November 23, 1901.]
that he went on board the boat which was at- tacked and took part in the struggle which en- sued with the people on board. The struggle, it seems, lasted for some time. The first person to be shot was the man whose death formed the subject-matter of that charge which was being investigated now. After he was shot it appeared that a brother of his was also shot down by the first prisoner. At this point their father, the master of the boat, Chang Shing Tak, called out to the prisoner, “I know you and you have killed my sons." The first prisoner again fired and hit the father, who ultimately died from his wounds, but his death formed no part of that day's investigation. The second son Chan Fa Shing had also died in hospital; his death was not, though, the result of his wounds, but was caused by beri-beri. The defence which the accused had set up was practically an alibi. In connection with the identification of the prisoners, they had apparently been frequently at Capsnimun before and were well known to the boat people who were witnesses for the prosecution.
The examination of witnesses was then begun and continued until late in the afternoon. The hearing of evidence was resumed on Thursday and adjourned till yesterday.
THE INTERPORT CRICKET WEEK.
CHINA OVERLAND TRADE REPORT.
Both
J. G. Mactaggart, o and
b Potter
A. G. Wright, b Potter 28 Dr. Dane, not out
1
o Price, b Stanion... 14
c and b, Potter
17
5
c Taruball, h Mc.
12
Euen Extrae
15
Total
105 Total
231
Extras
Billings Mackenzie Sharp. Whitley Carter Mactaggart
Potter Mann... Stanion
McEuen
V. H. Lanning
BOWLING ANALYSIS,
BHANGHAI.
First Innings.
X. B. W.
Second Innings.
0.
0. M. 2. W.
25 20 87 5
30 16 42 3
5 2 7
27
7 59 6
25 5 60
2
8 2 1
12.3 4 45
2
4
21
8 1 44
STRAITS.
First Innings.
0. M. B. W. 21.6 10 88 4 19 9 50 6
2
5
Second Innings.
3 69 2 1
0. X. B. W. 24 9 69 6 20 12 1 48 12.4 2 35 1
1
Mann bowled 9 wides.
1
HONGKONG v. SHANGHAI.
a boundary and in the next over hitting | Mackenzie to leg for 4. At the end of an hour, the scoring board showed that 80 runs had been registered. The batsmen in occups- tion of the wicket looked like becoming set. Farbridge had two good hits-one off McEuen to the on boundary. But Fate seemed to be against the North. When the total had been run up to 87, Potter was caught by the wicket- keeper Voules off a snicked ball sent down from McEuen's end. Score 87-6-14. Mann joined Farbridge and several singles off both bats were hailed as a welcome addition to the score. The wicket was obviously lampy. One ball from Mackenzie's end rose sharply and hit Mann on the head. Under such conditions it was not to be wondered at that so far catches had been responsible for the dismissal of the bats. Billings added to his record of maidens by In sending down another against Farbridge. the ensuing over Mann got away a hit to leg for a single and Farbridge followed up by securing a boundary off the same end, but was clean bowled with the next ball. Score, 95-7-16. Three wickets to fall and 15 runs required to win. A great responsibility rested with the remaining bats. Mann, who was joined by Stanion, brought the total up to the century by hitting Mackenzie to the screen. batsmen were playing with the care which was At 1.40 the match Honghong v. Shanghai natural under the circumstances The field were was begun. Captain Dorehill won the toss and» anxiously alert. When the score stood at 103 sent in Hancock and Clifton Brown against the and only 7 more were required for a victory, the bowling of Potter and Mann. There was one chances of a sensational close to the match were change in the Hongkong team, Major Beres- SHANGHAI v. STRAITS SETTLEMENTS. On the 16th inst. at 10.15 the Straits increased by Mackenzie clean bowling out ford-Ash filling the place of Sercombe Smith. resumed their match with Shanghai. The Stanion. Score, 103-8-3. V. H. Lanning, tenth Potter opened the bowling from the lower end northern team had scored 227 in their first man in, negotiated in safety the remainder of and sent down a maiden against Brown. Off Mackenzie's over. In that which followed. Mann's second ball Hancock secured a single innings, the Straits 105 in their first and 230 in their second. When stumps were
Mann drove to on for a single and Lenning from a late cut. Brown added other 2 points drawn on Friday evening Shanghai had stole I off a snick in the slips. 2 other of the in commenced their second innings, McEuen necessary points were scored by Mann with a and Lanning batting and the score stand-cut to point and by Lanning off a snick in
At wickets. McEnen took the slips.
this stage ing 25 runs for
Lanning was the first over a maiden-from Billings, at the narrowly missed by Barkshire at point. City Hall end. Off Mackenzie, who bowled Three required for a win. One of these was from the other end, launing opened the scoring contributed by Maun by means of a leg hit with a hit to square leg for a single. McEnen off McEuen, and when ends were reversed he contrived to cut the same bowler to point and drove Mackenzie to leg for another single, thus into the slips very nicely twice or thrice, but drawing the score level. Only one run for a failed to find an opening in the field, Wright win.. Surely the point would be forthcoming and Green showing great smartness in picking before another wicket fell. But no, Mann re- up and returning. Runs came slowly in the first turned a medium ball from Billings straight 15 minutes. Lanning scored the first boundary into that bowler's hands and was caught easily. The state of tension among of the day by outting Mackenzie into the slips, Score, 109-9-13. and registered another 6 off the next ball, which players and spectators alike was now extreme. he drove to square leg. Billings's bowling was Weippert, the last hope of Shanghai, took the not getting a chance owing to the bumpy remaining balls of Billings' over without get nature of the upper wicket; off one of the ting the wining point. The bowling changed resultant loose balls. McFuen secured a splendid ends and Mackenzie sent down a maiden against on drive for a boundary. I anning also had a Lanning. Again Weippert faced Billings's attack, With the first ball of the over relief to good hit to leg for 3 off Mackenzie, but was caught out by the latter at the end of half-an. the general tension came, for it resulted hour's play with a ball which rose softly off his in a leg bye, and a sensational match ended with glove. Score, 48-1-26. Rose, who was next
the two not-cuts having each a "duck's egg" The innings closed at 12.20 man in, snicked Mackenzie in the slips for 4 against his name. with the first ball. He was caught off the third, however, by Whitley at square leg. Score 52-2-4. Price took up the partnership with McEuen, who in the next over put Billings through the slips for 2 and to the screen for. 4, but when ends were reversed was caught smartly by Mactaggart in the slips off a snicked ball. Score 59-3-25. The wickets were falling with a frequency which must have given uneasy qualms to the bacting team. Less than 40 minutes had been played and already three good bats had retired. True, they only required something like 50 runs to win; but the "rot" that had set in would require to be nipped in the bad if even that modest figure were to be reached. Turnbull now joined Price. He had not been many minutes at the wicket and had scored nil when he hit a medium- paced ball from. Mackenzie directly to that bowler, who made a magnificent catch of it after a sprint. Score, 63-4-0. Farbridge filled the vacancy at the wicket. But the "rot continued. Only 4 had been added to the score between these batsmen when Price was caught at point by Barkshire off Billings. Score, 67-5-5. No less than 42 maidens had already been bowled that morning. This gives some. idea of the effective character of the bowling. The fi lding also was excellent, far superior to what it had been during the first innings of the Shanghai team. Po.ter, who fol- lowed Price at the wicket, broke the monotony of the game by driving Billings to the on for
p.m.
Appended are the complete scores and bowl. ing analysis :-
SHANGHAI.
First Innings. A. E. Lanning, c Green, b
Mactaggart
Second Innings.
40 cand b Mackenzie
Mackenzie
R. J. McEnen, b Sharp... 8 Capt. Price, b Pillings... 93
Capt. Rose, b Whitley... 13
W. H. Turnbull, not out 0 R. C. Farbridge, b Whitley 17 F. W. Potter, c Voules,
b Sharp.
J.
Mann, c Kerr, b Billings 5
W. K. Stanion, c Bark-
shire, b Billings
e Mactaggart, b c Barkshire, b Bill-
ings
c Whitley, b Mac-
kenzie c and b Mackenzie b Mackenzie
26
25
the next few minutes, and Hancon scored the first boundary by cutting Mann beautifully to point. Early in the game Brown narrowly escaped being run ont Hancock got away a nice cut to point which, however, was very smartly returned by A. E. Lanning, and but for the throw being missed by Weippert at wicket, Brown's innings would have been brought to a premature end. Not long after wards Brown was again luoky in being missed in the slips by Potter off Mann. Hancock was giving a magnificent exhibition of clean free batting, though so far neither he nor his partner was scoring very rapidly. Hancock registered the second boundary of the match by putting Potter through the slipe. When the game was 25 minutes old the score had reached 20. Both batsmen seemed to be getting set now, Brown had a pretty snick to leg for 4 off Potter and, otherwise made up of singles, the next 10 were more quickly compiled. The telegraph board indicated 30 runs scored when little more than as many minutes had passed. Brown appeared to gain confidence as he went along. Thrice in one over he got boundaries off Mann, viz., two drives and a cut in the slips. In the succeeding over Hancock ran a narrow chance of being dismissed, as Rose at mid-off smartly returned a hit off Brown's, bat and knocked over the wickets just as Hancock regained his ground with never an inch to spare. This batsman brought the total up to 50 by a single hit to leg when the game had been in progress 45 minutes. McEnen relieved Mann at the upper end. Hancock, although not getting away many long hits was playing a beautiful game, of which perhaps stylish outting was the prin- cipal feature The fielding was almost without a fault. It was owing to this that the first wicket fell. Brown sent away a hit to off which A. E. Leuning picked up on the run and threw up
5
4
0
16
16
c Vonles, b Billings
10
e and b Billings..
13
3
swiftly to the bowling end. Potter made no mistake and made the bails fly while Brown was
0
8
the speed of Lanning's recovery. Score, 53-1-32;
227 Total (for 9 wickets)
110
fifty minutes gone. Franklin joined Hancock
at the wicket. During the first few overs of
22
V. H. Lanning, b Billings 0 W. H. Weippert, b Billings
Extras
Total
First Innings. A. B. Voules, b Potter
Mann
b Mackenzie not out not out...
13 Extras
STRAITS,
W., Iangham-Carter, b H W. Sharp, b Mann C. F. Green b Mann G. M. Billing, c Weip-
pert, b Maua
C. R. Barkshire. b Potter R. M. Mackenzie e Far-
bridge, b ann
Second Innings.
15 b Potter
1
o Weippert, b Pot-
ter.
1 b Potter
0 still a couple of yards from home. Brown took the run too leisurely and seemed to misjudge
2
76
c Weippert, b Potter 8
the partnership there were few runs recorded.
1 Both bats were finding the fielding too good for them, the brothers Lanning, Turnbull, Bose, and Farbridge proving veritable barriers at their several stations. After being in for more than an hour Hancock had scored 18. Mann took over the bowling at the lower end and was driven to the screen by Franklin and also put through the slips for a single, The first bell of McEnen's ensuing over was also driven 4 to the screen by this batsman, and both he und
17
11
not out...
43
6
b Potter
อ
4
o A. E. Lanning, b
Mana
42
M. H. Whitley, b Mann 4
c A. E. Lanning, b
Mann