HK cricket club

Mon, 06/19/2017 - 14:46

I'm sure you must have lots of photos like this of the old HKCC field in the heart of Central.

I remember watching cricket there!    Imagine!

Regards

Irene

Date picture taken
1965

Comments

Thanks for the photo - please do you know when it was taken?

You're right that we have several other photos of the old cricket pitch (see https://gwulo.com/node/2546/photos), but Hong Kong changes so quickly, different photos often have something new to see.

In your photo, the old HK Club building and its Annexe are both still standing, but the bridge that used to connect them has been demolished. I wonder when that went?

1910s Hong Kong Club Annex
1910s Hong Kong Club Annex, by moddsey

As the City Hall (2nd Generation) built in 1962 is in view and the Ocean Terminal built in 1966 does not appear to be in place, I guess the photo was taken between this period. Probably taken from the Hilton that was built in 1963.