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Sick Boy Inspires Greyhound

DOG "WITH KINĖ" WINS

A kennel boy left his sick bed to lead a greyhound “with a kink" round the track at White City before a

race in the hope that bis action would help the dog to win.

Thirty seconds after the rice had

REVOLVER SHOOTING

H.M.S. KENT DEFEAT GOOD

CIVILIANS TEAM -

A team from H.M.S. Kent met a team of Civilians in a friendly match on Sunday, when the Civilians were defested by! 71 points. The match was a very enjoyable one, although" "the marksmanship of the competitors obviously suffered from after- effects of the Xmas festivities. Scores were:-.

"Kent"

C/Sgt. Fascy L/M. Ransloy

A. . Thomas Cpl. Wilson

A. B. Bunn

P. O. Prior.

'Aggregate

Civilians Mr. Tansley

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Lee Simmons

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ANALYSIS OF CLUB V. ARMY CRICKET

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Iwe shall find in him one of the really good bats for whom the Colony is looking.

cannot

the mound! Nuns enine a little more I have already done justice to slowly now and Pearce lifted one or Elvin's Innings. Onc

place two in trying to drive but he still him, na class batsman

but he played beautiful cricket. Danielis watches the ball and has a straight hawled one ball off which Duckitt was bat. It is a great pity his bowling. caught and then the game was has gone off a little. I place him→→ abandoned the score being 90 for one (with apologies if I am wrong)——as wicket, Tam being not out sixty- terror to indifferent batamen, but four.

as none too dangerous to the real cricketers. Fusiller King, on Satur day, got no wickels but he was send- ing down excellent stuff and I see The match was a most interesting clearly that he is a far better bowler one. It went very largely to stress than I have, on

my previous ex- what I have said early on about the perience of him, thought hint to be. Club, and that is that

comparatively bad the Army side been able, from that the start of the season, to produce

REFLECTIONS

startel; the boy was standing out in in very weak-ți spent bowling it is, I think, an undoubted fact that ring raju ehoering himself of course)--and this fa the tatches the forn abown in this match they|

tho

koarse.

The dog had won.

may prevent their winning

P

In this game of course they hail Beck must have gone very near the Shield. The boy, Jim Marah, is employed but he gets very little cricket in the As It Is, I fear it in a case of “post est

1. and bowls very little. Ho him- occasio calva." by. Joe Harmon, the Wimbledon trainer. The dog was Roving Spring self is the first to admit that he has and the race was the Merit Stakes, font a bit of pace and wants regular Only one or two points remain for in which alx dogs, valued at £10,000 match practice. He bowled a great considemtion. In Ilerbert they have including the famous Ataxy, en- stuff at times-but barring Alec Colledge. Garthwaite is of courac deal, and sent down some excellent fad a very worthy successor to tered by the Fleet-street branch of Pearce there was little to back him the outstanding player all round. It Harclay's Bank-were competing.

ho

L

"Roving Spring," said Mr. Harmon up. Owen Hughes does not seem to is 1

la. I think, a great pity that umpires "has a kink. He will not do his best me to have changed. I don't see him did not pull him up more in the past. unless he is led round by his favourite as a regular bowler, as he is too ex-

lle does undoubtedly send down pensive As A kennel boy, Marsh,

change, yes, and I' "Marsh has been very i-I did think it was a sound move to bowl endous lot of no balls which are entirely due to his body swing and him steadily against the Army bats his late release of the ball. He now not want him to come to-night, but in the second innings when they were has his foot behind the line almost

insisted; he was sure that his bustling. But until he can find a done once before, if only he was there bowler. He bowls far too many full me but to a majority of spectators, but it Reems not only to to inspire the dog."

tasses and long hops. But an regards to come up before he releases the Ataxy belonged to Mr. C. Kean, betting, he seemed to me to be better ball. It is definitely a case where I who died a month age. The bank, than over, is shots are as crisp as should like to see as chief executor, decided to enter ever and he seemed to have

a slow motion the dog. He did not get a 'place.

more picture of an over or two, taken when mastery of the ball. If he can see he was not aware of it. This sort of them, I feel sure he s the most thing in one dangerous bat in the Colony and ho things to gauge.in cricket, and it may of the most dimeuit makes more practical use of his great be we are doing him an injustice. reach than most tall batsmen I have At any rate, I feel sure he knows seen. His lip flelding--apart from that this is not written in' any unkind une error which was so bad as to be spirit. He is so good that one wants outside practical argument-seems to to see him beyond any question,-It be as good as ever. I cannot pay him you know what I mean! a greater compliment!

charge would beat Ataxy, as he had longth I don't see him as a regular bariably (which was not the case

HOOKERS SENT OFF

THE FIELD

Both Men Leave Within

Ten Minutes

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But the fact remains that the Club are short of bowling. Redmond has, I believe, left the Colony. Ara ̈stock bowler he was invaluable and I have The sensation of the day in Scottish always thought he deserved far more Rugby occurred. at Jedburgh, where wickets than he got. This docs hap- two players were ordered off, states pen in cricket and everyone who has report in the Morning Post of there are lucky and unlucky bowlers. studied the game, will admit that December 2

The renderers), sent

Mr. J. A. He was one of the latter. Frankly Stodart (Edinburgh G. L.

1. Gray, the Gala and Scotland it seems to me to be the only

Rubstitute, with McInnis and Diveft; hooker, to the pavilion for, it peared, serom infringements.

us changes, but it is undoubtedly & minutes later he ordered W. Donald, big problem for the Club. the Jedforcat hooker, to Join Gray

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LONDON-BADMINTON COLDS

Ralph Nichols Beats. His Brother In The Final

London, Dec. 8.- R. C. F. Nichols, the holder, beat his brother. Leslie 15-9, 18-13 in the Anal of the London Badminton Cham- planships at the Logan Club, Kensing ton, yesterday. The players chose slow shuttles and much of the play of the

in seclusion. The match ended in a draw at three points ench.

One of the most surprising and was defensive. Lexile Nichols led in Under Law 34 (c) [The following pleasing-things was the return are prohibited) Peralstent infringe the Army batsmen to form. Persson game at 6-2 and 8-7, but at ment of the Laws. Penalty--the Re-at last came into his own as a forcing Nichols won many points with

not elect to not. Ralph feree must order the player off the bat and given the circumstances forehand drop across the court, and playing enclosure.

under which he was playing-showed his amashing was the more decisive. It has been contended before now that he is the fine forcing bat wa that this law has not been literally have previously supposed him to be. The left-handed Miss T. Kingsbury applied as it was meant to be in cases Williams got back to his true form. maintained her unbeaten record in of repeated offences in the serum-But the outstanding feature of the singles this season by beating Miss mago such na appear to have been the Kame to me WIR the batting of D. Young, a promising Bedfordshire reason for Mr. Stodart's action at lawson, Hallcapped by a shoulder player, by 11-7, 11-9. Miss Young, Jedburgh.

injury he has never given of his best fleet of foot and supple in the wrist, There was an instance a few sea before; and I still suspect him of was unlucky, not to win the second aons ago. of summary action, when being a shaky starter. But the hooker of a club in the East Mid-set, he revealed a mastery of stroke

when game, Results; lands was sent off the field.

F.

play which came as a revelation to Men's Single-Final: R. C. In the course of the match between me. Like most modern batsmen he is Niskala (holder) heat L. Nichols, 16-9, St. Bartholomew's Hospital and Red-strongest on leg-alde play; though I 16-13. ruth recently the referee had oc- do not think he can touch the artistry Women's Singles-Final: Miss T. casion to "order off" the Cornish of Alec Pearce's cover driving. But Kingsbury bent Miss D., Young, 11-7,

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