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NOVEMBER 12, 1937.
129 By Owen Hughes
H.K.C.C. 180 In
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The non-league game between the Club and K.C.C. started in brilliant sunshine at noon yesterday on wicket that seemed good, though a puff or two of dust rising occasionally when a ball pitched made one wonder what would happen later. The Club won the toss and Kilbee and Richardson opened to Burnett and Lay,
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The attack did not seem particular- he had scored 17) he played forward ly dangerous though both bowlers to Holden and the ball pitched on his sent down:
Occasional teaser. toe which was in front of the wicket: Runs came steadily from some ex- 20-3-17. Things looked black for cellent batling, Kilbee being the most Kowloon. Bryen, however, after a the single from Burnett, win made a double change with Bob successful howler twice to the boun- Lee on at the Yard end and Lloyd ni dary. At 3 he skied a tremendous the uther. The ty was holsted af- one to point, where no one was field- but though Hayward from. be- ter half an hour's cricket, and then ing.
the sticks just manuged to in Lee's serond over a good length balt which turned in very quickly reach it he could not hold it. How- took the up of Kilber's middle stick. ever. at 37 Burnett jumped out to Owen Hughes and drove him straight 51-1--32.
and the huwter took a red hot smack at the full stretch of his left hand, 37-4-3.
RUNS STILL COME Owen Hughes took a short single aff his first ball and cracked a full tuss from Lloyd to the mid wicket boundary, and seemed to be in firm
behind
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A STUBBORN STAND
Baker then went on for Holden and
as he put Lee very nicely for four John Pearce for Owen Hughes, Twice
batsmen in the latter's first over the ball beati
wickel-keeper ran some sharp singles of Lre to batsman, wicket and
square leg. Both
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As generally expected, Ma- laya will not send a badminton tcam to Hongkong for the proposed Interport contest at the beginning of next year. The Badminton Association of Ma- laya has decided not to under- take the tour owing to the prevailing political disturbances In the Far East, and is writing to the Hongkong Badminton Association thanking us for the invitation and requesting that it be renewed at some fu- ture date when the present trouble blows over,"
Craze for Big Players-
"All Nonsense"
IF the public want heman stuff let them go to all-in
but by this time Lee was but O'Bryen got the last one nicely wrestling. There should be no CONCE
Runs now were place for it on Football League Lloyd too to leg for four. bawling in his old form.
grounds." found a better length and occasion-scarce. Baker opened with three mul- ally made one creep on the olf while dens and seemed to be able to bowl Owen Hughes missed several which an old fashioned shooter everywhere hit him on the pats when he shaped to drive them.
Mr. James J. Taylor, live leader "I have been giving a lot of except on the wicket. But runs be of Preston North End, speaking. gan mounting steadily and the fast
Was
"Association football is a man's certainly. and shoulder-to me, shoulder charging is legitimate.
"But that is not what the public is out to see,
With 70 up Clondwin relieved Lloyd spinning leg-breaks were very expen-thought to the current problenis of in byes. However, when the football," he says, "and this trend but Richardson hooked him for four sive to leg and then hit a full-toss nearly stand had put on 45 runs for the fifth towards big players is all non- on to the Garden Road traffle lights. wicket Peirce at last got in a beauty sense. He had two fours lo leg and a single that bowled O'Bryen neck and crop. very stout innings. Lee's fast 82-5-20. A in Goodwin's next over.
D. Lay carne in and was clean ball was always dangerous but he B.
beaten twice before the over occasionally pitched one too far on or
done. utside the leg stump and Richardson had a couple of fours and Owen Hughes #three in this way, The hundred went up in fifty-six minutes, Richardson completed his fifty with n honk to leg for fear of Goodwin but mishit a full-toss next ball-the, last
before lunch and was caught from a skler at backward square le
his first mistake in a really good innings. 105-2-50.
AFTER LUNCH
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MORE WICKETS FALL
Maker Mebellas relieved bowled round the wicket. In Pearce's rarely next over Fincher was clean beaten scientifle player lures his opponent by one which seemed to go straight towards him and then slips the ball "There should be less bally con- through and bowled him neck and past him.
Play should be quick but erop. 85-B--14. Lloyd cocked up his first one to square leg but there tact. was no one there and a single re-subtle, with the thrills coming front sulted. However, he had a wild the scientifle, unexpected moves by swing in McLellan's next over was clean bowled. 80-7-3.
and players.
The only way to defeat the de-
Lee bowled again at the Yard end
La and Lee hit a few fours in tensive tacties that have developed after lunch with Lloyd at the other!
second over, despair and then McLellan straighten- so much these last few years is to end.
the latter's a
ore out to have B. D. Lay legheep the ball on the ground, to en- Owen Hughes cracked a full-toss toled
Lee seemed to courage craft all round, and sʊ stive the long leg boundary and off drove before. 103-8-6,
a beauty for a similar amount. Af-like Pearce and hit him to long leg the players of smaller build a greater ter a muple of singles he repeated for four and it struck me the leg-chance." the... shot. Potrleen off the aver, breaker may be apt to fore his length Lee, however, cuntloted "to bowl very iif-kneukel - about bit. Jex placed steadily, Owen Hughes again off-Pearce wry tenderly into mid-off's || drove Lloyd twice for four and then hand who equally tenderly placed it. completed his fty with a beautiful on the cupet! on drive off Lee. tent to defend,
Marshall was con~
OWEN HUGHES COMPLETES HIS CENTURY
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in ter, re cumbersome as footballers However, at 110 Mclellan bowled barging about and ploughing up Hallant furteent the earth. They can see this in the 1 Lee for a
by ploughboys' leagues, says an English Goodwin was handicapped strained leg but survived the over.writer.
The Football League is ex bore a charmed fe as he was
At 140 Goodwin went on for Lloyd but he could not avoit one or two full tusses per over, usually to Owen dropped in the deep off, a difficult to demonstrate, not a defensive dead-
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Hughes who drait faithfully with chance, but Goodwin fell two balls lock, but the art and craft of the EURASIA AVIATION CORPORATION them. Then Burnett went on for later. lii-10-0. Thus the Club game, and this, in the First Division,
is what the worth-i make K.C.Cat any
rate. but ten runs came from his are 188 on and can first over. Two or three quiet overs follow us on Saturday if they wish while supporter expects.
Is he seeing it? If he is, his eye- sight is better than mine, Week by week, I mean,
followed and then Owen lughes hit to do so. Burnett for three fours and a single
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in one over. Lay relieved Goodwin but Owen Hughes hit two full tosses falden for four and scored a single. Good-Owen Hughes win went on at the other end and his Baker Arst ball gave Owen Hughes a four J. Pearce to long leg. A few singles came and McLellan then Owen Hughes hit Goodwin to leg for four and stole a single, com- pleting a splendid century and at the same time sending up the two hun- dred. He hach taken eighty-six minutes over it. Leg went on for:
Forwards are being blotted out. Safely-first football has pushed good forward play into the background.
CURBED
TT WAS GOOD TO SEE PRESTON Final last season. In the Cup becouse it was tangible reward to a club that has made no secret of its attempts to play good football.
their
good
London, Nov. 11. The following have been selected
As the play of one side, however, Goodwin but runs still come and it to play for England in the soccer
Wales at Middlesta necessarily governed, curbed, or was not unill the score was at 244
match against that Owen Hughes put Lee into mid-brough on November 17.--Woodley, affected by the methods of Cuills, opponents, striving to play
best off's hands in trying to drive. A Sproston, Barkas, Crayston,
Mills; football may not yick the splendid 1211 Bered in two hours
Matthews, Hall, Copplug.
results. (244-3-120). He hit 24 fours.
Goulden, Brook.
Such are the trials of these com-
and the effect imperative need of
Marshall had been trishing out but
Wales will be represented by Gray: he was fulling to time them and had Turner, Hughes; Murphy. Hanford petlive days,
Leslie Jones, tactics of ely true 2 out of the 130 put
Richards; Hopkins,
Tide and once
on for the third wirkel. He started Perry, Dryn Jones, Morris.-Reuter, paints. Ithink tatt Path Flats Chr qulekly. At 279 Stide nit womeyker from Lay and Sten the well quite hard spun ou inde de stumps 70-410 d. 1. Protee went in to hit but selfie a treaples of singles he had
with swing at lee and won bowled 5.-2. 1. wax the Club's game, of case, get us or get out. Still they will n 291, Marshall pulled Ice rather the dogs long leg where he was well caught by furnett. He hal made 44 d had he timed the ball botter he would have made far
great number of hard hit! shuis failed to get to the boundary.. Stayward (7 nel cuts then declared, AFTER TEA
A. . ny and Teddy Fincher opened to Holden (at the Yard End) drove and Owen Hughes. Lay Holden for four and a few singles camo, but in Holden's second over Teddy mistimed a lower one and wOE easily caught at mid-off. (7-1---1). Mudar who succeeded just touched his first ball and it was brilliantly caught by Marshall at first slip after It had (as it seemed in the seare box) brushed Hayward's gloves behind the sticks. 70. O'Bryen came in and played out the over. Lay played stoully and hit three fours in all but with the score at 20 (out of which
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