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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 1933, -

"WE MUST PUT OUR HOUSE IN ORDER "-R. ABBIT

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COUN? END.

RN. HAMILTON'S'

2 WININGS.

HOW R. N. HAMILTON SCORED HIS 51 RUNST interesting sketch indicates R. N. Hamilton's scoring strokes in the course of compiling kis 51 against Hongkong,

CONGRATULATIONS AND COMMISERATIONS

INTERPORT HONOURS LIST: MORE INCIDENTS IN LAST TWO HOURS THAN AT ANY OTHER TIME

(By "Varitus")

FIRSTLY. Sincerest congratula-overs yesterday, Willis bowled to R.. N. Hamilton and well enough throughout to keep his team. It was a thoroughly the batsmen anxious and at times merited victory, and a credit to positively apprehensive.. the whole Malaya elovon.

sympathetic handelap for Owen Hughes and his gallant men. They made a great show of it, and if the end was rather disappointing, they can rest assured that they lost nothing

In prestige.

SECONDLY. A

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At the whigh and wherefores

FTER which we can get down

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WHAT a finish! A befitting the whole trend of the game, the ran incidents were left to those last 113 minutęs.

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INTERPORT LESSONS

HONGKONG BATTING NEEDS TO

BE STRENGTHENED

WHO CAN WE PUT IN ?—IS · ERNIE

FINCHER THE RIGHT MAN ? .

PROBLEM OF GOODWIN'S SUCCESSOR

(By R. ABBIT.)

SO Malaya won, and very gallantly too, while the de-. feated side were in no way dishonoured. They had played hard clean cricket and one cannot win always.

There wore two occasions|SPOILE during the last innings. of “Hong- kong when I thought that we had too match in hand.

The frat was when Fincher and Pearce seemed well set and happy. Thon the Malaya side seemed to me (I may be quite wrong) to be A little shaken. They held on grimly however and the batsmen made histakes.

Fincher had no business to be out in the way in which he was. He had his warning off the previous ball, when Speldė. winde dropped a hard chance. A catch in the deep would have been sad but honourable. A similar bad shot and a catch and bowl was utterly unlike the usun! Fincher, and I don't sup- pose he will do it again for seasons!

But these thingë do happen. It

KAN EKONOMIS

THE SHANGHAI MATCH.

.HONGKONG TEAM NOT YET

SELECTED.

It was stated this morn. ing by Mr. Harry Owen- Hughes, Captain of the Hongkong side in the match against Malaya, that the local eleven to oppose Shanghai in the second match which begins to- morrow had not yet been ..selected.

The selectors are meeting at tiffin to-day, and will afterwards announce the composition of the Hong- kang team.

is difficult to say whether the ball MLBUM KEVEJIANDAECEN Pearce tried to cut was too close for him to play the shot safely, but the result definitely put our

stock down.

A SECOND CHANCE.

Redmond, will as ho ftelded, is not absolutely fit, as I hardly think! worth his place when it is a question of strengthening the batting.

Then again when Williams and But It's the very deuce of a pro- Garthwaite got going and R. N.blem and I am piously thankful I Hamilton tried his costly export-have only to write about it rather ment with Morgan, I thought the than do something abut it! Good game had awung to us. Dis (or luck, any way!. should I say 'Gill'?) aliter virum."

With Garthwaite bowled and a ball that Williams was just hitting

for six cocking right up things were all wrong again. Hamilton Į · TN bridge parlance, Jonklass gave failed and things seemed, to do-

quality to his bowling by pend on our sidpper. having length with strongth. I Then Malays did their best for think he bowled less loose balls us and out Minu on the carpet than anybody else, unless one twice, and at tifin time it was excepts Gill and Pearce.

touch and

Unfortunately go. Owen Hughes went.

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PEARCE, played for his bat

ting, developed with Duckitt Into Hongkongʻa, chief medium of attack. That he made the utmost of the wicket was to his credit. As a matter of fact his complete figures of 4 for 57 did not do him justice.

SUGGESTED TEAM

Beck, Pereira, and Burnett in

The Sports Editor,

Hongkong Telegraph.

Sin-With great optimism I

·Natas YAAD

SALL

SUPREME COURT END, .H. OWEN - HUGHES'

1 INNINGA,

HOW OWEN HUGHES MADE HIS RUNS:-The above illustrates how Harry Owen Hughes made his runs in Hongkong's first innings

against Malaya,

UNDERWOOD AND TAY

SUSPENDED

UNTIL DECEMBER 1

SEQUEL TO FOOTBALL FIGHT AT SOOKUNPOO

INTERPORT INVITATION RECEIVED

(By "Veritas").

Suspended until Decem-

ber 1.

That was the verdict of the Naval Rugby

Emergency Committee of the Football Association reached last evening when they enquired) into the incident which led to

Player

I wonder how many times I have seen him lbw. that way? venture to suggest the following of the Borderers and Tay He seems-to-have-n-blind shot eleven to represent Hongkong Qua-tong of South China__off on the leg stump. Minu did against Shanghai in the Interport the field last Sunday. his best to pull things out of cricket match which commences the fire, but

we had not the to-morrow. stuff,

the referee turning Underwood Injured

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DUCKITT bowled nobly in both! TO SET OUR MOUSE IN ORDER.

innings, and one mustn't take y

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HONGKONG 80 for 31 Re-

quiring only 59 to win. Ten too much count of his batting Une thing seems perfectly plain minutes later 89 for Gl Minu, lapse. He did as much to get to me and that is that we have to four times missed in scoring 21 Hongkong within grasp of victory stiffen our batting. I don't think which included a mighty hit in- as any other member of the team. I to the Supreme Court: Dunkley runs himself out with Hong-GOODWIN'S work before his in- kong needing 15 to win!

jury was brilliant, and with- out being unfair to Malnya I think they would have been the losers had he been fit to bowl in the second innings.

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WHAT stories in themselves. Mix them together in the course of two hours and it is easy to imagine how exciting was the finish of this match.

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runs separated the AND 14

Lunma after two and half days

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AFTER taking into consideration the somewhat terrifying condi- tion of the wicket, I am still of the opinion that the Hongkong play. Had it been any more or batsmen could have done much nny less it would not have been a better. true indication of the difference between the teams.

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have ever Been B better fielding side play for Hongkong. The bowling, despite injuries to our two fast spin bowlers did all: that could fairly be expected.

But our hatting let us down, and we had too much tall.

I do not know what the Selection Committee have done-it may not be published even by the time these lines appear in print. But

rather fancy that there are several possibilities.

Goodwin of course is crocked and

I imagine that A.C. Beck.will un- doubtedly come into the side. It

Underwood, the South Wales.

|H.M.S. WHITEHALL

Borderers captain and Tay, South XV.OVERWHELMED {China's latest “star” capture from Here is my team in batting Singapore came to blows during the exciting game betweon the 24th and the longue champions at Soo- kunpoo.

order-

E. C. Fincher

E. R. Duckitt

P. V. Williams

T. A. Pearce

A. C. Hamilton

H. Owen Hughes (Capt.) A. C. Beck

F. D. Pereira- G. C. Burnett A. R. Minu

G. S. Dunkley

—R.H.B.

WILLIAMS WINS THE TOSS

The incident occurred in the last two minutes of the match, when Tay crossed over from the left wing to the right, and fouled Underwood, who retallated withi his flets.

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MISS TWO MATCHES.

TITLE BOUT ARRANGED

EWIN TO MEET FRAGGOTT

IN MIDDLEWEIGHT CONTEST

ON DECEMBER

LEE THEATRE AS VENUE

The Middleweight cham- pionship and belt of the Colony will be at stake when Seaman Harry Ewin of H.M.S. Kent, the pre- sent holder meets his challenger, A. B. Fraggott, of H.M.S. Berwick at Lee Theatre on December 2.

Attempts have been made per- sistently to stage a fight for the champion and yesterday a cable.. was received from him agreeing to meet Fraggott when H.M.S. Kent returns from Japan.

LUCKY WIN FOR "C" COMPANY

R.A.M.C. Have All

The Game

Lt. Elliot, right wing three- quarter of the H.M.S. White-

Playing at the Happy Valley had rugby XV, sustained in- injuries to his ribs and had to yesterday, the "C" Company of retire from the field when the the Borderers defeated the 27th team were defeated 46 ponts Company R.A.M.C, by two goale to nil by "B" Company of the to one in a friendly football South Wales Borderers at Soo- match. kunpoo yesterday.

Luker and Duncan scored for The score was 26-0 at half time the Borderers and. Sgt. Saybury/ and when the final whistle went the replied for the Medical Corps: | 8.W.B.'s had registered eight goals

Adairs the Medicals centre- It was Tay's Brat appearance for and two unconverted tries. South China since joining the

forward missed two open gogle Elliot's removal was particularly. club, and the suspension will keep unfortunate as he had been out-

the bar.. He by shooting over him out of two league games standing in his attempts to stem was continually In the picture veraue the Police on Saturday the overwhelming rushes of the but met with no luck. week and against the Club on No- vember 25,

Underwood suffers similar inte, He will be unable to play against, either the Royal Artillery or the

army team.

THE SCORES,

Nolson brought Jones full length to save a certain gon), but it was Williams the Borderera The scorers were:-Pte Parsan custodian who was the man of the three, tries, Pte Hurnes two, Pte match. He saved a shot from two Walters two, Pte Marsh, Pio yards range from Adams, and time THE INTERPORT Suter converted seven of the nine seemed inevitable.

¡Pole and Fite Hill one each. Cpl and again cleared when a goal

SENDS MALAYA|Police. IN TO BAT!

ON EASY WICKET

is somewhat invidious to subject AND is difficult for one to find IT

any reconciliation in the dropping any particular person failures of Fincher, Garthwalte, and the only two or perhaps three- Hamilton and Redmond, especi-people to be considered (I ima- ally in view of the fact that in) are F. Finchor AW Pearce, R.N. Hamliten, Owen Mitchell is not in practice I

Hayward and E. J. R. Mitchell. Hughes and Glil had proved that imagine, and I doubt if he will be there were some runs in the alroson. You could put in E. F. wicket,

Finchor without damaging the is he the type of bat to get runs felding but and It in a big but when they are hard to get and very badly wantedr

8 for the honours they were Just as equally divided. Hamilton and Owen Hughes both led their teams well. They stepped into a bailing breach when things were going all wrong.

high They set standard in the field, handled their attacks with intelligence E one thing which stuck out and skill, and in every respect a mile yesterday was Hong drew the best out of their kong's eagerness to get quick runs. players under dificult condi- The most extraordinary part was tions.

that the tactics came off-up to a point.

BOWLERS? Well Gill was un-

deniably the man who turned THE position had been com

pletely consolidated by Garth- | the game in favour of Malayn after tifin yesterday. He dis- walte and Williams. After that 'posed of Garthwalte when he was it required only normal care to just becoming got he got rid of gather the remaining runs Yot Hamilton at a time when the Army seven wickets fell for an addition- man was expected to save the nl 43 rune: game, and he finished by capturing Minu's wloket Just when it appear ed likely that the IR.C. player

was successfully going to knock

the attack off their longth. Not

'a bad day's work.

TN fact, when one takes into cón- |

dortion is invaluable in-

nlogs on Wednesday, Gill can be regarded as the man of the match,

THE early work of Willla cannot be -- underestimated.' Erratio though he was after his first two).

MINU'S Innings was amazing.

He gave Croome a chance as

soon as he arrived, and then;

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Capt. P. V. Williams won the toss this morning for the United Services against Malaya who are meeting at the K.CC., but, in spite of a good, easy paced wicket, decided to send Malaya in to bat.

Hayward, as I think he would

Two changes are noted in the himself confess, is not the bril- Malaya team. R. N. Hamilton and Hant fielder he once was. But Willis stand down to allow Lewis on the other hand, I personally and Doan to come in. tihnk that his batting is the type we want,

INVITATION FROM SHANGHAI

kicks entrusted to him and L/Cpl

Hewitt was successful with the

other.

"Although Marsh only managed to score one try, Individually ho played

Duncan's goal came from penalty.

Teams:--"C" Company, S.W.

-Hughes and Mountford; Coles, Podmore and

Mr. G. T. May, Hon. Secre-a brilliant game but was too well B-Williams: tary of the Football Associa- marked, “ tion, has received an invitation Parsons played a very nice game Williama: Luker. Morris, Nelson, from the Shanghai, E.A., for and used his chances to the best Marshfield and Duncan. Hongkong to send a team up advantage. North for an Interport encoun tor next Chinese New Year. The matter will receive the con sideration of the Council at their next meeting.

Hongkong visited - Shanghai in Croome to captaining the side. November 1982, when, against all The United Services have made expectation, they boat Shanghai, turns out that Archie Hamilton leally picked, Lieut. Hamilton stand-

Possibly both might get in, if it one change from the team origin- In the Interport.

Shanghai returned thò visit last ing down, to be replaced by Major spring, when under the captaincy Bonavia, the Bhanghai player, of Stanley Gash, recovored the

trophy. THE TEAMS.

The Teams aro: (a)

nings, and really Malaya des served to lose after missing him four times.

gor-

GREYHOUNDS SHOCKED

Eagle Beat Berwick

KEEN CRICKET

MATCH

A friendly cricket match was played

̈R.A.M.C. ~~Joпer; Slane and Corbett; Sgt. Saybury, Goulty, and Casson: Pym. Pool, Adams, John- son and Wright.

Wabb b. Howitt... Jacques not out Gloments, b. Hewitt Hardinge run out ...

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Total

11.M.S. Berwick

between the Ship's Company of the Sharp, b. Clements- H.M.8. Borwick and the Bhip's Com Howitt, b. Clements pany H.M.S. Eagle, yesterday when Johnson, c. Scott, b. Clomants the Eagle carried the honours of the Millor. c. Scott, b. Barron | day. Scorest

II.M.S. Eagle

Malaya:-V. Croome (captain), hit the next ball for six. In HONGKONG'S crowning

D. C. Burn, R. G. Gibson, Eu the following over the Indian row came when Dunkley rah Cheow-tlek, Lowis, Dean, L. Alvis, W. O. Jonklass, D. 8. Gill, C. A was dropped by Speldewinke, himself out:"Here again over Speldewinde, and R. Morgan.

'London, Nov" 9. Oxford Greyhounds, who recent and he proceeded to carpet defvo engerness was the cause. Frankly the next ball for four. The I doubt very much if he and Good-tiane, Lt. Garthwaite, Major suffered a surprising rugby defeat Staples c. Johnson b, King

United Services:--Captain Willy defeated Oxford University same thing happened after win would have survived for an- Bonavia, Capt. Walter, Flying to-day, when they met Gloucester Barron c. and b. Johnson Jonklass had given Minu his other 15 runs. Both wore hor-Oficer Morris, Lieut., Eaden, Capt. and wore heaten by 38 point to nil. Levis c. and b. Miller third life. Quite unperturbed, ribly uncomfortable, and ono folt Cutler, Lt. Cmd. Stephenson, Sub

Oxford Univeralty mot Leicester, er b. Miller da Minu proceeded to give GII! they wore fust living from one ball Lt. Sinclair, L. 8. A. Richards, and but wore unsuccessful, losing by Bolt.c. Howil, b. Rankin hot: chance. It was a gay into the next,

Pto, Baranby.

12 points to eight-Router... Barros e. Johnson b. Rankin

Cagly c. and h. Miller

King, b. Clemente Borrowdale, b: Barton Bowen, b-Jacques

· 3. Rankin, not aut

36 Ellaway, b. Barron

gBurton. b. Barron

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