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CRICKET NOTES AND PROSPECTS. IRC. WIN THE SHIELD: A WELL-DESERVED VICTORY.
A COMING CRICKETER IN VARSITY TEAM.
The main match on Saturday last was, very naturally, cancelled at Kowloon and I am sure I speak for
he wont in No.,8 on Saturday. I don't think it pays as he does better at No. I think. Hamson can de fond pretty stoutly as a rule, and would make a good enough No.
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most important place without Zimmern holding himself buck.
Other Games,
HONG KONG BAILY EFTER FRY MARCH 23 POL
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overs ho sent down--is only beaten by Pereira, who bowled a similar number in 693 overs. The Club bowlera havo had a poor time of
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LEAGUE CRICKET.
PORTUGUESE SUCCESS.
Open Doubles Championship of the Colony. A good arowd turned up to watch the British pair, in action, and were rewarded by seeing them win in straight sets. By virtus. of their success, they now occupy one of the last eight positions of the event being the first pair, to reach
Patchy Match,
R.A.S.C. TEAMS FOR WEEK-END.
Pto:
| Reservos: Pts, Funnell, L/Cpl. Henderson.
[Sooror: Sergk/WaKing.
Umpire: MA Bower,
The University seconds against the R.A.S.C. will be as follows:
P. L. Tan, K. P. Gun, G. E. Yooh,"
D. Roy, R. E. G. Loong, O. E. R. Clarabut, Dr Hunt, B. K. Ng, G. S. Sully. W. K. Chow and A. A Azic,
himself played an excellent knock for Otty-two. Smith, Wood, Capt.
Kowloon 0.0. v. Havy, Burnett Evans and Stocker all contributed useful scores. The field
"For their league match against ing was bad, the winning hit, when it. Bowker does not get into the BRITISH PAIR PROGRESSES.
the Royal Navy the Kowloon, O.C. thros. runs were
wanted, going table. Reid has: 13 wickets for 10.30
The following have, beox selected will be represented by the follow- right through, Cover's legs, when apiece and Beck 13 for 13.48
ing:- Q. Lyal, F. Goodwin, E. the last man. Simpson was in Ho, apises.
to represent the R.A.8.0. againab of course, is not a very expert bata-
An Outside Vlow,
The Stand Court was used for the University C.C. to-morrow And Finchor, E. F. Fincher, W. C. Haag, N. A. E. Mackay, G. C. man and the mistake may have
I was lucky enough to have the first time this season yesterday, the Indian Recreation Club on Sun Burnett, F. Zimmern, F. Madar, F. altered the result of the game.
long talk with G. O. Bhalmordine when L. Goldman and E. C. Fin-pay. Matches to be played at: Sog-
3. W. Smith and A. Howe.
Averages.
the other day, and I gathered bocher mot Y. Hachiuma and M. kunpao commencing at 2 p.m. sharp
University Team. Averages are to a great extent think our wicket is a very difficult Kinoshita in the third round of the pach day-W. O... Pamplin mistake unless one knows under one. He was very guarded in his
(Capt.), S.Q.M.S. „Sadd, 8/8gt. what conditions the runs were criticisms but I gathered he did not
Cate, Crowder, Sergt. Hurst, Cp made, or the wickets takon. I think very huch of our folding. He
Koons L/Cpl. Cadman, all cricketers in the Colony when
have been looking through the also pointed out that it was not
Lazenby, Dvr. Gray, Whitley and 1 tonder our sincere sympathy to
First League figures and they are good policy to bowl two left handers
Pte. Buckland. interesting. E. C. Fincher, and at one time, and that the off break Teddie and Ernie Facher in thoir,
Zimmern head the list with 5-283—from a left hander should be only Woreavement and of course to Mr.
58.25 and 7-2053-19.16, respective little more recurrent than a W. Finaher alao, who has for many
ly. Third comes Richardson with Guinea-pig's tail. One wishes that there. They await the winner of years scored for the Civil Servic
What happened to the Gunnars 7-987-41.00. To my mind there we had more people stopping over the tie H. A Barros and F. J. beam, in which Teddy made his entry into loont orioket. "As it hap" and Navy match I do not know is a little to choose between Zim for fortnight on so, that we might Remedios. A. J. da Silva nad E. poned, however, the question of the As for certain reasons 1 nm begin-morn and Richardson save that the be able to give them a game "or de Souza.
two and get
abit of outside destination of the Lengan Shield ning those notes early in the week, former had 117 not out against the
In a small place like "was settled at Pokfulam. It was
I may be able to give the ranson at Gunnors, with Musson half-crocked, criticism, h most interesting match, and the the end of this article. There was while Richardson, got. 100 against this one becomes very self-centered, Chiu Chun Chia and W." G. Hung Seeing that he is an and the critic is just as apt to be accounted for the Zimmern brothers. most striking feature was the per-quité a good game between the Kowloon.
come stubbornly opinionated (Mz.in a patchy match. All four op formance of one bowler on each H.K.C.C and J. E. Richardson's opening batsman and has never been not out 1 am inclined to think side: The University batted first team, which was rather like a hissis the best performance. E. C. Fepy's opiniopastre" defines what reared restrained, and committed
one word) as the repeated orras. and Bob Lee brought off a remarkeertan wedding in its personnel. Fincher owes his place to a big I mean in-
143 not out (ho has only batted able bit of bowling when he took Richardson may not have menruhed are times to date) against the six wickets for twenty-seven runs.
the highways and hedges but he Civil Service who were without E Among his victims were Anderson, certainly combed out a good many B. Reed and Hamilton. Fourth comes Pereira who thoroughly do E. L Gosano, L. T. Ride. A. T. teams, Squance and Capt. Burnett
serves his position. I must con Leo and F. R. Zimmern, all, clean represented the Navy; Richardson,fess, however, that I am airprised bowled In fact, but for Rodrigues. M., Wood, B. D. Evans and R.so find H. J. Armstrong, and W. O. of whom we shall hear more if he&. J. Simpson the Civil Service; Hung next in order with 20.28 and 25.20, respectively. The fact is, of continues to play cricket in the F. 8. W. Smith and G. G. Burnett course, that the figures are worked ankle was still swollen on Wednes Places, He contests: Lo for tho Colony and F. R. Zinimera, tha cams from the remote fastnesses of out on far too few innings to be University put up a sorry show the K.C.O., H. S. Stocker from the really reliable. with the bat. They got fifty-eight S.W.B., while J. E. Potter is, I hetween them and Extras had hear, a new arrivals who may play twenty-one. The remaining bass-for the Club seconds. As for A mon.could only muster forty-one Beck, he apparently just" got lost between them! However, it proved enough: The Cruizengowry bats men, after their win against Kow- loon on the previons Sunday, must have fels fairly confident. But H. PLim was away, and after Gitsine and Paterson had made a very fair start by sending up thirty-two for the first wicket. Anderson came into the pieture and all was soon over. He, like R. Lee, clean bowled five of his six victims, and his figures were two runs better reading 134-25-8. Craigengower were probably atat depressed after hav ing dropped out of what looked like a splendid chance for the Lengus Shield owing to their surprise des font by the Navy. I have noticed recently that E. Zimmern has been putting himself down rather late-
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Leonard' Wins.
To-morrow's Games.
J. W. Leonard met and defeated The Kowloon C.C. play the Navy G. W. Sewell in the only Open at the K.C.C. ground and have the enme side out, as was picked last Singles match played, and now joins M. W. Lo and T. Honda is occupying one of the last eight But as Teddy's wosk save that E. O. Fincher comes in vice Hunter.
right to enter the semi-final
RESULTS.
Club Visit Pokfulam,
day and he had one or possibly two matches to play in the Tennis The Bowling, So it is with the bowling: I don't tournament, I feel rather doubtful think that anything under 205 to, whether he will turn out in wickets is worth considering or say the end. The home side should, of course, win, but I have already 18 if you will. A. H. Madar, "for but I may be wrong about this instance, can hardly be regarded as mentioned a curtain League match | Armitrong and Marten garo tan a leading bowlor but he heade the
24-7-83-10 average last year! If my memory serves Club a fair start and then Richard list with
5.30. Now Ave of those ten wickets me, the Navy won a friendly against soD came along and got three were little woolly lambe of a weak wickets pretty quickly, but Shelmer-0.5.0.0. team (I was one of them) Kowloon playing at King's Park, dine hit him very hard into the when he was bowling on a badly but I fancy it was rather a catch-
crumbled wicket. A. R. Minu, as-catch-cun affair. first floor of the Law Courts. The M. Omar and F. D. Pereira all ball was popping awkwardly at this may fairly glaim to be where they
If the Club team turn out as time, and Owen Hughes and Duckitt are: But Anderson 359-102-11 average 9.97 is flattered by his were both out unluckily, Rain fell figures while it is all wrong to put advertised they ought to beat the later and the wicket eased up a lot. in people with eight wickets only. University at Pokfulam-I nearly wrote even at Pokfulam-provided Edwards, Wolff and Alan Reid all Robert Lee has justified the opinion formed of him last season. Why They tell me the latter his name was not sent in for the their batting does not break down got runs. hit a six on to the first floor of the Interport Trials I cannot imagine. This department is weakened by the Club Annexe and the ball bouncel He has good figures 63,3-25-244-absence of Armstrong and E. J. R. Edwards and clean back on to the ground. Ben 25 average 976. He and Omar
over eighty Mitchell, though frosate anyway, although my in- along have bowled formant swore the story was a true overs, while his. total of twenty-sve Wolff have been getting runs lately. one. For Richardson's side, he maidens-nearly third of the Dunkely too, who presumably will koop wicket, has made runs in Shanghai, where, if recollection serves mo, most of his, cricket has been played. Curiously enough Owen Hughes will be in rather a difficulty about his bowling as be bas Alan Reid and Mirehouse be sides himself as loft-handers, while only Beck and Duckitt are right- handed. A combination of Beck and Reid followed by Duckitt and Mirehouse suggests itself. The. University are rather a variable side and it makes a lot of difference to
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The full results of yesterday's matches follow-
Open Singles.
J. W. Leonard beat G Sevéll 6-1, 6-2:
Open Doubles,
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E. C. Fincher and L. Goldman beas. Y. Hachiuma and M. Kino. shita 3-2, 6-4¢
A. V. Remedios and L A. Ribeiro beat S. W. Liang and F.
H. Kwok 6-2, 4-6, 34.
W. C. Hung and Chiu Chun Chiu. bent E. Zimmern and F. Zimmern 3.6, 0.2, 8.8.
Club Championship.
J. J. Waite bent G., W. A. Tufton 0.1, 0.7, 0-7.
Handicap Singles "B"
J. V. Jensen (rec. 4/8) beat A. W. Blackford (roc, 2/8) 6-4, 6-2.
TO-DAY'S FROGRAMME.
"Open Singles.
E. O. Fincher . W. P. Tsui.
Open Doubles.
IA. Woon Thoi and Li Wäi Thoi v.
the other batsman-not to all-per-Ho Ka Lan and Yow Man Kit.
haps but to most-if Anderson makes a decent score. I fancy the
H. D. Rujahn and, S. A. Rum-
sumbhoy.
Club Championship.
Club, but only if they turn out their jahn v. J. Leonard and J. A. Cas- Advertised eleven Tho Civil, Ber- vice and Craigengower have com pleted their programmes, and the Tadians are arranging a Club għme among themselves. Thus there will only Be the two League games. I have no further information about the Gunners.
The TE.O. Victory.
S.. E. Green. v. A. B. Raworth. Y. V. Segalen v. J. Barrow. F. A. Redmond . Forster.
A. H. Harkins . S. O. Hill.
Handicap Singles “* A:" Monaghan (owe 2/8) v. (scr.).
Waite
Bailton (rec. 1/6) v. Robertson (scr.).
Handicap Singles "B."
I should like to take this opportu mity of extending my heartiest con-.. gratulations to the Indian Recren tion. Club on securing the Shield for. the second year' succession. They were tipped by me to win early in the League season, but I confess I thought at one time that Craigengower wore going to bring
Evans (scr.) v. Wilson (owo 478). off a surprise victory. One of the reasons for the Indians' victory in DAVIS CUP PLAYER IN HONG that they put in far more practice
KONG. on the whole than any other side right through the season. Lots of
Fukubára, a member of this year's teams work pretty hard at the start, but it lacks up later on. Japanese Davis Cup tehim, is arriv The KCCI should say, come aing in the Colony to-day, and tennis good second. This Sunday League enthusiasts will be interested to at the LRO with, I think, seven learn that he will be seen in action teams init-(I"may be wrong on
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the gure) keeps them going the fat the Hong Kong Cricket Club this whole time. They are fortunate alternoon Between 2.30 and 4.30, enough to have a very well balanced
side too, and a couple of really he will engage T. Honda and N. An good bowlers in Pereirs and A Rumjaha d
Minu Their batting goes down.
to No. 11, and their fielding is very koen. And above all, I do not wish or expect to meet a more sporting side bat
The Final Game."
I am delighted to hear that they are going to play that last game against the K.0.0 on Easter Batur day I believe the original venue
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"LADIES' HOCKEY.
CLUB TEAM FOR TO-DAY.
The following will represent the Hong Kong Ladies' Hockey Club
at the Indians ground will be re in a match against the Diocesan taractice Girls fichool, on the School Ground them sto agree to play on Saturday
1st at:Kowloon to: hurry things on
1 pm Harris
After all, the game is much more Walkar, E. M. Gray, Batler, H than the Shield and I should like Gerrard, N. Cooper, A. Nicol, E. to see them finish up the season Ball F. M. Harrop, M. Smalley, tidily.
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