1941-01-21 — Page 6

Tuesday,⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ HONGKONG TELEGRAPH

"R. Abbit's” Cricket Comments

Weather

January 21, 1941.

Spoils Several Matches

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

We are not being very fortunate in our weather this year as it has broken just as the League matches began. Goodness knows what with the demands of camps and drills it is hard enough to run 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 carly. 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 gaines at the Varsity ground at the end of the afternoon while Pokfulam and #cross

Necrelo, fit

reason why it under perfectly beastly conditions be can see no

Johnny Revolta Wins San Francisco Opon

SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 20 (UP)-Johnny Revolta beat Harry Cooper seven and six in the final of the $5,000 San

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

Ming Yuen.

Francisco open golf champion JAPANESE SWIMMERS WIN

ALL-PHILIPPINE MEET

it understood, all the Happy Valley should be hoped that the wicket itaries, and those at the ILK.C.C. and [would grow easier. The Recreio did Sooktinpon had to be abandoned soon not do too well and but for M. A. ship to-day. after the start. The C.S.C.C. and Remedios (44) and H. A. Barros 32 Pulice were wise in calling off. not out, they would have been in

ព Jawful mean. As it was they man.. aged to get 131 runs, and this proved

who hus ample, K. C. Lo,

up

Varsity Draw

The Other Matches

MANILA, Jan. 12 (Domei).,

total of Amassing

A

66

HONGKONG POLICE BEAT MACAO POLICE 6-1

came of the wicket and never down the There is no doubt Ashatever that down from the first made u steady is middle of it. When a bowler is points, the powerful Japanese the Varsity are a greatly improved but the only two other double figures bowling over the wleket a right betting side. The Recreio batted we first and one cannot criticize their were the 11 of R. M. Soares and 15 hander normally runs on the off side swimming team which is now. ir of Amplavanar. P. M. N. da Silva after making his shot so that his visiting here, emerged victori- captaincy as they did everything was the man who did most of the partner can come straight down the ous in the Phillippine Cham- passible to give themselves a chance damage as he had the excellent leg alde without fear

Meet of collision.pionship Swimming of winning

They managed to rungures of 10-3-18-0.

This is the fundamental principle which had been held here dur- An Inter-Police Force soccer match though it lins to be varied for left 173 for 3 by a quarter to four

was played at Macan over the week- thanks very largely do a hard hit

handers or when bowlers go rounding the past week. innings by Exile Gosano. Of course

Natators of the Japanese Rikkyo end when a team from the local University

Constabulary beat the Portuguese tcam established if any hitter gets going the Varsity

law guardians G-1. Philippine record of 0 minutes, 34 ground is a paradise.

seconds, in winning the 800-metre The team, in the charge of Mr A. relay, Second place went the R. S. Major, A.S.P., and under the Philippine South Mindanno Sulu management of Det, Sgt N. B. Fraser, Swimming Team and third place to returned to Hongkong yesterday. the Allied University Team consisting uf mermen from private Philippinë colleges.

I remember when I was skipper Ing a side there-alast a long while

Nothing of importance happened in the other games which only lasted from After minutes to half an hour before the rain set in. I see however | that the Club were taking on the ago-I had to send out and stop RA. They seem to spend most of one of my batsmen hitting the hall over the wire netting as not only their time playing the Army in some

form or other,

was the Varsity in danger of run- ning out of balls, but he was wast log time while people were hunting down the hill-side! I never heard how many halls were recovered but

I know that more than six staric out for Kennedy Town. But to resume my present

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subject.

G. N. 32 and J. M. 18

The

latter

Hints

the wicket.

The whole underlying theory is. that each 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 same side of the wickel.

Stealing Runs

The stealing of runs is a practice The shortage of cricket leaves which may and often does demo

ralize the Beld and make the bowlers me space to get down to some lose their tempers but it also may of the points on which a cor-lead to the loss of more than one respondent has asked informa- valuable wicket.. In fact you really have to be sure you can get away

to

Seiichiro Oura copped the 200- metre breastroke event in 2 minutes 48.7 seconds.

WINTER GAMES ·

IN GERMANY

#1

Exhibition Snooker Match To-night

Kowloon Chess Club Tournament Progress

Close Competition For Senior And Junior Titles

WITH THE APPROACH of the Colony Open Senior and Junior Chess Championships, the senior and junior tournaments of the Kowloon Chess Club near their ending, The Open Senior competition commences on February 4, and entries number six. These are E. Zimmern (runner-up last year), C. M. Sequeira, D. E. de Carvalho, K. Weiss, G. S. Coxhead and L. Karpovich.

Entries for the Open Juniorį tille so far number seven, but it

is expected that these will Artemis Wins

increase to at least ten by the

time of the

January 30.

closing date-

Kowloon Competition

D. E. DE CARVALHO, with a total

Women's Yacht Race

The Third Ladies Championship

of 72 pobits, la already the winner Series of the Royal llongkong Yacht

of the "B" Section of the Senior Club held over 7.1 miles yesterday Championship of the Kowloon Club, resulted: and indications are that his opponent

Maureen

In the best-of-three-games match for Artemis the absolute championship will be.C. True Blue M. Sequeira.

The latter is half a point ahead of G. S. Coxhead, and each has one tnore match to play,

Three players-J. Grefaliin, A. C. Poupard and F. A. Fabelare in, the running for the Junior "A" title, and the winner will meet A. Benjamin, winner of the "D" section.

Redsbank

10.22.11 Mrs J. E. Potter D 1' 10.23.21 Mr W. Whittaker 0 2 10.55 Miss It. Wilson 4 3 10.28.30 Miss P. F. Pel-

chards

Corinthian Series

The second Corinthian cruise series of the Club held on Sunday over 24 miles resulted:

Волпа

12 1 10.28.34 18.01.14 E. Cock 10.13.00 10.15.00 P. C. 3. Tournament standings to date are: Norena

Seurwick 10-2 Evolena 19.58,03 10.13.34 R. J. Minnitt 3 SENIOR "A"

Yehonala 19.32.1 18.5353 G. W. Bate-

man 04 P. W. D. L. Pls. Typhoon 22.24.50 19.49.33 D. Campbell A

4 3 0 5

Treeninur, Tem and Sal Long did not

C. M. Sequelra

L. Karpovich. S. Coxhend K. Wels

IL A. Samuel

7

7 4 2 1 5

8 4 1 3 4

6 2 D 4

B

2

0 0 0 0

SENIOR "D"

D. E. de Carvalho. K. M. A. Barnett A. Y. Biriukoff.. B. D. Event.... M. W. Olsuflce.. Wm, Lee

P. W. D. L. Pts. 9 7 1 1 7% 05 D 3 5 9.5 0 4 5

8 2 2 4 3 72 1 4 216 0 2 0 0 2

SENIOR ""

0

P. W. D. L. Pts.

อ 3 G 0 3 0

85 0 3 6 A. C. Mitchell.. 10 3 0 7 3 Th. Laufer ...... 10 2 1 7 24

F. A. Fabel....

The European YM.CA, will be the iscene of an exhibition snooker match

between A. P. Pereira, Club de Recreio J. Grefalda cliampion, and Cpl J. H. E. L. got 81 not out in a very tion. His first three are all part with it before you try it on. In the

Harvey, RAM.C. Amy snooker champion, V. V. Kolateholt 10 5 1 4

A. C. Poupard .. quick time. L. G. had 30 not out of the same subject (n) How first pla

8 p.m. to-night. This will be followed place

have got to be abso- you

BERNE, Jan, 10 (Havas) —Tho]by novelly entertainment. was playing with a damaged knee. to run between the wickets: lutely sure your partner will do what annual winter games are to be held I seem to recollect quite a few years (b) the polley of stealing runs: and you say-core what may. It is a at Garmisch Partenkirchen, ago that E. tried to carry on with (e) how to call-which balls should practice which is usually most suc- Davaria, from February 14 to Febru-

dicky cartilidge and was out of the be called by whom. I think the cessful when two batsmen are la who ary 23, It was officially announced inj

Berlin to-day. balting personally are mame for some time in consequence. third question should come first.

together, It is wiser not to take chances on It is the established custom that for

Nine countries have already noti❤ Hobbs and Rhodes, when they used Bed the German sports authorities of knees. I refer to cricket of edurse. all balls bit front of the wicket the

striker should call and for all balls to open for England were a typical their intention to take part in the Stubborn Defence behind the wicket the batsman at the ing telepathy. Going back many Sweden,

It was something approach-games, these countries being Italy, Finland. Hungary, Ru-

bowler's end should call. This is

rase.

Army Hockey XI

SENIOR "B"

Navy Rugby XV

The following will represent Navy a rugby match against Middlesex ut 4.15 m. to-day at Causeway Bay:

1. O. Clough; Sub-Lt Kennedy (Capt.). P. O. Vilson, Cadet Lamble, L. A. C. Greele: Sub-Lt Smith, A. D. Gallacher: Sub-it Debson, 8. B. A. Baggs, B. B. A. Plynn: A. B. Grangle, Cadet Thornhill: I. 8. A. Palmer, Sub-Li Richards, P. O. Daugh. Reserves, Fit-Lt Wright, L.S.D.A Addis, Sig Lovelock, Yes. Big. Mitchell. Tel. Porter, 9.0.A. Deegan.

C.S.C.C. Cricket Teams

The Civil Service CC. cricket teams for Baturday's League matches are:

1st XI v. Craigengower C.C. (Home)— The following will represent the

J. E. Richardson (Capt.), K. J. Attwalk Army, Brilish runks, against the Club

P. W. D. L. Pis.] F. Baker. 1. 11. Colledge, T. V. N. in the Triangular hockey tournament at A. Benjamin .10....2..1..8... Fortescue, R. H. Grunth, B, C, K. Sockunpoo at 4.45 nm. to-day:

Hawkins, D, McLellan, A. E. Perry, N. 10 7 2 1 8 A. Denjamin

Whitley, A. BL. J. Wright. seats).

L/Cpl Dave (Signals); Cpi Nave (Roya J. H. D'Almeida 10 1 3 0

Bdr Anderson (RAJ Capt. Skipwith (RE) Sgt Crotion (RE), Bet S. Denjamin .... 0 5 2 2 0 Waldron (Middlesex); 2nd Lt Claque D. Drake ...

C. Lee

J. Walther

At the declaration I should have chiefly because his wicket is most in years there were the Lancashire mania, Yugoslavia, Bulgaria, Slova Gar Marshall (B.A.) Cpl Hitch-

lold odds on Recreio and when Mat-donger though of course his wicket is couple-of whom a poet wrote of his kin and Switzerland. thews and Ride had gone for under usually most in danger when a shot ghostly match, twenty, I should have lengthened them. But the rest fought a defen

and saved the game. sive action strongly-suspect-that-the-

goes to cover,

I

There are some

batsmen

who - like calling their own shots through

or the gully but bowlers did not like the

they should in

their coume cold and drizzly conditions this case make sure

and partners know all about it!

"Where the run stealers dicker to

and fro

Oh my Hornby and my Barlow

-long-ago.

There are two things necessary in

the batsmen.how to call. As I have stealing runs besides this team work

always hamper the bowlers Gelders more than

One is the ability to judge the pace Is travelling. The Fenton, Hong Choy and Naranjan ove and There are three calls. chance there is

deci-harder a ball is hit to cover the less short run. But Singh got useful double figure scores yes" "No". "Wait". The

last

the second Is of more Importance and should be rounded off by elther that la 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.

K. Y. Tam was top score with 22 and written, the secret is to call in api which a hit

loud and audible voice and In

though nothing startling was done.

At King's Park 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 as 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 even louder call.

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

So much for theory. But the art of running wants much more than theory and that is constant prae- tee. You can learn a lot about cricket from books. But it is only on the field that you can translate your theory into action.

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