Both the SC.C. and the Rees this veer will be hard hit by the loss ut players and in addition the S V.C. and other duties that crop up continually are likely io take an even heavier toll of the playing strength of these two Clubs. Nevertheless the $.C.C. sides should fare quite well in the competition for with such players of the calibre of Leach. Dean. Dunkley, C. B. Elliot Orr, T. C. C. Pearson. Sherwin, Simpson. Sinclair, Duckitt, Jenkins. Pote-Hunt. Morris. Read, Knightley and Pate. to mention but a few. the Club will be well served in all phases of the game and their batting and bowling strength still appears to be extremely capable. With the return of Jenkins and Dean. absent last summer, the S.C.C. will regain th services of two splendid performers. Jenkins, one of the most consistent medium-paced trundlers seen in Shanghai for years end Dean. whose stolid. if unattractive batting. often broken a bowler's heart. will lend considerable strength when it is n est needed.
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