THE CHINA-MAIL, MONDAY, MARCH 31, 1952.
GRIM DETERMINATION-AND` VICTORY
GREMLINS WIN LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP WITH A LAST-MINUTE
By "OBSERVER"
GOAL
A last-minute goal by Marie Meikle enabled the Gremlins "yester- day to beat the Victorians by five goals to four and win the Ladies' Hockey League Championship for the second year in succession..
Gremlins completed their League matches one point ahead of second-placed
Recreio.
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Yesterday's match proved a fitting climax to this year's Lengue season. provided the highest standard of ladies' hockey since the war, and the improvement shown by both teams since the beginning of the season is nothing short of reinark- able.
Much of this must no doubt caught the Victorian be due to the hard practice nicely with a corner-hit put in by the players
defence
inlo
them-the centre, Stepping forward, "The Turf" Does
hit,
got
ball
selves, but not a little praize Hilda Fowler took the must be attributed to those sending it past Ruth Taylor. responsible for their coaching. Five minutes later the Fow-
Victorians maintained their ler Melkte combination tradition, going down fighting at ging again, and Is the
In the first came into the circle, goalkeeper The final whistle. half they were ne-nit and 2-1 Ruth Tuylor made a good save down, but managed to even up of Hilda Fowler, but was not to 2-2 when the Interval came. fast enough to stop the follow-
In the second half they were up shot of Marie Meikle,
of a 4-2 store
Victorians DL the tall-end
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at this stage, when Kizlar right-wing centre was deflected от Lilion Brandt's into The goal, was Etick disallowed,
Undaunted by this decision, the Vics fought pluckily on and went on to make it 1-4 before the winning goal was scored by
the Gremlins.
ALMOST A DAZZLE
Well Again
"The Turf" picked five of 12 winners correctly in Saturday's China Mail. These were Saturday's winners of the 1st, 2nd, took to the offensive for the 3rd, 7th and 9th Races,
And next ten minutes or were unlucky to have a Konl disallowed at this stage.
the Undaunted,
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Adi Tamworth and Claire Nexus, however, sitcceeded In to 4-4 and bringing the score amidst rest excitement, Marle her way into Meikle worked the Din the last nimate of the game and drove in one of her stinging shots
to give the Gremlins the victory and the Championship.
THE TEAMS Gremlins: Marjorie Mutri Rosemary Read; Betty Rouse,
If ever there was a game in which all the players shone, yesterday's match came perhaps closest to Bt. Gremlins for midable forward line yesterday Amber Kavanagh. Renate Kerr, found a match in the Victorian Julia Wiken: vanguard of Joan Claire Negus, Lillan Brandt, Adi Fowler, Marie Meikle and Mary Tamworth and Doreen Gibbons.
isten. Sybil Crighton,
He also managed to tip two place-winners in each one of the 12 races and also tipped Kentucky Lady, which paid $80,00 in the Ladies Purse.
Expressions of grim determination on the faces of the Oxford boat race crew as they go all out in a trial row on the River Thames against a scratch crew. Cambridge have been, successful during the past few years in the Oxford and Cambridge Boat Race but this crew gave Oxford a welcome victory, when the
race was rowed on Saturday.—Express Photo.
Scotland At
Four Changes In England Team To Play Hampden Park On Saturday
London, Mar. 30.
The England team to meet Scotland in the soccer international at Hampden Park, Glasgow, next Saturday shows four changes from the side which drew with Austria in the last full international last November.
SCY
Captain Hazare (Blackpool);
An
Manchester
THE HONG KONG JOCKEY CLUB
“ARASTER RACE MEETING Saturday, 12th & Monday 14th April, 1952 (Held under the Rules of The Hong Kong Jockey Club)
The First Bell will be sung at 11.30 am, and the first race will be run at 12.00 Noon, each day. The tin interval is alter the fourth race (1.30 p.m.)
There are twelve races such day (24 In all).
Through Tickets at $48.00 each may be obtained at the Compradore Office of the Treasurers, 1st floo, Telephone House, also tickets at $2.00 each for the Cash Sweep on the last race of the Meeting on 14th April as well as the Special Can Sweep.on: the "Hong Kong Derby" scheduled, to be sun on 31st May, 1952.
Through Tickets reserved for this Meeting but not paid for by 10.00 a.m. on Friday, 11th April, will be sold and the reserva- lian cancelled for future, meetings.
avoid congestion at the Club's Offices at Telophone House, non-members are requested to purchase their swee,,, ilekets at the Club's Branch Offices at:-
5, D'Aguilar Street, Hong Kong
rules:--
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382, Nathan Koad, Kowloon. TOTALISATOR
The attention of Totalisator Investors is drawn to the following
Dividends will be peld on the winning and placed ponies so declared by the Stawards when the "All Clear" is given. The "All Clear" signal will be indicated by a white light at the Totallsator Tower. BACKERS ARE ADVISED NOT TO DESTROY OR THROW AWAY THEIR TICKETS UNTIL AFTER THE "ALL CLEAR" SIGNAL HAS BEEN EXHIBITED. Tolalisator Tickets should be examined and checked before leaving the Selling Counters as mistakes of any description cannot be rectifled later.
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All winning tickets and tickets for refunds must be presented for payment at the Race Course on the day to which they refer, but none will be paid later than one hour after the time for which the lust race of the day has been scheduled to be run.
in no circumstances will any Dividends be paid or refimda made unless a ticket is produced. Payment WILL NOT be made on turn or disligured tickets.
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NO ONE WITHOUT A BADGE WILL BE ADMITTED TO THE MEMBERS' ENCLOSURE.
MBERS
Badges admitting ladies not in possession of Brooches or Season tickets and gentlemen, non-members of the Club, to the Members' Enclosure and Club Rooms at $18.00 per day including tax, for ladies or gentlemen are obtainable through the Secretary
Telephone
and Rowley (Manchester Unit-news agent and one of the 100 the start of one of the biggest Mumher house, on the written or personal Introduction of
Tommy Garrett of Blackpool is the only new "cap" in the side, replacing Bill Eckersley at left back. Tom Finney, who was injured for the Austrin match, re-
MEMBERS' BADGES AND ENCLOSURE turns in place of Arthur Milton, the young Arsenal winger, and the United left wing pair, Stan Pearson and Jack Rowley, replace the Tottenham pair,
MEMBERS ARE INFORMED THE 1952 SETS OF MEMBERS ¡ Eddie Baily and Les Medicy..
AND LADIES' BADGES NOW SUPERSEDE THE PREVIOUS
The team is as follows;
When the draw obtained that that beset those responsible for ISSUE:
Members and guests are reminded that they and their ladles Merrick (Birmingham); Ram the two London teams, Arsenal choosing the man-Reuter.
CLOSE SEASON TOURS MUST wear their badges prominently displayed throughout the Garrett and Chelsea, met in a semi- (Tottenham),
Meeting. London, Mar. 30. Wright (Wolver-final, making it certain that a
Within the next four weeks, hampton), captain, Froggatt London team would be in the (Portsmouth), Dickinson (Ports-final, it was obvious that no English soccer promotion and bailes will have mouth; Finney (Preston North London referee could be con- relegation End), Broadis (Sunderland), sidered.
That will probably been decided, the FA Cup will Lofthouse (Bolton Wanderers),
such rule out
an excellent have been won, Pearson Manchester United) official as Alf Bond, Fulham
B
That will be the signal for. nt
such member to oc responsible for all visitors introduced referees in the game.
close season tour programmes
and by hin
of all chits, etc for payment It reserves are Nicholson
is understood
since the war.
Only a limited number of badges admitting to Members' En- Hot England's nomination for the and Bonnett (Tottenham
TV north, south, east and referee of the Scotland-England west, by sea and air, teams will closure will be on sale at the Race Course. spur)
The Branch Offices, the Treasurers' Compradore Office and The selectors have not called game at Hampden Park was be off on goodwill visits.
the Secretary's Office will close at 10.00 a.m. each day. The Griffiths upon any member of the four | Mervyn
the grounds. Icams engaged in the Football that he is a Welshman-neutral The full England Internation- Treasurers Compradore Office and the Secretary's Office are
will be on the con- situated at 1st Floor, Telephone House. al team Cup semi final, for that gome, Association
A limited number of times wit be obtainable at the Club House wke will
place
Scotland, this
however,
maintain tinent, playing Italy on May 18,
and provided they are ordered in advance from the No. 1 Boy (Tel. Juter, that an English
week League Austria
May 28 An 27818). those who had been referee he is as much English Switzerland Among
"B" side will also i NO CHILDREN WILL BE ADMITTED TO THE CLUB'S considered likely for the Eng-but should England get their England
In PREMISES DURING THE MEETING. land team and will be playing way have him for the cross the Chunnel to play
on May 18 and in Cup machte ejher on international he would natural-Saarbrucken Wednesday or Saturday arely not be considered for the Cup against France "B" four
later, Eckersley of Blackburn, Jackie final as well. Milburn of Newcastle, Lionel
Node Simmons, Groundwater, Filda
- " -- 4 # up between and Marie
-remarkable
combination
Meskle
1011, Claire Brandl. Adi
Doreen Gibbons.
George Duckworth, who Elliot,
Vieterans: Ruth
the Common- Taylor: managed Hilda Fowler Sylvia Franklin, Jean Hyase; wealth side in their tour of
Jet Barren. India,
that the An Saturbury,
Vijay says Lav Gremlins that slight advantage Doreen Handyside: Joan Crigh-Hazure, now appointed to
their one- to
Negus, Lilian corresponding
captain the team arriving Tainworth
in England in April, “skip pered the side very well-he always made it difficult to make runs by his field set- ting."
Is The Man For The Job
ed
The
which
week.
Real margin of victory.
Marie's big hit from the edge of the circle completed the combined move on no less than Tour
occasions, Hilda Fowler Start the aher goal trim verter hit.
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Marie opened the secring for Gremlins in the fifth minute of play off a pass by Hilda Fowler, but the head was short-lived.
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Afront immediately, the Vie torians got going and hard centre from the right was well talten in frest of the goalmouth by A Tamwe th, with a nat push past the goalkeeper.
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From another, and a feminine, source comes the assurance that Hazare is a "very nice person, though rather shy." So it look as though the Indians have chosen the right man,
now
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and
on
that
Smith of Arsenal, and Roy Two other leading referees Bentley of Chelsea,
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on
days
PUBLIC ENCLOSURE
'SERVANTS' PASSES
The price of admission to the Public Enclosure is $3.00 each The continent will be visited day including tax for all persons including ladies, and is payable
League clubs, Pre- at the Gate. are Bill Evans and Arthur Ella, by many
BOOKMAKERS, TIC TAC MEN, ETC., WILL NOT BE PEN- ston North End, the First Divi- The team, with the exception men of wide experience in top- of Ramsey, who was injured, is class fotball, and if Ellis gets sion side, plan to tour Switzer- MITTED TO OPERATE WITHIN THE PRECINCTS OF HONG Hazare has been playing as 2
MEALS AND REFRESHMENTS WILL BE OBTAINABLE IN the same us that which played the plum of the Cup final land and Germany; Sunderland KONG JOCKEY CLUB. professional in Lancashire Tee as the Football League XI and nobody will be really surprised, are visiting Helland, who may THE RESTAURANT IN THE PUBLIC ENCLOSURE. The last four summers. In India
beat the Irish League at Belfort A point that could have told also see Second Division promo- In Birmingham he has been coaching the young
by nine goals against Evans was a Lancashiretion candidates last, Wednesday Yuvraj of Baroda.
the opposition team, such ilve to nil. Though
as Blackburn, in City, Leicester City and Sheffield Gookwon. The fad played in the
way poor, the form of the right the final, and prior to the semi-United.
London two of Basoda site under Hazare's can-wing combination Wright. Anals, with the
Arsenal and Chelsea, was en-teams,
Birmingham are hoping to in- Broadis and Finney taincy.
Blackburn and clude Germany and Denmark in from couraging
England Lancashire's
Newcastle from the Far North- their tour plans. Another team point of view.
Few critics will qoustion the east as the survivors, only Ellis actively engaged in the Second struggle. the English etild claim a strictly neutral Division of solid defence
promotion Shefeld Wednesday, are going team and it the forwards can qualification.
One never knows, however, the rugged Scottish
to Switzerland. stuve off
Association Scandinavia is a popular cen- gain that Rochling, England may
the Football
have successive victory at officials third
not another tre. Stoke City are hoping to the "name" up their sleeve and, visit Denmark. Aston Villa have Hampden Park and share Championship title with Wales. while it will be interesting to a trip to Denmark and Sweden -Reuter.
hear who gets the job, it is also lined up, while Bolton Wander- interesting to realise the worries
Denmark or
hove
BRILLIANT RECORD Whatever cay be the designa- tion of Hazare an 123 enig tour, it locks es heugh Hazare will in fact be the first profes-
Marie gain gave the Gremlin the head about 12 minutes later with a good hit from the edge of the circle, but just before the inside- Interval came, Visterian right Claire Negus connected beautiful first-timer off entre- forward Lilian Brandt that gave the goalie no shanze whatsoever,
Immediately
Marie Melkle-four goals forced to lead a Test match side after the TC-
from the pavilion at Lord's. Groundwater the Gremlins. sumption, Sybil
He is a brilliant batsman. But his record in the Te:ls just over against MCC talled off badly- 104 met out, 155.-6. 2 0, 0, 20,
-(London Express Service)
British Golf Needs
A Coaching Scheme Comb. Services
By JAMES GOODFELLOW
George Duncan, policeman's son who became Open Golf Champion, says Britain is in need of an organised nation-wide coaching scheme which would discover, make or improve young amateurs and professionals for our Walker and Ryder Cup teams.
|
Practice Match
This Afternoon
REDPATH FOR FORBES
London, Mar. 30. Willie Redpath, the Mother- well wing-ball, will take the place of Alex Forbes (Arsenal) in Scotland's team to meet England at Hampden Park, Glasgow, next Saturday.
Forbes Is required to play for Arsenal in their postponed
nt
TONIGHT'S
'may visit CTS Mexico.
Manchester City urranged a trip to Spain, while the other Manchester club, the United, are crossing the Atlantic for a tour of the United States,
Tottenham Hotspur, ore
BADMINTON Also visiting North America
the scason,
Servants' passes will be issued to private box holders only, who are requested to distribute them with discrimination and to endorse their names on the passes. Holders of such passes are not permalited in the Members' Enclosure except for passing through on their duties and must remain in their employers' stands.
Owing to the congestion. in the Members' Betting Hall and at Booths adjacent to Boxes in the Coffee Room, Box-holders and Members are requested to ensure that their servants make use only of the Public Betting Hall. Military Police will be posted at various points in the enclosure to ensure that this regulnilen is adhered to.
By Order,
H. MIBA,
Watch Repair
Service
In connection with their forth-Cup semi-final maten against matches will feature the who will play both in Canada ALL REPAIRS EFFECTED BY
coming visit to Macan to play hockey, the Combined
are holding another
He thinks it is time the Royal and Ancient Golf Club or the Professional Golfers Association got together: (Colours) pooled their ideas and established an advisory panel of [(Army);" foremost amateurs and professionals.
-
(RN): berlaint
Services practice
Chelsea Reuter,
of
with
them It
Secretary.
NOTICE
THE HONG KONG JOCKEY CLUB
Draft Programmes and
Entry Forms for the Easter Race Meeting 1962 to be held on Saturday 12th and Monday 14th April 1952, permitting). may (weather
be obtained at the Secretary's Offee, Telephone House; the Club House, Happy Valley:
A firm plan of teaching could sult himself to the atmosphere (RAF); S/Sgt Bowell (Army); quite apart from the capabilities be opposed to ex-Colony Cham-sens trips, but have not yet con- JAMES J. KING and the Stables, Shan Kwong
Two Men's Singles League Champlons last
and the United States. Colony Open Badminton Newcastle arc making a two- REFEREE PROBLEM
South Africa. SELECTED & EXPERIENCED months' tour Championships programme
tour of London, Mar. 30.
WATCHMAKERS One of the problems to be at St. Teresa's Hall tonight,Every soccer fun in the Union match on the Naval No. 1 ground, King's Park, today at 5 pan.
decided once
semi- the Cup
which will bring the five has been behind Newcastle's bid to win the FA Cup for the The teams will be as follows;
finals have settled which clubs
events of the Championships second successive year, because Combined Services
XI Bght for the trophy is the re- S/Sgt.
into their semi-final stages. Newcastle promited to take the UNDER THE SUPERVISION feree.
coveted trophy Piltam
OF Sigm Hammond
it is not an easy
one, be
and successful. At 9.15 p.m., the 1949 (Army) Instr. Lieut Cham- cause there are a number
Many other clubs plan over- take Lac Hashim things to
into account 1950 Philippines Champion will
9.45 pleted negotiations. plon Robert Tay, and at and a chief conch of the big occasion much better. Capt.
Cpl. of men on the referees' list. (Army); be evolved
Everyone abroad apparently Ispm., the Colony runner-up, W. Not the least important AF CDL. Mackenzie appointed. His job would be to A motor Arm chief lent a big Brown
be a strictly. Foo, will be pitted against wants to see Arsenal, the crack he shall James (Army); that
the former Shanghal Champion, Londen team. More than 25 over from which car to Max Faulkner and Weet-(Army); Spr. organise courses
Laffey Lleut:
(RN); Major neutral one, a point which thins Bill Funk.
seas invitations have already been aren coaches would come. These man for their U.S. tour after the
most of down the eligiblea as surviving (Army); Reserves:- would organise Ryder Cup match.
received by the club. Lamble area conches
semi-finals begin cluby become known, their own locul schools.
morrow and will be continued them from the continent. Max was driving at nearly 100 Thrussle (RAF), Da Latte (RN),
"Our minds are too full of Cup Weldon (Army). when chased by
on Wednesday and the finals on More about the scheme is m.p.h. one day
Bullocks Fight-Lieut
Thursday and Friday.
and League problems at the given in Golf at the Gallop by a "speed cop." He had no U.S.
Borker
moment to consider the question George Duncan (18s, Sporting licence and was unable to pro- (Whites) Capl
All ended (Army); SAC Noonan (RAF):
of a tour," an official told Reuter duce his British one. Handbooks Ltd.). "
friendly.
The "cop" invited L. Pat Sullivan (RN); Fl1/Sgt
before Arsenal met Chelsea in them to have coffee with him on Hemmings (RAF); Flt/Lt. Bul-
the Cup semi-final-Reuter. the return Journey.
lock (RAF); SAC Andrews (RAF); Tel, Snow (RN); SAC
In this the former Open cham- plon-he was captain of the 1929 Ryder Cup team and is a former
XI
Match Play champion-gives his Golfers, and they are many, Card (RAF); Set Teyen
story of 50 years of golf. Like who browse over surveys of the (Army); Sgt. Thomas (RAF); his play, the pace is rapid and year'e play-home. American Cpl. MacChesney (RAF), lively, and one meets the great and Continental-will find much A TCV will leave Kowloon personalities of the game.
to their liking in The Golfers' Steps at 4.30. p.m. Part two ts instructional, with Year, edited by Tom Scott and more than 250 photographs, and Webster Evans (12s. Od., Nicholas shows Duncan's way of playing | Kaye).
colr.
E. B. Choong Wins French Singles Championship
The
TONIGHT'S GAMES ·
10-
7.45 p.m. Men's Doubles R. Toy & K. Y. Tam v. W. Brown & C. Au.
8.15 p.m: Ladies' Doubles- Mrs G. Sequeira & Mra M. Rozario v. Mrs M. Gonsalves & Paris, Mar. 30. E.B. Choong, the Malayan Miss M. Xavier.
8.45 p.m. Ladies' Singles the Men's Singles Dce, wor
the event in
Inter- Mics B. Remedios v. Miss T. French national Bailminton Champlon- Remedios.
Colony Athleticships here today.
Championships
0.15 p.m.; Men's Singles —, A. the final ho beat his Torres, Jr. v R. Tay, brother, E.L. Choong, by 15-5, 9.45 p.m. Men's Singles-W. 15-0.
F. Foo v. Bill Funk. Tho. Women's Singles was won by Miss Audrey Stone another (Britain), who beat
Registration forms have been Britch player, Mrs Mario Rose
The
TOMORROW Seal-filaals
Bernard. Darwin sticks up, for Match play champion, Harry the Walker Cup match; Bill Cox Weetman, profiting by his Ryder saya 00 per cent of women golfers overawing. Instruction can bo Cup experiences, is determined found in the company of Ben at putting and Hogan, Sam Snead and Byron to work hard chipping.
Nelson.
sent out to all competitors in Wyatt, 12-0 and 11-2 in the Foo or Bill Funk v. A. 7.45 p.m.; Men's Singles-W. He tells me that no American
the Colony Athletic Champion- | final. Some of golf's finest actionships at Sookunpoo the coming professional outdrove him during
Choong brothers, All- Torres, Jr., or R. Tay visit and this I readily pictures are produced by Louis Saturday and Sunday,
England Champlona,
0.15 p.m. Men's Singles won the believe. But he confesses that
Stanley In Style Analysin (155, Should any entrant who sent Men's Doubies when they beat Young v. Heah Hock-Thye. he hadn't a clue on the greens. The Naldrett Press)..
in a completed application form the French pair, Paul Ailloud 6.45 pm Ladies Singles The Bermuda grass baffled him
These show shot execution by not have received his or her
and Henri Pellizza, by 15-2 and Ms H. Kwong v. Miss B. Reme Weetman thinks the U.S. man 22 British and American Walker registration form by Wednesday 15-5 in the final
dios or Miss T. Remedios.
Doubler he or she made more mistakes up to the Cup players and a penetrating morning, April 2,
his 9.15
Mixed E. B. Choong valued
p.m.; greens than our players, commentary pla-points funda- should communicate with Mr third title in the Mixed Doubles Mis D. Lam & P. Wong
Tingay at Tel. 32180 on when he and Britain's Miss S. Correa e Bull
Mister-final).
Soubles rea. & Bill Funk, (qupr Queenie Allen Webber,
0.45 p.m.2/ Mixed Competitors must be at Soo- David Choong and Mrs Wyatt kunpod at 1.30 p.m. on Saturday by 12-15, 15-1 and 15-11 Mr E Teók & E. Tay v. Mins, to draw thelk numbers,
Reuters
W. Cheung and R. Young.
n
I feel it was a pity Westman mentals common to all. was not tried out in the four-Golfers seeking a basic method Wednesday, Bomes before he come’up digalist | wil find the comparisons Lloyd Mangrum in the singles. | Illuminating, and pe "He would have boop; able to: -{London | Express: Service) (
7-v. Miss
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