THE CHINA MAIL, JANUARY 18, 1939.
HIGH SCORES FEATURE
SOME extraordinarily high scor-
on
ing marked the opening of the local League cricket season Saturday. Five junior matches were played but owing to the dominance of the bat over the ball, only Recreio were successful in securing maximum points.
Highest score was registered by Army against Craigengower, while Indian Recreation Club and University topped the 180 mark.
which
The decisive manner in Recreio accomplished the feat of beating Police, gives some indica-
THIS IS KEENNESS
(By “ADREM")
Most senior cricket teams in Hong Kong might well take a leaf out of the book of Craigen- gower Cricket Club.
With one exception, yesterday afternoon, the whole of the eleven which will do battle with Kow loon Cricket Club on Saturday were at practice.
Batting, bowling and a spot of fielding in the middle with Skip- per Ernie Zimmern hitting them along the ground and in the air, comprised the programme.
Championships are won on a spirit like that?
tion of their potentialities and I have little doubt that this initial success
will be all that is needed to give them incentive sufficient to carry greater them through things.
to
even
F. GOODWIN
captain of
Kowloon Cricket Cilb, re- turned from leave recently.
Soares. A sound batsman who has
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been responsible for several fine in the time available and at one who played a hurricane innings of innings. Soares has also developed time it appeared quite likely that 35, saw the total raised to 144 with into a worthy successor to L. G. they would pull it off. However, six wickets down, when Gosano-promoted to the first team Mulcahy was unaccountably "york- were drawn. -as an opening bowler.
ed" when he had scored 11 very
Late Declaration On Saturday he was almost un-confidently and when Goodban was playable. He turned the ball ap-brilliantly held by Matthews
Another team which created preciably both ways and kept an square-leg for 32, probably the fin- rather a surprise on Saturday, was immaculate length. His analysis est innings of the day, the home Civil Service. True they also re- speaks for itself and Police were team were hard put to stave off de- ceived help from an unexpected all out for 66 in reply to a total of
quarter, extras adding no fewer 154. This latter total by Recreio-
Had Singh held an easy chance at than 45 to their total of 148 for 7. having regard to the fact that it was made on the Police wicket-is short leg in the last over of the H. F. Harper, who made 35,
effort and day, University might well have ceived little support until J. Bar- a particularly worthy
later, speaks volumes for the courage and won. As it was, Simpson and Luke row came in at No. 6 and
With only 103 enterprise of A. J. M. Prata, G. N. held the fort until time was call-Buckle made 31.
but with the runs from the bat ed. Gosano and H. A. Barros, who were
total at. 148 for 7, the innings was declared closed. the principal scorera.
I was not surprised at the score University put up against K.C.C. Apart from Bertram Lay and pos- sibly Luke, I cannot see anyone in the K.C.C. side who can really be A pleasing feature of this team termed a consistently good bowler, form, is steady although McKenzie, on this season has been the
really good improvement of several players as liable to bowl some they have gained experience, and stuff.
There was not very much that the fact that they possses such a well-balanced outfit. It can never impressed in University's batting be said of Recreio that they are a although J. Fong played some nice one-man team. They have their off shots, K. S. Oh scored 42 and stars but generally speaking, any-W. S. Gegg hit attractively for 27
one in the team is liable to come Aided by 22 extras, however, a de-
claration was made at 181 for 7. off at any time.
er
Most Improved Player
Easily the most improved play- over a short interval is R.
Victory Possible
This task was not outside the bounds of possibility for K.C.C. in
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Woods bowled very steadily for
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4.40.
Much has already been written and said about the number of byes chalked up in the Army innings against Craigengower so I will not attempt to add anything further.
I am told that Civil Service de- In my opinion,
clared exceptionally late-some- be commended for stepping where in the vicinity of owing to the fact that Hong Sling had As was only to be expected, there- fore, Navy did not get the runs. expressed a desire not to "keep." Sto. Brown made 59, while all I have been told that J. L Young-other three men who batted ran in-
Craigengower's skipper,
to double-figures. It is noteworthy has performed as "Aunt Sally" but that the Civil Servants' wicket-kee- my memory of him as a cricketer,
per did not return the compliment number in paid by his opposite the Navy-extras amounted to.. nil!
says,
which goes back at least 10 years, recalls a donkey-drop left hand bowler rather than a stumper!
Newcomer Comes Off Lim's "wicket-keeping" on Satur- day resulted in 53 runs for the was second- other side, which highest scorer to Cpl. Webb, who Saturday night was Recreio. Their performance in beating Club must rank as one of their finest for some time.
BY "ADREM"
Senior Friendlies A team which must have felt par-
with itself ticularly pleased
on
With only E. L. Gosano, A. M. Prata and E.M. L. Soares making any runs, they were dismissed for 101. Ilsley and Longfield shared the wickets but there was some dreadfully bad stuff sent up. Beck
made 67 as the result of good agbowled one historic over which in-
gressive batting, A newcomer to local cricket, Lieut. Fargus, made 52 and the Valley club were faced with the prospect of getting 201 runs for a win,
cluded everything but a decent ball and I have never seen Owen Hughes so ineffective.
Recreio's varied attack proved much too good for Club and had They got 117 for 4, H. P. Limit not been for Alec Pearce's 36 (37) and Joe Leonard (40) being not out, out of a total of 58, I shud- chiefly responsible. Paterson, who der to think how microscopic the of Hong Kong's premier played for Army seniors in the score
was the cricket club would have been. Triangular Tournament,
Recreio bowlers were well sup- most successful bowler, taking 3
ported by a keen field and, as with for 22.
was
.
The Old Bogey!
I must confess to considerable their junior team, this success on surprise at the performance of the eve of the opening of the Lea- I.R.C. against the powerful Club gue, should do them a great deal eleven turned out against them. of good. Chiefly responsible for their fine showing was A. Bakar who made with associated
Once again the Sookunpoo bogey 71. He A. K. Minu in a partnership of 77. proved too much for Craigengower. The latter hit hard and often and As is usual on that ground they when he was dismissed, Curreem were well beaten. Minu bowled na carried on" the good work with effectively as of old but it was not Bakar. Club bowling good on in the batting department that the Souza made paper was not at all impressive. Valley team failed.
six Their batting was little better. 30 and A. K. Ismail 20 but Armstrong and Cook were out others got into double-figures and quickly but useful scores by H. J. D. 155 for 9 in an afternoon game, is Lowe, C. W. E. Bishop, E. J. R.not to be sneezed at. Mitchell, and, latterly, N. P. Fox
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