Representative games are arranged for players of all standards, ranging from the schoolboys' interport games with Manila to the visits of well-known football clubs from Europe. During the year, interport matches were played with Macao, Manila and Saigon, and the following teams visited Hong Kong: Boldklubben 1909, Hendon Football Club, Halsingborg Football Club and the All-India National XI. The net proceeds of the Swedish team's matches in Hong Kong were donated by the Hong Kong Football Association to the funds of the Amateur Sports Federation and Olympic Committee of Hong Kong.
Table Tennis
The visit of the English and world champion, Johnny Leach, and the French champion, Michel Haguenauer, afforded a splendid test to local players whose high standard was only known to followers of the game in Hong Kong. To such people it was not entirely a surprise when the French champion was beaten eight times and the world champion himself was twice beaten by local players. This performance served to confirm the Hong Kong Table Tennis Association in its plan to enter a team for the World Championships in Bombay next February.
Badminton
The very successful visit of the leading Malayan players, including the All-England champion, Wong Peng Soon, serveď only to enhance the popularity of this sport. Capacity houses witnessed the skill and sportsmanship displayed by the visitors who were matched against the best local talent. The Association pursued the commendable policy of affording every chance to the younger players to acquire match experience against the inimitable Malayans. The Colony singles and doubles champion, Ramon Young, and the singles runner-up, W. F. Foo, participated in the Philippine Championships by invitation, which they won in the same order as in Hong Kong, as well as the men's doubles in which they partnered.
Swimming
The interest in the Annual Cross-Harbour Race from Kowloon to Hong Kong surprised even the keenest swimming enthusiast. There was an all-time record of 962 entries, compared with 1950's 405 entries which had in itself been a record. Thousands watched the race on both sides of the harbour as well as from launches and small craft. October 14th was as busy a Sunday morning for the Marine and Traffic Police as it was for the officials of the Hong Kong Amateur Swimming Association. 892 of the entrants, from teen-agers to seventy-year-olds, completed the course, but due to the strong current on the day of the
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