ARMY RUGBY SEVENS WON BY FUSILIERS "A"
Fine Afternoon's Sport
SAPPERS REACH
THE FINAL
A very enjoyable afternoon's, on the Polo sport was witnessed
ground yesterday, when the Hong Kong Area held their annual Rug- by Seven-A-Side Tournament, which resulted in a win for the Fusiliers" "A" team over the Royal Engineers by three goals and a try (18 points) to nil, in a very excit- ing encounter.
The whole of the 11 games play- ed, which constituted the first, sec- ond, semi-final and final rounds, produced very fine sport and al- though the ultimate winners were
THE CHINA MAIL, FEBRUARY 27, 1957.
"H. Ellsworth Vines, left, and Fred Perry, the former Wimbledon champion, have met in a series of matches all over the United States and the former is at present leading by 11 matches to 10. Perry joined the professional ranks last December and may be seen at the Wembley Pool next. May.
much too strong for the remainder GOOD SENIOR
of the teams,
they nevertheless
were extended in the final by the SOCCER LEAGUE
Sappers, who were, however, too tired from
games.
useful side, but their main worry is a goalkeeper. Several have been tried in this position and this week S. Bucks, from the Juniors, will be given a trial. This player is
their three preceding GAME TO-MORROW handicapped by a lack of height,
Saints Fielding
New Lineup
NAVY ARE MUCH
Three first round encounters were held, the Fusiliers "D" eliminating the: Medical Corps by a solitary try scored by Griffiths, while the Fus- iliers "A" were conceded a walk- over by the 5th A.A. Bde. "B" team... The Sappers surprisingly proved too strong for the Seaforths “A” and won by two goals and two tries (16 points) to nil, Duncan the various divisions of the Hong
STRONGER
CORRESPONDENCE-
INTERNATIONAL HOCKEY
To The Editor, "China Mail") Sir, In view of the Tocal International Hockey Tour ment, would appreciate it if will allow me a little space valuable paper to make a gestions in selecting India
First of all, would member from each club; Kowloon Indian Tennis Sports Club H
SP
Rifles and Indian Police teams for trak and the best team to represe
Secondly, may the best for the best position play
country, and do not let personal feeling prevent them from selecting a strong team, so that they can win the International tournament.
of hockey and being a strong sup
I am a very enthusiastic follower
porter of India, I would suggest that the following team is the strongest India can field:-
M. Ramzan (KIT.C.); Tegunder Singh (Police) and Kishen but is nimble and fast on his feet
|(HKSRA); Tara Singh and displays great promise.
S.R.A.), M. Hassan (Radio), and A. M. Omar will lead the for- Mohinder Singh (Radio); Khada wards, while D. Leonard will oc-Bux (HKSRA), Awtar Singh cupy the pivotal position. A. Hus- (Radio), Pyara Singh (KITC.), sain will partier Costa at full-
Narain Singh (Kuomoan) and Pa- back. These changes have no doubt Pataub (Kuomoan), Res: L B. Kit- greatly stiffened the Saint's de-
chell (Radio). fence, but at the same time have
Eight games will be played in weakened the attack.
Hockey Fan.
South China are playing Yau to field a good team and have no (2), Harrison and Boyling scoring Kong Football League to-morrow Wah-hing in place of Lim Tak-po, difficulty against the Athletic, who tries, Capt. Gillespie converting the and by far the most interesting is the pivot. Ng Po-kui will be at in- have in the past depended on Lee first two.
the encounter between a reorganis-side-left, otherwise the team is un-Tak-kee and Tang Kwong-sum to
pull them through. ed St. Joseph's team and South changed China "E", who are still in the
FINE SOLO EFFORT. In the remaining first round clash the Rifles beat the 5th running for the Championship, at
Bde. “A” team by a goal and a try (8 points) to nil, Beasley scoring after a fine solo effort to add the goal points, while Lt. Lincoln com- pleted the tally with an unconverted try.
verted
Sookunipoo.
In spite of recent suspensions, the Saints are still able to field a
Much will depend on the Saints's The games in the Junior division wing halves in this game and if should result as forecasted, though they can improve in their feeding, the encounter between the much- improved Ordnance team and the the Saints should do well.
With more players at their dis-Air Force appears to be the most posal, the Navy should now be able interesting.
SPALDING
BADLY FUMBLED In the other game the Sappers were fully extended by the 8th The second round saw the Fus-Heavy Bde. and only managed to iliers "C" eliminate the Seaforths enter the final by a try by Duncan, "B" by
wo goals and a try (13in the opening half, although Lt. points) nil, Stride (2) and Phil- Davenport came near to giving the lips scoring, while two were con- Gunners victory when he broke through only to see his resultant The Fusiliers "A" displayed their pass badly fumbled by a colleague true colours in their Second Round with the line a yard or two away. encounter against the Fusiliers The final proved conclusively "D", whom they beat by four tries that four games of Seven-a-side (12 points) to nil, Lt. Rice-Evans Rugby in an afternoon was (2), Barry and Bebb scoring, al-much and the Sappers were evident- though Floyd and Davies werely feeling the strain of their pre- brilliant and made the openings vious encounters when they clashed from which the scores resulted with the Fusiliers Morgan was also in form
HARRISON'S
too
Although SPALDURA”
the latter would have won in any
case.
scoring
The Sappers experienced little Fusiliers opened the difficulty in their Second Bound when Morgan cleverly dribbled the match, beating the Rifles by a goal ball over and Preece added the goal- and two tries (11 points) to nil, points. Lt. Rice-Evans then broke Harrison scoring all three tries, away and outpaced his fast tiring and Gillespie adding the goal points opponents for a score wide of the for one of thern
posts which Floyd falled to improve upon.
GOOD SIDE OUT
The first surprise of the after noon arrived when the 8th Heavy Bde. upset all calculations by beat- The second half saw Davies over ing the Fusiliers "B" by two tries after a great burst of speed, Floyd (6 points) to a goal (5 points), adding the goal-points and just be- Pritchard dashing over in the secfore the end Preece broke clean ond-half for a last minute score away on the blind side for a fine Finlay opened the Gunners score, try which Floyd once again improv- but Wilkins broke through for ated upon fine score which Kelshaw improved At the conclusion, Lieut. Col. D. upon.
M. Barchard, Officer Commanding. The Semi-Final Round provided the 2nd Battalion, Royal Welch two very close and exciting strug-Fusiliers, presented a Cup, donated gles. In the top half, Fusiliers by Messrs. Mamak and Co. to Lt. “A” beat Fusiliers “C” by a goal Rice-Evana, captain of the winning and a try (8 points) to nil, Floyd team. Lieut. Col Barchard said scoring on both ccasions and that a very enjoyable afternoon had Preece converting one of them. All been spent by players and specta- the winning team played.
altors alike, and that the former had though Rice-Evans passing was upheld the best traditions of Rugby] not all it should have been
in some very exciting encounters.
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