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THE HONGKONG WEEKLY PRESS AND
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SECOND DAY.
[November 23, 1901. -
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the score up to 100 by driving Hsacook to Play was resumed on the 18th inst. at 10.15 the off-boundary; Potte: kept up the record by in the unfinished match Hongkong ".Shang-hitting Bird to on for 4. Off Hancock's end, hai. When stumps were drawn on Saturday McEuon next had a hit to off which that evening the home team had scored 215 for 6 hitherto infallible fielder Cox missed and which wickets, Dyson and Dorehill batting. The resulted in 3. McEnen's long innings came to latter now opened against Mann, and scored a au ond just as the tiffin-bell rang: he played a single run off a leg hit: Potter, who took up the ball from Bird's end on to his wicket ani retired bowling at the other end, he also hit for 1, thus for 46. Shanghai had now 110 runs to their bringing Dyson face to face with the attack credit for 4 wickets. Dyson was clean bowled before the end of the Score, 217-7-13. Bird was his successor, and drove Mann strongly to the on for 3 but soon lost his partner, Dorehill, who was bowled out by Mann with a ball which glanced off his pad. Score, 221-8-2. Bird was joined by Cox but was dismissed when only a single additional run had been recorded-stumped by Weippert off Mann. On a batsman's wicket. this quick succession of disasters to the Hongkong team was rather alarming. Only 15 minutes had Score elapsed and 3 had fallen for 7 runs. 222-9-4. Preedy was last man in. During his partnership with Cox the latter scored the first boundary of the morning by snicking Potter to the screen, but was run out before the match was 2 minutes old, when the score stood at 230. The innings closed at 10.40.
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Hancook scored a single off the same end! Mann's next five were barren of runs with the exception of a single on-hit by Hancock. Stanion now relieved McEuen, off whose first 5, also, Hancock bagged a single. This brought -him face to face with Mann, whom he drove splendidly to the off boundary. The Hongkong crack was now settling down into his stride, so to speak. Off Stanion he had a 2 hit and a single in quick succession, Franklin following this up
When play was resumed after tiffia. Potter by cutting the same bowler in the long slips for a boundary. When ends were reversed,
and Launing (who now resumed his unfinished His first essay
innings) continued to make
very good V. H. Lanning relieved Mann. eòntained a wide and a no-ball. His next was
stand against the bowling and quickly ran up more effective. Franklin out him to point for
the score to 13), Potter drove Bird to leg for 2 to begin with; but with the fifth ball of the
4, but came to grief in the next over: he drove over was caught by wicket-keeper Weippert
Hancock to the screen and was caught by off a snick: Score, 94-2-3. Beresford-Ash, his
Preedy on the run-a splendid catch. Score, Potter's 39 was got by stylish successor, began brilliantly by cutting Lanning
146-5-39. to the boundary at point. The century was
batting and was rapidly compiled. Against reached at the end when the game was exactly
Mann, who followed him at the wicket, Bird sent down a maiden. When this bat came to 100 minutes old. Beresford-Ash increased this to 113 very quickly by driving Lanning thrice
face Hancock he drove a magnificent ball to the to the leg boundary and once nearly to the screen
on boundary supplementing his score later by for a single. When the bowling changed to the
driving Bird to the off for 4. Lanning was other end, he kept up this record of long hits by
playing very pretty cricket, cutting freely and driving Stanion to the off for 4. Lanning,
getting a couple of leg hits for 2 each. Frankik took over the bowling at Birds end and so whose attack had been so severely punished,
sent down. Preedy Shanghai began their innings at 11 o'clock, uneventful over was was now replaced by McEuen. Off his first over Beresford-Ash hit another boundary to McEuen and A. E. Lanning facing the replaced Hancock at the opposite end. His first of Bird and Franklin, with 6 were badly punished by Mann: he twice hit leg. Hancock continued the tale by driving | bowling Stanion to the off for 3, all run, and hitting Beresford-Ash at wicket. Bird opened from him to the boundary, and did the same in the
Hall end against
McEuen, next end by Franklin whom he twice drew McEuen nearly to the boundary for a single, the City
over was snicked to the round to square leg. Lanning was less fortunate Mann at this stage took over Stanion's end, and in the first
screen for 4. Lanning followed this up by when he faced Preedy, for he returned a slow sending down his first over against Hancock, who hit on to the off for 2 and also for a driving Franklin to on for 4 and scoring a ball right into the bowler's hands and was single. He accordingly faced McEuen's en- single off a log hit which was missed by Dors caught out. Score, 188-6-27. Farbridge was man in. Franklin's bowling WAS suing over and drove a full-pitched ball to the hill. In the two succeeding overs McEnen next leg boundary. Potter resumed the bowling at punished Franklin's bowling pretty severe obviously dangerous, yet Mann the lower end. His first two against Hancock drawing him twice round to square-leg for 4 occasions succeeded in driving him to soma At purpose-once to the leg boundary and once were fruitles of rans; his third was cut in the and driving two boundaries to the off. long slips fer 3, a hit which was saved from 11.20 as many runs had been scored as the game olean out of bounds for 6. Strong hitting was minutes old. Lanning had so far been con- was the feature of Mann's play and the 41 becoming a boundary only by the dexterous fielding of V. H. Lanning. Hancock continued tent with singles; he now got into double which stood at his credit when he retired, was to cut prettily, but was several times late for leg figures by hitting Franklin to square-leg for 2. one of the most quickly-compiled scores of the balls, though he bit a boundary off one such Off Bird's bowling, there had been so far very whole Festival. He was caught cleverly by An unfortunate incident Cox at mid-off off Preedy. Score, 199-7-41. from McEuen's end and snicked him twice for a few runs secured. couple each time. Mann's bowling was not now happened at this stage: a swift ball from Bird's Stanion, who followed him at the wicket, to opened auspiciously by driving Franklin në up to his forenoon form against the Straits. end hit Lanning in the wind, forci...
retire temporarily to the Pavilion. His place less than three successive times to the boundary The score stood at 150 when the game had been
was taken by Turubull, but this batsman's stay at square leg and once for a single. Bird relieved. in progress a little over two hours. Hancock
was cut into the slips for +1 He at the wicket was of short duration; when facing Franklin and was still making a magnificent stand. drove Potter again to the off boundary, but the bowling of Hancook (who had replaced by Farbridge. A dull spell of play ensued. came to grief in the next over from Mann's Franklin) he was caught in ths slips by Bird Farbridge showed himself ill at ease under end: he was caught close at wicket by Weippert before adding a single point to the total. Score, Pready's attack and had a maiden sent down The early against him by that bowler. When a reveréal off a snicked ball after an innings of 2 hours 36-1-0. Price was next man in. and 20 minutes' duration. Score, 164 3 68. stages of his partnership with McEnen were of ends came, Stanion imparted colour to the Upon retiring from the wicket, Hancock was featureless so far as the batting was concerned. play by driving Bird to the on and the leg to 230 heartily applauded for his performance. He In the field some very pretty work was put in, by boundary; and carried the score
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H3 4 hit off Bird. Cox, Preedy, Arthur, and Hancook particularly, with a was succeeded by Arthur, who remained only a
run out in the samз over owing to few minutes in tenancy and retired before add not the mention the coolie who had taken Gra- was ing to the total: he was clean bowled by Potter.trix's position at mid-off. Price broke up the dull-smart fielding by the Chiness substitute for Score, 165-4-0. Beresford-Ash, who was now ness of the game by snicking Hancock through Gratrix, the stumps being neatly knocked Score, 231-8-3). Weippert partnered by Dyson, cut Mann into the slips for the slips to the boundary and driving him off a over by Bird. 4 and also drove him to the square-leg boundary, full-pitched ball to leg for 4. The scoring joined Farbridge. The latter still showed repeating the latter feat one over later. He continued to be at the rate of 1 run per minute uneasiness when facing Preedy and it was not At the end surprising when he was clean bowled by a swift also drove Mann to the off for 4 a minute after during the first hour of the game.
Score, and to squ re leg twice for similar figures, of 50 minutes' play the score was half a century; ball for which he was far too late.
During his partnership with Far- carrying the score up to 194. Dyson was not when 12 o'clcek came it stood at 60. During 231-9-3. showing such command of the bowling as his his long stay at the wicket McEuen had regis- bridge, Weippert had a narrow escape from Arthur at point made partner. Potter sent down against him a maiden tered only 6 runs; this score he now increased being caught out: over in the course of which his wicket looked to 10 by driving Bird to the leg boundary, a plucky attempt to hold a stinging return Stanion took over He was destined soon to lose his partner. from his bat and missed a catch which he de- parlously endangered.
V. H. Lanning. was Mann's end and was slashed round to square Price skied a ball into mid-field from Hancock's served to have got.
The last wicket stood only leg for 4 by Beresford-Ash. When Dyson again end, which Gratrix's coolie held in a manner eleventh man in. faced Potter he contrived to get away a loose that would have redounded very much to the a few more minutes, Weippert being splendidly ball to the leg boundary, thus bringing the Gunner's credit had he been the principal actor. held by Cox at mid-off. The innings closed at score up to 200 after two-and-three-quarters Soore, 78-2-19. As the result of strong hitting five minutes past three o'clock with the scop hours' play. Only a few minutes later, McEuen had raised his score to 34. He was at 234, this being 9 better than that made by Beresford-A sh skied a ball off Stanion joined at wicket by Rose, who found Hancock's Hongkong in their first innings. The best and was smartly caught by A. E. Lan- bowling obviously not much to his taste but bowling average was Preedy's 4 for 26.
At 3.25 the second innings of the Hongkong ning at cover point. Score, 209-5-61. Beres contrived to score a boundary off a loose leg ford-Ash's 61 was the result of very dashing ball and had in the third over a lucky snick team commenced, Hancock and Clifton Brown McEuen continued batting against Potter and Mann. Potter open- play, and the old Etonian well deserved the which also counted for 4. hearty applause which greeted him as he retired to make a careful defence, taking no risks and ed the bowling from the Barracks end and sent from the field His was a splendid innings. augmenting his total gradually. "Hancock sent down a maiden to Brown. Hancock opened the Gratrix, who followed him, was clean bowled by down a maiden against him. When Rose faced scoring in the next over by cutting Mann to Potter before scoring a single run. Score- Bird's attack he stonewalled the first 3 balls, but point for 1 and took Potter's next essay—a 210-6-0. Dyson, who was now joined by Dors- got away a beautiful drive to leg for 4 off the maiden. To Brown belonged the honour of the fourth. On ends being reversed Rose hit out first boundary of the innings'; he snicked Mana hill, had added several singles to his score as the consequence of cautious batting. Dorebill freely at Hancock and the expected happened to leg for 4 and hit him to the Pavilion for the opened with a single off a pretty leg hit. Play when he was caught to leg by Pready. Score same number of runs. Brown continued to bat was dull until 5.45, when stumps were drawn, 87-3-16. McEuen, who was now partnered by freely and had another boundary bit off Mann to Potter, added a 3 to the total by hitting Bird square-leg, but, when the game was 20 minutes the score standing 215 for 6 wickets.
Hø to off; while the new batsman had a boundary old, was clean bowled from the same end. Score,
Clifton Brown at 21-1-15. Franklin was next batsman. snick off the same bowler. point was putting in some very smart fielding. took the remainder of Mann's over without At 12.35 McEuen, amidst applause, brought scoring. Hancock now faced Potter, who
In the course of the day there was a large attendance of spectators. The band of H.M.S. Endymion played musical selections in the
afternoon.