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HONGKONG'S BEST ROAD-RACERS
THE CHINA MAIL MONDAY NOVEMBER 10, 1952.
These are Hongkong's best road-racers with their trophies. From the left.... S/Sgt. Walter Smith, the best "Novice", Neville Lee, Chan King-yin, Peter West, with a banner lavishly describing his pedestrian prowess, Patrick Smeath, Fung Pk-kai and Joe MacMahon.-China Mall Photo.
Football Supporters' Clubs Seek A Fairer Distribution
Cup Final Tickets
Of
London, Nov. 9.
Roughly a million people watch English Football League games each week, supporting their clubs in all weathers, but very few of them have the chance of seeing soccer's annual showpiece--the Football Association Cup Final.
It is even doubtful whether many of them have ever seen à Cup Final ticket since the ticket-only system was Introduced following the remarkable Acenes at Wembley's first Final in 1923.
Then it was estimated that | In the interests of safety. more than 250,000 people con-admission has since been re- verged on the stadium and that stricted to less than 100,000 nearly 100,000 obtained adinis. Į people-by ticket nuly, But the alon with about 30,000 swarm-method เช distribution has ing on to the plich.
long been a vexed question and it is acknowledged that chances of getting a ticket are greater for those "in the know,"
HOCK
SHIELD MATCH
Just like
Ascot, Wimbledon or Henley, the Cup Final is a social "must" for many people who do not see a soccer match all the year round. They seem to proficé. Bekels with the effortless case of a conjuror. just as do the ticket touts who demand and reculve exorbitant prices.
The National Federation of Football Supporters Clubs. re-
Hongkong Cricket Club were all out for 337 runs in the Bret innings of the annual Han- cock Shield cricket match presenting 480 clubs with a against Kowloon Cricket Club, total membership of 500,000, which commenced at Cox's have been campaigning for 26 Road yesterday und will be years to get the FA to enlist their aid in a system of dia- tribution.
continued today.
Hongkong C.C. were at the crease the whole afternoon and scored freely on batsman's
"NEAR PERFECT"
wicket, They started rather But the FA though sympathe- first two tie, decline to let the Fodara: shakily, losing their wickets for unly 27 runs, Stanton not as agents. They claim ton and Borthwick added 40 for that
the present method of the
third wicket and then allocation is as neat perfect as Stanton, joined by Pritchard, possible in spite of the amount added 91 runs in a fourth wie of tranicking that goes on in ket partnership.
tickets year after year. Stanton batted attractively At present for his B1, which included eighttributed as boundaries.
tickets are dis. follows: Finalists, 24,000 between them; League alco subs, 23,000; County associa- tions, 43,000; Wembley Stadium, bat, knocking up 40 and 38 respec-3,000: FA Counell, 1,000; FA
(administrative),
Rowe and Pritchard came off well with the
tively.
97,000.
suc-
Muldoon wan tha most cessful of the Kowloon C.C. bowlers, taking five wickets for 43 runs.
Play resumed kit 11 a.m. today.
3,000.
Total
These figures show that 90,000 tickets pass through the hands of the clubs, but the Federation that reports prove con- clusively that only un In- finitesimal number reach the
Scores at the close of play real soccer fan. yesterday were:
HKCC
L. F. Blokes, b A, T. Lee ........
Blanton, bw b. Howarth
W. Franklin, lbw b Len
J. A. Borthwick, ́e Dodgo,
Howarth
Howarth
F. Pritchard,
G. T. Rowe, b Muldoon
Сканки
C. 1, Herridge, not out
Apinks, Ibw Muldoon
P. Mahon, b Muldoon
H. Hugnes, is Buldoon
B. Conneti, b Muldoon
Extrus
Total
▸ The Federation
think that they have the organisation to
see that tickets would not only
+
13
31 go. to the most deserving people
but "would not get into black market."
the
bw
311
The root of the trouble is, of that there are not course, enough tickets. The Fedoration Chairman, Mr Ray Sonia, said: "We do not expect one in dozen of our members to get a ticket."
"But we do think the back- bone of the soccer clubs, tha people, who stand out in the rain Saturday after Saturday, who stick to the club in bad as well as good times, should at least have a chance of getting a ticket."-Reuter.
SPORTRAIT
"All toe want now, Spike, is a safe banker for our winning entry."
London Ergrain Service.
IRC BOWLS
TOURNEY
The following are the results
THE NORMAN PHILLIPS DREAM IS NEARER TO COMING TRUE
By "RECORDER"
Captain Norman Phillips, who, much to his disgust, may yet be remembered some day as "The Grand Old Man of Hongkong Athletics", was not present at King George V School yesterday to see one of his favourite dreams shaping up into reality.
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A Chinese schoolboy named Chan King-yin Jogged through 10 miles of the streets of Kowloon 14 finish second in the second annual HKAAA Road Race against one of the best long distance flelds assembled for a ruce here in some years and came within five minutes of breaking the Army monopoly..
Norman Phillips
alse. always not, caught by anyone
(SCAA); 10, S/Sgt Ward (NKAAC); argued that the Chinese would Peter yesterday, returned to his LAC Dixon RA.F.: 12, Chan Hung-man (Unstiched); 13. Wong take to road racing. He bused habit of opening up n huge Long-kwong (Unattached); 14, Lam
and piling it | Keung Unattached): 15, his belief on the fact that ntunp on the field
cpi
an advanced age, arriving in on. He has still to be defeated Curzon (Royal Gignals); 10. Gor A. Hongkong, lie found few dis-in a road race locally. tance runners to compete
of
noteno
Jess than
against and only one Chinese
nny former Olympic runner Wong Ching-lam. If one Chinese liked distance running, he argued, so must some more of them...
STILL TOO GOOD
Cope (253); 17, Cheung Wal tonk 16CAA; 18, Yip Po-shuet (Unattached): 10. Gar J. Nicholls (25 F): 20, Chan lung-yłu (Un- attached); 21, D. Turner (R.N.); If Peter West was still too good 22. He Chak-lam (Unattached): this year and may continue to Davies (25 Ft): 20
23. W. Luff (B.N.). 9 Gar
Yuen Sau remain too good for some time (Unstiselted): 20. Leung Pak-lam yet, King-yin demonstrated | (Unattached); 7. Clan Kwaketin yesterday that he wants to be Unattached): (Unalfached). Kingpin among the road-running frutormity in the years to come.
Yesterday there were as many Chinese as Services runners in the field and the arrival of sne Peter covered the first up the drive to King George V | 211⁄2-mile lap through Tin Kwond
School was signalled by Old Road, Matauwei Road, Prince
Man Au Hong, racing up with Edward Road, Waterloo Road, the glad tidings.
The stur ut them all was King-yin, who could not catch Peter West but, in his turn, was
H.K. Player Beats World Champion
The Hongkong tablo- tennis team beat the visit- ing Japaneso players, 7-2. at the Chinese YMCA Inst night.
Among the Japanese
Hirajt players wa
Satab, world champion. He lost to Hongkong's Chang · Kwok- wing, 1-2.
Following
Bults:
were
Men's singles.
-
the re-
Chang Kwok-wing beat Satali, 2-1; Fu Chi-tong beat Tadanki Hayashi 2-0: Tarlo Bakal beat Les Ping 2-1; Chun Chin-shing beat Keisuke Tanada 2-1; and · Sit Bu-chu boat: Kawakami 2.0.
Ladies' singles. -- Mlen Yoshiko Tanaka beat Wong Blk-yiu-2-1.
Men's doubles-8th Shu- chu and Fu Chi-fong beat Hayashi~~and... Toneda~~2-0;
Chin-shing Chung
and Law Kam-sun beat Hawa- kami and Sakai 2-0.
Mixed doubles-Si Su- cha and Wong Blk-ylu best Batch and Tahaks 2-1.
Argyle Street and Mission Rood
in 181⁄2 minutes with King-yin following some 50 yards buck with similar distances between Neville Lee, who led the 25 Field Regiment, R.A., to the
team victory, Patrick Smeath and Walter Smith.
At the half-way marie he had spreadongles the field, increasing his lead to 300 yards in a fast- 13-minute lap. King-yin was 150 yards on Smeath, the Royal Navy's challenger, a 100 yards behind, having overtaken Neville Lee, now 70 yards back.
Тых 20.
Wan-you
U.S. GOLFERS
BEAT AUSSIES
Sydney, Nov. 8. The touring Anierican golf professionals retained the Lakes international Cup today by splitting four Anul single mai- ches with their Australian op ponents to win seven to live."
to three even though he was call-
The Australians, going to the last day's play behind five to three, put up a game fight with the Australian open champion, Norman Von Nida, winning his At the end of the third lep it match with Ed Oliver four was already an easy West Viced from his lunch after the mor- tory, but Patrick Smeath put in
Navy challenge in what must ning round to rush his wife to have been a killing lap on which hospital-United Press, he broke down King-yin's lead to 10 yards. Lee was not far behind and it looked like a three-way race for second place.
IRISH RIDER'S
VICTORY
The big surprise here was Fung Ping-kal, another South China runder, who had
Fun right up from the ruck to fifth place, followed by the Veteran Novice, Walter Smith, the RAF
New York, Nov. 9. Champion, Milburn, Ward of The Irish rider, Lieut-Col Dan the Hongkong Athletic Club Corry, today won the Interna and another surprise, Joe Mac- tional Jumping Championship Mahon, the Colony 800 And contest here. 1,500 Metres Champion.
Ho was the only rider to jump all the sight obstacles.
He was riding Kilkarne and 38 seconds to make the
"Paddy MacMahon was find- Ing out it he could last 10 miles, He Anishodi eighth and nounced his Totirement from took
An-
road racing.
The Test and King-yin held on the Smeath and Lee
challenge. Fung finished fifth-full-of-run- BIRK
and the surprise sixth was S/Sgt. Walter Smith who,, nt the advanced age of 30 found his three sons curiously Surveying his prize as the best novice. Milburn was seventh, Joe MacMahon eighth, another South China runner. Chan Kim-bung. ninth, and Ward 10th.
was engy for West
minutes 33.8 seconds,
CONGRATULATIONS
S/Sgt. Peter West, of the Royal Engineers, the winner, congratulates Chan King-yin, second, shortly after the latter had completed the course in yesterday's 10-Mile Road Race in Kowloon-China Mail Photo.
דיי:
BRITAIN DEFEATS
AUSTRALIA
RUGGER
IN TEST
Swinton, Lancashire, Nov. 8.
Britain today regained the Ashes when they defeated Australia by 21 points (three goals and five tries) to five (one goal and one try) in the second Rugby League Test here.
Britain, who led 8-0 at half-time, had won the first Test. The Australians falled to reproduce the brillant form they have shown. in recent club games and Britain were definitely on top in all departments of the game.
in
Horne
Nabody played a greater part better afterwards and won by
.than victory
a goal and a dropped goal. "SPRINGBOXFORD WIN (Harrow) and Ward (Bradford. Northern). They were fast and
Meanwhile Oxford, with
South Africans, clever opportunists in a back eight
Blackheath
SD-3. division that had the measure, wheir ed
Iwo to one scruma.
over-
of the Australians, while in the From start to finish they were forwards, McKinney, the only too powerful for the club, and vishman in the team, gained D. Robinson, the Oxford full- possession in the back, who is already tipped for an England cop, converted six of seven tries registered Australia's best were Flan-
Bristol, with ten of their aery on the right-wing, and regulara in the West Country Tyrrell and Collinson in the County games, did well to beat Lieut
Darchout forwards, Joaquin
Mary's Hospital. (Mexico) was second, and Cap- tail Louis Mugee (Eire) was third.-France-Presse,
course.
Pakistan
and
Britain's tries were scored by Greenali (2), Castle (2) Wurd (1),Ward also kicked two goals and Harne dropped
one,
Geolan scored Australia's ty
St
Birkenhead Park and Guy's Hospital were heading for R pointless draw when S. Plumb scored a penalty goal for Birkenhead three minutes from the end
Academicals from Edinburgh
Rattle and Carlson licked a penalty began a short London tour with
Up 517
Singapore Not To time of 60 minutes 25 seconds declared on the second day of
Play Host To Communists
Singapore, Nov. 10, The Government of Sintzapore of Lawn Bowls matches played has notused permission for the in the Indian Recreation Club : visti of a tablo-tennis team from Lawn Bowls Tournament at Communist China to participate in this month's Asian Champion= Sookunpoo yesterday:
ships here "In view of the exist~ Singles Championship.-S. M. Rumjahn beat M. B. lassan by ziing emergency situation." shots to 13 on the 21st head to en- ter the final.
The
Colony
Immigration The Federation Secretary Mey is shots to 17 on the 27th head pionship organisars today that K. M. Rumjahn best A. M. Omar Department informed the Chern- 10 Leslie Davis, claimed that they to meet M. 3. Razack in the semi-the Government 'considered it in- ahad
watertight system to final, prevent leakage. It was reɔsoni-
able to
soccer
and
Pairs Championship
(Quarter-Chineso
Ladvisable to approve visas for a Communit
ten-man assume that members Final.-M. Razacka U. 4. team and six officials during a of supporters' duba were true Rumjan beat A. M. Kadir & M. time when Malaya was disturbed
fans
complete. Adai; G. M. Butt & A. K. Minu a check could be kept on all beat S.. S. Hussain & A. R. Minu. by Communist insurrection.
Rinks Championship Semi-final;
Seventy players from Fall of wickets-1-P. 2-27, 3-87, tickets issued through the enrol- .4-1.8, 6-103, 8-205, 7-203,
ment registors. D-211 $231, 10-237.
Bowling Analysis
r. R. Zimmer
Muldoon
Howarth
Dodge
ning
s. 9. Hussain, M. A. Wahab Br.. Asian countries, including Japan, 5. M. Rumjahn, A. St. Rumlahn India and Indonesia, will com
Rahim Abbo Arthur
A. M. pote Ruman, E. R. Markar,
in
the Championships, scheduled to open on November
1 60
One of the conditions upon beat A.
the FA allocate Cup Omer. OMRW which
Final and International tickets
A Bachoo, A. M. Kadir, M. Y. 20.
43
10
2 is that a strict record is kept Adai, R. Minu beat M. 1 on the names and addresses of Razack, A. B. Kitchell, A. E. Ab- the people who get them.
THE GAMBOLS
LATOK, MAVE, THERES OLD. HE CAPTAINED THE TEAM'1, LYLL SHINGUARD, THE BEST | WHEN THEY WON THE CÚP CENTRE-FORWARD. THEJ STYLEVER HAD
REALLY:
bas. M. A. Hasan,
AND TOOK A KUNDKED. WICKETS AND MADE AL THOUSAND RUNS FOR THE COUNTY, A REALLY I GREAT MAN
The draw is set for November 14-Reuter.
Barry App lely
WELL, HE WANTS TO WAGH THE BACK OF J. HIS NECK
ORDER OF FINISH
The
coal-Reuter.
a narrow win over the Wasps, with most thrills confined to the COVENTRY BEATEN
minutes. Wasps then stormed the opposing end and London, Nov. 8.
resolute seckling, stopped only Three County Championship them
anatching them matches headed today's Augby honours Union programme and visiting Cardig had their biggest sides won two of them, The crowd of the
of
at
from
·
SOLEON,
When
Bombay, Nov. 0. Pakistan rattled up the huge West won in the excellent total of 517 for four wickets The previous record was 50 their three-day match against exception came with the meeting Cardiff beat their rivals, New- the Bombay Cricket Associa Yorkshire and Northumber- port, for the second time this The race attracted 44, entries, tion today.
land at Otley, where 12 points
faxt of whom 28 #nished the course.
for 3 tries and a penalty were son, 28,000 enjoying At the
no *** conclusion pr the The home team, with
registered by Yorkshire who game.
Llanelly, who lost their star meet Mrs A. L. Potler, wife of chance but to play for a draw,
conceded 3 points, for a try. player Lowis Jones to Rugby the Principal of King George Vhad lost the wickets of Apte and
Northumberland's forward Longue this week, nevertheless School, distributed the prizes. Modi for 97 by the close.
Anished strongly but the Yoris- bent Gloucester easily, Datu schoolboy, Hantshire backs dominated the game. Mohamed, who
OTHER RESULTS - opened the
Gloucestershiro led Cornwall · 1. S/Sgt P. West (It.E.); 2. Chan Pakistan lanings, was undefeat- King-yin (SCAA); 3, 8. F. Smeathed for 203, his first double cen- by 3 points (penalty goal) at Results of today's rugby (R.N)); 4, anr, N. Les (25 Field);
Gloucester but matches: first class cricket half-time Jung Ping-koi (SCAA): 0. 5/8gitury in
Australian Tour Second Test Cornwall's three-quarters, smith (BICKDB): 7. Cpl Milbum Reuter.
Great Britain 21 Australia always promising good things, {ILA.F.): B. 5/6m_ J. McMahon
Rugby League turned the game favour of inoyal Rimals); 9, Chan Kim-bung
Cornwall after the
Barrow 7 St Helens 14) Hatiny interval.
Huddersfield 19: Bradford Northern They took the lead with a goal, 16 Casticford Featherstane lovers Oliver converting Kendall Co-coil Kingston Rovers 18; Halifax penter's try and a well placed Doncaster 3: Hull Wakecleid Trinity 15 Leeda 50 Celinley: penalty goal by Oliver sealed i Liverpool City 2 Warrington **; the home team's fate,
Okham 9 Leigh 2; Widnes & Roch- dale Hornets 18: Wigan 39 WeLiza-
Workingum Town haven 13; Bramley 11; York 12 Dewsbury 5.
Hugby. Union. te.. County Championship
Gloucestershire 3 Comwell Somerset & Devon 193; Yorkshire, Northumberland 3...~
CHAMPION TEAM
With the Norman Philips Arpaby which they won in yesterday's 10-Mile Road Baco, the 25 Field Regt. Royal Artillery, team-Arthur Cope, Nevillo Loe, Albert Nichols and John Davis-China Mall Photo
at
→ Somerset-
Trunion led Devon by 3 points at halftime, Bain scoring a penalty, after A goal and a eight minutes. penalty goal soon after the over put Devon ahord and despite another penalty from Bain for Somerset, Holgato, (try) and
Jones (convert) provided their second: gbal of the game to "maka Devon comfortable winners;
• Club Matches
Guy's Hospital o nirkenhead Park 3; Harlequina de fischmood gas Landon. Telia #3 - Old Marybant. Taylors 16; Old CranJAI KEIN C
The eagerly expected Mid-Landon Welsh 27: Old Matlanta
Saručena 11; Romlyn' Park: 6. Londón land'a clash between Coventry plik 1: St Mary Hopitaly and Northampton was marred | Hristol 10: Warpskoj podiabe by several incidents which cul- Academicals by Bath # Ole Paul
§; Hoaford 5 Mowoley 0;-15 ridawatą; nunated in the sending off of Albion 0 Ebbw Vale Cambrid M. J. Berridge, the Northampton | University), 8. Leicester é curder and England front home for Newport : Coventry 6 Northampton M. 127. Cross Keys Is ·Bridgend,· ‚0% word,
the finish, Doversport Bervices Just before
"Torque) Northampton won 12-6, but the Athlete 0: Falirax Waterloo Incidents polled the game. Manelly Gloucester 0; Milesser- Barracking by B-poetion of the Panarth 11: Neath 23 Cheltenham
Newbridge Pontypool 6; HEWIN crowd delayed play for three Abbot 1.liarnstaple minutes at ong time.
Burton 2. Oxford Universit Blackchenthe3;ineFlymath Those being a comparison on Canberra between. io), two university. Us: ''TAUnión - INT: Awadhea Alaravan Teighmouth a'Alde troma will no doubt"; nolo Bervices 18 Unged Bervion Poriss Cambridge's win over Leicaster, mauth Looden, Boettuna 10 tons who last month draw; with Bupers Maro, sur bertillery, Lariats. Oxford at Oxford There was former puple d: Olasgow. Aq*
former publisky Blewarte SINGERS no fecure at the interval to-day,cals & Watsoniana #: Gubeck and another draw seemed derers Br West of nothing
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