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THE CHINA MAIL, MONDAY, JANUARY 11, 1937
CLUB DEPRIVE ARMY OF RUGBY TROPHY Bidwell Fails To Score For
RUGBY FOOTBALL
THE Hong Kong Football Club)
Ton the Triangular Rugby
Trophy last Saturday for the seventh time since the inception of the series when they overwhelmed the Army, the holders, in the de ciding match by seven uncon vert- ed tries (21 points) to a try (3) points). This is the biggest de- | feat suffered by an Army side for
some considerable time.
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The outstanding features of the encounter was the fact that al- |- though Bidwell, one of the biggest | scoring factors in the game in China, made the majority of open- inses, he himself did not register a try, which is unique, as Bidwell has scored a try in every game here since his transfer from Shanghai!
Army Doubly Unlucky
THE Amy were doably unlucky
Tin that LfCpl. Davies, their
ibrilliant
is
centre-threequarter Jagain sufering from a shoulder is- | jury which keeps recurring, and Spr. Boyling is still on the injur
list. Then again. the
Fed
First Time Since Arrival In
From Shanghai
Colony From
P. C. Frost, above, has made 76 retired and 69 not out on sne cessive Saturdays in the junior cricket League-
I.R.C. BEAT ARMY IN THRILLING CRICKET
ENCOUNTER
BAKER AGAIN REVEALS GOOD FORM
er captain of the Club. although; He has a Second League average Lloyd, of the South Wales Border of 159, having scores of 26 and 62. both not out. in addition to ers, ran him very close.
his T.
Army selectors unde the miste Place-Kickers Wanted T.
of dropping Jones from one of the | wing-threequarter positions.
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ONE
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Pratt Does Well
ore
“Ginger" Baker,
of the imainstays of the Police Recreation i H. PRATT, who made his Club, has bowled with amazing first appearance En the consistency in the League this sea-
NE glaring fact made itself Triangular Tournament last Saterson. In six matches he has taken
no less than 27 wickets.
His record to date is:—Army | the Hineouts" (3 for 38), HKCC 3 for
Peers
the
game and that was the absence of place of E. P. Humphries and did The one vital factor lacking in good place-kickers. Both Watson splendid work in the Army attack last Saturday was and
have distinguished often sending the ball to Butcher g2), Club de Recreio (6 for 41). thrust, although Floyd played a themselves in good weather condi- with an accurate pass. He work Army "C" (5 for 30), Navy (4)
ed really hard in the set scrums for 29) and University (5 for 4). -- magnificent game. Had he been tions, but they were given
seen to use his!
This gives him an average of better suy orted, there might have acid test last Saturday and fail-where he was been an entirely different finish to ed badly, none of the seven tries weight. He fully justified the se6.44 runs per wicket! the game, He was called upon to being improved upon, which in lectors' choice and should keep his do too much, however, and in the itself must constitute à record in position for the remaining match closing minutes of the second half the Colony. The best place-kick against the Army. was worn out through sheer fati- we have had in the Colony for the gue.
past six years is D. McLellan, form-
"I LIKE THEM FRESH FROM ENGLAND'
They're fragrant and they're mild... that's why I prefer
PLAYER'S
PLAIN AND CORK-TIPPED
CLIPPER
PLAYER'S QGARETTE
PLAYER'S
CIGARETTES
EFA-2
N. E. Clarke, who pulled a should- er muscle rather badly in the
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D. McLellan, above, is the best Rugby football place-kicker the Colony has had in the last six years.
Campbell Best As Pivot
KAMPEELL at centre-half, played one of his best games
Frost Averages 72-5
to date and I am sure that he is
P.
of more use to his side in that C. FROST of the Hong Kong
position that anywhere else. C. C. and XI has only play tackling was good and his under-
opening minutes of the second halfed two matches in the Junior Lea-standing with Miller and McGonig-
then
On
of last Saturday's encounter, and gue this season. Against the Uni-al was excellent. who subsequently retired from the versity on January 2, he retired
after making 76, and game, has been one of the out-
Saturday, against the Army “A” standing forwards this season. A
he was undefeated with 69. R newcomer to the Club (he is recent arrival in the Colony for the Hong Kong Bank), he has al- ways been conspicuous in the loose
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Rice-Evans Has Hopes
L
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Wong Wah-gay, in the Chinese goal, experienced an off day. He was uncertain in his handling of
At one period in the match at the ball; while he did not seem to the K.C.C. between the champions have much confidence in his two and the Civil Service, it looked very backs.
much as if the latter team would
pull off a surprise victory. Bob-
bio Lee, the Interport bowler, how- Leung Eully Extended
IEUT. J. A. M. Rice-Evans, ever, proved too much for them] who captained the victorious and they were dismissed for 77-1 Army fifteen of last season.
was Tommy Madar the Shanghai Inter-{]UNG IN-CHAN, played
bis
usually good game, but
an interested spectator and told porter, played for the KCC. this found Ferguson very fast, while me after the game that although game, but, due to lack of prac-Cheung Fai-lum was very unsteady
the Club were the better side and tice, was dismissed very cheaply under pressure, his headwork being thoroughly deserved their victory,
be very much doubted whether
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they would win their last en-Varsity Batsmen Fail
will take place have not met
counter, by such a handsome mar-
This game
Sin
poor.
Despite the absence of Beitrao, THE University second eleven Recreio were able to defeat Kow. on Saturday, January 23, on the
with very loon. C Marques and J. Alves defence. Club ground, commencing at 4 pm much success in the League this were outstanding in the
season. They have only topped while Gomes and B. Gosano were the century
on one occasion, in the pick of the forwards. their arst match against KC.C.,
CRICKET
HE match at Sookumpoo be
and on the last four occasions
tween the Army and the have totalled 52, 58, 51 and 34.
Indian R.C. senior eleven, provid
ed the most thrilling game on last Saturday's programme.
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Ernie Zimmern has struck his
弹。
Unsuccessful Change
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THE playing of Honniball, of Kowloon, on the right wing
The LRC. batted second and, very best form and will be a very does not seem to be a great suc- with Madar and Nazarin at the strong candidate for the position cess. Blake, on the left wing is November much faster but tries to have a tied of wicket-keeper next wicket, the Army total w
about five minutes before time against Shanghai He made 74 shot at goal too often when The last ball of Murphy's over dis against the Navy last Saturday. centre would have better results. missed Madar, the first ball of FOOTBALL
Garthwaite's dismissed Nazarin
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The Police did well to share the
The score was still the same with THE Rides greatly enhanced points with the Fusiliers and this their chances of winning was due in no small measure to
only two minutes to go, and then
S. A. Ismaïl hit a boundary off
to give his side a creditable vic- tory!
THE
the third-last ball of the match the First Division championship by the magnificient display given by their decisive win over South, their intermediate line, North, China "B" on Saturday and the Gough and Parker, who for the display they gave was a marked greater part of the game had to improvement on that shown by work hard against the fierce on- slaughts of the Fusilier forwards. them for several months.
71 Trigg's Number
E.
R. A. TRIGG, on January 2
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The experiment of playing Fer- made 71 runs against the guson on the left wing, and Killen Police. On Saturday, he was pro-lat inside-right fulfilled the Rifles' moted to the first eleven and made hopes as both these players gave a
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Parry Neglected
ARRY, the Fusilier, right- winger, was sadly. neglect-
the same score against Craigen- good account of themselves in their ed in this game and had he seen
gower..
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more of the ball the Fusiliers might have done better. The Fusiliers were also at fault in keeping the play in the centre-if they had opened it up and used the wingers more the Police defence "would have been given a more gruelling
The East Lancs. wound up their Second Division fixtures with a good win over the Engineers. They have given the Seaforths a very Įsound.position in the League table.
Swallow, in goal, and Harwood and Johnson, the backs, played well in the East Lancs defence. In the forward Une Ball, of Kote- |swali:Ctip="fame, was good za the... | centre-forward and kept Hardy and Griffen well plied with passes.