LEAGUE TENNIS
THE CHINA MAIL, JUNE 6, 1989.
BRILLIANT FORM OF THE RUMJAHN COUSINS
Outhit And Outgeneral All C.R.C. Combinations
WHERE IS THE CAER CLARK CUP?
The Ladies' Hockey Association are in a dilemma! They have ar- ranged a tea-party for this after- noon in order that trophies won during the past season
can be distributed, but a big snag has cropped up.
Major Ladies' hockey trophy is the Caer Clar Cup and when of- ficials of the League were check- ing up on trophies, they found that this cup was not to be found! Investigations_are__proceeding and it is hoped that the matter will be straightened out by this afternoon!
LAWN TENNIS
TO-DAY'S
MATCHES
DOUBTFUL
It is doubtful whether any Lea gue Tennis will be played this after-
noon owing to the weather, ·
Should the games be played, two of the strongest teams in the. "B" Division meet this afternoon at King's Park when Recreio and South China clash.
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The Chinese, on current form should win, but in view of fact that Recreio have already lost to K.C.C., "A" they will go all out to remain in the running.
TO-DAY
Following is the programme for the rest of the week and some of the teams:--
C.R.C.
C.D.R.
C.C.C.
C.S.C.C.
C.C.C.
C.B.A.
K.T.G.C.A.
I.R.C.
"B" Division
v K.C.C. (B)
V S.C.A.A.
v K.I.T.C.
v K.C.C. (A)
TO-MORROW
"C" Division
v S.C.A.A.
v C.R.C.
V R.P.S.C.
V C.D.R.
THURSDAY
"D" Division
Public holiday.
FRIDAY
Mixed Doubles
▼ C.R.C.
V L.R.C.
I.R.C. BEATEN IN "NEEDLE" MATCH
FEATURE of the Senior League tennis match at Sookunpoo yesterday between Indian Recrea- tion Club and the holders, Chinese Recreation Club, was not the victory of the latter team, it was gen- erally agreed that nothing short of a miracle could
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FAILURE OF
stop that, rather it was the really splendid form NO-1 PAIR COST
'VARSITY MATCH
shown by the old firm of S. A. and H. D. Rumjahn.
These veteran players demonstrated in no un- certain manner that they are still in a class of their own under League conditions.
over-
As evidence, in their
with ordinary reason they became game Lee Yue-wing and Ho Ka-lau, their confident, a fatal mistake against conquerers in the Open Tournament, pair like Ho and Lee, and started to they made the Chinese pair, who were go for spectacular shots. The Chinese playing well up to their usual stand settled down to their celebrated cam- ard, look like a couple of schoolboys paign of lobbing and went to a 6-5 whilst beating them in about 10 lead. minutes without the loss of a game.
Both the other Chinese pairs also fell before their onslaught and the Rumjahns were never inconvenienced in the slightest, although W. C. Hung and Paul Kong did lead them for a brief period in their final round game. Both S. A. and H. D. played with complete abandon yesterday. were on the attack all the time and their sustained net attack and power- | ful work overhead, alternated with judicious lobbing, proved far too good for any of their opponents.
Lost Opportunity
They
Of the other I.R.C. pairs, A. H. Madar and I. M. A. Razack played remarkably well in their first engage-
and ment, against Ho Ka-lau Lee should have Yue-wing, whom they beaten with but a little more fortune. Hitting very hard and lobbing with great accuracy, the I.R.C. pair took -3 lead and were 30-love on Ma- dar's service: Then for some extra-
J. Leonard.
The failure of Lim. Thian-tet, ex-Perak champion, and Stephen Wong to win more than one set cost University their match against Kowloon Cricket Club in "A" Divi- sion of the Lawn Tennis League On Razack's service, however, Indians squared the issue to take yesterday, the mainlanders winning half a point.
on their courts by 5 sets to 4.
the
O. Rumjahn and A. R. Minu, as a
At the end of the first round K.C.C. combination, were pathetic. Numerous points were thrown away through led 2-1 and at the end of the second their misunderstanding. Nevertheless 4--2.* they were tenacious and never failed to give the opposition a good game. Indeed, against Hung and Kong, in team present for the first round, they took a substan- tal lead and only went down 'finally by 6-4.
University
did not have all their the usual starting time of 5:15 p.m., and it was not until 5,55 p.m. that the match was begun.
Not So Effective
Ling and Ong did surprisingly well for the visitors considering they were C.R.C. were a trifle disoppointing third pair, but it was more due to the Tsui Wai-pui, without his brother, fact that the court on which they play- who was indisposed, was not nearly ed throughout was much firmer than as effective as usual. Actually he did the other two, with the result that two- not appear to be taking the match K.C.C. pairings were forced into errors very seriously. He was very apt to that would not have occurred on the go for the spectacular shot where a two softer courts. Ong was the little bit of placing was all that was more impressive of a very solid pair. required. Lee was generally sound They were led 4-2, 5-3 and but entirely lacking in forcing shots.
against Fincher and Burnett_with_op- ponents' service to follow and yet drew 6-all, while they were led 4-0 by Guest and Crawford and again drew!
one
6-5
Lim disappointed, and it was Wong Ma that took partnership honours. and Peter U were too prone to use the pair. really dangerous Both players could drive, but they sel- dom did.
Hung and Paul Kong appeared the most impressive combination and they salves; L. F. V. Ribeira and A. M. gave a really fine all-round display. Silva.
Their defeat at the hands of the Rum- C.C.C.-G. Chọa and W. J. Howard; Jahns detracted little from their gen- E. Zimmern and G. Lai; R. Choa and | eral performance-the Rumjahns
on their form yesterday would, have beat- C.S.C.C.-I. Agafuroff and B. Aga-en any pair in the Colony over lob to be a furoff; J. A. Bendall and W. J. Skinner; set! A. Peck and W. H. E. Colledge.
K.I.T.C.—S. A.-Hussain and S. S. Hussain; N. O. Hoosen and A. Rahmin; S. Khan and M. A. Khan.
S.C.A.A.-C. S. Dew and W. T. Lee; W. H. Lo and J. Hsu; H. K. Ho and H. T. Bee.
K.C.C. "B"-F. A. Broadbridge and D. Hung; J. Turner and A. L. Fisher; K. E. Lee and E. Eymard.
Ho and Lee were not impressive being unexpectedly erratic at times.
Score at the end of the first round was 111⁄2 sets each, and Chinese were
Fincher and Burnett appeared to be two in the first playing confidently
up 31%-2% after the second round. sets, but Burnett collapsed sensational- 0. Rumjahn and A. R. Minu (I.R.C.).ly in the last set, failing to win a ser- C.D.R.
lost to K. L. Ho and W. Y, Lee 26 vice and doing little right, and it was K.C.C. (A)
lost to W. P. Taui and W. T. Lee 4-6 only a forceful display by Fincher that H.K.C.C.
Guest v K.C.C. (B)
lost to W. C. Hung and P. Kong 4-6 enabled a share of the spoils. C.R.C.-Luk · Ding-cheung and Luk
H. D. Rumjahn and S, A. Rumjahn nership with Crawford is now making has seldom played better, and his part- Chan-cheung: F. H. Kwok and Liang K.C.C. "A"-F. Grose and A. V. (L.R.C.). Sai-wah; T. F. Choy and K. C. Ng. White; W. M. Gittins and B. Soltau; beat Ho and Lee
rapid strides. Gray and Anderson far- C.D.R.-F. J. Remedios and M. A. N. A, E. Mackay and R. T. Broadbeat Tsui and Lee.
ed poorly, due to poor tactics and erra- Oliveira; W. A. Reed and H. S. Gon- `bridge.
tic play.
STYLE and COMFORT!
beat Hung and Kong
6--0 6-1 63
1. M. A. Razack and: A.' H, 'Madar (LR.C).
University have a young and promis- ing team and should not worry a great deal over yesterday's surprising de- feat at the hands of more experienced players.
Bally
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drew with Ho and Loe lost to Razack and Madar lost to Hung and Kong
G-6 46 4-6
LADIES' BUCKSKIN SANDALS
H.K.C.C. C. de R. Hong Kong Cricket Club beat de Recreio 6-2.
Club.
E. C. Fincher and G. C. ́Burnett' (K.C.C.)."
beat. Stephen Wong, and Lim.
Thian-tet
6-3
beat Ma Chiu-chong and Peter 6-0.
drew with S. H Ling and P. H.
·6-1 Ong beat H. A. Barros and C. Bar
retto
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W. A. H. Duff and L. Goldman (H.K.C.C.).
beat J. Gonsalves and A. V.. Re-
medios
beat A. V. Goвano and J. J. Re-
medios
S. A. Gray and B4 (K.C.C.). T. A.. Pearce and W. Sander (H.K.C.C.).
lost to Wong and Lim) lost to Ma and Peter
lost to Gonsalves and Remedios 8-5 béat Gosano and Remedios
beat Bafron and Barretto
7-5
lost to Ling, and Ong vare
6-4
AE. Guest and (K.C.C.)}
II. J. Armstrong, and S. M. Garrard (H.K.C.C.):
lost to Gonsalves and Remedios 80 beat Wong and Lim beat Gosano and Remedios
I draw with Barros and Barretto:
61 drew with Ma and Peter U
60 boat Ling and Ong
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