Tuesday,
HONGKONG TELEGRAPH
October 22, 1940,
CARE-FREE CRICKET PLAYED BY ARMY
AND KOWLOON C. C.
Match Drawn After Fine! Civilian Effort To Win
(By "R. Abbit").
THERE WAS A MOST PLEASANT GAME.on Sunday between the K.C.C. and a very useful Army side. The visitors batted first, opening at *11.20 with Grose and Logan while Zimmern and Anderson (from the Pavilion end) bowled. The ground appeared in excellent order but both bowlers were getting a good deal of work on the ball, though it came off slowly.
After an early four, Logan settled down to play very correct cricket but seldom got more than a single. Grose, however, commenced to score freely and made some very pretty hooks though he was lifting his drives and on several occasions was lucky to drop the ball just out of long-field's reach.
With 60 on the board, Fenton, sive balls. Then the heat began to wont
for Zimmern and tell and loose balls cause more fre-
OR
C. C. ON SUNDAY
'A general view of the Kowloon F.C. green on Sunday when three matches in the International Series were decided. On the left is the China v. Philippines.match in progress; In the centre, that between India and Portugal; and on the right that between Ireland and Malaya.-Ming Yuen.
Colony Golf Title
The following are the starting times
quently, and Webb played some nice though he was considerably on foreing cricket. Fenton came on with the short side he kept the runs 200 on the bourd but it was not until down a bit. In his first over. 217 that Webb was bowled by Fenton,
Thirty entries have been, received for he Amateur Championship of the Golf Grose was badly dropped at first playing right across a ball that pitched
Just short of his leg stump. Clubs of Hongkong, which will be held slip off one he cocked up from (217-4-42), fe played an excellent under the auspices of the Royal Hong the edge of his bat. The ball innings but he has a very bad habit kong Golf Club over the Old and New was admittedly spinning but the of calling much too short a mu on Courses at Fanling on Sunday. catch should have been held. the oil-skle which, against u keen At 72 Baldwin relieved Andersonelding side on their day, will prove
expensive, and seemed to be turning the! Baldwin, relieved Lloyd and got J. ball both ways.
C. Pearce taken at square cover LC.
big dip (223-5-19), This 40 D. Humphreys Lugai father, gave the impression! DIT that the bowling was deadly and as bersight Denyer and Coutubes to-045 R. K. Collings Six runs Inter Baldwin $.50 3.1. C. Penter a rule, when he did crack one, it went gether. straight to hand, though all along the bowled Coombes (229-6-0). Denyer carpet when it was a question of the and Lawrence were how together, a
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Old Course
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New Course 30 D. S. Edward 9.25 L., Gulanan
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off side. He sent the hundred up partnership with spectacular possi- 930 C. M. Statk however, with:
anier four to long bilities. But at 238 Grose declared I had taken jezt.
about sixty at a quarter past three. minutes to score and Grose's.slinre was seventy though 1 think be hus! tpore of the bowling.
GROSE DROPPED AGAIN
K.C.C. BAT
1.40 F. A Redmond 19.43 Col. Rune
11.30 S. Tomlinson
Rugby
Police Confound Critics By Beating Royal Navy
(By "FLY-HALF")
CONTRARY TO EXPEC-opportunity to give his side the lead. And this he did. Then in a grand New CourNO 2.30 TATIONS, Police beat Navy forward-cum-three rush, in which
A. J. Dennis S. Jex
12.55
A. W. Ramsay 1.0 by nine points (a try and
1.05
C. H. T. Suen two penalty kicks) to six
W. Williamson
W. C. Simpson 1.16
10 points (two penalty goals) 12 in their rugger. match on
T. 1. Low W. V. Ahern
014 Course
A. L. Eastman 1253 Saturday at Causeway Bay,
T. Y. C. Lee 12.55
F. E. D'Almada Remedios
E. F. Fincher
1.00
Many rugby enthusiasts had
Howlett, Morrison, Wright-Nooth and ahead for Reynolds to follow up and touch down.
Innes touched the ball, it was booted
two penalty goals taken by King. Lamble, a re- eruit from Shonghat, was playing well for Navy at inside three-quarter
Navy replied with
10 formed the opinion that the bad but found the tall Police three line!
too great an obsincle to get past,
H. G. McKenzie 1.15 W. Kershaw
forward.
Uhree points
The teams werg- Polleo. 11. Taylor: J: Dingsdale. 3.
Howlett, W. Jackson and N. Reynalds:
D. Todd P. J. Cullinan (Capt.); L. Onkley,
F. JM. Churn 1.10 luck which had dogged Police Just before the end, Taylor gave 1.20 before the season started of his side victory by When the gine was resumed about Fincher get busy. He got a four and losing two captains, G. S. Wil- when he kicked a penalty goal given 3.30, K.C.C. had 237 to get in two single-farming; the bowling, and son and then E. C. Luscombe, for lying on the ball against a Navy and a half hours, less ten interval. then hit Hatleld for two past mid-on, meant the exclusion of the A few runs later, Zimmern resumed The odds were against it. Dewar
four. Force as a formidable contender and cut him beautifully for vice Fenton. In Baldwin's next over howled from the Pavilion end and Ten runs were wanted in the fast Grose was dropped at the wicket and Hatfield from the celebrated his escape by hitting a two latter had Ifung in trouble ban he the over but three singles only came, and for Quadrangular honours, and Wall and W. Morison: L. Searle
ven Lloyd was finely caught at deep it is a great credit to the spirit and two fours. I was rather sur- not bowl enough at the wicket., mid-wicket Denyer's second fine and enthusiasm of Cullinan and prised that Baldwin was then taken Dewar seemed to be bowling off as though expensive, he always much on the batsinan's less, ton catch, So a splendid match ended in his men that they have proved
at a draw, with A wicket falling to the this opinion- false. seemed likely to get a wicket. How-27 he put down a good length fast last ball.
REFLECTIONS ever, it was within twenty minutes one that turned, I think, a litle from
lunch time and Anderson wanted the off, and took Hung's leg stump. Both sides were weak in bowling, to put Lloyd, who had just arrived, (27-1-6). Hung had never looked and K.C.C. missed Lloyd who could en at his proper end so look an overcom
comfortable.
not turn out until about half past himself.
Mackoy caine and Ratcliffe twelve. They will feel the loss of de- Incidentally the real trouble was bowled vice Dewar. He gave atackay Robert Lee who, I gather, has that the K.C.C. fielding was not up to three full tosses to leg, but the bats-clared completely for golf. Grose Wright-Nooth; Inn catches (though hard ones) being After tea had been taken the same was put down at least five times, time. Watson put down, there were several cases bowlers continued. Four fours and But he was out to get runs quickly opposite hookers, each obtained of bad ground fielding. No doubt two singles came from Rateliffe's and in these circumstances a batsman fair share of the ball. Rutherford, the great heat had something to do next over und he was palpably off his must take chances and give chances. at serum half for the Navy, was more O. Clough: L. A. C. Graele, P. O.
2h. Iathcld however, kept his The trouble was that the K.C.C. closely marked than usual steady end and Denyer
R. W. Jenner: G. Wright-Nooth, J. Demp sey and S. Innes, Reserves. H. Rose, 7. Davill and A. McKenzie,
Navy Fight (Capt.): Tel. Bowden, Tol. Paul, Cdt. Lamble and P. O. Skinner: Sub. Lt. Plugge and Sub, Lt. A bustling display by Police for- Putherford L. S. A. Painier, Lt. K. A. wards, backed up by keen defensive Watson, Sgt. Mansfield; Fit, Lt. Taylor, C.P.O. Wir. King: L. (E) Brown, LU play by the halves, threes and Taylor Bayly and Sub. Lt. Heard. Reserves, T narrow O. Clough, Sub, Lt, Carey and A, B. at full back, gave them a
Longmuir. points. victory of three
The Police back row forwards, Innes and Oakley,
anxious
its usual standard, us, besides several man only connected with two of them. played a very fine knock though he gave the Navy halves an
and Cullinan,
with it!
A WICKET AT LAST
at
had
the
his vis-a-vis,
the Navy pack.
THE SCORING An off-side penalty against Navy
NAVAL RUGBY FIFTEEN The following will represent Royal Novy against Club "A" In a friendly
morrow at 5 p.m.: Rugby match on the Club ground to- Wilson, Tei. Iloneywill, Sub. LL McGill
Carter and Clark;
Inglis, Sut. Lt. Brewer, But L Beatle
A. B. Langmuir, L, B. Jones; O. S. Taylor, Cut Thornhill and Cdt. Hurley, Reserves, P. O. Wir Snell, L.. B. Ravenscroft.. A..B. Lilley, Tel. Faulkner, Sub. Lt. Eager, 1,
relieved Ratcliffe. Mackay however leiding was miles below their usual Watson and King were prominent in standard. I do not mean that, any had him twice to the leg boundary in sitters were put down but several. At 141 Logan hooked Zimmern into his first over.
catches that wouki Lloyd's hands at forward short leg.
Important (141-1-44), He Laken 8 Apparently there was some fate normally have been held went west, early in the game gave Taylor anjo, Baugh and Sub. Lt. Dobson.
were more errors in minutes to make his runs but had at against the Pavilion end for no one And there
there should the start been left with less of the and long hops mostly on or near the have been. It must, the could bowl anything but full pitches ground fielding than
however, be His speed of scoring had
leg stump, which suited batsmen of remembered that it was a blazing hot the end. His off shots the type of Anderson and especially
aily day and everyone felt it a were always very correct and he
lly as it is, this year, so early could acquire the art of steering them to his lifty with a good straight drive in the season.
Mackay admirably. The latter ran especially as through gaps in the field, he would off Hatfield. Denyer's third over The wicket took spin but the ball treble the number of his runs.
off slowly, Zimmern
and was much better and he nearly had came Lloyd now bowled at the Pavillion Anderson twice. It was the first Anderson worked hard but I fancy. end and scoring was very slow. maiden of the innings.
an carller change to Fenton Baldwin would have been
wise- Fenton was always rather dangerous. Apart from Grose, the batting hon-
Grose, on the verge of his century,
was playing most cautiously. Webb
was at the other end. However, a
MACKAY YORKED
and
short single in Lloyd's 'second over At 92 Pearce went on vice Hatfield, ours for the Army go to Login gave Grose his hundred in an hour and though runs
cure-tree
came
they came and Webb. Both play sound shots and thirty-five minutes, He then more slowly, Mackay drove Denyer resumed his core-free
He straight for four bui style.
was yorked but, as I have said all Logon's ex- should have been run out immediately when he tried, to repeat the stroke. cellent shots on the off, all along the carpet, at present go straight to hand. after when he responded to n very (15-2-oxid god innings thought while Webb is apt to be faulty in the bad call by Webbit looked to me as of gift fours served up to him. In his at the beginning he had quite a lot If he wanted to be but a shocking next over Denyer yorked Archie
of a run. judgment
For Kowloon Anderson's Innings throw in gave Archie Zimmer no Zimmern's leg stick. It in a nicely was delightful to watch. His one bit of chanco Next ball however, he gave nighted ball that doesn't look like a luck was when carly on he snicked E. C. Fincher at mid-off, a red-hel yorker until the batsman has hit over one to first slip's left hand. Dewar one which was well held. 154-2-103.it. (119-3-2),
dived at full length and touched it,; Lunch was taken at the point.
but had it come off, it would have Nor were the K.C.C. troubles over yel. Rapley hit the new bowler Gadd been a catch to talk about. Mackay, for four to long leg and then gave helped by some very bad balls early The game was resumed at 2.20 red-hot chance to backward point on, settled down and forced the game Teddy Fincher attacked with Radcliffe partnering Webb. He which was not accepted. The next very well. played inside his third ball and was ball ho scooped over forward aliort the bowling from the start and played
Jeg and short of slip. talten hy Lloyd
mid-wickel, He the best innings I have seen from him 154-3-0. Zimmern had taken diree started to run but apparently Ander- for at least five years. He drove ing on lind not heard his call and scut Powerfully and booked in his best wickets quick succession, two being him back, and he was easily run out. manner, but besides its he WOM in his last over.
J. L: C. Pearce. And again after F. R. Zimmern hau putting in some very pretty late euts playing his first game for the Army, scored a single he was 1.b.w. to and when a batsman can produce all came in next. Scoring slowed for
up
these three shots In an innings, the unfortunate bowlers have a Tot to conalder:
in
AFTER TIFFIN
et second
a bit but Webb got Zimmern nicely to the long leg boundary off succes-
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THE HONG KONG JOCKEY CLUB
Denyer.
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yu band bowlers in
THE LAST HOPE This brought Teddy Fincher to
HATFIELD UNLUCKY Join Anderson and a stand between
For the Army the three men who them was the only hope for a win | for Kowloon, and it
were custanding in the bowling were wes rather Hatheld, Denyer and J.L.C. Pearce, forlorn hope as nearly 100 runs were Hatfeld' did not get a wicket, but he needed in 45 minutes. On the other was invaluable in holding up an end, hand if either got out KC.C. might and with a bit of luck should have easily lose the match. Nevertheless, had at least three or four victims. they set about it. Fincher on drove if he could only eliminate anything over a length that Denyer
the leg he would be one of the most Draft Programmes and Entry sent down and both were severe on Forms for the Tenth Extra Race Beautifully and had three fours in one well and his flighted yorker was ex- Godd. Later he off-drove Denyer
Hongkong Denyer, after a shaký stari, bowled Meeting to be held on Saturday, over. Hatfeld at the other, end cellent. He was perhaps a little tired 2nd November, 1940 (weather checked the scoring a bit, parmitting) may be obtained at
With the score at 182. J. I. c. when Teddy Fincher came in and
was knocked off Pearce went on for Denyer and hitting. Pearce never really found
by some very sound the Secretary's Office, Exchange Fincher did not seem entirely at home length, but he spun the ball so much Building: the Club House, Happy with his first over. When the 200 Valloy; the Hong Kong Club; the went up there were 37 runs to get that he was not ensy to get
get away, and Sports Club; and the Stables, und fifteen minutes in which to get in the scramble at the end he picked
them. But then came Bhan Kwong Road.
Anderson hooked a high full toss from cellent catching by Denyer,
a tragedy, up a couple of wickets thanks to ex- . Entries clono at 12 o'clock Pearce very hard, and Denyer racing The Army flelding was definitely NOON on THURSDAY, 24th Octo-in from the mid-wicket boundary better than that of the K.C.C. though brought off a magnificent running the wicket-keepers were about level. ber, 1940.
catch, about the level of his shina, As is always the case in these Bun- (202-0-10), Anderson had played a day K.C.C. matches it was great stylish innings. Lloyd could enjoyable game and after these dull not get Pearce away for soing time and dreary months it came as a most Secretary.but he managed a short single to let pleasant break to life's monotony.
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