THE CHINA MAIL, JUNE 14, 1941
TAIKOO VISIT K. TONG
THIS
AFTERNOON
Have Always Done Well Against Mainlanders
CRAIGENGOWER CHANGES IN ALL TEAMS
MAIN INTEREST IN TO-DAY'S LAWN BOWLS LEAGUE PROGRAMME IS IN THE JUNIOR DIVISIONS, WHERE KOWLOON TONG MEET TAIKOO IN SECOND DIVISION AND CRAIGENGOWER ARE AT HOME TO POLICE IN THIRD DIVISION.
Recreio "A", present leaders of First Divi- sion, are at home to Indian Recreation Club and are expected to win, but they should not take things too easily as the Sookunpoo team are playing good bowls at the moment.
Craigengower are making one change in their team against Kowloon Bowling Green Club “B”. M. J. Medina has been promoted in place of W. K. Way, who will skip a Second Division rink.
SWIMMING GALA TO-NIGHT AT THE V.R.C.
Victor'a Recreation Club's first swimming gala of the season will be held to-night at 9 p.m.
Events are confined to mem- bers only and will in the main be over short distances.
After the swimming there will be dancing.
KIN SHING CUP SERIES
STARTS TO-DAY
"KIN
THE
SHING"
CUP (ON SKATES) BASKETBALL
UNDER THE AUS- LEAGUE PICES OF KOWLOON SKATING! RINK, WILL BE OFFICIALLY STARTED TO-NIGHT, COM- WHEN MENCING AT 7 P.M.,
THE "GREEN AND WHITE" TEAM MEET A SIDE REPRE- SENTING KOWLOON SKATING
RINK.
With home advantage, Kowloon Tong should account for Taikoo, but the latter, in spite of their lowly position in the League, are a good side and have always done well against Kowloon Tong.
are Craigengower
making several changes for their Second Division match against Recreio, who did so well against Kowloon W. K. Football Club last week. Way, from the seniors will skip one of the rinks and will have I. M. L. Gaddi as his No. 3. Roza has been promoted and will be No. 1 in Randall's rink.
Police Favoured
For their Third Division game against Police, Craigengower will have G. S. Ladd as No. 3 to D. A. Rozario. while W. Todd comes in place of the promoted L. M. Roza, but with Police at full
strength they are not expected to
win.
With only one change in their the Walker takes side S. C.
of H. Bicknell-Kowloon place Bowling Green Club should re- at the head tain their position of the Third Division table at the
of Hong Kong Cricket { expense Club.
HOCKEY ON ROLLER SKATES
Playing at home last night in The League, which has attracted a friendly hockey match on roller six teams, will be played nightly
skates, Kowlcon Skating Rink
a1 7
p.m. at Kowloon Skating beat "C" Coy.. Royal Scots, by 5 Rink, Mongkok, and is expected, goals to 1, after leading by the
to be completed in 10 days.
The six teams, with their official odd goal in three.
names in brackets, are Kowloon
Robert E. B. Nanak (3). Cheung and Ng Sam-ming scored
BOWLS FORECAST
Following
to-day's
pro.
gramme, with the probable win. ning teams underlined:
FIRST DIVISION
Recreio "A" V. 1.R.C.
C.C.C.
K.C.C.
P.R.C.
C.S.C.C.
V. K.8.0.C. "9"
V K.B.G.C. "A"
Y
Recreio "8"
V. K.D.R.C.
SECOND DIVISION
Recrolo
H.K.C.C.
K.T.G.C.A.
P.O.C.
V. C.C.C.
V. K.F.C.
V. Talkoo
♥. H.K.F.C.
THIRD DIVISION
C.C.C.
K.B.G.C.
K.F.C.
1.A.C.
V.
P.R.C.
V. H.K.C.C.
V. H.K.E.R.C.
V. Recreio
CHAPMAN'S CRICKET DISCUSSED
There is a certain sort of ball, of a good length on or near the off-stump, from which even great batsmen are not inclined to score, writes R. C. Robertson-Glasgow in the "Ob- server." True, they don't get out from it. either. It's a dull scene.
There is the ball: there is the L. P. Hedges. Soon afterwards he for the Gentlemen stroke; and there is the neat little made 188 dot in the analysis. But at least against the Players. But, for sheer from hitting, probably the greatest inn- the bowler draws comfort knowing that he can produce a rings of his career was one of 260 "quietener." He is on level terms for Kent against Lancashire,' at Again and again be sometimes. I never had this feel-Maidstone. ing when bowling to Percy Chap-knocked and cut McDonald's fast- man. He had a discouraging habit, est to the boundary. It was mur- visible, too, in Frank Woolley, of der in the G. L. Jessop manner.
FOOTBALL REFEREES' hitting a good length ball square
CLASSES FOR
CIVILIANS
or later to the off-boundary, when should have been in the wicket-
keeper's hands.
Natural Leader
His captaincy, like his batting. It was founded on
H
In his prime, that is, roughly, was natural. from 1920 to 1930, he was not to quick perceptions, a wide know- be kept quiet. He made more ledge of human nature, and
which mistakes than Woolley, but, like happiness of disposition him, he kept the attack; and he native shrewdness never allowed Providing there are
sufficient hit the ball even harder, if with to deteriorate into mere geniality. entries, Hong Kong Football more obvious effort. Now that is He knew his men as perhaps no Referees' Association intend greatness of a kind; and Chapman other captain of modern times has known them. To a bowler, I 'can а as certain greatness. holding classes for civil'ans dur- 'had a ing the summer. Messrs. H. Beard, batsman, a fielder, and a captain, D. Kossick and F. J. da Silva, first class referees, have signified their willingness classes.
to conduct these
of The Treasury.
Orthodox Defence
say from experience, his know- ledge of the game gave the fullest opportunity, as his love of it gave the fullest desire, to do well. He and his was only twenty-five, and unver- As weight increased feet answered more slowly, hissed in County captaincy, when he Applications should be address- balting and his confidence declin- was made England's captain in ed to Mr. F. J. da Silva, Hon.ed; but for some years after the the final Australian Test, on which Secretary of the Association, care last war they were magnificent "the Ashes" depended. With such
Tall, strong, and lithe, he was a players as Hobbs and Rhodes un-- won Tests left-handed hitter with orthodox der him, who had
when he was reading of them at defence, much of which was ren dered unnecessary by a vast reach his first school, he yet relied on and an ability to drive good length his own observations and made his own decisions. It was a great mid-off, balls over the head: of
victory in a double sense.. His cover- howler, and mid-on.
too, The Open
was immensely Pairs lawn bowls driving, match competition
between H. strong. In 1922, he made 102 not Spong and E. Evett and E. A. out for Cambridge against Oxford, Atkins and J. G. Meyer will be at Lord's, reaching his century.. played at 10 a.m. to-morrow, at with a drive off me that "went.j Kowloon Bowling Green Club. through" as fine a cover-pont as (stronger combination has ever left
PAIRS MATCH TO-MORROW
NO INTERNATIONAL TENNIS
IN FRANCE DURING WAR
Jean Borotra, world famous tennis player, who Skating Rink (Rink), Middlesex for the winners, while the losers' has been made French Sport Commisary by Mar- (Middlesex), Royal Scots
through only goal was netted (Royals), Canton
University Scott. (Canton U.), Hong Kong and Kowlcon Residents' Union (Union)
and Green and White. (Colours).
Following are the League fix- tures:-
June 14 Colours v. Rink
15 Middlesex V. Royals
Colours v, Middlesex V Union
16 Union
17
Rink
18 Royals
V.
19 Middlesex V. Colours
20 Rink.... v. Royals. 21 Middlesex v. Union 22. Royals v. Colours. '23 Rink
v. Union
K'n, Skating Rink-P. K. Chan;
L. Chan and Robert Cheung; E. B. Napak and Ng Sam-ming.
Royal Scots-Rough; McGready
and Evans; Scott and Crocker.
•
shal Petain, stated recent y in an interview that une til peace is retored in. Er rope there could be no question of international matches in France.
Great Captain
He took some of this team to No Australia two years later.
England, Hobbs, and Sutcliffe to open the batting; Hammond, Jar- dine, Leyland, Hendren, and Chap-, man to follow. Tate and Larwood began the bowling, backed up by Jack White, with a type of alow. lefthand, but seldom seen in: the A great team with a great game. captain. Four matches were won in a row; the fifth, in Chapman's absence and with several players.
injured, was lost. In the Eng and summer of 1930 Chapman added another victory. at Nottingham,
Australia his sixth against
in succession. At Lord's Bradman took control. Australia won, though Chapman nearly saved the match with an innings of 121. Two
The "Bounding Basque," who, shortly for Tunis, where he ac-drawn matches followed.
Marcel Ber- in 1926, won the Davis Cup for cepted a position.
Four
the
Misguided Decision France, at Germantown, with his, nard, who was a Davis Cup hope PAIRS MATCHES
team composed of Rene Lacoste, a few years ago, is in Paris as FOSTPONED:
Henri Cochet, and Jacques Brug- well as Christian Boussus,"
Then,when all depended on the "Henri Cochet (another of the oval Test, the selectors chose an- of non, said;
1927 of Yesterday's programme
Horsemen "Since France's star players,
other captain, R. E. S Wyatt. matches in the Colony Lawn Bowls Pairs Championship was Yvon Petra and Henri Pellizza, are! "Cup" days), has bought a form The Australians, when first they postponed owing to the weather. in German prison camps it would near Paris and devotes most of heard the news, did not believe be impossible for France to parti- his time to agricultural life." it. Little further comment is need- Henri Cocheted. It was a miserably misguid- cipate in tennis matches abroad." was assured that
still plays tennis in his spare ed decision, Wyatt was sound time.
enough; but Chapman was bril- No Davis Cup: Team!
"As for Rene Lacoste". Borotra lant; and he knew the men. “With the 1,800,000 French pursued, "he has accepted to prisoners scattered throughout head the French Lawn Tennis As a floder he was among the Germany and the occupied zone Federation, replacing Pierre Gil- greatest. In recent years he has of France," he continued, "and lou, who resigned. every French family with at least one member in captivity, we do not feel up to playing in public.
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Thus, France will not be repre-
sented at Davis Cup matches next Summer However, there will be
WATER-POLO RESULTS
stood at gully, where he has made wonderful saves and catches, But 1 best remember him at cor point for Cambridge, where his large left hand, would seize a fost swerving ball and return it. to the wicketkeeper with a flick of the French inter regional champion- Two matches, in the Invitation wrist ta
How much Kent, owed to his. ships to be held in Paris on, the, Water-polo Tournament were PAIR
courts of the Tennis Club de played on Thursday evening, and captaincy the players would tell France."
resulted in Combined Small Units you. He brought breadth and 8th humour to what was in danger of Yvon Petra and Pierre Pellizza beating Navy "C"! 4-1 and are prisoners, while Jacques Coastal Regt. R.A. beating Royal becoming narrow, and parochial. Brugnon (one of the Tour Scots E 4-2. Magdoriald. (2); He was an enemy, of pomposity, Horsemen of the 1927 French Nichols and Carroll scored for and tradition without perform- Davis Cup team), is in America | Small Units, while Thomas replied ance did not appeal to as secretary to a tennis club in for the @sallorze McNulty (2), own idea of a cricket match **Georgan Destremau, Marshall and: Chlu- scored for the bowl on a fast pitch WILHE
French Davis Cup Hat ery, and Byrne and L/Cpl. on top and to have captain in the gull
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