A. V. Bedser

931.2

230

2,123

Cook

948.3

311

2,137

22.11 22.20

052.4

249

2,342

104

120 KÜ

1,005.3

· 330

2.270

at Capetown.

010.1

222

1,000

85

23.20

Goddard Pollard Perks

5.

assisted England, to beat Scotland by eight matches to two, with two Feb. 12 to 16-Fourthi Test Match holved, in the annual Boss Inter-

national golf match hero today.''

Pitamber, partnered by R. P. Carter, of Harrow, halved his four- some ngainst A. Pinkerton, of Troon, and W. G. Gardner, of Edinburgh, but in the singles be lost to Pinker ton by seven and six.

Feb. 10 to 22--v. Natal XI at Maritzburg.

Feb 25 to 20-v, Natal at Durban. March 5 to 1Fifth Text Match at Port Elizabeth,

| March 12 to 15-v. West Province England won two of the four-

somes, with two halved, and took the singles by six matches to two.

RUGBY LEAGUE

in

the news since his title win over Gue Lesnevich,

Following the fight there have been controversial discussions over ST. LEGER CALLOVER the long ecunt" that Lesnevich was alleged to have taken, reports con- London, Aug. 23.-The three-year-cerning Mills' health have been cir- old French celt My Love, winner of culating and there has been the the Derby, retained his position As usual confcature on future fights for favourite for the St. Leger when the the champion.

0

2

card, was called over at the Victoria Club tonight,

London; Aug. 23-The following were the results of Rugby League matches played today:

Offers from all parts' of the world My Love's price was 11-4. Royal, have been reaching the Mills camp, Drake was second favourite at -1. but these have had to be turned The Maharaja of Baroda's My Babu defend the litle In New York next down, including the £20,000 offer to drifted still further in- the betting, 25-1 being offered. Noor, third in or his less which concerns undue month (against Lesnevich," becnutės": the Derby, was at 13-2 and. Black of Tarquin, nerican bred.... at 16-2.

about by cd Candidato, nerve pressure brought

some disloged bones in the spina.- The inlid and three quarters St. The champion is, making good pro Leger, last of the year's Triple gross in the hands of a manipulative Crown" classics, will be run on Sept.surgeon and will probably resume

training in October.-Reuter,

Hull 4, Batley 12; Workington Town 15, St. Helens 11-Reuler. 11 at Doncaster.

SPORTING SAM

By Reg. Wootton

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