SOUTH CHINA 2. KMB 1
THE CHINA MAIL, MONDAY, MARCH 15, 1954.
THE BUSMEN WILL LONG WONDER WHY THEY LOST THIS GAME
In football it's goals that count: The Busmen will long wonder why they had so much of this. game and lost. Twenty-one thousand spectators who packed themselves into the Caroline Hill Stadium on You cannot Saturday afternoon can no doubt give them the, answer. ignore goal-scoring chances at one end, or leave them at the other, when you are up against South China,
This match was of paramount importance to both teains and it was therefore regrettable that a top-star was missing from each side. Tong Sheung was not available for South China, and Chan Kar-sau was an absentee from the KMB line-up,
There can be no doubt that ly in the back of the net when Granger resumed on the left the Busmen suffered more frim | Lee shot.
wing with a sort of roving com- The the resultant changes as Fund
rival centre-halves! Inission. Kwan-sing. who come In for dominated this match. Ng Kee-
At this stage Club put in Chan Kar-Bau, never served the cheung and Ko Po-keung can
strenuous efforts to turn the teain as Chan usually does, and shake hands on this showing. he was a very fortunate player They were both Immense. There game in their favour and Mac- Donald and Armstrong went that his robust' tactics were not
was really very little between
ween right up Into the atack. This nore severely punished by the the teams and the winners owe FIR
misfired for in referee.
brilliant scheme partly two
moves the South China Were Arst to
young wingers and to the Yu several breakaway
Army still looked capable of cat:ek overcome the inteRable
Cheuk-yin Soong Ling-sing com getting a goal, and after Doyle and their bination of big-match nerves
which successfully
the cross bar the arly play was acater and wr
ployed Szeto Man out of the had struck
Soldiers put in a strong attack profitable than that of KMB whe
down the right flank. had the brothers Szete Yui mad Szelo M: paired again on the Fight wing.
It was the Busmen, have who night however opened the scoring when an early head from Tath Weon- cheung struck the post.
a bad
alt
game,
to their
The struggle was always in- teresting and success and it would be enlightening to know what the new Colony ecach, Sneddon, thought about Tom general environmen! and the standard of play.
KMB:
Play continued at a fast pace and kept the big crowd on edg
THE TEAMS und the 10th minute when Chu Wing-wah profited by
Fat-kim; Hung Wai defensive error to send an e-Hing-yuk, Lee Chun-fat; Tang curate ball acro to his win, Sumi, Ng Kee-cheung. Fung Mok Chin-wah, who acknow- Kwan-slag: Szeto Yiu, Szeto ledged the gesture by leaving į Man, Tong Yee-kit, Lee Tai-fal, Wal Fat-kin helpless with Tam Woon-cheung. grand effort.
Scuth
When the ball landed in the Club defenders goalmouth the were caught out of position and Campbell, who had apparently
suffered a recurrence of an old Injury, could only push it out to Granger, now in the centre- forward position. The blonde goale, reversing his usual role. made no mistake about driving It into the back of the net.
ALL-OUT DRIVE
but once
With 10 minutes left for play the Club made an all-out drive Chilla: Pod Kin-yin; | to get the equaliser The Champions very nearly Lok Tak-ha), Lau Yee; Lau Chi-gain the goal cume at the other macke # Two a few minutes ping. Ko Po-keung, Scong Lug-end where Bennett sent a high
licnder
over Campbell's the interval when
ing: Chu Wing-wah, Lee Yuk- brilliant Yi Cheuk-yin shot was į tak, Kwok Ying-lok. Ylu into the net, only to have just no beititantly sent round Cheuk-yin, Mok Chun-wah. very correctly, disallowed the 10 by Wai Fut-kim.
before
Within 10 minutes of the re- start the Busmen were back un equal terms as the result of u
flying header by Szeto Yiu, and the gume immediately
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CLUB 1. ARMY ?
-de by Referes Wilcox.
grand For
This game, whles was played at the Cast Stadium on Satur- day, should have netted two points for the home side. three quarters of the match they were faced by a depleted Army team that, due to an early injury goalkeeper Granger, Wells in goat, left-half Higgins at left back, Inside left Doyle at left-half and a four-man front rank.
n high pitch of excitement as struggled for the both sides vital goal on which might well have
Championship | to Bung title.
TWO PRICELESS POINTS South China got the goal and with it two priceless points.
had
a
SPORTING SAM
By Rag. Wootton
SATURDAY'S RUGGER
Only One Surprise Result In Seven-a-Sides
By "PAK
LO"
On Saturday afternoon the first round and most of the second round of the Blarney Stone Seven-a-Side competition was played off at Causeway Bay. The one surprise of the afternoon was the Boom Defenco Depot's defeat of the REME Optimists by 11 points to nil.
This team started off an unknown quantity-and not much was expected of them as they explained before the game that they had no reserve, the whole of the Defence Depot European staff being in the seven.
The best teams on show were RAF Kai Tak "A", who played grand game with Davidson outstanding; the Old Crocks who neither looked very old or crocked, and the 27th L Bly. ПА who played the type of game which is usually seen in normal matches.
more
Wayfoong was rather dls- appointing and had it not been for Craig and Petrie, who practically carried the rest of the team, they would have lost.
looked Welch "B"
a much satisfactory team ond seemed to have a better idea of sevens game than their selors in the "A" team,
THE GAMES Welch "A" 3, RAF (HK) “A” 0
In this game there was no minute scoring until the last when the Welch threes went away from a 20-yard serum and Lewis scored. The RAF were unlucky to miss u penalty in
the
BITS
it,
for
In the Club side Tarpey was Muc- the better back while
ind Donald and Forrow put
defensive afternoon's work in the half-back line.
Club had was forward that their main worries.
Pat Gard- ner, while fit enough, is under- ztandably reluctant
into the heavy tackle either with or for the ball and in consequence several golden chancve went abegging.
10 go
the first half,
REME "Casinās” 11, RAF (HK) "B" 0
time
Davidson scoring this from a lovely pass from Taylor. Davidson converted.
14th Field 11. KEME "Hornets" 3
first bulf, but it finished score- less. Pressing in the second hatt the Old Crocks got a lincout on Henderson the 72nd's line and went over, The try was con- verted.
Club "B" 8, KGV School G This, in
the effect, was
Club half of
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RASC "B" called off their match
but with the Hornets, the 14th Field, whose applica- younger flon to play was lost, had turn-against the older half, and had cd up with all their players and the school known a little more full kit, and REME agreed to of the tactics used in seven-a- take them on instead.
side they would have won.
In the first half the School did most of the attacking and it was not until the last minute that the club threes
were sent away from a incout and Taylor scored under the posts. Lam- bert converted.
A penalty to the School was well followed up and Stevens scored. The kick was missed.
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WALTON JUBILEE
* By HENRY LONGHURST
With the Royal and Apclent due shortly to celebrate 200 years of golf at St Andrews, it seems hard to bellove, that the wave of enthusiasm which brought the game Burging over England took place only 50 or 60 years ago and that some of the greatest of the so-called London clubs have yet to reach their half-contury, S
Last week, for instance, the members of Walton Heath dined to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the day when Herbert Fowler rede out on to the heath above Walton-on-the-Hill, his horde obscured by the bracken and firs as golfers so often are today, and, designed what to many is the best, and to me in the beat but one, Inland-cum-seaside course in England..
a putter, and
He sent for James Braid, who, and
the rest set to work with a shovel and carried round for show. The stayed for 47 years, ending his crisp, close-cropped, turf, fust days there revered and respect ans IRther telele greens, ed as no man of his profession generally a towering wind, and had been before. Now, fittingly some of the finest rough in the enough, his son Harry is cap world. tain of the club in its jubiler year.
I
"If this is n golt, course, am crazy," said a noted Ameri- can professional at first sight. He probably was.
ADVANCING YEARS The standard reminder of ad- that vancing years is the fact
This rough used greatly to policemen begin to look like bother the late Valentine Vis- boys. Another, for me, ceme on count Casticrosse when he lived Crewe Station, when Scots nearby. One day, having in- man revealed that he had destructed his caddle to "pick it
CA a scribed me to a porter
up" from almost every tec. in- "stoutish
middled-aged fellow cluding the 18th, he decided to in a grey suit." Yet another is have one more shot over the Walton Heath.
cross banker...
"PICK THAT UP"
The caddio tec-ed a ball and
angles into the heather,
At Walton the world divides itatif into pre- and post-Altera- tions. You date either from be- placed a club in his lordship's fore "The Alterations-I__have | hand, Castlerosso hit it at right
them otherwise
tossed never heard described-or from after them If, like myself, you are a pre- Alterationist, you tend to think
tho that
world stopped about 1936.
the club
disdainfully to the
ground, and uttered the mem- arable words, "Pick that up. Have the clubs destroyed, In
leave the course."
And
the
Not the least item in Herbert Fowler, having half
Walton Heath atmosphere is the of Surrey to play about in, de- cuddles. Castlerosse, again, used signed his course roughly on the to tell of the time when on lines of the Old course at Storrible murder was committed
holes Andrews-eight
out,
knew it to everyone know "in" nearby and loop, and the remainder You' thrust your way up the have been done by a man who habitually cycled ʼnlongside the henth, hend bowed against the old course. The caddies would wind, for what seemed several emit shrill, two-ingered
and then miles,
turned for whistles to attract his attention
been home. It may not have
and then go through the most subtle but, my word, it was gelft appalling mime of a hangman
and his rope.
The 14th had a good pinyer in Glihooley who broke through
under the and scored
posts carly on with a fine run,
but falled to convert his try.
In the second half the 14th's threes went away nicely and the ball went to Glihooley who scored and converted. Then the Hornets got a penalty well out
With "Improvements" in the on the 35-yard
the line and
In the second half the School ball, some of the holes becamo kick was successful.
again did most of the pressing what is known as bad lengths From II scrum
the and ingles dived on the ball as neither one thing nor the other REME 25 Gilhooley
altera again it crossed the line, The bell had-end eventually the scored well out. The kick was gone for time and the obvious tons took place, adding un- not taken,
School move for the
doubted variety and blending so take the
"B's" kick and put it the Old and New courses Into
touch, thus ending the
H.K. Police "A" 3.
7th Royal Tank Regt. 0
was to
On another occasion the late Wash" Carr.. whose brother Alsam played for Cambridge and is now chairman of Walton, finding his ball in a divot mark in mid-fairway, remarked .to his caddle that it would have
game, but having been told that some of us, after nearly 20 i been "a nice one to get in the
to
The Police nearly scored from keep the ball in play they did REME pressed from the start a quick penalty and then their in a lost desperate attempt and went all out 50, and the Club and after a couple of minutes threes attacked, but poor pass Russell scored.in the corner. Bain scored. Then before half ing spoiled this move. Finally time REME kicked weil ahead. the Police threes got well away Wayfoong 18, Welch "C" 5 Did Green followed up fast to and Bryan scored in the corner. The first score went to the gather and score under the The conversion was missed.
Tanks got penalty well out
Welch when they scored under the posts from a lovely three
In the second half England but missed and although they move. The try was converted. broke through from a five-yard did most of the pressing in the
and scored. The kick second half they could not score. let the Welch clear. Then Craig The Bank pressed but a penalty went away and scored, and con- verted his own try.
The Club had enough oppor~ Falconer had the right, idea. Once again it was the Chu-tunities to win this encounter | He never missed a chance to Mok
combination on first-half chances alone, and have a shot at goal and it would posts. The kick was converted. cross-field that mude it possible. Chu
the fact that they scured their have paid the others to have avoided a wild reckless tackle only goal from a penally kick followed his lead, from Fung Kwan-sing and again was due partly to the stubborn sent the bull accurately eross
Mok Chun-wah whose shot but much more to the goal-ahy showed that once
defence put up by the soldiers, turn to Colony football and came back off the part to Lee spirit that prevailed in their an opportunity to play him- Yuk-tok.
The inside-right
Into form he will be valuable asset to the side. time in
10
no
own attack.
wasted the ball into putting
Granger's Injury, which came the net and the goal stood in as the result of an accidental
KMB protests spite of
about clash with McGregor in the 15th Kwok Ying-lok who was cetual-minute of the game, upset the rhythm of the Army team, but their re-arranged defence, aided by the reluctance of Gardner to Vietnam Soccergo into the tackle for the ball,
Hopes High
Saigon, Mar. 14 Hopes of the Vietnam footbali team to clinch the Second Aslan Games title soared last
MacGregor had a quiet TC-
he has had
self
11
It was unfortunate that he was involved in the oarly ar- client to Granger fer, although he was blameless, the incident
serum was missed.
RAF (Kal Tak) "B" 8, HMS CRANE 0
1
27TH LT. BTY. RA 20,
STANLEY GARRISON
In the second half Hargroves This 27th team just walked this, and will I
think be the dived over from a five-yard ones to oppose the RAF (Kailineout, and Craig converted.
"A Tak}
then fot away in the semi-finals. Laville
and First Michie nearly scored, but scored well
Craig con- verbed Garrison player touched down.
In the last second of
L
out.
The Airmen did all the press Ing and Hurst broke through and ran for threequarters of the length of the field to score under the posts. Easily converted,
In the second half Hurst A minute later and Michle did the game Petrie took the ball missed a long penalty kick, and score
convm a 23 serum. Welght from one end of the field to the although Crane pressed they could not get through, and Brift his settled the matter when he kicked ahead and scored under the posts. The kick was missed.
may well have upset his con- fidence.
Mullen started of well and held out until the closing minute the holding ground sulted of the first half when Mullen
stylish ball play, but later he was pulled down in the penalty lost his sparkle and his
pace aren and Forrow slashed อ and Paton Buffered in con-
wicked drive into the net wide sequence. of Wells' right hand.
For the Soldiers it was a goal. The Army resumed without keeper's day out. Wells did ex- night goalkeeper Granger who had and this afternoon when it de- had a short spell in the forward cellently between the sticks and feated the Indonesian team from line just before the interval, but usual mark with the winning of course Granger made his un- Medan 6-1 and 5-0 respectively, after Lunnon had scored the
The team never really In both matches the local equaliser In the 13th minuto goal,
and a touch of team outplayed the Indonesians, when Campbell seemed late in struck form --France-Presse.
getting down to a last cross ball, desperation tinged their play
during the second half.
GAD SIR, THESE FANS ARE HOSTILE,
THEY'RE THROWING
EMPTIES
HOPE THAT WE BOTTLES C THEMSELVES. IN T TRADITIONE
and Buckley, Frazer, Doyle Bennett were the men who con- tributed most to the victory, although little Thomas and Lunnon played with more devil in the second half.
THE TEAMB
RASO "A" 3, Police "B" 0
other and scored. The kick was not taken.
Ecore
Despite the large
the Bank, with the exception ol Craig and Petrie, did not im- press and I think they will meet when they opposé
Wright, in fact, took all the kicks and made a very fine job of them all, distance seemingly moking no difference to him,
Next Parkinson outpaced the defence and scored under the posts. Wright converted. Again their match
run and scored well out. Wright round. converted,.
Parkinson went off on a long the Club "A" in the fourth
A good first half, but the eccond half contained two much touch kicking. and extra time had to be played. The Ctime
There are four more second became rather dreary and when In the second half Stanley round matches to be played oft the RASC scored in the ninth just missed a penalty on the at the Club Ground this evening minute of extra time, a sigh of 27th 25. In the last minute and one 3rd rallef wint up`cll artand.
Hill scored wall cut. Wright follows: .converted.
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1.K. Signals Regt. 8,
27 HAA, RA 3-
This was a really good game in comparison with the previous
HIMB Newcastle 6, 7th Royal Tanks “B” 0
Newcastle did all the pressing
one. In the first minute the in the Brst half and in the Signals scored when Kirbotson fourth minute scored well out, toolt the ball from a loose maul but the kick was missed, and scored, Bell converted, In the third minute of the The 27th attacked in tum and second half. Newcastle scored got to the Signals line but n again when the ball was idleked penalty allowed the Signals to ahead and a forward touched
down. The try was converted.
Welch "B" 21, HQLF D Another good team in this
Club: Campbell; Armstrong, Tarpey: MacDonald, Forrow, Planck; Palon, Mullen, clear. McGregor, Falconer, Gardner,
Army:
The 27th pressed In the Grangeri Buckley, second half, and got a scrum on
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HMS Dampler. v. REME
"Exiles", 4.40 p.m.
REME Casuals
Tak) "B", 5. p.m.
RAF (Kal
Tamar Odds & Sods v. Club "A" 5.20 p.m.
REME "Wasps v. Wayfoong. 5.40 p.m.
Regt., 8 p.m.
RASC "A" V. H.K. Signal
PETERS TO RUN
IN BOSTON MARATHON
Wells; Crowhurst, Frazer, the Signals five-yard line which Hlugins, Lunnon, Reeves, Ben- they won, but Kirbetson Inter-Welch side and they might just nett, Doyle, Thomas.
cepted a pass and ran the whole make the semi-finals. In length of the field to score arst minute a lovely three move
the posts. The conver
saw them
London, Mar. 12, well out, but sion was missed.
the conversion was mlased. Jim Peters, Bellish runner Three more times in the first wha hos recorded: the world's:
Brazil Beat
Chile 1-0:
In the closing minute the 27th got a penalty and put the bail between the posts,
RAF (Kal Tak "A") "18, Tamar Tisery. 0°
score
half they scimed to have a cer- fastest time for the Marathon, Lafy score but bad passing rula will compete in this year's Bos- ed their chances.
ton Marathon on Aprli 19, sub- confirmation by the Amateur Athlete: Union jot America.
However, in the second half Ject to they tried using only two men Although the RAF team was in the lincouts, ihus giving missing both Eden and Mildon them an extra' three, and this Competitors' from Japan, Ko~"! due to injuries they never move was very successful as rea, Sweden and Finland are looked like losing and they with its help they scored two niso taking part. should have. littlo trouble more trics, one of which was reaching the semi-finals if not converted.
Rio de Janeiro, Mar. 14... Brazil retained their.. un- beaten record in the World Soccer Cup qualifying com- petition when they beat Chile 1-0 here today.
Brazil. have now beaten Chile twice and Paraguay orice --- Davidson opened the scoring Paraguay's only defeat. They in the first minute with a, fine
the finals,
Boom Defence Depot 21, REME "Optimists" O
meet Paraguay herd on March run to score under the posts,REME naturally looked op- Si in the snai malch of Group then converted, his own try timistic when they saw the 12. BERKON KUR N Tamar pressed, but the ball general age of their opponents,
Brazil
attacked strongly from went over the RAF Une, and but they got a terrifle shock. the start and in the 35th endnuts Taylor touched down: From The Depot Just falled to score Baltazar scored in a goalmouth their own 25, the RAF Jored in the opening minulo. But Wfront of melee which followed again with a lovely run and there was
goalkeeper
*by-Child's Davidson, this time missed the this: +
Posts and fre
Chile, Improved and, threaten-|(95)
el danger - many timend
lovely concer
closing stages of the maten; but Davidson and
they were unable
Brazilian, defence bli
It has been: tentatively IR ranged for Petors to leave air on April 18 —Router”
» Bayers «
TONIC
are still not quite sure Medal,"
years, whether We ore on the Old "You'd never 'ave 'ad it In which used to be the old 11thly.
fifth the Medal," suid the man dark- course playing the new
or the New---or what,
Walton
has
however, remains, both for golf and for atmos- clubs. phere, one of the great been made there. With Lloyd More than golfing history
and Lord Riddell, the club's George living the length of a brassie
shot from the first hole principal founder ever active in the background, It used to be facetiously said of the first war that it was conducted from the 10th hole at Walton.
MOREA BEATS DROBNY
Cairo, Mar. 14,
time today
Enrique Morea of the Argen-
wrested the Egyp tlan lawn tennis singles title from Jaroslav Drobny (Egypt), who had held it for four years. Scores were 6-3, 1-0, 6-1, 0-4. Yesterday Morea and Drobny As to the golf, it is clemental Beat Budge Patty and G. Shea --a couple of wooden clubs, of the United States In the three or four irons, # niblick doubles 'final, 0-7, 9-7.-Reuter.
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