HEXANGULAR RUGGER TOURNEY
THE CHINA MAIL, MONDAY, DECEMBER 31, 1956.
ONE UPSET AS AIRMEN FAIL TO HOLD ARMY SOUTH'S FORWARDS
By
"PAK LO"
There was only one upset in Saturday afternoon's rugby, when the Airmen at Kai Tak failed to hold the Army South forwards and the result was a clear-cut, well deserved win for the soldiers by 17 points (1 goal, 2 tries, 2 penalty goals) to 3 points (1 try).
WEEK-END SOFTBALL
Warriors Beat The Saints 6-4
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HKCC WIN THE
TRIANGULAR TOURNAMENT
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The 1958/67 Triangular Cricket Tournament not go down in history as being a particularly interesting or very severely contested one, but it will long be a tournament to remember as-far as Optimists' opening bowler K.. G. Spink is concerned.
Playing determinded ball at King's Park yesterday, Hank Killeen's Warriors broke away from a four-all deadlock in the top of the seventh inning to beat the mighty Saints 6-4, while Olly Vas' youthful Blackhawks
Against the cream of the batting of the three kept their slate clean with a convincing 18-6 battering of South China.
Services, though this may, of course, have been a little In the Men's Sentor "B" Division the only game featured saw Fred Dlesia's
curdled up with Christmas cheer, he took 11 wickets for PI Dodgers running wild in their clash against the HK University students, pound-
57 runs in 35.1 overs, of which 18 were maidens, ing them with a 26-2 count,
In the two matches against, wicket when the former fell to As expected the Club had a fairly comfortable win over the Police by 15
of connecting for three triples and Combined Amy South and Henderson after having con- The Junior bracket
Avalancho again touched off
North and Combined basketball Avo hits with a neat double to a home run.
Royaltributed 26. Lender catfied on produced some points (5 tries) to 6 points (1 try, 1 penalty goal), while on the other side of the
Facing P. C. Wong in the top Air Force and Royal Navy merrily, as he has been doing BOCHTESE points when they outplayed a
my bek, harbour the Navy won another (wo Hexa ngular
over the
with centrefield.
Al Oliveira followed with of the sixth,
Frank he young
ata managed another for the last month, to be un- League Leaders grimly hanging subdued Army North XV by 19 points (2 goals, 2 tries, I penalty goal) to nil.
pointed his rather unique feat-that of defeated with 52 when the y to their rungs in the Pennant another two-base smash to right Loureiro jokingly a chance, trut he was
walked. bat towards centre a la 'Babe claiming seven of his tolar bag Cricket Club declared with six ladder, Playing
George Ribeiro Into extra and
Goose Wong Ruth' and, sure enough, Wang's of 11 victims on the first ball wickets down. He had ane life Innings, the War Eagles plished After one out,
eighth
to singled through shortstop for first serve was blasted over the an over.
when mufred by Welch, shade the Jun Cuba 13-14.
-11, two runs but was later nailed at scoreboard at centrefield
the plate when he dashed ter home run.
over well out The convezalost As a result of these matches there has been another upheaval 3-0
In the lexangular Tuble, as can be seen. with only three points separating the leaders
and the
ith team in the table, and Tournament although half the has now been played it is any- one's guess Juss who will win.
If the Navy
The can keep Kaniere in port
they would seem
rosiest chance of
until the end
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The next score carne after pressure by the Club, when a $100 kick by Scuts had went ping back to he half way me From the time. out the ball went cleanly to Cheong who broke through and went away tally erud Stevens over out Quitt's kick hit the
6-0.
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Club v. Police
Right from
two the sturt
about the Club. The first thas the forwards had over the Christenan season. dined too well if not wisely, fur they were slow in the loose and did not cover their halves 01 strand all well, and since routed
to the ground the lineouts it must be presumed that they had too large helpings of Christmas pudding.
things were obvi
They
in
of
There were two exceptions to Gault hone this, and only two.
In the loose, and Millar
outstanding in every aspect the game.
Secondly with
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Club forwards, who have until The now been the mainstay of Club, failing 10 do much. it looked as if the Police should have won, but to make up for is the Club threes played their best game to date.
DICTORS
made
the
In the second half the Police Tet taliated first with Scotta cross kick to 'regents and then with a penalty
บ-ศ. conversion by M. Miller
The Club came back and two or three times nearly word, but the od was runcing badly for them. i was not until eight minutes From tame that Elikost clanned over from the five-yard lineout and again
Kelly hard tie conversion 12-0. Three
later Valentine brake that frean the half way Aine otel thess,
tably. IA
tack Use
diwi
Dunked out to Mailer
that Salter was up to the occasion and wide-stepped part the full back arxi started to nin round belund
, but
stopped muddenly with no one near him and grounded the ball well out, and O'Kelly Called once more to convert 15-4
tho
The Polk catre back with a last minute ruaRN, but could not break
through.
Army South v. RAF
The RAF
before
In two
Ave Tulcan bundled into touch-in-gual he could ente
came Busby' And tons
Anally detible which added another three points to the Army's negre
Navy v. Army North No doubt about this one. The only surprise in it was the size of the score, but it was a well deserved victory for the Navy faster anic! stronger in
department, every practically but particularly in the halves, for while Corner and Rakatau were outstanding Turnbull threw Army feit
were
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When Beynon the latter looked surprised than anything else, but weil as he could Up DN Turnbull's continuous errors.
Buli sides weltled slowly but It was the Navy's threes gol down to busts Arst with Lloyd looking much happier and playing better than he has done In a long time ou the wing, with hur centres feeding him well
on the Army North,
other hund, starting with a bad per- vice from the base of the scrum, simply got worse and worse and never even looked like scoring, let alone winning.
the and
In the Navy forwards Bong. Judd and Biake were prominent, but only Mander did anything worthy of mention in the Army the other forwardis The Army South must thank wide, and us
for Barker for this
Fre game
saw the threes throwing gave then at least 90 percent game way they lost heart of the set serums and shone in the Navy pack, which had been the loose into the bargain. shining in the loose, took com- and The Army backs were dis-plete charge of the game appointing,
of With
this gave their threes plenty even superlative service,
and
their chances which they were quick handling fell far short of good to accept.
THE PLAY Cheong and Valentine in the class rugby. Neither side handled centre were first class, and they well but the Army was definite-
Kay. who did not have all that got good service from O'Kellyly the worse of the two.
much to do in defence, opened, the cub. dis- who, however, spoiled fus
showed rearing with a nice penalty forwards
version from about 30 yards out. neid te spirit compared
last to play by running
He moved out from about 15 parda the jud Yeung,
to make a better enghe the Club guest week, and played as eight men hall, bad
ball sailed stack between Bie posts. and never as a combined pack. Fraser and Cornah of the RAF Then, having shown what he could
do, Kay anazingly maved This to a certain extent nulli-
thrces were good, but were all conversion of a try by Bong in the Bed Young's efforis, but when
iniddle of the goal posta. Boag had too often on the defensive and
picked up the ball in the loobe their forwoods gave them no the Club threes got goinist
about ten yards trom the Anny line dan- old. always
the through perly they were
and craslied us way The fact that of the three avpotion. B-0. gerous. Yeung fully justifled his
Despite continual Navy pressure it selection ду
and tries secred by the Army only scrum hall
took 18 minutes before they acored back was by 1
speaks quickly settled down.
escain, this time in the second half Lloyd at full back was
Dumon volumes for Itself.
when the Navy threes ieved well. and his poİSİ -
kicked ahead and Judd raced up to was the only Army
10 viously unhappy
the down, Kay converted wuch shine but did not see enough of long kick to make it 11-0
Armor And there the
held the the bull.
before no-side Navy until shortly when from a five yard serum he Navy pack heeled and took the bail an for Blake to touch 1 down of crossed the Une. Kay the serum
the med 14-0.
Just on line Corner Kaltered Toome trail from à Ilve-yard
After
serum
pening.
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tioning was not all that it could have been, but as this is not his usual place it was not too bad on effort.
The Police on the other hand, were exactly the reverse. Their forwards
excellent were
and
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their backs poor. The forwards pussed the ball back regularly enough, and Lewis at scrum half got it away smoothly and clean- ly, but that was the end of for the Pollee threes passed badly and
were far too greedy. Onoc
there again exception in Scott who saw far wo little of the ball. He did, after a while, drop back to full back but was wasted, although
was from this position he made the move which sulled
was
that
in the only Police try of
the match.
three
In the Army forwards Phipps and Busby stood out, particular- lafter who electrified the ly spectators with a wonderful 40- he which yard dribble from inally scured.
On the whole it was a fairly even game as the Army centres fumble way their chances, but the Army had too regular possession of the ball not to win despite their glaring faults.
THE PLAY
De Cordova
the scuring opened when he followed up and gathered acrores kick near the posta and wched down for Sharpe to convert
with ease. 5-0.
A few minutes later, from a serum on the AF 28. Riley got the hall and cut through for 417 ungon- verted try, and shortly after Sharpe verted a penalty for offside from about 25 yarda oist to give the Army
1-pok loncl.
awkward
rice
conversion.
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and sent Spencer away, who in his turn went Lloyd off to score under the posts, and Kay converted caalty. 19-0.
NON-TITLE FIGHT POSTPONED
runs in
the
while Mario Pereira's chasing Cheyenes
suffered
China who South them for seven innings
narrow conceding defeat.
for Översens, and 21-3
Baline
In the other games featured the pace-setting PI Dodger, and Seminoles easily accounted the
and Austers trouncing them 20-11 respectively.
Yesterday's feature attraction between the Warriors and Sainth
the reappearance backstop George Ribeiro in soft- ball as he rejoined his mates and alded greatly in the upsetting of the Saints.
of
an
A
A BAD DAY
for a
of
but
then
runs.
both
The HKCC woo the Tourna- The RAF-Royal Navy bow- ment yesterday by defeating ing was not atrocious, though home on Jimmy Chang's drive Another slugging southpaw the Combined RAF and Royal
vary on this, Borné | opinions Keeping the in through second.
the Hawk roster, Tony Navy by 89 nu. On Boxing
far a to
Bay that if scare al the hands of the Junior rally alive, Dickdio Chaves con- | Rodrigues, had two hits in four Day they had defented Army by saing as
Extended
was good except for the Mot before nocted timellly to centrefold to trips to the plate, one of which 40 runs,
# three-bugger that salied
Sph was most unfortunate that the batting got on top of it. 24-26 scare Chang in a cloud of dust
The HKCC 100k 185 minutes for run No. 4.
over the fence at right held.
yesterday in that Mike Birley
over their 213 ruas, Resting comfortably on a 4-1| Hen Barretto, on the mound was batting No. 10. Mike doesn't lead, the Warrior defence re for the winners, yielded seven like the 10th'or 11th spot and
INDIFFERENT START laxed until the fourth frame hits and three walks while far he took it out of Spink, nided
The Combined RAF-Rayal when two bunched-up hits by ning seven. For the lowers,
Johnson, to the tume of a Navy started poorly with Leo Chan and by Collaco pushed one Y. C. Wong, Y. F. Pugh and
match analysla changing from going at 20, Huggett at 30 and Saint marker across to close the
PC. We haveing five for 19 to six for 30. This Taylor at 31. Alan Taylor had
T. C. Wong
Included a six in the general scored 22 when he was hold by frame, Bixth
however, lagged for the loss. In his four-
direction of the Naval Watts at deep mid-on. saw the Warriors being rudely inning tenure
on the mound
Now Welch and Hentierson awakened by another Saint rally Wong gave up eight telling Dockyard
The Cricket Club lost Donald got together in a the ball game. blows while walking seven and Leach at 21, Birley's first of
stand for 84 that sewed up Dave Leonard opened with
This WILET' ค very 4 fanning one. when
only two victims, smash to centre and
Henderson being stand, carried solid Puigh bunted
Knight and Pritchard Claude
safely,
most
unhappy against Spink, and Jindo Hussain sacrificed af The League's present batting on to 104 when the former was but
found no great Southheld first baac, the Warrior infald king.
wicketkeeper L. C. Poon of
Don dimculty in by
Watts to turning faltered disastrously and when China, had a bad day at the Welsh off Lovejoy.
the leg boundary. the dust had settled after the plate, going hitless in four Pritchard loft.
second With 65 up on the board, third out, both teams were tied ipe.
beautiful ball Lovejoy victim, ut 129, having Weich fell to a at four-all:
In the minor
from loop two re- had a life at 24 when he was
Spink which kept long Warriors were not to be maricable incidents were record layed The
Taylor by Alan
and disturbed this middle and the week. Playing second slip. He had contributed off stumpe. deprived of their triumph, how ed over ever, and thanks to lamail of against the Overseas, K. Abbos 81.
Now came Watts' turn to get the Saints they were not, for of the leading Seminoles had a
among the wickets and he Stanton and Leader put pa a
and their hatt of the final inning full day* the plate, connecting 50-run
stand
fourth claimed England at 68 for the capitalising on two safely five times saw them
then Crook, et 82, held by Leach in as many
at mid-oft
Next man ir, boneheaded plays for two runs trips. and the mangin of victory,
Walker, was in aggressive mood and claimed 11 runs ot the After the first out Stephen
of 18 for walked and
partnership Xavier
promptly
reventh wicket with Henderson second. Joey Rets then stole
finally
fell to deep left poked a long By field that looked like a certain
another nice ball from Spink much of the sma Но type that had got Welch, had been in 59 minutes for his 24 runs.
Walker both Lovejoy and departed at 101 and then came
With Ribeiro back at his old post, ballhawk Stephen Xavier was given the chance to prove His worth at the windy alley; and this he did as he pulled off the season's
urussisted first triple-play.
With bases loaded and none out, Xavier speared Pugh's liner to short, slapped on second, and, seeing Ismall of the Saints on third walking dejectedly back to the bench, raced all the way to third to all him for the final
out,
Ismail, besides partaking in this boneheaded base-running in the Arst
chapter, practically gave the game to the Warriors in the seventh when he mis- judged Joey Reis' flyball with OUT! one man on to allow the Warriors to pull away from a four-all deadlock.
A NEAT DOUBLE
the Warrior Trailing 0-1, opened their second chapter with a resounding crushu Lead- ing off, manager Hank Killeen
INTER-HONG
LAWN BOWLS
DRAW
The following is the draw for the First Round of the Inter-Hong Pairy Lawn Bowls Competition.
All games have been fixed to be played on Sunday, January d, 1957, at 2.30 p.m. on the greens allocated.
At BBGC
Batley
and
S. Noblo and A. (RASC) vs. W. C. Higgs A. W. Hircocks (Prisons).
W. Marshallaay and S. Skeoch (Kin. Dock) vs. C. A. Coelho and W, Baker (Shewan Tomes),
J. Divecha and M. (Gen. Comm.) vs. S. S. Telford
G. ball on the
up
He gathered the touchline and then waved O'Regan into position and cross all kicked
and beautifully O'Regan had to do was gather and touch down.
pack Walker, Of the Police Ross and Forsythe were out- standing and Cunningham de- for outhooking Derves mention Meffan time and again.
THE PLAY
It took fifteen minutes before the
Club settled down, and they scared
The wo Dierensed just on half tline
wher
the Airmen were penalised for Ivinst on the ball and Starve vonverted from in front of the posts on the RAF 25, 14-0.
The Almen retaliated with a nice try by Fraser when he picked and pass by Macnamare, his own wsum half, and went through Score hall way
out. The
sion was mfawed. 14-3.
Shortly
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Eli, in a Army
allack, shs tried a drog at
Tokyo, Dec. 30. The Filipino fight promoter, Lope Surreal, today announced postponement of the en-round, non-Uitle fight in Manila next month between the Far Eastern Featherweight Champion, Shigej! Kaneko, and Flash Elorde be- cause of the Japanese Aghter's injury.-United Press.
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The second incident, more In humorous vein, occurred in South China's clash with the With South China Cheyennes runners on second and third and the ball being hit, the rummer from second, while breaking for home, overlook the preceding rummer in the race to the plate, and was thumbed OUT!
Sports Diary
TOMORROW Racing
Bocce
Sixth
At
when the latter
victim to
Race
the
Meeting. Hapy Valley, noon.
WEDNESDAY Governor's Cup Annual Charity Matchy at Club Bladlum, & p.m.
Box-Interporters: Non Chinese v the spoiling of analyses Chies Hicrc, eas pim.
Birley took 12 arta Jołmson an
First Day of the But somehow the breaks were wording in favour of the and outfielder Jocys yesterday Ismail, who was right under it
In closing. I take this oppor- with opened hands, suddenlytunity to wish all followers of found that he in fact was not, this spont a very Happy and
the
smiled neatly ball
50 Prosperous New Year!!! through his mitt and when the until next year, as the umpire
TIME OUT clusive ball was finally picked would say. up Xavier had scored and Reis was straddling third.
fo
Killeen was given He when his grounder was played at the beating the plate, Joey Res
breadth. throw by
hair's Oliveira walked Ferms forced George Killeen at third and Ribeiro singled to brin sacks, but Wong grounded feeb- ly to retire the side.
was
HEART-BROKEN
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Golf Combined Services Modat Com-undefeated nino in a last wicket
stand of 25. petition, New Course, Faning
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Coming in for their final bat, a heartbroken Saint offensive at bay by casily held Wong's ever-increasing fast balis. Salleh grounded, Ozorio stood still on strikes and Ismall walked, but Omar's dribbling roller to the mound was played at first for the third and final out and the Saints' second de- feat this season.
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over the weak Nam Wah out-
Needices to
to say, top honours went to Warrior shortstop Stephen Xavier who quelled an early Saint uprising with a re- Lemarkable unassisted triple play in the first chapter that literally broke the opposition's back. and A. G. Coles (Kln. Dock). Capitalising on a ten-run
Hutchison and W. L. McCall (Kln. Dock) vs. C. Ethird inning, Olly Vast rampag- ing Blackhawks ran roughshod and A. A. Lopes Passe (Stanvac),
Dockyard) (R.N. Baptista and Crawford)
O. R. Sadick and A, H. Seemin
The big Hawk guns, after a and R. M. Hetherington (Col. watch as pitcher after pitcher Sec.) are re-
was pounded off the mound R. B. Gourlay and W. Gafmey until veteran alowballer P. C. (Kin. Dock) vs. W. Chambers Wong stepped onto the slab in and A. E. Elliott (Kin, Dock), the anal innings to keep them
Duffy
And K. Bodle at bay. (Police) vs. A. J. Hussain and Young southpaw Franic J. A. Bendall (Redifusion).
a wicked Loureiro, who wields A. K. Car and A. M. Omar hickory, spearheaded the (Urban Services) vs. W. Thom Hawks attack with a masterful unti J. 3. Landolt (Prat, four-ir-five effort at the plate, Marwick).
T. Dooley and J. Dumeld fit, unleashing a 14-hit barrage
on three pitchers to rake in a vi, R.
D. convincing 18-6 trouncing over Lee (Lane South China for their third consecutive victory.
KCC Wappingshaw (Union Ins,) vs. A. K. Suffled six-week rest, were a sight to
KCC lawn bowlers goal and initud, and play swept to minded that the usual Wapping- the other end of the field where. for obstruction. the Anny were shaw arranged for next Sunday
in the 18th minute from lascout benalised, but Macnamara Thissed a will instead be played on Satur
on the Palles 23 when Wright, who shone m spots, took the ball throug
e Police lineout and sent Millar
2
"altter"
The RAF were not finished and a
good run by Hope up
day this week, beginning at the wing 2.30 p.m.
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B. Douglass and N. Fraser
(Taikoo Dock) vs, J. Hoosen and
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ν. Russell and L Parker
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Over 200 Metres
The Hague, Dec. 30. Netherlands swimmer Tineke Lagerberg today beat the work record for the women's 200 Metres Butterdy Stroke when 48,3 she clocked 2 minutes, seconds in a 25 metros pool.
The previous record was held by: America's Shelly Mann with a minutes, 44.4 seconds and was and E set up in a 65 yards pool in Sty
8. Howarth and T. Kavanagh (Police) v#, V. Thomas
Liddell (H.K: Telephono) his year? Mie Mann's record
D. Ang and R. Haste has not yet boon (Inland Revey) va 3. A das Lave Downto the mist that the Inter
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