THE CHINA MAIL, FEBRUARY 15, 1989
OVER-CONFIDENCE
Had two comparatively easy
catches been held while Pte. Johns The "Tie' 55
and S/Sgt. Paterson were parti- cipating in their sensational last- wicket stand on Saturday, Indian
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been forced to share honours with the weak Army team.
It will be recollected that Johns and Paterson were the heroes of a stand of 28 which enabled Army to tie I.R.C's score.
The match was notable for the complete superiority of the bat over the ball, despite the fact that A. R. Minu, probably the best bowler in the Colony, bore the brunt of the attack on
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I have been officially informed by the Hon. Secretary of the Hong Kong Cricket League, Mr. A. H. Madar, that in the case of a. tie in a League match, three points are to be shared.
The question arises out of the 1.R.C. junior match with University on the 4th inst. which was tied by the latter shortly before time was called with the undergrads four wickets in hand and again on Sat-. urday when Army tied with I.R.C. Seniors.
Revised League tables are ap- pended,
side.
The Army side are to be con- gratulated on scoring their firat
K.C.C. point in the League a feat which was even more meritorious as they Recreio were without Capt. Godby, their H.K.C.C.
I.R.C. best bat and a very useful bowler,
[C.8.C.C. and Pte. Hatfield, whose fine per-Navy formances with the ball have been ||C.C.C. one of the features of the current ||Army
season.
Godby, I understand, is on the in- jured list, while Major Murray, the
Recreio
Army skipper, was unable to ac-University count for the absence of Hatfield K.C.C. and told me he was as surprised as Navy anybody else that the spearhead of
his attack was not playing.
Over-Confidence
FIRST DIVISION
THE ARMY
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Fuller, and Paxton, I am told, were the chief flies in the oint- ment. Navy lost two wickets right away, Souza taking both of them in Fuller his first spell for 0 runs. then got going and "although drop- ped a couple of times, hit very hard, eventually to compile 62. Holds worth and Kennedy were the only other double-figure scorers.
of Police are now in great form with the bat and they were prin- cipally responsible for this fine score.
Fay, who I am told, does not con- sider himself a batsman, but, so my informant tells me, is easily the finest bat in the side, batted very soundly for his 41. He was together with Stephens in a useful partner- These Wicket-Keepers!
ship of over 40 and the latter then Craigengower used nine bowlers became associated with T. H. King nother useful partnership in all and strangely enough, those in who are only rarely if ever used, King batted in his usual style, his took all the wickets. Even wicket-favourite scoring-shot being -u po- keeper Archie Zimmern, who like werful drive over the bowler's head all wicket-keepers fancies himself which almost invariably went for
four. 1 as a bowler, had one over.
'P. W. L. D. Tie Pts
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3 2 0 1
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SECOND DIVISION
P. W. L. D. Tie Pts
3 0 1 ·0 10
5 2 0 2 1 9 5 2 0 3 0 9 0 9
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I feel that Minu rather under-Army
rated the opposition.
LR.C. had first lease of the wic-
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at fault and
Set to score 119 for a win, Crai- gengower, with a "comic" batting order, had their ideas shaken up considerably. In the space of a few minutes 5 wickets were down for 10 runs! It was then too late to do anything. The rot was turned into a rout and only a small stand be- tween Archie Zimmern and A. B. Hamson enabled them to total 65. Paxton, Brightman and Booth all returned very fine analyses, the former in particular, bowling very steadily.
ket and scored freely. Painter, who very much to their taste. Even the opened the soldiers' bowling, turn- | inimitable Minu was ed the ball both ways and troubled all the early batsmen, while Swyers was also steady. Apart from these two, however, Army bowling was innocuous and Nazarin, M.
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Arculli and A. R Minu all took heavy toll of it. A, H. Madar play- ed his usual sound game to make
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With the score at: 198 and five wickets down, Minu, who obviously did not think very much of Army's batting, declared at 8.40, which, al- lowing about 10 minutes for the tea-interval, gave. Army some two hours and twenty-five minutes to get the runs.
They did not allow the fact that they had all this time to influence their batting, however. Man, Land, and Murray went for anything overpitched with enthusiasm and the cricket was most entertaining, With 28 runs to get, Paterson, former Interport wicket-keeper and a former opening bat for Craigen- gower, came in at No. 11 Pte. Johns, who, as with lier batsmen, was hitting merrily. Paterson defended stoutly while his youthful partner went for them! "Lives" At Critical Period
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Johns, during this thrilling period, had two let-offs, being dropped in the outfield by M. el Arculli, and in the slips by Minu. However, with the scores tied, his fine knock came to an end, for, with the very next ball, he was caught by Arculli, off
Minu.
cost him as many runs as 92. The game was all over by 5.55.
Craigengower Cricket Club ap- proached their game with Navy
Splendid
with a light-hearted spirit and a Victory
determination that they would all have a good time. They lost rather badly! However, as all but two of the team were agreed that it was good fun, I don't suppose the result really matters.
Police, after scoring 169 against University, were perhaps a trifle unfortunate to lose. Fay, Stephens and the Commissioner
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There was never very much in the University bowling, although Ng and Teoh were fairly steady
University set about their task with confidence. Backbone of the batting was J. Fong who played a very nice knock of 51. Never very aggressive, Fong's defence is his strong point-he brings his bat down Ng and Matthews very straight. carried the score to within striking distance and near the end, Teoh and Singh hit off the runs amid tremen- dous excitement,
Fay bowled very well for 5 for 35 but Pope had one of his rare off- days and his solitary wicket cost him 62 runs.
Three Dull Games
A most uninteresting game was that at Happy Valley between Civil Service and Kowloon Cricket Club: The former could only total 66 for which they have to thank Wright, who took his courage both hands and hit for 31. Simpson, McKenzie and Baldwin all took cheap wickets for K. C. €.
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B. D. Lay and F. A. Broadbridge knocked off the required runs in quick time without being separated and rugger then became the centre of interest.
Navy 'had a field-day at the ex- pense of Craigengower Juniors, truly an inconsistent team, and won by no fewer than 150 runs.
Navy made 210 for 8, Brown, Napier and Wood being principal contributors, while Capt. Carless who was the hero of the game against K. C. C. hit a collossal four over the pavilion in a breezy 14.
Iranee and Lim were the only two home batsmen to reach, double- figures against accurate bowling. by Finuie, Wood, Falle and Carless.
Another extremely dull match took place at Sookunpoo between Army and I. R. C. Sig. Murphy was the only soldier who ever looked like making runs and he took no chances while compiling 32.
No Enterprise
Actually there was very little en- terprise displayed by any of the Army batsmen and the I. R. C. bow- lers were finally reduced to sending up donkey hops in an effort to get them to hit
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of losing and appeared far more in- terested in the grand game that was being played next door between their respective first teams.
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