THE CHINA MAIL
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 1934.
Sporting Page L
H. K. FORWARDS CAUSE SHANGHAI'S INTERPORT RUGBY DEFEAT
NAVY GIVEN
LEAVE TO PLAY
SHIELD GAME|
Club Juniors Benefit By Decision.
BORDERERS SHOULD BEAT SOUTH CHINA TO TAKE THE LEAD
(By OUTSIDE LEFT). Charity Football game in aid
of the Cheer-0 Club's funds. Division three postponed Second
ties, the Junior Shield Semi-final encounter between the Club and the Navy, and five Third Division games are on this week-end's soc-
cer programme.
FATAL RESHUFFLE OF
COLONY TEAM INEXPLICABLE ACTION CAUSES SENSATION
A
SHANGHAI SCORE FOUR GOALS
IN TEN MINUTES
THE INTERMEDIATE
N INEXPLICABLE RESHUFFLE IN
LINE OF THE COLONY'S INTERPORT FOOTBALL TEAM COLLAPSES IN CAUSED ONE OF THE MOST SENSATIONAL
THREE MORE SHANGHAI RIDERS
ARRIVE IN COLONY
Derby Favourite's Jockey
Mr. D. S. Li, who is to ride for
NORTHERNERS PLAY SEVEN FORWARDS
Metan, Kanz Box, stable 15 THREEQUARTERS SPOIL
Mesars, Kong Bros.
S. Y. Sun, who will probably ride
either Soldier of Ching or Soldier
of Britain in the Derby, and Mr.
S. W. Pan, who has been engaged by Mr. L To Fong, arrived from Shanghai by the President Hoover yesterday. They were out on the track this morning.
The other two Shanglial fockeyn in the Colony are Mr. Y. S. Chang and Mr. F. Marshall,
THE HISTORY OF THE INTERPORT SERIES WHEN SHANG LINGNAM
HAT DEFEATED HONG KONG BY 6 GOALS TO 2 YESTERDAY AFTER BEING OUTPLAYED UNTIL TEN MINUTES FROM TIME. 'THE DRAMATIC CHANGE IN THE GAME WAS CAUSED BY THE The Navy, the holders, have been) CHANGE OVER OF LEUNG WING CHUI AND BELTRAO, THE granted permission to play off CENTRE HALF, AND BY THE FACT THAT STRANGE MOVED their Junior Shield socker tieur INTO THE FORWARD LINE. against the Club this week-end view of the pending departure ships for the North.
SHANGHAI THEN SCORED FOUR GOALS IN TEN MINUTES THIS WAS of AGAINST A GREATLY WEAKENED, DEFENCE.
"SHANGHAI'S NINTH WIN IN THE SERIES OF 14 GAMES.
This has in some manner given
The game was played in perfect sunny weather before a crowd The Club team a better chance of of 12,000 people, Hong Kong outplaying Shanghai until ten minutes entering the Final for Manning from time when for some inexplicable reason, Beltrao and Leung Hong Kong's Railton, their skipper, is due to Wing Chut changed places. The result was that Yeave for Home on February 21 machine-like attacking movements were brought to an abrupt close and the game was originally down and Suen Kam Shun, the former Hong Kong Interporter, gave Shang. for the following Saturday, Now hat the lend. Thereafter Shanghai went further ahead as a result that he is able to play the Club of a weakened defence caused by Strange's Introduction defence should be able to stand "P¦ forwards.
to the bustling Navy attark.
Chab May Surprise
Mellardy was very safe between
The Club may surprise once the sticks and could not be blamed
beaten for again-they have so far
the goals that passed him, the Borderers. Lincolns and Artil-] while Strange was brilliant in de- fery teams. With the inclusion of fence, his sure-kicking being Baldwin in the Club's attack, and feature of the game.
among the
EIGHT INTERPORT GAMES IN THREE DAYS
題
A Complete Record
Forrow playing up to his true form Lounge Wing-chai fully justified
among
the
THE following have been thu results of Interport matches within the last three days: Rugby-
Hong Kong Shanghai
6 Shanghai
Hankow
3
10
between the sticks, there is every his selection as he was easily the chance.
Tam best of the halves. while
In the League programme there] Kong-pak und A. V. Ganuno were
conspicuous are interesting, tim such as the most
Second Division clash between the Colony forwards. Borderers and South China for the
Shanghai settled down quicker leadership, the Borderers being than the Colony team and after 30
minutes play, Collet, who point in arrears of the Chincue.
Kave
Both teams possess a fant com- Shanghal their interport win hers, bination of forwards, but the re-last January, gave Shanghai the ault will real entirely on the de-tead with two quick gonir.
in mind fence and with this Chink that the Borderera will triumph.
I
Hong Kong, who were then playing brilliant foolball, scor- ed their first through Ridley. and Tam Kong-pak scored the В brilliant equalluer with
from centre
header. from Hocquard.
#
The Lincolns, who are the only team in the last five years to hold a 100 per cent, record in the Third Division should retain their record standing at the expense of the Air Force whom they meet at Chatham) completely dominated play. Road.
After the interval
Hung Kang miss-
Soccer-
Tientsin Shanghai
Lingnum U. Lingnam U. Hockey-
Hung Kung
Services
# Shanghai 3
ở Hong Kong 2
0
S. China
2
St. Joseph's 1
1 Macao
4 Миело
JA. V. GOSANO'S NINTH
INTERPORT.
Brilliant Record Against Shanghai.
ing four glorious chances hy in- GASH'S FOURTH IN SUCCESSION The following Is my forecast, ches, until they made the fatal Leung giving the result of previous gammes this season in brackets:
NAVY
To-morrow
JUNIOR SHIELD
Club
mistake of changing over
Wing-chul for Beltrao ten minutes i A.
from time, this resulting in Suen Kam-shan giving Shanghai lead.
י
סאן
OPEN PLAY
MARKED superiority at forward against a pack who scrummaged the 3-4 formation was responsible for Hong Kong beating Shang- hai by a penalty goal and a try (6 points) to a penalty goal (3 points) in the Interport Rugby encounter at the Valley yesterday. This was the eighth match in the series and Hong Kong have now five wins to Shanghai's three.
COMPLETE RECORD OF THE INTERPORTS
The following are the complete results of the eight matches play- ed in the Interport verles: 1923-4-S'hai wan 6 to 3 in HK. 1925 6-Shat won 18 to 3 in Shal 1927 8-H.K. won 6 to 3 in S'hai. 1928-9-HK.. won 12 to 6 in H.K. 1929-30-Shal won & to 0 in Shal 1930- T-H.Ewen 21 to 3 in H.K. 1932- 3—IK, won 13 to 6 in S'hai 1933- 4——HE. won 6 to 3 in H.K. Bummarised Resulta.
Pta
Hon* Kong Shanghai.8
A
P. W. L. F. 8. 5 3 07 44 3 5 47 67
but the referee and the lineamen
did not hesitate in their decision. Robertson also tried to drop
goal, but he was too much in a hur- ry with his effort.
Hons Hour Shanghai
6 pts. 3 pts.
Hong Kong: J. P. Whitham; J. J. Ferguson, L. G. Robertson, R. H. Griffiths, and G. P. Lammert; W. Turner *H. C. Meeke; A. F. Walkden, W. E. Peers, *G. A. Stoweri,
new
BEAT SAINTS
BY ODD GOAL
The Colony forwards were seen at their best, D. McLellan, Dogged. Determination the skipper of the side, R. O. F. King, D. A. Cumming, and I. H. Bradford being the most outstanding. Our backs were not up to Wins Game.
Interport standard and it was only our superiority at forward that determined the issue. LOCAL TEAM SCORE FIRST
As a game from the spectator's point of view play was very.. Bradford, F. R. Burch, R. O. scrappy, and the fact that Shanghai played five three-quarters F. King, D. A. Cunning, And D. With barely a quarter of an hour behind a beaten pack tended to spoil any chances of open play. McLellan
Shanghai:—3. to go,
the Lingnam University burn- The tackling was very keen, but it is generally accepted that had
kina and E. Blackwood; H.. D. Bidwell Jand W. E. Tingle; R, D. K. Sliby ed the tables on St. Joseph's by the the Shanghai backs seen more of the ball they would probably Gang: Bind; J. Bowerman,
Unusually small in stature (captain), J. R. Younger, P. J. odd goal in three after being a goal have won the match for the northerners. in arrears for three quarters of the DEERS hooked extraordinarily field.
in their soccer clash at Caro-P well for Hong Kong, but the the nearly surprised the Colous de... Ritchie, G... Chambers, Poole,
Lee and N. Hicks,
Referee Major Gottwaltz, S.W.B. line Hill yesterday afternoon. ball was slow in coming out and ferce on two occasions when
Meeke was often hampered by Sil-darted for the line from a tight¦
His service to The Saints made several changes by. and Younger. Despite this scrum.
Bidwell DONOR OF SHIELD in their team, Delgado, of the Re-handicap Meeke sent out an accur-was perfect.
PRESENT. creio and an old St. Joseph's boy, ate service to Turner only for the The first thrill in the game was coming in at right-half instead of fly-helf to pass too soon or attempt provided when Lammert was ban-
touch by Grieva Lawrence, while A. M. Omar led unsuccessfully to sell the dummy. died into
game
Gomes.
of
he
two
a cer
the forwards in the absence Thus was that the Colony backs yards from the Shanghai line after
Fernandez was moved were very rarely seen in a danger- the winger looked to have from left-half to the left wingjus looking movement
tain try. Robertson then had an while Sahban made his first ap- Griffiths
the opportunity to land a goal from a was caught with pearance for two months, at leftball time and again, but his de-penalty, but his kiek from the half.
fence was very sound. Robertson touch-line was just wide.
Shortly after Turner sold 'the The opening minutes of the was not as accurate in his handling game saw the visiting forwardsļas usual and was too low off the dummy and the ball went out fe sweep down on the Saints' goal but mark to break through.". Lammert, Ferguson who gave a return pass over Souza and Gomes frustrated a dan who was playing in his sixth In-to King, who almost went
the posts. It wa
a good gerous line with well-timed kicks. terport, had a poor match, and near
Ferguson was given little oppor-movement and deserved a score. After ten minutes the Saintu
Shanghai opened the scoring tunity on the other wing. surprisingly opened the scor-
when Bidwell dropped a magn!- ing when Elms swept down the
ficent goal from the half way line) right wing to flash across a perfect centre, which Omar crashed into the back of the the visitors' net. ́
Whitham Prominent Witham played a very fine game
at full-back, but Brind, his opposite with a penalty kick for off side on the part of the number, was quite his equal. Whit-play
Robert- Hong Kong forwards. ham's kicking to touch was more
should have levelled thei
with when entrusted accurate than usual, and his hand- son
The Chinese visitors strove hara to equalise, but opportunity afterling was very safe. He came up scores opportunity went abegging through lack of combination among the Lingnam inside forwarda.
Continued on Page 6).
V. GOSANO, Hong Kong's
brillant Interperter, COLONY v. TIENTSIN
TO-MORROW. the yesterday played in his ninth in- terpart game, having previously then Strange for some unknown represented the Colony for eight 1925 to reason moved up among the for- consecutive years from V LINCOLNS (0) wards to weaken the defence, 1933, with the exception of 1932 Y. INDIANS (Shanghai going through again at when he was selected but was un
Malin, able to make the trip. (Happy
(Kowloon, 4.16 .m.) SECOND DIVISION
Kowloon (1)
Athletic (2)
Borderers (0)
(Kowloon, 2.45 p.m.)
Valley, 2.45 pm.) regular intervals through VS. CHINA (2)
Suen Kam-shun and Malin.--Reu-} 2.15 p.m.)
ter,!
(Негру
** THIRD AN
R.A.S.C. (-)
BORDERERS (-) (Sookumpov, 2.45 pm.)
RAMC (3) V
has
In all his Interports, 'excepting 1930 when he played inalde-right to "Lolly" Goldman, Gosuno The following were the teama:-- Shabgha Follezau (A.S.F.): Dallo led the Colony attack.
(S.M.P.); v S. CHINA (0)
Stanley Gash made his fourth way (Worcester), Turner
(SMP) consecutive appearance as
an In- (Sookunpoo, 4.15 p.m.) Remedios (A.S.F.), Gash
Costs (A.S.P.),,Tacon (Three Cul RECREIO (-), -v University (~)
(King's Park, 2.45 pan.)tures). Chen (Three Cultures), Collet terporter for Shanghai when he ILINCOLNS (4); Y RAF, (1) (A.S.F.), Archer (Wormentera) Malin skippered the northern side yester
¡day. He has played in seven In- Kong:-A. Mellardy (Police); R..E. (?) (Chatham Rd., 2.45 p.m.)Worcesters).
Strange terport games. Allen (Artillery). B.
'V RADIO (2)
(Happy Valley, 2.45 pm
Sunday. CHEER-O CLUB CHARITY GAME COMBINED"
CHINESE
'v Rest of Colony
(Club, 4 p.m.)
(Club), (captain); Leung Wing Chu Sid Strange made his fifth up-
|
(S. China), N. Beltrao (St. Joseph's), pearance in Interports, while Ber
Gusano (Sttle Gosano is C. Pile (Police); B.
the only other Joseph'si. Tam Kong Pak (S. Chinn) Colony player now in Shanghai
Ridley A: V. Gosano (St. Joseph'). (Lincolns) and Rocquard (Lincolns) who has taken part in four Inter-
Shanghai Secure Big Lead
Northerners Well Ahead Complete results to date are as
In Interport Series.
HONG
follows?——
Shanghal
porta.
LINCOLNS LOSE PLAYERS. Malpas Returns And Turner Fit.
but
into the three quarter line several a kick just outside the "25, times in order to attempt to over was again unsuccessful. came the problem of the extra man Hong Kong Equalise in the opposing defence, but was Hong Kong were, however, Inclined to be caught in possession warded when McLellan landed or to be tackled in such a manner good goal from a penalty for off that he gave a poor pass.
side play against Poole.
Tientsin May Challenge good, but he was altogether
Shanghai With Win.
To-morrow the Hong Kong eleven meet Tientsin, who shared six goals with Shang- hai, in the final game in the Triangular Interport series, and should Tjentsin win they will tie with Shanghai.
On Sunday the Combined Chinese of Shanghai will meet
■ Combined Interport team drawn from Shanghai Hong Kong and Tientsin.
Bidwell, reputed to be the best fly-half Shanghat has pro- duced
WIS for many years,
tog selfish, and it was on ac- count of this weakness in the key position that the advan- tage of having an extra man în the threequarter line was dis- counted.
Bidwell attempted a drop al goal early in the second half, but the ball did not rise suf- ficiently. Silby was then hurt as the result of a collision with McLellan, but both re- sumed after a minute.
1
Mr. Saker Witnesses Encounter.
M Vice-President of
FR R M SAKER, sentor the Shanghai Football Club, a member of the Northern, Selection Committee, and donor of the Interport Rugby Shield after the 1923-4 game, present at the match yesterday.
Was
HANKOW BEAT SHANGHAI FIFTEEN
W
First Half Lead Proves
Decisive
The Shanghai team that visited
Hankow lost the interport by 10 points to 3 yesterday.
Hankow's quick beeling from
the
tight scrums and the good backing up
reof the forwards in the loose paved the
way to sucoess,
a
The winning try was obtained by Robertson, who cleverly sold the dummy when Meeke came round
he went over for a try which he con- Newcomb opened the scoring when
verted, and then White went over for | Newcomb to kick his second goal. In the second half Gardner kicked a bril- liant penalty goal for Shanghai,—— Reuter.
.
SHANGHAI PLAY SERVICES TO-MORROW
Leave For North. On Sunday Morning
To-morrow the Shanghai fifteen
Blackwood was the best of the the "blind side" of a scrum ten Shanghai wingers, being tionly fast, while 'Grieve was the Lellan failed to majorise the et-will meet. the Combined Servicos
best of the three centres:
- Tingle's Great Display
excep-yards from the Shanghai Hine, Me-
fort from a difficult angle.
on the Club ground, commencing
In the closing minutes. Bidwell at 8.30 p.m. The Interport Din- Billy Tingle, a veteran playing attempted another drop at goal, ner will be held at the Peninsula was Hotel to-morrow night and the in his first Interport, was one of and many thought that he the outstanding players on the successful with a very high kick, team will leave for Shanghai at 1
Holland Martin's Plucky Knock
A plucky innings by L. Holland hurd wicket.
Martin, the Services wicket- Scores:
* EL.K.C.C.—2ad' innings
D, Kilbee, not out
Extrax (B8)
keeper, provided the only feature in United Services Lat Innings 110 T. M. L. Redmond, not out
United Services-2nd Tawingo the game in which the Club beat the
18 Services by 10 wickets after just un-L
Dunkley, b Hill-Wood 22 dor ibres boura play yesterday at the L. Williams, lbw b Beck
Capt Williams, b Beck E.K.C.C.
With the Services commencing the Holland Martin, lbw, b l'earce 68
Larkin,
b Pearco ***** Įday's play 127 runs behind the Club's Arat innings total, Holland Martin Sr. Tucker, c & b Pearce LTHOUGH the Lincolns will went in at 52 for 2 and scored: 58 Ins. 1. Smyth, & Ricketts
Taylor, Dunkley, b
Alose, the services of L/CAL out of 79 in. 74 minutes. Ichi: dve Sgt. Thatcher, a Bock, Pearce
A B, Large, not out... Major Bonavia, absent hurt
Extras (B25, LBB, NB1)
Total
Fall of the wicketas
121174
TONG KONG'S one and only 1908 Hong Kong $ Shanghal
1918 Bhanghai * Hong Kong on Shanghal soll 1923 Hong Kong Shanghal victory was recorded on the last visit-In 1924 Shanghal
Deacon (goalkeeper); Pte.. Roden Beck, the Club fast bowler, had 3 for 1 Hong Kong 3 Shanghal
(back) Cpl. Bett, and L/Cpl. Cork 41 to give him a total bag of 11 for November, 1982, when, George Rod- 1925 Hong Kong 1926 Shanghai,
" I Font Hoar
(half backs), all of whom are in the 54 in the matchi ger's eleven surprisingly defeated Shangwent by the odd goal in seven, 1921 H x 4 Song Bongo Battalion premier League soccerThe feature of the game was the Of the six games played in the 1929 Hong Kong Shanghai 10 team, when the Neuralls les Blue and Derbyshire, fast left-hand Possessing a peculiar action, Colony, Shanghai can lay claim to (1950 Shanghal 5 Hong Kong next week, they have been rein- bowie
3 Tientsin (1980 How Kong
forced by the return of Sgt. Malpas he appears to how off the wrong foot, tares victories, their last one (in
Shanghal
he faster than Back, both throug providing one of the big 1192 Shanghai:8) Hong Kong from Home. He led the forward
sir and off the plich. He bowled ations when 1013 Hong Kong 2 Shanghai line twelve months aroop at popspeed on adnenday, kemping Back
1994 Shanghai 6 Hong Kong Pta. Turner, the full-back who just short, of a length, but howled
Homs Association named first.
extra time) † Eaplay, after
the
bas been suffering Erbus an, injured much slower yesterday when he took
Kase, has now practically
XA Walker's wicket at 2 coat of 13 Tuna. He enjoyed: no luck, on arvien occasions just having the balla
46, 53.87 128 129 131 136 341 388.
Bowling
27
188
14
am, on Sunday,
The following in the Bervices team for to-morrows
(Army):
Bervicos:-Fte. Hoskins Pte.. Simmonds (Army), Lt. Martin Buckley (Navy) The
(Army)
Irving
Forbes (Navy);
(Navy), IN) Sub.-L.
8 Boome (Navy), Lt. Linton (Navy),
BLC. Pascoe (Navy), Lt. Hebert (Army); LA. ---- (Ařmy), Pte. Lloyd
30 Brown (Navy), Buther (Navy),
EA, Eammett (Navy) and Lt. Ast RW. Jey Brown R. M. (Navy),
Total (for no wit) Bowling Analysis.
0. M.
|Holland · Martin
Large Capt. Williams
0 10.
7
0
Indians Lead In Junior League.
Dr. J. A. I. Selby, the Club skip-. per, will referee the game,
|GAME. AGAINST AUSTRALIANS
It is understood that a Combined Hong Kong fifteen will play a re- R.A.M.C. CRICKET DEFEAT turn game against the Australlän SAEko Universities' touring party on the The Indian Recreation Club boat Friday preceding the Annual Race: the Medical Corps by 3 wickets to Meating In the first encounter take the lead in the Junior Cricket the Colony team beat the conquen League at Bookuspoo yesterday; ors of All-Japan by 11 points to 6. BAM.C. 102 (Cpl. Colledge 68, A DRE
most enjoyable Interport ball 40′′ 14 Rugby Danca was' well attended at,
Ithe Paninsult. Hotel last night,”