1941-04-08 — Page 14

Tuesday,

HONGKONG, TELEGRAPH.

April 8, 1941.

"R. Abbit's Cricket Comments

Kowloon C.C. Win Senior Shield

Civil Service Batsmen Fail Before N.D. Lloyd

University's Late Action

Unless I am very much mistakon, the cricket season for the Senior Division is over. The K.C.C. have won the Shield and no one can deny that they are by far the best side playing in it. And there is one other feature too to my mind, and that is, that there is more executive drive and playing keenness than in any other team. Despite delays, they stuck to it, and there was no messing about.

And that reminds me. I was personally informed by the captain of the C.S.C.C. that the previous week the University requested the Civil Service on Monday, March 24, to confirm in writing if the game on 29/3/41 between the two teams was "on". The C.S. replied in the affirma- tive. On Friday, March 28, I am told that the University Secretary cancelled the game in writing owing to Camp duties. A perfectly sound ground of course, but I do not quite see why these camp duties could not have been fore- seen on the previous Monday! One of the immediate results was to upset all the arrangements of the Civil Tournament Tennis Service first eleven at the last moment. I am not sur-

prised they have decided to cancel their two remaining Rumjahn Cousins

League Matches, and call the season finished. I should strongly advise them to stop out of the League next season unless there is a very drastic change in the situation.

One must be profoundly thankful that it was possible to play cricket on Saturday Just, when it was humid and very hot though not cheerful. The K.C.C. wicket was in its usunt excellent condition but D good deal

To-day's Tennis

of interest of the game was lost when There is only one Open Tennis it was realised that the C.S.C.C. had match to-day. This will be McLellan away on leave and Griffiths played on the Stand Court, and sailing. (It was not his fault in view of the chaotle state of the fix-is as follows:

serves to call up. There the K.C.C.

ture list), and the C.S. have no re-

have such a pull. They have at

DOUBLES

Paul Kong and Fung Yee-pui least four men quite worth a place w. C. Hung and E. C, Fincher.

in the first though it is amazing

how seldom they seem to have to call them up.

The Lucky Spin

In Doubles

Semi-finals

THE RUMJAIN ČOUSINS, E.A. and H.D., entered the semi-finals the Colony Doubles Tennis Championship at the Hongkong C.C. yesterday when they beat George Choa and A V. Remedios In three sets, 6-3, 5-7, 0-2,

This was the only Open match played, and a fair crowd gathered at the Stand Court. On the day's play, the winners deserved their success, though had Choa and Itemedios beer able to continue their form of the

Smiling faces on the Civil Service and Kowloon cricketers as they adjourn for the tea during the League match at the K.C.C. on Saturday that gave the home side the Senior Cham- pionship.-Ming Yuen.

League Softball

Champions v. Rest On Easter Monday

(By "Ball Fan")

ELABORATE preparations are well under way to stage the "colossal softball classic" of the year on Easter Monday when two glittering exhibition games will be carded, for local ball fans, in aid of the Chinese War Orphans Relief Association.

Teddy. Fincher won the toss-in-with 38, but I have seen him play His angled shots and placing when at all-star nine picked from the

the tam in all five league matches

and put the Civil Service in. It all depended on the C.S. making a good

A Return

rest of the clubs.

Badminton Championship Matches To-night-

MATCHES in the Badminton Championships to-night will be at the Kowloon. C.C and the pro- gramme is as follows:

v. second set, different story might In the opening game at 2.30

have been told.

The standard of the opening set P.M., the star-studded Wildcats, was below even that of the League, Colony champions and Southard is usually very easy to score off. but in the second, volleying duels Shield winners, will appear on The first five batsmen all got double were brilliant and sustained, and in the diamond for the first time as figures with Anderson top scorer these Choa was much to the fore. titleholders when they tackle an many better innings. After that tho the net were winners on almost cidentally he tells me he has won batting wan rather cheerful.

every occasion.

H.D., too, came into his own in this

The nightcap at 3.45 p.m. will set, for he was inclined to be erratle during the first and Anal sets. His feature St Joseph's 'burly ballhawks, start and they did not! After hit- It was very pleasant to see Tubby forehand was not working with the senior loop champions, against those ting a lovely four through the covers wood back in the first eleven. After accustomed sting, while his volleys irrepressible Mohawks, the team that olf the first ball of the match, the scandalous amount of time he too frequently ended in the net. has everything. The Iroquols Tribe were edged out of the championship this year, but are considerd by many BUT the combination of the Cousins was ever present, and this to be the "team of teams" here in was one of the compensating fea-South China.

8.A. was steady with his Featuring a dazzling infleld com- Low (Senior Doubles). ground shots, and it was a peculiar bination and a

0.30 pm. H. C. Eardley and N. fact that though Chọn was the that is the class in local softball Smith v. P. Wong and C. Au (Senior stronger

of the opposing pair, the circles, the Five Nation tomahawk-Doubles). Rumjains concentrated on him for wielders are expected to prove before the greater part of the game, the gashouse faithful their ball play-

ne was 1.b.w. to an in- has spent_on_the_ponies, judging

from Lloyd. He thought it from some of his dashes in the field. beat was going outside the leg stump but I am not sure he could not the umpire did not agree. However, some of his own mounts, If the race he had previously been given not was short enough. It is interesting out to a similar ball and Lloyd told to note that this is the first occasion me, unless I misunderstood him, that for

for a very

when Dicky long time he felt more optimistic about his Richardson has failed to come off on first than his second appeal.

the K.C.C. ground. I also gathered Attwell unfortunately was in his thut before he got out yesterday. blob, rather than his fifty Incarna- Donald Anderson had an average tion, and picked a very good one something like 100.

from Francis Zimmern who was not, however, bowling in his best form.

tures.

the

-Old-Combination-

Remedios was for

from settled

flect-footed outfield

7.45 p.m. N. Smith v.T. S. Young (Junior Singles).

8.15

C. C. Pereira and A. E. Xavier PC.-Leung and K. F. Chui (Junior Doubles).

p.m.

8.45 p.m. M. A. Oliveira and L. A. Carvalho v. K. W. Choy and K, I).

of

1ining superiority over Dave Leonard's SPORTS ADVT. first sel, and though he played champion ballhawking Saints. During the pleasant festivities after his part in giving assistance to Choa

A capacity crowd is expected to Lloyd, alded no doubt by the heavy took place when the President of the not fully work until the final set for this ail-star charity doubleheader ay the game, certain ribald merriment in the second, his ground shots did stream into the Kowloon ball park atmosphere, was making the ball Civil Service Club pointed out that when he crossed with several fine and tickets will probably go on sale swing a lot and bowling well, but it was then that he had a bit of luck as a stipendiary Magistrate, Ander-drives that left the Rumjahns stand-late this afternoon. which may have changed the for- son would no doubt play for the ing.

Civil Service next year. It 11⁄2 under-i lunes of the match. One ball got stood that the rumour is not well mixed up with Perry's pads and In turning to see where it was, the bats founded.

man had the misfortune to kick the ball on to his wicket. Had he stop- ped anything might have happened. Colledge batted better than he has done for a

University Win

On every possible occasion, the opposing pairs stormed the net, and on the whole the volleying was far above the average.

. Chon and Remedios led 4-1 in the second set, and before a determined The struggling and coura- onslaught by the Rumjahns had to concede three games in a row to very long time and made geous, but not very able, Crai- level at 4-all. Then 5-all, and finally 25, while Fortescue who has been gengower side, failed entirely to Chon and Remedios led 8-5. They dead out of form all the season do anything against the Univer- had two set points and failed with played an excellent defensive knock,sity at Pokfulam. They only astonishingly wenk shots, but with although he only got fifteen. It was turned out 10 men and P. H. their third set point, Remedios left for Hawkins to make top score

brought off one of his spectacular with a gallant 27, hut no one else, White (18) E. Zimmern (14) and drives that cut through the opposition did anything.

George Sousa (14) alone managed for the set. to get into double figures, Gega's

great figures for bowling were excellent, 8-3-10-4, while Naranyan Singh took struggle in the third set began to dis- solve when the Rumjahns took the lead at 3-1. Choa and Remedios won

Excellent Bowling

A total of 14 was not likely to 3 for 11 in 18 balls. bother the K.C.C. but Baker and Perry bowled very well. Time and

ANTICIPATIONS

of

·

The University had little difficulty the fifth game, and after several in- again Axlerson played at the former in knocking off the runs, as Mat-teresting moments of volleying, the and was lucky enough not to touch thews, who is in form just now with Rumjanny took the sixth to icod 4-2. the ball. Baker might well have the bat, made 33 before being run

couple

The opposition to the champions

THE HONG KONG JOCKEY CLUB

In connection' with this hollday

The THIRD EXTRA RACE MEET- programme, a meeting of the repre- ING will be held, weather permitting, sentatives of all softball teams in

Hongkong will be held at the Club on SATURDAY, 12th and MONDAY, Lusitano this afternoon at 5 p.m. 14th April, 1041, commencing at11.30 Club representatives please note,.m. on both days.

Golf

Craig Wood Wins Annual Masters Tournament

The First Bell will be rung at 11.00

The Wh

The tiffin interval will be after the fourth race on both days.

MEMBERS' ENCLOSURE

No One without a badge will be admitted to the Members' Enclosure. Such must be worn throughent tho duration of each Meeting in such a manner se to be readily identified,

Badges admitting Non-Members to the Members' Enclosure and Club Rooms at $5.00 per day for Gentlemen ATLANTA, Apr. 7 (Router) and $3.00 per day for Ladies (both Craig Wood, with an aggregate of including tax) are obtainable through 280 for 72 holes, won the Annual the SECRETARY upon the personal Masters Golf Tournament to-day, or written application of a Member, Byron Nelson was second with 203, such Member to be responsible for all visitors introduced by him, and for payment of all chits, etc.

had two or three "caught at the out, while Gegg and Hong Choy had by now dwindled considerably, Sam Byrd third with 285 and Ben 'wickots" apart from

moral were not out with 22 and 16 respec- and though Remedios was still work Hogan fourth with 286. Lawson Little, ing well with his forehand, Choa the present American Open Champion, ly bowled Perry bowled excellent- tively.

seemed to have lost touch at the net nahed with 200.

Wood's first round of 68 was the best and the match went to the Rumjahna. in the Tournament, being six under

ly with one exception; ho has a

knack of chucking up his in-swinger Second Division

so that it lands a halt volley on the bateman's legs and is a gift for four]

The K.C.C. and the C.0.0.

are moro

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par.

Captain's Cup At Fanling

The Secretary's Omee, 1st Floor, Exchange Building, (Tel. 27794) will close at 9.45 am, on both days.

Tifins are obtainable at the Club House provided they are ordered in advance from the No. 1 Boy (Tel. 21920).

No children or amahs will be. admitted to either Enclosure. PUBLIO ENCLOSURE

to legen

both managed to win their stiffen the bowling, and ought to Most of the runs taken off his games on. Saturday and have win the Second Division Shield on their heads. But cricket is a funny Tho bowling went almost to exactly the exactly similar figures,

game. same place, about 10 yards in front K.C.C. had a simple enough

Lock Comes Off of square-log. -1 chipped Dicky

The price of Admission to the task against the C.S.C.C, second The Recrelo second: have been

Public Enclosure is $1.00 per day. Richardson after the match for not

onthusiastic rather disappointing this year, owing Results of the Coptain's Cup of the including Tax, for all Persons, includ- having moved his long on round to who cover this obvious gap, but he told and persevering than super-skilful to a lamentable habit of collapsing Royal Hongkong Golf Club held during ing Ladles, and is payable at the Gate. the batting line. Before last the week-end were: Old Course, J. Soidlors and Sailors in Uniform are me that Perry wanted to keep long- They batted first and Goodwin, and In on where he was no he was trying Hung, who are bowling nearly as Saturday's they were not at anaker 88-16-79 (21 entries); Now admitted Half Price

them to lift, to get

(one there. I well. I'ani töld," as when they were all badly' placed na they had won Course, R. M.. Wood 87-10-71 (19

By Order think this was unwise with most of in the first League played havoz. four games out of Ave, and lost the entries).

'do the batsmen who were getting runs Ainslie failed to come off and Strange other. But they could nothing were hitting to mid wicket, and (13) and V. C. Bond (20) alone got right as Happy Valley.

and Leonard (38) got possibly he should have had two double figures, though a total of 84 Lock (63) and mon on the leg side Admittedly, was reached. Rapley (18) and Bax- together and collared the bowling Anderson was caught at long-on, but ter (10) did not do so well as they and a total of 152 was a pretty use It was the only ball that went up might have done considering the fut one Recreio could not look at

weakness of the bowling. But Tom it. The only "man" there at all, h

to score, double I am coming

ing to the conclusion that Madar got 28 not out, and Goodban

uresWAS "MAZAN Rámiedlon; (20) they were all out for fifty three one of the reasons for Perry falling 23,

for A Me Omar had the excellent

to obtain: the figures he should do. Mitchell bowlod wall to

is that he cannot control his swing 30 but the result was never in doubt, 'figures of 21-424-8, while UkM momeritifer send up reball On paper KCC, have a very strong Omar, Esmall and Lam kept the

wing and Hung to other and going steadily.

On the flickar

Matches Postponed

C. D. BROWN,

Hong Kong, 7th, April, 1941,

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The matches in the first roundt of the wonten's Badminton doubles which were to have been played on Thursday have been postponed ichtfkan after, the Easter Holidays. owing to the Indisposition of car Ciwo of the players

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