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HONGKONG C.C. TRIALS ON SATURDAY,
Saturday's league matches re- The Hongkong Football League sulted in considerable alternation opened the season on Saturday opened their season on Saturday The Hongkong Cricket Club in the positions of the leading when three matches in each divi-with a trial match in which a num There was a large attendance, teams in the league. Taikoo No.sión were played,. The results ber of new players took part. including many ladies, at the Polo 2 and Kowloon Docks R.C. were m Ground on Saturday afternoon to leaders and runners-up respec-) witness the contest for the Keswick fively, were defeated and Taikoo Cup between the Hongkong and No. I has gone into first place. Shanghai teams. The sides were: The new leaders, Taikoo No. I
Hongkong. Shanghai,
had no diffulty in disposing of Bartholomew No. 1 Greig
the Civil Service men. The Police Dent
No. 2 Hickling
and Craigengower 'C.C. did not Boyd
Newbigging play their matches on Saturday.RG.A. Res... 4 Sacred Heart 1 No. 4 McMichael As the score indicates, the game
St. Joseph's... 3 Diomede' Res 1 was keenly contested and possibly
South China South China Played at the Kowloon Cricket "B" a draw would have been a mipre Club and resulted in a victory for
"A satisfactory ending, The first the home team by two points. chukker, in which noi
goals j were scored, was slightly in Davidson favour of the home players. In the Goldenburg second, although Mr. Newbigging Nicholls scored for the visitors, Hongkong Hyde more than held their own, Mr. Boyd Davis missing a fine opportunity of equ-Purves alising and Shanghai failing bad-Overy
Neville
Scores:
C.C.C.
KCC. . KD.R.G.
KD.R.C. Dixon Duncan Hedley
Alkinson
J. Brown Puncheon
ly at the hedge end just before the Gibson (S.) 16 Gow bell. In the third chukker Mr. Boyd | Chatterton again missed a fine opportunity, Cornley However, after Mr. McMichael hadi Tacchi put Shanghai two goals ahead from Stevens
J. C. Brown Keith Gourlay
(S.)
(S.) 24
Several have done well at the nets .DIVISION 1.
and they show great promise. The King's Regt... 3. Kowloon,....
o match was between elevens select- H.M.S.
H.M.S.
ed from the 'Club, the sides being "Tamar"... 5
"caplained by R. E. A. Webster and "Diomede H.K. Club... H.K. Police... 1 E. J. R. Mitchell. The wicket was in favour of the bowlers. This was DIVISION HE
which he secured an average of 6 evidenced in Day's far bowling in for 1g. Of the batsmen W. W. Mackenzie knocked up a useful 38 for R. E. A. Webster's side, the Captain also contributing a fine 27. Mitchell made the best score for his side and for the match. He retired after making 52.. More and Galloway and T. G. Bennett also gave bright displays. The scores
2
CLUB POLICE.
1
MR. WEBSTER'S XI.
16
0
The Club playing at home, were hot seen to advantage in their open- (S.) 24 Lapsley (S) 13 ing match against the Police and were:-
lost a point in the league.The. opening play favoured the Club. R. H. Wild, c Piercy, h More..... 17 The Police upset all attempts of H. E. Hollands, 1.bw,b More... 21 17 combination by the home forwards
and took the defence by surprise. N. Owen, cand b More. R. F. Walker, b More..... with their kick and rush methods. The first goal of the match came R. E. A. Webster, b Diy... just before the interval when Wil-W. W. Mackenzie, b Day. son left his goal to clear and Post E. G. England, b Day...
M. R. Dick, cand b Day sent the ball into the net. At the Interval the Police had a lead of aC. V. Mark, c More, b Day A. R. F. Raven, not out..... G. M. Dorkins, st. McMaster, b
Day....
Extras
(S.) 16 Gray Total.........56 Total
TAIKOO NO Dinner Amery Pirric
McLeod
54
goal to nil,
with great dash but found J. Clark The Club started the second half
a stumbling block at centre half while MeWalters played a good de- fensive game. Towards the end. Begg was sent away and dropped the ball well in; Stewart let the ball 18 pass over his head into the net when he had plenty of time to clear. There was no further scoring, the game resulting in a draw..
The teants.
19 Drummond(S)18
a penalty, Mr. Boyd made amends after Captain Neville bad missed a penalty, by scoring a fine goal, In the fourth chukker Mr. Boyd- KB.G.C. v. TAIKOO NO. 2. from the right wing sent right Kowloon Bowling Green Club, across the goal mouth to Mr. Dent, playing at home defeated Taikoo but the latter missed another good No. 2 by three points. opening, Shots by Captain Neville KOWLOON D.G.C. and Mr. Boyd only missed by in- Harvey ches in this chukker.
Hamilton Owing to a collision, Captain Macfarlane Neville had a nasty fall, which ston-Russell (S.) ned him for some minutes, but he Kynoch puckily mounted again and played Chapman on, curiously enough his form im-Hall proving. Hongkong had decidedly Crawford (S.) the better of the argument, but bad Barr shooting and bad luck prevented Whibley any scoring,
Farrell Early in the fifth chukker, Mr. Mc-Guy (S.) Michael added a third goal for the visitors, but a fine effort by Mr. Bartholomew made the score 3-2. The sixth chukker opened sen- sationally, Mr. Boyd putting the finishing touch to a shot by Capt. Neville and making the scores 3 all. Two minutes later, however, after Capt. Neville had stopped and returned a hot shot from Mr. Mc Knott Michael on the left wing, Mr. Taylor Greig centred across the goal and Pathyjohns Captain Neville's pony, in gallop-
Total.....
140
Bowling Analysis.
M. R.
8
0 36
W. 0
D. McNicoll... 3. G. R. More.
1 fi
I 29
E. RS, Dods
G. H. Piercy..... 3 0 19
16
Wallace (S.)
Holland
D. Morrison
Laing
O'Brien
26
J. Morrison. Maclachlan (5) 23
Fotal......61
Total
59
Police-Stewart; McWalters and L. Harrison; Kirby, J. Clark and D. Clark: Cargill. Reynolds, Post and Simpon.
D. McNicholl, e Mackenzie, b
Walker.....
10
G.
H. Piercy, o Webster, b Walker
41
CIVIL C.C. V, TAIKOO NO. 1. Taikoo No. 1 defeated the Civil Service men at Happy Valley by ig points.
Hall
C.S.C.C.
TAIKOO NO, I.
Club-Wilson; Gerrard and H. H. Day 4.3 1, 19 Bishop: Alair Howard and E. J.R. Mitchell... 30 18 McPhall; Bell, Watson, Forsyth, J. R. Way 1 1 .0 McBride and Begg.
Referee: Mr. Williams,
"TAMAR"
V5.
MR. MITCHELL'S SIDE.
W. Galloway, b Webster.... 25 G. R. More, cOwen, b-Raven.. 27 "DIOMEDE." E. J. R. MitchellFretired 52 T., G. Bennett, c Dick. b Owen 33 E. R. S. Dods, b Marks... These teams met at Sookunpoo, D). H. F. McMaster, c Raven, b the "Tamar" winning by 5 goals
Wild
to one. For the winners Hudson, J. P. Bridger, not out... (S) 23 Morrell, Wilkins, obtained the. R. Way, h Mark..
points. Bolweli scored for the
Mackintosh
Grimshaw
Weir
Wotherspoon
(S.)
15
Whyte
Sloan, jnr.
J. Russell
Hamilton
−(S)·15′′]
(5)
Grimes Muirhead T. Young - . Ferguson (S) 13
(S) 20
Total 43
Total 62
ing after the ball, struck it with its Massey off-fore foot,and sent it through the Fallan posts making the score 4-3 in Murphy favour of the visitors. Though the Sullivan home-team-made-several-good- individual efforts, the visitors had Flegg most of the play until the final bell Vergete
Deakin
rang.
losers.
The teams:~
HLM.S. "Tamar."-Roiitley;
Extras.
Total (for nine wickets)....466
1.
19-Smith and Handford: Lawson, H. H. Day did not bat.
Hudson and Bryant; Hill; Veness,
Roberts, Wilkins and Burt.
Bowling Analysis.
0. N. R. W.
....80 49
H.M.S. "Diomede."Blackah;R. F. Walker.........9 0 36 Leonard and Morrell; Lockwood, J. N. Owen Wiggington and Harris; Nor- G. M. Dorkins 3 manion, Crank, Bradbury, Bolwell R. F. A. Webster... 5 0. 25
"
and Dean,
Referee: Mr. Wakeham
P. W. L. P.
10. 4 20 4 18
KING'S v. KOWLOON.
On the day's play, Hongkong) A. B. Allan had trore actual opportunities of scoring and at the stable end had decideilly bad luck with many of their shots. Nevertheless, other things being equal the probabilities
LEAGUE TABLE, are that the visitors in the long run would prove the better team. Mr Taikoo No. 1 14 McMichael proved a tower of Taikoo No. 2......... 13 Q strength and, except when Mr.K.D.R.C.
Kowloon were at home to the Bartholomew scored the home K.B.G.C.....
14 9 5 18
16 King's but were defeated com 13. 8 team's second goal, was seldom at Police R.C.. fault. The other three all played Kowinon C.C.
6
712fortably by 3 goals to nil. Lient, 10 Jones obtained the first two points, well at times, but there appeared C.C.C..... to be a lack of combination and CS C.C. individual efforts failed in conse
THE OPEN CHAMPIONSHIP. quence. For the losers, Mr. Bar-
The semi-finals of the Open tholomew was decidedly the most Bowling Championship of the reliable and his goal was the result Colory have now been reached, the of a very fine individual effort. Mr.ties being:- Boyd appeared to be under the in- | finence of the hoodoo that affects: us all of times and, though oc- casionally he showed his true form, bad fuck came his way
13
14
13
and Seret Newton the third froni
6 3 10 13 3 10
R. Wallace (Taikoo No. 2 v. R. Russell (Kowloon E.G.C.).
0 17 1
A. R. F. Raven 3, I q H.F. Hollands 314 R. H. Wild............ 2 0
C. V. Mark 4 Q 4 2
OTHER MATCHES.
Service Club on Saturday after-
In a trial match at the Civil
noon, Mr. Sara's eleven defeated
la penalty for Morrison handling Mr. Gorvin's eleven by 121 runs
inside the penalty area.
The King's were the better side to 114.
At the Indian Recreation Club
all through the match. The best Mr. Moosdeen's eleven defeated back for there was Wynne who Mr. Arculli's eleven by 179 runs to kicked very surely and tackled well. All the halfbacks were 130. prominent and it was this line that
G. Greener (Craigengower) beat Kowloon; they repeatedly
U. Omar (Craigen gower),
plied their forwards with well
far too often. Captain Neville, as will have one man in the final Jones was the best. All were very noted above, played far better round. Wallace won the cham- after his accident than before,pionship last year whilst Russell is but we have seen him also in an old stager, having won the com better form, Mr. Dent
never petition twice before. It will be appeared to settle down and was the first time for a Craigengower
It will be seen that Craigengewer judged passes and broke up Kow- loon rushes. Of the forwards.
TO-DAY'S FIGHT.
A Renier message states that dangerous all through: they com- both Carpentier and Beckett, have pletely out-played the defence. finished training" sound, fit and For Kowloon, Hill made many well" for to-day's fight at Olympia. splendid saves and undoubtedly
at a decided disadvantage as man to appear in the final round. Was the outstanding figure on the regards mounts. We should like
THEATRE ROYAL.
"PEG O' MY HEART."
Comedy. Coy,
The
Russell
field; he had no chance with the
to witness another match between
shots that beat him. Knight and ground against the Diomede and the samic teams as, when all is
Wheeler played well but were not won their opening game by three said and done, Saturday's game
supported enough by the halves goals to one. The sailors were the has left us uncertain as to which
who made a very sorry show. The first to score, Young being the actually is the better tean.
Kowloon forwards had very little marksman. Before the intervai Tai Possibly, however, another match
chance of scoring, the defence of Vin-au scored for the College and would leave us in a similar
the King's being very good. Clemto ends were changed with the score position. To sum up, we consider
was the most prominent among one all. the better team won, but would not played to a delighted house on them and put in some very good have done so, had Hongkong's dog Saturday night and appear this rans, his only fault being that he mascot been powerful enough to evening in "The Dippers" con- seldom centred accurately. outwit the hoodoo at the west-end cluding their Hongkong season Teamst (stable) goal.
to-morrow, with the latest London Kowloon.-Hill Wheeler and General Sir John Fowler KC.M.G. success, none other than Alfred Knight: Morrison, McElvic and D.S.O., C.R. officiated as umpire. Sutro's Laughing Lady." On Pasco; Ciemo, Spary, Cook,
The drum and
fife band Wednesday the Company com- Duncan and "Mason.
of the Bombay Grenadiers (K.E.O.) mence a three nights' season at the
by kind permission of Colonel | Star, Kowloon.
Roberts D.S.O. and officers, was
present and played before the match and during the intervals.
were still to come. He concluded
At the conclusion of the match, his remarks by congratulating, his His Excellency the Governor pre-own team on winning, considering sented the Keswick Cup to Mr. Me that they were very lucky and very Michael, the captain of the Shang fortunate in doing so. The Hong- tuiteam. His Excellency said that kong players had put up a splendid it gave him much pleasure, or rather fight. He hoped they would have modified pleasure to present the another game in the near future. cup to the Shanghai ployers. "We should very much have liked to have kept it down here, but we congratulate you on winning it, and retaining it for another year."
King's Blacoe: Wynne and Williams, Newton, Hodgson and Barlow: Williams, Dangerfield, Jones, Forshaw and Beesley.
JUNIOR GAMES."
the icad and Maher the third before N. Transbitsky gave the College
the call of time.
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CHANNEL RECORD.
ARGENTINE SWIMMER'S
GREAT FEAT.
Within a week the English been crossed
has
At Sookunpoo, the Sacred Heart Channel went down to a much heavier foam by the score of four goals to one. twice. The feat performed by Frampton was in goal for the Sullivan, an American, has now soldiers who soon settled down to been.accomplished by Tiraboschi, their game and Hill scored the first swimmer from the southern goal. The teams crossed with the R.G.A, leading by a goal to njl. There were three games only in the Junior division, the Club Res- RGA in the second half and Allen scored three goals for the cryes v. King's Reserves and Chan Kum-yau scored for the
Tamar" Reserves v. Reserves being postponed.
HISTORY OF THE CUP. The Keswick Cup, which was ST. JOSEPH'S v. presented by Mr. Henry Keswick, when head of Ewo, for competition
Kowloon Sacred Heart.
"DIOMEDE."
SOUTH CHINA "B" "A"
A good number of Chinese turn-
He had a great reception from the large crowd of holidaymakers. OTHER TIMES, The following table compares Tiraboschi's performance with the. three others 1875-Webb... 21 hours 45 mins. 1911-Burgess.. 27 1923-Sullivan... 27
Tiraboschi 16. 33 Tiraboschi is the first to cross from the Freach side.
وار
35
N
49
Three swimmers started from Dover on Saturday in a race across portion of the Western continent. the Channel, but all had to give up. The starters were Charles Toth and Argentine, entered the water at and Romeo Maciel (Argentine). Tiraboschi, a native of the Sam Richards (both United States) Cape Grisnez, near Calais, at 8.10 Macial retired first, when seven p.m., on Saturday evening. The milesout Richards was forced to ad-
mit defeat after five hours' swimm-. weather was fine and the sea calming, but Tóth held out for 18 hours, A tug accompanied Kim.
when he was 21⁄21⁄2 miles from the The weather remained excellent, French coast. Then he gave în. The College turned out a decent ed out on the Valley to see the and although he was at one time Channel Tes not so much in cover between teams from any recognia team of youngsters on their own Chinese teams open their league near the end of his plucky attempting the 22 miles that separate Dover The difficulty of swimming the Mr. McMichael thanked his Exed Polo Club in Hongkong or cellency for making the presenta- China, was first competed for in tion and expressed the thanks of i907. The results to date are:--
programme. The "B" took the drifted westward by the tide, and Catais, but in combating the The team for the hospitality of the
lead early in the game through Au he hung gantely on, swimming strong tidal currents. Governor
which, in entertaining the
Kit-sung this being the only gual very strongly to succeed in equall sweeping from the North Sea, Shanghai team the other even
scored before the interval ing the work of Webb, Burgess, develop considerable speed on Ling-Ho-alco wished torrex-
After the change of ends, Pang and Sullivan. Wah-hing scored for "B" and, He landed on the western beach on entering the bottle-neck of the
the French coast over six knots. press, the thanks of the team for the hospitality accorded
from apenalty awarded for hands, at Dover at 12.33 p.m., on Sunday, Straite of Dover, then by the Hongkong team and
Chan Chan sang, scored for the so that his crossing was accomOther difficulties encounteredara for hospitalitics which he believed
"A," the game ending in a win for plished in the record time of 16 the stinge of jellyfish and sea the "B. by two goals to one., Hours 33 minutesa da
sickness.
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