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COUNTY CRICKET PROSPECTS

of

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH,

RECORD

FRIDAY, MAY 6, 1949.

HEAVE

LANCASHIRE HOPES FOR

A WET SEASON

By PETER DITTON

Although they lost fewer games than any other county in 1948, Lancashire slipped from third place in the Championship to fifth.

yet, Fifteen of their 26. games were drawn and fourteen of these occasions, Lancashire secured points for a first innings lead.

on

Lack of bowling resources prevented them pressing home the advantage which batsmen gave them and, although they were only heaten twice, they failed to win as many matches as Hampshire, who finished ninth in the Cham- pionship.

Stronuous efforts have been made in the last couple of years to like Malcolm strengthen the bowling and it is believed that in youngsters Hilton, the boy who bowled Bradman (slow left arm), R. Berry (slow left Arm), and R. Tattersall (medium fast off-spinners), they have some of the best spin-bowling material in the country.

the

are all heavy their day.

but

run-gettery

woults A wel summer urally greatly favour a side pos- ressing so many talented spin- bowlers as Lancashire, and it Is on the card that if Glumor- Lan- are to be depored, Bun cashire are the club to do it.

Brian

Hew

Kent cannot be regarded as strong Chamionship contenders,

bowling

suspect,

Thele

15

indifferent leg-breaks. fast stuff and Then he tried showed such great promise that during the close season he was coached by Alf Gover, the for- mer

Surrey and Englund cricketer.

Cover taught him to bowl the Evay-swinger and he thinks, as Hampshire do, that Shakleton

will soon make a real name for himself in county erleket,

Big Otis Chandler of Stanford University tosses the shot 56 feet, inchi to set a new meet record in a dual track meet with UCLA at Los Angeles.

AP Wirephoto.

Amateur Soccer Standard On Upgrade In England

By ARCHIE QUICK

MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL

Brooklyn Dodgers Win Battle Of Home Runs

JOHNNY MIZE HITS HIS 300TH

MAJOR LEAGUE HOMER

New York, May 6.-The Brooklyn Dodgers won a battle of home runs from the Cincinnati Reds yesterday, 7-5 in the National League. Each club hit two homers, but the most important four bagger was sucked by Dodger third baseman Billy Cox in the eighth with two on board.

Johnny Mize hit his 300th major league homer in the bottom half of the 10th to give New York a 3-2 victory over Pittsburgh. The blow was off Murry Dickson.

Athletic

Records

Ratified

The win Kave the New Yorkers

a sweep of the three game series.

The five game winning streak of the Philadelphin Phillies ended when Ron Northey

smashed a homer in the ninth for a 3-3 St Louls Curdinal victory.

AMERICAN LEAGUE In the American League, the York Yankees

Lefthander Ted Grey won his first game of the reason as the Detroit Tigers beat Philadelphin 0-5. He was alded by Poul Dizzy" Trout in 'n vellet role- Associated Press.

Baseball Scores

London, May 5.-Ratiflea-sprinting New tion of 11 track and field won their third straight in the West by tripphg Chicago 7-0. world records was announcAnother Due relief stint by ed here today by the Inter-Smoky Joe Page saved the day national Amateur Athletic for the Yanks. He relleved a

Allie Reynolds in New York, May 5-Re- staggering Federation.

the seventh and, after giving up sults of baseball games The records, all set last year,

one qua, blanked the Sox the played today were: are as follows:

Just innings,

Mon's Track Events 100 Yards Dash-8.3 seconds by Mel Patton. United States, en May 15 at Fresno;

100 Metres Dash-10.2 conds

by. Lloyd

KC-

Cleveland's Bob Feller return

AMERICAN LEAGUE

Boston Red

Cleveland

R H E

3

0

0

ed to the baseball wars and re- gistered his first win of the sea- son by defeating the Boston Red Sox 7-3, Feller, who hurt his pitching game three weeks ago, Panama, on May 15 at Fresno; went the route, limiting the hardson, Dorish, Kinder; c. Batls.

seconds hitting Sox to six hits, Jamaica,

440 Yards Run 40

by Herb McHenley,

LaBeach,

mins.

on June 5 at Berkeley:

1,000 Metres Run-2 21.4 seen. by Marcel Hansenne, France;

25.000 Metres Run-I hour 20 rains. 14 secs. by Mikko Hietanen, Finland;

15 Milles Run-1 mias. 28.0

secs. by

hour 17 Mikko

Hietanen. Finland;

7 11 Red Sox: p. Kramer, Robin-

Indians: p. Fetler; c. Hegon. New York .... 7 12 0 0

Chakees: P. Reynolds, Page:

..

Silvern

White Sox: p. Pierce,

Italian Tennis

Stars For Manila Tourney Detroit

Philadelphia

kont, Gumpert; c. Tipton.

Sur-

9

0 10 0

Athletics: p. Coleman; Rome, May 5,-Italy's.top Guerra. ranking tennis players, Tigers: p. Gray, Trout; c.

Bl ence Again Lancarhife Leslie Todd has undergone bowled may flad the lack of puce bow-u successful eye operation and lers a real handleap. Last sea-he too is in the best of health.

Evans. was Godfrey

England's Kon the opening attack

who nured mainly by Pollard and wicket-keeper,

always of mare runs the neems capable Kenneth Cranston, amateur is no longer available than he actunity scores, is

be prumuted in the batting or- and Lanenshire will remain un uneven side until they can pro- der, but with the exception of shice another spearhend at least Douglas Clark who takes over

captaincy from as good, if not better, than Dick the

Valentine, Kent supporters are Pollard.

"Nigel Howard the new cap not likely to see many

Arnold, Euger, Balley, Rogers Cranston faces in the county eleven this tain, who succeeds

and Dawson all topped the 1,000 about year. should have no worries

run mark for Hampshire lust The side's

strength. i baiting

scason and wicket-keeper-bats- Cyril Washbrook and Winston

man McCorkell would have cer. Place, lust

openers, senson's

tainly enjoyed a similar distinc- who between them scored over 3,000 runs, will again be avail-Dougins Wright, with sufficient tion if injury had not prevented

kelp, is in danger of being over-him playing regularly.

There is a wealth of run- able and players like Ikin, Wharton, G. A. Edrich, (brother bowled, and although Ridgway,

young Brian Edrich getting power in Hampshire and Middlesex Dovey and famous

The ability of the attack to press of player) and Howard himself (yes, he is also a brother of the home the advantages gained by an Liddiesex star) are all capable the batsmen cannot be doubted.

of getting wickets, the country

Heath and Herman together n-will lack the services of amateur with Shackleton and Alan Ray- fust bowier Jack Marta for most ment-a fast bowler and opening

the season. Kent should

batsman who is a new addition but they are to the playing staff-will prob- plenty of runs,

have plenty scored Bikely to

ably share the new-ball work against them as well.

between them and when the shine has disappeared Baliey and Knoit will be there to undermine the opposing batsmen with

Is unlucky not to lose English their cleverly flighted spinners.

The

looks rapidly returning to its prewar goals. future bright for Hampshire.

level. There are no big names The international standard too

Mon's Field Events like those who used to grace is satisfactory, especially as four

ranks Corinthian

but

men chosen among of the twee

Shot Put 17.00 metres (58 |Record Manila leading clubs, particularly attenti Swindon for the Welsh feet 3 inches) by Charles Fan-

London district, improvement is match were from the Services.ville. United States; gradually noticeable.

Three were Navy and one Army Women's Field Events

Sergt. Walton, of the Leytonstone for instance have with

Javelin Throw-48.63 metres the side

out- that does not compare Educational Corps.

(150 feet 5% inches) by Herma This year, Forg

toketizer 1000 runs and 100 wickets,

Bauma, Austria: with the two Leslies-Amer

earlier Isthmian and Athenian

Shot Put.-14.50 metres (47 Wales 4-1 and Todd-will again bear the but Hampshire's brightest star

Among countles

T. Sex- may be a young player from

Manila, May 5.-Joc Louis league sides.

rukova, USSR: who joined the

made ring history in the also the grade is on the up and England face Ireland and Scot- feet 10 inches) by balsinan but

Discus Throw.-53.20 the championsuij! potentiallyPhilippines this evening by j

I saw Hertfordshire play Ox-should win

(174 feet 9 Inches by Nina medium-pare in-swing drawing an estimated crowdfordshire at St Albans and play and there should not be many

luxury CL of 25,000 fans to the Rizal was of a really high standard. new faces in the side that is Dumbadze (USSR)-Reuter, At the nets Derek Shakleton Memorial Baseball Park to It is a long white since I have going on

scen such a sound centre-half Europe.

KCC TENNIS see him in action in charity for instance as Walker, Oxford Revisiting Clarence Pack,

Dates for matches in the KCC bouts.

City's tough

pivot, And I don't

St Albans, after a lapar of 25 to seg be The

world heavy want to retired

better inside-forward

ds, I recalled the gat days Tennis Tournament have been weight champion. who has play than that of fast, bandy of Hertfordshire who they had arranged as follows: TODAY foudly centre-forward Ronnie Phipps such outstanding players, most

bull work

probably will of of them Internationals, as Win- cheered as he entered the ring nid the skilful

which he

ter, Cannon Minter, Cell, M- proceeded, Irish Captain Denis Kelleher.

second ler, and Gale. He was playing his champion-like, to climinate his

gallant, opponents, Ray Eame on successive days but he Stevens, an up-an-coming boxer and his Barnet colleague were from Fresno. California, and much too Good for Oxford until Jimmy Willias, Army champion the red and then we saw Herts pull back from 1-0 to 4-2 and

Kent Roly On

"Old Hands"

for

In 1939, Arthur For a 23- year-old batsman playing Kent against Essex, established a world record by scoring 200 runs in each Innings of match. That record has never been, aux is never likely to be beaten.

the

Reason

Watch Hampshire

Hampshire Last #nished ninth in the Champion- ship their best effort for ten This season, under the uf Des- ears. enthusiastic explaincy rond Fater, they are out to better that performance.

All-rounder Jim Bailey seen

accidents, to certain, barring, complete the cricketer's couble

breal at the Kent batting Yorkshire,

as a

Ames, in recent years has been bothered by brosis, but dur-club ing the close reason he appears developed into to have shaken off the trouble great and he is itter now than he bowler. has been for a long time.

1105

Denis Compton Injured

..

London, May 5.-Denis Compton, the England batsman, may be compelled to stand down from the Middlesex team for their first Championship match of the season against Nottinghamshire, starting at Lords on Saturday.

Three times when batting for the MCC against Survey at Lords today he was struck on the hand, making it difficult for him to hold his but. He was out for 26.

Turnout To See Joe Louis

turned promoter.

after

Iwo

of Clark Air Base,

was

The bouls, which went to three rounds enchi, were

Another England player, Billshire 313 for 8 (Kenyon 82, Bird featured by heavy body blows

He

Edrich, gave a fue batting per- formance for the MCC, took out his bat for 95 scored out of his side's total of 179 and hit seven

foura in his Innings, which Insted three and three-quarter hours,

Both sides had to ght hard

64 not out).

At Taunton: Northamptonshire! 400; Somerset 214 (Gimblett 51, 16) and 146 for Gurlick 4 for 3-Heuter.

NEW ZEALANDERS BEAT MAORI Club London, May 5.The New

for runs on a pitch made awk-Zealand

touring team today

ward by rain and at the clase beat the Maori Clubs by 90 rum

ting

the

Sussex

and upper-cuts, mostly coming fle Detroit Brown from Bomber.Reuter.

Mike Jacobs Retires

New York. promoter

Mike

amateur

soccer

unfavourably with any of the starting player afield.

up.

Soviet Football Gets On A

Scale Bigger

Hlaving

land with

beaten

to

0

1

0

120 Yards High Hurdles. Gianni Cucelli and Marcello Robinson. Iwo other

NATIONAL LEAGUE 13.0 secs. by Harrison Dillard,, del Bello, plan to compete in United States.

the Philippines open tennis Cincinnati.

Feb- Erooklyn championship next

Reds: p. Wehmeir. Gumbert; c. Ilowell. Afterwards they will meet a Dodgers: p. Banto, Martin; c. Philippines team in the best Campanella." three

of five out

matches, St. Louis including one doubles and, four Philadelphla singles.

confidence.

tour

They

metres

Mins M. Figuerado and A. F. P. Quest u Mrs Lo and F. C. It. Wi gins; Mrs E. Lo Litton and E. C. Fincher v Misa Lambert Baker and 3. Barrow: 3. Guest Winner A. V. White and R. I. Grunthe.

SATURDAY Miss M. Ribeiro v Miss Lambert

SUNDAY

I know their strength then only too well for was in the Hampshire side which payed them in the Southern Counties Amateur Championship semi-

Mr and Mrs A. V. White v Mr and final and we were beaten 6-re J.-F. Horsman: Mes Dorey and And that despite the fuct that Lawes v Winners above match. Hampshire had Internationals Quelch, Sims, Coates, Wood- ford and Arthur Knight,

Home Football London, May 5-The results of soccer games played today

First Division

3

Reuter.

Look Faulkner Still

MONDAY

ruary.

George B. Vargas ot the

completed

3

10

0

2

8

0

Cardinals: p. Munger; č. Garagiola, Rice,

the Philliest. Borowy; c. Semi-

Philippines

while attending nick. arrangements the meeting of the International Pittsburgh here last New York Olympic Committee month-Associated Press,

Mexico Lacks Cash For Davis Cup

Tho

tho

Mexico City, May 5. Mexican National Tennis Asso clation said today that Mexico have to forteil

zone of the second round match in the North Anerienn Davis Cup tourney if the match is to be played at Montreal.

Mexico is favoured to defeat Cuba in the first round; Aus- tralia plays Canada in the other first round nutch

Pirater:

2

(10 innings) Cuacy, D. Sewell, Dickson; e McCullough, Fitz- Berald.

Glants: p. Jones, Behrman; c. Cooper-United Fress.

Chess Tourney

E. M. Marchetti took the lead in Section "A" of the tournament for the Cham- pionship of the Kowloon Chess Club when he defeat- ed:M. Feldman rather easily Canada at the Peninsula Hotel last Both Australia and insist that the second round or night.

Mexico The Eame played at Montreal.

between V. J. sald it does not have enough | Zirinsky and J. P. de Carvalho was adjourned after 30 moves

Miss P. Werd and R. S. Capell v Winners Mrs Lition and E. C. Fin-money to finance the trip of a cher Miss Lambert flaker and 3. five-man team to Canada. Aus-in an even position. I Schure Barrow; A. V. White and W. Giles tralia played Mexico at Mex-had a byc VA. E. 1. and E. G. P. Guest.

TUESDAY

Winner Cont Turner Cooke/E. Rendail v Winner Dr R. Y. Ng/E. G. P. Guest and the Finals of the Ladies Doubles Handicap will be played at 6 p.m. between Mrs E. Las Liiton and Mrs I. Tamworth against Mrs L. F. Stokes and Mrs L. Anker- 301.

WEDNESDAY

Mrs 1. Benjamin and 3, Arzoon! Winners Mian Figuerado and Guest/bira Lo and Wiggins and the Finals of the Ladies Singles Handi- cap will be played at 6 p.m. between Mrs E. Lo Litton and the winner of the match Miss Lambert Baker against Miss M, Tibeiro,

By EDDY GILMORE Moscow, May 6-Soccer were: football will be on a bigger

Wolves May 5-Boxing scale in the Soviet Union Huddersfield 4 of play Surrey were 241 runs a one day 12-a-side mulch at

Second Division nhead with four wickets in tall.

Jacobs, who this year than ever before. The Worcester Park, Surrey.

Leicester 0. W. Bromwich Hugh Bartlett,

The big league has been ex- captain, whose left-handed hit- tourists scored 150 for 8 wickets once controlled almost all box-

to include 18 leains. panded declared and then skittled outing through his control of Joc delighted crowds before the the Maori Club for 63.

Louis, retired today and a new boxing war, showed something like a

is compared with 13 last season. promotion

group

Football got off to an earlier GOLF J. Martin, the Kent of his old form against glimpse of

fast formed which probably will be

the Arst games being for Cambridge University at Cam- bowler, was in good form even more powerful than Jacobs start,

played in the South on April 17: the Maori Club, claiming four ever was. bridge today. He

scored A faultless 105 in just under three wickets for 43.

The Chicago Anancier and Moscow's first contesis Bert Sutcliffe, the New Zen- promoter, Arthur Wiriz, said he place on May 2. land opening bat, started with has completed a deal which links

A meeting of the tennis rec- Once again most of the teams Leads The Field International Boxing will come from the Moscow

tion of the Indian Recreation at their overnight total and nl-three boundaries off Marin, but, his new

with Madison Square region and at this time Army. though

Virginia Water, Surrey, Club will be held at the Club- play was interrupted after his dismissal for 27, Martin Club

on Sunday, three times by showers at Ox worried all batsmen with de Garden, United Press.

Dynamo and Shartak book the May The British Ryder house, Sookunpoo, strongest. The teams went to the deep South in March to Cup player, Max Faulkner, May 8, to discuss matters in con- begin their spring training and went closer to winning the ection with the forthcoming by early April they were ra-first prize of £350 in the pily rounding luto form.

Dunlop profession. I golf he achieved u splendid 72 on the third round.

hours and hit 12 fours.

Oxford University declared

retu

ford, Worcestershire made a good reply, finishing the day 50 rung behind with two wickets left.

The

Oxford

Was

bowling generally moderate. Worcester-

Hveries which rose quickly off the pitch.

The Maori Club could do little against the fast bowlers, Cowie and Hayes, and at lea

cix

International Hockey Series

wickets were down for only 12 The following will represent runs. Two more wicketa fell Ireland against Portugal Itt A total of 300 games will be tournament here today when shite's best batting came from for the addition of three runs, King's Park at 5-15 p.m. today: played this summer and carly Kenyon (82) and Bird (64 not but then Martin showed the McGrath, Corr and Hunt autumn. In addition to the re- out), each of whom made a bowling could be hit by racing (Army), Wilson, Condy, Gibson gular league games. the teams highest score for the County. to 10 in 30 minutes.-Reuter.

and Doyle (RAF), Morrison will compete as usual, for the His 64 bolts aggregate of 213 (Navy), Kane and' CLOSE OF PLAY SCORES

Joyce football cup.

gave him a three stroke lend (D.R.C.) Wall (Police). "

over his nearest rival and fellow This Reserve. Hassard (Navy).

the cleventh British will be

International, Arthur POSTPONED

year of League play in the Lees, who returned a 73 for 210, time Soviet The remaining players trailed In this At Cambridge: Cambridge London, May 4-The Duke

Internalldnal hockey USSR.

established them- behind a further three strokes or University 240 and 146 for 7; of Edinburgh is the new natch between Holland and teams have Sussex 212 (Bartlett 103).

of the MCC, India, which was to have been selves as among the best in the more.

football.Associated At Oxford, Oxford University was announced at today's an-played to-day has been post- world of 300 for declared; Worcester-nual meeting at Lords. Reuter, poned until further nottee."

At. Lords: Surrey 205 and 135

for 6; MCC 179 (W. Edrich 95

not out, Alec Bedser & for 46).

MCC's New President

President

The

Mister

Conquest

"LOCKS LIKE YOU MADE A HT, GIR

“OH.... ƒ YOU ARE

GO LIKE WM- THOUGHT22

Press.

...THAT I WAS MY BROTHER/ BIT DOWN I WANT TO TALK

TO-YOU-

----London

Express

Service,

Tomorrow's fourth and final round would thus appear to be A ballic between thest two players. Faulkner Won this event in 1940--Reuter,

Freeman & Jacobsen Invited To Malaya

Singapore, May 4-Dr Dave Freeman, of the United States, and Miss Jacobsen, of Denmark, winners of the recent All-England bad- minton championship matches, have been Invited to Malaya for A series of exhibition matches.

Br Lim Chua ngok, captain manager of the Malayan bad- minton team, sald air paENDKOS and all other expenses have been' guarantood. He said he was awaiting an answer from Dr Freeman, who is now in London-United Press.

IRC MEETING

Tennis League.

co City last year. Press.

United

League Soccer

In Section "B", the lend. re- mained unchanged as the game between Joseph Tausz and P. K. Prokopov was postponed until Tuesday.

In other games, RW, Carter beat Jacob Ramier and Roy Results of yesterday's Danenberg received a walkover Second Division League soc- from V. V. Kolatchoff. cer matches were: Solicitors Army (K'n) G Royal Navy 0

1 S. China- I Army (IK) 0

Kitchco TODAY'S MATCHES Today's First Division matches

are:

HOW THEY STAND

Bection "A"

W D L Pts E. M. Marchett, 1 1 0.1%

100

3. P. de Carvalho L. Schure

1 0 1 1

1 D

0 1

Section "B"

2.

2 0

2 0

0 0

M. Feldman Police v. Navy at Boundary V. J. Zirincky Street, 6 p.m. (Referee, Ward; Linesmen: S. M. Liu & Joseph Tausz W. Gibson).

P. K. Prokopov Wah RAF

at R. W. Carter Kwong V. Saokunpoo, 6 p.m. (Referee, W. Ray Danenberg

V. V. Kolatchoff.. 0.0 &M. Ribeiro). Gaffney; Linesmen: Y. F. Mak Jacob Ramier...

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