Tuesday,
HONGKONG TELEGRAPH
April 29, 1941,
“R. Abbit's” Cricket
Cricket Comments
1940/41 Season Under Review
Greater Interest Shown
In Junior Division
Pros And Cons Of The League
AND SO We have comE to the end of another, season. I seem to have written that sentence so often. It means nothing to the youngsters, except, perhaps, hope for the future, and little for the early middle-aged. But for the older players it means a good deal that is, perhaps, somewhat depressing. One does not improve with age as wine does. Even the cricket scribe is tempted to wonder whether he will be writing of the next season. And so frankly I write in a somewhat sad frame of mind.
I had not indeed intended to write more than a few lines, perhaps of farewell, but I have been asked to state my views as to whether there should or should not be a League next season.
The great difficulty in making Į******......................................................... up my mind about the best
course for the future is that I rio Au Revoir Or Good Bye!| not feel I have any really sound ground upon which to stand. 1
I CONFESS to some hopes of writing these notes again next season.
I be-
had expected cricket to be torn but, after all, I have had a pretty to pieces by the demands of tong innings. Mr R. Abbit is," military training. My expecta-here, at the end of his 21st season of
or there. tion was entirely fulfilled. writing his notes here
However, the particularly bad weather with which we have been cursed during the season has made it almost impossible to sum up how we really stand.
year or so
may have included too much at the beginning, but I was certainly writing them to obtain con- tributions for the troops' cigarette fund before I went Home in the Spring of 1923.
It has been a good innings, and I don't think I have ever Teally seriously quarrelled with anybody or hurt their feelings. If I have done so I am sorry.
Given the needs of the military, as things went, one must admit that the Senior Division of the League was flop, but I find it very difficult to much 10 make up my mind how sheer dam' bad weather.
I have turned
will refrain from copying Samuel the matter over pretty carefully in my mind and 1 and asking them to come out and bear have come to conclusion which will { 201
witness against me. but I will express probably commend itself to very few. sincere regret to anyone if I have That is to continue the Junior inadvertently really hurt them. As I Division of the League but to scrap say, I hope that I may be enabled to the Senior Division unless certain write next season. This will then be arrangements can be made. I will au revoir. If not, let me bid you all speak later of these arrangements. | good-bye. My recommendation that the Junior League should continue is based
largely on the fact that they seemed shield. This is the right spirit and as | extremely keen about it, and that it should be.
they have completed all their games.
It is possible that military duties do not press so heavily upon them as they do on the teams which have been playing in the Senior Division,
the
I make this statement with utmost
and it may be entire reserve,
ly incorrect.
The fuct remains however that all games were played off and when the very last game, of all was played, a game which had no relation whatever to the winning of the Shield, I have never seen more keenness.
It was the only Second Division match that I have been able to watch right through, and I was extremely pleased to have the opportunity of watching such a keenly contested
The Seniors
FROM WHAT I have seen and from what I-have read this season I cannot say that the League has I don't been in any way a success. want to be dogmatic, and as I have said, it may be that the weather is at the bottom of it, but with an ex- ception which I shall discuss later,
CHINA
VICTORIOUS INTERNATIONAL TEAM
The victorious International girls' team that retained
the Softball
mana-
Shield on Sunday in defeating Portugal. Standing: Grandpa Loung (Coach and ger), Mary Mar, Ulian Khoo, Rennie Yuen, Lily Mar, Margaret Young.
Kneeling: Dot Louie, Virginia Chiu, Mary Ng, Doris Mar, Gloria
Yuen.
Mar.
Ming
Badminton Finals At K.C.C. To-night
Tsui-Rumjahn Tennis Match Abandoned
P.H. Wong Defends Title
Against K.W. Choy
(By "Tinker") ACCOMMODATION at the THOUGH it seemed pretty Kowloon Cricket Club to-night
that
the
The
Probable Starters For Two Thousand, Guineas
obvious at 4.15 p.m. Colony Tennis Singles semi-final will certainly be taxed. between Tsui Wal-pui and S. A.first three finals of the 1941 Itumjohn would not be played, yet Colony Badminton Champion-the Two Thausunu Cumcas to be run n start was made at the Stand ships will commence at 8.30
Court yesterday.
of the
The heavy clouds threatened, and am personally of the opinion that after one game the match was called there, should be no senior League. off, not because of the rain-it hud In the Best place the Shield was in not yet fallen-but because tended for competition ninong all the bad light. It was not too soon, how- Cricket clubs in Colony. Now
in the
Navy and the ever, for the rain then came down in that the Army, the
torrents. unable to put longkong Club are
for the Senior Shield, t terms in
S. A. Rumjahn commenced serving
P.M.
These matches will be:
8.30 p.m. Women's Doubles Miss M. M. Silva and Miss M. A. Xavier v. Mes Zimmern and Mrs Torrible.
A.
Doubles P-m. Me's Wynter-Blyth
L. Fisher and v. C. C. Pereira and A. E. Xavier. *9.30 p.m. Men's Senior Singles P. 11. Wong v. K. W. Choy.
however, the semi-final
game, sheerly from the desire of each scetris to me that the Shield-is-some-junct ̈led ̃40-15, but Tsui-pulled-up--At-0-p.m.-S. Young and D.
alde, to pull off a game which had nothing to do with the capturing of a
SPORTS
what falling from its high estate.
and took the first game.
In the second place there appeared to be the greatest diflculty in getting The tickets for yesterday's match the fixtures in the Senior Division will be valid for the next match
do played off, but f
between these two players. not in any way ADVT. wish to enter into any form of argu- ment. The fact remains that fixtures were not played off, and this again lends me to suggest that the Shield should be dropped next year.
THE HONG KONG JOCKEY CLUB
Draft Programmes and Entry! Forms for the Fifth Extra Race! Meeting to be held (wenther per- mitting) on Saturday, 10th May, 1911, may be obtained from the Secretary's Office, Exchange Build- ing: the Club House. Happy Valley; the Hong Kong Club; the! Sports Club; and the Stables, Shan Kwong Road.
A Possible Alternative
To-day's Matches
match between Chelllah in the Men's Junior Singles will be pinyed off. This game was postponed from last week.
Women's Doubles
ON RESPECTIVE FORM. one concedes the edge to the Recreio At the time of writing, it is most iris for the Women's Doubles title. doubtful any of the scheduled Mrs Zimmern and Mrs Torrible have matches for to-day will be played. been none too encouraging in their Matches to-day are those of the Club previous matches, and though at the the competition, commencement of
IF IT IS to be played for at all Tournaments, and the premier one odds were much in the latter's favour. be that between M. Pagh I suggest most strongly that I will should be played as soon as possible! (holder) and Capt R. E. Guest in the their showing has been below ex-
Singles semi-final. Pectations. after the first week in October Championship Now that there are apparently two This will be on the Stand Court. training periods, the old reason for
It has not been decided yet, but in
be closed,
playing after the first week of all probability the Club ground will
January is not existent,
London, Apr. 20, Probable, starters and jockeys for
en Wednesday are.-Mr Sawyer (Bridgland), Usenge (E. Smith). De- vonian (Perryman), Selim Hasan (Beary), Soilum (C. Richards), Star- wart J. Taylor), King's Jester (Get- hin). Annatom (S. Wragg), Morogoro (H, Wragg). Owen Tudor (G. (Lowrey), Richards), Burning Bow Suncastle (Beasley), Orthedex D Star (Maher), Smith), The Derby Sunray (A. Wragg), Camperdown (Littlewood), Chandia (Lacey), Sunny
Lambersiminel Island (Nevell),
(El- lott), Fairy Prince (Lane).—Router...
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Miss Silva and Miss Xavier have
greater command Zinmem has been inclined to be nervous, however, und spectatora not seen her at her best. And should she be able to forget her surroundings, in Mrs Terrible she has great partner and they may yet
placed in them.
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I think there might be a universit et up over the Christmas and New Year holidays as matches between Club and Kowloon Club could be arranged then at home and away.
There is no doubt that the best match of the whole season was that: between H.K.C.C. and R.C.C., and it is a great pity that the return could not be played on the K.C.C. Ground. But if League there be it should be played in our better weather period.
A Final Reflection
I HAVE BEEN considerably worried during the past months. by the apparent lack of interest in the H.K.C.C. cricket. The un- fortunate illness of Harry Owen Hughes, from which we hope to see him out again very shortly, has undoubtedly cramped the style of the Club.
Fixtures For Saturday
LONDON, Apr. 28 (Reuter),~~~The following are the football fixtures for Saturday, May 3:
INTERNATIONAL MATCH Scotland v. England.
Rangers:
LONDON Cur
Park Chelsea v Queen's Arsenal v. Tottenham,
FOOTBALL LEAGUE (SOUTI Bournemouth v. Southampton: Brighton
v, Southend.
v. Watford: Luton v. Portsmouth; Norwich
Senior Singles
THOUGH most people may be Inclined to the idea that K. W. Choy is a certain winner for the Men's Singles, there is the unanimous opinion that the match will be one
of the finest yet seen in the Colony Tournamente,
Choy has certainly brought a beller
· brand of badminton to the Colony, fond his presence lifts the Tourn- Joment far above the standards of
previous years.
foon, list week, showed M. P. YOUable to break through that it was
extended Choy's defence when he the latter in the first game of their
is semi-final. Patrick Wong SOUTH REGIONAL LEAGUE Aldershot v. Fulham: Crystal Palace v. player of the same type, and though Clanton Orient; Northampton v. Matwall: he has been inclined to be erratic Reading v. West Bromwich Albion; "West in his amnihes to date, he is not one The indefatigable Erie Mitchell hashana V. Brentford.
to give up when things are going been off on leave towards the end of NORTH REGIONAL LEAGUE
wrong. the season. Someone has got to get Barnsley v. Chesterfield; Blackpool v. Alec and Manchester City: Bradford v. Rotherham; under the Club cricket, John Pearce have commissions. It Bury v. Oldham: Talifax v. Middles would be pathetle for the oldest eric-borgh; Manchester United v. Liverpool: Newcastin v. Leeds; Preston v. Blackburn ket Club in the Colony by tens of lovers; Rochdale v. Wrexham, years to fall upon years of decay.
me is solution seems A possible that as neither the Army nor the Club can put out regular sides they should amalgamate and play as the Club, for most of the Army officers (or I think so) are members of the Cricket Club.
All this may be a little visionary, but the onlooker does sco a good dent of the game, and unless the Club First Eleven can be pulled together, it would be better to concentrate on
REGIONAL MATCHSS Chester v. Stoke City: Mansfield Town.
Doncaster v.
WEST REGIONAL LEAGUE Bristol City v. Cardiff City: Lovells Athletic v. Bath City.
MIDLAND CUP FINAL Leicester City v. Walasil.
LANCASIÙRE CUP (SECOND ROUND)
Everton v. Burnley, SCOTTISH SOUTHERN League
In his doubles match he seemed to lel Choy's redoubtable reputa- that tlon affect his play, and if were the case, if he is able to scout that mental hazard from the out- set, the greater number of crities may be confounded to-night.
Junior Doubles
MUCH DEPENDS on A. E. Xavier In the Junter Doubles. Pereira has proved his worth, though over-in- clined to smash, and I Xavier can continue the Improvement he has shown over the last two matches,
the first week produced over
$1,000,000. will you help
to double that figure
figure before
June 17, 19412. $147,000 is
all that is required ●
Recreio may yet take the Junfor title. Donations to Date: $1,853,370,83
Fisher and Wynter-Blyth are a standards are concerned, unbeatable.
Albion v Dunbarton: Hearts v. Queen's stout pair, but not, as far as Junior
the Second Eleven as an "A" team. Park; Bt Mirren v. Third Lanark,
Remitted to London: £114,889,