THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, WEDNESDAY, MAY 25, 1949.
STAYING OUT
SURREY MOVE INTO SECOND PLACE
IN COUNTY CRICKET TABLE
London, May 24-A win over. Warwickshire today enabled Surrey, last year's run. ners-up, to move into second place in the County Championship table, Middlesex, who did not have a County fixture, remain at the top with 40 points, 12 points in front of Surrey, who, however, have a game in hand, having played only three to Middlesex's four:
Northamptonshire could only draw their fifth game and, conceding first innings points to Lancashire, dropped from second place to fifth place with the same number of points as
Surrey, but with one more match played. '
Derbyshire occupies fourth position with a win over Leicestershire and now have 24 points from only two games. They are followed by Northants, Warwickshire and Yorkshire, all with 24 points, Warwickshire have played four and Yorkshire three games. Sussex lost to Gloucestershiro today and dropped to eighth place with 20 points. Dismlasing Hampshire for 144 since 1039. Perks took the
| Somerset bowling honours at Taunton today,
with five recorded their first Champion- wickets for six runs cach,
Alcc ship success of the season. The
Bedser was.. the chief tellarm spin bowler Hazell danger
to the Warwickshire wrecked Hampshire's hopes of batsmen. He took three of their scoring the 357 needed, by dia- last six wickets for 18,
sing of their leading batsmen also bowled with great accuracy in 11 bails without conceding and gave away only 50 runs in
ru He finished with
40 overs. well-earned four for 30.
IL
that
Today's, victory means the Somerset professionals qualify for their 26 a win intent money for the first ilme In the history of the club.
INSPIIRED QUARTER
HOUR
An Inspired quarter of an hour Iminediately before lunch, txay captured during which
runs, set four wickels for 24 Worcestershire on the road to their first win over Yorkshire
Lawn Bowls
League
Lock
A brisk third wicitet sland of 80 between Lester and Tompkin provided most trouble to Derby- slire, who dismissed the nine Leicestershire wickets today to win with nearly three hours
fell quickly to spare. Wickets towards the end, five of them going down for 30. More good bowling by Gladwin brought his match analysis to nine for 70.
Although set to get 72 runs to win, Gloucestershire had to fight hard for victory. Through bad batting they lost their first six wickets for 43, but George Emmett stayed to win the game, Earlier in the day the Sussex batting falied dismally, except for Jack Oakes, who attacked the bowling and hit four sixes in 20 minutes.
New Zealanders Behind
the
On First Innings
Lord's, London, May 21.—Only two and a half hours cricket took place at Lord's today and during this period the New Zealanders, for the first time during the tour, found themselves behind on the first innings.
The MCC gained a lead of 66, which they in- creased by 84 for the loss of Robertson before stumps were pulled at the early hour of 6 p.m.
The soft pitch gave no encouragement to bowlers and the main interest centred.on whether the heroes of Monday's recovery; Robore and Mooney, could crown their achievements by ench obtaining a century.
New
in this country,
Although he's Itching to get back into the game, Joe DiMaggio, left, didn't make the first western trip with the New York Yankees. His in- 'jured heel hadn't Improved enough for that, much to the regret of manager Casey Stengel.
By their solid performa es Rabone and Morney showed that the New Zealanders can utter stubborn resistance when all MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL their attractive stroke makers, like Sutcliffe, Wallace, Donnelly and Reid fall.
Though he was missed for the third time, Rabone fell within Sight runs of his objective. Al together he batted three hours 35 minutes and hit seven fours. The Rabone-Blooney stand of 170 was easily the best made for
seventh wicket by a
Trevor Bailey, the Essex fast Splendid bowling by Douglas Zealand team Wright brought about the re- the previous highest was 77 un bowler, with five wickets for 83 The following teams havemarkable collapso of Notting-finished by Dempster and Coombs, certainly proved his worth
represent hamshira and turned Kowloon Cricket Club in Lawn seemed a certain draw into vic- Mooney never relaxed and had to speed, and he has only to
on tory for Kent. After lunch his the satisfaction of making a cen- igures were seven overs, two tury in his first appearance at v. KBGC maidens, 21 runs, Ave
Lord's. His innings lasted four. wickets, and from 129 for 3, Notts were hours ten minutes and was all out for 163. Wright finished marked by eight fours. with seven for BB.
been selected
to
Bowls Lengue matches
Saturday:
First Division
(Away):
F.
&
C. Thompson, W. Hong Sling,
Goodwin
T. A. Madar
(skip);
Ai
E. P. Guest,
C. Fincher
S. A. Gray. J. Orem
E. Q. (skip);
Geo. Lee, J. Wong. A. J, Kew & C. S. Rosselet (skip);
Second Division V. HKFU (home):
E. R. Rosselet, C. R. Rosselet, H. S. Capell & T, Lock (skip):
A. C. Tribble, A. W. Ramsey, W Butterworth & F. E., Skimmer
(skip):
wha, against Glamorgan in
Set to get 174 to win in two hours Essex started as though they intended going for the runs but when three wickets tell quickly they revised their Ideas and the game against the Cham- plons ended in a draw, with first innings points going to Essex. The loss of two and a half hours through the sodden state of the pitch upset-the-plans of both.
Lancashire Northamptonshire
in restricted play in the A Sargeant, J. Tang, J. Tib. bie & R. Leigh (skip)^^)
and the interruption Third Division. v. Club de Re-match
robbed the match of what might crelo (away): DATES
finish. W. Boyes, W. Baker, W. Col. have been an interesting ledge &C. Champelovler. (skip);
Northamptonshire were forced when play A. Graham, F. Howarth, W. to fallow Cowie & F. E Lawrence (skip); ended still needed 37 runs with W. Palmer, L. Brezny. C. four wickets left to stave off an Stapleton & T. E. Baker (skip). Innings defeat. Oldilold was the
batman to stay only followed his round first innings KBGC
with an unbeaten 03.
The following wif
represent
the Kowloon Bowling Green Club In their lengua matches
on
Saturday, commencing at
on and
FINAL SCORES
Bunny Apply
1034
HONEST (JOSEPHINE)
when the plich was responsive maintain this form to gain Test recognition.
THE SCOREBOARD
The closing scores were;'
MCC
1st innings........ 379
NEW ZEALAND
lat innings
Scott lbw b Edrich
Yankees Strengthen Hold On First Place
New York, May 24,-Yankees, with consider- able help from St. Louis Browns, put together a 10 run Inning today on just four hits, three errors and two walks for a 13-3 victory, the fifth in their last six starts,
To be sure, they didn't beat much, but the victory counts in the League standings nevertheless and enables them to strengthen their already com- fortable hold on first place. M
Browns, who looked incredt- bly bad for Major League team in dropping 10-3 and 13-3 de- cisions here, hit the depths in a 28 horrendous fifth Inning which Yankees got just ocarned-run Yogi Berra climax
ed the affair by hitting a three run homer.
Sutcliffe b. Balley
3)
Hadice e Grimth_b Balley Wallace
40
Balicy
Compton
Donnelly c Edrich b
Bailey
0
Reid-b-Bailey
Rabone b Laker
02
Mooney e Mann ↳ Balley
102
Burtt
é Griffith b Edrich
9
Cavec Grimtb Edrich
Extras
Cresswell not out
Total
O MOR 30 083
19.5 7 37.
and
GOT
HUSBAND'S} THE 'PLU
Bowling
Bailey Edrich Compton Laker Broderick Walkins
20 3. 01 98.14 57
34 15.58
4
The results of games which)
at leah Howion Cricket ended today were:
4 p.m.:
Club
At Birmingham: Surrey beat (home).-J. Tirdall, A. La G. Eastman, L. A. Collyer. V. Micitelvio Warwickshire by 28 runs. Surrey (Skip); A. Alkins, G. E. P. 234 and 123; Warwickshire 124) Thompson, W. C. Simpson, L. Sykes and 205 (Alee Bedser 4 for 41). (skip): 0. Robertson, L. Gaddi,
J. Fravor, A. J. Hail (Skip).
At Ashby de
la
Zouche:
Second team V Filipino Club Derbyshire beat
beat Leicestershire (home)-J: A. L. Pearson, L. Guy, by
D. Trail, J. Hempsey (Skip): R. J.
153
runs. DC
Derbyshire 202 and Wigginton, P. Hughes, A. fotton, 248 for 9 declared; Leicestershire
y. Chillenden (Skip) F. A. Plume, 139 and 227 (Lester 95).
Orion. đi Toberts đi
Beyer (skip).
At Taunton: Somerset beat Hampshire by 212 runs. Somer- set. 242 and 204 for. declared The following team has been (Glinbleti 127 not out, Coope
HKERC
to represent" tha
ILK.
LEAGUE TENNIS
Today's games In "C" Division
of that Lawn Tennis League are:
USRC v IRC
Recreio v Cec
SCAA v Kowloon Dock
KCC v CRC "B"
CRC “C” v CRC “A”
Fred Perry To Defend Title
Fred J. Perry, Britain's pro- fessional lawn tennis champion, will be defending his tile in the professional Inwi shiro beat Sussex by 4 wickets. tennis tournament which will Sussex 241 and 171 (Cook 3 for take place at the Yorkshire sea- V. Bonch: WE. Macfarlane 18); Gloucestershire 341 and 74 side resort, Scarborough, Eng- Bloker, G. T. Padgett, R. C. Butler
land, from July 25 to July 30,
Electric R.C. rainst the police); Hampshire 150 and 144.
At Gloucester: Gloucester-Slazenger.
selected
Recreation Chub on Baturday at Happy Valley at 4 pm; E. Poulson, Raka W, Btonehouse, J. R. Bottomley.
J. C. Biokos,. F. A. Golding, J. F. Lunny, Ryder,
League Standings
FIRST DIVISION'
The following are the League standings to date;
KBGC
CCC
IRC
KCC KDRC
PRC
Recr. Recr.
131.90·0 "2.2. 127. 100)
108 8
for
At Sheffield: Worcestershire beat Yorkshire by 180 rung.
Worcestershire 203 and 223 for WOMEN'S CHAMPIONSHIP
and
declared (Bird 50 not out. Wardlo & for 10);" Yorkshire 153
30).
May 23. While
Harlech, 147 (Wardle 70, Perks 5 for the men wero battling for tho British amateur golt Ilford: Essex drew with to at Portmarnock, the Dri-
8,
homer
in
one
Bobby Browns also hit, a for Yankees and Stan Spence got o two run boundary blast for St. Louis, the only telling blow off Yankee pitcher 313 Vic Raschi who hurled his
sixth victory,
giving up just four hits.
His control was off, however, Wand he walked five batters and 6 hit another. He retired in the
3 eight inning after he developed 1a alight kink. in his shoulder.
0 13.0 -Reuter:
RED SOX WIN
In Boston, rising Red Sox won their fourth straight game-and-
Sir Sidney Abrahams Is All Set To Start Off
Pan-African Games
Before leaving Britain for the Gold Coast, to advise on establishing all types of sporting activi· tles, Sir Sidney Abrahams one of the Legal Advisers to the Secretary of State for the Colonies, a former athlete and former President of the Lon- don Athletic Club-told 'an interviewer that he hoped to see the evolution of Pan-African con. tests in sports of all kinds in the not too distant future.
"Look," he said “at the record of athletes of African descent. In the Olymple Games they have In made regular appearances for many years. boxing, Joo Louis held his title as. World Heavy- weight champion for 14 years without being defent- ed. I want to see what can be done with the material in West Africa.”
How Cup Winners Escaped Relegation By A Twelve-Minute Margin
By ARCHIE QUICK
Leicester City celebrated their Cup Firtal achievement and their escape from relegation with a banquet in the City at which were present every local notability from the Lord Mayor to the Lord Bishop. Everybody was talking about miraculous escape City had from relegation. It was just a twelve minutes' margin. Chairman Len Shipman told me all about. ft.
They were at Cardiff._on] Saturday and. 1-0 down with a quarter of an hour 'to' go when the message came through that Nottingham Forest had won, Im- mediately and almost incredibly Jack Lee went through and equalised and so notched the vital point that kept Lolcester in Division Two. I was just that little bit extra that did it and only In keeping with the great club spirit of boys,” sald Chairman Shipman,
Sportsman's Diary
EDITED BY: Bruce Harris
Speedway Jets
The Football Association were Control Board opening-of-the- Long faces at the Speedway. represented at the dinner by
Benson luncheon in London fol- Vice-President Harry Ansell and lowing Sir Stafford Cripps's
tributo in
сол
on
Leicester that he forecast that refusal to reduce the 48 por he, too, paid such
cent entertainment tax, their football ability was so great that they might very well be sidered the ons big handicap fighting for promotion to Divi- to speedway progress. Brighter nows was that with Ove new slon Ono next season instead of struggling against relegation.
tracks this season attendances would top 13,000,000. Manager Johnny Duncan, Brighter still were Professer
Low's with whom was another great | A. M.
comments Scottish International. Alee design. He and Johnny Hoskins James, said he had insisted all have abandoned rocket-pro- scaron that the City would pelled machines. "Jet assistance play, whatever happened, and the thing." says the Professor. It was only their Cup successes
To my simple mind "lete" and resultant League fixtura are
with taking I visualise a rider "opening out" at Harringay and fishing in the near-by Arena.
Ulko the to Don Anyway,
Control whose Board, I favour closer father
than faster racing.
congestion that got them into
I was talking also Rovie, out of hospital, sudden attack of nose-bleeding cost him a place in the Cup Final side and the Continental tour.
such parlous state.
Final
lightnonymous
FAIR SERVICE
Stonyhurst, Catholic school He must be recorded as the Public School rugby seven-a- from Lancashire, who won the first man I have ever met who aides from an entry of 64 and doesn't want A Cup
beat last year's medal I told him the City Taunton,
champions, tho. Anal, Club had asked for permission coached by county cricketer for special extra medals to be Colin Fairservice. struck for Don and goalkeeper
Ian McCrow, and Revie replied, I wirservice,
"I don't want it.” -
He seems to forget that he
their sixxth in the last seven played in every round except the when they defeated Detroit Final, Tigers, 8-7, In 10
Innings.
Bobby Doerr looped a single in the 10th that drove in two
runs after Detroit had scored
is run in its half
Tigers had scored twice in the ninth to Un the score at six-ali. Doerr also homered, as did Ted Willlams for Red Sox and John ny Groth for Detroit.
with an New
Walter Harrison, brilliant
son of bowler was on the professional ground staff of Kent, MCC and Middlesex in turn. Under him, Stonyhurst cricket. XI were unbeaten last summer, and P. Leyden, who headed the batting averages with 45.8, was in the rugby aide ng scrum half- wing-half, was also absent from Leyden has already played the Leicester function, being on cricket of county class. This way to Scandanavia-with-the- Football Association, while win-
Walwyn ger
Griffiths left Carly to join the Welsh FA parfy on their tour of Portugal, Swit- zerland, and Belgium.
|
Giants. A Mr
1947 FINALISTS
In 1847, under Fairservice's tuition,
Stonyhurst lost Boven-a-side final 3-0 to
brother of
the
Lelly Bob Chipman made his I learn that the Oght for the Rugby. The Kelly who played 1940 debut for Cubs, snapping vacant League Presidency caused then was an elder them out of a five game losing by the death of Will Cuff is to P. Kelly. A. M. Wright, who streak
8-2 triumph be a triangular affair between scored two tries for Stony over
Cearns, West Ham fehurst in the final, had missed York
the second match entirelya Walker hit a three run homer Drewery, Grimsby, and are fact which few people can have
Nottingham, and that Mr for Chicago to provide the
Drewery, present Chairman of realised.
This was by permis- winning margin. Cubs Hot 10 the FA Selection Committee, la sion of
the organising com- hits off Sheldon Jones to hand most likely to be elected.
mittee, hs he Was both him his fourth defeat...
THE SCORES
Today's scores were:
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Detroit Boston
RH
7 12
0
0.7
concussed and had an injured BEST AT WEMBLEY leg. Next day he had recovered and came back into the team. -Billy-Wright, the world's The conching-of-Fairservice remarkably greatest all-round Boccer player, has clearly been
the WBS outstandingly
best efficient, for all will agree that
the
competition player on Wembley's field for throughout
had shown
more the Wolves against Leicester in Stonyhurst his team's 3-1 success.
footboll ability than any other sido.
(10 Innings) Tigers: p. Houtteman, Trout, He was at once left-half, Kretlow; c. Swift, Robinson, right-half, left-back and inside Riebe.
left. Yet the boyishness in him Red Sox: p. Harris, Hughson, was always peeping through. Johnson; c. Tobbetts. St. Louis
3 4:4 New York
13 15 Browns: p. Drows, Ostrowski, Starr; c. Lollar.
Yankees; p. Raschi, Marshall; e. Berra
· NATIONAL LEAGUE New York Chicago
Glants: p. Jone, Hansen; W. Cooper.
Cubs: p. Chipman; e. Wal- ker.
Finalists For
VRC Gala
When goals were scored by 1 Pye and Smyth, as teams went offt feld at half-time and when it was all over fairheaded Billy bounded for joy.
ROMAIN SOON RETIRING
This is likely to be the last season of International swim- ming for Roy Romain, now 20, except that "If I am lucky enough to be chosen" he will be avaliable for the Empire Games in New Zealand,
Romain, who left for Paris When friend or foe was hurt for tho' match over 200 thero he was assisting and once metres with Maurico Lusien, when he committed a' technical told me beforo. bo went the opposition. fout there were hand shakes for that when he gives up inter- national contests ho may taka up water
polo
Which gives you some Idea why Wolverhampton and Eng-] NOW KNOW ALL MEN- Hand have chosen one to young as 24 39 captain over senior men
"All records of national ap pearances ever mado by. Mat-. thewa, Crompton, Hapgood and Meredith aro likely to be
In preparation for the first smashed by this Shropshire lad 'swimming galà of this season to one day.
be held on Saturday, the Vic-
This impressive document has reached me by post. It is
dated from Highgate Golf Club,
We, the undersigned, per sonally saw John R. Brico- well holo in ONE at the,193 yard 11th hole at Highgate on Sunday morning, the 20th. March, 1949. -
R. N. Wilkinson
AL R
Shola temorcam Glamorgan 284 and tish women's amateur cham PWLD FA Pts 190 for 8 declared, Essex 310 pionship started hero with
results. and 95 for 4 (Hever for 25). Veza sirprise read the day
The biggest upset 8 Notinghamshireicheast was the defeat, de Jean 108.B Notts 211-125
273 and 189 (Winrow 62, Donald, last year's runner-up 211-109 1284 Wright 7 for
Wright for 68); Kent 326 and and Britain's chief hope by He mentioned that two Gold Coasters had np-
Beddans Ireland's No. 2 Mra Val
peared for their UniversityCambridge in the 2103 116 2
137.1 At Peterborough:
[and mother of threó children. Northamp-
Inter-University Match at the White City, London-, 100 120 1
tonshire drew with Lancashire. After a hard-fought match.
Ansah, the hurdler, and Akiwumi, the high jumpor. Mrs Reddar won on the 19th Rain ́restricted play-today, Lan-
It is gualty cashire. 407, Northants 218 and hole, but so sure was she of
Sir Sidney founded 143 89 5. 152 for 0 (Oldfeld: 43 not out, victory that previously she had Uganda Athletic Association in 57 Clubs covering every part of will be a veterans relay race knowledge of the mechanics of do in one. The rest of tho
the tlon. It contains the names of The main event on Saturday Billy lives and sleeps, football, true. No nonsense about 1
never ceasing to, improve his A longish hole; 195-yards, to 314= 97 128-B Grioves 5 for 02).
packed, her cases and ordered a
1925
"Then he explained, the Colony. There are Inter- which will be participated in by the game. 1/15--01-(88.4° At: Cambridges. Cambridge taxi to be ready to meet her. We had only a few school Colony matches between Ugan- former Colony's champlons, and
round and the doer no discredit. 1 1984 (02:4 University drew with Middlesex. Two of the threa American
teams competing with a team | da and Kenya,
completed the last mine holes 1******** (93-468-4 Chimbridge. 288 and 105 for 6: challengers, Miss : Graca
interport swimmers such as yet he spares the time to hit in 32 and finished in 78 (nett from the King's African 'Rifles Sir Sidney went on: I want Dick Noronha, W. O'Nell, Dr. D. 15-682 Middlesex 402 for 4 declared Lanchyk and Miss Peggy Kirk and a Police team. New look at the people to get things golux Laing, 9. Marcal and others himself for business when bebe Brucella in dor 100 124 2 Rain restricted play today patrick won through to the this," and 'he produced the themselves. There is a great
Bracowdll”... pruderdo ratires; Non-smokor, testotaller, 81.53.1 Router.
third round. Reuter,
latest handbook of the Assocta-
-SECOND:DIVISION.
IRC Necrolo
Mister Conquest
AND BARE GOING/ SIDNIGHT, STONEY
1° MIÑO JE I TAJCE, AN LEE
VISITING CARD ALONG, ER?
toria Recreation Club held their for another 10 years unless his He can be England's captain heats yesterday to choose the great enthusiasm burns him out. Analists.
5. AZYvanovich."{
So It happened.
-in
law
The following, qualided" deal of enthusiasm in the Gold the Anal yesterdays for my drat impact with him was having his feat duly certified to Coast and they have done much already--I want to help them Guest, 1, 1. Gomes, 7. Mosteiro and at Aldershot and captain of the ver
Members 100 yarda free-style when he was Staff Sergeant TT understandable. He is 20 on a bit. further,
Army team which went to
to lina
FRENCH, WITH CARE Nigeria has done a great deal is a yard backstroke-C. Faris
Conversation, plece on the backer and bookmaker:
Optimist What price Cades for the Derby?
in sport; She sent a small team. Faget," 6.' Anderson" and hos ben-th the wolves' telephons. between would-ba
Anderson,
of athleles to Britain last year Boys 25 yards breast-stroke-1. and is sending an Association Outierrez Of Marshall, A. Guterres Service since 14 years of age, football eleven to tour. The and M.. Guterres,
serving an apprenticeship In Members 50 yards back-stroke thele. United Kingdom in the autumn. N. Reynolds V. Lopes, P. Thomp teams until now-le la the first "A", "B" and Reserve I hope that the Gold Coast, will son and fo follow their example.
want the women in tou, on these sporting activities," he added, and cited the example of
Lading, 2 yards "breast-stroke-name that goes down when the an ager, Kager, il, Anderson FA Balection Committee meet and B., Anderson,
argin, D, Castro, B. Bivand, his opposite number Johnnle Boys yards free-style to choose the National Eleven.
After Wright, I would place
the Jamalean and West Indian Alando, & women at
Member 50 yards. breast-stroke, King, Leicester's left-fial? In the The Olymple Clamos, Collsco J. Gomes A Cup Final honours list, follow I want? he concluded to see! Yvanovich and M. Rozk
the people of West Africa,
Bookmaker Who Optimit G-A-D-E-S, Gades
BookmakerNaver board
Optimist-It's a French horse Bookmaker.Oh! Well, 100-8
is the price. Manage
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Boy yards; backgroso J, Johnnie Hance Lofils THEY TURN IT ON-> Levanta and competing on equal" una B. SIN
thisted and particu,medley
Barg
Anderson.
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Bradley, for his excellánt keep-
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Lopan,two goals opportunising & think playima tinning
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