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TO-MORROW THE KING'S

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. FRIDAY, MAY 17, · 1935.

SOUTH AFRICAN CRICKETERS IN ENGLAND

REVIEW OF TEAM'S PROSPECTS

Weakness If Any Exists In Visitors' Attack

(By.. R. Abbit)

SIXTH EXTRA MEETING

FANLING GÓLF

STARTING TIMES FOR SUNDAY

Old Course

228.. A. E. Liesaman, P. Morrison. 9.82 H. F. Bommors, R. A. Rodgers.

S. II. Dodwell, I. H. Goare

9.40

PROSPECTS FOR 0.36

TO-MORROW

nor.

(Continued from l'age 8).

Which boils down to the fact

0.44

BOWLS TOURNEY CONTINUED

|Holder Eliminated From Open Singles

O'Neal Gordon, M. N. Cooter. Holder os singles tills and D'A. Wetherbe, Col. Matthewz, winner of

9.48 D. J. Keogh, Rt. C. Webb, 9.62 A. T. Lay, H.-C. Hopkina,

which he

Grimmitt

A. M. green

9.50. A. A. Bremner, T. Addis Open Sir

Martin.

Train leaves. at 8.30 a.m.

that I prefer the old subs I

CX- break into pressed this vlow once before, and on that occasion Wadebridge made the old 'uns look like a bunch of hacks, Nevertheless I'll risk another slap and stick to my conviction.

0.

the

very competition for fored last year, A. W.

eliminated from Bowls Championship by ind'on the Pollen RC Erday, by 21-20.

Craigongowor GD. #roes, di had an easy passage

b. Strange whom he defeated mach Anished on the Ath houseLeod scored two and a three.

fear a large portion of the field would On

trot long before the W. M winning post, were ranched if they a chose & longer course. Flamingo placed while For

In the last scramble High We

ran fourth, and it looks pre Lain Howloon Decks, P.E. Knight had that one of these at leas place Only a small held will face the star-jagain, possibly Forgey/ The logica}}

the better of J. Tetley, the Civil but I vice player wimming by.. 22-18.) ter in the five furlong sprint for "B" look

to High Princip

game reached the 25th hend Class Australians. The pick of this winner with comma from Forget-

Clob do Recarlo grom J. bunch seems to be St. Joan at these me-not. weights. Alacrity has placed in bet

Customs Handi bea

ONLY A SMALL FIELD

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Service Cricket

Cricket has been played in South Africa for nearly a hundred years, but in the vast majority of cases the game is played upon matting. Naturally this has always been. a great handicap to the South African players when they go over to play on our grass wickets. But in recent years there has been a tendency to introduce turf on many grounds, especially in the Cape and Natal provinces, and only a short while ago came the news that the Wanderers Club at Johannesburg has decided to turf their famous ground where many a Test match has been played. The

EW FE. MacGowan, of the Civi ion created surprio by result of this is that the present team is made up of players

ter company but his times have not cap, for novices be a nice betting at one period Henson was who had much more experience of grass wickets than their been any better than those St. Joan race. Bayardo's recent fine display actually leading by 18 shots to thron Chub, by 31 shots to fathers(literally, in one case)-had. This is, of course, dwell at the gate so I prefer the mare. and one ought to be able to count on towards the end, reduced the load to

has put up. Also he is inclined to will have car him many friends

but MacGowan, playing good bowls a great advantage.

Shooting Star can go 6 figs, like him for a place at least. Bistre 1 bird and I confidently expect to see also expect to see run in the

18-16. Cricket, in countries as well, a team in Crisp who is no more than her well up. Vixen Tor

be but I may

I give the outstanding chance to money, counties, has its upward and down- fast-medium. It is a curious.fact dangerous if she gets well away.

G. S. Sherriff, of the Bowling Bright Star. Flying Tourist is down Green, beat LF Xavior of the ward curves, and South African due perhaps to the many matting ericket was in its hey-day before the wickets--that South African, bowling process of eliminating winners from ran a nice third behind Bayardo. I Kowloon C.C. by 21 shots to 20. The As the season progresses and the 20 lb. on his last outing where he Recreio in a thrilling match at the war when Gordon White, Reggie has always run more to spin than to the "catencat" brigade continues, I don't think the rest of the field have game terminated on the 20th hoad, Schwarz, Vogler and all the other pace, though I do not forget 3. 3. find it harder and harder to make a much chance.

B. Williams bont B. Basto by Le well-known stalwarts were in their Kotze, who was not so much slower

had than Kartwright. R. J. Crisp will put of this bunch of hairies deserves Shepherd and S. Eccleshall beat Dr. Green Club. Basto scored four

a winner trying to pick a prime. By 1912, however,

Selection-if

shots to 19 at the Kowloon Bowling fallen back somewhat. Since the war, probably open the bowling ES a rule

be dignified by this description. The N. P. Karanjia and Dr. F. and a three while Williams registered of 1994 and 1927 were no match for fast swing bowler of over. xix feet gramme committee confining these original partner in the competition Playing on the Hongkong. F.C. though strong at home, the two teams with A. 3. Bell (who is a medium to difficulty is increased by the pro- Fernando by 20-16. Eccleshall's singles and twoi. the fall strength of England. South and

high action! He took six for races to five or six furlong sprinta was J. Gallatly, Africa have never won a Test Match minety-nine in the Lord's Test in the reason being, I imagine, that they disposed. Shepherd took his place.

who is still in-green in the Pairs Championship, J. England, the present side

Continued on Previous Column). very well be the one to set up a new ready distinguished themselves, As the recurd. I am well aware that this former took six for thirty-four Auggestion

will

not meet with general against Worcester and five for forty but I frankly consider that against Leicester, while Bell had cricket is at waistas periods for the moment, when the in the Worcester game, glants are fading away, and their Mitchell. Dalton and Tomlinson Successors conspicuous for their spin bowlers, but a great deal of the,

The team that has gone to work in this department will fall upon England has made a start that should C. L. Vincent who is the aldest nem be of the utmost encouragement to ber of the side, but can bowl for long them, Very wisely they have perlode without tiring which isi arranged to tackle fairly,

weak

fortunate he is the only left-hander opponents early on, as their pro- they have. I learn that"

counting ramme was too long to allow them Tests in England, South Africa and to put in the first two weeks in Australin, he has played in twenty- practising and in getting acclimatised one tests. With the exception of They began by overwhelming, Worres. Tomlinson and Vincent all the other tershire, who appear to be in for a spin merchante are very useful bats. very poor season, and beat Leicester-

THE BATTING

five

runa.

shire by a hundred and seventy runs. Presumably I, J, Siedle will go in Then,

at Fenner's, they bent Cam first with Wade. He has been making bridge by an innings and farty, big scores for years, holda, with Bruce though the Light Blues

Blues had a total Mitchell, the record first wicket aggregate of four hundred and forty partnership (260 against an English Finally they cruched made a score of a hundred and throa Sur-ide in South Africa) and has already rey by a hundred and ninety, and

the County was

not ot. full nat

out against Surrey. Besides, strength, this was definitely a very Wade has E. A. B. Rowan of

of the creditable victory. These four games; Transvaal, (91 against Leicester and should go far to give the side an im-108 against Cambridge) Bruce Mit- mense amount of confidence.

chell of the samo District. Came nise of the Transvaal, E. L.

of the And now, what of the side general of Natal, K. G. Viljoen

Orange Free

State, (03 against ly? It is not so very young, as was the team of 1929. But a great num. Leicestershire), and A.

and A. D. Nourse, son ber of the side played then and are old of A. D. Nourse, the great cricketer in experience of big cricket, if not in of the first decade of this century A years. The ages rango from thirty. brilliant forcing bat, this young man,

THE TEAM

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108 not out.

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tty who is only twenty-four, has, if the two to twenty-two, which is pretty

cables are correct made a double cen sound, especially as the average tury against Surrey, scoring 147 and only twenty-six. A weak how.

spot, ever, is in the number of players, as only fifteen have gone, while, I be lieve, the programme includes forty matches. When one

the one recollects the troubles of the Australians with ill- nean, and former difficulties the South Africans have had, one is inclined to doubt if it would not have been wiser to have sent a couple more players.

THE CAPTAINCY

I see that I have omitted A. B. C. Langton, a medium bowler who took five for forty-nine against Leicester shiro not a so bad for a youngster of twenty-two whe has only just got over an operation for appendicitis.

Finally, the wicket-keeper in re- serve la R. J. Williams of Natal, who runs Langton to a month or two for the title of baby of the side: The ield and one wishes them the best off H. Fluck.

I was considerably surprised to find whole team is said to be good in the that Cameron, their stumper, was only vice-captain, and that Wade was to lead the alde. The ex- planation given is that Cameron is 80 good a wicket-keeper and so useful forcing hat that it is unwise to risk letting the

cares of

af captaincy spol either of these excellencies! I con-

SPORT

ADVTS.

feas it came as a bit of a surprise to THE HÔNG KONG JOCKEY CLUN, me, as I had always regarded the position of wicket-keeper an ideal one for the skipper. However, Wade has dono a great deal of captaincy in

his

The Sixth Extra Race Meeting will be held (weather permitting) at HAPPY VALLEY on Saturday, time. He is twenty-nine years of 18th May, 1935, commencing at:

fine opening batsman and a sound mid-off. He comes from Natal, and has already made a score of a hundred and sixty-one against Cambridge this

tour,

THE BOWLING

It has been said that if any weak- ness exists it is in the bowling. It must be confessed that there is no fast bowler, as the quickest one- in the

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