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THE CHINA MAIL, FRIDAY, APRIL 24, 1936
Sporting Page
LONG LEAGUE SOCCER PROGRAMME CAUSES DISSATISFACTION
R. Baxa, above, who played as
No. 3 in R. F. Luz's CraigengoW- er "A" riak last season, will be skipping a rink of his own to- morrow at the Valley.
OUTSTANDING
CRICKETER TO VISIT ENGLAND
'Indian Who Defied
M.C.C. Bowlers
S. WAZIR ALI TRAVELLING WITH TEST TEAM
(By "FAIR FIELD")
London, March 1.
LAWN BOWLS SEASON
OPENS TO-MORROW FOOTBALL CLUB'S BOLD EXPERIMENT
SENIOR AND JUNIOR TEAMS
FOLLOWING yesterday's review of the pros-
Jack Petersen. the British and boxing Empire heavyweight champion, retained his title last night when he outpointed Jock MeAvey at the Empire Stadium. Earl's Court.
pects for the lawn bowls season, which will commence to-morrow, providing the "Clerk of the Weather" wills, it is obvious that those teams which finished at the top of the Senior and Junior Divisions last season will again be in at the death this year, and although Craigengower “A," the senior champions, have lost B. W. Brad-ROVER'S bury and H. Beer, their outlook is at present very bright
STRENUOUS TIME
FOR PLAYERS REPRESENTATIVE GAMES FOR MID-WEEK?
TIME RIPE FOR RELEGATION AND PROMOTION
(By "Referee")
THE extra long League football programme, caused by postponements and additional re- presentative games, has resulted in a loss of in- terest in the remaining fixtures and many play- ers are seriously considering the total abandon- ment of the game next season in view of the strenuous period through which they had had to
FORECAST go through.
TO-MORROW
Recreio will have all last year's players available and should perform equally well this season, while the Bowling Green Club have lost four members whose vacancies will be hard to fill. in addition to which two veterans of the senior section are con- templating retiring in order to give the younger members a S. CHINA"E" chance.
FUSILIERS
In the Junior Division, the champions, the Kowloon Bowling Green Club, will be without the services of L. A. R. Duncan, one Navy of their best performers last season, who is at Home and who reached the Final of the Open Pairs with his father, who at CLUB present skips one of the Club's senior rinks.
One of the outstanding fea-¦
Itures of this
season's League!
is the special effort being made NAVY'S BEST by the Hong Kong Football: entering two teams in the Junior Division,
Club, who
are
while Taikoo have returned to
the First Division after a sea-i son with the juniors.
The following are selected teams for to-morrow:
First Division Teams
Craigengower "A":
A. E. Coates, A. A. Razack, D. Rumjaho, R. F. Luz (Skip);
DEPART FOR
WEI-HAI-WEI
Rifles Should Win To-morrow CAMPBELL STILL BADLY MISSED FROM SIDE
The Rifles are not likely to be
C. Summons, L. C. R. Souza. Alfully extended by the Navy to
S. Gomes, U. M. Omar (Skip);
J. S. Landolt, Dr. V. N. Atienza, E. el Arculli, R. Pasa (Skip).
An outstanding personality in the Indian cricket side to tour bere this summer is S. Wazir AlLGH who captained India to victory in!
* Craigengower “B":
J. R. Soares, M. J. Medina,
J. Cavanagh (Skip);
morrow
afternoon in their
pre mier League soccer encounter atį Causeway Bay, as the latter have lost their best players through the W.jdeparture of the China Fleet on
their summer cruise.
The playing of these postponed fixtures on week-days may be good enough for military teams, whose players are not work- ling in offices which are very reluctant to let their employees go before 5 p.m.. but a hard game of soccer after a tiring day at the desk is not exactly conducive to good soccer.
FIRST DIVISION.
Recreio (Caroline Hill, 4.45 p.)
The League Management Committee will have to discover + Kowloon
Sunday Herald (Chatham Road, 4.45 p.m.) some other solution other than playing representative games.
with the exception of the Interport and + RIFLES (Causeway Bay, 445 pm) Cup matches, on week-ends, and I would suggest that these be ÷ East Lancs. played during the mid-week and that the League fixtures be given
(Club, 445 pm) every available Saturday. SECOND DIVISION
FUSILIERS
y
South China (Chatham Road, 3.45 p.)
EAST LANCS.
RIFLES
R.A.O.C. &
Lyemun
V
ΚΟΣΙΔΟΣ
(Kowloon, 3.15 p.m.) KOWLOON'S BIG
1 Club
(Club, 2.15 pm.)|
R.A.S.C. v
Eastera (Sookumpoo, 3.15 p.m.) SUNDAY
FIRST DIVISION
ATHLETIC
Y CLUB
V
(Club, 445 pm) i
Police (Caroline Hill, 1.45 p.m.)
UNINTERESTING JUNIOR CARD
Two Premier League Games For Sunday
Contrary to belief, A. W. Grim. mitt, above, former holder of the Colony's three Open titles in one season will be playing in the opening match of the Lawn Bowls League to-morrow.
GOSANO BROS.
AND BELTRAO TO RETIRE?
League Programme Too Strenuous
S. CHINA "B" FIELD NEWCOMERS
South China "B", who have lost better Furthermore, it is about the several useful men for a time Hong Kong took its place cause, the World Olympiad at Ber- with other cities in the Farlin, will meet Recreio to-morrow East with regard to relegation afternoon at Caroline Hill, where this an evenly contested game is anti- TASK AGAINST and promotion, and in
respect it would not be a bad cipated.
Because of the strenuous time FUSILIERSides if they made a start imme
diately, or before the end of the they have had to go through re- cently, it is rumoured that several
players, including B.. It is obvious that things can- Recreio not be allowed to go on as they Gosano, N. Beltrae and A
a sound move would Gosano, will not be seen to-mor- be to relegate the two lowest) zow. Their possible absence from
Boyes Must Improve Between Sticks
TALBOT AND EVANS ARE SOLDIERS' BEST
current season.
are and
encounter will the
V.
abviously. the Portu- . guese team's chances of victory against a much weaker Chinese team.
teams in each of the First and Second Divisions, and promote the champiors of the Second seriously jeopardise their praiseworthy and Third Divisions! efforts against the Club, and later! the Police, Kowloon should pro-
Following
vide the Fusiliers with stern op- ¡position to-morrow
(Continued on Page 51
when they CLUB MAKE
ONE CHANGE FOR RECREIO “A” WIN There is an uninteresting Se-clash in their First Division Lea-
TO-MORROW cond Division League soccer pro-gue soccer match on the Chatham gramme for to-morrow, with the Road ground.
Kowloon have a youthful team which However, with the few ships exception of one game, in
and at their disposal with the excep; RAO.C. combined
tion of one or two players, and that are at present in port, the the
Eastern at
there is no reason why they should Asailors should be able to field a R.AS.C. team meet
fairly good side, one which should home.
A. J. Coelho, K. M. Omar, M. A.
J. W. Leonard, H. W. Randall,
the unofficial Test match against R. Souza, C. S. Rosselet (Skip); at touring side the Australian Madras.
He first came into prominence with a record innings of 197 for the
Mohammedans against the Hindus
M.C.C. Bowlers Defied Touring with the All-India side in England four years ago, Wazir Ali was second to Major C. K Naidu in the
M. Omar, W. V. Field (Skip).
Kowloon C.C.:
Civil Service C.C.:
P. E. Knight, J. Cook, J. W. Deakin and F. J. Jones (skip).
H. Major, L. A. Collyer, H. E. Strange and A. W. Grimmitt (skip).
will never be at their best.
In the other games, the Fusi- liers, East Lancs. and Rifes should
Sound Trio
Skinner Replaces Nicholls
BADMINTON
CHAMPIONSHIP PLAY-OFF
KEEN TUSSLE AGAINST EAST LANCS. EXPECTED
One
ELIOT HALL LOSE TITLE
of the finest badminton
return First
in the last when table than they are at present do credit to the senior service, but The former team caused a big not be much higher up
Their one weakness at the pre- goal, where A. E. Silkstone, E. C. Fincher, J.whether or not they will be able to upset on Wednesday
only goal after 70 minutes of fast sent moment is in Fraser and R. P. Phillips (skip). beat the Rles is a matter for they defeated the Sappers by an
G. Lee R. G. Craig, F. Goodwin conjecture.
The Rifles have several useful football Eastern will not have Boyes has not the height for an at Bombay in 1924, and two years later was well known to the bow and A. Hyde-Lay (skip).
H. Gittins, W. Geall, A Hyde men at their disposal, but until the services of Cheng Shui-hong, ideal custodian, while bis sense of The Club are making one change matches in the history of the Co- Division League creio seniors convincingly defeat- such time as Campbell returns to their leader, who has left for the anticipation and understanding of in their senior soccer side to meet lony was witnessed last night at North, and, being their most pro his full-backs' movements, are not the East Lanes. to-morrow in their Taikoo Recreation Club when Be lers of A. E. R. Gilligan's MC.C.,
clash, Skinner coming in at right- ed Eliot Hall "A" team by 7 games Among his best and N. J. Bebbington (skip).
the team in the pivotal berth, they life scorer, he will be badly missed. as good as they might be touring team.
Reserve: T. Ferguson.
to 2 in the Men's Doubles Badmin- back instead of Nicholls, who scores against them were two cen-
ton League to secure the Cham- turies at Patiala and Delhi.
A Comparison
record wins against South China, Bliss is still playing an excel- still on the injured list.
The soldiers gave a very game pionship which the losers had held to the Kowloon and the Club respective-lent game in the pivotal position,
while Roberts and Boyd are two display on Wednesday when they since they entered the League. Campbell is as much
Playing on a neutral court, the Riffes as Lee Wai-tong is to South y
Two. First Division games will hard-working winghalves, who are held the Rifles to a draw, sharing two goals in a very strenuous en- G. White is a thrustful leader, counter, featured by fast play and undergraduates were entirely lost, J. Gallatley, S. EL Alderman, J. China "A", which is saying a lot
and J. Holidge for him. He is a sound half-back be played on Sunday, when the both experienced players.
combines brains with brawn and Club are expected to take both
third string. stamina, three excellent posses points from Lyemun, but the Athle while V. White, who usually plays deadly marksmanship, which was finding it no easy task to win the tic and Police will probably beat inside-left. is a fine shot, but nullified, however, by excellent two games they did from Recreio's T. C. Lee and B. K. Chan, Eliot engaged in an exciting straggle in a trife slow in shooting. Hoari defensive play.
(Continued on Page 5)
Hall's strongest pair, gave a very their premier clash at Caroline ball and W. Knox have made great
poor display, but their third string, C. O. Lee and K. L. Yong. played up gallantly in the course lof their three games.
batting averages, F. Macgown scoring 1,723 runs for an average (skip). " of 33.83 He hit six centu-ies in- cluding 178 against Leicester- shire.
(Continued on Page 51
CALIFORNIA FINDS MORE MONEY Oxford Rugby Tour Nearly Abandoned
San Francisco, March 24.
Police R.C.:
W. Cameron, W. S. Dall, A. Eļ Carey and W. Mair (skip).
sions.
Coyle, who is at present occupy H. McKay, C. Dowman, J. Orem ing Campbell's position, is a trier.i
but has not yet been able to shake and W. E. Hollands (skip).
L. Glendenning, W. McHardy, off his inferiority complex, result- R. H. E. Marks and J. Shepherd ing from his playing in the Third
(skip).
(Continued on Page 5
Division for some time.
(Continued on Page 5)
FORECAST FOR TO-MORROW
The Oxford University Rugby¦ KOWLOON B.G.C. (54) team will, after
all be able to
carry out their tos; of California. CLUB DE RECREIO (72)
Mr. Roy Tisdall, president of the KOWLOON C.C. →→→→) Southern California Rugby Union.
FIRST DIVISION
INDIAN R.C. (55)
..
CIVIL SERVICE C.C. (51)
CRAIGENGOWER “A” (~~~}
¿Continued on Page 51
Spencer Leads League Marksmen
The following is a complete list Baldry (Lincolns)
of goal-scorers
in the First. Cheung Moon-wing (Athletic)
Second and Third Divisions of the
League with Joral Soccer qualifying figure of six goals:
FIRST DIVISION
Elliot (Cinb)
Johnson (Police)
Lee Wai-tong (S. China "A")
G. White (Kowloon)
[Sandford (East Lancs.)
Fowler (Club)
Evans (Fusiliers)
Yeung Kan-po (Athletic)
Higgins (Lincolns)
Leonard (St.
Joseph's)
▼
whose arrangements for the tour CRAIGENGOWER “B” (76) were upset by the mysterious dis- appearance of the £2,000
▼
POLICE RC. (40)
gar- KOWLOON DOCKS (~~)
▼
antee, stated last night that addi-:
SECOND
TAIKOO DOCES (—)
DIVISION **
tional funds had been subscribed CRAIGENGOWER (—)
KOWLOON BGC (-)
Moss (Police) A
+
CLUB DE RECREIO (67)
་
KOWLOON C.C.. (57) "
▼ FOOTBALL CLUB “B” (—)
ELECTRIC EC. (—)
The announcement came just in CIVIL SERVICE C.C. (45) time. If no statement had been forthcoming by yesterday the tour FOOTBALL CLUB “A” (51) would have been abandoned.
New dates are being arranged.] Tindall said that a selected Los Angelos team who will play the visitors will include Victor Me Laglen's "Lighthouse" Club.
POLICE (-) —— YACHT CLUB (—)
Stevens (Police)
Cannell. (Navy)
Roberts (Fusiliers)
Ridley (Lincolns)
a Reece (Lycemun)
23
Forrow (Club)
G. Singh (St. Joseph's)
Tso Kwai-aking (S. China "A") Roberts (Navy)
SECOND DIVISION
20 Spencer (Navy)
20 Bowlett (Engineers)
20 Darby (Engineers) 17 Bamster (Fusiliers)
16 Gould (ayy)
16
Wride (Navy)
Radcliff (East Lancs.)
14 Domeld (R.A.O.C. & RAS.C)
14 Hurst Engineers)
12 Cheng Shui-hang. (Eastern)
11 Chan Tak-fai (South China) 14 Boyd (Rifles)
Fong King-cheng (S. Chinx "A") 10 Clarke (EAOC. & RASC.)
Rose (Nevy)
Gomes (Recreio).
Chank Shek-kam (8. Chim "B")
D. Knox (Kowloon)
Ip Pak-wa (B. China "A")
Ng Poka (S. China "B")
B. Gomane (Recreio)
Figures in drackets denote the result of the corresponding game laat Harrison (Familiers) Reason and underlined times are favoured
Salleen (Fnallinen)
10 Evans (Filiera)
10 Cresty (Fusiliers)
10 Berner (East Lancs.)
Antiga (Navy)
9 Coakley (Fasiliers)
9 Chan Ping-to (Eastern)
9 Blake (University)
9A. M. Omar (Radio)
8 Walkden (East Lanex)
7 Pang Kan-hing (Athletic) 7Bowker (East Lance)
7 Turner (Lincolns)
6 Duncan (Club)
6 English (Lincolns)
Vaughan (AOC &.R.A.S.C.)
6 Griker (East Lancs.)
6 McLeod (Navy)
6 Tam (University)
Yong (University)
39 O'Donnell (East Lancs.)
THIRD DIVISION
28 Singleton (Fusiliers)
25 C. Santos (Liga)
22 Pym (Medicals)
19 Crooks (East Lanes)
18 Tatler (Fusiliers)
12 Tule (East Lancs.)
8
Detailed results of the match were as follows:-
L. A Carvalho and A. M. Sülea (Recreio "A")
beat T. C. Lee and B. Chan 21-16 best K. S. Liew and K. Y. Lee 21-7 beat C. O. Lee and K. L. Yong 24-23 J. J. Remedios and M. A. Oliveira $ (Recreio "A")
beat Lee and Chan
-6 beat Liew and Lee
21-10
21-15
26H. A. Alves and H. A. Barro
18-21
12-21 21-18
FINAL STANDINGS
PWLFA Pis
best Lee and Yong
19
(Recreio "A")
16 Jost to Lee and Chan
13
lost to Liew and Lee
18 Bowker (East Lancs.)
14
beat Lee and Yong.
13
34
Willerton (European Police)
13
12 Joannilhe (St. Joseph's)
12
10 Recreio "Å”
23 22 1153 27 44
12 Smith (Air Force) ..
11 Eliot Hall "A”
9.C. P. C.
23.21 2130 23 42
22 17.5 123 51 34
81St. Andrew's "A"
22 16 6113 34.32
21 13 8 90 54 26
21 12, 9 82 61 24
22.11 11 8 83 56 22
TFire Brigade
TV. B. C.
98 10
7 Kowloon Tong
7 St. Andrew's "g"
106
S. and S. Home. 22 1 21
154
11 Kong Hing (Chinese Police)
10 Parker (Engineers)
10 Youd (Medicala)
10 Rush (Lincolns)
10. Souzas (Liga)
9 Murray (Air Force)
9 Chan Wing-kam (Chinese Police)
91 Gregory (Air Force)
8 Murphy (East Lanck)
8 Beale (Engineers)
8 Eliot Hall "B"
Recreio "B"
St. John's
104 6