THE CHINA MAIL, FEBRUARY 3, 1941.
COMBINED ROYAL ARTILLERY BEATEN BUT NOT DISGRACED Splendid Display By Gunners' Defence
Minshull And H.K.C.C.
Hsu In Form ANNUAL
By "Réferee"
AFTER AN ABSENCE of many seasons, Royal Artillery made a return to Senior football when at Sookunpoo yesterday they met Eastern, holders, in the First Round of the Senior Shield Competition.
Though beaten by three clear goals they have every reason to be sa'isfied with their performance particularly when it is taken into consideration that the players have not played together before and that the team was only completed in the afternoon.
and
The Gunners more that hell their own
in the first half prevented Eastern from scoring though it must be admitted that Eastern had several opportunities! which they did not take ad antage The Artillery defence rose to Breat heights throughout game, their fast tek og and clear kicking suewhat upsetting the machine-Hike naivements of Ket
re and it was only late in the Freund halt that the Chinese had any real advantage ugam. detence
ARMY AGAIN
BEAT POLICE
AT RUGBY
End of the season spirit pre- valent at the Final Quadrangular Rugby Tournament match be- Artillery for wards were good tween Police and Army at Boun- individually but as was only na.dary Street on Saturday Police! tural they tacked that under standing and combination so es eential to a winning team.
It would
Whole Team Try Hard
be qufair to signal any particular Gunner player for special mention as the whole team gave of their best and tried hard throughout Minshull,
111 gia. caught the eye most with some o his saves and on the whole gave al
TENNIS TOURNEY
CASH SWEEP WINNERS
Following are the cash sweep results of the Kwanti Race meci- ing yesterday:
KWANTI RACE MEETING
Following are the results of yesterday's race meeting at Kwanti:-
THE SHATAUKOK HURDLE RACE. For China Ponies, One and a quarter miles. Viber, 172 Ib.
RACE 1
No. G83
1233 64
$590.63 168.75 84:38
(Feilden). 1
Jack O'Lantern, 160 lb.
each):
(Barrow) 2
Mortmain. 165 ib.
(Chattey) 3
Unplaced ponies ($25
Cricket New 112, 1115, 82, 437, 1178.
Hong Club forthcoming tennis cham. pionships, which will start
Kong
announces the
RACE 2
No. 1000
$1,074.36
615 1141
306.96
153.48
on the H.K.C.C. ground Nos 226, 744 407. on Monday, March 10.
Unplaced ponizs ($50 carla:
The usual open singles and doubles events will be held, while there is again a large list of mem beat events.
A
departure frum
precedent i has been set this year a
it as been decirted by the committee thit any surphre resulting from | the tournament be donated to the "South China Morning Post" War Fund.
mementos,
therefore,
Sma'l will be presented to winners of the various events in the plac of the trophies presented here: tofor.
Unplaced ponies
RACE 4
Won by Four lengths; half a length.
Time: 2 489
Pari-mutuel:
-
Winner $73.20. Places 1st $9.40; 2nd $8.80; 3rd $12.10.
Also ran:- Classic Hall, 160 lb.. (Van Rynberk): Rob Roy, 180 lb., (Calderara), Three Farthings, 160 ($50 cach): lib., (Ingram); Venture, 160 lb..
andi Zoro. 165
(Gregory);
(Haymes)
lb.,
For
RACE 3
No. 667
$1.148.67
149
328.10
646
164.10
Now
1012, 523
No. 24802
$16 076.14 1.593.18
16067
2 296 58
Nr. 19551
9245.
Huplared ponies ($510.38 each
23789. 18716. 4474,
longs
Plain View, 135 1
(Pay)
1.
RACE 5
Gallant Marshal, 147 11,
No 400
349 14
$1.196.23
(Pan)
2
341.78 170.89
Arabian Cat. 159 1.
2916
ponies ($50 each): Nos. 1238, 549, 1270
RACE 6
No. 986
..
511 771
li to borrow two Club payers.
Upplaced The possible effect of Voluntee and Anny, with a very much su-i doties is also taken into perior team on view, were able to įsideration and intending competi- win by only 14 0
tors are asked to assist the com-
$1.089.48 Douglass, Mille and Sutherland mittee by stating on which days.
311.28 were prominent for Army, while of the week
155.64 they are unable to Lavalle of Club played an extraorplay owing to Volunteer or other Nos. 560, 168, 454, 212.
Unplaced ponies (850 each): dinarily good game at full-back | duties. for Poligr.
FINAL STANDINGS
grand display of goal-keeping Navy Though beaten three times h Club saved twice as many goals.
had just played in the
game for 24th Battery
Pts.
“LIGHTNING” CHESS TOURNAMENT
P. W. D. F. A. Pts. A double-round
11 Chess
in
"lightning" tournament, played 8 Kowloon on Saturday afternoon was won by A. C. Poupard with 011 points out of a possible 16.
6 5 1 69 15 6 3 2
87
48
H previous
aguit
Army Police
6 2 1 52 43
5
6 0 0 21 123
Service Corps.
Full Record
Lawton and
Taylor formed
well and being
SNOOKER EXHIBITION
A Snooker exhibition under the R. C. Danenberg and J. Grefalda in aid of the "South China Morn- auspices of the European Y.M.C.A. fied for second place with 9 points ing Post" Bomber Fund will Following have been the Tour- apiece.
Other competitors 20 follows:-R. C.
formidable pair of packs kicking nament results:
safe with every | Police thing overhead and these players were great hurdles to the Eastern forwards.
Gardner
13 Saplalo, 8 points each: J. H. d'Al-A P. Pereira
of
5 meida and William Lee, 7, V. V. and Corp. J. H. Harvey, of 3 Kolatchoff 7, and C. Lee 6%.
0
two Army
Club
13
Navy Club
5 Navy
Army
19
Police
RA.M.C., who
11 Army
8
3
Club
36 HOCKEY CLUB TEAM
13 Club
3
25
Police
G
FOR TO-MORROW
0
Navy
11
5
Army
3
9
Police
F Army
Ronson, in the pivotal position. Navy had a trying afternoon against the Police fast Eastern inside-forwards but Navy he accomplished his task well, He Club had Hyui beaten with high balls. Army while thought
out-positioned a Club times by the movements of N. 7. Navy Lee, he did not allow this player Police to be unduly dangerous.
Greig
and Roberts tackled Hau Yung-suun
quickly and did not allow
Ching-to and Cheung
n.uch scope.
Owens Well-Watched
Owens was well
SOFTBALL RESULTS
watched by Panthers
10 Wai-kuen but in the
second
period had the better of the half
be
the
THE LO WU HANDICAP. China Ponies "E" Class Six fur-
(Hook) 3 Won by me longth, half length. Time: 137
Pari-mutuel:
Winner $73.30.
· Places 1st $20.30; 2nd $12.40; 3rd $10.40.
Alsu ran: King's Envoy. 135 lb., (Chao): Lucky Eleven, 150 Ib.. (Wei); and National Liberty, 149 ib.. (Tao).
THE QUEENSLAND HANDI CAP. A steeplechase of one and three-quarter miles for Australian Ponies.
Brutus, 168 lb.
Sea Urchin, 162 lb.
(Treverton) 1
(Gregory) 2
(Hook) 3 Won by two lengths; six lengths. Time: 3.42.1.
Glorious Star, 162 lb.
Pari-mutuel:
held to-morrow at 8 pm. in finished as billard's room, when two of Places 1st $6.90: 2nd $7.30.
Winner $7.60. and S. the Colony's
leading exponents. Also ran:-Kiola, 140 lb., (Bar- the H.K.V.D.C.row); and Teviotdale, 155 Ib...
the (Chattey).
THE KWANTI CUP. One Mile. recently annexed Hards and Snooker Champion- Schmetterling, 135 lb. The local Army Individual Bil- For Australian Ponies "D" Class.
The rivalry be-
(Treverton) tween these two players is a gen- Dick Turpin, 140 lb.
inely keen one, and their recent Following have been chosen to match at the "Y", which resulted | Colorado Star, 137 lb. 4 represent Ho Kong Hockey in a win for Pereira, has left the Club in the quadrangular hockey Issue for the next encounter an tournament against Indian Army open one. on Club ground to-morrow at 4.45
14
p.m.
results
ships, will meet.
In their last game, Pereira scor- ed a win on points, while Harvey Bewell: Taylor and Bond: Mc-had the satisfaction of taking two Le lan. Reed and N. Whitler of the three frames played. Smith, T. Whitley, E, Fowler, A. Admission to this match is by 11 Guest and Morgan.
"cket only, and will be limited to! Umpire: Tvos.
80.
Yesterday's
softball
were:
GIRLS
Canuckettes Cardinals
2 26 14
Wildcats
Chung Hwa
Ramblerettes 10
MEN
First Division
4
Recreio Aces 5
2
Filipinos
3
7
Mohawks
5
Second
Division
Chung Hwa
6
Nam Hwa
14
14
and sent over good centres. Me- Chinese Cadden, on the left wing, also Canucks cam into the picture in the se- Indians cond half and had Lau Tse-chan fully occupied.
as Cosmopolitans 7 V.R.C.
7 R.A.F. INTER-HONG
The inside-forwards played well as
was to be expected, but] R.A. their passes to the wings were at times weak. Added to this! Lacas they were not able to get the ball-through the centre as "Kong Seng-king and Ng Koe-cheong.!
were on top form.
SATURDAY'S SPORTS
2 CRICKET
16 Texaco
15
3 JUNIOR:SHIELD
RESULT
FOOTBALL
BEST cricket performances on The Shield competition started Saturday were Anderson's 74 in earnest over the week-end and not out for Kowloon Cricket Club although the results in the Senior' Eastern' did not play, their usual
against Indian's, and... Danbrow-division were more or less as ex- game, being early upset by the cond Round of the Junior Shield K.C.C. 2nd XI.
Service Corps entered the Se-sky's 6 for 16 for Police against pected there were several sur- fast and determined tackling of competition ten they beat 24th the Gunners:
BATTING
Royal Artillery, by the only goal D. J. N. Anderson" Hsu King-Benz in the pivotal scored by Morgan. position, was their. "outstanding)
MR Abbas player. He kept his forwards right and Chung Yung-sum, acor-G, Ainslie
K: M. Bakter wells supplied with passes and oned. Shortly after NZ. Léo scor- G. N. Gosano numerous occasions cleared his ed, with a deliberate shot which A H Madar lines with his overhead, kicking hit the upright but went into TV N Fortescue
*Ng Deteriorates
the net. Late in the game Hau A, H." Rumjahn: 'Ching to completed the scoring F. 3, Lay::? Ng Kee-cheong started off well
with a cross shot high into the L/Cpl; Stonor". at left-back but deteriorated in Gunners pressed hard in the EA. R. Alves
net;
Spr. Ratcliffe the second: halt, when Owens was closing stages and went near J. E. Richardson continually breaking away on scoring-but Iau Hin-hon in goal, D. Chelliah the right wings?'.
Hyul, Cham Kam-hol and N, Z..
was not really tested, al
EJ. Remédios Lee resorted too much to short sing king, Ng Kec-cheong, Lo H. Danbrowsky
EASTERN Lau Hin-hon; Konz passing which allowed the Artil- Wai-kuen, Hsu King-sing, Lau A. M. Omar ".. lery defence to nip in and clear. Chi-tsang: Chung Yung-sum. R. J. Fenton The wingers were put through on Cheung Kam-hol, - Ilyul-Man-fu, N. L. Smith several occasions but were not NZ: Lee and Hau Ching-to. given much time to steady theme - "COMBINED RA. →→ Minshull; JA Soares
AR. Minu selves before:bentring." |||||| Lawton; Taylor, Grieg. Ronson, Sgm, Dixon
After a goalless half, Hau sent Roberts Owens, Atkins, McDer P. M. N. da Silva through a forward pass to the mott, Cross and McCadden:
Spr. Tropp
BOWLING:
prises in the Junior section.
Sing Tao were lucky to survivė 74 as they were on the defensive for 189 mast of the time in their game |67| against Middlesex and only the 50 good goalkeeping of Cheung 46 Wing-choy saved the Chinese, (41]. The biggest surprise in the Juri- 38 for division was the defeat of En- 30 gineers, last year's runners-upj 34 by 38th R.Aa Third Division
32 team.
32
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30 RUGBY
a for in The last of the Quadrangular 6 for 20 Hugby games was played at 5 for 7 Boundary street where Army 5 for 26 bent Police by 14 points to nil A 5for 73 Adepleted Navy side nided by.
1
(Gregory) 2
(Davis) . 3 Won by one and half lengths;
half length.
Time: 1.54. Pari-mutu
1
Winne $54.30.
lb.,
135
Places 1st $18.50: 2nd $10.40.
Also ran: Tarzan, (Hoo).
THE SAN WAI HANDICAP. One Mile. For China Ponies "D" Closs.
Royal Wedd'ng Eve. 159 lb.
(Craven) 1 Royal Highness, 150 lb.
Phoenix, 155 lb.
2
(Tao)
(Woo) 3 Won by short head; half length. Time: 2.10.
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4. for 27 two club players lost to a scratch BOWLING ALLEYS
for 34 Club team by 11 points to nit
* 4% for 198 after: being 3–0 down at the ing
4for. 48 terval