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Tuesday,

"R. Abbit's' “R.

Reflections

HONGKONG TELEGRAPH

February 1941.

Cricket Comments

On K.C.C.-H.K.C.C. Match

Is Kowloon's Batting Strength Over-rated?

Indians' Handicap

OWING to the vagaries of our climate, have spent a couple of days in bed since I pub- lished my accounts of the H.K.C.C. and K.C.C. match and I have had time to reflect on it. I have in consequence rather altered my opinion of the K.C.C. batting, and while I still think it an Heerelo on Saturday. L/Cpl Stoner extremely powerful batting side against bad playing forward to a rather bouncy bowling, I have begun to doubt its soundness.

I do not include Donald Anderson in this statement as I think he just had a bad match. The point that I take is this: In each innings the only serious stand was made between Teddy Fincher and Mackay. But when the bat. ting order was examined it appeared at once that they came together.

Baker and Perry had been bowling for some time. Their Arst energy was passed and the shine was off the ball. In each case a change of bowling came Boon, and the two batsmen had very little difficulty in dealing with the mediocre small change which the Club could call upon. True, Alec Pearce had a wonderful over in the second Innings, but it is soine years since he has been dan gerous, though he can get the mugs But better than most. You cannot be the best bat in the Colony and one of it's best bowlers at the summe lime unless you are sanguinary marvel.

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Recreio made no serious attempt to get the runs.

They took about half an hour to score the first thirly runs of which i Soares unly scored eight. This is the more surprising as he is one of the, hitting type of batsmen, and usually, if he stops half an hour, he hris thirty or inore to show for it. G. N. Gosano and M. A. Remedios played; good knocki

Richardson wisely kept MeLellan and Perry on all the time and they responded nobly, sending down 14 overs apicee.

Kowloon Victory

From all this 1 deduce that the K.0.0. batting appears

Atrong because it seldom comes up against really good bowling. I trust match, and it may have done shall not give offence when I say them good. They met a sport- this, but I do think this is true uf. all of them except Anderson and ing team in the I.R.C., who, despite the fact that they have only one real bowler, declared at 167 for 8 wickets.

THE K.C.C. possibly were a little shaken up by their de fent in the China New Year

E. C. Fincher.

Lions And Rabbits

THERE was one other interesting

of the

The Recreio-Army Junior match at

:

one.-Ming Yuen,

Paterson

Retains Empire Flyweight Title

LONDON, Feb. 3 (Reuter).m The British and Empire flyweight boxing championship title was at slake in a fight at Notingham to- night between Jackie Paterson (Glasgow, holder) and Paddy Ryan (Manchester).

Paterson retained his title when He won in the eighth round, the referee stopping the fight.

France Out Of

1941 Tennis Picture

Petra And Pelizza

Are German Prisoners

VICHY, Jan. 29 (UP).—Jean Borotra, world famous tennis player, who has been made French Sport Commis. sary by Marshal Petain, told the United Press in an ex- clusive interview that until pence is restored in Europe there could be no question of international matches in France.

The "Bounding Basque," who in 1927, won the Davis Cup for France, at Germantown, with

COLONY CHESS TITLES his team composed of Rent

First Round Of Senior Tourney To-day

Draw For Open Junior Championship

the OPENING MATCHES lar the FIRST ROUND matches of Colony Senior Chess Championship Colony Junior Chess Championship will be played to-day. Though en will be played on Thursday, February tries this year are not as large as 13. Fificen entries liave been recely- those of 1940, the standard, nevered, and the draw, made fast night, theless, has not been impaired.

resulted as follows:

A. Kurrilc v. Un Kwai-yung; A. Morton v. William Lee; R. C. Gardner v. J. Grefalda; V. V. Kolachoff v.

THERE

A. H. Madar (41) A. H. Rumjahn thought that come into my mind, (34) and A. R. H. Esmail (20) all and that was why Civil Servants did well at the start of their innings. when playing no members Club, behave like liom and then go The K.C.C. batsmen made light of To-day, two former champions, D. off to play for C.5.C.C. and behave thele task, thanks chiefly to Donald E. de Carvalho and C. M. Sequeira Ike (I will not insult lambs) com- Anderson who hit up 74 not out.mect, while other matches at the plele rabbits.

Minu struggled gallantly and took Peninsula Hotel are G. S. Coxhead H. d'Almelda; R. C. Danenberg V. A. It has been most marked this sea-five of the six wickets that fell, and v. E. Zimmern (runner-up last year) Y. Biriukoff; To Yu-lau v. J. Tausz; Lon. As a general rule in a big game A. H. Madar kept an end going, but and L. Karpovich v. K. Weiss, they, with about two members of the they are sadly in need of really

regular Club skie, carry the game, good bowler to help Minu.

As an instance one has only to refer

to the New Year game where Baker

and Perry did most of the bowling

in the first innings and Griffiths saved the batting.

It is perhaps a good deal to de with grounds. The CS.C.C. usually give a good account of themselves on the K.C.C. ground,

With two good bowlers, the small change they have could eko tho ́at- tack out much as K.C.C. manage with Lloyd and Francis Zimmern.

Junior Division

Open Tennis Championships

D. Drake v. A. C. Poupard,

Bye, E. M. Petrove,

Lacoste, Henri Cochet, and Jac- ques Brugnon, said:

"Since France's star players, Yvon Petra and Henri Pelizza are in German prison camps it would be impossible for France to participate in tennis matches abroad."

"With the 1,800,000 French pri sloners scattered throughout Ger- many and the occupied zone of France," he continued, "and every French family with at least one

capilvily, W We do not

member In feel up to playing in publle. Thus, France will not be represented at Davis Cup matches next summer. Ilowever, there will be French Inter-regional championships to be held in Paris on the courts of the

Tennis Club de France." "For the first time in

masy months," he went on, "I went two The draw for white and black will weeks ago to the Tennis Club de be announced with the issue of the France to sce the French Junior round by round programme,

Cliampionships. The

youngsters put The games will be played on Tues-up a good show and there was some days and Thursdays on or before the splendid tennis." dates set out in the programme.

Scattered Playera Games adjourned will be completed VON Petra and Pierre Pelizza within a fortnight of the adjourn-YVON inent and all matches will be played Brugnon, (one of the Four Horsemen are prisoners, while Jacques fat the Peninsula Hotçi;

of the 1027 French Davis Cup team), is in America as secretary to n tennis Club in Pasadena. Georges Destre- young French Davis meau, another Cup star is in Paris and is leaving ahortly for Tunis where he nccepted The Committee of the Club has de-of a possible 10, won the double-round position. Marcel Bernard, who was a Davis Cup hope a few years elded that any surplus money, result-lightning" chess tournament of ago in Paris as well as Christian ⚫ing from the Tournament will be Kowloon Chess Club held on Saturday,

Boussus." "surprisingly held to a draw He got 50, and the only other donated to the Bomber Fund, and in R. C. Danenberg and J. Grefalda tled

"Henri Cochet, (another of the by the Civil Service Cricket double figure score was 11 by Bar-consequence smail mementoes, instead for second place with nine points each. 1927 "Cup" days), has bought a farm near Parls and devates most of Club." Now this may be a very row. Craigengower got 108 for 9 but of, the usual trophies, will be presented fair statement on the perform-bridge who was hit in the face when assist the Committee by stating on Fanling Golf they were unlucky to lose N. Broad-to the winners.

Intending competitors are asked to

his time to agricultural life? Henri Cochet still plays tennis in his spare ances of C.S.C.C. qua the Club he find made 22-going in frst. His which days of the week they are un- team. But on paper I am by no partner mode 21 and U. M. Omar 25 able to play owing to Volunteer or means satisfied that the C.S.C.C.-but no one else did much. have not the better side.

C.S.C.C. v. Recreio

IF only the Civil Service second

eleven had done a bit better with the bat they might well have beaten C.C.C., but apart MY last paragraph was written

chiefly because of a phrase from Ainslie (who, I am glad to I read which a brother scribe, seems to have emerged from had written "Club de Recreio his patch) they did little.

Police Two Short

Next Month

The annual Colony's tennis cham- plonships, organised by the Hongkong, |C.C., will commence on March 10. As previous years, there will be open singles and doubles events.

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other duties.

Referces' Meeting

"Lightning" Tourney

A. C. Poupard, with 11% points out

Captain's Cup Qualifiers

the

It would be tedious to mention alli the names, but in batting at least the WITH so many calls on their scr- alde should hold its own. In bowl- vices, the Police are making a

The following qualified for the The monthly meeting of the Hong- Ing. perhaps, Recrelo have a bulge, gallant struggle to carry on. They

should call Baker a better managed to get K.C.C. out for 114 kong Football Referees Association Captain's Cup at Fanling on Sunday:

Old Course. T. Harrington, 84-15 CD, though

122 entries). with an Impressive row of four ducks will be held at the Hotel Cecil at 8 bowler than

E. L. Gosano and Perry in the middle of the batting.

Ip.m. to-day, when a talk on Soccer New Course.-F. A. Redmond, 78-11:07. better than any other change the

will be given by one of the members, † (eight entries), Recrelo have.

Baxter got 67 but the only other The Civil Service have no left double figures were Rapley (24) and lander It is true-nor a leg break E. Curtis (25 not out). bowler liko II. L. Ozarlo. But there As nearly always, Carey got runs fa not lot to chose between the at-; (21) and Tyler who has the makinga tacks to my mind, and I was only of a good cricketer made 21. But surprised at the draw because the they-nine of them were out for a game was played at the Civil Service; total of 74 runs. - ground where the team's efforts are

usually appalling.

should

like to

to make it clear that

In one department the Recreio have the complete half-nelson on the 0.8.C.C. Thels Nelding brilliant

Varsity Beaten

IR.C. rather ran-riot with the

not

I am not belittling the Recreio play-bat and ran up 170 for 7 declared éra but writing up the potential strength of the Civil Service.

against the Varsity who have quite fulfiled their early promise, For the I.R.C. M. R. Abbas made £9, and I am wondering if he would not be worth a trial in the first. There were four other double figure scores. University had a bad patch at the start

and though Chellish (30), TTWELL, who is having a lean Mazuza (20) and Amplavanar and patch after his mass of runs, Gill (15 oplece) tried to hold the failed, but Dicky Richardson, who fort, it could not be done, and they had broken his hoodoo against only just managed to send the hun Recrolo in a previous non-league dred up before succumbing game, knocked up 31 and Perry had

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The Play

Two members of the side who have been bidly out of form this year got going, Colledge and Fortescue, and made 20 and 30 not out respec-| tively. I was told by a good judgo that he has never seen Fortescue bat better,

Wright, apart from tnaking a splendid catch, hit up 10

in two

`avérz.

I was amazed to hear that in spite of the fact that Baker bad pulled a ritsscle and could not bowl, and that Whitley, was away, the

Another Big Game HAVE heard rumours of an al-

tempt to fix up à return between the full strength of I.K.O.C. and the K.C.C. on the ground of the latter team. The Easter holidays fall in the second week in April, which is perhaps a bit late for cricket, but I don't see much chance of fixing things up comfortably be- fore that, what with camps and things, April 12 and 14 would presumably be the dates. I car- tainly hope that the rame will come off,

GOOD-WILL TOUR-Dorothy Bundy, tonnis champion, receivos huge trophy In Buenos Aires after winning women's singles in Argentine tourney, during good-will tour, Mrs. Norman Armour, wife of U, S. Ambassador, presents trophy.

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for Rene Lacoste," Borotra pursued, he has accepted to head the French Lawn Tennis Federation, replacing Pierre Gillou, whe re- elgned. However, Gillou will con- tinue in his functions until July 1st when Rene Lacoste will take over." The Jewish Question

asked whether TEAN Borotra,

French Jews would be excluded from tennis championships in future, replied:

"I do not see why they should be excluded and for the moment no nich question has been discussed." World Soccer Cup KNOWING that Borotra is a foot- ball fan and an excellent player, he was asked whether the French football team would

participate in the 1942 World Cup which is to be played in South America,

It is rather improbable," he said, "but if we are at peace we shall be delighted

we to participate for cherish good memories of the 1038 'Cup' which was played in France,”

Thailand Tennis Praised By Japanese

TOKYO, Feb. 3 (Domel)The Japanese goodwill tennis players to Thalland, Yasuo Tsuruda, of Keto University and Bukeyasu Nakahara, of Waseda University, returned here on Sunday.

Highly praising the standard of play in Thailand, the players anld: "Journ should exchange players with Thailand more' frequently not only for the pro motion of friendlier relations between the two countries bui niso for the in- provement of Jus own pinyers. There are many good players in Thailand and we only hope that wo shall be able to meet them again."

Txunida and Sakahara were in Thal. land for two etuks during wha ne they met, the chompions of Tha" and, winning the' singlés but losing the doubles

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