Giving the players not chosen in tomorrow cricket match, the opportunity of their last cricket game of the season, pick-up sides from the Recs and the SCC. were engaged in a friendly encounter on the S.C.C. ground yesterday afternoon. Vacancies were filled by anyone in the Pavilion at the time, and Duckitt, (one of those present) with an invaluable 67 from Heap proved too much for the scratch Recs team. Wood batted for the opposing side and contributed a useful 30 mat total of 128. To this the S.CC. replied with 183 for eight wickets before stumps were drawn for close of play.
A word of praise is due Wong Shoo-Ping, Tramway Company, for his faithfulness to his Hong. Only a few hours before the meeting news game to him that both his father and mother had been shot to death during some sort of gun fighting in Nantao early in the morning. With a heart that was breaking, this young employee carried out his duty like a true sportsman, came in third in the three-mile run. He left the compound right after he finished, with only some of his intimate friends and a few high officers of his. Company knowing of the tragedy.
AW prizes were presented by Mr. C. S. Franklin immediately following the last event.
Major prizes werei—
Tug-of-War won by Shanghai Water-Woo" Yards Belay won by Shanghai rks Company.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.