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CIVIL SERVICE CRICKET CLUB
"THE ANNUAL REPORT.
A Successful Year.
The annual report of the Hong kong Civil Service Cricket Club, winners of both first and second divisions of the Cricket Longue season, has just been circulated to members. It states:
Finance.
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 192
particular players have carried the the fine progress made by the new- side on 'their shoulders. The Shield comers to the gume. was won by sound team work all Owing to the strike the Tourna- round; and the improvement in ment games are still undecided, folding was most noticeable, the and it is to be regretted that the. side comparing favourably in this winners of the different events department with any in the Calany. cannot be included in this report. Most of the team have played for The thanks of the club are due the Club for some years. The only to that 'happy little band of bowlers real newcomer was Wallington, who who refused to be done out of found his form with the bat about their game during the strike. Their half way through, and played some efforts maintained the green in KofCH WHIS very useful innings. He is a good good condition.
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LAWN BOWLS.
INTERPORT MATCH FIXED- FOR OCTOBER: 7."
held and fair change bowlere As The thanks of the club are also. usual Reed hors the brunt of the due to Mr. R. Duncan. for present-) bowling and his figures are in no ing a trophy, in the non-League way commensurate with his value Players Competition. to the side. Ling and Evans both Despite the circumstances that bowled excellently, Sayer, De have prevalled during the latter Rome, Fincher, Evans and Baker part of the Anancial year, it may be did most of the run getting, while considered a matter, of satisfaction: the others, when (and if) they got That the Club Fands have materially an innings were useful. It was a improved, and that your Committee very difficult business to select the have been enabled to again place team from so many candidates and
Shanghal's, Programme. to reserve the incorde under the I wish to note my appreciation of|| heads of Entrance Fees and Special the sporting way in which some old Arrangements for the forthcom Account. The thanks of the Club members of the team who were outing interport match with the are due to Messrs. Williams and of form willingly made room for Shanghai team were made at a James for their services as auditors. others. The future of the Club's meeting held at the Dairy Farm
Cricket should be bright:
premises last evening under the chairmanship of Chief Inspector W. Kent. The men from the North
Membership,
The present total membership is
"A" Team,
The following programme has been arranged:¦
Tuesday, October 6,
Dock.
Kowloon
217. During the past year 12 Matches played 14. Won are expected in Hongkong by the members have resigned and 38 new Lost 4. Drawn 1. Winners Hong... Empress of Asia on October members have joined. The retire-kong Cricket League. Second Divi-, the chief match to take place
two days after arrival. ment of Mr. R. E. O. Bird is a losssion. The team has had a success- to the Club, He had been ful Season and has been ably led member since 1909 and was for by the Captain, Mr. Nihill, con- many years the mainstay of the gratulations on his first year's attack in the Cricket Section. Captaincy. The side has excelled Your Committes record with deep in team work, resulting in great regret the death of Mr. F..C. King. improvement in fielding. Batting
"Ground.
"strength above average (able to bat to last man). Congratulations to Alexander. on winning the batting average which included a not-out century. Strange also contributed a well played century and Edmonds
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Wednesday, October 7, v. Hongkong.
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The interport dinner has been left our outfield in a deplorable showed all round excellence, second fixed for Saturday" October 10 at condition and had it not been for in batting and bowling. Sara has the Hongkong Hotel.
Following the general meeting and Wood it would have been far including the hat trick. The bowl it was arranged that a match worse. Thanks are due to theming could be strengthened by a good should be played on the Talkoo 'both and especially to Mr. Gipson fast bowler. The pitch played well, green on Saturday, October 4, for carrying on in the unavoidable praise is dae to the rare and atten-when four rinks will be played be absence of our greenranger. "The tion of our Greenrunger. A word tween teams representing the Pro- Government are again generously is due to the Cricket Representative babies and the Possibles.
The following players will parti MAHOGANY assisting us by returfing the for the excellent compilation of
damaged areas.
season records and work through-Lipate in the match, their respec- out the season. We are sorry to tive teams to be arranged Inter Jose Cullip, a very reliable member. Mesars. Ferguson, Green Gibson, Practice was very keen and well Busa, Wotherspoon, Russell, West, supported at the commencement of Oswick, Bradbury, Grimmett, Mac- seuson; a considerable falling off farlane, Aitkenson. Lapsley, Gour- was noticed towards the end. It is lay, A. Clark and Laing, hoped that greater efforts "will be made to maintain practice through. out the whole of next season.
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The reports of the Cricket Tennis and Bowls Sections are added. Our Captains are to be con- gratulated on winning both Cricket Leagues, this having occurred only once before in the history of Cricket in the Colony
Signs of revival of interest in Tennis were visible at the beginning! of the Scuson and from the large number of players amongst our members the Club, ought to take a very high place in the League
Games.
The Bowlers have maintained not added to their prestige and next season should give a very good account" of themselves.
General.
The thanks of the Club are due to all those willing workers and especially to Messrs. Gregory and Rose whose valuable and ready help enabled the Club to be kept open whilst our Chinese Staff were enjoying a holiday in Conton.
Cricket.
Tennis.
None of the tennis competitions have been completed, the heavy storm of June 15th, first flooding the ground and then the strike in- tervening when only a few. matches would have completed the pro- gramme. Two teams were entered in the "B" and "C" Sections of the Tennis League bat affer the long! delay caused by the strike the matches for this, season were abandoned,
Lawn Bowls.
The Selection Committee desire to thank all Lawn Bowls players for their co-operation in carrying out our fixtures during the season,
The new, green has proved a great success, and we desire to 1st. Eleven, Matches Played 19. express our keen appreciation of Won 14. Lost, 2. Drawn 8. our Greenranger who was respon- Winners, Hongkong Cricket League,sible for the laying out of same. First Division. The Cricket Sensor It is to be regretted that the of 1924-1925 was probably the most Civil Service cannot show as good successful one the C. 8. G. Club i record as it was hoped to do. has ever had. Both teams secured We were handicapped early in the the Shield in their respective Lea-season in having no green for gues and the number of members practice, and we were also com- anxious for games augurs well for pelled to play our first four the future. The first eleven won matches on foreign soil. These two 9 and drew one of the ten league factors have, no doubt, had some games. The drawn match was bearing on our position in the lea easily in their favour and the per gue table. Of 10 lengue matches formance was very gratifying, the played, we have won 4 and lost 6. more so because no one or two" It is very gratifying to report on
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