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CRICKET NOTES AND PROSPECTS.
INDIANS VICTORIOUS: A DAY'S MARCH
NEARER HOME.
GLUT OF RUNS AT KOWLOON,
Two Centurions,
HONG KON
Barnett Into the Bowling Green was particularly and He had a six, a Ave, and fifteen fours. After scoring at the rate of a hundred and five per hour for two hours 0.8.0.0. declarod,
X.0.0. For It
The K.C.C. batsmen made it clear that they wore out for the ruze but why Bakar bowled with one slip only, cz why his Captain let him, I don't know. Both Fincher and Hung lifted then there early on. Than Hung was badly missed.
LY PRESS FRIDAY, FEBRUARY
1932
MADAD RACES
HEAVY ENTRIES FOR
SPRING RACE MEETING.
The Kowloon Matan For the second match, the Volun toers took on 5.0.0, on the Kow loon ground. This was a two day. fixturo, the game starting at oue- thirty, I understand on each day the Volunteer won the boss but gould only fisnage a hundred wall SEVEN RACES ON THE CARD fity-three, of which MeChallan get forty-three in nice stylo. It is his The ontrics for the Spring Raco first rool success with the hat Mosting of the Maeno" Jockey Club, although I am confident that he whial is due to take place on will in the future becoma á Big- March 13, are given below. The principal attraction is the Macno Derby, over a mils and half. Thoro are no less than 37 entries for this roos, which is for non-winning Griffins of the Hong Kong Jockoy Club of this Season.
Among the curios for the which have since won, viz., work- Dorby however, are two pónica
as long leg, and had made thirty. | scoring bagaman. At present ho ono in quick time before he fit seldom gota past a shaky start. fer 085 one from Baker, Ernie joined his brother and the two rum
Mitchell, Folley and Richardson, very prattily. The no-comer had who, wind in very late and was not made sixteen when Wood jumped out, got a few. Burnett bowled across and took a brilliant catch of a fog glance (He has the vow well but would have had better bat oariously enough he is a pro-arlier. Lyal, perhaps, bowled too ankings of a really good super figures had he been taken öll not, though the expected draw sent better or perhaps more hrif little I fancy he is scared of basale Stag and Moridina Bar. would have come about it Teddyliaut on the log side. On the off
The Civil Service seemed pretty safe at Kowloon after declaring with two hundred and eleven runs for "four wickets, But they were
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by a morien of boundaries soon eem- it is fault on the rip plated his hundred. At this point he was very hicky to get the do scored forty more and made the eision in a run-out Going on Be winning hit in the last over:"
A very meritorious win.
Another interesting race is "The Eve Cup, over a mile and a quar
ponies of this year. Here again
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The watch as Sockumpoo last Saturday was a critical one for the Indians, for anything but a direct win made it very default for firm to win, the Shield. The complete collapse of the Club' matting, with the exception of Armstrong, gave them their chance and they troun- Fincher had been given rua out he is unsound). Teddy Fincher (coming a bowling akipper, and od the Club soundly. Their own fancy, he thought he was. Lynd now began to bat brilliantly and if he does' bowl himself too lie. 'ter for non-winning Australian | batting was not too brilliant in the won the toss and sont in the face of a grand bit of bowling bya.s.C.C, to bat on a perfect wicket, Alsa Reid. One of the finest luft-perfect that is from the batsman's hand medium bowlers we have had point of view. KC.C. had ona or here for many years, Alan has (with two of their first away, while Apologies for the brutal truth) | &.8.C.C." lacked the services of
The Sunday Match. bowled thoroughly badly for the Sayer. E. B. Read and E. W. most part this year, and it is very Hamilton. The first named was of matches as Craigongower postpon- There worn no more League pleasant to see kim come to his own with a crocked ankle-(or perhaped their match with University. agan. Kermani. A. H. Rumjaha I should say, fatlock" in view of agree it is all wrong to fix League and Pereira failed. I might in the pursuits of the other two abmatches on Race Days and I think treat some of those critics, who senteas studying form and de though I over emphasized the ad Rome opened with Richardson to vorne affect of the slow wiekot in the bowling of Goodwin and Bur the last Interport on the Hong nett. Scoring was slow to start Kong side to look up Kerman with but de Rome began to open soares hera whenever he has won out with some of those beautiful up against fast bowling on a bumpy shota through the covers in which opening to Beck and MyLellan. Pretty cricket A draw was a very
wicket.
Like some of the jockeys Australian ponies. hedora it remain." But after this the geon-quality of the L.R.C. xide made
itwolf folt. 8. A. Ismail, A, H.
Madar,, H.D. and A. A. Rumjan held on to the slack, and A. R.. Minu clumped thun. A hundred dagh fifty-five was not an enormous sbore but it was quite enough for the Club. They will have to do
About somethingdruatio
their Uricket next conson, if they do not
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Stewards wo shall have to speak to the
about it. (That, Artemas Ward used to say, is a started their Race Week programme goak.) On Sunday the Volunteers with a match against the Navy a toss and started at soven belle King's Park The Navy won the precisely. Ekyrmer and MacFarlan
The latter soon sent back Mnc-
he indulges when he gets going. Richardson was a bit lucky with a snick through the ships bus after that settled down. After de Rome wha taken nt
off Lyal, shaky start began to play free Griffiths came in and after his usual cricket, being as usual strongest on the leg side. The century went
und fichardson just after cele brated his fifty by getting dropped by Teddy Fincher in the door off a big hit to which Teddy only just Mackay's Good Knock, get a hand. Runs now came quick- ly and Griffitha got his Bity also, Mackay rather dwarfed everyone before being out in a manner else. on his side. Richardson was
Rome was dismissed. sonally I should suggest dropping failed-(it is estimated that if the glides should be much more deflert McLellan ticket off, a leg glide these leg apecond olovan and getting to runa he has made for the C.8.0.0.ed-otherwise they look more like ether a regular first which will League term this season were placed sincks-but, FSW Smith turn out regularly each Saturday, end to end they would prova ecnal rattled up forty-four Most people as the LR.C. táxṁ does. At the to the Japanese advance in the last got a few and two hundred and present time its far too much two wooks). Barrow proceeded fifty runs were up for ten wickets
la carte and not enough Table sedately while Richardson hit very it was twelve aside-before stumps Guthote.
fely. One drive with which he put were drawa
X. F. Fincher Has His Turn.
Ernie Fincher wiped his brothers oys in the K.0.0 first knock by way by reprisals for Saturday, and For Winners and Placed Macao Bedale Handicap: Once Round.- busted through to Tuesday for Subscription Ponies and ponies fifty-two not out. Beck Anished off that were alassified by The Hong. Volunteers had a lead of twenty ponies at the end of December, the innings early on, and the Kong Jockey Club as Di Class but it was most gnlikely that two 1031. Entrance Fee, $5. 1st Prize, sides of such strength conld reach 8000. 2nd Prize, $125, 3rd Prize, a decision seeing that the matel 875. was only playad over two aftër. Arminius Bay of Bellingham most of others scored a bit for the Country Club: Flornotta: Genghis поюла Beck got forty-eight-and II: Blue Plane: Brown Eyes: winkste down, at a hundred and Woo Jingo: Lightship: Matsus Volunteers who declared, with Ave Khan: Heliotrops Last Bsui Sui forty-five K.C.O. had no chance hima: New King: Pure Music: again not out, and Mackay played Yang The Slow Bird Twilight, of winning. bit E F. Fincher Silver Kay: Sunning Tai Ping
fair result.
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wickets
1032.
Beaufort Plates One: Mile.-For Farlan, Mundy and Villiers. Then,
non-winning Subscription Griffins
· Volunteers v. United Services. of The Hong Kong, Jockey Club of howevor, Lt. Comdr. Cowan (who The Volunteers con Wednesday Scale. (Jockey Allowance).
Weight for inches as per I think, has played little if at all took on a pretty fair United Ser
En- before) began to crack the bowling vicos side at one-thirty p.m. in 2nd Prize, 8155. 3rd Prize, 876. I trance Fee, 85. 1st Prize, $350. very hard and Lawrence did nicely weather which made racing entries for this Race are found to being run out from a smart return The ball was very wet, sa there was will be divided into two Races, Captain Burnett had bad luck. inpleasant, and cricket damnablo.
make the field unwieldy, the antríos by Folley and Olivier got twenty-an intermittent drizzle Mussda nine.
Amon: Banjolina: Buchanan: The innings closed for played gallantly for eighty-throa hundred and eighty, and McLellan but he should have been caught Diplodocus: Fighting Blood: Fire returned the fine analysis of 13-3- early on several times. 33-6.
fly Triaz John: Gallant Fox: Skyrme and Captain Burnett got a few Gamester: Gay Fox: Golden Ar and the Services made a aporting row: Gold Bar: Gold Cup: Ghost Train Highjiak: Elosordy: "Hug declaration with "oight down, Beck and McLellan both Jimmy Jupiter: Malakit: bowled well, though the former was"
Mausic Mistletoe: Folhand. Public Money Silvery
Mackay, started but the former was the wet ball. Armstrong and Low: The Rainstorm: The Wander- soom out to a poor shot in the slips, or Trigo: Tulla: Valeta: Valley and Mackay a bowled fairly Hall Warsaw Stag soon by Hamilton.
The Macao Darby: Ono and a Mitchell and Hal Miles-For non-winning Beck then came together and took Griffins of the Hong Kong Jockey full advantage of the conditions and rattled up four after four. Club of this Season. Weight for The runs was atbained without Inches as per Sanle. Entrance Fee, further loss though at a hundred 20. 1st Prize, $1,000. 2nd Prize, and ninety-three Mitchell was bowl 8509 3rd Prize, $350. ed by Hamilton for eighty-six. The S.W.B. Interporter bowled very well under the difficult circum stances, taking threw for forty-four in ten ovora. Musson and Anstru ther had a really bad day as theyMing: Ilgilo: Jack. Just Imagine: ware hit for forty-six and thirtyThought Michael Guy: Mon Kate: Meridian Star: Merry five in five and four overs, respa Talisman Mystle leaf: Navy Hall; tively.
Fowhaton Powerful King Punch; Saturn Snappy Eve: The Gad wall The Shoveller: Toby: Tom- my Boy: White Jade Stage: Win kie: Workable Stage.
want to drop into the ruck. Per similar to the one in which de rather unlucky to be taken,, at the very expensive; owing largely to Eve: Speedy: Sunbeau: The Cur-1
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To-morrow's Games.
Ajax Amos Army Hall: Blue- love: California: Cebu: Chateau Bay: Christmas Joy: Cupid: Dar- Festival Dve: Golden Star: Gold kost Eve: Devost: Esculado:
1st
The friendly between C.8.0.C. and Craigengowort for to-morrow is scratched. The game on
Belvoir Sitaker: Once Round, H.K.0.0. ground has been changed from Married v. Single to Machine For non-placed Macao Subscription Gun Company . Best of H.K.OC. ponies and ponies that were classi- The M.G. eleven should win. The fied by The Hong Kong Jockey University are, according to the Club as D Class Fee, 83. card, at home to the Navy at Pokriza, 8300. 2nd Prize 8125. 3rd
Prize, $75. fulam and there should be a very good game. Matting has no terrors Bright Eyes: Colerity: Chostow for the Navy, who are used to it II: Golden Glory: Gold Standard: at Wei-hai-wei, and at King's Fark. Indian Plain If: Lonesome Life: But I never know what sort of a Patha Shawnee Sterling. Castle: sido Lt-Comdr. Skyrme can turn Sunny Day out. The Cumberland. I learn, is doing exercises and will not be back for a wank; so cFarlan is not available.
The Foodie Match,
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The Eve Cup: One find a Quar- tor Miles For Non-winning Aus tralian Sub-grifins of The Hong Kong Jockey Club of 1982. Weight for inches as per scale. (Jockos Allowance): Entrance Fee, 810. Prize A Cup presented, with It seems to me that the L.R.C. 8400 added by the Club. 2nd Prize, have been very fortunate at the 800 3rd Prize, $100.
Adodis: draw for League matches. Speik-
Anniversary Eve: ing subject to correction I think Aurora Ben Hur: But After. they have played 0.8.0.0., Gun- That: Calsinity Jane; Friar Tuck: nere. Navy EK.O.C. and C.C.C. Gold Digger: Gold Rush: Kob-I- at at home. They are to-morrow at Moor: Manna: Patricia Hall: home to the K.C,C. and may beat Rotha: Season Ticket: Senorita:
Rainbow: Sunlight: The them. At Kowloon I would ware heavily on a draw, But the SouWidgeon, Yaraman: kunpoo ground is a most difficult one to play on, and is a great asset to the home aide-in a way. It is, however, be great pity that a keen and excellent side like the Indians have not a ground worthy of them.
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The Macao Jockey Cup: Once Round-For Sub-Griffins of The Hong Kong Jockey Club of any Bedson Weight for inches as per cale. For keys who have not On more than 10 Races. Jockeys 2.lb penalty for each win, but limit of 10 lb. 1st Prize: A Cup with- to express my 8500 added. 2nd Prize, 8125. 3rd gratitude to Mr. J. E, Biobardson Prize, 78. Entrance Fee, 36. who has given me very full infor Brown Eyes Gallant Fox Ghost Amon: Banjolina: Bridge Hall: mation about the Volunteer Cricket Train: Golden Arrow: Good Day: I regret to learn be has damaged Jupiter Malakit Misamis his kope and wish him a speedy Pathfinder Shaghai Beau: Silvery recovery.-B. A.
Evo, Sonny Boy: Speedy: Tango: The Rainstorm: The Wanderer ¦ ¦ Trigo:
Hong Kong Jockey Club of this Season. Weight for inches as per scale, (Jockey Allowanoo), En. trance For 810 Jat Prime A Cup with 8100 added. and Prize, 8200 Sed Prize, $100)
Coquine: Cupid Darkest Eve The Chairman's Cup One Mile Esculado Festival, Eva Gold-For Non-winning Griffins of The Mine Iloilo Indiana Jack Just Imagine: Kate Maple Leaf Merry Thought: Michael Guy: "Mon-Talisman Powerful King Powbaton Punch Batura: Snap py Ever The Gadwall The Shovel ler Toby Tommy Boy, Venu Wembly Stag White Jade Staff Winike Why Worry Workable Stag:
Ajax: Alexandra Hail; Amos i Blaclove, Bowery Bay, Cebu Chateau Bay Christmas Joy: (Continued on Previort Column.)
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