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THE CHINA MAIL, MARCH 15, 1937.

1.R.C. LUCKY TO STAVE OFF DEFEAT

One of the. most experienced -cricketers in the Colony, A. A. Rumjahu, above, “demonstrated on Saturday against the K.C.C. that he is still force to be reckoned with. He scored a very useful 22 when most of the best bats had failed.

TO-DAY'S

OPEN TENNIS PROGRAMME

FORMER CHAMPION'S

COMEBACK

RUMJAHN SHOULD WIN TO-DAY

Chief interest in this afternoon's tennis programme at the Hong Kong Cricket Club, Hes in the ap pearances of H. D. Rumjahn and Ng Sze-kwong.

BAD FIELDING LAPSE

BY K. C. C.ER

F.M. ARCULLI AND MINU martly stumped by Ismael in at-

IN GALLANT EFFORTS

DONALD ANDERSON'S MASTERY

(By "ADREM")

tempting a big hit off-Minu.

Ernie Fincher, who followed, was obviously not seeing them and was quite unable to get anything in the middle of his bat 82 runs were added before Anderson was dismissed for 72 with the score at 116, at 5.57 pm.

Complete Master

the bowling, batted brilliantly. On

THAT the Senior Division championship does not rest in the hands of the Hong Kong C. C. is no

Anderson throughout his innings fault of the Indian R. C. If ever a team stared was confidence personified and defeat in the face, the I.R.C. did on Saturday, and after he had got the measure of it was only a stout-hearted innings by F. M. el his display on Saturday, he is un- Arculli, an inability at one period, of the K.C.C. to hold any catches, and some steady bowling by A. R. Minu, that saved the match.

doubtedly the finest batsman at shots were magnificent, his per-

present in the Colony. His off

fectly timed drives flashing through The manner in which the K.C.C. side cracks up at unexpected and minimum effort. He was at all the covers with maximum power moments is really amazing. On Saturday, they showed that they times complete master of the situa- had enough material in the team to have won the League with the tion. greatest of ease. Their batting, is acknowledged in all quarters

to be about the most powerful in the Colony, in Lee, Goodwin, Lay tried hard to beat the clock, but The remaining KC.C. batsmen, and Anderson, they have the nucleus of an excellent attack, their Minu was too accurate to be hit fielding normally, is quite good, and yet they have this unaccount indiscriminately and with the field able habit of going to pieces at vital periods.

it almost impossible to score fours- packing the boundary, they found

Desperate Efforts

desperate efforts to increase his At this period, Fincher made

rate of scoring and was respor sible for several lofted on-drives and powerful of drives.

They went to pieces with a vengeance in this game. Half of the Indian side had been dismissed for a meagre 25 and the home team were well on top. One could sense the feeling of superiority, the fielding, following a miraculous catch by Anderson which dis- missed A. H. Madar, was keen. And then Broadbridge dropped a "sitter" from F. M. el Arcalli, whose fearless hitting had made the other batsmen on his side realise that the bowling was after The former will meet Luk Chun all, not unplayable. In the eighty minutes that it took K.C.C. to cheong in the singles, while Ng Sze-dismiss the remainder of the side, no less than seven catches were kwong, in partnership with Hon dropped, four of them being off Arculli!

With excitement at its climax, Luen-fung, will be in opposition to

stumps were drawn with the home H. T. Bee and HY. Hsu in the

Goodwin won the toss and puting. Anderson was subdued and team 11 runs in arrears, with six Open Doubles.

the Indians in Arculli and was evidently determined to play

wickets in hand The encounter between A. Craw- Ismail, who opened, batted cau- himself in before trying to score must go to Minu, who bowled un- Full credit for the IRC's point, ford and G. C. Burnett should prove tiously, but both were given rapidly. Ramsey, on the other changed throughout the innings. quite entertaining. Crawford, con-chances in the slips. Arculli

sidered by many to be a coming took 36 minutes to score 10 runs. hand, was most aggressive and hit On a wicket perfectly suited to champion, is very reliable with his Robbie Lee then had an inspired anything pitched up with the great him, he beat the opposing batsmen ground strokes and hits hard on spell, A. H. Madar was brilliant est vigour. After 34 had been time and again and was very dif- both hands, he has shown a dis-ly taken in the slips by Anderscored in 20 minutes, Ramsey was ficult to score of inclination to take the forecourt, son, who o went full length to however, although he is fairly safe hold the catch an inch off the with his volleying.

TO-DAY'S- PROGRAMME

A. Crawford

Open Singles

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v. G.-C. Burnett Capt. Coppinger v S S. Chin.

H. D. Rumjahn Ink Chun-cheung Open Doubles

Ng Sze-kwong and Hon Luen-fung

7. H. T. Bee and H. Y. Hsu

Club Championship-

B. O'M Deane v F. A. Redmond

Club Handicap Singles

ground. Minu was bowled with a beauty and 50 minutes after the innings commenced, IB.C. had lost most of their best bats with the scoreboard registering 25

Courageous Hitting

Then came F. M. el Arculli, and as a result of some courageous hitting, which included two sixes

R. M. M. King (+36) ▼ J. Thomson off: Lay, changed the whole

(-16).

com-

plexion of the game. With A. R. A. E. Mackenzie (+16) ▼ R K Abbas, who defended gallantly, the Valentine (+16);

A. C. IL Bowker (scr.) v T. C. Monog-score was taken to 67 before the

han (--46).

Club Mixed Doubles

A. S. Read and Miss Armstrong F. V. Harrison and Miss Dodwell

MEN'S DOUBLES BADMINTON

TWO MATCHES FOR

TO-NIGHT

Recreio "B" will encounter, the University B King'a park this

evening in the

Division of the

Men's Doubles Badminton Le

By their recent

latter team are fav

uber.

latter was bowled by a break-back- from Anderson. Abbas had dis played admirable restraint in the face of excellent bowling and took 50 minutes to score 24

all

Arculli continued to emite and sundry and when he was fin- ally caught by E. & Fincher, off Goodwin, for. 57, he had hit no fewer than 7 fours and 2-aixes. His innings was a fine display of scienti hitting combined with a

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when the

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GIVE YOUR GUESTS

DEINHARD'S

WORLD RENOWNED

HOCKS

AND

MOSELLES

THE SIGN OF THE PERFECT HOST

CALDBECK'S

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