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THE HONGKONG

TELEGRAPH.· ́`THURSDAY, DECEMBER 10, 1936.

R. ABBIT DISCUSSES THE TEST

BADMINTON.

TURF

Kowloon Tong PROGRAMME

It Was A Great Win But England Must Not Get Too "Cocky" John's

(By R. Abbit)

I imagine that there has been no greater surprise for years in Hongkong than when yesterday morning, shortly, before tiffin

Beat St.

MIXED DOUBLES

MATCH

JANUARY MEETING OF MACAO CLUB

LADIES' EVENT.

The programme for the January news came through that the Australian XI în its second innings doubles badminton league match lost Club, scheduled

Playing off their postponed mixed Race Meeting of the Macho Jockey to take place on had been dismissed for 58 runs. `I, myself, and several people tonight, Kowloon Tong defented St.January 10 in Macar, appears be whom I spoke on the telephone could hardly credit it and were John's by seven games to two, this low; inclined to think that there must have been some error in theeing the Tong's first win of the telegram, but on the confirmatory wires the glorious news was confirmed.

season in this division.

The Introduction of Henry Kew into the team made a lot of difference, he and Mrs. A. E. Castro winning nii three games.

China Most of the games were evenly con-

tested, but Kowloon Tong were good

winners.

won

Detailed scores and amended league longs.

1st. Race, Nanchang Handicap. (First Section). For China Ponies classified by The Hongkong Jockey Club as "D" & "E" classes at date of entry and Subscription Ponies of this Club. Jockey allowance. One Mile.

2nd, Race. Wen Chang Handicap. For

Ponies, Subscription Ponies of this Club that have not won д raco

1. since September 1938. Jockey allowance. Five Fur

3rd. Race. Lok 'Chang Handicap. For China Ponies, Subscription Ponics of this Club. Winners of three

1930, or more races during barred. Jockey allowance. One Mile. 4th. Race. Nanchang Handicap. (Second Section). For Chinn Ponies classified by The Hongkong Jockey Club as "D" & "E" classes at date of entry and Subscription Ponies of this Club. Jockey allowance. Six Furlongs

5th. Hace. Wuchung Handicap, For

this Club that have not won a race at race meetings of. this Club since September 1, 1930. Winner at this Meeting, barred. Six Furlongs,

I will say at once that I have against some of ours, but he will never had very much confidence in suffen their batting enormously the bowling of the English side, Bradman's effectiveness was quite though I have always admitted their possibly due at any rate in some

1 based , batting strength.

my measure to the most efficient way in opinions on the show which the All-which Woodfull and Pons

Ponsford pre- India eleven-admittedly only about

I don't pared the way for him. as strong us a fair first class county mean to say that Bradman is not a table following: were able to put up in England inst magnificent bat But he very often! sunumer. It is quite clear from the inherited an innings when the back H. Kew and Mrs. A. E. 11. Castro result of this match that I had per-of the bowling had been, if not (Kowloon Tong) bent A. J. Bennitt haps underrated the English bowling broken, at least a bit bent.

and Miss G. L. Doig 21-7; beat David and hardly done justice to the Eng- If Brown and Fingicton start big Kwok and Miss P. McCaw 21-10; High baiting.

wicket stands we shall see if our bent G. A. Smith and Mias M. Smith After the dreadful start we mete, bowling can deal with the

Inter 21-9 and with our great stand-by out for batsmen so easily. Besides this, one! R. E. Lee and Miss A. Xavier a duck, the fighting strength of the met Fethember that McCormick, (Kowloon Tong) beat Bennitt and British batting was amply vindicated took our Birst three wickets for 20 Doig 21-4; lost to Kwok and McCaw by their score of 350. Just credit runs in & overs and then to all in- 10-21; beat Smith and Smith 21-12. goes to Barnett and Leyland, but tents and purposes took no further Gonzalez (Kowloon Tong) beat Ben-China Ponles, Subscription Ponies of

N. A. E. Mackay and Miss T. there were several very useful litteport in the game. scores of twenty odd, and these with But of course the great factor was nitt and Doig 21-16; beat Kwok and one man coming off bolster up u use-

tuving to bat on rain-damaged McCaw 21-17: lost to Smith and ful score, though in these days 358 wicket on the

The Wednesday, It is Smith 19-21. * is by no means a big score in played however clear that Bradman's out. Tests.

wrenched ankle had nothing to de SUCCESSFUL BOWLING

with his blob, na he had previously One would like to know a great printed 25 yards to catch Leyland. deal more about the wicket. It is ile was benten by a fast one which neereia "A" stated to have been good on the first popped up. Nor did the absence three days, and it was not until the of McCormick from the batting list Free Lances

C.R.C. Tuesday that there was any re-

re-make a great difference-us hap-Recreio "B" ference to its showing signs of wear, pened

on former ocensions when Kowloon Tong myself am a bit doubtful of the Trumper and Jessop both were in- St. John's absolute accuracy of these reports jured early on.

ALLEN'S MATCH

as I am by now convinced that, ex- cept when it really is appalling, crl- In away the match might be tics arc apt to describe a pitch as termed Allen's Match for he scored good.

35 and 60 and took & wickets for 107

If it did not begin to deteriorate runs. Leyland with 126 and 33 dis- upon the Monday then all I can say tinguished himself with the bat and is that Australia have the devil of Voce who in all took 10 wickets for a tall, or that our bowling is better 57 runs was

with the

Д

than I thought it was: -Be-it of ball-1ncidentur, Knife it was

served that three of the old hands un

error of

decoding-(1

suppose

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LEAGUE TABLE

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Colony Interport Football Team .

Fingleton, Bradman and McCabe all expanding is the right word) that came off more or less in the first made It appear that McCabe was Sports Editor, Innings, but with these exceptions, run out in the first innings. If this the other batsmen did nothing. Of was so and he was not caught by

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~BY "VERITAS"

(Continued from Page 8.)

them Chipperfield, O'Reilly and Old-Barnett Voce only got 5 wickets. Sir,-Let LIS also field have plenty of experience but But I imagine "c. Barnett" is cor-else by nominating

beat anybody munt, do help to mitigute Australia's Interport comparatively dismal showing. That the rest were new men,

football team ugainst Shunghat next Australia did put up a very dismal wicket

may or may not have

THE FUTURE

February.

showing will not, I imagine, be, con- beeri getting worse but it should be

And now what is going to happen? Bet on this team. Two to

One tested

by Australians generally noted that our own men did much Allen is on a good wicket and he against Shanghail The team: Rod-Thai was the most curious feature 아 worse than in the first knock and has no Selection Committee to make ger; Lee, Tin-sang, A. V. Gosano;

match. Everybody who cares only a hard-hit Captain's knock by nases of themselves, and while I Leung Wing-chiu, Beltrno, Lee to follow cricket and more particu- Allen relieved the danger of most fully

several changes in Kwok-wai; Tso Kwai-shing, Fun fully made up their minds that runs

Jarly the anticipate

respective Test Ignominious score.

teams, But, as things the Australian side I do not think King-cheong, Leonard, Wilson and would be as cheap as dirt, and that were, though we had a good position that Allen will make more than one, Bickford. on Tuesday night and one enviously Fishlock improved by the fact Voce managed knowledgeable cricketers with whom

we

for Worthington. All: Talbot.

have discussed the. matter

to agree that another left- Thunder would

Reserves:

Swain and

F. K. C.

It was n!most Impossible for either side to get out for less than 400 runs. Yet the highest single innings total was 358, and that by England who had prior lease of a perfect buts- man's wicket. Australia's batting

we

Was

such as these which lend

to bowl Fingleton for a duck over-1 night, it was not certainty until reem the rain came.

am. In no way depreciating the O'Reilly and Ward, while Worthing- I gather not very well. But if one strength is, potentially, as great now

be useful against Farnes has been bowling-though man splendid play of our men, but before ton has had his chance and failed. of the two does come in I do not as at any time in the

become

too cock-n-loop

nver This would also clear the way for imagine it will be at the expense of cricket. Yet

history of Test our victory there are one or two Fagg to go in in his usual position Worthington and so of Fishlock. It missed for scores of 234 und 58 by

them ind

dise points we ought not to overlook. In as opening batsmant. the first place we won the loss and

ora team whose one weakness I gather the combination of Rar-would appear that either Verity or us it turned out the match with it.nett and Fagg as an opening pair view of Robins being the better bat facts

Robins would stand down and in alleged to be bowling. But it is I take leave to doubt if our own side must have proved somewhat unsuc could have scored much more than cessful before in the tour for it is Verity would be rested. But this probably there is no other competi

and

a magnificent field I imagine so much charm to the game, and 100 batting fourth. For on Tuesday the obvious combination as both are would only be in the event of every tive team sport which sends expert the wicket was wearing and on Wed-regular opening butsmen for their thing pointing to a hard true wicket prognostigations so much astray. No nesday night rain fell, culminating counties. with

a sharp storm at 6 a.m. The

and ANOTHER FAST BOWLER?

wonder they We shall see. But don't forget, uncertainty of ericket"!

talk of the "glorious conditions were such that any bat- Apart from this I rather expect to feaid he gloomily) that ting side, however strong, might have find the side unchanged unless there failed. Indeed they recall to my is a very fast hard wicket in pros-team in 1901/2 bath won the first

team in 1897/98 and Maclaren's Australia Makes No mind the celebrated M.C.C. match in peet. If there is 1878, on a rain damaged wicket at that Allen may decide to play four. So let us thank the Fates for Changes

is just possible Test match and lost the remaining another fast bowler, if, that is, he what they have given us and speak has one available. We do not know if hopefully but

Lord's.

Then again taking injuries we may fairly

finc

weather.

Stoddart's

write off Brown's injury Copson's strain is well again, or how the future. not boastingly about THOS

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