PENTANGULAR RUGGER TOURNAMENT
THE" CHINA, MAIL, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 1955.
Grand Display By Police As They Fell Before Army's Onslaught
At Sookunpoo on Saturday afternoon the Police XV gave a grand display as they fell fighting, before the onslaught of the all-victorious Army by 27 points (3 goals, 3 tries, 1 penalty goal) to 3 points (1 try).
It was only in the last ten minutes of the game that the Police faltered and the Army, who had lasted the terrific pace at which the game was played, piled on` 18 paints to win convincingly.
átöpped two defenders and scored. Logan converted, 10-3, thus dimming the Club's
The slender hopes
Airmen kept up the pressum until no-' side went
Previously the RAF over-ball to within five yards of the cum- the Club by 10 points (2ilna, where there was a scrum. Hoais) lo 3 points (1 penalty The Police used the classic goal) in an encounter in which move of holding the ball in the aft the interest and scoring was scrum and outshoving the Army contained in the second half.
tie line and drop on cross
Should both win their games the ball. The minsed. 9-3.
the RAF Will probably take Play swayed back and forth pride of place duo, to the fact with the
they have scored Army looking
more that dangerous as the Police visibly and have hact
The Police made one or two last-minute
thel: changes in team, the main one being the switching of Lloyd to full back, while
Leiliot! Bled Lloyd's
Pa
Lo
place at scrum half.
Ag
With this alteration it looked the Police were going concentrate mainly on defence, but what a surprise they gave not only the spectators but also the Army.
Lelllott started with a few poor passes, but quickly found his form, and save his threes a good service.
Mursh was, of course, the outstanding threequarter in the Police side, with Scott a claw second. The threes combined well, and gave the Army a busy time In defence, except for futal lost Ten minutes. Lackled
theme those
they recovere like herpes.
Behind them Lloyd had a the day, his kicking for touch and his tackling being excellent.
The Army's threes uninten tionally gave the Police defence a hand to keep the searing down when they played a stereotyped game. Regularly as clockwork when the Army forwards got the i bull, which was by no means as often as they could have wished, the ball was sent straight fruit to the wing with lovely fast crisp passes and the Police defenders were waiting for the wing threes and more than equal to the task of stopping them.
The Army
pack were inore
but ត the set scrums the Poller out- heeled them completely,
spirited in the 1980,
Mayger old hooker
anel while the Army front row have only themselves to blame for they packed much higher than the Poller and as a result lost
,ଘ the undershove,
The Army three line, as usual. looked very dangerous
linck.
though still slightly
a fine job
115 deserves
praise,
in
shaky in defence,
Ingall on the wing definitely sheric, and Blackburn
proved himself well worthy of his place. Brentford's usual. sparkle was missing, but Parkinson in front of hun was brilliant,
conversion was
25,
Login
MOTO less scored.
themselves to a standstill. against them than the Navy. Then came the flood!!!!
THE TEAMS BAF:
Mc- Parkinson, on the Police
Moore, cut through, drew two men, and Garrity, Freser, Gamimon, Taylor, passed out, and Blackburn Davies, Miller, Sleeman Mc- scored well out. Brentford Donald, Lamb, Griffitha, Sutcliffe, with a good kick converted. 14-3. Brightwell, Woolf.
Almost immediately the Army Club: Petrie, Spencer, scored again when Jealous near- Kilvert, Periman, Martin, Clare,
through ly crashed
but was Cole, Barker, Russell, Rogers, grounded by Stevens. Parkinson Hargroves, Farquharson, Arm- gathered the loose ball and with strong-Wright,
Kerr,
Camp- a terrific spurt down the wing bell. scored well out. The kick was missed narrowly. 17-3,
Only a minute or so later the Army added another five points as Parkinson again took the balt cut through with a lovely
Police: Lloyd, Nash, Scott, this time scoring him Marsh, Stevens, Brown, Leillott, sidestep self under the posts. Brentford Colborne, Mayger, Harris, Perry, converted, 22-3.
In the closing minute Black-Long. Bryan, Carpenter, Daw-
burn was sent off from a ne- out, outpaced
and the Police scored well out. Brentford again converted, 27-3.
CLUB v. RAF
Army: Patterson, Blackburn, Edwards, Collins, Ingall, Brent- ford Parkinson, Bevan-Thomas, Reto, Tilden, Jealous, Ferry, Cox Littlejohn, Hill.
son.
HOW THEY STAND
- Here is the Intest on the Tour- |nament Table:
Army #
ONE
OF 51
Mrs Leonard Carver's "E.S.B." being ridden here by jockey Bullock, is one of the 51 acceptors for the Grand National which is to be run on Saturday, March 20, over four miles 856 yards at Liverpool. E.S.B. is a nine-year-old which will be carrying 11 stone 1 lb- Reuterphoto.
Drobny And Patty Call It Quits
After 100-Game Battle
MIKE CURZON THE STAR OF AN OTHERWISE UNEXCITING MEETING
By “RECORDER”
Colin Brand, of 8 Coy., RASC, Blackheath Harriers and the HKAAC, yesterday broke the Boundary Street ground record for the Javelin Throw with one effort of 188, feet 6 inches and two more over 170 feet, while Lt. Michael Sweeney, of 14 Field Regt. R.A., equalled Cpl. T. E. Williams ground record of 53.9 seconds for the 440 Yards Run.
In what was a very informal, meeting, neither stole the show no Mike Curzon of the Hongkong Police and HKAAC closed 12 yards, on Lt. Keith Burch of the lat Battalion, The Essex Regiment, on the third leg of a One Mile Relay that had already been lost on a faulty exchange outside the area,
120 yards furdles (B. Grado)-1, Blythe (1 Eanex); NA
The old ground record for the athletes from the point of view Bell (BCAA). Time:
Javolin Throw
10
was held by of the meeting turning up
have a go. There were at in- 19 dividual partielpants, of whom
14 10 were Essex Regiment, HKAAC and 11 SCAA.
On the part of the Essex Regiment it was a great effort, as they had participated in meeting the day before.
One Mile:1. M. Curzon (RANCH Smith (King, Own); A CHIMU bung-man (SLAA). Time: 4 min 40.0 cm.
(A Grade) 2-2, Di
Beer (R.A.); 2. H. Button (RA); * Chasing Chuk-yin (BCAA). Time! 440 yards (D Grodo), M. Moh (HEAACH 2. Leung Kom-bob
584-Beck
C. W. Bland of the Royal Navy nt 170 fect exactly 'and had never been beaten on at least three
appearances on the summe ground by 2/Lt. Neville Hughes of the Welch Regiment who holds the Colony mark at 187 foot 24 inches, accomplished at Caroline Hal ut last year's Colony Championships.
Lt. Sweeney did very well in
of note as the MCA's Mr. Kennedy-Skipton, (SCA) Edwards me);
starter from the SOFT, two respectablo | 201 Quarter Milers who elected and two surprisingly efficient Recipe (1 Essex). Diatario) 19 ft. distance were in the timekeepers - provided by the Japoli:-) Brand (HFAACH). 2. 440 Yards race,
and limited organisa- Lambert (RA): with Essex) Malcolm Marsh
(80AA), Distance: 183 it. 06. tional winning in a respectable 34,4 seconds for the
But the Army's goodwill and Tabb UDKAAC); the Hongkong Amateur Athletic Boundary Street track
Club's belief that more meetings are
The meating was not wonder- fully organised as the HKAACCA 2. Cole (1 Easca), mes had to depend largely on its own 20-yard-1, §. Xavier (HKAAC); 3. D. Clouting (HKAAC); 3. T. Dane (1-{link)| Time: 34.4 Beck
the 440 Yards, running without officials (plus alternatLong Tumf1. Cheung. Wastong
any opposition
only
other
run this other
In the One Milo Relay there
謎
resourops.
a horrible out of the box needed to put athletics pro-
ad-VII. DET:
Hit-po
(IKAAC). Time: 10 mins. pas Wood
Fola Vaults. J. Amics (1. Dowork); 2. Shadwell (1) Eweg). Hight, 6 s. on is feet in this Colony WAKE,
IOUS THw1, Megreever exchange Robert Marques perly on
S Lambert (TLA): were not proved wrong most stopped dead and then
Essex). Distance: 111 barely held the baton after a encouraging to
It WAS, to say the least, most
IL TO 110.
Hop. Blep and Jump-i, H. Sutton first lap from an ill but hard-trophy hasors turning out for. Sherly N'tone). Distance:
see 51 non- |(RA); 1. Chung Wal-tung (BCAA); trying Stephen. Xavier. Neither an afternoon of athletics.
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actually completely 01 fault, but It суда terrible exchange.
SURPRISINGLY FAST
THE RESULTS
Following were the results: Half Milo-1, K. Borch (3) Baucoc)});
Cheung
2. Bis the
*4 x 440 yards Relay:-1, Aray; 2, SCAA; 3 KKAAC, Time: 3 mins, 47.
INTER-SCHOOL
SOCCER
Lyons, Feb. 20. Jaroslav Drobny (Egypt), the 1954 Wimbledon Champion, battled for one hundred games today with his Ingly fast Marques he general-x). Time: mie 76
Taking over from a P. Alderton ( Emmex): 3, 2012) old adversary, Budge Patty (USA) without reaching aly finds difficulty in running a (HEAAC); 8. Co(1
Jump:-1, n
Emax). Height: decision in the final of the Men's Singles in the Lyons fast 220 though he can do that 314 Ins. P W D L F A Pu.
if he tries-Mike Curzon closed Moticover. (l' Enex); Lambert International Lawn Tennis Tournament here.
Shot Put, D. King (RA); $, the South China runner (RA) Distance: dt. Als
The fellowing as the resulta obout eight yards ahead of him (HICAAC); 3. A. Ritonio (1) Bohool krockout football com- 100 yards (A Grado) ;-), 5." Karier of the second round at the Inter- on the first bend and caught up. Chestermars (2 Essex). Tipe: with Burch with about 100 10.5 yards to go.
petition.
y
0 0 121 al 10
ent ns chalk and cheese.
The first game was us differ- RAF.. 7 3 1 3 80 29 7
There Navy
2 1 3 28 82 ༞ was no sparkle or uil-out attack Club
2 0 6 30 64 by either side.
Police 0 1 0 3 14 07 Without Dark, who was un- As can be seen the battle for able to
play, the RAF threes runner-up now lies between the never settled, with
Fraser Navy and the RAF. Both have standing head and shoulders still to meet the Police, the RAF
The RAF over his teammates,
and the Navy on on Saturday halves had an unhappy day with Wednesday at Boundary Street their service being decidedly
at 4:10 p.m. poor.
The Club, on the other hand, looked much better in defence with Martin shining on the left wing..
attacking
However, when it came to only Martin ever looked like scoring. Both Petrie and Logan, the Club and RAF tall backs, had a successful day and with Clare, the new fly halt. obviously improving during the game, Petrie will probably find himself counted in the future as a full back.
Kerr was the outstanding for ward on the Bell, with Miller, the RAF prop, the next best, was not until the second half that the RAF produced some-
The Navy will have the big- gest batlle as it is expected that both Moss and Marsh will be playing on Wednesday. The Navy also have to play with the Club on Saturday.
Drobny wun the first set the score at 21 In the third 21-19, Patty levelled by taking set, the exhausted pair greed
recond at 10-8 and with to share the title.
Home Soccer Standings
Football
after today's follows:
Everton
Tottenham
The match recalls the Mara- thon they had in the third round of the Men's Slogies in The 1953 Wimbledon Champion- ship. Drobny won 8-6: 10-18; 3-8; B-6; 12-11, but the effort virtually ended his challenge and he was beaten in the semi- finals by Kurt Nielsen of Den London, Feb. 10. League
standingsmark.
matches were
First Division
FIJIANS' VISIT
Wolves... There have been two altera- Sunderland Hons in the dates of the matcher Chelton
Portsmouth the Fijians will play. The game Manchester with the Combined Civilians, Chelsea scheduled for March 9, has been Manchester advanced to Tuesday, March 8,
8. Rumley at 8.00 pm, on the Club ground, Huddersfield and the last game
Versus the Shefeld Un. Combined Services
put back Newcastle is put day to March 17, at 7.00 p.m. The FARELF final, which is against the 72nd LAA, will de- Anitely be held on the Club The Club pack tied down the ground on Friday, March 11, at RAF eight by outjumping them 3.00 p.m. in the incouts and hooking the ball back on a fifty-fifty basis in Twice in the opening minutes the set scrums. Scott and Marsh almost broke
Cole, for the Club, spent too through. and after six minutes much time
trying to go blind, awarded
of feeding his threes,
TERRIFIC
PACE
The Army kleked off, but it thing like the form expected of was the Police who attacked then. first at terrifie
pace. The throughout the eventually burned out the Police starnina.
pace
Alane
laster! and
the Police were
Instead
penalty for offside, but the coll version and chance to open thesis seldom that a serum half
Koring was missed.
Four minutes after this
Army
the
from
ten
going blind makes more than yords and this move is the usually reserved for either a opened the scoring when tac
lincout 15 yards Police Inc the Army whipped the ball back Brentford made an 'opening and passed out to his threes. Ingall, using ali hts strength,
und
Colony Tennis
Programme
and the
quar-
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P. W. D. L. F. A. Pts. 29 14
Second Division
Blackburn Luton Town Rotherham Looda Bloke
Notts County West Ham Swaneek .. Stryningham
Liverpool
Middlebro
The following is the pro- | Fulham tack or defence within ten gramme
for the second round Bristol Rov yards of the line. Cole would of the Colony Grasscourt Doubles do well to remember that. Be championship yond that one fault Cole play-ter-finals of the Grasscourt Hull City... cd a much Improved game. Singles championships, currently In the first half Petrie missed being played off at the Hong- managed to cross the line despite a long penalty kick, and Logan kong Cricket Club.
desperate last minute tackled likewise with his three
by Marsh.
The conversion
9-0.
Just
Wig missed.
Two minutes later, from lincout on the Army 35, Marsh electrißed the crowd
chances.
foot rushes
Д
midfield,
TODAY Doables
Tsui Wai-pui and Tsui Yau-
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Port Vale Derby Courty Plymouth Ipswich
Third Division Leston Orient .. Bristol City ....
Millwal
The RAF kicked off and play remained mainly in except when Kerr ied some good pul A. 8. Augestad and R. E. Southampton and one sparkling Moore (1); W. K. Chung and C.
Gillingham Penman when Cheng v Guy Lam and It.
Norwich Liang (2); Sent he interceptor
Hooper and a locse RAF
Bournemouth His pass to Kilvert was Gar Cooley v T. Wang and Q.P. Rangers
Marsland Ma Walford
Coventry forward and a good chance of [George Choa + C. Kung Southend
and Lieu Kong V. Pridham Northampton
Frank Hu (4):
Brigton and 17. A. Bacon y K. Y. Chang Akerscot sud: P. E. Zau (5); Ng Man- Torquay
46-yard run by with glorious cut through the centre, but was tackled
with only five pass.
yards to go
The
Army cleared from the scoring was spelled.
serum with a kick, Marsh took
the ball and rnced through his
at the last moment,
DIFFERENT TEAM
Shrewsbury Bwindon
Reading
opponen's but passed forward After the interval the RAF cheung and Ho Cheung-po v J. Exeter City
looked a completely different Packenham Walsh and 1. Agafu- team. Whatever it was that roff ' (8); Ho Ka-lau and' Ho | Brentford Logan said to his team at half Hit-po y 'S. Zee and R. Shoo Newport time certainly, todjí effect, (7): K Lo. and T. Lo v F. M. Crystal Pal, The halves got the ball back Ribeiro and T. E. Rodrigues Colchester more cleanly; the threes took it (8). better, and made more use of Their
chances, keeping up-a Within a few minutes
The Army pressed back, and from the 26 their threes were sent away and Blackburn was forced into touch by Nash with a yard to go. The ball was touched down from the scrum by the Police.
In the 26th minute Edwards sold pressure on the
scoped when Parkinson, Brent-
Club.
they
TOMORROW Biagios
Chang v Tani (1); · Lonne v
Acerington Seuntherpe Barney Hartlepoole
Edwards tore through, catching mon crossing the line in the cor-7 K. C. Dao (0), the Police defence on the wrong foot. The conversion
stockport
ford, and Ingall went blind, were opened the scoring when from
om. a Taul: Wal-pul (2); K. Lo v Trul stopped, but somehow slung the scram on the Club 28 the threes Xen-pus (8); Choy Tin-kin v Fork 454) ball loosely acres the field. The
Saubolla (Lee King-fun The went
M.. Lov Ng Oldham nice concerted other threes gathered and off in a
move which ended with Gam-
Man-cheung":
Logan with a grand kick converted. 5-0.
Tho
off Club kicked the" RAF, Hine, In the lineout [tho✨ RAF were penalised for offsido and Peiris scored with a
missed. 6-0.
Rochdale
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Sports Diary
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Bradford
Grimsby
TODAY
With the Army pressing the found touch 38 yards out from
first half ended.
SECOND HALF ·
The Army opened the second
half with an ninck and carried nice kick to make it B-3.KLY
the bail to within five yards of
Secked : Notand?? or (Colon Time, and egala the RAY, courthoped the Pollen line, Winning the throes attacked, and at scrum, the Army passed the point seamed certain to score ball back but it was knocfeedFraser from the half way
"line: took the ball"upféld. In a rounded
on In the resultant scrum, the and rud, but was
TTAW wing forward kk bioke with feel to go to his
Police
Too fast and were, omado sua ollowin this Wool, took tha
Brentford camily, converted, the ball at his T to the Club
penalty 9:0
The Army attacked
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(SCA & A Colisco (KAAC). (extra time). (HKAAC); 2, Cheung Chuk-yin 54 Time: 63A 100
The effort was too much and he conceded eight yards on the Inst 100 bends, but by no stretch of the Imagination could he have been slower than seconds for the complete 440 Yards circuit if not about half a second foster than that.
The Drobny-Patty match to- Sweeney day lasted four hours. Their 03-game encounter in 1953, the longest singles ever played at Wimbledon, lasted 4 hours. Reuber
Interport. Regatta Cancelled
...A. very stiff wind blowing from the north-west caused the
́of. cancellation
thle morning's Interport Regatta between Hongkong and Ma-
The' weather forecast for this afternoon shows a wor- sening of conditions.
Yesterday Molineux, fol- lowed by Bruges and Amorim, won the Individual Redwing regatta, in which, due to strong winds, many competitors experienced duckings,
American Zone
Davis Cup Draw
New York, Feb. 20. Australia, who lost the Davis Cup to the United States last year, were drawn
Just
120 yards Hurdlen:-1, A. Bitchin actually ex); 2. A. Collaco (KAACH
3. M. Jones (1. Eesex), Tis
Malcolm Marsh
about held his ground with Lt. on the last Quarter, but even the effort of closing was not really worth the while for an experienced runner with little hope of making it.
Curzon had earlier won
the Mile in his fastest ever time of 4 minutes 40.4 seconds, and it is about time he was convinced that he is no long distance, stár. Burch had earlier run in the 880 Yards, won in a moderate to: him mins. 7.8 secs, but the 880 was the first event of the
and Curzon had a much shorter his Mile and the
comparatively
rest
between
Relay leg.
bert Marques had earlier
Robert
rare
for
returned, one of the very
10.2 efforts accomplished the 100 Yards at Boundary Street in the "B" race, Xavier returning a good 10,8 in the "A" for a sprinter not even really ft to start.
MOST SPECTACULAR The most spectacular race to- day in Hongkong athletics
quite dednitely the 440 Yards and, there is no saying who wit
Sanior
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Wah Yar Tin. 4 King's College 0. Wah Yan HK 9 St. Jomph's 4. St. Martin's-a. Queen's College &
- Intermediate 6 Loule Clement! 1.
Jacior Salerion 4 St. Louis 1.
Wah Yen JI.K. o St. Joseph's 0.
HARRY ODELL
in association with the British Council proudly presents
England's distinguished artists
DAME SYBIL THORNDIKE
1
SIR LEWIS CASSON
in a final recital at the
win at the next meeting of the GRANTHAM TRAINING COLLEGE HALL
current "five star" fleld at the University Championships at Pokfulam on Saturday, March
5.
Marsh is a doubtful starter as he may be called for rugger duty, but if Sweeney, Curzon Burch and Xavier 'will be fit and on the ground it will be a greater thriller all the way than Inst time.
It was a great day for Roy Bell of 173 Loc. Bty., RA, and the HKAAC, who ran his fastest over 440 Yards Hurdles in 63,4 seconds and also scored his
to play Mexico in the first first over victory in the 120 round of the North Ameri-Yards High Hurdles in 10.2 can Zone matches of the seconds in the "B" Grade race. Tony Collaco had a bost spill 1955 Davis Cup competition over the last hurdle in the "A" here today.
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The draw was made during an Interval between matches in the United States Indoor Men's Lawn Tennis Championships in New York.
The result of the draw was: Mexico versus Australia, Brüz!! versus Cuba.. Pikisten versus British West Indier,
* Cariada, a bye,
Grade High Hurdles, still finish- ed second and came back for the 440 Hurdles later but would. have been wiser to stay out with a'awollen kneecap,'
He still managed to finish
มา 70 seconds flat, South China's Chetinit
one of the few man-yin,
of the Caroline Hill team who is really keen, Anlabed in his best ever time of 03.9 seconds in this race...
all Scott and Bruce Tulloh, also with the double affiliation of 178 Loc. Bly, and the HEAAC both boat Standard The inclusion of Brazil was Modal time in the Three Miles not expected. Only six nations with 15:58.8 and 15:58.8 were understood to have apspectively, not very far ahead of phod for the North American Jack Wood, of the RAF, and Zona R
HKAAC, FA, Tribe, niso of the HKAAG finished, nith behind “ fast-dhishing than Kim-hung, with Honda Chang-shing A newcomer to the top rank? good lath of the
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