We are informed officially that despite the fact that the names of certain players have appeared in print as having been selected for the Interport team which is to represent Shanghai at Hongkong round about the Armistice anniversary, the team has not yet. been definitely selected and that it is not yet known who will and who will not be able to make the journey; though, of course, a few players have been decided' on, and have accepted, as more or less certainties. Tt is expected that the team will leave Shangltai during the first week in November, and that three the first' being probably the Interport, will be played. We understand that it is probable that Captain E. I. M, Barrett will go with the team as captain. a 'The mutch between' the Shanghai Cricket Club and Hankow is definitely "off" for this year, the situation at the Wuhan ports' being considered such as to render it advisable to cancel the trip." The abandonment of the match is re-grottable in more ways than one, apart from the excellent, sporting cricket which always results from these encounters, the Hankow hosts invariably go out of their way to give their Shanghai visitors a good time. The pity is that Han-Kow, despite repeated invitations, are never able to send a team to Shanghai. The spirit is always willing, but the business commun= ity in Hankow is comparatively, 0 small, and the cricketers of the port play such an important part in that business, that to send a. full-sized team away to Shanghai for ten days.|or a fortnight could be done only at something than me more convenience, On Thursday at the British Con sulate-General, and in the afternoon at the Holy Trinity Cathedral, one of the most popular and one of the dest all-round cricketers in Shanghai, Mr. Donald Leach, will cross over to the groat army' of married Mr, Leach, whose genial if personality has.made Mim ly popular Qocal sporting circle outstanding ability has made his name always one of the first to be considered for Inter= port honours, is as keen on the traditions of cricket as he is on the game itself, and he and his bride will have the best wishes of all cricketers and those who follow the game, besides a large social and Volunteer circle in which Mr. Leach and Miss Hunter have host of friends.
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