Tuesday,
HONGKONG TELEGRAPH
October 24, 1939.
WEEK-END CRICKET
Club Bachelors Quell Married: Recreio Show
Batting
Weakness
(By "R. Abbit")
FROM the list of Volunteer training weeks which I saw the other day it is quite clear that there will be no regular sides turning out before Christmas, but this is inovitable and the whole arrangement sooms' to be an excellent one as the training will get done, adequately and thereafter presumably the drills and any evolutions will omit Saturdays! The decision not to play Leaguo Matches until the New Year was a very fortunate
onc.
CANNOT any the batting of the 'Married was anything but thoroughly bad. It is true that Fay bowled very well and that John Pearce sent down several good ones, but two of the latter's wickets were obtained with full Losses; and I am not sure that' Lowe did not ft. to a similar ball. He was out just before I arrived. Armstrong alone did anything and he was unlucky to be bowied off his toe. Of the others; Bishop only shaped well. Potter, for! the single men, kept wicket excellent- ly, his stumping of Erie Mitchell being a beautiful piece of work-I was watching it through field glasses, and doubted It Mitchell was out, but
Hongkong Golf Record
Since writing yesterday. "Birdie" has discovered that the record for the Hongkong amateur Golf Championship is 146, scored by ML W. Budd (75 ael 1) in 1932.
J. T. Smith's 147 on Sunday, therefore, does not better the record.
when he came in he told me he lifted G. N. Gosano was the only batsman
als fool and it was nf this particular moment that Potter took the balls 911.
PLENTY OF RUNS
to do anything.
K. C. C. Beat M'sex
THE Kowloon Cricket Club, play- Ing without Teddie Fincher and R. WHEN the Bachelora went in, all E. Lee, ran up 178 runs against the of them got runs more or less, Middlesex Regiment which included but the bowling of the Married side three or four new men, so far as my was very weak indeed, and it was recollection goes. It was noticeable W. Ive newcomers, knocked about all over, the place. that the three After they had won by nine wickets Rapley, D. Hung and A. Ziminers they went on to compile 287, a con- (all of Craigenzower last siderable score in a half-day match. all goi runs. I understand, however, that in the corresponding match next year both Potter and Kilkee will turn over to the other alde! i
RECREIO WIN
SCRSON)
The best innings, I am Informed, was that Rapley who came in after three quick, wickets had fallen und completely knocked off the slow
Hatheld, I sec, is still in the Colony.
REVIEWED
ADVENTURERS IN HONGKONG-Round-the-world cyclisis who left Bombay in 1933, and to date of the have travelled 50,000 miles through Europe, Africa, North and South America and Japan. Graduates University of Bombay: (right to left) R. Shroff, 31, electrical engineer; R. Ghandi, 32, electrical engineer; K. Kharas, 30, commercial student.
WORLD CYCLISTS IN H.K.
Cairo To Cape Town In 18 Days: Realization Of Schoolboy Dream
(By "Tinker")
AROUND the world on cycles!
Indoor Bowling
H.M.S. Kent P.0's. Beat Gunroom
In a friendly game of bowling at the Hongkong Bowling Alleys last night, the H.M.S. Kent Petty Officers beat the Gunroom by 152 pins. The
Ecores were:
PETTY OFFICERS
W. Hambrook W. Bird
W. Godden
This is what three athletic Parsee graduates of the Flint Bombay University, Karkee Kharas, 36-year old commer- C. Denny cial student, Rustam Ghandi, 32, and Ruttan Shroff, 31, R. 11. Halness electrical engineers, have almost completed.
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130 159 280
137 91 228
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112 222
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221
112 80 208
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bowler, Peul, who had taken them. THE win of the Recreio over the but he did not enjoy lus usual suc Civil Service was not quite co CCS. The fielding, however, is
Adto have been very bad indeed, a lot casy as it looked on paper.
For the They set out from Bombay in April, 1933, and after was not likely to win a match, but I Middlesex, the top score was 27 by touring Asia Minor, Europe, the British Isles, Africa, G. ¿. Clarabut... 130 milledly the wretched score of 59 of catches being put down. gather that the first three Recreio Man, but no-one else gave much as- wickets fell for 12 runs, and my insistance and they were all out for 95. South and North America, Canada and Japan, have arrived P. M. Milgan....
Kowloon prospects depend very in Hongkong, having covered some 40,000 miles, and have A. Car-Hunt formant told me that G. N. Gosan fargely on whether they can manage
Incidentally, innings enved them! be added that the six to leg actually to turn out a satisfactory number of only a mere "jaunt" around the Philippines, Australia and C. D. Brownrigg cleared the wire-netting and dropped bowlers, I understand the Straite Settlements to complete before returning back R. M. Yorke on the tennis courts, a very big hit who has taken violently to golf, is
returning to the fold this coming home. which won the game.
week, and that he and Lloyd will The Civil Service got their usual have to do most of the work. B. D. bad start as Colledge played his first Lay seems to be developing into a ball to square leg and started down useful change bowler but they de- Me pitch and was easily out. Nextfinitely want another good one. over Richardson was plumb 1.b.w. to Czorio off a ball which he made no attempt to play! Perry was lucky to be dropped, but, later on, unlucky to he bowled off his pads.
Second Division
THE Recrelo seconds were far too strong for the Civil Service at Happy Valley, and won very much as they time liked.
Barrow defended for some and made a couple of nice aqunre outs while Valentine brought off two
They had however two or three
good hooks and was bowled in trying players, who, I think, at times have to repeat the stroke off a ball which Agured in the First Eleven, and Civil kept. low. The ground had been Service could not hope to hold them well watered (I gather It had been successfully. very fiery the week before) and it]
The University, with 53 not out by was noticeable that ball come off at C. M. Matthews, made 110 for 6 de very different heights-two or three clared, and got rid of a very weak one keeping Navy elde for 38, Gegg, taking 5er popping up and then .very low.
They hope to be in Bombay again-by-1943,-having- travelled over some 75,000 miles.
This is their realisation of a)—e schoolboy dream, and the adven- tures and experiences of their journey would thrill the no- madic blood in any of us. They have wined, dined and realded with the King of Afghanistan, They have slept in a humble little tent on the Equator in darkest Africa. They have been snow-bound by icy storms on the plains of Persia, and have travelled for three days without food or water across the deserts
0 for 10 and R. Singh 5 for 18. 1 of Afghanistan. rather fancy that the University have They are on a goodwill tour; they A. P. Pereira bowled very well the benent of several newcomers are wanderers spreading the doctrins after he had changed ends, but he from the schools this year, and it will of goodwill throughout the civilized had one or two easy victims.
be interesting to see how they get world. It is not personal publicity they seek, but the publicity of their
some hope for the future, If they
S.C.A.A. Annual
Athletic Meet
The South China. Athletic Association will hold their annual athletic meet on Satur- day and Sunday, November' }} and 12, at Caroline Hill.
Five events are open to the Colony. (1) Cirl's 400 metres relay, (2) men's 400 metres relay, (3) men's 1,600 metres
relay, (4) men's 10,000
metres, and (5) boys' (under five feet) relay.
Entries should be sent in before November 1.
On the whole, poor as the score on Judging from what I have seen the object. was, the Civil Service are not without Indian Recreation Club have not To this end they have lectured In change their opening combination absolutely Bettied down yet, and all the countries they have visited. Jon't imaging that they will do very detraying the cost of their journey and put Colledge in somewhere about number five, they will do better i much more than the rest of the teams with the proceeds and to dete it has fancy. R. H. Grinths is due baciti Christmas, that is, play friend-cost them $50,000. They hope in fairly soon. He has made at leastles with a view to looking round for Hongkang for the opportunity of were released and were greeted by on their the Minister of Education, who offer- one century in good Club cricket stew talent. I notice Minu has not speaking to the public
travels. Their subject is ore of high them the hospitality of all the home, and if he starts getting runs vet turned out this year. -out here it will pull the side together about Craigengower, though the loss and of eleven languages.
So far no one seems to know much educational value. They have com- beording schools and colleges there.
a lot.
three players who have joined Kowloon must be a severe blow to them. As far as I know, no one has
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40-MILE "HILL"
NO POLITICS THE THROUGH Europe, they were in Austria when Dolfuss was killed,
customs of Afelen, which, I suspect, will form the "meat" for their second bock. Their arst, "Peddling Through The Afghan Wilds," has already been published in Bombay.
FAMOUS AUTOGRAPHS
THEIR hobby is the collection of autographs, and they have those of Ramsay MacDonald, M. Laval, de Valera, and the Presidents of the
and U.S.A., Mexico, Cuba
other places visited.
the
Their itinerary to date has been Afghaniston, Perala, Turkey, Bulgaria, Jugoslovia, Hungary, Austria, Czecho- slovakia, Germany, Belgium, British Isles, France, Spain, Switzer- land, Italy, Egypt, Sudan, British East Africa, Portuguese East Afrlen, Rhodesia, Cape Town and the Union of South Africa, Buenos Aires, Brazil, Mexico, across the United States and back through Canada to Vancouver, Japan (where they cycled from Yokohama to Kobe) and Shanghol.
They plan a two weeks' stay in Hongkong before moving on to Aus- tralia and the last part of their South
The Parsees, some 1,300 years ago, Seas circuit.
They migrated to India from Persia. are followers of the Zoroastrian reli- glon, the basic principles of which are Good Thoughts, Good Words and Good Deeds.
There are about 100,000 Zorons-
RECREIO'S FORM WE Recreio are still going to have my fixture cards out yet, but If Club THOSE in Hongkong. who have
cycled know the "joys of push-and were in Germany when Hitlerrians in the world, 30,000 of whom their urunt good bowling and cricket Secretaries have time to let
Shed a mental drop of was made Chancellor of the Reich. ro in India and the remaining 20,600
love in converts. Melding side, but their batting is very me have any information about their up hills. shalt Rodrigues was not playing "turn games I shall be much obliged perspiration for these three hardy Later, they skirted Abyssinia during in Persia, The Church does not be-
travellers, who, in the Himalayas, had the Italian invasion. Polities are not on Saturday, but, na has been said, to them.
Local Football Suspended
to push up a hill" 40 miles long. their regard, nor wil they discuss They estimate that they have walked, them.
ten per cent of. their journey."
Playeramain
Each carries 120 lbs. of gear on his
Till 1940
FIRST ADVENTURES
ACROSS AFRICA
and
SPORT ADVTS
THE HONG KONG JOCKEY CLUB.
Draft Programmes and Entry
FTER touring the. British Isles They have worn out eight and Ireland, their next journey sets of tyres and two cycles each. Their first change was in London as across Africa. This was a feat;
of endurance in itself, and occupied after 14,000 miles, and they were
months. They encountered somt there given special British machines which have done them service until more wild animals than ever seen in any zoo, and on two occasions were to-day; another 26.000 miles.
Their average has been 100 miles temporarily put out by their presence. LAI TAK-CHOY, Kit Chee player, was suspended Joy on od roads, but they have At one railway station, the sole occu Forms for the Tenth Extra Raco pants were several Ilons, the Mocting to be held on Saturday, League football until the end of the year at a meeting of dropped as low as Allen a day on cycling party had to wait for the 4th November, 1939, (Weather
arrival of the train before they dis- the Hongkong Football Association Emergency Council the hilly passes of Asia Minor.
peried. Their second adventure was permitting) may be obtained at the held yesterday.
when they were literally treed by a Secretary's Office, Exchange Build- Ing: The Club House, Happy SWAN WAN-HING, another Kit Chee player, was cautioned for THEIR first adventures were in herd of wild elephants browsing.
conquered the continent, Afghanistan, where, following They dangerous tackl'ng. :-
one day when they awoke to find, however, and have the honour of be- Valley; The Hong Kong Club; THESE decisions arose out of refereo, for deliberately kicking on themselves snow-bound, they spent ing the only people to have ever done The Sports Club; and the Stables,
Shan Kwong Road. incident Inthe Second opponent, and the incident was re- several days traversing a blistering so on ordinary cycles.
ported. Kit Chee lost the match by desert, three of which days were Their greatest impressions have
Entries close at 12 o'clock NOON Division League match between the odd goal in five.
without food or water. They are the been in regard to hospitality. They Kit Choo and the Eastern on Lal was unable to appear before first people to cross this country on have found that the more. backward on Thursday, 26th October, 1939,
the Council in person, and sent a cycles.
the people, the more advanced their
By Order, October 15,
C. I. IROWN, representative to plead guilty.
In Turkey they were arrested as homitality,
They are possessed of an inex- Lal was ordered off the Geld in the Board decided to suspend him until suspected British sples, but after
enquiries, lasting several days, they haustible fund of stories of the tribal, #noond half by Mr. H., M, Omar, the December 31, 1939.
The
Secretary,
Jel. 28151.
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