TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 1932.
Rugby Notes
By Scrum Half
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THE CHINA MAIL.
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SCHOOLBOY CLEAN BOWLS "AUSSIE" SKIPPER.
Woodfull Beaten When 35.
Brisbane, Oct. 28. Australia's latest bowling dis- HE second of the Triangular covery, Jack Govan, the 17-year-old played on Saturday when the Clubcasionally bowin the googly, started his career in first-class cricket
wonderful in
style by clean Teat cap- bowling Australia's tain, the "unbowlabla" Woodfull
meet the victorious Army fifteen at Snokunpoo. After defeating the formidable Navy team the Army will be favourites for Saturday's game, especially in view of the big Club injured list. 1. H. Bradford, the promising newcomer to the front row of the serum, in the lat- est addition to the injured list; he is suffering from a bad attack of water on the knee. His weight in the tight scrums will be sorely missed. J. A. R. Selby,' the skip- per of the side, has not yet re- covered and L. G. Robertson and W. E. Peers are still out of action, and J. J. Ferguson, the Kowloon captain is a doubtful starter after his injury on Saturday against the Borderers..
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for 36. This he followed up by dis- missing another Test player, Keith Rigg, for 13.
Govan was playing for Queensland against Victoria in the first match of the Sheffield Shield competition. --Router.
HONG KONG C.C. TEAMS
FOR SATURDAY.
EXHIBITION DIVING
"DUTCH” SMITH AND simalka took second place to Dee-
SIMAIKA.
This Evening At C.B.C. Pavilion.
RISE TO FAME TOLD IN INTERVIEW.
jardines, and Smith had to be, aatie- fled with fourth place. He did not compete in the high Diving Cham- pionship at these Games.
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Hockey Notes
By Centre Half
THE Kowloon Indians Tennis WORLD' TITLE.
Club, newcomers to the field of Smith's finest diving exhibition local hockey, are holding their own was given at the last Olympic well in the Mamak Hockey Tourna Games in Los Angeles when he cap-ment. Though they have not yet tured for America the World's won match in 8' games to date, they have drawn High Diving Championship.
In the final U.S. trials, held in one, and did extremely well Tonight Hong Kong is to be treat-Pasadena, Smith won the 10 foot on Sunday to hold the Radlo to only What the K. I. T. C. ed to an entertainment of exception- Spring Board and Riley the High two goals.
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al merit in the form of the diving Diving. In the finals at Los Ange-need badly is better combination in exhibition by two of the foremost les, however, the form shown in their forward line, but this will Olympic divers, "Dutch" Smith and these trials was reversed, Smith come in time. Their defence is taking the High Diving Champion moderately good, with Karnail F. Simnika.
Singh and Naidu, who both played ship and Riley the Spring Board.
Having achieved his lifelong am- gruelling games on Sunday, the out- his standing men. The Radio's com- bition and having time on jhands, Smith and his colleague, Si- bination G. Singh, Awtar Singh, K: maika, accepted the invitation of Singh, failed to be dangerous in the Japanese Government to attend the match, being too well marked.""
Singh, incidentally their National Diving Champion- Gurbachan ships held in Tokyo a month ago, brought his tally of goale scored in
the competition this season to 20. PHOENIX
The exhibition will take place at the Chinese Bathing Club's Pavilion at 8.30 p.m. and will be the first of its kind ever to be staged in the Colony. Both divers commenced at a very early age and have risen from school champions to World Champions.
The following teams will repre- sent the Hong Kong Cricket Club)
Mr. "Dutch" Smith in an inter- against the Civil Service C.C. in their League Cricket matches on view with the China Mail last night outlined in brief his swim Saturday at 2 p.m.:-
ming activities from childhood
A.
1st XI. at C.S.C.C.
Both Smith and Simaika had little difficulty in winning both the Japanese High Diving and the Spring Board titles. To-night's exhibition, in view of these accomplishments should be worth watching. Charges for ad. mission will be $1 for adults and to scholars and service 50 cents
W. Hayward (Captain), days.
Mr. Smith said that he started E. J. R. Mitchell, A. C. Beck, E. R. Duckitt, G. S. Dunkley, D. S. his swimming career as a novice in Harley, K. A. Munro, A. Roid, 'a boys' contest in the Los Angeles (pionship in 1921. This event was for boys of 11 and under, and and C. A. Wright.
Smith, one of the youngest compe- titors in a big entry list, won the event.
R. from his slight injury and R. Sargent, I. P. to sch
H. Griffiths has recovered probably be partnered by W. H. B.
2nd XI. at H.K.C.C. Rigg in the centre, unless A. F. C. E. Gahagan (Captain), A. K. J. Armstrong, Jenkins is given a last trial to re- Mackenzie, H. cover his reputation as an Inter-C. W. E. Bishop, R. R. Davies, porter. If Ferguson is unable to A. H. Harbord, L. D. Kilbee, A. D. R. S. W. Patterson, play R. O. H. King may be given Lowson,
the wing position with G. P. Lam-P. W. J. Planner and J. E. Potter. mert on the other side of the field. —
Roger Grieve, I understand. is (Continued from previous column). playing at full back again., M W.most outstanding of the Kowloon Turner and A. M. Macintosh arq backs, his tackling being deadly. the halves and the probable com-
position of the pack will be G. C. J
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The site of that pool is now the new Olympic Swimming Stadium where Smith achieved a life-long timbition-the win- ning of the world title at the World Olympiad.
From 1921 to 1925 Smith gave up diving and settled down to his
NEW SPORT.
Pelota Introduced In London.
PLAYED IN SHANGHAL
(Reuter's Special Mail Service.). Pelota, the fast sport known in studies. In 1925 he resumed his all Spanish countries, is being BONNAR, who was vice-cap-diving activities, and was conched brought to London. It is already Moutrie, J. H. McElney, S. H. Gar- tain of the Club side two years
be a popular pastime in Cairo, Shanghai and rod, F. R. Burch, W. F. Kerr, A. Fago during a period when the Club at the Ambassador Hotel in Loa said to Angeles. After his period of Chicago, Hall-Thomson, D. McLellan and was supreme, is doing very well coaching was over he left for the Miami. J. C. Millar. In the face of the for- indeed in Singapore. Playing for Hollywood Athletic Club, where he in pelota-a ball game that is se midable Army pack the Club should the Bingapore Club at serum half
by netting the second goal.
A. A. R. Botelho, the Club and Sim Shield player, made a welcome return to the Club first eleven on Wednesday last, when he played at left full back in partnership with Jack Rodger against H. M. S. Suf- folk, He has not held a hockey stick in his hands for over six weeks,
A. A. R. Botelho.
Owing to an injured hand. He
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THE all England Ladies' Lacrosse Association match between England (9) and her Reserves (2), at Merton Abbey, Eng- land fail to score after a fight in front of the Reserves goal.
DRAW WITH
ENGINEERS
Barnett And Pegg
The Scorers:
The Royal Engineers played al drawn game with H.MS. Phoenix
CAER CLARK CUP DRAW.
Miss Whitley Revives C.B.A. Team.
·H. A. RULING DOES NOT AFFECT LADIES' HOCKEY.
(By CENTRE HALF).
THE draw for the Caer Clark.
in the Mamak Tournament at Soo- kunpoo yesterday afternoon, The anilors who wore slightly the bot- tor team, netted in the first half
Cup hockey competition was through Barnett. A few minutes
made at a meeting held at Lane, before the termination of the Crawford's Restaurant yesterday game, Pegg scored the equaliser evening. Five teams have entered for the Engineers.
the competition, these being the Hong Kong Ladies' Hockey Club, the St. Andrew's Club Ladies, the Goals
... P. W. L. D. F. A. Pt Club de Recreio Ladies, the "y" 8. 17 Ladies, and the Central British As 717 sociation Ladies 8 13. 312 8.600 25
5-5 2 16 19 12 2 16 19 12 1 26 12 11
MAMAK TOURNAMENT. ^
Table To Date.
1st Bty. H.K.S. 0 8 0 1.43 Redio
9 8 0 1 38 St. Andrew's 8 € 1 1.82 Incognitos... R.A.S.C.
R.C. Signals
be able to hold their own in the he was mainly responsible for the stayed for a year. During that, fast and skillful that it takes ten had a nasty spill while riding, and i tight scrums, but they will be out-Club's win over South Johore by year he won the Southern Pacific years to become a 'crack" player split his hand. Botelho possesses 12th R.A. played by a speedier and more de-19 polata to nil. His service from Championship and also the Open basket arrangement, called'.a cesta./a strong hit and is a steady man in University
termined pack in the loose.
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the scrum was dazzling, to quote] the Singapore newspaper reporta. the previous match against ed, though I hear that L/Cpl. South Johore, Bonnar was played
THE Army are playing unchang- In
one metre Spring Board Diving the players wear a long straw jon their right hands. With this Medley Race.
they "serve" and return the ball in FIRST BIG TEST. Completing his year at the Holly-fost rallies: gwood Athletic Club, he joined the Experts are to be engaged from Trati, their hooker, has been taken at ceritre three-quarter, but
effective, and the Los Angeles Athletic Club, for Spain, Mexico, and Cuba to show by 8 whom he now swims and dives in London how the game is played in
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to. hospital with a damaged ear, and not nearly zo may not be able to play as a result. Club barely scraped home This will be a heavy blow to the points to 6. Army for Tratt is obviously Mc- Elney's only challenger, Lt. Smith of the Navy being far inforior to the Club man. Cpl. Suter will
the responsi probably take over bility in the event of Tratt being unable to play.
NEWS
** EWS from Home says that R. A. Gerrard, a former Hong Kong boy, is well in the running for another cap. Last year Ger- Cup rard played in the Calcutta
WAS match against Scotland, but unfortunate to strike an off day, THE Army team in the event of He is playing again for Bath this
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all contents.
In 1927, for the first time in his career he entered for the United States Open National Diving Championships which were being held at the Wal-
He
Exhibition matches,
defence.
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20th R.A.
11 10
2 0 10 15 6
72 3 2 13 106 9 2 5 2 6 156
91 6 2 10 22 4 6.1 4 1 7 17 3 1 2 0 5 9 2 50-411-12.
5 0 4 1 0 11 8.07 14 32 1
The C. B. A. team disbanded at the close of last season, and this season efforts to revive the team are being made by Miss M. Whitley, herself a former
· ́pupil of the Central British.
School. NA
Representatives present were Mrs. P. H. Harrop and Miss E. O Hagan (Hong Kong) Miss M. Wool- ley and Misk. P. Gittins (81) ¦ An-. drew's) Mfab M. Basto (Recreio) Miss A. Fowler and Miss M. Ma son "Y" and Miss Steele and Miss M. Whitley (C. B. A.) 2
Wishart Phoenix R.A.M.C. F. W. R. Allen, the Police, Club, Veteran and Y. M. C. A. player, sustained a Tamor bad injury to his left eye during the 24th R.A. Tournament, match between the Parthian Police and the Signals on the Mar-20th
RA.O.C. Both the Ina ground last week. The Signals KIT.C. Prince of Wales and the ex-King of won by 4 goals to nil. Allen was 8th Destroyers Spain are enthusiastic followers of injured in the first half through a German Club 6 0 8 0 1 300 the sport. If the game is well collision with a Signala player received in London, backers of The Police, as it was, fielded only pelota plan to erect stadiums or ten men, Blackbourn, one of their in the second half when one or two year, as President of the competi "frontons" in Manchester, Birming backs, being called away on duty of his shots struck the post. ham, Liverpool, Glasgow, and pos- about half an hour before the match albly Brighton.
kiki Baths at Honolulu. took two fourths and a fifth place, Pete Desjardines, then world champion, carrying off all the major events. The 1928 American Indoor Na-of probably line up as follows: Lieut. port his last season's form war- Birt (R.A.); Lieut. Martin ranta. In the game against Bris- tional Diving Championships, held
bells able play will year, but is not receiving sur
(S. W. B.), Llout. Hamilton tol, which Bath lost by 5 points to in Chicago, saw Smith win the one
(S. W. B.), (Lieut.
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P. Ladies left winger, made
*: PRESIDENT RE-ELECTED.
The meeting was unanimous in electing Mrs. W. T. Southörn, who donated... the runners-up cup last.
|tion, - with -- Mrs. Harrop as Hon
Secretary,
was timed to start. The Police Gittins, the St. Andrew's Club The meeting agreed that the A first class exponent of pelota played pluckily even in the face of
Mamak, Hockey Tournament › finishes his playing life at the age these heavy odds, but had to con- a successful debut in the ruling did not affect ladies hoc- cede both points by a 4 zil margin. position of · inside. "left"- onkey, and decided to carry ́en 32-Reuter.
Saturday when she. scored Just as usual. Followers of hockey are promised three goals in rapid succession It was also stated that both the
Galletley nil, his partner, H. St. V. Powell metre Spring. Board Diving Cham- (S.W.B.), Pte. Lewis (S.W.B.); was carried off suffering from con- pionship, but he was beaten in the RACING SUPPLEMENT 2 Arst-class match on the U. 8. R. against the Hong Kong Ladies to Caer. Clark Cup and the Southern Pte. Stovens (8. W. B.), Pte. cassion in the first half. Gerrard, three metre event by Pate Desjar- Hoskins (S.W.B.); Lieut. Hebert however, played brilliantly and dines. (R.A.), L/Cpl. Tratt (S.W.B.), Cpl. was commended by the London
Suter (R. A.), L/Cpl. Hardy Press.
(S.W.B.), Ptc. Gilmore (S.W.B.). Lieut. Macfarlane (R.A.), Lieut Prior (B.A.), and Pte. Walters (S.W.B.).
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HE Club "A" are down to play a Navy fifteen to-morrow, but there is a possibility that the game may be changed into a Club practice game, when the "A" will play the first fifteen.
THE scoring of a lucky try when Tit was almost too dark to see the ball, brought victory to the S.W.B. "A" Company team in the final minutes of the game against the Kowloon Rugby Club at Sookun- poo yesterday. On the run of the play the Borderers should have won by a comfortable margin. Far! superior in the tight serums the Borderers forwards wade, a bad mis- take in attempting, to take the ball with them Instead of getting it back to the three-quarters. Time and again they wheeled and took the ball when the obvious polley was to heel it back to their speedy three- quarters
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OGG, who made his first appear- ance in local rugger yesterday, proved to have speed and good tackling abilities Against less worthy opponents he would have. btedly scored. Peart who like.
is, attached
the Royal Air Força at Kal Tack was one of the
(Home Rugby on Page 8.)
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Smith's first entry in the Olym ple Games was in the Spring Board Diving Championship at Amsterdam in 1928. In this event
in TO-MORROW'S
China Mail
the
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C. ground, when the Club meet give the Saints' their second win Cup will not be retained even after Both H.M.S. Medway Officers in a return over the Caer Clark Champions this three successive wins. match tomorrow. In their first en season. Hong Kong sorely miss trophies will go on for ever. Dr. counter earlier in the month, the E. M. Gray their stalwart defender H. Bunjo has presented eleven Club won a fast match by and captain. It was in their last silver spoons for the winning
only
goal, scored by match with the Saints that Miss team this season. It was put
Guest. It A E P
was Gray was badly injured in the eye, to the meeting as to
the Hong Kong · in this match that A. A. Dand, the but since then she has progressed ther or not Club captain, sustained a bad log favourably and hopes to be fit for Ladies should enter two teams. After much discussion Mrs. Harrop injury, and since then he has not the Caer Clark competition.
came to the conclusion that only played. The Club's team for tomorrow's match, which is due THE Club de Recreio Ladies one team should be entered,
THE DRAW. to commence at 6 pm. sharp, is as gained a creditable victory on follows: G. Duncan, J. Rodger, A. Saturday when they beat the Hong The draw for matches resulted A. R. Botelho, W. A. Reed, H.I.D. Kong Ladies "A" eleven by the odd as follows Lowe, J. E. Potter: L Tetley, goal in three. With such stalwarts December 17-Recreio W. E. Williams, E. V.: Reed, C. G. as C. Osmund, E. Rosario, M. Alves, St. Andrew's v Hong Kong. Francia, and A. T. Lay. The Club A. Alver M. Remedios and C. Botel January 7--Becretó v will have to show considerably bet he of last season's team still play C.B.A., v St. Andrew's, ter form than that displayed ing, the Recreio should go far afield January 21.-C.B.A. v "Y" last week when they only drew with this season. In B. D'Almada they creiov Hong Kong, H. M. S. Suffolk, if they want to have a useful goalkeeper, while K. January 28 C. B. A. v. Hong maintain their supremacy over the Hyndman is showing promise as a Kong. Y St. Andrew's. Medway Officers. The naval.com-half-back.
February 4 C.B.A“? bination is an extremely strong one,
crelo v St. Andrew's,
Re-
having won the Fleet Championship THE Argyll and Sutherland High February 11-C.B.Av Recreio. at Welhaiwel during the summer. T landers, who defeated the St. Andrew's v Hong Kong.
Lincolnshire Regiment at the Sham February 18, CBA. v Hong
Ee goals for St. Andrew Club to made their debut in Shangoal as February 5 CBA. St.
11-Hong Kong v Recreio. March 18, Hong Kong
F. Fincher," who has scored 6 Shui Po Camp by 4 clear goals, Kong. St. Andrew's Y "Y" friendly matches this season, prov-week, and after, leading right up Andrew's Recrelo v ed himself, to be a useful centre to five minutes before full time in forward in the match between the their match with the Recs were Saints and H. M. 8. Suffolk, which, robbed of victory in the last minute unfortunately was of very short by Whitmore Capt MacNab, duration, owing to a late start. Fin Lleut MacPherson and 0. 8, M, cher combined well with Mackay, MacTavish, three playar In but his left-inside partner, Woolley, gylle forward life was inclined to wander over, to the
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