WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 1928.
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LAI WAH CUP
DATES OF MATCHES FIXED
F.A. COUNCIL MEETING
Following is the draw for the Lai Wah Cup Competition, decided upon yesterday at a meeting of the H.K.F.A. Council, Mr. J. Ormiston presiding:-
Army v. Navy, Oct. 27. Civilians v. Chinese, Nov. 24. Final on December 15.
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LOCAL ST. LEGÈR
FIRST LIST OF PRICES ISSUED
COOS BAY FAVOURITE
Following are Frank Haytor's prices for the Hong Kong St. Leger, to be run on October 8:-
5/4
5/2
6/1
5/1
10/1
Applications from three
Army
8/1
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100/15
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10/1
on
It was decided to hold a farewell dinner in honour of Mr. J. Mc- Cubbin October 10, Mr. Me-j Cubbin a shortly departing from the Colony.
20/1
33/1 25/1
The following were present at the meeting-Mr. P. P. J. Wode- house, C.I.E. (Vice President).] Capt. A. W. Austin, M.C., Messrs. J. Ormiston, F. Smith, J. McCubbin, F. W. Barber, F. W. Black, H. K. Lee, and W. E. Hollands (Hon. Secretary),
HOME SOCCER
"London, Yesterday.
In the Third Division of the League, Northern Section, Ac- crington drew with Hartlepools
THE CHINA MAIL,
BRIGHTER CRICKET
SUGGESTED DRASTIC REVISION OF THE LAWS
M.C.C.'S ACTION
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In view of the recent phenomen ally heavy scoring in county cricket matches, it is scarcely surprising to find that the M.C.C. have fasued let tera to county committees asking for their opinions with regard to certain drastic revision of the laws ....Coos Bay of the game which have been lately .Blackstone Hall submitted for their consideration." ..Chema! The suggested alterations are! on .Tarmacadam the lines of those put forward by
U. Un. II the Hon. R. H. Lyttelton, and parti
Gala Eve cularly affect the log-before-wicket .Blue World rule. It is proposed that in future ...Tarzan a batsman may be out leg-before-, Horsford wicket elther to a ball which pitches Perpetual Motion straight, and though touching firat Wire
.The Hawk the bat or hand would have hit the On demand
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DOG SENSATION
WERE THE ANIMALS DISGUISEDT PAINT STORY
Belfast-An Inquiry is being held here into allegations of a sen- sational character concerning the running of two greyhounds at the Dunmore Park greyhound course.
It is alleged that two dóga op- peared on the programme under wrong names. They were both re- turned as winners..
All the bookmakers except two
United 2-2 and Nelson lost to Lin-left their stands and refused to go coln City 3-4-Reuter.
CRICKET
on with the wagering. The result! was that there was no betting on the last two races,
It is alleged that the dogs were
moved by petrol.
The following will represent disguised by paint; and that after- the Volunteers 2nd XI. at Kow-wards the paint marks were re- loon on Saturday against the K.C.C. 2nd XI. at 2.15 p.m.- C. R. West (Capt.), R. R. Davies, J. E. Hancock, R. K. Valentine, W. M. Groves, T. L. Christie, A.
Paddock Demonstration.
A
Frank Wycoff
wicket but for the intervention of
At the end of the meeting the the batsman, or to a ball which owners of the dogs were inter-pitches on the off-side, but would rogated by the officials of the Unit-have hit the wicket if the bataman Read, V. W. L. Stanion, J. Led Greyhound Company, the or- had not been standing in a direct Bonnar, G. A. L. Plummer, and ganisation responsible for the line between wicket and wicket. In H. F. L. Ewin.
I.R.C. v. H.K.E.C.
-
course.
This was followed by a demon. stration in the paddock.
The names of the dogs given in The following will represent the I.R.C. in the above friendly match the programme were Too Tricky to be played on the I.R.C. Ground and Little York. at 2 p.m. on Saturday.
Sirdar Khan
(Capt.), M. P. Madar, I. Hassan, D. Mohomed, A. M. Rumjahn, M. R. Abbas, A. R. Sufflad, A Butt, E. M. K. Malubhoy, R. Nazarin and A. Rahmin, Reserve A. R. H. Esmall.
LR.C. v. RA.S.C.
The following will represent the I.R.C. in the above friendly match to be played on the I.R.C. Ground at 2 p.m. on. Sunday.
Sirdar Khan (Capt.), M. P. Madar, D. Mohomed, A. M. Rum- jahn, M. R. Abbas, A. R. Suffiad, A. Butt, E. M. K. Malubhoy, R. Nazarin, A. Rahmin and A. R. H. Ismail. Reserve, U. T. Thad.
order further to assist the bowler to keep down the runs the co-opera- tion of first-class counties is ask- ed to discourage the practice of an exaggerated artificial preparation of the wicket, and to encourage the the I understand the officials who in leaving of longer grass on vestigated the affair were inform-pitches. Countles are asked whe a trial to the suggested reforma ed that one of the dogs. was disther they are willing to give guised' by means of white pads on
thereafter if approved to adop! the feet and a white tip on the during the season of 1929, and
them permanently.
tall.
Omcial's Statement
An official of the United Grey hound Company said:
"Representatives of the National Greyhound Racing Club will attend to inquire into the allegations of substitution.
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It may be conceded af once, in spite of statisticians who tell us that very high scoring is not com moner but rarer than it was before the war, that there is a growing tendency for the bat to beat the ball. Umpires are being bred in a "The owners of the dogs have tradition which teaches them to been requested to be present. give the batsman, not the bowler, They have been asked to bring the the benefit of the doubt, and there' dogs which ran, and the two whose is a general superstition that the identity the new hames were sup-public will only pay to posed to conceal."-"Evening Stan- what are called batting carnivals. dard" correspondent.
Certainly the Hastings crowd were not unwilling to watch the last three wickets of the home county add 300 to the somewhat the only sort of cricket, but that. MOVEMENTS OF STEAMERS meagre total of 105 scored by the the rules in vogue for them are previous seven Sussex batsmen, but adopted in every village. The bats
The 8.8. "Chicago Maru" is ex- there are still many spectators who man who has not been taught to pected here to-morrow, and will like to watch skilful bowling better play forward or back, and does not leave on Sept. 28 for East African than easy scoring. What most hit blindly at every ball, sometimesports vin Singapore and Colombo, cricket enthusiasts are concerned finds himself compelled merely to The a.s: "Hawali Maruia ex- about is not so much the high scor stand still and stonewall. It will pected to arrive, here on Sept. 28 ing as the rate of scoring.not altogether, add to the bright and will leave on Sept. 29 for Spectators chafe at the ease withness of the game to hear appeals South African, and South American which a batsman defende his wicket for 1.b.w. every time the untutored and the immense amount of time ho wight has the fortune to stop the ports via Salgon, Singapore and
Colombo. spends there. Any rule that can ball. The general public are more alter this will meet with general ap or less anxious to have a general
Pat (seeing notice in shop win- .proval.
speeding-up of the game and at the It may or may not be due to the same time to see the batsman more dow): It says there, Mike, G. innate conservatism of sportsmen frequently in difficulties. In old Smith, late 28 years with, Johnson who naturally regard with suspi-days the weather could be trusted and Co., and I was late every morn cion any efforts to alter their ac-at frequent intervals to make the ing for only a month, with the same customed practice, but it is note wicket tricky. We have now get firm, but they didn't set me up in worthy that the M.C.C. suggestions to the state of complaining because business. They gave me the sack!" do not entirely commend themselves it la no longer unreliable. The
WORLD-CHAMPION TENNIS PLAYER-Rene, La Coste, the French tennis star, and one of the world's greatest playors. He is. shown here with his training machine which throws the bulla in the air for practice play.
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