THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. FRIDAY, DECEMBER 1, 1933.
R. ABBIT MAKES HIS REVIEW OF LOCAL CRICKET
ARMY'S VAIN EFFORT TO
HIT-OFF RUNS
PROSPECTS FOR WEEK-END LEAGUE MATCHES
K.C.C. DISCOVER PROMISING SCHOOLBOY BOWLER
(By R. Abbi()
While the friendly match between the H.K C.C. and the Kowloon Club went very much as I expected, not so much in results as in the general
I was not a bit surprised that the success of the batsmen Indians beat Craigengower. I think
in the Lengue. they will just eat up the worse siden
But I certainly didi
who will be laid out before he ever sees the ball.
I don't refer so much to the dangor of the batsman because I have never soen a skipper out here bowl his feat bowler in the dark.
THE C.C.C. DEBACLE.
over the bowlers, I con- fess that I got a bit of a not expect to neo the Valley side akittled out like that. And with the shock over both the exception of Gitting who will not be
playing League Matches.
I had been pretty confident that the Army were a very much better aldo and that if the Navy drew with Liem it would be by fighting out a rear- guard action. I will not say li wan just the reverse, though it looked like it an paper, because the Army only got into the soup by trying to get the runs in the rather short time left them,
for them this
year they seemed to me at full strength. The poor old Civil Service will have a with C.C.C. for the door struggle wooden spoon this year unless Rugger gives up some of the CS. hopefuls).
Pereira and Minu I am told bowled very well. For the I.R.C. batsmen, Rumjahn neems as useful as ever as
had twelve ho century, and Pereira ran true to form with six boundaries among his twenty- Williams lost the toss and I imagine even runs. Robert Lee was bowling must have had somewhat mixed feelwell enough though short of a length, ings. It is not often that one wishes, but Omar was rather on the leg side to bat second, but I am convinced it he is, I believe, not bowled in yet.
In the best policy for a good side against a weak one. And I confess I had thought the Navy weak, The event proved nis to be quite wrong.
Marsham came off to start with There is no prettier or more correct but when he gets going but, unless am much mistaken, he bad starter. His shola tog tend to lack power and to go-straight to hand-
This is his second season out here and it is quite on the cards that he may develop into one of the mainstays of the Naval side. Endon also got going well and after that everyone got a few. Garthwaite was not very successful on the matting and none of the other bowlers were much good except Taylor who sent down seven overs for fifteen runs and two wickets, the first two batamen incidentally.
THE ARMY BUSTLE.
The Soldiers determined to have a crack at the hundred and ninety-two runs required though they had little .time-less than an hour, and a half's
actual batting I am told.
Their skipper worked it out at nix rung an över, but I fancy he was bit optimistle as to the number of overs you can get into an hour particularly when you take out the time for fallen wickets.
The Naval Ground is so largo that it is a Sabbath day's journey to the wicket and a dashed sight longer one back if you happen to pick a first ball. However that may be, they started off hitting.
fours in his
THE CLUB LOSE.
half-
The Club lost the match On their own ground chiefly because their bowlers were even more ineffec tive than those of Kowloon.
As far as I can ace there la no rea son why the Club should not have hatted until six--but they declared very fairly just before four o'clock.
The two teams were not by any mennta at full strength, Owen-Hughes, Mitchell and Beck were away in Camp and though it was easy enough to the batting up. Heck was a great loss, as Alec Pearce had to do it all bir self, for Redmond failed to come off.
For Kowloon, Burnett was unable to get away to play, and Munn was not quite it after his neeldent in the Trials, while While Hung was down at C.R.C. gula.
They had however to compensate them Pat Madar who turned out for a last game before going back to Shanghai.
ENGLAND'S NEW “CHAMP"
The Services Sporting
Section
FOOTBALL
SMALL UNITS LEAGUE
YESTERDAY'S MATCHES
Greenshields, the Royal Artil- lery first division league player was the outstanding personality in the Small Units Football League match between 20th Battery, R.A, and the 40th Coy, Royal Engineers at Happy Valley yesterday.
Conducted By "The 'Scout"
HOCKEY
BERWICK "BOYS” BEATEN
BY THE MARINES
Lieut. Brown's five goals for the Berwick Marines featured the hockey match between the Boys and Marines of the Ber- wick at the Valley yesterday, when the latter won by ten goals to one.
TCRICKET
CUP MATCH WON
BY ONE RUN
SOME BRILLIANT
不
BATTING
The 9th A.A. Battery won s most exciting match in the RLA. cricket cup competition yester day, when they defeated the 24th Heavy Battery by one
run.
A brilliant innings of 50 by Captatii. As the score indicates, the Micholl enabled the 9th to put to- The icams drew one all, Green-Marines fairly monopolised the gether 127, and he received splendid shields scoring cleverly for the Boy" contre-forward found op in bowling, capturing four wickets,
play.
from Licut, Laine. Capt. support Even so, Pitthway, the Michell further, distinguished himself Artillery, beating the goalkeeper portunity to distinguish himself. from a dificult angle.
Lieut. Garifwaite, the Interporter
Nevertheless he was too well marked to enjoy seeing his work bear much fruition.
Len Harvey, who last night outpointed Jack. Peterson for the British deserved their single goal lead at
Heavyweight Boxing Championship.
C.B.A. HELD TO A DRAW
BY ST. ANDREW'S
CLUB
Playing in a friendly hockey match yesterday, the G.B.A., were held to n draw by St. Andrew's, the teams scoring once.
better of the exchanges and gave Pole In the first half the Saints had tho and S. MacNider plenty to do. They were, however, weak in front of goal and many of their shots strayed out combined well in the centre but M. eide the posts. Mackay and Fincher Weill, on the left flank, was inclined to be slow and missed several passes which could have been turned to good Recount. Guest played a brillant They also played a youngster call game in the centre of the Intermediate. ed Hulso, who I understanding is at line and received a full measure of the Diocesan Boys School. He was support from E. MacNider and A. B. definitely useful, bowling a foir Hamson. E. H. P. White was the length with a good bit of spin.aviour of the side in the latter stages Ile did not get a lot of wickets but of the second half when the C.B.A. ho-was-making-Tam Pearce-play made several concerted attacks on the him most of the time.
Saints goal.
With three 'if's he will make a very The absence of Johnson from the useful man in the future-if he is not C.B.A. forward line made a great overbowled: if he does not try and difference to the bowl too
C.B.A. attack. fast as he slid n bit Buturday: and if he
on Carroll played at inside-left with does not get Francis in the centre and T. Whitley swelled head. And the greatest of at right-inner. these but I think we can leave it to wing was conspicuous in the
Hirst, on the right his cricketing Headmaster and to my stages of the game when he made two friend Youngsayel
or three goed runs. Halford played well at centrs-half but was continually being pulled up for sticks, N. Whitley was the pick of the halves,
A POOR START.
•
closing
down
Williams get going rapidly but Banavin is not a quick between the wickets as he was, and falled to get the ball away to the boundary. He
most useful score of forty Mindar's slows-though T. A. was out blank score board, but the Saints made
None of the Club opening bats like The teams changed over with a four but forcing cricket is not his game and he had more off to a very poor alot at the other end. soon found the net through E. C. the edge than he usually gets in aced had T. E. Pearce been given Fincher following a brilliant burst on month, from what Shanghai tell me mped in the first ever he had from the right by Mackay. One of his batting which they rate highly. Mindar, and, watching it through race the G.B.A. wok play in and d When Peter Williams lashed out and desperately close thing, I rather fancy They had the misfortune to
glasses, I can tell you all it was a narrowly missed on three occasions. was taken behind the sticks with the the Clubs might have collapsed. But up for offside several times when in score at sixty-eight, it was clear to after that he played almost in his the circle.
bo pulled all but the most enthusiastic optimists that they could not do it. They very
best form.
A few minutes before sportingly carried on trying but the
He was not seeing the good.'uns was a doubtful goal, appearing time N. Whitley scored the equaliser. fourth, dfth, and sixth wickets fell
so well at the start of his knock from the touch line to have been shot for an addition of five runs, and it
but he displayed all the old mastery from outalde the circle. The failing was left to Garthwalte, Colledge and
of forcing the bail away on the leg light was really at fault but the um- Taylor to make things aafe. Garth-
side, and when well set, brought off waite batted very well-especially in
several of his old low skimming off
piro gave them the benefit of the. the dark.
dribes that carry mid-off safely MEDWAY DRAW WITH HỊKS.R.A.
doubt. and are at the boundary in a flash. Hayward also played a nice knock. Playing with only ten men, H.M.S. And that reminda me.
and Leckie hit well early on. Kowloon ledway, on the Marina ground, drow I was told however got on top of the bowling and with the 6th. Battery, H.K.S.R.A., that the time for drawing was offeinl.with Teddy Fincher and Gitting both cach side scoring four times. ly ten in six. If this is correct it making forty odd they got the rung Sayer was brought up into the vacant the inside-left was the abschter, and follows that the Offcial time for to win a good game. It la going to December is five-thirty-five, as the one be a jolly good rame when these two position from left half, At the teams meet on the same ground on 3rd interval the Medway led by three
THE LIGHT.
quarter of an hour until December
Tarr
The
thing certain is that we go back Aebruary. If Goodwin. is it there geain to two after being two goals la reached and then advance by a will be a tremendous struggle and it up in the first ten minutes. similar period. This
am pretty
sure seems to me a tess up either way, represents
scorers for the Medway were larnett alteration of ten An minutes in the old rule-in forco
(2), Sayer and in
McRae, and for the 1923 when the rules were reprinted
soldiers Ahmed Khan (2), Rajah and published-which the 6 pm for
Khan and Lieut. Hebert, November 6.45 for November.
TO-MORROW'S GAMES,
There are only two league_games in the Senior Division of the League.
RADIO WIN.
I speak subjection as I have not my to the Army, who have out their same Ground yesterday by three goals to. own copy of the rules by me. Itside as last week save that Barnaby is one. seems that, the old hours-from. memory were five-forty-five and five Colledge who played as reserve scored for the Radio,
Awtar Singh (2) and Hanib
to-morrow. The K.C.C. are at honie tho. H.K.S. Brigade on the Marina The Radio defeated a team from
respectively
Inst
time
Stevensom But they will have to pull out a
can hope for is a draw.
thirty
If no Willams and played a quarter of an hour too tremendous effort if they are going them. It certainly is a great advan long for I know that the drawing to beat the K.C.C. who have their best tags to the Navy. The Club, I under time
has been
out. side set back ten is Goodwin,, two Finchers, A, T. Lay, I have not got it before me but it
As it stands at present it stand, have a prolty full side out mlautes-from the old hours. Anyway-I am convinced that the G.C. Burnett, R.B. Lewis, C.I. Stapple will be in print by the time these hours should be five-thirty, (and five Mann, and B.V. Gittins and is about and Browning in for Bosant a
ton, N.A.E. Mackay, Willie Hung, T. notes appear. The Navy have Carver forly-five in November), at the very as good a side as you can get in the Robertsen. I am not optimistle they latest. And moreover, the should Instruct Umpires to stop the
stophe Colony if the bowlers have a good their chances and I think the best they game if in their opinion the light is ung seems steadier this year and bad. The fact is that no side Lowls is an asset from the slow spin likes to appear unsporting and appeal
1 bad no'noijon' what douce of # against the light. And it is a very that a alde like that cannot lose un until I promised to skipper-a Prese point of view. One is tempted 847 lot of wage there were in this Colony open question who benefits most as less by a premature declaration, but team against the I... My face is usually the bataman can see a certain Cricket In such a darned funny game positively stiff with smiling politely. amount against the secreen whereas that all I any in 'they didn't ought to at their marry wit. There should be the fielders are absolutely defeated.
If the two Umpires have power to get out under two hundred. To my a good game though it is unfortunato stop the game, then all is well and no mind the Army will be lucky if they Burnett has to turn out for his Club grouse about sportsmanship can urinv.
forso a draw...
NAVY AND CLUB,
too
As a matter of fact it I not sportsmanship but plain foolery, an sooner or later"there":"14"going "to"
The Club have to go all the way
be nasty meldent" when a hard over to King's Park and I am not sure hitding balaman, picke of a fielder how the matting, wicket will affect
THE PRESS MATCH.
In a League Match. Many
2.
I› understand that it is' with the greatest"-difficulty--and in cricket 'stump--that Me Edward Kelly han been prevailed upon to be absent upon what a friend of mine calls thir suspicious occasion.
MAMAK HOCKEY Saints' Team Against
Signals
only goal, but was always a source game, hitting up 70 before knocking He not only obtained his team's made a magnificent effort to win, the of danger to the Marines defence, down his own wicket, but he could!.
Earnshaw the "Boys" custodian set nobody to stay with him, also figured prominently, and
Soorea;
that number. although beaten ten times, saved his charge from falling double
TOTALLY ECLIPSED. Against heavy odds the "Boys" put up a gallant resistance, but were eclipsed in every department.
STH, A‚Á, BATTERY,
Capt. Michell b. Garthwaite Lt. Laing E, Lowen Bdr. Willington B. Chadwick Bergti Wood Ran out, (Gue.-Miles b. Lowen
Gar. Rodgers c. Morris, b. Lowen Gar. Emery c. Ives, b, Garthwaite Gar. Fetch b. Gürthwaite Gar Durhum Not out Gur, Hunt Run out
DESERVED LEAD. The Royal Engineers thoroughly the interval. They dominated the first goal exchanges, and with more steadiness in front of goal would have enjoyed a bigger lend.. There was a complete revision in the second half. The Artillery The Marinca lod 0-1 at half Gar: Gibbons b.. Lowon adopted the Initiative, but apart time and added a further four from Greenshields's goal, the Battery could not find a Lieut. Brown's five goals, Breese spectacular after the interval. In addition to way past the Sappers' goalkeeper, (3) and Hocking (2) also netted. whe gave a brilliant display.
Teams: Marines Hamilton:
The following have been selected to represent St. Andrew's Club In their Mamak Hotkey Tournament fixture against the Royal Corps of
In view of the strength of the Signals on Sunday. on the Maring ground stam. sharp-R. H. Battery, the Engineers did well to Wong: F. A. Broadbridge, E. II. P. force a draw. In addition to
Fincher,
White: E MacNider, A. E. P. Greenshields of the first eleven, Guest (Capt.), A. B. Hemson; E. C. the team included Wroe, Price,
A. S. Bliss, N. A. E.Barraclough and Bermingham Mackay, Baldwin, Reserves:-M. Well, G. A.
E. F. Fincher, and R. the R.A. second league team. (Continued on Page 7.)
White.
Dear Sir,
Gorney and Baker: Lowe, Moyse, and Corp: Breese and Henderson.
Ward, Hocking, Brown, Boys Earnshaw;
Extras
:
*Total
127
of
24TH. BATTERY. Gar. Hill e. Wellington; b. Rodger Nicholls, Lt. Chadwick b. Wood Foulger; Davidson, Roberts, A. Chr. Lowen e. Mishell, b. Rodgers Smith; S. Smith, Pittaway, Frow, Lt. Garthwalte b. Laine?....... McLean.
(Continued on Page 7.)
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