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CRICKET CLUBS AND PLAYERS.
PROSPECTS OF KOWLOON AND CRAIGENGOWER.
R. ABBIT'S WEEKLY SURVEY.
HONG KONG DAILY PRESS. FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 1930.
Baseball Gossip.
REVIEW OF LAST WEEK'S MATCHES.
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CENTREFIELD"
Followers of the old ball game wore provided with plenty of thrills on Sunday at the Navy
ENGLISH LEAGUE TEAMS.
-PROSPECTS FOR COMING
∙SEASON..
The following comment upon this season's homesido football teams gives some interesting details of personalities and prospects;-
STOKE CITY. Stoke City's most urgent need is Field, when the Filipinos met for a contre half-back and an in- Kinoras for the second time this side loft, and the directors state season in what turned out to to that they intend, if possible, to
LOCAL FOOTBALL.
'CHAMPIONS, THE REST.
AMERICAN AMATEUR GOLF CHAMPIONSHIP;
JONES REVEALS DEVASTAT- ING FORM
"[REUTER'S "AMKHIUÂN ́SERVICE.)
Axcellent football match promised to-morrow when the longue champions (Chinese Athletic) will meet n' team made up from the rest of The Longue on the Hong
AnDuong, Sept. 21 Thirty-two qualifiers, including a Kong Football Club ground. The
solitary Englishman, Perkins, open- team chosen to represent the latter ed the match play stages of the
INTERNATIONAL WATER POLO
MATCH AT V.R.C TO-MONROW
At the Victorin Recreation Club to-morrow night, the second sorica - of the Hong Kong, championships in diving, and 220 yards free style and back stroke, ences' will boʻʻdo- sided, and judging by the entries received, this léte promises to be even more successful; than the last."
water polo match between Britain and Portugal
will be Clark Lai Tla Sang, American Amateur Golf Cham There will also be an international,
prospects of their. vàrious Clubs, that last season the team did not. be one of the closest games in the Acquire players for theso positions so that the champions will have the contest by 5 up and 4 to play.
I am greatly obliged to the Various secretaries and cricket enthusiasts who have been kind enough to forward as notes on the for it is woll-nigh impossible for one man to pick it all up himself. It is also very interesting to learn how inang teams are going to win the Shield Some indeed propose to win both Shiolde!
The Kowloon Cricket Club will definitely have a strong frat team, but not so strong as last year by a long way. Their bowling was their work point then and it is going to be worse this your unless something turns up unexpectedly Rosa, though never a really dan gerous bowler, used to spin themi a good deal and got most of his wickets by luring the batsman to dommit suicide, usually with the
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0.0. Second Eleven. Apparently once more George Lee will be the mainstay of the second cloven this year. It soomed to me do itself full justice, but why i do not know. Perhaps a little new blood-or some ginger-is wanted. It will of course bo weakened by the loss of one or two men who may go up to the first. I presume that the nucleus of the team will be Lee, Mackay, Hall, A. I. F. Raven, Lindsell, Skinner, Overy and 0. B. Raven. Skinner is pretty useful and I think he played pretty regularly for the H.K.C.C. second last senson and did quite well in at least one of the Hong matches.
Oralgengower. Craigengower is also after the Shield and although I do not faney
league so far. The Filipinos came
out top dogs in the first match so that the "E's were out to avenge their defent.
Bishop: Hedley, West and Harris; ship
Bobby Jodes, with his usu Rayson, Fung King Chung, Godevastating form, did excellently, and was followed by a huge gallery. rano, Gill and Ip Pak Wa.
It will be seen that the above He went out in 33, and was 4' up
on Somerville, the Canadian chant eleven is an extremely strong one pion, at the ninth hole. Jones wan Lehman boat Perkins, 3 and 1.20 Von Elm beat Hunter, 6 and 8. goalkeeper also is wanted. R. WilThey have, however, heen hard at
Sweeteor beab Finlay, 2 and 1. before the season opens. Another their work put out to avoid defents liams, who was the regular first practice for some time past and Lawson Little boat Dr. Willing team goalkeeper last season, has are feeling confident that they will at the 20th.
Kocsis best Oulmet, 3 and 2. been transferred to Reading, and be quite equal to the occasion. The
Second Round. Taking first innings, the Fili- the only goalkeeper of experience game starts at 8 pm sharp.
LATER. When Bobby Jones went out to pinos scored one run and the Chi- the club. has now on its list is A. N.
play in the next round there were nese boys returned fire with Lewis, the former Wolverhampton
10,000 people following him, and couple. From this point, the game Wanderers player, who made 17
this gave the course inarshals, Marines, and State police plenty of was full of thrills, and though appearances in the side last season.
work in keeping the course cloar Kinorns were leading 6-1 up to the Not one new player has been sign-
na to enable Bobby's end of the third stanza, theed since the end of last season.
his shots. play Phillies added five to their total when they visited the plate for the fourth time to bring the score round
to 0-5 in their favour.
HOME FOOTBALL:
IRELAND DRAWTM WITH ENGLAND.
(THROUGH NEUTER'S 'AGENCY.]
LONDON, Sept. 94. Iroland and England met to-day at Belfast in an inter-league foot ball match and failed to reach a
Jones teadoff a "ponent: tu
In diving, the competitors are to- quired to do three plain swallow" dives from the second and third platforms of the tower, and ong fancy dive either from the spring. board or the platform. Thore will. also be races for ladies and boys whilst a team race between mem bern of the Club will also be runt
the fourteenth, where Hoblitzel went down in four strokes, Bobby missed a twolve-foot put, which would have given him a three, but he won the contest by 5 up and 4. to play.
Other results to-day were as follow
Lohman bent Teckner, and B. Homans beat Cattle, 4 and 2. McPhail beat Kocsis, 6 and 4. Beaver bont Voigt: 9 and 1. Coleman beat McHugh, 3 and 2. Sweetsor beat Ahearn, at the 10th
Von Eim Beaten.
Another Canadian. Though "Bobby, did not play his beat golf this time, he turn- ed threb up, after his opponent, Hoblitzel, had picked up his ball at the second and seventh holes, there- by presenting the Atlantan with two hola, The Canadian often out. drovo Bobby, but was unable to
approach shots.
ben before he was beaten by McCarthy, At the twelfth hole, Hoblitzol who becams one up at the 28th. drove a ball into the crowd, hitting. The second round of the Amateur. a spectator. The match onded at Championship has now been con
(Continued on next Golumn),
plèted.
LATER.
aid of the elder Fincher in the their chances very much myself wild at this point with the result engagement, and the club will pro: decision. Each side scored two contend with the accuracy of Jones' | Von Elm put up a great fight.
The principal players who have departed aras T. Godfrey (left: half-back), to Walsall; R., Wain. wright (outside left); to Birming- ham, and J. H. Shirley (inside left) to Hednesford, W. Chadwick, who ie on the transfer list at £100, has Both pitchers were getting a little not yet succeeded in obtaining an
The club has on its two amateur goals. that runs were plentiful. How-bably grant him a free transfer. ever, with Kiaoras went to bat for players-John. Orichton. An inside
Army; and T.. A. Parker, a contre weighs 11st, and is now in the half-back from Monton rear. Man chester, who stands sit. 103in., and Sheffield U... 0 Leicester
Parker played in ⠀- Division - III. (Southern)," several Central League matches for weighs 11at.
2 Notts C. 3 Bristol. R.
felt. So long da. Brace and Rey. they used to be a power in the land, the last time, they were still two left, who stands Sft. 1lin, and matches in the English League':➡
gully. He is not available this season and his loss will be severely
nolds are hero the K.C.C. bowling xhould manage all right with them to back up Goodwin sud Lyal. But I understand that the first two
they will undoubtedly be a useful and improved side. Many years ago remember their beating the Civil Service at the end of the 1911-1912 season, a match which brought them out at the top of the Leaguo.
runs in arrears. Would they get them! They went about their job in such a determined manner that they were one run to the good
The following wore the results of
Division I.
gentlemen are leaving the Colony Those were the days of Harry when the last man was, out, thus the club last season. The following Brentford
early in the season, while Goodwin, who never really struck his true form after his return, last season, hens just weathered a bout of typhoid which is hardly a good foundation for a season's trundling:
He is, in fact, not yet fit to turn dut. Lyal will got wickets but he would get many more if he did not drop every one of 'em short direct- ly he has been hit for four.
Other 1.0.0. Possibilities.
winding one of the best games seen on the Navy Field for many a long day.
Taylor, Pestonjee, Ross, the Bragas and, I think, Boss. Two if not three of these gentlemon aro now no longer with us. During the war It was indeed a good game is both and for a time afterwards they had sides were on their toes all the a very lean period but there has time, and though there was an been a distinct revival in their occasional error, the fielding was of cricket especially in the last three quite a high standard, while the seasons. For one thing they are particularly quick off the mark and stick work of both teams was good. always do far better in the first The Kindra side showed something two months of the season than of their old form, and if they keep afterwards. They are a young team, which gives them & great advan-going at this rate, they will indeed, tage-witness their folding but be a problem for some of the they badly need a mature captain stronger teams later-or. of great experience and strength of
weak point is their battery, but this could also be tightened up.
character.
This season all their old players are available, with the exception of F. Oliver, while S. V. Gittins, formerly of the University "eleyen, and A. T. Lee, from Kowloon, are turning out for them this year. These two very useful all-rounders will strengthen the team immensely as last year it used to have a bit of a tail. Then Omar bowled in
Their
On Saturday, Texaco" lost to the South China nine by four runs to one, but the oil-kings put up a jolly good fight and gave the winners many an anxious moment. It was good to see Russokoll back something very close his origin in the box again, dishing 'em out
form, and one of the innumerable
is the list of professional players Torquay signed by the club:—
Goalkeepers-A N. Lewis, D. Beswick.
Full Backs R. McGrory, A. Beachili, W. Spencer, T. Dawson, J. Tennant.
Half-Backs L. Armitage, W. &.
Robertson, H. Watson, T. William- son, W. Jackson, H, Bellars, L Forwards.-H. Taylor, J. E. Cull, Turley, O. S. Scrimshaw W. Bussey J. Harrison, WT Kirkham, C. Wilson, J. 8. Mawson, Archibald, H. Hales
Ware N. Lidole, T. Sale, R. F.
PORTSMOUTH
Portsmouth's record last season was the best since they joined the First League, and it augurs well for the coming season that the club can ugain rely upon the services of the players who brought about the improvement.
PING PONG LEAGUE.
RESULTS OF MATCHES AND
NEW FIXTURES.
Further matches in the Ping Pong! League have been played, resulting as follows:-
Gazzies,
19 to 10
22 to 13
Eastern AA. beat Hip
Keung A.A. Hip Keung A.A. best
Eastern A. A Chinese AA beat Sai-
wan College South China A.A. beat.
Eastern A.A.
26, bo. 9 Saiwan College beat Hip.
Keung A.A..... 23 to 12 Chinese A.A. beat Hip
Keung A.A..................................... 99 to 7 South China A.A, best.
Saiwan College: 29 to 6
| Men's Singles Championship. A further list of mistahes has been drawn up as follows
Thero is of course F. W. S. Smith, who may take a share of the fundling, but, unless he im- proves a lot, I doubt if he will be great success in First Division cricket Still there is no reason why he should not bowl on,
There have been no notable * cap- especially if he can get rid of that
turce," but among the additions to crab-like run of his. It may per
reliable rear division-in which, turb indifferent bats, but I am sure
by the way. Gilfillan kept goal in ovory match last season, sharing he loses more than he gains by it
with Weddle, at centre forward, the Still, that is, after all, his, business. Loen (it was R.C., I think) bowled with his old-time speed. It is distinction of an ever-present A rumour is about that Teddy uncommonly well at times. But quite a long time since he has is T. J. Wren, left back, of Brad- Finchor has learned to bowl slowthere was not very much to follow pitched so well, and no doubt sup-tal six-footer. Salmond, the son of
ford City, and R. Salmon, a youth- Sept. them. On the Craigengower wicket, practically always a difficult one, porters of the "Texaco" team wara A Perthshiro farmer, comes from I imagine Tinker Lee will be much glad to see him stagd a come back. Dundee North End and plays at
contre hall. more dangerone than on the K.CC. Young Arqulii worked with him for ground if he has lost his fatal the first time, and taking all things of opening with three long hops on the leg side. Craigengower will be into consideration, bo did quite a hard side to beat unless one Brig well. This lad is still a little bit them on the run: I fancy the team. has somewhat Berthon like cap raw, but as he is still very young, abilities
there should be heaps of time for him to improve his game. As a word of advice, I should suggest to him to watch some of the more experienced catchers in action and then see if he cannot pick up a
spinners. It sounds alright, espec ially as the windows of the new Pavilion are not in yet, but I shall believe it when I see it. His brother Ernio has done a good bit of bowling but he is far too erratio in his length to be a serious menace
• te ușeful bataman.
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K.0.0. Batting.
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Oralgangover Second Team,
I must frankly confess that I know very little about the Craigen gower second eleven. From what I do know I cannot feel particular ly optimistic about their chances
Having been thoroughly rude to their bowling, let us now turn, to their batting. They were tremend ously strong in this department last year. Brace and E C. Fincher were two rock-like bats of excellent interport-form, and could score steadily and keep an end going. of bending the Second Division point or two. In this direction, although they are a very keen side. there is no better man to watch
scorers, one of whom was almost Then there were four slashing quick Bound to come off in exch match,
I do not know if Bradbury is play than schiuma of the Nippon Club, ing for the first this year. If not
in E. F. Fincher, A. W. Hamsay he could, with his experience, do for this catcher has a bag full of the second a lot of good. They have tricks, hilo he can also throw the pill across to second at some- thing like 100 m.p.1
WC. Hung and Freddy Zimmern And of course Frank Goodman could rattle up thirty in ten minutes as easily as he could make a blob. But once Brace and Reynolds leave, the strength drops considerably Bamsey and A. T. Lea are both un- Available; the former is away, the latter about to play for Craigen- gower, Lyal, however, is back and
mouth coleurae
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Out
-E 8: Hoa. Blu Sui Ching at the Chinese Catholic Club,
Fong Chiu Kwai v. Mok Hing Woon at the Chinese Catholic Club..
1-Chan Chu Yet. Lai Pui
Lum nt the Chinese Cathos: lic Club. Chan Yuet Fat Chang Sum Chuen at the Chinese Catholic Club.M
and
Another young Dundee player signed is Logic, an outside right, while Abraham Smith comes as an inside right from Mansfield Town, Much is also expected of Harold Methven, youngest son of James Methven, the former Derby County full-back and manager. Harold played at centre forward for the Derby Municipal Secondary School Old Boya in the Midland Amateur
Phillips (Coventry City), Murray signed professional forms. Alliance last senson, but has now
McIlwaine has followed other (Swindon Town), Neay (Coventry Portsmouth playere to Southamp City), Bennett (Chester),
It will seem strange after so many and McColgan Boll, Irvine and Watson, all of whom have rendered seasons to have neither Whatley nor on Moffat has gone to Brighton, Roberts (Lovelis Ath.). good service, are among those who Densley in goal, but it is believed Leslie Berry, from Sheffield Wednes will not be seen again in Ports-able successors have brou found in If any of the promising youngs day, who plays cricket for Leicester- ters now socured are destined to shire, and T. Boyco, from Clyde, equal the form of W Smith, Kear Fred Bennett, a well-known local, ney and Easson; the policy of will be missed from full-back, but The fixtures for this week-end will Portsmouth will be more than Robert Gettins, from Aston Villa,
justified.
1 is his successor. Goalkeepers.-J. Gilfillan, P.
D Only three of last season's many Saturday: Japanoss v. Kisoras McPhail
mg halven have been retained, and the Sunday-Texaco . Filipinos. Full-backs J. Mackie, T. Ship now players for that line are The first match ought to see the ley, G. Clifford, F. Hill, W. Smith, Jack Cooper (Walsall), G. Dennis (Norwich City), and N. Dinsdale TAJAWron (Bradford City). Nipponites add another win to Half-backs-1. Nichol, R. Kear Coventry City), the probability their credit, though I fully expect ney. R. Salmond (Dundee North being that the last named will be
the new captain of the lovers, uzli Mathe Kiaoras will give them'a pretty End), J. T. Allen, D. Thackeray A dean sweep of he forwards bas tough time. The sides are fairly F. Forward, G. Ross, also been made, only two of Line equally balanced, but the Japanese Logic (Dundee Violet), JW being re-engaged, but eix now names are much the better team when it Smith, T. Maavon, A. Smith for that departiment appear on the Mansfield Town); J Weddle, Hwages list, which is lighter than comes to team-work and fielding, Methven (Midland Amateur Alli last season, when it was the heaviest not forgotting running between anco), J. Easson, E. Lever, F. in the history of the club. Playera
Cook, B. Butherford. bases,
a distinctly useful recruit in B. Kitchell: Probably also one or two of last year's Brst team will come down so they should at least be in the upper half of the table.
-Fixture Lists,
I am greatly obliged to the Hon. Secretary of the Indian Recreation
is a hard man to get out always Club for sending me their fixture. owing to bis enormous reach. I do card. Isco no, less than seven of not think the K.0.0. are the side their League matches are away they were but I am prepared to This is not going to help them admit they are the boat batting side much in the League.
always
Their fielding is always good Zimmern has gone off behind the sticks and he is such a good out feld that I expect to see Jex keep- hg wicket with E. C. Fincher ani
RABBIT
P. I hope to review Service Cricket next week.-B.A.
Zimmern in the country at either U.S. BASEBALL RESULTS. end I fancy Ernie Fincher will prove an excellent understudy for Ramsay at cover.
So far I have referred only to the cricketers of whom we have
(REUTER'S AMERICAN SERVICE.].
NEW YORK, Sept. 24. had experience. I gather there Is The following are the results of nly one really promising recruit the baseball matches in the Nation in the person of Burnett who is al and American Leagues played
useful bowler. It is, "Mas
However, very "dificine on a now-comer as it often takes a man a season to settle down even If he is more than useful, ad withers the case of Captain Le Fleming Bome, years ago,
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For Sunday, I think the old mer- chants will just about win, though |-
́ ́BRISTOL HOVERS,"
lot depends on how Joe Bowen Although Bristol Rovers had such choerless record last season, when dishes them out for the Phililes. they only just missed having to When he is in form, he is a very apply for re-election to the Third dificult pitcher to hit, as he slinge Division of the Longne, most of the
"tho· apple 'across "the", plate at B
terrinë. Pate, but Title"gobdzi liko Zafro, Russakoff and Lawr among their tumber,
mon should not find him too hare
engaged for next season are:-
Goalkeepers. Leslie Berry (Sho- fold Wednesday) and 4. Boyce. (Clydebank).
Rob
Full-back-Hoydon, Barton and Getting (Aston Villa),TR: HaveFindlay, Hamilton, RE chardson, N. Dinsdale (Coventry. City), Jack Cooper (Walball) and KALAN 1dhaus Dennis (Norwich City) Jan
the forwards Dix, Färbes, Ja
Britton (F)(Blackburn Rovers), thorpe United), A. Attwood Winnell (Chesterfold); Gillespie ton), J. Pointon (Torquay. (Bt. -Mirren); Smith (Thames), T. Turnbull (Gainsborough
and Christophor Ball (Colwyn (Continued on next Column,)
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