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HONGKONG'S INNINGS DEFEAT BY MALAYA
DESCRIPTION OF THE PLAY.
The Singapore papers to hand by yesterday's mail give a detailed descrip tion of Hongkong's defeat by Malayz
The Straits Times says:
The sweeping defeat sustained by the visitors at Singapore was the result of their collapse in their frst innings Malays batted first on Friday morning on an excellent wicket, and compiled the unexpectedly large total of 333, thinks to some brilliant batting by Rhodes, Hamilton, and Armitage...
A DEBACLE
Hongkong's opening batamen played out time on Friday, and the next mom- ing an astonishing debacle wassen. Hongkong were all out in an hour and a half with 35 runs scored.
Bostock Hill, the Negri Sembilan bowler, took nine wickets for ten runs an amazing feat for inter-colonial cricket -and the highest score on the visitors' side was Powell's ten. No less than Seven batsmen were out to comparatively simple catches given off Bostock Hill's bowling.
The luck of the tous undoubtedly went against Hongkong, but there was little in the condition of the wicket, and not
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If they had only stayed until the sting was taken out of the bowling the runs would have come later" on, for Hancock, Ramsay and Bowker showed in the second innings that they could punish - loose stuff as effectively as anyone.. It was this initial attack of nerves that spoilt Hongkong's chances altogether," and looking at the game as a whole,-those chances were better than might to supposed.
Their team was regarded in Hongkong an a distinctly weak one, but the batting strength of the side they took to Shang- hai last season was little better, and they indicted a sensational defeat upon the strong northern side.
Had they only shown the same solidity and patience in their Erst innings at Singapore that characterised their second, it is not impossible that they might have repeated their Shanghai feat against Malayaj
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HONGKONG ENTERTAINED,
MALAYA RECEIVES'. THE HONGKONG FLAG,
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THE '' HOPING.”
SOUTH CHINA" S.S. CO.'S STEAMER FOR AMOY-MANILA RUN.
Victors and vanquished gathered to- The 11 Ho Ping, owned by the South "gether at the Europe Hotel on May th, China Steamship Co., Shanghai, has when the Hongkong and Malaya oricket been chartered to the South China 9.S. teams were entertained to dinner by the Corporation, of 490, Poblete Street, Singapore Cricket Club. The President, Binondo, Manila, for a period of siz Mr. R. J. Farrer, occupied the chair and months, delivery to be made at once. on bis right was His Excellency the Messrs. Wallem & Co., of Shanghai and as agents for the Governor, Sir Laurence Guillemard, Hongkong, acted those also present including the G.O.C., owners, while Mesars. Malm & Co., ship- His Excellency Major-General Sir Theo brokers, of Hongkong, acted as agents dore Fraser, the Chief Justice, Sir for the charterers. William Marison, the Colonial. Secre The Ho Ping will ply in a cargo and trade between Amoy and tary, Mr. Hayes Marriott, the Attorney-passenger General, Mr. M. H. Whitley, Mr. G. Manila, with Captain H. Weidemann as Hemmant, the captains and members of master.
The Ho Ping was built at Greenock in the Hoogkong and Malaya teams and a large number of supporters. Mr. R. H. B. Hancock, the visitors' captain, was seated on the left of the chairman and Mr. N. J. Foster, Malaya's skipper, on the right of His Excellency the Goverdor. The function was festive in character
ODDS AGAINST HONGKONG. The Malaya eleven was, however, very strong one, and the field open" ta the selectors was so wide that they could and marked by good humour and have made greater concessions to up-geniality, and the brief speeches were country feeling without lowering mater ially the high standard of the eleven.
Malayala attack, while not as deadly as Bostock Hill's first analysis might lead anyene to suppose, nevertheless de- manded great respect, particularly from a side which was far from confident of
admirably worded, the occasion, in every way, proving a pronounced success.
A FUNNY GAME, The toast of The King was honoured on the call of His Excellency the Gover
its batting strength, while the standardnor, and the chairman, in a humorous
1500 by Scott & Co.. for Alfred Holt & Co., and then bore the name Myrmidian, but was later sold to French owners and bar name changed to Haitien. Her pres sont owners again re-named her.
The Ho Ping is a steel ship, with a net registered tonnage of 1,899 tons and a gross registered tonnage of "923 tons, about. 3,600 tons. Her length between while her total deadweight capacity is
perpendiculars is 315 ft. 6 inch, and her breadth is 37 ft. 7 inch. She has a depth of hold of er ft. 7 inch, and between decks laid all over the vessel, and is fur-
has five cargo hatches, and has a draft
ther supplied with six sideports. She
so much as might be supposed in the of the Malaya batting is shown by the speech, proposed the health of the Hongfully loaded off. Her permanent tatal which was compiled against pretty kong Cricket team. Mr. Farrer thought bunkers contain 300 tons of coal, and it was n rather pitiable thing that a marate makes & speed of 11 knots on a con-
bowling, to explain so lensational a failure. There is no doubt that the visitors were bothered by the tropical sunlight, and the wicket on the padang, naturally slower than the last Hongkong wickets, was slower than ever on Satur.
day morning after overnight rain, but the Hongkong batsmen were able to deal very competently with the Malaya attack in the afternoon, knocking up the res pectable total of 238 in four hours, and there was
no reason why they should not have done the same thing in the morning had they followed the same de- fensive policy.
MALAYA'S ATTACK. The bowling of Bostock Hill, Clarke, and Huggins was certainly not to be scored off with any ease, but the attack in the first stages of representative maten rarely 18, and it was clearly up to the Hongkong batsmen to play the bowling with the utmost caution until they had taken the edge of it, and until they felt at home in the unfamiliar con-
ditions.
Bostock Hill was keeping his usual consistent length, and was bowling dead on the wicket, while the ball was getting up very awkwardy, but if the batsmen had played him with the same patience that they displayed during the afternoon Singapore would probably have had a third day's cricket on Sunday.
IMPRESSIVE BATTING.
teams.
It was, of course, the duty of the selectors to choose the best team they could find in the whole country, irrespec- tive of local or communal feeling, but it was rather a pity, that the team was not a more representative one. However, the picked Malaya side wan handsomely. and any natural regrets felt in the F.3.S. that Maartensz, of Selangor, or Dickson, of Perak, were not in the side will be allayed by the sight of their own player in action against the visitors at Kuala Lumpur this morning.
sumption of about 23 tons of coal per 24 hours. She has a Chinese passenger.
licence for carrying about 1,200 passen. era. Her engines are also built by Scott & Co., of Greenock, and are of the compound type, and placed amid ships. The steamer is equipped with two main boilers, and a donkey, boiler, is
wireless telegraphy.. fitted with electric light all over and has
useful bowling and fielding, heavily against Hongkong, where com-
In taking on Malays the odds were should be a wonderful silly.point" and able to bat, yet could not bowl. By 'petitive cricket does not exist to the that he meant that Mr. Foster had re- extent that it does in Singapore, and the resources to be drawn upon are cer fused to make the speech proposing the tainly pot greater than those available-toast of the visitors. (Laughter.) His in Singapore alene, quite apart from Excellency was deeply disappointed that, the upcountry State and Settlement
owing to pressure of work, be had not been able to extend to the Hongkong team the measure of hospitality he would have liked, but he hoped that the visitors would grace the proceedings at the King's Birthday Ball at Government House on June 3rd. (Applause.) This visit of Malaya, Shanghai and Hongkong had Hongkong was a tardy one, but Malaya always been played in the very best was all the more pleased to welcome them spirit. When they went home to Hong- on this occasion, and he hoped that the kong they would carry away with them interval would not be so long before the nothing but the very happiest recollec- next visit of the Hongkong team. tions of a delightful time. Old friend- Cricket was a funny gime, and they ships had been renewed and many new knew that the light conditions in Sigga ones had been made that day and would pore were not what they were expected to be made in the coming week in Kusia be, but the Hongkong team were fall of Lumpur. (Applause.)` goodwill in order to play the game, win or lose, without any rankling. He noti ced in the afternoon paper that the Can- ton boycott had been lifted and it might have been that this news reached the cars of that Hongkong team, by some means or other, before it had reached theirs in Singapore. (Laughter.)
SOMNOLENT" CRICKET.
After their experience on Saturday morning the Hongkong men could not be expected to display any fireworks in their second venture, and the first three hours play on Saturday afternoon were very dull, the monotony being relieved by a very occasional four or by some clever stroke of fielding. «
The play was watched with notable patience by a large gathering in the 5.0.0. pavilion, and on the padang by the largest crowd that has been attracted to a cricket match here for many years. Hongkong wanted about 350 runs to avoid an innings defeat, and their ab- vious policy was to stay at the wicket as long as possible and take no chances with the bowling. They put up a very gallant Despite Bostock Hill's sensational suc fight, and everyone wished that they had cess on Saturday morning, it was indone the same in the morning.. batting rather than in bowling strength that the Malaya side was impressive. The visitors own statement that they were not a strong batting side was de- monstrated by the play, but nevertheless the Malaya skipper had to try no lessing worth. than six bowlera-Bostock Hill Clarke, Huggins, Armitage, Grenier, and De Vitre to get them out in their second- innings. -
The Malaya hatting was delightful to watch, and was fully worthy of a very memorable occasion in inter-port cricket ing annals. In the opening stages there signs of nerves, the first three wickets failing with the score still in the thirties. Then Hamilton and Armitage became associated in an invaluable partnership and took the total to 119 before Armitage was out. Hamilton had more than one "life" but he was very unfortunate in failing to get the four raas required to complete his century."
He was at the wicket nearly two hours, and by the time he left the prospectu for his side were very different to what they were when ho joined Armitage.
For the connoisseur, Rhodes' innings was the feature of the match. He gave o chances and scored 102 in eighty minutes, hitting one 6 and twelve 4'. Foster and De Vitre made useful contri- butions, and a bright day's cricket closed with the Malaya total at 383.-
"HONGKONG'S FIRST INNINGS.
The Hongkong batsmen, faced with a task which would have taxed the. full batting strength of the Colony, had ample occasion to lament the fact that they had bad to leave four of their best men behindThey were asked to pass one of the largest scores made in inter- port cricket, and they failed altogether in their first innings.
It is just a case of the sudden and disastrous rot that sometimes overtakes a batting side, and unfortunately for the visitors they produced no pair to do for them a similar service to that rendered by Hamilton and Armitage for Malayn: The right tactics for the visitors were those of extreme caution until they knew, what they were up agains, and had they been content with stopping all the sernight ones and picking up any runs they could off the loose ones they might have met Malaya's challenge much more successfully.
In conclusion the chairman expressed the hope that the Hongkong team in future would come to Malaya much sooner and oftener. (Applause.)
They could not escape an innings de- feat, but at least they had the satisfac-VALUE OF INTERPORT CONTESTS. tion of showing that their first innings was an unhappy freak, and gave a very misleading impression of their cricket
The toast was received with great en-
HONGKONG'S INVITATION.
He thanked them all most heartily for the reception accorded the Hongkong term and the comfort and entertainment provided. The Hongkong team would carry away with them the most delight- ful memories of a charming visit. They would welcome a visit from Malaya in November or December either this year or next, and would try, in some amill way, to return the hospitality shown to the "Hongkong team by the people of Malaya. (Loud cheers.)
Amid múch cheering Mr. Hancock then handed to Mr. Foster the Hongkong fag, and expressed the hope that Hongkong would soon be given an opportunity of": trying to win it back.
BOSTOCK-HILL GETS "THE BALL.”
Calls for the Malaya captain brought Mr. N. J. Foster to his feet and in the course of a happily-worded speech he mentioned that Malays in the game just concluded had the luck of the toss. It was the proudest moment of his life to
thusiasm and Mr., Hancock, on rising to reply, was greeted with much cheering. PLAY IN SECOND INNINGS.
The company might think it funny, stat- ed Mr. Hancock, that he should have Stripp and "Sayer opened their innings' and stayed together for nearly an hour, pleasure in replying for the Hongkong Stripp being stumped during the first team after their performance that day, ever he received from Hamilton with the but he had two very good reasons. The score at 30. It took nearly an hour and & half to send up the first fifty, and short-first was that they were honoured that was amartly evening by the presence of His Excellency ly afterwards Fincher caught by Bostock Hill in the slips. the Governor and a brother Carthusian. Armitage, De Vitre, and Grenier were (Applause.) The second reason was that all tried at the S.R.C. end, and the the first interport match in which he par- captain the Malaya side. (Applause.) Negri bowler's off breaks were succeeding in a sensational fashion. At the other end ticipated in the Far East was against He had never had the pleasure of going Bostock Hill, Clarke, and Huggins were Malaya in Hongkong in 1901, and he up to Hongkong, in a Malaya side, but the bowlers.
Sayer was loudly applauded on reach. thought on that occasion be made more those who had gone had come back so ing his half century, and with only four runs than he did that day, (Laughter enthusiastic about the hospitality they more runs added to his score he gave an and applause.) One of the members of received that he wished he had gone in- easy catch to Clarke off Bostock Hill. the team "was present that night-the stead of trying to grow a bit of rubber." Tea was taken with 116 for three wickets Attorney-General, and he believed that on the board.
(Laughter.) The play was an somnolent as ever Mr. Whitler was responsible for getting after the interval, the batsmen were tak him out when he had made, nearly 100 ing no risks, and Ramsay was unlucky in spooning one for the wicket-keeper to us. ("Shame.") accopt, making Hongkong four wickets down for 135.
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MANY MAIDEN OVERS:
The score-sheet was liberally dotted with maidens up to this point, but with Hancock and Captain Warters together the cricket began to liven up.
The visiting skipper soon got the measure of Armitage, who was taken off after Hancock had got twelve off him in one over and hit a hall in the next for a hefty 'aix. Hancock was out for 38, the fifth wicket falling shortly before five o'clock with 165 on the board...
with regard to the match they mast have noticed the absolute doggedness of Mr. Hancock in both innings, when he These trials of skill. between the two went, in to bat. There was not the usual porta, said Mr. Hancock, added a very smile on his face when there was some welcome and valuable variation to the thing to be done. His whole intention monotony of local sport and also tended was to stay at the wicket and make wome
to establish more firmly the bonds which
runa. (Applause.) The Malaya side should exist between communities in the
was fortunate in the game just finished Far East. (Applause) Perhaps there in winning the toss, and he patted him- were. n. Tew disgruntled persons who self on the back. (Laughter and ap- thought it an unjustifiable procedure for two or three weeks of hard-working time to be given up to visite of that kind, but he believed that they were very few in number. He did not think that any
Balhatchet only stayed ten minutes, but Bowker, the ninth man in, gave an exhilarating display of vigorous hitting, harm whatever resulted, but nothing but scoring 45 in half an hour, and hitting good. (Applause.) Whether they won' of teven boundaries..
He eventually succumbed to the tactice lost the match did not much matter, so of the Malayan skipper, who placed five long as the game was played in the right men on the boundary with the result spirit.. (Cheers) His experience went that Bowker opened his shoulders to a backs good many years and he had a ball from Hamilton and was brilliantly ways found that those matobes between taken by Foster on the ropes. The Hong- kong innings closed for 238.
(Continued on next Column).“
plause.
On behalf of the F.M.S. he wished to thank the 8.0.C. and everybody concern ed in Singapore for the excellent manner and carried out for the match and for in which the arrangements had been made the admirable entertainment provided. The S.C.C. were very kindly presenting the ball-suitably mounted-used in Hongkong's first innings to Mr. Bostock- Hill (Loud cheers.) He hoped to go up to Hongkong with a Malaya aids in chance of regaining the flag. (Chetra) s year' or 'two sad, give the visitors a The remainder of the evening was spent in a festive manner.