THE CHINA MAIL, OCTOBER 31, 1938.
Rugby Union President Blames Scrum-Halves POPE BATS Keen
WELL FOR
ARCH-TRANSGRESSORS POLICE
OF SPIRIT OF COMPLEX LAWS
(By HOWARD MARSHALL)
Griffiths Bowls !
Cricket At Valley
Middlesex Defeat Craigengower
Yesterday's whole-day cricket match at Happy Valley between the Police and the Volunteers proved thoroughly enjoyable both on the A feature of the cricket match fleld and off.
between. the Owing to the difficult wicket, Craigengower yesterday, which the Middlesex and
ON Friday the British Rugby team arrive home little good batting was seen, pro-
former won by 8 wickets, was the bowling of Hatfield, who clean bowled six men for 31 in 14 overs.
Northcott was fortunate to be top scorer with 50 nót out, as he was dropped twice before reaching
from South Africa. I hope the red carpet will bably the finest innings of the day be down for them, since they deserve a royal wel-woming from the bat of C. Pope, made an invaluable · 29 for come. On the field they have done far better than Police. Displaying the utmost we dared to hope. Their victory against South brilliantly and was ever the acme double figures. Moody contributed
confidence, Pope hooked and cut Africa in the last Test match was a magnificent of confidence. performance, and I still receive glowing tributes to their style of play by nearly every post.
Off the field they appear to have fulfilled all the high hopes of Major B. C. Hartley, their honorary manager.
One of their” op- ponents said recently: "They have left a wonderful impression on South Africa, not only because of their open and enterprising play throughout the trip, but also as sportsmen of the highest order both on and off the field.”
These are matters of importance, especially at a time when our own authorities are concerned about the ethics of the modern game. If, that is to say,, the modern game has any ethics beyond the dic- tates of expediency, a remark which should land me in a grave trouble.
It is not the sort of remark I would make in responsible moments, though others might. Let us have no mis- understanding about that.
There is in certain quarters -headquarters, if you like- a profound conviction that Rugby football is heading down the primrose path.
a useful 82, which included five fours.
Scores:
CRAIGENGOWER
H. P. Lim, b Hatfield
Most successful Volunteer bowler was R. H. Griffiths. He mixed them up very cleverly and his "googly" which travelled backwards was awarded tremendous applause.A. K. Ismail,. c Northcott, b Pat- Against the accurate bowling of ⚫terson Baker, Volunteer batsmen never D. Hung, b' Hatfield
A. Zimmern, b Hatfield appeared very happy and eight A. T. Lee, b Hatfield wickets fell before the Police total C. W. Lam, b Peal of 101 was passed.
Scores:
POLICE
A. E. Carey, e Baxter, b Souza
L. J. Stephens, c Silva, b Souza C. Pope, Souza, b Soares
P. H. Loughlin, b Souza
T. H. King, e Griffiths, b Baxter A. Kirby, c Griffiths, b Baxter
A. F. Rose, c Soares, b Griffiths B. G. Baker, c Zimmern, b Grif-
fiths
F. Forrest, b Griffiths H. T. Matches, e Griffiths, b Souza T. Pilkington, not out
Extras
Scrum halves, the argument goes, feint as they put the ball in, and vary the speed of propulsion. They put it in crookedly or with spin- In short, they cheat, either de- liberately or because such evasions of the law are nowadays accepted Stoker
"NO CONTROVERSY” I approached this season full of benign intentions. No controversy, I said to myself. Just plain, ob-as part of a scrum half's stock-in Souza jective appreciation of the best trade. game in the world. I feel, more- over, that in this aftermath crisis it is enough to wallow in the simple fact that the game is going
on,
of
OBSTRUCTIONISTS
Baxter
Soares. Silva
Other players are tarred with the
Rapley same brush. Forwards, for exam-Grimths ple, who raise and advance their
er
BOWLING ANALYSIS-A-
27
3.5
0
10
2
E. Souza, c Beadnell, b Peal
6
E. R. Locke, c Weedon, b Painter
18
P. Chatton, not out
3
A. H. Ismail, b Hatfield
1
11
S. R. Solina, b Hatfield
Extras
29
23-
11
134
11
2
5
BOWLING ANALYSIS
7
Patterson
Hatfield
Painter
of Coombes 14 Moody
O. M. R. W.
7 3 8 1
14 6 31 6
6 1 19 -1
50
3 0
18 0
4
1
21
Peal
5
14
2
101
MIDDLESEX
Lt. Man, b Ismail
O. M. R.
W
C. S. M. Northcott, not out
7 2.
19
D
2
29
0
17
15
1
1
10.
0
Sgt. Painter, run out
1
0 Pte. Coombes, l.b.w., b Lee
2
3
L. Cpl. Moody, c Lim, b Ismail
VOLUNTEERS
Pte. Hatfield, c Lee, b Ismail
W. J. Rapley, b Baker E. M. L. Soares, not out
Extras
** Eight for
Lt. Beadnell, st Zimmern, b Ismail 20
Lt. Chiverail, at. Zimmern, b Is-
Lt. Weedon, e Lim, b Ismail
4 Sgt. Paterson, c Hung, b Chatton
LE Peal, lb.w., b Lam
Extras
60
0
10
14
4
I
Lee
Ismail
Lam
27 Chatton
126
P. M. N. da Silva and W. Stoker did
BOWLING. ANALYSIS
O. M. R. W.
70
9.3. 01.
26 40
3. 1, 16
*** ****NNO
12
4
21.
153
BOWLING ANALYSIS
0. M. R. W.
15 1 55 1
16 1
59
2.4 0 13 1
2 0 5 1
YESTERDAY'S RESULTS AND SCORERS
FIRST DIVISION 8 Eastern
Kwong Wah
feet too soon or do not play the ball A. C. Beck, b Baker fairly after a tackle. Obstruction-N. A. E. Mackay, c Pope, b Bak- But no-the more pacific my in-ists who impede the opposing scrum E. Zimmern. b Pope tentions the more bellicose are the half as he comes round the arum-R. H. Griffiths, b Baker events which confront me. And mage. Villains who shove in the G. Souza, b Danbrowsky when ethics in any shape or form line-out or descend to, any of the K. M. Baxter, e Pope, b Danbrow- are the subject of controversy we dozen little tricks with which every R. M. M. King, b Pope
sky touch upon fanaticism, and whirl player is familiar. into battle like dancing dervishes. These unethical practices, it is Ethics it must be, for all that. contended, are strangling the game Ethics, or the lack of ethics, on the like weeds. If, indeed, they are pre- largest scale. Let me first state avalent this may well be so. Rugby point of view. Not an official point football is essentially a simple not bat, of view, though it is most strongly game. It can easily be choked by held by Maj.-Gen. B. A. Hill, the the growth of illegalities. The laws Pope president of the Rugby Union. A are designed to give the player as Baker sincere and interesting one, more-much freedom as possible. If he .Carey over, which does vitally. touch the abuses that freedom or seeks to ex- Danbrowsky
3 0 16 2, future of the game,
tend it destructively, he defeats his
Stephens
31. 4. 0 SPOILT BY TWO THINGS.S own ends. We start-I am quoting, remem-
many an instance of deliberate ob- Every time a player resorts to struction or illegality. There have ber-with the premise that Rugby obstruction or illegality he impedes been players at all periods within football to-day is being spoilt by the free flow of the game, and he memory-no names, no pack-drill (Wong King-kung, (Les Tack-kee & two things in particular the dif- should, I agree, be swept out of it who have achieved an undying Lau Fook-chuen)
Chouk Shek-kam & ficulty of getting the ball fairly into as if he were a foreign body in a notoriety.
Suen Kam-suen). the scrummage, and the closing up waste-pipe.
SECOND DIVISION of the game by over-intensive de-
I have only seen two club matches South China 18th A.A. Bde R.A. I I have every sympathy for those this season, but both of them seem- (Chin' Che-fal) (Lawton). fensive tactics.
elder statesmen who watch the pro-ed to me entirely without machia-wong Wah You may not agree, with this.gress of Rugby football with such vellian blemish. The modern play- wing hung).
Rocha and Chow You may say that the game is anxious and jealous care. They pre-er. as I know him, le no more of a THIRD DIVISION flourishing, with last year's Cal-serve continuity of tradition. They schemer against law and order than Stanley tutta Cup match as your justifica-perpetuate standarde. We listen to his predecessors. The scrummage markers tion: You may argue that the pro- their counsels with willing respect. laws and sub-sections may lead him service or blem of getting the ball into the If they tell us, as some of them do into occasional waywardness, but Roxburghand acrummage is caused entirely by now, that cheating in one form or there the remedy lies in the hands Martin), confusing and unnecessarily com-another is alarmingly on the in-of the law-makers. plex laws.
crease, we are bound to take notice. For the rest, it is perhape
- BLACK SHEEP IN GAME
to have a shake-up like I wonder a little myself whether again. It forces us to the accusation would be substanti heritage. If there ated by a comparison with previous it may lead to their epochs in the game's history. These reminds us, moreover, are black shoop, of course, but there Rugby Union have always been black sheep in vigilance every game. Most of us will recall thi within our own playing experi
Just a moment. There is worse From our premise
to cothese
follow
The laws may
but the spirit of them is plain. And the spirit te constantly being transgressed, with the scrum- half as the arch transgressor,
have
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Eastern
("A" SECTION) Kit Chee (Tae For-luen). Engineers (C.) 2 (Sang Ching-pak and Chong Yong- 6th A A. Big RA. 3 Chan Chung. (2) (McCann Whittle and Balley (own
SECTION)
THIRD DIVISION
Summer