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Clubhouse Chatter
9, 1936.
By "Veritas"
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and one which, clear by the made crystal
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man Thanks to him Hongkong came
CRUSHING DEFEAT
to some grand cricket during the past three days, and the 1936 cables received here, was fully ap- preciated by Shanghal. Yesterday Interport will go -down to posit E. F. Fincher who ralaed
WOR terity as one of the most fascin- aloft the Colony standard, helping Police Hockey Players ating matches in the history of himself to a brilliant century
Score Ten Goals at the unbeaten the series. Doughty deeds have been performed with the
The Pollee "A" hockey eleven nd- bat, within 202 of Shanghai's first in- and not all of the honours have nings score, when at one time it ministered a crusting defeat to the on the gone to Shanghai. Yesterday it looked as though they would be Union Hockey Club team
lod" 300 behind. Messages say
ay Y.M.C.A. ground yesterday afternoon, was Ernest Fincher who demon-Fincher was sound and steady, and curing 10 goals to nit. strated that
the Colony has from that it in fairly simple to est- The Police were not in excepiloand somebody who can take advan mate the fine character of his in- trim, or the tally would have mount- tage of a good wicket and treat pings. It was made when Hongkong) Unlön team was not really organized, the bowling sheerly on its merits, were definitely in a jam, and when and several members had fancy to Botne of the best wickets were him Hongkong
falling cheaply. Actually only Cap- recovered something of its crie-t ปร Persse stayed hy length of
Thanks to
ket self-respect, which al time was at pretty low cbb.
Bowling Mystery
THE
one
HE maleh has undergone a com- plete stormation since I last wruke anything about it. perilous usklion,
were ninth
From A
Shanghai
ין
time with him and it is significant į to note that Fincher scored 14 of the
last sixteen runs. We shall await] with interest to learn the full story of that great junings.
Shanghai Pile It Or
ed even more than It did,
turn up.
as the
SPORT ADVTS.
THE HONG KONG JOCKEY CLUB.
The First Bell will be rung at
By Order,
S. A. SLEAP,
Actg. Secretary. Hongkong, 5th October, 1936.
came as no surprise to And A. J.
The Eighth Extra Race Meeting covered to such an extent, that they Parson electing to bat second will be held (weather permitting) closed their Best maluggs praeteolly time yesterday histead of enforcing at HAPPY VALLEY on Saturday,
The follow-on murune fram defent. A lesist one ac
The wicket Whs 10th October, 1936, commencing at edited record
By clearly still in a pretty good state went
could not afford and be
2.00 p.m. to allow sorlug 470 they topped the mevi- and mus bed aggegite put up by Hong-Hongkong the advantage of batting kong in 2109 Not only that, there on it, possibly running up a useful 1.30 p.m.
with Shanghai consequently and tenth wacket parts | store nerships of
of 90 and 78 respectively forced to bat last. It is not made which must be next door to records, clear whether the fairly cheap dis-i
Shanghai's
I's six batsmen in they
do not in fact constitute missal them
Parker's magnificent hitting the afternoon was due to the wicket, Was only to
to by compared by Bar-their attempts to score quietly, or Perhaps sent's careful knock during a crisis just sheer good bowling. anti Leckie's enterprising Innings all three factors contributed. It is which turned the game completely difficult to believe that the wicket is in fevour of
It is not beginning to react to the 000 of the homesters, perhaps. unlair to Shanghid the odd runs, which have been scored place empitasis on the fact that on it, and Hongkong to-duy will face neither Garthwalte nor Gost a task next door to the impossible. could do any bowling; at the same At the moment Shanghal enjoy a timb the fact deserves mention it lead of 321. They can afford to bat another half an hour or so to only to mitigate the ineffectiveness
make it confortable 350, and then,
of the Colony's attack. The how I fear, it is just a ease of how good figures make not only melancholy, but significant reading.
We and light the Colony can make of it.
11
that Garthwale did not bow) at they score as many as they diet nilk, that Gosano had one over, in the first innings it will be o Madar üve and Persse 16. Thus out splendid achievement, and they will of the 175.2 overs sent down, three not be disgraced by the defeat. bowlers shared 22. whfle three others were responsible for the rest. And of those falfer three, two, were
spin bowlers. working out Their
bearts on a perfect batsman's wicket. Was there any particular reason why Mader only bowled five overs? It is peculiar, particularly when you notice it those five included one maiden and that he conceded:
he started Monday Sixteen overs [?) the
course of a day and is
TO-MORROW'S RACE MEETING
(Continued from "Page"8:)
only eleven runs. Persie too wus will be too long for her. The second not apparently over worked, seeing leg of the daily double is on this that
his bowling un event, and my fancy is Ranger on account of his impressive win at the is half, in which Inst meetings but, Centre Court 479 runs have been seared, does not should not be despised. suggest
he that
was overbowled This is not intended as criticism. For one thing it is impossible in criticise from this distance nothing! to
go ve bu bare Rather am I hinting that was confronted with something more than the problem of being unable to bowl Gosano and Garthwaite, and that his position on Monday and Tuesday was anything but enviable
with!
Fincher the Magnificent
ROBIN Lee is deserving of a big hundclop. for his figures were a tribute to the wonderfully coura- geous work he accomplished. For a medium-fast bowler to
to send down no less than 53 overs In a a tiny and n half erleket.
WILL AMBERLEY WIN?
Has Opportunity To-Morrow
Yihan belonging to Mr Grayburn has the same impost when he an-; exed the Island Bay Handicap, but, Amberley, who was second, has been dropped by thres pounds for the final event, the Klangai handicap over n mile. Amberley has been knocking the door for quite a long while, and have a strong hunch that he will the wire Arst to-morrow. Valorous gave a disappointing dis- ever bettered in his last cuting and it is hoped ered that he will do better owing to the it. Furthermore Lee returned the fact that he has been granted an best average, his three wickets cost-allowance of 10 lbs. High Honour is ing 107 runs
uf cricke! is. In amateur pas
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