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SHANGHAI
LAST VICTORY IN 1925
· QUIETLY CONFIDENT OF REGAINING HONG KONG FLAG.
INTERESTING STATISTICS
The sixteenth Hong Kong cricket eleven to visit Shanghai will sail by the President Jefferson at 2 a.m. to-morrow taking with them the best wishes of the local cricketing community.
SHANGHAI HAVE WON 9 OUT OF 15.
Hong Kong Win Four.
The following are the results of Interport matches played between Hong Kong and Shanghai in the northern port:
1867 Shanghai won by 81 runs. 1889 Shanghai won by 8 wickets," 1891 Drawn.
1892 Shanghai won by 157 runs. 1898 Hong Kong won by 28 runs. 1903 Hong Kong by an innings
and 28 runs.
1906 Shanghal won by 135 runs. 1912 Shanghai wan by an innings 1908 Shanghai won by 10 wickets.
and 26" runs, .... 1914 Shanghai won by 116 runs.
1921 Shanghai won by an innings
and 159 runs.
1928 Hong Kong won by 8 wickets. 1928 Shanghai won by 120 runs. 1980 Drawn.
1925 Hong Kong won by 7 runs.
The eleven will face a very formidable com- bination on their ground, a ground which has al- lowed Hong Kong only four victories out of the fifteen games played there, Shanghai having won nine and drawn two of the encounters. But in spite of the fact of the last Hong Kong victory on the single innings rule and is in- Shanghai soil being gained by only 7 runs, the cluded in the official list of Inter- Hong Kong side is quietly confident. Followers of port matches. cricket can rest assured that E, J. R. Mitchell will E. J. R. Mitchell's Comments get the very best out of his teain.
The match against Shanghai commences a week to-day and will be continued on Saturday and Monday, if necessary. The team will then play against the Rest of Shanghal before leaving for Hong Kong on Wednesday, May 25.
This match was played, undar
on Selection.
"We have a fairly well-balanced side with perhaps too many “if” batsmen, hut should they come off we should make a very fine score. An excellent fielding, side has been Considerable interest has been aroused in this year's encoun-selected and there is a good ter due to the fact that the two ports have only one game separat- variety of bowling at my disposal,” ing them, Hong Kong having won 15 and Shanghai 14 of the games was E. J. R. Mitchell's comment played. Hong Kong are also smarting under the disgraces of a on the selection of the éleven. home defeat, sustained last November, when Shanghai won by six wickets.
1
On paper the team looks a J. R. Reynolds, c Divecha, b
O'Hara
Only Two Hong Kong Centuries In Shanghai.
Only two Hong Kong batsmen have reached three figures in
J
formidable combination, stronger G. R. More; 'c and b Rogerson 28 single innings, in an Interport match
Total
to BOWLING ANALYSIS.
in bowling than in batting, and A. C. Beck, b.Divecha possessing several brilliant fields- A. Reid, not out men, The danger which most Extras besets the side is an early reverse, Time and again have Hong Kong sides collapsed when a quick wic- |ket has fallen. That genius Donald Isaacs
Leach also knows it all too well,
O'Hara Leach and that is where the danger will Stokes lie. Mitchell can handle his bowl- Rogerson ing satisfactorily as has been Madar proved in the past, but he cannot Marshall; command the destinies of his bats Divecha men. The game lles in their hands. Hong Kong--2nd Innings. Batting Down To No. 8. E. C. Fincher, b Isaacs
in Shanghai. In the match in 1908 when Hong Kong batted first and scored 886 Lt. Lumsden (136) was largely responsible for the big 141 Hong Kong victory by an innings
and 23 runa.
0. M. B. W. .35 18 30 .25 11 32 .20 12 16 167 18
6
0' 14
I
10
2
0 19
2.2 0
6
Looking again at the list it looks E. R. Duckitt, not out
as if there is batting strength down E. F. Fincher, b Isaacs to No. 8, with Minu, Burnett and F. R. Zimmern, b Isaacs Patterson possibly adding a small T. E. Pearce, Lb.w. b. Leach contribution. That certainly looks E. J. R. Mitchell, not out
Extra promising, but it did not look im.. pressive on Saturday last A bril lant catch by Teddy Fincher in the slips dismissed Sayer at 5 and that was the beginning of the end. The wicket, however, was in a very eas bad state, and the Interporters can O'Hara rest assured that they will encoun-Leach ter nothing like that in Shanghai, Divecha
Glue Pot Experienced.
The last side to visit Shanghai, under the captaincy of Tam Pearce, had the unfortunate ex- perience of encountering a real glue pot wicket. Rain prevented play on the second, third and fourth days and, when the match was abandoned at the conclusion of the fifth day's play Hong Kong were still 95 runs in arrears with only six wickets in hand,
Remarkable Howling Figures. Full scores of that game played on May 19 and 28, 1930 were as follow:
Shanghai,
0. G. Simpson, c and b Beck 32
Divecha, c Pearce, b
M.
Beckcas
40
LF. Stokes, run out
66
D. W. Leach, b Mitchell.
A. J. Barson, e Pearce, b Reld
P. Madar, not out
F. ET Marshall, CE
Total (for 4 wkte.)
BOWLING ANALYSIS,
10. M. .16 6 25
The other century was scored as 2 recently as 1928 when "Tam" Pearce 3 knocked up 145′ and was undefeated
1 when the innings was closed at 1332. Hong Kong won that game 1 by three wickets after declaring at 0276 for 7 In' their second innings o and after being led by 19 runs on 2 the first innings.
The following have scored cen oturies in the series of matches:
For Hong Kong.
201
0192 T. E. Pearce at Hong Kong 0 in 1920,
20 146-T. E Pearce at Shanghai 14 in 1928.
1186 -Lt. Lumsden at Shanghai
In 1903.
55 119 --W N. Edwards, at: Hong
Kong In 1909,
R. W 107
5
0
5
116
1
165
1 11
HONG KONG.
E. J.RMITCHELL
(H.K.C.C.)
G. R. SAYER (C.S.C.C.),
E. RICHARDSON C.S.C.C.)
A. C. HAMILTON (S.W.B.)
A. C BECK (H.K.C.C.)
G.-C. BURNETT (K.C.C.)
E. F. FINCHER" (K.C.C.)
P. MADAR (KC.C.).
AH. MADAR (LB.C.) A. R. MINU (LR.C.). W. T. PATTERSON (C.C.C.)
TWELFTH MAN:-
MCLELLAN (C.S.C.C.);
SHANGHAL
"DAW/LEACH
KAIPING COAL
FOR ALL PURPOSES.
Fincher, b'Reid
W. E. O'Mara, not outre
Extras
Total. (for 6 wkta, dec.) 201 H. Rogerson, J. A. Isaacs, and
E. C. Barnes did not bat.
BOWLING ANALYSIS
R. Ecynolda
L. FRTOKER
W. MANSEL SMITH
HOME.
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Capt. Dunnt. Hong Kong in 1892.
For Shanghal.
Capt. E 1. M. Barrett at Shanghai in 1921.
146Capt. E. EM Barrett at
Hong Kong in 1927.-.-.-. 100-Capt. E. I M. Barrett st
Shanghai in 1914,"
Leading Hong Kong Bowlers The following have been the best! bowling figures accomplished by Hong Kong players in Interport matches in Shanghai:
10 for 166 H Owen-Hughes In
1928. E
9 for 81 R. E, O. Bird in 1909, 9 for 75 W. A. L. Lethbridge in
1898. M
9 for 104 R. E. O. Bird in 1906.
9 for 123 Capt. I. Erskine In
1928
8 for 48 Capt, Longhorna in
1898.
8 for 66 Dr. J. A Lowson in
*1892.
8 for 100 A. C. L. Bowker in
1925.
5 for 17 H. E. Stranger-Leather
1906.
4 for 10 E. B. Reed in 1914.
denotes wickets - taken in; single innings
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