The excitement of the cricketing contest has now died out, but it reached its highest point on Tuesday, when the match between Hongkong and Shanghai was brought to a conclusion. The result was a handsome beating for the home team, but it must be admitted that the Hongkong team had some hard luck in "losing one of their batsmen, who was also one of their best bowlers. They were further unfortunate in the ninth man not getting a single ball, his colleague (Major Dorehill) being bowied first ball after the partnership." However, accidents and luck apart, I think, as most impartial people think, that the. best all-round team won. They bowled and fieldee ith great steadiness and caro, and gare fewer chances than cither of their opponents. But, as the captain of the Straits team goodhumouredly remarked at the tiffin at Kowloon given by Mr. Chater on Sunday, when responding for his eleven, they gave Shanghai a few uneasy minutes at the close of the second innings. Indeed, nothing could have been much closer. Neither Hongkong nor the Straits grudged their Shanghai friends their cricketing laurels, and most heartily congratulated them on their win, The result of the tennis match (singles) between Hongkong and Shanghai.was, however, rather a disagreeable surprise. There never was a moment's doubt as to who was the best player; there is not now; the only explanation possible is that
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