THE CHINA MAIL, MAY 6, 1940.
SOCCER
ROBINSON SAVES NAVY BIGGER DEFEAT
FROM
Very Close Game In Aid Of Charity SATURDAY'S
GRAPHIC GOLF Hau Ching-To Best
STARTING
THE UPSWING CORRECT--HANDS,
INCORRECT
LIFTING CLUB
BY WRIST
MOVEMENT
NO HIP
TURN
ARMS
AND BODY
SYNCHRONIZED
THE CORRECT
I
START
BY BEST BALL
3.12
The correct swing requires syn- chronized hands, arms and body
and movement
these factors should have their inception at the very start of the stroke. An ex- ample of the right procedure is illustration given in the upper above. Starting with a slight turn of the left hip to the right. the left hand starts pushing the club backwards straight along the imaginary
path that travels
Man On Field
By ❝SPORTSHAWK”
SPORT IN RETROSPECT
T cannot be said that the 1940 lawn bowls season started off in à Blaze of glory-the weather saw to that-- but evidence of en-
was not in
afternoon;
FRESH FROM THEIR successful tour of Manila, East-Lawn Bowls thusiasm
wanting and ern, present Senior Shield holders, demonstrated their skill Kowloon where an intermittent drizzle once again, when yesterday afternoon at Causeway Bay persisted throughout the ground they defeated Royal Navy, most successful Services' play in most cases was not even tem- team in First Division of the League, by the odd goal in seven in a Charity match, after sharing two goals at the interval.
F
The proceeds are to be donated to British Naval Charities and the Chin- ese Friends of the Wounded ment.
porarily suspended.
If any evidence was required of the potentialities of Club de Recreio, champions for the last three years, it was provided on Saturday when they Both sides made only one change; beat their old rivals and ever strong Navy brought in their reserve, O'Re-contenders in the League, Craigen- move-gan, to take Bourne's positions on the
by the biggest gower Cricket Club, left-wing, while Eastern's Shanghai
margin of the day-34 shots. player, V. K. Hyui, who was on the injured list following the tour, was still unable to make his first ap pearance in the Colony and was re-Club, who totalled 84 shots in their placed by Chan Yin-ku.
through the ball to the objective. Letting the left ankle turn in- ward, so that the weight of the left part of the body rolls to the inner edge of the left foot, aids in relaxing the body so that the turn is easier.
Merely lifting the clubhead by wrist and arm movement alone, as typified in the lower illustra- tion above, thwarts any attempt stroke. for a decisive, powerful Furthermore the stroke will be so upright as to endanger accurate contact.
Next Article. The Clubface On Impact.
C.B.A. DESERVING SIX-A-SIDE WINNERS
CULMINATING A SEASON of consistent hockey suc- ›cess, Central British Association deservingly won the annual Hong Kong Hockey Association six-a-side tournament at King's Park yesterday from a field of nearly 50 teams.
Robinson's brilliant efforts in gaol for Navy frustrated numerous powerful attacks attempted by Eas- tern and to him goes the credit for keeping the score down.
Biggest aggregate of the afternoon was returned by Kowloon Football
Third Division match against Indian Recreation Club.
THERE were no real upsets. Kowloon Bowling Green Club won hand-
In the second period, he saved nosomely against their neighbours, Kow- fewer than four apparently certain loon Cricket Club, the big win of A. goals. Roughley was in great form J. Hall's rink over G. C. Moss's being and was responsible for some excel- the deciding factor-the other home lent work.
Lakips, F. Goodwin and E. C. Fincher, tied, and lost by two shots respective- ly.
Honeywell, the Colony Interporter, and Nichols played well together in the half line, particularily the latter, who
check kept a very close Eastern's centre-forward, Lee Tack kie, besides helping his own forwards with many useful passes.
on
Hendy and Le Page were promin- ent in attack for Navy and combined well, but O'Regan was rather erratic on the left-winger.
There were two other tight games in First Division, I.R.C. losing to Civil Service by 4 shots and Kowloon Dock defeating Police by only two.
In Second Division, Taikoo created something of a surprise in beating Craigengower by a handsome margin but all other games went according
Hau Ching-to, Eastern's left to the book.
impressive. winger, was the most and dangerous player on the field yesterday.
clined to hang on too long when in possession, Cheung Kam-hoi and Lee Tack-kie both did fairly well.
His speed and tricky footwork were too good for, Nichols. C. T. Tsao, the ap- The light drizzle did not deter al the game on the rule that the ball new Eastern Shanghai player,
was in- large crowd from attending the series was in R.E. territory at the final whis-peared uncomfortable and which
was held
on four grounds, tle, no goals or corners being scored.
On
PATH TO FINAL C.B.A., Navy, Recreio and Club. each ground an individual tournament was run as far as the final stages when all the finalists, eight in all, were redrawn and played for right of .entry into the semi-final.
the the
On their way to the final, Kumaons, beat Nomads "A", Royal Corps of Signals "A", Royal Engineers "A" and the Royal Scots
"A".
C.B.A. were opposed by "A". Queen's Callege, K.I.T.C. and Middle- sex "A" on their way to the final.
HSU'S USEFUL DISPLAY
In Third Division, I.R.C., newcomers to the Division, made an inauspicious debut and lost by 27 shots, B. D. Evans having a big margin of victory over Adal.
Craigengower did well to beat Kow- loon Bowling Green Club.
Matches.postponed were:-Police v. Kowloon F.C., Hong Kong C.C. v. Re- creio (Second Division); Hong Kong Electric v. Hong Kong C.C. and Pri- son Officers v. Hong Kong F. C. (Third
(Continued on page 18)
Hsu King-sing, in the pivotal posi-Division). Submarines
again
a gave
useful tion, performance. He was seen very little in defensive work, but fed his men with nice and accurate passes, Ng Tse-tsan was the best of the halves, and held his own quite well.
Some of the matches yesterday were extraordinarily interesting and
In the quarter finals, C.B.A, "A" beat KIT.C. by two goals, G. H. Fowler scor- earlier stages provided some of most thrilling struggles of the tourna-ing both; Royal Scots "A" beat 36th Bat ment. It is obviously difficult to deal tery, R.A., Kumaon Rifles "A" beat
Royal Engineers "A", and Middlesex "A" with these matches at any length,
beat Middlesex "B" 2-0, Jackson and Shee- hah scoring,
however.
J
N. Z. Lee, also a Shanghai player, though not impressive, worked hard. Navy attacked for a great part of the first half and appeared likely to hold their opponents. They drew
FOWLER'S GOALS DECIDE
In the semi-finals, C.B.A, "A" beat Mid- Form ran fairly true and the eight dlesex "A" 2-0, S. A. Fowler scoring both tet as in the quarter-final represented goals, and Kumaon Rifles "A" beat Royal 'the Colony's leading hockey clubs. In Scots "A". the final C.B.A. "A" beat Kumaon The following teams reached the quarter- first blood through Hendy about half of an hour after the start, when that 'Rifles in a stirring struggle by the odd final:
C.B.A. "A";-V. C. Bond; T. D. S. Whit-player. converted a nice centre from
The same goal in three.
player nëtted ley and N. B. M. Whitley: S. A. Fowler, O'Regan. G. H. Fowler and M. Dunne.
another about two minutes from the
Middlesex "B": L/C, Ion Pte.
C.B.A., scored through G. H. Fowler within the first two minutes and had K.I.T.C.:~Karnail Singh: Kalwant Singh resumption from a pass from Le much the better of the game for the and Bhag Singh Pyara Singh, Mohinder Page, while Roughley registered a first half; a second goal by the Singh and C. Pinto,,
penalty kick within the last ten min- Middlesex "A"-Pie, Stickley: Sgt. Crow-utes against Eastern's right-back for same player before the half time whis-
ley and Pte. Pearson; Pte, tle gave them a decisive lead.
pushing O'Regan
Ching-to, Kumaons rallied in the second half, Sheehan and Pte, Coomer,.
Cheung Kam-hoi, Hau Sgt. Ure, but the best efforts of Partaub and
Sgt. Waldron: Bdms. John, Edms. Hymes and Lee Tack-kie scored Easterns' .Nerain Singh, the Interport left-wing and Pic, Marable.
first three goals, and Hau Ching-to .combination, proved futile against the
Singh: Kishan followed up a high shot from Chung stolid C.B.A. defence. A steady driz-Singh; Krisha Singh; Lal Singh, Nerain Yung-sam, and sent in a terrific shot, zle proved of little help to the Indian team, though in the later stages of the game they managed to keep the play .in.
the CBA. half. A goal came in the last minute of the game.
The Kumaon had a more difficult
"Kumaons" "A":—Gusein
Singh and Partaub Singh, giải
Royal Engineers "A"-Spr. Heath; Bgt Croston and L/e. Shaw; Sgt. Denyer, L/Sgt. Homburg dng Cpl. Taylor,
Royal Boots "A":-Md]; Harland; B/M. Jordan and Capt. Douglass; Cpl. Devereux, Cpl. Hitchcock and Fie" Mellis
which decided the issue only five minutes before the end.
. Chilên,Lâu Hn hon. Chan Yin ku and N: Z4 Lee; NË Trotkan, Häữ" King-sing and Lo Wal-kuen, Chung Yung-wam, Cheung Kam-hol, Lee Tack-kle, C. T. Tsao and Hau Chingto
Nay Robinsons. Roughley and Honlwell; Phippens,
path to
to the final then their opponents goun Battery PR Age Mulad Khan; and were very nearly defeated by chat Bingh and Jóginor sögn, Sahan Bligh, Fronewen, Nichala and Britt;
Lo Pare, Hendy, Thobuf and O'Regan. Royal Engineers "A", being awarded Chajja Singh and Darshan Singh.
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