SOME IMPRESSIONS OF CRICKET
AT HOME.
BY R. ABBIT.]
THE HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, TUESDAY; OCTOBER
CRICKET:
MR. HANCOCK'S XI. . MR, A. W. HAYWARD'S XI.
LATTER WIN BY WICKETS:
AT CIVIL SERVICE.
A ONE RUN VICTORY...
A match with an exciting finish in which the margin of victory was a single run was played on the Civil Service C.C. ground between teams of 13 each side led by A. W. Grimmitt and B. C, K. Hawkins.
Grimmitt's team batted first scor- The two-day opening match of the By the time this article reaches a lunging right out to the pitch to Hong Kong Cricket Club bearing 114, towards which Chittenden long-suffering Editor, yet another smother him, or scrambling right members captained by R. Hancock and Kelly contributed over 20 each and A. W. Hayward respectively and retired. The successful bowlers back on their sticks. They got
was concluded yesterday, play har. were Hawkins 3 for 9; Baker for cricket season will be apon you ail
harracked and I said to myself, ing commenced on Saturday after-11: nad Paterson 3 for 20.
For his own side Hawkins made in Hong Kong. It has occurred to That's all very well, but Fowel noon. On the whole, play was as me, while enjoying the delights and
is probably making them whip off even as could be Hayward's XI. and Barrow 37. Eldridge
secured a win by the narrow margin missed four men för 18 runs.;
Scores fellow- putting up with the disconforts of
faster than they look and generof four wickets, though actually the England, that a few observations
ully bowling jolly well. It would innings was completed in order to
ca the game at home in 1929 may have gone at that only it so har. give the last men a knock.
80
be of interest. They will come, not through the medium of the Home Press wherein many gifted amateurs, past and present. push petulant pens now a days, bat more humbly, yet straight from the rab bit's, mouth, so to speak.
County Cricket.
pened Fowell-came down for the M.C.C. against the team had bluffed into thinking I could play fat wickets, I had a few overs from him myself and he was only a very ordinary bowler-aot nearly so good as R. E. O. Bird for instance. I don't say I scored of him freely but lots of bats on our side did, and he wasn't too hard to keep out of one's wirket. If a fellow like Olroyd is going to play the goose game with that sort of stuff when his side have 300 up for three-well, what about it? It may be the poor devil's living, but, as Gilbert put it, its the poor devira living that surprises me.
Where Are The Bowlers?
The outcry about lack of good bowlers. is, however, certainly some- thing to think about. It is most notable in Club Cricket, of which
will deal Srst "with County Cricket, although in my judgment it is by no means the most enjoy able form of the game. You will Din doubt have read all the various groans and moans about its cop- I aus dition. They come chiefly, pest, from uld gentlemen whose other hobby is to spend many hours of their time propping a gouty eye." lid up to gaze through a Cha window at the pretty ankles and what-nots "going past in Piccadilly. not If the cricket at Lord's is sparkling enough to keep them awaks in the afternoon after their tourth glass of port at lanch, they hope to speak later, but it oxists fet the papers know all about it in Country Cricket for the fact There is also another class (andreining that we have precious few from, this comes the confirmed bar really good bowlers today. There racker), which shoots its mouth off
are any amount of useful perform. a lot. These people should not be
ers, the sort that dan bowl jolly They blamed but rather pitied.
well without the extra bit which spend their glorious winters shout-
geta wickets frequently instead of ing "Play the game, referee." and
Indeed, I que every hour or so. are at a bit of a loss to know what
think there are for more bowlers to do in the summer. There, seems
than there were. At all events, to be no baseball in England,
speaking from memory, it seems that a good many more men used to get 100 wickets and over per good many fewer season and
to raise.
You can take it from me that there is not very much wrong with the general run of County Cricket tha; hasn't been wrong with it for the last twenty-five years. Of course there is the basic fact that wo one is so well-off since the was Money is more needed and harder Then there is the fact that we live a bit quicker all round now, and consequently it may be that the play that satisfied us in the old days doesn't satisfy us now. Slow scoring meets with a "It wasn't grim silene at best. always so. I used to see a good" drop of cricket from 1906 to 1911 and I,an recall dozens of occasions on which maiden after maiden was sent down and each had a ripp'e One in- of applause at the end. cident particularly sticks in my It was at Lord's. The Gentlemen were rather in a bad way, and Plum Warner and J. W. H. T. Douglas were batting on a typical (then) Lord's wicket to Barnes and Iremonger. I think they got five runs in half-an-hour or about that. But after each over Ire. came a round of applause. monger was at his best that year have been 1010 or 1911- -it must and the spectators, for the most purt anyway, knew the game well enough to appreciate the magni ficent duel that was taking place Somehow of other, they do not seem to know quite so much now. Delinquents.
memory.
about sixty or seventy..
It is pretty generally held that the decay in bowling is caused by the fact that so few men seem to bother about spin and length now, wants to swing
while cevryone
At the end of play on Saturday Hancock's team had hit up 143 rúns in their Arst innings und Hayward's On rosuming yesterday Hayward's side had raado 02.runs for 6 wickets. last men were soon disposed of, Hancock's team faced badly before Vallack and the ran getting was left to Ewin, Musson and Stanion. Set with 131 to get to win Hayward, assisted by Moor, gave his side a capital start, shaky start,
them. Swinging is all very well if it is a late swing combined with an accurate length. But so often it is not. The curious thing is that the pundits have been talking about this for the last seven 'or eight seasons at least, but it doesn't seem to have influenced the younger bowlers, or the people. who coach them.
Better Batting? Again in County Cricket there seems to be Lo doubt that the erage standard of batting is tar higher all through. That is to say number eight, cine and
After a somewhat which included a chance in the slips and a hard one to. Bowker off his own bowling the opening pair settled down to gond cricket and looked like knorking off Moor was, however, bowl- the runs ward did not survive long. Parker ed with the score at 44 and Hay- was out second ball, Owen Hughes and Bonner did not stay long, but Reid and and finished the job. then Tait and Dower got together Stanion got the wickets.
ten are usually capable of getting quite a sound fifty apiece, and I don't think this used to be the case. And here may be a solution of the A lack of really great bowlers.
get just that extra bit of spin and devil if his fingers. have been gripping a bat for an hour or more three or four times
man cannot
week. Take the old days. Richardson. Bradley, Kortright, Knox and Brearly, to name a few only, never stopped in long it my memory serves me. Again when Rhodes developed into a batsman, But it must be confessed that it his bowling went off. Now that he is not always the lack of know. does not make so many runs, his ledge or the impatience of the bowling is said to be improving
which :B
blame. again. to spectators
I can't help thinking it is a pity There
bad offenders are some
the among
players--one might that Tate (and Larwood) are almost any counties who give rite making centuries. Of course, all- On the rounders are invaluable to a side. to justifiable irritation. first day of the Middlesex . York. But my point is that they lose, in shire match at Lords this year, bowling, just that extra bit which there was a beastly wind when the pute a bowler out of the useful
'really great class. game started. In fact, they had to into the send in for fresh stumps with However, I suppose that now Tests dreper grooves to keep the bails are played out or generally som
R. Hancock's XI. 1st Innings.
E. J. R Mitchell, e Owen
Hughes, b Parker
L A. R. Duncan, b Valinck 2 H. L. F. Ewin, 1.b.w., b
Parker
A. H. Musson, e Vallnek, b
Bonnar
R. H. Hepburn, West, b
Plummer.
C. D. Wales, and b Bonnar 1
9th, 1928.
LOCAL AQUATICS.
"COLONY'S CHAMPIONSHIPS.
HARBOUR RACES.
GOLF NOTES.
(By R.HH.]
40
EMPIRE SPORTS.
FIRST MEETING TO BE HELD IN ONTARIO IN 1930.
M James Carlton, the famous Though some of the leading
runner, bad to be left behind when Hights "of Fanling are away at the Australian team joined the The Annual Aquatic Sports of Shangbai.doing their best to re-liner Chitral at Tilbury on their the Victoria Recreation Chib, which verse the decision of the last inter- way home. Mr. Carlton is lying will return to Australia as soon week following, will end the swim-
In the programine support for the various competins he is well enough,
Mr. Duff, the manager of the will be held next week and the port match, there was no lack of in a London nursing home. Re
the championships trouss of the autumn meeting The
perfect and the team, said that it was hoped to hold" min issued, all. hitherto decided have been again weather was included, while, as nstule the course playing so well that it as the first Empire sports in Ontario Harbour Races will bring the sate to say that returns will be in 1830.
We hope then to have repre urawing nearer to the winter scalo
"What we dis-sports to a conclusion.
od it will need something ready sentative teams from the whole of
In some ways the the Empire," he said. good to win.
want to do in the future Olympic to have a united Empire course 13 at its very best just at present, for it is fairly hard and Gaines
a long way, whne front, so that we enn pick the heat of our athletes from the whole of goud shots go Luere 1 su plenty of gruss on the greeas.
Mr. Grimmitt's Team, R. G. Robertson, b Baker... 0 R. R. Davies, b Paterson... F. E. Booker, b Baker*.***.. V. H. Chittenden, retired A. W. Grimmitt, e Baker, b
Divett
D. R. Kelly, retired
0
9.
.....1
13
J. F. Wilmott, e Trongrove,
Hawkins ...
-
W. J. Eldridge, st. Carr, b
Hawkins
E. W. Simmonds, b Hawkins 0 C. Jones, e and b Paterson 5 J. A. Bendale Hawkins, b
Paterson...............
H. McKay, not out
G. H. Fowler, run out
Extras ...
Total.....
Bowling Analysis.
Baker Paterson, Divett
Hallam
Barrow
Hawkins
M. R. C. ₤1 5
6 1 20
+ 0
*
0
0
3 0
0
Mr. Hawkins' Team.
G. E. Divett, b Kells
J. Barrow, c Grimmitt, b Eld-
ridge
..F. Baker, run out
R. S. W. Paterson, l.b. w., b
Kelly
R. A Trengrove, b Eldridge 0
28
J. R. Morton, b Booker
T. W. Carr, & Eldridge .......................
0
3. Jordain, b.Ronnar
Y. W. M. Stanion, e Parker,
Bonnar
G. Gull, st. Davies, b Wil-
mott ........
5
B. C. Hawkins: a Bendall,
14
b Chittenden
A. C.. I. Bowker, not out ................ J. E. Hancock, b Bonnar
}
T. Armstrong. e Booker... b
Wilmott
R. Hancock, b Bonnar
..18
Extras
G. H Hallame and b
Eldridgë
R. F. Jones, not out
Total
Parker Vallack
Bowling Analysis.
B
F. H. Holdman, Fowler,
Grimmitt ...
Extrag
Total
Bowling Analysis.
.113
0. X, R.
4 0 10
119"
0. M. R.
8
1 12 2
3
Bonnar....
13 3 35
5
0
31
30
Robertion.
Kell
20
0
Booker..
4
P 14 1
Eldridge
5
✡ 18
A
Wilmott
1 99
Fowler
1 5
2
Chittenden Grimmitt
=
Plummer Tait Owen Hughes ...
A. W. Hayward's XI.
1st Innings.
A. W. Hayward, b Wales 0. Moor, c and b Wales... 43 H. Owen Hughes, Bowker,
b Wales
J. L. Bonnar, c Stanion, b
J. E. Hancock
G. L. Plummer, b Wales... R. H. Dowler, b Buwker.... H, V. Parker, b Bowker...... 90 W. K. Tait, run out
T. L. Christie, b Wales E. R. West, à Wales G. R. Vallack, not out
Extras
Total Bowling Analysis,
0
Station
6
Ewin Wales
0. M. Ę. W. 1 20 0 022
1
J. E. Hancock... Bowker..... 10
3
..
18
R. Hancock's XI. and Innings.
E. J. R. Mitchell, e West, b "Parker
1
L. A. R. Dunean, b Vallack 2
H. L F. Ewin, 1.b.w.. b
Valleck
25
A. H. Musson, b Vallack.. 25 V. W. M. Stanion, l.b.w., b
Owen Hughes
25
R Hancock, not out......... A. C: I. Bowker. b Vallack... 5 C. D. Wales, Owen Hughes,
b. Vallack
A. Reid, Parker, b Owen-
Hughes
B. Jordain, e Tait. h
Vallack
J. H. Hanrock, hit wicket, b
Parker Vallack
Boanerges
Owen Hughes...
A. W. Hayward's XI.
ہو
2nd Innings.
A. W. Hayward, c Wales, b
Stanion
0
seen
There has not been much activity during the current season in aqua- tic circles and it remains to be
the whether forthcoming sports will be as attractive as they Most of have been in the past. the leading swimmers only put in and in- occasional appearances dividual rivalry has not been at all keen, so that interest is not expected to be as great as before.
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Mile Championship.
390 Yards Mok Challenge Cup. October 18th:
100 Yards Championship. 100 Yards Back Stroke.
October 10th.:
220 Yards Championship. 100 Yards Breast Stroke. October 20th:
Mile Championship.
1
100. Yards Ladies' Champion-
ship.
100 Yards Boys (under 13)
Championship.
100 Yards Team Race (six
side).
High Dive.
Later in the year bad the Empire."
Out has to turn bunkers before one
+
the sand to can find any
looks to have been cleared of the
bull
spots have rather too mien chance of going almost us far as the good ones, but just at present the course deep grass and bushes with which has stuck the happy mean and it was covered only a week age. The list of eventi is as follows:ee shot will stop or run more or With the clearing of the land the less in accordance with the way tall-important question of the final
greens and tee October 18th:
watch he is fit. All the same there lay-out of new are clear signs of coming times comes up for consideration. While when work round the greens will the land was about four feet deej need steady nerves and good judgin grass it was naturally more or ment, for already the light-hearted less possible to come to any very patch up to the pin, which was deficite decision, for every safe enough during the summer, is played was inevitably lost, but showing signs of liveliness and Bow, even if the land is bothing generally finishes somewhere near but bare soil, it will be possible to ace where shots will finish, and pre- the back of the green.
sumably, the final shape of the new holes will be decided in the not far distant future. It is going to real fault with the course at pre- be most interesting to watch them seat. They certainly are not per- slowly taking shape, while the new afect a present, though ith luck 14th is worth looking at even at one might use a niblick quite a lot present. It should be a great day without noticing their imperfec- when that comes into play. tians, if it were not for the frailty
The main. It could be very easily argued of the human temper. trouble of the bunkers is that that the tee shot at the 7th hole there is not enough sand in them, on the New Course is just about and though this makes no differ. the best of the whole 36 holes at ence out in the middle, it shows Fanling. The stream which clearly enough round the edges, diagonally, across the fairway com- where as often as not there is a pela the player to estimate his own' vertical drop of three or four inches powers of carry and then pick his from the turf to the sand. If the line and keep to it. If he chooses ball just trickles into the bunker, the short carry to the left there is. it is almost impossible to do any bad rough waiting for a hook, while thing else but play back, if it runs the shot up the right of the course through and steps against the face has to be very carefully placed one can only hit and hope despair in. the narrowing angle between ingly. The position is almost worse stream and rough. Some of the in such bunkers as the little ones mighty can go straight down the below the green at the 3rd which middle and still get the carry, but call for a delicately played re.it deeds a very long shot and the covery. There are some shots in smallest slice will bring ruin, as those bunkers which penalise a the ball merely follows up the plarer to the extent of two fullstream and finally drops into it. shots or even more.
1 0 "10 150
AT CRAIGENGOWER.
150 Yards Handicap for Mem
bers.
October 21st:
Long Plunge..
Throwing the Polo Bail.
100 Yards Consolation Race. October 2nd: '
Chinese Harbour Race. Uctober 2rd:
Ladies Harbour Race. October 24th:
Open Harbour Race:
All entries except those for the to-morrow Harbour Race close (Wednesday). at p.m.
H.K. CHINESE AMATEUR AQUATIC SPORTS.
SUCCESSFUL MEETING.
SEVERAL RECORDS SET UP.
The Chinese Aquatic Sports held at North Point yesterday after. noon, were most successful. Several for Chinese Championship events swimmers in Hong Kong were staged, but there were also several exhibition items on the programme, Three records for liong Kong
established.
and
One cannot help but feel that such purely fortuitous punishment falls rather outside the category of "rab of the green," if this may be taken to include unfortunate inci dente in bunkers.
*
*
runs
On the Fanling courses, where long carries are not necessary to any great extent, this hole is rather refreshing, and if it should come after the serious gelf of the day quite entitled to take a long line, has already been played, a man is Ia just to see what he can do. But while the Old Course, at such cases the low wire fence just cast after a good round, appears short of the stream was extremely almost to have achieved such per useful, for though it exacted its fection as is peasible for it, the penalty it saved the annoyance of New Course in striving towards it. à search. Just at present however errant humaze At least, the recently acquired land straying cattle or which is being taken in to the have trampled down the wire and The races were held in the space second half is a hive of activity only the posts are standing, and a between the two bathing sheds of and the progress made up to date shot which does not quite come off The generally means a lest ball, which a pity. The stream is deep A noteworthy feature of the the Chinese Bathing Cluu and the has been amazingly rapid. cricket match at Craigengower yes- South China A.A. Bathing Club. drainage I believe is well on the Lia
on a medium sized caddie, and the a distance. terday was a century made by U.
Considering the roughness of the way to completion, and the land, there, nearly knee-high measured
waters are very muddy. M. Omar for the "A" XI, which
water, the times returned for the seen admittedly from
(Continued on nest Column). batted Srst and compiled 233 runs Championship events were extreme- for eight wickets. Omar retired only satisfactory. Incidentally the reaching 100 runs, which included 17 Championship events were fours., He gave no chance and under the auspices of the Hong punished all bowlers alike.
Kong Chinese Amateur Athletic Sourbutts, a new acquisition, re Federation, the chairman of which tired with 49 to his credit, and
is Mr. Ng Sức Krong Soares made' 26.
A CENTURY BY OMAR.
were Chinese some 4 entries were received.
held
The presentation of the prizes The only bowlers able to stem the has been reserved until the Chinese tide ware D. Razack who took 3
Harbour Race, which was post.. for 11 and E. Hamson, 1 for 11.
poned from September 29th, bas The "B" I were able to gather taken place. This event will be on only 78 runs, Lim and Bradbury, the October 13th at 2.30 p.m., follow former not out, contributing 23 each,
ing which Sir Shou Son Chow's while four men were run out. How daughter will present the prizes. ever, owing to the. "A" team stay- Some 150 entries have been re- ing too long the wickets,
event including the "B" team played out time and ceived for this
several lady swimmers. the match, ended in a draw. Omar
The Besults. followed up his batting lent by tak- ing two wickets for 71 runs.
50 Metres, Free Style (Champion. Scores follow:-
ship).1, Tan Chin Hin; 2, Leung Shing Man; 3, Kwok Fung Shun. (Record time: 28.4-5 secs)"
szt
Oralgengoweṛ "A" X1. U.M. Omar. retired
W. Way, e Mowfung, b Y.
.100
Abbas
0
G Sourbutts, retired
42
G. Lai, b Hamson
1
J. Soares, e Mowfung. b
Razack
:2
J. Vietore Reed, b Razack... 5.
G. White, c and b Leonard 4
J Stirling, not out
Total (for 8 wkts.)...233
4. B. Hamson did not bat.
Bowling Analysis,
1 43. 1
0 2.1 0
30 Metres, Boys under 14 years.-- 1. Leung Wing Kwong; 2, Luk Tat Hang: 3, Lam Kwok Wah.
Yung
50 Metres. Children.-1, Pui; 2. Miss Choy Po Chiu; 3, San Foo Sham
200 Metres, Breast Stroke-1, Loʻ G. Hin; 2, Yeung Hang Wah; 3. Wong Ku Leung. Time: 3 mins.
13 seck,
100 Metres (Championship),-1, Tan Chin Hin; 2, Leung Shiu Man; 3, Tsoi Chok. Lau. Time: 1 min. 10 весв.
Fancy Diving.-1, Kwok Fung Sun; 2, Lam Kwok Wah; 3, Fung Kwok Wah.
400
Metres (Championship).-1," Tan Chin Hin; 2, Leung Shui Man; 3, Lo Chi Hing. Time: 6 mins.
54.35 secs.
100 Metres (Ladies' Champion. ship)-1, Miss Kwok Choy Ming; 2. Miss Sam Wai Ying; 3, Mra. Kwok
50 Metres (Yeterans
OYET 45
Vallack Extra
13
W. Howard, b Razack...
0
J. Cassumbhoy, not out
15
Total
101
Extras:
20
Bowling Analysis.
... 0.
M.
B.
10
1
26
5 15
38
7
3
0, 110
0. X.
R.
W.
9 0
28
ន
Oliver
6.
0 41
0
S. Abbas
6 1.
98
0
Y. Abbas
Reed
Ismail
0 21
0
O, Moor, b Reid
18
E. Hamson.
3
0
11.
E. Owen Hughes. 1.b. w.,
Wales
Razack
3
0 11 3
11
Leonard
3 0
24
Y
Bradbury
5 1 .0
0
W. K. Tait.e Duncan,
B. Reed, b Hamson .....
Stanion opens
45
O. Ismail, run out ..
E. H. Dowler, b Reid
S. Abbas, run out
10
G. R. Vallnek, bi Reid .......
T
H. P. Lim, not.but
23
B. W. Bradbury, e Soares, b
Stirling
23
Y. Abbas, run out
E. Hamson, b Omar
0
E. Mowfung, run out .................
0
Leonard,
Omat ....
D. Razack, not out
fi
O
M. E.
W,
Extras
:}
Bowker
8 Q. 23
A. B. Hamson123
Way
24
5
1
10
4 0
15
·Beid ............ Welea mu
Stanion
0.3 0
3
Stirling
모
10
42
(Continued at foot of next column:)
Omar-
HY Parker, 1.b.w., Stanion 0
oa at all-and then they frequently all-rounders are more useful YouJ. L. Bonnar, b Stadion blew off. The wicket played a bit can't
compare
Hammond with
queerly before lunch after a heavy Freeman as a bowler, but if there dew. All the same Holmes and was only one place going. I know Sutcliffe put up a very pretty 125 who would get it.
io, say, an hour and a half. At
five o'clock Yorkshire had 300-on-
R. ABBIT.
1
ES-I hope in my next articles
the board for 3 wickets. The wind to deal with the question of the
had dropped and the wicket seem ed to play quite true. But for over Chilteauhou Oltor and Mitchell
proposed alterations to the rules, modern batting and Club Cricket."
P.P.S.-I learn from my diction Cars that ferret is an animal that were playing Powell's high-tossed goes in after the rabbits.—am slows with the utmost caution, think of changing my name.
G. A. L. Plummer, bReid... 1 TL. Christie, b Reid
E. I. West, not out
Extras.....
Total Bowling Analysis,
Craigengewer "B" 'XI.
Total (for 8 wkts.)... 79
Oliyer did not bat
years of age)-1, Mr, Fung; 2, Mr. Yeung,
100 Metres, Back Stroke.-1 Yeung Yuen Wah; 2, Leung Shui Man; 3, Tan Chin Hin.
Team Race.-1, Chinese Bathing
Club; 2, Chinese Athletic Associa tion; a, South China Athletic. Asto ciation.
Bowling Analysis,
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