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PROMISE OF GREAT CRICKET SEASON.

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POTENTIAL CAPTAINS OF ENGLAND.

Hong Kong Cricket Club Tonnis

The coming summer, and that of Tournament: Final of Open Chan | 1932, will be one of the prepara-

Value of Trials,

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matches support their argument by. referring to the summers of 1011, 1920, and 1928, when. Test trials were followed by victory over the

Australians.

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During the winter the attention of cricketers has been riveted on South Africa, and, in a lesser Australia. degree, on

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With this idea in view, thend with the other four drawn, this Advisory County Cricket Committee recently arranged three Trial matches for 1832-iwo and a Tost match, if India sends a side hero that year-and this summer the New Zealanders, B pleasant and attrac. tive side, will attain their ambition and meet England, at Lord's, on Festival of 33rd of Omer; Chinese June 27, 20, 30. Moreover, Cham pion County 1. Rest of England, at the Oval, in September, is to be

Tuesday.

(May 3.)

Customs Holiday.

English Association

Meeting:

M.C.O. side, indeed, had more than their fair share of ill-fortune in the shape of illness and accident,

| Speaker, Mr. A. H. Fenwick, B.Sc.. regarded as a Test trial, so that but few of the team added to their

A.M.I.C.E., on "F.W.H. Myers,"

Rotary Tiffin: Speaker, Lt.-Cdr. Dymott, I.N., on "Meteorology

Hong Kong Benevolent Society, Jumble Sale, City Hall, 2 p.m.

Queen's Theatre: "Now Moon." 24 Heroes"

World. Theatre:: Part 2 (Chinese fiim). Central Theatre: Thirst."

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Majestic Theatre: "The Shan- nons of Broadway...

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Wednesday.

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Queen's Theatre: Now Moon." World Theatre: "24 Heroes" (Chinese film):

with Gentlemen. *. Players, at Lord's and the Oval, there will be

sufficient opportunity for new talent to manifest itself.

If we had eight or pine counties competing in the County Champion ship more than one trial match might be superfluous, but it in notorious that it is difficult for a Selcetion Committee to obtain a

true guide to the form of in dividuals from the plethora of county cricket which is the vogue

Lo-day.

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of wickota. Voce, too, on ocensions,

did well as a bowler, and as he is an exceptionally good fieldsman and

thrower and as improving batsman, he many quite possibly go far. Like Peebles, he has youth on his side.

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was something of a disappointment in the big matches, and A. P. F. Chapman, the captain, after begin- ning fairly well, could get few runs during the last half of the tour.

The present county competition tends to sacrifice quality to quan tity, and the atmosphere of a tria! mateh is more akin to that of a Test match than that of the or dinary county fixture, though ex- eption must be made in the case of such historic, and traditional,

Tate nowadays takes a long time games 48, for instance, Notts Surrey, Surrey r. Middlesex-until to obtain his wickets, and ns ho the mechanised machinery of the will be 30 at the end of this month, a great bowler is competition condemned it to what his career as

probably nearing its close. Central Theatre: "Ladies Love is called "a friendly "-or York cricketers in the history of the game shire Lancashire, of which the late Roy Kilner-an admirable have worked harder, or more cheer- fully, and his happy personality cricketer and an admirable maa—

been one of the pleasantest fentures when asked whether it was not an exceptionally keen affair, replied, of our cricket grounds during the

last ten or dozen years.

Only Ab! It's keen enough. We say Anno Domini-thal remorseless and good morning to one another on the relentless figure-can curb his skill Arst day, but after that the only and his vitality. remark we make to one another is

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