THE CHINA MAIL, JANUARY 28, 1939
Batting Gives Cause
K.C.C. Batting
For
Satisfaction
Kowloon Cricket Club were out of luck at the Valley on Satur- day when they opened their Senior Cricket League-programme with a drawn match against Craigengower,
MACKAY'S
·PROGRESS
N. A. E. Mackay, who sustain. ed a fractured nose when batting at Craigengower on Saturday, is making very satisfactory pro gress at Queen Mary Hospital.
ROYAL SCOTS SURPRISED BY SOUTH CHINA
They have the makings of a good team, however, and it is going to take a very strong team to beat them in half day cricket. The hit.. His figures of 3 for 49 flattered batting is exceptionally good-highest score of 27 in 168 is proof him. Souza also does not like being section title. of this--and little can be done to improve this department, with the hit, and nine off his first over kept him exception of nets practice.
It was good to see Teddy Fincherf opening the innings once again, and Donald Anderson's batting order could not bo justifiably criticised. R. T. Broadbridge is still too vulnerable for an opening batsman and K. M. Baxter needs a great deal more experience before he will have the honour,
Fincher and Anderson put on only 22 for the first wicket-in 18 minutes before Anderson, whose bat did notį sound all it should have done, was well caught at slip off the last ball of Billi- moria's first over. He had at no time inspired confidence, his one good shot being a full-blooded hit to leg off a
full toss.
The two Finchers added 15 runs in 15 minutes before Teddy had a "dip" at Billimoria and was taken on the edge of the boundary by Tinker Loe. He had batted soundly and hit four boundaries,
PAYS PENALTY
CRAIGENGOWER MAY DEFEAT
LEAGUE'S BEST-.
Craigengower's
first Senior
League Cricket match on Satur-] day revealed many weaknesses.
A. R. H. Esmail, for an opening batsman, nibbles badly at anything outside the off stump, even going as far as to take a step or two across to make the stroke. He should have been held by Baxter off Lloyd very early in his innings.
The only surprise in yesterday's junior football League programme was the defeat of Royal Scots by South China, in the "A" section of the Third Division. This is the soldier's second defeat, but they have already won the Powhatten did well to hold 24th very subdued.
He would have been Battery, R. A. to a one-all in the first better with a new ball Ismail, bow-half, but were finally defeated by 4 ling short of a length, was well handled goals to 2. when K.C.C. were going for the runs. The fielding was always crisp, though Souza and Francis Zimmern surprised by dropping catches. Archie Zimmern is a wicket-keeper who will make a local name for himself yet.
Taken all round, Craigengower have an "if" team who may quite easily beat the best in the League, though it will surprise if they finish above the first three.
TEDEN GIVES ENGLAND RUGBY WIN
Twickenham, Saturday.
An attendance of 65,000 saw Eng-
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YESTERDAY'S RESULTS
AND SCORERS
THIRD DIVISION “D”
Powhatten (Ho Kwai-ngan and Ip Fook- chuen).
2 24th Bde. RA. 4 (Atkins (3), and
Marshall).
THIRD DIVISION "A"
Medicals
University (Tan Kwong-yee),
1
Royal Scots
0
South China
(Pym (4) and
Roe),
(Wan Chuk-sin).
YESTERDAY'S RESULTS
AND SCORERS
Results of yesterday's League
MEN
Recreio 8, Hong Kong Baseball
Club 0.
AN WOMEN Filipino 17, Gentral British 4
Canadian Chinese 19, Cardinals
7.
Recreio 18, Pirates 12. Wildcats 11, Wahoos 10,-
Ernie Fincher, joined by Mackay, after an uncomfortable period against D. Hung is of the impetuous type, Francis Zimmern, lashed out at one and it does not pay until the shine from Billimoria and Anderson, fielding is off the ball. He waited only three land beat Wales by a try (3 points) substitute for Omar, took a skier to dismiss his colleague. Thirty runs had overs before having a "bang" at to nil at Twickenham in dull and show-Softball games were: then been added in 26 minutes.
Robbie Lee, and a simple catch at ery weather. The pitch was very| Three minutes later Mackay, who cover was the result.
heavy because of the rain, was shaping very confidently after an
Heaton kicked off and England main- indifferent start, attempted to pull a Francis Zimmern was settling downtained superority after repulsing full toss from Zimmern over his left very well when he tamely returned one Welsh attack. The lively English three- shoulder and the ball deflected off his to Lee. G. Souza has scored so many quarters. combined splendidly, and the bat full on to his face. Badly injured, runs on the leg side that he is now game concentrated around the_Welsh he was carried off the field and sent stepping across to his off stump in or-25 yard line, play going to the English first to Queen Mary Hospital, where it was der to play even more shots to leg. half only three times in the later ascertained that he had fractured On Saturday he was not 1.b.w., as ex-twenty minutes, and then only momen- his nose.
pected, but was clean bowled by one tarily. that came straight through. The Still another mishap was to follow, scorebook gave it as bowled, though half and excitement intense as
The pace was terrific in the second the however, but not of such serious na-several of the fielders
were of the battle waged towards its end.
Eng- ture. Burnett and Gittins were set-opinion that he had hit his wicket with land hammered away at the Welsh tling down to fast scoring when the his bat, his right foot being almost on line, and Wales retaliated with a vi- former called for a sharp single. Git-top of the wicket when it was broken.gorous attack which was repulsed by tins started to run and then sent Burnett back for a close run out. 97 for 5 in 80 minutes. Gittins, however, was unperturbed by the incident and went on to bat brightly for 27, scored out of 61 in 38 minutes.
36 RUNS IN 15 MINS.
With only quarter of an hour left before ten and 132 on the board, the remaining K.C.C. batsmen went for the runs, and 36 were added for the loss of three wickets in 15 minutes.
Freakes.
Marshall then led a forward rush
KWANTI RACES (Continued from Page 22)
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RAPLEY'S FAULT Archie Zimmern opened with a and Teden, the Richmond forward, fol- DICAP"-11⁄4 miles boundary and then received a beautylowed up the short punt ahead and Mr. J. F. Macgregor's Strathear from Robbie Lee which almost uproot-touched down for a try at the corner, rick, 168 lb. ed his leg stump. W. L. Rapley is Heaton's attempt to convert rebound. shaping the same way as Souza, and it ed from the upright. would be advisable if he was more or- thodox in his batting. He too was bowled by a good one from Lee.
Tinker Lee was not in long before. he was well taken at silly point by Anderson to give his brother his fifth wicket, for only 25 runs.
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The rate of scoring-168 in 115 min- utes as against Craigengower's 119 in
"THE JANUARY CONSOLATION 100 minutes-was too slow for half day cricket and especially against the
The following will represent Police SCURRY". (Unofficial).- mile. When Ernie Zimmern and A.. K.
Football Club against Mr. S. W. Lee's The Leopard mediocre Craigengower attack.
Ismail became associated it was 5.05 Rugby Union
the Small Ships at Rugby on the
(Mr. H. J. Â. Hearne) 1 Robbie Lee and Lloyd bowled really p.m. and there were only 52 runs on well at the commencement of the Crai-the board. At 5.30 p.m. there was 90 Causeway Bay ground to-morrow at 4 Mr. J. M. Smith's Meteor ....
(Mr. Boddy) gengower innings and, despite the fact on the board. Thirty minutes for 79 P.m.;_
J. Wall; D. H. Taylor, G. S. Wilson, Major H. H. M. Oliver's Double that Esmail was dropped in the slips runs on a small ground against bowlers
Chance .(Mr. C. L. Gregory) off Lloyd before he had scored, seven who had been mastered. Two batsmen W. E. Jackson, V. J. Mackenzie; K. S.
Won by Three lengths; half a head. batsmen were back in the pavilion to come who were not expected to offer Morrison, E. W. Luscombo; E. Wheel-
Time: 68 secs. after 45 minutes with only 52 runs on much resistance. Three points or one er, L. Searle and T. J. Hemsley; P. J. the board. Then came the E. Zimmern point. It must have been a tempta- Cullinan, A. Davitt, P. Innis, L. Oak- and A. K. Ismail stand, and how K.C.C. tion. The choice was a draw,
andley and G. Leslie, must have yearned for a bowler of the they never looked like getting out. likes of Sargent! One over spells, shock Ernie Zimmern's 46, scored out of attack bowlers at different ends and 73, was an excellent one in the circum- almost everything else Anderson could stances. He never took a chance, not
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think of failed to dislodge this pair, even a sharp single, and his policy of SPECIAL OFFER IN CARPETS & RUGS
who had resigned themselves to a waiting for the loose one brought him .draw.
Ono very hard chance Was given during this match-saving stand of 67 runs, that at silly point off Lloyd, buf it would have been a grand catch had it come off.
nine boundaries.
ISMAIL'S BIG PART
Ismail deserves even more credit for his share of 23, which included five boundaries, three of which were in not Had K.C.C. broken that stand before succession off Goodwin. He had 5.45 p.m. the match would have been made a name for himself as a batsman, theirs.
and his plucky stand, despite two nasty KC.C. fielding was above their aver-knocks, was most praiseworthy. age, despite the fact Teddy Fincher The Craigengower attack is not suf- had to keep wicket in the absence of ficiently varied to be as effective as it Mackay. Two flelders who did not im-might be. Francis Zimmern is trying press, however, were Baxter and Git- to bowl too fast and has lost control tins.
as a result. He bowled several beau- The match was marked by the return ties, but they were very few and far of Frank Goodwin, popular K.C.C. between. U. M. Omar was his old self, skipper who has only recently return-keeping an excellent length, until he ed from leave, but he bowled only one tore a muscle in his leg and had to re-
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his opponents in the next time he calls The left-handed Billimoria is out of
right.
practice and still does not relish being