Tuesday,
HONGKONG TELEGRAPH..
January 23, 1940.
"R. Abbit's' Cricket Comments
LEAGUE FINALLY MAKES A
Surprisingly Poor Fielding In Craigengower-Kowloon Match
Fine Centuries By T. A.
Pearce And Richardson
ON SATURDAY LAST the much discussed League started in the Senior Division, As I understand the mattor the University have gallantly raised a second eloven, and their first have taken over the Navy fixtures. They must not be discouraged if they do not meet with much success-especially in the second eleven.
the K.CC. batting, F. R. Zimmern i
POWERFUL BATTING
The putting into the field propostiion against the strength of of two teams will undoubt-44) and E. Zimmern (37) were top edly have a very stimulating scorers. A. T. Lee took 16 not out. effect on cricket at the Uni- versity, and if they do not reap any immediate reward, there will be better times coming in the next few years.
THE K.e.O. BATSMEN had an
hour and a halt to get the runs and In view of the pace at which the bail travels in the out field these dry days they should have done it. They did! But there seerns something very wrong with C.C.C.'s bowling. Their stock brindler F. I. Zimmern had For the time being at all an cft day, and was hit for 70 in D overs. Billimoria is completely of events, the Army first eloven is this season, and Winch alone 0-0-46-2 bowled carrying on in the Senior Dividid anything though he sion, and I understand they haveveral wides in his second spell
possibly due to stiffness us it was arranged the first and second a cold afternoon. I am not aware elevens as is most convenient. why Tinker Lee did not have a go
with the ball. Sore years ago he could be very awieward on his day. Anderson (75 not out) is back in form, and saved the situation. Ernie
many not out) also played useful knocks.
(I should like to see an all day game between the two sides!) They were at home to Recreio in a gamy which had
vicissitudes. A bad start-five wickets were down for under forty was checked by Godby and Denyer. The former did not perhaps get his fair share of the bowling, but I have seldom seen him kept no quiet.
Fincher (28) and N.A.E. Mackay (20
LR.C. v. Varsity
ROBINSON, brillant Navy custodian, elTeellug a high save in the Kotowall Cup football match against the South China A.A. played at Soakunpoo yesterday. Hazzard, Navy centre-half, watching South China won by 6-1-lee Cheung.
Interport Football
anxiously.
TWO NEW SELECTIONS FOR TRIP TO SHANGHAI
'Varsity Boat Race
At Henley
LONDON, Jan. 22 (Reu- ter).-Cambridge has agreed 'to the Oxford suggestion to row this year's Boat Race at Henley on March 2 over a course of about a mile and a half.
Sheehan And Bright Unable To Travel
IT'
START
Rifle Shooting
Troublesome Wind Affects The Scores
FIFTY-NINE MEMBERS at- tended the Hongkong Rifle Asso- ciation's Spoon and Practice aboot on the Stonecutters Range on Saturday afternoon, when conditions were against good shooting.
A gusty wind greeted marks- men at 200 yards and kept veer- ing from the right to down the range, giving much trouble.
The high spot of the afternoon was he 94 made by Q.M.S. J. Ball, of the Ordnance Corps, who used open dgits, This is considered all the AOIC creditable In view of the existing conditions.
L/Cpl. S. G. Brighty, of Royal Engineers, won the aperture sights fase with a good score of. 07, missing tis possible at 600 yards by one johnt.
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201, 0. T. Leong 10 both of the Middlesex Regi-Vin. 3. c.Fone a
A. J. Merrot 7 ment, have declined the in-pl. A. F. Ferteira 12
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ASIFEARED, the University were no match for the LR.C. at Sookunpoo. The pitch had been over-watered, I think, and the ball flew about a bit. Minu and The ground fielding was excellent.A. H. Madar were far too good Denyer hit as usual. How ha for the Varsity batsmen, and mannges to run about five feet down only Matthews (16) and G. Hong the pitch, and then get back and push Choy (21) got double figures. A. J. M. Prata and M. A. Reme- during the Chinese New ner of Handicap spoon. Winners of ()
Madar who made the ball kick dios got 20's. very badly at this end of the innings took his just 5 wickets without con- jetding a run to return the Bgures
1-4-24-6..
in the direction of third man
I do not know. It in this quickness of foot plus an excellent eye that CBCues him from the dangers usually incumbent on n cheerful cross bat,
LAST WICKET STAND
NAZARIN GETS GOING
who
and (f) Spoont will have their, handicaps reduced by one point,
Best All-Round Contest Open To All
The University must not be dis
The Hongkong Football As-
have now issued Cycling couraged that they were all out for sociation 30, as to my mind the Recreio Second invitations to Bdr. Guy, of 30th have an extremely useful bowling Battery, an Army half-back, and side-probably as good as any in the to Spr. Fox, of the Royal En . JUST AS GODBY Recmed to be set
Junior Division. So far as my he hit a very wide long hop very NAZARIN got going for (I think) recuiicction serves me, not even in gineers, a centre-forward, hard to cover where Gerry Gosano the first time this season, and made the palmy days of University cricket recently played for the Army made an excellent catch. Other 34, while Kitchell collected 25. R did they put out two eleven's in one against the Navy in the Kotewnil wickets soon fail, and things looked Singh look there wickels, but he was day. I speak subject to carrection, Cubsories when he scored all five bad when Denyer was stumped after terribly expensive. It is a thousand but I think this speaks volumes for goals against the" Ballora.” making forty-one. Nine wickets were pitics he cannot get rid of the curious the keen cricket spirit which exists down for 88 but Major Petri and halt in his action when he seems to at the University at the present üme. Hatfield hung on to the slack and jald pull up dead on the bowling crease Long may it continue. about them, inkding the score to 135 before delivering the ball. Gegg's before the latter anicked one from G. Sgures of
8-3-20-1
were sound
N. Cosano (who had relieved E. L.) against a good batting side. to second slip.
Two Centuries
A Surprise
F. Fowler, S, Strange, and Bone, all of Hongkong Football Club, have yet to reply to invitations to travel to Shanghai.
- The Commitles of the
longkong
Cycling Club have decided that the Best All-Round Contest which will thortly be held in the New Terri- forles, shall be open to all cyclisis. Any cyclist wishing to participate should be at the Alhambra Theatre at 8 am. on February 4.
SUNDAY'S TEAMS I must not trespass on somebody else's ground, but I cannot help The following have been selected A SHAKY START
The Club had an enjoyable outing recording my great surprise at the to represent the, Chinese against the IN ALL MY TIME here I can defeat of K.C.C. KNOWING the Recreto batting I
second by the Civilians in the Lal Wah Cup on the on Sunday and several newcomers
I thought Navy ground that they not call to mind two centuries Cralgengower 2nd eleven.
on Sunday, nt 3.30 were present. The gathering left the was by no means Sure
Alhambra Theatre at 8.30 am, und would win when Luigi Gosano and having been made in one Satur-their batting was strong enough to p.m. Sores were gone or under ten. But day afternoon in Senior Division draw any maich, if not to win It Chong Wing-choi! Li Tin-sang and Lee after a few minor adjustments, ar- a.m. where Then Zinho and dle Gosono settled
Kwok-wal: Soong Ling-sing. Hau King-rived at Taipo at 11.30 down to a good stand.
wacricket. True, it was not Lea
song and Leung Wing-chlu; Chung Yung-ja halt was made for timin. Rum, Fung King-cheung, Chan Tak-fat, re difficult chances were put down, but gue cricket, but the Club had out
Wal-long tCap. and Hau Shug-to.. no- Following tifin, the whole circuit the bowling was not quite good practically their best side. The THE CIVIL SERVICE were serves-au ing-hon, Tau Yung-saback to Kowloon, via Castle Peak,
Trang Chul vani, Lai Chi chan Chu enough and the Recreto won by 3 Civil Service unfortunately lack-by no means disgraced at Happy | K m-hot. Chau Man-chl Cheuk Shok was completed by 3.30 p.m. wickets after a well fought game. ed two of their best bowlers-Valley although they lost to the
One or two
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Club Win
kam and Li Shek-yau,
Players are requested 1o be on the ground at 3 p.m. and to notify Mr. Walter anming Chen (Tel. 14020) if they are
unable to play.
INTERPORT PRACTICE
at
C.B.S. Forfeit Hockey
Points To Recreio
SCORERS AND UMPIRES McLellan and Whitley, and Alec Hongkong Club 2nd elev en. The A COMMENT was made that day Pearce and Owen-Hughes ham-Club had quite a good side out that it is unfortunate that Clubs mered their weak attack un- and would have beaten a good cannot produce, besides an eleven, mercifully. The former retired many teams I think, especially an umpire and o storer. It should on completing his century, and now that Mitchell seems to have The following will represent Rest of the be possible to produce a scorer al declared at 232 for 4 wickets. found his form.
Colony egotnst the Hongkong Interport
Recrélo Ladies have been awarded team to meet Salgen.lo-morrow ways, but umpires are more difficult
Caroline if at 4.30 pth-Moxham (RE.1:wo points as a result of Central to find in Clubs, who, when, they put The Civil Service had about 2 They declared at 148 for 8, and at A. J. Hussin (St. Joseph's) and Hills British School falling to fold a team out two clevens, may often have used hours to bat and started off by one time Civil Service were not doing s
R.A.). Forrow in their scheduled Caer Clark Cup up, most of the enthusiasts for it sending up 50 in 24 minutes, but with at all badly when K. T. Attwell (40), Cheung Young
(St. Joseph's); (Club) and lonniball
Sam (Eastern), BBxture on Sunday. takes an enthusiast to devote all Fortescue out the rapid fall of the and F. Harper (34) came together, Leonard (St. Joseph's), Fox (RE), E or most of his Saturday afternoons wickets of Hollidge and Colledge set Unfortunately, Wright alone got into
(Club) aid Hau Ching-10 to a non-active position.
(Eastern) leserves.-A. Bene (Club), J. them back, and another, factor was double figures besides these. The Maxwell (Kowloon). Dumeld (R.A.O.C.). There ought to be more, I know, the sudden discovery of a real bowler last six men only made 10 runs be- and T Castilho (31. Joseph's).
tween them.
Players are requested to report to Mr. and I fear one must confess that by the Club.
C. A. Goldenberg in the dressing room at there is not such a widespread en- Aitkenbend did not go on until third
4.10 p.m. However, it wasn't too bad lo sco thusiasm for the game, as there used change, but bowling to Richardson the old Civil Service put up a threo to be. Nor, curiously enough, do many of the past enthusiasts any by after he had made fifty, he completely figures score against what is by no the game in this way,
atuck him up. Bowling fast with an means a bad Junior Division bowling excellent length, and direction, helde.
Robby umpires regularly for K.C.C., sent down 7-overs for 21 runs, and
* Wallington, who has dropped · out, though he got no wickets he was An Unnecessary Draw
owing to an injury, and plays once spally the most dangerous bowler,
it in not easy fop all Clubs, more's
the pity.
K.C.C
Wriggle Home
of the Police, who with deference I
Abandoned Matches Must Be Replayed
The
Naval Rugby XV
The following will represent Navy
a year, scorts regularly for the Club; and any attempt to take liberties with I DID NOT SEE the game, but
London, Jan. 22. Paul Baskett umpires frequently for him would have resulted in the fall I cannot help thinking that the
Football League Managc- the Club, and I hang on to the game of a wicket if he plays regularly he Army 2nd eleven held on far too ment Committee to-day decided that by writing about it. The Army and will take alot of wickets though I Navy can usually find several chaps hear a horrid rumour, he is a rugger long against the Police. I do soccer matches must be replayed in postponed or abandoned regional only too glad to fill either billet, but player,
not necessarily mean any actual full-Reuter. RICHARDSON'S CENTURY time, because I have no in- formation on that point, but RICHARDSON slowed up a lot the score.
106, of after his fifty, but got his last 20 runs think, rather over the odds quickly, hitting four to 1 WAS UNABLE to get over hy ball of the match to complot for a team with the batting capacity to the K.C.C., but I gather the a very good century. A very fat do not put down as worth much more "A" against Club "A" at Rugby on fielding was pretty bad-which draw though, of course, the Club than 180. Atter Whatman and Fargus he Club ground. ́ ́to-morrow, com- is, rather and as both sides and would win in a played out match,
had knocked up a couple of 30's, the measing at 4.40 p.m: Mid. Roc; Tel. particularly Craigengower-used Junior Division
declaration was made at 9 wickets Bowden, Mid. Tears, Mid. O'Riordan down. When stumps were drawn the and Sub. Lt. Skene-fold; Lt. Carlor to be particularly good in the field. Led and Lloyd' rather pin-.
Police had 118 for 9, both their last and Sto. Gallagher; L. S. A. Palmer, THE RECREIO 2ND eleven wo men hanging on by thele eye-
LL. (E) · Brown,_Ldg. Wir. Barlow; ned the Craigongower batsmen had very little trouble in polish brows with nought not out spices.A. B. Jeffry, Col. Marron; Mid. down to a slow scoring pace.ing off, the University Second as its fall were the main stalwarts Pay. Sub-Li Summer. Reserves:
Clark
(35); Loughlin (23) and Murray-Jones, Pay. Lt. Charles and There was no collapse, but Ernie they ran up 172 for 4 wickets of the Pollce. Peat took 3 for 17 in Mna. Joffries, 8. B. A. Adills, Mid. Zimmern had to declare at 151 declared, Xavier bolng 58 not three overs, and I should have fald Chapman, Ldg. Sig. Ingils and. C. for 9 which was by no means a safe out, and H.A. Barros 61. Both might well have been used more,
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