SATURDAY, MAY 21, 1932.
FIELD FLOOD AND RING
Hong Kong Rifle Club
By Athole
The new rifle range of the Hong Kong Rifle Club, at Kowloon Tong, will be opened by H.E. Major- General J. W: Sandilands, General: Oncer Commanding, at 4.30 p.m. to-day. Mr. G. Duncan, M.B.E., of the Kowloon Dock, is to be heartily congratulated on a very successful job of work, in the construction of
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MALAYAN CRICKET.
THE CHINA -MAIL
TWENTY YEARS OF England And Ireland Have Excellent Rugby Prospects
7 FOR 10 AGAINST HONG KONG.
Dr. Hennessy's Bowling Feats.
Dr. P. H.. Hennessy m whose honour a farewell cricket match was staged in Ipoh recently; has an enviable cricket record, hay- ing been for 20 years in the. fore- Harry Corbett, formerly feather- front of Malayan cricketers. Hia weight champion of Britain, has cricket fame reats chiefly on the lost the sight of his left eye. His numerous bowling feats that he ac- complished СП overy playing vision has been filing for some time, and there would be danger ground of importance in the coun-
Wales Faced With Problem
Of Team Building
YOUNGSTERS ARE DEPENDABLE
SCOTLAND LOSE ALL MATCHES FOR FIRST TIME SINCE 1914.
try. In the course of his long England and Ireland are the of the back division who played a of the other eye becoming affected cricket career he has played for countries to support for the Rugby consistently useful game was G. if he fought again. the range.
His ring career is therefore de- Penang, Singapore, Malacca, Selan-championship next season. This, Wood, of Gala. E The Hong Kong Rifle Club was
apparently, is the "lesson" of the | I have been struck by the hor only recently inaugurated, and has finitely closed. As Corbett le with-gor, Perak and Negri Sembilan.
He has played for both the international tournament of 1962, rible thought that Scotland might as its first President, Mr. R. M. out resources of any description, Colony and the F.M.S. In addition which ended with England's easy not have a solitary representative Dyer, C.B.E, Chief Manager of the and has a wife and family as de
pendante, a fund has been opened 10 which he has been a member of victory in the Calcutta Cup match in a Great Britain and Ireland XV Kowloon Dock.
the Straits teams which have writes "Elmo" in the London "Ex-supposing such a side were chogen The Hon. Secretary is Mr. E. R. to assist him.
on this scasog's form, Mr. Ted Broadribb, g. Cecil-played against Siam and in the in-press."
with Dovey, Commissioner of the Sharp-
Welsh enthusiasts may challenge A forward or so might be con- shooters' Company of the local court, Charing Cross-road, W.C., has ter-port triangular contests
Hongkong and Shanghai. His my theory, but the point is that sidered, any H. S. Mackintosh. W. Police Reserve, who, unfortunate-given a substantial inaugural dona- ly, is ill in hospital at present, and tion, and will be glad to receive crowning feat was Accomplished in Wales will probably be faced with B.. Welsh, and F. H. Waters but 1927 when he played for Malaya the problem of teambuilding on I can visualise no reward for any will not be able to attend the open-
in the historic match at Kuain Lum-an extensive scale. next season, Scottish outside. ing.
pur when the Australians captain- whereas England and Ireland, barr
Mythical Team.
Mr. W. J. Rattey is Treasurer:
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subscriptions,
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the Hon.
Davis Cup Player's Exhibition.
Leong,
ed by W. A. Oldfield were defeat-ing the unforeseen, will carry on The full-back, obviously, would Mr. A. M. D. Pitt, the Davis Cup ed.
with the young material collected be either Brown (England), or Bas- We join in wishing the orplayer who is at present in Malaya.
Played for Penang.
this year-good now, and likely to sett (Wales), difficult choice.) ganisers every success.
figured in an interesting exhibi- It was in 1907, that Hennessy be better. And Scotland, one fears, Brown would go in on the evidence tion at the house of, Dr. Lim Han played for Penang which was also must find an almost entirely new of his superb play against Scotland. Bookie To Pay Freak Bet,
And Bassett's mistakes in the Hoe on April 24, when he opposed the year, he made his first ap-back division.
Bassett and Morley of Wales, It Wales v. Ireland match might tell The man who made a freak 'bet Lim Bong Soo, the Chinese cham- perrance for Penang and the of £5 a week for life to half-a-pion, at eingles, and together with Colony. In those days the F.M.Sis stated, contemplate retirement. against him, though it is stated that crown has been ordered by Tatter-N. S. Wise, played a doubles match, Colony match was played twice Powell, first capped in 1926, is ap- Bassett broke a small bone in his sall's to pay £5 a week for a year against Bong Soo and Chun Choon a year, the change to an annual proaching the "eteran" stage, ankle, and played on in great pain fixture began with the year 1912. and one or two of the. Welsh for- for three-parts of that match. Bas The singles match took place In 1909 Dr. Hennessy played for wards are perhaps "getting on." sett, at his best, is still ideally re-
the Wales may thus have to change all liable. first and at the end of two sets, Negri Sembilan, the F.M.S., 243
Our wing three-quartars would be both players were on equal terms, Malayan side which were opposed departments.
to an Australian XI and at Hong-
Ireland's Needs.
selected from: Aarvold (England);} cach having won a set.
Pitt took time to settle down and kong in the interport matches. Ireland's possible requirements, Boon, and Morley... (Wales), and Bong Soo won the first set in re- The Straits side against Hong-looking well ahead, may include a Waide (Ireland). The two most markable fashion. He lost the kong that year was captained by fresh stand-off half, a successor to impressive centres of the season. first game but went on to win the Mr. T. R. Hubback who presently George Beamish, in the pack, and a Burland (England) and Hunt (Ire next six in fine style to take the resides in Pahang and has since couple of other young forwards. land), would have to go in, with to Ralph (Wales) as the best stand- set at 6-1. Pitt, however, even-won fame as a Big Game Hunter. But England should be able
Match Against Hongkong. field almost a ready-made tear in off half. tually found form and the second
-£200.
The bet was between Mr. Harry
betting Ball, of Bradford, "Young M'Gregor," and Mr. Frank Waite, clark to Mr. Fletcher, a Liverpool bookmaker.
The money is to be paid over im mediately, according to Tattersall's
decision.
Mr. Ball, the defendant, stated that at the Pontefract race meeting last October he laid a client £3 to
38. against Gold Meter for the Harewood Plate, and then jocular-
ly added: "If that wins I'll give you £5 a week for life."
Walte, who was standing near, said: "I have 2s. 6d. on that."
Gold Meter won the race start- ing at eight to one.
In giving my evidence before Tattersall's Committee.nuded M. Ball, "I stated that in accepting Mr. Waite's bet I intended only to lay him the same odds, 20 to 1- namely, 50s. to 2s. 6d."
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get was well contested. Pitt won
In the match against Hongkong, 1933, assuming that the present The standard of scrum-half play. the first game, conceded the next Hennessy took 8 wickets for 66 season players are available-a has dropped a little since the days Nelson Powell; Sugden, two, before taking the fourth and runs in the second innings and his team whose promise is likely to when fifth. Bong Soo won the sixth bowling had a large say in the ripen by then into fine perform and Young were international rivals. Still, I should feel almost game and after losing the seventh F.M.S. victory. As a souvenir of ance.
he took the eighth game to draw the occasion Dr. Hennessy level at 4-4. Pitt then won the presented with the ball. next two games to take the set.
was
No veterans had places in the inclined to suggest · Powell, again England sido who defeated Scot- for our British team as Ralph's us- Two years later when playing land. The two lengeat service in-ual partner. But perhaps Mur Pitt was very inaccurate in the for the H.M.S. against the Colony ternationals, Carl Aarvold and ray (Ireland), would be the most Arst eet when he lost several points Hennessy ran through the Colony Tom Brown-both first capped in useful player to complete the back by driving out of court. Bong Soo side who were all dismissed for 27 1928-are, respectively, about 25 division and not
runs in the first innings. This and 23. years old. B... H. Black among them." was steady throughout.
Only one set was played in the match was finished in a day the and C. C. Tanner appeared for doubles, and it resulted in a win F.M.S. winning by an innings and England in 1930. D.W. Burland for the Chinese pair 7-5. They some runs,
Present for P.G.H. Fonder.
Surrey County Cricket Club lost £3,013 on last year's working. The loss is attributed to reduced gate receipts owing to inclement wea- ther, the absence of any match with a touring eleven, a lower set. amount received at the outcome of in Test matches, and reductions receipts from entrance fees and aubscriptions.
Newbury Spring Cup Drama.
An incident probably unprece dented in a race of importance pre- ceded the victory of the four-year- old horse, Abbots Worthy, in the Newbury Spring Cup.
other nine members of the Cal-
The
An
ar Scotaman.
AMERICA.
Popular Future Expected.
attempt to
popularise
when .in an
and G. G. Gregory in 1931. The RUGBY FOOTBALL IN won the first, and third games, ! 1922 F.M.S-Colony Match. while the Europeans took the' In 1922 Dr. Hennessy again did cutta Cup team ara firat „season, second, fourth, fifth and sixth. The well in the FM.S.-Colony match internationals.
So England's prospects ought to Chirase then recovered well and which the former won by an in-
On this oc- he cheerful, and the selectors for took the next three games in auc- nings and some runs. cession. They lost the tenth at casion he took 7 wickets for 60 runs, once in a way should receive more love, but won the next two for the The F.M.S. scored 815 for 9 and the congratulations than kicks. N
Colony's response was 108 and 123 But what of Scotland?" in the first and second innings, re-northern outlook seems as "blue"
the British type of Rugby as the national jersey. Scotland spectively,
in New His last appearance in F.M.S.-have lost all their matches for the football was made Colony series of matches was six first time in any season since that York recently, years ago.
of 1918-14, when, as now, they did exhibition game under British Previous to that, he went to not meet France owing to a dis-rules, the, New York Rugby club defeated Harvard by eleven points Hongkong for a second tipe to re- agreement, and were beaten by to four before a small but enthu present the Straite, in the triangu-England, Ireland, and Wales..
siastic crowd including many Abbots Worthy, one of the joint lar contests there. In the match It is easy to blame the present Britons.A. favourites, unsoated his jockey, against Hongkong which
An unofficial vote of sportsmen the salaries of the permanent staff. Gordon Richards, at the starting Straits won Dr. Hennessy's bowling responsible for the chops and taken by those responsible for this The committee announce that gate and completed the mile course analysis read 28 overs 11 maidens changeq which meant that 27 play exhibition match shows that the
riderlees. He was caught, and the 55 runs 5 wickets. jockey, who had been rushed down The captain of the Straits XI on four matches, including the battle British type of game stands York, the course in the starter's motor this occasion, was Mr. M. AM. with the Springboks at gale-ridden good
popular In New Griffin, late Chief Police Officer, Murrayfield But the Scottish ing Penang.
O selectors can at least retort that and many are of the opinion that it
will
"knock, American football in. 7 Hongkong Wickets For 10 Runs England tried 26 players with gres to a cocked hat" once it becomes
When Hongkong visited the ter success in the same number of Straits a few years ago and played games.
The annual report states the economies recommended include a reduction in the number of first
in eleven professionals and
the number of ground bowlers on the staff and an all-round reduction in
D. R. Jardine is to captain the ele
ven in 1932, and express their. warm appreciation of the services of P. G. H. Fender, to whom they have made a suitable presentation, Mr. R. C. N. Palairet, who has re- signed the secretaryship, is also the recipient of a presentation in ad- dition to which the committee have nominated him as an honorary life member.
Olymple Games.
"We want to send a team of 120 athletes to Los Angeles this sum- mer, 120 living witnesses to the truth that Sir Malcolm Campbell is not a unique product of British sportsmanship, 120 missionarios for the prestige, the trade, and the Influence of Great Britain. We
car, remounted and returned to the starting-post at a smart canter.
By this time Abbots Worthy had covered quite three miles, and, while it was still uncertain whether
the selectors. They were, of course,
he would be fit to race, the odds in Kuala Lumpur Dr. Hennessy who against him lengthened from 4 to played for Malays accomplished a
Malacca Sporte
era in all were called on for the
Great Difficulty.
chance of becom
better known. It to thought that
WELTERWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP
the public, who shudder when they think of the forty odd players who died while playing American foot 1 to 8 to 1. But he took his place remarkable bowling feat by captur- The dropping of such famous
ball last season, will look with again at the gate, and to the ing wickets for 10 runs-Need-forwards as W. Allan, favour upon the game, which not amazement of the onlookers ha pro-less to say Hongkong was severely Graham, and F. H. Waters, and only combines some of the princi- ceeded to beat his sixteen rivals in trounced on that occasion the omission of D. Crichton-Miller ples of their own game, but in far
Bo far the Straits have only caused surprise, at any rate out the race.
On reaching the unsaddling on played against Slam twice. On the side Scotian The back divlilon more open and faster... closure horse and rider were greet second occasion Dr. Hennessy was problem, however, was clearly of a member of the Straits team great difficulty. Some of the play ed with loud cheering.
which was captained by Bancrofters tried were past their best, of Selangor, Dr. Hennessy not others still hortzat experience, that OF FAR EAST. only bowled wall on this occasion, and others again seemed to have The Malacca Club playing on the his aggregate was 11 wickets but stuck less than midway. The fact Padang, defeated the Malays in he hit lustily and delighted the that Scotland scored only four the League on April 22, by 1-1. Bangkok crowd. McNee scored two of the three Malaya v Australians.
tries in four matches tells its own
goals.
In the cost of his let us hope the The Eurasian Volunteer Club active career in cricket Dr. Hen- state of trans were defeated by the Chinese by easy brought of This appeal was made by Sir 5-0 on the. Kubu ground. The when in the match Harold Bowden, chairman of the winners, who are at the top of the Australians led by
Leegue tables, were two up in two Kuala Lumpur ha minutes and a third
the following AVSTE
need £20,000 to make our position secure. It is for our country and It is for an ideal. Could any cause
athe
- make a greater appeal to a gather
ing of Englishmen ?!
British Olymple Association, when he presided at the annual meeting Sir Harold Bowden, in appealing
from a penalty before the
for public, support for the fund Ladies Badminton which will defray the expenses” of Ing, equippi nd maintain- Ing, the British
ald
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