THE CHINA MAIL, OCTOBER 11, 1939.
Army Should Have Excellent Pack Speedy Three-Quarter Line In Making
RIDSDALE FIRST CLASS FORWARD
(By "SCRUM HALF")
ARMY ARE IN A POSITION to field a very useful Rugby team this year. They have talent and the men are fit.
Yesterday's trial revealed that they should have a for- midable pack both in the tight and loose scrums and a speedy threequarter line. The Army Selectors are not satisfied yet, however, and another trial will be held at Soo- kunpoo next Tuesday, when Probables will probably meet the Possibles.
Lieut. Ridsdale is a first-class forward, being on the ball all the time in the loose and pulling his weight in the centre of the back row. Capt. Duke is another valuable acquisition, his play in the loose being exceptionally good.
Criticism to offer regarding the too forwards is that they are much prone to "pat" the ball back in line- outs instead of catching the ball and passing it back overhead to the scrum- half or placing it at their feet and taking it with them. The "patting" back, however, did not endanger their side yesterday, but normally it is a much too dangerous practice to en- courage. There are also not enough forwards jumping for the ball the man who secures possession high in the air has an uninterrupted view of his own backs and knows without any delay where to pass to advantage.
The three-quarters were inclined to
on the run. Gunner Richards kicked a very fine penalty dropped goal and I would not be surprised if he was given a place in the pack just for his kicking ability as he is unlikely to secure re- cognition in the back division, unless he goes to full-back.
Pte. Bousted, L/Bdr. • Evens and Pte. Berry were other for- wards to catch the eye. L/Cpl Sutherland, Pte. Mohan and L/Cpl. Combe were absentees chances of inclusion.
who have
run across field when in possession, with the result that the wing three- quarters seldom had ground enough in which to manoeuvre. This is a bad fault that will have to be remedied.
The teams were changed about at Neither full-back was impressive,
the interval and it was difficult to fol- though Lieut. Otway was unquestion-low the run of the play. · ably better than Lieut. Lomax. Otway, however, is inclined to stand too far back when his side is attacking and the result is that valuable time is lost while he waits for the ball to bounce favourably.
Lieut. Douglas is an individualistic fly-half and would be well advised to loose the ball earlier. He showed good
The junior game-I call it junior be- cause it was really scrappy Rugby in comparison with the first game-pro- vided little of note except that L/Cpl. Moggridge has plently of stamina and is a hard-working three-quarter and that L/Cpl. Ross is a useful forward:
CLUB TRIAL TO-DAY This evening Club are holding their
understanding with 2nd Lieut. Dunlop.second Trial at the Valley at 5.15 p.m.,
at the base of the serum.
RICHARDS' KICKING
and members desiring a game--and they will get one-are asked to bring a white and striped jersey.
Police are also practising this even- ing at Boundary Street.
I./Cpl. Waite, L/Cpl Boe and L/Sgt. Lang distinguished themselves in the back division. Lieut Skipworth is a useful kicking
centre type of
handling is three-quarter, but his
in a bout of not very accurate passing, though, strangely enough, he is good at picking up a loose ball
NO CROWDS.IN THE MORNING.
You women bowlers have a real break! You can bowl in the mom- ings, when there are no crowds and alleys are always available. Get up a party for morning bowling!
HONG KONG BOWLING ALLEYS
Lockhart Road.
Tel. 21800.
“Y” LADIES' PRACTICE
Miss Pocock, sister of the forward, played a very promising game at cen- tre-half in "Y" Ladies' hockey prac- tice yesterday at King's Park. It ap- pears likely that Miss M. McCaw may be transferred to left-half to allow the newcomer to play pivot. Miss N. Eardley, who is to be married on the 20th to Ernie Strange, the Club foot- baller, played a very sound game at full-back, one of the positions giving the selectors anxiety. Mrs. M. Read was an absentee, and it is learned that she will not be, playing for "y" this
season,
SCHOOLBOYS GAME
The Annual School charity game for the Cup presented by Mr. R. Hall, was played before this game and re-. sulted in the Hong Kong Schools beat- ing Kowloon Schools by the odd goal in three.
W. Pryde scored for Kowloon while Chan Yee-tong and R. Silva netted for the winners.
J. T. Smith (4).2 up was first and Surg. Comdr. C. B. Nicholson (10) 1 up, second in the Bogey Par Pool on the Fanling Old Course on Saturday anud Tuesday.
There were 45 entries.
HAVE YOU WON?
Race 1
No. 608
1892
$1456.00 416.00
#
818
208.00
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Unplaced runners ($50 each), Nos.: 560, 95, 2693, 447.
No. 1515
1622
93
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Race 2
$1747.20
499.20 .249.60
"Unplaced runner ($50 each),
No.: 1543,
Race 3
No. 3332
1968
$1828.40 522.40
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3427
261.20
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Unplaced runners ($50 each), Nos.: 3028, 1502, 735, 3272.
Race 4
$1848.00
528.00
264.00
No. 2623
2353
727
Unplaced runners ($50 each), Nos.: 2884, 3938, 3196, 387, 1011, 800, 1001, 766.
Race 5
No. 1991
#1
3856
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2047
$1837.50 525.00 262.50 Unplaced runners ($50 each), Nos.: 3734, 1354, 2320, 826, 1812, 3687, 879, 781, 3172, 1925, 4117, 913, 1226, 3773:
No. 2974
2384
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2943
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Race 6
$2051.00 586.00 293.00 Unplaced runners ($50 each), Nos.: 727, 2804, 357, 2642, 1147, 3961.
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No. 1819
2892 3652
#1
Race 7
$3,500,00 1,000.00 500.00 Unplaced runners ($100 each), Nos.: 2827, 3529, 2123, 3295, 779, 1755, 1496.
No. 1851
Race 8
$2892.40 826.40 413.20
56 3758 Unplaced runners ($100 each), Nos.: 561, 3299, 483, 1693, 1705, 2747, 1512, 2329, 1681, 1785, 3438, 4036, 3827, 3883, 1689, 384, 2503, 1182,3910, 3212, 1999.
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DAY CRY
DOT
FLAT ARC
GRAPHIC GOLE
KEEP THE CLUBHEAD LOW ALONG GROUND AT IMPACT STAGE
FLAT ARC HERE
INSURANCE AGAINST
ERROR
By BEST BALL
643
When the clubhead travels low along the ground as it approaches the ball, swishing over the tops of the grass blades, there seems to be a better chance of contract- ing the ball accurately. With the flatter
the arc, club parallel to ground, the clubhead may hit the ball
area anywhere within this with fair results, provided it is also travelling straight ahead along the line of flight. For this reason it is essential to keep the clubhead at right angles to the ball at this point.
At the present moment Sam Snead is an exponent of this met- hod of hitting and Sam's shots are comparable to Jimmy Thomson's in length. Bob Jones used a some- what similar, method, in fact was one of the first to advocate this straight-in-the-back method of But hitting the ball off the tee. Jones could change this are to con- form to the shot he faced. Snead on the other hand still needs a more upright swing on the shorter strokes, where the clubhead must come down on the ball sharply to.. add the necessary spin.
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