THE HONGKONG - TELEGRAPH. FRIDAY DECEMBER 27, · 1935.
Army Batsmen Take Tea With Club
Elvin Plays Finest Innings of Career
DID HAYWARD MAKE THE BEST USE OF HIS BOWLERS?
(By R. ABBIT)
in a lefthander at this juncture.
In almost ideal weather the game between the Club and the Army was commenced at 11.15 a.m. on what ap- Singles began to come as the Club peared to be a fast, true wicket. The Army had the mis-had their field set right out. fortune to be without Bonavia, and when they won the Four come in Owen Hughes' second toss they sent in Elvin with Bill Williams.
months.
on the board when
may
over and then Bhliard was bowled in bitting and the innings was de- clared closed with the score at 277-7
THE CLUB BAT,
Hughes but at the anglo from which been in hump-ball. If it was "ave wicket by Horbert, standing up.
them
wrong.
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come in Bext
Staggmen's leap spoils this pass, University of Chitornia landed Col lego of the Pacifte a 39-0 pasting, but even though routed, the Stagg- men fought valiantly. Here are two of them still in the air after grounding a pass intended for Henry Sparsa (32), one of Aillson's sophomore cuds.
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A. C. Beck who in up here on the batsmen never seemed worried. Persse was not out 30, and the Christmas leave bowled from the lap and 100 was und and for contrast presumably, Duckitt relieved Beck and nearly had runs had come in 100 minutes batting. Hayward put on Owen Hughes at Elvin first ball, a hard snick just, the Gas Works end. Elvin showed going clear of first slip for four. excellent defence, keeping a very Beth batsmen seemed to have
T. E. Pearce and Duckitt went in straight bat and leaving all the run themselves in again and Elvin, thou to face Garthwaite and Ballard at getting to Williams who was batting ho had admittedly been lucky three p.m. and found bath bowlers keep better than 1 have seen him do for times, continued to play an innings ing a very atendy length. They which was far and away above any played sound defensive cricket and The score mounted slowly but form with the bat he has ever shown ld not bustle too much for runs.. atendily and with twenty up or so before.
and Duckitt was very lucky to be Elvin
glanced Beck very nicely to Dawson too wan playing very con- dropped at second Bno leg and then next over put him fidently, and he is, I think, a very by no means impossible catch. After off a hard but to the tent with a square cut that dangerous bat if allowed to settle thirty-five minutes T. E. Pearce who wont all along the carpet. Meantime lown. At 168 he hit a terrific one had made fifteen of the twenty-five I think McInnes might have taken back at Alec Pearce who stopped it runs scored was well caught at the Williams at sotond slip off Owon but did not hold it.
ularly until they sal early in De.High Finance It
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Jarge ship they should have plenty of it would have been a most marvellous seemed to be in no difficulties but
Gold Picker Owen Hughes now began to toss effort had it been held. At this period after scoring, two he was yorked by
The cabinet also offers the teams ning to seed on board. Moreover, in High Hansur
scope for preventing themselves run-
"I" | Great HTali which ho BUCCO, but the batsmen and had sent down two-maidens InJorging along steadily but was again poses, one for the week of the Games, of call such as Toulon, Naples, Port l'acific Hall
up to tempt the batsmen, in Pearce was bowling most accurately Ballard (35-2-2.) Duckitt
be prior to the Games for training pur-training grounds at standard ports High Speed
(two these days there are such excellent High Principle wero unkind enough to refuse to give succession to well-set batsmen. lucky to be dropped in the alips, A chances.
Duckitt then bowled another.
similar bit of luck bofell Owen and one after awaiting return trans Said, Aden, and Colombo, that they Victoris, Kail "At 48 T. A. Pearce went on for
Hughes in his first over, I think, and
purt). Owen Hughes and Elvin cut his first
in his second I am sure. He made a little difficulty in raising
Mr. Hunter, however, anticipates fully up to the mark.
should be able to keep themselves ball straight into second slip's hands
very hard crack to the aquare leg who as promptly put it on the floor.
It was now that one imagined the boundary-Walch having forgotten sent from Englend alone. This num. of the Australian British Empire Foxbridge I don't think I have ever seen Owen Army would have to forca the pace to block the typlen shot. lo had aber would probably be divided up.as Games Association, states that
funds so that fifty athletes may “bo Alderman E, S. Marks, Chairman Hughes
if they wished to have any chance very similar one an over or so Inter follows: Track and field athletes Af-ma Bo ensy a catch.
of winning was batting excellently,
and Dawson lofted Pearco and the fifty
the Trentbridge was hoisted, when watching the ball very closely and two over extra and a couple of Elvin relieved Garthwaite. He was teen, swimmers ten, oarsmen ten, cy-place on the Test Hatch ground, but
majority of the competition will take Wadebridge punishing the Inose ones heavily of the ground to square leg. About Hughes has always been partial to hundred competitors were
in later put him beautifully out all right for Duckitt but Owen clisis four, boxers four, wrestlers twu, how this will be ifis hooking and leg side play was now things were a bit dimcult as him and took seven runs off his first Hamilton from Enginn, Australia noction with the Games comes off, is women competitors ten. As one suggested scheme for holding an Im..
arranged if Elvin
sont to perial Cricket Tournament in, con- Elvin is not naturally a forcing bat; not happy and a left hander necessarily slows with Pearce but hung on somehow, things up a bit unless he is hitting on for Ballard. He bowls fastlah Sydney is twice as far away.
With the score at 74 Persse went should feel that her enterprise is not at present quite cicar. Beek became a bit short and I que fours all the time.
Cold Morning ceiving worthy support, for after all tion the policy of bowling him while way disparagement of his excellent away save for a loose one or two (This is in no medium and was not too easy to get
Empire Day There is also talk of an invitation Chateau Bay sixty runs were scored, unless the idea was that once he went off he play!)
to the meeting being extended to the Chivalroun upon the leg side. A few runs later
Duke and Duchess of Kent or other Pride of Tsingtao Garthwaite went on again for Elvin It is improbable that many-univer. niembers of the Royal Family. And but this time he bowled round the sity men or women will be able to world's sculling championship has nuckilt seldom seems to get muel: At 178 McInnes reliaved Pearce
wicket.
been suggested as an additional at- of a show with the ball. Even when who had bowled very steadily and was going a bit, though owing to the Nevertheless, it is felt that adequate- join the team as they are usually on- By this time (6.15 in.) the lightly available during the long vacation. Beck went off at sixty-four. Divett patiently. The batsmen were now perfect day's weather it was much ly strong substitutes will be forth was put on, though admittedly this hitting and a good deal went up but better than it usually is at that time. coming from other sources such as may prove to be an over to get just not to hand. Duckitt was par- Pearce to his usual end. (This ac- ticularly unlucky.
Owen Hughes by now was play the Services. The solution to the count is being written. from the score very fast ndeed,
went up and a new Duckitt, who never the loss was plav. (230ney shen the members are still box while the game goes on to try the two
nd-at-300-P.m. in very pretty cricket in quite his problem of delivering the teant-fit at
best form
and had
overhauled
secma to He in selecting it in and make it a little more vivid.) · bali came out, with which Becking quite nicely. He got a
STILL NO DUCKITT ›
bowled for Duckitt at the Law Courts: nasty mack from Garthwaite with health and making special arrange in no wise be. inferior to their two distribution. This took the gilt off
very in the full bloom of their summer Owen Hughes, to every
end. From his third ball Dawson was the total at 90, but he does not seem ments for them to train together re- one's caught at deep point by T. amazement bawled the next over
E. Pearce. which gave Elvin a sitting four to,
09-267.
The stand had put on 103 runs. long leg. Pearce went on bowling round the wicket from his usual end
leg boundary next ball but one, to fact. It may be that if the bowling Duckitt then relieved McInnes at the end up the hundred. and then Divett went on at the other, stiffened and Garthwaite hooked him Duckitt sent his first ball, a long the Club.
other end. He necined
had been run as I should have liked to have Then Fus. King went on Owen Hughes stopped
and things would have been a couple of for
werse for couple of fours to deep a
very good Indeed.
was obviously
would have to stop off owing to
MCINNES ON
aver.
to get put off by these things and put the bowler beautifully to the long
good ones, of which one was as near, leg and should have had are hop, to the tent for four. Incidentally
* a catch as may be without being
out. How he reached it at all 1 Next ball ghes' hand at second
1into
Owen
after
ACC
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EXERCISE FACILITIES
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overtaking Owen Hughes. But the THE APOTHEOSIS OF ELVIN! he put straight rest of the over was not too bad. don't know
At 75 Elvin was again slip. 220-3-11. Shortly missed off Pearce at second silp, an Elvin pulled one on
I am yery anxious to
King bowl well, as on the only two ocen y catch, going right through Stewart's hand for a couple. And Duckitt into his sticks. 226-476-—-
klons I have seen him he had bowled badly. My Army friends however tell me that he really is very use- ful and nips back from fex very quickly
so things went on.
With three bowlers on the side, Duckitt, Stewart
and Melanes, oven if they are not
brilliant
the off from
an invaluable innings.
HARD HITTING
However long Elvin plays cricket I very much doubt if he will ever play auch a sterling kanck as he did to-day. True he had bits of luck and at times was content to keep his
due would have thought Two runs inter Beek seemed to! Garthwaite bowled one more over he had at least two really good shots
at which the batsman hit far too
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submit their proposals in detail to the assembled representatives of the The New South Wales officials will
Empire during the Olympic Games in Berlin next August.
Meanwhile it certainly looks as if the next of these great meetings will predecessors, the last of which (in two London in 1934) was attended by 100.000 people. As Mr. Hunter bas said, Australia has the organisation to run the Games and the standard the public interest of athletes, and warrants their being held there.
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not show more discretion in ball a magnificent performance.
Wanklyn was casily the best wing. half on view, For confirmation sak Alver. Kenting thrilled me with his high class defensivo play." was overshadowed, hat very reliable. Wheeler It wasn't the fault of the rearguard that Wales lost, though I must confess that Rowlands seemed to be in error when Portugal obtained the winning
n
After Bernie
Gosano had completed wizardly movement by Ward in the first minute of the game by flashing developed into a story of missed an the ball past Rowlands, the game portunities on the part of the Welsh forwards. Not that Walea dominated vantages, but failed to make use of the game, but they had territorial ad- them."
The second half was ten minutes old before Harrison-scored a fine equalising goal, and the same period clupsed before Portugal went ahead following a semmble from a corner again, this time through Ward, who sent the ball into an unprotected goal follow
But that was the game to play and wicket up and walt for the bad one.
that they might have had a trial, york Johnson But Dis aliter visum
though I think the and stumps were drawn with Owen square cut and a glance—which In a friendly cricket match played The hundred went up and then Perase with the Army going for out
bataman touched it. Walch joined Hughes not out 41 and Duckitt not ho showed to advantage on many at Causeway Bay yesterday after at 100 Pearce was
42, leaving the rewarded when runs at any cost. Persse took nine runs behind with eight wickets to
Club 170 occasions.
noon, the Ells Kadoorie Indian School, It was indeed a day out for the defeated Queen's College by he bowled Williams with a good fun, off Duckitt's next over.
nine over yielded 16, Ferase getting cloven
Beck's next, .
East Lanes. Bilt Williams' 63 wast wickets, the smallest of the three innings but of them and Walch five. Dawson succeeded and runs con- but two balls later lifted one to Kilbee cricket. Both sides fielded very well
Queen's Collego batted first and It was, I think, the most correct. Walch off drove Duckitt for four| tinued to come.
It has been a delightful day's But he should have been out before of their players batte, however, as could only score 13 runs. Only nine Elvin was playing at long on who took a nicely judged with the exception of several lapses, most
ever thirty was on the board.
As things stand, a draw seems the the remaining two did not turn up fifty before tifin, which was in the same over hit a big four to or gully. Both the stumpers
likely taken with the score at 195 for one munro leg and a huge on-drive for excellently. I have already stated resumed I believe at 2 p.m. to-performance of K. Watumal, of the wonderful shot which also just missed The Ellis Kadoorle School replied from free kicks 30 yards out, but possibility of a collapse with 170 rusa.
Talbot got in two terrific drives did on either
game will be
both just salled by the upright, and A feature of the match was the Evans left Marques atanding with.
contributed turing seven wickets for six runs, though the Portuguese defence was 64 to his team's total never in grent danger, and the team without losing his wicket.
deserved to win on the run of the play.
his
very nice cricket now and completed catch. 259-11. Persso however curiously all of them at second alin always the hilt though there te until after the Innings was over.
wicket.
AFTER TIFFIN
Pearce and Beck (at the Law Courts end) had a long spell after lunch but
Kix.
30 runa.
was handled to the best advantage
*ide.
The
The last two overs had yielded that I do not think the Club bowling morrow (Sattication of holidays winning side, who apart from cap- the framework. Generally speaking i
and bowled a maiden to Ballard. It personal opinion, and advanced quite on the Army and Navy game are held Owen Hughes then went on for Beck but I trust it is clear that this is a my ordinary notes and a few words
Owing to was, I think, a tactical error to send modestly and not as an indisputable over until Saturday's issue.
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