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GRAND OPENING ENGLISH FOOTBALL TIENTSIN WINNERS
ON
TUESDAY, MARCH 31st
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AN ERNST
LUBITSCH
PRODUCTION
MONTE CARLO
WITH
JACK BUCHANAN JEANETTE MACDONALD
a Paramount Picture
THE LOVELY HEROINE OF
"THE VAGABOND KING."
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LEAGUE.
Grimsby's Victory Over Sunderland.
A NARROW MARGIN.
OF SWEEP.
Briton and Chinese Net £1,181 Each.
'LONDON'S LUCK.
Grimsby are amongst five Clubs at least who will have to exert every effort to avold relegation. Up to. yesterday they were bracketed with Bolton and Black pool third from the bottom of the table. Yesterday they had ก good opportunity to move further up the table when they met Suntain, respectively. derland, the result being a win for Grimsby by the add goal in three.
Result cabled by Reuter:-- Grimsby 2 Sunderland 1
REVISED TABLE.
Ireland Unlucky.
SPORT AND MUSIC AS
PALLIATIVES.
Sequel to Football Match in Paris.
HAPPY ATMOSPHERE,
- Parla, March 18.
Sport and music may be even- tual palliatives of Franco-German animosities if comments by news- papers to-day on yesterday's Franco-German football match aro any criterion. It was the first as- sociation football match between
London, Yesterday. Two cash prizes of £1,181 ench in the Irish Grand National Sweep the two countries played here, and stake have been won by Mr. T. F. several papers to-day refer appre- Chun Tseng-hst, of Messrs. Jar-ciatively to the sporting spirit ex- dine. Matheson & Co., Ltd., Tien-hibited by both teams and specta- tain, and Mr. J. E. Cooke, of. tors, and sympathise with the Ger. William Forbes & Company, Tien-man misfortune in losing the match by one-nl through the goalkeeper putting the ball through his own goal. The happy Londoners have drawn 14 start-atmosphere provoked the news- ere in the Irish sweep, including paper Oeuvre to demand the ban an Italian coffee shop owner in should be raised which was recent- Battersea, with the third favourite, ly, placed on Felix Weingartner, Grakle (all his forty relatives conductor of the Berlin Philhar- have a share); a grocer at Tulse monic Orchestra, preventing his P. W. D. L. F. A. Pts. Hill, with the much fancied Mel- conducting a concert in Paris. Arsenal ....31 22 64 100 62 52 leray's Belle: an Italian boot-The newspaper describes the, ban Aston Villa .36 200 110 64 43 repair at Islington, the father as an Inelegant and hasty gesture, Wednesday..34 18 0 LO 84 65 42 of 11 children, with Oxclose; Sam and has started a petition to invite Portsmouth .84 15 10 9 70 68 40
fow Derby......33 15 99 29 03 30 Goldstein, shoe madafacturer at Weingartner to conduct a M'chester C. 36 16 7 12 G5 01 39 Hackney, with Heartburn; a young concerts. The paper, is supported Huddersfield 34 15 8 11. 71 50 38 hospital nurse in London with by the celebrated artiste, Yvette Middlesbro 36 16 6 13 78
69 88 Ballyhanwood.
Gullbert.-Reuter's Wireless. Liverpool...34 13
34 13 10 [] 75 68 33 Blackburn .35 147 14 73 71 35 Newcastle .34 14 416 09 73 82 West Ham ..34 13 6 15 71 78 Sheffield U. 34 11 14 47 Sunderland .84 11 9 14 Letecster .33 14
Chelsea
.33 11
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Goals.
Grimsby 36 13 4 18 05 Birmingham 33 10 9 1440 00 Rolton
34 10 8 16 51 70 Blackpool...34 10 9 16 GO Locda ......36 10 6 20 00 74 26 M'chester U. 34 5 5 24 40 09 15
Possible Points.
The possible points for the last five Clubs on the table under:-
are as
Birminghans Bolten
Polnis Possible
20
28
Blackpool
28
Leeds
Manchester U.
Local. Football.
53385
SEVEN MATCHES FOR
SATURDAY.
The following fixture list has been kindly sent to us for publica. tion by the Football Association:-
March 28-
Division L
St. Joseph's v. South China A.A.
-Caroline Hill.
Club de Recreio v. Borderers-
Recreio ground.
.
Division II.
[at 3 p.m. sharp.]
Márch 28-
Kowloon F.C. v. Chinese Athle-
tic-Kowloon ground. Argylls v. Eastern
Road.
Chatham
University v. Borderers-Chin-
ese ground.
March 28-
Division III.
R.A.F. v. R.E.-Chatham Road
at 4.50 p.m. R.A.O.C. v. South China A.Á..
Caroline Hill at 3 p.m.
Shield Finals,
April, 4--
Junior Shield Final - Club
ground at 2.30. p.m. Senior Shield Final Club
ground at 4.30 pm. (Extra time must be played if necessary.)
Division I
(at 4.30 p.m. sharp.]
April 4-
Chinese Athletic v. Kowloon
F.C-Stadium ground. Borderers v. Police R.C.-Chat-
ham ground.
Club de Recreio v. Argylls-Re-
crolo ground.
April
Division II.
{at 3 pm]:
SE Joseph's v. Eastern St
Joseph's ground.
University v. Argylle-Chinese
ground.
April 4- Fuklen
Division IIL
[at 4.80 p.m.)
v. R.E--St. Joseph's ground.
Division L-
TOMORROW
W
[at 5 pm.]
April 7-
SILLS
DOROTHY
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Many people living in the pro-
Our Sports Diary.
LOCAL.
LAWN TENNIS To-day.. H.R.C.C. Tournament.
KIFLE. SHOOTING-To-day -Hong Kong Area Small Arms Meeting.
HOCKEY - To-day - Club
บ.
Navy (Sim Shield), U.S.R.C.
Ground, 4.45 p.m.
To-morrow~Y.M.C.A. v. Uni-
veraity
II., King's Park, 5.15 p.m. Friday Cuer Clark Cup-St, Andrew's Club v. Kowloon Ladies' Hockey Club.
Saturday Caer Clark Cup Club de Recreio v. Ilong Kông Ladies' Hockey Club,
RACING — To-morrow-Entries close for Second Extra Race Meet- Ing, noon.
April 4 and 6-Second Extra Race Meeting, Happy Valley.
RUGBY FOOTBALL — To-day —Club, “A”. v. H.M.S. Suffolk, 5.15 p.m.
Saturday Club y. Navy, Club Ground, 3 p.m.
April 4 Club v. Army, Soo- kuapoo, 3p.m.
CHESS-Friday--Entries clone for Kowloon Chess Club's Junior Championship.
April 7-Open Chess Champion- ship commences.
LAWN BOWLS—Friday-Lawn Bowls Association Annual Meet- ing. 5.30 p.m.
FOOTBALL - Saturday-First Division-Palice R.C. v. Chinese Athlet; Royal Artillery v. Kow- loon F.C.; Club v, Navy; Club de Recrafo v. Borderers: St. Joseph's
South China AA Division II.
Kowloon F.G.. Chinese Athle tic; Argyll v. Enstern; Univer- sity v. Borderers Division III RAF. Y. RE.; R.A,DC. v. South China A.A.
- April 18-Sunday. Herald Charity Cup Fina-Scotland- v. China,
CRICKET- Saturday-Division I-Hong Kong C.C. v. Craigen- gower C.C. (L.); Kowloon CC. v. University (L); Division. II- Cralgengower C.C. v. Royal En gineers (L.): Civil Service C.C. v. University (F.).
April and Second Extra Race Meeting, Happy Valley.
April 18 Third Extra Race Meeting, Happy Valley.
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FENCING Monday- Fencing Club Meeting, Yacht Club, 5.15
p.m.
HOME.
GOLF-To-dßOxford v. Cam bridge, Sandwich, d
BOXING — To-day – A.B.A. Championships, Albert Hall."
RACING To-day- Lincoln- Bhire Handicap.
To-morrow - Liverpool Spring : Cup
Friday Grand National Steeple- chase.
TREVESSA TROPHY;
[INDO-CHINA WIN THREE TIMES
RUNNING.
The Indo-China Navigation Com- pany won the Trevessa Trophy yes- terday for the third time in succes- aion when the .8. Hang Sang wan awarded the verdict of the judges.
There were seven entries for the somi-annual event which was sail- ed over the usual course. Condi- tions were favourable, 4 good breeze blowing, and a good start sair the Kwong Sang challeng-- ed by the Hong Sang; and astern struggle resulted in the | former yielding pride of place, only to come back and shake off the final efforts of the Hang Sang. Passing the winning post a little ahead of the Hang Sang, the Kwong Sang looked to be the winner, but on the Inspection of her sails it was die- covered that, she was carrying 39 square feet of extra canvas and was consequently disqualified.
The boats finished in the follow- ing order: Kwong Sang (Mr. Pitten- |drigh), Hang Sang (Mr. Matheson), Halyang (Mr. Lowson), Henry Keswick (Captain Groundwater) Kiangau (Mr. Grant), Kingyuan (Mr. Hall), and Hotang (Mr. Stevenson).
At the conclusion of the race His Excellency, Sir William Feel, KBE., K.C.M.G., presented the trophy to Mr. Matheson, skipper of the winning boat. This is the first occasion on which a Governor, of Hong Kong has been a spectator at the race and has presented the Tro- phy.
The officials were!
Umpires II.E the Governor, Commodore Walker, Mr. H. S. Rouse (and Mr. A. L. Shlelds.
Starters. Capt. Davison, Capt. Johnston, Mr. S. T. Williamson, Capt. Skinner, and Mr. E. W. Car- pekter, bred ap
KING'S COLLEGE SPORTS
The first annual Athletic Sports of King's College will take place on the Caroline Hill football ground on Friday at 1.80 p.m.
fixed for the draw, while in- side hundreds, including many for |eigners, listened in tense excite- ment as General Dufy explained the | rules, their faces pallid in the glare of the searchlights which illumin- ated the huge cylinder which was about to shuffle three million coun terfoils.
It was decided last night that vinces in Eugland also drew prizes "the field" should be drawn, mak In spite of the world-wide nature ing the total prizes 446, the first of the subscriptions.
· [of £354,544, the second- £177,272
The holder of Easter Hero, & and the third £118,181, Durham colllery welghman, named It was announced that the hos Bob Berkley, a 50% years old pitals will receive £438,000 and that bachelor, told a Preseman, "Win tha expenses will not ex- or lose, I shall continue to work." ceed 8 per cent of the * Four of the horses which won proceeds. The best known
five cash prizes have gone to South horses were drawn by the follow Africa. Ireland: (apart from the ing: Foster Hero' by "Lanofale": bonditala),was unlucky?, London's Durham;; Sir Lindsay by Mrs) 'AJ Borderers v. Chinean Athletic-luck le attributed to the fact that Morris, Tolatie House, Tentein;
Club ground.
in spite of legal restrictions, more Ballarport by "Happy Nine," País- tickets were sold in London than ley; Drintyre by "Sandy," Rother- anywhere. And ham; Grakle by "Jeolá,” Battersea crelo-Caroline: All Feverish, Interest raw for Kakishin by Ellen Paddy and Mrs. Park; Drin by Brown, Kirkaldy;
April 8
South Chine A.A. v. Club de Re
RA Police RC-Chatham
Road.
Apri
Division II,
the Irish Hospitals sweepstake in Mooney, County Mayo; Shaungöllin the Grand National was be" by Humphries, Birmingham," and tokened by thousande nasem Richmond II by Lieutenant Com- Argylis v. University Chathambling contaide ? the? Mansfor, taander dümberbatch of HM.
Road?"
Hogas hours before the hot Revenge-Reuter.
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 25, 1931.
CENTRAL THEATRE
"THE MAN
COMING SOON
with
Mary Brian
Richard
Arlen
LOVE
COMING SOON
a Guramount Picture
A GALAXY OF BRITISH STARS
IN A BRITISH "TALKIE” PRODUCED IN A BRITISH STUDIO
“ALF'S BUTTON
AGaumont British All-Dialogue..
Production
Directed by WP KELLINO
Featuring
TUBBY EDLIN, ALF GODDARD NORA SWINBURNE & POLLY WARD
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