In all probability the Hongkong team will arrive here by the Taisang, due about the 12th inst., and a preliminary trial of strength, in the shape of a motel with the Recreation Club, is in contemplation for Saturday, the 19th inst The big event, in which all Shanghai, and for the matter of that all China, is interested—North ¢, South,—is fixed for Monday and Tuesday, the 2ist and 22nd inst., and should the vaticinations of our meteorological seers, who so far have not been nearly iv it, prove anything like true, grand weather and a ground in magnificent order will await our welcome visitors.
Tt may reasonably be supposed that the Hongkong team isa fairly strong one, for so good a cricketer as Captain Dunn would not allow himself to be put at the head of affairs, merely for the sake of u game.
On the other hand Shanghai expresses the greatest confidence in its representatives; and confidence is a great factor test undertakiuge. Nowe, perhaps, dyes it influence more than cricket.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.