Cricket Party (The Royal Scots V. HKVDC). 29 December, 1940.

Thu, 10/30/2014 - 17:11

Original photo in the HKPRO collection. Their notes:

Material Type Photograph

RID PH001874

Call No. 07-03-054

Title Cricket Party (The Royal Scots V. HKVDC). 29 December, 1940.

Back row:

Pte. Marhsall (scorer)
Pte. Cheyne (umpire)
A. Zimmern,
Pte. Newsome,
N.A.E. Mackay,
Capt. Alsey,
R.H. Griffiths,
D.O. Parsons,
K.M. Baxter,
2/Lt. Fargus,
2/Lt. Ford,
Pte. Peacock,
D. Hone (scorer),
C. E. Ganagan (umpire).

Seated:

Pte. Bateman,
D.J.N. Anderson,
D. McLellan,
Capt. Patterson,
Lt. Ride,
Maj. Godley,
N.D. Booker,
Capt. Duke,
A.E. Perry,
K.J. Attwell.

On Ground:

Sgt. Taylor ,
Sgt. Devereux.

Imprint 1940

Gen. Notes PRO (Negative)

Citation Fargus, David. c/o Ben Line Steamers Ltd. 8/F Standard Chartered Bldg. Queen's Road, Central

Seq. No. 70054

Date picture taken

29 Dec 1940

Comments

Photo Location

China Mail 30 December 1940

The photo was taken at So Kon Po (Sookunpoo).

re: Photo Location

Thanks for locating it. Any ideas what the buildings in the background are?

Regards, David

Re: Photo Location

Looking East from the Military Sports Ground

1930s Buildings on Eastern Hospital Road

Nice match with the photos,

Nice match with the photos, thank you!

The church is on the left, and I guess that's the Ellis Kadoorie school on the right with the flagpole?

Does anyone recognise the three builidings on the hillside? I can see them on maps, but no names are shown.