SERVICES BOXING DRAW WITH POLICE
(By HAROLD LEWIS)
THE CHINA MAIL
In an exciting finish, the Im-, won six times, and have drawn four
times.
ers with such records. the number of perial Services boxing team drew
The Services' chances seemed to have panches thrown out with eyes shut and with the police of Great Britain vanished entirely when, in the ninth head ducked was extraordinary. and Ireland at six wins each in bout, L-Bdr. Brayley (RA) had to re-
PC. Vickery, of the famous Derby their annual match at the Albert tire after the third round against Pc squad, and a young Coldstreamer, Marshall (Royal Ulster Constabulary) Guardsman Lear, put up a terrific fight Hall, London, last night.
As it happened, with some of their through an eye injury. (The fights, by which lasted less than two rounds. the way, were all of six two-minute Both were hitters first and last Vic- men, unlucky through cuts, and others
rounds.)
kery was rather short, but Lear looked out-classed, the Services were at one time losing by six matches to three In the first of the heavy-weight a fine, eager young athlete who knew and needed to win the last three to tie fights Cpl. Porter, runner-up in the little of defence. All three concluding bouts were for A.B.A. championships this year, beat won by the Services. The Police have champion, on points, and for two box-
ENGLAND
SELECTORS EYE ON EM McRAE
Mycock In Motor Smash
BRUCE LOCKHART SECURES "BLUE"
(By HALF-BACK)
heavy-weights, and all three were duly Pc Deats, the Metropolitan Police Varley (RAF) beat Pc. W. Dumble-and West to-morrow - will hav*
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London, November 12. County games in the North
their usual effect on many of the club sides, though none is likely to be so badly hit as Mose- ley were last Saturday, when the North Midlands claimed nine of their players.
I was intrigued to hear the other day that the England selec tors are most interested in F M McRae of St. Mary's Hos- [pital who plays for Somerset. I saw McRae play in the centre for he London Irish against the Portsmouth Services in the first match of the season and I was most impressed
With a name like McRae, this young centre should be either Scots or North of Ireland, but precedent goes
to show that that need- not deter the England selectors should they think him good enough for a trial invitation. The list of Scots, Welshmen, Irishmen, South Africans, Russians, &c., who have played for England is too imposing for quotation.
WORTH TRIAL
ay, McRae is worth a trial by any country.
The "needle" game in Town will be between the Harlequins and Richmond, which will probably draw a big crowd at Twickenham
The Quins will be without My- cock, the Lancashire forward, but so will Lancashire, for he is now in hospital recovering from a mo tor smash on the Watford by-pass last Sunday night. He will be out of the game for several weeks.
The Cambridge captain, J.-D. Low, has awarded a Blue to R. B. Bruce Lockhart, the Edinburgh Academy stand-off half who was capped for Scotland against Ireland last season,
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ton (Derby), disqualified 4th rd.
Welter-Weight-P. V. Evans (Not- tingham) outpointed Pfe A Gait (9th Middlesex Regt, TA), Cpl Chick (1st Welsh Gds.) best Pc. D. Evans (Met. Police) in 2nd rd, fight stopped /
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Middle-Weight Pe E. Smith (Der- by) beat A. B. White (BN.) in and rd., fight stopped, Pc J. A. McKillop (Motherwell) beat- StokerStorall (B.N.), retired 5th rd, - PC (Met. Police) outpointed Lee wards (2nd King's Regiment) Light Heavy-Weight-Col (B.AF) outpointed W. H (Derby) Pe A Ford (Derb pointed Mne. Sanders (RM); Marshalle (2. Ulster Consb.) L/Bdr. Brayley (B.A.), rtd 3rd ** Heavy-Weight — Lt. A R
(R.A. T.A.) outpointed P. G. L. Sper (Derby); Gdsman WH Eear (Co stream Gos) beat PGALV (Derby)retired 2nd rd-- ColsA (Argyll and Sutherland Hight Coutpointed B. Deats (Met