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1935.
R. ABBIT'S HISTORY OF THE INTERPORTS
THE "W.G" AND "PALAIRET" OF HONGKONG CRICKET
SECOND INTERESTING BROADCAST TALK
R. Abbit, the Telegraph's well-known cricket commentator gave the second part of his broadcast talk on Interport Cricket History from ZBW last night which included an inter- esting survey of Colony cricket personalities In the course of his talk, R. Abbit said:
onem two
HOCKEY
FIRST ROUND. IN UNIT TOURNEY
In the first round
of the Small
I left off yesterday on a very and 34 in the second innings so had 13 for note. The tragaly of the Bokhara 44-a splendid performance, Hong 12TH BATTERY WIN shook the Colony terribly. It was akong made 46 and 661 great deal smaller in those days airl It was a curious thing that from side won the hume people knew each other rather helter. 1904
onwards Shanghai tuo were very much upast everytime until Shanghai won in Units Hockey Competition played at and Mr. Hancock already alluded
Hongkong in 1922-jand my private Sookunpoo on Thursday, the 12th. to the
mentorial they erected in opinion is that we never aught to Heavy Battery, R.A., narrowly de Cathedral here. I find nino
East Lanes, that when
havo Jost
the match. Of course the feated "D" Company, the news reachet the northern port home aldo can usually draw on its by three goals to twn, Reveral
connected
Exchanges were fairly even right while with full resources, festivities
at sport were cancelled as a mark of least of the better men are sure not through, and half-time arrived with
For
a long time no, photo to be able to get off for the match the score-board showing a goal for cach side. L/Bdr. Williams scored of the team could be found when it is played away; for uli that th
the Battery's first goal. for the plate of the group taken in it is rather remarkable that there was Shanghai had been broken and those never an upset for so many years. cricketers up.there who had obtained copter before that were unwilling to part with their souvenirs of their dend opponents. I see from a photo published recently in the S.CM. that the loss has been repaired but
I do not know.
In the second half, the Battery had more of the game, and scored twice through L/Bdr. Aldridge and Sgt. Lacey.
The Enst. Lancs. scored only one goal in this half.
HONGKONG'S RECORD SCORE But to hark back. When Hongkong inade their record score of 155 W. N. Edwards-I think he was in the Police-hit up 110. There were many well known names which appear frat Hancock-who bust over Bve years later the series | I see did not keep, wieket until Hugh Aldridge, Willams, Taylor and W
In this period. llarry
WAR
Now"
The Battery were represented by Edmunds; Lieut. Hebert,
Wilson; Dixon Harris, Addison: Lacey,
1,
senior
team
and Shanghal visited und on 11th and 12th Arthur ceased to plny-Rt. E. G. Bird
Umpires: L/Cpl. Brown, R.E., and left handers. 1891,
that most steady of Hongkong won one wicket. Those dates have become Captain Beasley played in 1907--he L/Cpl. Goldsworthy, East Lancs.
Ladles Teams almost regular-occasionally before is a Colonel, now and writes the Con
The following will represent the the war the game como a litle Interfail. A, A. Claxton and R. O. Hut against the C.B.A. at King's Park
Bridge articles in the Daily truet
Hongkong Ladies' or less settled routed both has more chison--both of whom have passed on, at 3.16 p.m. today, King's Park but a.nce the War the match
started
in 1908 and R. E. Gray, G. Swan; C. Ferguson, M. playing Day. I mention here in parenthesis Oliver of Caldbeck's bowled very use Hell, B. lance; W. Marsh, P. Har- that the games in Shanghat after this fully in 1000. A. C. E. Ellborough rop, J. Dalziel, M. Smalley and E. date were played in September or October until fill, when they started played first in 1800. A very fine buts. Hebling, to be played in May or June. Last man, he was with the H. K. & S. Bank
and unfortunately fell in the great Club de Recreio, will be represented to the old October year a reco date
do not thing t
by M. Steap; i Stranan, 2. Sual- Chan, it to the dunes of liting hut admittedly there is much to be said for it when one considers the Shanghai elimate. Yet to those who atress this too strongly, I would that in 1889 when Hongkong Shanghai the game began on
WAN
War.
1 Aminob wha onu planine the
And now in 1912 I come to the time. when I can speak from personal re- nitt; J. Flex, N. Davis, H. Hance, collection. The first game I saw was
the one in 1812 when Hongkong wutt match will be played at Sookunyoo by an intings and 30 runs. Innings today at 3.16 ..
about then, it victories were popular
a thrilling start. Crawford
W/15
Novemnicked.Quayle to second slip whe
and leisured times, though even so it
LILIN
MAMAK MATCH The following have been selected
ber 1st after no less than seventeer dropped it, but Liyy Walker got to represent the Nomads in a Mamak days had been wasted owing to wel hoot under it and punted the ball game against the Indian Police to- weather. Those were indeed spacious back over his hend, fulung fat on his morrow at the Police Training School |
commencing at 4.30 p.m.-C. Soares; must have been pretty parky when back as he did to find securing the 2. Souza, F. Barros; A. Xavier, R. in his out thrown left hand. Then Reed, S. Souza: R. M. Silva, R. and played C. Reed, S. A. Beer, C. Barros Onnle
fingers for t his
they did, get down to cricket!"
SOME EARLY PERSONALITIES
came
Elborougly with
C.B.A. v. MULE CORPS
But I seem to have diverged from! few overs. G. R. Sayer' ton was mail" (Captain) and J. H. Franco, the 1897 match. Several people who ing some gly dangerous shots must be well known made their first in the slips, he did get in some The following have been appearance. Both A. E. and O. V. lovely late cuts and everyone was selected to represent the C.B.A. Lanning- turned out from Shanghai scared, but gradually the bowling was in their Mamuk Hockey fixture v.
while A .G. Ward, one of worn down and a huge total of 417 H.K. Mule Corps on Sunday the 11.K.C.C.'s rival secretaries, Percy was run up. Shanghai mode 200 and 10th. bully off 4.30 p.m. at King's Cox of C.P.0.S., A. S. Anton of Jnr 181-scores by the way which would
Park: dine's and Rev. G. R. Vailings best have won a good many Interport -me-in appeared. Anton hit very hard to get Matches. Hongk
64 and 46--a fine performance. M. D. 1914 and then came the War. Wood (whom I cannot trace) got ba THE POST WAR SERIES
gallant 38 not out in the second note that in the 1920 side, all of whom After the break, it is interesting to innings. The ninth wicket fell at 180
and 42, whhe Perey Cox won the game
by
King: Stoker, bonil; Blyth, farmer, Whitley, Smith, Blekford, -Fowler,(G), Whitley,(T)-Fowler
(S).
Reserves: Rowell, Maenidor (S),
foute) hit off the runs chiefly by R. Sayer, W. C. D. Turner and Major Jimmy Wild..of whom as, cricketer ringing cheers" "e was won "among
and the and the
Wer.
but he and Hughie Arthur (another were members of the Club, R. an cock, T. E. Penree, R. E. O. Bird, G. Bagnall had al
the it may be said that zeal did out-run Colony
before the wayed for In September 1808 Hongkong won
d'scretion rattled un 83 while Cantain Next year there was a crushing de Dodds, a hard hitter, made 43 and L. their first victory in Shanghai by fent by an Innings and 150 runs. How-J Davies--the stumper-and, U. Omar runs. Lowson was skipper. In 1901.
Hongkong had bad luck as collected 30 between them. The fact a very well known player came into Shanghai batted a perfect wicket that after Shanghai's very big innings
ever
the side-Dick Hancock. His opening :~#rett gol his 165and then the Hongkong were only nineteen behind
score for the Colony was 68. I might weat broke and the Colony had n[was a great thing. mention here thus when in the Colony diffin't witch. In fact there was
PEARCE'S RECORD and able to play he remained in the gap of two or three days In the game And then Pearce took charge per- Hongkong side against Shanghai unilf no more-and it was only sonally and made 145 not out-the his last game, in 1929. Twenty eight finished by playing the last innings highest score over hit for Hongkong. years of Interpart cricket is a pretty on a now pitch, which was done by He was supported by Rumjahn (38)
innings and the only case I know I mutual consent of the Captains. Which out-ders, it is that
| A. E. Wood (28) Wild--again) 34, Pearcy
And so the games go on. It would and Omar net out 13. But apart from whe started
in 1903 and is be tedious to go too much into details his actual score, the match was playing to-morrow, which makes but I feel I must refer to the 1928 triumph for T. E. Pearce in the amaz Thirty two years not out.
Match when the heaviest scoring ing way in whica he got-not their About this time the teams seemed ever
took place on the best hut a hundred per cent aver away, Shanghai cand
replied with
to
of Tum
make a habit of wines and 23
Hongkong wou by an
4
Shanghai
mude 351 their best from very keen but not too!
in 1003. w. c. 1 Turner and LeuL | Shanghai then made 255 and Fr. 2, expert batsmen. He st
Lumsden both
appeared for the first
hower for Hongkong. He then be- time and put up will I believe te kong hit off the necessary 270 for came our most solid bat and a hea to be the record partnership in these scoring, it does not seem very strange, keeping when some of us are begin.
still seven wickets. Apart from the free field and Inter
Inter on he took up wicket-
giving. am un.
matches 174 runs for the fifth wicket, But the fact is that there had been scoring 88 and 13 respectively. At one dificulty in getting fenst I
a team, and and was worth his place on that alone. give what appears to be the after T. E. Penree. Sayer. Quick, A. If I am forced to n comparison I would stand it is certainly the minimum A. Rumiuhn and Owen-Hughes, the
that say
Tam is the figure but the account of the match is rest of the side were not batsmen of kong Cricket while Dick. Huncock is W.G. of Hong. very involved and could be rend in the first rank shall we say,
the Lionel Palairet. Now I suppose different ways.
In their first knock Saver got 57-my 'name is mud in two places After this fortune swung to and fro. Tam Pearce was bowled by a swing. Suffice it to say hereafter that in In 1906 V. II. Lanning took 8 for 10 ing full toss for five: Quick, Rumi- 1963 down here we won by 117 runs and brought off the first hat-trick of jahn and Owen Hughes all got twenty and in Shanghai last year we lost by i the series of matches. He took for for thirty. And then my old friend, 270 runs.
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