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SPORT.

CRICKET.

HONGKONG CRICKET LEAGUE.

OUPS POR BATTING AND BOWLING.

In addition to the Cap offered by one of our readers last week for the best batting average, a Cap for the best bowl. ing average at the end of the season has been promised by another reader :---

Below will be found averages to date:

BATTING AVERAGES,

Innings.

Not out.

Scores

186 $8

Ng Sad Kwong, C.R.C, 3-1 105* K. R. Macaski), K.C.C. 3 1.45 89-44.5 T. E. Pearce, .K.C.C. 41 65 133 44.3

J. Stalker, K.C.C.50 72 208 416 H. H. Tayler, H.K.C.C. 91 25 40 Chow Yat-kwong, O.R.C. 348 76 114

H. E. Muriel, II.K.C.C. 40

0.04 0.76. 148 37. Lee, C.R.C

G.

84.

Gunner Baines, R.G.A. 4 2 31 71 85,0 4. Murray, H.K.C.C., 6065 20

6 0.85 180: 22 W. Eson, K.C.C 4 2 29 B. W. Hamilton, C.B.C.C. 3 0 558 W. Dixon, C.8.0.C

กล

t-.Morgan, H.X.C.C. 31 20

J. P. Robinson K.6.0. 4 9 29 G. E. Marley, .C.C... 303

A. H. Rumjan, U.C.C. 131

Corps, Adams, RE,

6. 1:00

M-30

83 27.0

THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 1818,

RAMC 89D COMPANY ROA

TONGKONG MAGISTRACY.

A DISORDERLY JAPANESE,

This friendly match, at Happy Valley yesterday, was won by the Gunners by 8 wickets and 31 runs. The R.A.M.C., who batted first, were only is a disorderly manner whilst drunk in A Japanese was charged with behaving able to compile 75 runs against the bowling of Athorne, who captured wickets for 95 runs and Dix, who took wickets for two runs each. The Gun- Bens scored 106 for two wickets. Towards this total Perkins contributed 56 (nor) out), his score including b fours, ‹ Green made 83, with 6 fours; while Middlso was unbeaten with 23.

RAM.C..

Scores:-

Lt Murray, e and b Middleton... 35 L. Cpl. Ellarby, b Athorne... Cpl. Woolman, b. Athorne Pie, Connor, b Athorne ................. Q.M. 8. Sherif, b Athorno St. McKechnie, Athorne Sgt. Strange, e Green, b. Dix Cpl. Brown, b Dix

Fte McKenzie, b Dix 8. M. Flint, b. Dix M. Woods, not out Extras

Total

51 25.5

49 24.0

Bowling Analysis.

3 24.3

73 24.3

04 23.2

Atherton

·Attwood,

0.3109

W. Graham, C.C.0.

3 0 46

65 21.0

Aliddleton Dix

2

BOWLING AVERAGES.

·BEND COMPANY IGA

Perkins, not out

Green, Mann,

Ellarby, b Connor

23

Connor, b Strange

Middleton, not out

Extra

P. H. Chi K.C.C.

Gr. Bevcock H.GA,

E...

Averages.

43 112 17. B.B

31 101 176.9

W. Hamilton C.S.C.C. 42

K Brayshay U.C.C.

G. E. Marley U.C.C.

Stalker K.C.C.

Ng See

24

114 18 71

65072

20 90 13 7.6 99 48

C.R.C...... 27 133 18 83

D. AwingK.C.C. 55 218 24 3.0

H. Pestonji K.C.C.

50 182

t-C, Morgan H.K.C.C. 21 Capt. Gray .K.C.C. 2084 A. W. Grimmett C.C.C. 26 107

HOLIDAY CRICKET.

Tolah (for 2 wickets)

..100

Athorne, Dix, Fage, R. H. Taylor- Sharpe, Hawley and Attwood did not hat.

18 '0

09.1

810.5

10 10.7

Ellarbr

Connor

KOWLOON VERSUS BELCHER'S SECTION ARTILLERY.

Strange Murray

Bowling Analysis:

36

ASSOCIATION FOOTBALL

There was a steel attendance at meeting of the Hongkong Association

Ice House Street and with wilfully dam aging a chair to the extent of #5.

Defendant did

'' not appear and his bail of $15 was estreated. Three dollars. Mero given to the chair coolies, out of the bail, as compensation for the damage done to the chair.

LAST YEAR'S MINING WORK IN GREAT BRITAIN GREATER OUTPUT OF COAL HUGE INCREASE OF WAGES. According to the report of the Chict Inspector of Mines, issued by the Home Office recently, 098,003, persons, were employed last year in 2,847 coal mines in the United Kingdon, as compared with 953,64 in the preceding year. The output of every kind of mine amounted to 304,135, 98 tous, a falling off of just ALLEGED MURDER AND ROBBERY over 3,000,000 tons. From the coal mines 207,002,000 tons of coal and other minerals A Chinese shroff, of the Po On Insureco obtained, an increase of 2,565,687 unce Company," was charged with being tons. Coal itself represented 256,348,331 concerned with others not in eustody in tons, as compared with 203,179,440 tons the murder of a Chinese on August 21sh, in the previous twelve months. Only six and also with assaulting the deceased tons of tungsten ores were obtained, two and stealing from him $5,000, the pro-

more than in 1015. Mr. J. RR. Wilson, party of the Po On Insurance Co.

Defendant stated that he knew nothing of the matter.

On the application of Chief Detective Inspootcus Murricon, the case who ad journed for one week.

APPLICATION TO WITHDRAW A PROSECUTION, REFUSED.

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A shop .cuolir was charged, remand, with fraudulently converting tɔ his own use 83,850, belonging to his employers."

Bergt. Blackman stated that the, shop keeper wanted to withdraw the charge, The fact that defendant had been fre- quently entrusted with very much larger sums of money was a point in his favour. Mr. Dyer Ball would not agree to the withdrawal of the prosecution, and sentenced the defendant to three months hard labour.

ALLEGED THEFT OF PLAYING

CARDS.-

An all day match was played at King's Park, Kowloon, yesterday between the above teuins and provided some excellent Football League at Victoria Barracks of two case of Mu Cheuk (Sparrow) cricket. Altogether 538 runs were scored, yesterday evening to receive the report cards from a shopkeeper in Wing Lok the rate of scoring, being just over 100 of the Retetees Board on the abandoned Street. an hour. There was a large number of game between the

87th and 88th Com aprotators and not dull moment, the panier RG.A Master-Gunner GT finish of the match especially, being very May was cocted chairman. The finding exciting. Kowloon batted first and of the Referees Board was (1). That Blackbura put up a century including the reforec CQM. Roakes, R. 10 fours. Ho made many pretty strokes | conducted the game in an officient a

to nil the state of the game when abandoned; (ii) That all the 67th players be suspended from League foot ball for fourteen days from the date of confirmation.

€1917.

INTIMATIONS

LANE. CRAWFORD

Co.

SOLE AGENTS FOR

LINCOLN & BENNETT'S

GELEBRATED

hie Sorthern Inspector, referring to the FELT AND STRAW HATS.

general increase in colliers wages, reports that in Northumberland they rose 48 per cent. during the year, the rate at the clcse standing at 131 per cent. above the standard of 1879 and in Durham at 107) percent. In the Lancashire, North Wales, and the Irish division wages reached the highest standard on record

PROSPEROUS YEAR FOR

FOR COLLIERIER

Dr. WN Atkinson Bays, in his report or South Wales:-Throughout the year the cal trade was dominated by war conditions, but nevertheless it was on the whole a highly prosperous year for the mining industry. Towards the end of the kiderable and increasing amount of short year the want of anipping caused a con

time to be, worked at collieries producing certain class of coal for export, chiefly anthracite. Wages were increased on two Occasions during the year; advances of 15 per cent, bring given in each case. Ou the 1st December the Board of Trade took control of all the collieries in the South Wales ecalfield,

HIGHEST WAGES ON RECORD. From the Lancashire, North Wales, and Ireland Division Mr. AD. Nicholson

A coolic pleaded guilty to the theft sends a report, which includes the sub-

tinued to be particularly brisk through joined passages The coal trade has con out the Division, and wages have reached the highest standard on record. Many It was stated that at 9 p.m., on Saturolieries have worked more than 300 days. day the defendant broke open a show

in the year. case which contained the cards and was taking them out when he was arrested He was a bad character and bad elein previous convictions against him. Under

that the defendant was a British sub ject, he could be banished

Mr. Dyer Ball remanded the case

bext Thursday.

to

CHINESE BROKER CONVICTED OF FALSE PRETENCES:

all round the wicket Belcher's started her, (ji). That the game and the new Ordinance, in spite of the fact well the first 3 wickets putting on 182) win for the 58th Company by one goal but wore wickets down for 203. Hamilton and Lindsel hit out to try and got the necessary runs and obtained 2 between them (Hamilton 7 fours), then Jack and Overy were disposed of quickly and with Belchers last man in they needed 3 runs to win. Edwards rose to the occasion and, after stealing a single, scored a nice 4 to square leg for the wining hit. The wicket was hard but very true,, and in favour of tall

ooring Scores:-

KOWLOON.

F. Wheeler, b Hamilton

14

A. A. Claxton, b Hamilton 38 L. J. Blackburn, Stalker,

Bayne's

Lt. McConnell, e Bradbury, b

Overy

22

D. J. Stapleton, e Bbarman,

Hamilton

27

E. S. Hodge, fun out

10

J. P. Bobinson, run out

8

A de Souss, b Hamilton

20

P. H. Cobb, 1.b. b Baynes

D

not out

B. Petouji, o Stalker, o Baynes

R. H. JEWITS

Total

Bowling Analysis,

M.

Hamilton 20

Baynes

20%

Stalker

Overy

24

BELOHEB'E BEUTKON.

Major Robertson, b Hodge

285

B. W. Bradbury, & Pestonji, b.

Cobb

fer Baynes, h Cobb

WT. Elson, b Cobb

Stalker, b Pestonji

Gr. Sharman, s de Sousa, b Cobb

RW. Hamilton, not ont.

E. E. Lindsell, cand b Copb

Jarka Lw.bb Postonji

H. Overy, Claxton, b, Pestor E. J. Edwards,

Dobb Pestonji

Hodge Claxton Blackburn

out

KO

52

44

Total (for 8 wickets)-273 Bowling Analysis.

The Kowloon Cricket Club have decided to run a second eleven and would like to get in touch with any dubs who have open dates. They can put up quite a strong team and will be at home on dates when, the league

eleven aro Saturday's

The finding of the bowed was confirmed.

play for the Kowloon FC. in the second An application from Mr. Clemo to division was considered, and agreed

It was mentioned during the meeting that a Charity match will be arranged to take place on Boxing Day.

CITY HALL WORK PARTY.

Mrs. Stabb writes that during two weeks the City Hall Work Party packed. the following articles in three cases and sent them to the Red Cross Depot, Bombay

165 pairs pyjamas, 35 dressing-gowns, 118 bed-jackets, sl vests 17 reversible bed-jackets & surgeons coats, 7 shirts 34 pairs slippers, 45 shrouds, 53 theatre squares, 18 night-shirts, 37 small pillows, & extra pillow covers, 4 cups, 1 bag, 268 milk covers, 17 tray-cloths, many-tailed bandages, 23 pairs operation stockings,

7 cape, 2 knitted waistcoats, 5 pairs gloves, 1 pair knee-caps, 11 eye-bandages,

If scrubber), 1 cribbage board and 2 packs of cards.

Besides the above, there were given Jocally -116 muflers, 873 pairs socks, 133 helmets and 1 pair gloves.

The fund for buying mosquito netting has now reached to over $200, A quantity of netting has been purchased and is being cut up and given out as quickly az possible. Further donations will be grotofully received and acknowledged Ly Mr. W. Harris Gill, 10 Humphrey's Buildings, Kowloon, or at the City Hall.

A kind friend has sent & gift of a second bolt of netting. We are extr grateful, and wish to express our warm est thanks,

The Quarry Day ladies have collected further sum of 850 towards buying wool for making the excellent knitted clippers

as

a broker, was charged with attempting

Chinese, who described himself

to obtain by false pretences eight chests of red tea, valued at $110, from a shopkeeper in Gilman Street.

There was again a general rise in the rale of wages paid to all classes of land there was an increase of 48 per cent workers at coal mines in Northumber the rate at the end of the year standing at 131 per cent, shove the standard of from 70 per coat to 107 per cent. above 1679. In Ducham the wages were raised the same standard. At Cumberland con! mines the wages were raised 8.33 per cent,

the war bunus of Ixa per cent. At

close of the year the wages in the Cleveland ironstone district were 82 per an increase of 35 per cent. In last year's sont above the standard of 1879, being

report. I mentioned that over 71,000 work- ors from this Division had joined his

As before they are also still winning Majesty's Forces. That number is now much larger, and men are still joining. boncurs and exhibiting the proverbial courage of the miner. A private, formerly a putter at Bebside Colliers, and another private, formerly Assist colliery, both the sons of working miners ant trafo manager at the same there, were granted commissions on the Officers for meritorious garvies in the recommendation of the Commanding

field.

Inspector O'Sullivan stated that the defendant went to the complainant's shop on Saturday and presented an order for eight chests of ica purporting to come from a shop, Sui Koé, for which he had acted before in the capacity of a broker BRITAIN'S FOREIGN TRADE He recived in exchange a delivery order

IN 1916.

to take the tea from the godown. The goods were not taken that same day, and the United Kingdom with foreign coun- The annual statement of the trade of complainant, becoming suspicious, medo tries and British Possessions for the year enquiries of the Sui Kee firm. He learnt 1916 shows that the value of the total that no tea had been ordered On Bun-imports from foreign countries was day, when defendant and four coolies in 1915 and 2503,933,541 in 1914. Uf these £846,833,842, as compared with £580,068,123 went to the godown to tako delivery total; goods were retained in the king- of the tea, they were arrested.

dom to the value of pay

1914 He 4602,110,223 £537,835,685 £46,251,316

Defendant pleaded not guilty. devied that them word any false pretences at all. He was a broker, and that was

way in which brokers did their busi

the

Mr. Dyer Ball sentenced the defendant to three months hard labour;

ENGLAND'S SURRENDER

A NEW GERMAN CALCULATION,

Protectorates, the total value of imported goods in, 1910 was £302,079,000; 1915, 4271,825,227; and 1913, £187,801,572. The value of articles retained in the United Kingdom was:

1916 1915. - 2014 2248,014,683 5216,062,795 £137,883,834 The total imports from all sources were vained at

From British Possessions, including

1910 1913, 1914 £948,506,492 £351,893,350 £698,635,113-- Of these the value retained in the. United Kingdom was

1016 1925, 2014 £880,940,314 £752,831,100 £601,160,847 The total value of exports from all sources: was -

German experts have fixed a new date on which England will be "itfallibly

1016 1915 1914 brought to her knees by German sub-

£603,845,885 £483,930,029 £628,195,523 marines The Vienna Reichspost learns In regard to neutral countries the fol- from Berlin that Wilhelm Möller, a chief

lowing figures may be given:

SWEDEN.Imports into the United engineer in this Vulkan shipbuilding Kingdom in 1816, $20,805,811, in 1918, works, has published a pamphlet in 18,801,669 and in 1914,111124970. For the same period the exports from this which he deals with the whole question. Country were; 1816,8,905,877 1015, He gives a full account of British ship 10,160,384, and in 1914, £8,829,408, ping Bank, explains how much tonnage NORWAY.- United Kingdom Imports is required for military purposes, and an 1916, £16,659,080, 1918, £13,880,481; how much is necessary to supply the 101 £7,701,600 United Kingdom Ex British Island with vital necessities, and comes to the conclusion that if German

ports: 1916, 419,257,649 1016 0,351,940

57,177,258, of only 150,000 tons per month submarines continue, to sink an average

playing casino caque matches MD of which we are able to Bend 2 As will on February 1st 19184 have to

are

Hongkong v. Craigengewer.

Kowloon v. Navy,

Civil Service Middlesex.

dozen in pach box,

The weather is cold now in most parts of the world and many a wounded

ARE United Kingdom Im- 1916, 2211942,337-1915 222,569,997; at ter dispout to supply her people with

228,378,01 United Kingdom-Er food, Möller gives February 186 hext

orts: 3018 214 223683, 191511,874,800 the ultimate date on which England's NETHERL

101 $74160 fat will be scaled, notwithstanding the ports

United unprecedented might of her Navy, but he 1814, £24

in before..

1014, 2208 1-2E

Chinese Recreation Club. R.G.A. and in the absence of a list of league fixtures we presume the other two Club Tommy will be grateful for & warm pl would not be surprised if England gare ports will play esca other University v. R. E...

of alippers

* 128-894-1915 91 United,

2082,316 1915 £30,476,261

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