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V. R. C. AQUATIC SPORTS.
Umpires.-Messrs. M. A. A. de Souza and E. D. Sanders.
Referee. Mr. W. Armstrong. Starter.--Mr. G. A. Caldwell.
Official Time-keeper.-Mr. G. P. Lammert. Handicappers. Messrs. Thos. Yule and E. M. Hazeland,
The annual aquatic sports in connection with the V. R. C. commenced on the 21 st inst., tak- : ing place near the now bathing premises erect- ed by the club for temporary use at Kowloon. There was a fair attendance. His Excellency the Governor (Sir Henry Blake, G.C.M.G.) and Viscount Suirdale looked over in the Vic toria during the proceedings. The club cham- pionship again fell to one of the Brothers Alves, "A.E." coming in first this year. "A.A." was the winner last year and the year before. In the final heat for the members' race there was
a tough struggle between H. A. Lammert and A. A. Alves, but Lammert just managed to pull it off. The first prize for plunging was won by A. Loureiro, last year's winner (F. M Roza Pereira) coming second. The distances covered were 52 feet and 11 feet, against 45 ft. 10 inches, and 44 ft. 9 in. last year. The following
are the details of the different events :---
Club Championship (three lengths)- Prize presented by Mr E. M. Hazeland
A. E. Ålves
A. A. Alves R. Lapsley
1
2
3
Time 71 secs. net. At the end af the first length the Alves were ahead of Lapsley, A. A. being first. Lapsley was still further behind at at the end of the second length. During the third length" A. E." forged ahead and won.
Plunging. Two prizes.
A. Loureiro
F. M. Roza Pereria
F. D. Bain
F. K. Tata
M. A. Razack
J. H. R. Hance
R Lapsley
A. A. Alves
C. E. Ellis
F. W. White
1
J. C. Logan
0 Loureiro's distance was 52 feet and Pereira's 51 feet.
Member's Race (four lengths).--Two prizes. First and second in each heat to swim in final First Heat.
R. Lapsley, owes 24 secs A. A. Alves, owes 30 tecs N. H. Alves, owes 20 secs
C. M. S. Alves, owes 9 secs A. J. Mackie, go
Second Heat.
H. A. Lammert, owes 10 A. E. Alves, owes 26
F. D. Bain, owes 10...
J. H. R. Hance; owes 14
Lammert
A. A. Alves
Final Heat.
Time 2 min. 34 secs,
1800
THE HONGKONG WEEKLY PRESS AND
HONGKONG CRICKET CLUB.
ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING.
The annual general meeting in connection with the Hongkong Cricket Club was held in the Pavilion on Monday evening, 17th inst. In the absence of Mr. A. G. Wise (President), Mr. F. Maitland occupied the chair, and he was sup. ported by Mr. P. A. Cox (Acting Hon. Secre- tary), and Captain Langhorne.
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The CHAIRMAN said-Gentlemen, in the absence of our President, Mr. Justice Wise, I have been deputed by your Committee to occupy the chair at this meeting, and in the usual way I will take the report and accounts which have been in your hands for The accounts re- about a fortnight as read. quire some explanation; on the face of them the Club is only $4.24 better off than when the pre- vious account was submitted, but as a matter of fact no less than $262.15 for Cricket Club gear and $727.00 for Racquet Court gear, mak ing $989.15, belonging to the previously season's account, have been paid for in the ac- count now before you, and I have the pleasure in informing you that when the present account was completed by the Hon. Treasurer, Mr. Nicolle, to whom we are indebted for putting us right in the matter, there were no liabilities against the Club, and we have a stock in hand at cost prices of $500 Cricket Club gear and E8 Racquet Court gear. In the account be- fore the Racquet Court expenditure exceeds the receipts by $742.36, but of this $582 should have appeared in previous account. It was an- ticipated when the Racquet Court was taken over that it would about pay for itself with the profits on sale of gear and liquor; and if we take the 8850 stock in hand into account and some allowance for members' subscriptions who have joined for Racquets alone, it has about paid its way. It is to be regretted that the results at cricket have been unsatisfactory during the past season and that generally there has been a lack of interest by the civilian members. It will be remembered that a discussion took place at the last annual general meeting, when var- ious suggestions were made to further the game, and during the past season a Match Sub- Committee (Capt Langhorne, Rev. Vallings, and Mr. Ward) have done good work, and it is to their efforts in а great measure that there has been a game going on every Saturday during the season. quality of the civilian cricket here has un- doubtedly depreciated, and yet there are far more young men in the colony now than for. merly one has now almost to go and beg men to play in the important matches, and surely there is something radically wrong when one has to do this. I sincerely trust that there will be more competition in the coming season, more particularly amongst the younger members, to get a place in the team in one of the representa- tive matches. It is not long ago since we always looked for two or three men from the Hong- kong and Shanghai Bank in the Hongkong Cricket Teain, but it is to be regretted that not one man of the numerous staff in the Bank figures in the list of batting or bowling averages for last season. Only a few years ago, I believe, the Bank could put a full team in the
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Four Lengths (Army Navy, and Police).-- field, and I may mention that in Shanghai
Two prizes..
Bandsman Gregory
Bandsman Hagg
Lance-Sergt R. Burrell
0
C. Sheehan, Kowloon Naval Depot 0 HL. Wanless
G. C. Entwistle
TEAM RACE.
The following teams had entered:-
Joseph Crabb
No. 1 Team.
2. N. H. Alves.
1. R. Lapsley (Capt.)
3. F. D. Bain.
No. 2 Team. 1. J H.R. Hance (Capt.) 2. H. A. Lammert. 3. C. M. S. Alves. 4. R. Henderson. 5. J. C. Logan. 6. F. W. White. No. 3 Team.
4. J. M. Roza Pereira. 5. A. Loureiro.
6. F. K, Tata.
1. Frank Jorge (Capt.)
2. F. Herbst.
3. F. M. Roza Pereira.
4. M. A. Razack.
5. A. J. MacKie,
6. O. I. Ellis.
No. 1 team came in first and No. 2 second.
there is an annual match between Waifoong and Taikoo. Why can't some similar match be arranged in Hongkong? I trust the Bank men will not take offence at my mentioning them in particular, but they comprise the biggest Hong in the East, and naturally this colony expects something from them in the cricket line. "We know they flourish at other games, but at cricket we see nothing of them. Of course there are other civilians in Hongkong in other many offices who could also come forward, and I said before that in a place like Hongkong, which is growing every day, it is with the greatest difficulty to get eleven men together, and it makes one feel inclined to say that if things are going on in this state the club had better be shut up as a ricket Club and started as a Croquet lub Football, golf, and other sports and Volunteering have undoubtedly had an ad- verse effect in the colony on the national game and the alteration in the mail day for Europe some few years ago has helped to lessen the in- terest of civilian members, but I hope there will be a revival of cricket in Hongkong dur- ing the coming season, and that we shall not
[September 22, 1900.
hear the remarks from the older and non-play- ing members that they wish to see cricket and not bumblepuppy when they come to see a game. I am quite sure the incoming Committee will carefully note any remarks or suggestions from members for the further- ance of the national game. We a are at present a ommittee, Mr. Justice Wise (Pre- very small sident), Messrs. G. D. Campbell, (HK Regt.), C. C. Inchbald, H. . Nicolle and Dr. J. A. Lowson being absent I regret that our Hon. Secretary has just lately left for South Africa in ill-health. The thanks of the Club are due to him for his secretarial hard work for the
benefit of the Club. Through his efforts in a great measure many matches have been won for our Club, notably the last cricket match in Shanghai, and his untiring energy and will power often saved his side from defeat when I am sure we all wish to things looked black. see him return to good health and to see him back again amongst us wielding the willow. Mr. Nicolle will be leaving for (Hear, hear.) England next spring, and he has resigned the post of Hon. Treasurer. We were very pleased to find a substitute in Mr. Hinds, and I hope you will elect him for the coming season. Mr. Inoh- bald's loss will be much felt on the Committee, for he practically did all the Racquet Court work and he devoted a good deal of time last season to re- vising the rules and regulations of the Courts. We a ticipate that the iron railings sanctioned at the extraordinary meeting of the Club held in June last will be in position round the ground by the end of the year. The cost of them will make a big hole in our credit balance. The present Pavilion has again been patched up and will have to last another season or two until we can feel that we are in a strong enough posi- tion financially to erect a larger, and more com- modicus oue. This matter has been before your present Committee, but they felt that the rail- ings were more urgently needed than the new pavilion. We had intended sending a team to Shanghai, but regret that the troubles in the North of China have prevented our doing so. We have invited Shanghai to come down here and we
hope they will be able to meet us on our ground, although we have just heard from the Hon. Secretary of the Shanghai Club that it is exceedingly doubtful if they will be able to visit us this season. Before moving the adop tion of the report and accounts I shall be pleased to answer any question to the best of my ability.
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Mr. J. MACKIE asked if it was not a fact that at the last annual meeting the cost of tiffens and refreshments was discussed and whether it was not decided that the amount, if not cut off altogether. should be reduced. There was expenditure of $572 50 on tiffens and refresh- ments during the year, and they practically only had 11 men playing cricket. That was about $40 apiece for chow, and that was all they had done; they had not played cricket. (Laughter). They also had $195.80 for cakes and refreshment for the Racquet Court. A man did not want his liquors there for a game for which he practically paid nothing to be allowed to play.
Captain LANGHORNE-There is a profit of 17 per cent, on the liquor.
Mr. MACKIE--I think you ought to make a larger profit.
The CHAIRMAN said the question of the cost of tiffens was not brought up at the previous annual meeting. It had been discussed by the committee, and they of course left it to the members to say whether the full tiffeds were to be continued. As a matter of fact a good deal of the $572 was for tea and cakes and other things for the ladies who came down to see the matches. It was a good thing for the players to have tiffen there, because now they had only one day for cricket and a short day at that, and it was well to keep the men there. They some- times stopped play at one o'clock and started again at half-past one or five and twenty to two. They always had free tiffens, but of course that was no reason why they should continue to have them.
Mr. THOMSON-"Rent of telegraph pole $1." What is the meaning of that?
The CHAIRMAN-That is the rent received for allowing a telegraph pole to be put on the ground.
Mr. THOMSON-But there is none here. (Laughter).
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Captain LANGHORNE-That does not matter if we collect the rent.
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