Shanghai Cricketers Beaten by Hongkong: Willis of Malaya Proves His Merit At the November meeting of the Referees? Society of Shanghai the following letter from Sir Frederick Wall, Secretary of the English Football Association, was read to menibers. Tt rea T am pleased to receive, to-day, sour very interesting letter of theaver 'M. Chapeaux Presides at Special Celebrat Dinner At the Canidrome on Saturday evening Chapeaux presided a dinner in celebration of the Truk July. Tam glad to. be. abls|five years for which "Lo Champ de to send you, by separate post, capi of our handbook and of our Re Courses. Franc other words the Greyhound Racing Club, has, the race course Saturday two rugger games were played" between "sides picked From. the playing. mem= bers of the Shanghai Rugby Union Football, Club. In the first' game the Griffin' 2nd lost to the Rest 2nd by the long score of 28-0 in a very one-sided game. The second: game, between the 'Griffins' Ist and. the Rest Ist, ended with a tied score at 6 all and was a much superior game Hongkong, Nov. 17, Malaya won the interport cricket weries here this afternoon defeating Shanghai in the last match by 50 runs, The final standings of the teams are:
Hongkong lou Millaya 2 0 Won Lost
Shanghat o 2 Willis, the Malayan speed merchant, was the main cause of the downfall of the Northerners to-day. Shanghai had been conceded even chance of being able to score the 172 runs necessary for victory, Dut Willis and a crumbling wicket proved too much for the Northernrs, who were dismissed in their second innings for 121, Early in the play the Malayan fast bowler found a spot, which made the ball rise awkwardly. Several Shanghai batsmen hi row escapes from being Booth was not so fortunate and was painfully struck in the face by one of these "risers hai's crack bats: Stokes, Pat Madar, Booth, Leach and Jenkins, Gill, a brother of Lall Singh, the Indian Test cricketer, also very effective with his spins, ing three wickets for 82, Shanghai made a good starting their innings to-day, the first wicket falling at 39 and the second at 63, But Leach's dismissal for a "duck" with the last ball before the lunch adjournment spelt the beginning of the end, and after the resumption
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