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**CHINA MAIL" CUP
THE CHINA MAIL, NOVEMBER 11, 1940
SERVICE CORPS "A" AND FIFTH A.A. BTY.
BTY. IN FINAL Highly-Fancied Portuguese Rink Is Surprisingly
Eliminated
Tourney Concludes On Sunday
IN
THE
GOOD PROGRESS WAS MADE "CHINA MAIL" CUP VOLUNTEER LAWN BOWLS COMPETITION YESTERDAY AND THIS COM- PETITION HAS NOW REACHED THE FINAL STAGES.
COUNTRY CLUB AT HOME
YESTERDAY'S RESULTS AND GOAL-SCORERS
FIRST DIVISION,
Royal Scots 3 Police Hossack, Fal- Howlett.
coner and
Marshall,
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HUNTER EASILY WINS JASPER CLARK CUP
F. D. HUNTER WON the Jasper Clark Cup of Royal Hong Kong Golf Club at Fanling yesterday, returning scores, of 75, (Old Course) and 73. (New Course) to finish considerably in front of anyone else.
T. A. Pearce, who recently won the Colony championship, Was
courses.
Lee Shek-second with 81 and 75.
Hunter gave 3 consistently good display and had good rounds on both
Only in the afternoon can he be said to have) run into any trouble, when he took 6 4 6 at the 12th, 13th, and 14th, holes.
St. Joseph's 1 Leonard
South China Chan Tak-fai 4
Royal Scots Meikle.
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узи, - SECOND DIVISION
30th R.A.
0
South China Chin Chi-fai
2
Kit Chee
1
Chan Ping-lo.
and Lee Chi-ho,
3
Signals Lang.
The final will be contested next; Sunday by Army Service Corps! "A" and Fifth A.A. Battery, both | 62 whom won two games yester- day. The effort of the latter rinks in beating one of the most highly- fancied in the competition-No. 6) Coy's "A" team which included a couple of Interporters-was a par-
The Country Golf Club, held a | Engineers ticularly meritorious one consid- very successful "At Home" at Jones 2 and ering the fact that the Battery Sheungshui yesterday when Chung Sing team is composed of members of prizes won in the varicus com-
THIRD DIVISION
the Taikoo team which plays in pctions wêre presented to the 1000000
Second Division.
They secured the right of entry
winners.
to the final by the narrowest pos- S. CHINA 5 ST. JOSEP H'S 1
a
sible margin, only getting home by a solitary shot. They held slender lead throughout the game. however, and at the 20th. end were 17-14 ahead.
The Portuguese rink then made) a great last-minute rally to sec- ure a two and only just fail. •
At the 18th. end, A.S.C. were leading 21-10 but the Gunners then scored 2 3 1 to get to 16.
The quarter-finals, which were played in the morning, provided no upsets and margins of victory were for the most part comfort- RESULTS QUARTER-FINALS
able.
Great Effort
SCORES
CASH SWEEP
AT MACAO
Cashi sweeps at yesterday's meeting of the Macao Jockey Club were:
Race No. 1
No. 166
$308.30 88.10
44.00
1
By
Subject to final check the fol- lowing qualified for the cham- pionship of the Royal Hong Kong Golf Club-match play stages:-
Old New course course Ttl. (a) F. D. Hunter 75 73 148 (b) T. A. Pearce 81 75 156 (c) L R. An-
drewes
301
15
248
|
Unplaced pony
($48.90): No.
242.
Race No. 2
No. 170
$363.90
348
104.00
101
52.00
75
82
(d) K. S. Robert-
son
80
(d) S. Tomlinson F. Groves
79 159 81 83 164 85 79 164 79 87 166 83 83 166
No. 361
$430.90
104
123.10
26
61.50
>
Race No. 4
No. 412
$282.00
273
80.60
306
40.30
Leonard & Hussain
menace
to
Collapsing badly in the second half St. Joseph's sustained their biggest defeat of the season when they were beaten by 5 goals to 1 by South China in First Division at Caroline Hill yesterday after being led at the interval by the odd goal in three.
South China were without Lee; the only real
the Field Eng. 'C' 26 Field Eng. 'B' 18 without their pivot,
Wai-tong, while St. Joseph's were Chinese dejence. He played el- Fernandez ter than he has ever done this First Bat. 'A' 8 A.S.C. 'A' 28 and Man Chi-kee their · right | season. and though he had to Field Eng. 'A' 14 5th A.A, Bty. 20 winger. Field. Anib. 'B' II No. 6 Coy. 'A' 23,
torage for the ball, most of the
Gomes But for the
dis-time he did. well. SEMI-FINALS
magnificent play at back of Leonard and Hus-Santos. were good in their
ap sain. Saints would have sustained coach work but they were often
robbed by the defending backs.
Field Engineers "C" A.S.C. "A"
Spr. Calman
Spr. Ozorio Sgt. Hyde
Spr. R. Lapsley
Spr. Morrison
(Skip) 16 Fifth A.A. Bty. Gar. Melrose Gnr. Main Gnr. Keown
Cpl. Cullen
Sgt. Mayer
Pie. Kern
(Skip)
No. 6 Coy. "A"
Pte. Luz
Pie. Alves
Pte. Ribeiro Gor. Chalmers Lt. Ribeiro
(Skip) 17
(Skip)
SOFTBALL SCORES
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a great defeat.
These two players were al a great barrier to the Chinese forwarda and they shouldered a tremendous amount. of ad. ditional work owing to the early injury to Maher at left half.
A. E. Lissaman
D. S. Robb
Unplaced ponies ($8.20 each):
157 Nos. 5, 261, 321, 212, 272, 167, 53.
Race No. 3
accurate centring caused the most havoc to the Saint's defence.
Unplaced ponles ($6.40 eách):
In defence Tsang Chung-wan Nos. 215, 507, 587, 364, 43, 66, 36. was the outstanding player and Santos covered MacDonald and
well, while Tse Kam-hung. at right back had an easy afternoon against Ali and Maher.
South China took the lead in the first half when Chan Tak-fai scored two quick goals. A. Leonard reduced the lead with a good shot following a foul.
Race No. 5
No. 14346
26351 16491
$11,736.63 3,353.38 1,676.69. Unplaced ponies ($169.36 each): Nos. 03107, 1996, 04312, 05671, 07996, 02177, 19289; 08726, 19777. 15642, 20722,
No. 242
and
In the second period South China did most of the attacking and scored further goals through
+1
325
130
Race No. 6
$458.70 131.00
65.50
Unplaced ponies ($12.10 each):
Chan Tak-fai (4) and Lee Shek- Nos. 11, 187, 76, 299, 278. 199.
yau.
83 87 170
87 53.
170 97 33 170 89 81 170 85 86 171 89 83 172 87 87 174.
Chan, Does Well South China: Tam Kwam-G. C. Aitkenhead
kow: Tsang Chung-wan and Tse- 'D. Humphreys Chan Tak-fai who led the Kam-hung; Lau Hing-shoi, Lam A. McKellar Chinese attack, has not complete- Tak-po and Luk Tat-han: Tsoi Col. H, B. Rose ly recovered from his recent in- | Kwaf-shing, Chan Tak-fai, Lau D. S. Edward jury, but did well and proved Chung-sang, Chau Man-chi and R. K. Collings Ali, who took over this posi-a, rare opportuntist by scoring Lee Shek-yau.
IS. L. Lloyd .... 16tion, was totally at sea and could four goals, one of which was a St. Joseph's: S. Tsang: D. A. M. Kennedy 91 84 175 not do anything against Lee beautiful header from a foul kick į Leonard and Hussain: Lau Wing-j: (a)-Wins Jasper Clark Cup: Shek-you and Chau Man-chi. taken by Lee Shek-yau,
kwon, A. Leonard, and W. Maher, (b)-Runner-up' (c)-Best round PlacDonald was a great trier in Lee. Shek-yau was the best T. Ali, J. Gomes, MacDonald, J.Old Course; (d)-Tie för best the Saints forward-line and waswinger on view and his speed and i Gomes and R. Cruz.
round New Course,
Canucketles 12, Cardinals 8. Panthers 16, Chung Hwa 3. Wildcats 45, Little Flowers 8. Recreio Aces 15, St. Joseph's 1: Hong Kong Baseballers 9,. Fil- piros 4, i
2.
Saturday's Sport In Retrospect
was featured by two fine. per-
Chinese Baseballers 9, Canucks SATURDAY'S cricket programine Central British 19, Royal En-formances in two departments of gineers 8.
the game.. At Kowloon · Cricket
Recreio Bees 42, Royal Artil-Club, the batting of D. J. N. An- lery 6.
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Bowling
S. Mahmood A. R. Minu
Ebrahim
Capt. Dewar
B for 46 7 for 43 5 for 23 5 for 40
Young
5 for 40
R. A. J. Simpson L. G. Gosano
4 for 19
4 for 19
4 for 22 4 for 25
Q
J. Lewis W. Stoker
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son cannot be said to have wound up completely.
Notwithstanding the fact that no Interport was held this year, the season just concluding can be said to have been most successful and
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SATURDAY'S results provided
In fact Medicals had two splen-·
few surprises in the First and Second Divisions, but in Third Division there were two somewhat unexpected results. Medicals derson and H. Owen Hughes, who
proved that their. ivere both unfortunate in not
lawn bowls has probably Football: display against- In- securing their
cen-
never; had as large and as en-
ternational, when Cricket turies, dominated the
thusiastic a following, as is now they forced a draw last week, was match, while at Soo-
the case. This is ong, game whose no flash in the pan and fully ex- kunpoo, two men.. also over-
future appears to be assured.; tended the leaders, Air. Force, shadowed everyone else—but in
sharing, eight goals, this case with the ball-A.. Ry Miu, the. Interport left-hander. CONTRARY to general expecta- JUDGING by the standard re-did opportunites of obtaining both aking 7 for 23 and S. Mahmood. tions, Hong Kong won a most vealed in the friendly Hockey points but failed with spot kicks.. of University, who is in great form.
thrilling match, match at King's Park on Saturday International are slowly but his year, taking all the. Indian
Lawn Bowls at: Kowloon between Central British Associs surely slipping and on Saturday Recreation Club. wickets, that fell
Bowling Green
tion and St. Andrews were lucky to draw with 24th It. to finish up with 8 for 46. Club on Saturday by one shot and Hockey Ladies, ladies' hockey A Minshall played, a gɔod game
In all there were, seyen indig thus secured the Aitkenherd
in the Colony, is not for the Gunners, while the two dual scores of 50 or over, while Shield for the current year. as staguant as the recent evacua- ¿crvica players, Iley and Bodic five bowlers took five or more.j. Strangely enough, it was tion would lead one to believe,
scored the goals for International. Gill, of Hong Kong, who wout Actually, the teams were both down by just about the largest fairly strong and although play at margin of the day, who, secured some stages was scrappy, and that one shot which gave his site there were strong indications that victory Excitement was intense, In: several of the players could bener THE Combined Club and Police fit considerably, by a good deal of teens had a good win over the closing stages, it being thought
United Services at the when all was finished that Kow= 'repoffen, the match was quite in- loon had won, A recount was, teresting.
Valley on Saturday, demanded and it
being. 0-3 down, at was. then
C.BA. turned out a team which
the interval and then nounced, amid loud island cheers, they had evidently scoured the that Kowloon had been beaten by Colony to get together but St. fscrning 8 points.
One of the chief repsons for the one shot-a truly remarkable, re- | Andrew's, with, one exception, sult considering that 12, rinks on vere represented by most of the civilian win was the fine form of either side, were engaged,
players who turned out for them Wall, who played an amazingly With the playing, of this match, last year. That exception was Miss brilliant and consistent garne. the season can be said to be of S. Birchell, who played a really Navy "A", with the aid ficially closed although enthusiasm brilliant game at centre-forward Marsh, a soldier, drow with Club still has not faded; the "China and gave definite indications of "A" 'in a close game-in which Mail Cup has still a week to go. Balan · of great service to the heither side, could establish super-
iority. and lawn bowls for the 1940 sea- · Saints.
wickels.
D. J. N. Anderson H. Owen Hughes..
A.. Watson
A. E. Noronha
A. H. Madar
Batting
98
02
67
04..
58
K. M. Baxter
50
B. T. Gosano
50"
French
49.
Major Grose
48*
409
F. H. Carvalho.
44
R. T. Broadbridge
39*
P. M. N. da Silvn R. M. M. King
30. 39...
S. Amplavanur
* Not out.
A. R. Sufflad
Rugby
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