THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. FRIDAY, NOVEMBER -15, 1935.
CAPTAIN FOSTER DISCUSSES RACING PROSPECTS
AU REVOIR
SHANGHAI TEAM LEAVING
SPECTACULAR END. TO VISIT
FINE BATTING YESTERDAY
(By "Veritas"). -
O we bid farewell to Donald
Leach and his merry men. They sail for Shanghai by the Empress of Asin to-day and take with them the good feel- jays of the whole Colony, They have played extraordin- arily good cricket and have no reason to feel they have let their selectors down because they did not win the Interport.
THE sentiments expressed at
Donald Loach, popular skipper of last night's dinner were the reflections of everybody who has the Shanghai Interport team, who watched Shanghai in action dur-paid tribute to the qualities of the ing the last five days. They Hongkong side at last night's dinner, |
came down to win the Interport. This they just failed to achieve. But they gave Hongkong a taste of bright cricket and leave be-
Cambridge
hind them proof that the game Beaten By
is just as popular and attractive to-day as it has ever been.
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TN their Inst match, played against the United Services our visitors indulged in some of the brightest batting seen
on
the Club ground for many a long day. Kermani was again the outstanding figure. What n in- record he leaves! Four nings, once not out, 312 runs, average 108 per Innings.
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INFORTUNATELY
speak with the same authority on Interport cricket as my colleague R. Abbit. Otherwise I should be delighted, positively to state that Kermani established a record by sooring two successive centuries in the course an Interpori programme, But I Imagine that it is a record, and it is equally possible that no- body to date can point to such a wonderful average as his.
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URIOUSLY enough Kermani was not the man feared bý Hongkong. Stokes was the fellow Bat everybody was nervous about, Stokes, although batting very well in the first innings of the Inter- port and again against the K.C.C. and the Services, could not get going in his proper numer,
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All Blacks
DECISIVE
RUGBY RESULT :
London, Nov. 14.
THREE CLASSICS
TO BE RUN
"Nothing To Beat Herod In Hongkong St. Leger".
OTHER EVENTS ARE VERY OPEN
(By "Captain Foster")
Three St. Legers will be run at Happy Valley to-morrow under the auspices of the Hongkong Jockey Club and the balance of the programme is made up of handicap events. The first classic will be the Hongkong St. Leger confined to griffins of this season, the second is the sub- Griffins St. Leger, and the third is the Fremantle St. Leger for Australian Ponies. It is not to be expected that there will be a good field in any of these classic events.
Mr. Hem's Herod has shown his ability to stny the long distance journey as he won the Hongkong Cold Derby and so did Mr. Rekdy's Morning in the Rooty Hill Derby but I am afrakt that the latter will not live up to her reputation. We should see a good race in the Sub-Grifins St. Leger owing to the fact that there the very few
stayers among entries and this inusic is, in my estimation, not only very open but will be the best event of the after-
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CERTAIN RAISER
A. W. Hayward, captain of the Hongkong Interport cricket team who last night received the Shanghai fing from Donald Leach.
1930 Mr. Dynasty's King's Colour SHANGHAI
ridden by G. ROTA.
1931 Mr. Li Tse, Fung's Gold Key
ridden by Harriman.
1932 Mr. Dankar's Liberty Hay Tid-TENNIS
den by L.. Frosi,
1933 Mrs. Pearce's Trenthridge ri- Į
den by A. J. Heard.
1934 Mr. Li Shia Pang's Soldier, of:
Britain ridden by N. Deltz.
In 1931 Mesara, Kong Bros' Bright Star passed the winning post frst but‡ was disqualified for bumping and the
race
was awarded to Mr. Li Txe Fong's Gold Key ridden by Mr. Harri-
man.
1
STARS
FREE HITTING AT THE H.K.C.C.
SHANGHAI MAKE MERRY WITH
SERVICES BOWLING
IN SPITE OF STEADY WORK BY HARPER AND PROWSE
GOOD KNOCK BY MAJ. BONAVIA
(By R. Abbit)
A fine day-and a fast-and apparently good wicket awaited the Services-Shanghai match yesterday. - Leach again won the toss and sent in Stokes and Pat Madar. Garthwaite bowled with his usual leg trap and there was a nice third man breeze, but he did not seem to swing as much as usual.
down
froni
Prowse bowled Harper bowled at the other end-, leg. Just after n Naval bowler who has not been seen Jenkins who had played some very
Ilongkong le is nice shota indeed, nuch yet in
240-0-18.. medium paced and brings the ball Williams then came in---I understa
Very
with instructions to hit. Bonavia high, Madar
Williams had nieked one through the slips in his relleved Harper. secund over but neither first nor single, Kermani two fours and single.
then Williams second slip could quite get at it.
one single, in his next over he bent and Stokes seemed to regard Garthwaite as just what the doctor ordered and bowled Kermani 268-6-121. A fine camo In. An over. later Harper went on for Bonavin
and
hit him to leg and put him through innings. Elliot
дья the slips frequently. Stokes
playing beautiful care-free cricket (who had done his stuff) and bowled
on-dreve
and
ing well, forarper, who was bowl- Elliot with his first delivery, 204-8
four. Next over Harper 2 had Pat Madar caught smartly at
on
-
Harry Madar then batted but was
the wicket. 47-1-10. Idkl not smartly stumped off his third ball. think
that he saw them very clearly.264-0-0. The last wicket put on 24 In spite of the obvious fact that runs leaving Williams not out 18 and Garthwaite was useless he was kept Baker not out D, Prowas and Harper hit him for three took the bowling honours with 3/77 and Stokes conaccutive fours to leg and a single kept wicket magnificently,
and 4/72 respectively. Holland-Mar- However the single was useful as it got Stokes opposite to Harper and he nicked the fourth ball of the aver to second alip wide where Persse made
04-2-13, n very good catch.
-KERMANI'S BIG ASSET______
-Garthwaite then went
WA
SERVICES. BAT
TO PLAY HERE. A contingent of Shanghai tennis is due in Hongkong to-
Bonavia and Williams started and day en route to the South Sens
Jenkins bowled from the Law Courts Cambridge University proved noi
The curtain raiser will be in thei NOTHING TO BEAT HEROD
for a tour, During their week-
end. It looked as if the former might match for the New Zealand rugby and to "I" class Australian Ponics Betham Handicap over a mile con-
end stay in the Colony they are
have been taken u the second ball There is no denying that Hered in team when they met to-day. The and it is more than likely that all stayer and I cannot
to appear in exhibition matches
Elliot see anything
For in the slips. One run cane. New Zealanders won by 20 polots will accept.. Lady Southom had no to beat him in the Hongkong St.
at the Chinese Recreation Club Proust, and the scoring stendled. bowled at the other end. Williams
went to five and were always the vastly tuck with her Halcyon at the last | Loger. I admit that, when he passed announces Mr. Ho Ka-la",
wicket. Ten kept Harper had a long spell and a very better team.
puting in the Ballarat Handicap for the-winning post first in the Derby Oxford University scored a well the chart Finance for third place. only half-a-length, it was not a can- Hui-hye, well known in longkong and was stumped: 00-3-13 Tackle the shis for
Williants-glanced Elliot for four.. The players, headed by Khoo go one and then Ballard went on. warly but then things were very quiet was just nosed Inst February beating Rose Queen by
At 90 Booth jumped in to Prowse
After a single he got Jenkins through out by High Leicester, winning by 16 points to lowost minimum weight. deserved victory at the expense of auto-morrow the pony is wet nt, the vincing win, but the fact was, Herod include V. T. Wang and Chiu In- started shakily and Kermani
similar amount., Beth four, while Gloucester defeated the of fuck Halcyon should get a place known by all the early birds..
With a bit was short of a gallop and this was
рла. The last two are newcomers not at home though he still managed batsmen had been watching the ball to the local courts. Oxford Greyhounds by a similar as he is certainly the best of the low
to carry on what I think is his greatest very carefully. Runs continued to After winning the Lusitano Club
bat, the ability to hit come and there was a good under- more-Renter.
weighters.
Cup over a Mile in a most convincing Wang was runner-up to. L. D. practically every loose ball he gets standing aver singles.
At 34 Leach relieved Elliot; Alacrity, Snowy River and Stream-style in 1.58.175 carrying 7 lb. penalty, Carson in the Shanghai open for four. So, many batsmen miss
Willams crashed him for four to the line have been well looked after by Herod has on LOCAL HOCKEY the Ocial Adjuster and the prey for a considerable length walking dist championship this year and has half of them or mare.
of time due victories over Gordon Lum and
The The Services Belding was in and Pavillon, Booth went on for Jenkins, will have to show their best to stave to suspensory ligament trouble and
work was continued and. good off the challenge of Halcyon any pony suffering from this
out. Garthwaite brought off one] who
may Khoo.
sent up the fifty with a Chiu In-pan won the Shanghai magnificent save racing about twenty Beautiful late ent off Booth Pat wants to present his card.
break down at any moment. It will
after a be recalled that the best training time Junior Championship two years ago yards to gather a hat drive within Madar went on for Booth performed
Herod by
61 Williams of overs. At Couple on and in the recent Hardcourt Cham- foot of the boundary. Ballard and January 26 last when he covered the pionship beat Khoo to reach the Prowse bowled very steadily but runs tried to hook an off break from Leach Derby distance in 3.18 Anishing the semi-final.
caine along. Then Prowse got one which came straight on and, missed last quarter in 32 seconds and the last
past Leckie and took his leg stumpit Back went his of peg. 01-) nim According to present arrange-139-18. half-f-mile in 1:08. The last mile was
29. A fine opening stand, timed 2.07.4/6 and the last 124 miles ments the programme will be as were 2.12, Gladiator, who was sent follows:
BONAVIA MISSED along to amah the pony, could not up the pace and was beaten by many lengths
UNITED TEAM FOR MAMAK GAME
thic
the
The following will represent United Hockey eleven against Royal Engineers in a Mamak Tourna- ment Axture on Sunday, on the Radio ground at 3 p.m.:--Pool: E. Alves, K. S. Mchai; S. M. Nabi, Chawick, Leigh: W. Wright, G. S. Winch, II. E
"WERMANI"always" jooked like get="|"Gulbay, "II."H. Mueller and R, Alouso
ting a lot or runs. He watched the ball right on to his bat, yet seldom missed an opportunity of scoring. Yesterday, for example
he collected no less than 20 boun- daries in making 121. In fact his runs were made at a pace of one a minule, and it is not very often- that Woolley In his gayest mood scores faster than that.
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THE former Hongkong Univer- sity player was so definitely on top of the bowling that his century became as inevita ble as the sunset. It was mere-- Hy a case of how soon would he reach the mark..
STOKES too, was in his happiest
form and the manner in which he sent the ball scudding away to the boundaries was a sheer joy to watch. It was a new realisation of what can result from the ideal co-ordination of eye, feet, wrist and muscle. A charming innings.
ALTHOUGH wickets fit never lar intervals there was never any suggestion of a Shanghai col. lapse. AB the batsmen con- tributed a quota of between a and 20 runs, no that ench dozen wicket yielded on the averago an additional 30- runs.
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BUT I did think that under the circumstances both Harper and Prowse bowled very creditably. Now and again Prowso got right past defences with splendid dell veries and obviously he is a bowler of distinct possibilities,
MAJOR Bonavia was as de-
lighted na he was astonish- ed when he clean bowled Kermant. He was only brought as a sort of desperate measure, but it really wasn't a bad ball which beat Kermani. The bate- man seemed to try to cover up
but was beaten bỷ the turn.
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SUPPOSE it has a right to, go "down in the archives as another example of the "Glorious Uncor- tainty.
FACING the Impoalug total of
288 for D declared, the Services nover had the faintest hope of gotting the runs. But they settled
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I am not positive but believe that the Hongkong St. Leger was first run in 1926 and 1. enumerate below a list of winnera since its inception:-
1926 Mr. J. M. Roclis's Lady Luck
ridden by G. Raza.
1927 Mr. Ho Kom Tong's Town Hall
ridden by T. L. Wong. 1928 Mr. Dunbar's Coos Bay ridden
by G. Roza.
1929 Mrs. Dunbar's Hinwatha_rid-Į
́den by F. M. Soares,
This Morning's Training Gallops And Times
SEVERAL PONIES SHOW GOOD FORM
The following are the training times recorded at Happy Valley during this morning's outings in preparation for the raco meeting to-morrow,
Rose Queen'
Roussen! Heart's Glory
Mistake Bay Pontine Bay Alacrity Bistre King's Justice King's Warden The Dermstor Valley View Ebony Idol
Cod Morning
Festival Evo High Honour King's Jubilee Ythan
Hornd Gladiator
ویرا
1.044
at
was
SATURDAY
vill time permits a doubles match
asket as a
Harper then relieved Ballard, but! bowled one or two, rather loose ones on the short side, which Kermani carted to the leg boundary
cut
and
Garthwaite came in and Bonavia 2.30 p.m. Trui Wai-pui v Chiu In- very hard. ns requisite. Bullard smacked Madar to the long leg "pan"(hest"of" 3^sels)
went back and Leach oft drove his boundary-Next-over from Leach 3.16 p.m. S. A. Rumjahn V. T. Recond ball for six. Garthwaite re- Bonavia seemed to be dropped at the Wang (best of 3 sets)
leveil Prowse and was evident that wicket. It was the fourth maiden for the Services were short of bowling. Lench running. The scoring slowed. It was most unfortunate that Com-4 but with 80 up Jenkins relieved mander Grace could not play. The Madar und Garthwaite hit him to wicket put on 49 and then in the square leg for four and then for a exuberance of his heart Donald tried single-very well saved by Kermant; to hook one of Garthwaite's that was but things were quiet even the band too far up and skiet it to mid-wicket played slow music.
follow.
SUNDAY
"The running of Rosé Queen in the | Hongkong Griglus Cup was very dis
gusting and it seemed to me that the mare has lost her sense of racing, Her Jockey Mr. Pih, I understand, will not be riding to-morrow and it is more than likely Mr. D. Black will be the "wheel." Rose Queen has started thirteen times and had never been unplaced.
What is
in the
mutter with King's fubilee? Since the recess he has
to be caught by Ballard-181-5-18. As an antidote Garthwaite let out. started twica and has not earned any
Prowse then went on at the Yard at Pat Madar, on at the other end, thing to provide for his barley and
end. Two hundred went up in the and Stokes brought off a brilliant bram. Rose Queen and King's Jubilee the C.R.C. and
The matches will be staged at over before timin.
running catch at long off. 86-2-18. Then the band stopped. were second and third respectively in
there will be n
Jenkins
got up hastily and got Williams again on his shoulder where
2.30 p.m. Txul Yun-pui v. Chiu In-pan (best of 3 sets)
3.15 p.m. S. A. and H. D. Ramfahu Khoo Hool-hye and V. T. Wang (best of 3 sets)
AFTER TIFFIN
the. Hongkong Derby but somehow or charge of 50 cents, Including tax,
f fuel another
that their saddle on each day. numbers wil
Tennis fans are promised an un- free cricket and soon completed his went in to pad
On the resumption Kermani played he had been hit before and Kermani not be in frame to- 3rd Last morrow. Harvest View, who ran so usually good entertainment.
up. Three overs (hundred with a pretty four to long later he took over. Qr. Qr well in the Hongkong Grimns Cup,
Runs began to 30.3 has a pull of few pounds against
faster and Branwell played 30.3 Fantine Bay miles is beyond the en.
some very nice shots. With 110 up am afraid the dis 30.3 Lance of 1% Mr. Dun-
Lench went on at the Yard end--- 29.2 durance of Harvest
Bonavia having just completed his Afty. Prowse had come out to fleld substitute.
but
20.2 bar is only represented by Pontiac 29.3 Bay and he has twice won this classic event with Coos Bay and Liberty Bay. 30.2 29.2 Pontiac Bay will be placed and her 28.2 chance of winning depends upon Herod not starting. Of Mr. Li Tse Fong a string, Mr. Roza will no doubt select High Honour and this pony might 34.1 turn the table. Soldier of Pence and Trowbridge have very little chances 31.1 of a place.
32.2
32
32.1
1.36.2 31.3
A LEG-PULL
Shanghai Interport Cricket Averages
KERMANI HEADS BATTING: "PAT” MADAR'S 14 WICKETS
Comu
The Shanghai field was splendidly placed
need for spoiling and a great many of the best shots want to hand. The light was getting a bit dull by this time (4.50 p.m.). At 133 Branwell skled Lench to short third man and Jenkins had plenty of time to run across to make the catch. 133-3-- 23.
Below will be found the final batting and bowling averages
Holland-Martin came in evidently of the Shanghai Interport cricket team. Kermani naturally to hit, but after banging Jenkins to heads the batting list with the wonderful average of 108. oxira for a tremendous four he was While Leckie has the best average for bowling, Fat Madar bowled next ball. 1885. Perese should be regarded as topping the list as Leckle only bowled Jenkina to the on for four and put four overs. Madar, it will be seen, took no less than 14 him to leg for one. wickets..
come in and after a single drove
Leach then started bowling slow flighted balls (we used to rem donkey
call when I was a boy) drops varied with an occasional fast one: Porsso stumped. on for Jenkins at
Dia- 1st 2nd Qr. tance
QT. 31.1 1.01.4
ሃረ 31.1
1.01.4
24 30.3
30
60.2
30
59.2
35.4
1,05.2
33,3
1.01
35.2
35.3
1:04
2.4
1.06.2
34.3
1.04.1
20
31
28.2
2.08.1
50
31.3.
1.02.0
33.2
1.03.1
20.4
37.3 1.08
30.2
32.4 1.03.1
30.2
Valorous
13.2
1.03.3
10.1
17th of September
5:34.2
1.00.2
Beginner's Luck
34.2
1.05.3
Fly-by-Night
34:1 1.00.2
32.2
1.01.4
32.2
30.3
68
BATTING
30
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39.4
1,03.3
30.9
32.8
13.2 1.04.1 20.2 1.01.2 29.2 1.01.2 1.02.4 1.09
32
32
124 69
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324 121 1 108.00 Leckie 4
had
then want
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22
34.1 1.07.2
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31.2
31.2
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3.00
BOWLING
29.3
33.4
1.05.1
Q.
M. R.
· W. Avge.
Pat Madar, e Holland-Martin,
33.4
1.05.1
31.2
4
1
7
2
3.50
b Harper
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1.00.2
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188
14
13.42
31.4
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: $2.3
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1.03.2
01.2 35.3 1.02.8
1.03.1 1.07-
21.3
21
02.0 1:03.1
30.8
We should see a good race between Cossack's Beauty, Gladiator, King's (Continued on Page 9.).
in this raca so I don't G. B. Elliott (Shanghai)
J. C. Jenkins (Shanghai) 80.8 expect him to romp home.
21
3
61
1
63
9 158
22.56
E. M. P. Williams (Shanghai)
2
0
21
0
L. F. Stokes (Shanghai)
11
1
41
0
.
R. Booth (Shanghai)
0
Halycon Wadebridge Racing Boy Partnership
Spinnway
Royal Romance
Twenty Granų Sel-Fa
Pride of Tsingtao Cavalcado
Limelight Derby Day Sylvandalo Flying Tourist
Don
Tiny Star Gold Bullion Tillicum Emergency Call The Rain Gauge Victoria all Snowy River Mersoy Copper Idol
Harvest View... Plain View Propitious Time Vixen Tor Wombly Stag
38.3
There has been some leg pulling! over the allotment of weights in the 22.1 Castle Peak Handicap in which Cos- sack's Beauty is asked to concede 8 lbs, to' Dlana Bay, Criticism in its 1.04.4 1.30.2 31.3 constructive form will always be much appreciated but when it is without 27.2 due reasoning, it's merely viewing 304 through distorting spectacles. Diana 29.4 Bay (168 lbs.) dead-heated, with 30.2 King's Warden (101 lbs.) in the
S. R. Kermani (Shanghai) 30.4 Challenge Cup last February and F. Stokes (Shanghai)
when they met in the Champion J. C. Jenkins (Shanghai) Stakes, the former was beaten by D. W. Leach (Shanghai) 30.1King's Warden for third place. After J. B. II. Leckie (Shanghai) 35.2 that, Diana Bay spent the Summer in E. C, Baker (Shanghai) .... 29 Tsingtao and although in good fettle, E. M. P. Williams (Shanghai) $3.4 the mure is not accepting.
However, in the October Handicap P. Madar (Shanghai)
was run on October 10, E. P. Humphreys (Shanghai) Cossack's Beauty conceded-3 lbs, to R. Booth (Shanghai)
38. King's Warden and beat him by n G. B. Ellott (Shanghai)
31 length for second place. Under the H. Madar (Shanghai)
31.8 rule of three, Cossack's Beauty must
31.9 therefore be a better pony than Diana
20.3 Bay and there is no other principle
31.2 to apply Cyclamen Bay, after win-
ning the Bohca Plate on June 6,|_J, Leckie (Shanghai) 30.2 1033 when he beat Sadko, spent the P. Madar (Shanghai) 27.4 Summer In Tsingtao and then he
E. C. Baker (Shanghai)
30.3 raced a lot in Tientsin where he has D., W. Leach (Shanghai) 32.1 had severni creditable wins. We have 20.8 some good 'uns
43 0 31.00 150. Baker went on at the other end.
Yard end, that is. They
but as the field stop- singles
ama
ran
number-except for slip,
matter and Perase was
stumped. 104-6-12.
A very good game with the bat 12.33 bonting the ball mostly. I fancy previous four
12.00 Shanghai felt their
10.86 days cricket a little at the end.
The full scores were as follows:
SHANGHAI
L. F. Stokes, e Persso, b Harper
S. R. Kerman, b Bonavia
R. Bonth, st Holland-Martin, b
Prowse
J. B. H. Leckie, b. Prowan
61.00 D. W. Leach, e Ballard, b Garth-
waite
J. C. Jenkins, b Prowse
E. M. P. Williams, not out
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