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IS THE STANDARD OF THE COLONY'S
CRICKET LOW? :
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CRITICISM,
| MOTOR BOATS AND LIFEBELTS:
"A REMARKABLE SHORT. AGE"-COMDR, HOLE.
Disturbing disclosures with regard to the number of lifebolts carried on motor-boats, were made by the Harbour Master; the Hons Comdr. G. F. Hole, RN. (RE), in the Marine Court yesterday when fin There has been a great deal of youngster have we had out horsing a coxswain $50 or six weeks aost interesting cricket over the front home since Toddy Stewart 7 imprisoninent for failing to have New Your Holidays, and, the And goodness knows how long that the requisite number of lifebelts on général trend of "it goes to prove is. (Anyway he's married and away his boat, the Moonraker I. that "batting in the Colony has in Manila this long tino 1). We generally reached a very low bh. have of courts some good Army We have a great number of cricket-orickétors. But I have happened to ore, who bat very well when the make e investigations and bowling is weak, but we have only realize that now'a'days the Army a fow who are reasonably un-makes the most trumendous demands sistant against good trundling on an officer's personal leisure. Be The same situation exists in, a has his regimental cricket, and he lesser degree as regarde the bowl- |-has to lend a hand with footballed guilty to a charge of having ing: We have a lot of bowlers who and other athletics, and really has little time to settle down to his own personal ericket season.
Can
Hend them down lika the Badmington when they have their tails up, or when they are working
Too Many Games. through a series of Ralbits and Forrets. But, when they come up This brings me to my next point, against our few really good bath a climatic one, if I may sa term it. they are apt to wilt. For example, | Thorn is no doubt that the fact wo the Army are definitely the strong-have to play all our men's games est side in the Colony 'at present, in the winter does militate against ¡and contain the largest percentage a high level of excellence in the
of good batsmen. Against them. the fall. Fast as an officer has to bazź Club cracked up and they definitely round with various regimental or bowled like children, with the company games, 60 a youngster posible exception of McClellan.hero trics, if he is really keen, to Bat, 'ngsinst the all too weak Navy work in as many games as possible. side, it was quite a different story. And this is where the jam comes, In the first isnings of this latter The best younger talent we have game Bowker, Owen Hughes and had out here Fecently is among the Back bowled extremely well; and, schoolmasters. Griffiths and Me- in the second; Beck, until he was Bo-balled, and McClellan did some
masterly work.
"I happen to know that there is a remarkable shortage of lifebeita
is a danger to the public who on boats," anid Cmdr. Hole, "and
travel on these boats."
Two Lifebelta Short.
The accused, Cheung Chau, plead.
failed to have on board his Class motor bont, the Moonraker I, the required number of standard life- bolts when under way in the Har bour 9.40 p.m. on January 3, 1939. He stated in defones that he had seven lifebelts on beard when he should have had nine, but that at the pine the offence was com- misted no passengers were in the
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Omdr. Hole refused to accept any excuse, and saying that he would make an example of the defendant, sentenced him as reported.
BENGAL RETRENCHES.
An extraordinary issue of the Clellan are useful cricketers and Calcatta Gazette announces that in would be much more so if they did conformity with the policy in- not play Bagby football. I don't augurated by the Government of blame them for a minute. It is the India to meet the present financial, most manly sport, and, the most position, E. Sir Stanley Jack- game (bracketed with son, members of the Bengal. Execu it is a somewhat surprising fact sporting
tive Counci and ministers in that the cricket at the K.C.C.cricket) that we have "left. But if afforded yet another example of they devoted their whole time to charge of transferred departments
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team simply curled up and died their true form. against the Army bowlers. My readers will recall that I definitely.
This brings me to my third point. expected the Army to win, but I
(Sounds like a sermón, doesn't it?). frankly admit I expected the very deace of a struggle and a decision I am convinced that no one prac- about five twenty-five p.m. on the tices enough here, except just be- Sunday. Yet the K.C.C, team walk-fore an Interport. There are hun- ed in, and then out, just as if they dreds of reasons; inaccessability of had been members of the C.S.c.c. grounds, (save the H.K.C.C.), fail- first eleven And, to clinch my after office hours, other calls, most- ing light within a very abort space point, the Army Unts also collapsedly games, and sheer unadulterated with the exception of two. That is, laziness, are among them. 'But how many fellows regularly got two note their higher percentage of good men a week-o even one for
that
pulled them through, as 'two meti | matter 7 caine off, wherens K.C.C. had only Toddy Fincher in one inninga na making anyshow.
What About Sunday?
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The Remedy.
The only thing I can see to help us out is to try and persuade people to put in practice and to take an native interest in school cricket in It may be contended that the the Colony. It seems to me that if our supply of cricketers from Home game as the K.C.C. weakens the is drying up, we must develop gur. strength of my original proposition. local resources. Much work in this To this I do not agree. The Army direction has already been done by the Chinese Recreation Club in the catie: off better than before, and past, and, more recently, by Mesars, falt sook complot charge for the first. four wickets, and proceeded to get out then in forcing the game--with the notable exception of Wales. But although Moir open ed with his less deadly bowlers, three wickets fell for thirty-one, and things looked very surious for K.C.C., but at last they did get couple of niên coming off. Of this
more anon.
The Cause.
If we
J. 1 Youngsaye, G. I. Sayer, and A. E. Wood. We have a very large umber of local cricketers who are quite useful. The great trouble with them is that in nine carca out of ten they have not got the big that we have to overcome. match temperament. It is a complex can do this, and I do not see it is in any way impossible, it would be greus step forward. We havo our "big" matches now, in the Trian- gular Tournament, and in some of he K.C.C. representative gumes. Could we not work in an annual fixture for two days between those who have learned and played their In making a general statement cricket in the Colony, and the Rent 1 like this that batting definitely and I make the, suggestion very humbly howling to a certain extent is at for the consideration of the Powers If the a very low cbh, I am not naaware who direct our Cricket. that, as one goes on a bit, one is game could becams a recognised ant to see the old days in rather snual fixture it might. I submit, a curious perspective. It may be become a sort of graduation from that some of our former geese, by the ordinary and friendly and effuxion of time, become Swans in League cricket to the big games
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