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TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 1929.
Sport Columns
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RUGBY FOOTBALL
RAMBLINGS
INVITATION RECEIVED FROM SHANGHAI
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GREAT LOCAL ENTHUSIASM
[By "All On"]
With the Hong Kong Football Club ground returfed and in ex- cellent condition, the Rugby en- thusiasts of the Colony have every reason to congratulate them- selves on the "praspects of the game this season. Great keonne is being evinced by the Navy; and the Army side, greatly strengthen ed by the addition of several good men from the Somersets, will be again a force to reckon with this year. Already half
dozen games have been played between the 'Club XV. and various com- binations; and quite a large num- her of spectators are now making a habit of going down to Happy Valley to see the regular Wednes- day evening fixtures.
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The triangular Cup Competition should be of considerable interest when the games are arranged, and I hear that an invitation has al- ready been received from Shang- hai to send up a representative side at Chinese New Year, Of course there should be no doubt
about our ability to field a strong XV: the only questions are who will be chosen and how many of our best players will be able to travel.
Honours Even Thero, have been four "Rugger" Interport games up to date, I think
THE
CHINA MAIL,
Forwarde, R. P. Moodie, A. D. INTERPORT TENNIS
Suttill, D. L. Milne Day, T. Riddell, F. R. Burch, B. P. Massey, J. A. E. Kondrew, B. L. Stock, Kick-off at 4.45 p.m. sharp.
On Thursday, Club v. Destroy- er Plotilla. Club_team:-Back, 0. wick" well deserved their draw with a rather
Threequarters, A. D. weak Club side- Skinner:
Copplu, R. H. D. Wade, 9. J. H. penalty goal to a try. The meet- Ings between these two teama al- Fox, G. P. Ferguson; Half-backs, C. E. Holmes, W. J. Clark; For ways arouse interest, and the for- mer has improved beyond recogul-wards, Laidlaw, S. Dale. J. E. E. Peers, R. D. tion recently, mainly, I hear, owing Henry, W. to the great kenneas shown by Beaumont, Burnell, H. N. Clippen- Harrison. It would add greatly dale, V. R. Gordon. Klek-off at 6 to the interest in 'Rugger' if the
p.m. sharp.
Somersets, or the Army would let
us see more of their alde. ' Cap- tain Maxwell or Lieut. Swayne
might do something here.
The loss of Ewin, who has been
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transferred to Canton, is a severe blow to Rugby circles here. will leave a place difficult to fill on account of the fhet that as
long na-he bus been here, he has always been so ready to referee any game that he has actually had a monopoly of the whistle for two years or so. A better referee we could not hope for, and I trust he will be prevailed upon to come down occasionally when an impor- tant match is fixod.
hear that a
To-morrow's Game For to-morrow I full-dress Club XV. will turn out against H.M.S. "Cornwall." This should be a great game as the ship has a reputation for Rugger, and on previous meetings the two teams have been well matched. Then an extra Thursday fixture is being put on this week, when the Destroyer Flotilla XV. will do
battle against a Club side. Spec tators are turning out in increas- ing numbers for these fixtures and the enthusiasm that has been evinced has been most gratifying. Since penning the above I had the pleasure of seeing a game last night between the Somersets and the Destroyer Flotilla, The sol
tiers won very easily and with a little less selfishnese at the base of the scrum, might, easily have doubled their score of 11 points to nil. The forwards on the win- ning side, capably led by Swayne, are playing better together and
and so far honours are even. Three times the games have been played here, and, of these Hong Kong have won ofly one, emerging worthy winners fast season. In 1928 we also were victorious in Shangbai. What our prospects are this year there is no method of ascertaining but one thing are very speedy in breaking up. sure, there will be a great match and coming round. for the flag and shield.
HOME UNION MATCHES
London, Nov. 9. The following are results of matches played under Rugby Union rules to-day- Bradford
6 Edinburgh Ac. 14 Guy's Nuneaton
Stewartonians
Edin. Inst,
N. at Ireland Hawick
Crosskeys Neath
@ Coventry
3 Leicester
10 Kelso
17 Edin. Un.
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14 Glasgow H. E. 27 (former pupils)
34 R. H. School
(former pupils) 12 Cardiff 20 Penarth County Championship
London, Nov. 6. The county match between Hampshire and Middlesex, was abandoned owing to bad light when Middlesex were leading by
29 points to 15.
and Surrey was abandoned with
The county match between Kent
out a start being made.
Cup Semi-Finals
London, Nov. 11. In the Lancashire Cup (semi- final), under Northern Union
DINNER
VISITORS OWN DEFEAT BY
BETTER TEAM
CHINESE PLAYERS LAUDED
The Interport tennis players from Shanghai were entertained last night at a dinner given in their honour in the Hong Kong Hotel by the Hong Kong Lawn It was a Tennis Association. jovial and successful function.
Mr. H. R. B. Hancock, Prest dent of the local Association, gave the toast of the "Shanghai Inter port Tennis Team," and recalled his first match against Shanghai- in 1901. It was indeed a great pleasure to have with them the Shanghai atars who had given at excellent display of tennis during
the last few days. The series of matches had been fought out is
that spirit of sportsmanship which they had expected to see. He was also pleased to see Mr. Wade as skipper of the Shanghai side. Mr. Wade had been singles champloa of Shanghal on more than one oc casion, and he hoped it would be several years before he gave up the game.
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NEW TEST FOR
SMALLPOX
DEFINITE UTILITY OF FLOCCULATION
DIFFICULTY OF DETECTION
The difficulty of diagnosing small- pox at the beginning of an outbreak and distinguishing it from chicken- pox has led to a series of tests being carried out on behalf of the Medical Research Council into the diagnostic value of what is known as the "Vaccinia Variola Flocculation Test." The method is advocated by Dr. M. H. Gordon, who is em- ployed by the Council.
The principal tests were carried out during the Dundee autbreak of
St.
1927 by Dr. W. L. Burgess, Medical omcer of Health for that city; Dr. James Craigle, Department of Bac- teriology, University of Andrews; and Professor W. J. Tulloch, Professor of Bacteriology, University College, Dundee, and their report was published by the
Medical Research Council.
ap-
In a preface the council state that the flocculation test was
савез in piled to ninety-three Dundee and elsewhere, fifty-three He congratulated the Hong Kong of these being cases of smallpox team on their victory. He said and the others cases of chicken-pox that last year they went up to or skin eruptions of a kind likely to
their fing. Shanghai and came back minus give suspicion of smallpox.
This year they had "The results recorded," it is turned the tables on the Shang-stated, "show that the method sup hailanders, and that was quite plies a test of diagnostic precision, good. (Laughter).
that its application is relatively simple, and that, notably at the out- į practical utlilty." break of an epidemic, it has definite
Flag Handed Over rules, Warrington beat Oldham thanked their hosts and admitted On behalf of his side, Mr. Wade
at the latter's place by seven points to five.
London Nov. 12.
that his team had no excuse to make for their defeat. They were simply beaten, by a better team.
Early Diagnosis For the successful
control of in-
In the cami-final of the York-He then handed over the Shang- fectious disease early and accurate shire Cup under Northern Union hai fing to Mr. M. W. Lo, whilst diagosis was of paramount import- rules, Hunslet beat Keighley by 3 Mrs. Stafford Smith surrendered anco. "This," says the report, "la points to 0.
the ladies' flag to Mrs. Tottenham.especially evident for the prevalent Club Results
Mr. Hancock was presented with type of smallpox, which from Ita the Taggart Cup, for which the very mildness is apt in early cases teams had competed three times, to bear such a clase resemblance Shanghai won it twice and Hong to chicken-pox that occasionally Kong once.
even careful and experienced clinical observers have confounded the two diseases.
Halifax
5 Bramley 19 York
5 Hunslet
41 Casterford
8 12
Continuing, Mr. Wade snid that Hong Kong was now under the 11 obligation to visit Shanghai, and he could assure them of a warm
London, Nov. 9. The following are the results of matches played under Northern Union rulea to-day:- Dewsbury. Bradforth
22 Barrow Featherstone Bull Thicknesse Keighley
Ro Leigh Rochdale Salford St. Helens Swinton Wakefield Warrington Wigan H.
was as good as any and made full use of the opening made for him when he scored between the posts the try converted by, Bascombe. The latter at full back is pretty safe; but wants more experience of kicking for touch. It is a pity Evans did not get more
of the ball, as he almost invariably made excellent use of it when he had it.
2 Huddersfield
22 Oldham
3 Wigan
Witnes
24 Huil K. R.
2 Leeds
25 Batley
22 St. Helen's Rec.
7 Broughton
GOLF CLUB
11 welcome. He would advise them to bring their flags along with them (Laughter.)
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Perhaps never has the Club started off with better hopes than they did at the commencement of this season.
The usual crop of accidents and departures has now diminished these to some extent; but it should be easy to put to gether a formidable side to uphold our honour. Of last year's side there are still available a fair proportion. Grieve, Scott, Koop. The Flotilla side have a few!Result of Draw For The Plummer, Bonnar, Riddell, West, players who know very little about Moodle Mine-Day, and Massey, are all more or less in training and playing as well as ever. Though Dr. Hide can play an excellent game at full back, I think he is not competing for his place this year. In any case, it would be a good man who would oust Grieve
the game, and until this is rec- tified any game they take part in will be very scrappy. The for- wards nearly always lost the ball in the scrums, and it says much for the outsides, that, under the circumstances, they kept the score as low as it was. Weekes, es- from his position on his form re-pecially, appeared to be doing cently. His hands are as safe ns
yeoman work, and deserves credit ever, and his confidance and speed for making any openings the are improved, if anything.
sailors had. Sim led his forwards well, and what the pack lacked in experience they certainly made up for in energy and dash.
A Nasty Blow
Of the other outsides one can as yet say little. Stanion's trans- fer to Swatow has been a nasty blow to the Colony as we shall miss his sparkling initiative be- hind the acrum, either as half or centre-three.
SOMERSETS v. DESTROYERS
The Somerset Light Infantry Wales, without and
A team representing the doubt, will be playing against us Eighth Destroyer Flotilla were for Shanghai-worse luck!-and engaged in a keen and fast rugby we can only hope Bonnar will football game yesterday at Happy soon get it again and find a sult-Valley. able partner at half, а difcolt The job, if as I have heard. Woods Is under: crocked for the rest of the season.
A list of "probables" would be Incomplete without mentioning Lammert, who is once more recap- turing the speed which has prov- ed so helpful to the Club on many occasions in the past. Law, a new man, seems very likely to force himself into a place in the. side, and Goldman, Kendrew.. Thomas, Gammell and Suttill, in their res- pective positions, will require con sideration. The last named has proved a decided acquisition to the Club as a hooker.
out
Championship
The draw for the Championship of the Royal Hong Kong Golf Club has resulted as follows:
First round: H. U. Ireland V
L. G. S. Dodwell
N.. L. Smith v. F. J. de Rome. L. R. Androwes v. R. Young. I W. Shewan v. A. H. Ferguson. K. S. Robertson v. W. L. Dunbar. D. G. MacDonald V,
5. A.
Lissaman.
R. D. Wrigley v. O, E C. Marton. J. M. Walker v. T. G. Bennett, The first and second rounds must be played on December 8. the semi-finals on December 15,
and the final on December 22.
Jasper Clark Cup
Mr. M. W. Lo. captain of the local team, said that although they had beaten Shanghai, they had nevertheless learned many Ano points from their visitors. He pald a tribute to the Hong Kong players saying that each one of them had played their part and the whole taken together had con- tributed toward the team's auc-
Ceda.
"The Guests"
:
In proposing "The Guests," Mr. G. W. Sewell sold that the local Association was of recent growth, otherwise they would have made better arrangements for the re- ception of the visitors. Shanghal | had given them only short notice, and in a place like Hong Kong it Was necessary to have longer notice in order to book up grounds, etc.
Replying for the guests, Hon. Dr. S. W. Tso sald that he was
quite delighted with the way in which his compatriots had taken 0. E. C. Marton and F. J. dep tennis, and perhaps some day Hong Kong would be a Wimbledon Rome win spoons for the beat
of the Far East. rounds morning and afternoon, the winner and runner up being ineligible to receive these.
Amongst other scores (in addi- tion to those published in the as "China Ma!!" yesterday) were:
teams lined
Flotilla: North; Chambers, Atkinson, Symmonds, Bradshaw Weekes. Lt. Hewitt; Le Cdr. Sim, Moseley, Welham, Francis, Shute, Persey, Luxton, Edwards.
Somersets: Bascombe; Chantin, Herne, Martin, Kerle;; La Evans, Symas; Lt. Swayne, Lt. Thicknesse, Mogg, Rossiter, Bristowe, Kinchin, Roberts, Morris.
The Somerset won by one goal and 2 tries (11 points) to nil.
This Week's Matches Two matches have been arrang- ed for this week:
INTERPORT PLAYERS
On Saturday hext both Shang
E D. Lawrence 8293 175 hai and Hong Kong Interport
A. B. Parvon C. E. Holmes
J. L. Shellshear
..8387 175 tennis players will play a series .8789 176 | of games on the K.C.C. ground in 8780176 aid of the Poppy Day Fund. Mr. ..86 +91 177
the A. L. Rumjahn, .88400178 .9187 178 Champion, who defeated Gordon .92 + 87 = 179 | Lum sometime ago, will also play. C. Bulmer Johnson ,.88 +- 01 = 172
D. M. MacDouga}} G. R. Horridge. K. L. Dugan
K. S. Morrison
"VARSITY SOCCER
London, Nov. 6.
In a soccer match Cambridge University beat Eastbourne. by 6 goals to 3 on the latter ground.
London, Nov. 9. In soccer matches the Corin- thians beat Oxford University, by 3 goals to 2, and Cambridge Uni-
HOCKEY MATCH
Tientsin
The following team will repre sent the Y.M.CIA. 1st XI. In their match with the Club de Recreio 1st XI. at King's Park on Wed- nesday; bully-off 5 pm.Messrs Atyeo; Sewell, Jeffrey; Snelling. Allen, Mitchell;, Kearns, W. H.
Tate. Reserve:-Wilson.
On Wednesday, Club v, H.M.S. Hint to the Military
"Cornwall," Club team-Back, Meanwhile the regular weekly R. J. Grieve; Threequarters, matches go on and I hope to say H. V. Koop, M. D. Scott, C.. J. D. something next week about the Law, G. P. Lammert; Half-backs, versity-beat the Royal Air Force Smith, Ashton, T. J. Price and A Services. Last week H.M.S. "Ber- I. A. Roas, G. A. L. Plummer; by 8 points to 2.
"So long as the smallpox is of the mild type the consequences of such an error in diagnosis may not be
serious, but when an early case of the severe type of smallpox is mis- taken for chicken-pox, the con- sequences may be disastrous, ns
more than one recent incident hus shown."
The raport states that the re- quirements of a reliable test for diagnosing smallpox waro ra- liability, quick definite results, ap- plicability at all stages of the 'dis- enae, material easily collected and transmitted to laboratory, low cost, and one which could be carried out in the laboratory, and that while it was not suggested that the flocculation test satisfied all these conditions, it satisfied the more im- portant of them.
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Karel Kozalub (left), famous European tennis star, being con- gratulated by Vincent Richards, the American champion, after their atch for the world's professional tenuls title, which Kozeluh won from the Americat at Forest Hills,
MIXED TENNIS
The following have been select- ed to represent the Kowloon Foot- ball Club in a mixed doubles tennis match with the Kowloon Rowling Green Club to be played on the Former Club's courts on Sunday, commencing at 2.15 p.m. During the afternoon tea will be served at which all Football Club members and their lady friends are cordially invited to be present: Mr. Paver and Mrs. Chubb, Mr. Hedley and Mrs. Odborne, Mr. Millard and Mrs. Stokes, Mr. Guest and Mrs. Boas. Reserve: Mr. Osborne and Mrs. Jackson.
The Police yesterday removed to the Mental Hospital a British sub- ject named Robert John Campbell, a native of Edinburgh, who arrived here as a passenger from London on the as. Fushima Maru." He had been certifled insane by the Port Health Officer. It is under- stood that the unfortunate pas- songer gave trouble whilst the vessel was at sea and was kept in restraint and under observation of the ship's doctor, in the hospital ward, until arrival in harbour.
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