1933 autumn
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The Royal Army
ay
Corps Journal
Vol
n
No. I .
So,
Pall
Mall, L ond on, S.W .I.
Septe
mb
er , 1933.
In this baking
ed it
oria l office, proof
Teading of the various Office notes
has
heen a more
than
usually pleasant task.
The
desc riptions of
club
outin
gs has
brought \I'hiffs of
brac
ing
air
fro11l moun-
tain, sea
or
moorland,
and
al l tinged
II
ith
just that alcoholic content that 11lakes for
greatest piquancy.
Since the
pub
lica ti on of our
las t number , Lt.-
Co l. A. B. Cliff
has retired from
Ec1itorship of
the
Journa l ,
wh
ich
\I
'ill be a su
bject
for general regret
amo n
gs
t 0 u r
readers.
Col.
C li
ff
h
as
been
J o
int
Editor
since th e incep
tion of
th
e
C o ~ A B
Cl i
ff J
ourna
l,
and :re
hav.e lar
ge
ly
him
to
thank
f
or it
s very
existence.
Alth
oug
h
Cd
.
Cliff has severed his official conn ection ,
we
hope he will
st
ill k
eep
in to
uch
with us
and
g-ive
us the
bene
fit of his va lu ab le ad
vice in matters rela ting to
th
e Jo
urn
al. H e
embarks for
Egyp
t
early thi
s
tr
oopi
g
season,
and
will ta
ke with him
o
ur O ra
teful
thanks
l nd hest
wishes.
Cap
t. R . D .
Buck
ha
s become Jo
int
Editor in
hi
s place.
Autumn 1933
In
ord er
th
at all
subscribers
at home
stati o
ns ma
y receive
th
e
ir
copies of
the
winter issue before
the
Christmas holidays ,
it is
proposed
to publish the next
copy
of
the
Journal on Dece
mb
er 17th . t is , there-
fore,
most
im
por
ta
nt
th at all
matter
for
inclu
sion sho
uld reach the Editors by
N OV .
25
th
.
We
hope
to incl ude
one
or tIro special
features
in
thi
s
Christmas number.
The
Corps Spor
ts
\reek
was
held
from
Jul
y
3rd 8
th
in ideal
weat
her
co
nd
itions.
The results appea r elsewh ere in
thi
s issue,
but
it
is pleasing to
note
that on Jun e 30th
and Ju ly 1st \\ 'e played our first
match
aga
inst the Royal Arm y
Chaplains
Depart-
ment.
Though
defeated this
time, \\'e h
ope
to do
be
tt
er
n
ext
year,
and trust
that
this
pl
easant fixture may become permanent.
rom the
London Gazette
ROYAL
ARMY PAY CORPS.
Lt . R. A. A. Rowell. M.B.E.. from Midd ' x R ., to
be Lt ,. and P aym r .
(.J
uly 1, 1931). and to be temp .
CapL. (Ju lv 1, ]
932):
Lt. (temp. Capt.) and Paymr.
H. A Howell , M.B.E. , to
be
Ca pt. and Paymr.
(.July 1). with . eny. Ju ly 1 193
1:
Lt.
(A sst.
Pay-mr.) J . Venabl
es
reti res 00 ret . pay (.July 1).
Capt. R. j \ r r c T C la.ssby . W. York. R. ,
t
be Ca pt .
and Paymr . (on prob.) (March
20
) .
Lt . Co l. and S(;t
ff
P ayll1r .
R.
W. Anderso
ll
,
M.B.E . having att a ined the age for COll1Ru lsory re
t ireme
nt
.
is pl
aced on r
et
. pay (Au g.
10)
; Capt. and
Paymr. E. W. Booth , M.C., to be
Maj
. and
St
aff
P ym r. (.\u g.
10
; Cap t . T. H . Sweeny , R.E. , to be
Ca
pt.
and Payll1l'. (OIl prob.) (April 25).
Ma.j.
and
Sta ff
Paym
r. C. Holm es. M.C. , to be
Lt.
Co
l.
(Aug. 14) : Lt.-Col. (Ass . PaYll1r.) F .
J3inn
,
M.B.E. , ha ving nt.tained th e age for comp ul sory
retireme
nt
, is pla
ce
d
011
ret. pa y (Aug .
14
) : Maj.
(As t . Pa.ymr.) E G. Burridge to he Lt.
Co
l.
(Asst,.
Paymr.)
(. ug. 14 ) ; Staff Se
rgt.
-
Maj.
R. Law
son
t
be Lt . (A s
t.
Paymr.) (A ug. 14).
Lt . H.
W.
T. Malclen. M.B.E. ,
Dor
t R
(Paymr.
on prob .), to be temp. Capt. (Aug. 22).
LL
J. P. r. WhitL
y.
from h.p. li
st
(late R. Sus
sex R .) ,
t
be
Lt.
and Paymr. (on prob . ) (A ug. 10).
HALF-YEARLY
BREVETS.
Th e follow ill g promol ions are made (Ju ly 1):
To
be
Bt.
Lt.
Co
l.
:-
Maj . (A st. Paymr.) T. R RobsoD, R.A.P.C.
To be
Bt.
Major :
CaRt.
(Paymr
.) R . Sayer, D.C.M., R.A .P .C.
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THE ROYAL ARMY P AY CORPS
AL
Corps
News Officers
Postings .
Lt.Col. G. H . C
harlton,
M.C., London to
C.P.E
.C.,
6/6/33.
Major H. C. ~ e y Perth
to Lie
hfi
eld ,
17 /6/33.
Colone l H. Genge-Andrews,
East
e
rn
Comma nd to
Northern Command,
22 /6/
33.
Lt. -Col. P . L. Ol'dham , York to
Northern
Command,
19
/7/
33.
Lt.-Col. E . L. Malone, Northel'l1 Command to
Houn
slow,
19 /7/
33.
Lt.-Co
l.
A. A. Coekbul'11, Hounslow to York,
19;7/33. .
Lt .-Coi.
E.
L. Malon e, Hounsi'ow to Woolw.c h,
17
/8 /
33.
Lieut. A s ~ t Pa yrnr. ) R. La\\' on , to
Wo
olwieh.
14 /8/33 .
Officers joined
on
Probation.
Lieut,. V .
W.
R ees,
K.S.L.I.
, Li eh
fi
eld ,
17 /6/33.
Lieut.
J.
P. N. WhiLty (h. p. list, late R Sussex
R eg
t .),
' Vinchestel',
10
/8/
33.
Retirem.ents.
Col. E. A.
Lang
, 12
/5/
33.
Li eut.
J.
Venab les,
Northern
Command, 1{7/33_
Lieut. 0 01.
R. W.
Anderso n,
M.B
.E. , Woo wieh,
10/8/33.
Lieut.
00
1. l . Binl1 s,
M.B.E
. , Wool'wi eh,
4/8/
33.
Births.
INGPEN.
- On July 31
, 1933, at
Woodbl'id
ge
House, Guildford (pl'ema tUl'ely ), to Winjf,
e
d ,. wife
of Ca
ptain
R. L. L. Ingpen. R . A . P . so n.
MILLING.
O n
Jul
y 13
,
1933
,
at Rav enswo od ,
Co\'e,
Hant
s, to Gwendolen, wil e 01 Ca
pt
, H. G.
B.
Milling-a son.
Engagements.
.A marri age has ueen
arranged
between John HelllY
Ciowes, Th e Middlesex R egi
ment
(attached
R .
.P
.),
50
11 of t he late Capt,tin H e
nry
Olowes
an d of Mrs. ClolVes, and Enid Eliza,beth Blanche,
daug hter of a j o r
Hub
e ll . FY crs, M.V .O" a nd Mrs_
Hl1b e
l-t
Fy
ers.
The Army
Pay
Office, Malta, 1899.
BACK
Row:
Q .M, .
Denial
(to
pension);
gt.
Reading (10 pension);
Q,l\l :
Brown (10
pension); Civn. Clerk; T empy . Soldi er Clerk;
Q.M.S.
J ones (to pension W.O.); Pl e.
Dawson
(
dischar
ge
d);
Cpl.
Barni
e (to pens ion
Q.M.S.).
CENTRE Row: S.Sgt. Booth (now Major, ret d.); l /Cl. S. S .M, J. Kelly (appld. Civn. Acct.
retd,);
S.S
gt .
Lot
on
(now
Lt.- Co
l.
rc
td .),
FRO NT R c
w: Pte.
C
lutt
on (to pe
nsion);
Cp
l.
Ell ery (n ow
Ma
jo
r);
T empy.
i c ~
Clerk.
9
0
THlt ROyAL
ARMV
PAY CORPS JOURNAL
Royal Army Pay Corps Officers
Club
Annual
General Meeting.
T he Sixth Annual
Gene
ral
Meetillg
of
the R.A.P.C. Officers'
Club
was
heLd
at
80 , Pall Mall,
S. W
.
I,
on
Friday,
7th Jul y .
In the unavoidab le absence of the Presi
dent, Colonel Commandant
J.
C.
Ann
trong, C.B., C.M.G., the Chair was taken
by Colonel W. S. Mackenzie, O.B .E.
Twenty-three officers wer ' present.
I. On the suggestion of the Chairman
the
meeting
agreed to take the minutes of
the
previous
Annual General Meeting as
read.
2. The C h a i r ~ a n , in
asking
the
meeting
to pass the aud1ted
accounts
for the yea r
ended 31st March, 1933, drE;\V
at
tent ion to
the. relatively lar ge accumu lated funds
which now amount to 139 1Rs.
4td, He
stated t ~ l a t
it
was not E;xpected, however,
that ~ h l S figure wou ld in crease to any
t n a t ~ n a l
extent in the future, as th e Hocke,
SectIOn recently formed nO\l ' required a ;1
all
otment,
with the result that th ey \; 'ould
probably find
in
future years th at the Club' s
whol e l11come
\I
'o
uld
be required to 11I ee t
expenses. He agreE;d
with
the vie\l' of til e
COI':lmittee that this \I'as a safe po
li
cy,
haV in g re
ga
rd to the accumulated funds
referred to .
3. T he following
allotmen
ts to
Sports
SectIOns for 1933 -1934
were submitted
to
the. m.e
et
i ng and
approved.
The
total
S
ll
b
s C ~ l p h o n s were
estimated
to
prodnce
{1 20.
Cncket 4S,
Tennis
Is, Golf 2S, H ockey
ho To t a l
IIS. -
4 The
follow i
ng
officers were elected
to serve on the Com111ittee for
1933-
T
934
Lt.-Col. J. Sawers as Chairman, vice
Lt.-Col.
L.
J.
Lightfoot,
O.D.E.
transfer-red to Sonthern Comllland.
Major R.
G.
Stanham as Hon. Sec re
tary,
vice
Lt.-Col.
C. H. Charlton,
M.C.
Capt.
R.
S. E llicott as H on.
Assistant
Secretary .
L t . ~ C o l .
R. W.
HackE;tt as H on.
lreasnrer, vice
Lt.-Col.
H.
R.
W.
pawson,
shortl
y
proceeding
overseas.
Lleut.
J. Feeha
ll
y as a
memher
of
the
Committee
.
1 A hea_r ty vote of thanks was propose c1 by
t1e Chairman to
Lt.-Col.
Li ghtf oot a
nd the
9
1
ot
h
er
officers of the Committee for their
; \ o ~ ' k for
the Club
during the
'past year.
1111
5 endorsed by
the meE;ting.
S fhe Chairman proposed
that
Lt.-Col.
1.
P. Brickman,
O.B.E.,
and Major
F.
A.
'Woods be
appointed auditors
for
the en.
su ing year, and thanked them on behalf
of th e Club for having carried out
the
duties in 1932 -.1933. -
. 6.
The
Chairman suggested to the meet
lI lg that the Corps Sports Week in 1934
should be from Monday,
2nd
July to Satur
day, 7th
Jul y .
This
vas
agreed
to.
The
allocat
ion of da
ys
in the
Spo
rts
Week
to
the
Sports
Sections
was then con
sidered. The T ~ n n i s and
Golf Secretar
ies
ac h
asked
that two
days
in
th
at week
might be
allotted
to t h ~ m . This proposal
met .with a certain
m e a S U T ~
of support,
but It was not favoured by the Cricket
Secti'on, as it was sta ted it
\I
'ould result
in f i x t u r ~ s clash ing, unless the additional
days deSired were arranged either immedi
ately before or after the Corps Week. As
the difficulty of arriv ing at a suitable
arrangelllen.t without protracting the length
of meet111g
\I
'as apparent, the Cha irman
adV ised that th e question of the allocation
of
days
for the variolls sports
sho uld
be
decided at a co
nference
to be called later
of the representatives of the Cricket Golf
a
nd
Tennis
ections
.
The
meetil{g ap
proved of this suggestion.
.
7 Captain Brennan
offered a
sugges
tIOn to
the meeting,
that a
contribution
from the Funds of
the
Officers'
Club should
be made
to
an
Unemployment Fund.
After
discussion the Chairman
gave his
de
cis ion that the
rules
of the
Club precluded
:lpproval
being given
to
this
proposa l.
8.
A hea rty vote of thanks was accord ed
by th e meeting to Colonel Mackenzie for
having once again acted as Cha irman and
the
proceedin
gs then
t
erminated.
'
Th e. T
r
o
nOl
a ,y Secreta,,)' of th e Old Co mradES
a ' ~ o ha stI li some
1 1
enll card a nd copies
of th e
I
,f th Annual Repo rt
in
ha nd H e witl bp
p,lensed 1.0 fo rward copi es
to any
members des irin g
sa
me.
H ; is also in po, session of a supply of s'l1iority
and wlil he e ~ s e d Lo for: ard a co py to an.v
me,nber. who 's longe r serv,ng with t.he COI'PS,
ancl not employed ,n one of our offices,
.HA
would be obliged if
mrl11b
e.rs wou ld notify
hllll of l,hell' chang of add,css. .
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THE R OYA L ARMY
PAY CORP
S J OUR
NAL
Officers A nnual Dinner
T he I3th Annual Dinller of the Corps
\\ 'as held in
th
e E mpire Room,
Tr
o
cadero
R esta
urant
on
Friday,
7th
Ju ly,
1933
Eighty
members \\ '
ere prese
nt , wh ich
constituted a record
in
the an nals of the
Corps.
In addi tion to Colone
l ] . C.
Armstror.g, Colonel
Commandant
of
the Corps, those present were
:
B
ri
gad iers A. 1.
1[
usson and H . B. T oile
r.
Colone ls
W.
S. Mackenzi e, E. A. Lang, H. C.
Ellis, H. G. Riley, R. \ V. 1Iacfie, H . Du esbury,
E. E. E. Todd, R. A. B. Young and H. Ge
ng
e
Andrews.
Lieutenant-Colonels E. . H art-Cox, T. r{
Robson, P. L. O ldh am,
R.
W. And erso
n,
A. B.
Cl
iff,
G. H. Cha rlt on, T . L. Hogers, A. VV. Skin
ner, H . R. Dawson, vV. S. Hack, W . D . R obotham,
]. Saw ers, . J Ba rradell, \\ '. .
Britt
en, F .
9
2
Binn
s,
R.
W . H acke
tt
,
F.
P . Vid al
and
A.
CocldJurn.
:\[ ajors 1 H. Smylh , T. H . Granl, H. \\ .
T aylo
r,
R G. 'tanham, A . G reenw oo
d,
C. H olm cs,
W. P a ll11 er, G. W.
Ne
lson, E .
T. Smit
h,
E.
) .
P ccock, H . J. H o l1 ingsw orth and
C.
N. Bedn311
Captain s ]. G. \""oods, R. D. Buck,
J. L.
O liver, A. E. Ba rlow,
H. H. 1I
o
rr
e
ll, J.
F.
13
cll-
man, B. Sant, W. Marsh a ll ,
].
A. Be
df
ord, G.
\\
'.
Butl e
r,
E .R. K elly, G. S. Bate
s,
R. S. Elli
co
lt .
F. G. N ort on, A. .
Ev
ers, R. L.
Ingp
en, R. C
Askin,
T.
H. Sweeney, F. T. Baines, C. C. Bbc k
well ,
A. G.
Br o
adh
ur st,
F. R.
Ri chardson,
L. F.
Ba
rt
on, J. W. Br ennan, F.
\11
.'. Th oma s, R. H.
Say e
r,
H . H. Ma lpass, F. Spi lsbury O.
D.
Garratt,
S . N .
Hi
ll, A.
L.
D unn i
ll
, H . G. B
M illing, S.
F .
Ba
rr
att
a
nd
G.
Hagg
ard.
Lieutenants
H. \I\ l Mard
en, W.
H.
Thies, ) .
Feeha lly and] . H . Clow es.
THE
ROYAL ARMV PAY CORP
S J
OURNAL
EMPLOYMENT,
The
An nu al rep ort of the Nation a l Asso
ciation for the Em p loyment of Reg ular
Sa
il
ors, 'oldiers and Ai
rmen
has iust been
rece ived . .
Th e rep ort covers th e
per
iod 1St Apri l
31S
t Decembe r,
I 93 2
a per iod
of
on ly
mile month s, due to the
fact that
the As.
0 -
cia
ti
o
ll
h
ave
a lt
ered th eir
financial vea r to
correspond
to the
ca le
nd
ar
year.
.
During th e peri?d llnd ; r revie\\' I 4 ,993
men
\\
'e 'e placed
11l
emp loy men t through
the med
ium
of th e
Association,
an increase
of 613 persons over the
cO
ITespond ing
pe riod of I93 I
As far as . h e Roya l Army Pay Corps is
n c ~ r n n l l ~ men (3 in Edinburgh,
I
in
r l 1 1 l t
j
Lond
o
n,
2
in
Pr
eston)
ob
ta1l1ed
emp loy men t.
Turnin g to the
Ba
lance Sh eet
\Ve
n
ot
ice
that dur in g th e
nine
months
t h e r ~
is a ll
excess of Expenditure over Income of
2,376 .
t
is also. noticed
th
at the R oya l
Army Pay Corps IS not mentioned in the
subscription
li
st .
OUR CONTEMPO
R RIES ,
Th e Edi
lO
Is aclw owl edge wi th many t han 8 re
ceip t of th e foll ow in g J ournal s
:-
" R.A .M.C. Kew and Gazelte "
Jun
Jul
y A
Sept . " , ug.,
" Th e Wir e, Jll1y. Au O .. , ept.
" Th e Sapper , Jun e. Aug., Sept.
' :Th o
Gunn el ," Jul y. Au g., Sept.
' R .A.O .C. G,\zettc, " June .Jul y Aug
I
c
Th
e i
7
asp,
J
June. , .
" T he
Accoun
titnt -(Six
cop ies) .
" H A.V.C. JOl1rnal
,
AU1711St.
A
.E.C' . JOlllna
1
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THE
ROYAL ARMY PAY CORPS JOU RNAL
orps Sports
News
CORPS
CRICKET 1933.
VERSUS
R
OY A
L
ARMY
CHAPLA I N
DEPARTMENT .
Pla yed
at Aldershot
on 30
th Jun
e a
nd
1st Ju ly, 1933
We
had the honour
of
participating
in
the
first inter-corps ma
tch
ever played by
the R.A.CH.D.
The la tter mad e delightful
opponents
and
a
reall
y keen a nd
sporting
game ended by
our
bein
g
defeated
by
61
runs.
We lost the toss
and
the R.A.CFI.Dept.
batted first. Tw o wickets fell fairly soon
and
the Revs. Barna rd and Thornycroft
took the ga me in
hand
and scored
freely
all
round the
w icket. The form er, \\hen
go
ing strong,
was run ou t fr om a good
return
. He had
batted
very a ttr acti vely
and
gave
what
was a forecast
of greater
things
to come
in the
second inning-s o By
goo d and
steady batting the
Revs. Th orn y
croft,
Murray and Foster
lifted
the
score
to
over the
200 "vhen
Lightfoot put Enda
cott
on
to bo
wl
with
his . slo
ws.
The
change
\\'as excellent
as
he
qui
c
kl
y to
ok
4 wicke ts
and
the innings
cl
ose
d for
21 1
The
Re
v.
Steele bowled very
f
as
t
when
\\'e
went in
and
the sco
re-b
oard showed dismal readin
Q
R u n s . ;,
Wickets 2. H owever, Evers a nd
~ i g h t f o o t batted very doggedlv and th e
score and our hopes mounted stead ily .
Lightfoot unfor tunately was th en beaten
by a verv g-ood one
fr
om th e Rev .
Mel
huish. Eynon follow ed and gave us a
brisk
sDell
of
sco
ring
and quickl
y
co
llect
ed
?
1.
All
this time Evers
was playin g- in hi s
best style and with Tr eg lo\\ 'n putting th f
full
face of the
bat
to
every ball. a . lood
total
s ~ e m e d
a possil ility . The
Fev.
Steele
then
produced anot
her good
ball
w
hich iust
removed Tr el l
ow
n' s bails and
a fter
EVeTS
had been ca ught at
the
wicket
having- made a faultle
ss
41, no one el
se
stayed
any time
a
nd the
innin l s
closed
for
the rather disapp
ointin g
score
of I30 .
The Padres
started
on Saturday mornin Q
with
a lead of 85 on the first
inning
s. Bv
lunch time
t h ~ y had scored 178 for 6
wickets of
which
th e
Rev. Barnard
had
sco r
ed
76. He is a very at tr active .bat to
\\"atch,
posse
sj ng sco
rin
g s tr okes a ll round
th e wick et.
The
innin gs was d dared
closed
after
Inn ch so th at ,\"e ha 264 to
make
in
3t h
ours a
diffic ult b
ut
by no
m eans im possible task . O
ur
st a
rt was
aga in depressin
g,
t\\o wicke ts
going
down
\\ ith on ly TS Tuns scored. Li g
ht f
oo t and
Ev e rs
then
ca me t oget her
and
they in
creased o
nr
total to
lOT
when
Evers
whose
l
eg
(
as
l
as
t
ye
a r)
had
aga
in g
iv
en way ,
\\'as run out. Treglowll then join ed
Light
fo
ot \\
ho \\'as
hattin
g g ra
ndl
y and 66 run s
\\ ere added
before Li
g
ht f
oot fell a victim
to tIle g
uil
e of the Rev. Foste r and his
slo \\'
s;
he ran Ollt , mi sed th e ball and the
Rev. Heale put the \\ 'icke t clown. So
en ded Li g ht foo t' s innin gs, one of the finest
ever played
for
th e Corps.
Treglo\\
'n left
shortly af te r wards. being simila rly de
ce
ived bv th e R ev. Fo s ter. He
had
played
a s ter lin g.
innings
and
Marden
who follow ed
ha
tt
ed veTY att r
act
ive ly . Om six
th
wicket
fell a t 202 but we we re no\v
behind
the
clock and
in
a n effort to forc e
th
e pace
o
ur
r
ema
inin g batsm en fa iled, the
innin
gs
closing \\
ithout
acl.-liti
on,
leav
in
g th e
P adres victors by OT
run
s.
94
Thus
ended a
game
en joyable from every
st a
ndpoint
an d \\'e ::Ire mu ch in th e
debt
of the R ..
\
.Crr.D.
for
th eir gen erO\1S h
os
pita li ty . \1I/e look forward to the retur n
g
ame
next year.
R .A.Ch.D.
1st
Innings.
Rev. H.
1 Todd b Kin g ...
5
Rev.
P. H .
Brumwcll. h c r ~
In
n ev. H. J. Barnard, rUll out 32
Rev. K. 'H. Th o
rn eyc
roft,
C.
Eynon, h.
Endacott ... ..
6
Rev. T T. Steele, C. Marden, b. Grant .. . 20
Rev.
T.
P . Murray, C. Tr egl own . h. Endaco tt 34
R V. n.
B.
L Fos
te
r, lbw., b. Encla co tl .
..
Rev.
T \ V .
Hea le. 'lot out ...
Rev .T . i\fc
lh
nish. lbw., b. Endacott
Rev.
K. A. P l l n t
run out 0
Rev. V. J Pik e, u. Malp:lss 6
Extras
I
Total ...
... 21 5
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R .A _Ch _D . 2nd Innings.
Rev. H. W. Todcl,
b.
Malpass 2
R
ev.
P. M. Brumwell, b. Grant 19
Rev . H. J. Barnard,
C.
Lightfoot, b.
Ma
rd en 76
Rev. K. H . Tho
rn eyc
rof t,
lbw .,
b.
King... 21
Rev . J. J. Steele,
b.
Marden 26
Rev . J. P. Murray, not out ... 5
Rev. D. B. L. Fo ster, not out
12
Rev . T. W. Heale,
lbw.
, b. Endacott 5
Extras 12
Total for 6 wickets .. .
... 178
BOWLING-1st Innings: King, one wicket for
41
;
Ma
lpass, one for
73.
Grant, one for 30;
Barratt, none for 31; Evers, one for 15 ;
Endacott, fo ur for 13 . 2nd Innings : 1alpass,
()
ne for 47; C1owes, no
ne
for
10;
Ever
s,
none
for 3 ; King, one fo r 24; Grant, one fo r 41;
End
aco tt,
one for 24 : Marden, tw o for 18.
R.A_P_C 1st Innings _
Capt. S. F. Barratt, b. Steele 0
Li eut. J. H. C1owes, b. Stee1e ... ... 4
Capt. A. N. Evers , C. Hea le, b. Barnard ...
41
Lt.-Col.
L J.
Lightf
oo
t,
b. Me
lhuish
22
Capt.
J
S. Eynon, C. Hea le, b. Me lhu ish 21
Capt. C. J. H. Tregl
ow
n, b. Stee1e ... 20
Lieut. H. W T. Marden, lbw. b. Me lhuish 8
Capt. H. H. Malpass, st. Hea le, b. Murray 0
Sgt.
C.
Enclacott, C. Heale, b. Murray ... 6
Sgt.
J.
King, b. Me lhuish 4
Sgt. Grant not out 0
E,xtras 4
Total
.. . 130
R_A.P_C
2nd Innings.
Capt. S.
F.
Barratt, b. Steele 2
Lieut.
J. H .
Clow es, lbw. b. Steele 12
Capt.
A. N.
Evers, run out 28
Lt.-Col. L. J Lightfoot, run out ... ... 93
Capt. }. S. Eynon,
C.
Melhuish, b. St
ee
le
9
Capt. C. J H. Tr eglow n, C. Brumwell, b.
Melhuish ... 8
Lieut. H.
W.
T. Marde
n,
st. Hea le, b.
Foster ... ...
42
Capt. H. H. Malpass, lbw . b. Foster 0
Sgt. C. En:
Barnard, none for 35; Murray. none fo r 30;
Brumwell, none fo r 10 ; Foster, tw o fo r 31
9S
VERSUS
ARMY
EDUCATIONAL
CORPS.
Played
at
Aldershot on 3rd
and
4th
July,
1933
This match was played
durin
g the Corps
Week on the Officers' (Lowe r)
Ground.
We were favoured w ith p e r f ~ c t wea
ther
and in
sp
ite of
los
in
g
the
toss we gained
the victory
by
4
wicke
ts
after
a
c l o ~ e
g
ame
. At
the
s
tart we
w ~ r e fortunatE; rn
disposin
g
of Johnst
on
who
w a ~ .
lb
w. to
Robson, but
Kirkwood was then
JOlUed
by
Maude
a
nd the
y
lifted the tot
al to over
the hundred by attractive batting.
Richards ,
Cork
and Redmond all hit w
ell
a
nd
the
score
reached
the respectable
total
of 241
before
the
last
man
left
.
F r ~ l l l . our
point of view the featme of the rn11lngs
was the remarkable
p e r f o r m a n c ~
of Robson
who
to ok 7 w ickets for 34 runs. .
Barratt and
Clo
wes gav e us a sp lendId
start
and
scored
86
before. C l o w e ~ left,
havin
g
hit
up a
sparkling
53 rn. 35 m 1 l 1 u ~ e s
Barratt
,vas out soon
after, hav11l g complIed
a
very
useful 33 which included s?me de
lig
htful
off
drives.
The
score
contt 1
ued
to
mount
steadily
by the
efforts
of Ll
ghtfoot
and Treglown, both \ V ~ O I D . batted very
soundly
but
after theIr
dIsmIssal
the
re
mainder'
of the innings
w
as rather
of. a
processional nature except
for
a ew bIg
hits by Eynon and Grant.
\1I/e
fim shed 22
behind with
a score
of
21
9-
The second innings of the A:E.C. found
our bowlers at the top of theIr form a l ~ d
although Rushbridge, Pa rslow and Cork
showed goo d form , the side was all out for
157.
Cathre
y 's 3 w ickets cost 37 runs.
Set to ge t 180 runs to w
in
we lost two
wickets quickly but
Lightfoot
and T:-eg
lown raised our hopes s o u n ~ ~ a t t 1 l 1 g ,
but
missin
g
no
opportumty
hIttrng
t.he
loose balls. Treglown's rnmngs was
111-
valuable and
it
was
followed
later by
splendid
hittin
g
by
E ynon ,
Grant
and
Marden
w
hich just
enabled us to beat
the
clock and
to win by
four wickets.
The
game
was wa tched on
both . d a y ~ by
many
members of the Co
rps, theIr WiVes
and
friends
and
v, e were very
gl
ad
to
see
that
Co
lonel J
C .
Armstrong and Mrs.
Armstrong
were
amongst
those present.
The Corps is
greatly
i n d ~ b t e d to Colonel
W . S. Mackenzie,
Lt
.-Col. T. L . Rogers
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and the members of the R.A.P.C.
Detach
ment, Aldershot Command for their
un
tirin
g efforts
in
providing for the comfort
and r
efreshm
ent
of
all
those
attending the
match . The
arrangements
were
pe rfect in
all
detai
ls.
A.E.C. 1st . Innings.
Col. A. C Johnston, lbw., b. Robson 0
Capt. R.
A.
Rushbridge, c. Marden, b.
Robson ... ... 19
Capt.
H.
R. Kirkwood, b. Cathrey ... 61
Vi.O. T.
E. Parslow, lbw., b. Robson 1
Lt.-Col. C G. Maude, b.
Endacott
41
Capt. H . Sharpe, c. Grant, b. Robson 19
Sgt.
T.
Richards,
b.
Robson 25
Capt. H . Cork, b. Robson ... ..,
23
W.O. Redmond, c. Lightfoot,
b. Marden
... 31,
W .O.
Hurley, b.
Robson .. . ... ... 6
Sgt.
Pritchard,
not out 0
Extras,
b. 13, I
b.
I, n.b. 1 IS
T ota l
...
241
Bowling
Ana
lysis.
1st Innings
o.
m.
r w.
Grant
17 2
57
U
Robson
17
7
34 7
Ma
lpass
.
5 0 20
0
Cathr
ey
13
3 49 1
Marden
5
0 28
1
Endacott
8 1
27
1
Clowes
3
1
11
0
A.E.C. 2nd
Innings .
Col. A. C Johnsto
n, c.
Endacott, b. Robson 13
Capt.
R.
A.
Rushbrid
ge, st. Eynon, b.
Endacott
... .. . ... .. . 24
Capt. H. R. Kirkwood, b. Cathrey ... 3
W.O. T . E.
Parslow
,
b.
Robson 47
Lt.-Co
l. C
G.
Ma
ude, lbw., b.
Endacott
5
Capt. .
H.
Sharpe, c. and
b.
Robson... 18
Sg
t. T. Richards,
b. Cathrey
0
Capt. :\'1. H. Cork, not out ... 31
W .O. Redmond,
b. Cathrey
.. . 1
W.O.
Hu
rley,
b.
lVfarden ...
12
.Sgt.
Pritchard,
.
b.
C10wcs 0
Extras,
w. 1, b. I, I
b. 3
Total
. ..
Grant
Robson
Cathrey
Marden
Endacott
Clowes
"Bowling Ana lys is.
'2nd
J
nnings.
o.
. ,4
16
14
4
3
2
... 157
m r
o
31
3 44
3 37
o 16
o 20
o 6
w.
o
3
.3
1
2
I
g6
R .A .P.C. 1st Innings .
Capt. S. F. Barratt
,
c. and b. Kirkwood... 33
Lieut. J H . C1owes, b.
Richards
.
'
. ...
S3
L t. -Co l. L. J Lightfoot, c. Parslow, b.
Redmond. . . ... ... ... ... 3?
Capt. C J
H.
Treg lown, lb w., b.
Kirkwood
3
Capt.
J
S. Eynon, c. Rushbr idge, b. Kirk-
wood ...
10
Lieut.
H.
W.
T.
Marden,
c.
Rushbridge
b.
Sharpe
... .. . ... 1
Sgt. F. Vi. Grant, c. Redmond, b. 14
Capt. H .
H. Ma
lpass, run out ... .. 4
Lt.-Col.
T.
R. Robson, c. and b.
Sharpe
... 7
Sgt. A. N. D. Cathrey, c. Parslow, b.
Sharp
e
10
Sgt.
C. End
acott, not out 0
Extras, b. 10, I b. 7
17
Tota l
... 219
Bow
ling Analysis.
1
st
Innings.
o. m.
r.
w
Kirkw
ood
Parslow
Hurley
Sharp
e
Richards
Redm
ond
Maude
21
2
3
19
5
4
5
2
0
0
6
1
0
O
58 3
15
0
19 0
64 4
15
I
18
1
13 0
R.A.P C.
2nd Innings.
Capt. S. F. Barratt, b. Sharpe 9
Li eu t.
J H.
Clowes, hit wkt., b. K,irkwood 11
Lt.-Col. L. J Lightfoot,
c.
Richards, b.
Hurl
e
y
. .. ... ... ...
29
Capt. C J
H. Treg
lown, c .
Rushbri
,dge, b.
Sharpe
...
53
Capt. J S. Eynon,
c.
Maude, b. Sharpe... Ig
Lieut. H . W.
T.
Ma rd en, not out ... 15
Sgt. F. N. Grant, b. Ri
chards
31
Sgt. A. N. D. Cathrey, not out 5
E .xtras, w. 1, b. 7 8
Total fo r 6 wickets
... 180
Capt.
H. H.
Malpass, Lt.-Col.
T.
R. Robson
and Sgt . C
Endacott
did not bat.
Bow li ng
Ana
lysis.
2nd
Inn
in
gs.
o.
Kirkwood
18.2
Hurl
ey 5
Sharpe
IS
Richards 8
m .
r
w
2 86 1
o 22 I
2 50 3
2 15 I
VERSUS ROYAL ARMY
CORPS .
ORDNANCE
Pla yed
at
Hilsea on
13th and 14
tlJ
Ju ly, 1933
The
weather
turned
this match int
o a
o n ~ day
affair,
as the
first
day rain
made
play
out of the
question and
we occupied
our
tim e
in the
Mess
with Bridge
and
THE
IWY A L
ARMY PAY CORPS
J
OURKA
L
Photo T. H1tlllph1 ies, PortSlIIollth.
Th e R .A .O.C.
and
R.A.P .C. Tea ms at
Portsmouth,
July 1933.
BA
CK
Row : Sgt . \
l\ii
lson (Umpire), Lt. Clowes, Capt. Malpass, Capt. Barratt, Pt e. Lawrenc
e,
Sgt. Cath rey, P te. C1arke, Ca pt. Robinson. Sgt.
Endacott
, Capt. Marden.
MIDDLE Row : Capt. Evers, Capt. Eynon, Lt. Co l. PickthaJ I, Lt . Co l. Lightfoot, Col. Hoar
e,
Lt. Co l. Robson, Capt.
Tr
eglown,
Major Palmer,
Capt. Ellicott, Cp l. Kelly (Umpire).
FRONT Row: S/ Sgt. Patrick,
Pte.
Weir, Sgt. C
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ARMY
Bowling
Analysis.
o.
m. r w.
Robson
10 6
12
lIalpass
13.3
2 40 4
Cathrey
19 4
43 5
Lightfoot 5
21
Evers
7
IS
:Nlarden
3
16
ROYAL ARMY
PAY CORPS.
Capt.
S.
Ba
rr
att, b. Clarke ...
:J
Lieut. J.
H.
Clowes, b. Clarke 2S
Capt. A. N. Evers, b. Clarke 0
Lt.-Co
l. L.
J. Lightfoot, c. Hoare,
b.
C l a ~ e 6
Capt. C. J. H. T reg lown, run out... 46
Capt.
J.
S. Eynon, b. Clarke ...
6
L ieut. H. W
.
Marden, b. Patrick ... 1
Capt. H. H. Ma
lp
ass, b. Pa trick ... 0
Sgt.
Ca
threy, c. Hoare, b. Clarke ... 12
Lt.-Co
l.
T.
Robson, b. Hoa re 4
Sgt. 'Endacott,
no
t out 0
Extras 4
Total
...
1
09
Bowling Ana lysis.
o. m. r.
Clarke
16
5 39
La lvrence
3
I 8
San
ds
5
2
17
Patrick 5
24
Hoare
4
17
VERSUS
DE POT
BN
. R.E.
Pla yed at Chat 1am on 21St and n nd
Ju l
y , 1933
w.
6
2
1
The fourth and final ma tch was played
at Chatbam on a
rather
poo r wicket. Our
opponents
won
the
toss and
ba
tted. Except
for a stand by
Capt
.
Bu
sk a nd Spr.
Ruddy,
no other batsmen could cope wit h the
bo
wlin g of Robso
n,
l\1a l
pass
and G rant
who all
bow
led sp le
ndidl
y. The innin gs
closed for 83.
O
ur
start
was
d isastrous, 4 wickets fa
I
lin g for 16 runs, but once
again
Li g
htfo
ot
and
Tr e
gl
own
came to the rescue and
added
60 runs before
being
separated. Sg t.
Gran t made some big hit s , other\\ise no
one
else
did anyth ing and we " 'ere all out
for II 6, On go ing
in
a
seco
nd time the
R. E.
De po
t aga in
failed
bad ly. R obson
and Gr a nt bow led unchange d and
the
wbole side were dismi ssed for 59. Robson
to ok 1 wickets f01' 25
run
s, his twe lve overs
includin g
5
maidens, wh ile Gran t
had
6
,Yickets for 30
runs-bot
h very fine
bowling feats .
We were left with 27 runs to ge t to ,, in
PAY CORPS J OU RNAL
a
nd
these were ob ta ined for th e loss of 3
w icket
s.
98
Our thanks are
due
to R .E .
Depot
for '
once aga
in
entertaining us hosp
it
ab ly .
R .E. 1st Innings.
L
/C
pl. Andrews, c.
Tr
eg lown, b. Ma lpass 8
Spr.
Th
omas, b. Robson ...
..
. 5
L/Cp l. Fahy,
c.
?-lcQua,de, b. Ma lpass 5
Q.M.S. Taylor, c and
b.
Grant . 1
Li eut. Moore, b. p a s s
---
3
Li
eut. Co llins, c.
Tr
eg low n, b. i\lalpass .. , 0
Spr. Well ingt on,
I.h.w.,
b. Gra
nt
.. . t 0
Spr. Ruddy,
b.
Robson
12
pr. Hewling, c.
Tr
eg l
ow
n,
b.
Grant 9
Capt. Busk, not out .. . 25
L
/C pl.
Sykes, b. Grant 2
Extras, b. 13 13
Total ...
83
R.E
. 2nd Innings.
L/ pI. Andrews,
b.
Robson
Spr. Thomas,
c.
lowes, b. Grant
L/ Cp l. Fahy,
I.b.w.,
b. Grant
~ f . S . Taylor , I.b.w., b. Grant
Lieut Moo re, b. Grant ... .. .
Lieut. Co li ins , c. Cathr
ey,
b. Robson
Spr. Well ington, c. Lightfoot,
b.
Grant
Spr. Rud dy, not out .. . .. .
Spr. Hewling, c. and b Robson
Capt. Busk, c. Clowes, b. Robson
L/ pI. Sykes, b. Grant ...
Extras,
b.
4
Total
Bow ling Analysis.
1st Inn ings.
Robson
-:\,[alpass
Grant
Robson
Grant
Clowes
o.
7
8
13
2nd In n ngs.
o.
12
1
3.3
2
m
r.
3
27
I 17
6 26
111.
r.
5
25
4
30
2
0
R.A .P.C. 1st Innings.
Capt. S. F . Ba
rr
att,
c.
a
nd
b. Fahy ...
Lieut. J. H. Clowes, c. Thomas, b. Fahy ..
Ca
pt.
C. J
H. Tr
eg
lown,
b.
Moore
C
pl.
i\fc.Qua
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OU
RNAL
A hearty vote of
thanks
\I'as accorded
to the Committee and the
Hon
orary Secre
tar y for th eir work during the pas t yea r ,
to Majors Stan ham, Bednall , I\Ieek and
Captain Howard for r e p r e n t i l l the
Corps
in th e Army Team ChampIOnsh Ips at Deal,
and to Col. Yo ung for presidin g
at
th e
Meeting.
MATCHES.
A matc h was played against the RA.:'Ir.e. at
Fulwell on \Vednesday, Jun e 14th a.nd res
ul
ted in
a win fo r the R.A.M
.e.
by n to
41
the res
ul
ts
being as fo ll
ows:
SI
NGLES.
R.A .M.e.
RA P.e.
Lt. Co
l. Foster 0
:'IIajo r Stanham (5&4)
1
lIaj
or Ca
rr
1
Cap t. H
owa
rd
Co
l.
Coch rane
. ,faj
or
Bednall
1
?vIa
jor Da.un t (2&1) Cap
t.
"Voods
0
Co
l.
Iryine (5&3)
apt. Ga
rr att
0
Lt.- Co
l. Fa
lkner
(5&3) 1
Lt.-
Co
l.
Cockb
urn
0
Col. H owe ll
Major H olmes
1
Ma
j.-Gen. Ainsworth
0
Capt .
Bar low
(3&2) 1
4
FOURSOMES .
Foster & Cochrane
Daun t & Ca.rr (5&4)
Irvine & Fa lkner
Stanham & H oward
o
(5&3) 1
1 Bednall & ' '''
oods
0
(5&4)
H owe ll & Ainsworth
(1 up)
Garratt
Cockburn 0
H olmes & Ba rlow
o
3
It
is
hoped to a r
range
a match aga in st the
A rmy Education Corps if possible before the date
of
the Autumn :Meeting.
COMPETITIONS.
Campbell Todd Cup . . '
Members are remind ed that thiS Cup IS open
for competition during the half year 1st to
31st December.
The
competlllon IS on handicap
aga ins t Bogey but the number of strokes ta ken at
eac h ho le should be shew
n.
Half-yearly Spoon-June
30th, 1933,
presented
by Lt. Co
l.
W. S. Hack. .
Wi nner
-Lie
ut. W.
H. Thl
es,
5
u
p;
Cap
t.
Broad-hurst, 1 u p ; Capt. Overt on, 1 u
p.
Handicaps.- Capt. R
L. L. ln
gpen 16 to 13 ;
Lieu t. Thies 36 to
24.
Continued
on
paf
e 7
44
.
The
Army
Pay Office, WOollwich,
1895.
Top ROW-STANDING: S.Q.M.S. W . But ler, Sgt. J. W. No rton, Sgt. H . Mower, Sgt.
e.
P.
Ha
rling, Prob,
L.
r Webb (Ma jor), S.Q.M.S. M. J ones, Cp
l.
W. Bur gg (Joey), Prob.
G.
H. W hite (now
Ma
jor), Cp
l.
F . E . Bailey, L
/C
p
l. G.
Duncalf, Sgt.
e. Pilcher
, S.Sgt.
L.
Welch.
2ND
ROW-STANDING: Messenger Brom ley, Writer Harrold , S.Q.:M.S. F. Wi ll iams, S.Q.M.S.
A. Lyna m, S.Sgt. E. J. Hart, Est. Clerk
O'N ei
ll , S.Q.M.S. J.
Ha
ll, SLQ.M.S.
J
Downs,
S.S.M. A. C. Bruce (retd. Lt.
0
1.)
,
Sgt. A. J enkins, Sgt. W. J. Cryer (now Ma jor retd,),
Lp \. J. :'IJc.Rae, S.Q.M.S . H. Edmunds. S.Q.M .S. W.
Thorn,
S.Q .M.S.
G.
B. J ones, S.Q.M.S.
J. B. Mansfield, Sgt. F. Gear, W
ri
ter A lI en.
S I
TTlNG:
Major N C. 1 linchin, Capt. W. C.
Woo
llet,
~ I a j o r
1. W . 1'. S. Smythe, Co
l.
and
c.P. C.
H. Chaun cey, Ma jor ' ] . Humphri es, Lt. Co
l. 1'.
Be ll.
FRONT Row : :'I[essenger Wad ley,
?
Attached, Cp
l.
] . F. Lindsay (now Lt. Co
l.
retd .),
? -
100
THE
R
OYA
L ARMY PAY CORPS J
OU
RNA L
LAWN TENNIS .
The
Annual Mee ting was
held
at Roe
llampton on
J ~ I ~
4th and 5
th
un der perfect
weather condItIOns. All
events \\ 'ith
the
exception of the Ml's son Cup e r e on a
]landicap basis. '
The results
were
as
foll
ows : -
Musson
Challenge
Cup (Le vel Sing les).
Won by Capt. T . H . Sweeney who bea t
Capt.
F. T.
Bai nes in the final by 6/ 2
6
/ 1.
Handicap
Singles.
Final-Major C. H olmes
beat Capt
J
G. Woods 6/ 4, 6/1. . .
A pint ta
nk
ard inscribed with th e Corps
-
7/26/2019 1933 Autumn
8/29
THE
ROYAL ARMY
PA
Y COR PS JOUR
NAL
Our Chess Page
T H E INTER
NA
TION AL TO U RNA.
MENT AT FO
LK ESTO
NE.
The
above tournament
held
at
Folkestone
in June
last proved
a
very
great success.
With the e x c ~ p t i o n of
Capablanca
every
great World
player took
part. The
result
\\ as actually
in
doubt up
to the ~ n a l
round,
th
e U
.S .A
. alld
Czecko Slovaba
runn111g
neck and neck.
The
average age
O
both
teams
was
well u n d ~ r 30 years, desplte
the
presence of the veteran player,
Frank
Mar
shall, in the U .S .A. team .
The
t r o p l ~
was '
won
eve
ntually
by
the U.S.A. and each
of
their
.fi ve p l a y ~ r s of 4 p l a y ~ d 111 e ~ c h
round
averaged
over 70 o of WillS. The
g h e ~ t
average
was
obtained by Opocensky
w ith S3 and
Dr.
Alekhine,
t A ~ p r e s ~ n t
World Champion, came
next
v: lth So
10
There were some
highly
interestmg
games
pl
ayed
during the Tourney and we
a p p e n ~
a few including
the
shortest game ever
played
in these
contests. The
whole o r ~ a n -
isa tion and management reflected the
l ~ a t -
est credit on the British Chess
r a t l O n
\\ ho \\ ere responsible for conductmg the
Tournament.
GAME No. 15.
White
Dr.
A.
Alekhine.
(France)
1. P Q 4
2. K t K
B
3
3.
K
3
4. B-Q3
5.
P-QR3
6. P taKes P
7.
Castles
8.
P-Qr.:.
t
3
g. R-Ksq.
10. B K t2
I .
K t K s
12. Kt-Q2
13.
Q
B
3
14. Q
K
3
IS. Q R 6
16.
P K K t
4
17. K t
B
3
IS. Q
R
3
Ig . B-QBsq .
Black
A. AsgeiIsson.
(Ice land)
K t
KB
3
P
K
3
P Q
B
4
K t Q
B
3
P takes P
P Q
4
B-Q2
B Q 3
R
Q
Bsq.
Castles
B-Ksq.
P K
Kt
3
Kt-KR4
Kt Kt2
r.:.t-K2
K-Rsq.
Kt-Ktsq.
B-Ktsq.
B-Q3
20.
21.
22.
23
24
25
Kt-KtS
P takes P
Kt (KtS) takes
P check
B takes P
Kt takes B check
Kt .
takes
R
KR
4
Kt
t
akes
P
B takes Kt
B
take
s B
K K t 2 .
and
Black
resigned-a
typical
example of
master play .
GAME No . 16.
PIa
ved in the last round between t\\o of
the b ~ s t pl
ayers
.
White
Black
S. Flohr.
(Czecho
Slovakia)
1. Kashdan.
(U.S.A.)
1. P Q 4
2. K t Q
B
3
3. P
K4
4. P K S
5. P takes
Kt
6.
KtP
takes P
7 P Q 4
S.
K t
B
3
g. B K 2
K t
KB
3
P
K
3
P Q 4
P Q s
10.
Castles
I . B Kts
P takes
Kt
Q takes P
P Q
Kt
3
B Kt2
K t Q 2
B-Q 3
Q
B
4
P Q
B
3
102
12. Q
R
4
13. P BS
14. P takes P
IS.
KR-Qsq.
16. R takes
Kt.
17.
K
3
IS .
Q Q 4
check
Ig.
Q takes
KtP
20. K t K t s
21. B-RS
22. B
takes
B
23. P Q B 4
24. Q
takes
R
25. R-Qsq.
check
26. B
takes
P
27. B
takes
P
P
takes
P
Q
takes
P
B K
2
K takes R
Q R 6
K K s q
R-KBsq.
R-Qsq .
B
takes
Kt
R Q4
R takes B
K Q 2
K - Bsq.
K-Ktsq .
Q
takes
P
K B 2
K K
t
3
28. R
Q S check
2g.
Q K 7
check
3
0
. P B S check
and Black resigned . His mistake was
at
the
13th
move when B B S shonld have
been
played.
T H E ROYAL ARMY PA V. CORPS J
OURNAL
----------------
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-----
GAME No .
17
.
The shortest game in the Tourney.
White
Black
R.
F. Combe.
W. R. Hasenfu ss.
(Scotland) (L atv ia)
I. P- Q4
P-QB4
2. P-QB4 P
takes
P
3 K t
KB
3
P K 4
4.
Kt
takes KP Q R 4 check
and White
resigned.
A well known trap.
The following
very
fine ending was
played by Mr. '- .
A. Fairhurst
of Scotland
against the first
board representative
of
Iceland.
Black (10 pieces) .
White 10 pieces).
Mr.
Fairhurst's
winning combination is
the. finest
that
I had the opportunity
of
seemg.
The ga me continued:
Wh i
te
Black
A.
Asgei
rsso11
,
(Iceland) .
W. A. Fairhurst.
24 RxQ
2
5.
B B I
26.
QxP
(Scotland)
23 . BxKt
24. R B Sch
2 1
BxR
Leading
to
loss of the Q.
26Q-R4
was
better. .
27 K K t 2
2S. K K t r
27
RxBch
RxPch
If 28K R 3, B B Sch; 2gK-R4, RxPch,
and Kt-B3 wins the Q.
2g. K K t 2
2
9.
Res igns
3
0
KxR,
KtxPch
wins Q.
R B Sch
B B
6ch
10
3
Our
only Corps representative, S.S.M.
E.
H . F lear won his
own section in
fine
style
and
vve
append
one
of his best
games.
GAM E No. 18.
White
S .S.M. E. H. F lear
1. P Q4
2. P Q B4
3
K t Q
B
3
4 B-KtS
5. P takes P
6. P K 3
7 B-Q3
S. Q- B2
9.
Kt K2
10. Castles Q
Bl
ack
Mr. G. H . Midgeley
K t
K B
3
P-
K
3
P- Q4
QKt-Q2
P
takes
P
P-
B
3
B K2
Castles
R Ksq
.
Kt-Bsq.
I n
the same
POSltJOll
Kashdan
played
10. K
t
K s for Black
aga
ins t
Dr.
Alekhine
and lost.
I I . K- Ktsq.
12. B takes Kt
1
3. B Q 3
14. P-
KR
4
IS
P R
S
16.
Kt
takes B
17. K t
Kt
3
IS. K t
B s
Ig.
R- QBsq.
20. Q K2
21. Q B 3
22. Kt takes P check
23. Kt Kt4
24
K t K s
25. Q takes QP
26.
Q B
3
27
. P takes
Kt
2S. R
takes
B
2g. R
takes
P
30. R
takes
Q
31. P takes R
KKt Ks
B takes B
B-KtS
B B
3
B takes K t
KR
3
K t
K
3
Q -B2
KR
- QB
sq
.
P-
B
4
Q Q2
K- Bsq.
B-Kt4
z
R-Qsq.
Kt
takes P
B takes R
R t
akes
P
R takes B
R
takes
Q
and Black
resig
ned.
S.S.M. F lear played
fine
chess
th
roughout the tournament and
well dese rved his sucCess.
No. 8.
Our eighth
prob
lem has
been
sent us
by
Signor A.
Corrias,
and is one of the most
del ightful examples of
economy
of force in
a simple setting.
L TE NEWS
It
, is with deep regret th::tt we have to announce
the udden deaL , on 18th SepLember, of Mr. W.
Wo odlfLlld. Cha innnn of
the GE-Ileral
Co
mmit
tee of
Lhe R.A
.P
.C. O.C.A.
Fut'ther
details will
app
aar
ll
Ut next Issue.
-
7/26/2019 1933 Autumn
9/29
THE
ROYAL ARMY PAY CORPS
J
OURNAL
By Andrea Corrias.
Black
(r piece) .
W
hite
5 (pieces).
White
to play and mate in tll
O
moves.
Solution to Problem No. 7 (see page 59)
Key -Q -KR, .
f
(r )
P -K4
(2) Q tak es P mate
f (I ) R -B 3 (2) R takes R mate
f (I ) B-Kt3
(2
) R-B6 mate
f
(r)
Kt K 2 (2) Kt-B7 mate
f (r) R-R4
(2)
R -B 6 mate
f
(r
) any other (2)
B-B
5 mate
Clever
construction with a surprise key.
Solved
by
"Fritzi", "A.J
. , "R.V.",
"Well-\\
'isher"
and c .
ewcomer"
We
shou
ld lik e to see this list larger.
S. S .M.
Flear's
end game
011
page 9 is
solved
by
R -R
S and if Black play Q-R7
then R takes P.
END GAME.
The fo
llowing
very pretty and easy end
game is from
America, sho ll
's a
nea
t
point in the
end game
\"hlch may prove
useful in actual play.
Black
(2
pieces).
White (2
pieces).
White to
play
and win
.
BRITISH
CHESS
CHAMPIONSHIP.
Th is
has
again
been
lI'
on
by S,ultan
Khan, whilst the Ladies' Championship " 'as
taken by
Miss Fatima.
Both
pl
ayers are
Indians,
and quite youn g.
N e
hop e to
g
ive ne
or two games of in teres t in our
next
number, d i n g one of Mr. Abra
ham's
which was the subject o f one of our
"spectacular"
items in last
quarter's
issu.e.
TO
O R R E S P O N D E N T ~
F. J
1 think I should abandon the position and
try a different
settin
g.
A.J.-Of course the oppos in g Kin g mu t co
rn
mand th e queening square . .
W.S.
-No,
it is now dosed ent llely. Go to the
" Regence" Cafe. .
A.T.-Quite wrong. Kt
K5 IS now played.
S.::;.-1
th ill
k he played the uest. move. H e wa s
act ually ~ t a y i J l g there with me and told me so..
M.J.-Th
c Book of th e Tourney is being publIshed
by 1. Kashdan and will very shortly be ready. Very
cheap' at 4. .
P.F.
-
60
moves.
Wili a ll plea se ad dress Sgt. V.
RUSH. 80, Pal l Mall. Londoll , S.W. l.
PROMOTIONS AND APPOINTMENTS.
To be
Warrant
Officer
Class
I
and Appointed
S.S. M.
7657876 S.Q.M.S. J. Keller, 17 /
10
/32.
7657308 S.Q.M.S. L . A. F. Moclder,
31
/ 10/ Y2
7657901 S.Q.M.S.
C.
V. E . Rooker,
To
be Warrant
Officer Class II and AppOinted
S ,
Q.M.S.
104
7657362 S/ Sgt. H. Long , 1/7/ 33.
7657753 S/Sgt. J.
L.
W . Lom ax, 2/7/33.
To
be
Staff
Sergeant.
7658045 Sgt . T . A. W. Boggis, 3/5/ 33 .
773?fl01 Sgt. E.
C.
Spark,
20
/5 /33.
To
be Sergeant.
4531046 L /Sgt. E . J . Allan,
25
/ 4/33.
310749 L /Sgt. D. Carter, 16 / 3/ 33 .
77340]1 L /Sgt . S. F . Ryan, 2/6/ 33.
7009381 L / Sgt. A. H. O'Co
nnor
, 9/6/33.
2558572 L /SgI, S. Freeman, 'Ni/6/33.
2317587 L /Sgt. B. Homer, 9/7 /33.
5768721 L /Sgt. G. A. J ohnson, 26 / 7/33.
To
be Lance
Sergeant.
401762
Gp
. T. Thomas , 23/5(
33
.
109% Cp . E. Cememic, ~ 3 .
2202656 Cpl. A.
E.
Went
. 30/6/33.
52445 Cp\. C. H. Hitchcock , 29/6/33.
To
be
Corporal.
2Y20788
Pt
e. E. R. Halliday, 1/6/33.
37092-24 Pt.. R A. Stewart , 21 /5/33.
52850 P te. E. Owen , 8i 6/33
6844542
Pte
. L. A. Morrell , ~ 3 .
2319542 Pt e. W . J . McQuade,
15
/6/33.
3907641 Pte . L . R. Spooner, 8/7 /33
7881059 Pte. C. F. Griffin, 4/8/33.
5J79494 Pte . R. H. Bl';ggs 11 / 8 /33.
5105757
Pt
e. M. H. Cuthb
ert. 10
/ 8/33.
7882828 Pte . R. Soper, 10/8/33.
Probationers finally ,transferred.
5J07450 Pte. L. W. A. Binks, 1/12 /32 C h a t h ~ m
786 823 Gnl'. P. S. Palm er, 9/1/33 (WoolwlCh ).
Cont in
1 led on pag e 143
THE
ROYAL ARMY ~ A Y CORPS JOURNAL
-
Faith onfidence
COMPLETE
SHORT STORY
By Imps
"Smudger- lette r for
yo
u "
The
words
boomed
dOlVn
th e Ba rrack Roo
m,
and
reached th e ears of
Sergeant Henr
y
Edward
Smith, Royal
Army
Pay Corps, simul
tc.ne ous ly with the impact of the said letter
on the top bu
tt
on
of
his drill tunic-und one
as usual. Sm ud ge r deftly
retrie\'ed
the
missile from the floor, consigning the
un
orthodox pos tman to
regions
even hotter
than his present
im
mediate
vicinity.
Mail days in
Egypt, as
elsewhere o
ut
side
"the
U.
K."
are eagerly anticipated by
a
lm
ost eve ry exi le.
"A
lm os
t" must
qua lify
"every" hecause of
th
ose few who are
knol\"
n
as
.eNobody's O\"vn," and of
\I
'hom
SmudgeI'
was a member.
To
excuse
their indifference,
it
must be admitted
that
they seldom received letters or parcels
throug h the pos t, and so the
"Red-letter"
days of the week (Smudger called them the
reddest name he
could
th ink of) bring to
them no responsive
flutterin
gs
of
the heart.
Hence the
momenta
ry blank look, and fur
r
OIl'eel
brOIl'S of
SmudgeI'
as he
~ a m i l 1 e d
th e en velope.
"Se rg t.
H. E.
SMIT H ,
R.A.P.C
.,
Abbassia, Egypt."
Yes, no doubt
of that
.
Nothing
cou ld
be
plainer to
Smudger
than that it
was for
him.
Assllming with difficulty an air of tota l
indifference , he slowly turned th e
envelope,
and, after a close examination of the re
verse, s
lit
the top and extracted the con
tents. A faint elusive whiff or scent
escaped from the envel
ope
, ca lling forth
various rema
rks
f.rom
the
ra pidl y
increasin
g
number of specta
tors arou
nd
his
bed.
SmudgeI'
reve
lled
in
an
aud
ience. He
\ras
never
happier than \I'hen be "held the
floor" and "boomed
his
chat." For
Henry
Ed\\"arel
had "knocked about a bit,"
and,
although himself
re
l
uctant
to adm
it
it , had
been
knocked
about
a
bit
in doing so.
Regular scions of the
"G l
ory H o
le"
were
Cognisant of hi s ups and dO"'ns,
Smudger
having rega l
ed them
with
details
when, not
being
"on
the
tack",
he allowed his tongue
to wag . Sllludger
's reaction
to the present
emergenc y proved
that
he could
control
I05
totally unexpected situations
\\ '
ith
a
sk
ill
equalIed
on
ly by his ab ility
to
recount his
1
ast escapades ,,
ith telling
effect.
"NO\r, II'
ho'd
h
ave
th ough t it,
af
ter all
these
years."
t lI'
as as
th ough his th oughts had
mechanically expressed themselves.
Silence
reigned for
tIro
solid minutes.
" .After all
these
years" he
repeated,
as if
c l i ~ a p p o i i l t e d that nobody had disputed his
former statement.
"Who's
th
e g
irl?"
ten t
ative
ly
ventured
AIf Bro\\'l1, who, by virt ue of
occupying
th e
next bed
to Smudger, held a
position
of in
timacy
not
enjoyed by
the rest.
A
g leam of lig
ht
flashed over
Smuclger's
face li gh
tin
g up h:s eyes-the signal for
all to
sit back
and listen.
"Why," he began,
"here's
a g irl I
used
to k i lO
11
'
years
ago just
written saying she's
coming
out
here and is arr iving almost as
soon
as
I ge t this letter. Look,
AIf
p roffering the missive, "read it yourself."
t
can be said of
Sm
ud
ger that his corres
pondence, amorous
or
o
th
erwise,
vl
'
as
always
open
to pu b lic exhibition for the
edification or otherwise of anybody. Alf
verified the
news,
and,
at
Sm udger's
lordly
suggestion, handed the letter
to his neigh
bour
to
look for
himself
.
"Well,
Smudger,
yo
u often said
that
nothing
ever
happens here ill
Cairo,
and
now
this has
come to
break the lllollotony
yo
u sti ll
don't
l
ook cheerful,"
A
If
re
marked after
a pause.
"Is
she alri g
ht?"
queried
o ne of
the
aud ience. T he term "a lri ght" in Army
par
lance is a very
hi
g h comp
lim ent
whi
ch
defies defin iti
on by ou
t
siders but
is readily
understood by its
users
.
Smudger fixed a ba leful g l
ance
on the
questioner,
and interrupting a
hastily
f
ormed
apo l
ogy,
alm
ost shouted
"Alright
Why, she's the
smartest
bit
of
goods I've
ever met . " As
an
a f t ~ r t h o u g h t he added
"and she's
got a ti
dy
bit beside
her."
AIf
edged nearer,
and in
almost
a
whisper
enquired
how
much the
"tidy bit"
represent ed
in
hard cas h.
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Well,
to speak
right
ly, I
can't
say as
to how much,
but
she picks up fifty bob a
week as a
g o v ~ n e s s
and she told me
that
she's got il Jlice long stocking. He added
the last par t in an u n d e r t o n ~ .
The
length of the young lady's stocking
seemed to interest the audience greatly,
judging by the numerous remarks that \\"ere
passed. When the hubbub subsided and
orc1er \yas .
restored, Alf
ventul'ed to remark
that Smudger
should look more
pleased
than he
did at
such
news.
Well,
Alf,
it's
like this. I
owed
a couple
of quid on the chits last week and the
caterer
put
the S.M. on my tall, so as I
squared it on Friday I 'm just about broke
now."
Smudger's despondency
seemed
to
dis
appear , rapidly as he further remarked " I
"vonder if you chaps
could
fix me up until
after she's gone?
Smudger looked around his audience
appealing-ly. The disposal of surplus
cash
presented
fe\N difficulties \,,,hen he \\'as
about, and his
touch
almost
rivalled his
story-telling faculty. Recently, however,
this
art
had reached the stage of
being
p
layed out and consequently there .;yere
few who would oblige him
in
sp ite of his
infallible reasons for desiring' assistance .
But this was a different situation. Who
could be so
callous
as to denv
that
at
present he needed practical sympathy.
Those who feared
that
repayment of the
loan
was improbable had their own eyes
to believe
in
the evidence of
the
letter ~ n d
the long stocking. There couldn't possibly
be any fraud this
time,
\\'as the
universal
thought.
So . ten hitherto adamantine hearts rt
laxed an(l from their
pockets
the audienc
t'
disg-orged
various odd
flmounts of currencv
and threw their
respective
contributions
0;
to the
bed. The
total as checked
bv Alf
was three hundred and
sixty
-four
p i ~ s t r e s
two
milliemes.
One of the congregation, apparently
c1eeming- his helo too meag-re, offered the
~ o a n
of his Civvies. and Smudger, almost
111 tears. thanked each and all with break
ing voice.
Half an hour elapsed and Sm ud ger, res
p lendent in borrowed plumes sa llied
forth, followed by his m::Jl-\\"shers, \rith
their cr ies of
hope
concerning his good
hunting
echoing in his
~ a r s .
As
he
turned the
corner,
the little band com
muned \\ith
themselves about
that which
had befallen their
Smudger.
He'll
marry her and buy his check.
Will
he go on the tack
now? N
early
time he had a
break
were a few of the
freely expressed remarks which emerged
from the genera l discussion, as they made
their way into the Mess to celebrate.
The
Caterer beamed over the Bar counter
at the unexpected rnsh of customers , and
was
quickl
y serving the required measures
of li
quid
\\'hilst the signing of chits
became a general occupation .
Time
sped
. The Mess clock sounded
eight chimes but
\\'as
unheard
above
the
commotion which
was then
arising.
The
gramophone \\'as vain ly
attempting
to make
a show
above
the din and discord
an tly
ex
horted all and
sundry
'to
go
back
to
Dixie
in spite of the fact
that
all present
wished to do nothing of the kind. Argu
ments had naturally arisen a nd had
assumed the proportion which invol ved
wagering on the ultimate destiny of Ser
geant Henry Ed\Vard Smith.
Of
a sudden, a new entrant to the Glory
Hole ,"
after
shouting in
vain,
resorted to
the
app
lication of
hi
s
cane on
the nearest
table
to attract attention. I gno ring the
imprecations
of
the befuddled
ow
ner
of a
glass now lying prostrate (the g la s, not its
o\\'ner)
he demanded
\\iho \\'as and \\here
could be found Sergeant H .
E.
Smith. There
fell an expectant and rather aggressive
si lence
at the
mention of such a mag
ic
al
name. One of
the
ro ys terers. assembling
his scattered faculties to understand the
qn
estion,
maintained a difficult ba lance and
demanded
' ' 'rho
wants
Smudger?
Yes
thundered
in
echo
from all
"who
\yants
our Smudger?
The stranger
made
it plain that
he
did,
and, sorting the
confused
babbk of replies
into a
semblance of order,
correctly de
duced
that Smudger had
gone into
tonn .
The
Caterer
had by this
time
become
aware
of the
cause
of
th
e break in
harmony
in
the Gl
ory Hole. and
deeming it
his dut
y
as a
\ orthy
host, further confirmed
the
visitor's interpretation.
Striding over fallen
chairs
and adroitly
.dodging
sprawling le
gs,
the
interloper
addressed
the
Caterer, presumably reckon-
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iug him the soberest of the crowd;
Did
he get a letter
to-day?
he demanded.
Hardly able to believe his own ears which
he
rubbed.
to assure
himself
t b ~ t they
really functioned, the Caterer repeated the
question to all, and
again
came a thunder
ous echo, in terspersed \\'i th
ribald
noises
affirming that such
was
the case. '
AIf
Br
ow n
had by this time
sensed
some
sort of scene
would
develop.
Summoning
his sca
ttered
wits
together he edged nearer
the stranger and with a cautious whisper
persuaded
that
person to accompany him
out of the Mess to the now deserted Barrack
room.
Arriving
before the bed,
which
was \\'ont
to accommodate
the recumbent form of
SIlludger, AIf poin
ted
to
the
pi llo\\'
and the
visitor extracted from benea th it the elus:ve
letter.
Is th at what you want?
enquired All.
Receivin g
an
affirmation he continued
W I '
1, don't let
on
to Smudger that I
let
you have it, or
he'll
have a hell of a
liver
with me.
Th.e
s t r a n ~ e r
examined the envelope and,
seemmg satlsfied, pocketed it remarking
It's
time some of
yo
nr c h a p ~ learned ' to
read. That's addressed to me . R.A .S .C.
not
R.A.P.C.
Alf
asked
that
he
might see if such was
the c a s ~ and the possessor
obliged
with a
display of the
envelope
to confirm.
Here
\\as
a
catastrophe.
f
course
if
Smudger \\'ere
present
it
could
easily
DE
sett led, bnt AIf
considered it beyond
illS
powers to
provide
a
solution. However, he
I\:as
spared this
dut y;
the
visitor
has
tily
disappearing from the room
and
mak
ing
off dO\\' 1
the road with the letter in his
hand.
Turnin
g
the mattel' over
in
his mind,
AIf slowly returned to the Mess, and
in
formed all present
that
the stranger had
l ~ t after having found
that
he had been
m1staken. The fears of the company thus
allayed, a f r ~ s h attack upon the Caterer's
s t o ~ k was commenced and harmony once
aga111 prevailed.
Meanwhile, Alf's
mind worked
at a re
markable
speed
and the
result of his
C?gitations had apparently
greatly
satisfied
h ~ m
to
judge by the smile
which
w
reathed
hiS
countenance.
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The
Barrack Room was in darkness when
Smudger
returned
that
night
and
all its
occupants
were
safe in the arms of
Morpheus. Stumbling over kit boxes and
occas:onally barking his shins against bed
legs, he groped his \\'ay to his bed and
subsided thereoI1 heavily. Awakened by
the
crash
Alf
opened
his eyes. Everyone
e se slept on, and the whispered conversa
tlOn that
ensued between the two
was
overheard by
none.
t \\'ould seem, hO\\ 'ever
that
mutual
sa tisfaction was arrived a't for in
the
morning, Smudger,
vouchsafed
to
an
en
quirers
that
his
girl
\\ 'as arriving that
afternoon and he was shoving in passes
for Alf and
himself
that moming. The
subsequent excursions into
Cairo
by
Smnclger and Alf \\'ere
satisfactorilv
ex
plained
by the
former
as being
due
t
o
the
fact that Alf
could
"bolD the bat
and
was
an
invaluable
guide.
How Smudger
explained the impos
sibility of repaying
the
loans and \\'hv he
and Alf .returned to b a r r a c k ~
each
night,
for a penod afterwards, in slightly intoxi
cated condition. is another story. One can
safely assume
that
Smudger lost none of his
art
in so
doing and sustained his high
reputation.
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ND
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this medal,-
ithout
Gratuity
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A.
W, Deacon. A.
C.
Dow:
S.
J . J . Flux,
aud T.G.W. Grigg.
ith GratUity
S.Q.M.S. s G. H. Bm-low, L. G. Berkeley, C.
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T.
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W. G. White. C. A. Young, T. L. Bart lett, T.
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G. M.
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J.
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J.
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ontract
Bridge
By
Lt.-Col. J. GROSE (late
R.A.).
The
exhibition match, arranged for Cu l
bertson
at
Selfridge's, has been the p rin
cipal subject for discussion amongst
Contract players
since
the
last
number of
the Jomna l -appeared. t \ras an instance
of those international matches mentioned
therein, in
which
the
players convey
the
impression
that they r e p r ~ s e n t their res
pective countries. Culbertson, besides
bein
g a
very
fine exponent of Contract, is
a past rnaster
in the
art of pUblicity,
and
his methods should be carefully studied
by
those who, on their
return
to civil life,
intend to become
the
Managing Directors
of
any . large business ,
The contest \yas conducted WIth th e
most
impressive
arrangements, the
p la
yer
s
being secluded
in
sound-proof
rooms,
whi
le the bidding and fall of the
cards
"'ere
shown
by
elaborate
el
ectrical de
vices
and explained by
an extremely enter
taining lecturer
to a
lar ge
and
earnest
audience in an adjacent
hall. But there
was
nothing
remarkable about the
pl
ay
except
the
Culbertson slam
biclding
,,-hich also deserves
study
both for its
failures and successes-and the fact
that
the performance of the English "Inter
nationals" deteriorated sad ly after theY
had been playing, afternoon and evening,
f01:
several days_ An example of
it,
given
later on
in
this article as an illustration,
will
show
that
even famous
players freely
sprinkle their p
la
y with
mistakes.
begins
to
set in
is '
mistaken quixotism,
for
boredom
is
highly infectious
at the bridge
table-as elsewhere-tempers
soon fray
and
the most enjoyable of all indoor pastimes
quickly become :i distasteful to a ll con
cerned.
Hitherto, in discussing t h ~ bidding, High
Card Tricks l o l l ~ have bt;en gi \
'en
as the
yardstick. They take precedence because
the y control all bidding. Without 2
H.C.T., a player
should
not
open
the bid
ding,
and \rithout
t he
should
rarely
take
part in it at all;
without
a p r e p o n d ~ r a n c e
of H.C.T ., a
pair
of partners
can
not c
hoose
their trumps, for their
oppone nts
\rill
either outbid them, or double and put them
down.
H. C
.T. count alike in
attack
and
in defence, and so a sufficient holding of
them between partners justifies a' penalty
double which pays better than any thing
else and is therefore the final
objec
ti ve of
the master player. When " 0 Trumps"
is
declared,
H .C.T.
enable
one
side
to stop
t h ~ other side's suits and bring in
th
eir
own,
and that is the
reason
that st H.C.T .
are reckoned
to be
good
enough to bid
game on
in
"No Trumps."
But
when
a particular
suit
is declared
trumps,
the
number of
p1 Obable
tricks
in
the two hands are ascertained and added
together to limit the declaration. These
"Prob. Tricks"
consist of :-
(I) High Card
Tricks:
see table on p.
14 of the Spring Journal.
(2)
Long Suit
Tricks:
low cards in long
sujts of
four or
more.
(3) Short Suit
Tricks:
tricks
made by
trumping in short suits
of t\\"o cards
or
less.
It will
nO\\l
be
explained ho
w
they
are
counted up, and
if the
reader
will
take
the
trouble
to
grasp
it
and work it
o
ut
on a
few
hands, it ,,ill give
him a
good
insi
gh
t
into the value of hands without his having
to count them up in actual play.
Those who
aspire
to take
on
the Culbert
sons in
a match, shou
ld
practise playing
for
long periods
at a stretch, for without
such training, mental strain plays havoc
wi th
the
most careful.
But orclil1
ary
players who take
up the
game
for
pleasure
should insist on stopping
as soon
as
the ir
interest shows signs
of
declining. t was
one of the objections urged against Con
tract
when
it
first started,
that the
rubbers
were too long.
But
there is no need to
finish
the rubber;
the play can be stopped
at
any
time \I
-i
thout
unfairness, since
the H.C.T.
value
of a
game
in an
unfinished
rubber is The
value
given in the table may
be
laid
down (300 points). To allow oneself
increased
in the case of trumps, for in-
to
be persuaded to
pl
ay on
when
boredom stance,
AKQ is
obviously 3.;
KQJ,
2;
AKJ;
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2 - t may also be modified
by
the other
bidding, and this ""ill be investIgated in -a
subsequent article.
.
L.S.T.
The fourth and all additional cards in
long. suits
count half a Prob. Trick each,
and In trumps a
who
le
Prob.
Trick each
in
the decla1 e-r s hand, but not in Dummy.
In Dummy's hand, the fourth and
addi
tional
cards
count
half
a
Prob.
Trick
each
ill all
suits.
For example: A
bids
"O ne
Club,"; he holds O none,
\l AJ,
O
AK
432 .
G?A6S432.
He
has 4
H.C.T. (
\lA OA K
G?A), and with his own suit of Clubs
trumps, he can count the 4th, 5th and 6th
Clubs as a whole Prob. Trick.
each
and
the
fourth and fifth Diamond as half a Pr ob.
Trick
each.
His hand, therefore counts
8 Prob . Tricks (4 H. C .T. and 4
i .S .T
.) ,
He can count nothing
more
for trumping
the Spades
or Hearts
because
he has
{:ounted
his
trumps
in full alread
y.
S.S.T.
These
count in Dummy's hand only.
He
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S dealt
and bid "One
Spade."
He
o p ~ n e d
without 2t H .C .T.
1ne
Ameri
cans
at
E
and
W did
not
bid tIll
the Eng
lish
had
f i n i s h ~ d _
N
naturall
y
bid "Two
Hearts."
S
bid
"Three H earts."
He
has 4
Prob.
Tricks and can raise once.
H.C .'r. 2.
L .S.T. I t (2
Spades and
I Diamond) .
S.S .
T.
I (singleton
Club
,,itb three
trumps in his hand)_
N
has H.C.T
. 3 (counting his KQJ of
trumps as
2) and
L.S .T.
2t
so
with
h s
partner's 4
he can r ~ c k .
.
9 . But
.
hiS
hand
looks a poor
one
With Its
three h t t ~ e
naked Diamonds and
only one
card
of
hiS
Partner's
suit. He ought to have
been
satisfied to leave
it
at
"T hr
ee
," but be
elected to
tr
y for
game and
bid
"Four
Hearts."
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Culbertson
was
W;
he doubled .
The
edifice of t h ~