Tuesday, WE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH:
March 4, 1941.
"R. Abbit's Cricket Comments
1940 Activities At Home
Following Friends
Through Wisden's Pages
A Peculiar Omission
Rifle Shooting
Week-end Meet
Arranged By
Middlesex
Under the auspices of the 1st
ciation's, shoot on Sunday was
IT IS A MATTER of considerable satisfac-Battalion the Middlesex Regi- tion to me that I have always felt very sorry for ment, the Hongkong Rifle Asso- the Israelites when they were forced by the Egyptians to make bricks without straw, now that
attended by 124 members.
'The weather, was cold and damp, ant for the first hour the light was bad
I am in the position of having to write cricketw a considerable amount of mist notes without any cricket about which to write,
nusis low on the hills. However, it
result that shooling improved con-
blowing strongly straight down the
became very clear later on, with the
However, it has occurred to me that many of myderably and the wind which bad been readers may be interested in an account of the publication of "The Cricketer" during 1940. To those who have got it I apologize and suggest that they turn the page. But there are a good many others who may be interested.
There is no overlapping be-| tween the "Cricketers' Bible”- Wisden, and "The Cricketer." The former is a serious annual which deals in much detail with The cricket of the past season, and is full of statistics of various cricket records.
Parenthetically I have never hern able to discover why T. A. Prazer has atver been included therein under "Charterhouse, nad Kratt He is also I belleve a member of the AI.C.C., and at any rate has played for them as I recall seeing himo at Lordy in 1937,
There are quits a lot of players. who are included for their schools and M.C.C., or schools and Minor Coun ties, so the onląston is even, more Arange.
range dropped to almost nothing by the end of the morning's shooting.
The prizes were provided by the 15; Battalion the Middlesex Regiment, and at the end of the mreling the Reggi. ment's Commanding Ofleer, Lieut.-Col. H. W. M. Stewart, Dan, M.e., present- fed the prizen,
Results
Following were, the successful com
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yards,
Alamaportation.-- 200
BAL LA.0.C.; 500 yards.
112
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pom CHR. Byde. tow we were the winners of the
Boden Spoon:
PAN G. Bremse, HM, IUMS. 7 am
and Bet Puran G. Singh, 11.16.20. #Mr R. N. Medhurst, b.t.c.. Thong. BKP.1. 1 Set F. E. Kossel, JOSE.
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Cat-1./Cpl D. Cox. 1/Mds, Regt. at Pte M. Mytes, 2/R. Scats.
4. Sandberg
Winner of the
2.
silen bicycle race at the La Salle
at
;
The Cilekrier on the other hand | College sports on Saturday. --Ming came out workly and published also
about
• Spring and in Austiimin March and November respretively, It had an excellent account of County cricket, of both first class and miner ounties, but beyond this it published a very full account of Club games.
Keeping Track
on
TO PEOPLE out here who used to get a season's Club cricket tvery four or five years I was invaluable as one could keep track of all one's old erleketing friends and their doings.
There were also a great many in- teresting articles by authorities the game, though to my mind, Las recent year's too much space was given to the pure statisticians. There were also soine amusing verses from the pen of G. D. Martineau, and an interminable series of reminiscences from "A country Vicar", who from the amount of cricket he was able to He must have had a very easy parish or a very hart working curate,
I do not recall' exielly when the Celckeler--whose Edilor
of
course
Plum Warner-first came out. There had been many at- tempts at magazines on somewhat
Yuen.
CLOSING DATE
FOR TENNIS
ENTRIES EXTENDED
Cast. "D"-PC. R. W. Tang, HK.PR
St S. T. Harvey, 1/M4x. Rent. Leading scores were as follows:
Class "A"
H'oap.
1rt, J. P. Carey 2....
W/O. F. Tollison Ser.
Sa G. E. Breese 1
:
Cpt. R. Langford Ser
5 M. F. Iusliman Ser.
1 J. H. Wa
Z....
Set Puran G. Singh J
St T. Halter Ser.
QMS., P. Hale 1 Pt W. Cuther N1
Entries for the Colony Grass Mine S. Croft Ser. Court Tennis Championships, | Pe whitehouse Nu
Mne 3. Richardson I which closed officially on S. (RI C. C. Chau J Satudary, have been extended Major B.EZHE. White 31 to Saturday, March 8 at 6 p.m.
Many entries have been received but the Tsul brothers, former holders of these Pang Shun 7 singles and Doubles titles, have not /Cpl E. W. Alla 4 yet registered,
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Mr H. N. Medhurst St P. . Thong 1
Tstal Yon-put stated yesterday that! nềm, W. Kifford S he and his brother had not yet de Set F. E. Russell Boitely, decided whether to take part 1/Sgt O. T. Leong 4
in the championships,
Referees' Meeting
Si R. Burkitt 7 Set W. Sargent 3 Cpl J. Berry Set F. Cole 4 Mr A. F. Evans B Set G. G. Clarke C.S.M. W. Bean 5 Cpl G. R. Mortun h ds. Bolan 0 to J. Scott 4 ..
The monthly meeting of the Hong- kong Football Referees' Association | Plz J. Jennings 7 will be held at the Hotel Cecil to-day F. W. Ewenk
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THE HONG KONG JOCKEY CLUB
by G. Stokes, honorary life member of the Association, and: Councillor of the Hongkong Fastball Association, on "Certain Aspects in re-j card to Refereeing without touching upon the Laws of the Game."
W. Gowana D
Clase "C"
Cpi G. Barkway 9 St 1. Priddy 19 S C. Wonk 9 L/CA D. Cax 10 SK C. Wong 10
similar lines but none had lasted CB., Hyde very long.
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Class "D"
(R) W. K. Young 15
· Draft Programmes and Entry Forms for the Firat Extra Race
C. Dawson a Meeting to be held, weather per I have bound volumes from the Pto
Taylor Piper F. Stewart 10 mitting, on Saturday, 15th March; | 1929 scazon onwards, but
Pie C. Hatilela 9 1941, (postponed from Saturday fere that. I played quite a lot of Pipper G. S Lochrie ..
pretty sure it started some years be- . K. Nix 10 8th March, 1941) may be obtained cricket for the North Devon C.C. in at the Secretary's Office, Exchange | 1928, and I think it was then PC. 1 KW Tang 34 Building: the Club House, Taper came across the magazine, took it in Set S. T. Harvey 13 Valley; the Hong Kong Clube the eave lift a standing order with my s
regularly, and when returning from Drm E. Klintworth 12 Sports Club; and the Stables, Lookseller, which he has nobly filled na A. Hilkend 24
LA.C., RJ.As. Callarhan" Shan Kwong Roa
though I had a spot of bother with Be Nolan 14 him carly on because he thought K: Į Ple A. Buller 13
my better than I did and would rest. D. Rovner # send vin Siberia.
Entries close at 12 o'clock NOON ou THURSDAY, 6th March,
1911.
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It was not until he had bad to repinet half a dozen numbers that he fil in with my views and rent them | by the sea, route. (1 is funny to of handleap spoon winner of (*) me it) think now of those peaceful
will have his handicap reduced by orn days point. when your mails came in as regularly as clockwork).
Matric Class, winners of the Inter-Class relay at La Salle College sports
Saturday. A. Lopes, Leong Swee-sen, Bernard Pomeroy and A. Mackechnic.-Ming Yuen.
on
Sportsmen's Names On Roll Of HonoUUZ
G. G. Macaulay and R. Shayes
LONDON, Feb. 21 (Router),—Another grand cricketer, the third in recent weeks, has been killed on active service. He is Pilot-Officer George G. Macaulay, a Yorkshire stalwart for fifteen years..
Į Macnulny, whose bowling was just
above medium pher and was deadly! jon a helpful wicket, played for the
GREAT LOSS White Rose County from 1928 to
TO TENNIS
Shayes Killed In Action
LONDON, Feb. 20 (Reuter), -Lawn tennis enthusiasts will learn with regret of the death, |on active serviçe in Rhodesia, of Ronald Shayes, the British Davis Cup player.
Shayes, a sergeant in the R.A.F.,
1935 and took 1,773 wickets at an Caverage cost of 17.08 runs. During his career he did the "Int-trick" four times, and in 1925 he took 170 wickets at 15.23 aplece.
Macaulay scored 5.758 runs for Yorkshire, and he once reached the heights of greatness in a test match. Playing for England against Aus- tralin, at Headingley in 1926, he and George Geary, of Leicester- shire, defied the Australian bowling in a ninth wicket partnership which but on 108. Macaulay claiming 76.
To The Rescue
4
was one of the many lawn tennis størs
In that service, and he is the latest of a growing list of lending sportsmen who have been given theirHAT was the match ie which lives in the present war.
Charles Maenulay Acured his
Sensational Rise
Shayes, who joined the RA.F. Jamous century before lunch after after serving for a time as a mem- the Australians had been put in on ber of an A.R.P. unit, was just about a wicket which had been soaked to complete his training when he overnight. Australia scored 401, and was involved in a flying accident."
England lost wickets quickly. Then came Macaulay, tight-lipped and
to help Jerce quare-jawed honourable draw for England.
There is an interesting sklelight to game. At times be played like that Test match. Just before he gallant part Macaulay played in world-beater; a1 others like n
to
HIS rise to lawn tenuls startom was almost scusational, but he was one of the enigmas of the
thin
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novice. But when at his best hepat, I want a bat. with some runs went in to bat he said to Hendren: the most difficult shots in it. Have you got one?";
could realest of case.
with the In May,
19838, no
he volleyed his way In reply Hendren handed over his
victory against favourite willow and said to Menu match with France. He also helpedig Cricket" and adds: "It was Hendren tells this story in his book. Great Britain to beat New Zealand in the same competition.
Bernard 10 the Davis Cunay: "Forward the Light Brigade."
S. African Tour
time to revive the epic; into the Shayes, who was 28, was married Jaws of death in a cricket sense went in June, 1938, to Miss Queenie Har-George. But the hour provided the
reaves, daughter of a well-known man. Paris dental surgeon, but the wed- ding had been kept very secret and was not announced until two months MACAULAY went to South Africa Inter, A reception was subsequently F. T. Mana and he distinguished In 1922 under the captaincy of held in Paris and the Duke and Duchess of Windsor were among the himself in his first Test match by quests.
taking a wikel with his first ball and inade the winning t when England won by one wicket.
When playing against Leicester- shire In 1934 Macaulay injured the spinning finger of his bowling band and many thought this caused him to retire earlier than otherwise would have been likely.
Since retiring from frst-class cric- ket in 1935, however, he had played with League sides in Wales, Lanca- tshire und Yorkshire.
When at his best he was re- ecgnised as the finest off-break bowler in the country. Not many people will remember that be le- gan his career with Yorkshire as a fast bowler.
Home Racing Fixtures For 1941 LONDON. THE JOCKEY CLUB have abandoned all fix tures arranged for this year. A new fixture list will, how. ever, soon be published, to- gether with the approximate dates of substitute races for the Derby and other classics.
Lord Harewood.. the Senior to concentrate on spin and length Steward, explained the reason for and pay less attention to speed. the cancellation of the 1041 fixtures. The main objection, he said, was the despondency which would be caused Billiards Service Cricket Club will play a two-
The first eleven of Hongkong Civil ¦ in racing cireles. On the other hand, it would not be to the general ad- rlay friendly Cricket match against vantage to hold racecourse excentives Kewleen Cricket Club on the latter's to an expensive programine which They did not reach me in sequence around began on Saturday, March might be beyond their means to for about six weeks. I had given up 8. und ending on Sunday. Following number five for lost and bad little have been selected to represent Clyll carry out. hope of replacing it. But it turned Service Cul
New Events Particulars of new events for the
Still Running
I ASSUMED that there would be no Cricketer in 10, but I was.quite I cut down its size pretty wren heavily to save paper, but the first copy was published on the 4th May, and the final one-the nineteenth on the 7th September.
Civil Service Selections
up at last and I have my complete Attwell, F. Baket. W. Colledge, R. H. 3. 5. Kichardson (Coplam), K. J. set together with the 1940/41 Annual. also largely cut down la Rizo,
Turning the Iraves of this Angunt,
I suddenly found that the Cricketer was first published in May 1920. So, alas! I am shy of nine voltunes.
One Match
I SEE that LRC, second eleven tallantly carried on with a match v H.M.S. Tamar. It is good to see t naval side playing again, though 1 am afraid I do not know any of thirm. They did not do so badly, conelder- ing the fact that they were two short,
Celfiths, B. C. K. Hawkins, A. E. Perry, year, closing on Jan. 14, were pub-| it. D. K. Thompson, M. Whitley, . Mlished in the Rasing Calendar, Wood and A. M. J. Wright.
The second eleven will play lionskony
The substitute races, with added
It was George Hirst who told him
W. J. Peall Celebrates 86th Birthday
Cricket Club in a friendly match on the amounts, are: Derby (£2,000 add- W. J. PEALL the Grand OTA tatter's ground pl 2 m. on March 0, and ed). si Leger (£1,500), Oaks Man of billards and the spot break
will be represented by:
T. Lockhart, J. F. Mactiowan, J. Mit- chell. G. Stone, N. L. Smith Watson.
and A.
1. E. Stroure Cuprints). G. Ainsite.1.000), Two Thousand Guineas record holder, was 88 recently, and 1. Darrow, G. Davidson Lawrence, (£1,000), One Thousand Culmens his figures of 3,301 were put up 50
(700). Gold Cup (value £200 years ago. with £2,000 added). St James's
Standing a little over 6ft, he is Palace Stakes (£1,000), Craveri probably the smallest of all the Stakes (£300). Coventry Stakes great players who have charmed (E1008) and Queen Mary Stakes the British public with his mastic
eue, His record break was (£700),
made The Racing Calendar also
against an-
C. Dawson in 1880, and he nounced that Col Douglas-Pennant averaged 300 during the whole of National Hunt Committee. Mr Col- han resigned his membership of the the game.
School Athletics
Absorbine JR.total 100 runs with Whileside (10) Coliness, teil he hall at the Careling
For years has enlloved muscular rheu- matic pains, cuts, strains, abeniloni,
The 25th annual sports of St Joseph's Hopkins (30) top scorers. The FOB stadion on Thursday, and none too easy a passage from 3 p.m. In 5 nm. Mr. a. M. Wit. er, who was secretary in the com- nd M. 1. Razack's 45 (retired) suvednost, B.SC., will distribute the prizes at mittee for over 30 years, has also them. They mode 127 In ull."
resigned.
the end of the meet.
Pealf, who was champion of English fards in 1892. could score a thousand points in under an hour by spot stroke.
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