THE CHINA MAIL
O'BRYEN'S BRILLIANT LOCAL DEBUT
Finest Recruit To K.C.C. For Many Years
CIVIL SERVICE DO
WELL AGAINST H.K.C.C.
LR.C'S BATTING IMPROVEMENT
(By "ADREM")
“A LAST choice nearly always comes off," remark
ed.a K.C.C. official, evidently feeling that some explanation was necessary for G. F. O'Bryen, who it was,
without doubt, saved that club from ignominious defeat in their first League fixture of the season against Craigengower last Saturday.
SECOND
LEAGUE
REVIEW
FRIDAY
Owing
space
tary
pressure drem's comme
Second Divisio League matches and friend- les played over last wee end, will be held over until Friday's issues, when they will be published with re- vised statistics on the Second League.
P DIVISION RADMINTON
Recreio's Team Composed Of VRC Players
FREE LANCES NEW COURT
Three matches in
Divi-
sion of the Men's Doubles ton
ue, which was opened on Monday, will be played off this evening-
St. John's encounter St. Andrew's on the former team's court John's Cathedral Hall, and Club de Recreio enterta Kowloon Tony at King's Park,
gengower could hold on or not. Dropped
despite fine bowl- The Free Lances will however, ing by Robbie Lee, his first decent be using the badminton court at performance of the year, decided the Seamen's Instit
the issue and Craigengower live to Boad, facilities having been gra fight another day.
SHOULD FEEL SATISFIED
ed them for the whole of th season They entertain the Gran ese Recreation Club
With the exception of AR Alves, members of Recreio's team turned out for the Victoria Recrea
Civil Service, although beaten by the Cricket Club, made the lat ter go all the way, and they cantion Club last feel very satisfied, in that they
season
H. Harris, formerly of the
What I find particularly surprising, is the fact held the joint champions to a four- Sailors and Soldiers' Home, will be wicket margin. Richardson and seen in action for the Free Lances, that no one seemed to have heard of O'Bryen as a rifiths were actually the only with whom he has thrown in his cricketer. Even the method of his selection is batsmen who came off and the side lot this year owing to his former peculiar. It appears that he has not played were out for 118, but R.K.C.C. löst club not competiting in the League, six wickets before this total could St. John's are introducing a new- in a match for some eighteen months, chiefly be be passed and had not Alec Pearce comer to the league in S. Newman, who will also be turning out for cause he has not been near enough to cricket to made a typical 53 there may con-
the Taikoo Club in the Mixed allow him doing so.
Doubles League...
:
ceivably have been a different tale to tell.
BEING IN THE CUSTOMS, HE HAS BEEN STATIONED UP- There were definite indications COUNTRY. ARRIVING IN THE COLONY A SHORT WHILE earlier in the season of a decided AGO, HE JOINED THE K.CC. AND, I UNDERSTAND, WAS A improvement in 1.R.C's batting REGULAR FREQUENTER OF THE NETS, WITHOUT, HOW-Their display last Saturday con- EVER, IMPRESSING ANYONE UNDULY. IN DUE COURSE, firms it. Navy's bowling is probably HE RAN INTO ARTHUR DAND, SKIPPER OF THE SECOND not the best in the Colony but it is ELEVEN. WHOM HE ASKED FOR A GAME.
THE PROGRAMME
SL Kowl
St. John's Recreio
Free Lances⠀⠀
C.
Daw
Bars
FLO,
Wong
THE PLAT
St. Andrew's pretty useful. Cotman, Carlass Messrs. L. Kirby and Boucher and Whitmarsh are not son, T. F. Stokes and M. Weill, and
S. A. Broadbridge and HP. Darby. It happened that KC.C. were Fincher and E. F. Fincher with men to be trifled with but never-
Free Inces Messrs. A L Fisher and S short of two men last Saturday, only 25 runs on the board, it look theless there is a solidarity in the one for the first eleven and one for ed any odds on a Valley win. Of Indians' score that must be very Clark J. L. Anderson and
and H. Harris and Hilton the second, and so O'Bryen played, course no one had reckoned on gratifying to supporters of the
Chinese R.C with what result, we all now know. O'Bryen Freddy Zimmern, who Club. AH Madar batting at the Messrs. TF Choy and I would not describe him as a can make two runs prettier than top of his form-headed the list Y. Yung and Eric Lee,
hung and P. Chin bat of the type of Donald Ander-anyone in the
Colony, defended with 51, while A. P. Abbas, A. B. son or Alec Pearce, for instance, stoutly for 10 and Tommy Malar Minn and M. el Arculli all made but he has an excellent reach, is and Robbie Lee both looked quite useful contributions, sound in defence and hits very comfortable but, until O'Bryen be hard in front of the wicket. I was not very impressed with his off shots. He does not appear to be adequately equipped with a cut, either late or square.
RILLIANT FIELDER.
As a fielder he shone like a good deed in a naughty world. In other words he was the only member of the K.C.C. side who could hold catches in that fatal half hour in bad light when prospect of a Crai- gengower defeat was more than likely. His catches in the slips were described as really first-class, while a return catch, which he held off his own bowling, was going like
came associated with Lloyd, K.C.C. supporters had little or nothing to enthuse over
LOWER DECK BAT
Apart from 53 by Lt Blacker,
not known to me, and 18 by A-B
Much has been said of O'Bryen- I myself have devoted nearly half column to him but Floyd's fort was every bit as valuable to ha have not seen this player bat be fore but I am told that he never impresses in the early stages of his innings when he is inclined to nibble at 'em.
LLOYD'S SHARE
finest lower
me out
by
Messrs
Kowloon Tong
N. A. E Mackay and
Chan, P. E. Lee and A. W da Roz and F. Koh and Peter La.
St. John's Messrs. A. J. Bernitt
Aman
A Keown and No
and E. Wilson and R.
Chib de Re
Messrs. CN da Silva and H. A. Noronha, Manue
E AR Alves,
C. C. Pereira.
em st
Soares and
Basto and
ghing bowling and keen-fielding
had
of cope with bbag and were dis issed for 1971 am told that the light in the latter stages of this in- nings was appalling and contribut stumps ed in no small measure to the LBC. with only bowlers successful dismissal of the Weede last three batsmen for no rums.
There was little piscatorial on Recreio, I am pleased to say, bore off and this occasion. He treated all the out all my optimistic remarks about the bowling strictly on its merits, that them. They took heavy oll of the Ex is, the bad staff was treated in this Army's attack and but for the old has mamer. Other balls, which any tale of dropped catches in fa K.C.C. must consider themselves bowler might justifiably have con- fight, would have won their first
have sidered good length,
match in the Senior League.
cannon-ball
“found
unate
about
of the side.
LEE GAME
o will do
a batting nuch on
went
the Crai sickening
When
before
GOSANO'S FAILE
at
scored 116 intact
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ined was whether