HUMBLE ple is never a very digesti- ble morsel and no one likes 'eat- ing it! I am very much afraid, how- ever, that I am forced to do so in re- gard to my remarks a couple of weeks ago about the Billiards Championship final in which I stated that the Medi- cals had not a "dog's" chance of de- feating the Volunteers.
On Wednesday the Medicals duly met, and what is more, defeated the Volunteers, by six games to two al- though the difference on aggregate was only just over 100 points, the final figures being 1451-1339.
I am not making excuses, the Medi-
THE CHINA MAIL, NOVEMBER 3, 1939
ARMY SPORTLIGHT
(By "SQUADDY")
the Headquarter side were consider ably strengthened by the inclusion of non-Headquarter people, a keen game was anticipated.
However, the game was not as close as expected, Headquarters easily over- coming the schoolboys.
Headquarters batted first and scored cals won deservedly and I congratulate 209 for six before declaring. Captain them on beating the odds so success-Grose and Sgt. Denyer were the most fully.
prolific scorers, the former gathering 63 before being caught by Meffan, and the latter scoring 48, whilst Colonel Rogers was undefeated with 31 runs to his credit.
such fine teams in the With two Colony it is a wonder that some ef- fort is not made to let the public have a look at them. Very few of, the gen- eral public go to the Soldiers' Club to see the various championships.
I know the Volunteers were not too satisfied with their form on Wednes- day, and I would very much like to see these teams opposed to each other again.
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HEADQUARTERS had to enlist the aid of one or two outside players for their match against C.B.S. on Wednesday on the latters' ground. It was a great day for cricket, and, as
The schoolboys who were without Pryde, their opening bat, falled miser- ably with the bat, when opposed to the bowling of Sgt. Denyer, and were all out for 65, Denyer taking five wic- kets for eight runs.
Captain Grose included twelve fours and a six in his contribution, whilst Denyer had ten fours.
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of the Small Units FIRST round
Hockey Knock-out has now been
teams completed and amongst the who have got through to the next round are A, D. and H. Q. Companies of the Rajputana Rifles, H. Q. and A. Company of the Kumaons, 20th R. A. and 22nd R. E.
Avgoalkeeper who is slowly but sure❤
ly making his presence felt in local football is Perdue, now playing for 8th Hvy. RA. He is somewhat:handi- capped by his small stature, but makes up for this by his really astounding agility and quickness, coupled with in- telligent anticipation. I should not be surprised to find him looked on tav- ourably by the Army: selection com- mittee this season.
on their own in the football sphere this year, and although they have not entered the League are. playing many friendly matches. They have not been too successful as yet, but with more be practice should experience and able to weld a useful side together.
H. Q. Company of the Rajputanas' MILITARY Police are launching out scored the heaviest victory, defeating 7th Bty. R. A. by six goals to one. 20th Bty. R. A. did very well indeed to defeat C. Company, Rajputana Rifles two to one, and a close game was seen when 22nd R. E. beat B Coy of the Royal Scots three goals to two. The next round should be quite an in- teresting affair and will probably pro- duce the best games of the competi- tion.
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ARMY have again obtained the use of the Radio Ground at Caroline Hill for Hockey games and this is a boon to Army units and allows a much be of grounds to fuller allotment given. The pitch is an excellent one and compares favourably with others in use by Army units.
VOLUNTEER CRICKET XI
The following will represent the Volunteers at cricket against Navy on Sunday at King's Park commencing at
12 noon:-
R. M. M. King, D. J. N. Anderson, L. C. Baker, K. M. Baxter, E. A. Bompas, D. G. Day, E. C. Fincher, N. D. Lloyd, D. O. Parsons. E. Zimmern. F. R. Zimmern.
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