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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH.
CRICKET.
ARMY BEAT "REST" OF THE ARMY.
Capt. Morris Scores Century,
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FREAK CROCODILES.
Strange Story of the
Sunderbunds.
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 1925.
The Rest wera' very decisively
Major H. E. Rudkin, of Wull- beaten yesterday in an all day ingford, Berks, contributes to the match with the Army the London Morning Post a descrip- Hongkong Club ground.
tion of a strange creature with a The Rest went in first and body like a crocodile but with batted fairly well, only just had about the size and shape of failing to reach the 200. Capt. a Rugby footbull which he "on- Armstrong hit 64. Sergt. Walkercountered during a three month's. 42 and Cupt. Kent 21. A "tail" Tahunting expedition in the hot showed itself and the innings weather of 1901 in the Sundor. closed earlier than it at one time bunds. prontised.
He writes: Accompanied by a
The Army did not start bril-shikari and my Sikh orderly 1 Hiantly and the frat wicket fell had been following the tracks of early. Strip, however, hit 31 a tiger and tigress for gonio; and Capt Morris played steady hours, and, after a crawl through and attractive cricket and scored thick "hital," we had finally got all round the wicket. Strip and near the couple, which ware Bridgeland were dismissed and busily engaged in devouring a Major Hattersley Smith joined largo boar, but by time I had Morris. The rate of scoring crawled forward and was able to increased and the bowlers were sce into the recess where the completely mastered.
"kill" lay, both tiger and tigress had disappeared.
Morris scored 123 before retir. ing and soon afterwards Hat- tersley Smith put a ball into the road at the Supreme Court end and retired. Warters hit a quick 41 and Smith 21 while his partner got five.
The Gelding of the Rest deteriorated with the bowling and the latter stages were uninterest- Fing. "Seorest
The Rest
| Cupt. Kent, St. Stripp b Smit!! | Capt. Armstrong, b Fritz
Sgt. Cockell, & Morris b Gifford Sgt. Walker, e Rough Gifferd
Allfree, 1 h, W. Galford
Walker, Smith & Carpenter Lt. Chidson, Gifford Sedr.
Pte. Gilford
not out
Gur.Clayton, c Edmeades i Bridge-
land
Q. M. S. Jacobs, e Warters b Bridge!
Land
Carpenter
Fritz
Smith
GilTurd
Rough
Bridgeland
Extras
Total
Bowling Analysis.
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JQ. M. S. Fritz, e Hool b Jacob
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I was Toth to give up hope.of still getting a shot and I there- fore took up my position, in soine thick "bital" bushes from which, while conceale'l. 1 could view the "kill" about ten yards away, thinking that die pair might re- turn to fini-h the repast.
I had been there for alnut an hour when out a watercourse a strange-looking animal appeared. The creature was about ten feet vilong and had a body very like al 2 crocodile, It instead of the Joridinary crocodile headd it had
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26 one alxut the size and shape of a Rugby football, though rather flatter, with
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comparatively
slander neck about two feet long. It made straight for the dead pig
and started eating it. Shortly
after another appeared, and soon
there were at least a dozen round the carcase. They varied in Jelength from twelve to five or six feet, and all had the same shs pod
R. w.heads, which they constantly taised on their long necks as they quarrolled with each other over thoir meal.
I did not want them to consume
the pig and tried to frighten them
away by showing myself and
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The Army,
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throwing lumps of mud at them,
IQ. M. S, Stripp, e Walker b Alfree
31
but they took no notice, and I soon
Capt. Morris, retired
Capt.,Bridgland, e Allfree b Walker
1
Major Hattersley Smith, retirad
||Capt. Warters, st. Hool b Corkell
Capt. Carpenter, not out
Lt. Smith. Walker, b Allfrée 31, Gur, Rough, sot out
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Extrus
Total (7 wktx,)
Bowling Analysis.
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30
Clayton Jacob Kent
Walker
Alfree
Cockoll
Chilson
CHESS.
200
3
53.
CHAMPIONSHIP OF THE
COLONY.
I
realised that my only hope of scaring them was to shoot. This, however, I was particularly anxious not to do a if was my intention if the tigers did not re- turn to the pig. to tie up a goat for them, and I know that the sound of a shot would probably spoil my chance.
Also, although I had never be ford seen creatures such as I have described I thought that their existance was probably well- known to naturalists, and that the bagging of a specimen was not worth a shot under the cir- cumstance. The result was that In a very short time here was very little left of the pig, and the strange beasts disappeared."
With the exception of a sports- man whose name I have forget Intending competitors are re-ten, whom I met some years minded that entries
for the afterwards in Poona, and who Colony's open chess champion said he had seen similar animals ship close next Friday, Applica
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which adjoin the Sunderbunds, I onco in tho Assum jungles.
have never met anyone who has known of their existence. They were certainly not muggars or
hurrials, the only two kinds of which I have shot a number. crocodiles I know of in India, of
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