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TEST MATCH REFLECTIONS.

SOME FINE RECOVERIES: BUT NO BOWLERS.

R. ABBIT REVIEWS THE GAMES.

When engagements at Lord's prevented the allotment of more than three days for the Test Match, and whom the New Zealand team developed their true form, it was fairly clear that there was going to be a draw in all probability, unless something went wrong with the wicket dr an unanticipated collapso took place on either side. Larwood was the only man likely

sperate. True, sixty-nine behind with only eight wickets to go was not being on velvet. But it was considerably better than being two hundred and twenty-nine behind with nino to go!,

The Last Day.

The New Zealand batsmen carried on the good work and by lunch time it must have been clear that only a draw could ensue unless the wicket crumbled badly in the last two hours. It has happened before at Lord's. Unfortunately, one has to cause such a collapso, unless not the exact times of play avail- there was a really sticky wicket,able. I cannot help thinking that" and when he crocked just before the game the chances of a draw taken and that there was about a fairly early tea interval was were increaked. It was, however,

two and a half hours play after it, rather interesting, as it appears In any case, the New Zealand bats very doubtful if Larwood will make the next Australian tour. G. O. Peebles and Robins took a wicket

men continued in the supremacy Allen was called in, and though he occasionally but Lowry was enabled was a brilliant success with the bat. to declare at 489 for nine wickets, he did nothing very much with the sitting the English side 240 runs to win, presumably in about two hours

ball.

The Play.

Reuter is not very generous in hia wires in details about the wicket, as, there are only two refer- ences I can find, one that, was hard to start with, and the other that it was good on the second day, Monday, New Zealand. did none too well in their first knock, getting only 224. But looking to the future it was disturbing to find that our two fast and fast-medium bowlers, Voce and Allen, could only collect between them one wicket for eighty- five runs on what should have been n.fast bowler's wicket. It looks as if there must have been some "talk" in it. as Peebles and Rabins, our two googlie merchants, had five for seventy-seven and three for thirty-eight, respectively, both fue performances.

HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, THURSDAY, JULY 1931.

Baseball Notes.

[BY " STRIKE OUT"]

Local sandlot fans were able to see the official opening of the season last Saturday when the Japanese played, n close game with South China. The Hon. Mr. H. T. Creasy pitched the first ball of BOLSON

and things beghit to happen the

LEAGUE TENNIS.

MID-WEEK PROGRAMME

CURTAILED.

WINS FOR CIVIL SERVICE

CRICKET CLUB.

Owing to the fact that it was 'a

holiday many league tonnis matches were postpoped but the few that were played proved quite interest

ing.

Civil Service Cricket Club and a vatremely succesful day for they played two matches on the same afternoon and want Indian Retrontion Club"B" and South China" being their victims

same as in the big leagues.

All of our local ball-tossers are showing a decided weakness on the pitching aide. They have their wind-up right down to the last degree of perfection, but, oh, the delivery! The old pill just will not go over the plate. I won't say Chinese Recreation Club opened that the pitchers are all shot but their Mixed Doubles programme at the start of the season things with a win over the Ladies Recrea look bad for the patters. The spit tion Club at Causeway Bay, ball twirlers have got to show some better stuff than they did in Inst week's games; otherwise the scores will hop up to pretty large figures.

The folders show a little more game although there were some pop and are playing a pretty fair awful boners pulled over the wook- end. On anngging the ball they their wings a little tougher and c aren't bad but they have to get able to get the pill back to the in- field faster. A

Most of the boys in the in-field; are OK, and after a few games they ought to be getting pretty hot. We can't expect the first-baggers to grab the pill if it is ten feet over their heads. The short-stops have been getting the hot ones pretty well and have held down pretty tight.

Bnse coaching has been overdone as there are too many trying to help. The whole team docan't have to give advice. Give the boys a chance and let one man do the coaching.

On Saturday, Matty Chang pull ad a pretty raw stunt. If he didn't want to get pushed he should have stood by the rules and not tried to block the runner when there was no chance to tag him out. That kind of stuff doesn't do the game a bit of good.is

BDIVISION,

Civil Service V. I.RO.

On their own courts, the 'Civil Service Cricket Club beat the In- dinn Recreation Club by 4 sets.

Scores

D.

J.

M. MacDougall and T. W. A Tufton (0.8.C.C.)

drew with Pereira and A. R.

∙Minu

lost to O. Ismail and 5. A”

Ismail

beat V, Soonderam and T.

Hamete

WATER POLO.

VR.C RUN AWAY FROM BORDERERS.

GUNNERS TEAMS MEET.

At the V.R.C. last night the V.R.C. had a comfortable victory of eight goals to uno against the South Wales Borderers. The match was ontiroly one sided and was

devoid of interest for this reason." Tho full team did not represent the home combination who had to draw upon their second string but in spite of this concorsion, they overwhelmed the Borderers finishing victors by eight goals to one.

The team that represented the V.R.C. was as follows: Gosano, Maynard, Soares, Remedios, L. Roza Poreira, C. Roza Porcira and McGraan.

The Borderers were represented, by Donnelly, Ford, Flaherty. Smith, Campbell and Jones.

Second Division,

The game between the V.R.O. 06A" and the C.A.A, was postpon- od. In the other fixture on the card the 12th Heavy Battery, R.A defcated the 31st Heavy Battery by seven gone to nil Hero also tho. game was one sided and the win- nera were much superior to tho players from the 31st Heavy Bat tory. +

2-0

3-0

W. Bradley and Bendall (C.5.0.0).

loss to Pereira and Minu ... 44 beat O. Ismail, and S. A.

Ismail

brat V. Boonderom and T.

Hamet

.

61

Dr. D. J. Valentine (CS.C.C.) \\

bent. Pereira and" "Minu

6-3 bent O. Ismail and 8. A

Israail

England's Second Innings. It is difficult to say much about England's recond knock as one has so little data available. The prob ability is that the batsmen played free cricket and that their score of 146 for 5 wickets was the result of taking chances in order to score quickly. Without sure knowledge opo can bardly assess the draw, but supposing there had been a fourth day's play the most generous allow unce could hardly have eredited the New Zealanders with more than another 31 runs, to make their second innings total five hundred runs. That would have set England 201 runa to win. And even on the fourth innings, given plenty of time, I am confident England,would have made the runs, the

The Lesson... The deductions to be drawn from The suggestion that there was the game

not particularly something, funny about the wicket gained weight from the appallingamusing! Putting it by and large, start of the English team. It may it seems that while the art of bowl be said that the two new comers, ing has advanced sufficiently to get Arnold and Bakewell, had rather a people out fairly frequently when fielders

play attractive cricket fingered and could not hang on to needle job in opening the innings that is-go out for runs, the bowlers the ball when it did get near in their first appearance for Ens nie all powerless, except on a bad enough for them to snagg. The pill land. But both of them habitually wicket, when batsmen adopt defen went through their fingers like J. go in first. However, that may be, sive tactics, In fact, cricket has water through a tin-whistle... Cromb, who jaa stendy length-cum-

All the steam that the pitchers Anin bowler, sent both of them and arrived at a stage when a side in Hammond back for a paltry thirty danger can adopt trench warfare displayed was not enough to burn one runs in about half an hour. It and the result is stale-nute.c, the palms of a baseman. A large was only thanks to Dulcensinghi, & draw. Or, if the game is played number of batters were walked to Jarding and Woolley that England out, it becomes a test of endur-first but due to some pretty work.

England's Bad start..

they

ance.

ure

No Bowlers.

In the game between the Japanese · and South China, played on Satur day, the only remarkable feature was the large number of errors that both sides were able to display un- der the guies of baseball. The were certainly butter.

on the part of the in-field, they never travelled much further jeg

A big goose egg was hung up for

Of course, the obvious thing is both sides till the saventh when the

Who Elsels Thera?

*

managed to scramblo a hundred and ninety for seven wickets at the close of play. And it appears that Woolley (who came into the team to say we have no bowlers now. On Jans brought a man in who was at the last minute for Sutcliffe); the facts, it looks very likely. But walked to first, stole second, round-, when he had scored forty, was all I find it difficult to believe thated third and trotted home to the but bowled neck and crap by Richardson, Bradley, Kortright, great disgust of Matty Chang, the Merritt, and went on to double his Knox et tous cen antiguei cocka-catcher for the South China, who score. Again the spin bowlera tookforce" are better bowlers than we tried to pull a fast one and block the wickets, and one imagines have to-day'. They bowled "on the runner. Jardine sint in Peebles at the end slightly worse wickets to infinitely to try and play out time as he is less skilled batsmen. The fact re Not much can be said for the easily the weakest bat in the side. mains, however, that in this match. He managed to hang on long our faster bowlers failed us. Voce and the Hong Kong Club. The game. between the Chinese Atalotic enough to prevent

Allen and did well in the South, African latter won by a walkway, the foal Robins, who are both useful bats, tour but his analysis for the score being 148. They played the but had had a good spell of bowl-match under review works out at same kind of baseball se was played ing, from having to go in over 42-19-100-0. Allen with 40-10-in Saturday's game and interest night."

102-3 shows slightly botter ågures. was sadly lacking. Thompson did Monday's Play,

Peebles' figures work out: nt

some good work at catch and some one of the "big 08-9-297-9, a distinctly good per- of the in-field played a pretty Monday saw reversals of fortune. 'which are so formance, while Robins had 50 game. The Hong Kong Club were frequent in cricket. On Saturday 104-5 Hammond had 3 for fifty heavy hitters and the Chiness field showed that they could hang on to night the New Zealanders had every eight in 24.3 overs. renson for congratulating thém-

ball Zafra, ärst-bagger for the selves. They had at least an equal. share (the seventh wicket on each The dificulty is that, barring Club, pulled a couple of boners but on the whole ho carried his end of side fell at 190) and perhaps a little Larwood, there seems no one else the game pretty well. Gilson, on to try. Nichols has not been given must have taken the field with high a trial. With the M.C.C. team in mound, was wild and threw a hopes. At the close of play, fortune 1920-30 in New Zealand and Aus slow ball. His sub bad a little had swung right round, and it was tralia he did well in bowling and, are control but no steam at all. The ball floated over the pan and obvious that only by a heroic effort thanks to several not out innings, was ensy to hit. would they avoid defeat on Tues was top of the batting averages in Test Matches with an average of day. Whatever may have been 12.50 for 0 innings 4 times not out. The greatest number of runs was wrong with the wicket on Saturday. Last year he played against Aus- made in the third and in the sixty there was clearly nothing amiss on train in the Fourth Test and took In the third, Hong Kong brought Monday. The record partnership between Ames and Allon calls for two for thirty-three in an innings in eight to nil for the Chinese and of 315 Presumably his country in the sixth five to two were made little, comment "save that it was evidently delightfully free. Ames form has been rather adrift, as ho for Hong Kong. The other four is always a usefy! bat-he averaged has not been tried Goddard also, innings were pretty close-six runs 20.20 for fifty-four innings last year and Barrett seem to have dropped for the Chinese and, one for Houg -but it was a brilliant debut in à out of the picture. It begins to Kong. Tost maton, Allen, however, only look as if Peebles will have to play

1. The following are the standings Grim averaged 17.66 for sayenteen the part in Australia, that innings, which included a bright mett played in England in 1930 of the team

Won Lost Per.. fifty-neven in the second innings of Taking things by and large, it looks

Japanese s 01000 the Second Test against Australia.ne if the only bowler to do much

Hong Kong y t South China... 01 -Chinese Athlotic 0 1.

the better, of the game.

New Zealand Undinmayed.

They

good, on, anything but a damaged wicket, is the man who can make the ball go away as a rule, with It must have been rather a nasty one or two well-disguised straight jar for the New Zealanders to find ones mixed themselves 230 runs behind, about a y

in.

The Baiting.

.1000...

0000

.0000

to judge where all extras are lump tea time, when they might fairly

Nothing much scema adrift with | ed under one head.” Byss alono can have hoped to be at the wickets again by lunch-time with more or our batting. Arnold and Bakewell count against them. Ames did well less level totals. And when Allen in the second innings sent up 62 in the first innings, and only let bowled Mills for a duck with a before they were parted for the first four byes out of the first 101 runs single on the board things looked wicket and there are hopes that of New Zealand's second knock indeed bad. Visions of an innings they may later develop into a first His batting gives him a grost pull victory must have been in the minds partnerthing worthy of Rhodes and over Duckworth in this respect, in valus, to the side, and as the latter of the English- players. But then Hobbs, and Hobbs and Sutcliffe.

showed signs of dropping catches the marvellous grit in playing an The Fielding ANI

1 fancy Ames will keep for several uphill game, which distinguishes

ng we have not much your own Zeland Of the holding 20- the Anglo-Saxon in at least cricket. and Rugby, came out. Before the news, but no doubt it was satisfac seems to justify the high opinion close of piny Allen managed to try New Zealand have obviously of him which in 1997/was held by bowl Weir, but Dempster and Page improved enormously on their 1027 the prition On the imperfect data struggled doggedly on, and at oloss form of the stumpers it is hard to hand more cannos be said, van (Continued on nezi Golemn.) BRABBIT, of play things were not so de-

beat V. Soonderam and T

Hamet

6-1

G-2

Civil Service South Caina. The Civil Service scored another

SWIMMING FETE.

ENTRIES FOR SATURDAY'S EVENTS.

MANY TREATS AHEAD.

Many treats are ahead of swim-

victory at home at the axpense ofming fans when the second of the

Scores

D. M. McDougall and T. W. A.

Tufton (0.5.0.C.)

beat, H. S. Mok and T. Y.

Leung.

LAN, 0-2.

lost to 0. K. Lam and H..

Chan

drew with S. Chan and C. T.

W. Bradley and J. A. Ben-

dall (C\S\CC\), Zapra beat H. S. Mok and T.. Y.

Loung

34

6-3

6-1

lost to O. K. Lam and H.

Chan

1-8

beat 9. Chan and C. T. Tso

6-3

D.

J. Valentine and J. Pongally

(C.S.0.0.)

beat H. 8. Mok and T. Y

Leungsdigs

lost to 0. K. Lam and H.

Chan

beat S. Chan and C. T. Teo

University v. M.B.K

0.0

57

6-4

At Pokfulam, the University undergraduates beab the M.B.K. by 6 sets.

Scores

D. J. N. Anderson and Y. S.

Chew (University).

bent Fukushima and Fuji-

mori

season's night fetes will be staged, From the entries published below it can readily be seen that there will be some keen competition and close Anishes

The water, polo match which le scheduled to being the fate to a close will be between Portugal and China and one can be certain that the Chinese by drawing on all their strength will extend this hitherto triumphant Portugueso re- presentatives.

The entries for some of the evonte are as follows:-100 Yards Variety. Strokes: H. M. Remedios, Roza Pereira, T. Paget, W. Lawrence, Loung Buj Man.

50 Yards Freo Stylo (Open to the Colony): R. Silva Netto, SV Gittens. W. Lawrence, E: B, Reza, Loung Sui Man, T Paget, W. Foraita,

25 yards Free Style (Ladies) E. Allen, M, George, E. Booth, D. Hunt P. Hunt and Mr. Mac Mahon, LLAMAR AN Other events on the card include a ladies blindfold race, a running header competition, a metabera handicap over 100 yards, a back. stroke race over 50 yards, a pillow fight and team rac

6-2

drew with. Miji and Morinaga 6-$ beat Nakamura and Tobebi 0-1

lost to W. H. Choa and Y. K

Mow lost to F. K, Lau and T, W.-

4-8

B-7

Jost to F. H. Kwok and H.

N, Chan

15-7

4.6

CE. Yeoh and Y. K. Ng

(University) lost to Fukushima and Fuji-

mori

lost to Miji and Morinaga.. 04 buat Nakamura and Tohchi 6-3

K. Lien and F. Y. Khoo (University)

beat Fukushima and Fuji-.

mori zaklama

6-3

beat Miji and Morinaga G heat Nakamura and Tohchi... 0-2. Playing at bomeon Monday, HCC defeated Nippon Clubí by points to 1 The scores were as follows: Marseille

and Armstrong

beat Minomiya and Hase

gawas

drow with Yoshikawa and Arakawa Si drow with Yoshikawa and:

Kinoshita emma 0-6

H. Mahan Singh and M. A.

Khan (K.LTC). -

lost to Choa and Mow

lost to Lau and Lau

lost to Kwok and Channel 40′

Salleh

10.

10 3.0

.:

Chpt. Gore and B. R.

(K.I.T.C.) 'lost to 'Chon and Mow.....

lost to Lnu and Lense Tost to. Kwok, and Chan;

MIXED DOUBLES..

In their initial match this season, the Chinesa Recreation Club beat the Ladies Recreation Club on 'their. own courts by 2 setar fro

Boores

M. W. Lo and Miss E. Lo

(CRC)

beat A D Humphreys and

Mide Thomas

beat Capt. and Mrs. E.

Etherington

Stark and Bowker (H.E.C.U).

beat Minomiya and Hasegawa 6-3 beat Buraki and Arakawa... 6-2. drow with Yoshikawa and E ~*~ Kinoshita ~ 60

Wright and Monaghan

(H.K.CⱭ)

J

beat Railton and Mrs. Staf,

ford Smith

Ho Ka Lou and Miss G. Lo

a drew with A. D. Humphreys

and 34ies Thomas

60

beat Minomiya and Hasegawa 63 „beat Suzuki and Arakawa ....... 6-3 lost to Capt. and Mrs. Ether.

beat Yoshikawa and Kino

white

LOPPING 17-Ő, "beat" Ráilton and Mrs. Staf JC" DIVISION,rydag ford: Smith

ELT.O, CRO

On their own ground the Kowloon Indians Tennis Clubs lost to the Chinese #40;by nine sola, to love,,

Feroz Alf and Firdos Khan

(K.I.T.D.) - (Continued on nest Column)

Iu Tak Chouk and Mrs; Chin:

(0.0)

drew with AD. Humphrovs ** and bliss Thomas

drew with Gaph and..

WE MENUerington

lost to Railton and Mi

Stafford Smith

0-0

WOMEN'S CRICKET IN ENGLAND.

DISTINCT DIFFERENCES FROM MEN'S GAME.

wrist power of the averagowo-

Shortage of grounds is a serious difficulty, and many of theas which are available are amail, but they aro usually well looked after, for the importance of a good ground is fully realized. Whole day mat chos are rare most fixtures being: half-day games.

Although there are distinct dif ferences in cricket as played by mon Winter not practice Is De and women, the modifications of coming much more usual; and the game made to suit the Intter many players have profited, great home paper. Women play to the edafen players have been ready have been remarkably few, says aly from the roaching thus obtain rules laid down by the M.C.C..with help and the only regulation altered is piros, ap both as caches ant um-

that referring to the standard alto diloult to carry on without this of the ball. Wemon, play with a generous support, or the list of ball weighing 5 oz, instead of by women coaches, although growing, or, as used by men, and there is, is short one and the grow action of opinion which favours good women umpires. Scoring, ovona further reduction to 4 however, seome to be a popular bungeni

pastime.

There are no leaguos in, tho same,, and a proposal to shorten W.CA. and although matches bo-

The length of the pitch is the it by one yard has not been atcopt twong different county associations od by the association. In the past are sure to comp as a result of the women have used bats which were formation of the lattor, the W.CA. far too heavy for thom, and there is anxious to discourage the words is still a tendency to do this, but county cricket in connection some players are now experiment with women's cricket as the stand- ing with a bat which is slightlyard of play associated with the smaller and lighter and ecnsequent worlds has certainly not yet been ly botter adapted to the height and reached.

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