THE CHINA MAIL, OCTOBER 16, 1940
Page-15
Cricket With Taste LEN HARVEY WANTS
A Good Lunch But What About The Game?
Amusing Cricket Reporting
CLUB RUGBY TRIAL
FIGHT WITH FARR
While I am not arguing to grab the welter crown from Ernic Roderick. If this match that there is going to be a materialises and the challenger can turn in the sort of showing he terrific boom in the box-made licking Roderick on points
can should have a new champion.
at Earl's Court, then the south
ing business-how you have that bang in the
Yet there could be business for Roderick elsewhere. Isn't Jock. middle of a war?-I do McAvoy waiting for a middle- weight opponent with Bert Gilroy fancy we are to have some temporarily out of action? I "REPORTING FROM A new angle" might al-
Club are holding their second
think so. and last Rugby Trial at the Val-first-class scraps inside most be the title of the following article written byley to-day, commencing at 5:15 the next couple R. C. Robertson-Glasgow in the "Sunday Express." It happens to be of peculiar interest as being a com- ment on the somewhat uncommon effort of a writ- er in one of the British Colonies to describe a cricket match which apparently took place somewhere in the East.
p.m.
of
why not, then, a contest be- tween Jock o' Rochdale and the Liverpool lad? It needs only the Following are the teams:
to All Colours: F. M. Thompson; D. months, writes Len Har- Boxing Board's blessing
Belle Vue, Anfield, or whatever H. Stewart, H. D. Bidwell, J. Cvey in the "Sunday Ex-northern arena you like to name. Charter and D. I. Bosanquet; G.
G. Aitkenhead and J. Thomson; press."
E. W. Stout, R. G. Castleton, C. There is even talk of a heavy- M. Stark, L. A. Benn, J. Moodie, weight championship affair be- J. Redman, J. K. Birt and A. Lween Tomny Farr and a certain The "discreet use of censorship", absence of a sight-screen at
Thomas. the
Len Harvey! Anyhow, I note that Whites:-J. Moore; T. O. Mor- has unfortunately deprived us of City End that induced "C, who has
Fommy is around to say he is any exact knowledge of the venue seldom been seen to less advan-gan, M. G. Carruthers, D. G. Day ready to meet me down in Cardiff of the game, but an equally "dis-tage, to strike a paralytic attitude and H. Van Leeuwen; E. Jones,
sometime next September. creet guess" may be formed by confidently supposed to be a pos-and A. Clemo: R. E. Heaseman, J. S. Dunnett, A. M. Kennedy, E
Splendid. But why Cardiff? those who know their terrain any- | turc of defence and to remain at where cast of Suez. However the crease for thirty minutes be- W. R. Hackett, C. Needham, I. M. Supposing I can get the necessary
Air Force leave to train for there are no prizes offered for any fore he scored a run between first Macrue, A. J. G. Taylor and G. B.
Aght with Farr, and that's pretty solutions.
Godfrey. and second slip, while apparently "Through the kindness of Ma- attempting a leg-glide.”
Following reserves will be call-much up in the air remembering Perhaps, jor A. a very enjoyable game after this, I should not be asked red on to play and are requested what this old island is facing, the of cricket was played on the XY to write again; but I should be
{logical spot for the meeting would to turn out ready for play.
Colours-H. L. Didsbury,
R.be London. Sports Club ground between Pable to say with "G K C-"Lhavec. Gairdner, G. G. Davies, and Q. Lunch was served in the laid an egg: I feel better, thank Leigh, S. Lee and J. Roscoe. dining hall of Z. The various you."
Stripes K. W. Forrow, A. items of food had been provided
Gratton, H. F. Hopkins, D. B.
by the players, and these were "After That-The Score"
tastefully served up by a band of willing lady helpers. After lunch
Perhaps, therefore, it would al- the Toast to The King was given. ways be safer merely to remark, This was followed by a speech of whenever consistent with truth, thanks by Mr. N to Major M for that the lunch was tastefully his unfailing kindness. on such
served up by a band of willing occasions, and also, a vote of lady, or gentlemen helpers, and thanks to the ladies who had ar-that "a very enjoyable game of ranged the lunch so well. After cricket was played." After that,
a very enjoyable game, P won by the score, a margin of over ninety runs."
Accent On The Lunch
GOLF STARTING TIMES
Thus, with a mild rearrange- ment of punctuation and a dis- creet use of censorship, runs the account, which a friend has sent me, of a cricket match between
Following are the starting times for two teams of a British colony in the Royal Hong Kong Golf Club Happy foreign parts. It may strike the Valley Golfers versus Kowloon casual reader that the section de-Club match on Sunday:
9.00 & 10.30 a.m. R. K. Collings and
9.05 ..
10.35
9.10, 10.40
9.15 10.45
9.20 10:50
9.25... 10.55
"
D. S. Edward.
Golf
A. J. Dennis and A.
McKellar.
H. F. Phillips and A. C. I. Bowker.
W. S. Hillier and D.
Humphreys,
voted to the play is meagre, that the reference to the luncheon is "bland almost to sickliness,” and that, in one instance at least, the band of willinglady helpers had arranged the less solid part of the luncheon rather too well. Some- Lucullian one, not, I fancy, the reporter, has remembered to ap- pend the score. It is one deser- ving of a fuller explanation than it has received. For here, too, there are signs of refreshment. Of the twelve batsmen, number does not appear to have had any innings at all, for against his name there is a mysterious blank space. Nine wickets foll for about 80 runs; but the last wicket pair contributed 92. There follows] 9.55,, 11.25. „‚· ·F. 'C. Barry and A.
2
9.30
9.35 21.05
the ghostly observation "27," sus- pended in air and anonymity. 10.00.. Extras 4, and total 198. Q replied with only 104.
11.30
R.
a
The Red Cross, I imagine, would get a better cash return from such G. a contest in the metropolis. Maybe Nel-all boxing Wales would want to B. see Farr in action, but the thought occurs that quite a slice of pugi- listic London would like to see,
son, C. G. Tressider and P. Wilson.
ABBAS AND JONES
IN SEMI-FINAL
me.
Big Money Certain Anyhow, I suggest that a Farr- Harvey flight is the one most cus- tomers would be ready to
pay fair-sized money to see. And I M. R. Abbas and J. F. Jones en-don't believe the big money is in tered the Semi-Final of the Open Wales.
Pereira and W. J. Howard res- pectively at the Kowloon Foot- ball Club.
Singles Lawn Bowls championship Folk here and there have cri- yesterday when they beat C. Cticised me for wanting around £6,000 to cross gloves with Tom- my: They quote figures that operated before the war. Abbas won comfortably and was
Now, how much would I want at no time ever extended but the to fight Barr?
Maybe any one other game between Jones
ready to talk business these days and Howard was close affair, a would discover that I am prepar- two at the 24th head enabling ed to adjust my ideas to present
Jones to win.
Following are
scores.
the detailed
W. 3. Howard
Shots Total
M. R. Abbas
C. C. Pereira
'Head
Shots Total
Shots Total
1
4
+4
0
0
2
1
0
K. S. McKenzie and
1
G
D
'W. Sharp.
*
6
A. L-Eastman and
2
8
T. Low.
0
0
"
11.00
W. C. Simpson and
2.
H., H. Mundy.
2.
W. V. Ahern and A.
D. Humphreys,
10
9.40..
11.10
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E. C. Fincher and
H. Smith.
9.45., 11.15
1
A. W. Ramsay and
2
G. E. Willerton,
9.50 .. 11:20
W. A. Stewart and
0
D. Forbes.
10
1
19
'17
0
H. Penn.
18
J. D. Thomson and'] .
F. J. Jones
N. J. Bebbington.
Head
Shots
Total
T. Lamb
and G.
1
Davies.
2
2
A. A. Lopes and T.
B. Low.
"
W. Kershaw and N.
5
J. Booker.
10
H. J. Grose and W.
0
10
Stoker.
E. C. Murphy and.
0
E. Greenwood,
0
0
A. J.
0
12
13
13
13
13
17
10
17
(10
10
16
10:05, 11,35
10.10.,, 11.40
10.15, 11:45
11.50
Be this as it may, it can be re- garded as an extreme example of the laudatory method in report- ing. "Pick one thing that inter- 10.20.. ests you above all others, and it
is almost sure to interest your 10.25.. 11.55 readers," once remarked a very famous critic. In this case, the refreshments and their service have been picked on; but they ex- cite, rather than sustain, interest. There is lacking a gracious-some- what.
Excessive Praise
Reflecting on these peculiar matters, I began to wonder whe- ther most reporters do not habl tually tend to excessive praise: For all that cricketers, who scarcely less touchy than actors, may state to the contrary, we spend many hours in the search for the good and the beautiful, if not always for the true. "To me; at least, the strain has often been severe. I have known an suppressed longing to write some such words us:—
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and
AFTERNOON. TIMES 2.15 p.m. R. K., Collings
Dennis: D. S. Edward and A. McKellar.
2,20
2,25
+
2.30
1
H. F. Phillips and W. S. Hillier; A. C. I. Bowker and D. Humphreys.
K. S. McKenzie and 'A. L. "Eastman; W. Sharp and T.
-Low.
W. C. Stimpson 'and W. v. Ahern, H. H. Mundy and A. -D.- Humphreys,"
E. C. Fincher · and A. W. Ramsey; d. Smith, and G. E Willerton. tafakk "WA, Stewart Tha TIC. Barry: D. Forbes, and R. H Penn.
: 2,35
are
2:40
2.43
J. D.Thomson', and Lamb; N.-J. Bebbington, and G. Davis.
T.
2,50
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0
0
0
0
·H.K.C.C. TEAM
12
34
10
on
The following will represent the HK.C.C., "against Craigengower A. A. Lopes and W. Ker-C.C. at H.K.CC. at 2 p.m. shaw: T. B. Low and N. J. Saturday, October 19-E. J. R. Booker.
Mitchell (Capt.), C. W. E. Bishop, N. D. Booker, Capt. A. J. Dewar, Surg. Lt.-Com. W. G. Finnie, J. H. Fox, T. G. C. Knight, R. M. M. King, A. K. Mackenzie, D. O. Parsons, D. S. "Robb",
“Y” HOCKEY. TEAMS
"On the Ground, which, -for sheer ugliness, can have few rivals, while the chimneys belch ed foul smoke, and a bitter wind whistled through the ramshackle
The following will represent; the Grand Stand which, by the way YMCA. In hockey matches on the is set at a fidleülous angle to the "Y" ground at King's Park this week: play before a small, shrivelled
BETO.DAY
ANSWER TO CORRESPONDENT
and unintelligent herd of specta-2nd-Xtv H.A.&.0.) (B (p.m.):-Ben- tors, the match between A and B well; Killeen and Railton: Heptonstall, was reluctantly resumed. It had Glichrist and, Smits: Banks, MeGahan, reached a condition which, exceptare, Irgson and Bevan, to n raind irrevocably sunk in an
2nd XI v M. M. Destroyer (3 p.m.): insane optimism, could lead only Fishlock; Killeen and Railton: Croft, to a futile draw. Perhaps it was Gilchrist and 'Gorman; Smits, Dormer, ficial statement has been "promis- tho continued and ungenerous, Spare, Grant and Banks.
ARNA SATURDAY
"Swimming “Enthusiast!Its learned that the matter on which you write in being investigatell by the proper authorities and an or
for to-morrow, Sports Ed
circumstances. I am not wanting the moon, or even a slice of it."
Believe me, I know there 'Is nothing so timid as £6,000 ́in peace days, let alone when there isia_war.on.. Let's leave it at that.
Northern “Natural”.
Moving down the fight weights we find that the "feathers" cham- plonship brawl between Nel Tar- leton and Tom Smith, the Sunder- land boy, is hanging fire.
Smith wants a guarantee from promoter Johnny Best before tak- ing a crack at the title-holder on Anfield football ground. Johnny Best seems to be standing by his offer of 20 per cent, of the takings," Whatever the outcome of this argument, I feel that Smith will:] yet be in there with Tarleton. This is a northern "natural", when it is staged I am ready to see Nel for all his grand ringcraft, lose to the Sunderland challenger.
Ronnie James is waiting among the light weights for a chance to meet Eric Boon, the big-hearted, strong-punching champion, Want- ing to speed up things generally, the Boxing Board say they will recognise any sorup between these boys as being for the title, always assuming it conforms to cham- pionship conditions.
Most of us want to be on hand when Boon climbs into the ring for this title defence. Why? Be 'causo, he will be meeting in opz ponent packing a punch that matches his own. It should be a repeat of the Boon-Danahar classic with a different ending maybe.
Roderick v. McAvoy?
Just up the scale there is Arthur Danahar clamouring for a chance
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