CRICKET.
R.N. AND AIR FORCE v.
AN ARMY XI.
Yesterday the above teams met in a match on the H.K.C.C. ground which was lent between the hours of 10 am. and 4 p.m. by the Club. It was, I understand intended to be a try-out all round in view of the forthcoming holiday games be tween the Club-Army and Navy. It lost however a great deal of its interest from the fact that four of the Army regular side were unable to play, as Dobbie had a damaged "ankle and Hankey was in Shameen, while Erskine and Graham were prevented from turning out by military duties. Nor was this all, for Tyringham, Burton and Bing. ham who normally would have come in were also unable to play.
Dropped patches cost the Army dear, for their opponents ran up the fine total of 282 for 8 wickets in about two hours and forty minutes. I much regret I did not see it. I learn however from eye- witnesses that Venn played uncom monly well for his runs nad Dale. and Armitage made things very merry. Thorp bowled steadily and Miles was useful. Bridgeland got two wickets and no broken windows. An excellent performance. Fogden behind the sticks did really well as he only let one bye go in so largo
4 score.
Army. Collapse.
The go
was resumed after tin at 1.30 p.m. and for a time it looked as if it was going to be a struggle. Thorp" and Mass put 50 on the board in 90 minutes and then the former was bowled. Then came a terrible procession as be tween 50 and 70 nine wickets fell, no less than four of them at the latter total. Drysdale was taken st forward short leg of Rockes," who shortly after bowled Bridgeland with a swinger that came from leg any yorked the case of the stamps. Moss meantime had a wild mow at Thomson and was bowled off stump. But worse was to come. Morris was nicely taken in the deep by Davies, Walker put Reekes into Dale's hands at silly mid-off and then Thomson elected to perform the hat-trick. Miles hit a tremen- dous one into the deep and was finely taken by Davies ranning back-a splendid catch, as long off was also going for it. Everest was bowled first ball and Stiven ap parently tried to get away from the next, which kicked, but it touched his bat and gave Shaw a simple catch. Fogden and Bennett added 95 for the last wicket-3 fours to Bennett and 3 fours-byes and then the Master Gunner put 'Thomson "up to silly mid-off.
Thomson bowled uncommonly well especially after getting his first two wickets, but the patch began to help him as soon as the effects of the roller had worn off. Venn be hind the sticks had to pay for this as two hardly rose at all while one just kicked over the bails breaking sharply from the off. Reekes also bowled very well and his actual figures are better than Thomson's. But this means little.
The Army Follow On. "Their first innings took only an hour and the Army started to bat. again at 245 p.m. But they did not do any better. Drysdale played some good shots including a fine six to square leg off Dale. Miles also got one off the same bowler but for all that he bowled uncommonly well and took 3 for 38. Morris, and Walker alone, got double figures. Shaw's two catches and Venn's one were very excellent, and Armitage took a hot one at silly mid-off. Reekes and Davies got wickets also. Bennett had received a nasty knock in the first innings and was unable to bat. The Navy and Air Force won by an innings and 104 runs.
First Innings of E.H. and Alt Force.
Rev, R. T. Venn, c Masa, b
Thorp
... 11.
Mid Bayidon, c Everest, b
Miles .... Lt.-Com. Armitage, b Miles 45 Lt. Dale, lb... b Miles..... 59 Lt. Davies, c Everest, b
Thorp
Mid. Price, c Miles, b Bridge-
Iand
18
Pay Lt. Com. Shaw, not out 24 Lt.-Com. Thomson, st. Fog-
den, b Bridgeland L.A.C. Réckes, b Thorp IA.C.Grist, not out............
Extras: byes 1, lég byes 2,
wide 1
Total (for 8 wkts., dec.).282
Lt. Hunt, R.M., absent. Fall of wickets:-1 for 61; 2 Lor 130; 3 for 163; 4 for 220; 5 for 248; 0 for 250; 7 for, 251;8 for 270.
Bowling Analysis,
Q.
Capt. Thorp ..... '19 1. 87 3 BS.M. Bennett. 4 Drummer Stiven 5
THE
First Innings of Army, Capt. Thorp, b Thomson.... 27 S.Q.M.S. Moss, b Thomson... 19 Capt. Drysdale, è Shaw, b
Reekes
Capt. Bridgeland, b Rockes 0 Capt. Morris, c Davies, b
Thomson
St. Set. Walker, c Dale, b
Reekes
L/C. Miles, c Davies,
Thomson
Pte. Everest, b Thomson ... Mr. Gr. Fogden, e Armitage,
g
0
b Thomson..... Dmr. Stiven, c Shaw,
Thomson ... B.S.M. Bennett, det ot
Extras: byes 18, leg bye ... 17
Total
12
Fall of wickets-1 for 50; 2 for 55: 3 for 35: for 61; for 67: 6 for 70: 7 for 70; 8 for 70;
for 0:10 for 95.
13
Bowling Analysis, '.
Lt..Com. Thom-,
BOD
0.
W
36 19.3 4 LA.C. Grist ... 7 2 L.A.C. Reckes... 1 Lt. Dale
12
3
I D 9
0
Second Innings of Army. e Shaw, b
Cipt. Thorp.
Dale
S.Q.M.S. Moss, c and b Dale Capt. Drysdale, b Dale Capt. Bridgeland, b "Dale ... Capt. Morris, Venn b
Thomson
St. Sgt. Walker, e Armitage,
b Davies
L/C. Miles, e Armitage, b
Dair
Pte. Everest, not out
20
0
15
10
A
Mr. Gr. Fogden, c Armitage,
b Reekes.. Dir. Stiven, b Reekes B.S.M. Bennett, absent hurt 0
Byes.....
Total
63.
Fall of wickets:-1 for 11; 9 for 1: 3 for 19: 4 for 46; 5 for 52: 6 for 63; 7 for 65; 5 for 83;
for 53; 10 for 83,
Rowling Analysis.
Lt.-Com. Thom-
BOB .......
Lt. Dale. Lt. Davies L.A.C, Reekes...
0.
M
B. W
79
94
1
B 1
39
0 14
1.1 0
1
UNIVERSITY. DIOCESAN
SCHOOL.
$
"Hat Trick" By Lee, In Another match yesterday, the University beat the Diocesan School on their own ground at Pokfulam by 66 runs.
The winners,
HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 15th, 1927.
LOCAL FOOTBALL.
INTERPORT TRIAL GAME.
VERNON BEATS. THE RA.F.
Selected Team 4; R.A«F, L. Yesterday, on the Hong Kong F.C. ground, the team selected for the Interport Trial game, beat, the R.A.F. by four goals to one. Wynne was absent and Lai Yuk Tat (China Athletic) played left back, Howard crossing over.
The first quarter was shooting practice for the team, but most of it was on the wild side. The only one to trouble Avery, was his Club- mate, Vernon. A shot from Vernon was tipped over the bar by Avery and there was so much punch be hind the shot that Avery had his hand damaged. Suen Kum Shun and Gosano had good opening made for them by Simms, but shooting was wild. Vernon scored twice be fore the interval and early in the second half, scoring the first three goals for the Team," thereby com- pleting the hat trick," against his own Clab. Suen taking a pass from Alexander, lifted the ball into the
bet.
"Being two down at the interval, the R.A.F. played up strongly and quite held their own in the second half, Bennion beating Rodger with a fine bender following good play by the left wing,
NEXT INTERPORT TRIAL GAME
MALAYA AND THE INTERPORT.
FURTHER SINGAPORE
COMMENT.
TEAM OPEN 'TO NON- EUROPEANS.
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LORD DERBY'S £1,750,000 ESTATE DEAL.
20,000" HOUSES IN LAN- CASHIRE,
LARGEST TRANSACTION OF RECENT YEARS.
The Earl of Derby will receive Approximately £1,750,000 following a great sale of part of his exten sive estates in the north.
This is the largest single estate deal of recent years,
The controversy which has been going on in the Singapore papers over the comparatively poor show. ing of the Malayan Team at Hong recent Interport Kong in matekes, has already been referred chaser, has bought from the earl's Mr. Philip E. Hill, the pur- to in these columns, and the follow- trustees freehold ground rents of ing notes which appear in 20,000 houses in Liverpool, Bootle should be read with interest by the Singapore Free Press just to hand Kirkdale, and Walton.
Lord Derby will retain the local cricket fraternity.
manorial rights and gifts of Mr. The writer of the notes says:-ings on the property. In days gone by, when Europeans Mr. Philip E. Hill, of Hertford- were, the leading exponents in all branches of sport here, it was street, W., is a native of Cardiff. During the war be made an in- natural that sides chosen to repre- mense fortune from the building sent Singapore or falays on inter- of concrete ships, and subsequent- port "and inter-state occasionsly engaged in the building of con- should have been composed entirely crete houses, Mr. Hill is also of European players. But things director of a number of important have altered very considerably since concerns. then. The youth of the non-Euro-
Derby inherited 88,000 pean communities here has made acres of land in half a dozen coup rapid advances in all branches of ties, but has sold considerable sport, so that selectors of a repre portions. The richest part of the sentative Singapore team at foot property was 1,200 acres in Liver ball, tennis, shooting or athletics pool and its suburbs. He sold his would no more think of excluding Kent estates in 1909. non-Europeans than the English Lord Derby owned practically rugby selectors would think of the whole of Bootle excepting the leaving a deserving player out of land occupied by the docks. an English XV. because it happen. ed that he had no started his rug- ger career at a public school..
+
+
-Lord
the
The manor came into the posses- sion of the family in the eighteenth century. In 1847 the then. Earl of Derby sold a large tract of the The position is not quite the same foreshore-some 270,000 square Saturday, the 24th instant, has in regard to cricket; the European yards to
Dock Trust for been chosen as the date for the with his ability grounded on better £90,000. The transfer resulted in of the North next Interpart Trial game, the teaching than is available for local the construction
+ class, Docks and the building of the opposition being the Royal Navy. cricketers, ie still, as With the flagship in port, the Navy superior to the non-European, but town of Bootle, which, practically should have a food side. The follow it was made quite apparent in the in a single lifetime, rose from a matches against the Australians little seaside place into a county ing have been chosen to play
Clarke (H.K. Police); Lai Yuk last June that in various parts of borough of more than 80,000 in- The borough area is Tat and Ng Kum Chuen (China the country there are non-European habitants. Athletic); C. F. Remedios (Club de cricketers whose ability at the game roughly a square mile and a half. Recreio), Simms (R.A.M.C and is such as to deserve recognition Lord Derby, in June 1925,- enld-
are the whole of his Bary and Pilking Kowloon), and Lam Yuk Yingwhen representative (China Athletic); Tso Kwai Shing being chosen, and there seems no ton estates, with certain small er- (China Athletic), Gosano (Club de reason whatever why they should ceptions. The price was reportedl Recreio), Vernon (R.A.F.), Suennot get their places in any inter- to be in the neighbourhood ef Kum Shun (China Athletic), and State or inter-port matches, just as £1,000,000, but Lord Derby at the the merit of non-Europeans is re-time denied he had received that Rev. Alexander, C.F. (K.0.8.B.).
cognized by Selangor and Hong amount, and said the sum was con- Kong. The time appears to have siderably less come to put the question on & settled basis, and here we arrive at another matter which emerged from the correspondence to which we have already referred.
INTER-VARSITY RUGBY.
CAMBRIDGE DEFEAT OXFORD.
35,000 SPECTATORS ÁT TWICKENHAM,
(THROUGH REUTER'S ADENCY.]
LONDON, December 13th. Playing at Twickenham, before 35,000 spectators in dull weather, the Cambridge team beat Oxford by 22 points to 14.
who batted frat, started shakily, but helped by a valuable sixth wicket partnership between Dr. Samy and Lam, who brought the score from 54 runs to 122, they compiled 168 runs in all. Kwan took 5 wickets for 44 The School boys were dis- missed for 102 runs to which An derson contributed 36 and Fisher 24, not out. E. A. Lee did the "hatly after the interval. trick" in the closing stages of the match and finished with 4 wickets
Mr. Baldwin, the Prime Minister, was among those present.
runs.
for no ruris.
Scores
University,
S. V. Gittins, c. Anderson, b
Kwan
E. A. Lee, e Anderson, b
Kwan
F. I. Zimmern, e F. R. Zim-
mern, b Kwan ......
8
20
D. Laing, c Fisher, b Lee... n "A. P. Guterres, b Kwan ....
C. W. Lam, c R. Lee, b
Youngsaye
Dr. D. K. Samy, c A. E. Lee,
b Anderson
W Hong Sling, e and
Kwan
A. A. Rumjahn, b Anderson K. T. Lake, not aut
R. A. Ponsonby-Fane, h An-
derson
Extras
Total
Bowling Analysis,
A
20
07
18
.168
0. H. B. W. 11 4 88 1 15 2 44
79
AE Lee Kwan Anderson Youngsayett
Diocesan Boys' School.
23
3.
4
0
15
-36
D. J. Anderson, run out.
W. H. Kwan, A. P.
Guterres ...................
R. Lee, st: Ponsonby-Fane, b.
Rumjahaan
F. R. Zimmern, b Lam
A. T. Lee, st. Ponsonby Fane,
b Lam
J. A. Fisher, not out
J.L. Youngsaye, L.b.w., b
Rumjahnus
3.
24
F. K. Lee, biw.. b E. Lee..: 5 A. Prata, e Shing, b E. Tee 0 G. A. Lee, e Rumjabn, b E. .. Leo
N. Stradmoor, e Sling, b E.
Leo......
Extras
Total
Bowling Analysie.
0
11
.102
23
0
'o...
0 31 0
Guterres
L/Cpl. Milos... 14
0 84 3
Ramjahn
2. 0 2
-27 4
C. W. Lam
.0 60 4X1 12
32:1
17
2.
2
20
0
Gitting
3
0
19
0
24
'E. A. Leo'
1.2
Pie. Evercet... Capt. Morris. Capt. Bridgeland 3 0
The game was fought at a great pace throughout and Oxford were unlucky. They held the famous Cambridge three-quarters by keen and well-timed tackling, particular Cambridge, however, had flashes of brilliance, from which they scored.
In the first half Novis and Hep- penstall scored tries for Oxford, whilst, for Cambridge, Scott scored a try which was converted by Windsor-Lewis, and Scott and Waters both scored penalty goals, Cambridge thus leading at the in terval by 11 points to 6.
In the second half, Scott, Aarvold and Rowe-Harding scored tries for Cambridge, the last being converted by Waters. Sweatman and Hume scored tries for Oxford, the first being converted by Heppenstall.
It was a great game,
AUSTRALIA'S RACE COURSES.
ADOPTION OF TOTALISATOR.
(THROUGH · HEUTZE'S AGENCY.]
MELBOURNE, December 13th. The Assembly has agreed to the Third Reading of a Bill establishing
the totalinator on race courses,
LEAGUE CRICKET. INDIANS "B". CRAIGEN- GOWER C.0.
The following will represent the Inchans B at Bookunpoo on Saturday, commencing at 2 p.m. slar
B Nazarin, Birdar Khan, L. Hassan, D. Mohamed, A. S. Suffiad A. Rahmin, S. A. Hussain, A. K Ismail, A. Butt, U. T. Thad, and M. P. Madar (captain). Reserves: J. M. Rumjahn and E, M. K. Malubboy."
H.KE.C.. K.O.C. tod XL.
The following will represent the Hong Kong Electric RC. in their League match against the Kowloon C.C. 2nd XI at King's Park on Saturday:-
H. F. Akehurst, L. de Rome, T. L. Foster, C. E. Gahagan, W. N. H. Murdock, G. Murray, W. B. Mus kett, P. Normington, 8. J. C. Stanesby, G. G. Thomson and J. R. Way (captain), Réserves: S. Deacon and J. F. Lunny.“
terms
In 1924 Lord Derby sold the whole of his land in Colne to the local co-operative society, while still retaining the ancestral seat of the Stanley family at Knowsley.
He continues to be a large This also is no new thing. We owner of urban sites in Preston allude to the establishment of a and of agricultural land in tac board of control, or other central adjacent Fylde district of Lan- authority, to advance, and control cashire. The Stanley family also cricket in Malaya. Such an auther- retain Witherslack Hall, the resi ity exists in regard to athletica, dence of Major Oliver Stanley, although its controlling influence M.P., with adjacent lands both in
and North Lan- unfortunately appears to be con- Westmorland aned to the annual Malayan cham cashire. pionships; the Lawn Tennis Asso ciation of Malays (affiliated to the LT.A.), is a younger organisation with much greater virility; and the Malayan Football Association, also, we believe, affiliated to the parent F.A., has been in existence since the middle of last year. There is no reason at all why it should be more difficult for the M.C.C, if, with deference to Marylebone, we may give the letters, a local ap- plication, to operate, than for the The board of LT.A of Malaya. cricket control, MLCC, call it what you like, could meet on either one of the Easter or August Bank Holiday inter-state occasions just as the delegates of the LT.A meet during the championships or the Guillerard Cup matchee,
There is much that a representa- tive body such as this could achieve. In the first place it could do a great deal towards placing Malaya on the map" from a cricket point of view, in the same way as has been done in Jamaica, where the arrange- ment of a visit by an M.C.C. side followed, if we remember rightly, promptly on the affiliation of the Jamaican authority, to headquar ters. Now that the Australians have set the ball rolling a visit from an MC.C. side to Malaya ir not beyond the bounds of prob ability within the next few years, and if and when that occasion arises
it would be most desirable that the
arrangements at this end should be in the batide of an authority repre senting the whole of the Malayan cricket.public...
SPORT IN MACÃO,
Sports in many of its forms is taking a firm hold on the people of Macao, says the Macao Burenu of Information and Publicity in one of ita circulars. Fooball is perhaps the most popular game among the young men, and some of the teanix' in matches with Hong Kong teams, have proved themselves no mean opponents. Of late several of such matches have taken place. Hockey too is beginning to have its votaries. In matches with Hong Kong teams the Macao players have provided excellent opposition. There have been tennis matchen played of late, some of which have been very evenly contestet There is a limited interest in boxing which is increasing. Another form of sport which is beginning to take on is Basket Ball, and Ping Pong has ita exponents.
For January a big programme of sport has been planned and it is hoped to invite Hong Kong, and Canton sportsmen to Macao.
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