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BOXING DAY CRICKET
RESULTS
CLUB V. ARMY IN TRIANGULAR TOURNAMENT
ROYAL NAVY VISIT KOWLOON
Victory by 106 runs went to the Hong Kong Cricket Club yes- terday in the first match of the Christmas and New Year holidays, the visitors being the Army. Next | week there will be the two-days match between the Club and the Royal Navy,
Moor and Mitchell, by an enter prising second wicket partnership of 99 runs, paved the way to a substantial score for the girllians, Moor had 10 fours in his 73 and Mitchell gave further evidence in support of the argument that offence is the best defence in cricket.
Batting Falls Away
Poarce and Owen Hughes, two Interport "caps," both got Into the twenties. After four wickets for
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Fall of wickets:-1-11; 2-13; 171 runs, however, the Club bat-3-22: 4-28; 6-40; 6-47; 7-58; 8-83; ting fell away.
9-88; 10-94; 11-108.
Fry took five wickets for the soldiers. Wyatt, who was 30 In- terport bowler last month, had too much work to do. The Army lack- ed the services of Musson (who is another Interport cap) in the attack.
best with Wyatt did
the bat when the Army had their knock. Rowker and Beck were very effec- tive and the former was at his
best in the first spell. Read (who
was another member of the Inter- port side) only took one wicket.
Both teams flelded well and
keenly. The wicket-keeping was high-class, but the Club dropped a few catches in the slips.
Visiting Players
Mohamed 44, A. S. Ismail 20,
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KOWLOON v. ROYAL NAVY
The Royal Navy found Goodwin (another ex-Interporter) in a dan gerous mood when they batted at Kowloon Cricket Club yesterday and the home team secured an
easy advantage. The visitors Tin proved in thair second venture in the afternoon. Scores:-
Royal Navy-Ïst innings Lt. J. P. Wright, c Hall, b
Ross
Marine Trusler, 1.b.w.. ն
Goodwin
1 Cricket Club defeated the marrie
omen by 93 runs. Scores -
Bachelors 196 runs (S. A
31. A. B. Homson 66 retired; Y. Abbas 4 for 37).
men 103 runs
(F.
Married Oliver 28, 8. A. Cassumbhoy 23; J. Champion 4 for 6).
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Lt. F.. M. R: Stephenson, b
Goodwin
The Club had the assistance of the Rev. Mr. Quick, who has serv ed Hong Kong several times in Interport matches. He is now & Shanghai resident and, on passing through, was included to make a 12-a-side match. Lt. M. H. F.Sq. Ldr. G. Boumphrey, Waring, who represented Malaya in the triangular Interport here Comdr. E. G. Stanley,
Ramsay, b Brace
last November, was in the Army
Goodwin side, he having arrived with an Sub-Lt. C. L. L. Glass, anti-piracy guard from Singapore.
Ramsay, b Lee Scores:-
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Fall of wickets:-1-20; 2-119;
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1 Baker, 1.b... b Ross
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day than on Christmas Day.
The Carnival
The big event was the Carnival on the roof Garden at the Hong Kong Hotel last night. Tables were fully booked long before Christmas, and the pretty ballroom was thronged with a crowd of merry-makers, there being more Chineso than Europeans.
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6
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H. J. Armstrong, b Wyatt..
5
b Goodwin
E. J. R. Mitchell, st Crake, b
Fry
Lt.-Comdr. E. W. Sim,
32
Goodwin
3
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T. E Pearce, l.b.w., b Fry
27 Comdr. F. C. Baker, not out.
4
II. Owen Hughes, not out
24
Extras
10
H. V. Parker, b. Fry
At the Civil Servico Cricket Club, members were "At Home" to the
H. K. Realties Chinese Estates
$8.40
14
Rev. E. K. Quick, b Reynolds
0
Total
J. R. Hinton, c. Crake, b
BOWLING ANALYSIS
Reynolds
3
G. E. R. Divett, b Fry
Goodwin
0. M. R. .10.3 2 23
W.
A. Reld, b Fry
Roas
5 1 20
A. C. I. Bowker, c Reynolds.
Lee
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1
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b Fry
10
Hung
3
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A. G. Beck, not out
11
Brace
3 0
7
1
0 At the close of the afternoon, every
little boy and girl was given a pre- H. K. Electrics
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...519.70 the more acdate members. The coco-
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Ch. Light (ald) $172
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Kowloon C.C.
much overburdened Christmas tree by Maczo
E. C. Fincher, b Trusler
Total
214
W. C. Hung, 1.b.W.,
b
- Boumphrey
3
His Honour, Mr. Justice Wood re-
A. W. Ramsay, b Bennett
F. E. Lawrence, 'c Stephenson,
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43 Mr. J. R. Wood, assisted by "Father Sandakan Lights .....
Christmas" Millington.
12 turned thanks on behalf of his wife China Busesis. 151
for the honour done her.
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The opportunity was also taken to distribute the prizes won by the mera-
Industrials.
Boumphrey
Reynolds Leach Christian Waring
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Major R. H. Crake, b Beck .. Lt. M. F. H. Waring, b Bowker Capt. J. R. Reynolds, c Owen
Hughes, b Bowker
10 1
Baker
6
Extras
2
H. J. Best and L. Lockhart; runners-
12
Total
227
Lt. A. H. Musson, c Owen
Hughes, b Howker
BOWLING ANALYSIS
6
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Baker
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8
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Lt. Col. F. J. C. Wyatt,
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Boumphrey Bennett
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3
Bowling-Winner, F. Baker.
10 1
41 2
Pearce, b Bowker ...
36
B.S.M. Leach, b Reid
Trasler
7
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L/Cpl. Everest, run out
Glass
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2
Men's Handicap Singles Winner, Canton Ices
F. W. Bradley; runner-up, H. J. Best Comeau (comb.) ...
Men's Handicap Doubles Winners,
up, S. Randle and L. Luck.
Mixed Doubles.Winners, Mr. and Mrs. B. W. Bradbury; ranners-up, L w.Luck and Mrs. Gull.
Cricket
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Royal Navy-2nd innings
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Extras
Total
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Cobb, c Lawrence Ross
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108 Stanley, not out
Sim, b Hall
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86 Want and F. J. Jones; runners-up,
Winner, F. A. Jones; runner-up, T. H.K. Amusement Pref.$ Armstrong-
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Miscellaneous.
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Extras
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decided to extend his Exhibition
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142
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BOWLING ANALYSIS
Q K.
On London
Rosa
92 26
1/7
Fincher
8
183
Hung
Brace
3. 111 41
Lee
1.30
Goodwin
80 290
Hall
Recreio v. Varsity
sight
On Singapore-js
On demand
701⁄4
On Mandamam
On domand
79
1/8 %
On Shanghai--- On demand 20 day's sight (private
paper)
77%
1012
On Yokoham
On demand
BO
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1087
Gold Leaf, 100 fine
On Berlin
On demand
On New York
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89%
Silver (par oz.)
days
Bar Silver 16:
41%
Kong:
Popper
Nominal
108
Copper, Cents
$%, prem
108%
Rate of
1083
Chinese
(per tael)
Sovereigns (Bank's
Hong Kong Sub
13/16
During the year ended March 31 the number of National Savings certificates sold 52,342,219
the largest for any year since 1928- 24 This was about 5,600,000 in advance of the year 1927-28,
In the opinion of the Court it was contrary to good morals to do busi head with such letters and the Countess's demands partook of the character of blackmail.
The Countess of Erroll was. awarded £20 damages against each of six newspapers which bad stated that she was about to become
seats, were lost by the
the Scottish mun
Glasgow and two