1935-01-02 — Page 9

THE HONGKONG TELEGE

WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 2, 1935.

CLUB BEAT NAVY ON STICKY PITCH SPORTS JACKETS

ABOLISH

LEAGUE

CRICKET

(Continued from Page 8.)

players and spectators allke dorive more enjoyment from friendlies than they do from the longue encounters.

A SUGGESTION

N the other hand, if the league.

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is regarded as emential to

cricket in the Colony, why not a revision in some of the procadure,

COLLPASE OF

NAUTICALS

K.C.C. CHILDREN'S SPORTS

RE-ARRANGED FOR NEXT

SATURDAY

Owing to the wet state of the ground and the threatening weather. the Annual K.C.C

EIGHTEEN WICKETS FALL Children's Sports arranged for

FOR 128

Triangular Tourney

In the last match of the

with a view solely to leaving the Triangular cricket Tournament on teams with an equal chance of winning? I would like to see a the Hongkong Cricket Club ground

yesterday, were postponed.

They will be held, weather per- mitting, on Saturday afternoon next. An attractive programme of creats has been compiled, and the kiddies are assured of a splendid (me.

Thrilling Recovery

rule for league games which pro- yesterday, the Royal Navy catlaps By Mainland

were

vides that the actual playing time ed before the bowling of G. R. M. be evenly divided, so that each ticketts (four for 12) and A. C. 1. aldo has the same period in which Bowker (five for 27) and to score runa. Let us do away with drawn

dismissed for the meagre total of league matches.. Whichever side scors the moet 46 runs, enabling the Club to win rune in the time appointed, wins. by six wickets. This is not an original suggestion,

ENGLAND WINS

Women Cricketers In Australia

The Club batsmen were

(Continued from Page 8).

somewhat excusable, seeing that.

It was composed of four forwards

Higgins

HOLIDAY CRICKET IN

RETROSPECT

K.C.C. COME INTO THEIR

OWN AGAINST NAVY

ARMY'S FINE DISPLAY IN TRIANGULAR TOURNEY

(By R. Abbw)

Tre has been so much Cricket over the holidays that lave found it necessary to publish this extra set of not to deal with the K.CC. va. Navy' match on Boxing Day, the Army and Navy Game on 27th and 28th, and wak end cricket on Friday I hope to deal with “future" and the Club vs. Navy match which is to be played a New Year's Day. I shall also take in any other ww year games that come within my knowledge.

K.CC THE NAVY

he is apt to be erratic in his length. THE ARMY LEAD

THE

SPRING 1935.

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THE NEAT DESIGNS & COLOURINGS WHICH WILL APPEAL AT ONCE TO

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BERNARDS' of HARWICH

The game which the K.C.C.

The first five Army batsmen all for the best part of the period, were at home to the Navy does not did well. I gather that Bonavia I have heard it monted by several

Alan But once it had been made up to seem to have ben reported as fully was unlucky to be given out to followers of the game. It would none too comfortable on a tricky full strength, there was a different merited Played on Roxing an l.b.w, decision, but it's all in

Energetic

wal day, the tifa 1 am told, was as the game. Johnson at last got at least ensure bright cricket, and Wicket, and four wickets had fal-jatory.

les before the Navy total was flanked by a sound combination excellent and enjoyable as the going and played a a team would win on its merits,

very nice passed.

the knock for forty while Walsh made Eventually the Club to-between Elliot and Bernie Gosano Cricket-ar phaps it was

WAM robust display for on the right, and Ridley and other way red while there

n similar talled 82 for kix wicketa.

English on the left. tidley re- most exclip finish.

nineteen runs and put the Army A feature of the Club innings, mained the master schemer, but

The Navy w the toss and de-

eight runk ahead. Hargreaves was the performance of E. A. the real dapper cane from Gusano, cided that it would be better and Pratfield both failed, (1 for- Clayton, the Navy wicket-keeper, who played inspired football,

chase a ball but in the field to get what the penalty for running who caught three and stumped! also liked Elllot's quiet con square up the Christmas round of Commander out twice is, but one. Stoker Grunden took three structive work, and the enterprise the mess-decks. Anyway they presume it is "something humor- wickets for 18 runs and Pay-Cdr.uf English, who refused to be put Kowloon and Briggs made us with boiling oil in it. As a Tailors & Outfitters Hargreaves two for 13.

overnwed by ofther Leung In-chan the new ball gig a bit and had matter of fact i am told that on For Lau Mau.

the wickets Teddy Fincherone if nut on both occasions It The Club, by virtue of this win,

Arthur Lay si Munn fairly was Hargreaves' own [nalt.)- share the honours of the tourna] McGuire was almost Pardo'a Hoon.

But Branwell never got going. ment with the Army, with whom equal in the pivotal position. He Meantime, howver, E. F. Fin- but while Parks-Smith, Browning, they drew.

hael A severe handful in Tay, cher had settled down and pilny- Cutter and Manners played Leonard and Li, but once he had ed very nice crktet, hitting any-gallantly they were obtained their measure, he was thing overpitched very hard. His effective and the innings only relentless in defence, and very century was an excellent one, reached nine runs over the cen- helpful to his forwards. A. V. though he had and patch when tury. Bonavia and Williams gat Gosano did not came into the lime he was in the mintles. Mackay all of them but five between them light until the game was fairly and Stapleton shed some affand the Army won castiy, 1 well advanced, and Robson was their proper form and F. Zim-||

Brisbane, Q, Dec. 31. The first official women's cricket test match was concluded on the Ex- hibition Oval this afternoon.

England won by nine wickets. Australia collapsed, senantionally in The first innings, being dumissed for 17. England replied with 154.

The Australians did much better in

ROYAL NAVY

the second innings, hitting up 138. It. Branwell, e Owen Hughes, With the loss of only

one wicket, England passed the Australians score. Lt. Parka-Smith, e Ricketts, " Stumps were drawn when the score- board showed 34-Rrutor.

Bowker

L. 8. Peatfield, h Bowker Pay Cdr. Hargreaves, e Bowker,

Ricketts

SEKARANGOMA | MIR. Stundee, L. B. W. Ricketts

BOXING

INTERNATIONAL CONTEST

LEE THEATRE SATURDAY, 5th Jan., 1935

at 9.15 p.m.

| Capt. Cutler, b Bowker

apt. Manners, b Buseker

[E. C. Clayton, † Bawker

L. S. A. Emmerson, e Dunkley, b

Ricketts

Stoker Branden, Ricketts Sub-t. Briggs, not mul

5 Extrus

Total

flowling Analysis -

0. M.

Howher Restond

12

*

4.4 2 12

CLUB

Featherweight Championship of the Ricketts

Cology.

'A. B. PRANDY

H.M.S. Kent

1. W. Baines, Branwell, b

Hargreaves

Featherweight Champion Royal Navy T. Ride, e Clayton, brunden

and Royal Marines

STOKER DEE

H.M.S. Medway

Bantam and Featherweight

Champion of Cornwall

10 Rounds Welterweight Contest

MAX BRILHA

Former German Welterweight

Contender

Y

A. I APPLEBY

ILMS. Pandoru

6 Rounds Middleweight Contest.

A. R. FANCY

H.M.S. Medway

A. B. WINGRAVE

H.M.S. Medway

T. A. Pearce, st. Clayton, h

Crundet

E. . Duckilt.

Crunden

Clayton.

I

G. A. Stewart, e Clayton,

Briggs

A. W. Hayward, not out

G. R. M. Ricketts, e Briggs, b

Hargreaves ...

T. M. L. Redmond, aut aut

Extrax

Total for wits.

A. . 1. Bowker til' not but.

10

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1

not at his best until he had remern and Lay got double figures.. covered from the Islanders' shocki tactics.

NAVY VARY

THE RESULT

2302 very

The recent holiday games go lu Highly impressive and enjoyable The Navy did sotstart too well, show that the Army are a very site. Their bowling. was the way in which Ash respondina Smith who was turning the sound ed to the turn in the game's for ball a good deal nate one run though they have a lot of it in tunes, and all through the second nerons, (it was leg break to their weak spot. This year Elvin. half he was the best defender on left-hander), and Branwell fel-does not seem to come off against view, Intercepting, tackling and lowed it and was taken to the good hats, and while Garthwaite clearing with splendid judgment slips. Fram what have seen (seems to be bowling well, he does 46 and skill. Swain

rendered him and heard this em to be his not get as many wickets as ** good support, and Bayes was 'by only weak shot law him de would expect,

Bowling Analysis

1. M T

Briggs Crunden Emmerson Hargreaves Branwell

3 10

1

A 1 18

3

10

問

2

-

10

OnC

no menus inferior to Darkam, his just the same to a last leg c-offi Ballard is much improved. vis-a-vis.

ordinarily) break of Wijls Hong's bowls a steady length with a bit aome weeks ago, but the catch of of splu, and looks as if he was put down.

jeould bowl all day. The Navy

22 WORTHY PLAYERS

Altogether the whole, of, the

In spite of some gallant hitting rely too much on about three mirn, Twenty two players can regard) by Parks-Smith, who was lucky Branwell, Parks-Smith and Peat- themselves as having given twice to snick the bare his field, though- Bargreaves-will find. worthy account of themselves leg stump, things went badly for better form Inter. The conditions were by no means ident, but they did not affect the entertaining standard of football.

in

the Navy and whes their ninth wicket fell they stil santed over: eighty runs. Hower, Crunden hit everything,

The result was perfectly came in and proceeded to

It seems he dealt with Smith's

keeping with the fluctuating fortunes of the game, and, as an

I enjoyable spectacle for holiday breaks by refusing allow the

FREE CRICKET

Last Saturday was nboul unpleasant a day for cricket as could be well imagined. Very older and there was a beastly verenst, the day gradually grew drizzle off and on.

16 makers, the match was perfect. ball to pitch, and it boked as if It was only by luck that

G

NAVY AND ARMY MATCH

S

over for 姐

A brief note about the goals. It he was going to pulli a gallant happened to be able to look into was Li Kwok-wai who forces Swain victory, aided by E. RA. (is it?) the K.C.C. Just before tin, and (I think it was) to put in his own Clayton who was not out twenty-found that, Recreio had found it goal soon after the start, and then two when Crunden's Janings came hard to raise a side and that the Tay Qua-liang seized an oppor- to close at forty-e. Zim-Army were coming tunity of finding Boyes out of goal, mern took a terrife skier at long-friendly. At that time I did not G. S, Dunkley, H. Owen Hughes and and rattling the back of the het on to win the match for Howloon,think it in the slightest bit likely

with a fierce drive. An unlucky piece of handling in the penalty!

that there would be any play but it cleared a little about half-past area by Ash resulted in Partioe Crunden failed to reem hisane, and there was a very cheer- wuetting the third, and if the island success in the big game at the ful game, though the light was.

frwards had been properly re-HI.K.C.C. on Thursday and Friday never good and at times a clammy warded, the team would have cros- last. But Branwell care of and drizzle made things unpleasant. sed over with a bigger lead. gave a beautiful display of bat- The Army batted and, after Bill

English started the metanorting.

Its hundred and forty-Williams had been bowled by Lec phosis in the second half, when helseven is the biggest score which with the first ball of the match. hended in B. Gosano's centre, has been made on the Club ground Johnson and Colledge completely Elliot.

obtained the second for with a very fine shot through greaves,

years, I fancy. Har-collared the bowling and put on Peatfeld and Parks-over a hundred and twenty runK. A fine innings of 96 by F. R. crowd of players, a Smith all got useful scure and The former was very strong Zimmern enabled the University. Gosano fittingly netted the then the team shut up and were the leg side, but took chances on Past to defeat the Present by 24 qualiser, following a fue indivi-all out for 235,-n score which balls outside this rui in their annual match`at dual effort. Pokfulum yesterday

should have been much bigger, possibly Among those present were Sir Colledge, I see, made three catches cricket.

it Was Saturday The Past under the captaincy of Thomas and Lady Sonthorn and at the wicket off Rice-Evs who F, Hiptools, batted first and totall. Mr. M. K. Lo. They had the looks pretty fast. I doubt how I had no idea he could open out Colledge was very correct, and The Present were satisfaction of witnessing one of ever if he comes off the pitch any so much, as he hit them very well

the best matches of the season, fastor than he goes on to it, al (Continued on Page 3)

In addition to the above tight, three other bouts will be staged, the comPehtileld petitors having yet to confirm their engagements.

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Hong Kong Boxing Association

an Wednesday, 2nd and

Thursday, 3rd January.

General Pubile:

Friday, 4th and Saturday, 5th Jan.

Ringside Seats $5.50;

others $3.30 and $1.10. (Including Amusement Tax)

UNIVERSITY MATCH

ed 144 runs. dismissed for 120 runs.

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