1940-03-13 — Page 17

THE CHINA MAIL, MARCH 13, 1940.

CRICKET NOTES

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47

DENYER'S FINE CHANCE OF COMPLETING "DOUBLE"

Has Taken 124 Wickets & Scored Over 900 Runs

CLEMO BROTHERS T.A. MADAR

AT IT AGAIN!

(By “ADREM”) Craigengower Cricket Club had a sorry time of it against Hong Kong Cricket Club in a friendly game, Capt. D. C. E. Grose flogging their attack for the second Saturday in succession for his second score of over 50.

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Apart from Grose's innings, which again featured by beautifully timed hitting, and a sound innings of 42 by Richardson, there was little of note in the match Club winning easily by.9 wickets.

HAS SOME

LUCK AND

MAKES HALF-CENTURY

ONL

(By "ADREM”)

ARMY. CRICKET

SAPPERS' NARROW VICTORY

In the semi-final of the Army Large Units' Knockout Competition, Royal

NLY Senior League cricket match on Saturday saw the

new champions, Kowloon Cricket Club, and Indian Re-Engineers beat Royal Artillery by 4 creation Club complete their League engagements for the runs at Sookunpoo yesterday after- season.

noon.

ROYAL ENGINEERS Capt. D. C. E. Grose, 1.b.w., Ward

Capt. W. T. L. Wilkinson, run out Spr. Ratcliffe, c Barsby, b Ward

Sgt. Shipp, run out

Result of the match was a draw, rather in favour of I.R.C., but it must be remembered that Kowloon were far from being at full strength and under the circumstances, Freeman, not out can be considered to have done quite well.

Kowloon batted first and, although It might be well to recall that Lee losing Duggie Hung fairly early, found was one of Craigengower's most suc- run-getting a fairly simple matter on cessful batsmen in the season that he the true I.R.C. wicket. Francis Lay skippered them prior to moving over Capt. Holmes, a left-hander, and maintained his record for consistency to Kowloon! McLellan did well with the ball and in the Senior League with a correct took 4 for 39 and 3 for 6, respectively. innings of 27 and Ernie Fincher bat-

A. J. Hulse and A. K. Ismail wereted confidently for 22. the only Craigengower batsmen to make any runs, while their attack, without Francis Zimmern had a sorry time of it.

NAMES FROM THE PAST

Some names which appeared fairly regularly in the cricket scores on a Sunday morning about 10 years ago, again cropped up on Saturday, when -China Light and Power Co., who used to turn out teams fairly regularly, took on a strongish Recreio team.

A. B. Clemo, who, as I remember him, bowled fair-paced round the wicket stuff, showed that there is still a lot of life in him whilst taking 5 for 47, and Bill Tillery, former D.B.S. boy, took 3, for 27.

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SOME JOSS FOR MADARI Biggest innings of the match Tommy Madar's 53. I am told that this was far from being classical but Madar took full advantage of all the good fortune that came his way and is to be congratulated on his first League half-century of the season.

Before going further,' I under- stand that Sgt. Denyer, the Bril- Ilan Army all-rounder, has accom- plished what must surely be with- out parallel in Hong Kong, name- ly, the 100 wickets.

L/Cpl. Shaw, 1.b.w., Barsby

Spr. Bailey, not out

Extras (B10, LB1)

46

13

0

10 11

137

Total (for 5 wickets dec.) L/Cpl. Pelham, Sgt. Denyer, Sgt. Megson and Major W. W. Parsons did not bat.

Bowling Analysis

0. M.

Barsby Ward Dobbinson

Thorpe Plummer

R.

8 1 46

2 0

19

4

0 19

2 0

16

4 0

20

ROYAL ARTILLERY Brig. T. McLeod, b Parsons Capt. Ingram, b Ratcliffe Capt. Hook, b Ratcliffe

His chances of completing the "dou-Lt. Plummer, c Shipp, b Denyer

Lt. Skipworth, 1.b.w., Parsons ble" are excellent as, in addition to has already amassed 124 wickets he over 900 runs.

Gnr. Barsby, e Shipp, b Parsons Major Templer, b Shaw B.Q.M.S. Searle, b Parsons Ward, b Shaw Dobbinson, not out Thorpe, b Parsons

Extras (B8)

Total

He placed his snicks with great To revert to the I.R.C.-K.C.C. match. accuracy and actually, reached his Indians made a great effort to secure 50 with the help of two overthrows the 190 runs required for victory and and a

couple of beautiful. off- when stumps were drawn were only drives to fine legi

29. behind with six wickets in hand. Donald Anderson, relieved of the A. H. Rumjahn batted soundly, for 47, Ratcliffe responsibilities. of opening, scored an Kitchell made 33 and other useful Megson attractive 38 in a very short time and scores were made by Bob el Arculli, Denyer is to be congratulated on reaching his M. P. Madar and S. A. Ismail. Kow- 1,000 runs and Robbie Lee, following loon's bowling was not impressive. his dour knock against Recreio the

In the batting department, Freddie Clemo did very well to score 31 not previous week, again made runs, this out against a by no means weak bow-time a useful 20. ling side, while E. H. Brazel made 14.

China Light. did not win but they

have no reason to be ashamed of their MERGER

display on Saturday.

POSTPONED SENIOR

SOCCER MATCH

Middlesex and St. Joseph's play their postponed First Division soccer fixture this afternoon at Sookunpoo at 5 p.m.

Saints have great difficulty in field-

game are not available.

BETWEEN NAVY, R.A.F.

(By "ADREM”)

Parsons Shipp

Shaw

Bowling. Analysis

UNCENSO

*8*32**

0. M. R.

4. 1 30

2 1 10

8

0

43

6.1 0 20

2

0 14

0

E-Rooo 818 ENOHDON

GILLESPIE, NANCARROW AND COOK BEAT C.C.C.

PR

(By "ADREM")

ROBABLY the biggest upset in the cricket season to date was the defeat of Craigengower by Royal Air Force on Saturday.

have total of 132.

Air Force have had a most difficult win over K.C.C.,, who have had an ex- poor season. Reggie First match of the Trian-time of it trying to carry out their traordinarily

Their team is Broadbridge and Gray were the only ing a team as several volunteer mem-gular Hockey Tournament League commitments. bers of the team who were supposed between Club and Army will with which they started the season. a showing against steady Police bow- not now to be recognised as the one K.C.C. batsmen to make anything like to return from camp in time for the be played this afternoon at Their finest cricketer, Pilot Officer ling and they contributed 86 to the

Sookunpoo, commencing at New, has left the Colony, as

Waddington and several others.

Left-handed. Lewis bowled very ag- 5 p.m. sharp.

Gillespie, however, recently struck gressively for Police and Danbrowsky to his best form with the ball and this to took his usual quota of wickets near Clifford Pope and Harry very large extent has been respon- the end. sible for their improvement.

Loughlin were largely responsible for Police knocking off the runs although British ⚫J. Nancarrow, has also been a stal-Clarke, Hunter and Danbrowsky all

wart. There have been very few oc- did their little bit. casions when he has failed with both

Luke, in taking 3 for 20 as the out-, the bat and the ball. On Saturday he come of some good bowling, celebrat- distinguished himself with both, and ed the capture of his first wickets of this fact, combined with Gillespie's the season, while Simpson, also after form with the ball, proved decisive a lean spell, finished up with 3 for 27. factors in Craigengower's defeat, which

MACLEOD'S' CENTURY. any practically kills

chances they might have had prior to this match, of winning the championship.

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Club's forward-line is difficult recognise as that which has represent-a ed them for the greater part of the season and is composed for the most part of members of Central Association. A notable absentee is G. E. R. Divett, the captain, who has been Club's main goal-getter over a long period.

The defence, however

là : very strong, including as it does, · no fewer than four Interportera.

I understand that a departure from the usual Triangular Tournament this year will be a merger between Navy and R. A. F. and so, for the first time in the history of the competition, all three services will be represented, al- though it will still be a triangular

tournament:

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Club's team for this afternoon is: V. M. Benwell; V. C: Bond and E. V. Roed; J. Pennington, W. A. Reed and N. B. M: Whitley: B. A. Fowler, T. S. D, Whitley, G. H. Fowler, B. I. Bickford and R. A. Bates. Following will represent Army-8gt, Dobson (RE); Pie Stickley (M'sex) and Datta Ram (Rajs.): Bgti Ure (M'sex); Capt. Hook (R.A.) and Sat.Croston (H.); Shah Wall (Rajs.), Sgt. Homburg (R.B.); Lt. Pri- tam Nath Rals.), Nerain Bingh・ (Xum, nons) and Parsaub. Singh (Kumuoris).

NANCARROW AGAIN

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Brigadier, MacLeod's century the chief feature of the match at the Craigengower's acknowledged bats-Valley, between Army and Civil Ser- men were all at sea when playing Gil-vice in which the latter did well to lesple and had their tall not wagged force a draw after facing a total of 206. to some extent, they would not have. Actually none of the Army batsmen were ever in very much difficulty reached even 87:

against the mediocre Civil Service at- tack and Gardner, Capt. Lawrence Major Swyer all made runs. •

Gillesple took 5 for 24 and Noncar- row 3 for 17.

A partnership between Nancarrow and Cook for the fourth wicket which realised 68 runs in 30 minutes, placed R.A.F. on the road to victory and they won eventually by 8 wickets,

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When stumps

Civil Service had scored 99 for 5, G. Stone having 27 and J. F. MacGowan 25 rot but hebb

Suwère- drawh ad-

GOOD WIN FOR POLICE

- The game was marred by a nasty Police kept themselves in the run-accident to K. Attwell, who was cut ning for the championship with a good badly above the eye