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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 1933.
R. ABBIT DISCUSSES OUR CHANCES
OF IST INNS.
SHOULD BE 60 RUNS
IF WICKET ROLLS OUT EASY
YESTERDAY'S PLAY DESCRIBED
UNFORTUNATE ACCIDENT TO FRANK GOODWIN
(By R. Abbit).
LTHOUGH a full account of a great dead of yester-
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day's play appeared in the final edition of the Telegraph, an account by another hand may not be uninteresting in view of the fact that it so happened the late start at one twenty enabled me to see every ball bowled.
I
was watching the match from a verandah of the Club so that I got a slightly different view point to the rest of the scribes. At any rate I put up this article for what it is worth together with a few considerations which, by the time that my readers see this, may be verified or disproved.
THE START.
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Malaya won the toss and batted a wicket that was certainly doubtful and probably bad. Imagine Owen Hughes was not un- thankful to lose the toss. At twenty-two minutes past one o'clock D. C. Burn and R. G. Gibson opened to the bowling of Goodwin from the Yard end, who had three slips, a deep third mon, an extra cover, deep mid on and silly square leg among his fold.
Burn glanced one for three to
"THE WICKET IS STILL IN A
DREADFUL STATE”
At. 11 o'clock [hia morning|| our cricket correspondent telephoned from the Hong- kong Cricket Club:
"I have" Inspected the wicket. It is drying rapidly, but is still in a dreadful state. "The roller has been over it this morning, but it is bound to remain difficult, unill the lin adjournment.
"It promises to favour Gill and Speldewinke, and Wills, may probably get a lot of- "kick", out of it."
LEAD
everything, though twice he hit THE. SCORE BOARD
the ball quito hard forward and
gave promise of being a nice player when set,;
In Duckitt's third over one want for four byea-tho frat of the
Detalla of the seoses follow.
MALAYA-IST. INNINGS.
match, for Dunkoly had been D. C. Barn, run out ........... Keeping magnificently-but next R. G. Gibson, Duckitt b ball the bowler held a very low Goodwin qulek return (82-8-0),
Eu Cheow-tolk, The new comer. R. Morgan had R. N. Hamfiton,
Goodwin
a two to fine leg off the last ball.
Pearce spun a good one past Gill's Flight-Lleut.
Goodwin
dafonce (84-0-3), and Spelde- Poarce
D
Dunkley,
20
Fincher,
Croome,
|wido was lucky to snick á. four L. Alls, e Owen Hughes, b
between his legs and the wicket.
Duckitt
At this point tea was taken. W. O. Jonkinsa, c Minu, b Duckiti
B. B. Gill, b Fearco
AFTER TEA.
G. L. F. Willis, o and b Dackitt. Leading Aircraftsman R. Hor gan, c Owon Hughes, b Hamil G. A. Speldewinde, not out
ton
Extras
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The innings did not last, very much longor after tea. Archie Hamilton bowled a from the Yard and and Minu from the other. In the former'a second over Morgan tried to glance him and managed Total
12 aomehow to get the ball on the
Fall of wicketa:1 (Burn). fur. the ball,-excellently folded-back of the bat. Owen Hughes 12; 2 (Gibson) 16; 3 (Hamilton) arrived a good length though a jumped up to take, a high entch for 31; 4 (Eu Cheow-teik) for 38; (Croome) for 403 6 (Alvis) for shade wide. Dunkley had the in the lips, balls off in a flash 12-1-6.
Malaya were all out for ninety-75; 7 (Jonkinas) for 70; 8 (Willis) two and they frankly had not for 82 9 (GIII) for 84; 10. (Mor- seemed worth more.
gan) for 02.
BOWLING ANALYSIS.
A wicket diflicult in itself and much slower than those to which they were used had Goodwin destroyed them.
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FURTHER SUCCESS. The wicket was obviously nasty and both bowlers had silly mid- runs later Gibson offs. Four draw blood in the frat over. Minu cracked a short one from Goodwin from the Law Courts End bowled a very useful over, and then hard to Duckitt at very short leg
The half-hour stand between | Pearce Gibson glanced Goodwin for four and a hard chance was' taken,
(10-2-0). a pretty shot.
R. N. Hamilton then came in Alvis and Jonklans for the sixth Redmond
wicket alone had given the hong
Duckitt In the latter's third over he but he was obviously not too happy kong skipper to think. began to kick a little which on a wicket which was much suggesed that the effects of the slower than those to which he was accustomed. After a short time roller were wearing off already he tried to cut Goodwin and was hit Minul well caught by Teddy Fincher who Next over, through the covers and called held the ball going away hard on Burn for a run. The latter scom- his loft. (123-1.)
There is a suggestion that Red- ed a bit show in responding and
mond caught the Malayn skipper two balls earlier at firat slip-but I doubt it myself. Anyway no appeal was made.
Gibson
AS I SAW IT FROM THE PRESS BOX
(By "Voritus").
wicket which had "Batting ple catch at silly mid-of. Red
A Collapses" written right across mond was the lucky man. Un to
the 22 yards with unmistagable that time the work in the field had clearness; which
heart been impeccable, with the Hong- gave palpitations to the batsmen, akong men occasionally reaching Roman holiday to the bowlers and that standard known as brilliant a subject for debate among the
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spectators. It was this wicket THE outheid was not nearly ad which opened the Triangular In-! dead no one would have ex- terport contest of 1933.
AND
ND ao 15 wickets fall in the course of three hours twenty minutes of actual play for a mere 143 runs. II Hongkong are searching for any satisfaction from these figures, they find it in the knowledge that their bowling, rated so low by some critics, pro-- ved equally as effective as the Malayan attack, which had been generally recognised as being the strong point about the team.
E
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HONGKONG BAT.
Bowled one no ball. Bowled one wide. HONGKONG-IST, INNINGS.
The home innings opened at five minates to four and Fincher faced Wills the Malayan fast bowler. E. R. Duckitt, e Gibeon, b GHI A nice shot to leg for four and a E. C) Fincher, b Willis beautiful square cut for two which T. A. Feares, bw. Willia would have been four save by a
P. V. Williams, .b.w. Speldo oplondid piece of fielding by cover c. C. Garthwaite, b Willis
windo Alvis, who just anved the bound-T. M. L. Redmond, not out
Extras
ary.
Thon Garthwaite relieved Minu, Gill bowlod at the Law-Courts who had bowled very well with no end and Duckitt touched his fourth luck, until Eu Chow Telk cracked ball Into Gibson's hands at first) him for three fours in his fifth slip. 6-1-0.
over.
+
Alvis
0
7
27
0
61
R. W.
9.6.2 10
4
寇
5
14
NAHIH
Total (for 5 wkts.) II. Owen Hughes, A. C. Hamilton, A. R. Minu, F. Goodwin and G. 8. Dunkley to bat. Pearce who succeeded trentéd
Fall of wickets:-1 (Duckitt) for The young Chinese batsman the last two balls and the next 6; 2 (Fincher) for 8; 3 (Williams) played a nice and aggressive over with the greatest care. Willis for 20; 4 (Garthwaite) for 48; 6 knock, and was most unlucky to in his third over seemed to bring (Poarco) for 51. get one from Goodwin which one back from leg, which, going
BOWLING ANALYSIS. kicked up and bounced from his through very fast and hardly gloves into the wicket-keeper's rising at all, clean beat Teddy
O.. M. hands, (38-4-20).
Fincher 8-2-7.
Willia Thrille continued for Pearce ran G - UNFORTUNATE ACCIDENT...
a very short onu and Williama Speldewinde
Jonklass At this time Hongkong wore would have been out if the wicket pected after so much rafn. A most unfortunate, as Goodwin had been thrown down. perfectly normal carpet drive developed his old strain, and had Things did not look too well no
the wicket had not rolled out Hamilton put an extra man into reach the boundary with little to go off for treatment and bowled
no more. It is most hard as unless any easier and was obviously a difficulty.
hte,gods are vary kind, I feel sure bruta. Neither bateman seemed the slips for the last over and a
really happy.
sad blow overtook Hongkong as THE ten Interval was somewhat he will bowl no more in the match.
Williams however managed to Pearce after playing Wills with Inexplicable. It meant an un-Even so, he has done his share, necessary break of ten minutes outing three of the first four get Gill away nicely for a four and the utmost care was 1.b.w. to his
In the third over batsmen.
hooked him later for a single, but Afth ball. (61-5-27). Stumps were after the adjournment that Alec Pearce relieved him and Willis next over beat Pearce, two then drawn for the day. Malaya's last wicket fell, and after one over changed to round or three times another interval had to be the wicket whence his off-turners suffered before the start of the obviously worried the batsmen. Gill off for Speldewinde, a
In his third over Croom was dropped off a hot drive at mid-on but was clean bowled by the last ball of the over. (45-5-6)
Jonklaas now joined Alvis and things were critical for Malaya.
For it was
Hongkong Innings,
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TAKE away certain Inevitable CONGRATULATION to Owen features, and the day's play| Hughes on his splendid cap- was pretty colourless. Among taincy. And not only that. But the batsmen there was only Eu the wonderful example he set in Chow-tick who was capable of the field. He handled his attack treating the bowling on its with good judgment. Bringing on merits, and T.A. Pearce who was Hamilton to finish off the innings quick enough on his feet to was a neat stroke, for the bowler score was strange to the batsmen who defend his wicket and
were consequently thrown on a strick defence.
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runs at the same time.
PEARCE'S diemises in the last
also. every
at once took
REFLECTIONS. R. N. Hamilton
Blow Upon the whole, things broke left-hander.
pretty evenly. The Hongkong Next over Pearce hit the fast bowlers took full advantage of the bowler beautifully through the situation. Goodwin found a spot covers for four, and the one after in his third over and thereafter that he repeated the shot with near-was likely to got a wicket at any ly tragic results as it was maginin time. A CRITICAL MOMENT.
cently fielded and had Spelde- It is very bad luck on Hong- winde gathered the ball Williams
kong that he developed an old Fifty was hoisted, Alvis seem-❘ would have been out by yards.
strain as it is most unlikely ed to be settling down and things Luckily for Hongkong he did not.
that he will be able to bowl became most interesting. would Jonklans then want on for Willis, another wicket fall cheaply? If and Pearce forced him away on Pearce seems to have developed
again. so the odds against a Malayan the leg for two but the ball was his bowling a lot and Owen recovery were heavy,:
not too far away from short leg's Hughes was quite right in per- Redmond relieved Garthwaite loft hand. Later the same bats-aevering with him. Minu bowled
over of the day was real R. N. HAMILTON hned with tag a
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this morning by the fact that the leadership. Short, sharp spells/overy hall was hit to cover where between the two allps who wero had one or two wickets with any
tragedy for Hongkong, emphasised
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WILLIAMS OUT.
luck. Garthwaite was not impres- sive and Redmond did not bowl up to his form. At twenty ning, howevor. Duckitt on paper was the most Williams was 1b.w. to a well successful bowler, and he did lifa pltched up ball from the left-bit nobly in getting rid of both over before. 20-8-9. bander who had appealed in the Alvis and Jonklass when the had
started a stand.
for his trunlers was the order of Pearce did some brilliant fielding, standing too wide. wicket has greatly recovered and the day, which kept the batsmen Next over Jonklans snicked one with a competent batsman about
jjust clear of first slip-a` lucky more. concerned about saving Is likely to yield quite a few runs their wickets, than scoring runs.
escape. Redmond's next over was much better then his first and he beat Alvis three times.. THE old Kent cricketer treated EVER with the conditions in
the Malaya attack in masterly their favour, ens cannot deny but in Pearce's next over Alvis The pitch was still awkward style. Only exceptionally keen that all the bowlers, did some was presented with a Blow full Dolding kept the runs down off excellent work.
toss which he duly cracked to those beautiful wrlaty cover drives
long off for four. In his next of his.
he bowled five excellent balls but long by.
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can name Pearce and Duckitt a bad one was cracked for four to
WITHOUT being invidious, one WILLIS was kicking awkwardly of Hongkong and Wills, Spelde
that had he adopted the leg winke and Gil of Malaya as the theory we might have been given outstanding performers. some idea of what the so-called bodyline bowling can look like,
PEARCE bowled GII with DUCKITT Just throw his wicket
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away. Ho mado nibbles (a In A.P.F. Chapman style) at three balls which he should. either have loft severely aloneʻor covered with his pads. And he pald the penalty. He seemed to be in a terrifle hurry to score rans. So did Fincher if it comes to that,
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about the beat ball of the match, Perfect length delivery which broke late and sharp from the leg to disturb the middle and off stumps.
The stand seemed, to be materializing and I fully ex-, pected to see Minu go on again at the Law Courta end. But Owen Hughes elected to try Duckitt.
A ball or two later Pearce was dropped off a red-hot drive which went to mid-off's left hand. He seemed steadied by this and played some beautiful shots.
one to cover.
I have never seen the Hong- kong team field so well. If any weakness existed it was in the throwing in, and this certainly does not apply to Archie Hamil- ton who always drops in a full toss over the stumps.
punching Jonklaas shorter balls on the off with grent force, but Garthwaite was of Pearce was definitely poor, Our batting, with the exception. all but run out off a very short after making all allowances for
the wicket. I fancy it will imm Malaya were much too quick In prove in the second innings. If tha field to try short ones with not, we are for it. But the first Soventy was hoisted, and the impunity. Alvis relieved Spolde-innings Is not yet over. Their new bowler did not appear to windo just as forty went up. Both bowler, though impressive are not trouble the batsmen, but in his batsmen were careful-and wisely as good as I expected up to the was full of second over Alvis tried to late cut so as there was only about ten present. A hard wicket of course "PELDEWINKE
guide: breaking both ways and him and was finely caught by minutes to go and the wicket may alter all this. Dccasionally going straight wen Hughes at second slip might easily roll out much easier through with a top spinner. Wil-75-6-14) the out-going batsman this morning Hams discovered he had the latter had played a gallant knock for his In his bng of tricks, but he made alde, and, as he is very young, it hie discovery too late and the ball did him all the more credit.
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SEVERAL...
'THE RESULT?
Willis resumed at the Yard There is, ap far as I can see, end with one loss ally and Garth absolutely nothing in it at present. waite hooked him square for four. The grea question is, will the IT was a real "anorters from beat the bat, to the Army man's ANOTHER WICKET, AND THEN but had the misfortune to play wicket roll out onay this morning?
Willis which sent Teddy Fin-discomfiture,
the next ball on to his wicket off If so, we should pick up a lead of cher back to the pavillion after a
-Gill entirely mistimed his first his elbow. He only got five but it fifty or sixty runs which might confident start. Not a. roos THE pre-tiffin play this morning ball but put the second to five leg was a useful knock. (48-4-5), (-) 'un" in the full meaning of that|
acttle things. But, writing theac should be chock full of in-for a single. Then Jonklaas Owen Hughes gent In Redmond last lines early in the morning, it vory expresive cricketing term, tereat, for on it will depend the evidently thought the time to hit to try and play out time but had but just one out of the bag. first inninga lead: Hongkong will had comp and cracked a terrific nill held on to one that he dived looks to me as though there had Willis pulled another when Garth start 41 runs in arrears. off drive, for Minu to bring off a for at silly mid-off, the batemary been heavy dow-it not rain-in waste was at the crease, but ito Rodmond, Owen Hughes, red-hot catch at rald-off. (76-7-15) would have gone out to his second the night, and I cannot think this
то missed its mark
Hamilton Minu, Goodwin and and both the est batemon gono in ball Dunkley falls the task of making one over
will make things too easy before Speldewinde was on again at lunch. Anyway, may the best side THE first real fielding error came those and more runs.
B. 8. Gill proceeded to stone his old and and Pasras gat from Gill only three overs from the close, whon ho missed a sim wall, going right back to almost nicely to long leg for three, B. N. win.
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