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THE CHINA MAIL, MARCH 7, 1989
Rugby Sevens Poor Support
P. And O. Bldg.'s Stronglenge
(By “REFEREE”)
A MEAGRE handful of spectators witnessed the first four matches
in the Blarney Stone Rugby Seven-A-Side Tournament which were held on the Club ground yesterday and which provided several thrilling and interesting encounters.
It is evident that P. and O. Bldg., comprising Gibb Livingstone, Mackinnon Mackenzie and Hong Kong Electric are going to have a say in the final for with Bidwell and Grieve as threequarters, they probably have two of the trickiest centres in the competition.
The first game of the afternoon was a very close affair, resulting in a win for 5th A.A. Regiment over Middlesex "B" by a try (3 points) to nil. Easterbrook and Page were the pick of the Ack Ack team and the former scored their only points. Middlesex threw away the game by wasting valu- able time in the closing minutes.
Middlesex "B": L/Cpl. Moggridge; Pte. Mellor and Sgt. Hiscocks; Pte. Thomson; Pte. Hurlock, Sgt. Bayly and L/Cpl. Betts.
5th A.A. Regt,: L/Sgt. Page; Gnr. Easterbrook, and. Gnr. Gibling; L/Bdr. Harding; L/Bdr, Evans; Gnr. Clark and Gnr. Whitehead,
Threes Shine
Although P. & O. Bldg. looked very strong on paper, they had to go all out to make an impression on Police "B", who looked very much like creating an
YESTERDAY'S RESULTS AT A GLANCE Rugby Seven-A-Sides -First Round
3. Middlesex “B” '0 5th A.A. Regt.
8 P. & O. Bldg. 10 Police "B"
8 5th A.A. Regt. "R" 3 RA.O.C.
5 8th Bde. R.A. 0 H.K. Bank
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R.A.0.C. Cpl. Emberson; L/Sgt. Lang and Cpl. Coughlan; Pte. Leach; Pte. Boustead,, Sgt. Heaton and Lt. Macpherson.
Miss G. White (St. Androw's) (left) and Miss H. Reid (St. An- drew's) (right) have both been selected for the Colony Ladies In- terport intermediate line against the Shanghai Ladles Hockey As- sociation. ("China Mail" photos).
Colony Tennis Ties Provide Uninspiring Fare For Spectators
(By “ADREM”)
ALTHOUGH public interest appeared as great as ever before judging by the crowd that was present, the Colony Tennis Championships which Opened at the Hong Kong Cricket Club yesterday provided a brand of tennis quite as dull as the wea- ther itself and that was terrible.
Findlay's Poor Tactics Incessant touch-finding by L/Sgt. Findlay instead of getting the ball upset in the early stages of the game. away to his threequarters helped Hong Grieve's weaving in and out and Bid: Kong Bank to victory over 8th Heavy well's deceptive pace and swerve paved Brigade in the last match of the way for the Building's win.
the afternoon which Bank won by. * Grieve scored the first try and add-goal (5 points) to nil. Taverner scor- ed the points, but P. and 0: Bldg, were ing in the first half. Play was very on the doubles match between J. penalised when Brown picked the ball scrappy throughout, Day twice being W. Leonard and G. Choa and Wong up after a player had been tackled, caught by the scruff of his neck and and Wall converted a penalty goal. In thrown into touch when a score looked Shiu-wing and Luk Ding-cheong the second half Grieve cut through for imminent. Butcher worked hard but which the former pair won by the a grand opening before sending Bid-
was often blocked by one of his own odd set. well over for their second try which
players. Grleve converted.
H.K. Bank: M. G. Carruthers; A. H. Police "B": J. Wall; R. B. Leslie and R. Butcher and L. G. Day; E. Taver- S. Hayward; H. W. Jackson; P. J. Cul-ner; E, A. Bompas, J. S. Dunnett and linan, S. Innes, and B. Wheeler.
P. & O. Bldg.: J. T. Brown; H. D. Bidwell and W. E. Grieve; P. Welch; G. M. Mars, W. E. Peers and C. Austin.
R.A.O.C. Pace Tells
R.A.O.C. backs paved the way for their win over 5th A.A. "B" by a goal and a try. (8 points) to a try (8 points). Lang, Emberson and Boustead were outstanding for the winners, the first named showing a clean pair of heels to score the winning try.
K. A. Watson.
8th Hvy. Bde: L/Sgt. Findlay; L/bdr. Marsh and Gnr, Richards; Gnr. Keeble; Bdr. Gardner, Gnr. Lockett and Gnr Clarke.
CLUB HOCKEY TEAMS
morrow:-
-Most interest' was concentrated
The opening exchanges in the match would not have done credit to four schoolgirls. There were no efforts to hit the ball, constructive play was conspicuous by its ab sence and errors flowed freely from both sides of the net.
Neither Choa nor Leonard could do anything right with the result that they lost 3—6.
The following will represent Hong
In the second set, Choa's drive Kong Hockey Club against All-India team on the Club ground at 5 p.m. to-started to function, while Leonard also improved considerably. Con- Ordnance Corps went ahead when V. M. Benwell; V. C. Bond and Eversely, the opposition went to Emberson raced away diagonally and V. Reed; H. J. D. Lowe, W. A, Reed then cut back towards the posts for a and N. B. Whitley; S. A. Fowler, A. pieces and were thoroughly out- good try which Boustead converted. H. Pontius, G. E. R. Divett, E. F. A. classed while losing the set to love, Soon after Gunners relatiated through Morgan and R. A. Bates..
Finest tennis was witnessed in
At
Lt. Mills, who scored an unconverted The following will represent Club try in the corner. In the last two 2nd XI against Y.M.C.A. 2nd XI on the the final set when there were some minutes Lang broke through for an-Club ground at 5 p.m. on Friday. other good try, but Boustead hit the post.
5th A.A. "B": L/Bdr. Potter; Gnr. Sutcliffe and Lt. Mills; Bdr. Elliott; Gur. Owens, Sgt. Higo and L/Bdr. Franklin,
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very decent volleying rallies. the net the Chinese pair were far more convincing but Leonard, and Choa, although they revealed many weak points in their combination, were sufficiently sure off the ground and safe overhead to enable them to get through at the 10th
gamo.
REMEDIOS BEATEN
RESULTS AT A GLANCE
SINGLES
:
Chan Kam-moon beat. A. R. Kit chell 6-1, 6-d.
Tsoi Ping-fan beat T. C. Monaghan 6-3, 7-5.
C. R. Bax beat Ng Kam-cheung 5—7, 6—1, 6—-—1.
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I. M. A. Razackbeat K. M. Lee 6-1, 6-1.
Luk Chun-cheung beat A. V. Reme- dios 64, Emmit,
beat
DOUBLES
Lim Thiam-tet and Stephen Wong Lui Kwai-fan and Chan Chi- keung 6-4, 6–0.,
Paul Kong and B. Szeto beat I. Agafuroff and B. Agafuroff 6-1, 43. J. W. Leonard and George Choa beat Wong Shiu-wing and Luk Ding- cheung 3-6, 6-0, 6———4.
TO-DAY'S TENNIS
H. D.. Rumjahn, former Colony singles lawn tennis champion, will be seen in action this afternoon in the 1939 Colony Championship when the opposes Wong Fuk-nam,of C.R.C. while the Tsui brothers, A. V. Remedios, the hard-hitting holders of the Colony Doubles title, Recreio player, was rather unex will be on view against pectedly beaten by Luk Chun- Monaghan and T. J. Gould, cheong, a fine steady player with a they should defeat comfortably. fine range of crisp ground strokes. To-day's programme is as fol- This match proved quite entertain- |lowa: ing to watch as neither player was afraid to hit the ball. Luk was slightly the steady and this
more factor carried him through.'
Other matches went as expected. Paul Kong, and Szeto Blck, a promising combination, were not extended sufficiently to enable any fair estimate to be made of their capabilities.
Open Singles (First Round) Lam Kwan v. J. M. Tomlinson (1), W. J, Howard v. W. A. Land (2), La Kwong-choum v. 8. A. Gray (3), Lee Cheo-man v. Loong Ping-chiu (6);- Y Fuk-nam v. H. D. Rumjahn (8). C. Lau y. Loo Wai-tong (7), Wong
Open Doubles (First: Round) E E. Story and J. J. Ferguson v. Pang Ol-Jam and Wei Chung (4), Taul' Wai-pul and Tauf. Yun-put (holders) y TC Monaghan and T. J. Gould