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"THE CHINA MAIL, MARCH 29, 1940
HUGE CROWD WATCHES COLONY BADMINTON TIES Wong And Miss Cheung Too Good For Eardleys Smith's Easy Win Over T.S. Young
By "ADREM"
THAT INTEREST IN badminton locally is not on the wane was demonstrated at Club de Recreio last night, when the spacious hall at that club was filled to overflow- ing with enthusiasts who had gone to see Henry Eardley and his sister Miss Decim a Eardley, Shanghai cham- pions, play against Patrick Wong and Miss W. Cheung.
The game was disappointing and the former Shanghai couple could do little against the brilliance of Wong and the steady, effective support offered Miss Cheung.
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Wong and Miss Cheung won the first game. at 15-5 and although the Eardleys improved somewhat in the second and at one period had a lead of 8-5, there was never very .doubt that the Chinese pair
win.
LEAGUE TABLES
Mixed Doubles DIVISION
Recreio "A" St. John's University Recreio "B". Taikoo K.C.C..
Games
P. W. L. F. A. Pie 6 6 0 43 11 12 7 6 2 42 21 10
6 4 2 37 17 8 6. 2.4. 29 28
"B" DIVISION
St. John's King's College Recraio
St. Téresa's St. Andrew'a Kawicon Tong V.R.C. K.C.C.
GOLF CLUB STARTING TIMES
Following are Royal Hong Kong Golf Club starting times for Fanling-
TO-MORROW.
Old Course · ·
2.12.p.m. D. Humphreys, J. C. C. Mat-
thews.
Commodore
Giles.
MacGrigor, . Major
J. W. Mayhew, T. Megarry.
SUNDAY
Old Course
9.16 a.m. A. V. Greaves, J. W. Mayhew.
F. D. Hunter, E. G. Price.
L. Jackson;. J. 'C. Brown.
E. T. McMullen, J. LA C, Pearce. D. Humphreys, J. T. Smith,
Wing Cdr. Steolo Perkins, A. D. S. Murray.
6 1 5 11 43 60 8 5, 49
2
0
Games
·P. W. L. F. A. Pla 10 0 1 68 17 18 10 7 3 58 32 14 8 6.2 41 37 12 10 7 3 47 38 14 10 6 4 60 39 12 10 2 8 33 56 4 10
2268 19
2 11 2 9 31 68 4
2.16
2,20
0.20
9.24
0.28
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9.32
9.30
tr
9.40
9.44
J. G. Jensen, J. J. von Muhlen. R. J. Shrigley. F. G. Young.,
99.48
D. Lyon, H. A. Mills.
the
9.52
J. B. Mackle, L, R. Andrewes.
0.56
10.00
10.04
a
L. R. Cramer, F. A. Howard. H. M. Rowland, P. E. Annis. A. N. and Q. A. A. Macfadyen.
10,00
S. L. Lloyd, W. Hewitt,
10.12
R. Young, G. M. Park,
10.10
F. A. Redmond, A. B. Purves.
10.20
J. Harrop, G. Thomerson.
G; W. Reeve, “A. Nicol.
with unfortunate results-he was all
tle more often than not landed in the at sea with his timing and the shut-
The Chinese pair were able to con- centrate their shots on Miss Eardley and, when her brother moved over to cover a clearing shot on her side of the court, which she obviously could not get back to herself, a smash down the other side invariably resulted in a point.
Wong was as accurate and as canny much as he always is, disguising his direc- would tion and pace with great skill, while Miss Cheung, who was expected to be a big weak link in the combination.court and played a powerful all-court was very steady indeed.
game. As ever his smashing was very decisive but he will have to show great deal more accuracy in order to beat W. Gillies, the powerful St. An- drew's player, whom he now meets in the final.
Eardley was not at his best
last night and made far more errors than he usually does. His sister occasion-
On the showing of Wong and Miss ally brought off some good shots but Cheung last night, K. L. Yong and she was given little opportunity of set-Miss Ulian Khoo will have to be on tling down.
their best form to win the title.
net.
Smith was, very quick about
'j❘ 10.24 10.28 10.32
At King's College, K. L. Yong and Miss Ulian Khoo had little difficulty against J. Clark and Mrs, Beattle and
won in straight games.
RESULTS
G. T. Harrington, Major Temple. H. Overy, W. J. E, Mackenzie,
New Course 9,24 a.m. L. M. S. Lloyd, H. F. Phillips. 9.32 J. C. C. and Lt. Col. E. D. Mat-
thews.
2.40
•
2.48
#1
10.04
10.12
FORMATION TROUBLE
POOR STANDARD Biggest trouble with the Eardleys Generally, speaking the standard 'ir, -so far as I could 'see, lay in their form- the junior singles semi-final between
ation.
Whilst being a big believer in T. S. Young and Norman Smith was the side by side line up when applied not very high. to men's doubles, I am afraid that
Young started
off promisingly en when utilised in the mixed
Junior Singles : game,ough and by means of a series of nothing but trouble
can. ever result. | cleverly-disguised drops, took a lead Norman Smith beat T. S. Young
in the first game. Once Smith had 15-12, 15-5. settled down, however, there *:
3. Mixed Doubles: never very much doubt as to the out P.. H. Wong and Miss W. Cheung 10.18 come. Young did not clear as strong-beat Henry Eardley and Miss Decima 10.24 ly as he might have done and Smith | Eardley 18-5, 15-12. was able to dictate terms.
K. L. Yong and Miss U. Khọp beat Later, Young changed his tactics J. Clark and Mrs. Beattie 15-10,
on the short game 15-9,
· ARMY SPORTLIGHT
(Continued from Page 23). the sick list and were able to parti- cipate.
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Young surpassed himself with his
7 for 7 and Logan did not seem to land concentrated
feel any effects from his enforced absence, managing to knock before being held by Shipp.
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A win for the C.S.U. was expected and they must be really pleased at stopping the winning sequence of the R.E. It really looked as though this Unit was becoming invincible.
The Small Units held their first committee meeting last week to de- cide on the programme for the forti-
coming aquatic season. Cpl. Bedford, R.. Signals, was appointed Hon. Sec., replacing Cpl. Ashford, who lelt the Colony some time previous. The latter player will certainly be a loss to the Signals all-conquering polo- team, but this Unit is still confident of doing very well again during the coming season.
was
ST. JOHN'S OVERCOME
LAST BIG HURDLE
By "ADREM"
UNLESS THEY SUPPRISE everyone by losing two of their remaining four matches, St. John's can now be said to have won Junior Division of the Badminton League. They are, at the moment, four points up on their nearest rivals, King's College and St. Teresa's.
vealed
excellent
Prior to Wednesday, there was still and led variously at 5-0, 107, 14—10 a chance for King's, who, although | and 20—10. they had lost two games, were con- Blyth smashed very well and re- ceded a sporting chance of beating St. |
courtcraft, while John's, to whom they only lost by the Kevan played some nice angled drops odd game in their first-round fixture but spoilt the general effect by over- doing them with the result that lat- terly the opposition were able to anti- cipate his returns and place them- selves for the kill
Other Units have also been affected by great changes in personnel. On ⚫ account of this fact the commence-at the Cathedral Hall.
ment of the Departmental Water Polo King's put up a decent enough show was scheduled for June 1 with an on Wednesday but as expected, the alternative-date of July 1st, so as to superior balance of the Saints, and the give Units ample time to arrange comparative weakness of King's third their strongest team for this event.pair, proved too big a handicap. If the latter date is accepted, The even strengths of St. John's Units will have a struggle to play pairs is illustrated by the fact that off their fixtures before the com- each of them won two games.
mencement of the Large Units Water For King's, S. P. Chan and W. C. Polo League. Duties are always ex-Chung won two games, H. T. Woo and pected to be responsible for a few K. L. Lui one, and K. H. Lo and P. postponed fixtures and if this is the Lam none. case, team representatives will have. a- job judging the strength of various applicants for inclusion on the C.S.U. team, which is entered in the Large Units League.
10.32
Mrs., Dennis, Mrs. Smith. -
T. Megarry, J. P. Murphy.
Surg. Cdr. Nicholson. Surg. Cár. Cleave.
EW; J., Wedlock, A. G. James.
Mrs: Wedlock, Mrs. James. Mrs. Reeve, Mrs. Nicol.
Mrs. Overy, Mrs. Mackenzie.
C. C. TEAM The following will represent Craigengower Cricket Club 2nd XI in. a League match against Civil Service Cricket Club on Satur- day, at 2.00 p.m. on C.S.C.C. ground:
B. R. Iranee (Capt.), N. Broadbridge, A. H. Esmall, A. B. Hamson, A. Hung, C. W. Lam, J. W. Leonard, T. Lock,, U. M. Omar, W. K. Way and J. L. Youngsaye.
Scorer W. Broadbridge.
ARMY TEAMS
The following will represent Army in their final League cricket matches of the.. season on Saturday:{
1st XI v Civil Service (Sookunpoo).-Capt.
D. C. E. Grose, Major W. G. Harvey, Ma- for A. V. Petri, Capt. J. D. Holmes, Capt. PT. Skipwith. S/Sgt. Emberson, Sgt. Denver, Sgt. Webb, L/Cpl. Young, Dvr.
Logan and Spr. Ratcliffe.
2nd XV. Recreio (King's Park).-Capt. · J. F. Lawrence, Brig. T. MacLeod, Major J. E. Swyer, Major W. W. Parsons, Capt. F. L. Freeman, Lt. A. W. F. Peal; Sub, Condra, Gardener, Cpl. Murphy. Cpl. Boo- cock. Pte. Hatfield and Gnr. Martin.
CIVIL SERVICE_TEAMS The following will represent the Civil Ser vice Cricket Club in cricket matches over the week-end.
1st XI v Army Saturday (Away).-D, Mc- Lellan (Capt.), A. E. Perry, B. C, K. Haw- kins, J. E. Richardson, T. V. N. Fortescue," ANDERSON, FISHER IN FORM
J. Barrow, WH, E. Colledge, N. B. M. Finest home pair were J. L. Ander-Whitley, R. H. Griffiths, D. Hollidge and son and A.,L, Fisher, who played good | B. J. Fenton. all-round badminton. In their game against Austin Ho and J. Lum a close tussle resulted with the scores very close at every stage.
Although they tried very hard and took all their reverses in a most cheery spirit, it was apparent that Jones and Merritt, Kowloon's third string, were virtual novices, NE ZN
For St. Teresa's, Lo and Joe Tsang were not as successful as usual-and- are going through a bad patch. Ho and Lum, however, did very well and are improving from game to game. They were very aggressive on Mon- day and were on the attack all the time, while disguising their shots with great skill.
ST. TERESA'S BAD PATCH"," Until quite recently it was thought that St. Teresa's would provide a big challenge for the championship. Since Francis Tsang took ill, however, and Last year the full Signals team re- has been unable to turn out, they have presented the Small Units and their struck a bad patch, although they have nomination was justified as they de- only lost once to St. Andrew's, servedly won the championship. How- | Against Kowloon Tong they just man- ever, it promotes better co-operation aged to scrape through, and again on and good feeling if a side representa- Monday, it was not until the final tive of all Units is entered so it is game of the evening against K.C.C., hoped that teams will be able to test did they clinch the match....
John Chen is having a sorry time their strength and form a strong St. Teresa's led 2-1 at the end of of it at the moment as he is never combination to enter the Senior Com the first round, and the scores were given the same partner twice. On this petition.
-level at the end of the second, Decid- occasion he was paired with A. Ulrich, ing game was between P. Wynter who smashed fairly well but was: Blyth and T. Kevan, and Peter Lo and woefully weak at the short game. This Joe Trang. The former were unable pan revealed promising form and to make any impression on the visit-extended, both Anderson and Fisher, ing pair, who were never extended and Blyth and Kavan.
The opening of the new swimming -pool at Victoria Barracks should give teams a greater opportunity for prac- tice. The allotment of this is eagerly awalted by all Units
2nd XI v C.C.C. Saturday (Home).H. E. Strange (Capt.), G. Ainslie, F. E Law hart, A. Watson, R. G. Robertson, J. F. K. J Attwelf, G. Stone, T. L Lock-
rence.
MacGowan, A. M. 3. Wright and H. F. Harper.
1st XI v KC.C... 11.30 a.m. Sunday.-D. McLellan (Capt.), A. E. Perry, R. C. K. Hawkins, J. E. Richardson, W. H. E. Col- ledge, N..B. M. Whitley; R. H. Grimths, F. F. Lawrence, R.-J. Fenton, K. J. Att- well and D., Hollidge.
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