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CRICKET.
CLUB V. GARRISON,
THE HONGKONG ́WEEKLY PRESS AND
Such a circumstance makes the game tame to watch, as so much of the interest of cricket centres in judicious running, and opens up the question whether any boundaries at all are desirable on a ground which places the bowlers at so great a disadvantage: close boundaries are also apt to discourage alertness in fielding, which is after all probably the prettiest part of Appended are cricket if smartly performed. the score and analysis :-
1st innings.
THE GARRISON.
Lt. Campbell, H.K.R, not
out ....
T. Seroombe Smith Lt. Moberley, H.K.R., ¢ Woodcock, b T. S Smith Lt. Lethbridge, K.O.R., b
T. Sercombe Smith Capt. Dyson, A.P.D, b
Wall
Capt. Tancock, R.A, o and Q.M.S. Blease, R A., b T.
b Wall
Sercombe Smith
Lt. Davies, R A., b Wall. Capt. Simonds, R.A., b Wall Lt. Shewell, R.A 1 b T
Sercombe Smith
Pte. Gray, KOR, b T.
Sercombe Smith
1
Extras
Total
T. 8. Smith L. Wall, K N...
T. 8 Smith Wall
[February 19, 1898.
THE ROYAL HONGKONG YACHT CLUB.
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ROYAL ENGINEERS' PRIZĖ, 12th FEB. Starting at 2 p.m. The course was from the Police Pier, Kowloon, round Meyer's buoy (port), Kowloon Rock (starboard), Meyer's buoy and Channel Rocks (port), and back to the Police Pier; 8 miles. The following boats started, with a fairly strong east wind:- Erica
Mr. A. Denison scratch
allowed
132 Maid Marian Mr. J. Hastings
min. 800, 1 21
2nd Innings.
26 not out.
Phoebe
0
b Sercombe Smith
Hon. F. H. May
3
21
5
Chanticleer
Mr. G. Stewart
41
42
Meteor Ladybird
C. H. Kew
C. D. Wilkinson 8
Dr. Clark
8
7
14- 27
6 b Lowson .............
0 lb. w. b Gillett.....
2 b Sercombe Smith ...
0 b Lammert
32 Dart
1
17
o Egerton, b Lowson. 1
0
Lb.w. b Lowson
5
0
c Egerton, b Mast... 25
0 b Gillett
4 b Gillett
4
Extraa
47 Total
BOWLING ANALYSIS.
First Innings.
5
Seabreeze
Capt. Long
The Dart was the first to show in front, cross. ing the bows of the whole fleet. Dart and Lady. bird both had a reef in and went the better for it. By the time the boats were abreast of Kellett's Island, Erica and Meteor had
got into the leading positions, Maid Mar ian being next, and the A class boats were beginning to leave Dart and Lady- bird a little. In the reach across to Kow- 10 loon Rock the wind got harder and Maid Marian closed up on Meteor and they rounded the rock close together. Erica had about a minute's lead of the pair, and the rest of the fleet, except Seabreeze, were not far behind. A beat up to the Channel Rocks and a quick run down brought the boats in the following order to the finish:
279
Overs, Maid. Runs. Wides. N.B. Wickets.
12.2 4 12.1
Corrected time.
Points
3 38 22 Third 1 3 39 29
This match, played on the best and fastest pitch of the season, resulted in a victory for the Club by seven wickets, a victory which, however, would have been more substantial had not five missed catches sadly blurred the Club fielding when the soldiers were batting in the second in nings. Winning the toss, the Garrison ez necessitate batted first on a pitch which was absolutely true; but the essay was a notabla failure, as the batsmen-and good batsmen, too -unaccountably failed before the bowling of Smith and Wall, who captured 6 and 4 wickets Capt. Langhorne,, RA, b each at a respective cost of four and a half and four and a quarter runs apiece. We think that the ground was too fast and that the pace of the ball off the pitch nonplussed most of the eleven. Whatever the cause; the side was out for a paltry 47, of which 26 not out belonged to Campbell, who, however, had a life at an early part of the game. The catch by which Wood captured Moberly at square leg was a credit to the fieldsman. At a quarter to four, Lowson and Gillett opened for the Club and in twenty minutes had hit up 62 runs when the Naval man was bowled. Smith succeeded and remained till 210 was up when he was easily taken by Dyson; his share of the 150 made during his hour at the wicket was only 39. Egerton and Lowson played out time, the doctor then having 147 to his credit. Upon re- sumption on the following day the game showed ite protean shape and wickets fell as they had done at the beginning of the match. Lowson added another 16, bringing his total up to 163, before he was well taken behind the sticks off a good ball. For accurate and safe big hitting we have not seen Lowson's innings, which was chanceless, excelled on this ground. Out of 244 scored in one and a half hours on Friday evening, his moiety was 147, which is an astonishing score to the credit of a batsman in the time even on a run- getting ground like that of the Hongkong Cricket Clab, and shows that he was very busy with other items than singles. In his score there were 8 sixes and 21 fours, accounting for 132 out of the lot. On his departure, a rot set in, Mast alone doing any good and falling to a signally -fine one-handed catch on the western boundary by Moberly, who was rightly most heartily cheered for the feat. The club men turned up at odd times, the batting order was
had to disarranged, and men
walk to take up guard without a bit of practice in a E Mast, o Moberly, b Bleaze 15 glaring light. The result was soon seen in the J. F. Noble, b Lethbridge. 6 not out atter collapse, in which the last seven wickets fellG. A. Woodcock, b Blease
F. Lammert, b Lethbridge 0 for 46 runs as against two wickets for 244, the
Extras happy conditions under which the Club started on Saturday morning and which justified ex- pectations of seeing 400 go up; but in cricket the unexpected often happens, and Lethbridge and Blase (underhand) made havoc of the Club wickets. With a deficit of 243 the Garrison opened their second innings, and inauspiciously too, for Langhorne went at 5. On Moberley joining Campbell a long stand realising 90 runs was made, during which each batsman gave two chances, either of which should have been taken. Thanks to these grave errors, Moberly made 49 before being bowled by Lowson. The next stand was made by Campbell and Leth- bridge, who added 60 before the new comer was given out 1.b.w. for a well, played 32, Campbell having again been let off in the long field. Subsequently Tancock, Blease, and Simonds, all ROYAL HỌNGKONG YACHT CLUB. in Crete and the Greco-Turkish war.
of the R.A., materially swelled the score to which Campbell was all the time rapidly con- tributing. In the end the score reached a total of 279 runs, of which Campbell's score was 182 not out. In addition to the three chances referred to, we fear the H.K.R. bat was given in when he had been stumped, or he would not have notched a century What- ever may be thought of his luck during the earlier part of his innings, Campbell's batting during the last 50 runs was beyond reproach, and in the match he accomplished the unusual performance of twice going in first and carry- ing out his bat, having an aggregate of 158 runs. The Club was left with 37 runs to win; these were obtained at a cost of three wickets, of which two absurdly fell to full tosses from the underhand bowler. It is worthy of mention that at one period during the partnership of Lowson and Smith, these two batsmen scored 28 runs without once leaving their creases.
Lowson ......... Gillett Lammert Ward Mast
26
6
8 17
4
Second Innings.
Name
Time
32 10 72
2
15 3 -34
0
Erica
...
25
4
74
3
16.1
36
3 38 22 Maid Marian 8 40 50 Meteor...
3 41 20
3 37 38 First. 10
11 0
27
Chanticleer...
3 42 9
3 38 28
3
0
12
3! 1
5
Phoebe... Dart
3 43 36
3 40 15
3 45 48
3 37 41 Second 4.
3 48 8
3 40 8
2nd Innings.
HONGKONG CRICKET CLUB.
Ist Innings.
J. A. Lowson, o Lang-
horne, b Lethbridge Lt. Gillett, R N., b Camp
bell
T. Sercombe Smith, o and
b Dyson....
.163
33 b BleasO
39 not out.
Lt Egerton, RN., b Blease 15 L.Wall. RN, b Lethbridge A. G. Ward, not out P. A. Cox, absent....
Total
0
16
4 "1.b.w. b Lethbridge... 13
b Blease
0
0
15
Extras
4
290
Total .........
37
BOWLING ANALYSIS.
First Innings.
Overs. Maid. Buns. Wides. NB. Wickets.
2 53
Lethbridge...... 11.3 Blease..... Campbell Langhorne...... 11
Tancock Dyson.... Davies
Lethbridge Blease..
3
15 6
1
BL
48
45
4
28
6
33
1
7
Second Innings.
4
18 1
1
4
15
2
RACE FOR ROYAL ENGINEERS' PRIZE,
SATURDAY, 12TH FEBRÚARY. Starting gun 2 p.m. Course: From Police Pier, Kowloon, round Meyer's east buoy, to port, Kowloon Rock, to starboard, Meyer's east buoy, to port, Channel Rocks, to port, and finish off the Folice Pier; 84 miles.
Erica.. Maid Marion Phoebe Chanticleer Meteor Active Princess Ladybird Dart... Elfin ... Seabreeze....
HANDICAP.
Scatch allows
1 min. 21 secs.
12
"
21 41
""
11
}}
42 J 52
"
32
Ladybird
Seabreeze gave up
This appears to have been the best handicap of the season, the corrected times bringing many of the boats within a few seconds.
CORRESPONDENCE.
[We do not hold ourselves responsible for the opinions expressed. by our correspondents.]
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MORE TORPEDO DESTROYERS
WANTED.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE DAILY PRESS”. Sir, Nearly two years ago I wrote to your paper pointing out the great desirability of hay- ing two torpedo destroyers attached to our fleet in China, one to be stationed at Singapore and one at Hongkong, for the defence of these two important trading ports and cosling stations. I mentioned how useful they would prove, on an emergency, as despatch boats. I do not know whether my letter was the cause of it, but within six months of its appearance in the press the Handy and the Hart were on their way out here, but were detained, temporarily in the Mediterranean in connection with the troubles
I note that what I predicted as to the useful- ness of these vessels as despatch boats has proved correct and that they have lately been employed in carrying despatches between Shanghai and the fleet laying at Chusan. I can quite under- stand the Admiral wishing to have these two useful craft with the fleet, but it is a great pity that a few more similar vessels could not be sent out here, so as to permit of one always being in Hongkong and another at Singapore. They cannot be more expensive to keep up than the old obsolete gunboats often lying in harbour and they would be ever so much more useful both for harbour defence and for protection of British interests at the riverine ports.
OLD NAVAL RESERVE MAN.. Hongkong, 11th February, 1898.
[The Fame and Whiting, torpedo boat des- troyers, are at present at Singapore and are shortly expected at Hongkong-ED. D.P.]