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Malayn-1st innings.
W. A. D. Wynch. e Peares, b
Braco
R. G. Gibson, e Pearce, b Reid Evan Wong, i.b.w.. b Owen
Hughes
A. 5. A. Jansen, b Bowker W. A. B. Smith, not out
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Total
(Continued from Page 1.)
YESTERDAY'S PLAY In print, 174 runs for
Boven
| LIVING' NIGHTMARES AT THE ZOO
WEIRD ANIMALS FROM MADA- GASCAR'S FORESTS
་
THE TWO AYE-AYES wickets does injustice to Malaya's gallant attempt to fight back against
com- Hong Kong's
Two living nightmares in the manding lead of 155 runs. In shape of a pair of Aye-Ayes have actual play, however, it was a fine arrived at the London Zoo from combined effort with everybody Madagascar. They form part of a doing his best for the team.
large and interesting collection of Wynch was out to a poor stroke rare mammals, birds and reptiles, 2 which was undeserving of him; and which have been collected by Mr. then Evan Wong hit well until |C. S. Webb, during a three months' bowled by Brace. But Knight and expedition into the "unexplored for- Hopkins proceeded to take the eats of the interior.
scare beyond the 100 mark and things began to look up for the 31 visitors. True, Knight gave
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Like a Cat The Aye-Aye is at once one of
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Although comparatively early chance in the animals in the world. 24slips and, with his score at 40, he modern zoologists place it in a survived a confident appeal for family by Itself, it is closely related catch behind the wicket, when the to the lemurs of which there are benefit of the doubt appeared to also a large number of specios to have been unduly extended to- found in Madagascar. In size the ward him.
Aye-Aye may be compared with a large cat with an enormous bushy tail. The head resembles that of a bat with large naked ears, and the body is covered with long fur. blackish brown in colour, streaked Here and there with white. "Human" Fingers
Fall of wickets:-1 for 9 runs (Knight), 2 for 18 (Lal Singh), for 21 (Bostock Hill), 4 for 51 † (Wynch), 5 for 57 (Braddell), 6 for 69 (Gibson), 7 .for 93 (Hopkins). 8 for 93 (Jansen), 9 to: 137 (Wong), (Waring)-
10 for
. BOWLING ANALYSIS
j
BOWLING COLLARED Yet at more than one stage the Hong Kong bowling was collared. Several of the local trundlers were 148 made to look altogether ineffective. Wyatt occasionally threatened danger but the majority of the The most striking characteristic batamen showed most confidence and the one, perhaps, which gives W when facing him.
the creature its "nightmarish" ap-
0. M. K. 12.31
34
5
11
23
1
10
36
1
8
1
28
2
3 0
10
1
Hong Kong-1st innings
E. C. Fincher. b Lal Singh. 15
J. E. Richardson, b Smith.
Capt. J. R. Reynolds, Smith
W, Brar, e Wong, b Smith
Lt. W. A. H. Maxwell. b Lal
Singh
. Owen Hughes, b Lal Singh
7. E. Pearce, h Smith .............
When it is considered that the pearance, is the enormous talon- dismissal of Wynch (already re-like claws with which its bands and ferred to), of Lal Singh (who was feet and furnished. One finger, atterly at sea when Owen Hughes that corresponding to the human sent down his first delivery of middle finger, is most remarkable, good length, admittedly-to bowl being of great length and extreme-) him), and of Knight .b.w. to aly slender. It is by means of this yorker on the off stump) were in finger that the animal takes the the nature of "josa" events, it has varied food upon which it exists. to be recorded that the
In nature it robs birds' nests of ents their eggs and young and
fortunes
were with the local men.
Surprise was caused when Owen honey from the comb, but above all Hughes was put on to bowl after it is fond of beetle grubs, which it extracts from rotting. timber in large quantities.
A
52
36
21
108
7
12
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BOWLING ANALYSIS
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0. M. R. .13 2 26 1 .18 A 48
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1
Wednesday, 11th December,
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W. A. D. Wynch, b Reid
P. N. Knight, l.b.w., b Owen
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Evan Wong, b Brace Dr. H. O. Hopkins, e Pearce,
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Lal Singh, b Owen Hughes. A. J. Bostock Hill, b Reid. R. G. Gibson, l.b.w., b Brace
R. B. L. Braddell, J.b.w, b
Owen Hughes
A. S. A. Jansen, b Owen
Hughes
W. A. B. Smith, not nut Lt. M. Waring, b Bowker
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Total
Egg Eaters
Both the specimens which Mr. fighting grimly and hooking short Webb has brought back to the Zoo ones to the leg boundary, it was eat eggs in a very neat manner.
like tempting Providence to keep The smallest of holes is picked in Owen Hughes on.
the shell at one end by means of! FULL TOSSES NUMEROUS
the long middle finger, and then the Bowker was not as consistent and same finger is inserted and with- lacked the pace off the pitch he had drawn with lightning rapidity until: shown earlier in the tournament. the whole contents of the egg have He sent down too many loose ones, been transferred to the creature's either very short or overpitched. mouth without a single drop being |
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. Playing Д splendid innings,
The other mammals in the coller- tion include a family of ten lemura 61 Knight justified his restoration to of various kinds and two tailless
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As seeming to confirm that there had been an important development
15 Wynch, Wong and Hopkins confirm spines and long pig-like snouts, Setback On Question Of this afternoon, prominence is given
10 ed the opinion that they are un with which they burrow for the
32 doubtedly class batsmen,
3 Singh laid himself open to
56
Lal insect food which forms their! an ac staple diet. cusation of being too enterprising; but the manner in which he met the ball with the
The Reptiles
The snakes which Mr. Webb
Eight-Inch Guns '
Tokyo, Yesterday.
to a sudden meeting at the Foreign Minister's residence between the Premier, the Foreign Minister, Mr. Wakatsuki, Admiral Takarabe, and While officials here are reticent other delegates to the Naval Con- proper place in his brought back are all peculiar to regarding the progress of the ference for the purpose of discuss- 48 bat-to a resounding thwack even Madagascar. None of them is Anglo-Japanese naval pourparlers ing "a certain important ques 18 when playing back-stamps him as poisonous, as Madagascar is one of this afternoon, they intimate that tion," though the nature
of the
a player of great promise, and he the few places in the Tropics which an unexpected setback has occurred question is left to the imagination. 6 is only 19 or thereabouts..
does not produce venomous anakes. on the question of cruisers carrying-Reuter. LUSTRE FOR BOSTOCK HILL At least one of the specimens la eight-inch guns.
294 Bostock HI added lustre to his new to the collection. It is interest- Though it cannot be confirmed, It is stated that representatives Fall of wickets:-1 for 30 runs reputation as an experienced bats, ing that the constricting snakes of the report is that Britain is proof clubs are to put forward a de- (Wynch), 2 for 67 (Wong), & for man, even 12 he caused Hong Madagascar closely resemble the pared to agree to Japan's desire mand before the Royal Commission 103 (Hopkins), 4 for 125 (Lal Kongites to ask how he took ning boa constrictors of South America, for a 70 per cent. ratio to Britain, on the working of the licensing Singh), 5 for 126 (Knight), & for wickets for ten runs when Hong and are quite unlike the African but that Japan must be contented laws for the restoration of their 149 (Gibson), 7 for 174 (Bostock Kong last sent a team down South, and Indian pythons.
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as to whether be and Braddell, the 0. M. B. V. captain, would put on a hundred .16.1 1 56 I more between them. Gibson was
0 unfortunate once more.
Bowker Wyatt -
.21 4 59
Reid
14 1 46
2
Brace
16
1
48
Reynolds
9 0 44
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