CRICKET NOTES
THE HONGKONG
TELEGRAPH.
BY "R. ABBIT"
Schedule Provides
For Players In Camp Sunday League At I. R. C.
The arrangement whereby no league games are played during the latter part of November is a very sensible one as it provides for the absence of cricketers in Camp. As I mentioned in my last article, all cricket on Saturday last was non League.
members
Hockey
Police Draw With University
Undergraduates Defend Woll
A fast and exciting hockey match was played yesterday be- tween the Police and the Univer- sity, the result being a draw, each side scoring twice.
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The Police were the first lo attack, and two minutes after the bully-off
University goal- Singh, the keeper, made a grand save from the
A little later,į opposing forwards. the University took up the attack, 1. Teah, the and fine play by C centre-half, enabled 1. 11. Tan to open the scoring.
When the tent came back As regards the games I have not wickets.
at the end of the yel mentioned, I see that the Uni- to the Pavillon
Spurred on by this reverse, the Alumini Association beat gume we were told that the last versity
wicket had not fallen. It Police made a good recovery, and a Reerein pretty easily. Both terns tecreio seemed to consist very largely of past was quite impossible to see anything mistake by O. C. Leob, the Univer- gamesity full-back, resulted in the Potice and the while from the Pavilion of the University. the Alumni were practically a Cral-'should have been abandoned at least equalising through their centre for- Ward. At half-time, the score was gengower past and present side with a quarter of an hour earlier.
11-1. a couple of Kawloon players. Ernie Although the K.C.C. Secund It Zimmern, the present C.C.C. skipper, was far tou and W. Hong Sling were the top E. L. Goseno does not seem to be bowling very much in these days, but I have not been able to find out whether his knge is still worrying him.
*COLCTS.
A NAVAL VICTORY
The Army were not seen to much advantage in their game at King's Park with the Navy though as for an could be gathered they
were
pretty well at full strength. All out for 114, their bowling falled to, wury the Senior Service. Whitmarsh as usual scored a good many runs (44 not put) while L. S. Ogle mude 40. 1 expect to get a more personal view of good many of the Service players on Sunday when i hope to visit King's Park to watch the whole day match.
A CLOSE GAME
runs.
years has
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 1937.
EMULATE
HAPPY EVE TRYING TO LIBERTY BAY AND TRENTBRIDGE
WILL EVE
Selections To Beat STABLE WIN "Capt. Foster"
"The Book"
Chelsea
+
*(By "Abe")
HOME WINNERS
Middlesbro Preston N, E. Shemeld U
Coventry
Bournemouth Queen's P.R.
licorts. Rangers Trunmere
AWAY. WINNERS
Lincoln Celtic Noits C.
DRAWS
Charlton v. Arsenal
Northampton v. Milkwall Manchester U. v. Aston Villa.
IRISH BOXING DISCOVERY
ST. LEGER?
Marshall To Help
Sir Victor
Will Sir Victor Sassoon, Bt., win the Hongkong St. Leger, (confined to China ponies, griffins of this season), 10 be contested to-morrow at the Happy Valley? This, I am sure, will be the main tople among the keen followers of the turf, but neverthe- less it is n subject which requires n little thinking.
Sir Victor has two candidates, Happy Eye and Havoc Eve, the former annexed this year's Blue Riband with the greatest of ease, but It must be remembered that Happy Eve has not appeared in public after her second place in the Easter Stakes over ule and the estion is:- Will the more be the same con- dition
ns when she captured the Hongkong Derby last February?
Eve
Reviews The
Prospects
HAPPY EVE
SHOULD
WIN
ST. LEGER
MARSHALL TO RIDE GORDITO
Chango Of Jockeys Announced
Mr. F. Marshull will definitely ride Gordito in the Shum Chun Handicap (second section) for "C" class China ponics Instead of Mr. S. C. Liang who has promised (before closing the entries) to take out King's Jubilee, and it is be hoped that the change will
not give any trouble to the Shanghai crack jockey. The adjust- ment of the weights does not leave any loophole and there should be a grim battle between Amberley, Gor- dito, Laughing Buddha, Night View and Rose Evelyn for the various positions In the frame outside the Commencement Bay la nicely weighted and has been wisispered me as a good outside bet. Centre Forward has been un- der a cloud and I doubt if he will start owing to the fact that la joc- key, Mr.
Royal Tao, was trying Highness. last Wednesday morning. Consort is looking quile Boynt charming and she is dangerous.
Expansion Time Judges box.
Only Danger
There are half a dozen entries for
the Hongkong St. Leger, the "Eve" stable being represented by two can. didates. No doubt the Shanghal crack Jockey, Mr. F. Marshall, will:
It may be impertinent to query, but the fact must not be over looked Uml Herodd and Honeymoon 1030 (winners of 1935 und Hongkong Derby respectively) failed ride the cream of the string-Happy to reproduce their annual meeling Eve. Havoc Eve. If weighed out,
and disap- their respective years
But Critics Not form the Hongkong St. Leur in will be the pace maker. Expansion
Impressed
View will be Mr. Tao's mount.
The
to
FIRST LEG OF DAILY DOUBLE
Difficult Task To
Pick Winner
The first leg of the daily double
cop for "D" class Australian ponies event is on the New Bridge Handi- and it is a good spin from the 1 mile post, the distance being about five furlongs. The following is a list of probable starters and Jockeys: A Great Time S. L. Yuen Australian Boy B. L. Tro
S. C. Liang S. W. Tank N. Deitz W. H. S. Davis
Тал After the interval, Cheang. strong for the Cen-
in the limelight trai British School I am very glad and Lingam were
pointed the Eve connections very Time will be looked after by Mr. S. that these games are still played. with some fine passing. These three
badly.
C. Liang and this more is reported to does not matter in the slightest inside men formed the most dan-
The distance of this endurance test be in fine fettle. King's Coronation the school does lose the game. The gerous part of the undergraduates" eleven gets the most valuable experi- attack. A free hit against the Police ence of playing against an adult side enabled Cheang to run in and score Since his separation from Tommy is two furlongs more than the Derby will have Mr. Proulx as her skip and tick shot. Soon Farr, the British and Empire heavy-course of 15 miles, but it is interest the combination will try level hard and in this case they did quite well with a beautiful
to get a place. Rob Roy is to be to geore 101
Mulcahy made after this, the Police obtained their weight boxing champlon, Ted Broad-ing to relate that since its inception, them' nad the second goal through Tejo Singh. ribb, the boxing manager, has dis Mr. L. Dunbar's Liberty Bay (1832) 73 hot out against
Pearce's Mrs.
Trenuridge steered by Mr. Deitz while Seenle Civil Service first eleven must in-
covered a young Irishman whom he and
were the only (1933)
two China The Police altacked time and again regards almost as good as Farr,
to capture both the Blue deed wish that he was playing for
before the end in an effort to score
English critles had an opportunity ponies them. His batting, would make a considerable difference to their run- the winning goal, but brillant play last month of secing the new find, Riband and the Hongkong St. Leger, manner in which Happy Eve well been by the University goal-keeper frus- Dom Lydon, in action. "Broadribb It will be seen that Sir Victor Sas the Hongkong Derby at the Annual
soon bus had three consecutive suc- trated all their attempts. The final getting which for their weak point.
cesses in the much coveted Derby, Carnival, was so impressive that whistle sounded with the Police for
see anything to beat her, but it is to be hoped that Hoppy Eve, cunnot wartis still attacking.
with the able assistance of Mr. F. Marshall, will be the first mare provided of course the mare is sound register her win for the owner in and ft. Her brilliant victory agains
Expansion Time in this classic was the Hongkong St. Leger.
not by a small margin but by many There are, in addition, seven other lengths. Happy Eve had ben en- handicap events on the programme tered for the last few meetings, but fare to find the first leg, and this be- with the inclusion of three races for she did not weigh out ang no ga sprint race, anything may hap- With due respect to the gen- the Australian cobs, but the "D"tion has been offered for her non, class raters among the China ponies acceptance. It is safe, therefore, 10 lemur in charge of handing out the poundage, Vixen Tor has the best will not be seen in ection. The first assume that the mare has been re-
chance, for the lead has saddling bell will be rung at the usual time, 1.30 p.m. sharp.
OPENING EVENT
I.R.C. SUNDAY LEAGUE
I have received a fixture list of the Sunday League which is run by the Indian Recreation Club, It is
"
league which most cricketers know Handsome
very little about even if they have heard of it, and they may be in- terested in a few remarks about it. The object of the league is not only Į to encourage cricket but to provide
When I saw the Police and Uni- versity game for a short time at the Valley last Saturday I rather thought me for those numerous players that the Police, who had made 130
whose keenness is very great but whose skill is not sufficient to obtain
Victory For Kowloon Tong Drops One Game In Nine
only (thanks chiefly to Danbrowsky them regular places in the two and E. S. Brooks) were going to
league sides, the first and ned regular lose, for J. Fong and T. Tsul secmed
Their the second.
six tçums are to be fairly comfortable at the start. Nomads, Malaya, Parsees, Dhoras,
wickets fell rather However, three
Helclse, and Schools. The Intter rapidly and, after n stand. two
formed of -ex-pupils of more, and Pope finished off the aide s
Queen's College and Ellis Kadooric innings abruptly to leave the Police School. I nin
On their own court last evening, told the games are Kowloon Ton won their Mixed victors by a narrow margin of eleven played on Sundays starting at 9 a.m., Doubles Badminton League fixture runs. He is bowling very usefully and a Shield is competed for, which against Taikoo handsomely, dropping at the present and had the excellent five years URO Wha presented by only one game in nlue. Acures of 13-4-22-8.
Mesars Harry Wicking & Co. Agents for Messrs. E. J. Burke &
visitors were without the Co.) for annual competition.
best I can services of C. Bovaird, their not help
wishing that other clubs man player, whose place was taken and so many keen players that they by T. F. Stainton. It was left to the tearped? had to run a Sunday league to give newcomer, however, and Miss Sum them all a game.
mers to score the only success. for the side. this pair beating F. S. Ko and Mrs. A. W. dla Ruzi
Scorest
The Craigengower Second X though perhaps not so much weak ened as their First, was by no means
at full strengila and was badly beaten by the LRC. Second, whe rattled up 190 with I. Ali (I think new player) heading the score with sixty.
TO-MORROW'S GAMES
The
Jas
Dom Lydon
KHA
Longer Distance
Bear Claw
Bobniak Star Derby Day
Llanurmon Blck Turpin Soury Face
Strathearrick Snowy River
Vixen Tor Zodiac
H. C. Plb
W. Poy
D. Bluck
n
L. Rolph
no Jockey yet
We have certainly a nice bill of
served and spectally trained for the sporting seemed to worry her over
goes well with Mr. Ralph.
is of course cannot be accepted as "cast Iron" certainly, for there are several racers with equal chances.
classic event to-morrow. It was not never
short distances, and furthermore the n fast gallop, but her performance over six furlongs last Saturday mare morning showed that she has still four legs and believe it or not, the Suitsud of her hoofs was rattling pretty It is no use backing it pony unless
fast down the home stretch.
one has the courage of one's own rate it Kust be a first class animal canvletions and I for one am very to cross the wire ahead of Happy sweet on Vixen Tor. The strongest Eve. I have not seon Expansion
any
A
The meeting will open with a first Time after her successful outing in opposition is, to the best of my be- class race in the Castle Peak Handi- the Hongkong Grimins Cup over the lef, Australian Boy who was third
cluse cap for China ponies over a mile, champion course when she trounced to Vixen Tor (the winner of Vou- Hundicop over six furlongs) and judging by the allotment of the Havoc Eve by a length and a half.
army of carlynd these two cobs are now procile- poundage, it is not on-easy-job to She belongs to an
ally on level terms. Then we have fond of doing to consider Bobniak Star, who was re- in the Double Tenth Plate, a sprint their exercise in the dark, but it iscently the helder of record ilme over Broadribb's judgment been the winner. When they met risers who are very
from the 111⁄2 mile post, Oak Bay bad reliably learned that the mare is in the pleasure of beating Bear Claw by the pink of condition and the con- three-quarters of a mile, until
(Continued on Page 9.) two lengths on level terms whereas nections are very confident that Ex- to-morrow the latter is set to con- pansion Time will put up a good | - cedo 22 lbs; but the jaunt is over a
fight. raile, and firmly believe that over u longer distance, Bear Claw is Mrs. Dunbar will be piloted by Mr. S. L. Vuen while Wild Life will be ridden by Mr. D. Block. Soldier of Britain has not been running too well lately, but for a long shot he is worth $5. Gladiator, I understand, will not accept.
has declared that Lydon will bent Farr in two years, but unless he makes rapid progress, it would ap- pear as if Broadribb's annoyance at his break with Farr has warped his fudgment," says an English writer.
in the all- "Lydon's appearance heavyweight programme at The ting helped to attract a large gate,, and although he won his fight, he was not beat convincing." beat)
The Civil Service 1 had the Recreio II at their merey, but it must As was the case last week there be admitted that they were strength- are no League gunes to-morrow and
R. E. Lee and Miss M. Xavier Kow- ened by the inclusion of R. M. Wood | most aides will not
be at full toon Tung) beat S. Newman and Alas and C. Haynes, both of whom should strength. The Navy play Craigen-Fraser 1-3; beat T. Stainton and probably he first eleven men. Booker power first and second elevens, the 16. Summers 21-6: beat A. Krown and got going with a 50 and twenties first playing at home. The compost-Miss Cunninghai 21-10, from Austin and Wood enabled tion of the sides is not known to me them to declare at 18 runs for 4 and I should not like to hazard a Newinan
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guess at the result. Normally K.C.C. (at home) should beat the Army but the same doubt exists here. The Club however should be able to de- feat the Civil Service as Richardson most unfortunately damaged a hus finger and will be away this week. Indeed there is some fear that his absence from the side may be even longer. Owing to a change in date the Recreio first cleven is at home to the IRC, and there should be a very good game.
THE SECOND DIVISION.
BRITISH
EMPIRE GAMES
Sydney, Oct. 31.
the better animal. This racer of BARRIER
EBONY IDOL'S GREAT CHANCE
Tabby Cat Not In Taipo Handicap
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The best race of the afternoon will be seen in the Barrier Reef Handicap for "A" class Australian ponies and With the a good field is expected.
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and Home Brew are all under reaches the has been brought up to 15.
Ebony Idol was placed in all his Malta and Newfoundland are two runs, but it appears that the luck of furlongs and is a very open event. other countries yet to make a de- the stable was dead out and it would Centre Court, Courting Eve and Dou interest one to know what joss Lt. ble Finesse (all by Double Court) The Polico are at home to the cision,
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good bel lo and any of them is a absence of Tabby Cal, it their cliances. More even games
the speedy mer- however, should be seen between secretary of the Games has received looks a good thing for Ebony Idol follow, Electron, IRC. and the Gunners, and cabled information that Indin will with Mr. I. M. Wood up, but the chant, is my fancy. University vs. Recreto second eleven, be represented in the cycling com- Chairman's Yum Sing will be piloted each on the ground of the first-petitions.
by Mr. S. L. Yaen instead of Mr. Rhodesia will send out several | C. T. Kwok and the change, without named Club, The Club second team
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