1935-06-28 — Page 9

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. FRIDAY, JUNE 28, 1935.

A SHORT HISTORY OF SOUTH AFRICAN CRICKET

TO VISIT CANTON BOWLS PAIRS

V.R.C. Sending A Team For Aquatic Meet

The Victoria Recreation Club will' Rond a team to Canton during the week-end. They have accepted the Invitation of the Tungshan Aquatic Sports Association to participate in a friendly aquatic sports meeting.

TIE

MATCH CONCLUDED

YESTERDAY

the

DUNCANS WIN Continuing their match from fifteenth head yesterday, L.A.. and R. Duncan beat J. Purves and 11.H. The best swimmers of the Tung-Rose by 22-10 in the third round of Khan Aquatic Sports Association have Open Pairs Competition on the been practising hard recently in pre-Hongkong F.C. green. paration for this meeting. Some

When the match was abandoned good races should be seen. A watern Wednesday on the fourteenth head,

has also been arranged, it the score was 9.9, .

polo

Purves and Rose scored on inly Mr. Liu Chi-wen, Mayor of Canton, head yesterday. On the afteenth, has donated a championship flag for they notched a single, but from then the occasion.

ATO

The Victoria Recreation Club team leaving flongkong by boat on Saturday night returning on Sunday night.

onwards the Duncans dominated the: game. The Duncans scored three. wo, four, two singles and a two in that order to clinch the issue,

Young Dunenn was playing a fe game. He Iny most of the shots and Swimming will take place on Sun-left his father little to do except 14 day at 1 p.m, when the following pro- | block,

gramme will be staged:-50 metres Host was unfortunate In that he free style: 100 metres free style: 100 found H. Duncan very accurate in! metres breast stroke; 100 metres back | his blocking, and his driving suffia - į alroke; reiny race (team of four) ef in conseqüenev. and exhibition diving.

The V. R. C. have selected their team as follows:-W. Lawrence, L. Roza Jereira, N. Dalgado, Dr. D. Laing, E. Marques, S. V. Gittins, H. I. Ozaria, Ed. da Roza, (1, Roza Pereira, and J. A. Guterres,

MILITARY CRICKET

VISIT OF 1907 TEAM

THOUGHT STRONGEST EVER SENT

TOURIST IMPRESS ALTHOUGH TEST LOST TO ENGLAND

SEVERAL NOTABLE PLAYERS IN THE OPPOSING SIDES

CHAPTER IV

ZENITH

(By "R. Abbit")

| wicket-keeper, who was n round bat worth his fifty or sixty runs against almost any bowling. went in number ten! All the same, Jessop, in his only 36. Pte. Nolan captured three A great many people think that the "Cricketer's Log," records that there wickets for six runs.

team which visited Englund in 1997 was a bit of a panic ou up at Lord's Against "B" Company, "A" Com-bly marks the highest point of before the First Test Match, and this

wickets. pany won by

"B" South African Cricket, unless the shown the reputation possessed by the Company rongiled 185 (Lieut. F. M. present team may prove to outdo visitors. Dawson 39, L/Cpl. Crabtree 21 not them. After the convincing way in Lock, however, was against the out), Pte. Pearson taking three wie which the South Africans had dealt South Africans as the weather was kets for 18 runs,

with the M.CG. team which was beautiful before the Firet Test and Thanks to 50 by Cpl. Allison and explained by Warner, there could be the wicket excellent, while England 17 not out by Lieut. Williams, "A" no question alut Test Matehen in won the test. Even so, up to point, Company knocked up ing for one England and three games, at Lord's, the English side did not do too well at Leeds, and at the Oval, were as five wickels were down for 158 Despite well-played 31 by Ptearranged. The South African side runs. Then, however, came a great Good Games Played Inekeley, who made his runs out of for these games, and for all others, stats between Braund and Jessop

total of only 37, "H(x)" Company of course, had to be selected from which pat on 146. East Lancs. League

vere beaten by "" Company by ten fifteen wickets, C. S. M. Elvin was repon small margh of safety, though it

It left a very players only.

did Set to face a total of 428 runs, the "A" Company are carrying every- sible för the dispissal of "123" thing before them in the Inter-Cum-Company for such a small total, tak tually upset the side as i might South African batting, save for Faulk

and Dave Nourse, completely very well have done. It is interest puny Cricket Lengue of the 2/East ing six for 82. Pte. Thekenson caping to note that this year only fifteen collapsed and they had to follow on. Lanenshire Regiment,

Dured three for 13.

here onde the trip.

Then Sherwell showed that he was a Playing against "D} {8}" Comprxay, Elvin followed up his bowling gr Unfortunately the detailed scores of great captain and grent cricketer. "A" Company won by 149 runs, They formance by hitting up 32 not out, the tour are not available, but the Though he usually went in

very

low made 186 runs (Lieut. J. P. Williams and with L'Cpl. Geld-worthy contri- make up of the side was this. First down in the order, on this occasion he 87, Pte. Ridings 21, Pte. Holt 20), buting 12 not out "C" Company | and foremost, of COUTRE, to which their opponents replied with | won by ten wickets,

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MATCH AT LEEDS

the match and only three tests were lost the rubber more highly than two were placed at a tremendous dia- played. It was not for another 22 sides (1905/6 and 1900/10) which advantage and this, no doubt, accounts years that five games were played in have won it. But the 1007 team were for the apparent weakness of the England, though this number was al-playing in England and on grass wie- batting, much as it was. It is, per ways observed in South Africa. The kets, while the English sitten in baps, not unreasonable to suggest that third game at the Oval ended in a South Africa, though also at a dis- the help given to the bowling by the draw but it was in England's favour, advantage from local conditions, were weather was more than off-set by the C. B. Fry again played a magnificent never representative of the country's bavor it, wrought in

the baiting inniuge.

full strength, whereas the 1007 team R. E. Foster, however, writing in. had been the strongest South Africa | “Wisden" after the reason did "not TOURISTS IMPRESS

could raise. It is for this reason that hold this opinion. But though they lost the rubber the ranny critles hold it to have been the South African created a tremendous finent side. impresalon in England. That Southị The only weakness was in the bat one indeed, and made an excellent Africa could defeat the 1904/6 touring ting and it has been pointed out that impression, not only in the way of team in a distant country (and in but for a particularly wet summer, cricket but personally, for they were those dayx distances seemed greater the googly bowlers, lacking the mat most popular and always played somehow did not come home to the ting wickets to which they were "cricket."

man in the street nearly so forcibly accustomed and the consequent nip

BA the fact that they all but beat Eng- they got on to the ball, might not

In any case, finest side or not, the South Afrlenn team was a very good

land at Leeds. In all their engage have been such a startling CCOSE. Barnsley F.C. have signed William ments they won twenty-one games out. On the other hand the South African Anderson, a 21-years-old full-back right, drew six and lont four only. It batsmen, who practically never had from Sheffield United, at a consider may seem curious to rate a side which had to face wet grass wickets before, able transfer fee.

ter, the English captain, placed Vos3774 half by splendid forcing cricket, und | have expected the palm to go to the South Africans were only a hun- dre behind, and bad three, wickets Reggie Schwarz. Then they had a magnificent wicket-l keeper, nu inspired to go. Next day, down rame the rain captain, nid a brilliant hardhitting and the rantch was saved. bat in Percy Sherwell, who was a

a plast master in

in taking the sort of bowling which drives the ordinary wielet-

The next match took place at Læerin keeper to distraction. Then for fast and the weather had been terrible. bowling there was J. J. Kotze, now on The wicket was a andden one but it his third visit to England. He may perhaps have been a shade past his be, but he had started when he was twenty-two and was now only in his thirtieth year.

SEVEN BOWLERS

In

was not sticky on the first day. Again England baited first.

opening with of the pitch is shown by the fact that Pry and Hayward, and the difficulty

at lunch time the score was 34 for ane wicket. After lunch the pitch As usual. 1. II. Sinclair and S. J.ner shot out the rest of the side

proved even more difficult, and Faulk.

in Stocke were there to supply the stock hour, when the total only howling. The team thus had seven He amazed everyone by the pace

reached 76 bowlers, four of them at least much made off the very wet wickel, and he above the average, and none of the netpally took six wickels for 17 four quite like one another; they had against the flower of English cricket. a brilliant wicket-keeper; und, above But the wicket suited Blytho also, all, of these eight nien who have been and South Africa could mentioned, only Vayler and Kotze to total 118 runs. Sully manage

were wenk

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ruax

with the pitch

stiff this array they had A. as it was and half an hour to go, a

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Nourse,

Ure left-hander, W.

lem of 150 at least on true pitch.

C.

Shalders, an opening but. C. 13. Huthern and I..

Tancred. D. B. Fry and Hayward both scored Robinson and S. D. Shonke, the, were drahtful if they ever played better great number of centuries but it is pretty _good_but, while 11, Smith was cricket than during that lust half hour. a useful al-round man. The team When Foster was worrying as to won eight of their first engagements, whether he should change his order including game against a strong ar not, they volunteered to go in and M. C. C. side, but already there were not only did they keep their wiekets, That the hatting was not quite up but they knocked out 25 of the

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NIGHTMARE WICKET

| themselves, it did not help the bats- There was little erickot the second) men who were used to fust matting day. when the score was raised to a

wickets.

But this year England were 119 for four wickets, but it cleared un very strong indeed,

during the night, at a drying wit.

right sunshine, mæle

RE.

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ater captained the side, combined with bright aut

with

. I. Fry and Tom Hayward as the wicket something of a nightmare. the star batsinen besides himself. He on the last dny. The

Mix wicket

had Gilbert Jessop to hit and foll for TI addition of 32 runs.

has recorded that Charles

fastish leg-break bowler in Len Jessop Braund, who was so good a trundler Fry's 54, made here, was probably that are almost forget that he was one of the best innings of his career. nearly as useful with the bat. Hirst But for all that, it

it looked quite also was another splendid all-round the eard, thas England would be ben- man who bowled left and batted right-ten, and, but for a great performance handel, Braund, if my memory by Colin Mythe bent they

would

ha serves me, did Just the reverse. He been! Thanks to him, however, South certainly bowled right-hand over the Africa were all out for 70. Ile, tonk wicket. Colin Blythe was in his in all 15 wickets for 99 runs and, curiously enough, he never hit the stumps ence.

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