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rage 14 SOCCER REVIEW
THE CHINA MAIL, OCTOBER 25, 1940.
THE ERSTWHILE PESSIMISTS PROVIDE ALL THE SURPRISES Kowloon F.C. Start Badly But Now Going Great Guns Splendid Form Of Lee Wai-Tong
By "Referec"
NOW THAT THE LOCAL FOOTBALL SEASON HAS BEEN IN PROGRESS FOR JUST OVER A MONTH, IT IS POSSIBLE TO APPRAISE· THE STRENGTH OF THE VARIOUS TEAMS PARTICI- PATING IN THE FOOTBALL LEAGUE, WHICH UP TO NOW HAS HAD LITTLE INTERRUPTION THROUGH MILITARY OR OTHER CAUSES.
Several clubs started the present season very gloomily and could not gaze into the future with much confidence but strangely enough these are the very clubs which so far are providing all the surprises to date.
diosex and Eastern.
In the latter match they were unfortunate in not securing a win as they were leading until near
The forward line is a tricky one
and do well up to the penalty
strong position although they were rudely shocked by Kowloon
last week.
BOWLING ALLEY
JOTTINGS
(By "STRIKE”
THE fourth leg of the 20-game, the Ewo Brewery Co., and will be Challenge match between Doc on display in the Alley through- Molthen partnered by Ernie Hear out the competition. There are ther and Corp. Blount partnered jeight teams entered and it is hop- by Corp. Watts was played off on ed that a match can be played off October 17, and resulted in a this week-end, failing which, |"headache"" for the former who there will certainly be one or two Eastern were forced to give Sing only just scraped home by 21; pins, matches played the following Tho a "walk over" in the first This was an extraordinary close week. Entries have been racaiy- game as they were then unable call because, the eventual winners ed from the following teams: to raise a team but in the next were 196 pins in the lead on-the "Marcel Boye". A team mainly bame gave indications of being a first three legs. The individual composed of our friends from the leading team in First Division. scores in the last leg were as fol- Royal Naval Hospital, that iş
The ready-made Sing Tao team¦lows:-
Lewis, Hewitt, Ninn and Neale,
Argonauts. This team is the old Ernie Hearther 830 original one with the exception of 775 the inclusion of C.P.O. Woods of the U.S:S. Asheville fume, the team being Ismail, Birkett, C.P.O. Wood and Hall,
is still undefeated and fancied in
some quarters to be a good tip for Corp. Blount 958 the championship They have a Corp. Waits 872 well-balanced and experienced team, and as long as they are for-
1830
Doc Molthen
1659
Kowloon were badly beaten in, their first game, by South China,
tunate as regards injuries they! There was no doubt of the su but have since earned the enviable area but they do not take full ad-
should do well. It is interesting periority of-Blount and Watts in distinction of having upset several! vantage when in shooting dis-
to note that most of their players this match over their opponents, posed of our old friends from the
Asheville Ships Team. Is com good teams. Their victory against; tance.
have been playing for some years Blount was Lasily top scorer with Asheville, Harvey Balaski, Har- much fannied Kwong Wah can be Gomes, MacDonald and c. and may be giving up soccer soon, a brilliant 958, or 1913 pins per man and Fleming. regarded as a creditable accum- Santos are all good midfield play-
while there. are no outstanding game, this being also the second Termites. plishment while they also did welters and an improvement in their players in the Junior team.
Is mainly from Jari to match a point from both Mid- shooting will carry St. Joseph's team has done nothing of note to with 968 made on the third leg.
The much touted Kwong Wah
highest score for the 20 games dine, Matheson and Company. played, Hearther being top scorer Parsons, Gaubert, Stone and very high in the League Table.
Darby.. South China had only Lee Wai- date and unless they show an
The Buglers. Composed of tong and Tam Kwan-kon of last improvement then are likely to be
Incidentally, Blount secured] Wathen, McLaren, Neate and Wil- year's champion team a week be very low in the league. Apparent-
the only 200's, during the fourth, kins from the Royal Corps of fore the first game, but with they the blending of Chinese and
leg when he bagged a 209 on his Signals. return of a number of their old duced the desired results and they
Portuguese players has not pro-;
second game and 201 on his fifth Wash-Ous. This team is com- players they now form the groat- have secured only one point in the
game. est threat to Sing Two for hon four games so far played.
posed of the Odell Brothers, Talan Williamson,
and C.P.O. Summers of Asheville. undoubtedly the ours. The two teams meet this best pivot in the Colony at pre-week-end at Caroline Hill,
Blount, Waits, Landolt and Gaddi. Dare Devils. Are our old friends, sent, has been the mainstay of the South China's intermediate line defence and all forwards find him is not particularly strong, though
The Hijackers. Aro two of the a great obstacle. Kowloon have the inclusion of Lau Hing-choy now gathered together 1 very has remedied it somewhat. useful and well-balanced- team which should cause many more upsets.
the end
Best Pivot
Lee Shooting Well
His partner (Watts) materially A. V. Gosano has not turned assisted Blount with a good -872 out for them in the last two games pins or an average of 174.2 pins pivot, is on the injured list and edly have done much better had Molthen with two newcomers to while Yeung Tse-chong, their per game, but he would undoubt-old Champs team, Hearther and playing with the juniors,
he not failed on his. fourth game match play in these Alleys, Waller
Inconsistency
The Draw
The draw for the first round is
Hijackers v. Termites.
Asheville Ship Teamn's
Devils.
Buglers v. Argonauts, Wash-Outs v.. Marcel Boys,
to maké a mediocre 149. Had he and Williams. made on his fourth game the average of his first, second, third Injuries, transfers and depart-
The three Service teams; Mid-and fifth games, which was 181. Those who have soen Lee Wai- diesex, Royal Scots and Navy they would have won the match. ures hit St. Joseph's badly before tong play this season will agree have not produced consistent form Neither Hearther nor Molthen as follows:- the season commenced and after that he is showing better Toun this season Middlesex did well shone su well as in their former being beaten by Club, in their first than for many seasons past. HistoHeat Navy and though they encounters, allhough Ernie, made gamo, they have gone about shooting is still good but he does had their share of the gamery, userul: 880, or, an average of 176 team-building in a very earnest not expect the same passes from against Eastern and South Chinat pins per game and Molthen put mannor. The result is that to his present colleagues ns when they were badly beaten: Sheehan up a lowly 775 or an average of day, Saints have a team that can Fung and Lal were with him, and has played in several positions, 135 pins per game, which almost give the best. a run for their as 1 result he do is more starting in the intermedinte line; lost them the match. It. s. rather money. Leonard, Bowen and His-work. sain have been placed in the South Chin-forward: who: ̈ needs Freshwater is playing very well as the 20 games or
Chan Tak-fai is another he is now leading the attack interesting to note the scores for defence to strengthen it, while, watching.
the challenge several Chinese schoolboys, whose Return of Hau. Ching-to, Chan Lee Wal-tong on
full-back and effectively stopped hatch by the four players in the only football hitherto has been Kam-hoi, Cheung Yung-sum and casions last week.
numerous oc-urder of scores:- in the small ball league, have the inclusion of several Shanghai come on exceedingly well.
players has placed Eastern "in
One can
be certain Bidunt: what the Royal Scots will do. They did well to beat South China in the first game, lapsed badly. against Eastern and St. Joseph's and came back strongly on Sun-Harther-212, 152, 157, 105, 190, day to beat Kwong Walt.
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Royals have a good defence and when their forwards are on
·form are able to upset the best.
Navy are handicapped by not] being able to field the same teain rach week, "With the best tean available, they have a good side! as O'Regan, Hendy, Roughley "and Honeywell are all players of no mean, class.
Molthen:
Watts
Dare."
The conditions with regard fo the closing dates, for each round and the final are as follows: First round to be completed by Novem- ber. 7; Second round to be com-. plefed by November 14; Final. to be completed by November 21.
189, 186, 136, 148, 106, 198, 159, 103, 212, 169, 175, 162, 170, 212, 210, To facilitate the smooth run- -188, 209, 196, 180, and ning of this Tourney, the Teams 201 Total-3613,4 are specially requested to get in touch with the Manager of the 181 188, 107, 164, 179, Hong Kong Bowling Alleys, giving 208 195, 208, 165, 192, him the date most suitable to 151, 178, 173, 187 and them. 191 Total-3001.
Up to the time of writing these 108, 173, 158, 182; 149, fottings the highest scores for the 207, 172, 137, 188 212 month on the monthly record 174, 197, 163, 190, 180, boards aro as follows:—
157, 157, 150, 150 and
155 Total-3425,
TEN PINS 201, 182 172, 174, 120, Men: L. C. Garrett
Ladles:-Mrs. Lambert
183, 165, 138, 178, 148.-
108, 194, 187, 193, 137,
176 176, 177, 148 and Ladies:-Mrs. E. Soong DUCK PINS. 194. Total-3392,
Men: H. Blount
Club obtained two points in their first game ngainst St, Joseph's but have not done well thereafter as they find it hard to The aggregate, scores. for the 20 feld a good team regularly ow-games for Hearther and. Molthen ng to military and other duties, was 7026 and for Blount and Watts Club have in the past upset good 7005, thus they were down only teams and should be able to 21 pins on the 20 games played. collect more points before the It certainly was about the closest end of the season.
Police secured their first point door. Bowling Alleys, alther Eng- nish have ever seen in any In Last week against St. Joseph's lish or American bowling. The md have lost the majority of their averages for all four players are games through their own fault worthy of note mid were as fol and in the closing stages of the lows Blount 100.054 pins per games. They have the same tum game Hearther 180,5 pins per as last year. In fact they are occa-game: Moltherr: 171.25 pins per siznally strengifioned by Pope, at game, and Watts 1096 pins per right-hair, but their forwards game. Throughout the 20 games. suldoni scem able to finish their there were no fewer than 11 inbyaments:
Sappers' Fine Team
sebres of over 200 registerba Blount bagging five of them-212; 212, 210 209, and 201 Heather Molthen two,, a 207 und 212, while netted three-212, 208, 208-änd Watts had one, 201.
Ewo Indoor Bowling
· League®
Royal Engineers seem set for Second Division honours: They have a team which would do well in the Sonior: 'League;","Thuir Cest rant was when they bout Sing! Tào, who had several First Divi“ slon players in the side "includ- ing Soong Lingysing, Fung Kwan-The, management of the Hong shing, and Ip Pale-wali.
Kong Bowing"Alley's, in-conjunc=|" Royal Scots and Service Corpstion with the representatives, In are their greatest challengers. Hong Kong, of the Ewo Brewery The Third Divisiontie Seems Company of Shanghut, have du... tolle between Royal Air Forcu cided to commence another tour and International though 24th ney for the Ewo Indoor Bowling AA and 38th RA, qve showing League Cup at Ten Pin.” This Sinalröved förnu.20
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