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CRICKET NOTES
THE HONGKONG
TELEGRAPH.
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 1937.
BY "R, ABBIT HAPPY
Schedule Provides
For Players In Camp
Hockey
Police Draw With University.
Undergraduates
Sunday League Defend Well
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.
of the the lust fallen. It
a quarter of an hour earlier.
Although the
An regards the games I have not wickets. When the tean eme back
nl the end yet mentioned. I see that the Uni to the Pavilion versity Alumni Amociation bent game we were told that
wicket had not Recreio pretty emily. Both tennis Recreio comed to contdat very largely of past
was quite impossible to see anything members of the University, while from the Pavilion and the game the Alumint were partieally a Cral-should ive been abandoned at least stenower past and present side with Erude a couple of Kowloon players. Zimmern, the present C.C.C. akpper, and W. Hung Sling were the top K. L. Gusano does not seem to be bowling very much in these day, but I have not been able t did but whether his knee is all warrying hilin
scorers.
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K.C.C. Second
was far Tex strong for the Cen- fand British School I mm very glad that these gamen are still played. It doon not matter in the slightest if the school does lose the game. The elevers gets the most valuable experi- ener of playing ngainst an adult side and in this case they did quite well to score 101 rups. Mulcahy made 72 not aut against them and the Civil Service first eleven must-in- deed wish that he was playing for them a batting, would make a considerable difference to their run- been years has Kelling which for their weak pobral.
A NAVAL VICTORY
The Army were not seen to much. advantage in their game at King's Park with the Navy though as for could be gathered they were pretty well af full strength. All 142 for 114, their bowling failed to worry the Senior Service," Whitmarsh ak usual scored a good many runs 141 not out) while L. S. Ogle unde 40. I expect to get a mure personal view
I have received a fixture list of of a god many of the Service
the Sunday League which is run by players on Sunday when I hope to j the Indian Recreation Club. visit Kinga Park to watch the whole stay match.
A CLOSE GAME
1a
that the Police, who had made a only (thanks chiedy to Daubrowsky and E. S
Brooks) were Going to Ta sremedi
kisse, for 4. Fong and
1.R.C. SUNDAY LEAGUE
It is u
| Jengue which most cricketers know very little about even If they have heard of it, and they may be in- fgrested in a few remarks about it. The object of the league is not only to encourage cricket but to provide
a be fairly comfortable at the start. Nomads, Malaya, Parsees, Bhorus, However, three wickets fell taber Heleise, rapidly and, after
IDOIT,
hockey
A fast and exciting match was played yesterday be- tween the Police and the Univer- sity, the result being a draw, each side scoring twice.
The Police were the first to attack,
and two minutes after the bully-off, Singh, the University goal- keeper, inade a grand save from the A ittle later, opposing forwards.
the University took up the attack, and fine play by C. H. Teoh, the venire-half, enabled 1. 11. Tan to open the scoring.
Spurred on by this reverse, the Police made a good recovery, and a mistake by D. C. Lee, the Univer sity full-back, resulted in the Police equalising through the centre for- word. At half-Ilme, the score was 1-1.
must
dan.
EVE TRYING TO EMULATE
LIBERTY BAY AND TRENTBRIDGE
Selections To Boat "The Book"
Chelsea
(By "Abe")
HOME WINNERS
Middlesbro
Preston N. E..
Sheffield U.
Coventry
Bournemouth Queen's P.R.
Heurts.
Rangers Tranmere
AWAY WINNERS
Lincoln Celtic Notts C.
DRAWS
Charlton v. Arsenal
Northampton v. Millwall Manchester U. v. Aston Villa.
IRISH BOXING DISCOVERY
WILL EVE
STABLE WIN "Capt. Foster Reviews The
ST. LEGER?
Marshall To Help
Sir Victor
Will Sir Victor Sassoon, D., wio the Hongkong St Leger, (confined to Chlua ponies, grina of this season). to be contested to-morrow at the Happy Valley? This, I am sure, will be the main topic among the keen followers of the turf, but neverthe- less it is a subject which requires a Bule thinking.
Sir
Happy
·foritey
Prospects
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HAPPY EVE SHOULD
WIN
ST. LEGER
MARSHALL
TO RIDE GORDITO
Change Of Jockeys Announced
Mr. F. Marshall will definitely rido Gordito in ibs Shum Chun Handlexp (second section) for "C" clasa Chini pontes instead of Mr. S. C. Llong who has promised (before clesing the entries) to take out King's Jubilee, and it is to 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 boltle between Amborley, Gor- dito, Laughing Buddha, Night View and Rose Evelyn for the various positions in the frame outside the Commencement Day Is nicely weighted and has been whispered to 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 his loc- key, Mr. Tao, was trying Royal list Wednesday morning. Consori In looking quite Royal chiming and she is dangerqua.
Victor has two candidates, Eve and Havoc Eve, the annexed this your's Blue Ribn with the greatest of unse, but I must be remembered that Hippy Eve has not appeared in publie adier her secund_phice in the Easter Slakes over a mile and the question is:- Wii the mare be in the sume con- dillon as when
Highness she captured the Hongkong Derby last February?
Expansion Time Judges box.
Only Danger
There are half a dozen entries for the Bangka St. Leger, the "Eve" it may be impertinent to, query, stable being reprosented by two con- but the furt Just not bu over- didates. No doubt the Shanghai Hooked that Herod and Honeycrack jockey, Mr. F. Marshal), will
Eve (winners of 18335 and 1036 Hongkong Derby respitetively) failed ride the cream of the string-Happy to reprorituce their annual inceling Eve. Havoc Eve, weighed out, will be the puce maker. Expansion respective years and sup-
The Eve connections very Time will be looked after by Mr. 5. C. Lining and this more is reported to King's Coronation
But Critics Not the Hongkong St. Legter in
Impressed
their pointed badly.
After the interval, Cheong, Tua and Lingam were in the limelight with some the passing. These three inside men formed the gerens part of the undergraduates"
The distance of this endurance test | be in fine fettle. Fattack. A free bit against the Police
enabled Cheong to run in and seore Since his separation from Tommy la two furlongs more than the Derby will have Mr. Proulx as her skip and with a beautiful fick shot. Suon Farr, the British and Empire heavy course of 1.4% aniles, but it is interest- after this, the Police obtained their weight boxing champion, Ted Broad-g to relate that since its inception, te combination will try level hard to get a place. Rob Roy is to be second goal through Tea Singh. ribb. the boxing manager, has dis- Mr. J. Dunbar's Liberty Bay (1932)
and Mrs. Pearce's Trentridge steered by Mr. Deitz while Scenic covered a young Irishman whom he regards almost as good as Farr.
(1933) were the only two Chine
View will be Mr. Tao's momt. The English critics had an opportunity Intes to capture both the Blue
won last month of seeing the new find, tand and the Hongkong St. Leger. Dom Lydon, in action. "Broadribbit will be seen that Sir Victor Sus- soon bits had three consecutive sue- cesses in the much coveted Derby, but it is to be hoped that Huppy Eve, with the able assistance of Mr. F. Marshall, will be the first mare to register her win for the owner in the Hongkong S1. Læger.
The Police attacked time and again before the end in an effort to score
the winning goal, but brilliant play by the University goal-keeper frus- trated all their attempts, The Anal whistle sounded with the Police for- words sill attacking.
Handsome Victory For Kowloon Tong
Drops One Game In Nine
When I saw the Police and Uni- versity game for a short time at the Valley last Saturday rather thanight for those numerous ployers whose skill is not sufflelent to obtain whose keenness is very great but
them regular places in the
two regular
feague sides, the first and the second. Their six teams are
and Schools. The alter stand, we side is formed and Pope finished off the queen's College and Ellis Kadoorle of ex-pupils of innings abrogaty to leave the Police School. I am"
On their own court last evening, told the Kames are Kowloon Tong wun
their Mixed runs. He is bowling very usefully playtext on Sundays starting at 9 aan., Doubles Badminton League fixture at the present and had the excellent at Shield is competed for, which against Talkoo handsomely, dropping
was presented by only one gene in nine. The Craigengower Second X1 Agents for Messrs. . . Burke &
Wicking Harry
& though perhaps not so much weak-Co.) for sound competition. I can services of C. Bavaled, their ened as their First, was by no means
Has Broadribb's jutperat not help wishing that other clubs at full strength and healen by the 1.R.C. Second, who rattled up 180 with . All (I think them all a new player) heading the scure with sixty.
victors by a narrow margin of cléven
figures of 13-4-22-6.
The Civil Servier 11 hat the Recreio II at their mercy, but it must be admitted that they were strength uned by the inclusion of R. M. Wood and C. Haynes, both of whom should probably be first cleven men. Hooker got going with a 58 sul twenties from Austin
Wood, enabled them to declare a 139 runs for 4
and
lve years ag Messrs.
Co.
nd so many keen players that they had to run à Sundny lengue to give
kume.
TO-MORROW'S GAMES
full
As wis the cuse last week there are no League games to-morrow and mosi sides will not be at strength, The Navy play Craigen Rower first and second elevens, the first playing at home. The compos!- tion of the slden is not known to mo and I should not like to hazard a
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Dom Lydon
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FIRST LEG OF DAILY DOUBLE
Difficult Task To Pick Winnor
The Grat leg of the dally double is on the New Bridge Handi- cap for "B" class Australian ponles and it is a good spin from the 14 mile past, the distance, being about live furlongs, The following is a list of probable starters and jockeys: A Great Time 5. L. Yuen Australian Boy
B. L. Tuo S. C.
Ljung S. W. Tunk R Deltz
Bobulak Star
Derby Day Dick Turpin Llunarmon Saucy Fuce Snowy River Strathcarrick Vixen Tor Zodive
N.
W. H. S. Davis
JI. C. Plb
W.
D. Black L. Halph
manner in which liappy Eve the Hongkong Derby at the Annual Carnival, was so impressive that cannot see anything to beat her, provided of course the marels sound Her brilliant victory against and fit. Expansion Time in this classic was not by a null margin but by many There are, in addition, seven other | lengilis, Happy Eve and ben en- handicap events on the programmetered for the last few meetings, but with the inclusion of three rives for she did not weigh out ang 150 Kajakiraum the Australian cobs, but the "D" tion has been offered for her non- class raters among the China ponies aceptance 11 Is safe, therefore, to will not be seen in action. The first assume that the mare has been re-poundage, Vixen Tor has the best sadding
bell will be rung at theserved and specially trained for the usual time, 1.30 p.m. sharp.
X was not a fiel gallop, but her performance last Saturday over six furlongs
that she bus at morning showed four legs and believe it or not, the
OPENING EVENT
classic event to-morrow.
Longer Distance Suits thud of her hoofs was rattling pretty
Bear Claw
no Jockey yet We have certainly a nice bill of fare to find the first leg, and this be- ing a sprint race, anything.muy hap- pen. With due respect to the gen- iiernan in charge of handling out the
more:
sporting chance, for the lead has never seemned to worry her over short distances, and furthermore the goes well with Mr. Ralph. This of course cannot be accepted as a "cast iron" certainty, for there are several racers with equal chances. It is no use backing a pony unleas fast down the home stretch. At any
one has the courage of one's own rate it must be a first class animal to cross the wire ahead of Happy sweet on Vixen Tor. The strongest convictions and 1 for one am very Eve. I have not Time after her successful outing niet. Australian Boy who was third sern Expansion opposition is, to the best of my be- the Hongkong Griffas Cup over the champion course when she trounced Vixen Tor (the winner of Vau- How Eve-by-length-and-a-half,
rtuse Handleap over six furlongs) She
and these two cobs are now practic- many of early risers who are very
Then we have fond of doingally on level terms. their exercise in the dark, but it iscently the holier of record time over , lo consider Bobniak Star, who was re- reliably learned that the mare is in
three-quarters of a mile, until nections are very content that Ex- the pink of condition and the con-
(Continued on Page 9.), pansion Time will put up a good
The meeting will open with a first class race in the Castle Peak Handi- can for China ponies over a mile, and Judit by the allotment of the poundage, it is not an easy job to spol the winner, When they met in the Double Teuth Plate, a sprint from the 1 mile past, Oak Bay had the pleasure of beating Bear Claw by has declared that Lydon will beat two lengths on level terms whereas Farr li two years, but unless he to-morrow the Inter is set to con- makes rapid progress, it would ap code 22 ss.; but the jaunt is over atitats. pear as if Broadritb's unnoyance at mile, and Brinly believe that over a his break with Farr has warped his longer distance. Bour 4. a '' is
the better fudgment," anys on English writer.
annal. This racer nt heavyweight programine of The Ring S. 1. Yuen while Wild Life will be Lydon's appearance in the all-Mrs. Dunbar will be piloted by Mr.
by T. F. Stanton. It was left to the warped? nëwcomer, however, and Miss Sum- mers to scure the only success for the sire, this pair beating F. S. Ko and Mrs. A. W. en Roza,
Scores:
R. E. Lee puut Min M. Xavier (Kow. Fraser 1-3: het T. Stainton and loon Tong bent 8. Newman and Miss R Suguners 21-6 beat A. Keown neut Me Cunningham 31-16.
Castro A. W. da uz and Mrs.
best Nowana
Min Fart 21-30 bal heal Stainton rul Mes Summer 21-7; Keown und Mins Cunningham 31-0.
F. 4 Is at Mrs. W. A. da teza beat Newman and Mine Fraser 21-7; t Jo Saltar and Mas Numbers 10-14; beat Keown and Miss Canningham 21-17.
ess at the result. Normally K.C.C. (at home) should bent the Army but the same doubt exista here. The Club however should be able to de- fend the Civil Service nu Richardson, has most unfortunately damaged n Anger and will be away this week. Indeed there in some fear that his absence front the alde may be even Jonger.
Owing to a change in dute the Recreio first eleven la at home to the IR.C., and there shipuki! be a very good game.
belongs to an
BARRIER
belped to attract a large gate, and ridden by Mr. D. Bluck, Soldier of REEF
although be won his fight, he was not | Brian convlacing."
BRITISH EMPIRE GAMES
Sydney, Oct. 41.
has not been running loo well lately, but for a long shot he is worth $5.
Gladiator, I understand,
will not arerpt.
EBONY IDOL'S GREAT CHANCE
Tabby Cat Not In Taipo Handicap
HANDICAP
Good Field For The Race
The best race of the afternoota will be seen as the Harrier Heel Handicap for "A class Australian ponies and a good fold is expected. With the absence of Gypsy Love, latenshire Chips and Strathroy, all of which have heen burred
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The penultimate event, the Taipo A record number of nations want subscription geiling of this gra- Haulcap for "I"" class China pontes the British Empire compete in
son that have not won more than havin won more Elan $3,000 in Gunes in Sydney next Februry.
$1,000 in stakes, is to be ridden by takes since Jamancy 1, Electron Eleven computed at Hamilton keys who have not won more then holds the post of honour with 100 the. (Ca) (030, 14 at Leadon les races anywhere at any time; and while Able Amazon, Blandfont, Cen- 1934, but with the
acceptance of incidentally, this is the second leg of tre Court, Couring Eve Double Bermule the 108 quote for Sydney the dally double. After the races, Finesse and Home Brew are all under aches the hios breu þrought up to 15,
Ebony Idol was placed in mil his the 150 lbs, nurk. It is a run over six Malta and Newfoundland are two runs, but it appears that the fuck of furlongs and ja very open event, other countries yet to make a de the stable was dend out and I would Centre Court. Courting Eve and Dou- The Police ara at home to the chalon.
Interest one to know what Jons L1.ble Fresso fall by Double Court) K.C.C. second but do not fancyful, but Bir. J. W. S. Eve, onanising With the
Indin's acceptance has been doubt-Cel. Dowbiggin will have to-morrow! nnd any of them is a good bet to seem to be favourably handienpped their chances. More even
absence of Tabby Cut, It however should be seen between secretary of the Games has received looks a good thing for Ebony Idol follow Electron, the speedy mer- I.K.C. II and the Gummers, and cabled information that India will with Mr. 1. M. Wood up, but the chant, is my fancy. Univerity va. Iterrelo second eleven, be represented in the ycling com- Chairman's Yum Slug will be piloted cach on the ground of the first-petitions.
by Mr. S. L. Yuen instead of Mr.
THE SECOND DIVISION
hamed Club. The Club arcond team į Rhodesia will send out several C. T. Kwok and the change, without has no fixture and I think quite o very young swimmers, one of whom, prejudlec, งแม่ been calculated lot of them will be in Camp. I Miss V. Aitken, is junior champion by prudent racing fans to be over hope in my Tuesday's article to give of. South Africa at the age of 14. five furlongs by favour of the, lutter soma account of the Navy and Sen- Percy Belvin, Bermuda's enigunt pony. Yum Slag ran good race forth Omeers all-day game which in the 220 yards breaststroke, recent- at the Inst meeting and his chance down for Sunday next at King'n ly bettered the Olympic record for is therefore very rosy. Philanderer Park.
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