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CRICKET.

H.K.C.C. . L.R.C.

This match might have been close and well contested if the I. R. C. had played in its full strength, but unfortunately it played two men short. The H.K.C.C. won the toss, but elected to field, as two of their batsmen could not turn up until about luncheon time. The game began in a promising manner for the L.R.C., two wickets falling for 52-thanks to the stand made by Langhorne and Vallings. The latter, however, lost his wicket by misjudging a run ; and the former by being tempted by a slow ball from Howard. Hopes were again raised by a 'short stand made by Johnston and Atkinson, the latter's merry innings including four fours. Loveband added 12 by sound and careful cricket, and the innings closed (8 wickets) for 109. Davies bowled well, capturing 3 wickets for 31. The Club did not start as well as their opponents, two wickets falling for 37, of which Gordon måde 25 by good and hard hitting. Howard's wicket fell to a well judged catch by one of the ground boys soting as substitute. Ward and Wood now got together and in a long stand won the match for the home Club. Ward had made 57 when he was bowled by a trimmer from Vallings. His total, which included eight fours and a six, was obtained by dashing cricket. Wood's 47 was a fine display of batting, combining hard hitting with strong defence. Mast made 19 in his usual determined manner, and Lam- The innings mert carried his bat -for 27. closed for 196, or 87 runs ahead of their opponents.

Vallings was the mainstay of his aide in bowling his performance-8 wickets for 87 runs out of a total of 196-speaks for itself.

The day was very fine and in the afternoon the Band of the 14th (Prince of Wales' Own) West Yorkshire Regiment played, by the kind permission of Col. Gordon and the Officers. The music was much appriciated by the mem- bers of the Club and by the ladies, who, we are glad to say, were present in larger numbers. than usual.

1st Innings

K. W. Mounsey, a Gordon,

b Davies

L.R.C.

2nd Innings.

b Davies

b Davies

27

not out

did not bat

T. Sercombe Smith, did not bat

Capt. Langhorne, st. Arthur,

b Howard

Rev. G. Vallings, run out. 18

C. C. Inchbald, b' Mast.

Surg-Major Johnston, b

Darice

Dr. Atkinson, o Howard,

b Davies

3. did not bat

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THE HONGKONG WEEKLY PRESS AND).

SHOOTING COMPETITION.

THE WALLACE CUP. The final shoot for the massive silver Cup presented by Mr. J. Wallace to the Kowloon Dock Detachment of the H.K.V.C. took place yesterday at the 200, 400, and 500 ranges. when Ganner Gow won the same for the second time. Scores:--

Gunner Gow

Gunner Stewart..

Gunner White

Gunner Gilchrist Sergeant McPhail.

December 97-199

close up considerably and the race the finish, which was made in a Phoebe being nearly run down when just about to cross the line. was crossed in the following order

Sybil

Maid Marian Erica..

FIRST CLASS:

4.27:45 First 4.28.35 Second

4.3110 Third

200 400 500 Handicap To- yds. yds. yds. Points. tal.

Phoebe

4.33 8

29 27 31

6

93

Meteor

4.34 0

81 33 27

sor. 91

Active

4.37.30

31 29 28

3

91

Princess

.4.42.30

25 28 28

6

87

SECOND CLASS.

BOT.

84

Dart She Aileen

4.47. 0 First

27 31 26 The result of above competition is as follows:-

Wins. Sergt. McPhail... 5 Winner of Cup & Spoons. Corp. Henderson. 3

Spoons Gunner Stewart... 3

Rutter

"

""

Deas

"

"

73

3

"

**

2 2

"

Gow Lieut. Macdonald. 1 Corp. Ewing Gunner White

22

"

1

**

Gilchrist. 1

**

**

31

Hand...... 1 Harmann. 1

•

+9

13

17

"1

HONGKONG GOLF CLUB. ·

BEST SCORE CUP FOR NOVEMBER.

Twenty members entered for this competition, but very few cards were returned, and with the exception of the two leading scores the play. was not particularly good

Mr. C. A. Tomes Mr. H. W. Slade Mr. C. H. Grace

92 15 77 18 79

97

98

12

86

101

13

88

Mr. P. de C. Morriss Mr. A. J. R. Greene, R.A. 108 12 96

10

.5.17.50 Second. marks .5.28.40 Third 1 ma

The marks gained by the boats are now as

follows:-

FIRST CLASS.

SECOND CLABE

15 She

14 Dart

Sybil.....

Maid Marian

Erica...

Phoebe Meteor

11 Seabreeze

4 Aileen

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ENGLAND IN SIAM,

The Indo-Chine Francaise contains the follow- ing amusing "eye-opener" →→→

From the revelations made in the last speech of Lord Rosebery we have learnt, not without some stupefaction, that at one moment war was on the point of breaking out between France and England à propos of Siam affairs. incident of the English gunboat in the Menam not having been settled to the satisfaction of the Foreign Office, the British press is obliged to confess that England's prestige has been greatly diminished in the eyes of the Siamese. We now learn that in order to regain the lost ground the Cabinet of St. James is recom- mencing its intrigues against us at the Bang-

ROYAL HONGKONG YACHT CLUB. kok Court, and our representative, M. Defrance,

THIRD CLUB RACE, 6TH DEC., 1896. This race was sailed in very unsatisfactory weather, the wind being from all points of the compass during the race.

The course was from the Police Pier, Kow- loon, round a mark boat off Lyemun (port), 8 Kowloon Rock (port), No. 1 Dock buoy (port), mark boat off Lyemun (port), and Kowloon Rock (port); 16 miles.

A good start was made at 11.15, the following boats crossing the line almost together :-

Mr. H. E. Pollock.

Active..

Meteor

11 not out

19

did not bat

Capt. Loveband, not out...

12

a Gordon, b Howard. 3

F. Plumer, R.N., l.b.w., b

Wood

Princess

2

b Davies

0

Maid Marion

E. L. Berger, b Howard ..

◊

did not bat

Phoebe.

Extras

6

Extras

3

Erica ...

109

62

Sybil

Chanticleer

First Innings.

BOWLING ANALYSIS.

Overs. Maid. Runs. Wides. NB. Wicketa,

Davies..... 10 2 31

Howard

Mr. T. W. Lammert.

Mr. Jas. Mokie.

Mr. J. Hastings.

Mr. F. H. May. Mr. A. Denison. Officers R.E. Mr. C. A. Tomes.

Followed ten minutes afterwards by:-

Dart

3

She

Lammert

10 1 17

Mast

14 6

20

Crawford

5

13

4 1

19

Ward...

Wood.

1

1

Second Innings.

Gordon

7

17

Howard

4

21

Wood..

8

8

Davies

12

Mast........

1

2

H.K.C.O.

C. Gordon, W.Y., st. Plumer, b Vallings

28

P. G. Davies, R.A., & Johnston, b Langhorne 5

A G. Ward, b Vallings

51

T. Howard, W.Y., o sub b Vallings

5

M. D. Wood, W.Y., o sub b Vallinge

47

--E. Mast, a sub b Vallings

19

A. Anderson, b T. 8. Smith

0

H. Arthur, b Vallings

1

L. 8. Crawford, b Vallings......

0

R. F. Lammert, not out .......

28

J. Graham, b Vallings.....

0

11

196

BOWLING ANALYSIS.

..... 23-

Extras:

3

Overs Maid Runa. Wides. NB. Wickets,

87

1

39

-

13.

47

2

Vallings Langhorne... 11

T.8. Smith

Johnston

14

8

1

Eileen

Seabreeze

Dr. Clark.

M. E. M. Hazeland. Capt. Phillips. Capt. Sterling.

has even had to warn the King of Siam of the dangerous path he would pursue in submitting any longer to the perfidious influence of England. It is important, in effect, that our rights, consecrated by the 1893 treaty, should be respected.

Our influence over protegés pin Annam, Cambodia, and the Laos should never be allowed to decay; our authority must remain incontestable. In depends upon our firmness to prevent the French agents and negotiators becoming the laughing stock of the Siamese. If the English wish to recover their diminished influence at our expense by seeking to turn Siam against France it will be our business to repeat the little lesson which has already 80 well succeeded. England will twiddle her thumbs, and some years afterwards we shall find, as to-day, an ex-premier declaring that she had the intention of showing her teeth. These are consolations which, after all, we can allow to English-statesmen trying to regain lost popularity.

CANTON NOTES.

ごめら

|FROM THE CHUNG NGÔI BÁN PO. General Ho-Chai-ching, who took over the seal on the 26th ult., went by the gunboat On- chai to his yamen in Tiger Pass on the 2nd inst. After His Excellency arrived at Ligër Pass, he visited all the forts and ordered the necessary repairs.

The breeze was fairly good as far as Quarry Bay, but the mark boat near Lyeemoon Pass was surrounded by patches of calm, and here the luck started. Maid Marian and Sybil were just round, followed by Meteor, Active, and Erica at intervals of 3 minutes. Then came Phoebe about 5 minutes after followed about the same time after by Princess, with Chanticleer, Dart, and the rest of the second class some time after. The wind was fresher across Kowloon Bay, but another calm was met with at Kowloon Rook, when the times of the leading boats were:--- Meteor 1.11.30, Sybil 1.11.33, Maid Marian The 1.11.35, Active 1.1620, Phoebe 1.21.5. leading three boats had a reach to Dock Point, but the others were closehauled and some had to make a tack to clear the rocks. The Dock buoy was rounded as follows:-Meteor 1.25.25,rations and the fortune of the robber Sybil 1.25.40, Maid Mariau 1.27.05, Active 1.38.37, Erica 1.48.30, Phoebe. 1.48.40, Princess 2.1.0, Dart 2.23.30; | Chanticleer 2.38.40, She 2.44.0, Eileen 2.47.20, Seabreeze 2.56.30.

A light breeze from the east brought the boats to the Lyeeman mark in much the same order, except that Sybil passed Meteor, Erics passed Active, and Chanticleer gave up. Another calm at Kowloon "Rook caused the leading six boats to!

On the night of the 2nd ultimo about two hundred and sixty robbers made an attack at a place named Tin-tan-hu, in the prefecture of Loi-chow. The robbers came by long boats. About seventy shops and thirty family houses were robbed. Two policemen who oppo robbers were fatally shot. The robbers away eight small girls and booty to the about sixteen thousand dollars. They voted their attention to a pawnshop in. bourhood. The shop people had made all

time turned, for they were fir front and the back by the shop policemen and were obliged t three of their number pri were brought before the local sentenced them to death. robbers made an attack

in broad daylight on Pak-ha-h They painted their faces black, so

on

they

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