Colonel F. P. Nosworthy's promo tion toe Brigade has deprived! Hongkong of 2 notable Army cricket. er. With admirable _consideration for the Island Colony, the War Office has arranged to make amends. In Colonel E. St. J. Kirke who is shortly to arrive as Chief Engineer, Hongkong will have a fine foreina batsman who, if still in action at the wickets, may give the scorers plenty of work. Colonel Kirke has} played for the Army at Lords on Several occasions and, if his military] duties had not taken him overseas} for long periods, he wou'd certainly have found a high place in any) county team. As it is, many cricket grounds in the East have memories of his prowess—not the least of them that where the Nawab of]
Pataudi learnt the game. For, once fon the Chief's College ground at Lahore, Captain Kirke, as he then, gave an example of hurricane hitting which is probably still remembered by the local graybeards in the pavilion to-day.
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