BADMINTON LEAGUE OPENING Four "B" Division Matches Down For Decision
RUGBY
K'loon Tong's ARMY Form Will Be Watched With CHANGES Great Interest
By Adrem",
"THE" (ONLY “A” DIVISION "MATCH DOWN FOR DECISION ON MONDAY HAVING BEEN POSTPONED ON THE INSTIGATION OF RE- CREIO, WHO HAD MOST OF THEIR PLAYERS AT CAMP, THE BADMINTON LEAGUE SEASON OF 1940/1 STARTS OFFICIALLY TO DAY WITH A PROGRAMME OF TWO MATCHES IN EITHER SECTION OF “B” DIVISION.
I cannot see any fixture providing fare likely to be very inspiring except for Recreio's match with Chung Wah, which should be very interesting.
I have the Recreio line-up and
I must say it does not look nearly so as 'impressive as I expected it to be, E. A. R. Alves, who was in Swatow last year, is back again and with P. A. Yvanovich, jn, whom I believe, has improved quite a lot, will: probably consti- tute the Portuguese first string.
Veteran AE, Xavier will be partnered by Jockey Paul Botelho, whom I have not seen in action. I understand that although he is very fast he is not very experi- enced. R. M. Soares and A. E Noronha' should do fairly well al though until they have been seen in match-play: their current form will be hard to estimate.
W. C. Choy Not Playing
Chung Wah will not after all have the services of W. C. Choy, former St. Andrew's player, and, on his day one of the best in the Colony. It appears that Choy, like so many others, has acquired a taste for roller-skating which has claimed him for a victim-he
has strained his back' and will not
VRC. TOURNEY
A. A. Noronha and A. K. Rumjahn Ben- tered the second round of the Victoria Recreation Club han- dicap singles badmin- ton tournament yes- terday evening when they beat N. A, ́E. Mackay and Dr. G. A. V. Ribeiro, respective- ly.
(By "SCRUM-HALF")"
RUGBY
SAPPERS' EASY WIN
IN ARMY LEAGUE
“ROYAL ENGINEERS WON the sectional cham- Following will represent Army pionship of the Army Small Units Rugby League against Navy in the Quadrangular when at Sookunpoo yesterday they beat Medicals by Rugby Tournament on the Navy ground, Causeway Bay on Satur- two goals and three tries (19 points) to two tries: (6 day next at 4 pm. L/c. Picton, points) after leading at the interval by 5—0.
The standard of Rugoy was R.E.'s; Sgt Richards, R.A., Capt. Douglass, R.S., Capt. Hook, RA.
not high and Sappers had the (Capt.) and Pte. McDonald, RA better forwards, while in the de- M.C.; Lt. Coombes, R.A.M.C, and 2/Lt. Wedderburn, R.A.; Cpl. Su- fence Birrel, Martin and Foley therland, R.S., 2/Lt. Ford, R.S., were outstanding... Jones at back 2/Lt. Bompas, R:A.; /Lt. Millar, kicked well and was sure in his R.S., 2/Lt. Heath, R.A 2/Lt. Pin- kerton, R.S., Caot. Duke, R.S. and Cpl. Gillam, 1/Mx.
Reserves: Capt. Barclay, R:A. M.C., L/c. Foley, R.E.'s, and Pte. Berry, 1/Mx.
There will be a training practice for all the above at Happy Vale
handling
Engineers opened the scoring
late in the first half when Foley scored a try which Birrell con-
verted.
pers were
a
ARMY
BILLIARDS. SNOOKER
Sappers went further ahead The following are the last fif→→
the re-start teen and seventeen in the Indivi few minutes after when Birrell broke through to dual Billiards and Snooker Cham- register another try and had no pionships respectively:- ley at 5p.m. on Thursday.
Billiards Championship: Cpl. difficulty in converting. There are several interesting
Sheldrake, Foley and Birrell Harvey, R.A.M.C., Sgt. Brakeri- changes: Barclay has been displac-scored the other tries and Sap-bury, R. Sigs., S/S. Carden, R ed by Picton, who has been re-
leading by 16-nil P.C., Pte. Gordon, 2/R. Scots, placed by Richards, Douglass is back in the ochtre and will have before Medicals reduced the lead Sgt. Hamlin, R.A.SC., Sgt Wyte,
through Seriven and
again R.A.M.C., Bsm, Rawlings, 12thi H. Hook alongside him-Coombes is
through Coombes. Both tries were Bty., R.A., Sgt Whitton C. M. Po~ now fly-half-and Mellonald re not converted.
lice, Sqms. Wood, RAS.C., Pte. tains his place on the wing in 'the Royal Engineers:-Ottaway; Birrell, Haig, RAS.C., Tom, Mills, 38th absence of Marsh. Heath is again | Martin, Rees and Moore; Jones H. Bty, R.A., L/C. Willis, CAM in the second row of the pack in and Foley; Davis, Taylor, Sheldrake Police. L/C, Fowler, 2/R. Scots, place of the injured Cuthbertson. Ellesley, Cunningham, Appleby, Wilcox Pte. Whybro, R.A.M.C., Sgt. Mur
It is a very strong team in com- and Killen.
Medicals:-Morgan; Whybro, Pratt.phy, R.A.S.C. parison with last Saturday's side Baitley and Coombes: MacDonald and Bye into 4th Round. which beat Police, but I do not Seriven: Milne, Wrigglesworth, Chand- Snooker Championship; Bsm. much like the fly-half experiment. ler, Fernell, Collins, Mohan, Edge and Scragg, 7th H.A.A. Bly, RA, Pio. Picton has at long last received | 3. van Millingan,
Whybro, R.A.M.C. Cpl. Duncati, his opportunity at full-back, and
2/R, Scots, Lt. Dixon, RAMG The draws for the Shield and Sqms. Wood, R.A.S.C., Pte. Whe- International Charity Cup com-lan, 2/R. Scots, Pte. Jenkins, 2/R. petitions will be made at the Scots, L/C. Willis, C. M. Police,, monthly meeting of Hong Kong L/C. Thompson, R.E., Pte: Gordon, Following in the Navy team-Football Association this afternoon 2/R, Scots, Cpl. Harvey, R.A.M.C, Lieut. Morahan; S/Lieut. Mc at 5.30 p.m.
Ssm. Spiers, R.A.P.C., Pip, Milne, Gill, Tel. Honeywill, A/Ldg. Tel. Correspondence from the Shang- 2/R Scots, Pte. Myles, 2/R. Scots, Paul, A/Ldg. Tel, Bowden; Mid.hai, Macao, and Burma Foot-L/C. Saunders, R.AOC.; Cpl.: O'Riordan, Lt. Rutherford, L. SA ball Associations in respect of In- Copsey, R. Signals or Pte. Corch- Palmer, Lt. Watson (Capt.), Ser-terports, will also be dealt with. rant, 2/R. Scots.
I don't think he will fail.
Navy Team
geant Manfield, C.P.O. Wtr." King, F/Lt. Taylor, A. B. Longmuir,
000000 |S/Lt. Beattie, S/Lt. Poole,
Reserves:-S/Lieut. Kennedy,
be able to turn out for some time. talent available, these players ex-Cdt. Lamble, S/Lt. Winter, Lt.
I have not been able to securecepting.. the line-up of the team but from "the players selected pretty formidable combination should be got together...
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This match will be played Recreio, as Chung Wah have not will a court of their own, and start at 6.30,
E. Zimmern For K.C.C.
The first K.C.C. pair will be A. L. Fisher and P. Vynter- Blyth, who met with some suc. cess last season and should now be ripe to reap the benefit of the experience thến gained.
(E) -Brown, L. A. C. Stockham.
The back division is unchanged; but Manfield is in the front row in place of Longmuir, who has gone wing-forwardin place Brown. Beattie has gone to the middle of the back row, and King and Taylor now form the second
to
Third pair will be A, E, P. Guest, another former St. An-row drew's player, and H. S. Jones, who was coming along nicely to
wards the end of last season. The K.C.C. team, as originally Unless Police have some dark selected, looked fairly useiul but horses they should not beat the Camp has affected them in that better-balanced K.C.C. team, not- Ernie Zimmern, who, although not withstanding the fact that W. Gil- very well known to League bad-lies, the Colony junior champion, minton, is a player of some ex-will be playing. perience. He was due to partner
J. L. Anderson and should do well In subsequent matches.
A. L. Fisher, the K.C.C. captain, had not found a substitute yester- day morning as Zulauf, another possible player, is suffering from tennis elbow and there is not much
SAPPERS' INJURIES
Prospective Champions
and
comers from Malaya I have heard
of
Winter deserved a game on his
form last Saturday, but there is
still time for him to earn his place as this Saturday's game concludes only the First Round of
Tournament,
the
SAPPERS' RUGBY XV- FOR TO-DAY
Picton, who was unable to turn out for Engineers yesterday in the Army Small Units Rugby League as he was barred, having played for Army, will be playing this afternoon against Club. He will probably take the place of Jones,
Following is Engineer team *Ottaway: Picton Martin, Recs and Moore: 'Picton of Jones and Foley: Taylor, Sheldrake, Ellesley, Davis,
and Cunningham, Appleby, Wilcox. Killen.
Kowloon Tong's appearance against St, Andrew's will be watched with interest as they are expected to have a big day in the current championship. Frank Kwok, formerly of St. John's, will pair off with Richard Lee and the latter's aggression, combined with Kwok's powers of vast experience recovery and should make this combination an exceedingly difficult one to beat.
The old St. Teresa's partnership Royal Engineers, who of Peter Lo and Joseph Tsang will in these opening matches should
comprise the second string
stand him in good stead later on found it necessary to they should always be good for a
The Programme And Teams make veral changes last couple of game at least.
third pair has been given to me
✅Following is the programme week in their. game as the Chan brothers. There is a against Navy owing to in- possibility that they are the new and some of the teams
"A" SECTION. juries, are still uncertain
so much about recently or again VR Gov. “King's Cóflege of their team against they may be Francis Tsang and Chung Wah v. Rodrelo
"BK SECTION John Chen, who also played for
Sev. Police Kowloon on Saturday. St. Teresa's last year.
Palmer, their right back, and 'St. Andrew's will sadly miss Kowloon Tong v. St Andrew's
-Recreio: E, "A. RỬAves and PAL Chan Kum-poy, inside right, are Gillies, whose absence, will split yvanovich Jnr. A. E. Xavier and P. still on the Injured list and it is up what was fast becoming the P. Botelho; R. M. Soares, and A. E. probable that they will not be strangest combination in the club Noronha.
St Andrew's E. Fincher and 11. available on Saturday. T. Jones-his partnership with Brown. will then play in place They will again have to rely upon Kew A. E. Brown and M. M. Davies: of Palmer and N. Jones the old firm of Fincher and KewA. 6. Bliss and VB.J. Merrett.
Kowloon Tongs Franje Kwok and will take up the centre-forward and I am confident that this pair Richard Lee: Peter Lo and Joe Tsangi berth, with Fox, their regular will not fail for want of trying. Chan Brothuraj Ta bor lender, at Inside right,WV.R.C, had not decided on their Police-R-9.-Major and W. GIN In spite of any changes, Sappera Uno-up yesterday afternoon but Heat J MacDonald and J. Gordon. H. should have little difficulty against whoever they produce I still can- Dinsdale and. C., Y. Hlu... Kowloon.REA
Fuot see them beating King's Col-Chung Wahi From W. H. Choy, e Following have been chosen to relege, who have all their old play. Leung C F Chiu, B. F. Leo, Si C present Royal Engineers against Kowers with the addition of KJ. Liang and K. F. Chiu,
T K.0.0.1-A. E. Fisher and P. Wynter- loon of Kowloon ground on Saturday: Attwell, the Civil Service cricket | Bivih; d. L. Anderson and 8. 0, Else *Mbxham; T. Jonen or. A. „N. Other and-Tang Chung "Pak; Hirroll, Shaw, er who is on the staff at the AP Guest and PAI. Jones, Taylor. L Wah Lam, N. Jones, or A. College. Attwell tells me he has a King a Coliangi-9, P. Chan, and K. Cauner Fast Pelham, and Chung, not played for somo me but the t, tu, W. c. chung und Kr.Je Allwell;
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