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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 1933.

IT WAS LUCKY SHANGHAI NEEDED 350

RUNS TO WIN

VISITORS HONOURABLY

DEFEATED

BRAVE EFFORT IN FACE OF GIGANTIC TASK

VALUABLE PARTNERSHIPS BROKEN BY ALEC PEARCE

PLAYED FOR BATTING: COMES

OFF WITH THE BALL

(Dy R. Abbit)

Photo shows the players and officials who look part in the K.C.C., v. Malaya cricket match at the K.C.C.

́last Sunday. (Photỏi Ming Yuan),

IN my notes of yesterday I had conjectured DOROTHY ROUND AND MARY HEELEY

that Hongkong might add another fifty and that they would be out in time to give. Shanghai a short period of batting before the luncheon interval.

Actually they got sixty-three and set Shanghai three hundred and fifty to win, and gave them, half an hour's batting before tiffin. No wicket fell however.

I also said that Shanghai would have to bat on a very bad wicket and here I was wrong, for, as it sometimes does, the wicket do- Anitely improved and the Visitors played their fourth innings on à wicket which played very nearly as well as it did in the flrat.

And a very gallant fight they minde of it. 1 fancy most of us felt glad that it was not two hundred and fifty that they required.

fun was too good to last, but during the quarter of an hour for which it did last he collected forly runs.

THE LAST WICKET. Even when Torry was stumped at two hundred and one and Shanghai were dead Mayhew and T. Madar refused to le down and kept the last wicket going for nourly three-quarters of an hour. But Peared as usual came to the The first danger that threatened rescue and got Madar to return them was the loss of a wicket be-one to him when the score still was fore lunch, but this Simpson and a hundred and seventeen runs.in Stokes managed to avert. They arrears.

very

AN UPHILL FIGHT.

defensivo

* MISS MARY HEELEY IN ACTION.

DUE IN HONGKONG ON FRIDAY

MAY APPEAR IN EXHIBITIONS

NEGOTIATIONS IN HAND

(By "Veritas").

HOW I SAW IT FROM THE and Miss Mary Heeley,

PRESS BOX

(By "The Pilgrim")

wisely played

Both men had batted uncommon- cricket, and resumed the same ly well. Indeed the more one saw was just as a acetion of the mem- They were both playing the bowling tactics after lunch. But at twenty-of the second innings the loss one ber's pavilion were discussing big well and scoring whenever the oppor- eight Owen Hughes tried Pearce understood how Shanghai gave hitters they had known, that Sam tunity presented itself. The dismis and Simpson just touched what such an inglorious display in the aacs of Shanghai walked to the sul of Stokea altered the whole trend was, to him, n leg break,

first. The only explanation is wicket yesterday and gave the crowd, of the game. But for a long time this was that they were thoroughly rattled watching the interport struggle be- tween Hongkong and Shanghai, the and by the first ball dismissing one of

the sum total of success with eighty runs on the board things looked a bit ominous and nasty sums in subtraction were done by the pessimists. However the answer was still. two hundred and seventy more, and then Alec Pearea again camo

their best batsmen..

Miss Dorothy Round

England's two lending women tennis players, are due to arrive in Hong- kong on the P. and O. Comorin at 6 o'clock Friday morning.

biggest thrill of the whole match. Beight when Bling accomplished sing

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end was finally brought in very smart plece of folding to run A SUCCESS. Hongkong and Harry Owen SHADES of Jessop! With a mighty out Booth, le gathered the ball and awing of the bat (but rhythmical hit the wicket in the one movement, Hughes are to be congratulated mind you and not blind) he fairly Booth being out by feet.

knocked the cover off the hall to

on a brilliant success.

1 do not propose to deal at. present with the collective or in-core 40 runs in 16 minutes,

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THE wicket rarely appeared dim- cult. Even Pereira and Beck rose to the rescue, and brake one back,dividual merits of the teams. bowling round the wicket, to get That will be done in articles E was no respecter of persons or only a few inches above stump holght.

HE Madar b.w., and two were down. written after the Malaya-Shanghai reputatione. The fact that Pearce But there was real quality about the The last shade of anxiety one had match.

had kept the batsmen tied down for Hongkong attack. I consider that hour and a half before: that Alec Pearce's bowling both against was when Stokes and Booth seem- But I cannot refrain from con-an ed to have dug themselves in. gratulating my old friend Tom Pereira had captured Leach's wicket Malay and Shanghai has so far been But at last Stokes' fine innings Hayward very heartily on his with a beautiful ball. These did not the most outstanding in the series.

count with leanca. Ho proceeded to came to an end, though I think brilliant success both with the bat, hit Pearce for a six and three foure: the bowler was lucky to get the and as a first slip, a position in he scored nine runs in three balls off PEARCE has a delightful action, decision.

which he has not fielded for years Beck, and a couple of fours off Lench came in to altempt.....and years.

Pereira.. come-back but when he was caught Batting like his and Teddy Fincher's-was just what WAS wanted to stiffen the side. Pearce's LIVES? Yes, he had three, and figures were very unfair to him.

Pereira was the guilty party in fine bowling-six for seventy on each case. But weren't the crowd fairly good wicket-calle for lgh delighted to see him dropped! The

LTHOUGH Shanghal redeemed praise and if he did not get as more sixers and boundaries that themselves, it cannot be sald many with the bat as was expected, Taacs could collect, the better pleased that they over reached expectations. Only Donald Leach and Isaacs bowled he cortainly got for more wickets.. were they,

with any consistent accuracy. Leach MALAYA v. SHANGHAI.

ALEC PEARCE,

at the wicket of ons of Peroira's

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flights the ball woll, is not afraid to "pitch 'em up", and can turn for go straight through with 'claverly concealed deliveries. Yesterday's

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To-day Malaya take on Shanghal DEARCE was the chief sufferer. to Shanghal was as Pearce to Heng-

The batting was fair to mid- The cheap dismissals of Pat

and I do not know if their long Isaacs should have been out after considerably helped the local

wait will have done them any good. he had scored his first nine of Beck.

At the time of writing I do not Pereira, fielding out fa the country team. Yet of those expected to make know if there is any change in the failed to get under a very high hit, tho runs, only Leach on Monday and

and although he got his hands to the Stokes yesterday came off. side.

Of course the logical result is ball, it wouldn't stick. In the same easy to work out. Malaya beat over he missed another chance, al

beat though in this instance he partially T is probably unfair to suggest that Hongkong. Hongkong

lost

sight of the ball through Owen Shanghai were too confident of Shanghai, Therefore a fortiori Hughes also running for the catch. victory. But I think they felt their Malaya will beat Shanghai. His third blunder was quite inexcusattack was good enough to get Hong- But I'm not so sure about it and able, receiving the ball at forward kong out for less than 150 in bath unless R.N. Hamilton can pull out abort leg.

a couple of big innings I rather think that the result will be the other way. Anyway it will be a

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thear let-offs, it BUT apart from Dwas a grand innings and did much

inninge, and when this was disproved, their batting went to pieces.

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most interesting game for those to stimulate the waning Interest of WEN Hughes has every reason to

who can get off to sea it!

look back to the 1033 Interpart

the enlookers. Although his big hit-with pride and satisfaction. His

I understand the Lawn Tennis Association are in com- munication with the players with a view to their appear-

in exhibition matches on

Friday afternoon.

The L.TA, are at present await- Ing a reply from the two ladies.

According to Information re- ceived from Shanghai, there is every reason to believe that they will be willing to play.

K.C.C. PROBABLE VENUE, Unfortunately their visit clashes with the Malaya v Shanghal Inter- port cricket match, and there seems little chance of the tennis;

arranged boing played on the Hongkong Cricket Club,

The Kowloon Cricket Club, how- over, have offered the use of thoir. ground for Friday afternoon,

No details as to the probable |programme are yet available, al-

the most

I have been asked to remind ting suggests that Isaacs did nothing work as a captain, bowler, batsman . MISS DOROTHY. ROUND, those interested that the In- but slash at the ball; this is far from and fielder was above reproach. If terport Dinner will be held on being correct. Isaaco reminded me there was a tendency to persist a though undoubtedly Friday evening at the Gloucester very vividly of George Collins, the Building. Lists are posted in the former Kont left handed cricketer little too much with Pearce, the short-popular attraction would be a coming, if such it be felt, was offect singles match between Miss Round His stance and strokes were almost by the manner In which he handled Hongkong and Kowloon Cricket identical, and Collins very often a fost bowlers. Anyhow Pearce and Miss Heeley, followed by a

of indulged in a first class standard was always bowling well enough to mixed doubles contest.

Clubs.

PLAYERS ENTERTAINED

fastest almost immediately all Musical Programme was over bar the shouting. *

SAM SMITES.

But there was plenty of shout-

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batting!

justify an extra over.

* up a score of 980 out of a possible That in this last innings. A match, with the high spots, Fits understood, are shooting some entertaining total of 1050 last May, Singapore,

THE luck was not entirely with LTOGETHER an

at Stokes, for instance, had every cause cher's Innings on Saturday, Lench's time this month.

to be dissatisfied with his dismissal. fighting knock on Monday, Pearce'n A very half-hearted appeal for bewand. Minu's howling, Hayward's clover

RIFLE MATCH

A launch will leave Blako Plor at

Stonecutters In connection with the match, and will be available for the conveyance of any Club Members who may wish to bo present.

TEAM

Leutenant B.N. Alcock (Berwick).. Mr. Anslow (BuTolk). I. Sen. Denby (Verity), Leut. J.H. Hocquard (Lincoln).

(Wishart). A.D. Martindale

Cricket Club

by Pearce met with an afirmative res- innings, and the Hongkong felling. 18.50 p.m. on Sunday next, for Members of the Hongkong, Shang,ponse. From the press box it looked ing to come. People had been fat and Malays Interport Cricket as though the ball had pitched well talking about Isaacs' big hitting team attended a concert at the outside of the stumps. In addition when he made thirty or so. and Hongkong Cricket Club. last night to which Stokes was distinctly hit on FAR EAST INTERPORT pulled off the match by one wicket A large gathering of members of the thigh. in 1926.

the Hongkong Cricket Club and gov One wretched fellow (I hopo erat ladies were also present, and believe that he eamo. from The Lincolns Impa orchestra first AT the time too, he was batting Shanghai) had remarked that Sam held the thich were well receive had passed his 60 and looked good and rendered thro▲ with the utmost confidence. Ito hadn't made any runs since. A tunes

ed by tho gathering, after which the enough for another. Although I libel of course but the left-handor Hongkong Cricket Club Croakers wouldn't go so far as to suggest that was out to show them he could hit. gave some selections from Gilbert had he remained Hongkong would

And he certainly did. Making and Sullivan,

not have won, I feel pretty confident most of he runs by, smashing The tit-bit of the evening was, that there would have been consider hits he scored for the greater part humourous monologue and songs by ably less than 117 runs in it at the

Given fine weather, Hongkong will on the off, though his six off Rev. Lewis Bryan, which was loudly close.

fire on Sunday next nt Stonecutter's Pearce was an on driva to the Law applauded, Mr. Hyde-Lay, also ren-

aland in the Far East Interport Courts. He had some luck of dered a song, and overal other Items

were contributed by other gentle FRANKLY, Shanghai ware definitely, Rifle match. Results obtained in the course as he should have been men. Mr. G. W. Trus, showed his getting on top when Sirkes was recent trials have glvon rise to caught in front of the public stand marvellous technique at the plane, given marching orders. He and definito feeling of optimism, although when he had not reached ten, but by giving a few delightful dance Booth had sent the fetal along to a formidable tnak had been set the It was a very nasty catch. Thomaslo tunes.

116, two wickets only having fallen, selected team by Shanghai whh put

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Hongkong Team Picked: ... Mitchell (terlek).

Navy Predemoinate

R.S.M. Offley” (Lincoln). L. Sen. Ransom (Suffolk). Mr. Sautres (Berwick)! A.B. Wood (Berwick),

Mr. R.II. Woodman (HIK, Ride Club).

C.P.D; Wylam (Stone-cutters Range staff).

RESERVES.

Captain Marshall (Likenda); Mr. H.C. Watson (II.K. Rifle Club)...

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