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INCIDENTS AT THE INTER- PORT CRICKET.
SHANGHAI COMMENTS.
The following extructs from Thursday's and Friday's issues of the 30% Daily News on the Interport Cricket match played at Shanghai and wos by Hong-
kong will is of interest to local cricketers, "It was generally recognised," said our contemporary, that the visitors had!
POLO NOTES.
THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS. TUESDAY, MAY SIND, 1928,
HONGKONG TEAM LEAVES FOR MANILA TO-MORROW,
The team sailing for Manila to-morrow carries our best wishes for success. It is a nicely balanced team and should give a good account of itself.
found Mr. Hord's team sadly lacking in Early in last week some trial chukkas the defensive, but with the advent of Mrs Dent, on Saturday and the consequent
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IN BOWEN ROAD.
KILLED BY A POLICE SERGEANT.
On Saturday afternoon two European. Indies and Police Sergant Rogery of Central Station had an exciting encounter with a large snake in Bowen Road close 30 Blas entrance to the Military Hospital,
the brushwood by ♬ terrier dog and came The reptile was apparently disturbed in from its hiding place to the side of the the danger, was walking at the side of rail, Enreper Jafy unconscious of
the road and when she waŋ but two yards from the snake, the ruptile coiled itself The team visiting Manila, will ling up
up and poised its head ready to strike, with Mr. Davies at No. 1. Possibly the
Sergt. Rogers and his lady friend were host No. 1 in the Club, Mr. Davies will } The Jury consisted of thirteen persons→→ .
Lepproaching in the opposite direction be well able to keep the American hacks 12 good men and trud with an extra one and they both noticed the indy's danger.
a formidable task before the, speially strengthening of the forwards, the team in the alience of several of their best used up wolf against a moderately known players, among them Major Bag |
strong Chal side, nell, Captain Fleming and Captain! Havelock Davies. Whilst Shanghai again! bad a pretty neful array of talent from (which to rierk,"
PÄLPAILE CHANCES BY OLLERDESSEX.
HONGKONG SKIPPER'S MISFORTUNE IN THE
FIRST INNINGS.
Judges arrived in Hongkong during the House "What About it three
week end by speéta; aeroplane from Eng land in order to try a case brought against 23 youths indicted for playing football in Statue Siquitre.
He then had no dif
in check. Mr. Dent at. No. 2 is a sure
thrown in for task.
Sergt. Rogers rau forward and attracted Referring to F. B. Olerdenen's biggeal getter. He hits the ball very cleanly
The Clerk of Afraigns having read the the snake's attention front the lady to him score of 9 in Shanghai's first innings the and is especially skillfat at returning it in a state of tense excitement, for
Photics convening the meeting, all present self. With a well-aimed blow he hit the writer states: "Oflerdenen was both fortunate and unfortunate.
bail driven hard towards him. Mr. Boyd the proceedings to begin. One of the reptiles on the head with his walking stick He twier
at No. is capable of the most brilliant suevised palpable · chances, and then just performances; and in any case will prove ball?", and it was explained that foot healty in despatching it.
learned Judges enquired—“ What is Foot and stunned it, Failed to reach the century."
a tower of strength in the Manila hurd ball was a game indulged in ly 'dreadent Home idea of the size of the reptile can gilloping gamION, If so way offer him! persons and those too young to realion | be gained from the measurements of the mivice, it is to fake half strength shots that life is too short for frivolities. It hady taken later by Sergt. Rogers. It was Describing the early dismissal of T. E. at goal. His full strength shots, while was played by means of a “bal) " kicked approximately fert 9 inches in length Pearce in the first "innings for five, our they travel a tremendous distance, are by the " foot "; the waril “football" was and some 12 inches in girth. contemporary states: "Hongkong opened apt to go wide of the mark. Mr. Fisher also applied to the particolar kind of Fortunately, Sergt. Rogers was armed their innings at a velock (Wednesday), at No. 4 showed up better in Manila last spherical articles used in the game.
The with a
camera at the time and several T. F. Prater and G. R. Sayer facing the year than any other Hongkong player, objects of the players on cach side were photographs of the dend snaky, werd bowling of Quayte and 'Allison. Pearce and if he plays as well this year he will (0) 1. kick the ball as many times "as taken. Sergt. Rogers tried to get in opened well with a beautiful stroke for he more than pulling his weiglit.
I possible into the goal of their opponents, | touch with the polies with a view to four, and ugles fallowed from the ckt
Land (2), to prevent the aforesaid spherical gatting the prize removed to the Central two deliveries, but the fifth ball put an
article being kickell into their own goal. Station, but on returning to the spot abrupt and somewhat unfortunate end to
The goals in the game played by the found the reptile had bera removed by his innings. "It came down at full pitch
defendants were represented by the unt Goles working on the hillside. This is and in atteinpting to play it to leg. the
stretched pedal extremities of the police rather a pity batsman touched it on to his wicket."
witnesses for the prosecution. One of the Rumjahn, also, it appears played on to his wicket after playing pretty
to cricket. for 21,"
All four players are strong horsemen in this will aid them considerably in overeeming the difficulties of changing. from 1 hand Chins ponies to 15 hand horara.
as it would have made a
very fine adornment for the Police It is not known whom our Manila learned Judges rose to the preasion by Sergeants Mess at Central Station. friends will put into the field, but Colonel, making all prosent weep over a referenes Johnson and Mr. Macpherson will surely to the similarity of the words "goal"¦ ÇOBRA CAPTURED" AŤ. YAUMATI. turn out for the Manila Polo Clab and and "gnol,” and, when they had recover-
A large cabin was captured alive by we shall hope to hear of Major Howell, the case against the wretched and un-coolies near the railway line just beyond
The second day's description of the "Interjoort is given the headline “ Exciting |
¦interest will be evinced in the composition ¦ teeded with,
Turn to Cricket Match and opens up 95 one of the Stutsenlarg sides, Great repentant criminals in the lock was pro-Yumati station on Saturday morning.
with the following paragraph:-
It was a sad blow for the Hongkong of the Manila C (Sea) Tean which was Prosecuting Counge maintained that tour on Wednesday when T. E. Pearce so widely advertised as the favourite for the accused were a danger and a race was dismissed for a meagre five. It was the Cup last year.
to Seirty. It was well known in tho confidently expected that he would give
| Colony-even by the latest griffin-that the team à good kul and his early depai- It is exeredingly kind of the Manila thortly before eleven o'clock in the fore Pulo Club to again invite a Hongkong on each and every Sunday in each
such Hunday being the morning after succeeding year di grace (pach and every the Saturday before), a
tue was core than regretted,*** "
ateria
of
Play on Thursday was continued on am to go down. Although it is a much "hard and fast wicket," Sayer first man! out on the day's play, was caught by the larger (hub than ours, the provision of the wicket keeper (Claxton) after just touch twelve hourses required to monent our men the Hongkong Club weading its way to persons could be seen in the vicinity of ing the ball into bis hands. It was a en considerable call upon the sports church the dut* pick-me-up" so neers: "very smart catch.""
Hughes, after making 30, went out to anship and seneresity of certain memary after the t of the week and the bad from Isanes. He stepped onttrs, and the three "games that we were and indes of the day.
a good chic from lanes and clean miased it rather n wild stroke."
able to Arrange, last October were a poor return for the splendid "pola wo enjoyed As to Wood's misfortune in being run at Manila last year out for a "duck.' the report says:---
B. H. Wild joined Wood, who had now That a visit to Manila benefits our
Were the
mind of those warkers but on such purite pasime as th) No, their incuglas were upon serious matters watters. Counte suggested. of £1 ** spiritual " nature. And as they were wardly cherred by anticipatory delights justly due to them on a Sabbath mórn, they were suddenly shocked, astounded,
been at the wicket 15 minutes without players immensely cannot be doubted, bat¦ scoring. He made a good start. however, whether Manila players are likewise able by neatly turning one from Hansell to theo improve their game by coming up her, hurt and outraged by the spectacle of the
Jeg boundary, Direct'y afterwards Wood
was unfortunate in being run out, ship to play is very doubtful. ping in the centre of the crease upon having to turn back on a well-fielded
troke to leg by Wild."
X.
ARMED · ROBBERIES AT
KOWLOON.
A coolie first saw the reptile by the sido of a railway siding bank, and he pinned it to the ground with a stick. He then seized it by the neck, and with the help of other coolies tied it up with a length of soring and placed it in n wir, basket. and rather over four feet in length. I The reptile was yellowish brown in colour,
would raise its hom! nnd strike avagely raptor chigned his find to an ignoble at anything within reach. The reptile's
erd, as he and his family made a meal off is the following day.
....
EUROPEAN
.:
SANITARY
on the
INSPECTOR FIRED AT
STARTLING INCIDENT AT"
MA TAU KOK
dastardly criminals now before the Courting Sanitary Inspector G. E. Hoylance Shortly after midnight yesterday morn engaged in the pursuit of a-what! A was attacked by three men in the neigh- unaway express rickaha 7 A chit coolie bourhood of the Ma Tau Kok slaughter delivering a message? A telephone num-house, Kowloon, He was hit Ler trying to End teel-No, none of head with a heavy instrument and "Wild, in making his , it appears
these things. Counsel felt ashamed to slightly wounded, and one of the men, gave one chance at 40; "by tipping one
name the object of the scramble-it was armed with a revolver fired a
shot into the slips which Hanself juggled with
tiny ball.
Master of words though he and lost,"
at him. but fortunately the bullet The Shanghai fielding, at Two armed robberies were carried cut sufficient force the appalling dangers to drew his revolver and
was, he could find none to describe with went wide of the mark. Mr. Roylance this stage, was rather strenky," "Wild was eventually run out in an unfortunate At Kowloon yesterday. The first took the community caused by the atrocious fire with our shot, whereupon the three:
returned the manner. Dods, who was partnering him place at about one o'clock in the after. act of these degeneraten. Not only was me turned and fled. Mr. Roylanas *drove Quayle to within a yard of the noon. Twenty men broke into a tea house there the moral danger which he had very thinks he wounded the man with the re boundary. Its just stopping short of
imperfectly and inadequately adumbrated, the tape proved unfortunate for Wild at No. 148, Canton Road, Yaumati, and but there was a physical danger as well. volver for he was zera to drop his weapon before running away. This weapon and for, in attempting an extra run for the stole about ten dollars from the till. They motor-car might have appeared upon three rounds of ammunition, Mr. Roy- throw, he was smartly run out His departed without taking anything else their father's knee what would happen hands of the Police.
the scene All knew from the teaching on lance picked up and it is now in the excellent score of 63 included 14 fours.'
and are believed by the police to belong if an irresistible force met a movable Comments on the close of Hongkong's to a tea house guild in Hongkong. At abjeet: what, then, would result if away from his quarters to the slaughter At the time Mr. Roylance was on his first innings throw some little light on
wheel of a motorcar should come into house for the purpose of making an in- the unusually large number of extras (10) least one of the robbers had a knife, contact with the ball and crush it? an. which appeared in the innings. Quayle's The other robbery was perpetrated on explosion. Then all would be confusion.spection. He had just renched the foot erratic bowling was mainly responsible private house at No. 112, Nathan Road. Many of the passers-by might be blown path at the back of the slaughter house for this and the 3.-C. "Daily New states:
when this sudden attack was made on "In the fifth ball of the over Quayle Thu preznices are occupied by a private into the sea and meet a watery grave him. His first intimation was a heavy closed the innings by clean bowling Chinese family, and at about tiro o'clock advertently become liable to a charge of drawing his revolver and showing signs The passengers in the car might it blow on the head. His prompt action in Young,
Quayle had taken six wickets, in the afternoon three men broke in and careless blasting, and even the chauffeur of fight did much to scare away the foot but his erratic bowling in the early stole a quantity of jewellery.
might anbarquently suffer from shelt stages was chiefly responsible for an
pads shock." Farthermore, the noise would alarming bill of extras-40! It was no
Mr. Raylanes can give no reason as to fanit of Claxton's, who did excellently
probably be heard all over the Colony why the attack was made. behind the wicket. The Hongkong innings
and be mistaken for the mail gun, thus causing scores of residents to suffer un- clowd 2, leaving Shanghai with a lead
of 19 runk,"
-BHANGRAI'S SECUND'EFFORT.
at the wicket by Davies' score was 1.
he was out to a ball from Hughes which necessarily the keen pangs of remorse instead of this terrible charge being now weat off his pad on to the wicket. The on reflecting that yet another mail from before the Court. He felt compelled to collapse was startling, and the possibility Home had arrived before they had taken remark that it was possibly owing to the "Shanghai went out to bat again at dred was suggested, (by a super-optimist
of seeing the whole side out for a hun-pin in hand to do their duty,
unfortunate mistake of our first parents five minutes past four. Ollerdessen and from the south) the score now standing of the Court. Counsel proceeded, as he felt heredity, in this case bitten off more than He would not further cccupy the time that the prosecution had, by the force of Claxton again leading Young's first over 64, 6, 1." from the l'avilien end yielded a single to,
sure he could rely upon the accused it could chow, Football was not only Quayle in making his 84 had several receiving the most severe penalty the Law of incalculably benefit to the young by Ollardessen and then came misfortune. In stepping out to a full-pitched ball chances and on these we have the follow allowed, and submitted that the only teaching them to stand on their own flet, from Quick, be missed and was mapped g comments:-"With Leach in partner way to prevent them repeating the offence but it had a great educational value as
ship. Quarle knocked a couple of fours was to give it them in the neck. Qnerdessen's off Quick. If the Shanghai players were
well. By observing the gyrations of the At this stage the proceedings were ball, many a youth had been led to: at all superstitious, they must have adjourned in order that the Jury might contemplate the movements of the heavenly Referring to Captain Barrett's mis- gathered gloomy impressions from the form winding stream," such as bad bodies as they revolved in space, and fortune in being run out for 2, there is tolling of hill at the Thiket Road been sketched by proscenting Counsel in many a professor owed his position in the the following comment: Hongkong be- Church, a mournful interlude for a few order more vividly to realise the feelings scientific world to-day to the fact that gan to see visions of a sporting chance. seconds. Further disaster was narrowly of the said stream. Especially was this so when another value diverted; Quayle just getting in on a
his early studies had been directed inta After refreshment, the case was resum-proper channels by deductions drawn able wicket fell with the addition of two short run with the bails whipped off by ed.
Captain Barrett, who was next Davies & fraction of a second inte
from the movements of the sphere in play, H¢ Council for the defence said he would Counsel for the defence concluded by out, noored a single and on another short lifted the next ball into the public stand pan it to the Jury, as mag to men, that saying that he would not attempt to rival hit called to Quayle for a run. Quayle for six, and followed it up with a four, after their visit to the neighbourhood of the omtory of his learned friend, but dromed it advisable not to move, but off Hughes, sending up the century after the alleged crime they would now under would leave the matter to the good sensa Barrott was half way across the pitch an hour and a half play, Lench had stand that mak-jongg might come and of the Jury who would, he fit confident. when compelled to turn back. Mean- so far only a single to his credit. Sayer, ping-pong night go, but the said nequit the prisoners without any hesita while, Hughes had smartly gathered and always vory safe. at cover-point, gave stream like Tennyson's brook, would tion. returned the hall and Daves lifted the Quayle a life, dropping a catch which go OTI for ever. It was ridiculous The Judges intimated that it would baile off with the Shanghai captain a was difficult, to judge, especially with the of the prosecution to maintain that probably be necessary to put on the black yard outside the crense. It was an un-un full in the face.
" Quayle bat an the stream would be interrupted cap: Counsel for the prosecution had re- fortunate miscalculation, and the position other escape directly afterwards. Hughes in its flow or diverted from its course by ferred to a motor-car: they thought it now socmed none too rosy with the score slipping in reaching for a rather high the innocent gambols of the cheerful quite likely that one day, the youths would reading 78, 4, 2."
return straight down the wicket. Profit- cherubs before them. If our first parents be run over by motor-cars or crashed ing hy this good fortune, he drove the had contented themselves with playing into, perhaps by a passenger scraplan", Bext ball to the boundary, and so reached football with the many chjeets they had and therefore they were inclined to the Another misfortune followed and this is 60, while Leach made a move with available for that purpose, instead of view that it would be a kindness to the is described as follows: Mariel now couple of well timed strokes for two and trying to eat them, the benefit to our prisoners themselves, as well as a enfe
generation would bo ovidenced by official guard to the public at large, if they were!
(Continued at foot of mezi cok mn.) souident later, on
ANOTHER MISFORTUNES
partnered Quayle and further misfortune three. Youthod at the wickets until approval of the action of the accused | exfcated' now' rather than killed in
bafell Shangbai After scoring a single, The two..
(Continued at Joof of next column.) 1 delock, when stumps were drawn.'
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