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HOME FOOTBALL.
ARSENAL REMAIN ON TOP.
WEDNESDAY LOSE.
London, Saturday. 'To-day's League matches re- aulted as follows:--
Leeds
Division I
Leicester Manchester C. Portsmouth Sheffield U. Sunderland
Goals.
LOCAL FOOTBALL.
SCOTLAND WIN "SUNDAY HERALD" CUP,
'
DECISIVE VICTORY.
MONDAY, APRIL 20, 1931.
INTER-SCHOOL
ATHLETICS.
Governor's Shield Not
to Be Defended?
PAST WINNERS.
.39 16 14 10 ..40 18
P.. W. D. L. Brentford...40 20 0 14 83 01 45
13 Crystal Pal. 30 19
BX 49 Luton
73 51 41 18 8 15 Brighton Fulham
F. A. Pa
Scotland gained a great vic-hold the Inter-School
It has now been made possible to Athletic
YACHTING.
ARMY NARROWLY DEFEAT THE CLUB YESTERDAY.
FLUCTUATING FORTUNES.
In a very keen contest yester-
Yacht Club by eight points, after being three points down on the morning anil. The results were:--
61 50 44 15 71 69 4tory, and a decisive une, over) Bournemouth 40 15 13 12 72 60 4 China the Sunday Herald Meeting this year. This event has day the Army defeated the R.H.K.
held for the not been
past Torquay 10 40 17
three years Queen's P.R. 40 19
owing to the Exeter
41 16 Coventry ...39 10 Swindon ....40 17
15 80 70 18 79 73
Charity Cup final on Saturday, A 16 82 87 41splendid rally in the latter stages lack of A suitable track. 15 77 61 40 of the first half, when they put This year the South China 18 84 91 30 on two goals in quick succession, Athletic Association have kindly
In the 35 was the turning point.
placed their ground, on Carodine 40 13 0 18 07 91 35 second half the Chinese went to Hill, at the disposal of the school Clapton 0. .39 14 6-19 60 53
146-19 60 83 34 pieces. Watford....40 18 7 20 74 33
.40 13 10 17 69 74. 40 14 7 19 73 90
71
63 02 32 .40 13 6 21
The pace throughout had been authorities and the meeting will .40 10 8 22 44 71 28 very fast, and, coupled with the be held on April 27 and 29.
Former winners of the Gov- Newport.40 11 4 26 07 110 26 fact that the game was one of ernor's Shield (presented by Sir Division I-North. ninety minutes duration, it ap- R. E. Stubbs in 1922) are as fol
1parently proved too much
1 Accrington
2 Carlisle
1 Rochdale
3 York
o them.
for
low:-
This is. the fourth time since 1922-23-24-St. Paul's College.
0 the Cup was put up that Scotland 1925-26-27-St. Joseph's College. 3 have landed it.
Gillingham Walsall
Arsenal Birmingham Blackburn Blackpool Derby
3 Liverpool
I
Bristol R.
2 Wednesday 0
4 Middlesbro
5
1 Huddersfield
6 Manchester U. 1
1 Thames
Norwich
Aston Villa
2
3 Newcastle
1
Darlington
West Ham
1
Doncaster
1 Bolton
D Gateshead
3 Tranmere
0
2 Grimsby
1
Halifax
2 Chelsea
0
Hartlepools
1 Chesterfeld
Goals.
Hull
1
F. A. Pts.
58 02
Lincoln Nelson
95 70 48
New Brighton
81
65
47
91 50 46
7 3 77 63 46
Stockport Wigan
GoBl
71 04
45
40 18 7 15
90 85 43
78.78
48 36
78 89 38
37
Hull
P. W. D. L. Lincoln.39 24 ? 8 Chesterfield Tranmere Wrexham Stockport Southport Gateshead
.41 19 9 13
73
.38 13 8 11
.38 19 0
RI
P. W. D. L. Arsenal ....40 26 10 4 119
Aston Villa 40 24 0 7 124 73 67
Wednesday .30 20 8 11 Portsmouth .49 17 13 10 Derby
Hudders:39 18 10 11
40 17 12 11
M'chester C. 40 18 9 13 Middlesbro Blackburn
240 10 8 18 80 80 10 16 8 18 20 50
Liverpool.41 14 12 13 84 85 Sheffield U. 40 14 10 16 78 Leicester 40 16 6 18 Sunderland
-40 14 9 17 81
17 84 84 37 Chelsea 10 14 9 17 61 66 37 40 14 9 17 04 75 37 Bolton West Ham 40 14 8 18 70 89 G Newcastle 40 15 5 20 20 85 35
40 15 6 20 70 83 35 Wigan
Carlisle Grimsby40 10 5 20 73 85 35
York Birmingham 41 12 19 19 53 69 34 Blackpool...49 11 9 20 67 117 31 Accrington Darlington Leeds ....41 11 7 23 43 CO
Doncaster M'chester U. 41 7 7 27 49 111
Rotherham
Bury
Everton Plymouth Port Vale
1 Rotherham
1 Southport
3 Crewe
The competition was made pos 3sible by the generosity of the pro- 4prietors of the Sunday Herald Newspaper in presenting the 2 trophy for competition in 1925. 1 It is run on International lines under the management of the A. Pts. Hong Kong Football Association, DG 50 55 which invites nations strong
2 Wrexham 2 Barrow
40 24 G 10 01
64 54
This year
St. Joseph's College have not as yet signified their in- tention of defending the trophy,
GOLF.
RESULT OF THE "HONG" FOURSOMES AT KOWLOON.
.
Morning Race. Starting gun 11,15 a.m. Course. -Club Line West to East, Chan- nel Rocks (P). Kowloon Rock (P), Mark on Line (S), Cuat Rock Mark Boat (S), Finish, Clab Line West to East. Distance: 5.5 miles.
Club. Yacht Sailed by P'tion Pts. Why Wonder? (Mr.
11 Croucher)
Bluejacket (Major Stewart) 6 Speedwell (Mr. Odland) ..
Daphne (Mr. Veliki)
Diana (Mr. Shields)
La Linda (Capt.
Wardlaw, R.N.)
Yacht
Totul
Army.
Salled by
M.
11
བའ་སྐ| ུct2 |སྐུ
Ption Pts.
Wings (Capt. Vivian)
Boojum (Capt. Lockner)
5
Adanne (Cant. Fowkes) ..
12
Jessamime Major Barry). 10
3
Colleen (Major Tosh)
9
Rolla, Lt. Anstruther
over the
69 54 enough to field a good representa-
The first round of the "Hong" otive side to take part. All pro- foursomes 88 61
was decided
40 24 10 110 .40 13 12 9
40
40 14 6 20
68 17 ceeds are devoted to charity, Kowloon course yesterday after- 54 48 and, up
to date, approximately noon, when James H. Backhouse, 330,000 (thirty thousand dollars) Ltd., defeated the Naval Yard by have been collected in this cause.
seven and five in a 36 holes match. The gate receipts on Saturday amounted to $2,400.
36
Benefit to Charity. At the conclusion of the
Mr. J. game
Ormiston, be- 33fore asking Mrs. Woodhouse to N. Brighten 41 13 7 21
90 31 present the Cup to the winners. .40 13 5 22 ....40 12 6 22 60 108 30 spoke a few words on the benefit Hartlepools .39 11 0 22 66 78 28 which various charitable institu- Nelson 40 6 7 27 42 104 tions had received from this com-
Scottish League.
petition and the keen spirited manner in which it was run, and generally thanked all those who
Rochdale
1 Motherwell
had helped to make the competi- tion the success it was.
20
21
Division II.
Halifax
Barnsley
3 Notts Forest
1
Barrow
Bradford C.
O Millwall
0
Bristol C.
2 Tottenham
Crewe
1
1 Southampton @
Cardiff
0 Preston N. E. 0
19
Charlton
1 Oldham
1
3 Burnley
2 Aberdeen .
8 Clyde
1
3 Reading
1
Ayr
2. St. Mirren
0
◊ Stoke
0
Celtic
3 Airdrie
I Wolves
1
Cowdenbeath
0
1 Bradford
East Fife
3 Queen's Park 2
Goals.
Hamilton
5- Falkirk
1
Mrs. Woodhouse then present-
Hearts
1 Partick,
2
ed the Cup to Scotland's captain,
Kilmarnock
3 Morton
0
Mr. A. McKelvie, who replied with
a few suitable words, and re-
.10 21 .40 20
15
60 61
Leith Rangers
3 Dundee
1
1 Hibernians
0
40 20
70 63
Goals.
corated with Scotland's colours
90 62 43
58. 42
Burnley
40 15 11 14
79 78
.40 16 9 15
1
62
Swansea West Brom.
Everton
West Brom. Tottenham Port Vale
Welrcs
P. W. D. L. F. A. Pts.
40 28 5 7 119 62 61
40 20 10 10
Bradford C. 40 17 10
Bradford
Preston N.E, 40 16 10 14
Southampton 40 18
Stoke
Oldham Charlton
Millwall Bury Bristol C.
Barth
Notts For. Swansea Reading Cardiff
41 15 10 16 .40 15 9 10 .40 16 6 18 .40 17 3 20
72 41
58 72 10
54 79 39 70 78 38 08 78 37 .40 15 7 18 49 76 37 .40 13 9 18 57 74 35 .40 13 H 19 68 77 34 40:12 0 19 73 $1 33
40 11 10 19 49 09 #2 .41 12 6 23 69 92 30 40 8923 46 83 25
11-South.
Division Bournemouth Clapton 0.
Coventry
ONDOKHOANH N
Celtic .... Motherwell
Partick
Hearts
13 88 61 43
The weather conditions were not at all favourable for good golf, the fairways in many places being under water, while the sod- den state of the greens did not help matters in the putting line. Reault:---
Ltd.,
James H. Beckhouse, (Messie. A. Laughton and H.-F. Dinsdale) defeated the Nayal Yard (Messrs. W. G. Trice and R. W. Sapsed) by 7 and 6.
TENNIS FINALS.
DATES OF SINGLES SEMI-
FINAL MATCHES,
ceived an exquisite bouquet de- fixed for the playing off of the
in blue and white ribbons.
P. W. D. L. F. A. Pt Rangers...36 26 5 6 91 28 57
In Division I the Navy ran riot 23 8 4 97 33 5 and put on eight goals without 76 98 40 53 response against the Club de 4 B 71 41 50 Recreio.
The Borderers and
Aberdeen ...38 17
14 78 62 41 Police fought out a draw at the 13 67 60 41 Railway ground. Cowdenbeath 37 17 Dundee 36 17 4 15 64 59
15 84 59 38
The only other game was in Airdrie......37 17 4 16 58
Division II, in which Eastern Hamilton ... .38 16 5 17 59
the Clyde
37 15 4 18
proved vastly superior to University and won by four goals; Kilmarnock 35 14 5 16 58 Falkirk....37 14 2 20
37 14 3 20 75
to one. St. Mirren.86 11 7 18 48 00
16 48 Queen's Pk.
35 11 8 18 63
89 Morton 86 11 8 19 50. 78 28
.....36 Letth.87 8 11 18 51 82 27 ..37 0 0 22 47 79 24 .35 6 10 10 40 80 22 8 4 25 45 100 20
-Reuter.
18 60
RESULTS AT A GLANCE.
"Sunday Herald" International
•
1 Brentford
0
Hibernians
Ayr
3 Luton
2
East Fife
Charity Cup Final.
• Brighton
0
Scotland
4 Chica
1
3 Torquay
League Division I.
4 Newport
1 Southend
1
RUGBY FOOTBALL.
Navy Borderers
B Recreio
0
2 Police
1 Gillingham
0
5 Northampton 1
1 Bristol R.
2
GERMANY OVERWHELMED BY FRANCE.
2 Exeter
1
2
Goals.
The following dates have been semi-finals in the H.K.C.C. open
singles tennis championship:---
Wednesday, M. W. Lo v. E. C. Fincher.
Friday, S. A. Rumjahn v. C. A. L. Rumjaha.
Total
38
Afternoon Race."
Course.- Starting gun 3 p.m. Club Line West to East, Channel Kocks (P), Cust Rock Mark Boat (S), Kowloon Rock (S), Finish, Club Line East to West. tance: 6.6 miles.
Club. Yacht Sailed by Wings (Mr. Lambert) Boojum (Commodore
Walker)
Adanac (Mr. Odland Jessamine (Mr. Veliki)
Colleen (Mr. Whitworth) . Rolla (Mr. Pearse)
Total
Dis-
P'tion Pts.
12
Б
1
$
11
2
3
13
Morning racu
Total points
75
Yacht
P'tion Pts.
Ármy. Sailed by
Why Wonder? Major
Kerrick
Bluejacket, Capt. Belt Speedwell (Lt. Col. Stokes) Daphne (Major Barry) ....... Dianu (Capt. Campbell)
10
VODKMN
B
La Linda (Lt.-Col. Marsden) 2
Total
Morning race
Total points
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Paris, Yesterday.
A Rugby football match between France and Germany resulted in favour of the former by 34 points to nil-Reuter.
TO-DAY ONLY
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THE
Division II.
University 1 Eastern
GOAL SCORERS.
"Sunday Herald" Cup, Hughes (Scotland) -Campbell (Scotland)
Shepherd (Scotland) Chu Krok-luen (China) Dickenson (Navy)
League Division
'Potts (Navy) Redgate (Navy) Skinner (Navy) Davis (Borderers) Channing (Borderera) Perkins (Police) Wheeler (Police)
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LEAGUE TABLES TO DATE.
Division I.
Goals.
P. W. D. L. F. A. Ft. South China 18.15 1 2 63 18 31 Kowloon ....18 11 4 8 43 26 26 Argylls ,19 12 2 5 48 82 26
Navy
.18 10 2 0 56 38 22 Athletic ..18 8 10 17 35 27 21 Recreio .18 9 1 8 81 28 19 Borderers 16 8 2 0 84 23 18 Police
18 4 2 12 24
21 32 18 4 2 12 14
14 40 Club
R.A.
17 4 1 12 19 53 *St. Joseph's 20 8 0 17 22 58
Withdrawn from the League.
Borderers....
Division IL
Goals.
10
10
P. W. D. L. F. A. PIR. 22 17 3 2 45 19 37 22 17 0 5 89 25 34 .21 14 4 * 45 23 18 Eastern .21 14 340-28 Club
30 M
Navy. Argylls
.22 11 47 22.10 4.8
Athletla 22-1048 240 944 St. Joseph's 22 8 3 11 University..21 7 4 10 34 82 Kowloon 21 ́6·4 1120 39 South China 22 4 4 14 29 61 12
RA 22 3.0 19 9:.45 6 БО Recreio 22 08 19
Withdrawn from the League.
Division IIL
R.A.0.0/ Borderera R.E.
-Paklen
Goals.
P. W. D. L. F. A. Pts. 15 12 12 48 18 25
16 11 14 49 10
5.8 2 5 27 27 18 15 62 780 85: 14
South China 16 5 4-7 28. 85 14
Ewo
R.A.F
Athletia
RAS.C
1860 10 84 39 12
643782025 11 D
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