HLI Chronicle 1909 - The Royal Highland Fusiliers

!lOHIGHLAND LIGHTINFANTRY CHRONICLE.SMALL TALK.How THE REGIMENTAL STAFF GO TO CAMP.Extract from Battalion orders :-" TheCommanding Officer, Senior Major, and Adjutantwill have their kits ready by 7 p.m. onSunday night, and will be packed on the wagonsat this hour.THE Quartermaster, like Robert the Bruce,has been greatly perplexed of late by thebehaviour of the spiders (?) in his tent.OVERHEARD ON THE RANGE.Company Officer-" How much left windare you going to put on ? "Aspiring and perspiring marksman-" None,sir, because I fire off the left shoulder."MARATHON RACE.AT Cvrk, on 27th May, we held our first Marathon race.As this was our first attempt at anything of the kind,the course selected was a short one.The conditions of the race were as followsEntries limited to 15 per Company. The first eightmen home of anyone Company to win a Challenge Cupand £2.•'11 The following individual prizes were also given;­1st, £1; 2nd, ]58; 3rd, 128.; 4th, 8s.; 5th, 58.The length of the course was only 41; miles, but therewere two long, steep hills which would have tall:edeven a Dorando. There was a veDY good turn·outfor the race, 65 men starting. "G" Company provedto be the winners of the Cup.TEAM.C{)rpl. Evans, Ist,5s. each.Pte. Rattray, 2nd,Pte. Liddiard, 13th, ..Pte. CampbelI, 16th...Pte. Kennett, 17th, ..Pte. ~I'Cord, 18th,L .. Corpl. CaldweIl, 19th,Pte. Wilson. 20th.Winners of the Individual PrizesCorpl. Evans, " G "Company, £1.Pte. Rattray, " G " Company, 158.Pte. Pattersou, " C" Company, 128.Pte. Ogg, " C" Company, .. 8s.Pte. Dilworth, " B " Company, 5s.The winner's time was exaetly 24 minutes, which wasvery good indeed considering the difficulties of the road.\Ve hope the various prize.winners will soon havean opportunity of displaying their talent at some ofthe big event.s in Ireland.CRICKET.OWING to our many and arduous military duties therehas been little cricket this season, so far. The nearestcricket ground is more than two miles from barracks,and we have now none of the facilities for practicewhich we enjoyed at Fort.George.R.L.I. v. SoUTH LANOASHIRE REGIMENT.This match was played at Buttevant on Saturday,29th May, in fine but windy weather. As our teamhad been unable to arrive before lunch, our opponentskindly put us in. Pte. CammeIl and Lieut. Simsonstarted the innings, and put on about 30 before beingseparated; after that wickets fell quickly, and, with theexception of Capt. Stuart and Pte. Welfare, nobodymade any runs. Davis, unfortunately, owing to hislate arrival, got little chance of scoring, and the wholeside was out for 77.Our opponents, on going in, could do little againstCapt. Stuart's bowling, and eight wickets were downfor less than 50, but after that Colonel Adam managedto secure the bowling. ~When the ninth wicket fellhe continued to score, although many times in difficultieswith the bowling and being missed once at deep long on.The score was carried to 90 before the last wicket fell.After the tca interval Lieut. Simson and Pte. Cammellagain opened the innings, the latter being soon dis.missed. Simson, however, hit the bowling all roundthe wicket; and Capt. Stuart and Lieut. Davis alsoscored freely, our score reaehing 105 for two before theinnings was declared.When our opponents went in for the second· timethere was only half an hour to go, and in that time fivemen were dismissed for 27 runs, Colonel Adam beingbowled first ball by Stuart. The South ~ Lanes thuswon by 13 runs in the first innings.We were unlucky in being beaten, as we were thestronger side; but in spite of our defeat we had anell:cellent afternoon, and were entertained mosthospitably.2ND H.L.I. V. 2ND SoUTH LANOS. REGIMENT.This match was played at Buttevant on 29th May,l!}09. Scores:­First Innings.2ND H.L.I.Pte. Cammell, c Hazeldene b AdaIlls" 15Lieut. Simson, b Adams, 17Lieut. Dalrymple. b Patey,oCapt. Stuart, c Koster, b Allan, 21Pte. Welfare, b Allan, 16Lieut. Gerard, b Adams, .. Sergt. HaUll:weU, b Adams,Lieut. Telfer Smollett, b Windsor,oLieut. Davis, not out, 5Bandsman Sluith, b Allan,ICorpl. Hinton, b Allan.oExtras, 2772ND SOUTH LANOS. REGIMENT.Capt. Carlyon, b Stuart, 5L..Corpl. Windsor, c Simson, b Stuart, 17Lieut. Patey, b Stuart, 0Lieut. Koster, b Stuart, 2Col. Adams, not out, 47Lieut. Clemens, b Stuart, 1Lieut. Hazeldene, run out, ]Lieut. Bagley, c Stuart, b Wdfare, 3Capt. Hume, b Welfare, 0Pte. Allan, c Hinton, b Simson, 4Lieut. Barclay. run out, 4Ell:tras, 6