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Tuesday,
HONGKONG TELEGRAPH
October 10, 1939.
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CRICKET PROSPECTS
SEVERAL NEW PLAYERS FOR CLUB SIDE Varsity Should Benefit By Staying Down
(By “R. ABBIT”)
The decision to carry on with League cricket is I think a very wise one. The circumstances now are not the same as those during the first months of the former war when the German China Squadron was still somewhere in the Pacific and the Volunteers were fully mobilized. Later one did one's drills and musketry on weekdays and played games on Saturday with as often as not some military I remem- exercises on Sunday. There were also camps, ber getting fourteen days off for the Lo Wu camp in 1917 and it was one of the best times I ever enjoyed.
FOR
1939-40
Double Tonth Soccer Match To-day
The Double Tonth soccer match between the Foreigners and the Chinese on the Hon- kong F.C. ground this afternoon commences at 4 o'clock and not 4,30, as several have thought.
... The Island Schools will meet the Mainland Schools in a cur- tain raiser at 2.45 p.m.
Jel. 28151.
GLAMOUR!
34 Elizabeth Andin
By
SELECTIONS FOR RACES TO-DAY
(By "Captain Foster")
There are eight interesting raveS to be contested at Happy Valley this afternoon, the main event being the Double Tenth Plale for China ponies over a sprint from the 11⁄2 mile post
The victorious Davis Cup tennis team from Australla that won the tabout half mile 100 yards), The eup at Haverford, Pa. Left to right: Jack Crawford, Adrian Quist, John Bromwich and Captain Harry Hopman.
How Australia Won The
From what I hear i seems prob-, I may do them an injustice but I do able that endeavours will be made not think they were likely to have so to arrange the training-and of beaten any feat Division toom last course the training is of paramount year. My recollection is that prob- Araportance--that football and crickel ably the University stopped too long can continue, I sincerely trust this in the first Division when they were will be so. I remember a certain not as strong as they had been in pretty senior officer arriving in the the great days when they won the Colony during the Inst War and ex-League. Their lack of success muy pressing horror at the fact that we have had something to do with the were playing cricket when there was slump that did occur some time ago a war oni have never been able to in Vürsily cricket, That it is on the understand this point of view or to up grade now I am convinced, and moke out how we can help the pro-I look forward to seeing them back gress of the war at hume by moping in the first Division next season. about doing nothing instead of tak-But this year they must prove them-Day as a fighting band of Australians turned seeming defeat into big healthy exercise in garnes.
THE PRESENT SEASON
This season of course will present certain d'iculties I have no doubt. For one thing players who ure of military age will no doubt and it difficult to get much net practice. But from what I saw on the Club Ground on Saturday lost I ant in clined to think that there is more new blood coming along for the H.K.C.C. than there lins been for some time. It was badly needed.
I have at present no information about the 1.R.C. and the Recreio. 1 imagine they will have dificulties though in less degree than the Club
THE .C.S.C.C.
selves and, as Mr. E, J. R. Mitchell suggested, get their practice against the better teams in friendlies,
THE CLUB GAME
I was agreeably surprised to find several new menor at all events men whom I had not seen before turning out in the inter-club match
Davis Cup Final
HAVERFORD, Pa., Sept. 5History repeated itself on Labour
victory and once again took possession of the famed Davis Cup.
It was exactly 25 years ago, with the news of the starting of the World War just clicking over the cables, that a challenging Australian tennis team defeated the United States, 3-2, at Forest Hills.
That was
The score was the same this year. by coming from behind to win the but the clrcumstances were much doubles match from the youthful
one short Saturday (Joo Hunt-Jack Kromer team. the H.K.C.C. Ground. It was different. On
n heavily Invoured
POSITIONS REVERSED As the Anal day's play opened. played on a rather dead wicket and afternoon, the bowlers did not get much help. Australian team had been reduced
were .com- For Боте reason the
to on almost hopeless challenger as Saturday's positions game was started with an old ball which was Bobby Riggs and Frank Parker did pietely reversed. Whereas the Aus-
for
who the "impossible" by taking both trallans had been under a great unfortunate
Charleton swings the ball away. Consequently matches and established a 2-0 lead. mental strain the opening day and Saturday, Sunday, were bothered by the slow, sOLEY they now rejoiced in the his figures of 3 for 37 do not do his bowling justice, as len came from Adrian Quist und John Bromwich courts, his first over, When the new ball showed they were willing to fight, underdog position and fast, dry sur- face. Riggs sensed that he must win was produced he promptly got
his match with Quist in order for wicket and subsequently had two The Civil Service will have a more, all three being taken by John last season-got double figures. True, the cup to stay at home.
With Riggs expected to win, Quist
011 pour time, I pretty
afraid. rearce somewhere round the gully, Eddie Gosano did not bat but he has
losc. He started out Baker, on whom the bowling de-one left landed catch being par-been doing most of the bowling inte- now had everything to gain and
Ucularly good. Fay and Bosanquet ly with Ozorio. They have any nothing to pends so much, is, or was when I fast heard, on full time duty with are obviously Brst eleven men, but amount of bowling but bowlers can't stroking freely, without the best- the Naval Volunteers. Whether he if the Police field an eleven this sea-do it all and if they wish to repeat tancy of his earlier play. will be able to play at all I do not son the former will presumably ploy their last season's success they will duced immediate results. know, and I am rather doubtful if for them, while the latter is, I am have to concentrate on stiffening the off to a bad start and choked up always when Quist gained the opening set. A second sot went to Quist. When several others of their better men old, a very keen Rugger player. batting. Their fielding is will be able fo play regularly, it is amazing how many excellent excellent.
Riggs stayed at the boseline. Quist ericketers are lost to the Club in this However, we shall see.
met Riggs at his own easy stroking way.
me. At the net he smashed with Grilllance, although.. Riggs........volleying. placements offset this advantage.
two
.
A PROTEST
did not myself-see Careynericket scribes to register
I wish on behalf of myself and all action but I was told by a good judge
the
It pro
Riggs got
The stout-hearted Riggs would
not accept defeat that easily. Raily-
| grass track is in excellent condition, but I do not expect to see any new turf record being established.
It is expected that a large crowd will be turning up and there is rea- son to believe that the meeting will not be devoid of the usual keerness and close finishes.
My selections for, the eight races ore a follows:
DOUBLE TENTH PLATE
Rose Elect
Eve of Harvest
Bear Claw
YUNNAN HANDICAP
Rose Ewlly
Lovely Star
Izabel
KWANGSI HANDICAP
(FIRST SECTION)
Blue Express Moonlight View Red Feather
HUNAN HANDICAP (FIRST SECTION) Clowner Gold Coin Sunlight View
FOKIEN PLATE Talkative
Herloi
March BrowTI
KWANGSI HANDICAP
(SECOND SECTION)
Roso Jane Jober
Just In Time
CANTALA HANDICAP Derby Day
Happy Landings Criffel
HUNAN HANDICAP (SECOND SECTION) Some Hope. Matador
Jack O'Lantern DAILY DOUBLE EVENT
Talkative/Derby Day
Ing to win the next two sets, it Rugby
· K.-C.-C.-
protest The Kowloon side looks very much as if it will be little changed and that he bowled a couple of quite don't mind a couple of brothers good overs of leg-breaks and shaped in the same side or in different powerful elevens should DE Available. Goodwin is captain but very well with the bat. Hackney did sides but on Saturday last if
is right there were no appeared he would go on to win the It is unlikely he will play much and nothing startling but will I think be scoresheet
a useful 2nd eleven man. He was less than six Cosanos playing and Toddy Fincher will captain the tea in long enough to show that he wat-two of them, to add insult to injury match and let Amerien keep the! in the field. I hope,lo comment
strong finisher. of unless G. N. was cunning enough to more on the K.C.C. after the game ches the ball though he only got had the same inilula G. Nthat is
three runs. He took a couple va. Hongkong to-day,
sound catches,
THE UNIVERSITY
THE OLDER PLAYERS
disguise himself and but twice on the
cup.
Quist never before had been
FIGHTING SPIRIT But the Quist on Labour Day was
CLUB TRIALS
The second of the Club's trial
some side! If so, for alx read five. not the Quist of other matches.games will take place to-morrow on
But I should take it a kladly This time he had a great fighting the Club ground at Happy Valley, and necessary bit of first aid work spirit. With a resolute touch, he play commencing at 5.10 p.m. Intend- I find it difficult to make up my of the old players John Pearce If Dr. E. L. Gosano will send me a passed Rigga at the net time and ing players are asked to bring both a mind about the decision of the League not to allow the University/ bowled well though there was fierce list of the clan complete with Christ again as the United States star tried white and coloured jersey and all
пе controversy in the pavilion to fan or nicknames accordingly as the to forco the Issue. From onc-all turning out will be certain of a game. to piny in the first Division. Had whether one of his wickets fell to a individuals
addressed. Quist recled off four games and led they been outstandingly superior to all that pitched three times or Otherwlac we scribes shall 5-1. Back tame Riggs to win three game on Wednesday, October 18 01
war-correspondents'
are usually
the Alec Pearce phrase
games.
trial
There will be one further
the same ground and at the same time, before the season proper opens
nu the other second Division teams merely to a didapper. I do not think there could I ave been was useful and it will be of great phrase and describe a batsman be- The crowd was fense, Was Riggs with matches between the Club any doubt in the case. But, though use to the Club if he can and his ing caught or bowled by "someone going to repeat the comeback of his "XV and a Navy side and the Club a useful and desperately keen side, bowling form which last season of the Gosanos!" They are even Bromwich match final set, when he 1st XV and the Army on Saturday, they did not defeat all other sides seemed to have deserted him some-more dimeult than another clan, to won six successive games after being October 21 on the Club ground. I can appreciate their desire to play what. But the great surprise to me whom I will only refer as the "Ex-behind 0-47 Realizing this was against the belter sides and thus to was Ride's keeping o tengti with leg, troet of the sanguine grapes Improve their own game. But they breaks and taking five for twenty: pain." woaid, I fancy, have suffered defeat I fancy most of us, including him-
POLICE V. R.A.F.
of
now or never, Quist hit out with every uning had left und won the Anal gaine and match.
After the opening game of the
in the majority of their mutches and seit, used to take his donkey-dropa this does more harm to the young not too seriously, except perhaps in The players In the Police eleven Parker-Bromwich rualch, It wus! cricketer, in my opinion, than play-an Oxford and Cambridge match. seemed mostly to have previous con-apparent that the Cup's American ing in higher class cricket does good. But I am told he bowled really well.victions though I don't seem to re- sojourn would be short lived. This
Lloyd never found length.
SPORT ADVTS.
THE HONG KONG JOCKEY CLUB.
BATTING
member Estall and Tyffo, The lot first game lasted through 12 minutes ter måde 20 not out and may be a and 10 points. On each point, there| useful recruit. They missed Fay of were longer baseline rallies_from Most of the batsmen showed signs course. Hunter and Pope also got Parker's weak forehand to Brom- of lack of practice. If only Mac-runs, and Pope had 5. for 28. Hal-wich's one-handed forehand. Back
5.4 overs.
THE NEW OVER
was
Hammond and Farr Join R. A. F.
ARMY SCHOOLS' AQUATIC MEET
kenzie could cut out his agricultural io is turning out again, I see, and jand forth the ball sailed, and Parker LONDON, Det, 9. (Reuter)-Wal- shots he might do quite well as he got 2 for 14 in four overs. But the was clearly at a disadvantage, In-ter Hammond, England's Test cricket But A.F. had had too many men gel-variably he would lose the point by captain, and also captain of the can play some very nice ones. he hits peross a straight ball for tooting into double figures and they hitting his forehand out.
Gloucestershire county eleven, 19 This action was repented for three taking up a commission in the Royal often. Mitchell played well after n won by 31 runs, Helmsley, who went
atarted to leave Air Force. Draft Programmos and Entry rather scratchy start but I imagine on second change, taking 5 wickets (seta. The crowd
after the opening set. Bromwich
Another prominent English sports- Forms for the Ninth Extra Raco he is a very busy man and will play for 16
with no baseline weakness Mooting to be held on Saturday, for the second.
superior to Parker will is hesitata to Join the R.AE., since the I see in referring to the new men 21st October, 1939, (Weather por
1 understand that it has been de-ing forehand. Parker won most of outbreak of war la Tommy Farr, mitting) may be obtained at the have omitted so far to mention cided to experiment with the eight-tits points when he came to the net, heavyweight boxing champion. Becratarya Office, Exchange Build. Fortescue. He will no doubt in a ball over here this season and it la but with Bromwich playing "nine- couple of years or so become a tower a change with which I am entirely tenths of the shots to Parker's fore- ing: tho Club House, Happy of strength to the Civil Service but in accord. Half day cricket seldom end, the American player had few Valley; the Hong Kong Club, the his present job is hardly one to give allows a man to bowl more than ten chances to force the play at the nel him regular leisure and I imagine he overs and even in Triangular Tour- Sir Norman Brookes. President of Sports Club: and the Stables, will, when he can get off, play for namcht matches bowlers seldom send the Australian Lawn Tennis Associa- Shan Kwong Road.
the Club this season. He is a very down more than twenty. The strain tion, sald after the matches that the Entrios close at 12 o'clock NOON useful bat and keeps wicket well,
should not be too great! It may be next Davis Cup challenge round on Thursday, 12th October, 1939.nover watching at the ball. He that the bowlers will have to train!uld be held in Melbourne near the
took some excellent ones on the lega little more carefully, and cut the latter part of December, 1040, unloca The annual swimming sports of the By Order,
sido. I heard the view expressed tobacco down a bit.
the International situation made this Army Children's Schools in. Hong- that there was Hile to choose, be-
kong will be held by kind permission impossible. tween him and Fox.
It meant a great deal to the Aus- of the United Services Recreation I hope to have some notes about tralians to win the cup. They were Club in the U.S.R.C. Pool on Friday, the Club-Kowloon match in Thurs- a very happy group, for they had October 13, commencing at 3 I did not see this game, and I have day's issue. Iteurt the 8. O. Eise vindicated themselves in the eyez The Championship Flag, presented not been able to locate anyone, who for H.K.C.C. Charleton The Club of their countrymen. Team Captain by Major-General J. W. Sandilands, did. But from reading the scores 1 side is quite strong and I fancy their Harry Hopman, who has been a mar- is the main trophy of the meeting, ean see that there is the same old chances.
velous good-will ambassador for his and will be competed for by the country by his gracious manner, Schools of Hongkong and Kowloon in weakness, and that is Jack of soil-
gave all the credit ja his players-two sections. dity in the batting. With the excep-1:
Mrs, A. E. Grasett, wife of 'His tion of M. Remedios (10) and G. N. And that reminds me. Will Club but most of the experts agreed that|
their Axturo Hopman deserved much of the vic- Excellency Major-General A E.
•Gozono (21) at the end only A. M.Secretaries send me Rodrigues (43,ret.), and J. M. cards care of the Telegraph when tory praise for his handling of the Grasett, G.O.C., will distribute the Prata" (38 not out) the stalwarts of available? Thank you very much. players and well planned strategy.myizes at the conclusion of the sports.
B BROWN,
Secretary.
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