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Craigengower Cricket Club who finished second with the Hong Kong Cricket Club 'Scorpions' third. The Combined India, Pakistan, Malaya and Ceylon team captured the International Championship and the Civilians beat the Services in the annual representative match. One of the highlights of the season was the visit to the Colony of the Australian Sportsmen's XI which in- cluded the Australian Test wicket-keeper Wally Grout. But this team was not particularly strong and they were beaten in all their matches. Some first-class cricket was seen in November when the Interport side from Malaya was beaten by seven wickets. Hong Kong's victory was the first against Malaya for 30 years and was richly deserved.
Ip Koon-hung continued to dominate the Colony tennis scene. He won his 14th grass court singles championship by beating Ng Man-cheung in straight sets. At an age when most men have retired from competitive sport, Ip proved that stroke-play and court craft is more than a match for sheer speed and stamina. Several of the players he eliminated en route to the final were half his age. Ip completed a highly successful campaign by also retaining his men's doubles crown in partnership with Ng Man-cheung. In the absence of Miss Tsui Yuen-yuen, the defending champion who is studying in Australia, Miss Ann Gladstone won the ladies' title after staging a fine recovery to beat Mrs Mary Chow.
The 1962-3 racing season at Happy Valley was one of the most eventful in the history of the Royal Hong Kong Jockey Club. The totalizator record was broken, several track records were lowered and the battle for the jockey championship was an extremely close affair between leading Chinese jockey Kenny Kwok and Australian jockey George Williams. Kwok retained his title with a win in the last race of the season. The 'tote' board record was broken by 'Mahtab' which rewarded its backers with $852.80 for a $5 win ticket.
More and more young players are taking up lawn bowls. The Indian Recreation Club -fielding one of its youngest teams- carried off the 1963 First Division championship after a keen struggle with Craigengower Cricket Club. The championship was decided in the last game of the league season when the Indian Club won 4 - 1 on their own greens. Indian Recreation Club bowlers also carried off the Third Division championship. The Second