The return match took place the following October 13 on the Recs' ground where tiffin was served in the best style of the well known Hotel des Colonies' and the Town In 1897 a road was built from the Shanghai Cricket Club to the S.R.C. which road was closed to carriages but open to bicycles and rickshaws. A cinder track for running events was laid out from east to west but this was done away with when the new Club-house was built although there are still visible signs of its existence. In 1912 it was decided to demolish the old bridge which leads to the ground and culvert the creek over which it spans.
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