1941-01-21 — Page 22

Tuesday

HONGKONG TELEGRAPH

January 21, 1941.

"R. Abbit's" Cricket Comments

Weather Spoils Several Matches

University Hold Recreio: Splendid Knock By E. L. Gosano: A Few Hints On Playing Cricket

We are not being vory fortunate in our weather this year as it has broken just as the League matches bogan. Goodness knows what with the demands of camps and drills it is hard enough toʻrun League cricket......... or any cricket—even if the weather is fine.

Still one must hope for a change soon, as the present weather, has come along much too early. Of course. things are not quite so bad down below as they are on the Peak, where it is dreadful, and the rain is extra- ordinarily local.

Although it was possible to com-deteriorate a great deal towards plete games at the Varsity ground at the end of the afternoon while Pokfulam and across at Recrolo, under perfectly beastly conditions bo can see no reason why it I understood, all the Happy Valley should be hoped that the wicket games, and those at the HKC.C. and would grow caster. The Recrelo did Sookunpoo had to be abandoned soon not do too well and but for M. A. after the start. The CS.C.C. and Remedios (44) and H. A. Barros 32 Police were wise in calling off. not out, they would have been in an

Varsity Draw

Johnny Revolta Wins San Francisco Open

SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 20 (UP)-Johnny Revolta beat Harry Cooper seven and six in the final of the $5,000 San Francisco open golf champion- ship to-day.

awful mess. As it was they man-i aged to get 131 runs, and this proved off the wicket and never down the nmple. K. C. Lo, who

a steady 10 middle of it. down from the first made a

come

There is no doubt whatever that

乜 When bowler is the Varsity are a greatly improved but the only two other double figures bowling over the wicket n right batting side. The Recreto batted) first and one cannot criticize their were the 11 of R. M. Soares and 18 hander normally runs on the off side captaincy as they did everything of Ampiavano, P. M. N. da Silva after making his shot so that his was the man who did most of the partner can come straight down the to give themselves a chance damnge as he had possible tng. They manuited to run gures of 10-3-18-6.

the excellent leg side without fear of collision. This is the fundamental principle up 173 for 3 by n quarter to four}

though it has to be varied for left thanks very largely to a hard hit

handers or when bowlers go round innings by Eddie Goanno,

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The Other Matches

If any hitter gets going the Varsity Nothing of importance happened in ground is a paradise.

the other ganies which only lasted I remember when I was skipper-from fifteen minutes to half an hour ing a side there-alas! a long while before the rain set in. I ace however that the Club were taking on the

sgo-I had to send out and stop .A. They seem to spend most of one of my batsmen hitting the ball over the wire netting as not only their time playing the Army in some Was the Varsity in danger of run-form or other. ning out of balls, but he was wast- my time while people were hunting

down the hill-side! I never heard

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The whole underlying theory is that cach batsman should run on the side of the wicket most con- venient to them, and that they should never run both of them on the sune side of the wicket.

Stealing Runs

E. Curtis, playing for Kowloon Cricket Club against one of the British ships in port, has a little difficulty in dealing with one that kept low. The match was at the K.C.C. on Sunday.— Ming Yuen,

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At the declaration I should have bowler's end should call. This is laid odds on Recreio and when Mat-chiefly because his wicket is most in years there were the Lancashiro thews and Ride had gone for under danger though of course his wicket is couple of whom a poet wrote of his twenty, I should have lengthened usually most in danger when a shot ghostly match,

"Where the run stealers Bicker to there. But the rest fought a defen

and fro sive betion and saved the game. I There are some batsmen' who

Oh my Hornby and my Barlow strongly suspect that the Recrele ko-calling their own shots through

but they should

long ago." bowlers did not like the matting. Of the gully course cold and drizzly conditions this case make sure their batting There are two things necessary in

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stealing runs besides this team work. always-homper the-bowler-and partners know all about it Then flelders more than the balsmen. how to call. As I have frequently One is the ability to judge the pace

at which a hit is travelling. K. Y. Tam was top score with 23 and written, the secret is to call in a Fenton, Hong Choy and Naranjan loud and audible voice and in a decl- harder a ball is hit to cover the less

There are three calls, chance there is of a short run. Singh got useful double gure scores sive WRN" "Wal!!

"Yes"

The last the second is of more importance and should be rounded off by either that is to be able to size up the field "Come on" or "No" as the occasion pretty quickly, The good runner demands.

will soon spot the men with whom he can take no liberties at all.

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It was a gallant gesture of the University to put in Recreio at King's Park (and I am told they did) but I think in view of the weather it was an unwise one es the light was obviously going to

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If you are going to refuse your partner's call it must be done at once and I recommend an oven louder call,

Running Between Wickets As for running between wickets it is a cardinal rule that you must run

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So much for theory, But the art of running wants much more than theory and that is constant prac❤ tice. You can learn a lot about cricket from books. But it is only on the field that you can translate your theory into scilon.

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