1936-09-26 — Page 16

THE HONGKONG

Our Cricket In Australia May

Not Be As Bad As Some Suggest

SAYS TREVOR WIGNALL

It was agreeable to read through William Pollock the other day that G. 0. (George Oswald Browning, if you want all his Christian names) Allen, the captain of the M.C.C. cricket team that has sailed för Australia is very satisfied with the sixteen players who will travel with him, and that he thinks their prospects in the Test matches are bright.

The cynical may remark that Allen would not be much of a akipper if he admitted for one moment that he was other than highly optimistic, but the answer is that there are quite a number of people who are also of the opinion that the touring side are due to supply Bradman and Co. with a number of surprises.

It has to be confessed that the, that no cricketing county can supplyi majority of the letters that have a finer baltery than he and Você. reached me on the subject are des- I note from my letters that there tructive. The term most frequently in a disposition to snort at the in- usert is "England's second team," but clusion of Ames. It is obviously felt that, I feel certain, is an indirect that his illness precluded him from reference to the omission of Larwood, the right to be in the team, but SE cannot be denied that in the inst two or three weeks he batted well, and kept wicket with his old skill, Allen is objected to because he is Australian, and also because he can- a born not be depended upon to go through

hard season without a crack,

IT WASNT a leg-puLL

Une correspondent-he may, for all I know to the contrary, be an Australian with a well-developed sense of humour-esks me why our selectors did not pay more attention to the men chosen by corthin Aus-1, Correspondents who have stressed trullan England's did not

players as among the best of d's cricketers. For a time I not quite know whether to regard this as an attempted leg-pull," whether to seize on it as an excuse for a wido smile.

faith, In good

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dive from the high board,

150 Yards Breast-stroke exhibition. , Misa: H. Muchats, World and Olympic champion, (Japan); 2, Miss Taubo (Japan); 3, Miss Dora Lum (Hongkong).

SEPTEMBER 26, 1930.

RUGBY FOOTBALL Trial Games Arranged. In Preparation for Season

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ROYAL NAVY POLO CUP LOST 10 LBS. IN

TWO-MONTHS

Royal Welch Fusiliers

Beat Ulster Rifles Not too old to Reduce nt Filly

The Rugby section of the long-

Here is a letter which proves that The Royal Weich Fusiliers did unt kong Football Club hos already com- need the one gaol they received on there is no necessity to tolerate ex- menced training for the forthcoming handleap when they won the Rayali cessive fatness, even at the ôgo sẽ season. The first trial game will be Naval Polo Cup at Kowloon City 50: payed on Monday, 150 Yards Medley Relay (Back, at 6.13 n.m. There will be further Riffer by five goals to one. With reaching 60, nnd had, attacks bl September 20, yesterday, defeating the Royal Ulster. "I was becoming too fat after breast and free styles).-1, Japanese "A" team (Mies Takomura, Miss H. 14. both commencing at 6.15

trials on Wednesday, October 7 and their fine ponies, the Fusiliers had Machata and Miss T. Furata); 2,

rather the better part of the game p.m.

rheumatism and indigestion, and my All games will Japanese " team (Miss Morioks, Club ground at Happy Valley,

bo played on the throughout the chukkers.

outlook on life was bad. Being Miss Tsuboi and Miss Kojima); 3, All players are requested to make

salesman my condition lowered my Hongkong (Mins Leung Wing-han,

The first chukker was uneventful,

business capacity considerably. Miss Dora Lum and Miss D. Hunt).

a special effort to be present on these no goaly being scorect by either side, 200 Yards Free-Style Relay (Teams bring along Both a white and

dates and besides their boots to but in the second the Fusillers hit took ordinary salts and other medi- of four)-1, Japan (Miss Takamura,

a the ball between the posts twice, to cines, but they did not do any per Miss Morioka, Miss Furala and Missed from the following:

coloured shirt. Sides will be select- innke the score three to nothing. manent good. Then I commenced Kojima); 2, Hongkong (Mrs. Mc- Mahon, Mis D. Hunt, Miss V. Thirlwell and Miss Leung Yuk-chon).

K.C.C. DISCUSS SPORTS ACTIVITIES AND DEVELOPMENTS

SUGGESTIONS

In the

third chukker, Li-Col. taking Kruschen as directed-and Whites-G. S. Wilson, Chadwick, Rodwell scored the Rifles' only goal soon began to feel different--brighter, ' D. A. Hynes, Bidwell. Grieve, van with a pretty shot under his pony's stronger, had more energy, no rheu Leeuwen. Lammert, Butcher, Bon- neck. Mr. Kelly countered for thematism, and to my surprise, after nar, F. C. B. Black, Russell, Cham-Welshmen with a powerful long shot

Hutchison,

4

'Icel the immediate

bern, Clark, Stoker, R. P, Edwards, from beyond the 60 yard line which two months I lost Ma. In weight. 3 Garrod, Redman,

Paul, Munro, brought the score to 4-1.

recommend Kruschen on all my Smalley, Cox, Curtiss

|travels.”—W.JI.G. Colours-Frost, Hopkins, Kistner, In the Inst chukker Kelly again Gallagher, Grimhe, Reid, Stewart, scored. for the Fusiliers, resulting in chen stimulate and tune up the bodily The numerous vital salts in Krus- Henderson. Humphreys, an easy win for this team. Peers. Dunnett, Walkden, Bradford, The Ics played a magnificent funcilons. Your stomach, 3lver and Watson, Coppin. Schinaebel, Clun- game, but were enthiely out-ponted, kidneys all ming

ag. Andrews, Sharp, P. B. Wilson. Capt. Frizelle, the mainstay of the benefit. Your blood is cleansed n Hands. B. Hynes, R. Edwards, Scott, Everybody who turns out, even if his name la not included in the above eldes, is assured of a game, and any new players who wish to join will be welcomed and arrangements made to include them in the trial matches.

team, played a sterling game from PUT FORWARD

AT ANNUAL MEETING

Officers Elected

start to finish, ably supported by impurities and becomes invigorold his companions, who were handlenp-and refrenlied. You forget Indiges ed by their ponles.

tion, rheumatism and depression in better combination

The winners succeedert through a new and unaccustomed feeling of work from the uutret and accurate.

in their team physical and mental exhilaration. hitting throughout.

Suggestions to the incoming | further attention would be paid to it committees for the develop-in the coming months. ment of tennis, lawn bowls and badminton were made yester- The adoption of the report and ac- September 6. He will be returning well, Capt, Frizelle, Messrs. Harris ker Jervis,

counts, which have already been published, was seconded by Mr. C. W. Jeffries, and was carried,

which only goes to prove that all the have been sent me direct attention to raise his hardy-annual of the club Goodwin: Vic Secretary.

Mr.

ap-

matters admittedly have! rounds on which to base their con-

day at the annual meeting of tentions, but unfortunately they now

the Kowloon Cricket Club, held serve litle purpose, as the selected the words of a cliche, ali we can hope team is almost ready to depart. In in the club's pavilion under the

championship of Mr. Ezra The following officers were for is the best. It seems to me now that the sug-

Abraham, Vice-President.

pointed: President, Mr. Justice R. THE "LEFT-OUTS" Restion was made

E. Mr. A. E. Silkestone said he wished Abraham; Cricket Captain, Mr. F. Lindsell; vice-President, Mr. E. The more furious of the notes that guileless

have

not gone to their rest to the omission of particular men.

developing the top-half of ils Fincher: Hon.

Mr. E. C For years the pouring of sudden ad- such ns Gimblett, Wellard, Hendren. grounds for an additional lawn bowls { Labrum: Hon. Treasurer. Mr. F. miration on un English, player has]

green and tennis courts. andi

Не regard Maunder; Bowls Convener, Mr. L. been a cultivated strategy of Aus Paynter, Gover, Nichols, Bowen,

many others,

But that has been the ed such a scheme as being an ex- Jack; Tennis Representative, Mr. A. tralians. No complaint can be re-way of things ever since somebody cellent means of increasing the gistered, for it is a legitimate move, in the long ago who may no longer chair that the matter would receive Ramsey, L. Jack, F. E. Nash, A. A. club's W. Ramsey; Committee, Mesars, W. revenue. He was assured from the and it is certainly not made subject be called a genius-hit on the iden full consideration of the committee, Dand; C. J. Tacchi, A. Nirsim W. Hirst, W. L. Mackenzie, A. W. to a grumble even when those who of picking representative teams.

That lad did more to cause trouble

Mr. S. A. Gray complained of the Hon. Auditors, Lowe, Bingham and and to create controversies than the unhappy feature of the club's tennis Matth Aud The

tournaments which this year showed inventor of wars. G. O. Allen has

usunt honoraria were granted. they had tough task in hand, and one that,

been existence-

In ties were still unplayed. The blame,

·for eight inonths and several second round

pick our teams fall for IL

Dut Isn't it known that

men have been included in English

vides solely because they

[were]

praised by the Australians? isn't also known that these same men made sorry exhibitions when they batted or bowled?

The Australians, like many coun

who view Olymple Gomes with tremendous seriousness, do plenty of! thinking before they walk on to felds. Quite rightly they believe

force the inclusior

a

few can envy, but at this late stage or is it early? I do not think any of us should add to his difficulties.

RACE

H.K.F.C. To Hold Bowls Closing Day

The Lawn Dowls section

of

that if they can be bowled PROGRAMME it should, next season, consider the Hongkong Football Club Will hold

or who can be knocked all over the place when he is handed the ball, they have scored a very distinct ad- vantage.

EIGHTH EXTRA MEETING

he said, could be attached partly to END OF SEASON the tennis sub-committee ond partly to some of the ife suggested that in fusi

competitors. future the com-] mittee adopt proper measures to en- ture the smooth and quick fulfilment of the tournaments. He also suggest- ed to the in-coming committee that. question of bu

putting two teams in the lis closing day to-morrow afternoon "A" Division of the tennis, league, when prizes won by members dur with

a view to training up the ing the season will be presented at younger players. By this experience they would improve which will commence at 2.45 pm.

giving them the conclusion of a rink game. very much more quickly, and if the The following are the winners of young players were properly, en- the tournaments couraged, there was no reason why the season:

conducted during

It may be, as some will undoubted- ly claim, that we do not play our games that way, but that is beside, the point. Indeed, there are mo-| inenta when some of us think that The programine for the Eighthe club should not produce a Colony the time has arrived for doing a bit | Extra Meeting of the

Hongkong champion In the future.

J.

Club Pairs-Winners, L. A. Coll-

Club Championship--Winner, of copying if we wish to be enrolled Jockey Club scheduled for October Mr. G. A. Whilte said he hoped that Rodger; runner-up. E. J. Edwards. with the winners.

10 is printed below:

the committee would not lose sight of

Singles Handicap-Winner, E. J. Everywhere it is taken for granted! 1. Double Tenth Plate-For the possibilities of re-starting bnd- Edwards (-5); runner-up G. that Australia in the next season of China Ponies. Weight for inches as mintion at the club. Any assurance Rodger (+2).

S. theirs will have an eleven that may per scale. Five Furlongs

Uhat the club was devoting attention Klangal Handicap. First Sec- to the question would be warmly yer and Dr. G. I; Shaw; runners-up, prove itself to be the strongest of -All time. Bradman. McCabe,and tian-För China - Pobles, "0"-Class.) that a club of the impartanos Dr. J. A. R. Selby and G, S. Graver.

welcomed by many inembers. He Badcock will definitely take some Jockey Allowance. One Mile. shifting from the wicket, while if Note:-One Entry only

will be the K.C.C. should not ignore a game Stephens, A. McKeilar, E. S. Carter Only Grimmett and O'Reilly are de-made for the Kiangsi Handicap which was fast becoming one of the and K. S. Robertson (skip).

Hink Competition. Winners, G. E. pended upon as bowlers we shall (Races Nos. 2 and 8). Entries will most popular in the Colony. have ruzzies to solve that will not

Wanpinschow Competition-1, J. be simple.

MacGowan: 2, Dr. G. I. Shaw: 3, J. H. Gelling and 4, G. S. Graver.

Kramme.

HAMMOND IS BACK.

fell

of

be divided into First and Second Mr. Abraham sald the committes Sections the discretion of the Han-last year went into the question and dicapper.

3.Canberra Ilandicap For Aus- tralian Poples, "A" Class. Jockey Allowance. From the Two Mulle Post Once Round and In (About One Mille 155 Yards).

COUNTY CAPTAIN MAKES

LAST CATCH: THEN KILLED

London, Sept. 3.

GLOUCESTER cricket captain D, A. C. Page died in Cirencester (Glos) Memorial Hospital early to-day from injuries received in a car crash last night-a few hours after the close of the season. The handsome 30-year-old captain had been cheered by the

A pleasanter side of the picture is presented when we think of the recent doings of such na Hammond. He was out of health when the sum- 4-Sub,-Griffins Autumn Plate mer started, but now that he is back For China Ponies, Subscription Grif to his old state of fitness he has Ans of this Club of this Season. shown that he is at least entitled to Weight: 145 lb, 1 lb. penalty for be bracketed with Bradman as the every $200 or part thereof won in greatest cricketer on earth.

stakes. One and Quarter Much more would have been heard Hunan Handicap For China

Miles. of his breaking of W. G. Grace's Pones, "D" Class. Subscription Grif- record a few days ago if simultane-ins of the Club of this Season, bar- ously with it we had not had the too red. To be ridden by Jockeys who early opening of the Soccer pro- have not won ten races anywhere al Gloucester crowd as he ended the match against Notts by catch- it too much to state any time. No Whips or Spurs al ing Wheat, giving Gloucester a brilliant victory by an innings and that Hammond is as good as ever, he lowed. From the Two Mile Post!

Oace Round and In (About One Mile: 70 runs. Few would place their hands over 155 Yards). their hearts while declaring that! there are better all-rounders, but of Ponies, "T" Class, Jockey Allow to chiet interest to us Is the clrc-ance. Six Furlongs unstance that his batting form has 7-Katoomba Handicap. For Aus been recovered just when he wants tralian Ponies, "B" Class. Jockey

Allowance, One Mlle. I am with there who assert that 8. Klangs! Handicap. Second the touring team would have been Soction-For China Panics, "C" stronger if Larwood, Gimblett, and Class. Jockey Altowance. One Mlle. Only a week before R. P. Northway, the amateur Northampton Wellard had been invited. No Eng- Daly Double Event: Fifth and county cricketer, was killed, and A. H. Bakewell, the, England land side, as a matter of fact, is the Seventh Raees, best we can produce when Larwood Entries close at noon on Thursday, and Northamptonshire player, seriously injured in a car crash

near Leicester,

was?

It.

6--Kwangsl Handicap-For China

is not in it, for it is widely admitted October 1.

Page quickly changed, jumped into his car, set off to return his wife at Stratton, near Cirencester,

He was near his home, when his car came into collision with a motor-cycle and overturbed.

Page was unconscious when he was taken to hospital, suf-, fering from internal injuries and haemorrhage. An operation was, performed, but he died at 12.30 to-day.

The Bishop of Hongkong preached In Westminster Abbey on Sunday,

to the Colony in December.

The teams were:

and Fitz G. Donica,

Koyal Welch Fusiliers.-Mc Royal Ulster Riner-Lt.-Col. Rod- Kelly, Bosanquet, Trichard and P.

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