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CRICKET NOTES

THE ARMCHAIR

CRITIC

LOCAL FOOTBAL

PROSPECTS FOR SATURDAY.

[BY *QUIZ."}

The matches down for decision on Saturday are:--

SHIELD FINAL Kowloon v. East Surrey's H.K.F.C. ground, at 4.15 p.m.

LEAGUE DIV, it' Iroquoise Club de Recreio.-

Titania-Res. . Sacred Heart.- Navy "B" ground. S. China "B" Club ground.

The table of precedence received ing time finding reasonably good quite a thorough shuffle on Satur-men who can afford the time day. The Club were all out for away from business. Under. 124 and at

one period things these circumstances, therefore, looked good for the Civil Service "Dan's" team will have its ranks | St. Joseph's ground. with 60 on the board with but sadly thinned. three wickets down. However, those ardent spirita, who con. sidered the matter as good as settled and sheered off, reckoned without their (or, rather, our Webster. He quickly adjusted matters to his own ideas and even the gallant Ben Evans, who had been putting up a great show. succumbed to his skill x guile joys.

"BEN*

but

the

University.—

South Chins ground.

S. China "A" v. St. Joseph'a

Neither Hancock nor Pearce to pass to Quick. The inclusion of can go, and the captaincy seems

Purcell has rather complicated this delicate question. Many able judges suggest that he should Shield is due to be played this The final for the Challenge side, skipper the desirability of a Service man wack on the Hongkong F. C. captaining what is, after all, a

ground Kowloon, the present civilian team, is a matter open These teams have not previously champions, meet the Surrey's. to question. My own opinion is that, despite Purcell's excellent met, as the Kowloon team played qualifications for the job, Quick of the, League before the arrival the King'a in the First Division should lead the side. He knows of the Surrey's. The game should the game inside out, and is abe keenly contested, and there is jolly good sportsman to boot.

little to choose between the teams.) Kowloon had an off day last

It is on the question of a wicket- Saturday in the semi-final game keeper that I really fall out with with the RG.A.. and, although "Dan." L. J. Davies, probably the winning by four clear goals, did finest keeper from Shanghai to not play the game necessary to Singapore (inclusive) is definitely carry them through against a out of cricket this season, and team like the Surrey's. In the Algy Gace, a very good substitute, event of the scores being equal at will, at the time, be bounding o'er the end of ninety,minutes play, the ocean blue. This rules ont extra time will be played. the Club aspirants, as the other

two wicket-keepers fall lament-

ably short of Interport standard. the League this wook.

There are no senior games in Four

games are down for the junior.

The Indians, C.R.C., Navy, division. The one between the |R.A.M.C., Surrey's, R.E.'s, Craig-Titania Reserves and Sacred I find myself indulging in a lengower and Kowloon may well Heart will have a bearing on the mild mental speculation un two be forgotten. Which leaves Hold Junior Championship. for the incidents of the match. How man of the Civil Service and sailors are now equal in points much H.R.B. knew about that Ponsonby-Fane of the University with the Surrey's and a win or last catch, and whether Hammie!

has recovered from the shock of

bowling Tam for a blob.

Probably I am doing 'em both

at injustice.

The surge of upheaval spread to the University v. Indians match, where the. latters' claims to the leadership were disposed of. I am not vastly surprised, for although the Indian team is solid in rather a dull way they lack the enterprise necessary to assume the position of premier team of the Colony..

Visited Craigeagower on Satur day, where the home side were again beaten by the Club "A" team. To judge from the painful exhibition of slow and inferior batting, "Z" would be a more appropriate classifying letter: Thanks to some wonderfully controlled bowling by Donnelly. Skipper Bradbury's lot could only rake together 39. I thought that Fritz's bowling had considerably improved. On the other hand-- following the inexorable law-his batting has deteriorated.

1.

SKIPPER

draw this week will make them winners.

The Club de Recreio will be out against the Iroquoise, and, the former will try hard to win.. They can still equal the Surrey's points. The South China Reserve teams will be out against St Joseph's and the University respectively. The "B" team will be on the Clab ground, and the game will act as curtain-raiser to the senior shield final The "A" team will be at home to St Joseph's and the latter should win.

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EUROPEAN LADY'S SAD DEATH.

The greatest sympathy will be felt for Mr. William Jarvis, of the Maritime Customs. in the bereavement be has suffered

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Mr. Kipling has assured us in

THE RULE OF ROAD.- one of his songs that the customs and coventions of the building There were two cases beard by trade are by no means things of the Marine Magistrate (Lieut.- yesterday or the day before. But Com. Conway Hake. R.N.R.) this perhaps even he will be surprised aoming, in which coxswains to discover how completely they were charged with failing to were in use 3,000 years ago. It observe the rule of the road. yesterday. mom has been discovered that inside Τη оде ing from small-pox, within a the innermost shrine of the tomb corswain of the steam launch Tai case, Ip Yau-chi, In one of our numerous Sunday

month of their wedding. Mrs. of Tut-ankh-Amen the work Yik Lee, was charged with an papers, Inbserved a very sound

Jarvis was the daughter of Mr. at the hack and in the dark offence on March 7th.. which and sensible article by a lad who

and Mrs. Reed, of Stratford, and styled himself "Dan" on the

The latter is Dan's" choice, arrived in the Colony as recently corners has been badly scamp resulted in a collision with a

ed. In one place, for instance, police launch subject of the selection of the partly became las a batsman) be as February 22nd, when she was Interport team whien is to do can make an opposing bowler married in the Church of St. been put facing the wrong way showed that at 7.30 p.m., No. 8 a whole row of gill vultures have Evidence was given which battle with Singapore. He pre-well, we are not engaging in a where her husband is stationed. of the shrine bave been fitted to the Railway Pier, when it sighted lose his temper very quickly." Joseph, leaving later for Lantin, round, and in another the pieces police launch was on its way to faces bis remarks with a mild apolo, in which. think. teeth-gnashing. breast-beating, Eight days ago the lady fell ill.

a launch on its port bow. The rather unnecessary. Everyone hair-tearing competition with and was brought to Hongkong, fidently believe that when the coxswain of the police launch has a right to his opinion and Singapore. On the contrary, we where she entered hospital and inevitable bill came in, "To men's blew one blast, indicating that it

of even are playing them at cricket: a

was diagnosed as time fixing and making good six was passing to starboard, but no such an august body as a Selec- game into which a certain amount small-pox. Mrs. Jarvis succumb rows gilt vultures," the court answer was given. The approach. tion Committer can bring forth of good fellowship should creeped to the disease about three meals, busy with the cere- ing launch held on its course and nothing but good unless the afore. The object of these contests is to o'clock yesterday morning. Her monial for the new reign, passed said Committee are

fools, in promote friendship between the death under the circumstances it without a query, heaving only which case the criticism becomes ports: therefore anything of aand at the early age of twenty-five, the customary sigu at the exor

jarring or irritating nature must is indeed a sad one.

The fanera took place at the

bitant cost of building.. be omitted. Which appears to leave us with Holdman, if he cap Roman Catholic cemetery at

constructive criticism

even more becessary

will

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her illness

zether wrongly. We may con-

which is

As in all Interports. the team get away. He is fairly sound Happy Valley yesterday, the Rev. A patent has been taken out

for a suit Case consist of men whose hebind the stumps, and a stodgy Father Augustine, who had per- qualification for inclusion is bat, who occasionally makes runs, formed the wedding ceremony a partly that they can get away After all, it is possible that we few weeks earlier, officiating at for the event. In earlier days, it shall be unable to send a team. the burial.

MOSQUITO BREEDING

KELVIN CENTENARY.

a collision Was unavoidable, although the coxswain of the police launch put his engines foll astern. The collision damaged the police launch to, the extent of $35.

planation of the affair, but his The defendant gave his ex- Worship convicted and, as it was defendant's first offence, imposed

fine of $10;

automatically adjustable to the size of the contents. It is a very ingenious idea, and one that has was assumed that any man If we do, it will be far short of DEATH OF MRS- HERON.

long been the desire of every chosen would be able to go, but the best we have, and will receive

person who has tried to force Another coxswain of the same conditions change: the struggle its usual quota of encouragement

down the lid of an overcrowded launch, named Chiu Chi-shing, The sympathy of a wide circle trunk. This case is made in about for existence becomes

was charged with failing to more from the scoffers. But before of friends will go out intense; and in the present ye become one of these, laddie. A. W. Heron, of the Wharf and is shown both in English cowhide February 25th.

to Mr. half-a-dozen standard sizes, and observe the rule of the road ou instance I know that the Selection recall what a forlorn hope did Godown Company, in the heavy and in fibre. When contracted. It was stated by the police that Committee are having a harass- just ten months ago!

bereavement which he has suf-the case has the same capacity as owing to the launch being on the fered by the death of his wife, one of ordinary make, but it will wrong side of the southern fair which occurred yesterday after expand until half as much again way a Canton passenger steamer an illness of some six weeks'

may be included. The secret was delayed in backing out from duration. The deceased lady. is in the locks and her wharf. There was no colli- The Royal Society has conven- who was a daughter of Mr. John hinges, which permit thesion.... ed a committee representative of Lambert, former Lloyd's Survey full case to be closed without In this case, his Worship many scientific and educational or here, was first laid up with effort gentle pressure, however, found that the launch was in institutions, to arrange a fitting malaria, then influenza and causes contraction until, the case fault, as it should have held to pneumocis. together with other take the size of its contents. It the starboard side of the fairway. celebration of the centenary complications set in, and she is then quite secure and cannot In view of the fact that the Lord Kelvin's birth. Kelvin was passed away yesterday. born on June 26, 1824; but, as a

| expand until unlocked and open-coxswain,was a young man and Mrs. Heron With view to check tha large number of

was very well ed. Dressing cases, padded with had a clead record, he was only Dominion, known in Hongkong, and she silk, are also made with expand cautioned. breeding of mosquitoes, will the American, and foreign men of will be missed by many re-ing fittings, as are attache cases: Government pass a regulation science and engineers will be sidents, for she was of a very and sports cases which hold a

attending conferences at making it compulsory to cut off British Empire Exhibition, July Besides the bereaved husband, will also accommodate a few choice of half a dozen sizes in bright and cheery disposition tennis racket and a costume, and ordinary enough, but they give a all bamboo scaffolding immediate- 10 and 11 have been selected as there are two children left, for balls, another racket, shoes, and one, and for that reason are al- ly as the joint, so as to pre-convenient datos for the cele- whom much sympathy will be raincost if desired. All these most a necessity for everybody

Ossos, are well made and look who has occasion to pack a bag.

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At the meeting of Legislative Council, held

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