THE CHINA MAIL, MARCH 22, 1939
Recreio Should Win Title
Consistent Bowling And A Keen Field JUNIOR TEAMS FALTER IN TITLE RACE
IF there were any doubts regarding Recreio's capabilities as cricketers, they were removed once and for all on Saturday when they beat Hong Kong Cricket Club by 91 runs.
I must confess that in spite of ball a good deal but too slowly to be. their fine record prior to last really dangerous, In addition he and
Saturday, I always had a feeling was not consistent in length that they would crack up badly back play against him was as safe before the season was over. Itas houses. was almost incredible that a side could
go on winning matches with scores of just over 100. It Police championship hopes suffer-
Second Division
crashed
ed a setback when they appeared to me that their stock bowlers, E. L. Gosano and H. Lagainst Craigengower.. They were Ozorio must fail sooner or later.
In view of their last two games- against K. C. C. and H. K. C. C. I
without the services of their cadet- officers, B. C. Fay, H. W. E. Heath and T. H. King, the latter having
WHAT RECREIO'S 26 Teams
BOWLERS- HAVE DONE
That the success of Recreio has been due in no small measure to their bowling and fielding is re- vealed by the following scores against them—
Army C.S.C.C. L.R.C. C.C.C.
K.C.C.
H.K.C.C.
Avge. per wicket 6.79.
16
59
105
43
123
(for 8) 48
394
this year, scored a fine victory over Indian Recreation Club.
sc-
Enter For Hockey 6-A-Sides
Twenty-six teams have entered for the Hong Kong Hockey Asso- ciation's Six-a-Side Tournament which will be played on Sunday, April 2.
The following
clubs entered. with
their number of teams in brackets.
Royal Engineers (1).
Middlesex Regiment (4).
Club de Recreio (3).
H.M.S. Medway and Submarines
(2).
Radio (2),
Nomads (2).
Kumaon Rifles (2).
C.B.A. (2). R.A.O.C. (2).
Kowloon Indians (1).
Royal Scots (1).
8th R.A. Hvy. Regt. (2).
7th A.A. Regt. (1).
9th A.A. Regt. (1).
The draw will take place on Tues-
For this achievement they have to thank, firstly, C. W. Haynes for an excellent piece of bowling, and condly, young Ainslie for a fine half- century. Haynes had all the I. R. C. batsmen in difficulties with the ex-day next. The draw for the Interna- now feel that they are practically left for home and the first two cry | ception of Razack, who batted con- following Tuesday,
tional Tournament will be made on the unbeatable, especially on their owning off at the last minute. ground and for this reason I cannot As B. G. Baker has already gone, the team they turned out was really a skeleton of what it was and they were never in the picture.
see them losing their last fixture against Navy on Saturday. I shall thus be surprised if they do not win the championship they so richly de- serve, if not for anything else, for their keenness and activity in the
field.
Fine Fielding
While one cannot offer
17.
For Craigengower, N.
Broad-
30, was associated with Barma in a fidently for 28, and, T. Ali who made fine stand which took the score to
over 100,
Fine Innings
R.A.M.C. Small Units Cricket Win
A brilliant undefeated knock of 93 by semi-final round match in the Small Units Knockout Cricket Competition, at Sookunpoo last Sunday and Monday when Royal Army Medical Corps beat only fielded nine men, by 69 runs. 40th Company, Royal Engineers, who R.A.M.C.: 213 (S/Sgt. Patterson 34,
bridge, who has shown a great im- Ainslie started slowly but as he Major Swyers (R.A.M.C.) featured the provement with the bat, was top-settled down he showed more con- scorer with 30, while J. L. Stephens,fidence and batted very well indeed. for Police, bowled well to take 4 for After three wickets had fallen for only 31 runs, he was associated with enough Pope was the only P. R. C. man W. A. Wright in a partnership which praise to Eddie Gosano and H. Lto make double-figures against con-added 46. Ozorio for the splendid and consistent bowling by Omar, Lam, After four more wickets had sistent manner in which they have Iranee and Way.
fallen quickly, Ainslie and D. Wright carried Recreio's attack, the fielding
At Sookunpoo, Civil Service Cric-stayed together while the required of the entire team must not be over- ket Club, displaying form which runs were hit off. looked.
makes it difficult to understand why they have not won a League match
I wonder how far the success of these two bowlers would have been maintained had they being playing for other sides more apt
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drop chances than hold them.
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SOLE AGENTS
On Saturday, faced with accurate bowling and given nothing in the field, Club folded up badly. True they were not at full strength but if they had no one else in the team, there was always a possibility that Owen Hughes, Alec Pearce or John Pearce would have really got going in which case anything might have resulted.
Devastating Bowling As it happened none of them did. Gosano was far too devastating. He made fine pace off a wicket which should not have suited a bowler of his pace, pitched on or outside the middle stump and turned away sufficiently to beat the bat,
Club's innings was just a proces- sion and for the second time this season on this ground against this same team, they failed to top the 50 mark.
How are the mighty fallen!
With the bat, Recreio gave one of their best displays of the League season, no fewer than seven bats- men reaching double-figures.
W. A. Reed, who fought such a fine rearguard action against K. C. C., and Beltrao, were featured in a last wicket stand which added al- most 30 runs.
John Pearce was the most success- ful Club bowler but I have certainly seen him perform better
than he did on this occasion. He turned the
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BLACK LABEL
Major Harvey 18, Major Swyers not out 93, Cpl. Shorthouse 11, Cpl. Parkin 14; Q. M. S. Goodger. 6 for 48, Cpl. Denyer 4 for 73). 40th Coy. RE: 144 (Q.M.S. Goodger 17, Spr. Bailey 52, L/Sgt. Shipp 20, Q.M.S, Buckle 10, Spr. Pike 18; Cpl. Webb 8 for 8.
W. BASTIN WIN K.G.C. CAPTAIN'S CUP COMPETITION
W. Bastin (12) won the final of the Kowloon Golf Club Captain's Cup Com- petition recently, beating W. C. Simp- son (8), 7 and 5.
The Hong Foursomes final was won by the Harbour Office (R. K. Collings, 5, and T. B. Low (10), who beat Hong Kong and Shanghai Hotels (F. C. Bar- ry, 9, and E. O. Murphy, 14) by 4 and
3.
H.K. Wonders Trounce
Greyhounds
In an interesting ten-pin match play- ed at Hong Kong Bowling Alleys last. evening, in the second stage of the Ewo League, Hong Kong Wonders beat Greyhounds, a team from H.M.S. Thracian, by 875 points,
Scores:-
Hong Kong Wonders F. P. Hollis
J. S. Landolt
L. Gaddi
M. Talan
Total
E. G. Carter H. G. Willis T. Annis A. R. Toms
Total
.163 177 150 490 170 132 153 -455 157 195 .117
Greyhounds
128 420
148·145 .410
1,775
187 114 187 388 .111 153 120 384 107.118 102 327 93 89 119 301
1,400
championship team which crashed badly on Saturday. Following their recent defeat at the hands of K. C. C., they were well beaten by Club at Chater Road,
This was one of the few occasions this season that Recreio's bowling was really collared. Although”. R. Soares kept a length and finished up with 6 for 87, Lowe, Divett, Mitchell and Bishop all made useful scores and the Club innings realised 178.
-Divett, Fox and Robb then put Recreio out for 118. G. N. Gosano batted steadily for 88 while Barros hit sturdily for his 22.
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