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THE CHINA MAIL, FEBRUARY 28, 1940
RECREIO HAD ONLY THEMSELVES TO BLAME
Good Wickets Thrown Away At Vital Moments
WEBB YOUNG
TO THE FORE
(By "ADREM")
Thanks to a determined effort by R. H. Griffiths, playing in his first leave, Civil Service were able to give
League match since his return from
I.R.C. a much better game than at one time appeared possible.
The Valles team were without D. McLel lan, suffering from an injured foot, and a sorry, time of it. Perry and Fenton were
T. V. N. Fortèscue, "and their bowlers had
forced to do an awful amount of work in attack' but' they made little impression on
the Indians who rattled up the very fine
`score of 189 for 4 dec...
To this total N. (who is he?). Cassa con
tributed 71, Y. el Arculll 25 and A. H. Madar 51 not out:
Civil Service never looked like getting the
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BILLIMORIA, E. ZIMMERN NANCARROW'S AND G. GOSANO SHINE GOOD KNOCK
(By “ADREM”)
CRAIGENGOWER CAUSED one of the biggest upsets with their sensational of the current cricket season victory over the Senior Champions, Club de Recreio, on the King's Park ground on Saturday.
Recreio wickets thrown away at crucial moments; fine bowling and fielding by Craigengower and judiciously handled bowling by Ernie Zimmern, the winning skipper, were chiefly responsible.
Zimmern also played a fine innings, aided by a couple of lives, while G. Gosano and Willie Reed made a great ef- fort to stop the Recreio rot after six wickets had fallen for 14 runs. Billimoria bowled very steadily and is now right
runs, except at one stage when Griffith back to form.
and Whitley were cracking them, and were all out for 34.
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Griffiths' Innings was a stout one and had Perry, Richardson, Colledge Hollidge decided to make runs as well, 1.R.C. might have been in for a shock. He was far more restraineil than usual-the situation, de manded it and only scored 59 out of the
133 added while he was at the wicket.
With Whitley it was neck or nothing. He , almost broke the hearts of the bowlers while hitting up 37 chiefly made up of long hits into the country.
BACK TO FORM
A. R. Minu, definitely appears to have struck his best form, täking 8 for 49, which would have been even better had not Whit- ley laid on the wood to such an extent,
Feature of the Army-University match at Sookunpoo were Sgt. Webb's 80 not, out- the highest in the Senior League to date and L/Cpl. Young's 6 for 10, which places him at the head of the Senior bowling aver
head (5 for 14).
G. N.. the last of the Gosanos, came in and played out the over. Facing Billimoria once again, Rodrigues played back to one. which beat him and was given out 1.b.w. (6 for 14).
Recreio won the toss and put Crai-jed to pull a fast but short in-swinger, and gengower in. The Valley team open- Hulse at mid-on took a good catch over his ed with E. Zimmern and H. P. Lim. The innings · started sensationally, E. L. Gosano, bowling from the pavilion end with a strong following wind; sent down a fast swinger which kicked, Zimmern cocked the ball up to W. A. Reed, at short-leg, but the fielder never moved, to an other- wise dolly catch.
(By "ADREM")
With the aid of a good innings of 54:
not out by J. Nancarrow, one of their Royal Air Force members, Kowloon. Cricket Club beat Hong Kong Cricket
Club at Cox's Road by the large mar gin of 85 runs.
Both teams, due to camps and various · other reasons, were well below full-
strength.
Kowloon, batting first, made 166 for 7. dec.;
B. D. Lay and Teddy, Fincher all making useful scores. Aitkenhead was the most
Nancarrow being top-scorer, and D. Hung,
successful Island bowler and, took 3 for 43. taking against his own team as easy a pro-
while "Lofty" "Lloyd did not find' wicket--.
blem as he probably expected!
Club had a sorry time of it, at one period having six wickets down for only 8 runs,A
stand between D. S. Robb and C. G. Altken-
head in the later stages, however, helped I to redeem their prestige and they eventually,/ reached 81.
B. D. LAY DOES WELL L. R. Burch, who has just left school,'. bowled promisingly, and Bertram Lay, who • has only been able to play infrequently this season, did well to take 5 for 33 and almost earn a place for himself in the senior team? to play Recrelo in the needle game on Saturday,
The encounter between the junior teams: of the two clubs at Chater Road was .entire-- ly dominated by schoolboys.. F. A. Weller, of C.B.S., raked in to fill the side, batted" really well for 91, while Norman Smith took" 5 for 20.
The result completely. Justified the bowling changes although it was 50. marked that the taking" off of Francia' Zimmern after two overs, when he had taken 2 for 5, was mistake, Imperturbable Willie Reed, came in and Profiting by the mistake, Zimmern the situation took a complete change. To went on to bat confidently and glan-to 55, putting on 41 valuable runs.
gether with G. Gosano. he took the score
Result was, Hong Kong won by no fewer Gosano than
125 runs. H. J. Armstrong - helped' ced' and late-cut Gosano for fours scored off every opportunity that presented Weller to add 133 runs for Club's third wie-- Lim, meanwhile, batting soundly and itself and these were few and far between.ket, while highest scorer for K.C.C. was taking no chances.
Bowling changes were rung. Francis Zim- Francie Lay with 17. With the score at 20 Lim shaped to cut a mern, on again for Winch, bowled steadily. short ball from E. L. Gosano, changed his and Hulse for Billimoria, who had given mind, and, not being able to get his bat out away, eight runs in his fifth over he only the former was clean-bowled by Billimorla of the way, was taken behind the wicket gave away 9 in his other seven overs, four (for 60) Pereira in; and "Spotty" has of which were maidens and success came been known to score a quick 30. Francis by Beltrao. Webb's innings completely overshadowed Francis Zimmern, who succeeded, was asto Craigengower at last; A. K. Ismail re Zimmern on again, kept beating the bat and any other Army batting performance,' next
usual too impetuous. He glanced Gosano lieved Zimmern and Reed was out 1.b.w.the wickets. Ten runs were added „and“ highest scorers being Major Harvey with 22
and hooked Özorio for beautiful fours and (7 for 55).
- | Cralgengower were looking grim when there and Sgts. Denyer and Gardner with 10 each! then paid the penalty-a short ball from
With G. Gosand still in, however, Recreio was another silly call. Beltrao played the With the dismissal of C. N. Matthews, who Gosano being slashed at, and mistimed, for had every chance. He looked capable of ball to Billimoria in the gully and "Spotty"" made a nice 20, and K. S. Oh (15), Univer-Beltrao to take his second catch.
staying for the night! He did give one called for a run, Billimorla hit the wicket sity made a sorry showing and thereafter A. R. H. Esmail shaped confidently, using chance to Sting, a hard square-cut to deep with his throw-in and all was over. only Chan Thian-slew made double-figures. his feet well especially to Ozorio, who was point low down to the left hand, but sur- Young and Denyer finished off the innings keeping an immaculate length. in quick time, the former being quite un- playable.
ages.
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Meanwhile, Ernie Zimmern was missed twice by Pereira, at first-slip off Ozorio, but did not survive much longer, being bowled by a beautiful ball from Gbsano which came in a lot from the off (3 for 48).
Lee, who followed, hooked a long-hop from Ozorio straight to L. G. Gosano score-board read 53-4-0.
vived.
With Ozorio batting Billimoria went on in place of Hulse and a long hop to Gosano which kept low saw that batsman dismissed after a grand fighting innings.
Ozorio and Beltrao added five runs before
and the SECOND DIVISION
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Shortly after, L. G. Gosano relleved Ozorio. Hulse and Esmail took the score to 63 when Hulse nibbled at one on the off and was well taken by Ozorio at first slip. One run later Eemail was 1.b.w. to. L. G. Gosano and 8 wickets were down for 64.
A. K. Ismail and Hong Sling put on 11 runs before. Ismail was bowled off his pads
for 75). With Winch in, Pereira relieved Eddie Gosano, who had bowled 10 overs for 3 wickets and 34 runs, and clean-bowled Winch (70. for 8)..
---On-the- advent of Hamson, Ozorio took
over again from L. G. Gosano and had Sling
caught at the wickets. Hamson stayed
long enough to make a beautiful cover drive off Pereira before giving Beltrao his fourth
catch at the wiçket.
The bowling had been steady without be ing particularly dangerous and the fielding. as is usual with Regrelo, brilliant, although, through over-eagerness, they gave away several overthrows. Several catches were dropped but they were by no means easy
ones,
RECREIO BAT
The Craigengower bowling had been' steady and there was little given away, in the field. Recreio have only themselves to blame for this unexpected reverse after dis- missing their visitors so cheaply Soares, Eddie Gosano and Pereira all threw their wickets away!
ABBAS BOWLS WELL AGAINST POLICE
(By "ADREM")
Indian Recreation club juniors surmounted a big ob--- stacle on their path to the Junior Cricket Championship on Saturday when they beat Police Recreation Club on the latters' ground by the narrow margin of three wickets.
The Indians, who were never considered i I.R.C. appeared to have the game well in As a championship team at the beginning hand and although they lost some, wickets: of the season, have now the finest record in cheaply, K. M. Rumjahn was batting so the division, thanks to two unexpected well that he appeared quite likely to stay lapses by the champions, Kowloon Cricket there while the runs were knocked off. After Club, with whom they are now bracketed at he was caught and bowled by Pope, how- the head of the table with 12 points.
ever, and M. R. Abbas, after scoring....17 I.B.C., however, have a match in hand, was bowled by Danbrowsky, the situation although they still have some tough en-looked dangerous..
A gallant stand between T. All and A. R. counters abead of them.
Police had a very bad match on Satur Markar, however, saw the runs hit off and ́ day, their batsmen, with the exception of a fine win registered by I.R.C.
Lewis again had a bad match but Pope C. Pope and P. H. Loughlin falling miser-
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J. M. and L. G. Gosano opened to the bowling of Francia Zimmern (pavilion end) and George Winch. There was an early thrill when, off the first ball of the innings, L. G. was given out 1.b.w. to Zimmern, ably. Pope played an aggressive innings, and Danbrowsky, both had four wickets. It when he misjudged the direction of a fast and although a trifle fortunate with balls appears to me that the latter is not used in-swinger.
which he edged through the slips, his was nearly enough, ns hè bowls just the type of Soares came in and shaped confidently a most valuable effort. So completely did ball that will always got wickets in Junior - until the last ball of the over when, for rea-he dominate the scoring that of the 49 add-Division.adelik in na nasada sons known only to himself, he took a ed whilst he was at the wicket, his contri-, "yahoo" at the ball and was bowled neck and crop. (2 for 0). -
Loughlin also made a great effort to stay Eddie Gosano, followed, but with Winch the rot. In contrast to Fope's fireworks, bowling to J. M. the latter played one to his was a staid, correct,, knock. Taking no, Hamson af short-leg and Eddle called him liberties with the bowling he stayed in until for a single only to be run out by yards: the fall of the eighth wicket for 24. (3 for 1). Silva succeeded and survived the Next highest scorers were A. Kirby and,stands between Tommy, Lock and Way, for
Stora TRA na Nje F. Forrest with, 615 sind.
tha Alih wicket, and A. M. Omar, for the over.
button was 451
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SOARES' FINE EFFORT
Despite a fine effort by R. M. Soares, who played an invaluable innings of Las not out, University were badly beateff by Craigén-·: gower Cricket Club at the Valley
«Features of Craigengower's „Jnnings were
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At this stagé / Emnie Zimmer mado, his GRABBAS, BOWLS WELL Kseventh Lock, batted correctly, for his first bowling, change, Billimoria relieving M. A.Abbas was the principal cause of highest score. In the League to date, while Winch and bowling a maiden's and Winch: the Pollen, downfall with one of his, finest Way and Omar scored, 28 and 34 "reipec- relieving Trancis! Threev singles resulted, bowling, Kenia shis, saason. He met with only likely, nghi världen. Budden IE ANDER
The first ball of Billimoria's second over] mediocre, success in the early stages, his: Apart from Soares, none of the University completely beat and clean-bowled Silva (4) first three wickets, posting thim. 27 runs but batsmen were able to play the bowling, of for loy: Hodrigues came in and took a four later he was irresistible and Anished off the Omar, Way, and Iranee with any confidence to square-leg off the last ball of the over. Innings in quick time to return a final and the side only managed to muster. 79- Facing Winch again, J. M, Gosano attempt-analysis off for 32.
runs.