Monday by one wicket. That bare Fecital indicates a close game and. the reports show that both teams can congratulate themselves on. thoroughly satisfactory match, the] balance of satisfaction being, of! course, with Hankow by virtue of that undefeated wicket, The run of the play provided the customary sur-rises, "in that Shanghai's bowling arns through the ordeal with greater it prophets expected. Hankow's possession of a strong attaex was indicated in the second. innings of the visitors, but after the admirable batting display given at the first time of asking it was sad to see such a tall attached to' Shanghai when the carly batsmen, fied to Fepeat their success, Evidently in Pearson and Sherwin Hankow had: valuable assets. Sherwin was in good form throughout, Pearson who had luck in the first janings proved devastating in the second. But! Shanghat nearly pulled off the match and such a defeat was little short victory in view of the disadvantages attaching to a visiting team. In due course. Shanghai cricketers will be concerned with the selection of the team which has to proceed to Hongkong for settlement of the Interport honours. The form shown at Hankow by the scratch eleven may give the selectors some useful guidance. The dual prospects of the Hongkong ad- heed venture cannot be certainly' assessed enlus of the late Lord Haldane whose Considerable difficulty is experience now a days in. obtaining the have been much appreciated in the Past. Whether they should In future be endowed with such significance as has seemed to attach to them is open. to doubt. Conditions have changed. As casual fixtures of the type of that 80 happily concluded at Hankow, they
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