HLI Chronicle 1914 - The Royal Highland Fusiliers

HIGHLAND LIGHT INFANTRY CHRONICLE.IIImembers of the Battalion looking so well ontheir return from the wilds of West Africa­Sir Arohibald Gibson Craig, who arrived just intime to attend the Regimental dinner on June28th, and Col.-Sergt. M'Phail, who came backsome weeks earlier, just in time to takeCol.-Sergt. MaoFarlane's place as C.S.M. of" B" Company on the latter's promotion tothe Depot as Q.M.S.Capt. Martin came baok to the Battalionin April after a five years residence at theDepot. He takes Captain Forbes' place as2nd Captain of "B" Company, the lattergoing to Hamilton.CUWKET.2ND BATT. R.L.I. V. 2ND BATT. WORCESTERREGIMENT.Played on the lower ground, Officers' Club, Aldershot,on a very fast and sonewhat fiery wicket.We lost the toss, and owing to ,some good bowlingby Corp\. :May and L.-Corp\. Roylance managed todismiss our opponents for 127.On opening our innings Lieut. Fergusson was quicklycaught at slip, but Col. Wolfe-Murray played very well,and was not bowled till we had topped the Worcesters'score. Lieut. Whistler, Major Rill. and BandsJl1&IlTufnell also batted well. It was quite a good performanceto win by 5 wickets, although the Worcesterswere not quite at full strength. L.-CorpL Roylaneetook 6 wickets for 39.2ND WORCESTER REGIMENT. C.-Sergt. Sumner, c Roylance, bMay, 4Sergt. Ford, c Major Rill, b May, .. 1Sergt. Bennett, b Roylance,27 Lieut. Smythe,lbw Roylance,4 Lieut_ Godfrey, run out, .. 4 Lieut. Lowe, b Roylance, _.6 Lieut. Clarke, c and b Roylance,5 Pte. Forman, c MajorHill. b Roylance, 4Corpl. Singleton, b Roylance,35 Dr. Williame. not out,16 L.-Corpl. Lane, run out, 1Byes,15 Leg Byes,2 Wide Balls,3 127 2ND BATT. R.L.I. Lt,-Col. Wolfe-Murray, b Lieut. Godfrey,~5 Lieut. Fergusaon, c Lieut. Clark. b Williams, 1 Lieut. Whistler, b Lieut. Clarke.17 Major Hill. b Williams,29 Bandsman Tufnell, b Bennett,21 Major Prentice, not out, • • 7 Pta. Fumiss, b Lieut. Godfrey,5 Byes, 1Leg Byes, ..1 Wide Balle,..3 150 Lieut. Ocmrd, Sergt. Gunn, Corpl. May, and L.-Corpl. Roylance did not bat. 2ND BATT. H.L.I. V. 1ST NORTHANTS REGIMENT.Played on town gronnd, Officers' Club, Aldershot.on Sth May. A bitterly cold day.Successful in winning the toss,Lieut.- Col. Wolfe­Murray opened the "inning's with Lieut. Fergusson.The most productive stand was between Lieut. Fergussonand Lieut. Rooper, who were both favouredwith some luck. Lieut. \Vhistler batted well for hisruns. Eventually the side was dismissed for 136.Our bowlers, who were very short of practice, beganvery erratically, L.-Corpl. Roylance bowling best.The Northamptons scored very quickly, and passedour total with the loss of five wicket ...2ND BATT. H.L.I. Lt.-Col. Wolfe-Murray, b L.-Corp\. M'Kay.3 Lieut. Fergusson, c Ratton, b Lt. Robertson, 36 Lieut. Rooper, c Fraser, b Lieut. Barton,29 Lieut. Whistler, bHatton,18 Major Rill, c Lieut. Warran, b Lieut. Robinson, 10 Bandsman Tufnell, b Hatton,7 Major Prentice,lbw Lieut. Robinson,0 Sergt. Gunn, b Lieut. Robinson, ..10 Piper Rodgers, b Ratton, .•3 L.-Corpl. Roylance, not out, 0Pte. Clapham, b Lieut. Robinson,I Byes,13 Leg Byes,1 Wide Balls...2 NoBalls.3 1ST NORTHANTS REGIMENT.Lieut. Barton, c Sergt. GUlln, b CoL Wolfe-Murray,Sergt. Coats, b Piper Rodgers,L.-CorpI.M'Kay, b Sergt. Gunn, ..Lieut. Robinson, b L.-Corpl. Roylance,Lieut. Fraser, not out,Lieut. Sherrifi, not out,Lieut. Davidson, b J.,.-Corp\. Roylance,Byes,136 50 15 25 14 17 16 7 5 149 Pte. Hatton, Capt. Savage, Lieut. Warren. and Pte. Smith did not bat. SWINTON MEDAL.THE above competition took place on the10th ~Iay on the Aldershot Command GolfCourse, and there were, as usual. manygrievances about the handicaps given.That well-known figure on the old oourseat St. Andrews, Tan Latham, won with a scoreof 91 10 =81. Capt. Hope, a former winner and one strongly fancied, was olose up witha net score of 82, and Colonel Wolfe-Murraywas third with 83.A figure we much missed from this yearlycontest was that of Major Murray, but whatis our loss is India's gain.The full scores were as follows :-Lieut. Latham,91 less 10-- SI Capt. Hope.100 lees lS- S2 Lieut.-Col. Wolfe-Murray, 83 se!. - 83 Lieut. Telfer-Smollett, .. 102 less 18- 84