THE CHINA MAIL, JANUARY 16, 1939
ANGLO-SCOTS
George Roberts (Watsonians)- has been selected to play at full- back for Scotland, against Wales, in their International Rugby Cham- pionship classic on Saturday, February 4, at Cardiff.
SCOTLAND'S FIFTEEN TO MEET WALES
FOUR NEW CAPS
London, To-day. Following last Saturday's final Scottish trial in which the Rest! of Scotland beat Scotland by 17 points to 8, the following were selected to represent Scotland against Wales, at Cardiff, Saturday, February 4, in the see- ond of the International Cham- pionship fixtures:
George Roberts (Watson- fans): *J. B. Craig (Heriot's F. P.), D. J. Macrae (St. Andrew's University), J. G. S. Forrest (Cambridge University) and W. N. Renwick (Edinburgh Wan- derers); R. W. Shaw (Glasgow High School F. P.) and A. N. Other; *G. H. Gallie (Edin- burgh Academicals), *R. W. Sampson (London Scottish). *W. Purdle (Jedforest); G. B. Horsburgh (London Scottish), A. Roy (Waterloo); W. B. Young (King's College Hospi- tal), P. L. Duff (Glasgow Academicals) and W. H. Craw- ford (United Service).
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MRS. KELLA WINS K.C.C. TOURNEY
Forty took part in Kowloon Cric-| ket Club's mixed doubles tennis tournament yesterday, and the prize-winners were:
Ladies-1, Mrs, Kella (38 games); 2, Mrs. Smeby (87 games); 3. Mrs. Crabb and Mrs. Nobbs (36 games).
Men's 1, A. L. Fisher (41 games); 2, R. T. Broadbridge (40 games); 3. F. Fabel and H. W. Crabb (37 games).
The tournament was organised on the progressive system with sliding handi-: cap, and was decided on 12 sets of five games each.
Harker,
Others who took part were: Mes4 dames Langley, Burnett, Nicholls, Clarke, Fisher, Hazell, Lubeseder, White (A. H.), Stainfleld, Blandford, Coombs and Kella, Misses Broadbridge, and Messrs. Gillard, Smeby, Nicholls, Wilkinson, Wilcox, Hazell, Lubeseder, White (A. H.), Tac- chi, Nobbs, Coombs, Nash. Kella, Bur- son, Blyth, Perry and Williams.
Two big international swimming contests are planned for the coming season. On July 16 and 17 a match has been arranged between this coun- try and Denmark at the Empire Pool. Wembley. Later in the same month the second match in the biennial series between England and Germany will be held.
RUGBY
DUAL PURPOSE
Should
Help Selectors With XV To Meet Malaya
(By "REFEREE”)
FINAL'S
Although a spate of scoring featured that was, that although it was every
CLUB RUGBY INTERPORTER LEAVING FOR HOME
J. Redman, 'Club's Interport Rugby wing-forward, is shortly leaving the Colony for England on leave and will be away for about 8. en months. 'Redman intends to travel Home by Air.
the semi-final round matches in the bit as strong, individually, as the dualism by Boe and, at times by Hut- local International Rugby series, some Navy's Triangular Tournament back chinson, who will not be given similar very interesting performances were division, there was lacking those clean opportunities when they encounter brought to light, particularly by play-sweeping passing bouts which proved England, on Saturday. The Welsh ers on the wrong end of the score the undoing of both Club and Army, men provided little opposition-honce board.
in the series,
the big score. There is little doubt that the final
*. * ** next Saturday between England and Ireland were unfortunate in not Scotland will provide one of the out- having the service of Lt. Skelton and standing matches, that is providing Lt. Webster, both Navy players. Skel- both teams are at full strength. ton was at the match, but merely as a
spectator.
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The have arranged for the first
Rugby Selection Committee Colony England, with a powerful
trial to be held on Wednesday, Janu three- quarter line and excellent full-back,
ary 25, but with the cream of Rugby There was one strange incident talent on display next Saturday, there nover looked in real danger of being concerning a Welsh player who turned is no reason why the England-Scotland beaten by Ireland, and it will take out for Ireland because the latter team International final should not serve a good side to lower their colours, Al happened to be short of players, yet dual purpose, as the majority of first though Talbot and Lang were not the player concerned was one of their class players are contained in these ideally suited to one another, the lat-outstanding forwards and should have two teams. ter made the most of his opportunities played for Wales, who were forced to in the first half and should improve in bring in several newcomers at the last later matches, Lang, like many other minute! Army centres and halves, has the un- happy knack of hanging onto the ball a trifle longer than necessary, but he should soon mend this fault.
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There was one remarkable feature about England's threesuarter line, and
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Scotland amassed the biggest total of this season and probably of the past few seasons, when they beat Wales by 48 points to 6. Their back division and halves were in splendid fettle, but there was too much indivi-
THE STYMIE
By BEST BALL Bobby Jones always considered the stymie part and parcel of the game of golf, a rub of the green and oftentimes the player's penal- ty for putting short of the objec-. tive. Jones possessed considerable skill in manipulating stymie shots by chipping his ball over the one in front and into the hole. His method of doing this is illustrated above. However rule 31, under Putting Green, now provides that shots of this nature where the balls lie so close together or one ball is within six inches of the hole, will no longer be necessary.
Rule 31 (1), as altered, now provides:
"When the balls are on the put- ting green and the nearer ball lies- within six inches of the hole, or
GRAPHIC GOLE
BALL NEAREST
HOLE IN POSITION BELOW
MAY NOW
BE LIFTED
NEW STYMIE
RULE OF U.S.G.A
5-13
one ball lies within six inches of the other (the distance in both cases to be measured from the nearest points), the ball lying nearer to the hole may, at the op- tion of either the player or the op- ponent, be lifted until the other ball is played, and the lifted ball shall then be replaced as near as possible to the place where it lay, If either ball bé accidentally mov- ed in complying with this Rule, no penalty shall be, incurred and the ball so moved shall be replaced."
The change adopted specifically requires that both balls be on the putting green (all ground except hazards within twenty yards of the hole being played) in order for a player to lift the nearer ball when
within six inches of the hole or of the other ball; the change elimin- ates doubt as to whether a ball within six inches of the hole may be lifted no
matter where the other ball is.
A player is still layed a stymie however if, "on the putting green, the opponents' ball lies in the line of his putt to the hole provided the balls be not within six inches of each other and the nearer ball be not within six inches of the hole." (Copyright 1938, The Bell Syndicate, Inc.)
Wednesday-Improving One's Swing
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Among probable trial players in the England team are Lt. Stevens (full-back), G. K. Chadwick (left- wing threequarter), H. D. Bidwell left centre threequarter), P. 0. Askwith (right-centre threequar- ter), Sgt. Lang (stand-off-half). W. E, Peers (hooker or second row for- ward), while probable players. in the Scotland team are D. H. Stewart (right-wing threequarter), W. E. Grieve (right-centre threequarter), L/Cpl. Boe (left-centre threequar- ter), J. Hutchinson (stand-off-half), J. R. Henderson (scrum-half), K. A. Watson (front row forward), A. J. G. Taylor (middle-of-the-backrow) and Lt. Crawford, (wingforward)! who Players of other "countries" should secure a trial are Dr. E. W. Stout (Ireland) (second-row-for- ward), A. B. Thatcher (Ireland) (second-row forward), L/Sgt. Page (Ireland) (wing-forward); A. B Kay (Wales) (scrum-half), A. F. Walkden (Wales) (front-row for- 'ward), Mr. Witherden (Wales) (hooker), Ldg. Sea Romans Walkden (Wales) (front-row for- possibly C. R. Davies) (Wales) (wing forward).
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