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CRICKET.
THE RECENT INTERPORT.
NOTES AND COMMENTS.
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consequently
cur
THE HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, FRIDAY. MAY 30, 1930.
Lawn Bowls.
PROSPECTS.
CIVIL SERVICE VISIT KOWLOON DOOK.
batamen TO-MORROW'S GAMES AND don't get much practise with that sort of attack. "I am inclined to think that E. C. is a hundred per cent. better man on his own ground. Zimmern was admittedly a failure with the bat. I am not a bit sur- prised, as he will have to find his nerve for big cricket. There is, however, an occasion for him to be down-hearted, or Quick, who is pretty sound judge of the game, said, "Zimmern, was worth his place
BOWLS MATCHES COMPLETED.
HOME TEAMS ALL GAIN.
THE POINTS.
CIVIL SERVICE JUNIORS STILL UNDEFEATED,
H. E. Strange. JA E. Luck. J. R. Archibald W. E. Hollanda
(S.)...
L. R. Whant
W. Bride
A. L. de Sousă.
Y. Abbas
J. Cavanagh
LEAGUE TENNIS.
(8)......... 27 C.S.C.C. SCORE FIRST WIN.
D. K. Kharas
W. Bickford E. L. Halland A. E. Hurphy
(S.).....
Total
R. C. Reed
J. Carr
W. Gill
20
(5.)
17
3
Total
LEAGUE TABLES.
Three lawn bowls matches, which. had to be left unfinished owing to rain last Saturday, were completed yesterday, and in each case the home teams maintained the advant-te date:-- age which they held at the early
There were two tennis matches down for decision last evening, bat as one of the teams failed to turn, 37 up, only one match was played. This was the fixture between the Civil Service Cricket Club and the the former Nippon Club, and brought off their first win of the
season.
The following are the positions
Division 1,
[BY "BACK WOOD."1 The Shanghai papers have already given us a very full account of the
Two of the important senior mat: recent Interport Match up there, and I do not propose to plaster up in the side for his fielding alone."thes in the lawn bowls league to any running account at second is run out of Stokes was a beauti- morrow are to be played on the stage. The matches completed ia Civil Service
ful bit of work, I hear, E. grounds of the two Docks. Crai- Fincher (I am quoting Quick's
played really well Sengower and the Police stay at opinion now)
home by the champions, Kowloon Dock have been travelling for three weeks-
hand. The object of these Notes is to discuss the game generally,
P. W. D. L. Pts. 440 0
and I am fortunate enough to have and was always attractive to watch; bome. Since their Initial defeat at sion, the fourth game having been Kowloon B.G. "4
at my disposal some very excellent memoranda jotted down for me by our old Interport cricketer. Padre Quick, for which I am much obliged to him. I understand he was Pre sent during the whole of the match,
such na it was.
cluded two games in the senior division and one in the junior divi.
decided early in the week at the Yacht Club, where the visitors (Kowloon Bowling Green Club) won
he has improved tremendously. An deraan played really good cricket. Dackitt's efforts in both innings
touc which has not were of the greatest valve. Ha bad some fuck, but he stuck to it it been successful because the only by eight shots. dour fashion. His mannerisms are
Oralgengower . Police. scmewhat irritating and he would victory they have been able to gain do well to drop them." (I have was at Kowloon C.C. Their guests
Craigengower, who were leading quoted this last sentence because this time are Civil Service, who by 11 shots on all rinks, found no The General Conclusion.
I think the unfortunate bats- Before in any way going in to man probably basn't any ides that have so far been successful in win- difficulty in beating the Police. All "Miting all their matches. The Dock their rinks were up in the final score," which showed 18 shots in particulars, I would strongly depre- he has any mannerisms.). cate the impression, which, to my chell played bright cricket and did will be performing a great feat if their favour. A few moves were team owing great surprise, I find to be pretty well. His cheery optimism is they could check the Valley, this made in the Police
It general--that the Hong Kong Team great asset to the side.
ing unavailable. Teams and scores nade a pretty poor show and that was most disappointing that the time, but apart from the share of to two of their previous players be time alone anved us from ignomi-match could not have been played joss which attended them in their wars nious defent. That the uninstruct-
on the first day. The form shown last match, the Civil Service have ed mind, which decides solely on printed scores, should form this by the Hong Kong batsmen made the necessary material which may
perhaps inevitable. me think that they would have enable them again to get through.D. Rumjahn opinion was But it appears that others who made lots of runs on a fast true should know better have fallen inzo wicket." the same error. ·
out on a wicket such as there was
It
The Shanghai Bowlers. The fact is that Donald Leach
Isanes appears to have bowled at won the toss and, with a pretty strong batting side, stopped all day the top of his form on a wicket that suited him. The pitch was a on a plumb pitch for 991 runs only bit too dead for O'Hara. There Thereafter, with three days' rain. Hong Kong had to bat on the Friday are several versions of the way in on a ruined wicket against such which Pearce was dismissed. bowlers as Isaxes, Leach and seems that either the ball bounced O'Hara. It would have been no dis-p off his foot, or that he played grace to them had they been twice it on to the ground and up, (a bum-ball), or that he played it on to his foot and it went up off that. The latter version was that of the field, and the umpire upheld it. I enre to think of-seeing Lilley catch recollect-more years ago than
it seemed, hard
out..
The slowness of the Shanghai scoring is amazing in view of the fact that cur side was distinctly weaking wong bowlers trundled weak in bowling. It is true that
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Taikoo entertain the Bowling Green Club. The visitors will have to be in very good form if they are to have any chance of getting the points. I think, after all, the for. rer Interport skips who have now
6.0.0.
F. J. Neves
MA. R. Souza
B. W. Bradbury
(S) E. Tuck
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8 8
2 1 1 3 2 11 0
Craigengewer 4301 Taikoo R.C...... 4 Club de Rocreio 4
Kowloon 0.0... 1 Police R.C...... Kowlcon DC. 4
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SHOTS FOR AND AGAINST.
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The score in the C.S.C.C.-Nippon match were
For Agat. Up. Dn. J. Barrow and D. M. McDou Civil Service ... 932 503 49 0
gal (C.S.C.C.).. 936 · 192
0 Taikoo R.C.. 233 214 39 31
Craigengewer
Club de Heercio 260 999 Kowloon B.G.C. 238 239 Kowloon D.R.C. 233 241 Kowloon C.C... 231 Police R.C... 163 900
Division I.
0
beat. Fujieda and Wakata... 3
beat Fujieda and Waksta... 6-3 lost to Takemasa and Naka-
0
beat Takzemasa and Naka-
sito
0
0
lost to Yoshikawa and Kino-
shita
5-
261
0
30
0 123
J. A. Bendall and F. Bradley
(C.S.C.C.)
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P. W. D. L Pts. Kowloon B.G.C. 4
+
0 Civil Service ...
8
0
OB
sato
7.9
C. Alexander
Club de Recreio 42 Kowloon C.C.... 4 2
'0
2 4
0
2. 4
beat Yoshikawa and Kino-
shita
A.
J. C. West
1.
(§.) ....
17 Electric R.O....
Takioo R.C...... 3
Yacht Club... 3 1 0 2 Craigengewer...
2
4 1 0
3 2
10
R. K. Valentine and J. Balfour
(C.S.C.C.).
3
3 D
L. I. Gooding
A. E: Contes al Arculli G. M. Omar
(S.)........ 19 W. Brightman fallen into line for the home team will succeed in keeping the points.C. S. Rosselet
R. Bas (S.) 20
Total
at home. Last season Taikoo won at home by 15 shots, but lost, by 39 shots on their visit to the Bowl ing Green.
Club de Recreio are travelling to Park team entered this branch of Craigergower. Since the King's
W. Collins
P.R.C. Brittain
R. Marks
W. Dall
J. C. S. Fender Hargreaves
(S.)......... 12 W." McLeod W. McHardy F. Nolan
E. Post (5.)
Total
13
42
Taikoo . Kowloon 0.0.
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SHOTS FOR AND AGAINST.
For Agst. Up. Dn.
www 0 Kowloon B.G.C. 255 208
983 930 53 Civil Service Club de Racreio 244–224 20 0 Kowloon C.C. ... 942 231 11 Yacht Club ...... 178 181 Electric R.C... 217 251 Craigengower... 232 274 Taikoo R.C..... 141 991
0
Q Ө
0 34
0
0 90
was at Taikoo Recreation Club,
The other senior division match FRENCH TENNIS DOUBLES.
most gallantly, and that they were a Hampshire batsman who hadaport, and appeared in the senior where they resumed their game with
The
met thei: Valley colleagues. In
the visitors were badly beaten, but on their own ground they lost to
gin of five shots. The Recreio the champions by the narrow mar- Players are capable of performing some wonderful fest, at times, so
stopped on
Geld which never stopped trying. to the ground. There was a good nalds sent down 29 overs for an until it was seen that Lilley was their first meeting at the Valley, Bat consider these figures. Rey-deal of disantisfaction expressed very keen rivalry whenever they average of 2 runs apiece; Reid, being helped off the field. for 94; More, ie for. 2.75; Beck, batsman had late cut the ball tre- 22 for 2.2; Duckitt, 13 for amendously hard on to his boot, similar number; Anderson, & for when it rebounded and was caught, two point five: E. F. Fincher, 2 for He was out, and Lilley's toe was
Pardon the ancedote six; and E. J. R. Mitchell, 1. for broken : no runs at all, (No wonder it rain-/ Leach, to return to my subject, was that it would cause no surprise if shots. Teams and scores were :- ed for three days-the gods weening making them turn a lot both ways they succeed in beating their hosts:
in sorrow for Donald's débúcie, no doubt.)
Over a series of 118 overs, these are amazing figures. All honour to the steadiness of the bowlers, Quick states that " at no time did the Hong Kong bowling look dan gerous, and it is greatly to the bowlers' credit that at no time was
it collared." The Hong Kong Belding was excellent; at the end of a tiring day it was as good as at the beginning. Nearly always the ball was fielded cleanly and many runs were saved. This is most encouraging. It is true that a couple of catches were put down, but more of that later.
and was all the time dangerous.
The Future.
a
the
X, Drummond
(8.)
E.C.C.
There
C. Burford
EX-CHAMPIONS DEFEATED..
(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]
PARIS, May 28. In the mixed final of the French. hardcourt tennis championship Tilden and Fraulein. Aussem (Ger-
any) beat Cochett and Mrs. Whit- tingstall (nee. Eileen Bennett), the champions in 1928 and 1929, 6-4, 6-4. The winners, who were partnera on the Riviera throughout the Winter,
lost to Fujieda and Wakata 7-0 lost to Takenasa and Naka-
sato beat Yoshikawa and Kino-
shita
2: 6
KOWLOON CRICKET
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WILL PRESENT SONGS, SKETCHES
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won without difficulty. SATURDAY NIGHT.
Corbett was tired after his recent
strenuous matches and 3Irs. Whit Admission $1; Servicemen, 50 Cts. tingstall is renovering from an ill-
J. Howe
E. Overy
26
A. E: Silkstone
(8.)
10
ness.
F. Goodwin
T. W. Carr
J. C. Lyal
L. E. Lammert
(S.).......
H. Gitting C. J. Tacchi A. Hyde Lay J. Fraser 142 (8)
$3 Total
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the Folice. When the match was Saturday, the home team had a lead of 21 shots. There were changes on both sides on this occasion, a notable absentee being J. Ferguson, whose position as skip was undertaken by his then, num- ber three, N. Drummond.. wag a further fall on this rink, but in the end Taikoo won by nine
T.R.C. I do not imagine this will happen G. McLeod to-morrow, but all the same, the J. Sloan, Sr. It seems that the result of match ought to prove a severe test. Laing
for the ambitious Valley champions. W. Wallace
It has now become a custom to game gives un fair reason to enter
(S.) tain bright hopes for the future of Hong Kong cricket. Our chief need mark down, the Police for defeat (I speak with all deference to Mit whenever they undertake their week. C. Chalmers chell :) is a really good slow bowler ly task. They seem to be taking J. Polson
the R. E. O. Bird type. And their defeats in a cheerful spirit, D. Munro we want one or two good slips believing perhaps that such results W. Wotherspoon
(5.)....... trained. More, with luck, should have been ordained. by the Fates
newspaper scribes Apart J. B. Chapman develop into a useful bat. Mitchell and has earned serious consideration for from West's rink, which is their H. McKechnie the future.. His unorthodox style strong point, the other rinks seem T. Grimes has always kept him out before, for to be pulling a little better now. he has been on the fringe of the I am in hopes of seeing them gain teain for ten years. The powers couple of wins this season and that be will have to recognise wish they would succeed soon in The Shanghai Batting." that self-confidenes and a slightly roping in one of the visiting teams. There seems no getting away from oblique bat are often more use than They are looking after the Kowloon
properly. tried perpendicular C.C. to-morrow. the fact that the Rhanghai batsmen were far too cautious. One expects wiaided by a being with the conûd. it from Divecha-he should be playence of an anopheles in the presence ing in Australia-but it is a bit of Mr. Brayfield. The proof of the of a shock to learn that "at the pudding, after all, is in the eating. start Stokes, were" painfully slow," So far as Hong Kong cricket though later apparently he played goes, these are the last notes I shall the best cricket of any of them. pen until that happy month of Or Leach, for what reason I know not, tober when the sun-hats are put was said to be short of practice, away and the good old game begins and was mistiming them rather again. I cannot do better, there hadly at the start. Simpson and fore, than close them with my Barson. (I don't know the latter) heartiest congratulations to our last
Interport Team... were much freer.
Tactics. It is said that Pearce managed Iris bowling really well, and from the score, it must be so. He only let 12 byes in the whole day, and most of those came from the first over el playing, when Reynolds' was swinging them in a most amazing fashion. He got couple of wickets as usual. There is no A friendly billiard match was getting away from the fact that played at the Craigengower Cricket
Taikoo senior team" (home) Pearce is by far the most useful Club on Wednesday night between The matches which had to be left Kowloon Bowling G.C.- wicket-keeper in the Colony at the the C.C.C. and the Filipino Club, uncompleted last Saturday were J B. Chapman, T. Grimes, N present time and I confidantly ex resulting in the hosts defeating their resumed yesterday and the points Drummond and J. Ferguson (Skip), pect to see him keeping wicket guests by 174 points. About 40 went to the home teams which held G. McLeod, J. Sloan, SJ. again in November, 1931
members of both clube sat down for the advantage. At Taikoo, where Laing and R. Wallace (Skip). · dinner daring an intermission in the Kowloon C.C. seniors were the J. C. Chalmers, J. Polson, J. Bus- match, and pleasant speeches were visitors, a few changes had to be sell and W. Wotherspoon (Skip). made dwelling on the friendly made or both sides owing to ab Taikoo junior team (away) u. rivalry which exists between the sentees. Ferguson was away, and Kowloon Bowling G.C. respective clubs."
Drummond, who took over the posi H. Stalker, T. Stainton, W. Bell tion of skip. dropped a further and R. K. Duncan (Skip)... eight shots to lose by 14. On the. W. Canningham, W. Brown, J. first rink, Wallace retained the lead J. Whyte and G. H. Stewart
The one error seems to have been utting Teddy Fincher in the elips. Teddy is one of the safest utfelds we have got, but the two sorts of atches are as different as chalk from Cheese Before the team went, I Baid it was going to be difficult to And alips, and it is evident it was! learn that Pearce put him there
Brace's recommendation, Fincher had been fielding there for Kowloon. It may be so and he may
Total
Civil Service v.. Craigengower: Craigengower seconds, who went Civil Service juniors are going their match, had a rather hopeless over to Civil Service to resume strong thia" season. They very should have an easy task at home task to pull the game round after against the Electricians. The lata fall of 26 shots on all rinks. of establishing a slight lead on ter, however, shone last week, and They were successful to the extent if they can strike the same form, the home team will have to fight only one rink, and the home team the points. Kowloon gained their fourth successive vic- hard for Bowling Green seconds, so far un-tory by a margin of 10 shots. The beaten, will also take steps to keep final scores were the points at home when they re-
F. H. HoldmLA ceive Taikos. Club de Recreio,
R. R. Wood after a conquering tour, stay at home where the points should be J. Deakin safe when Craigengover make F. Haynes
(S.) efforts to get them. Lastly, Kow- BILLIARDS AND DINNER.00 C. C. are at home to the Yacht
RABBIT.
AN ENJOYABLE EVENING AT
THE C.C.C.
Detailed scores were:
Craigengower 0.0.
J. M. V. Ribeiro
да
E. Zimmern A.
A: Kitchell
J. SOATCA
[be a good alip. But whenever II
have seen him fielding near there for the K.C.C., ba bas either been gully or further round back
The Hong Kong Batting. Remembering that in the last. day's cricket, Hong Kong could not win, and might very easily lose, the batting was distinctly encouraging E. C. Fincher was all.at sea with Isaacs as were some of the others later. We have practically no bowler of the Isaacs or Hars type How REO. Bird has gone horat,
Landolt.
H. Kev
R.. Luz T-Silvs
E. Nuttall of E. Berbedios: A. Castro PRE E Remed
Club. If the winning and losing order is to be retained, a victory is indicated for the Kowloon team, but I am inclined to think that the Yachtsmen will successfully contest the right to the pointe. *
C.S.C.C.
C.C:C.
W. Ward" J M Riberio #P. Dixon
W. V. Field
32 (8.).
SOME OF THE TEAMS.
TAIKOO R.C.
17
3. Sloan, Jr., T. Swan, S. Amary Lammert by seven shots Lam- and D. Walmsley (Skip). [
180
of 10 shots. The middle rink Anish
(Skip):
119
ed last, where Wotherspoon, beat
-150
∙150:
'mert's rink scored five shots in the
150
last head, but Taikoo had already
ELECTRIC:1C,
150
won the match, though the majority m
was reduced to nine shots.
Crai The following have been selected
gengower seniors beat the Police, to play for the Electric R.C. in
while fibregome interesting vice C. p. Saunderson, at Civil Service, play was seen in the last few leads A Tarbuck,
of the junior game. Field's rink D. S. Hill and W. H. B. Muskett, scored six shola in the 19th bead, (6kip).
but: Haynes upset, this good piece W Stoker, G. T. Padgott, F. F.
140
130
43.
141.
102
110
093
-- (Continued on next Colump.).
of work by retaliating with a four and then a five, Full scores are given elsewhere together with cor. rected league tables,
Duckworth and H. Hatch
J. Clarke. E. Thompson, Rome and A. T. Paul (Bkip). Reserves: Sorby add Jones
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