86
to form of him. We congratulate him and Garde most heartily on their very fine perfor. mance, which bad resuscitated interest in a match which, if played out, would probably havə led to a finish dearly loved of cricketers.
Through the courtesy of Major Faithfull and the officers the band of the H.KR. played spiritedly on Saturday afternoon to a large and appreciative audience.
Appended are the score and analysis :-
UNITED SERVICES.
FIEST INNINGs. Bergt. Burton, R.B., 157., b Firth: 0 R. Garde, R.N., a Inclibald, b
Watson
SECOND INNI A. e sub,,↳ Firth
£7
80
THE HONGKONG WEEKLY PRESS AND
FOOTBALL.
The many engagements cousequent ou the Chinese New Year will account for the absence of several of the Hongkong Football Club's usual players in the match on Thursday with the Navy. The latter kicked off and within five minutes scored the first point, obtained by the Club sending the ball through its own goal. Shortly afterwards by the same means another was obtained. The Club now commenced to play with good combination and great enthusiasm and several corners had to be conceded to them; 74 at the same time Cameron was successful in pre- venting several nasty rushes by pertinacious tackling and well-judged kicking. iughes 24 and Stolford on the other side always made matters warn whenever the ball was passed to them and put in some excellent shots. "Just be. | fore half-time a goal was nearly obtained by Deacon, who catching the ball on his head from a corner-kick sent it a short distance outside Is the post. On crossing over the Navy once again pressed and a careful shot by Hughes sent the ball under the net. Both sides now Overs. Mds. Runs Wides. N.B. Wkts played for all they were worth, Campbell for
Lt. Campbell, H.K.K. run out Burg-Major Reade, A.M 8., o'sub,
b Mast.
b Darby
23
not out
41
Lt. Thresher, R.B. b Firth
1
not out...
W. E, Morecom, R.N., c Darby, b
Mast
1
Lt. Knox, R.B. not out...
19 run out..
Lt Shelford, R.N,, b Firth
4
H. N, Eliot, R.N., c sub, b Mast.
1
Sergt. Turner, R.B., e Mast, b
Firth
0
Pta. Lee, R.B., b Firth
Extras
0
7
Extrea
109
BOWLING ANALYSIS.
5
First Innings.
Firth Watson
26
12 44
5
18
Ellis
5
1
25
Mast..
9
1
15
3
Second Innings.
Watson
4
40
Firth
23
5
70
Mast
2
8
Lammert..
25
S. Smith
26
Ellis
13.
F. Maitland
9
Darby
2
16
HONGKONG. CRICKET CLUB.
C. Inchbald, o Gardo, b Leo..
T. Sercombe Smith, run out
0
R. F. Lammert, b Elliott
31
0
34
B. P. Sheldon, b Lee......
E. Mast, at Garde, b Elliot..
8. L Darby, b Løg
C. M Firth, b Lee.
E. Maitland, run out
E. C. Ellis, c and ↳ Elliott..
-J, G. Watson, not out
Extras
Elliott Lee Shelford Thresher Burton.
6
*9
22
19
3
12
210.
222
[January 31, 1805.
DEATH OF PRINCE ARISUGAWA® OF JAPAN.
The following telegram was received by the Japanese Consul on Thursday night, the 24th inst.:--
His Imperial Highness General Prince Taruhito of Arisugawa died at 3 p.m. on the 24th inst."
The deceased Prince, who was unole to His Majesty the Emperor, was the senior of the Im- perial Princes and hence the most honoured. The House of Arisugawa also ranks first among the relatives of the Emperor, His Highness. had been in the Army for the past thirty years, and at the time of his demise was Chief of the General Staff. He was born on the 23rd March, 1835, and had therefore nearly completed, his sixtieth year. His successor, Prinos Takebito, is the commander of the flagship Matsushima. ·~ Ho served in the British navy as midshipman and ienteuant for some years and there acquired an accurate knowledge of the profession he has em- braced. striking proofs of which have been afforded during the present war.
the Club making some excellent runs and Pratt, together with the backs for the Navy clearing THE REPAIR OF THE “ CHENYUEN.” well whenever harassed by bis opponents. All efforts, however, were fruitless and the score at closing remained as stated.
The ground was hard and dry and a wind blow slantingly over the field of play, when on Monday afternoon the Hongkong Football Club played a Naval team under Rugby rules. The nucleus of the latter team was composed of players belonging to the Torpedo Depot; the re- maining part was made up of naval meu attached to other branches of the service! The Club elected to play with the wind, which was an im portant factor and caus d the play throughout the match to be generally in one quarter of the field. Their opponents kicking off soon ceived the ball back again and a succession of scrimmages took place from the centre of the field to their goal lines. This pressure was after a little while relieved by Grieves, who made a good ran from his own twenty-five to that of the Club. Running down the field with a good
re.
Overs. Mds. Runs. Wides. N.B. Wkts. deal of weigh on him, he successfully rushed by
BOWLING ANALYSIS,
27.2 10
70
25 10
54
15 4
19
7
1
21
1
HONGKONG VOLUNTEERS.
MAXIM GUN CORPS.
3
4
From a private letter from Chefoo we (Mercury) glean the following account of the damage done to the Chenyuen, and of the means by which ber repairs were effected.
*
"
THE CHENYUEN TOUCH IS À ROCK. The Tingyuen and Chenyuen were entering Weihaiwei harbour at very low spring tides, the Tingyuen, drawing about a foot less than the Chenyuen, being in the lead. The Tingyuen safely entered the harbour, but the Chenyuen following in her wake touched bottom two or three times on what proved, upon subsequeat examination, to be an isolated rock situated in the main channel to the port. This, owing to the exceptionally low tide and the swell that prevailed at the time, the Chenyuen was just able to bump, and in her passage over it she did bump several times, making one very large opening and severely cracking her bottom in some nine or ten other places. Owing to the fine quality of the iron used in her construction and to the strength of her false bottom, this ship did not fill further than this, and for harbour purposes was still safe. She could not, however, go outside, nor was it safe to fire her large gans, as the strain night prove too great. In this quandary Admi ral Ting applied to the Commissioner of Cas- toms at Chefoo, and through him the Inspector General, who ordered the Customs divers, Messrs Paine and Wilson, from Shanghai and on their arrival at Chefoo to Weihaiwei. Upon their arrival their first duty was to ascerain the damage done by visual inspection. Chinese were aghast upon being informed of the damage, but the divers, nothing daunted, at once gave instructions for such material as was necessary and began the work of repair.
several opponents, but was ultimately grounded by Anton. Shortly afterwards Bowring gave a kick which sent the ball a few yards only up the field; however, in spite of being severely pressed he brushed off all who attempted to tackle him and gave another kick which landed the ball in goal, where he touched down. The kick was taken by Thomson, but the try was not converted. Changing sides the effect of the wind was at once apparent, the ball now being On Saturday afternoon seventeen members much in the Club's quarters. The naval team turned out to compete in the Company's seventh
was now playing in good order, Brantingham monthly Carbine competition for the Challenge being very useful in passing to Shelford, thus Cup and Handicap Sweepstakes over the 20) and 400 yards distances, on the Police Range, enabling the latter to make several good though Hughes several times seemed diffi. Kowloon, kindly lent for the occasion by the short runs.
cult to hold back, but the tackling of the Club was CaptainSuperintendent of Police, the shooting
Several in which resulted in a first win for the popular scrimmages in the latter's twenty-five now took
so good that he could not proceed far. Captain of the Corps after a most exciting finish place and from one of these the ball was kicked in and tie with Gunner Shepherd, who had to give to in goal, where it was made dead by the Club, way only on the point of a little inferiority in From the kick out the ball was quickly returned enough to admit of the
the value of his score.
The afternoon which was fine and somewhat windy, was hardly conducive to high scoring but in spite of drawbacks the shooting showed a marked improvement all round, and the results must have been very gratifying to those who have the best interests of the Corps at heart.
Gunner G, P. Lammert scored a "possible at 400 yards in magnificent style, but was some what unfortunate at the shorter distance, were he could only compile 18. The following were the best scores:-
Captain Murray
Gunner Shepherd
Gunner Smyth
Gunner. Firth.
Gunner G. P. Lammert
Sergeant May. 'Gunner Millward
-200 400 yards. yards.
28 32
Total.
60
30 30
60
29 30
18 35
59 53
29 23
21
27 25 20
52 48 45
On the afternoon of the 23rd inst, fire broke out in the cook-house of Sweatment Castle, on Nanking Road, Shanghai. The fire was checked and prevented frem spreading to the main build- ing. The property was insured with the Hong kong Fire.
place until time was called. The score was un and scrimmages with little or no running took altered finally, the Club thus winding by a try, or two points, to pil.
THE METHOD OF REPAIRING.
The
The effect these repairs, as it was impos sible to dock the vessel, it was necessary to put on several patches over those breaches large
introduction of bolts and to wedge those cracks which were too small for this with wooden plugs, and then cover this with cement. In een the smallest work but little assistance could be given from the deck, owing to the large rolling chucks along the side of the ship. A stage was, however, rigged below the ship's bottom and on this the divers did their work, first driving soft wood wedges in all the cracks and then covering with hydraulic cement.
Through the vigorous initiative of General Del Kemper, the U.S. Consul at Amoy, a pro- clamation has been issued by the Taotai of that unsavoury city prohibiting the burial of Chi Over the larger holes patches "made of nese on the island of Kulangsu. The latter is three and four inch planking, strengthened with laud, forty years ago, was an almost barren rock iron bands and with a thick padding of cotton, inhabited by only a few poor fisherman, but with were placed, and by passing bolts through the the advent of Europeans and Americans and false bottom these were screwed tightly into their taking up their residence there a large place. The largest rent required a patch fourteen Of late feet long by five feet broad to be placed over it. Chinese population has sprung up. years the little island has become a popular This was made of four inch planking, strength- burial ground for the Chinese, with the result ened by iron bands, three inches by one inch, that it bade fair to become nothing but a and with a packing made of canvas hose, eight cemetery in the course of another decade. This inches in diameter, packed tight with cotton, would have been a calamity, but it is now im nailed around the edge. This patch was made possible or at all events unlikely, thanks to the on the ship and then made more buoyant by energy of General Kemper. It is a cause for fastening Foochow poles to the under side, wonder that such a step as this has not been taken It was then let over the ship's side and the long ago on the initiative of the guardian of divers with great difficulty managed to place British interests, since his nationals represent it on the stage. Two inch bolts having been the great majority of the foregners resident placed in readiness, the divers proceeded to in Kulangsu. Bat-
put this in place. This took them three hours of
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