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HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. SATURDAY, OCTOBER 10, 1936.

START OF TEST CRICKET'S GOLDEN ERA

Rhodes, Maclaren,

Ranji Begin Careers Of Fame

ARTICLE XIII.

(By R. Abbit) ·

It is of course impossible to assess their skill in comparison with our

LOCAL CRICKET

Club de Recreio To

Meat Polico

ARMY TENNIS Garrison Championship Decided

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· MAMAK HOCKEY

Two Divisions To Be Run For Tournament

The Binal of the singles and The following will represent the Garrison championships of the Hong- Club de Recreio in n friendly cricket kong Arca Tennis League were play At a mccung of the committeo of match against the Police Itecreationed at Sookunpoo yesterday, in the the Mamak Hockey tournament Club at King's Park to-day at 2 pm: presence of a large gathering, yesterday it was decided, owing to A. M. Prata, W. A. Reed, E. A. Rcluding the G.O.C., Ills Excellency the large number of entries, for the Alver, A, M. Remedios, C. C. Pereira, Major-General A. W. Bartholomew, tournament, to split the entries into C. E. Xavier, C. M. Xavier, J. L who was accompanied by Lieut. P. two sections in order to facilitate the Alves, A. M. Alves, A. J. M. Prata J. Howorth, A.D.C. and J. B. Gomes.

PRESS. POLICE The following will represent the Hongkong Press in a friendly cricket match against the Police Recreation P. el Arcul (China Mall) capt., Club at Happy Valley to-morrow, nt

F. D. Pereira, J. Velgi, J. R. Luke H. Brokenshire, T. Cheung, (South China Morning Post), G. Lee, A. R. Markor, S. MacNider, W. A. Smith

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and F. Smith (Daily Press).

The Garrison championship was completion of fixtures for the cur- Coy., Itoyal Engineers, who defented won by the "A" team of the 40th rent season.

The meeting was held in si, the H.Q. Coy. Hoyni Ulster Rifles, Andrew's Church Hall, with Captain ave sets to four The match was G. W. P. Kimm in the chair, and was keculy contested and the result was attended by representatives from the

doubt unil the last set,

set, when various clubs competing. of the R.E., defeated L/Cpl. Fumasotf|

SEL-Major Faro, and Eugler Stephens after 14 games, of the two divisions should meet in a

Lieut. Higgs and

It was decided that the winners

The singles championship was series of three matches to decide the rather a disappointment, Sub-winners of the tournament. Conductor G. E. Clarke, of the Royal The result won na follows: Indian Army Service Corps, defeat- "A" Division-HMS. Adventure, Australia in 1889, were retained by ing Sgt. A. E. King, R.AP.C., in three II.MS. Duncan, Hendquarter Wing, RUR, "A" Coy, R.U.R., "B" Cay R.W.F., 24th. Unttery, RA, Royal Engineers, Nomads, Argonautas and Central British Association.

straight acts, with the

England might perhaps have won five

of only

Australia had decisively won the rubber in 1897/8 and there was the utmost excitement when their team. came over in 1899. In a way those were the halcyon days of cricket. The Empire had been at peace, with the exception of what now seem very minor wars, for over forty years. Times were good and amateur cricketers who could afford to play the whole scason through were very many in number. We were on the eve of what has been called the "Golden Ago" of batting, which incidentally corresponds with the arrival of the preparation of perfect wickets at its highest skill.

gomes. Clarke proved himself had all matches been played to a superior in every department of the In England, W. G. Grace was to drawn. It must be remembered tha: finish, but there is no doubt the lack game, and forced his opponent into make his lust appearance in test in those days the test matches only of real good fast bowlers let her making numerous errors. matches, and Wilfred Rhodes to make insted three days. It was probably down. Richardson was past his best

come all the the most unsatisfactory form of con- and no longer played test cricket can be regarded as fast, were no hls frst. And then

ever was. Playing Lockwood apparently only get into particularly brilliant. It was treat men, Jackson, Gunn, C. B. Fry, test that there

alst Ranji, Jessop, Charlie Townsend, nil our test matches to a finish ever. nie late and was never a really very noticed that the earlier botamen or

Hayward, Archie Maclaren, Tom

there were only three of them fast bowler. Bradley was variable. Sailor J. T. Henrne, Bradley and

would hopelessly disorganise County and Jesson and Jacition, even if they several occasions failed to come oil.

(To be continued.) Young.

cricket, and after all that must co on. I think our present scheme of allotting four days and then playing rubber requires it, is the best possible be the Jast tame to a finish, if the

one for England.

Now in 1000 things went as follows, in the first match Australia

on top, thanks to some definitely

Clem batting by brilliant

101. England wanted 290 to win in the fourth inplugs and if less than ari hour Grace, Jackson, Gunn and C. Fry were all out for 19 rum. Hanji, then In the heyday of his brilliancy, saved the game with 03 not out, but "ସ the game was in Australia's hands.

The second game was played at Lords.

had Previously Australia

that ground, in only won once upon tan fucks turned 1888, but on this occasion and they won decisively by wickets. In the thirty-seven years, which have passed since then. Aus- tralia have won there in 1900, 1921 and 1930, while it look England 35 years to win another game, and even then their success in 1834 did not give them the rubber,

Ances.

present day champions. the oud that a certain glamour of the good ald days hangs over their perform

I was lucky enough to see most of them, but alast 1 have not been lucky enough to see the great nten of to-day, with a few exceptions. And to a school-boy there is not given a critical judgment but only a complete obsession of here worship. All I can say is that an at his best

was a good as Hobbs, Bradley was probably faster Chan Larwood! Feat not so necurate, and that while we have had no hitter in Hirer

ta touch later days

Jorunn Sutellite surpasses any professional or amateur bat of his type who was then playing.

GALAXY OF TALENT,

were

1.

To meet this galaxy of talent Joe Darling brought his great team of 1009. It has, I belleve, been a great tople of debate In well-informed cricketing circles as to whether any

Reverting to the second test, Eng- Australian teum since the war be held to be the equal of the 1899 land went in first and collapsed al "vintage.

the start before Ernest Jones' very Το start with, Victor Trumper first made his appearance but no one talked about the body line ance. fast bowling. Six wickets feil for on and enthusiasm have changed

Times

I doubt if Bradman ever broke in those days, although Jones was be a dangerssop raved bowler, more gloriously into the public's known to cricketing vision than did Victor Actually Jackson and

Trumper.

the situation but the Australlons But the whole side, fourteen of Victor Trumper made 135 runs-his made a very large score in which them should be named. From New South Wales came Syd. Gregory

test century. England failed J. J. Kelly, M. A. Noble, F. A. Iredale, W. again and the innings defeat Παν Howell, and Victor Trumper,

C.

WOS

the Intest with the SUVs

English elevent

For the third match at Leeds sent McLeod, Frank Layer (who was to England reconstituted her team and

cod, Worral, Hugh Trumbleria only just saved.

came in to deal. do so well in 1005) and A. E. Johns, Young and

of fast bowlers,] while South Australia,

in Joe

for the two

won

state then to develop the game, sent had practically had no fast bowlers 1 magnificent triumvirate

at all. Englend was definitely en Darling, the skipper, Clem Hill and top and would undoubtedly

have Broken Hill Jones. What a wonder-1 ful team it sounds to us who are on the Friday had not Trumper, Trumble and Laver fought a fine rapidly approaching our half-century Trum

rearguard action. As it was England only wanted 158 to win, with all her wickets intact when rain came down

བ and there was no play on the last day At

in the Old Trafford the day. fourth

England who went on

game, once more

Australian) top, but the

of years.

to

come

in

of

I am not going to attempt to com- pare it to teams that were after. It cannot be done. But 1800 it was held to be the equal the first great team of 1882

but

Arst created and took the Ashes batting was too sound and they com The comparison is easier. It was fortably saved the match. How a lapse of seventeen years, and stubborn their batamen were Is 11- in those golden days seventeen years were but as yesterday-there were lustrated by the fact that Noble batted for eight and a half hours in so few changes, alarms and excur- sions! An Me. Althans has pointed all when making scores of 60 not out

out, if they had no great quartette of bowlers to equal Spofforih, Boyle, Palmer and Garrett, (who incidental-

and 30.

THE FINAL CAME

ly aften had rain-damaged wickets The position then, when the Anal upon which to bowl) they hind in match was started at the Oval, was the beautifully dry summer of 1899 that Austdalla maust win the rubber outright, E. Jones, Trumble, Howell, Noble unless she was Lenten and McLeod. And their hatting was England went nil out to do it and to strong all through that it was after a first wicket stand by Jacksun said that to beat them in a three, and Hayward of 158 runs the score days match was well nigh impossible, was taken to 428 for four wickets even if they had no hitters like by the close of play. It was about Bonnor. Massie and

McDonne

lunch time, I think, that England Actually they played thirty-five had

550 over

the mnde

runs on matches and were only beaten by second day and all that Australia Essex (their first game) Surrey and could do was to try and suve the Kent. True they drew half of the match. Once mure their batting rose balance and were called.

unenterpris to the occasion and they wore down ing at times. But thirty-five games the bowling, Bradley never found means the

very deuce of a lot of the form he had shown in the four cricket, and even cricketers tire.

test match and in spite of Lock- For the first time in 1800 five Test wood's brilliant bewling, the bat Matches were played in Eneland and prevailed, and they scored 352 and less than four of them were 254 for five against England's 576.

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Desperate

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