REVIEW OF SATURDAY'S INTER-DIVISIONAL BASKETBALL
RACE MEETING
By "Rapier"?
THE GLORIOUS weather conditions which prevailed on Saturday for Hong Kong Jockey Club's Twelfth Extra Race Meeting attracted a large gathering of racing enthusiasts which included His Excellency the Acting-Governör, Lieut. General E. F. Norton, and His Excellency Sir Shenton Thomas, Governor of Straits Settlements, who was occom- panied by Lady Thomas.
Mr. L. B. Chao headed the list of successful joc-for keys with three wins and two seconds, followed by Mr. V. V. Needa with one win and a second.
Main event of the day, the St. from Hillsboro Day, which caine Andrew's Stakes, was won by up a bit too late. Johnber, the Galaxy, cleverly ridden by Mr. favourite, despite its heavy bur- B. L. Tao, for the second year in den of 108 lb. did very well to succession to pay $52.30, the se- come in third, a neck behind the cond best win dividend of the second pony.
afternoon.
Punters Disappointed
LEAGUE FOR THE POLICE
SCOTS WIN AGAIN
Effort To Improve Standard
(By A Special Correspondent) Bowling honours went WITH A VIEW TO giving more members of the to Pte. Emmerson (3 for Force an opportunity of outdoor exercise and to 7) and Lieut. Fargus (3 work up a better side for the Hong Kong Basketball Scots beat 5th A.A. Bat- Basketball League.
12) when Royal League, Police have organised an inter-divisional tery by 123 runs in a friendly cricket match at Sookunpoo. yesterday.. wickets in five balls, without con- Emmerson took his three
ceding any runs.
40
17
Total: (for 6 wkts, dec ) 177
Police have been competing in the Basketball League for some years past and their team has been composed for the most part of In- probable that more talent will be dians. With this League it is
unearthed.
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13.
NAVY
DRAW
WITH R.A.
Skipwith played well at back for Gunners and Richards was also prominent..
McGill and Bowden shone for Navy.
Artillery: Skipwith; salisbury, Mulligan, Giblin, Keebles, Richards, Wedderburn, Heath, Delderfield, McDermot, White- head, "Bompas; Page, "Smith, Eddi-
Capt, Patterson, who top scored:
Entries for the League have Maple Star's Easy Win
for the winners, had 12 boun-been most encouraging and some In the fourth race, the Lang- Ford (45) had eight boundaries to are
deries in his 58 not out while Lt. good games should result. There The opening race, Linkumdod-holm Handicap for "C" Class Aus-
a number of probationary die Handicap for "D" Class Australian ponies, from the 1-mile
his credit.
Chinese sub-inspectors who are The Gunners could do nothing understood to be good players and draw by Royal Artillery in a Navy were held to a pointless tralian ponies ridden by novice post, Venus Bay (Mr. Needa), the against the steady bowling of the their presence in the competition friendly Rugby match at Cause- jockeys, resulted in an easy win favourite, failed to secure a place, Scots, and were dismissed for a should do much to improve the way Bay yesterday. for Maple Star (Mr. Yeurig Wing- although it drew first position. On kwal). On the rise of the barrier the rise of the barrier, the ponies paltry 58, the scores being: standard of the game among the Eight of the Gunners' team had three ponies, Quick Despatch (Mr. were off like a flash, with Cat-Lieut. Ford, 1.b.w., b Dobbinson ...
ROYAL SCOTS
Police.
played in a Small Units geme G. W. Cooper), Surprise Again terick Bridge (Mr. Hearne) Col. Alsey, c Pearce, b Plummer
Europeans are also taking an immediatly before and the game (Mr.. R. M. Wood) and Tarzan leading, followed by Bredon (Mr. Pie, Bateman, c Sutcliffe, b Pearce 12 interest in the game and Sergeants was late in starting and only one (Mr. Yeung Wing-sing) shot out Chattey) and. Cheerful Star (Mr. Capt. Duke, b Pearce
McLeod and Poole will be playing half was played. practically together and this or- Craven). Before the bend was Capt, Douglas, e Barsby, b Dobbin- for Western Division. der" was maintained until the six reached Bredon dropped out of
son
All matches will be played at furlong post. was passed, when the race and it became apparent Lt. Fargus, b Plummer Capt. Patterson, not 'out
--50 Boundary Street at 4.30 p.m. on Tarzan took command until the that Cheerful Star was only wait-
Extras (B5) Rock only for Quick Despatch to ing for the necessary urge, and it reassert itself and take lead of come through to win by a short
First game was played on Mon- a few lengths, with Tarzan, Ris- head. It was very credi.ably
Major Burn, Major Godley, Pte. Em- day when Shumshuipo Division ing Star (Mr. K. W. Fung), Maple handled by Mr. Craven, Shuttle-merson and Sgt. Devereux did not bat, beat Kowloon City by 26 points to Star, the ultimate winner, and cock (Mr. Back) was third.
Bowling Analysis Longdon (Mr. T. W. Chattey) in attendance. Entering the home stretch, Quick Despatch, which was still leading, bored out and in doing so interfered with the
in the first leg of the running of Tarzan, Roolfly (Mr. Double", the Canoble Lea Handi- Capt, Ingram, e Devereux, b Fargus
"Daily
5TH A.A. BATTERY Haymes) and Longdon which were
Class practically behind it. Meanwhile, ponies, over two miles, Tornado Lt. Plummer. 1.b.w. b Fargus
cap for "B"
Australian Lt. Pearce, b Alsey Maple Star came through on the rails to take the lead which Star (Mr. Hearne), the 1938 win- Gur.. Dobbinson, e Bateman, b it maintained to the end. Quickner of the Rooty Hill Derby, was L/Bdr. Barsby, and ↳ Alsey ... Despatch was second with Rooifly made firm favourite in view of its L/Bdr. Sidders, Bateman:
recent demotica from the "A" Gnr. Marun, not out After the race a protest was Class; it disappointed its backers, Gar. McCadden, C Patterson. lodged against Quick Despatch for
however, and was unplaced.
Emmerson .... Franklin (Mr. Needa), boring. This was sustained by endeavoured to run off into a big Gnr. Hannington, b Bateman which Gor. Bradley, b Emmerson. the Stewards, and the official re- lead, was followed by A Roaring Gr. Sutcliffe, e Patterson, b Em- sult of the race was: 1st. Maple Time (Mr. Well
merson and Devonian Star; 2nd Rooifly and 3rd Long- don.
(Mr. Back). On the two-mile post being reached for the first" time, Vixen Tor (Mr. Chattey); took the lead from Franklin, and
third.
1
Favourite Does Not
Disappoint
Tornado Star Fails To Place
Another Let Down
Plummer Barsby Dobbinson Pearce Hannington
Fargus
0. M. R. W 12:21- -56- 2
0. 0 -35
0
1 21 2
5 0 40
2
3 0
20
0
1
1
16
Q
0
Extras (B10) Total
.84
Bowling Analysis
D. M.
0
0
13
1
2.1 0
C.C.C. CRICKET
TEAM
Fixtures
Following fixtures have been compiled:
son,
Navy: Morahan; McGill, Smith, Bowden, O'Riordan, Rees, Long- muir, Watson, Palmer, Beattie,
Dec. 2. Shumshulpo v. Kowloon City Taylor, Brown, King, Murray-
4. Yaumati
6; Western
v. Tsimshatsu!
Eastern
9. Shumshulpo v. Yaumati
11. Kowloon City' v. Tsimshatsui 13. Western v. Central
16. Slumshulpo v. Tsimshatsui
V
18. Kowloon City v Yaumat 20.* Eastern
Central 23:Shumshuipo v. Western 23. Kowloon City v. Eastern 27: Yaumati v. Central 30, Shumshulpo v. Eastern Jan. 1. Kowloon City.v. Central 3. Tsimshatsut v. Western
0. Shumshulpo v. Central- 8.Timehalsul v. Eastern 10. Yaumati. v. Western. 13. Kowloon City v. Western 15. Tsimshatsui v Central 17, Yimati
Eastern
SOCCER RECORD EXPECTED
Jones.
NAVY
TEAM FOR SATURDAY
By "SCRUM HALF" Promise of a close, Quadrangu- lar Rugby Tournament on Satur- day next between Club and Navy follows the announcement of the Navy team, which is as follows: Pre **Moraltan; Kennedy, Honeywill; Raut arid' McGili; O'Riordan and Bowden; Palmer:-Watsonyi-Longmuir; Beattie, Taylor: Brown,- King and, Poole.
Club will make no changes in the team which held Army to 13- all, and Aitkenhead will be re- tained at fly-half. The team is:
Car- Thompson; · Stewart, "Charter," ruthers and Bosanquêt; Altkenhead and Thomson; Heaaman, 'Burford, Macrae; Needham, Gairdner; Konfedý, Taylor and Godfrey.
Carter, the Navy captain and fly-half," has torn a 1gament in his leg and will be out of the game for a month.
Navy have a most impressive three quarter line and if Watson can beat Burford for possession in the tight scrums C.üb are going to be fully extended.
it maintained it until the six iur-Fargus long post, only to fade out of the Alsey race. Franklin led until-the-bend Bateman The Copshawholm Handicap but was displaced by Devonian, Emmerson (First section) over the Cham-which, after a brief period, was pions distance was or "C" Class, itself passed by Piccadilly Jim China ponies. Bue Gate was (Mr. Chao), which went on to win made favourite and did not dis-by four lengths from Triumphant appoint.
Day, which came up in a belated Just In Time (Mr. Wel) took rush. Fair Chance (Mr. Ip Kui the lead followed by Advancing Ying); another two lengths away, Time (Mr. Chang) and Boolat was third, having had the better
Following will represent Crai- Bay (Mr. Pan), but Advancing of Devonian.
fengower, Cricket Club in a Time displaced Just In Time after
friendly cricket match against passing the six furlong post, with
Navy at Happy Valley on Satur Emergency Unit (Mr. S. W "Lee)
day:--B. - Zimmern (Capt.), T. moving up to second position. This The Gretna Green Handicap for B. R. Iranee, A. K. Ismail, E. A. Edgar, E. H. Esmail, M. C. Hùng, order was maintained to the Rock, "A" Class China ponies over six Lce, O. M. Omar, W. Hong Sling, Blue Gate (Mr. Chao) being satis furlongs resulted in the downfall S. R. Solina and G. Souza. fed with fourth position, At the Village bend Blue Gate was Time (Mr.
of another favourite, Distinctive Wei), which was sent into the lead with Emer-strongly supported, finishing third,
In the straight Mr. Treverton gency Unit behind followed by the extra fur.ong probably hav- gave Lancashire Chips its head Eve of Dancing. (Mr, Wood) and ing much to do with its defeat. and It responded gamely and, after Rob Roy (Mr. P. P. Botelho).
In anticipation of a re- When the last quarter was reach lowed closely by Distinctive Time every inch a winner. To`the sur- Dupont Bay (Mr. Sung); fol-overhauling Vanity Fair, looked ed Emergency Unit faded out of
cord crowd and in order the race and Eve of Dancing went and Craigavad (Mr. Chao) led at, went up with a rush to snatch a to make better arrange-
prise of all, however, Baffin Bay up strongly to challenge Blue the outset but Distinctive Time short-head victory. Amicus Curiae ments the prices of admis- Two matches in the Small Units Gate without avail as Bua Gate displaced Dupont Bay after pass (Mr. Chao), which was third a still had much in reserve anding the 1⁄2-mile post and when
neck behind, went on to win by two lengths, the straight was reached Craiga over the last few lengths..
came up strongly sion for the Eastern-Sing Rugby League were played-yes- terday at Sookunpoo resulting in Rob Roy, another five lengths be- vad also passed Dupont Bay and
Tao game at Caroline Hills.h A.A. beating Royal Army Me- hind, being third.
Baffin Bay's win paid each of overhauled Distinctive. Time after its 88 backers in the
Double" on Sunday have been in-dical Corps by 16 points to nil This will probably be Blue a gruelling struggle. Dupont Bay $173.20.
and Middlesex defeating Service creased. Ghte's last win as it will not be however, had not given up the
Corps by 12 points to nil: allowed to race next year as it fight and came on with renewed Day's Best Dividend There will be reserved booking Gunners obtained their points was recently found to be over-effort, and, although it managed
for the covered and uncovered at from two goals, a penalty goal and height
Best dividend of the day was $1.60 and $1.00 respectively. to beat Distinctive Time by paid out in the last race, the Cop-
a try GiBlifi, scored two tries, short head, it lost to Craigavad shawho.m Handicap (Second Sec South China Pavilion daily from Pearce, and Heath another try Booking will be open at the one of which was converted: by by a neck.
tion) for "C" Class China pontes, 11 a.m. to 1 pm, and from 2 to 6 which was also converted by Bus Field (Mr. Black) carried p.m., at the Eastern Athletic As-Pearce, who also kicked a penal- the bulk of the money, but was sociation, 183 Johnston Road from ty goal. lucky to place third.
noon to 4 pm and from 8 p.m. to Middlesex scored their points China Buildings from 2 p.m. to 4 Klinke, Gilham and Thomson. Jane Doe (Mr. S. W. Tang) 10 pm, and at Room No. 112A from four fries, by Weedon,
The Main Event
Rude Shock
In the second leg of the "Dally,
p.m.
SOCCER POSTPONEMENT
SMALL UNITS RUGGER
TEAMS
5th A¡A. Rent, R.A 1-Keeble”; Saus- Ivry, Bevan, Gibin, Mullivan:" Pearce, Wedderburn, More, Page. Heath; Cook, Mew: Clarko, Mullins and Events....
The St. Andrew's Stakes, the main event of the afternoon, at- tracted 10 entries. Bear Claw (Mr. Black) took the lead, fol-Double", the Jeddart Handicap for made the running from the start, lowed by Thirty Six (Mr. Pan) "A" Class Australian ponies that with Blue Field following close and Jennifer (Mr. Craven). Com- had not won over $3,500.00, back behind. After passing the six ing to the two mile post for the ers had another rude shock as furlong post Blue Field was over- first time Jennifer was in front Australian Diamond (Mr. Tao), a hauled by Royal Wedding Eve followed closely by Thirty Six hot favourite, Anished nowhere (Mr. Craven) and Galveston Buy Hughber (Mr. Treverton) and Mr. Needa went all out and
(Mr Sung). "After round- Bear Claw. On reaching the brought in Baffin Bay to win and
ing : the ***** bend Mr. Tang mile post for the second time Bear thus qualify for the Queenslanded his mount into a The Third Division football | RA.M.C.F^__^ Morgan: McDonald, Claw again lead with Thirty Six Autumn Champions to be run at greater lead and Royal Wedding game between --Engineers and Coombes, Pratt, Whybro Barclay,
In close attendance and John the 13th Extra Race Meeting..
Eve and Garrestont were overhaul A.S.A., which was to have been Scriven; Wigglesworth, Chandler. (Mr Chaa), Eve of Redson Vanity Fair (Mr. Wel) got awayed by Rose Finna (Mr. Poy), Blue played on Sunday, has been post- fr. Davis) Galaxy (Mr. Tao) first, with Many Thanks (Mr. Field and Celtic Star (Mr: poned owing to a number of the
Hillsboro Bay (Mr. Necda) Davis) and Lancashilto Chips (Mr. Hearne); which set out after Jane latter's team being in camp. owing On rounding the bend Trevorton) in close attendence. Doe, without avall; as it finished g Mr: Chao did when he won on Fair was still ahead, but Austri-second and Blue Field, third, which won the Linkumdoddio Tao: adopted the same tactics After passing the Rock Vanity an easy winner, Rose Tiana was Mopic Star, the Australian pony same pony last year and Gallan Diamond took the lend until Jane Doo's victory paid Ite 320 came through with a terrific after the bond, when it fell out of bockers $108.20 for winning est of speed, to win by a neck the race,
j.ticket.
Handicap last Saturday, has been promoted from "D" class to "C" Akelassen
Furdell and Edge, Milrie; ván Mulligan, Collins; Mohan,
Middlesex-Thomson; Radley, Wee- don, Burv: Man. Moggridge: Willough- by, Goddard,., Gillhàm/v/Wilson, Hold-
omner, Rogers James, zvle, Cilton: ford: Bayler, Heather and Klinke
Bervion Corpez-Hamild;", "Martin, Bell Crowe, Hoskin: Sheppard, Hol land; McFerguson, Beason-Heddon and Greenwood