THE CHINA MAIL, SEPTEMBER 6, 1941.
CRICKET INTEREST REPORTED LAGGING AT INDIAN R.C.
By "Incog."
INTEREST IN CRICKET AT INDIAN RE- CREATION CLUB APPEARS TO HAVE FLAG- 'GED VERY CONSIDERABLY, AND UNLESS SOME OF THE OLDER MEMBERS CAN BE PERSUADED TO SET AN EXAMPLE IN RE- GARD TO SPENDING MORE TIME AT THE NETS, IT IS TO BE FEARED THAT THIS CLUB WILL BE IN FOR ANOTHER LEAN YEAR.
A thousand pities, for time was when I.R.C. was regarded as one of the leading cricket clubs in the Colony. Not only had they results to show for it, but they were always invariably the first to get down to matches and nets, for when other clubs were not quite ready for games they were already playing amongst themselves at Sookunpoo.
V.R.C. POOL NOW OPEN TO CONTENDERS
In conversation with one of the members of that club yesterday. I learned that, while the older members were willing and ready enough to do their bit. the young blood, due to their anxiety to play too many games at the same time, are not quite as keen as the Juntors were some 10 years ago, when nets were crowded every evening, Sundays included.
AH Rumjahn, who has been playing First Division cricket for is still keen enough on the game to turn out Club announce that en- jevery Saturday and Speed a couple of evenings at the nets trants for the Colony in the bargain, S. A. Ismail, their Swimming Championships wicket-keeper, has been in their will be allowed to use the 1st XI ever since they first joined
the League in 1921
A. H. V.R.C. pool for training Madar and A. R. Minu both have some 15 or 16 years' experience between the hours of 1.30 behind them.
Of the
K. school younger and 5 p.m. and 8 to 9 p.m.
Nazurin and A. R. Kitchell stand daily, Sundays excepted, from to-day.
Victoria Recreation nigh-on 30 years,
Should these times prove un- suitable for any particular club,
are invited representatives
to communicate with the Hon. Secretary, V.R.C., who will en- deavour to make other arrange- ments.
Officials for the Championships, which will be held on September 25 and 27, and October 2 and 4,
are:-
President: H.E. The Governor. Chairman: His Honour, Str MacGregor, K., K.C.
while
out, but M. el Arculli, who pro- mised great things some seasons ago, has not made the progress expected.
Promising Youngsters
Last season A. el Arculli, jnr.,. whose father captained the club's 1st XI for more years than any other member, had a very suc- cessful season with the Juniors, and it will not surprise me in the least to see him gain a
Atholl place in the senior team this
year. Another promising youngster Vice-Chairman: D. Lyon, Esq
is K. M. Rumjahn, who has al- Referee: G. Agabeg. Esq.
matches with Judges Swimming Events: K. I. Ip.ready had a few Esq., Chan Shek Pul, Esq., and L. M. the senior team. Remedios, Esq.
Judges-Turna: H. Wing Lee, Esq.. and J. D. Remedlus, Esq.
TO-DAY'S
·FOOTBALL
Two friendly football gamea will be played at Boundary Street to-day, be- tween the juntor and senior teams of Police and Kwong wah...
The junior game will start At 4.16 p.m, and will be fol- lowed by the senior game.
OWEN
TUDOR FANCIED
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CHIE BREAKS SHANGHAI RECORD FOR 880 YARDS
[AT THE ROWING. CLUB, SHANGHAI, LAST SATURDAY NIGHT T. S. CHIE BROKE THE SHANGHAI RECORD FOR THE 880 YARDS FREE-STYLE SWIMMING EVENT BY OVER 11 SECONDS, HIS TIME BEING 11 MINS. 54 3/5 SECS. AS COMPARED WITH THE PREVIOUS BEST OF 12′ MINS. 5 3/5 SECS., SET UP BY DON SMITH IN 1936.
Chie's performance was
all the more remarkable SHANGHAI
in that there was only one
other swimmer in the pool, TENNIS
two competitors having withdrawn.
The other three championship
TITLES
Much interest is being events produced neither upsets V. T. Wang, runner-up last year focussed in the running of nor any startling performance, the and hot favourite for the title this the St. Leger this after-results being
Men's 880 Yards free.style:-1, T. s. year, entered the semi-finals of the Shanghai Lawn Tennis Asso- noon at Manchester, and, Chie; 2, G. Stephen. Time: 1 mins.
54-3/5 secs. (New Record) Previous ciation Senior Singles Champion- ship during the week when he according to the latest Record 12 mins. 5-3/5 secs.
Men's 100 Yards free-style:-). R.beat C. C. Squires by 6-2, 6-3 and cabled advices
received Hekking: 2, R. Leont. Time: 59-4/3 | 9-7.
BOCS Shanghai Record: 57-1/5 secs. from London, favourite Men's 100 Yards back-stroke:-1. E. for the last of the season's Sraith: 2. V. Matiuk. Time: 70-4/5 secs. Classics is Owen Tudor, the Derby winner.
One notable absentee from this year's ruce, the first since the war, is Gordon Richards, who is still nursing a broken leg, sustain- ed in an accident in Salisbury. It was this broken leg that pre- vented Richards
from winning the one Turf honour that has eluded him for 20 years, for he was to have ridden Owen Tudor, winner of the Blue Riband.
The final call-over for the St. Leger resulted as follows:
Owen Tudor Nevet), 9 to 2 . 5 to Chateau la Rose (Jones) 13 to 2
and 0,
Mazarin (Bartlam), 13 to 2 t and o, Sun Castle (Bridgland), 9 to 1 t and o. Devonian (Perrymon). 10 to 1 t and o Royalist (Lowrey), 10 to 1 and o,
L Bakhtawar (H. Wrogg) 100 to 7.
and o
Lambert Simmel, 100 to 1 t and o, Ptolemy (H. Smith), 100, to do, 'Starwort (Taylor), 20 to 1 o. 25
1 t
to
Shanghal Record: 65-4/5 secs.
Juniors 100 Yards free-style:-1,
Time: 61-1/5 Butt: 2. J. Myatt. Shanghai Record. 50-1/5 secs.
Five More Events
To-night
C
Becs.
Five Shanghal Swimming Champion- ships will be decided at the Foreign Y M.CA (Shanghal gala to be held to-night. the complete list of events and entries being -
This is the only third round match to be played to date, the other quarter-finalists being Hum- berto Collaco, T. C. Chang, Kho Sin-och, Harry K. F. Li, E. T Indricksen and the winner of the match between S. T. Wong and the winner of the H. U. Hirsch- berg v H. P. Madar match- N.C.D.N.
TO-DAY'S BOWLS
exercises,
Men'a 50 Yards Free-style 1 Volgoff,
Grebenschikoff. A Grifiths, V. Matiuk, R. Leoni, H. Bal- lerand, C. L. Wen and R. Hekking
Owing to Volunteer only two League Lawn Bowls Ladies' 50 Yards Free-style
L Misses D. Gray.
Hekking. R
matches will be played, опо in Riege, B. Umpleby, J. B, Peach and First Division, between the new Ling Mel-ling.
Men's 150 Yards Medioy
O. Grebenschikon, R. Leon, H. Bal- lerand, W. Ward. C. C. Wang, A. R. Ross, A. J. Dodd. G. Gregg. E. Smith and A. Griffiths,
Men's Diving
A. Griffiths, W. Ward, A. Z. Waung. J. Konig, T. C. Shan, C. M. H. Ozorio Jr., and A. Fetiseft.
champloos, Craigengewer C.C+ and Indian R,C. at Sookunpoo, and one in Third Division, between Police R.C. and Craigengower on the latter's green.
Craigengower, having won the senior title, having nothing to lose, but they will have to be at their
Ladies' Diving
best to win to-day, as Indians are: Misses L. Hekking, L. Benghalt and hard to beat at home: Felous (Carey), 22 to 1 0.
Police are a better all-round Orthodox (D. Smith), 25 to 1 o. 33 L. Benjamin.
and than Craigengower to 11, Firozedin (Stephenson), 25
should be able to secure aporegate points, though Craigengower are capable of upsetting them.
to
1 0,
29 to it, Dancing Time (Beary), 33 too, Royal Academy (Gardner), 100 to 1 o. Ranger (Mullings), 100 to 1 o.
Fettes has been scratched. Chateau la Rose is tipped to win with Suncastle and Lambert Sim- mel placed.-Reuter.
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CHESS
WINNERS
The Sunday Cricket League, which was started at the Sookun- poo Club in about 1930, with the Judgen-Diving Events: K. I. Ip
sole object of encouraging cric- Esq.. Alfred Ho Siew Um, Esq., L. M.
kct, was highly successful for Remedios, Esq., G. Agabeg. Esq., and
many years. In fact there was a A. A. Guterres, Esq.
A. T. Lee, Esq., A. Scorers:
A. time when as many as eight Noronha, Esq., and C. M. Xavier, Esq. teams, made up entirely of mem-
Starter: L. A. Soares, Esq.
bers of the club, took part, but Time-Keepero: A, Ho Siew Um, Esq.. for the last two seasons even in.had been conducted at S. H. Wong, Esq., A, A, Guterres, Esq..terest in this has died out al-
Woo Cho Km, Esq.. Lo G. Hin, Esq.. C. M. Xavier, Esq., O. el Arculli, Esq., and L. A. Soares, Esq.
Announcer: M. A. de Souza, Esq. Competitors' Stewards: A. J. Hussain, Esq., and E. M. Marques. Esq.
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TO-DAY'S AQUATICS
most altogether.
The Committee of Kowloon Chess Club met on Thursday evening at the Peninsula Hotel, when it was decided to close the various chess tournaments that:
the club during the year.
The following were named win- ners of these tournaments:
Colony Championship: L. Kar- povich, winner; C. M. Sequeira,
runner-up.
This state of affairs doesn't seem to make sense to those who have followed the activities of I.R.C. on the cricket field, but, all
Colony Junior Championship: To the same, unless something hap-Yu-lau, winner; A. Y. Biriukoff, pens to revive interest in the game here, indications are that a lean season is ahead for 1.R.C.
Chung Shing Benevolent Society MACAO WATER-
will hold their second swimming gala of the season this evening, commencing at 8 o'clock sharp.
POLO PLAYERS
VISIT COLONY
runner-up.
Club Championship: C. M. Se- queira and D. E. de Carvalho, joint winners.
Club Junior Championship: A. C. Poupard, winner; A. Benjamin, runner-up. ··
The annual meeting of the Club will be held at the Peninsula Hotel, on Thursday, September 25.
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CIVIL SERVANTS' GALA TO-DAY
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Following is the programme:→ Men's 200 Motres free-style, Ladies' 75 Metres Medley Race, Junior Training Class 100 Metres free-style, Children's 50 Metres free-style. Men's 200 Metres
Hong-Kong Chinese Civil Ser breast-stroke, Ladies' 200 Metres Two of the lending water-polo breast-stroke, Ladles 60 Metres teams from Macao will be visiting vants' Club will hold their second Relay Race.
the Colony to-morrow and will be swimming gala of the season at playing against the Hong Kong North Point to-day, commencing and Kowloon Residents' Union at at 7.30 p.m..
the latter's sixth swimming gala The prizes have been donated SARAZEN SEEKS. of the season, at Laichikok pavi- by Mr. Kwok Hee-leung, and the lion, commencing at 12 noon. full programme is as follows:- CLUB
The programme for the gala Men's 50 Metres back-stroke, is as follows:-Men's 50 Metres Men's 100 Metres free-style, Men's Gene
Sarazen, noted golfer, free-style, Ludles' 100 Metres free- 200 Metres breast-stroke, Women's opened negotiations recently to style, Mixed 50 Metres free-style 50. Metres breast-stroke, Chil lense or purchase an Interest in Handicap (Training Class), Boys' dren's 50 Metres breast-stroke, the one timo oxclusive. Midwick 100 Metres breast-stroke Handi- Beginners 26 Metros: free-style, Country Club, previously acquired cap, Mixed 200 Metres free-style Members 100 Metros Relay. Inter- at public auction by Dominic Felay, Men's 50 Metres Obstacle department 150 Mettes Medley Jebbia, millionaire banana im-Race, Men's 400 Metres free-style, Holay, Obstacle Swimming (50
Metres),Water-Pojo. porter.
Water-Polo matches.
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