1939-12-20 — Page 17

GOOD BATTING IN MATOH BETWEEN H.K.O.O. & K.O.C. M.A. Remedios & Lewis Show Promise At Recreio

W. L. CLARKE'S IMPROVED

BATTING CAPABILITIES

(By “ADREM”)

On

Feature of the present cricket season has been the comparatively few games played by senior teams. Saturday only two First Division teams were engaged, Kowloon Cricket Club entertaining their old rivals Hong Kong Cricket Club.

Generally, scoring was on the high side, with one not- able exception, the match at Sookunpoo between Royal Air Force and Indian Recreio Club juniors.

E. C. Fincher started to crack them as

taken by Gillesple in the deep.

The wicket at Kowloon on Satur- day was conducive to big scoring, it soon as he went in and was eventually well being soft and, although susceptible

Alec Pearce was the only member of the to spin, the ball was - coming off | Cricket Club attack who looked like a bow- slowly.

Were Lloyd playing for K. C. C. there might have been a different story to tell. Without him Alec Pearce and L. T. Ride did more or less as they liked although Robbie Lee bowled more overs at a stretch than he has done hitherto this sen- son, and Anderson had so much ad-

·ditional work to do that he was at- tacked by cramp after the game.

Ride was a bit shaky at the outset of his innings but settled down to play good con1- ildent cricket, Binding the boundary on 11 occasions.

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PROMISE of remedIOS

Features of the match at King's Park be- the tween Recreio juniors nad Police were excellent batting of youthful M. A. Remedios and W. L. Clarke, and the promising bow- Fling of left-handed J. Lewis.

Hemedios, a La Salle boy of the same terin as the youngest Gosano, has always been considered promising by the Recrelo authorities but never appeared able to get

COLONY, TENNIS

MRS. SMEBY MRS. KEVAN UNLUCKY

The following result in the La›› dies' Colony Doubles Tennis Tournament. is noted: Mr. Sweeney, and Mr. Knight beat Miss Greig and Miss Marr 6-2, 6--1' in the sécând round,"

A further match was played at K.C.C. yesterday. Mr. Smeby and

Mrs. Kevan, leading. Mr Lade and. Mrs. Churchill, by 6–2 In the final set were unable to win another game.

Full scores were: Mrs. Lade and Mrs. Churchill beat Mr Smeby and Mrs. Kevan 6-4. 5-7, 7---5.

(Continued from next Column) MIDDLEWEIGHT

(lat string) L/Cpl. Wookey (1) Boat Malham (C), Cpl. Manning (3) beat Cpt. Bedding (D).

(2nd string) Pte. Marable (A) beat Pts.

L/Cpl. Goodman (B).

'BOXING

CLARIDGE'S PROMISE

By LEN COLLINS (Former Amateur light-weight

champion of Great Britain.) Last night's boxing in the Middlesex Regiment Inter- Company Novices” competi- tion was not really bad, there being eight knock-outs. The majority of the bouts, how- ever, were not very scientific.

Best bout of the evening was be- tween, Pté. Claridge and L/Cpl. Cole- beck. Under the Army rules Cole- beck wan but had the bout been fought outside these rules there is little doubt that Claridge would have secured the verdict. A draw last night would not have been an unfair result.

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Claridge hits very hard and would make a good boy if handled right.

Next best bout was between Pte.

runs, apparently through lack of tempera-Morgan (D), L/Cpl. Wilson (HQ) k.Corrigan and Cpl. Miller. The latter

ment,

He has been perfevered with, however, and being sent in early consistently. has now begun to have its effect.

He played a really frie innings on Satur- day against the by no means weak Police attack, to make a correct 38 not out.

Pearce was as bright as ever and although study of the score-book does not reveal it, I am told that he hit a really collossal six which cleared the sight-screen at the Austin -Road-end-and-landed-half-way-nerose-Kow-Pope took three wickets in his last over |

loon Bowling Green Club.

Rapley, who bowls left, was given one of

•his infrequent turns with the ball but proved extraordinarily expensive.

LIFELESS FIELDING

catches were put

"Polly" Xavier also batted well for his 25 and together with A. J. M. Prata, put on a useful score for the first wicket.

but the finest bowling was that of Lewis. Starting somewhat shakily, ha later found a length and his disconcerting fight had all the Recreio batamen in difficulties.

Although not many

He has a nice easy action, and is inclined down, Howloon's fielding was entirely lack-to bring them in from the off, the wrong.

he should have a ing in life and was in strict contrast to the way for a left-hander: Improvement in this department evident in good season If given enough work..

"Nobby" Clarke's innings WAS The previous matches.

Police innings and he saved his sige from complete rout.

Club's bowlers were even less impressive than Kowloon's and it appeared at one stage that the home team might get the runs. Anderson was slow, as he always is at the beginning of an innings, but he did not get

in great deal of the bowling.

CLARKE'S DEVELOPMENT

have always had the Impression that I saw Ernie Fincher bat for the first time "Nobby" was a hitter and that alone. The since his return from leave and was very has now, evidently, developed into quite a He played some very ptel- impressed with his form. His visits to first-class batsman.

class matches in England have evidently ty shots in the course of not out on taught him a great deal-for example a late Saturday as well as defending dourly when cut between first and second slip that I don't the occasion demanded. recollect. Having seen him play with such timing before He was very severe on any-18, while Prata and Remedios thing loose and hooked powerfully,

Anderson was eventually caught in the gully by Gillespie in forcing the pace and Fincher picked a perfect ball from Alec Pearce and was clean-bowled.

Rapley got out to one of the stupidist ""strokes" i have ever been unfortunate

enough to seei

John Pearce bowled a ball in the best John Pearce ́(1838) manner! It bounced just in front of him, Rapley played a feeble sort of shot and was yorked on the second bounce !

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bowl.

A. V. Gosano bowled steadily to take 5 for both got

cheap wicket near the end.

Recreio did not appear to be trying too hard to get Police out as they used several bowlers who normally would not have been used under the circumstances.

The complete failure of R.A.F. batsmen cost them their game against I.R.C. It cer tainly was not due to J. Waddington that they lost. This bowler performed brilliantly to take 6 for 24, including the hat-trick but Gillespie was rather expensive and so the Airmen lost what little chance they had of scoring a spectacular win.

Batting Arst, R.A.F. were skittled out by M. R. Abbas and Y. T. Bárma for 47, only C. M. King running into 'double-figures.

Air Force made a great fight of it and had a chance of winning until A. R. Suffad settled down to some hard hitting to score 21 not out near the end and win the match for the Indians.

TALL SCORING

Run-getting was a fairly simple matter at Chater Road, where nearly 300 runs were scored for the loss of only 15 wickets.

Club, batting first, ran up the useful total of 174 to which H. J. D. Lowe, D. Q, Par- sons and A. K, Mackenzie were chief con-

Α.Κ. tributors.

At close of play University had scored 100 för, 5, K. Y. Tam batting attractively for 43. A dashing imings of 64 by AJ, Hule was the highlight of the drawn game at the Valley between Cräizehgower and Middle sex Regiment" Williams-bowled Very N for the väldiers: to take 4 für 19 in '10 overs, while Hamson who has not distinguished Himself in this department für yemis, took 4. Middlesex wickets for 27. Cutler top-scored for the Army team with 18.

Kowloon Juniors, who are verily playing like chalapions having: won:all their recent matches with unfalling regularity, proved much too glöd for Civil Servants at the Valley and Won, by. 8/wickets.

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(3rd string) Pte. Williams (HQ) beat Pte. Bennett (C).

WELTERWEIGHT

(1st string), L/Cpl. Shaw (C) beat Pie. Thomson (UQ).“

(2nd string) Pte. Bridge (HQ) beat Pte. Hurlock (A),

(3rd string) L/Cpl. Colebeck (C) beat Pte. Claridge (A).

(4th string) Pte. Cohen (A) k.o. Dmr. On- slow (HQ),

LIGHTWEIGHT

(1st string). L/Cpl. Williams (1) tk.o. Pte. Buller (D).

(2nd string) A/Cpl. Miller (HQ) beat Pie. Carrigan (C).

(3rd string) Pte. Day (A) beat Ple. Fun-

had the longer reach of the two but was unable to land any telling blowsB. This was a very close fight.

Bemainder of the bouts were not

Len Collins' exclusive com. mants on to-night's bouts will appear in the final edition of the. "China Ma to-morrow.

warmy or comment:

The tournament will continue at 7.30 p.m. to-day.

Headquarters is leading with 50 points, followed by "A". Coy. 38, “B” [Cộy, 35, "C" Coy. 34, and "D" Coy. 30.

HEAVYWEIGHT Pte. Bridle (C) k.o. Ete. Jennings (Á), Pte. Cummerford (D) gave Bds. Bolan Pte. Flood (Ed) ko. P. Ens (D).

nel (D).

FEATHERWEIGHT

(HQ) a walk-over.

BANTAMWEIGHT.

LIGHT HEAVYWEIGIST Revell (HQ) ko. Pie. Neiman (C), Pte. Tail (B) k.o. Pie. Clarke (D), Dmr.] Pig. Webb (A) t.k.ø. Pie. BAyper (D). Dewbury (HQ) beat Pte. Hooper (C).

(Continued at foot of preceding Col.)

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