THE CHINA MAIL, FEBRUARY 9, 1939.
SAPPERS IN
F.V. Wong And Choy CLUB “A” BEAT Play Well In 'Needle' Badminton Match
(By "ADREM")
ST. ANDREW'S "A" MORE THAN CONFIRMED THE FINE IMPRESSION THEY HAVE CRE ATED IN RECENT LEAGUE BADMINTON MATCHES BY BEATING ONE OF THEIR STRON- GEST RIVALS~KOWLOON TONG “A” ON THE LATTER'S COURT LAST NIGHT.
Villa Beat
The winners, who pride them- selves on the fine balance in the pairings, received a rude jolt last night when A. E. Brown and W.
Brentford Inf. Gillies were never able to settle Away Match
SCOTTISH CUP REPLAYS
VERY SCRAPPY RUGBY GAME
1
A very scrappy Rugby game was witnessed at Happy Valley yester- day when Club "A" beat Royal Engineers by two goals (10 points) to a goal and a try (8 points) after being led by 8 points to 5 at the interval.
ANOTHER BLOW TO WELSH RUGBY
Idwal Davies Signs Pro. Forms
(By AIR MAIL) Welsh Rugby has suffered an- other blow when, following 'the news of the retirement from in- J. F. Burford, who has been ternational matches of Jenkins, picked to play for Shanghai in the came the announcement that Id- Colony in the coming Rugby Inter-wal Davies, the Swansea centre port, turned out for Club “A”. He three-quarter, had signed profes hooked fairly well.
sional forms for the Leeds Rugby were the first League Club. Picton, Lewis
Royal Engineers score, through converting. The
down and were beaten comparative-to ly easily by all the home pairs.
shortly after whe Club
Davies is the second Welsh 'in- replied ternational three-quarter to join Nelson broke the Rugby League this season. A. On the other hand, W. C. Choy through near the posts for Oli-Bassett, of Cardiff, turned pro-
convert. Royal En-fessional a fortnight ago, and F. V. Wong, who have a lean-phanto
Davies, who will turn out for ing towards inconsistency, played gineers scored an unconverted try really brilliantly to win all their through Davidson before the in- Leeds the Rugby League played for
terval to lead. The latter in engagements. ticular, who is generally considered the wink link in this combination,
He played very well indeed. trieved some seemingly impossible shots and his accurate short game 2 opened up the way for Choy's de-
vastating smash.
London, To-day. Several English and Scottish League and Cup matches were held yesterday, results of which are as follows:
Brentford
FIRST DIVISION
Notts Forest
2 Aston Villa SECOND DIVISION
0 Southampton THIRD DIVISION (SOUTH)
3 Southend SCOTTISH CUP
Brighton
(2ND ROUND REPLAYS) Buckie Thistle 4 Blairgowrie Clyde
1 Dundee
-Reuter.
4
0
1
0
Scottish Cup Third Round Draw
London, To-day.
FINE GAME
par-
re-
Choy was right on the top of his form. His clever angling with beautifully disguised direction-and powerful clearing shots, being notable feature of his game.
to
Fincher and Kew, although they won all their games, have only their vast experience and reputation
success. thank for their
In at least two games, the home pairs were more than holding their own when tlicy allowed themselves to be over- awed by the occasion and evidently be feeling they had done enough
The following is the draw for the Third Round of the Scottish F. A. Cup Competition, which will played on February 18:
Buckie Thistle v. Third Lanark.
Rangers v. Clyde.
Dunfermline v. Alloa.
Motherwell v. St. Mirren.
Hearts v. Celtic.
Falkirk v. Aberdeen.
Hibernian bye into 4th round.
Queen O'South bye into
round.-Reuter.
RUGBY LEAGUE
CUP 1ST ROUND
RESULTS
4th
London, To-day.
by
Wales against England at Twicken- ham on January 21. Leeds scouts Club attacked strongly in the watched him, and from Twicken- second half, and gained the lead ham went to Wales to secure the when their stand-off, J. Day, dash-player's signature. ed over to score between the posts, A schoolmaster, aged 22, and a native of Pontardulais, Davies learned his Rugby at Carmarthen Oliphant adding the points.
school for College a training
played schoolmasters and first for Swansea about two seasons ago. He held an appointment in London for the first half of the present sea- son,
Royal Engineers:-Lewis; Davidson, Jones, Pike, Picton; Waite, Noutch; Blackman, Brinkley, Hughes, Eouzen, Foley, Cunningham, Apperly and Laird.
Club:-J. T. Brown; K. A. Munro, D. B. Nelson, E. M. Watts, H. van Leeuwen; J. Day; R. Rutherford; R. G. LOliphant (Captain), J. F. Bur- aford; W. Stoker; B. O'M. Deane, J. Moodie; K. H. G. White, W. A. John- son, J. Redmond.
and appeared for London Welsh, but since returned to Swan- sea. He stands 5 ft 9 ine, and weighs 11 at 7 lbs.
F.A. CUP 5th ROUND ON SATURDAY
extending their august opponents. Preston And Huddersfield
more or less gave up the Foon as they were led.
as
Francis Tsang and John Chen, Kowloon Tong's first string, were
a disappointment. Their form in the last match against Recreio, when they won three games with- out much difficulty, had led home supporters to hope for a similar performance on this occasion.
,
LOST DECIDING GAME
fairly
Although they played well, however, they were never the pair that went through the early part of the season without drop- ping a game and it was their de-
The following were the results of feat by F. V. Wong and W. C. the First Round of the Rugby League Choy which virtually decided the Cup:
Bradford Northern 37 Seaton 7.
Broughton Rangers 5 Wakefield Tri-
nity 5. creation 2.Reuter,
match.
For Final Again?
(By AIR MAIL)
- Preston North End and Huddersfield may fight their F.A. Cup fiñal of last year over again. Both are drawn apart in the Fifth Round which takes place on Saturday, although Huddersfield have the easier task. They entertain the Third Division team Walsall. Preston must travel—either to Newcastle. Preston were “No. 13” in the draw.
their position last season.
the
The vast Sheffield football pub- Hic can still entertain hopes of their two premier clubs surviy- ing. The United are rewarded for their gallant ten-men victory on January 21 with a home tie against Grimsby.
Wednesday will go to Stamford Bridge, where Chelsea, London's principal Cup contenders, aré rid- ing on the crest of the wave.
IN DOLDRUMS Lancashire enthusiasts will be in the doldrums; their remaining re- presentatives are all away from home, Everton face grimbattling Birmingham, and Liverpool have a gigantic task in trying to beat off 10-21 the "Wolves" in their own "den" Second Division 21-18 at Molyneux.
leaders, Blackburn, must appear at 13-21 Sunderland.
Tong
While not suggesting for one mo Liverpool Stanley 2 St. Helens Re-ment that the ultimate result would
I cannot see any team displacing have been altered, there is little doubt that had Mackay and Chan, St. Andrew's at the top of
table. who were playing very well and
Peter Lò and J. Teang (K. and Wong when Kowloon Tong "A"). were being led 4-2, managed to lost to W. C. Choy and F. V.
Wong win this game, interest would have been far greater. Peter Lo and beat W. M. Gillies and A. E. Fletcher, in the next game, beat lost. to H. Kew and E. F. Fin-
cher Gillies and Brown and the issue The Malayan Rugby Union side would have been carried to the to meet Hong Kong next Saturday final game of the evening between
MALAYAN RUGBY had a substantial lead over Choy
TEAM WILL BE STRONGER
Brown
The other tie does not afford much consolation to Londoners. 10-21 West Ham can have little optimism 21-18 about a visit to Portsmouth. 11-21
J. Chen and F. Tsang (K. Tong "A"). on the Club ground at 4 p.m. will the No. 1 pairs of the respective lost to Choy and Wong than aldea with excitement that can be beat Gillies and Brown probably be much stronger
loat to Kew, and Fincher hitherto as I learn that both Dougal Imagined, Harper, the skipper of the side, and L/Cpl. Richardson, will be fit to play.
ST. ANDREW'S FAVOURITES
The draw for the Fifth Round of Chan (K. the English Cup, is as follows:-
Newcastle v. Preston North End. Portsmouth v. West Ham. Wolverhampton v. Liverpool. Sunderland v. Blackburn. Chelson Wednesday.
12-21 21-10
10-21
N. A. E. Mackay and A. Tong "A"). lost to Choy and Wong Kowloon Tong are now more or beat Gillies and Brown G. D. Lundon, who tore a muscle at the back of his leg is a doubtful|leas definitely out of the running lost to Kew and Fincher
WALK-OVER CONCEDED although atarter, but the final word in this for premier honours
Kowloon Tong "B" conceded a walk- direction will not be made until the there is still a remote possibility over to St. John's in their "B" Divi-
that they will finish runners-up, Inion match. day of the match.
Hummel Town v. Walsall. Shameld United v. Grimsby. Birmingham v. Everton.Đ