THE CHINA MAIL, FEBRUARY 23, 1938
EXCELLENT DISPLAY BY HOLDERS
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FANLING GOLF
RESULTS
Mixed Foursome Results
The results of the First Round of Club's the Royal Hong Kong Golf Mixed Foursomes competition which was played at Fanling recently were as follow:
W. Woodward
Goldman and Mrs. beat J. M. Tomlinson and Mrs. Mills.
Capt. and Mrs. K. E. Holmes receiv- ed a walk-over from C. C. and Mrs. Stark, scratched.
A. E. and Mrs. Lissaman received
walk-over from Major and Mrs. J. C.
McDonald, scratched.
L. R. Andrewes and Mrs. Whyte
Tate, 4 and 2.
P.K. Hui And Miss Khoo Impressive CLARK'S FINE WIN IN DOUR SINGLE
LAST NIGHT'S BADMINTON TIES
(By "ADREM")
HIGH SCORING
AT H.K.C.C. Volunteers Draw Again
High scoring by both sides, featured the drawn game at the H.K.C.C.
be- yesterday tween the. Volunteers and an eleven from the United Ser- vices.
H. B. Neve and G. Souza were
IF the matches played last night at the Taikoo again prominent for the Corps and Club in the Colony Open Badminton Champion-contributed respectively, 37 and 47 Ships did nothing else and the play could never for o really be described as inspiring-it revealed that it
not out towards their total of 202
Services replied strongly and
Murray and Lt. Godby, they totall---
Smith beat G. R. Cairns and Mrs. is going to take an extremely fine combination to thanks to half centuries by Major dispose of P. K. Hur and Miss U. Khoo, holders, ined 176 for 6 when stumps were the Mixed Doubles event.
Col. and Mrs. H. H. Blake beat A.
H. and Mrs. Guinness, 5 and 3.
Major Gaisford and Miss King beat
R. H. Challinor and Mrs. Skeet, and 2.
OVERSEAS
POSTAL
MATCH
Rifle Shooting Results
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London, Yesterday. The results of the Overseas .303 Rifle Shooting Postal Match for 1937 are as follow:
Duke of Gloucester Challenge Cup
Southern Rhodesia, aggregate
Malay States,
1,
1,120.
2,
Federated
1,099.
15.
agg.
7, Johore, agg. 1,070. 14, Straits Settlements, agg. 1,046.
Hong Kong, agg, 1,022. Wakefield Medals (S.R. "B" Rifles) 1, Southern Rhodesia, agg. 1,018.
2, Federated Malay States, agg.
987.
8,
Hong Kong, agg, 920.
9,
14,
China and Tientsin, agg. 916. Straits Settlements, agg. 887. -Reuter.
drawn.
Scores were as follows:---
VOLUNTEERS
A. L. FISHER AND MISS M. RIBEIRO, ON PAPER, ARE A FAIRLY POWERFUL PAIR AND APPEARED QUITE CAPABLE H. B. Neve, b Whitmarsh OF GIVING THE BRILLIANT UNIVERSITY REPRESENTA-{T. A. Madar, Whitmarsh, b TIVES A GOOD DEAL TO THINK ABOUT.
To say that they were never in struggle after the first half dozen the picture last night would not points.
Coombes
A. Zimmern, b Godby G. Souza, not out
H. Owen Hughes, e Daniels,
Whitmarsh
K. M. Baxter, b Hatfield second A. E. Perry, b Hatfield
W. L. McKenzie, not out
Extras
37
18
23
47
A ONE KNAD LE
15
202
be overstating the case. Hui and That they had no such intention, Miss Khoo, despite the fact that was manifest early in the they dropped 10 aces in the sec-game when the eventual winners. ond game, literally toyed with probably slackened off to some ex-
tent.
Total (for 6 wkts. dec.) them.
Then it was that Miss Ri-
degree, found G. E. R. Divett, A. P. Pereira and This was the first occasion this beiro, to a certaîn
J. H. Fox did not bat. season that I have seen Miss Khoo her touch, and Fisher found the an-
BOWLING ANALYSIS in action-she has, I believe, been swer to Hui's cunning drop after
rushing service. wrapped up in examinations-and, despite a tendency to service weak- ness, which was the one chink in her armour last year, hers was as fine a display of badminton by the "weaker sex" as has been seen for some time.
Hatfield
Mackintosh-Walker
O. M. R. 15
W
2 52
11 - .- 1
-46-
7
0
*27
11 1
41
3
21.
55
UNITED SERVICES
Thereafter numerous services Godby changed hands with no addition to Coombes the score and several fine rallies Whitmarsh roused waning enthusiasm among the fair sprinkling of spectators. The holders of the title never let Major Murray, b Pereira
Lieut. Weedon, e Neve, b Owen how-
Hughes Hui has also raised his game. He go their grasp on the game, picked holes in the opposition with ever, and they went to their points Lieut. Ogle, e and b Pereira such uncanny skill, that the latter for the loss of 10 aces. might very well have been excused if they had given up the unequal
SURVIVAL OF THE FITTEST
Capt. Whitmarsh, e Souza, b. Owen
Hughes Lieut. Godby, b Divett Lieut Douglass, b Owen Hughes. Sergt. Daniels, not out Comdr. Wauchope, not out
Extras
765514
IN SINGLES DUEL In the only singles game, be- tween two Junior players, which served as a curtain-raiser, Clark and Mackay were featured in a dour battle that left both victor Capt. Mackintosh-Walker, Pte. and vanquished in a state of com-Coombes and Pte. Hatfield did not bat. plète exhaustion.
·BOWLING ANALYSIS
Smashing and generally playing
Total (for 6 wkts.)
176
Budweiser
Lager
Bus
WE HAVE BEEN APPOINTED
SOLE AGENTS IN HONG KONG
FOR
BUDWEISER
"THE KING OF CANNED BEERS”
NEVER SAY “CAN'T” SAY “CANNED” AND TRY IT TO-DAY
CAL DBECK'S
0.
M. R. W.
well all-round, Clark won the first Pereira game for the loss of 5 aces without Owen Hughes
Souza
13
2 47
18. 0
63
5 . I.
5
-1
25 15 A
1 12
of a
MATCH CANCELLED
ever being extended. The second Divett game saw a complete turn in the Perry tide and Mackay, by means concentrated lobbing campaign,] kept his opponent penned to the baseline and waited for errors. The match arranged for to-day Clark made them and the Kowloon between Craigengower and the Tong player went out in the most Middlesex Regiment has been Can- comfortable manner.
celled. When Mackay started the final game by taking a lead ways hard-pressed by their op- of 5 2, it seemed Clark ponents, they won the second quite had shot his bolt. This was comfortably. far from the case, however, and far A. Keown and Miss Cunningham, from being beaten, he rallied played pluckily against the formid. [strongly and took the lead. This able combination of J. L. Anderson alternated until 11-all was called, and Miss M. Griffiths, but were. when Mackay collected three points never in the picture and were only to get without an ace of game and able to secure 7 aces in the two match.
games. Keown scored on several
With the game seemingly over, occasions with some really excel-
lent cross-court backhand flicks but Clark pulled out all his reserve re- sources, "setted" and eventually his was a hopeless task through- won the next three aces for a well-out. deserved victory.
S. W. Clark beat N; A. E. Mackay ANDERSON AND M188 GRIFFITHS 15—5, 7—15, 1714. ARE FORMIDABLE COMBINATION
G. A. Smith and F. Kwok beat F.
RESULTS
Tsang and J, A. Chen 15——12, 15—6.
J. L.Anderson and. Miss M. Griffiths
G. A. Smith and Frank Kwok, of St. John's, were much too, steady for F. Tsang and J. Chen, of Kow- beat A. Keown, and Miss Cunningham loon Tong and St. Teresa's, and 15—1, 15—6.
... P. K. Hul and Miss Ulian Khoo beat after having a bit of struggle in A. L. Fisher and Miss M. Ribeiro 16-2, the first game, when they were al-15-10-
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