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PADDLING their collapsible rubber boat with their hands, two German airmen, who had been 48 hours adrift after their bomber had been shot down in the North Sea, landed near Whitby, on the Yorkshire const, and were captured by a railway special constable,

This was the account of the capture given by George Thomas, the officer concerned.

"I was about 200 yards from Sandsend Tunnel when I saw a man standing at the entrance.

Cricket Comments

(By "R. Abbit"}

(Continued from Page 8.)

the Middlesex scored 93 for 8 wickets, They were without Man, who has hardly been able to play at all this season, though, I am glad to say, am told he will be able to turn out more in the future. I doubt however If he will be preferred to Grose in the Army Triangular Tournament.

And that reminds me. The Navy are down to play the Club on Decem- ber 30 and Jaquary 1, 1940 in the Triangular Tournament.. I sincerely hope that they will endeavour to field a side, Would it not be possible to work in with the R.F.S. who are very keen now and run a side of their own? It would be a pity to let one of our few two-day games fade out If they cannot do it, then I would suggest that a game Island versus Mainland bo substituted. This should produced some Very Interesting cricket.

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"As I approached, the man ran away and tried to climb some railings, but I caught him.

"Speaking broken English, he said that he and his companion were sur- vivors of a plane crew of four, Two other occupants of the plane were shot and died when the plane came down in the sca.

Thomas took the airman to Sand- send Station and pollee officers went for the other man, using the collap sible boat as a stretcher to carry him to the clifftop.

THEIR SOS?

The previous night, distress signals were seen off Whitby and, the Whitby and Runswick Bichouts put to sea, but failed to And a distressed

crew.

The collapsible bent was filled-with | Hfe-saving and signalling apparatus. The airmen were taken to Whitby Cottage Hospital ond the matron said: "They are both getting un aleely and are not seriously ill. They are suffering from exposure."

The Alt Ministry official announce" | ment stated that the fliers were part of the crew of a bomber wäich was attacked by British fighters.

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GIANT PANDA DIES SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH". LONDON, Dec. 18 (Reuter) ——Sung, Jore of the three specimens of glont THE AIR FORCE batting was panda owned by the London Zoo, by no means up to their previousness of several weeks.

died to-day following an undiagnosed

standard, and only C. M. King Sung was worth over £1,000. (18) reached double figures in a miserable total of 47. Y. T. Barma's early on, and he was dropped twice 4 for 8 was the best bowling record.in the deep, but he played a great

many very fine shots on the Nor did the 1.1.C. do very much shots which, quite frankly, I never better, though at the end A. R. Sumad thought he had in his bag. He and ran up 21 not out. Waddington's Captain Parsons dead-heated for the Agures of 10.5-3-24-8 were excel-

retiring score. It was decided that lent, and included a hat-trick. They as it was his "bench" he should play were all out for 72 runs,

the second period out!

He made such good use of it that he took his score to 50 before he alightly sprained it muscle, and IT WAS A PERFECTLY de decided to call it a day. C.G. Green lightful day on Sunday last when was the only man to do anything two teams of over the age ofjeke. Dropped early on, he took his MARINA HOUSE forty-five met at the Kowloon score to 24 not out. The others,

however, did very little. Cricket Club for a most excellent! Redmond, who had a tremendous lunch and a very pleasant after lot of work to do in the deep seld and noon's cricket. It was intended came at least two croppers trying to to be a sort of farewell to R. E.to be an ex-bowler, IIe sent down save fours, was suddenly discovered Lindsell, who is, I understand, two overs which were probably as retiring at the end of the season, bed as anyone else's, but managed to There were several people who had bowl Stokes and got Ezra Abraham been quite well known as cricketers caught at the wicket. The next ball, some years ago, but who have not rebounding from McLeod's pads into played for a long time. Blaker, F. the wicket, stumped F.E. Nash, I A. Redman, J. D. Humphreys and see, by the way, that the scorer C. C. Starke have not played, I think, thought he was bowled. for at least four or five years-much

LACKING LENGTH longer in some cases while since

-1936 E.-W. Hanillion has only turn- AS I HAVE STATED, "all the ed out in the Oxford and Cambridge bowling was sadly lacking in length, match. On the other side Jex has that 15, speaking of Hongkong. not played for several years, and his Parsons and W. Nash bowled very excellent wicket keeping the three well for Kowloon though the former extras were wides Indicated that did not manage to get a wicket. his retirement was premature,

They were both up against quite use-

The Hongkong side batted Arst, ful balling, and, indeed, so far as the and the understanding was that the batting went, I rather thought that score of 25 called for retirement with the side could hold its own against the concession that the batsman could any second division team, if not a carry on to the end of the over. That first division team!

some batsmen availed themselves s of It was a most enjoyable day and this is algnified by the fact that both very pleasant it was to see some of Gillespie and Eric Mitchell got to 32, the carlier cricketers turning out while T. E. Pearce was bowled at again, H. E. the Governor had Intend. 30 trying to hit a 6 instead of a 4 to ed to play but stood down at the last square leg. McLeod also retired for moment and umpired. J. P. Robin- 26, and there were other useful con- son was at the other end. He must tributions. G. S. Loveti 14, and have been umpiring now for about Hamilton put on 20 for the last wicket; twenty years, and for how many to send up the 200.

WEAK BOWLING

Fears before that he was playing for Kowloon I can't remember. I know he captained them somewhere about

IT SOON became evident that 1915 or so. although the Hongkong side's batting I cannot help thinking however, was very much stronger than that of that there will be a certain number Kowloon, their bowling WAS very of people walking about extremely much weaker, and it was a estion stiffly for the next forty-eight hours- of which would crack worst, sex, who I definitely know one who is. The was expecting to make rung, was untreustomed effort of holding a bat taken first slip off the. Arst ball of (and getting runs with it), has so the innings, Three wickets

went cramped the muscles of his hands down fairly soon, and then R.. that he can hardly raise a gloss to Lindsell came in and played an his lips, without spilling it. But of extraordinary good Innings,

what account is that compared with He was very nearly bowled twice such an excellent game?

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