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SHOULD CRICKETERS DRINK?
FUTURE
S.A. TEST PLAYER.
A Famous Player "On the Mat.”
Played Tate Like a Veteran.
EXCHANGES.
between Lady The recent duel
Newton, the 16-years-old school- hay of the Orange Free State, Astor and Percy Chapman is re- miniscent of a story told about n
who played Tate in South Africa famous England cricketer belong-like a veteran, is considered to be
This ing to Midland county.
a Test player of the near future. Individual was certainly
not A In Currie Cup matches he has an total abstainer. He might well
average of 80.4 and he is also s
Some bowler. change have played Shakepeare's Bardolph useful
critics think he would already. without making up much; some likened him to the once celebrat-
pass through the fire of a Test
Un Rombay-m he ed Ally Sloper. He is dead years Match successfully because
the so the story will not hurt undoubtedly has
big-match Wire
On demand temperament but the authorities consider him too young yet. Cam On Calcutta- bridge can look forward to a, boy i Wire who may prove as great an attrac- On demand tion as Oxford's Owen-Smith for Newton is destined for a legal career, and will go to the Light Blue 'Varsity in due course.
wns
ngo, him.
On the carpet before his county committee. he
addressed "We severely by the Chairman. have heard, So-and-So, that you were very drunk during the recent match at Brighton."
I
"So I Wawhat about it? made
over a hundred and took nine wicketa. That ought to be good enough, I reckon."
"But we cannot tolerate such conduct, you know."
Bardolph's eyes swept the ranks of the grave seigneurs in high disdain. "And which of you gen- tlemen. ho asked, "ever made hundred runs and took nine wickets in any port of a match, drunk or sober"
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ONE GOAL MARGIN.
Only one of the four League Kames down for decision yesterday
This was was played.
a Second Division game on the Chatham Rond ground between the Argylls and the University. Playing ten men throughout, the University were defeated by the odd goal in three, Tan scoring their only goal and Alexander two for the Argylla, on a heavy ground which handi- capped the players.
Result:-
Argylle
University
League Table to Date.
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Our Sports Diary.
LOCAL
TENNIS-To-day-
LAWN II.K.C.C. Tournament
FOOTBALL Saturday-First Division--South Wales Borderers . St. Joseph's Royal Artillery v. Argylls; Club v. Police; Chin
Athletic Club de Recrolo; Kowloon F.G. v. Navy.
April
cse
Y.
18-Sunday Herald Charity Cup Final-Scotian v. Chin
HOCKEY Saturday Caer Clark .Cup-Hong Kong Ladies' Hockey Club v. Kowloon Ladies' Hockey Club,
CRICKET- Saturday-Dlvinian L-C.C.C. Y. LR.C.
FENCING- Monday- Fencing Club Meeting, Yacht Club, 5.15 J.M.
RACING-April 18-Third Extra Race Meeting. Happy Val- ley.
HOME,
GOLF To-day Profcasional Tournament, Rochampton.
April 20-24-English Amateur Championship.
April 25 and 26-Professional Tournament, Torquay.
HONG KONG STOCK EXCHANGE.
Opening Daily Official Quotations 9th April, 1931.
Jismas 210
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TO-DAY'S QUOTATIONS.
fe London--- Bank, wire........ Bank, on demand.. 11% Bank, 4 months' sight 11 11/16 Credits, 4 montha'
sight
1/- 5/16 Documentary, 4
months' sight... 1/- 7/16
Un Peris-
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STOCK
Day-Sell- Sales Nom Vin,
BTK
Year
Last dividend and when paid
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28%
Chian Sal,
$
630
037
Credits, 60 days
*Chias Underwrites...$ 14.35 4
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249%
(4.0071)
Deo. Nonz
China Fire 153, .........$
+
625
Doo.
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H. K. Fire Ins.
651%
Shipping.
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...... 65%
Douglases..........
H. K. Steamboats...$203
On Singapore--
On demand
41%
On Manila-
On demand
47
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Shell Transports ...)-
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Union Waterboats
241
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Goals.
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22 17 0 89 25 34
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3 14.22 1 4 37 14 28' 7 28 28 20 48 20 32 21 St. Joseph's 22 8 3 11 30 41
University .20 7 9 4 32 28 18 22 7 4 11 20 39 18 Kowloon South China 21 4 4 13
SCOTS TEAM.
Sunday Herald Charity Cup Match.
The following have been select- ed to represent Scotland against China in the final of the Sunday Herald Charity Cup Competition to be played on the Hong Kong Foot- ball Club ground on Saturday, April 18, at 4,30 pm.:—
RACING-Saturday--Newbury
April 20- Two
Gulacas
FOOTBALL - Enturday-Scot- tish Cup Final: Amateur Cup Final; Arny v. Navy and Marines. April 25-English Cap Finn}, Wembley.
RUGBY FOOTBALL Saturday -British Army v. French Army; Twickenham.
Bombay
Shanghai
Hong Kong
Yokohama
Silver Spot
Silver Forward
CAMBRIDGE ATHLETE LOCAL TEAMS FOR
INJURED.
Tisdall Unable to Help Caius.
London, March 12. R. M. N. Tisdall, the brilliant Cambridge athlete, who took four events against Oxford last Satur Rodger (Club); Blackburn, Hender- day, was yesterday unable to as- son (Argylls); Hay (Argylls), Ma- sist his college, Caius, against Kelvio (Kowloon), A. Duncan (Club); Pembroke in the final for the Rouso Hughes, McTavish, Loudon (Argylls) Ball Cup. He has injured both Oram (Police), and Capt. Campbell ankles in a fall, and he will have (Argylls),
Reserves: Angus, Macfarlane, Shen to keep off the track for a con- herd, Alexander, Bell, and McGlashan. | siderable period.
FOOTBALL MEETING.
A meeting of the Council of the Association will be held in the Associations offices, 20, Ice House Street, at 5.30 p.m. on Tuesday.
ROYAL YACHT.
BRITANNIA TO HAVE NEW MAST ADJUSTED.
TO RACE THIS YEAR.
Rugby, Yesterday.
The King'o yacht Britannia left Cowes to-day for Gosport to have her new mast adjusted suitable for the Bermuda Rig, in which she will race during, the coming sea- son-British Wireless Service.
Pembroke won the Rouse Ball Cup for the seventh year in suc- cession. They beat Caius by 72 points to 88%.
TUBE
SATURDAY.
CRICKET.
League 1.
C.C.C. v. I.R.C.~~C.C.C. Ground al 2 p.m. I.R.C.-A. H. Rumjahn (captain), A. H. Madar, A. el Arculli, A. A. Rumjahn, F. D. Pereira, A. R. Mina, S. A. Ismail, O. Ismall, A. K. Minu
Curreem, and F. M. el Arculli.
S., A.
HOCKEY,
Y.M.C.A. . H.M.S. TAMAR~~
King's Park at 3 pm. Y.M.C.A. G. Moss; R. Dormer, L. Tipple; L Macoy, V. Purvis, R. A. Bates; A. R. Brown, W. H. Smith, Dr. Ashton, F. Parker, and H. Muller.
Reserve: F. Murphy.
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