THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH.' TUESDAY,· OCTOBER 13, 1936.
R. ABBIT DISCUSSES THE CRICKET INTERPORT
Is A Bit Puzzled About The Bowling
STRAIGHT QUESTIONS ·
(By R. Abbit)
luid some two and a half hours to bai, as the Shanghai Innings finished
suon after lunch a late one, I gather. CLUBHOUSE CHATTER
as it helps people to see a good bit of the game. Shanghai were in a sound position and on the whole 1 think our men did jolly well to lose but four wickets for ninety-one. But there was one thing that did emerge and that was that Garthwaite is not an opening batsman. I confess I thought from his great improvement in batting that he might be, but I hodi
overlooked what a diference the new
ball makes.
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The following are the starting times for the Kowloon Gulf Club' Dewar Trophy, to be held on Sun-
0.00 nm. F. C. Barry and. .E.
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The Rugby Football section of the Hongkong F. C. are holding their third and last frist games on the Club ground at Happy Valley to-day, October 10 morrow, commencing at 0.15 pan. Sides will be aclected from the fol- lowing:
THEN again, will there be enough As regards play on the third day. players in order to run a league one has only to congratulate Fincher
on the Home system? To maintain
Whiles-Frost, Andrews, Russell, on his excellent score. At the end
Chadwick, Clark, Bonnar Sharp, of the day Hongkong were probably interest there
Currie, Bidwell, Then there in a better position than they ever
is the question of a Hongkong L.T.A., at its committee Stoker, Garrod, "nie" receipts to be meeting Inst. evening, decided to Butcher, Grieve, Hopkins, Blanc, van Deane, Gallagher, Edwards, Health, Last evening, R. Abbit, the Telegraph's popular cricket com- had been since lunch on the first day ground and
considered. Is unlikely should 'mentator, delivered an address from ZBW concerning the Inter- having six S'hal wickets down for
Introduced hold a subscription dinner in hon-Leeuwen, Gilmore, Cumminit and 110. Another question arises, were professionalism port cricket match between Shanghai and Hongkong which ended Shanghai bustling for runs? I can- Singapore, that the Singapore Amu- our of the visiting Shanghal players Chambers. in victory for Shanghai Jast week. Below will be found the text
believe not
teur Football Association will throw Thursday of this week. Barson had it myself,
of their
sindlum to of his talls, which raisea several important and interesting points.already acknowledged the play to a open the gates
The dinner will start at 8 o'clock Anish' character of the game by going professional players, und-while I What I do want to do is to analyze question of the loss, though sin again. There was therefore no think of it-it is also unlikely that and is open to the general public. the game, to notice the crucial points sald last Monday I thought it might hurry, the longer Shanghai could use they will sponsor any match between The charge will be three dollars in during the match, to formulate cer- have a great influence on the real the wicket the worse it would be for amateurs and professionals. Will clusive, and afterwards there will tain questions about points of cap- because there is no room for con-
to flock to match Thursday Hongkong were 321 runs
between profes- the team in back and we can get
behind with only four more Shanghai sionals in order to make the sport a Makers supplying the music. those questions answered) and gene-
success? Football is the most popu-
Those who do not wish to attend rally to discuss things and see what
wickets to fall.
Inr sport in Maluya to-day, but in we have, learned. And I want to
spite of this it does not command the the dinner, but desire to go to the make it quite clear that I have not
remarkable number of spectators dance enn do at a charge of one ovolved It all out of my head-but have discussed meat of the points
which matches in England do. with well-known cricketers here.
Colours.-B. Hynes, Stewart, Poul, Walkden. Humphreys, Lyle, Reid, Lammert, Hands, Munro, Redman, G. Wilson, D. Hynes, Kistner Cop pin, Holden, Grimths, Peers, Watson, Dunnett, Curtis and Henderson.
.Anyone turning out, even if their
taincy-(for we cannot do more until] Jecture about the toas on a good fast Hongkong. Thus on the evening of there be the crowds in Singapore be a dance, with Mickey's Melody names are omitted from these lists, |
We
dollar.
wicket. You either win it or lose it, and bat or field accordingly. Belded, and up to lunch did excel lently. The afternoon's play for the
Early on Friday however any faint first time put Shanghai well on lop: hope vanished when the last four but had Nazarin caught Pat Madur off his second hall when five wickets wickets put on seventy-one runs and had fallen for 145 It is quite on the the wicket was seen to be wearing.
Dress will be optional, and those Onal question is why was the have
The cards Shanghai would never
Where the catch order of numbers 3 4 and 5 batsmen |
ng I wishing to attend the dinner. are re reverse. I am disappointed. seen two hundred. was we don't know-general opinion changed in the second innings? One thought we should do better but with quested to inform Mr. C. J. Tacchi
understand
AICC
Pearce seems to make it at short leg low can well down-and that's another
question going hi a bit lower down as he had a lame ducks, and losing the toss, (Telephone 50071-538) or Mr. D. S. and we did not do so badly. With Green (Telephone 24554) before 10 we shall be glad to get answered. 11 had a gruelling bit of Bowling-indarge a score up against it many n
.m. Thursday. is rather an irony of Fate that Naza- very well he did it. But apart from team would have curled up and died, rin should have put the vital catch absolute necessities like that any but our man made creditable scores
nilstoke and I wonder down as in the Trials he caught the change is ball as well on any one and con- why Madar and Fincher exchanged especially on a crumbling wicket in ged the last knark." am glad Gozano siderably better than most! But it's places--(IE, of course, the score 15 got a few. Frankly I never expected pretty clear that about this time our correctly printed). Baich the Onat
him to do very much in his first bit deplenished bowtung was beginning question Rust now but I sew I have gume but I did not anticipate his to feel the strain and a dropped eatch omitted one I should have asked Enge He will be well advised to get mud have a disheartening effeef afore. In the Shangheni
"Lee I see two more were innings
second thint thoroughly right before he plays bowled ring bowlers,
60-17--01 put down but as they were in the white Minu bowled 20-4-54-1. last over of the day they probably was Ley also crocked? He clearly did not matter so muchs, The darn- age was done,
The first crucial point must have come when Pearce discovered that Garthwaite was unft to bowl. lie must have known' before the game started an Garthwaite would at least have sent down one over. It follows that he elected to play, Garthwaite as a bat and as a good field. The inst trial gone here had shown that the injury did not prevent his bat ting though I do not suppose it helped him there. Then comes my Arst question. Did Pearer deckle to play Gosano before or after he knete Garthwaite could not bow? If after, I can understand It, as once he know he was short of one of his regular bowlers he must have felt he Like a desperate was bound to chance on Gosano's knee holding up. I use the word "desperate" because it had been palpable during the last few trials thint Gonne was really lot of answering. Why did sint A. unifit, as his knee was able to go at any moment. It will be interesting
And here comes another question and one that will take the deuce of
1, Madar go on to bowl at all on the Arst day? And why did not Cosano,
to learn the answer to that question1 cun conceive Pearce glving Gosano as for one had made up my mind an extra day before putting bowling that Kilbee would be played, unul strain on his kare, but I find it hard I heard not only that he was not but to believe that Madur was crocked aisa that another bowler had crock-ino. He lidt kept an excellent length ed. And there I think we get our in the friuls here, it may be that it! irst lesson for the future and that we thought he could not turn thei is that especially with an away team ball much on the good wicket--but he men with injuries should be shroffed turns as much as Pat Madur and, any- up carefully, I do not know what way length bowling would have been medical opinion was taken about a useful change, As it was, bowling Garthwaite's injury bot it was HD-
on the serond day whrn our attack parently regarded US
passing
seemed to have sunk beneath con= | strain.
tempt, he sent down Ave overs for eleven runs.
THAT CATCH
The next point was the play after timn on the first day. I omit the
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THE HONG KONG JOCKEY CLUB.
marked a crucial period in the game, If the cricket on Tuesday afternoon the play on Wednesday really settled the match. Although the seventh wicket fell at 280, the last three were | (to put on 19 runs. This brings me
to my
next question. Why were Mador (live overs) and Gosano (one over) the only bawlers other than The big four called upon during the day? And why did Persss of those four have so little share of the overs? With runs coming as they did any Draft Programmes and Entry change must have been a good one. Why Forms for the Ninth Extra Race Why was not Nazrin bowted?
though I admit I have Meeting to be held on Saturday,ho
thought of him as a serious bowler— 24th October, 1936, (weather per-was put Ernie.
Fincher pul on! mitting) may be obtained at the When you're up against it a really Secretary's Office, Exchange Build- bad bowler is useful especially if he floats one occasionally as Emile docs the Club House. Happy ing:
there he got some wickets Valley; the Hong Kong Club; the agnst the Rises, when he was last
Shan Kwong Road.
Entries close at 12 NOON on Thursday, 15th October,
By Order.
1936.
never
Sports Club; and the Stables, up there. And after all Eric Mitchell jonce bowled Donald Leach! Why did o'clock not Colledige take off his pads and [send a few down? He doesn't bowl a bad ball. Alfred Lyttelton once took if his pads in a Test Match, went on with lobs and got some wickets-three I think-cheaper than any onc else! There may Actg. Secretary. Janswers to all these questions.
1 do sincerely trust that shall not be told that the bowlers were kept on because they always
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We
looked like geting a wicket. I wonder
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NEXT IMPORTANT JUNCTURE
Now for the next important june- ture in the match. On the second day Shanghai managed to hang on long enough to tire out our men again
3-IN-ONE OIL after their tong leather-hunting the
day before. I have nut, seen the ex- act time but I think the 11.K. side |
.
was not badly knocked shout,
Well, that's that. Summing up, 1 for one am not unduly upset by the
JAMBR
smain.
We have found two useful 'men. Robert Lee has shown he can stand up to a gruelling game and Colledge, I am told, kept very well indeed.
"and they don't shrink either!"
In
Non-members of the K.C.C, may obtain refreshments and their chits will be sent back to their clubs.
is assured of a trial. Players are reninded to bring with them both a white and a coloured Jersey,
The first matches of the season will be played Saturday, October 17, on the Club ground at Happy Valley, the 1st XV v. The Navy and the "A" XV v. an Army side.
MOTOR CYCLING
New Records Are Sot By Two Riders
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G. P. Murphy and J. `N. Leltch,
A. Lopes and J. M. Boyd. J. McKelvie and M. A. Cairns.
H. H. Mundy and W..C. Simpson.
C. G. Anderson and. W. Ahern.
Dennis and L. Jack.... R. Collings and . G. Judd.
A.J.
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J. D. Thomson and H. F. Westlake.
9.44
W. Taylor and J. J. King,
0.40
W. Groves and E. 1. Watis.
9.52
T. D. Paton nud F. E.
Booker.
9.56
IL. D. Camden and Wm.
Orr.
19,00
IL C. Borner, S. Jex aml E. O. Murphy,
A. Eastman and J. E.: R. Humble.
over the ying kilometre ut 272.2 kilometres per hour and
over the
per
ying mile at 262 kilometres hour.---Reuter,
The previous speed record on the Frankfurt, Oct. 12. track was that of 'J. S. Wright ni actual tigures he only allowed 21 ex-
The British Implor-cyclist, Erle enthiery, Paris, on August 31, 1930, tras in 689 ruus--and it's pretty cer- Fernihough, established a world re-at 1335.839 mph. and on the road at an they were not all byes. He is a cord tu-day for the kilometre, trons Corts, November 8, 1930, at 151.241 useful man to have in the Colony and ja standing start. with 159.186 m.p.h. I expect to see his halling, develop, kilometres wer hour. The previous
The Official International Record I think we lost to an excellent side record was held by Ernst fenne with
C:W.S. Lattery, with was held by and I should dearly love to sec n 151.58 klometres per hour. game against them played to a finish Ernst Henne, riding a 300 c.c.110.8 m.p.h, at Monthlery, Paris, on down here.
D.M.W., established world records September 20, 1931.
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