To Take Team to Singapore in Year or Two Sir Julien Caba, who with Laay Cohn is visiting Shanghai from the Empress of Britain, was good enough to talk cricket on Friday to the "North-China Herald." As all ericketers know, Sir Julien is a great patron' of the game, When' the Australians and other Empire teams come over to England, they invariably try conclusions frst with an eleven captained by Sir Julien Cohn. He is the new President of the Notts County Cricket Club and a mumber of the Advisory Committee of the MCC. While he was in Hongkong, cricket, of course, was discussed with Mr. Tam Pearce, the interport Sir Julien hopes to be able, either next winter or the winer alter, to bring a cricket team over to Singapore. Climatic and other conditions make it impossible for him to extend the tour to Hongkong of Shanghai, Dut it is possible that if the Singa pore Cricket Club are prepared to face such an event, a combined team of Hongkong and Shanghai cricket ers might go down to Singapore to play Sir Julien's eleven there. Sir Julien is usually able to bring a tear fof amateurs of the county class, He! took-a cricket team to Jamaica in 1929, another one to the Argentine in 1930, Denmark and Jutland in 1982, Canada, the U.S.A. and Bermuda in 1933—in feet, he would play cricket all the year' round if he could, but for one fact. He is also a keen' hunter and fsomme—MPA, Burton Hunt, and hunting, of course, does not clash with his summer time Preoccupations.
Time for Discussio 'Whether his proposal will be fexst-) ble is a matter, of course, for the cricketers of Hongkong and' Stanghai to consider, assuming that Singapore will be able to arrange the necessary facilities for the match in due course. There is plenty of time for discus sion, as it is possible that Sir Julien may not be able to bring the team for a couple of years. But it 3s 1 ood thing to know his views ea the subject.
He did not pretend to judge what Aimeuities might be in the way of Shanghai cricketers. making to. long tour—whether they would be of expense, or loss of time and business. and the like. But, after all, by the time he reaches Singapore those air services ought to be functioning pretty well; and if this depression has aparted, both Hongkong and Shang-
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