THE CHINA MAIL, FEBRUARY 3, 1937.
INTERPORT ELEVEN TO BE TESTED
Dorothy Betjeman, engineering student at the Massachusetts In- stitute of Technology, proves her ability on skates. She is here seen practising for the Boston
ice carnival
R. E. WIN
IN THIRD DIVISION
SERVICE CORPS FALTER
(By "ROVER")
Seaforths To Provide The Opposition WILSON'S CHANCE TO MAKE GOOD
ONLY PRACTICE
PRACTICE MATCH
(ByReferee")
HE COLONY INTERPORT FOOTBALL TEAM WILL BE GIVEN ITS FIRST REAL TEST THIS AFTERNOON ON THE CAUSEWAY BAY GROUND, WHERE THEY WILL EN- TERTAIN THE FIRST DIVISION TEAM OF THE SEAFORTH HIGHLANDERS, WHO HAVE ALREADY FALLEN INTO THEIR STRIDE AND WHO WILL PROBABLY FULLY EXTEND THE COLONY ELEVEN.
Providing yesterday's fine weather conditions prevail to-day, the ground should be firm enough for some fine soccer and both
Capt. G. W. P. Kimm, above, Football Secretary of the HK. Area Sports Board, has done much to place the Boys' Football League
on its feet.
the Interport attack and defence will have to look to the label PING
The Seaforths are a sturdy | The latter has, it is alleged, been combination and have an excel-credited with concentrating on the
PONG ENCOUNTER
lent defence, which will fully left-wing instead of playing to- FOR Y.M.C.A.
MEET CHINESE "Y" TO-NIGHT
test the Colony forwards. Webs-wards the right, and this afternoon : ter and Steele, the Scots' full-should provide a wonderful oppor- backs, were more than a match tunity of disproving this theory. for the fast and tricky Fusilier Unfortunately for the team, `Lee forwards last Wednesday, and Wai-tong himself is not likely to be Fung King-cheong will come up hampered much because McKusker, against one of the best half-while a magnificent feeder, is not;
Following their successful debut backs among the Services in quite up to the Colony leader's against the Confucian Society last Cook. Steele, the Scots left- standard of soccer, and I am inclin- Wednesday night, the European back, will have his hands fulled to think that Lee will find sever-Y.M.CA. will meet the Chinese with the most dangerous of al loopholes in the Seaforths de- the Colony wing-combinations, fence down the centre. Yeung Shui-yick and Fung King-cheong..
Solitary Practice
YMCA, Kowloon Branch, in their second table-tennis encounter to- night in the West Lounge of the former's building.
Campbell will probably be up
Although the European "Y” did With a heavy week-end pro-not win a single match against the against Miller, who is one of the gramme ahead, the Interport Selec- Confucian Society, who have held most trustful centre-forwards Ition Committee are not thinking of have seen in the Colony for some holding another practice before the they gave an impressive display and the Colony title for several years, time. McGuigan, the Scots' inside Interport, and this afternoon's en- left, is another outstanding forward {counter
an indication of strength in the should give Manager
future. of promise and should give Leung Jock" McKelvie the opportunity to: Wing-chiu a gruelling time, while straighten out his team and correct] Dunnochie, the inside-right, al-their faults. though by no means as fast as the
In an uninteresting Third Divi-rest of the Seaforths' attack, should sion football game yesterday at Soo-likewise extend Evans. ⠀ kumpoo the Engineers defeated the Service Corps by the odd goal in
three.
The Service Corps were much the better team in the first half, but good goalkeeping by Banfield, in the Sappers' goal, and poor shooting by
Table tennis in the European “Y” has always been confined to one of the closed-in veranda spaces ad- The following are the two joining the members lounge, with teams:-
a scarcity of space, poor lighting The Scots' only weaknesses at China "A"); Lee Tin-sang (S. China and, above all, a very poor table.
Interport XI: Pau Kaping ( conditions, a slippery stone floor the moment are on their wings, "A") and A. V. Gosano (Recreio); where Ayres and Nuttney are not Leung Wing-chiu (S. China "A"), J.
Better Conditions. likely to give. Lee Tin-sang and A. Campbell (Rifles) (Vice-Captain) and v. Gosaño much cause for worry.
Many of these deplorable: condi- Fus. Evans (Fusiliers); Yeung Shui- Inside-Left Berth
rick (S. China "B"), Fung King-cheong tions have, however, been eliminat- (S. China "A"), Lee Wai-tong (Sed and to-day, after some slight de- China "A"), A. Wilson (Club), B. Llay, members can enjoy a bi-weekly Bickford (Club).
game of table tennis in the West Stevens (Rifles) (Full-back); N. Beltrao (Recreio) Lounge, where the lighting is good, (Half-back), Fuls. Talbot (Fusiliers) while the floor provides a good grip (Forward) and D. Knox (Kowloon) and there is plenty of room. (Forward).
I cannot understand why it was Steele; Williamson, McKasker and
Seaforths: Thomson; Webster and that nothing was done in the past Cook; Ayres, Donnochie, Miller,
to arouse interest in this game, McGuigan and Nuttney.
which has a large following at the *Y?W.J. "Bill" Ashton, the Assistant Secretary, is doing his best at the moment to provide mem- bers with better conditions, but un- til such time as the West Lounge
the Service Corps inside-forwards Williamson, the Seaforths' right prevented them from taking the half, has the reputation of being lead in this period.
one of their best men, although I Reserves: Bl Lieut. Reeder, on the right wing, have not been particularly impress- was the outstanding player for the ed with him. He should, however, losers. He played a thoughtful game
either credit or discredit the move and sent over numerous centres to of the Interport Selectors in giving the other forwards which
the inside-left berth to Andy Wil- were either wasted by faulty shooting or by slowness. Had he received better support the Service Corps would have done much better.
Haytor Shines
son.
Only One Round To Be
Played In Boys' League
of scheme would be carried out next becomes a permanent home for "Y"
It was also unanimously decided that each team should pay its own
expenses.
table tennis, the standard of the game there is not likely to rise above that of the present standard.
European Team:
To-night the Europeans will be
Haytor, in the pivotal position, was the best of the defence. He was al- A meeting of representatives ways up with his forwards but as Army Units and Schools who are season. his wing-halves were inclined to lay entering teams in the newly in- too far back during an attack he was given a lot of extra work augurated Boys' Football League,
Beal in
the centre half was held yesterday evening and At last night's meeting the rules berth, was prominent for the Sap- presided over by Lieut. LH. Yates, for the competition, which are very at home to the Chinese YMCA, pers. He tested Smith with several of the Royal Welch Fusiliers, when much on the same lines as the Army Kowloon Branch, and some sparki- first-time drives and his passes to it was decided to hold the competi-Enlisted Boys League, were drawn ing play should be witnessed. The his wings enabled his forwards to tion this year on a League system, up and unanimously passed. They European team will be selected cover ground rapidly.
(although having only one round. will be sent to the Hong Kong Foot-from W. J. Ashton, J. Li Anderson, The following teams were repre-ball Association for confirmation Goldman, H. B. Neve, G. Cox, C. In the closing stages of the game sented: Royal Welch Fusiliers,
Nicholas and E. J. Sweetman, while the Sapper forwards were more in Seaforth Highlanders, Royal Ulster (Continued Next Column the Chinese "Y" team will probably
Weak Shooting
the limelight and Jordan. Harris Rifles, St. Joseph's College, CentralIt is hoped, however, that the Kow-include the four Poon brothers, and McGrath were seen in several British School and La Salle College loon Branch of the Chinese "Y" also turn out for the Confucian nice movements but they, too, were It was decided that the time avail-will provide five newcomers in Society in the League and who play- weak in shooting.
able was much too short for them order that their European opponed against the Y last Wednesday. two rounds, although this ents will meet some new blood. Continued at foot of preceding Col
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