Tuesday,
HONGKONG TELEGRAPH
February 4; 1941.
"R. Abbit's” Cricket Comments
Reflections On
Is Kowloon's Batting Strength Over-rated?
Indians' Handicap
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OWING to the vagaries of our climate, I have spent a couple of days in bed since I pub- lished my accounts of the H.K.C.C, and K.C.C. match and I have had time to reflect on it. I have in consequence rather altered my opinion of the K.C.C. batting, and while I still think it an extremely powerful batting side against bad bowling, I have begun to doubt its soundness.
I do not include Donald Anderson in this statement as I think he just had a bad match. The point that I take is this: In cach innings the only serious stand was made between Teddy Fincher and Mackay. But when the bat- ting order was examined it appeared at once that they came together.
Baker and Perry had been bowling for soine time. Their
first energy was passed and the
Herrelo made no serious attempt
to get the runs.
They took about half an hour to shine was off the ball. In each score the first thirty runs of which case a change of bowling came Soares only scored eight. This is the soon, and the two, batsmen hade surprising as he is one of the very little difficulty in dealing with the mediocre small change which the Club could call upon. True, Alec Fraree had a wonderful over in the second innings, but it is some years shice he has been dan-
gerous, though he can get the mugs out better than most You cannot be the best bat in the Colony and one of it's best bowlers at the stuT}?? time unless you are sanguinarY marvel
From all this I dedure that the K.C.C. batting appears 30 strong because it seldom comes up against really good bowling. 1 trust I shall not give offence when I say this, but I do think this is true of all of them except Anderson and E. C. Fincher.
Lions And Rabbits
MIERE was one other interesting T
thought that came into my mind, And that was why Civil Servants. when playing as members of the Club, behave like Bons and then go
hitting type of batsinen, and usually, if he stops half an hour, he
fins thirty or more to show for it. G. N. Gosano and M. A. Remedios played good knacks.
Richardson wisely kept Melellan
and Perry on all the time and they respondet nably, sending down 14
vera apiere.
Kowloon Victory
THE K.C.C. possibly were
little shaken up by their de- feat in the China New Year match, and it may have done them good. They met a sport- ing team in the 1.R.C., who, despite the fact that they have only one real bowler, declared at 157 for 8 wickets,
A. 1. Maslar (41) A. 11. Rumjan (3) and A. Rt. 11. Esman (20) all did well at the start of their innings.
The K.C.C. batanen made light of
K.C.C.-H.K.C.C. Match
The Recreio-Army Junior match at
Rectelo on Saturday. L/Cpl Stoner playing forward to a rather bouncy
one.-Ming Yuen,
Paterson Retains Empire Flyweight Title
LONDON, Feb. 3 (teuler) ~ The British and Empire flyweight boxing championship tllle was al stake in a fight at Nottingham lo- night between Jackic Paterson
and (Glasgow, holder)
Paddy
„Ryan (Manchester).
Paterson retained his title when he won in the eighth round, the erferee stopping the fight,
France Out Of 1941 Tennis Picture
Petra And Pelizza
Are German Prisoners
VICHY, Jan. 29 (UP).~Jean Borotra, world famous tennis player, who has been made French Sport Commis- sary by Marshal Petain, told the United Press in an ex- clusive interview that until peace is restored in Europe there could be no question of international matches in France.
COLONY CHESS TITLES
First Round Of Senior Tourney To-day
the
Draw For Open Junior Championship
FIRST ROUND matches of
OPENING MATCHES for the Colony Senior Chess Champlonship Colony Junior Chess Championship will be played an Thursday, February will be played to-day. Though en- tries this year are not as large as 13. Fifteen entries have been recely- those of 1940, the standard, never-ed, and the draw, made last night, theless, has nut been impaired.
resulted follows: To-day, two former champlons; D. A. Kurrik v. Un Kwal-yung; „A. Morton v. William Lee: R. C. Gardner v. J. Grefnida; V. V. Kolachoff v. J.
off to play for CS.C.C, und behave their task, thanks chiefly to Donald E. de Carvalho and C. M. Sequeira like i will not insult lambs) com- Anderson who hit up 74 not out, meet, while other matches at the plete rabbits,
Minu struggled gallantly and took Peninsula Hotel are G, S. Coxhead If. d'Almeida: R. C. Danenberg v. A.. It has been most marked this rea-five of the six wickets that fell, and V. E. Zimmert (runner-up last year) son. As a general rule in a bit guns) A. H, Madar kept an end going, but and L. Korpovich v. K. Weiss. they, with about two members of the they are sadly in need of a really
regular Club side, carry the game. good bowler to help Minu.
As an instance une has only to refer to the New Year game where Baker and Perry did most of the bowling) in the first innings and Griffiths: soyed the batting.
It is perhaps a good deal to du with grounds. The CS.C.C. usually kive a good account of themüselves on the K.C.C. ground.
C.S.C.C. v. Recreio
With two good bowlers, the small change they have could eko the at- tack out much as K.C.C. manage with Lloyd and Francis Zimmern.
Junior Division...
Open Tennis Championships
Next Month
The annual Colony's tennis eham-
plonships, organised by the Hongkong C.C., will commence on March 10. As previous years, there will be open
singles and doubles events.
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y, Birisikoff; To Yu-lau v. J. Tausz; D. Drake v. A. C. Poupard.
Bye, E.
E. M. Petrove.
draw for white and black will be un
announced with the issue of the round by round programme,
The "Bounding Basque," who in 1927, won the Davis Cup for France, at Germantown, with his team composed of Rent Lacoste, Henri Cochet, and Jae- ques Brugnon, said:
"Since France's star players, Yvon Petra and Henri Pelizza are in German prison camps it would be impossible for Franco to participate in tennis matches abroad."
"Will the 1,800,000 French pri- sloners scattered throughout Ger- many and the occupied zone of France," he continued, "and every French family with at Tcast onc member l
captivity, we do not feel un to playing in pubile. Thus, France will not be represented at Davis Cup matches next summer. However, there will be French Inter-regional championships to be held in Paris on the courts of the Tennis Club de France."
"For the Arst time in many months," he went on. "I went two weeks ago to the Tennis Club de France to sec the French Junior Championships. The youngsters pul The games will be played on Tues-up a good show and there was some days and Thursdays on or before the splendid tennis.” dates set out in the programme.
Scattered Players
Games adjourned will be completed | 67% "VON within a fortnight of the adjournYON Peru and Pierre l'elizza are prisoners while Jacques ment-and-all-matches will be played Brugnon. (ane of the Four Horsemen at the Peninsula Hotel.
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"Lightning" Tourney
IF only the Civil Service second eleven had done a bit better with the bat they might well My last paragraph was written have beaten C.C.C., but apart chiefly because of a phrase from Ainslie (who, I am glad to
A. C. Poupard, with 11%, points out I read which a brother scribe his patch) they did little.
see, seems to have emerged from
The Committee of the Clubs has de-of a possible 18, won the double-round cided that any surplus money result-lightning" chers tournament of the had written "Club de cercio
Ing from the Tournament
will be Kowloon Chess Club held on Saturday. "surprisingly held to a draw He got 50, and the only other donated the Bomber Fund, and in. C. Danenberg and J. Grefaida tied by the Civil Service Cricket double figure score was 11 by Bar-consequence small mementoes, instead for second place with nine points each. Club." Now this may be a very row. Craigenower got 108 for 9 but of the usual trophies, will be presented fair, statement on the perform they were unlucky to lose N. Broad-1 the winners.
bridge who was in the face when ances of C.S.C.C. qua the Club he had made 22-going in first. His team. But on paper I am by no partner made 21 and U. M. Omar 26 means satisfied that the C.S.C.C.-but no one else did much. have not the better side.
I would be tedious to mention all;
Police Two Short
the nines, but in batting at least the WITH so many calls on their per- vices, the Polkee are making a
Intending competitors are naked lo assist the Commilitec by stating on
which days of the week they are un- able to play owing to Volunteer or
fother duties.
Referees' Meeting
The monthly meeting of the Hong
Fanling Golf
Captain's Cup Qualifiers
The following qualifed for
the
alde should hold its own. In bowl- ing, perhaps, Recreio have a bulge, gallant struggle to carry on. They
should call Baker a better panaged to get KC.C. out for 134 Long Football Referees Association Captuln's Cup at Fanling on Sunday: though bowler than E. L. Gosano and Perry with an Impressive row of four ducks will be held at the Hotel Ceell' at # better than any other change the Recreio have.
In the middle of the batting,
Baxter got 67 but the only other The Civil Service have no left double figures were napley (24) and hander It is true nor a leg break) E. Curtis (25 not out). bowler like 1. L. Ozorio. But there: As nearly always, Carey got runs is not a lot to chose between the at- (21) and Tyler who has the makings tarks to my mind, and I was only of a good cricketer made 21. But surprised at the draw because the they-nine of them-were out for a game was played at the Civil Service; total of 74 runs.
ground where the team's efforts are
usually appalling.
I should like to make it clear that
Varsity Beaten
I am not belittling the Recrelo play-THE R.C. rather ran riot with the but writing up the potential but and ran up 170 for 7 declared strength of the Civil Service.
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against the Varsity who have not
| quite fulfilled their early
promise.
In one department the Recrelo For the IR.C. M. R. Abbas made 60, have the complete half-nelson on and I am wondering if he would not He C.B.C.C. Thele Belding is be worth a trial in the first. There brilliant.
The Play
were four other double figure scores. University had a a bad patch at the start, and though Chelliah (30),
ATTWELL, who is having a lean Mazuza (20) and Amplavana and patch after his mass of runs, Gill (18 apiece) tried to hold the falled, but Dicky Richardson, who fort, it could not be done, and they had broken hla
against only Just inanaged to send the hun- Recrele in a previous non-league dred up before succumbing, Haine, knocked up 31 and Perry had 20.
hoodoo
Two members of the side who have been badly out of form this year got going, Colledge and Fortescue, and made 29 and 30 not out respec- tively, I was told by a good judge) that he has never seen Fortescue bat better.
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Wright, apart from making splendid catch, hit, up 10 in two
overs.
I was amazed to hear that in spile of the fact that Eaker had pulled a muscle and could not bowl, and that Whittley, was away, the
Another Big Game
HAVE heard rumours of an at- tempt to fix up a return between the full strength of 11.K.0.0, and the K.C.C. on the ground of the Tatter team. The Easter holidays fall in the second week in April, which is perhaps a bit late for cricket, but I don't see mueli clance of fixing things up comfortably be- fore that, what with camps and things. April 12 and 14 would presumably be the dates. I per- tainly hope that the
will ¿como off,
rame
p.m. to-day, when n talk on Soccer will be given by one of the members.
Old Course.-G. T. Horrington, M+13=09, (22 entries).
New Course.-F. A. Redmond, 18-11:07. fight entries),
GOOD-WILL TOUR-Dorothy Bundy, tonnis champion, receives hugo trophy in Buenos Aires after winning women's singles in Argentine tourney, during good-will tour. Mrs. Norman Armour, wife of U. S. Ambassador, presents trophy,
of the 1927 French Davis Cup team), is in Americans secretary to tennis Club in Pasadena. Georges Destre meau, another young French Davis Cup star Is in Paris and is leaving shortly for Tunis where he accepted position. Marcel Bernard, who was a Davis Cup hope n few years Christian ngo is in Paris as well
Boussus."
"Henri Cochet. (another of the
1127 "Cup" days), has bought
farm near Farls and devotes most of his time to agricultural life." Henr1 Cochet still plays tennis in his spare.
time.
"As for Rene Lacoste," Borotra pursued, he has accepted to head the French Lawn Tennis Federation, replacing Plerre Gilou, who re- signext. However, Gillou will con- tinue in his functions until July Ist when Rene Lacoste will take over." The Jewish Question TEAN Borotra, nsked whether French Jews would be excluded from tennis championships in future, replied:
"I do not see why they should be excluded and for the moment no such question has been discussed."
World Soccer Cup
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【NOWING that Borotra is a fool- ball fun and an excellent player, he was asked whether the French
football team would participate in the 1942 World Cup which is to be played in South America.
It is rather improbable," he said, "but if we are at peace we shall be delighted to participate for we cherish good memories of the 1938 'Cup' which was played In France
Thailand Tennis Praised By Japanese
TOKYO, Feb. 3 (Domel),—The Japaneso goodwill tennis players
to Thailand, Yasuo Taurnds, of Kelo University and Sukeyan Nakahara, of Waseda University, reiurned here on Sunday,
Highly praising the standard of play In Thailand, the players said: "Japan should exchange players with Thailand more frequently not only for the pro- motion of friendller relations between the two countries. but also for the Im provement of its own players. Thero före many good players in Thailand and Iwe only hope that we shall be able to Imeet them again.”
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