1941-04-29 — Page 14

1940/41

Tuesday

HONGKONG TELEGRAPH

April 29, 1941.

“R. Abbit's" Cricket Comments

Season Under Review

Greater Interest Shown In Junior Division

Pros And Cons Of The League

AND SO WE HAVE COME to the end of another season. I seem to have written that sentence so often. It means nothing to the youngsters, except, perhaps, hope for the future, and little for the early middle-aged. But for the older players it means a good deal that is, perhaps, somewhat depressing. One does not improve with age as wine does. Even the cricket scribe is tempted to wonder whether he will be writing of the next season. And so frankly I write in a somewhat sad frame of mind.

I had not indeed intended to write more than a few lines, perhaps of farewell, but I have been asked to state my views as to whether there should or should not be a League next season.

The great difficulty in making [*******‹

up my mind about the best

course for the future is that I do Au Revoir Or Good Bye!

not feel I have any really sound

1

ground upon which to stand. I 1 CONFESS to some hopes of had expected cricket to be torn writing these notes again next season.

but, after all, I have had

pretty

to pieces by the demands of tong innings. Mr R. Abbit is, I be- military training. My expecta-lieve, at the end of his 21st season of tion was entirely fulfilled,

writing his notes here or there.

However, the particularly bad weather with which we have been cursed during the season has made it almost impossible to sum up how we really stand.

Given the needs of the military, as things went, one must admit that the Senior Division of the League was a ftop, but I find it very difficult to make up my mind how much sheer dam' bad weather.

to

may have included a year or to too much at the beginning, but I was tributions for the troops cigarette certainly writing them to obtain con- fund before I went Home is the Spring of 1923.

don't think I

It has been a good innings, and I seriously quarrelled with anybody or have ever Teally

hurt their feelings. If I have done so I am sorry.

I have turned the rantter over

will refrain from copying Samuel pretty carefully in my mind and I and d asking them to come out and bear have come to a conclusion which will witness against me, but I will express probably commend itself to very few. sincere regret to anyone if i have That is to continue the Junior inadvertently really hurt them. As 1 Division of the League but to scrap say, I hope that I may be enabled to the Senior Division unless certala | write next season. This will then be; arrangements can be made. I will' au revoir. If not, let me bid you allļ speak later of these arrangements. | good-bye.

My recommendation that the Junior

League should continue is based

largely on the fact that they seemed shield. This is the right spirit and as extremely keen about it, and that it should be.

they

It

no!

have

completed all their games.

Is possible

ible that military dulles do so heavily upon them as press so they do on the teams which have been playing in the Senior Division.

I make this statement with the utmost reserve, and it may be entire- ly incorrect.

The fact remains however that all garbes were played off and when the very Ins! game of all was played, game which had no relation whatever to the winning of the Shield, I have never seen more keenness.

The Seniora

FROM WHAT I have seen and "from what I have read this season

I don't

I cannot say that the League has been in any was a suCCESS. want to be dogmatic, and as I have said, it may be that the weather is

the bottom of it

but with an Cz which I shall discuss later, ception

at

It was the only Second Division match that I have been able to watch right through, and I was extremely that the Army, the pleased to have the opportunity of Hongkong Club are watching such a keenly contested trains i game, sheerly from the desire of each Ride to pull off a game which had nothing to do with the capturing of a

SPORTS ADVT.

THE HONG KONG JOCKEY CLUB

Draft Programmies and Entry Forms for the Fifth Extra Race Meeting to be held (weather per mitting) on Saturday, 10th May, 1941, may be obtained from the Secretary's Office, Exchange Build-1 ing; the Club House, Happy! Valley; the Hong Kong Club; the Sports Club; and the Stables, Shau Kwong Road,

VICTORIOUS INTERNATIONAL TEAM

CHINA... The victorious International girls' team that retained the Shield on Sunday in defeating Portugal. Standing: Grandpa Leung (Coach and ger), Mary Mar, Ulian Khoo, Rennie Yuen, Lily Mar, Margaret Young.

Kneeling: Dot Louie, Virginia Chiu, Mary Ng, Doris Mar, Gloria Mar.

Yuen.

Softball

mana.

Ming

Badminton Finals At K.C.C. To-night

Tsui-Rumjahn Tennis Match Abandoned

P.H. Wong Defends Title

Against K. W. Choy

(By "Tinker") ACCOMMODATION at the THOUGH it seemed pretty Kowloon Cricket Club to-night"| obvious at 4.15 p.m. that the

Colony Tennis Singles semi-final will certainly be taxed. The

between Tsui Wai-pul and S. A. first three finals of the 1941 Itumjahn would not be played, se! Colony Badminton Champion-

a start was made at the Stand ships. will commence at 8.30

Court yesterday.

The heavy clouds threatened, and

and led 40-15, but Tsui pulled up S. A. Rujahn commenced serving

and took the first game.

am personally of the opinion that after one game the match was called there should be no senior League. In the first place the Shield was in-off, not because of the rain-It had not yet fallen-but because of the tended for

nit the competition Cricket clubs in the Colony. Now bad light. It was not too soon, how- ever, for the rain then came down in Navy and the

torrents, unable to put the Senior Shield, it seems to me that the Shield is some what falling from its high estate.

In the second place there to be the greatest difficulty

there appeared in getting the fixtures in the Sentor Division played off, but I do not in any way wish to enter into any form of argu- ment. The fact remains that fixtures were not played off, and this again leads ne to suggest, that the Shield should be dropped next year:

let

A Possible Alternative

The tickets for yesterday's match will be valid for the next match between these two players,

To-day's Matches

p.m.

These matches will be: 8.30 p.m. Women's Doubles, Miss M. M. Silva and Miss M. A. Xavier v. Mrs Zimmern and Mrs Torrible.

9 p.m. Men's Junior Doubles. A. L. Fisher and P. Wynter-Blyth v. C. C. Pereira, and A. E. Xavier. 9:30p.m.-Men's Senior-Singles

P. H. Wong v, K, W. Choy. At 8 p.m., however, the semi-final match between T. S. Young and D. Chellieh in the Men's Junior Singles will be played off. This game was postponed from last week.

Women's Doubles

ON RESPECTIVE FORM, one concedes the edge to the Recretu

At the time of writing, it is most girls for the Women's Doubles title. of the scheduled Mrs Zimmern and Mrs Torrible have doubtful if y matches for lo-day will be played previous matches, and though at the been none too encouraging in their Matches to-day are those of the Club cominencement of the competition. IF IT IS to be played for at all Tournainents, and the premier one odds were much in the latter's favour, I suggest most strongly that will be that between M. Pugh should be played as soon as possible (holder) and Capt R. E. Guest in the their showing has been below ex-

Singles first week in October. Champlonship

semi-final. Pectations. Now that there are apparently two This will be on the Stand Court. training periods, the old reason for

It has not been decided yet, but in greater the first week of playing after January is not existent.

fall probability the Club ground will Zimmern has been a universal be closed,

after the

I think there might be

up over The Christmas and New

Year holidays as matches between

| nervous,

Mra

And

Miss Silva and Miss Xavier have shown the better combination, and

command of shots.

inclined to be however, and spectators have not seen her at her best. should she be able to forget her surroundings, in Mrs Torrible she hus great and they may yet placed in them.

Entries close at 12 o'clock NOON the full strength of the Hongkong Home Soccer y the confidence that many have

on THURSDAY, 1st May, 1941.

By Order,

Club and the Kowloon Club could be arranged then at home and away,

There is no doubt that the best match of the whole season was that between H.K.C.C, and K.C.C., and it C. B. BROWN,

is a great pity that the return could Secretary, not be played on the K.C.C. Ground.

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A Final Reflection

I HAVE BEEN considerably worried during the past months by the apparent lack of interest in the H.K.C.C. cricket. The un- fortunate illness of Harry Owen; Hughes, from which we hope to see him out again very shortly, han undoubtedly cramped the style of the Club.

Fixtures For

Saturday

LONDON, Apr. 28 (Reuter).—The following are the football fixtures for Saturday, May 3:

Scotland v. England.

INTERNATIONAL MATCH

LONDON CUP Chelken v. Queen's Park Rangers; Arsenal v. Tottenham.

FOOTBALL LEAGUE (SOUTH) Hournemouth v. Bouthampton; Brighton Watford; Luton v. Partsmouth; Norwich

Southendt.

Senior Singles THOUGH most people may be Inclined to the idea that K. W. Choy is a certain winner for the Men's Singles, there is the unanimous opinion that the match will be one of the finest yet seen in the Colony Tournaments.

Choy has certainly brought a better brand of badminton to the Colony, and his presence lifts The Tourn- ament far above the standards of previous years.

Ja a

M. P. Yoong, last week, showed that it

It was

possible to break through Choy's defence when he extended the latter in the first game of their SOUTH REGIONAL LEAGUE

semi-final. Patrick Wong Aldershot v. Fulham: Crystal Palace v player of the same type, and though Clapton Orient: Northampton v. Millwall he has been inclined to be erratic Heading v. West Dromwich Albion; West- The indefatigable Erie Mitchell has ham v. Brentford,

in his smashes to date, he is not one been off on leave. towards the end of

NORTHI REGIONAL LEAGUE to give up when things are going. the season. Someone has got to get

Barnsley v. Chesterfield: Blackpool v.

wrong under the Club cricket. Alec and Manchester City: Bradford v. Rotherham;

In his doubles match ho seemed John Pearce have commissions. Itury v. Oldnam; Halifax v. Middier- to let Choy's redoubtable reputa. would be pathetic for the oldest cric-borough Manchester United v. Liverpool:

tion affect his play, and if that Newcastle v. Leeds; Preston v. Blackburn Club in the Colony by kel

tens of Rovers; Rochdale v. Wrexham,

were the ease, if he is able to scout years to fall upon years of

REGIONAL MATCHSS

that mental hazard from the out- net, the greater number of critics may be confounded to-night.

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ony of deeny. A possible solution seems to me ช Chester v. Stoke City; Doncaster that as neither the Army nor tho Mansfeld Town, Club can put out regular sides they should amalgamate and play as the Club, for most of the Army officers (or i think so) are members of the Cricket Club,

All this may be a little visionary, but the onlooker does see a good dení of the game, and unless the Club First Eleven can be pulled together,| it would be better to concentrate on

WEST REGIONAL LEAGUE Bristol City v. Cardiff City; Lovells Athlette v. Bath City,

MIDLAND CUP FINAL Leicester City v. Walsall.

LANCASHIRE CUP (SECOND ROUND)

Everton v. Burnplay.

Junior Doubles

MUCH DEPENDS on A. E. Xavier In the Junior Doubles. Pereira has proved his worth, though over-in- clined to smash, and if Xavier enn continue the improvement he has shown over the last two matches,

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June

17,

1940,

the

Bomber Fund was commenced.

the first week produced over

$1,000,000

to double

will you help

that figure before

June 17, 1941?. $147,000 is

all that is required.

Recrela may yet take the Junior title. Donations to Date: $1,853,370.83

Fisher and Wynter-Blythere a

SCOTTISH BOUTHERN LEAGUE Albion v. Dumbarton; Hearts v. Queen's stout pair, but not, as far as Junior standards are concerned, unbeatable.

the Second Eleven ag an "A" team. Park;, St Mirren -v. Third Lanark,

Remitted to London: £114,889.19.64%