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CRICKET NOTES.

FEW MATCHES AND FEWER RUNS.

IR.C.'S CHANCES OF THE

SHIELD...

[BY R. ARBIT.)

To-morrow's Games.

HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, FRIDAY, MARCH 20, 1931..

GOLF, NOTES.

[BY GUM.]

The first-fruits of the Letter Bas ket inaugurated last week, whilst

I see that the Kowloon Cricket of personal amusement, contained {Elub-have-a-blank-day to-morrow}_little_of_subject matter either in.

The Club is down to visit the Navy

-haw no information as to the strength of the Navy Ride, but I doubt if they will bring off a sur- prise even on their own ground. The match is a friendly. (It is a unfortunate selection that word "Friendly"! League matches

most

There were only two matches are not taken so seriously that in decided last Saturday in the Senior them" Friendship Ceises]") The Division, and these. were both f

Indinas play the Craigengower side friendlies. The third, between the in their final League match. With Club and the Argrils, was cancelled Gittens, and very possibly Patter at the last moment. The Sookum-on, away, the C.C.C. will hardly noo game was quite amusing. The win, I faney. They might, however, I.R. O, had only five of their regular quite possibly draw the game, is First Eleven playing, and filled, they are playing at home. from the second, while the Civil Service we're more or less at full strength, anve that Griffiths was absent owing to some miscarriage of his notice. (The Civil Service were thus left with only to men and I have been asked to publish The nines of those selfeted for to

teresting or instructive to golfers, and it should be clearly understood in future that these notes ennnot be used for advice to those in love or to husbands who are married to bad cooks-or for advertising pur- poses, for which intter rates will be gladly quoted on application to the

Editor.

H.K.C.C. TENNIS TOURNAMENT.

S. A. RUMJAHN IN FIFTH ROUND.

FINE TIE EXPECTED TO-DAY.

THE BOAT RACE,

CAMBRIDGE ARRIVE AT

GORING.

A VERY FAST ROW.

The University boat race in to- morrow, Saturday, and the follow- ing account of the progress of tho crews taken from the Mail copy of the London Morning Post may be

of interest -

J. M. Ranking (Chelten.

ham and Pembroke)· (cox)

613 The crew will be out at 11.30 and 3 p.m.

· OXFORD AT HENLEY.

"LOCK-TO-LOCK TRIAL IN

GOOD. TIME.

Both Oxford crews resumed their training at Henley, and J. R, Kent (Eton and Brascnose) was again at bow in the second boat as-deputy. for G. A. Ellison (Westminster and accident when cycling. Now College), who met with an

In the only Open Championship matelt played yesterday, S. A. Rum.

The Cambridge crew only had jan met H. Lo in the fourth roupi

one outing at Goring, as they were of the Singles event, and won in straight sete, 6-4, 6-2, and thus late in arriving from Cambridge. his indisposition, so the crew went qualifies to meet Ng Sze Kwong to. Fletcher had recovered from

The weather and water condi- decide who shall enter the semi-out in its true order, H. H. fon. Yesterday's winner rolled Symonds rowing bow to the exelutions were again good. There was

GRAND NATIONAL SWEEPSTAKE,

RECEIPTS APPROACH TWO MILLION POUNDS,

LONDON, Mar. 19. The subscription list in the Irish Graud National Sweepstake closed" of midnight at a figure much higher than was anticipated.

It is ustimated that the total sum available for prize money will be approximately £1,100,000.

The grand total of receipta, in. eluding the grants to hospitals, all pensos and the prizo-money, are

expected to reach a figure of near- ¡y £2,000,000,

3n reply to the young lady who rainly on driving, in which, how. Rion of D. Haig Thomas, the spare no tulling, and the crows had where the staff of 1,500 was kept

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has asked for "the most satisfying expletives on a muffed shot, as she fuids “bother” And “blow ""'-so inadequate, it canonly be suggest. ed that she lurks amongst the undergrowth of the hillsides and listens as the men go round.

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over, he showed up to advantage sending tho ball very fast all round his opponent's court, while his

Lo played creditably throughout. service proved na undoubted naset. Ha delighted the gallery by draw ing lovel from 1-3 in the opening set, and then creeping up from 3-3

changes.

Play ronched a high standard in the second set. Lo became enter-

minute.

Tho

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There were long queues of pur. chasers outside the offices of the Swoopstake in Dublin yesterday,

busy all day, dealing with the huge overseas post,

The countor-foils are being kept ed by the police when the on in a strong-roon and will be guard.

taken ta the Mansion House on Monday, for the draw.

There will be ten first prizes in of the estimated £30,000

CXCESS

..

Amateur Boxing Championships Semi-Finals and Finals

at the THEATRE ROYAL Saturday, 21st March. Commencing at 9 P.M. ADMISSION: $1, $2 and $4.-

nina. Mr. P. Baig Thomas is to about an hour aftoat on their first have tharge until the race. Capouting. The Arst night paddled tain R. W. Arbuthnot and Mr. down to Hambledon Lock, turned, conching at Cambridge, and Mr. had turned just above Temple J. A. MuNabb, who have been and met the second crew, which F. 3. Escombe, were on the launch. Island, and at Fawloy they had a The crew paddled down stream, mile row together. The crewn Brocklebank setting a lively stroke, started level, and at the end of and from Gateliampton Förry Mr. the minute the second eight was

nig Thomas, set them to row showing in front. Holdsworth got each. distance equivalent to the Henleyin 10 in the half and 31 in the full

This was a big minate, with Martineau taking his CHINA FLEETS Regatta course. test for a crew making their first

crew along at a slightly higher. appearance on much more likely rate. water than the Cam, but they set

The second crew returned to about the task with determination,

Oxford after the morning outing. They had the assistanco of a very

In the afternoon Mr. Campbell: fast stream and 's following wind.

Brocklebank took them off smart-

Douglas set the first eight to

to Harabledon Look again. He dropped to 25 and prising, and opening his shoulders, rowing 18 and 30 in the full paddle and row from Marsh Look he challenged minhn in true kept it there. Ranking steered a conditions were slightly better than clanspionship style. He was pretty good course through the islands on Saturday, when the crew also successful, and in the struggle for and they reached Hartslook Woods evered, this piece of water.

Boathouse in amin. sec. Keeping time of 15min, 500e, was the same points he took a good many risks; the rate of striking they went as the previous effort, but the crew which often materialised in his well in the open water, and, al looked to have more life. Holds. favour, some of his passing shots though they showed signs of tired-1 worth got in 1831 in the first drawing applause from the gallery.nres, they worked up the rate ap-minute, dropping in the second, proaching Coombe Park, and finish- They put in a minute along the en- Several matches in the handicaped with n hurst at 39, completing closure at 31, and the time at Faw- The course in din. 18sec. This icy was Binin. Acce., a few seconds events were also decided.

To-day T. Honda and Ho Ka Lau was very fast time though condi- worse than on Saturday. Another tions were good. Oxford's best minute at 30 was put in along the meet in what bida fair to be effort at Goring last year over this Island, and they Anished at 31. ospital match. The Chinese has distance was Gmin. 418cc., whilst at Order of rowing and weights: shown very good form this season, Henley, Oxford rowed the Regatta Course in Gmin. 3280c. The crew and ought at least to be able to rowed themselves out, but quickly extend the formidable Japanese, recovered and paddled on to Pang-2.

Names and who will probably have to draw on bourne and back.

weights:... all his reserves in order to win.

RESULTS.

A *win for the Indians finally settles the Shield, though it is long odds on

The final round of the Fanling 45, conceding the tenth, only then in any case. I think they de Ladies' Championship" was played the winner in some fast ex- after a struggle in which he engag- serve it. The other League matched on Sunday last over the Old should be a very much closer affair. Course from the back tees, and Mrs. The Civil Service are at home to Lambert is to be congratulated on the Gunners, who have been doing her vanquishing of Mrs. Keary after very well lately, thanks chiefly to an interesting tussle. The detailed morrow's game here. I shall do their skipper, Musson. To my mind scores up to the 18th hole, where later.) Things balanced out fairly it boils down to whether the the match ended, were:- well though, for, if the Indians.s.c.C. en take their entches..

Mrs. Lammert: were weak, the Civil Service were There are at least two ways of get absolutely out of practice, and forting Muson out ourly on, but both the most part batted like children. demand a very sure pair of bands

Reed won the toss and the aide started confidently enough, as Sayer amacked Arculli for six fours in

from which it will be seen that three overs before being caught and

3irs. Keary had a lend of "3,up" at the 3th and that she still held bowled by that bowler from a hot return. Thirty-one was up for one

Richardson, an advantage of "up" at the wicket, but six were down for Griffiths, B. D. Evans, F. Baker, tura. However, Mr. Lambert D. McLellan, Hamilton, R. 1. forty odd. Then Harris Walker got Wood, Itoidon and E. B. Reed forged steadily ahead from the thirteen by courageous, if uncon-(captain). As their second team is 10th, analing the next five holes ventional, cricket, and the score not playing, I hope there will be and winning with the confortable was taken to sixty-six, when do some spectators who will net as um-

pires and · scorers should it be margin of 4 and 3."""

over,

and a certain amount of pace in the outfield. The C.B. have | pro- moted "MeLellan from the second eleven-1 fancy ho is definitely First Division standard) and have out their strongest side, but are short of practice. The team it Safer.

do Rome,

The Now Wisden.

Mr. Keary:

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The game should be' The conditions were not exactly toms, who had played a watchful { necessary. innings, was stumped of. Madar, most open. I rather expect a draw.propitious for good 'golf, as, in ad- It should be quite a good game to dition to the strong easterly wind against whom he had shaped

wntul in any case, .

blowing, heavy rain was falling for amazingly badly after his previous

the first half hour, and therefore stoady cricket. Reed a Harris Walker were out at the same totiu The 1931 Wisden is to hand and the ladies put up very creditable is even more useful than before. and the match secard is good as was rather surprised to find how performances. Mrs. Lambert han a OVER Bakir, however, "struck a length on a very difficult wicket many well-known cricketers passer delightfully easy, swing and had the.

The tragio denthe of and Ling bowled Ismail in his Grat, in 1930.

(I don't know his initials, Johnny Douglas and G. A. Faulk sures of length over her op“, but it was the one that sticks inner are still fresh in our memory, ponent, but Mrs. Keary balanced When Pereira was yorked by Baker, but I had not realized that Jaimes this off with straightness and an

Seymour, was dead. He used to go accuracy in the short game. the C.S. apemed to have a chance,in first with Hardinge for some

"An umpire is a man chosen for which improved when Areulli failed

years for Kent. He was only fifty. to get out of the wity of one from Johnny Tyldesley, too, who died in his knowledge who annoys people Hamilton which stood up vey November last, was only fifty-seven when he shows it, but Mr, Whyte- strnight. Finally they

But andder still

WAN Whyaall's twenty add raus. The wicket cer-death from septienemia when only Smith tactfully Alled the duties of tainly was a brute, but there was forty-three. He had, one hoped, this official. Also accompanying good deal of lad batting going years of cricket before him. But the contestants was an adiniring about, too. Richardson Was un-

on the whole the pages of Wisden Jucky, n though it sounded out, he did not auch the hall from reveal that the average cricketer is gallery of some 20 persons and two which he was given caught, ant on the whole a long-lived person. husbands.

On the Among the less-known cricketers:

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Pereira never appealed. whole, perhaps, the must interest.but better-known individuals-was In the Fanling ladies section leg feature of the day's play was Conan Doyle, He played a lot of the Ross Cup" remains to be good cricket for the M.C.O. in the the unsuccessful doable of our inter nineties and was seventy-one completed and the final, which was

diamonds Inday?

X.0.0. Get Their Own Back.

The

when he divil.

to have been fought out on TUCH- In March, Mrs. Grace, the widow day last, has had to be postponed of "W.G." and mother of Rear- Admiral H. E. Grace, whom many

on necount of one of the players of us knew out here, passed away having unfortunately sustained a at Hawkhurst in Kent.

slight shoulder injury.

The Australians,

K.C.C. ~ visited Craigen- gower last Saturday and won pretty comfortably. Lawrence came off, and Craigengower felt the long of Gittens and Patterson, who, I am told, are both on the injured

S. J. Southerton has written an list It is very bad luck on the excellent sketch of the Australian 0.0.0., who have had a rather sail team. And I should strongly ad-

son. It is, however, up to them to dig their toes in and pull it off all whose interest in cricket next year-ter season, I should extends beyond the Colony to get any)-as they have the takings of Wisden. They will find in it hours of plesannt entertainment, and much cricket lore.

RABBIT.

* very good aide, Lim, who has worked very hard, got thirty-one in an opening partnership with Tinker Lee-(4)-but the rest of the story was distinctly improper.

• That Tie.

RUGBY.

I see that in the Second Division ARMY. NAVY ON MONDAY,

there has been a tie, and as the Rulos do not cover the point, it

seems that the League Committee The Army, Navy rugger niatch

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The full results of yesterday's matches are as follows:--

B-2.

Open Singles.

4th Round.

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The

• St. lb.

D. E. Tinné (Eton and

University) (bow) ..... 12 45 G. M. L. Smith (Win-

chester and Brasenoso) 12 3 R. A. J Poole (Eton

and Brasenose)

C. M. Johnston (Shrown--

13 6

hury and Brasonose)... 12, 12

son College, New Zea land, and Balliol)

St. Jb.!

R. H. H, Symonds (Bed- ford and Lady Mar- garet) (low).

4.

12 1

A

J. F. Platts Mill (Nel-

9.

W, A. Prideaux (Eton

and Third Trinity) ... 12 3 C. M. Fletcher (Eton.

and Third Trinity) ...

19 4

1, R. N. Rickett (Eton

and Third Trinity)...

12:11

3.

P. N. Carpine) (Ovýdle

and Jesus)

13. 1

6.

G. Gray (Bolton and

Queen's)

13 3

S. A. Ramjahn bent H. Lo, 6-4,4

Handicap Singles "A."

H. J. Arinatrong (owe 15) brat

N. L. H. Railton (roc. 5/6) bent. E. T. E. Nash (owe 1/0), 6-0, 6.3.

B. R. Price (scr.), 6-3, 6-2.

Lt. Col. F. Robinson (owe 2/0) beat LT. Ride (owe 3/0), 6-2, 0-4.

A. B: Haworth wo, from Dr, D. J. Valentine.

Handicap Bingles "B,"

J. J. Ferguson (owe 3/8) beat J. R. Hinton (rec. 3/0), 9-7, 6-2, TO-DAY'S MATCHES. Open Singles.

1. Honda 1, Ho Ka Lau.

L. T. Ride v. G. Lai.

Club Championship

L. Goldman . J. H. Anderson. W. N. Petch r. Capt. E. C. Ether- ington,

Handicap Singles “A."

R. M. Henderson (réc. 2/6) #' D. Prophet (owe 2/6).

D. B. Evans (owe 15/3) r. C. W. E. Bishop (rec. 3/8).

A. O. Johnson (owe 3/0) r. H. Owen Hughes (owe 15/2).

Handicap Singles "B."

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The consensus of opinión coterra ing the new Club House at Happy Valley is that it is "far too small,”

E. J. Buttress (rec. 2/0) r. 0. C. Womack (owe 1/6). and it seems that the efforts of the sub-committee responsible for the

Handicap Doubles. structure are not extremely appre-

And Remington (rec. cinted. Apparently that strange 3/6) r. Collis and Penn (rec. 38). pastime of "swinging the cat" bas still a strong following and its en-i

Watson

thusiasts are the least enthusiastic. At the Country Club two Cham- Anyhow, there the Club House is-pionships were decided last Sun but it enp never be the comfortable and happy little place with the red Chinese tiled floor which yet lives

tiny. Ladies, Grat-in this event Miss Marie Basto in to be con- gratulated on her victory of "5 dios. The former looked a winner and 4" over Mrs. F. E. A. Reme from the early stages of the match, turning with a satisfying lead of medal round for the 18 holes was! the better of the two.

really should give a ruling as to the triangular tournament will in the memory of a few of the golf winther one point or one and a half now be played at 5 p.m. on Moning fraternity. A critic is a person points should be scored. I have day, March 23, at Sookunpoo in- who could not have done it himself,."4 up "diowever, Mrs. Remedios'

already given my reasons for con- stead of on Wednesday, the 25th as

sidoring it should be one and a previously anounced.

half, though I emphasize. that I am not saying it now is so. No ruling has ever been given, as the last case occurred some years ago at the end of the sonson. It made no differ- nce, but I should probably have tried to get the point settled then, had I not gone off on leave. I am not quite clear as to what relation a Rabbit is to a March Have, but if I reoolloot oorrectly the latter

HOME, FOOTBALL.

ENGLISH AND SCOTTISH

•

Bill Orchard, on application for items of news this week, was like the Biblical fig-tree-bo is at the moment engrossed in turning the Kowloon Club into the richest in the land..

In the men's Championship, A. A Lopes was successful against A. W. da Rom in a close game, finish- ing" and 1." Lopes is the wel soa kind of golfer, ne ho finds joy not only in the actual playing trut also in working for the improve ment of fairways and greens to the benefit of all.

There is something mysterious amongst the ladies of that course in the foot-hills. Not pace in living memory has one returaod a card and they refuse entirely to say The what they do with them.

The Colony is now dotted with Committee, although men, are in a "Champs "-- women, :: mèn nnd generous vein and would be only children-to all of whom congratu too, willing to put up & silver couplations are extended. But, you suc for competition amongst their fair ucasful little people, remember that eo-Boouri, but they have nothing what has brouglis sunshins to your upon which to go. Now, m'dears, henria has probably meant a series 1put in your cards, even if you are of swallowings of bitter pills by: unable to total them on boecunt of others, so tamper the wearings of the magnitude of the 6gures, and your twelvemonth laurel wreaths that hard-working Bill will put with modests. A halo is not a fix- aside his money grabbing for the ture like your hair.-——

LEAGUE RESULTS.

(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCT.). animal tried to wake the Dormouse up by pouring hot bow on its nose."

LONDON, March. 18. Ouo hardly likes to suggest auch The following were the results of Adrustia course with the Com-football matches played to-day in nittee, but possibly something in the English and Scottish League :- the way of putting salt on their taila might be done Joking spart, I believe there is quite a strong Teeling in certain circles that it would be all for the benefit of League Cricket the League, Com- mittos Asserted itself a little more York.

División III, (Southern). Southend......... 5. Exeter

Division III. (Northern).

Hull Soottish League, rickhters would welcome it. NoKilmarnock.... 1 Aberdeen ....... doubt it would mean a good deal dangers... 1 Falkirk ......... of extra work, but it would be well Cowdenbeath... 3 St. Mirren worth is if we could get the Langus' fearts ......... to work a little more crisply.

Tam pretty sure the majority of...

Dundee...

1 Celtic

6 Ayr

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moment to do the necesary tatting

4

-being handicapped does not mean.A husband-replying to his wife. that you will play any worse than who asked him what he would do you do now.

if she took up golf, replied-". Ob, (Continued as jost of next column.) | I'd write to you somatimes."

C. J. S. Sergel (Monk

fon Combe and Clare) 12 4 T. A. Brocklebank (Eton and Third Trinity) (stroke)

11 0

135

B. J Clive (Eton And

Christ Church) 13 7. W. D. C. Erskine-Crum (Eton .and Christ

Church)

R. W. G. Holdsworth (8hrows bury and Brasenose) (stroke) ... E. R. Edinett (Herne Bay and Worcester) (cox).

19 4

11 7

A

The crew will be out at 11.30 and 3.15.

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!

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Preliminary Sessions

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