CRICKET NOTES
THE CHINA MAIL, APRIL 12, 1939.
B.C. FAY AND POPE WERE KEPT ON TOO LONG
An Earlier Change Might Have Broken Stand
MCKENZIE WINS VITAL GAME FOR .
KOWLOON C.C.
(By "ADREM”)
SOFTBALL FIGURES
Owing to pressure on space, softball fielding averages by "Grandstand" have been held over and will appear in to-morrow's issues.
Dand, making one of his rare appear-
the score finally reached 104, a scem-
ances, later made a useful 14 not out,
WHEN Kowloon Cricket Club, playing in their all-important match with Police Recreation Club in the Junior Cricket League on Saturday were halfway through their innings, their suppor-ingly impossible project at one time. ters must have been very chary of their prospects of scoring a win and thus securing the shield.
That they were successful was due in no small measure to the efforts of left-hander W. L. McKenzie, who contributed an exceed- ingly valuable innings of 32 at a vital period of the game when K.C.C. had lost 5 wickets for only 15 runs.
This
state of affairs was Madar was clean bowled whilst playing brought about, not as it might an almost identical stroke, I don't think have been supposed, through the there could have been very much in it.
Mulcahy was Fay's third victim over-anxiety of the early K.C.C. also by the clean-bowled route-and B. batsmen, but by the really bril-D. Lay, of whom so much was expect
ed, was bowled neck and crop-by-a- liant bowling of Fay and Pope.
magnificent ball from Pope. in splendid The former
With Gray and McKenzie in at about form. There
Although was a stiffish cross- 2.25, the game slowed up.
attempts to get wind blowing, which, from his point Gray made isolated of view, was just what the doctor Fay away, McKenzie, very rightly, re-
of semblance ordered! Pitching on or outside the -leg-stump, he swung away consider-
ably to the off.
was
From the pavi
fused to take any chance.
With neither batsman ever look- ing like getting out, many thought Carey, the Police skipper, would have rung the changes.
a
This he did not do and it was not un-
Fine Bowling
as
Fay bowled very steadily
his analysis (16—7—23—3) suggests, while Pope also did good work. Carey's analysis was inclined to flatter him but Stephens rendered his side a useful ser- vice when he bowled McKenzie when that batsman was very het.
Police never really looked like get ting the runs at any time, McKenzie and Taylor bowled very steadily and Lay, judiciously used by Mulcahy, took two extremely useful wickets in Fay and Loughlin. Toe ball with which and bowled the former was a beauty and would probably have been too good for anyone in the League.
Stephens and Pope stayed together for a bit but when McKenzie beat Stephens with a snorter, there Was never much more to it and K.C.C. had won the League for the second time in three years.
Recreio juniors broke their sequence of defeats and convincingly beat In- dian Recreation Club at Sookunpoo.
There was really nothing of note in the game, it being essentially a Gosano family affair!
XI
K.C.C. 2ND Xİ LEAGUE RECORD
The following are complete sta- tistics on Kowloon Cricket Club Juniors for their League season:- RECORD P. W. L. D. Pts. 9 5 0 4 19 K.C.C. scored 1142 runs for 60 wic- kets giving an average of 19,03; their opponents scored 1168 runs for 72 wic- kets for an average of 14.98.
BATTING AVERAGES
Not *Inns. H.S. Out Aggr. Avge. B. D. Lay..... 7 1111 207 34.50 G. A. Goodban 6 59 1 142 28.40 T. A. Madar.. 6 55 1 100 25.00 3. A. Gray.... 8 51 W. L. McKenzie 7 32 F. A. Broad-
0 141
17.68
1
95
15.83
1
94
13.43
bridge.. 8 21 W. Mulcahy... 8 35* 1 91 13.00 1 83 11.86 The following also batted:-R. Bald- G. E. Taylor.. 8 21 win (15, 14, 7, 4, 2, 1); R. A. J. Simp- 2*); H. Brokenshire (1", 1, 0); A. A. son (5*, 5*, 0*, 2); J. R. Luke (1*, 11,
Dand (14").
BOWLING AVERAGÉS
0...—M......R. W. Avge. W. L. McKenzie 64.3 6 205 23 8.01.
5 195 15 R. A. J. Simpson 53.
13.00 R. Baldwin... 35 1 118 9 13.11
171 B. D. Lay..... 55.3 10
13 13.15 G. E. Taylor.. 46 9 164
6
3 134
44.67 J. G. Macfarlane (12-1- -46-0) also bowled.
J. R. Luke.... 39
FIELDING
10. 16.40
The following held catches:-G. E A. V. Gosano bowled very steadily Taylor (4); F. A. Broadbridge (3); R. when I.R.C. batted and took 4 for 16 Baldwin (3); J. R. Luke (3); S. A. Gray in 13 overs, while his younger brother (2); H. Brokenshire (2); B. D. Lay,
F. A. Broadbridge, who opened, was I have his first victim, being 1.b.w. heard doubts expressed as to whether
til the score had been advanced to 53 he actually was out. lion, Broadbridge appeared to be play- was the partnership broken, after Carey "G. N." helped to finish off the inn-W, L. McKenzie, R. A. J. Simpson, G.
Recreio knocked off the 67 runs re- ing his stroke for a ball outside the leg- himself had relieved Fay. Gray triedings by taking three quick wickets.
to hit an overpitched ball out of the ground, mistimed, and was safely held quired for victory for the loss of only one wicket, all three men who batted, H. M. Xavier, A. J. M. Prata and G. N. Gosano, making useful scores.
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Two Friendlies
Only two friendly matches were played on Saturday, both of them prov- ing fairly interesting.
A. White and T. A. Madar.
A. A, Dand stumped one.
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At Sookunpoo, the powerful Middle- The following is the latest Derby sex Regiment, scored a narrow victory | over an Army side. The latter cannot be said to be really representative of the Army as at least five Middlesex men usually turn out for them.
The Army side, batting first, gave a sorry exhibition against some steady bowling and were forced to declare with only 107 runs on the board and 8 wic- kets down. To this total Spr. Bailey contributed 22 and Major Swyers 21, both being undefeated.
Patterson took 3, for 28, while Pain- ter captured 4 for 32.
Middlesex found runs no easier to secure and they had lost nine wickets before they scored the 108 runs they needed to win. Lt. Weedon and Pte. Jones were the highest scorers.
Lees Saves Navy
10/1-Bluepeter, and Fox Club. 100/8-Rogerstone Castle, Fairstone and Casanova.
100/6 Triguero and Foxborough, All offered.
20/1-Dhoti.
38/1-Fairchance and Toff.
Foxbrough has fallen from the fav-. ourite's position following yesterday's defeat, when it finished seventh-Reu-
ter.
length, came off the wicket very fast and his flight proved disconcerning.
Kowloon started off well. F. J. Lay, of D.B.S., who came into the side at the last moment, shaped very soundly until he hit at an off ball from Finnle` and was taken low down at cover by Manners.
Over at Cox's Road, Navy, who were Maintain's Promise well beaten by K.C.C, in their League
Anderson was bowled by a perfect match, maintained their 100 per cent. record for friendlies against the Kow-ball from Christison who fully main- loon team and won an interesting game by 42 runs.
For this success they have to. thank Comdr. Lees for a really splendid knock of 87.
previous week against Recreio... On the tained the promise he had shown the
faster wicket, he was always difficult to play and fully deserved his three wic- kets.
Mackay made top-score for K.C.C. in The Navy side, on paper, was a good one, especially in the batting depart a hurricane innings terminated by Pax- ment. However, Chapman, after shap-ton's better ball but thereafter only ing well, had a bang at a length ball Baxter stayed there any length of time from Baxter and was bowled Whit to make 19, chiefly on the leg side,
Paxton was not as good as his analy. marah hit over a yorker from the same. bowler with the same result and Man- gia~ (8-1-17—3) suggests, being ners was brilliantly held in the slips much too inclined to be short. by B. T. Broadbridge
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