ARRIVING
TUESDAY.
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH.
TUESDAY, JANUARY 24, 1928.
THE WORLD SPORT
SLAZENGER'S CLUBS VICTORY
QUEEN'S
DOHERTY
AND I.2.
Rackets.
Specially Strung for the Coming
TOURNAMENT.
Lane, Crawford, Ltd.
SURPRISINGLY BIG WIN OVER SOUTH CHINA.
MILITARISTS FAIL TO NET.
[By "Wanderer."]
For one reason or another, half the Hongkong Football League matches arranged for Saturday, were postponed, only five matches being completed.
THIRD TEST MATCH.
ENGLAND PASS S.A. TOTAL
QUICKLY.
HAMMOND MISSES CENTURY.
Durban, Jan. 23. Tho weather Was overcast when the third Test match was resumed to-day on a faster wicket. Before the luncheon interval Eng- land had scored 131 for the loss of two wickets, Holmes making 70.
RIFLE LEAGUE.
TRIANGULAR MATCH 27-
TAIKOO.
HOLIDAY CRICKET. GREYHOUND RACING
FOR GERMANY.
UNITED SERVICES' COLLAPSE YESTERDAY.
CHAMPAGNE "KING" TAKES INITIATIVE.
A triangular match took place on Saturday at Talkoo Range, be-
Berlin, Jan. 22. LEACH IN FORM. tween H.M.S. Argus, Kai Tak Rifle
Under the management of Herr Club (R.A.F.), and Taikoo Rifle Club, resulting in a win for HM.S.
Mumm, of the famous champagne feature of the three-day firm, a private company is being Argus and a double win for Tai-match between the Hongkong formed for the purpose of launch- koo Rifle Club.
Cricket Club and the United Ser-ing greyhound racing in Germany Scores:
vices, which was commenced on on a large scale.-Router.
Taikoo Rifle Club,
200 500 600 Yds Yds. Yds. Tol. Mr. H. Maxwell 24 30 28 - 82 Mr. M. H. Wallace 30 30 24 84 Mr. A. McIndoe 31 33 31 06 05 Mr. D. C. Walmsley 10 31 28 88 Mr. T. Grimshaw 31 32 25 88 Mr. K. McLennan 82 31 29 02. Mr. T. Swan..... 27 31 28 86 Mr. C. Summers.. 33 96 30 98
Totals.........237 253 223 718
Plus 4% For Opon Sights
Grand Total 713
H.M.S. "Argus.”
England lost two further wie- kets during the afternoon's play; The surprise represented in the the score at-tea being 264 for four. Club's victory over South Chinn Hammond was not out with 72, Mr. Barber consisted more in the measure white Tyldesley had compiled 78. Mr. Nash. than in the success itself, parti- cularly as the HK.F.C. was not strongly represented.
The Borderers have a habit of playing goalless draws-they have taken part in more matches of this character than any other team in the League and they repeated the "offence" against the Royal Artillery. Both forward lines were badly off the target, the goal keepers having fairly comfortable shots to deal with.
Kowloon's improvement in the Junior Division "A" emphased when they repented
Was
34 34 20 07
25 32 28 85
33
30 30 93
20
30.27 83
L. Tel. Wilkins...80
At the close of play the score Capt. Willett stood at 381 for eight. 11 Sgt. Hook was out after having second 90, P. O, Carle and Astill made 40, while Stevens Mne. Reeves, was still in with 42 to his credit.ne. Ripley
Reuter.
Totals
4
South Africa went in to bat on Saturday and were all but for 246. Deans and Nupen were the best corers with 77 and 61. Wyatt took three wickets at a cost of only four runs. The match open- ed in bright and sunny weather before 2,000 spectators.
their recent victory over the GREYHOUND RACING
Chinese Athletic. The full results are as follows:
K.O.S.B. H.K.F.C.
solutely unio
Junior Division "A"
St. Joseph's 4 University Chinese "Ath
d Kowloon Res. Junior Division "."
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"FAILURE.
Senior League.
O R.A.
5 South China
2
COMPANY IN VOLUNTARY
1
LIQUIDATION.
1
London, Jan. 23.
S. China ""
1 Kowloon "B" Friendly.
0
Kowloon
2 Titania
"This is, I think, the first of the Greyhound Racing Companies that 4have smashed," said Mr. W. H.
*
dator at a statutory meeting of creditors of the Southern Canine
本
*
The Club's Spurt.
then from a'free-kick.
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29 30 89 24 29 24 779 28 29 27. 84 23 26 19 67 .223 238 214 676
Plus 4% For Open Sights 23
Grand Total
008
Kai Tak Rifle Club (R.A.F.)
F/O. Mellor ...... 26 27 31 84
S. M. Warren.... 20 26 30 81 Sgt. Pryce....
28 20 19 76 A. B. Gallenno
31 31 02 L, A. C. Ball Mne. Millam Mnc. Rock A. C. Reeks
Tutals
22 5 15 42 28 30 10 77 29 30 24 83 22 20 20 65
..211 200.159 000
Plus 4% For Open Sights 24
624 Grand Total.
The
Saturday afternoon and continued
yesterday morning, was the sen- Capt. Ersking, b Parker sational collapse of the Service Pap Lieut. Com. Shaw, b Leach team in the second innings yester- Rov. Venu, c Parker, b Leach....
8. Q.M.S. Nowwberry, e and b day afternoon.
Leach
Donald Leach, the Shanghai Interporter, caused the debacle, dismissing no less than eight batsmen, three of whom were with successive balls, two in one over and the third with the first ball of the next.
Tel. Wood, c and b Loach Lieut. Cecil, not out
Extras
Total
Tho United Services batted first on Saturday and showed wonderful Reed consistency, oven against such a Loach strong attack 18 the Club Quick possesses. With the exception of Parker Salter, Newberry and Wood, all the batsmen reached the twenties, while Tyringham, Sham and Venn
Bowling Analysis.
*Bowled two no balls.
17
70
0. M. R. W.
8
- 24 1
4.1.3 22 8-
1
J
9
6 3 11 1
Hongkong C.C-2nd Innings..
had passed the thirty mark before | A. W. Hayward, not out dismissed.
Rev. E. K. Quick, b Erskine
Extras
The Services batted all the. D. Scott, not out afternoon and compiled the huge score of 251 ruhs. Leach was the most successful bowler, taking four wickets for 65. Sayer, cap- tured four for 75.-
Undeterred by the colossal score
Total (for 1 wkt.) ...................
Bowling Analysis.
of their opponents, the Club went Erskine for the bowing from the outsat Thorp..
Nowberry and with the foundation soundly Musson laid by Hayward and Leach, the opening pair, the civilian team was only 21 runs behind on the first innings. Of their total of 230
runs, the Shanghai player contributed 53, while Hayward's score was 43. Other valuable con tributions were made by Quick, Sayer, Parker and "Extras.""
Shortly after 3 o'clock yesterday afternoon, the United Services went in for a second time and none of the batsmen appeared to be comfortable against the bow ling of Leach. Reed, was. the first to take a wicket in the Ser vices second innings, dismissing
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0. M. R.. W
RAPID SCORING. Kowloon C.C. All Day Match,
An interesting match between the President's XI and the Viec- President's XI was played on the Kowloon Cricket Club ground yes. terday. It was an all-day match and produced some heavy scoring.
The President's side took" first knock and ran up the big total of 173, Rev. Murray being top scorer with 52. A condition was that a batsman making a half contury had to retire. The
Cork, auditor, presiding as Liqui SIM HOCKEY SHIELD.Thorp with only two runs on the started none too well but a fine
DEFEAT.
board.
Vice-President's eleven
partnership between Bevis and Lawrence, both of whom scored fifty, enabled them eventually to pass their opponents' total with only six wickets down. The score eventually reached 208.
'Scores?
I'resident's XI.
At 28, Leach sent Salter back to Racing Stadium Founders' Syndi- NAVY SUSTAIN THEIR FIRST the pavilion, Hayward at silly mid With twenty minutes to go in cate), 14, formed to operate the match between the Club and tracks at Southampton, Glouces-
off taking a difficult one handed catch. Tyringham filled the va- South China, the sides were level, ter and Swansea.. cach having acored twice, but
The first challenge to the Navy cancy but the very next ball, the The Liquidator added that the shortly afterwards Alexander put assets would probably be sufficient in the Sim Shield Hockey Competi- last of the sixth over, he played the Club ahead, and in the course to pay the creditors in full, but on was made by the Army when into the hands of Quick at slip,
Musson joined Hunt, who had of some rough play subsequently, the shareholders. would be in a they met the Navy, for the second many fouls being awarded, the different position. The Company time at King's Park yesterday and opened with Thorp. Musson broke W. Brace, b Goodwin Club notted from a penalty, and was registered last August and its defeated them by two goals to one his "duck" and at the end of the C. T. Evans, b Lyal
who with his G. Lee, b Lyal capital was increased in September in a match that had many excit-over faced Leach, A victory by goals to 2 was to £50,000, and apparently over ing moments.
first-ball caught, and bowled the CT. Tacchi, b Goodvin
Rev. J. P. Murray, retired somewhat unexpected, and al-£12,000 was subscribed for shares. The competing teams, which are Artillery man, thus performing N. H. Ross, c Abraham, b Buxton
R E. Lindsell, h Goodwin though the Club were playing well of this, about £9.091 had gone to the Navy, Army, R.A.F. and Club, the "hat_trick."
With four wickets down for 33 W. Guest, not out enough to win for the greater part the promoters and the payment of have to play each other twice, and of the game, the missing of either preliminary expenses. The latter previous to yesterday the Navy runs, Hunt and Erskine made a W. Hirst, e Hyde, b. Lyal or both the final goals would have totalled £3,514. The only assets had secured substantial victories, stand but were separated fifteen F G. Herridge, b Goodwin left a result more in keeping with were four dogs and some furni-with the result that they led by runs later, the Lieutenant being V. Hast, e Hevis, b Lyal the run of the play, A
six points:
caught by Hayward off Leach. Smith, a newcomer to the Club! A resolution was passed conarm- The Army succumbed to the Wickets fell in quick succession ranks, opened the scoring, het ing the voluntary liquidation of the Navy on the first encounter by and at 4.45 p.m. the United Ser South China retaliated with vitali Company, with Mr. Cork as Liqui- four goals to two and it was rices were all dismissed for 70: ty and before the interval had dator.-Reuter.
generally conceded that they runs, leaving the Club 92 runs to drawn level through Pang Wa
More Dogs for Shanghai. would have a hard nut to crack win.
Lyal hing Bishop shot past Cheung
London, Jun. 23. if they were to spoil the sailors' At the close of play, the Club Goodwin Yuk-kwan soon after the restart, Seventy-five racing greyhounds unbeaten record. Had the Army had scored 25 runs for the loss of Hyde only to see Lai Ting-cho put his have been shipped by the P. and against lost yesterday, it would one wicket. The match will be Bevis side on level terms once again O. s.s. Nagpore from London, to have made the Navy almost cer- continued to-day. almost from the kick-off...
be used on the new track at Shang- tain winners, but owing to re- The full scores were: The Club Look command after hal. Another seventy-five will be verse interest "has now become Fung King-cheung had struck the shipped in February-Reuter. underside of the cross-bar with a fast shot, and if the standard of play degenerated what advantage there was, was, definitely favour of the home alde.
ture.
greater.
The table as it atands at present vigorous defence, while the R. A. is as follows: adopted kick and ruah tactics with inaccurate passing which enabled Navy Martin and Gardner to take many Army free kicks.
R.A.F.
P. W. L. D. F. A. P. 43 1 - 17 5 8
United Services.
Lt. Salter, c Leach, b Reed
3 2 1
- 8 G 1
Capt. Thorpe, c and b Sayer I. Hunt, & Hayward, b Reed Capt. Tyringham, c Leach,
Sayer
1
1
2 - +2
- 6 - Capt. Dobbie, b Leach
The Borderers gave a clever Club, purposeful display in the open, but their inside men were uncon in yesterday's game and at first it Rev. Venn, 1.b.v., b Leach
2 10: Capt. Erskine, e and b Sayer
A good deal of interest centred Lt Comar. Shaw, e sub,, b Lench
vincing in the goal area.
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The Club's reconstructed for ward na was not well balanced. but they played forceful football, keeping the ball rapidly on the move, relying on dash to carry
looked as though the sailors would Lt. Cecil, e Scott, b Leach
C. Q. M. S. Newberry, st. Pearce, them through. Li Ting-sang was
secure the verdict again. "After
Sayer... the oustanding player in the South
With the Juniors.
a short time, however, the soldiers Wood, not out
Extras China defence, which played well
scitled
businesslike down in' until the penalty was awarded, Dunnett and Reed (2), enabled fashion and took a large share of after which they were badly Kowloon Reserves to register their the play. Both ends were visited rattled and made many mistakes. second victory over the Chinese often, especially in the later stages Stewart and Watson showed up Athletic, who were playing two or and but for good work by the re- prominently in the half-back line, three reservos. With St. Joseph's
eastly and Lyon and Wallington did bet-winning
them.
1
•
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HAR
Extras
Total
Bowling Analysis.
0. M.
Petheram Buxton Abraham
Vice President'a XI.
G 27A. W. Ramsey, e and b Brace
26 Capt. F. G. Bevis, retired'
251
EB. Morton, st, Lindsell,
Murray
W. Hyde, c Tacchi, b Marray F. E. Lawrence, retired
2800-988
H. T. Buxton, st. Lindsell, b Brace F. Goodwin, c and b Evans
C. W. A. Pepper at. Lindsell,
Rosa
E. Abraham, b Herridge
B. Petherama, not out
J. C. Lyal, 1.b.w. Rosa
Extras
R
Total
Total
208
Bowling Analysis.
Bowling Analysis."
O M. R. V
Q. M.
19 3 68
26.14.65
Brace Ross Murray
:14 2
4.4-
7.
Leo
Guest
G. R. Saver
against the pective custodians, the scores F..B. Reed ter perhaps than was expected of University, it seems fairly certain might have been higher.
Captain Howard secured the P. W. Leach
10 - 75 4 that the College team will be
lead for the Army in the first half E. W. Hamilton
36 to runners-up
the K.O.S.B. Forward Lines Fail. Reserves in the Junior Division and this was improved upon, by
Liqut. Burton before the interval Hongkong C.C.-1st Innings. Countless scoring chances were
A. W. Hayward, b. Shaw..... 4 Kowloon "B" were defeated by After the resumption, Lieut. At thrown away by both the Artillery the only goal of their match kinson netted for the Navy and D. W. Lench, Cecil, b.Erskine 53 and the K.O.S.B. at Sookunpoo against South China "B"
this effort completed the scoring G. R. Sayer, c, Musson, b Thorp 26 Both goals had some narrow T. E. Pearce, b Thorp were The Borderers forwards more to blame than those of the
and Captain Rev. E. K. Quick, e Thorp, b escapes after this Kowloon's Second Half Effort, R.A. for their half-backs rendered
Renny saved two stinging drives them far more assistance than came The Titania. fielded very from Navy forwards in the con-0, Moor, e Venn, b Erskine
M. D. Scott, e Newberry, b the way of Pulford and his collea-strong side against Kowloon in cluding stages,
Musson friendly match on the latter's The R. A. lacked cohesion of ground, including Barham, Bal might have gained both points, so combe, Herbert, and Brockman, strongly did they rally soon after all Navy XI players. Kowloon resumption, but Martin and were lacking the services of Sima, Gardner were in good fettle and playing with the Interport team at Anderson dealt with every shot Shanghai, but had a good side in in confident manner.
the field.
gues
In the first half, the game was The home defence cracked
N. S. W. RUGBY TEAM.
FINE WIN AGAINST ALL. FRANCE.
Páris, Jan. 22.
A keenly contested game be
Erakine
II. V. Parker, not out J. R. Hinton, run out E. W. Hamilton, run out
E. B. Reed, Lb.w., Newbury.
Extras
all the Borderers way, or nearly before a brilliant set up by the tween the New South Wales. 30. Thilpotts had plenty to do, Titania in the first half, and when tourists, the Waratahs, and a team. Thorp though he was rarely seriously the interval arrived, Kernick, Bal representative of All-France, yea Erakine tested, while Trim and Excell gave comb and Herbert (2) had scored terday resulted in a victory for Wood the Waratahs by 11 points to 8 Musson little away.
goals. The game did not lack incident, There were life. and thrills in points-Rexter. but the defences were at all times the second half. Kowloon made a too good for the erratic attacks, good recovery, but a sound de though it would perhaps be going fence prevented. them from too far to say that neither side scoring on more than two com TEAM LEAVES FOR JAMAICA, deserved to score. The fault lay sions, Northey getting the first
M.C.C. TOUR.
London, Jan. 23.
in their manner of going about I. and McKelvie the second. Kow.The English cricket elevon, cap- The Borderers indulged in over Ison were quite a different team tained by the Hon. Lionel Tenny much close-pasaing against after the interval, greatly pleasing son gailed to-day for the tour in
A fairly big crowd.
Jamaica British Wireless.
Total
Bowling Analysis.
Evans Herridge
211.11 1.4
Craigengewer v. Recreio.
and it
On the Craigengower ground 28 yesterday, the home team were 9rather surprisingly defeated by the Club de Recreto. The visitors Gbatted first and scored 81, of which 21 Alves made 20 and Reed 19. The 14home players replied with 60 runs,
Hamson making 25.
O. M. R. W.
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21 0 49.2
20 3 68 8
Nowberry
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10)
Second Division Match.
University Playing at the ground, the University's second
elevon defeated the R.E. In the League match by 30 runs. "Batting first, the University complled 167 for the loss of nine wickets, when they declared. The Engineers
9. 2. 26 1 had a little over an hour to mako 4.4 31.1 the necessary runs, but the Varaity 5120 1managed to dismiss the whole elde within four minutes of time at a | cost of 187 runs.
United Services.—2nd Innings. Capt. Thorp, c Leach, b Reed Liout. Salter, c Hayward, b Loach Leat. Hunt, e Hayward, b Leach" Capt. Tryingham, e. Quick, b
Leach
Llout. Musson, e and b Leach
23
For the University, F. 8. Chan
1 scored 41, the second highest score.
6 being by Mr. "Extras" who contri- bated a useful 27, For the Royal Engingera, Jenkins with 33 not out was top scorer