7/26/2019 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

T H E

ROYAL ARMY PAY CORPS JOURNAL

----

------------

------

----

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

7/26/2019 1933 Autumn

5/29

THE

ROYAL

ARMY

PAY CORPS JOURNAL

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

7/26/2019 1933 Autumn

6/29

THE

ROY AL

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

7/26/2019 1933 Autumn

7/29

THE

ROYAL AR1\1Y PAY CORPS J

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

----------------

----

-----

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.

7/26/2019 1933 Autumn

10/29

THE ROYAL ARMY

PAY

CORPS JO U

RNAL

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.

1 7

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.

LONG SERVICE

ND

GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL

vVe congratul ate the following on the award of

this medal,-

ithout

Gratuity

S.S .M.'s

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.

Booker. L. S. Carpente ,

.

T. L. Collier,

J .

Co'wper

T.

W. Dea, G. T. Hall F. J. J ames, H.

}

Lovering . W. F. Miller (D.

e.

M.

, M.M.), R. H.

Mo,,-,s,

vV.

H. Poyser, B. Tozer . H.

J.

WakefoJ'd,

W. G. White. C. A. Young, T. L. Bart lett, T.

Blackett . J. A. Barry Caliow, H. C. Chinery, H .

Coo k. B.

C.

Crowther.

C.

N. Facer. J . H. Gibson,

H; B. Hansen ,

A

W. Lee, T. McKenna. F . B.

M,t cbell , A. L. Munro. J . Score, H. Tuk e, W.

G. M.

Warner, and

J.

Wilson.

Sta.ff Sergeants E. O. Band, A Dewhul'st, F. H.

Hall, F. J. Kimbell. H. Long,

J.

Roberts, and H.

A.

Tartant,.

SE-rgeants H. J ordan, T., F. K empton,

J.

G. Mon

tague, R. W. NeweJl, F . W. Norrel1.

C.

W. Paul,

H . H. Pope,

S. F.

Punter, W. Rankin , A. J. Row.

ley, V. Rush, and

E.

A. Wright..

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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."

- -

Culbertson

was

W;

he doubled .

The

edifice of t h ~