THE CHINA MAIL, DECEMBER 6, 1939
LATE DECLARATION RUINS C.C.C.-RECREIO FIXTURE Visitors Left One Hour To Score 147 Runs
INTERESTING GAME AT CHATER ROAD
(By "ADREM”)
What, on paper, should have been the finest match on Saturday's programme, the fixture at King's Park between Recreio seniors and Craigengower Cricket Club, was a com- plete fiasco.
Kitchell batted correctly for 24 not out,
GROSE'S ATTRACTIVE KNOCK
Craigengower, batting second, were given barely an hour to make 146 and quite understandably made no effort. The Valley team were sadly lack-wood, the former utilising some very effec ing in bowlers as neither of their tive strokes with a cross bat, while A R. opening men, Francis Zimmern nor P. J. Billimoria were able to play. George Winch, promoted
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the seconds, tried nobly and did very well to secure 2 for 19 in 9 overs but brunt of the work was borne by A. H. Ismail, a left hander, who kept one end going continuously for just over 13 overs to return one of his finest performances for some time 7 for 73.
Recreio batsmen were none of them par- ticularly brilliant, Luigi Gusano making 17, J. Gosano 20 and Nick Beltrao taking full advantage of promotion in the batting order to make an unusually restrained 28. Later Willie Reed played a typical innings of 25 and was undefeated.
Craigengower had a sticky few minutes at the start of their innings when E. L. Gosano, bowling from the pavilion end, was swing- ing across and turning away in a most dis- concerting manner. He bowled H. P. Lim with a real beauty after that batsman had looked extremely miserable; A. R. H. Esmail took a half-hearted crack at one on the off and presented J. Gosano with а simple catch, while, W. Hong Sling, who was keeping them out of his wicket not al- ways in the method dictated by the book, was bowled when he hit over a ball which appeared to be over-pitched.
LEE'S FINE FOOTWORK
All this, however, took up time as E. A.
Lee, who used his feet very nicely, had been defending stoutly. When J. L. Youngsaye managed to stay put and even began to crack them a bit, Recreio's opportunity of winning passed and Craigengower never had any difficulty in playing out time.
I don't know what prompted Rodrigues to hang on so long. Either he had an extra- ordinary amount of faith in his bowlers or for the opposing a great deal of respect batsmen. It was an unfortunate finish what might have been a very interesting match.
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Everything else at Kowloon Cricket Club was overshadowed by the fine effort of Ernie Fincher in scoring 79 not out on the first occasion on which he had touched а bat since his return from leave a few days pre- vious.
Anderson gave K.C.C. a good start al- though I am told he was unnecessarily cau- tious in scoring his 25. Fincher, as was to be expected, also spent a good deal of time looking them over. Later he brought all his strokes into operation and off-drove and square-cut with all the crispness heyday.
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Brother Teddy, with 20, was the other batsman to make any runs and a de- claration was made at 156 for 7.
A. R. Minu, who bowled as steadily as usual, met with most success with the ball and, bowling nearly twice as many overs as anyone else, took 4 for 57,
Indians made a great effort to get the runs and were only 23 runs behind when stumps were drawn.
I was particularly pleased that A. H. Rumjahn got some runs. This veteran, who was probably playing senior League cricket before many members of either, team were born, was very steady to top- score with a studious 37, Nazarin and Madeen el Arculll laid on the
GOLF CLUB DRAW
The draw of the match play stages of tho -Captain's Cup of the Royal Hong Kong Golf -Club remilted as follows:-".
T. Megarry (11) v. G. Riddell Carre (16); J. W. Mayhew (10) v. w. w. C. Shewan (9); J. E. Richardson (10) v. D. S. Edward (4); M. J. Reidy (21) v. G, B. S. Thomson (14): C. H. Burton (10) v. J. Forbes (12); T. E. Pearce (14) v. N. K. Littlejohn (10); L. M. S. Lloyd (15) v. J. T. Smith (2); W. Hewitt (13) v. S. T. Butlin (15).
First round to be played on or before January 1, 1940; second round by January 14; semi-final by January 28; and final by February 11
OTHER, SPORT
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I must confess that I hardly expected the Club-cum-Civil Service side to do as well as they did against Army, having regard to the strength of the latter and the fact that Club, even with the addition of the Civil Servants, were not by any means strong. both sides being high, and although faced It was good' match, however, scoring on with 195, Club were only 17 behind when stumps were drawn with their last two men in.
Capt. Grose and Q.M.S. Paterson gave Army a fine start, both batting with supreme confidence. Grose's knock was particularly attractive and he produced some beautiful
off-drives.
Godby also batted breezily and Sgt. Den- yer, who has always done something re- cently whether with bat or ball, hit lustily for 54. His most productive strokes were lofted drives and a shot which land in Chaler
Road for a lovely six.
Perry bowled steadily but did not have a
Robb's slow spinners broke up a couple of dangerous partnerships.
GOOD CATCHES
Special mention must be made of Carey's
NO. 3 (M.G.) COY., H.K.V.D.C.
TO PLAY MIDDLESEX REGT.
It is generally agreed that the Volunteer Defence Corps is now capable of turning out a side capable of beating any other combination in the Colony.
Some idea of the talent in the Corps will be ap- preciated by the team that has been selected to re- present one company No. 3 (M.G.) Company against Middlesex Regiment on Craigengower ground on Sunday week.
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This is the team:-Lt. D. J. N. Anderson, C.Q.M.S. E. C. Fincher, Sgt. G. Winch, Sgt. E. Zimmern, L/Cpl. N. A. E. Mackay, L/Cpl. D. Hung, Pte. F. R. Zimmern, Pte. A. Zimmern, Pte. W. L. Rapley, Pte. T. A. Madar and Pte. W. K. Way. Twelfth man is Pte. R. T. Broad- bridge, scorer Sgt. V. White and umpire Pte. T. Locke.
The match will start at noon.
E. CURTIS MAKES FINE DEBUT TO LOCAL CRICKET
(By “ADREM”).
There was some tall scoring at Sookunpoo where Royal great deal of luck, Divett was erratic and Engineers drew with Police. In the absence of A. E. Carey, who arrived late, J. L. Stephens opened with Tommy Hunter for Police but nice new bat notwithstanding, was dismissed fine catch in the country to dismiss Grosby Shipp off the first ball he received.
E. Curtis, a newcomer to local cricket, Pope, who is in great form at the
with fmet with extraordinary success for his 52, moment, batted solidly
and fastlsh medium right-handers which included only seven boundar-batsmen were never able to get on top of ies, and he was well supported by him. In six overs he took 5 for 14 and, well Forrest, who went in No. 10 and made supported by P/O Nancarrow and F. Mills, 331
and Robb's snappy effort in the slips to dis- pose of Whatman.
Club started off well, Richardson settling down at once to score freely. Fortescue, however, has been seen to better advantage. Kilbee was shaping well when he was caught by Whatman off Denyer; Thomson made a nice 18 and Ride and Perry both went for the runs from the word go,
It was an interesting game all through.
Owing to pressure on space, Graphic Golf, will appear in to-
morrow's editions.
Sappers found run-getting a simple matter and of those who batted only Capt. Parsons failed. Capt. Freeman made 41, Spr. Heath 20. Sgt. Shipp 19 and Spr. Pelham 17 not out.
Also at Sookunpoo, the Junior Champions, K.C.C. had nine-wicket win over 1.R.C. in a match which demonstrated yet once again how badly the Indians' batting needs shak- ing up.
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who has played one or two matches for the senior team with some success, the Indians
were dismissed for 91.
Only a stand between A. K. Minu (28) and T. Ali (21 not out) saved Indians from utter rout.
After Mulcahy had made 6. Francis Lay and his former headmaster, G. A. Goodban,
off the became associated and hit without loss. Both batted breezily Lay be ing particularly severe on the bowlers.
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Abbas bowled steadily but F. A. Curreem's slow leg-spinners, met with most success, he taking 5 for 12 in four overs when K.C.C. batsmen were having a dip.
GEGG'S DAY OUT
W. S. Gegg, former C.B.S. schoolboy, had a good afternoon at the expense of his former schoolmates at Pokfulum and fol- lowed up an innings of 40 with 5 for 44.
Central British, after starting their season spectacularly, are now passing through the doldrums and have been defeated fairly fre- quently of late.
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Their bowlers were particularly ineffec tive on Saturday and in addition to Gegg. K. Y. Tam; who batted stylishly for 28 and N. Singh (41 not out) also made runs.
I am told that Weller batted with his usual confidence revealing a polished array of strokes in making 30, while Lockhart, who occasionally plays for Civil Service, made
20.
Gegg's bowling was too fast for school batsmen as a whole, however. and they never looked like getting the runs,
Hitherto chief handicap to Recreio Juniors' championship hopes has been their inability to score runs. They can have no complaint about Saturday's performance in this de- partment. M, A. Remedios was highest scorer with 28 but they realised a total of 154. Other useful contributions were made by H. M. "Polly" Xavier. A. M. Prata, H. A Barros (again) and J. A. Soares while there were several double-figure scores in addition.
WAY'S FINE INNINGS Craigengower fared poorly Against the varied Recreio attack and Bill Way's 43 not out was an invaluable effort. Remedios, go- ing on late, took 3 for 9 but A. V. Gosano bore the brunt of the work and took 4 for 44.. In the only other match, St. Joseph's 'just lost to their traditional rivals, Diocesan Boys' School, by the narrow margin of 16 runs. Fisher was the hero of the match making a subdued 53, while Mazuza.got 25 not out.
A great stand between R. Silva and P. Rull placed the Saints in a winning position but the remainder of the St. Joseph's bats- men were unable to rise to the occasion.
There is one change in the Inland ladies' team selected to play against Mainland la- dies on Sunday in the Charity Hookey. Fes- tival.
Owing to the inability of Mrs. Skinner to play, Miss Stella Roberts, of St. Andrew's, has been invited to fill the vacancy.