CRICKET NOTES.
In my last week's notes I re- marked, that there was a fallacy somewhere in the figures I took out rather hastily from the Brat League Table. An intelligent friend of mine, he was either senior wrang. ler at the Varsity, or got his extra aquate for shes, I forget which pointed out to me thas, of course
games had taken place. I got part
of it right anyway.
-Westber-And-Vicksts.
Tomorrow's Games,
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THE HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 7th, 1928.
OXFORD. CAM-
BRIDGE.
CLASH OF LOCAL BLUES.
even
HOME FOOTBALL.
FEWER LEAGUE MATCHES
THIS WEEK.
F.A. CUP SECOND ROUND,
ENGLISH LEAGUE.
Division I.
Manchester U. r. Sheffield U v... Leeds. U.
LAWN TENNIS..
MIXED" DOUBLES CHAMPION- "SHIP..
SEMI-FINALS REACHED,
PROBLEMS OF DIVORCE-AND AFTER.
fretted by the speetre of jealousy. No man is going to have complete. There is no sense, it is argued, faith in the woman wheri he has. yesterday afternoon in the third
in sticking to a marriage-once-is--taken-from-another man........ round and resulted as follows:
He will be suspicious of other Dr. and Mrs. R. E. Tottenham has gone awry. Is only means
men. He will be distrustful of one concerned. beat Miss Luard and H. Lo, 73, misery for every
their friendship with her. He wil 8-9.
Better to cut one's losses. The not fad it easy to say, na her hus Lieut. Hale and Mrs. Hale beatworld has become tolerantly broad-band may have done, "Oh, well, Miss McCaw and P. M. Pinguet, minded." The law is swift and that's simple comradeship; there's
Thore appear to be, only two
[B ALEC WAUGH, THE POPULAR NOVELIST.} "League games in the First Division to-morrow. The C.R.C, play the Indians and the laster team with
If only people realised." I dibe And that is going to be a diaturo- probably pull the game off though I hear that the Chinese are play.
heard a middle-aged woman saying factor at the very moment ing very well this year. Craigen-
The annual encounter "between
all that a divorce, involves, they when the new marriage is starting gower are at home to the Navy and local sides representing the two
The Open Mixed Doubles Cham- always it is anyone's game. It
Varsities took place yesterday
Thirty-four teams are taking pionship of the Colony, organised would think twice before they ap to settle down harmoniously; for on the Club ground by the kind
that process of settling down is not difficult to know what sort of &
No one who has had any ex-going to be a simple business. side the Navy are going to turn
Football Association Cup to-mor has reached a very important stage
perience of the divorce courts would The marriage that has begun with out, but if they are at their best permission of the HR.CC. Compart in the second round of the by the Chinese Recreation Club, plied for one,"
row and the League programme in they may well win. I think, how-mittee. The Dark Blues won the ever, a draw will be the probabloess and elected to bat thereby en- only four draws and two Saished result. In the Becond Division the tirely spoiling the tiffin of at least the two sections of the Third and three pairs have already enter contradict her. From the outside it a divorce is always going to be
Division has been considerablyed the semi-finals. Three interest- same remarks apply to the seconda Cantab
Wood and Sayer opened on a curtailed. Only one pair of teams ing matches were decided on the all appears delightfully matter of strings of the above Clube, save
court fact. that I think the sailors have quite wicket that, rendered Hamilton's in the Southern and three pairs in Chinese Recreation Club A good chance on their own ground-long-hops somewhat less innocuous the Northern are free to carry out
than SUA.. After ten minutos their engagements. If we do not get some rain soon, and there does not seem the slight. The [adian, B, should beat Recreio play he had seered. five magpies on est probability of such a pleasant on their form this season, while a occurrence, the various wickets in good game should take place be the batsmen, and one wicket, Quick the Colony will be getting really tween C.S.C.C and the Sappers. taking a magnificent catch from
well and
more prominently Birmingham bad. Down at Happy Valley the the latter team experts all tarn Sayer at short slip. Ride shaped Arsenal' Civil Service wicket played well out the Civil Service will have to
after being hit on the elbow but
Blackburn enough at the start, but crumbled go all the way to win. As regardshortly after was run out in an at- Bot
Derby very badly at the North end to
Everton wards the end when Owen Hughes deal depends if King is in form tempt to get back to the bad end A really inc stund followed be
Huddersfield. took full advantage of it. I hear But I incline to back the Electric and get some of his own back.
team to win: the Craigengover pitch was suffer-
As regards Friendlies the Club tween. Wood and Dowler and the Manchester C. v. Bury.
Club cat who is obviously Oxford Portsmonth ing from too much watering on the
Wednesday surface an old fault of prepara- and Kowloon should be
Sunderland tion down there. Bat bail as these game over at Kowloon hat if Wales. though wearing Trinity Hall colours may be, there is no doubt in my who is faster and much better this was seen to evince much excite. opinion that the Hong Kong C.C. year. Dobbis and Owen Hughes are ment, Finally when Dowler had "wicket is deteriorating most serious in their last Saturday a form the seured 25 he was bouted by a ball
ly.
It has foked bad for years Club may win. The R.C.C, second which slipped out of Penderad's Barnsley Wood later tried to his Wallington Bradford but recently, thanks no doubt to string go up to the University-hand and proved a good length Blackpool lack of rain, it has got well nigh while. I am delighted to
Chelsea dangerous.
One will not easily the Chub Second are at home to into the Naval Yard but only rench- Bristol. C.
Hawkins alone showed much re-impton forget the wicket on which we beat the Diocesan Boys' Scheel. It is ed Barrow's hand.
a little Grimsby Shanghai in November, 1997. One great step in the right direction
to have these boys out playing sistance though he was thing is certain; it is not from
The League sides as it will give the rough at time, while N. L. Smith's Notts For. lack of care and preparation
much admired. He had bad luck Swagses two chiel troubles are lack of depth confidence, and it is from their approach puts in the slips were Stoke
in lipping the hole once-Quick of soil-the Cricket Club is al: ou ranks that the League teams "of reclaimed ground-and the abomin- future years will be replenished.
It was a fortunate day for school but later holed out with Trayes on able sort of grass that grows here.
oricket here when Mr. A. E. Wood another green. The innings closed was appointed Director of Edara-for 127 (or 124-the scorer is not quite sure) but no means a brid tion.
total.
Is "Bulli "Bolt Possible?
a
the Police-Electric match
The Test Match,.
good
S that
It is to be presumed that no Cricket Notes can be considered complete without a reference to the Test Match. It was, of course a wonderful victory, but I suppose that there has seldom been such an
To win unsatisfactory one.
the
qur men.
West Brom.
Burnley.
2.
West Ham.
25
"Leicester.
Aston Villa.
Cardiff. Newcastle Liverpool.
Division II.
v. Reading.
e. Hull..
v. Millwall Preston.
Tottenham, Southampton. Notts C.
t'.
2
.. Middlesbro'
せ
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Port Vale. Oldham
Wolves.
* Division III. (Southera).
t. Queen's P.R. Northampton
Division III. (Northern),
v. Hartlepools. Rochdale
v. Rotherham South Shields. Halifax Wrexham
SCOTTISH LEAGUE. Division I,
Oxford did better, however, at tea and did not go out until 4.10 p.m. After that the critics differ. Some say Moor and Abelson batted magnificiently, while others allego that the buns put the Dark Blues off their length. Abelson (he is) Clyde got his hundred and retired. About Cowdenbeath this time the Club Cat gave up all Dundee on the proceedings. Eventually the interest and turned his or her back Falkirk Tabs-I speak as an Oxford man amassed the magnificent total-I speak as a Cambridge man-nf 213 for 4 wickets. They actually won by 9 wickets having only used.two of their bisques. It is generally conected, however, that Oxford better looking
were'
side.
much the
Full score probably quite wrong and analysis certainly incorrect.
Oxford ...
G.
Hearts Kilmarnock Rangers"
St. Johnstone St. Mirren Third Lanark
4
".. Airdrie.
Hamilton. Motherwell.
2.
v. Celtic.
v. Partick.
. Raith.
U Aberdeen.
Ayr.
#. Hibernians.
Queen's Park
F.A. CUP MATCHES. The Second Round.
„.. Lincoln.'
. Bradford O. v. Grantham.
Accrington *33. Spennymoor,
v. Darlington.
D. Chesterfield.
Carlisle Tranmere Wigan
R. Sayer (Queen's), ́e Quick, b Humilton"..
Scarbro
9
Gainsbro'
We
A. E. Wood (Univ.), e Bar
row, b Wallington
Barrow
r. Mansfield.
42.
L. T. Ride (New Coll), rún
but.....
Stockport
.. Southport,
Northfeet
D. Charlton.
3
R. H. Dowler (B.N.C.),
Pendered
Crystal P.
v. Bristol R.
Watford
.
B. C. K. Hawkins (Hert-
ford), b Pendered
Brentford
V.
Norwich
33
Newport.
N. L. Smith (Queen's), e
Trayes, b Wallington
Torquay
识。
Exeter..
1
Fulham
v. Luton.
W. T. Featherstone (Wad-
ham), not out .....
Waball Guildford
Bar-
I have heard it authoritatively stated that it is quite impossible to put down bulli soil bere owing to the heavy rains. I mentioned this at Singapore to their excellent groundsman and he told me that it worked all right at Kuala Lumpur. where they have heavy rains and also get fooded out by the river there. I suspect, there- toss: to bat for a day and three fore, that the beavy summer cains quarters and then skittle down here prevent top-dressing with few wickets cheaply in the last hour inart and that the grass difficulty and a half: that is all in the game. is the one that prevents bulli But the complete breakdown of heing tried. But I confess I should Kelleway and Gregory is outside like to know if we have had no that and must rob us of a great expert opinion from someone well deal of satisfaction in our victory. use to the balli soil and to our It does not, however, detract in the alightest from the magnificent per climate and graes.
formance put up by The First League. Nothing very unexpected happen. Reuter's reports are utterly useless as regards getting anything but the ed in the First Division of the
bare details of the garoe. We don't League The Club had out a tre mendously strong side and I think know now why Freeman didn't play. Was be ill7 Or was White con- I am right in saying that only two of them had not played Interport sidered as useful with the ball, Cricket either for Hong Kong or remembering that he is a much Shanghai. True, two of them were better bat than Freeman! detdined, but they, were not, re-don't know. But it does stand out quired. After Moor was out early that we have a team of very fine on, Quick and Hayward took the cricketers. It was Lärwood's match, Then Sayer for 32 is good enough but pre- score to the fifties. and got
couple of viously he had saved the situation incidentally went on wickets quickly. Hayward did not with Hendren and quite get hold of a wall pitched up collected second highest score. Whatever may happen in the other ball and was very finely and b while Gay, who succeeded, dragged games, and the Australians are by no means the weak side they seemed his right foot to hie second ball and Was smartly stumped by Holdman to be in this game. We can confd- When the ball went back into the ently look forward to the certainty that we have a really fine-side aticks from Holdman's pads to
side that is stamp Quick just after from Kelly representing us-a
done with until the last it looked as if the C.S.C.C. might never pull off a surprise, but Dobbie was wicket has fallen.
R. ABBIT. at his best and played a free game. booking anything short of a length magnifcently, while Owen Hughes DIOCESAN BOYS' SCHOOL way sound. Eventually the Club declared without further loss for 180 odd, and, though the Civil Service should have saved the game. they collapsed after Baker was run oat. The wicket crumbled badly at one end and Wales and Owen Hughes bowled very well. But the game should have been saved and I fear I rather agree with the Club "member who suggested that the C.S.C.C. should hereafter call them selves the Civil Service Vampires. [EDITOR, "Is that joke? I don't get it quite!" R. ABSIT. "Dear old thing, a Vampire is a bad bat!] Of the new blood, Kelly bowled very well and with luck might have had five or six wickets. He has a lot to learn yet, but with persever- ance he has the makings of an Interport bowler, if he is ready to learn.
Craigeogower beat C.&.C. in a low-scoting match. I may be hay- ing my leg pulled but a point in this game was referred to me. A bateman had been given 1b... He was clearly not out and later when in the field he appealed for an bw. he know was not out, but from which he thought he might get some of his own back. He did. Was he in order? Answer ad- was! " judged incorrect," He Correct answer:-"it may have been human nature but it wasn't cricket! I hope and trust it was a log-pull.
1
The Second Division, The Club had out a pretty useful Becond team and beat the Oiril Service second string. The Civil Service C.C., however, were by no means disgraced and I think they. will do better later on in the season. Craigengower Becond were well to the fore again. I seem to remember saying a year or ea ago that they ought to improve with ao much new blood and young blood-and it appears my prophecy is coming off. The League pro gramme is a very large, one and one cannot say much yet as regards the probable winner. I'expect the University will start getting on with things next month. At pre seo Whey are I understand, toying. round with examinations
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BEAT ROYAL NAVY.
FINE INNINGS BY ANDERSON.
Playing the Royal Navy 2nd XI. on Wednesday the Diocesan Boys' School scored another creditable victory by 43 runs, thanks mainly to an excellent innings by their captain, D. J. Anderson, and the fine bowling of R. Lee and J. L. Young Saye,
N. Evans (Queen's), row, b. Pendered.
H. V. Koop (Wadham), c
36
3
Abelson, b Wallington
II. S. Mok (St, Cats.)
Wallington
A.
C. Braine Hartnell (Univ.), e Abelson, b Wal- lington
Extras
Totál
9
197
Bowling Analysis.
EW, Hamilton. E. K. Quick i J. Barrow E. G. Wallington 9 T. D. E..
Pendered 7
Cambridge.
0. M. E,
W
16
1
0 28
鼗
3 0 23
2
b J.
L.
C. Abelson (Downing), re-
tired.
.101
55
White, Reed, b R. Lee..... 1 Timothy, b R. Lee
13
O. Moor (Trinity), e Dowler,
b Hawkins....
34
Fox, e G. A. Lee, b J. L.
Young Saye
J. Barrow (Trinity),
Fea-~
therstone, b Sarer
E. K. Quick (Jesus), b
Rumsby, c. Anderson, b R.
Lee
Koop
1
Waters, c Kwan, b J. L.
T. D. E. Pendered (Caias),
not out
Young Sayo
F. H. Trayes (Caius), not
R.
out
Extras
14
The full score was as follows:- Royal Navy 2nd XI. Lt.-Com. Pears, Young Saye
Buttery, run out
Malcolm, Jackson,
Lee 4. Sayers, b R. Lee Bowman, not out
Extras
Total... Bowling Analysis.
84
W.
16 5
Q. M. 9.2 1 R. Lee W. H. Kwan.... 0 12
4
10 0
0
2 D
0 11
D. J. N.
Anderson ... F. Zimmern J. L. Young Saye o
Diocesan Boys' School.
..0 92 3
D. J. N. Anderson, c Sagers,
Waters
W. H. Kwan, b Timothy
04
F. Zimmern, c and b Timothy 11
FK, Lee, run out .....
J. L. Young Saye, e Bowman, »
b Timothy
G.. A. Lee, b Timothy
R. Lee, and b White..... A. Prata,
Timothy
C
Buttery,
1
11 a
8.
R. Reed, c sub, b Waters... 3 G. Winch, b-Waters
H. Jackson, not out
Extras
Totel
Total
5
3
0
..213
H. G. Wallington (Downing), G. S. Hugh Jones (Selwyn), Ng Sze Cheung (King's), R. Moreton (Jesus), E. W. Hamilton (Bid. Sussex), did not bat.
Bowling Analysis.
G. R. Sayer..... 10
K. E.
W.
1 073
в
0
A
0
0
2%
0
0 : 40 A
3 0
1
15 1
L. T. Ride Dowler Hawkins Koop P.S.-We are in a position to contradict the rumour that the Aus tralians have cabled for Moor and Abelson. We understand they have no qualification. [Editor, What an? B. Abbit I'm much too tactful to 38J
R. ABBIT. J.P.T.
Bowling Analysis.
0.
E. W›
Timothy
22
3 41.5
Malcolm
6 1
32 0
Waters.
3
132
column.)
"Rumsby
White
༞ །
31
9.5 2 32
Merthyr.
Plymouth.
Sittingbourne.
v. Bournemouth.
LOCAL FOOTBALL.
KOWLOON 2. QUEEN'S REGI.
The following will represent the Kowloon 1st XI. 11. Queen's on Chatham Road ground on Satur day. Kick off at 4 p.m.-Angus; Guest, Pile; Hedley, McKelvie. Easterbrook Clemo, Spary, Miles, Hayes, Baldwin
KOWLOON 2ND XI. v. RECREIO 2ND XI.
6-4, 6-4.
Mrs. Miles and H. Owen Rughes beat Mrs. Donaldson and Major Lucas, 7-5, 4-6, 6-27.
The remaining" tie in the third round is that between Miss E. Lo and M. W. Lo r. Mrs. Lindsell and M. K. Lo.
Positions of the surviving pairs are as follow:-
1st Semi-Final, Dr. and Mrs. R E. Tottenham v Lieut, and Mrs. Hale.
2nd Semi-Final, Mrs. Miles and H. Owen Hughes . winners of Miss E. Lo and M. W. Lo . Mrs Lindsell and M. X" Lo.
silent.
One day you meet a couple at a dinner party; they seem happy and contented. The next week, it stems, you are reading a paragraph in the newspapers announcing their divorce. A few evenings later, you meet the same people again, with the pack reshuffled Nothing in the world looks simpler.
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And yet, in point of fact, a whole year has passed between that first and that second meeting; and, though that year may have passed quickly enough for you, for the three or four people who are in volved in that dispute these wolve months have been marked by DAVIS CUP PLAYER DEAD. the bitterest emotions they will ever
(THROUGH REJTER'Í AGENCY.)
LONDON, Dec. b÷k. The death is announced of Mr. H G. Mayes, the well-known Canadian tennis player,
who several times played in the Davis Cup competitions.
know.
nothing to it. He will remember a the dance, the dinner, the tennis party at which he himself met her for the first time. And as he sees her laughing and talking to some man who has taken her down to dinner, he remembers how, in just that way, she had laughed and talk. ed to him.
How is he to know that this meet-
ing is uct to be a prelude to just such precipitate weding as his own has been " She has followed im- pulse ouce; how can he be sure hat she will not follow it again? He can never really feel certain of her. He has taken her away from one man; how can he tell that some other man will not, in just the same way, take her away from him?
A marriage that has been preced There are times when a year eaned with divorce has to face difficu!- seem a century; for however modern ties from which a first marriage is and broad-minded people may think free second marriage is more likely to last for numerous reasons. themselves to be, though they may
No one who has been through the talk of the changing of a wife or husband as they would talk of the divorce courts once is in a hurry to go through them twice. People changing of a cook or butler, no sooner do they go to law than the 8row less adventurous as middle
terest possessive instincts are age comes on.
aroused.
They argue about property, they. haggle for their rights. They begin to think in terms of vengeance. ENGLAND-INDIA AIR ROUTE. They do and say things of which six months earlier they would have believed themselves incapable; tha a year later they wonder how they can ever have done.
MEDITERRANEAN PORTS OF
CALL
A survey party from Imperia Airways has left England for the Mediterranean to decide upon the exact location at the various bases For the Mediterranean section of
There could be no worse prelude. to a marriage. The new marriage begins in bitterness instead of sweetness. There is a harassed in. stead of a happy time to be looked back upon. Nor afterwards are the difficulties going to decrease...
There will be the problem of the
children; for you cannot divide children as you divide an income. Sooner or later they are going to feel they have been cheated. They step-father or have been given
the England-India air route. It is headed by Flight-Lieutenant B. H. C. Cross, & Royal Air Force officer of long experience in marine air. craft, who has resigned his commisstep-mother instead of a real father er a real mother. An injustice has sion to take up the post of manager been done them. They ask them- of the Mediterranean section of the selves who is to blame; and inc times out of ten they take the side Imperial Airways.
et the parent from whom they haz been separated.
The main stages of the new route have now been finally settled, and only certain intermediate re-fuel- ling ports new have to be fixed. The total length of the air line will | 64 5,000 miles, and it has been
divided into sections as under:-
Europeaa.-London to Basle, and night express through Alps to
Genoa.
Mediterranean.-Genoa to Alex-
andria.
Near East-Alexandria to Basra and Karachi,
Far East Extensions.
The last section was known "for" merly as the Middle East section, and it is not unfair to assume that
Air travel-
The following will represent the Imperial Airways may look for Kowloon 2nd XI. # Recreio on ward to Middle East route extend- Kowloon Football Club ground on ing on towards Singapore, where Saturday, Kick off at 215 p.m. the line will branch into an Aus Angus; Nicholls, Hast; Robson, tralian section, and also a Chiness Easterbrook,
Hannan, and Japanese, section. Dunnett; Davies, Mosa, Blacklock, Eastman.lers will proceed by land machine Reserves: White, Seddon, Morgan. from London to Baile, where they will take a right train bringing them to Genoa in time for break- fast. Then they will embark upon one of the Short Calcutta flying boats and travel along the coast calling at Rome and Naples, and either Brindisi, Taranto, or Gelli- before flying along the Greek Ponds and on to Suda Bay, Urete The route will then proceed to Tobruk in Italian Libya, and fol- low the coast to Alexandria, where the Egyptian Government is to
air port build a combined marine and ladd
CRICKET..
H.K.C.C. 1st XI. . K.C.C. 1st XL
On K.C,C. ground to-morrow at
2 p.m. :
H.K.C.C.-H. R. B. Hancock (Capt.), J. Bonnar, A. C. 1. Bow ker, Capt. A. G. Dobbie, Major D. Gage, A. W. Harward, O. Moor, H. Owen Hughes, T. E. Pearce, Rev. E. K. Quick, C. D. Wales,
H.K.C.C. XI. v. D.B.S.
Here the route will link up with the present service and the time schedule, based on a very liberal
To be played on "the H.K.C.C.estimate, will take passengers and
ground to-morrow at ? p.m.:
mails from London to Karachi in
H.K.C.C.A. # Gillingham seven days. A day will be occupied (Capt.), H. J. Armstrong, W, B. in covering the first section, 21 days. Cornaby, G. E. Dirett, R. H. are allowed to the Mediterranean Dowler, Capt. A. N. Evers, H. F. portion, a day to Baers, and 21 élear, however, that after experi Ewin, O. P James, W. V. L. days from there to Karachi. It is ence the through time will be re- Stanion, J. A. Summera, R.. Wade."
duced.
L.R.C. 2ND XL v. CLUB DE RECREIO.
Flight-Lieutenant Cross was the officer in charge of the Short Singa- The following have been selected pore, the forerunner of the Calcut to represent the I.B.O. on Satur.ta, on Sir Samuel Hoare'a Baltic He has been a day on the I.RO. Ground at 9 cruise last year.
member of the Marine Aircraft. p.m. Sharp.
Birdar Khan (Capt.) M. P Experimental Establishment, Felix- Madar, A. S. Bußad, K. B. Kitstowe, for some years, has made a chell, A. M. Rumjaha, A R. special study of flying boats, and Buffiad, J. M. A. Rumjaha, F. M. gave a lecture before the Royal el Arculli, D. Mohomed, . Butt, Aeronautical Society upon flying- boat equipment. The through route R. Nazarin and Reserva: M. R.
expected to be opened next April. Abbas.
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They have learned, tact and, patience, too, in the conduct of per- sonal relationships. They expect less, possibly. They feel, also, that they owe it to the friends who have stood by them, who made excuses for them during that first divorce to make a success of their second" marriage.
The proportion of second mar- riages that have survived may be pretty high; but that does not necessarily mean that they have
been happy ones. "
It would be interesting to kao what percentage of remarried peu-
pleat heart regret that they ever entered upon divorce.-Daily Express.
FANLING HUNT STEEPLECHASES SATURDAY,
If they go to the mother they wil 22nd DECEMBER. ENTRIES CLOSE AT NOON 10TH DECEMBER FORMS FROM THOMSON & CO.
think that their father has been ill used. If they go to the father it is with the mother that they sym pathise. They are resentful Nor will they make any attempt to con ceal that resentment.
Your
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most homes do
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