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THE CHINA MAIL, FRIDAY, APRIL 12, 1935
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POLICE FAVOURED TO SECURE SECOND SENIOR SHIELD TITLE
ASSOCIATION FAVOURED TO WIN
OVER FEDERATION IN FINAL OF
GOVERNOR'S SOCCER CUP
Y' AQUATIC GALA
FINE SUPPORT
FOR FIRST OF
THE SEASON
Aggregate Handicaps Events Included
MIXED RELAY RACE
(By "CRAWL")
The first mid-winter swimming gala and dance of the European Ÿ.M.C.A. Swimming Section
takes place lo-morrow night, when an attractive programme of aquatic events will be held.
The "y" are making an early start to their swimming season, and, judging by the enormous an- tries received to date the gala, looks as if it will be an instantane- ous success.
Mr. Lan's Jungle Jim (Mr. S. Y. Llang) being led in after win- ping the Mount Davla Handicap at the. Third Extra Race Meeting at the Valley last Saturday to pay - $41.00. (King's Studio),
The chief aquatic events on the ST. JOHN CÚP
programme will be the Men's ́and Ladies' 50 Yards. Aggregate Handi-
cap events, while a mixed relay and
a residents versus non-residents
SWEEP DRAW
IS ANNOUNCED
EVEN GAME EXPECTED
CHINESE WILL
BE AT BEST IN
FORWARD LINE
14 INTERPORTERS ON VIEW
Strong Association Half-backs
(By "ROVER"")
Two brilliant soccer teams will clash on Sunday afternoon on the Caroline Hill ground when the final| of the Governor's Cup competition, between the Hong Kong Football Association, the holders, and the
Paul Kang, the veteran Chinese Davis Cup player, who still takes. an active part in tennis and who will be ineen partnering Lee Wal- tong in the semi-final round, of the Open Doubles. (King's Studio).
GOLF
NOTES
{By “NIBLICK")
SOUTH CHINA MAY PROFIT BY LAST SATURDAY'S PRELUDE. ONE CHANGE MADE IN THEIR TEAM
ENGINEERS FAVOURED
JUNIOR SHIELD
FINAL WILL BE
CLOSE AFFAIR
EAST LANCS HAVE BETTER RECORD
SANDFORD RECALLED FROM THIRD DIVISION
(By "ROVER").
To-morrow will be the first oc- casion since the inception of the Junior Shield Competition, that two military teams will figure in the Final, when the East Lancs meet the Royal Engineers on the Club ground at 2.15 p.m.
PAU TO BE
IN GOAL KEEN MATCH
FORECASTED IN
RETURN GAME
STEVENS AND GREEN MOST DANGEROUS FORWARDS®
PILE'S BIG TASK AGAINST
TONG KWAN
(By "ROVER")
"A thrilling soccer: duel will pro
Mr.Why's Goldsmith (Mr. N. Delta); above, beat St. Joan (Mr.bably take place on Saturday when D. Black) by `a'shurt head to win
the Police, who will commence 20 theCharters Towers Handicap "at"
favourites, meet South China "B" in the Final Round of the Senior Shield, which takes place on the
the Valley last Saturday, (King's Studio),"*/**
ROVER'S Club ground, commencing at 4.15
Chinese Amateur Athletic Federa-MY notes of last week con- The last time an infantry bat- FORECAST
relay will also feature the pro- SPINAWAY AMONG have ever flelded, with "Darkie" scores for the first four placesed, with the odds, if any, alightlySouth China "B" v. POLICE
gramme.
Dancing will commence from about 10 am, and continue until 1 am., to the strains of the Trouba- 'dours...
TREVESSA TROPHY RACE TO-DAY
Open Event For Ships Life Boats
POST ENTRIES ACCEPTED
The 23 bi-annual race for ships Life Boats will be sailed this
afternoon, starting at 4 p.m.
FAVOURITES
FIRST PRIZE VALUED AT $25,068.57
As post entries will be accepted, I no ship has yet entered except the Festival Eve Klang-su, of. Messrs. Butterfield & Swire. The number of entries is always dependant on the ships in
Burgomaster Heather Leaf Movanagher
harbour on the day of the race. No Fear
The Java-China-dapan Line have Pride of Tsingtao always entered where possible, and
Spinaway
they are the only non-British-own-The Loafer ed company that has competed for Tillicum
44939
42024
41179
45979 42028
The Teams The teams and reserves are As follows:
front green at the first was the
Kowloon
1
(Club Ground, 2.15 p.m.) FIRST DIVISION
CLUB (Kowloon Ground, 4.48. p.m.) THIRD DIVISION
V
(Chatham Road, 3.15 p.m.)
Goalscorers To Date
FIRST DIVISION.
p.m.
(Continued on Page, 13)
LEE WAI TONG MAY PLAY
Lee Wal-tong, China's football -slar, who has not been seen In local soccer for over 11 months, may play for South China "B" to morrow in the Senior Shield Final
Ho informed me this morning that everything depended upon his physician whom he was consulting this morning. There la a distinct possibility, that, he will lead
attack in place of Tsang King 1990
who is on the inlared it.
Past Winners
The following have been past winners of the Senior Shield for
the past 10: season!--
1925 Kowloon F.C
tion, takes place."
`tained a reference to "Rab- bits in connection with the talion won the Junior Shield was
Last week the Police had no Eight Interporters are repre Kowloon Golf Club's High Handi-Scottish Borderers were suc The following in Rover'a week-China "B" in their League fix-
In 1929, when the King's Own
difficulty in swamping South side, sented in the Association while the Chinese can boast of withdrawal after learning the cap I make an unqualified
cessful.
Gaga end soccer forecast giving the ture by 5 goals to 2, and, al- probably the finest team they
The teams are very evenly match. favoured team in capital letters though their win was "ery, con-
SENIOR SHIELD FINAL R...Henderson led the field with a Chan and Teul Ah-fal, of the At-net 64 three strokes, under the in favour of the Engineers...
vincing one, they will not by any means have too comfortable hletic, included..
(Club Ground, 4.15 p.m.) time to-morrow. İstandard scratch
The East Lancs, however, have a Six Interporters - are
score. His
- JUNIOR SHIELD FINAL in the handicap is 13, and he is on the better League record, being second East Lancs
ENGINEERS Chinese team, whose forward Hae handicap committee, a position in the League table, and have reads Tao Kwal-shing, Tam Kong which will allow him to "lop off reached the final comfortably. nak, Fung King-cheong, Chan Chen- a hefty chunk off the unlucky. The Royal Engineers, though not The drawing of the Fanling wo (Darkie Chan), and Ip Pak-wa. (sic) number, and place himself boasting of as good a league re- Hurt and Race Club $1 Special
among the "big shots."
cord, have won Home hard games Railway
VRA.M.C. No Better Attack Cash Sweepstake, organised by the
(Railway Ground, 3.16 p.m.) LJack Anished one stroke be- and their passage to-the final was St. John Ambulance Brigade, took The Association can boast of no hind the winner with a net 65 no easy task in an earlier round FUSILIERS RAS.C
(Happy Valley, 8.15 p.m.) place in the library of the Chinese better forward line than that which his sleek well groomed hair not a the Sappers beat the Lincolns, the
GOVERNOR'S CUP General Chamber of Commerce will play on Sunday. The line wit disturbed by being pipped on present Second Division League H.K.C.A.A.F. H.K.F.A last night.
leaders. reads, B. Gosano, A. Ward, Howe, the post.
against the Palle 1. **** (Caroline Hill, 4.15 p.m.) The number of tickets sold Ridley and Bickford, who are splen
The Dewar Trophy finalist, I. Another fae feat by the EnglFUSILIERS Air Force
'THIRD DIVISION amounted to 58,015, which resulted didly backed up by an equally find Black, totalled a net 66 and E. Oncera was their win over the Navy, the holders, in the semi-final, when in the first prize being worth intermediate line led by Beltrao, Murphy made a welcome return to $25,068.57; second, $7,162.44; and and supported by Keneghan and form by recording a net par. The they won after extra time.
(Continued on Page 53 ¡Parker.
The East Lancs have promoted] The results of the drawing were: The game should develop into only shortage from a full length several of their players from their Numbers one of the fastest of the season course, so the results are ampleThird Division team, among whom 12987 with the odds lying with the Asso- proof of the improvement in the is Sandford: This player is a pro- 23155 ciation,
high handicap section.
Alle: goal-scorer and represented Tam Kong-pak: (South China the Army in the final of the Lal Howe (Club) up!! VALLEY VE KOWLOON Wah Cup Competition.
Johnson (Police) THE bi-annual fixture between Hamsworth will be keeping goal, Higgins (Lincolns)
Happy Valley laid oven and will have two
fes Gosano, (Recreio) Ip" Pak-wah (South China: “A all set for Good Friday. The teams Harwood and Steele; while Walk- Lai Shaf-wing (Bouth China 12147. ILF.A.:---Rowlands (Fusiliers); A. V. and starting times are as follows: den, the pivot, is playing a good Morton (Artillery) 70496
Gosano (Recreio), Pile: (Police);} Happy Valley Kowloon game at present but is at times in Ho Kar-keung” (Athletic) the trophy.
Keneghan (Folliers), Beltrao 9.00 D. S. Edwards
E. K. Collings clined to fall too far back. 49802 (Retrels), Parker (Police); B. Gossuo 9.04 K. S. Robertson D. C. Wilson alteration has been made to the The Trevassa Trophy was pro- Wisdom Stag
One Fung King-cheong (South
(Kowloon) 20516 (Recreio), A. Ward (St. Joseph's), A. 9.08 A. McKellar sented in recognition of the meri-
W. Taylor forward Hine, McLeavy being pre Gomes (Recreio) Zero
38651 Howe (Capt.) (Club), Ridley in 9.12 W. A. Stewart torious conduct of the Officers and The tickets for the 10 consola-colha) and Bickford (Club).
A Dennisferred to Crossley on the right Tsang King-kul (Beuth China B 9.16 3. McKnight
H. H. Mandy Crew of the 8.5. "Trevasas," and tion prizes were:-15040, 55807, (East Lancs) and Moss (Navy), Brooks 9.24 A. C. 1. Bowker 1. D. Thomson to his former faside berth. Reserves:-Rodger (Club);
Swain 9.20 P. Morrison A.-L. Eastman wing, while Mather will revert back Chan Chan-wo (Athletic) *** with the object of fostering an in- 48362, 86914, 49005, 18982, 65864, (Polles), Gough (Police) and Elms (St. 9.23 H. Hampton G. Milne
Green (Polles) Baldry (Lincolns): pp terest amongst the Mercantile 36071, 71660, and 88010. Joseph's), T. Pile (Police), Leonard 9.82 W. S. Hillier W. M. Groves doubt that the game will be played Cheuk Shek-kam (South China "B") Whichever team wins, there is no Lee Shek-yau (Bouth China "B") Marine in the handling of ship's Comdr. Yip Kwong Yin, of the (St. Joseph's), Higgins (Lincolus), 9.30 A. D. Humphreys E. Henderson at a fast pace and in the true spirit Lawton (E. Lauce.)
Chinese Maritime Customs, is Gomes (Recrofo) and Baldry (Lincoln) 0.49. A. B. Charman
F C. Barry The course is:-Start from stated to have drawn Spinaway.
Gorman (B. Lanes.)... CA.A.F.--Wong Wing (Capt.); Mak 9.44 J. Shepheard ⠀ W. C. Simpson of the game, j
Skinner (Navy PAMAMA So-kon (Athletic) and Lau Mau (South 9.48 G. M. Hargreaves La D. Purves Chias); Leung Wing-chal (South 9.52 T. D. Paton etw.
W. Ahern
(Continued on-Fige 5). Seddon Chino), Chul Ab-fal (Athletic), Las 9.56 H. T. Buxton T
MEDICALS UNCHANGED beat Lincolns Kwok-wai (South China);, Two Kwai. 10:00 A. Brooksbank D. Farsons wood and: Steele: Crooks, Walkden and
beat Kowloon thing (South China), Tam Kong pak Reserves: Parsons Eckersley; MeLeavy, Mather, Sand- EXPECTED AT
ford, Ridings and Griffin Par (South China);
For their fixture' Fung
Against the best Club King-cheong 10.04 B. W: Bradbury JG.
Royal Engineers-Selleck; Slack Railway, the Medicals are felding (South China), V.R.C. REGATTA Athletic) Ip Chan Chen-wo 10.08, J. J. King E. O Murphy
(South Ching) d
Team Boyling; Callard, Budden, Darby, How- Khushali had an unenviable task in choos- lett and. Creagh, Reserves: Sui Tim-lin (Athletic), ing 18 from an entry list of 27, not Hing-yuen (Bonth China), Lee Kam to mention the members who forgot Loung In-chan (Bouth China), Lee (South China) Lam Tak-po (South to record their names and tried to
Li Kwok-chuf (Athletic), Yeung 'make' the team after it was com- The following hays bean, the Wright, McHale Pym, Slater and Sul-pick (South China), Lad' Shui-wing pleted. My advice" to them for winners of the Junior Shield "for Snooks. “PAIRS" CONSIDERED TO BE (South China) Ho Kar-kenng the future is read the Notice the past 10 seasons:--
Athletic) Cheuk Sek-kam (South BEST RACE
Chim) and Lee Shek-yau (South Board. China) Weather permitting, the Victoria Recreation Club Begalts will be Weather permitting, Taui Wal- held at Kowloon Bay to-morrow, pui, holder of the Colony Open the first race commencing at 9p.m. Lawn Tennis Singles Champion- The events will be evenly con ship, will this afternoon defend tested and many equal finishes are his title, when he meets Ho Ka-lay expected. One notable fact is that In their quarter-final clash, the Boares brothers are to be Taul has already beaten Ho Ka-separated one in each of the three Iau once this season, in the foal of boatste ge
boats...
Channel Rocks, thence to Kowloon rocks (P) Mark off Yacht Club (8)
Wakefield
Mark off Cust Rack Beacon and KEEN CONTESTS
finish across Yacht Club Line, leav-
ing mark, to Port and continue sail-
ing until gùnfira for finish.
A launch will leave Queen's
Statue Pier at & p.m. for the con venience of the members of the public.
TSUI TO DEFEND "TITLE TO-DAY
Weather Permitting
SOARES BROTHERS SEPARATED
the Chinese Recreation Club Cham. The best race, shou
pionship, and on present form "Pairs," in which a
looks like repeating his success.
The Open Doubles semi-final
counter between, H.
and BA
Litle and
Anish
The teams Are
East Lanes: Harmsworth;
Har
IG: White
The Captain of the Kowloon team and Dadley; Denham, Hurst and the same eleven" that has secured |
Junior Shield Winners ⠀
1925 King's Regt...
1925 East Burrey Begt.
(Continued on Pope 18.)
|: 1927 K.0.8.B.S |-1938 Athlette
#Athletle #5
Royal Navy
1932 12th Battery, BIA
1938 Royal NAYAMA
1984 Royal Na
1926 Kowloon -P.C
1927 K.0.8.B‚1⁄2 1929 Kowloon F.C.
1929 Bouth China A.A.
1930 Bomerset L.I.
1931- South. China ÂA.
19328. W. Borderers
1983 South China A¡A. 1984 8. W. Borderers, How They Reached The Finnt. POLICE
SOUTH, CHINA
s large number of points in League football recently,
beat St. Joseph's The team is: Wright Reeves, beat Artillery, Ingoe; Poole, W. Davis, Youd; W. beat Athletic
CLUB MAKE CHANGES
The Club have been forced to first team, and has usually, ;; been make several changes for their played in any vacant position
~Alec Pearce, the ; Interport, erle postponed game against Kowloon
keter, will be filling the inaldo-left on the Kowloon ground at 4.15 p.m. position He made his debut in Skinner is silll on the
SERVICE CORPS LAST GAME it is very doubtful if
be able to play sa k [fast Batürdeý
The
and local longue, football" will he played for the Club jured against the Engineers, played at centre
[when]