EASTERN'S TOUR TO MANILA
P.A.A.F. WANT THEM
EARLIER
H.K.F.A. SUPPORT PROJECT
THE CHINA MAIL, MARCH
1957
KWOK STAGES FINE
RECOVERY
SECURES SINGLES MATCH AFTER SET DOWN
F. V. HARRISON'S FINE WIN FRANK KWOK won his singles match against C. P. Ip in the Colony Tennis championship Eastern Athletic Association, yesterday, but at one period he must have had very who have accepted the invitation grave doubts as to the outcome. After losing the of the Philippine Amateur Ath-first set in quick time, he had the measure of a
tiring opponent and thereafter never appeared in gles Lawn Tennis Championship at any great danger of defeat even when in the final stanza, Ip won three games in a row, to take the lead at 4-3.
letic Federation to play a series
of soccer games in Manila, have now been asked to make the trip at an earlier date than April 22 within the first or second
week.
Eastern having made their plans to leave the Colony on April 22, cannot make new ar- rangements now as they have not the time at their disposal.
The Hong Kong Football Asso- ciation have notified the Eastern Athletic Association that the Man- agement Committee have no objee- tion to the tour, and rather foster the idea of a well-conducted tour being carried into effect.
Athletic have two outstanding First Division League fixtures to play off before they can leave the Colony. They must meet Kowloon Football Club and the Kowloon Chinese Football Club.
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Ip adopted the right tactics from the start, and by means of
the
F. H. Kwok, above, Second Bound of the Colary. Sin-
the HK.CC. yesterday.
COLONY LAWN TENNIS
a vicious chop which nearly always kept low, he took the net at CHAMPIONSHIPS
every opportunity, forcing Kwok to make his strokes hurriedly with disastrous results to his accuracy:
The loser, probably because he was not equipped to do so, never attempted to hit the ball and his "dolly" service which just dropped over the net, gave Kwok little opportunity to exploit his top-spin forehand drive.
Fixtures For Next Week
The following are the Colony Lawn Tennis, Championship fixtures for the
After winning the first set, Ip, gave one the impression that he felt he had done enough for the
GOOD OVERHEAD day and simply gave the second
Ip was remarkably reliable over away. He came
back fairly head and I never saw him make one strongly in the final stanza, but mistake in this department. His by that time Kwok was evident-best ground stroke was a low ly feeling more confident and chopped drive up the sidelines was content to return everything which was most difficult to retrieve.
and wait for his opponent to coming week: make mistakes.
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MONDAY
Open Singles Championship R. L. Withington P. G. Lee. J. D. Mine y Leong Ping chin. W. J. Howard J. D. Holmes B: OM. Dežne v GE Clarke
Open Doubles Championship D. Bickson and H. G. Bowerman v
S. S. Hussain and S. A. Hussain. hanger Lt. Cmdr. Rump and C. Raven-
Chan Kam-moon and Chak Kam-
Kwok's forehand drive again won him numerous points and ΟΙ hill many occasions when ip made ill- advised advances to the net, he passed him with the greatest of
ease.
A. Warr, former Army champion, had not the experience or the strokes to extend S. W. Liang. He was beaten in straight sets and al- though he played pluckily, was never in the same class as the win- ner. Liang, playing well within himself, gave
a polished display, his backhand being especially good.
HUSSAIN'S EASY WIN” –
S. S. Hussain, of the Kowloon In- dian's Tennis Club received no op- position from Wei Chung and only conceded two games.
Gosano and A. V. Remedios v Ma Nai-kwong and Li Kwan-bang.
Cinb Chammonship H. Owen-Hughes T. C. Monoghan
Club Handicap Singles C. C. Clark († 26) v. C. (-16).
TUESDAY
Open Singles Championship E C. Fincher v.P. F. Tsoi
Open Doubles Championship T. C. Lan and H. N Lee y Ng Sze- kwong and Hon Luen-fung
R. L. Withington and 3. D. Milne Wong Fuk-nam and Lai Kwai-fun
Cham-
Club Singles Championship: W. A S. Grant y J. F. Leys.
Club Handicap Singles v. R. Gordon (scr.) v© GPS- bers (+36)
0. A. Hansen (726) ▼ J. F. L Smalley (-26) –
F. V. Harrison is going to be a decided asset to the Cricket Club in the Tennis League. He has a vic-v tory over the much-improved GE B. Divett to his credit, and yester day beat A. C. I. Bowker, who is no mean exponent of the game.
Club Handicap Doubles A. H. Penn and J. R. Collis (+15) E. H. Williams and L. P.. Andrewes (436)
M. Pagh and M Thomson (-5.6) O.E. C. Marton and D. B. Evans (15.4)
Club Mixed Doubles W. Wooding and Miss Ward v J. C.
and Miss Allen
D. S. Robb and A. H. McBride had a rare struggle in the Handi-Pool cap Singles, 44 games being played before Robb emerged victorious
RESULTS
Open Singles
S. S. Enssain beat Wei Chung
60.
WEDNESDAY
Open Singles Championship Wer Chung or S. S. Hussain Shute
RL Withington or P, Tani Wai-pui
F. HL. Kwok beat C. P. Ip 2-6, 6-2, M. Pagh 7 I. W. Lee
S.W. Liang beat A Warr &
Club Championship
F. V. Harrison beat A. C. L Bowker
don beat J. C. Pool
Club Handicap Singles:
D. S. Robb beat A. E. McBride 6—8, 9–7
Club Handicap Doublen J. Rodger and G. S. Rodger beat C. Stark and F. A. Joseph 6-3,
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Club Singles Champ
A. K. Mackenzie val. F. Leys A. S. Grants r
Club Handicap
W. Wooding (+3.6)
ton (116)
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Capt. Corringery Wong Shin wing
Cinb Singles Championship
G Polgase ▼ J. ThomsoIT
Club Handicap Singles ACL Bowker (scr-) ▼ W. Stoker
(+36)
Club Handles Bonbles FG. Nigel and -E- ((+46) ▼ E. M. Bryden and Bobb (+15)
FV. Harrison and C(56) v R. H. Griffiths and.
Selby (+36)
Club Handicap Doubles
Redmond and L3 Richardson and R-M.. Wood
Club Mixed Doubles
-L. Bowker and Mrs. Collis
and Mrs. cod.
*T. C. Monoghan, and (−5.6) ▼ G. S. Chambers
THURSDAY
Open Singles
H. D. Rumjahn v. Chan Kam-bang -Lee Wai-tong ÿ S. A. Grzy
Open Doubles Champie
W Sewell and T. C. Monorka Warr, and G. EL Clarke
Nickson and H.-G. Bowerman, or A Hussain and S. A. Efgesin v. 1> 11. Shute nad K-Sho
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