THE CHINA MAIL, OCTOBER 27-1937.
T BROADBRIDGE & MEL. HAYMES TAKE WEEK-END HONOURS
POPE AND B. G. BAKER
AN
FINEST BOWLING
COMBI NATION
JUNIOR LEAGUE CRICKET
GAMES DECIDED
(By "ADREM")
OTHER successful week's cricket. Again perfect weather with bright sunshine, a cool breeze and all the thrills of high scores and remark- able bowling feats.
A programme of four junior League matches and four friendlies was decided and, without ex- ception, results were very much as anticipated.
J. E. Richardson, above, turned out for the Civil Service Cricket: Club last Saturday in a friendly cricket match against the Navy and bowled well
worked heading on cricket reports of Police games last season. Free ly spoken of as the most consistent bowling combination in the Junior League, they more than justified this reputation.
HMS. WESTCOTT BEAT SAINTS
IN HOCKEY GAME
Two Women Fill Gaps In Saints Team
in St.
Two women filled gaps Andrew's hockey team in their match against HMS. Westcott, at King's Park yesterday, as only nine men turned up. They were Mrs. Rose. the Interport goalkeeper, and Miss Hilda Read
Although the sailors won by the odd goal in three, St. Andrew's opened the scoring through Col ledge from a pass by Mackay. Whit- croft equalised shortly after. and then Cotman placed the Navy ahead.
In the second half the sailors pressed but were unable to score. Mrs. Rose making several good saves. A few sallies were made by Pope took 4 for 15, Baker 6 for St Andrew's, but lack of cohesion
HONOURS FOR THE SERIES GO TO R. T. BROADBRIDGE, OF THE KOWLOON CRICKET CLUB JUNIORS, FOR A HURRI 18 and, unchanged, they bundled prevented success. CANE INNINGS OF 88 NOT OUT AGAINST UNIVERSITY IN Athe unfortunate Recreio team into LEAGUE MATCH, AND F. M. L. HAYMES, OF THE CRICKET the pavilion for only 42 runs, Ex- CLUB JUNIORS, FOR HIS REMARKABLE FEAT OF CAPTUR-tras being top-scorer with 11. ING ALL TEN LR.C. WICKETS, IN THE COURSE OF 13.3 OVERS, FOR ONLY 47 RUNS.
NOT SO SIMPLE
The Policemen then, did not have matters all their own way, despite Other notable performances include a partnership of 109 by Lthe apparently simple task con- S. A. Fynn (62) and A. B. Smith (70), devastating bowling by Pope fronting them. If J. L. Stephens and Bawer, of the Police, against Recreio, and another Anderson in-had not presented a bold front to the Gosano brothers, Recreio might nings of 70 against the H.K.C.C.
very easily have brought of one of
The keenest League match on finding their length, University the most sensational victories for Saturday was contested at Sookun- never looked like making a fight of Fears. As it was, Police completed poo where Army "A", a much im it, despite some dour efforts by their task with the loss of five wic proved team, with two wickets in Fong, Ng and Tan in the middle of kets and with Danbrowsky hitting hand, were 13 runs short of the the order, and they were finally dis- lustily towards the end, eventually Navy total of 177. There is no missed for 85, Sargent capturing compiled 113. saying what would have happened two cheap wickets towards the end. if there had been another 10
··ARMY” “B”” ENIGMA
FINE PARTNERSHIP Fynn and A. B. Smith, in partner- ship, completely overshadowed
comparative inexperience, shows
A. C. I. Bowker, the Colony In- térport bowler, above, turned out for the Club against Kowloon C.C. in last Saturday's senior friendly encounter.
L. G. Gosano continues to cap ture the limelight and bowled very minutes play. Jeffery had been I find it extremely difficult to rebrother "A V" also, despite his steadily for his wickets, while his bowling very well for the sailors concile the Army "B" team of this but Pte. Gantzer, who last week
year with that of last season. They more. than average skill with the claimed the limelight with his appear to have a great many of
ball and I expect his medium-paced bowling, was well set and had com-their old players still with them and piled a very confident 28 when yet, far from being the powerful more victims for him as he gra- Kowloon Cricket Club senior ele- right-hand spinners to garner many the Hong Kong Cricket Club and stumps were drawn. Jeffery's final side they proved themselves last dually acquires a knowledge of the vens, the superiority of the bat over figures were 8235-5, and they season, they have met with two finer points of the game. might have been even better if he crushing defeats in the last two
the ball was much in evidence. DDFRIENDLIES had been used more. If memory Saturdays.
Consistent batting enabled the Most of the leading senior clubs Hong Kong team to declare with serves me right, Jeffery played Possibly they feel keenly, the several games for the Navy seniors absence of Capt. Michell's shrewd very interesting games were played. the board Top-scorer was
took part in friendlies and some five wickets down and 166 runs on last season and created a very fa-hand at the helm and Q.M. S. Navy showed that despite certain Stokes who, in his first season vourable impression.
Moreton, Cpl. Wateridge and Cpl misgivings regarding their pros has quickly jumped into his best Shipp, their star bats of last year, pects, they are at the moment, able form and is scoring who were al
conspicuous by their to field quite a useful side and, sistency. absence.
when their batsmen find their HAYMES FEAT everything else in the match and In any event, their display last touch, there appears no reason why,
was no more impressive they should not be as liable of win- and only B. D. Lay's slows had any Kowloon's attack was innocuous they dealt with all the bowlers Saturday tried by their opponents in very than in the previous week, when the nings matches as any team here.
"A" team beat them very convin- Among their ranks, such players typically and Ernie Fincher collect
effect With Anderson batting Kowloon Cricket Club, current smgly. Apart from some brilliant as Sab. Lt. Ogle, Mid Wilson, Lt ing a useful 33, KC.C. were only 15 champions of the Junior Division, bowling by Hoddimott only occa- Blacker, Lt.-Comdr. Pugh, Capt rims in arrears when stumps were gave an impressive demonstration sionally bowled last year both Whitmarsh and in fact the whole drawn of their might, completely crushing their batting and their bowling fell side, are potential century-makers, the Undergraduates at Pokfulam.. down badly and they were 75 runs while the attack, if not as rich in
in arrears of the Craigengower variety as it might be, is neverthe score of 165 when their last wicket less adequate to build on. fell
All bowlers against the Civil Ser- POWERFUL CRAIGENGOWER vants, were, if nothing else, difficult Craigengower fielded quite an to score off and towards the close. imposing team which included D. when Richardson and McLellan Hung, W. Rapley and C. W. Lam, were striving desperately to catch all recent members of their senior up on the clock, they kept their outfit, and with G. Winch, won over length with a consistency which this year from soccer, showing ex- must have proved most irksome togures are well worth cellent form with the ball, this team batsmen trying to score off every- should be well up with the leaders thi at the end of the season.
condent fashion
Towering head and shoulders ove everything else, was
sking innings by young Reggie Broadbridge who, going in at the fall of the third wicket, smote all the bowling to the four winds while mpiling an madefeated 88, scored in just under 58 minutes:
HARROWING TIME
the outset,
The outstanding feature of this game was
peket part
A feat rare in any part of the world and particularly so here, Haymes 10 wickets "against the LR.C____ completely overshadowed everything else in this game at the HKC.C
Bowling medium right-hand spin-
Haynes, although rather for tunate on several occasions, for the most part had the Indians com pletely at sea and his complete
reproduc
They were:-
MINT AGAIN! Brilliant bowling by Minu (8 for solid batting throughout, abled LR.C, seniors to beat Crai
ridiculous ease and Tatter will have to
RICHARDSON AND MCLELLAN
Richardson batted very nicely,
ing most of his runs as the Cornership between Douglas Hung and sult of lofty drives and powerful
rly W. Rapley which realised 81 runs, hooking, but McLellan never score, Once they had settled down, both ed happy when going for the bowl- Mr. Extras, was batsmen dominated the bowling ing and was rather fortunate to considerably
and hoisted their runs in quick keep his wicket intact until the the exa
text highe
and
McKenzie
antime
close.
Pope and Baker again! The over-
As
usual with games between doing