THE CHINA MAIL, SEPTEMBER 4, 1940
WISDEN'S CRICKETERS ALMANACK ARRIVES: INTERESTING AS EVER
Five Cricketers Of Year; Big
The
Advance Of Avery
By "ADREM!"
THE CURRENT COPY of Wisden's cricket' al- manack is just to hand and, as usual, apart from complete records, contains a wealth of interesting] figures and comments on cricket for 1939-40.
The five cricketers of the year are L. N. Con- stantine, W. J. Edrich, D. V. P. Wright, A. B: Sellars and Walter Keeton. Recognition of the first-nam- ed, long recognised as one of the most colourful personalities ever to have' played the game, seems to me to be somewhat belated as the West Indian, now in his 38th. year, toured England as long ago as 1923, when his fielding at cover-point earned the plaudits of all the critics.
batsmen.
KWONG WAH'S
RECRUITS
Kwong Wali Athletic As- sociation will be greatly strengthened In First Divi alon this season, as it is un- derstood that they have · secured the services of A. V. Goerno B. Gosano, kada Pereira and .C..F. Remedios, all formerly: of: St. Joseph's...
LEAGUE TENNIS`:
ARMY IN FORM
ARMY SPORTLIGHT
By "SQUADDY'S
2. Hong Kong Garrison Chal-
lenge Cup.
3. Hong Kang Garrison Sold-
iers' Club. Tournament:
4. Hong Kong Garrison: Ama-.
teur. Billiards Championship; 5. Hong Kong Garrison Ama- teur Snooker Championship.
*
✡
Na friendly game on the Club, fa ground on Saturday, Royal Scots beat: Club by four goals to nil. It is a little too early to predict the chances of the Royals in the forthcoming football sea- son, but from what one saw from the performance on Saturday Association long way. The TO day the Middlesex Regt, are
they should go a
playing the Royal Scots in Football goal scorers were
the Semi-Final Fleming (2) and Water Polo of the Large Hossack (2). Best goal was scor-
Units Knock- ed by Hossack,, who, after beat-Out Competition at the Army fing three of the Club's players, Swimming pool..
made a terrific left foot drive On Monday, in the Small Units* which beat Odell all the way. Of Knock-Out Competition," "HQ" last year's players Naysmith and Company Royal Scots trounced Fraser have lost none of their "C" Company Middlesex by form, and Symons, promoted from goals to nil. the Scots' junior side, showed great promise in the half back Signals to play off their match line. Only once did the Club with the 12th Hvy, Regt., R.A, in- come near to scoring, when Ful-the Large Units and the winners liard shot by the upright with of this match play the 8th Hvy. Marshall well beaten.
Regt., RA. in the semi-final, -
We are still waiting for
Table Tennis League in
11
the
the
Playing at Sookunpoo yester- Royal Scots second team also CS.C.C. by eight sets to one in and beat them by 3 goals to 1. IT has been proposed to run a day, Army Tennis Club beat played the Club's second team "B" Division of the Tennis Godfrey, a newcomer to the Scuts, League.
Col. J. S. Smith, and Capt. C. H.
played fairly well in goal. R. Hyde (A.T.C.).
Royal Army Service Corps Table Tennis any one in- beat, I. Agafuroff, and J. A, Ben-
dall
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*5
6-1
Garrison and
sprung a surprise
-terrested is on Navy Inst Friday when Constantine is now engaged injagainst Middlesex.
invited to communicate with Sgt. they played a beat W. J. Skinner and R. Todd 6-friendly and beat them by goals Brackenbury, Royal Corps of League cricket in England
He has long beat B. Agafuroff and C. Sloan 6-1 to 3.Navy had most of and been one of the most consistent
Signals, Victoria Barracks Hong recent cables reveal his presence and attractive opening
their rst XI playing but this did not, in the several war-time represen-He has also been one of the un-C. Lach (A.T.C.....
Kong. Col. L. A. Newnham and Maj. L. J.seem to upset the Corps, as they tative matches that have been luckiest, for besides having his beat Agafuroft and Bendal
were strengthened by one or two played.
share of injuries on the field he beat Skinner and Todd
players from Shanghaj and Home. Great tribute is paid him
75 They by was in 1934 involved in a very beat Agafuroff and Sloan
have entered a team Wisdens which says of him:
in "A serious motor accident. The men-
Third Division this year, as well cricketer who will never be for-tal as well as physical effects of beat Agafuroff and Dendall
Sot, Wobbi and Sat. Denyer (A.T.C.) as one in Second Division and gotten, who took great heed that this proved stubborn to overcome lost to Skinner and Todd
this team will consist of several all nature's gifts should be, as it and it speaks volumes for Keeton's beat Agafuroff and Sloan
2-6 of last year's senior players. were, expanded by usage, a deep pluck that he fought his way back! thinker and
* an athlete whose to his best form-that of the sea-
Royal Air Force, in a friendly every movement was a joy to be-son under review.
game at Kai Tak, beat the Com- hold."
bined Military Hospitals by 0 to nil, and should offer Third Division. They were lack- ing the services of Edmunds and, Solby, who will not be playing this year, and also Goodwin and parkett, who were unable to turn
12 out. A
Keelon was picked to play for
C.R.C. Win
75
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Edrich, of Middlesex, has play-
At King's Park, Chinese Recreation goals England against Australia at Club bent South China Athletic Asso-strong opposition to any team in ed in first-class cricket for only Leeds in 1934 and made 25 and iation 8-1. three years "but this short space 12. He also played against West
did nut
was શ
of time has been crammed with a
Indies last season but diversity of happenings.
He has come off, been on two foreign tours, he has
In his earlier days he performed the unique
useful Association footballer, ap-s.C.A.A. feat of scoring over 2,000 runs in each of pearing for Sunderland and Not-C.R.C his first three seasons and his ex-tingham Forest. periences in Test matches have been truly remarkable."
Influence Of War
League Table
C.D.R. ¡K.T.G.C.A. JA.T.C. IC.C.C.
K.C.C.
Wisdens comments on the fact that Edrich has been persevered|
So much for the five.cricketers.R.C. with in the face of continued non-teresting article is cricket in war-c.s.c.c.
of the year.
A particularly in H.K.C.c. success as a run-getter in Test cricket and recalls his run
time" by Major H. S. Altham, who of failures in the tour of South Africa traces the first match under such in the winter of 1938, when his War and then on to to-day.
conditions-in 1744-to the Great first five scores were 4, 10, 0, 6 and 1 and his last, when England article in the near future.
I shall try to reproduce went in with 606 to get at Durban, a brilliant 219. to make possible a
The influence of the war-which wonderful victory which rain and came upon England towards the the necessity of returning home; prevented.
Force.
Footballer Too
Sets
P. W. D. L. F. A. 7.6 0 1 472 15
7 6 0 1 49 10 12 On Saturday we will be able to
7 5 0.2 33 30- 10 see the Middlesex side. in action
5 4-0 1 29168 and by the rumours that are go-
6 3 0 3 231⁄2 281⁄2 6ing about they should be worth
3 2.0 1 171⁄2 91⁄2 4watching.
5 10.4.142.30% 2
0
Last
week they entertained;
6. 1:046,132,382 2 Royal Air Force at Shamshuipo 3.0.0 3 51⁄2 211⁄2 7 0 0 7 10 53
TO-DAY'S TENNIS Following is to-day's. "C" Divi- this sion League Tennis programme:
C.R.C. 3.C.A.A. K.T.G.C.A. J.R.C.
H.K.P.S.A.
V.
V.AT.C.
C.D:R. "A" v. H.K.UT.C V, C.B.A. V C.D.R: "B"
ARMY TENNIS
Two First Division Army. Tennis
and beat them by 3 goals to 1, and, under the management of PS M. Overy this year, should do. well in League football.
DURING the past week we have
been able to see the Royal (Corps of Signals; and the Royal Scots swimming teams in action. The Signals held their annual swimming gala last Thursday at the Army Swim- Swimming ming pool, with the Wireless Telegraphy Section beating "the Rest to win the Inter-Section trophy. - of the gala
One of the outstanding features was the excellent
Itail-end of last season and caused the West Indians to abandon several of their fixtures-is noticed throughout the current Wisdens but it is the same Wisdens, possi- Before concentrating on cricket bly even richer in detail, contain- Edrich played football on the left-ing those little instances, so triviali wing for Tottenham Hotspur. He to the non-cricketer but so pre- is now serving, like so many other cious to the person who appre- great cricketers, in the Royal Air ciates cricket and its traditions. League matches were decided at So
The averages reveal no huge kunpoo yesterday, when: Royal Army plunging of Sig. Latter, whose D. V. P. Wright, of Kent, was aggregates owing to a
curtailed Corps scored
Pay Corps and Royat Army Ordnance prior to 1937, when "Tich" Free-season, the batting being headed Army Service Corps and Royal Corps 50 feet mark. Royal Scots were a victory over Royal three attempts were all near the man was still in operation, refer-by W. R. Hammond and Len Hut-of Signals respectively. red to as "promising." Thereafter, ton, Test cricketers last year, fol-
the winners of the invitation race given more to do, he rapidly came lowed by contemporaries in the
(Lt. Hunter, Bandmaster Jordan, to the fore as a leg-break and England team, the youthful Hard-
L/Cpl. Slater, and Cpl. Suther "googly" bowler, particularly staff and Compton,"
Royal Army, Service Corps lost to land). Time 2 mins. 59.2/5 secs. deadly because no-one using the
Royal Army Pay Corps by 8 sets to The Inter-Section Water Polo It is worthy of note same methods delivered the ball
that three. veteran Herbert Sutcliffe is still Cpl.
competition was Martin and Cpl.
won by the at anything like such a pace, Im-
far from being out of the lime- lost to Adlam and Murray.
Young Wireless Telegraphy Section who (R.A.S.C.). proving rapidly, Wright would light and he follows those nam-beat Pinkney and Carden
trounced the Rest by. 7 goals to have made even further progress ed with an average of 54.46 for beat Reed and Stoac
nil, the goal scorers being Cpl. in the "season that was not to be". an aggregate of 1,416.
Bedford (3); Sig. Allen (2) Sig. He is now serving in the H.A.C.
L.p. Cpl. Moore and
Glen Bennett (1), and Sig. Willis (1), in the same unit as the two Kent Kowloon Cricket Club when he lost to Pinkney and Carden
A. V. Avery, who played at (R.A.S.C.).
The Inter-Mess Relay lost to Adlam and Murray. amateurs, F. G. H. Chalk and B. visited Hong Kong
1-0 won by the Mens' Mess (7612/3 H. Valentine.
2-6 secs.) with the Islington
the beat. Reed and Stone Corinthians
Corporals · (86) football] Pte. Gibbs and L/Cpl. Fare Sgts, third-still coming In!
secs.) second and the Officers and
with
A. B. Sellars. stands out as the team, has made a great advance (R.A.S.C.). most successful county captain of and although kept
R.A.S.C, v R.A.P.C.
out of the lost to Adiam and Murray
nil.
Pitcher:
Cpl.
R.A.O.C. V SIGNALS
Gr] G2
B7
*
was
At the Royal Scots Swimmin; 1-Gala held, on Saturday evenin
"HQ" Company were the successful with "D" Company give beating strong opposition. The best Bandmaster Jordan who excelled
6-off with a deficit of more than 15.
Lake-over the Bandmaster started
this up and took the lead to win 6-yards but he managed to "pick Goooock by a couple of feet.
all time: Second in command of Essex team for some time owing lost to Pinkney and-Carden the Yorkshire eleven in 1932, he to illness, he secured 1,335 runs lost to Reed and Stone soon found himself virtual leader, for an average of 41.71, his name because F. E. Greenwood could appearing 14th on the fist. play very seldom. He was in
Hutton had easily the greatest Royal.. Army Ordnance Corps charge for 25 matches and did not number of centuries, scoring 12 Royal Corps of Signals by 0 sels to fent of the evening was that ofl. know defeat. From there he went against Denis Compton's eight, S/Sgt. Emberson and S/Sgt: Duffield in the Medley Relay: At the from strength to strength and helthe next best. has led Yorkshire during which
(R.A.Q.C.), time they won five championships Goddard appear in the first four beat Cpli Tomlinson and L/Cpl. Veterans Verity, Bowes and beat Cpl. Gorman and Sig. Bevan in seven seasons. Although not al captain with the cricketing...ac- bowlers, the last-named being the beat L/Cpl. Love and Sig. Dixon complishments of D. G. Bradman only first-class cricketer to cap- or W. R. Hammond, Sellars is not ture 200 wickets. without his own little niche of Old Hong Kong cricketers will beat Gorman and Bevan ... personal fame. In 1034 he made be interested to learn, that old at Tomlinson and Pitcher the only century ever hit for an friendsin Fit-Lt. Musson, L.- beat Love and" Dixón". amateur for Yorkshire off Austra-'Comdr. R. H. Stephenson, Lt; Mif(R.A.0.0.). ;¦
S/Cdr. Gardner and L/Cpl. llan bowling and his 204, two R. "Micky" Branwell, Capt. T. E. bent: Gorman and Bovan years later at Cambridge, stands Halsey and R. G., W. Melsome beat Tomlinson, and Pitcher as the only score of 200 by a played in the services, games at beat Love and Dixon Yorkshire. amateur.
Bellare la quoted as saying-of
Lord's.
Recent publication of the fine
the Yorkshire team: "We are form of A. B. Sheldon, of Halley- out to win; If we cannot do so, bury, the son of Mr. H. G. Shel-
Capt. Bridge (R.A.O.C.)..
and Cpl.
“Y” HOCKEY PRACTICE
The Invitation 200 yrds, Back 6-2 stroke was won by A,_K,`Rum- Jahn (V.R.C.) Time 2 mins. 55.1/5 Stonor was won by, Miss V. Churn in secs. Invitation Ladies free style one style in an exciting, finishi;! with Miss I. Lopes finishing al close second. Time 40 mins. 3/5
good luck to our opponents, but don, K.C., makes his figures for}, Y.M.CA. Hockey Club will be-]
secs.
T has been proposed to hold the Garrison Billards Tournaments probably towards the end of September.
we are not going to give them 1980, even more interesting. Shel-glhits-reasons-with-a-practice|Billards The following com-}
a chance if we can help it" don folshed third in the batting match at King's Park at 4.16 p.m. Waltor Keeton, of Notts, was averages with 29.53 for 414 runs, on Saturday. Players are asked petitions will be played:-- credited with the highest scoro gf Including one of the two centuries to the 1939 season-312 not out scored for the school.
bring both a coloured and. 1. Hong Kong Garrison Bil- white shirt,
lards Tournament,
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