THE CHINA MAIL, JANUARY 28, 1941.
BATTING COLLAPSES AND RECOVERIES AT
H.K.C.C.
ARMY SPORTLIGHT
Early Batsmen On Both Sides Fail Badly Big Partnership For K.C.C.; R.H. Griffiths' Aggressive Innings
By "Adrem"
BOTH SIDES HAVING recovered from bad batting collapses, the two-day match at Chater Road between Hong Kong Cricket Club and Kowloon Cric- ket Club, at the close of yesterday's play, found honours evenly divided, H.K.C.C. being 28 runs behind with three wickets in hand.
On a soft, easy wicket it was expected that scor- ing would be high but, with few exceptions, bats- men appeared to be too prone to play carefully and in so doing get themselves out.
and
Gruse played a terrible
This was particularly notice- ponents'. able when Kowloon butted. An- shot at a swinger from F. R. Zim-
clean was
boyled, #terson, who has rarely failed this merm season, was held in the slips in, while Knight, who was all at sea
WHS Lloyd.
eventually Baker's first
although against over and The subsequent batsmen appeared caugh and howled. Alee Pearce to have little difficulty in playing was batting confidently but with the bowling, which wits admitted the total at 30 and his own score ly steady. they were just con- 17, he touched one from Zimmern teat to do that. Result was that which lifted and was caught at after 35 minutes only 13 runs second slip by Lloyd, Ride did were on the board and, in addi- not stay long, Zimmern getting a tion to Anderson, Hung and E. good one past his defence. Fincher were both back in the pavilion.
Confident Starts
The Club total at this stage was Owen Hughes, who had 38 for 4.
his been missed twice early in innings by Broadbridge and Hung, past hit a couple of boundaries the bowler and he and Griffiths carried the total to 64 before he was given out 1.b.w. Lloyd.
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Ernie Zimmern started off con fidently enough and hit the first four of the match after 38 min utes' play but he then played
Thereafter Griffiths took charge back at an ordinary ball from
After an initial period of Baker and was bowled, Archie Zimmern fared little better, play-tiousness, he hit at everything and ing an atrocious shot to a short although he mishit on several on- bail of Perry's and giving Baker,casions, nothing went to hand un-
til Fincher got to a chance in the gully, an easy catch
After 50 minutes' play, there-long-off-only to drop it.
Zimmern and Lloyd both bowl- fore, the K.CC. score was 20 for
ed well but they were let down
5:
7
at
by their field, no fewer than four
Then ensued the brightest basehances going begging. ting of the match. Mackay and Play will be continued at Teddy Fincher took their coul-jo'clock to-day.
age in both hands and attacked any of the bowlers that could be
attacked and these methods sav- ed the
KOWLOON C. C.
day. Runs came freely D. J. N. Anderson, c Owen and when lunch was taken at 1 Hughes, b Baker o'clock, the partnership had add-D. Hùng. b Baker
ed 95 runs in 59 minutes and the E. F. Fincher, 1.b.w., b Baker
core was 115 for 5.
E. Zimmern, b Baker
After lunch Mackay scored an- other two fours but hit at Perry once too often and skied to cover
mis- where Bosenquet made no take with the chance.
Mackay was at the wicke's for 70 minutes and hit 10 tours in his 62 scored out of 112.
Fincher Out
E. C. Fincher, c Baker, b T.
A. Pearce
F. R. Zimmern,
DRAKE'S RINK
WIN ATTABOY
BOWLS SHIELD
The bowls competi- tion for the Attaboy Shield between mem- bers of the Kowloon Bowling Green Club was played yesterday and resulted in W. S. Drake's rink (R. P. Phillips, J. Hurst, J. C. Gill) winning with 35 shots up.
The team will be selected from the following players:-
By "SQUADDY"
the Combined NEXT Sunday
Royal Artillery will meet the Eastern Football Club in the Arst round of the Senior Soccer Shield, which should be a very interesting
match to watch.
Royal Artillery have a fine selection of players, including one or two Army players.
RATCLIFFE
AND MEGSON BAT WELL
At Cox's Road yesterday, Royal Engineers beat Kowloon Cricket second eleven by 179 runs in friendly whole-day cricket match.
Ratcliffe had another good in nings, while Megson, Baley and Holliday also did well. Fenton bow.ed steadily for K.C.C. and took 5 for 64.
Capt. P. J..T. Sldpwith, 8th Hvy. Regt. L/Sgt. Ronson, 8th Hvy. Regt. L/Sgt. Craven, 5th A.A. Regt. L/Sgt. Owens, 12th Hvy. Reg Bor. Guy, 8th Hvy. Regt, Bur. Taylor, 8th Hvy. Regt. Sgt. Elliott. 12th Hvy. Regt, Bdr. Roberts, 12th Hvy. Regt. L/Bdr. McDermott. 8th Hvy. Regt Gunner McCadden, 5th A.A. Regt. L/Bdr. Cross, 12th Hvy. Regl. L/Bdr. Purdue, 8th Hvy, Regt. L/Bdr. Minshull, 12th Ryy. Regt. Gunner Lawton, 5th A.A. Regt. Gunner Hole, 8th Ivy. Regt. Gunner Beaton, 12th Hvy. Regt. Gunper Atkins, 12th Hvy, Regt Gunner Greig, 12th Hvy, Regt. Gunner Evans. 8th Hvy. Regt. Gunner Byres, 8th Hvy. Rext.
Middlesex Regiment are playing Sing Tao on Saturday and if they play as well as they did in their ast League encounter they should be able to beat the Chinese.
Royal Scots have drawn a bye into the second round.
There are two interesting Junior
Shield matches down for Sookun- poo on Saturday. Royal Engineers are playing 36th Bty., R.A. and the Signals are playing 30th Ivy. Bty.. R.A.
•
K.C.C.'s strong batting side fail-
1. On Sunday R.A.S.C. will play ed against the varied Sapper at-24th Hvy. Bty., R.A. at Sookunpoo, tack and, apart from a useful in-kick-off 2.45 p.m.
nings of 21 by Rapley, no-ons the clse reached double-figures, whole side being out for 66.
Following on K.C.C. fared little better and nine w.ckets were down for 61 when stumps were drawn Engineers thus winning on first innings.
ROYAL ENGINEERS
A. J. Hall's (four G. Tropp. c Fenton, Baldwin
Elphick, A. J. Rogers,
and L. Sykes) were with 18
runners-up
shots up.
14 rinks participat- ed.
BIG DEFEAT
FOR Y.M.C.A.
the
8
Ratcliffe, C Brokenshire, b
Fenton
6'7
S/Sgt. Megson, Fenton, b
Luke
60
0
Fenton, b
0
31
Sgt. Shipp. b Fenton L/Cpl. Shaw,
Baldwin
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Hockey forthcoming
TO-DAY at Sookunpon the Army
(Indian Ranks) are holding a hockey trial to select their Army hockey team for the hockey tournaments. The fol- lowing have been selected:---
Whites: Hav. Gul Nur (Pun- jabr), Hav. Duleep Singh (H.K.S. R.A.), Jam. Hazara Singh (H.K.S. R.A.). L/NK. Mohd. Newaz (HK.S.R.A.), Capt. Wood (Raj- puts), Hav. Bagh, Singh (K.C. M.H), L/Nk. Mumtax Ali (H.K.S. R.A.), Hav. Faqir Mohd (Rajputs), Flav Amanat Ali (Rajputs), Gnr. 29 Mohd Hussain (H.K.S.RA.). and L/Nk. Mossan Singh (H.K.S.R.A.). "Bede:--L/Nk. Mohammad. Fazal (H.K.SR.A.). Capt. Kamta Per- shad (Punjabs), Naik Ajaib Hus- sain (Rajputs), Hav. Abdul Rah- man (HK.S.RA.). Naik Murad Khan (H.K.S.R.A.), Hav. Dhani Ram (Punjabs), Lieut. Ross (Punjabs), Hav. Akram (Puri- O. M. R. W. Jabs). Hav. Chhajja Singh (H.K.S.
Spr. Bailey, 1.b.w., b Fenton Sgt. Denyer, C Baldwin, b
Baxter
S/Sgt. Samways, c Bertram,
b Baxter
2/Lt. Holliday, not out
0
21
S/Sgt. Kehoe, 1.b.w., b Fenton C.S.M. Gales, b Fenton
9
20
Extras (B19, NB1)
Totals
Bowling Analysis
K.C.C. 2ND XI
245
|RA): L/NK. Manna Singh (HK. SR.A.). and Gnr. "Nur Khan (H.K.S.R.A.).
Capt. Wood of the Rajputs, who
was selected to play in the Colony
2 trial last Saturday, gave a good
6
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N. A. E. Mackay, c Bosen-
quet, b Perry
G3
Luke
8 0 36
1
A. Zimmern, e Baker, b Owen
Hughes
73
beat Y.M.C.A. by 98 runs in a friend y cricket match.
At Pokfulam on Sunday, Hong! Kong University
"A"
Curtis Fenton
Baldwin Gray baxter
8 0 43
0
9.6 1
64
5
6
0
44
2
1
0
8
0
3
0 82
c Owen
10.
H.K.U. "A"
account of himself and is a possi-
0
K. M. Baxter, lb w., b Tropp W. L. Rapley b Danyer
7
21
69
L. R. Burch, c Shipp. b Tropp:
: 6
23
0
5. A. Gray, 1.b.w., b Denyer..
2
E. Curtis, c Kehoe, b Denyer
| R. Baldwin, c Shaw, b Denyer
B
1.b.w..
b
R. J. Fenton e Shaw, b Denyer
5
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51
J. R. Luke, c Tropp, b Shipp H. Brokenshire, not out
21
Hughes, b Perry
R. T. Broadbridge, b Perry R. E. Lee, not out
N. D. Lloyd, b T: A. Pearen
Extras (N.B.2)
Fincher continued to bat sound.. ly, treating the better balls with respect but hitting anything over pitched very hard, and although he lost Francis Zimmern and Broadbridge quickly he was giv. Baker Robbie Lee, Perry en good support by
who played good defensive cric ket to help add 38 for the ninth | Knight wicket.
Fincher's fine innings came to Ride an end when he was caught by J. L. C. Baker off Alec Pearce, His con-
12 C. N. Matthews, not out
JT. C. Lo, b Mitchell 2K, S. Oh, c and Mitchell
J. C. Fenton, run out 185 N. C. Sen Gupta,
Ingleby
G. Hong Choy, not out
Extras (B20, LB1)
Total (for 4 wkts. dec.) 174
N. Singh, S. Amplavanar, T. T.
Chinn, S. Mahmood and D. Chel-
Q lian did not bat.
J. W. Bertram, c Denyer, b
Holiday
R. Leigh, b Shipp
Extras (B1, LB2)
Totals...
Total
Bowling Analysis
0.
M. R.
14
5 35
W
4
14
2 52 3
Owen Hughes
3
0 24
1
3 0 22
0
T. A. Pearce
6
0 32 7
2 0
17
Pearce 1
0
1
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Bowling Analysis
tribution had been an invaluable
78, scored out of 159 in 105 min-
HONG KONG C. C.
0. M. R. W.
utes and he hit a beautiful six off T. G. C. Knight, Owen Hughes, and seven fours.
The K.C.C. innings came to alD. C. E.
Lloyd
c and
Grose, b Zimmern
b
close at 3.03, when Lloyd was T. A. Pearce, c Lloyd, b Zim- clean bowled by Alec Pearce.
Gege Mitchell Curtis Ingleby Logan
7 1 34 G
B
0 44
2
4 .0
20 -0
3 1
25 1
1 mern
1.
In his first spell, Baker howled H. Owen Hughes, 1.b.w., b 'magnificently to take the first
1 0 24/0
YIM.C.A.
Tropp Megson Denver Shipp Holliday
Lloyd.
23
བ
C. Logan, c Chellian, b Singh 16
16
W. H. Ingleby, c Oh, b Mah-
mood
J. Mitchell, b Singh
G. Davidson, run out.
E. Curtis, B Mahmood,
the
157
Bowling Analycis
5
ble for a place at centre-half_in the Colony team which will play Macao.
Royal Engineers defeated the Gunboats in the Hong Kong Hoc-
key Tournament on Sunday by seven goals to one, in a very one- sided game, while the⚫ Signals
were beaten by the Punjab Regi:
ment by four goals to two after a 0 very hard and exciting game.
5
3
66
O. M. R. W.
1 2.0 4
24 2
0
6 1 25 5
2,1 0
3 2
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four wickets that fell but although L. T. Ride, b Zimmern he continued to keep a good R. H. Griffiths, not out length after lunch he failed - to. A. E. Perry, b Zimmern meet with further success.
J. L. C. Pearce, b Zimmern Ferry did nothing of note in D. I. Bosenquet, not out his first spell but after lunch he | Extras (B.9) bowled brilliantly, flighting
ball well and studying the men he was up against. Alec Pearce handled the bowling cleverly but bat. some of his most astute moves were ruined by bad catching. The ..
Total (for 7 wkts.)
2 0 7
HOCKEY TRIAL TEAMS
"Following have been chosen to
O participate in the second Interport
W. S. Gegg lbw b Mahmood-Hockey Trial, to be held to-day
F E. Lawrence, c" Fenton, b
Mahmood...
D. O Parsons and F. Baker to A. Ahmad b'Singh
A. Sebastion, b Choy H. A Brokenshire,
thewa b Choy .. H. D. Bruce, not out Extras B14, NB1).
Total
Bowling Analysis
O. M. R. W.
0 64 5 .15 3 49 2 3 0 10 U
Club catching was bad. Mackay F. R: Zimmern ..15 and Fincher were missed twice Lloyd while the latter was also fortun- Lee
ate to be given not out to an apAnderson peal for a catch behind the wic- ket which he himself admitted he touched.
Club Bat
3 0 19 h
cMat-
Bowling Analysis
In a cricket match played in Manila recently between the Veterans and Youngsters, G. A. Mahmood Stewart, former Hong Kong, re- | Singh. ntsident, made 36, the highest score Amplavanar
of the match, which was drawn.
The Club Innings started most as badly as had their oy
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