THE CHINA MAIL, FEBRUARY 20, 1957.
RECREIO “A” SCOTLAND FAVOURED FOOTBALL
BADMINTON CHAMPIONS?
Trounce Free Lances Last Night
T. MADAR IN VERY
GOOD FORM
Only two matches were played in the Mixed Doubles Badminton League last night, which result- ed very much as expected. At King's Park, Recreio "A," the
AGAINST ENGLAND CLASSIC
"SUNDAY
TO-MORROW
HERALD" WALES WILL MEET
CLASSIC TO-MORROW
NAVY PLAYERS FEATURED
(By "ROVER”)
IRELAND
GRAND GAME IS ANTICIPATED
Wales, represented by the Royal Welsh Fusiliers' team, with the exception of North, of will meet Ireland, composed of the senior team of the Royal Ulster Rifles, on the Kowloon Football Club ground to-
champions, had little difficulty in PROVIDING the fine weather we have been the Police,
disposing of the Free Lances, only
experiencing lately prevails to-morrow, an conceding one set in the process. excellent soccer game should be witnessed in the
of the Sunday Herald Inter-
By their victory, the Portuguese semi-final round of the "Sunday Herald" Inter-morrow in the Semi-Final round combination have been virtually as- national Charity Cup Competition between Eng
land and Scotland, on the Club ground.
sured of the title.
St. John's reversed the result of
their previous encounter with Kow-| loon Tong and won by 6 sets to 3. T. A. Madar, the Interport cricket- er, who made his debut in this di- vision, performed creditably in partnership with Mrs. Castro to win two sets and carry the score against the winner's first string to 19 before admitting defeat.
EASY VICTORY
At King's Park. Club de Recreio "A" beat Free Lances by 8 set to 1. M. A. Oliveira and Miss M. Silva (Recreio "A")
beat J. L. Anderson and Miss
M. Griffiths
21-12
beat A L Fisher and Miss A.
Mackenzie
21-6 21-12
beat W. Shute and Mrs. Shute
L A. Carvalho and Miss O. Ribeiro (Recreio "A")
beat Anderson and Griffiths
beat Fisher and Mackenzie
beat Shute and Shute
lost Anderson and Griffiths
TO
national Charity Cup Competi- tion, and as these teams shared THE ENGLAND TEAM. ALTHOUGH NOT FA
the points in a goalless draw in.. WIN, IS A POWERFUL ONE AND SHOULD FULLT PEND their first meeting in the Senior THE STRONG SCOTLAND ELEVEN, WHICH HAS THIS SEA- League, this game should be SON BEEN CONSIDERABLY STRENGTHENED BY THE AR-very interesting. RIVAL IN THE COLONY OF THE SEAFORTH HIGHLANDERS. Ireland have brought in Wil- The Scottish team's strength will lie in its intermediate line, son, of the Rifles Juniors in where Cooke, McKusker and Williamson, the Seaforth halves, place of Stevens, the Rifles' left- should prove a constant worry to the English attack.
back, who will play for England, Their attack, however, has and though the former may not been broken up and the Sea-be as good at the latter, he forths will be represented here should perform well as he has by Ayres, on the right-wing, and played with the seniors before. Miller. at centre-forward, al Campbell, the Interport pivot, though the three remaining will fill that position, while in the members are likely to add con-forward line, Moore will lead the siderable thrust. Howlett's in-attack with Ferguson, on the left- clusion at inside-right is invalu-wing, and Irwin, on the right. Kil- fixable, because of his splendid len and Docherty will be the inside forwards and as this forward line overhead work, while Wilson has been playing together for some and Knox, on the left-wing, time, they should be very danger- should give the England right-ous. back (Webster) and right-half |
“ROVER'S”? FOOTBALL FORECAST
The following are the Football 21 4oured teams in pronounced black type
TO-DAY
tures for the week-end with the fav-
21-12 21-11
J. J. Remedios and Miss C. Silva Eastern
(Recreio “A”)
beat Fisher and Mackenzie. beat Shute and Shute"
17-21 RIFLES
FIRST DIVISION
SEAFORTHS (Causeway Bay, 4.15 p.m.)
St. Joseph's (Chatham Road, 415 p.m.)
CLUB.
21-9 21-7Kloon Chinese
Kow-Athletic
MADAR'S FINE DEBUT At St. John's Cathedral Hall, loon Tong were defeated by St. John's by 6 sets to 3.
David Kwok and Miss M. McCaw (St. John's)
beat K C. Hoo and Miss T..
Gonzales
24-19
beat T. A. Madar and Mrs. Cas-
tro
21-19
beat R E. Lee and Miss M.
Xavier
beat Hoo and Gonzales
lost to Madar and Castro ... 21-24 beat to Lee and Xavier
(Sookunpoo, 4.15 p.m.) T KOWLOON
(Kowloon, 4.15 pm) FUSILIERS
Navy (Prince Edward Road, 4.15 p.m.)
SECOND DIVISION
V SEAFORTHS (Causeway Bay, 2.45 VLYEMUN
MIXED ATTACK
NORTH'S INCLUSION
(E. Strange) an anxious time. The inclusion of North, of the Police, in the Welsh team has caus- England's attack is a mixed one ed a reshuffling of the forward line. with two valuable Navy players in Evans, the Battalion's left-half, has Le Page, on the right-wing, and been moved to centre-forward with Wride, leading the attack. The lat Sullivan, the regular centre-for- ter is probably the most versatile ward, at inside-right. Coakley will instead of soccer player in the Navy side be on the right-wing, i here and in the attack is very dan-Parry, who has been dropped. p.m.)gerous by reason of his splendið Talbot and Roberts will be on the
ball-control and deadly shooting. left wing. Fowler, of the Club, will be seen at It will be recalled that the Welsh inside-right, which is a new posi-team entered the semi-final round tion for him, but his bustling when they defeated the much fan- methods and powerful shooting cied Portuguese team by 3 goals to 1 should make him one of the most and fielded a team consisting dangerous forwards on display. El-Third Division players! liott, who leads the Club attack, will be at inside-left, where he and Bickford should make a sound com- bination.
Easterz
Rifles
(Chatham Road, 2.45 pm) Kloon Chinese v CLUB.
(Sookunpoo, 2.45 p.m.)
NAVY
21-14
Fusiliers Roland Koh and Miss M. Smith. (St. John's).
(Prince Edward Road, 245 p.m.) 21-19 Chinese Police v S'CUTTERS
(King's Park, 2.45 p.m.)
→ KOWLOON - A 21-17 Athletic
(Kowloon, 2.45 p.m.) THIRD DIVISION Chinese Police v
Service Corps
LIGA
G. A. Smith and Mrs. Penney (St. John's)
beat Hoo and Gonzales.
lost to Madar and Castro lost to Lee and Xavier
24-21 12--21 7--21
COLONY BADMINTON CHAMPIONSHIPS
LIEW AND YANG SUCCEED
*
AIR FORCE (St. Joseph's 2.15 p.m.)
SEAFORTHS (Happy Valley, 4.15 p.m.) St.-Joseph's (St. Joseph's. 2.45 p.m.) TO-MORROW SUNDAY HERALD CUP··
England
[SCOTLAND
Wales
Fusiliers
(Club, 3.30 p.m.) IRELAND (Kowloon, 3.30 p.m.) THIRD DIVISION
ORDNANCE
Speed will be the keynote of to- morrow's play and on current form, individually and collectively, the Scotland team should emerge win-
ners.
(Prince Edward Road, 415 p.m.) European Police RECREIO
(King's Park, 245 p.m.)|tain}. Kumaon Rifles v KWONG WAH
(Prince Edward Road, 2.45 p.m.)
of
Wales:- Rowland; Wheeler and Keating, North, Wanklyn and Taylor, Coakley,. Sullivan, Evans, Talbot and Roberts.
Ireland:Connor, Pickering, Wilson; McGonigal, Campbell, Millers Irwin, Moore, Killen. Doherty, Fergusson.
INTERNATIONAL RUGBY CLASHES THIS AFTERNOON The following are the teams:
(Continued from Page 18). England Church (Navy); Webster all Triangular Tournament players (Seaforths) and S. Strange (Club); E. of outstanding calibre. Strange (Club), Jones (Navy) and Messrs. D. W. MacEwen "and" Parker (Police); Le Page (Navy), F. Fowler (Club), Wride (Navy), Elliott win will officiate as referees (Club) and B. L Bickford (Club) (Cap- the two matches.
THE TEAMS Reserves Warren (Navy) (Back); England J. P. Whitham; G. K. A. S. Bliss (Kowloon) and K. Forrow Chadwick, EL D. Bidwell, Lt. Davenport (Club) (Half-hacks).
and A. B. Northcott; A H. R. Butcher with Kew playing.well, the Univer (Club), Steele (Seaforths);
Scotland: Bodger (Club); Hill (Captain) and Sgt. Eves; Mne. Dum- Cooke bleton, W. E. Peers, E. R. A. Bevis; sity pair lost badly 4-15. After (Seaforths), McKasker (Seafortas) LH Bradford. A. W Holden; J. A. trailing the scores until 11 all the Williamson (Seaforths); Avers (Sea-Redman, Lt. Mayden, R.N., Cpl. Har winners pulled out all their big forths), Howlett (RE) Miller (Sea- rison.
forths), Wilson (Club) and Knox Ireland Tel. Dufty: L/Cpl Hyam, After a great tussle in St. An-guns and captured the final set
(Kowloon).
Lt. Harvey, R.N. (Captain), B. J. Gal- drew's Church Hall, K. S. Liew and 1513
Reserves Back L/CPL Campbelllagher, D. Hynes, Pte. Rainey and J. K. L. Yong defeated H. Kew and E.
(Seaforths) half-backs, Pte. Spiers E. Henderson; A B. Bartlett, Lt. Lin- (Seaforths) and Pte. Adams (Sea- coln, Ldg. Tel.-Crabb; B. Hyuga, O. A. fortas) forwards. Pte. McGuigan Dyer, E. A Lynch, Capt. Gillespie and (Seaforths) and Pte. Jamieson (Ses B. O'M Deane.
H. KEW SHINES FOR LOSERS
Kew Outstanding
all-round display.
Scotland It: MacLagen, K.-A. Munro, L Forbes, W. El Grieve, L Murray; J. Hutchison and J. L. Bonnar (Captain); Pte. Maclachan. J. S. Dim- nett, L/Cpl. Richardson; -L/Cpl Wal-
F. Fincher, a "seeded" pairing by Kew, despite an inability to "kill" two sets to one in the Colony Don-the short ones, gave the best per bles Badminton Championship. formance of the evening. His part-forths)....
The winners started in great ner also played well, but was erra- style and taking an early lead, setic with his smashing. cured the set to eight. Both Liew At Kowloon Tong, the potential and Yong smashed devastatingly champions, T. C. Lee and P. K. Hai, K S. Liew and K. L. Yong (Uni-lace. L/Cpl Mine; 2/Lt. MacLagen, K. and with their opponents taking won against A. Chan and N. A. Eversity "A") best H. Kew and EA. Watson and A. G. Dalziel time to settle down, were unstop-Mackey, very much as they liked F Fincher (St. Andrew's pable.
and only conceded six aces in two 15-8, 4-15, 15-13.
Scores
Wales: Fus. Phillips: Fus. Jones, "A")L/Cpl (52) Davies Lieut. J. A. M. Rice-Evan,Fus, Wilkins, Fux Floyd and Fus. Preece, ER. A Evans, Eus. Bebb. A F Walkden. Col. (48)-Day- ies. Fus. Morgan, P Humphreys and Fur Hoolahan.
In the second set Yong, who had sets. A feature of their game was TC Lee and P. K. Hui beat N. in the afternoon, played a game of powerful smashing from all parts A. E. Mackay and A. Chan (Kow- Boccer, fell off in his smashing andlot the court, and they gave a fine loon Tong 15-2, 15