October 30, 1895.]
Manila Committee, who have the interests of this Company very much at heart, and who are spending a great deal of time that we do not know of. They have taken pains to put the concern on a proper footing, which it has not been on for many years past.
Mr. Cox seconded. Carried.
The CHAIRMAN-I thank you very much on. behalf of the General Managers and the Manila Committee. The Manila Committee have given a great deal of time and trouble to the under. taking. I can see from all the letters from the manager that they have given a great deal of trouble, and at the same time they have sacri- ficed their time in the interests of the Company, and I hope the desired result will be accomplished.
CRICKET.
THE CRICKET CLUB v. THE FOOTBALL Club. This match was played on the cricket ground on Saturday last and resulted in a win for the Cricket Club, after a fairly well-contested game, by 35 runs. The Football Club, who appeared. to have rather the best of it on paper, were somewhat slow in getting to work, there being three wickets down for 8 runs. The succeeding batsmen put a somewhat better appearance upon the game, but with seven wickets down for 73 the prospects of a victory did not seem very rosy. At this period Gillingham and Sercombe Smith got together and their partnership lasted till the telegraph board had registered 154 runs, at which total Gillingham placed one of Elliott's deliveries into Reade's hands; and a few overs later Sercombe Smith-in sporting parlance stopped a stout 'an with his leg. Gillingham's innings was a very useful one to his side, but was not without blemishes, as he was let off two or three times, once rather badly. Sercombe Smith's 48 was a freely hit innings, quite in his old style, and came just at a time when runs were badly wanted. The wickets were pretty evenly divided between Elliott, Mast, and Powell, but the latter had a good deal the best of the analysis.
CHINA OVERLAND TRADE REPORT.
Platt Reade Eccles
SECOND INNINGS.
1 21
0 22
:
0 0
CRICKET CLUB.
Capt. Ferguson, o Maitland, ↳ Gillingham G. Palcy, and b Maitland.
0
8. Powell, run out.
Capt. Eccles, o Campbell, b Darby .*. Burg. Maj. Reade,,|• Maitland
H. M. Elliott, c Campbell, 6 Maitlaud
A. Anderson, not out
E. Mast, U Ca« pbell
C. C Platt, Capell
H. M. Thompson, é S« ith, & Muilland Capt. Loreland, bị Davies
Extraa
BOWLING ANALYSIS.
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10
A
36
0
34
11
38
8
1
11
11
831
from close quarters. Hands being given against the Club, the ball from the free kiek fell near the goal mouth. Sharp sent it :: away sharply, but it was returned and was ultimately scurried through, the Police thus scoring their first and only point. Thus a pleas sant match ended, the Club winning by seven goals to one.
THE MAHOMMEDAN REBELLION.
Shanghai, 22nd October. A letter from Lanchou under date 29th - August contains the following news with refer- ence to the Mahommedan rebellion-I have
Overs. Maid. Runs. Wides. N.B. Wickets. just come down from Hsining, through the
Toth!
4
8. L. Darby 12 1 41 1 0 T. 8. Smith 17 0 44 Gillingham 12 4 23 E.W.Maitland 11 P. G. Davies... 6 Campbell
1
0
0
0
0'
1 49
0 31
0 10
0
FOOTBALL.
4
HONGKONG FOOTBALL CLUB V. THE POLICE. The Police Recreation Club has a number of good football players who have recently en- deavoured to put into the field a team suffi- ciently strong to give any of the numerous foot- ball clubs now in Hongkong a really good game. At the commencement of a season it is difficult to prophesy what success a new competitor will have, but from the match of Thursday after- noon we should say that with careful and steady practice this new Club will be highly success- ful.
The Police kicked off and played well up the field for several minutes, the Club occasionally relieving by an incursion into their territory. At last the combination of the Force was much broken up by the persistent tackling of the half-backs, and then the Club took the offensive. Some excellent passing on the right wing carried the ball within the twelve yards' radius, where it was sent over to Townend on the left, who shooting almost from the touch-line The innings of the Cricket Club was chiefly sent the ball into the net. The defeated noteworthy for the batting of Paley, Eccles, were by no means shaken by this loss, but Elliott, and Mast. Paley played an excellent at once rallied and gave Maitland and innings, and while he was partnered by Eccles
Davies plenty of opportunities of using their the runs came at a great pace, the latter in excellent defensive system, their play being particular making some really fair off-drives
80 sure that the goal keeper behind had and upon one occasion lifting Maitland clean
very little to do.
A free kick for hands being out of the ground. He treated iron as if it given a few yards from the Police goal, Firth was chaff, and brass as if it was rotten wood, took the kick and sent it straight towards until Darby "imagining a mischievous device
the goal mouth on the ground, Sheldon hasten- chucked up one of his head 'uns, for which ing it in its career by a little gentle pressure, he has a European or at any rate an Asiatic the effect of which was that the score was raised reputation, and Eccles tapped it back into to two points. The teams now crossed over and mid-off's hands. Late in the innings the part-it is noteworthy that throughout the latter nership of Mast and Elliott was productive of half the Club had always to be on their guard a substantial contribution to the score and before in order to avert the persistent attacks of the latter succumbed to. Campbell, the Football their adversaries. Some excellent passing by Club's total had been passed. The whole side
Campbell and Firth on the right wing was were eventually disposed of for 211 runs. Mait- both pleasing and serviceable, as on nearly every occasion that either of these playors obtained the ball their opponents stronghold was threatened. A good run from the centre of the field by Firth enabled him to send in a well directed shot which baffled the custodian. Restarting, another run was made by Campbell, who later passed to Firth, who shot it neatly across the goal mouth into the net, amidst much applause. The Police, encouraging
land was the most successful bowler, with four wickets for forty-nine runs, but for the first three or four overs he was rather expensive.
By the courtesy of Colonel Barrow and the officers the band of the Hongkong Regiment performed a pleasing selection of music during the afternoon. Score :-
FOOTBALL CLUB.
FIRST INNINGS. G. D. Campbell, H.K.R, c Mast,
b Elli it
K. Mounsey, ¢ Paley, h M st
S1COND INNINGS.
4
ย e Powell, b Platt
X
But out
E. Eickich, o Fergusson, b Ell t
í
Reace,
Platt
2.
E. W. Maitland, e Poley, b Mast 1:
C. Percival, R.B., e Eccles, b
Mast
18
J. R Gilingham, c Bexde, b
Elliott
51
B. L. Darby, lbw, li Powell
14
Dr. Atkinson, c Elliott, & Ander-
BOD
1
T. 8 Smith, lb, b Ponell
**
W. C. Murcum, R.N., & P. ley, b
Powell
P. Q. Davies, R.N, not out
Extrus
ti
13
176
Mast, Ercles
Extras..
BOWLING ANALYSIS.
1 each other, now made a determined effort and the right wing outside forward managed to get well up and then to pass to Brett who being tackled took a shot in despera-\ tion which went wide of the mark. Another visit was made by Mylie, who caused Sharp to use his hands. The ball was, however, returned and the Club colours seemed likely to fall, but Sharp sayed by a kick delivered just in time. Again a fifth goal was now scored, as excellent 13 dribbling by Townend sent the ball over to 0 Firth, who placed it in the desired quarter. The Force were not discouraged and played their best, but the dribbling of the for- wards was not good, so that on each occasion the ball was returned to their quarters. The excellent forward play of the Club again added to the score, Campbell shooting two goals in succession. Nevertheless the police played up, bat Slade and Oliver by their sure and trusty tackling did much to keep them
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3
FIRST INNINGS.
Overs, Maid. Runs, Wides, N.B. Wickets
H. C. Elliott... 23
9 56 દ 0
Mast
16
3 46
0
Anderson
3 0 8
6
0
Powell Ecoles
6.1 1 19
4
0 32
thick of the trouble; the road was almost destitute of people, for about 200 li. I came through the mountains by a small road. The people had all fled, and left their villages and, crops to be destroyed by the Mahommedans. On the six days' journey at only one place could I get anything to eat; all the villages within five li from Kumbum are burnt except Lusor and Pansor, which are close by Haining. Hsichuan and Pehchuan are entirely destroyed up to ten li from the city. Many wounded people are in the city and the three C. I. M.... workers have about 150 to attend to; some are burnt, others wounded, some with sword and spear wounds-a dreadful sight. Women and children were cast into the burning houses, but some escaped and made their way to the city presenting a pitiable sight. Their wounds were dressed with cotton and oil. Many were shot through the arms and hands, the young men being killed outright by the rebels. Little children and old people were brought to the city with as many as five or six cuts on their bodies. The mail courier who has come up here from Hsianfu says that the road he came by is safe. I do not think the Mahommedans will attack Kumbum, at least not until all the smaller places are taken. I met 2,000 soldiers on the way to Hsining, but on account of an attack made on Liangehou they were waiting at Pingfan for a few days to see what would become of it. Perhaps these soldiers will have to go to Liangehou instead of to Haining,.. although at the latter place they are badly in need of soldiers, there being only 500 in the place, and there are thousands of Mahommedans in the surrounding districts.
Shanghai, 23rd October.
The Shenpao received last Friday a telegram from Lanchou, the provincial capital of Kansu, in which it is alleged that the city was still in the hands of the Imperial authorities, but that Hsin- ing was besieged and cut off from outer support by the Mahommedan rebels. It is difficult to imagine how this reported telegram could have got to Shanghai straight from Lanchon-for so that paper seems to wish its readers to suppose- for so early as the middle of September last the city and environs of Lanchon were completely cut off from telegraphic communciation with the rest of the world. A powerful rebel army was at that time at Kuyuan, an important city where the Provincial Commander-in-chief of Kansu has his usual headquarters, from whence is derived the name given to this officer by the people of the province, namely, that of "Kuyuan Titu." This city is 150 miles or thereabouts almost due east of Lanchou and was taken by surprise by the rebels in August last, all the civil and military mandarins being massacred in the sack of the city, as well as all the male inhabitants, regardless of age, who happened to be Buddhists. The Commander-in- chief, Lei Chen-kuan, and most of his principal officers were absent at the time with the main body of the provincial troops protecting Lan chon and its Viceroy, which perhaps accounts for the ease with which that city was captured. The rebel army there is opposing the army of the Kashgar General Tung Fu hsiang, who left the southern suburbs of Peking for Kansu in the early part of June, where he had been quartered during the war with Japan, proceeding by way of Paotingfu
in Chihli, Taiyuen and Xingyan in Shansi, and entering Shensi by way of Yenngan and thence through the Hoshui valley to the city of Chingyang, about sixty miles east of Kuyuan. Here General Tung has made a stop since the last days of August and is now encamped with his main army, but pushing
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