SPORTING NOTE:
r This week "R.H.Q. took on F.C'.P. for n cricket match and found them a bit tougher to dispose of than .150 Bty. ; nevertheless, they camo out on top (naturally - that’s where all the '.rains are). ’ / •/hh-'
The scores were:R.H.Q. 66 . ' F.C.P. . 50 ' Top scorer this game was <>nr. . •‘Extras”, the only trouble being that be seems to have favoured both sides equally with a substantial addition to their scores. • ' z lOx— -0 -0 -0-0-0 -o-o -o-o-o-The ”JervcdLa Bay”, »Twas a black November morning, And the envoy under way, When.a lad espied a raider, . * From atop the ’’Jervois Bay”, •••- ,-h ’’Clear the decks for action”, ' ; Was the'order of the day, As intrepid. Captain'Faigan, - Steamed into the fray. ■ ' ' Only a -armed merchant cruiser. Against a modern battleship,., • •rut they fought 'that gallant action, Just to let '-the convoy slip. ••• • • • On her depks lay dead-and dying, ' . For them their race was run, : 3ut as the, convoy ' scattered, They knew their fight was won. ’;••• ' ,’ . , ■ X Do not weep, but let us glory, /x . And forever and a day, Recall in song and story, The gallant "Jervois Bay”, Anon.
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Gun Flash, Issue III, 16 January 1943, Page 3
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187SPORTING NOTE: Gun Flash, Issue III, 16 January 1943, Page 3
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