SIXTH RACE
MEETING
LAST WEEK'S EVENT
INSTALLATION OF
THE TOTE
Costly Machine For
Race Courses
Totalisator machines, the most modern and efficient in the world and regardless of cost and labour, aro now being installed on the (Continued from Page 8). London greyhound tracks in place in the Shatin Handicap, which readiness for July 1, when they may be legally operated under was won by Pride of Tsingtao. gre time it looked ne if Boxing Evo the new Betting and Lotteries was going to pick the prize, but he Act.. failed to last sad was just besten oat Most of the machines which were in of a place by Copper Idol.
une on the tracks between 1930 and Right from the barrier there was 1032 have had to be altered at heavy no one in the race bar Shooting Star cost to comply with the provisions of
The in the Victoria Park Handleng further they went the further did the The doubles pool, for example, must Kong Bros. mure pull away,
lowering be mechanically worked and not hand Em-worked as it in on horse-race courses, the record for the five furlong. pire Day got away
This distinction will cost the Lon- mained in that position throughout-don tracks not less than £200,000, but It was a dull race to watch, only the machines' output at the White notable for the poor showing of Vixen City and Harringay, with a capacity Tor who started Recond favourite. of 85 Impulses a minute, will be not
less than 1,000 bets a minute.
second and re-
BIGGEST DIVIDEND OF DAY After this came the big dividend, of the day, when Strathnairn won the Stonecutters Handicap by a neck from Beginner's Luck, who bered badly at the finish when the pressure was put on, bụt for which he should have won Flamingo ran third. High West, the favourite, lay all over the top of Forget-me-not and had to be eased up to prevent an accident.
the Act.
ONLY & PER CENT.
From the point of view of the public the greyhound totalisator will be the most attractive in the world. The maximum deduction which the opera tors may make is 6 per cent, un the turnover inclusive of odd dividends, which is about percentage that may be taken on
horseraco courses.
the
I would like to offer my congratula-.
More than 250,000 yards of cable tions to Mr. G. Ferguson on his and wiring will be used to connect success in the Customs Handlenp with the main machine the 150 selling Hayarde, thereby scoring his first win windows in the various enclosures at at the Valley.
White City, where an extra indicator made
board is to be erected behind the Bright Star was but fourth was the best he could do. cheap ring which will show win, pince Bayardo was held in check till after doubles, and forecast pooin in units.
the straight, but when he
did
the
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. FRIDAY, MAY 24, 1935.
HONGKONG C.C. SEASON
REVIEWED
T. A. PEARCE AND RICKETTS HEAD AVERAGES
(Continued from Pago 8). good deal of his old paco but he does. not bowl at the wickot enough, and out тету little. palmy days of the Civil Service ten or actually turned
only sent
sent down three twelve years ago, when I think as Own Hughes captain I never batted or perhaps overs. This threw the brunt of the once in the year the C.S.C.C. won attack on to Redmond, T. A. Pearce Shield. The great majority of and Ricketts. The latter was hit for A.48 in his first two games without the run-getting was done by Pearer and Owen-Hughes. Mitchell's taking a wicket, but then found his figures are considerably enhanced by form and averaged over four wickets three not out innings, but both against match after that. Alec Pearce was Recreio and Craigengewer he played the next most successful bowler and, great part in pulling of a win. T.E. though a trifle on the expensive side, Pearce, who played more regularly he get through a tremendous lot of this season, had no not-out inning, work. I have been told that he was a top score of 35, and an average of perhaps used a little too much. Red- 27.5, which in pretty
Molid cricket. mond, whe almost
opened, Hayward and Hicketts had averages was extraordinarily
Most of ten or so less, but had they not of the time he is doing everything but cach played one very big nut-out inn- take a wicket. He was not expensive, ing, neliher would have had an aver as the runs averaged less than three of six The explanation is, of per over and as he was usually given course, that they invariably had to go no few overa to start with he might in to get fours or get out. Duckitt have got more wickets had he been had a Worne
than usual, tried again earlier. chiefly because he was being shifted about in the batting order. He is naturally an opening batsman, but scores usually so slowly that he does not fit there in Saturday afternoon cricket. McInnis and Mili-Wood unly batted once each hut made very use- ful scores when they did!
Rennon
THE BOWLING
cent
THE FIELDING
was
There are a good many brilliant elders in the Club side but I am given to understand that there were one or two epidemics "which were not catching." On the whole the ground
was good. Dunkley
behind the sticks. In eight games be concedel k byes There was undoubtedly a lack of eighteen lega byes, while catching five variety in the bowling as Hill-Wood | batumen and stumping two. only could play in the last two games one were to exclude the Civil Service and then only took five wickets for a C. C. and Army games his
record cost of 13 a piece. Probably more would be 12 byes, ten leg byes, four use might have been made of Duckitt caught and two stumped! who is a better change howler than
fre the League
The following favourite
ontering he came like a real good 'un boards, which show at
The elocklike dials on the indleator 媳 giance the
conie
he looks. Bowker seems to have a averages:
and was with plenty in hand. Spin varying rate of odds, will still T. A. Pearce
who ran second, must be im- operate, but the units, win, place, and 1. Owen Hughes proving and will be worth remember-total, will also be shown in numerais, ing for June 1.
It was, perhapa, a Atting climax to
a day of major and minor disasters
Dusseldorf, May 20. that no one succeeded in solving the Frau Martha Genenger, German riddle of the daily double. Con- aquatic star. yesterday broke the sequently the pool, amounting to some breast-stroke 100 metres swimming $2780, will be carried forward and record for women with the time of added to the pool for the daily double 6 minutes 28.3 seconds. The previous at the next and fast meeting of the record was held with 4 minutes 29 onde by Fraulein Kastein,—Havar.
aotaon.
G. K. M. Ricketts.. ER. Duckitt 1. W. Baines
L. D. Kilbee
T. M. L. Redmond G. S. Dunkley A. C. 1. Bowker
But if
BATTING AVERAGES
Matches Inngs. N.O.
7
I
ย
7
Runs Het Score 270
23. 279
Av. 40.50
104"
44.30
E. J. R. Mitchell
8
7
3
168 -
54
42.00
A. W.
arce ***
4
110
35
27.50
80
lij *
17.20
17.20
་
2
RG
57+
17.00
23
40
45
20
20
11.25
19
14
9.50
18
17
9.08
8
O
7
11
0
(F
0
#
3
0
0
0
律
*Signifies Not Out.
Also batted.
C. K. Hill Wood
2
1
*
Ca
1. Mennis....
2
1
41
E. Pote Hunt
1
0
BOWLING AVERAGES
Matches Overs Maidens Runs
G. R. M. Ricketts .. B
82.1
18
SNA
T. A. Pearce ......
7
70.1
13
304
T. M. L. Redmond ... 8
17
13
128
ཚོ་་དྫོ།
66.00
inf.
8.00
Also Howled.
E. R. Duckitt .....
3
15
21
C. K. H Wood..
21.2
65
A. C. 1. Bowker.....
24
7
J. 9. Smith
H. Owen Hughes ..
9 3
1
51
B
26310
Wkts.
Ar.
0.38
10.00
18.80
19.50
13.00
17.33 51.00
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KOWLOON C.C. BEAT RECREIO
In a "C" Division match at Kow- loon K.C.C. beat Club de Recreio by 6 matches to 4, despite the fact that J. Xavier und N. "Beitrno won all their matches.
The scores were:
E. C. Watson and R. S. Capell bent C. Xavier and A. M. Xavier | 6-2; lost to J. Xavier and N. Bellrno) 3-6; beat II. Gonsalves and C. C. Pereira 6-3.
G. A. White and W. Gitting bent C. Xavier and A. M. Xavier 6-3; lost to J. Xavier and N. Beltrao 3-6; beat H. Gonsalves and C. C. Pereira 7-5.
POSTPONED
Fixtures Rearranged For
Next Week
All bowls championship matches Arranged for yesterday were post- for play after the morning's rain.. poned, owing to grounds being unfil
The Open Pairs match between A. MacFarlane and J. Russell and P. E. Knight and J. Hollige, on the Hong- kong Electric green, has been re- arranged for Sunday afternoon on the same green.
J. S.
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C. Pereira 6-2.
Several other League matches were to have been played but were post- poned owing to the state of the
MATCHES FOR TO-DAY
The following matches are down to be played in the "D" Division this afternoon:
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