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ARMY SPORTS
PARADE
The Sports Parade spotlight this week is directed not to a departing celebrity but to a new arrival, and not to an Army man hut a civilian. His many friends among welcome back Army sportsmen will be delighted to "Jock" Sloan, who has retired from the Army to take up
work here.
We have missed his shrewd criticisms, his vivid and entertaining commentaries and, thank heaven, his haggis and bagpipes, but to have him back is worth putting up with the latter. (To any rate Scot who may be aware of my identity I'm off to Macao for a couple of months).
Welcome back, Jock!
The several hundred people | disposed of two senior siden, 15 with me that the and 19 Medium Reis, already who agreed Coldbeck Cup replay between | may well spring a surprise, 24 Field Engineer Ret. RE and The meeting of 27 HAA Rgt.
and the RAMC played at Gun Club on
Northamptons should Weinceday last was must be THE match of the
day.
1 While disappointed. were not
the Gunners rise to the heights the
the rest they reached in Major
the
d it retained its Interest Units Cup final nothing will right up to the inst second.
stop them, but the Infantrymen are a steady side and improving with each game and I have feeling they want to leave their numes in the record book betere departing.
Again I must stress the need 10
this ground and encroaching prevent spectators into the field of play. In this Impossible game i was quite
for the linesmen to have any all and it seriously centrul ## affecleg, the playera.
Those going at full speed for the bait close to the slee Roal lines had the alternative
of getting the ball and probably crushing intu Spectators letting it ΣΤΙ otit uf ploy. Naturally they
preferred The Jatter alternative 01 smujority of censions.
The
The
ABSOLUTE "MUST"
provision of posts and op is an absolute must and refoters would be well advise not to start the games under these conditions in future as 1 foresee quite serious accidents resulting unless spectators are kept well off the field of play.
The
itself gaine
opened quietly with the Medies doing sort of the early pressing and at was against the run of play when after sine minutes a errès
from the left wing found inside-night, Sinth, the Supper who made no mistake,
کان
I imagine that the majority
Servicemen
been hsw་ members
the boys' of one of associations in thely youth, and here is an excellent chance to send a contingent to England help the locai Boy Scouts to for a big Jamboree to be held this summer.
grand sporting That
club. South Chian, have agreed in turn out a full XI against the Army in a match to raise funds for this cause tomorrow night, Thursday, March 7, at the Club ground, commencing of 2000hrs.
Here
opportunity to your
do a good deed and enjoy a first class match.
so gel cracking and head for Happy Valley Tom morrow evening.
From this stage 24 took over as far as football was concerned. and euphosised the difference!
It's
7
SQUASI FINALS Squash
racquels enjoys all too brief season this week when the Individual Champion-
under way, ship, already
will be concluded on March 8 with the final game
1730hrs, st Vletorlu In the team
Northamptons defeated
by Husents
nnel BMH 3-2, between a good un tram cantered home against 74 LAA eleven Individuais collected
Rgt. RA by 5-0. The final will units who only
be played at
Victoria days.
the Suppers Barracks court, commencing at ininutes
1130hrs. Saturday, March 9. are upset by a peu By award which the new Army centre- forward, Bradley, múdie quite couple [f minutes later Miles, the RAMO Inside-loft, sent in a beauty to make @ 2-1.
from several
steet on matel
After 30
Bure
.
LL
I give full marks to the RE Tex.m for
thia not allowing reverse tu upset the oc
stop them trying to play good tool ball, and early in the
second half after the Stedies keep had made a magnificent save, the equalizer
came when he pashed out the ball to a Sappor furward who pounced on it and bad it in the back of
flash.
on
the
Bre
Itugger fans
enjoying of the pigskin their last sight for the season in the Blarney Stone "scyens" which started lest night at the Club ground under floodlights and will con- Unue with eight games tonight from 1800
1800hrs onwards And
seven games in the dnal stages on Saturday evening.
This is charity tournament and It is hoped that all rugger fans will turn out their friends and
support nequaintances to what should be an exciting and close competition, the net
Your time forecaster sticks few mintues later Set his neck out and prelicts that Anny teams (twinkle | 91, Chesterman,
Medium gl.. 74 toes to me) made a wonderful entered, 15 min down his wing. beating. LAA Rgt. and HK Signal Rot thee men in the process, and
will be there or hereabouts In ball Into the The Inter singes,
nn apparently
Jest.
Bashing the
ringing from
Impossible angle.
of
the many
INTER-UNIT CRICKET Cricket has been neglected of The Engineers hung on to inte but it is fair to say that this lead until In the dying training has reduced the number seconds of the game the RAMC | of matches to o minimum. "were awarded a penalty. The As In football, surprises are expression "you could have the order of the day and the heard a pin drop" was true original favourites are no longer here, and Bradley placed the interested parties. In the balt to make a repeat per- Major Unlig semi-anal HK formance
in a "deathly 'ush". Signal Rgt. knocked out the 7 The occasion was too much Hussars who raised
only 06 for him and, attempting to thanks to a bowling spell of f make sure, he side footed the for 20 by Gary Crook and 3 ball well wide of the upright. for 35 by Ashcroft who The general sigh of relief from the RE supporters raised a dust cloud, and the expressions used by the Medics were quito mnprintable.
fen
also
featured in the batting, scoring 22, olded and abetted by a 30 not out by Builart. They passed the Hussars total for the loss. of only five wickets,
In the Minor Units
com.
THE CHINA MAIL, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 8, 1957.
LOOKING AT SPORT
CAN A PLAN BRIGHTEN CRICKET? NO, BUT THE SPIRIT BEHIND IT CAN
"
Says DENNIS HART
Gad, Sir! It isn't cricket....
That was the reaction of my favourite army officer, Colonel Blimp, who snoozes away many a summer afternoon at.Lord's, to the MCC seven point plan to brighten English county cricket.
For once, the old gentleman is right. Laws to decide where a captain should place his Gelders...to teh him how long to bat in the first innings...it isn't cricket,
But neither is much of the new MOC proposals. It is no to see a Test match will scoliso not by stud! servod up 01 English good declaring, os my friend the that they are attracted
and on Test good Colonel did, that we did the cricket, but by the label. county grounds,
THE REFORMERS match arenas. Deferive batting, not need all these artificial rules
Then be neformers wil when the idea of most side to brighten cricket in the days
to inter- of Graco, Woolley, Trumper and turn their attention taking first knock is to put the
national cricket. rame safoto score so MITWY
the rol.
that those Remember
Bug® runs that even if they do not
gested rules are not the brain the other win, then at least
child of a hidebound bureau- side will not have time to score
cracy, They came from men like enough rum to force victory.
the Reverend David Sheppard for what it is who sees cricket And defensive bowling, which
—a glorious pastime, not a maze is strangling the very life out of cricket.
of rules and regulations.
Those are facts we must bear the in mind when considering
The fact is that now needed--quicicly. something is
The English county game
Last season dying on its feet.
down, 700,000 On crowds were the previous Australian visit.
And I do not think that it will be long before the hundreds of thousands who queue for hours
COLONY TENNIS
Ip Koon-hung All Set To Make It Ten In A Row As Singles Champion
By "TOUCHWOOD”
Can Ip Koon-hung, the reigning Hongkong lawn Tennis Association Grass Court Champion, make il ten in a row when he meets his time honoured opponent Edwin Tsai next Monday at Chaler Road?
After watching Ip's semi-final match against the evergreen V. T. Wang yesterday with victory going to the defending Champion at 6-2, 6-4, 6-2, I believe Ip Koon- hung will have no difficulty in retaining his title against his worthy challenger.
Age is catching up with V. T. Wong for his strokes, be these volleys, smashes or backhand slee shots, lack the that placed him amongst the Colony's top players for so many years.
La
accuracy
Was
Wang
match his double-faulted, his forchand drives were weak and he hardly had a chance to bring in his mash to finish any weak returns sent over by Ip.
strokes in this opening set but ho improved on these as the game progressed Ip was set at 8-2.
Wang was at his best in the second sot. Taking a 1-0 lead, he lost the next two games 10 Ip but found his form to koop the Colony champion on run with well placed shots deep. down to tp's fore end backhand. Wang
the
took: Icats of 3-2, 4-3 when he began to show signs of tring and Ip inished him off
at
So white these new proposals they go before the Advisory County Cricket Committeo on March 20 may at first raise blood pressure, remember your that something must be done.
Here, I think, les first-class erickot's way to salvation-in
of the proposals. spirit No 'true cricketer likes regula- tions
own sakes. for their
If nen like David Sheppard feel it necessary to put forwari such drustle mezsures then this act in itself can have more fur the than effects reaching measures themselves.
the
The onus is on the captains and they will realise that unless they do something to got the
moving, then authority will be taken out of their hands,
game
the
the
TENSE MOMENT
Everton goalkeeper Dunlop, his left-half Farrell "(centre), and Arsenal inside-right Tapscott (right) go up in a jumble of bodies in front of the Everton goal during the First Division match at Highbury, North London, on February 23. Arsenal won 2-0— Reuterphoto.
ST. ANDREW'S INVITATION TENNIS TOURNAMENT
Kingston, Jamaica, Mar. 5. So I hope that it will never
Young Whitney Reed of Alameda, California, to introduce be necessary two main proposals, those split a pair of sets with heavily-favoured Mervyn which limit the number of overs a side may bat in the first Rose of Australia today before their semi-final and limit the match in the St Andrew's invitation tennis tourna- innings to 86 number of leg side elders to
than two ment was interrupted by darkness. Ave, with not more
behind the wicket.
arc
too
Both, I think, arbitrary and while cutting out one evil, simply create others.
For instance, the idea of not allowing a side to bat more than 85 overs in the first in
smaller totals nings aims at scored in quicker time,
NEGATIVE CRICKET
But the proposal can be an Invitation to negative cricket, All the bowing side has to do is to aim solely to keep runs down. Why risk giving away runs to take wickets when the rules sot Fous still remember the won
The derful performance put up by
defending champion had a limit to the innings? Wong in his semi-final match things practically his way in the Of coutre, the limiting of leg against Edwin Tsai last year. third and fosi set. Bringing inside fielders is designed to stop
chop shots and tricky defensive bowling. In a 38
gunes thriller Wang his surprised his supporters by ex-placements, Ip had Wang root- tending Tsai ufter having lost ed time and again and eventual- the first and second sel, winningly won set and match at G-2 to the third before bowing out at enter the final. 6-4 in the deciding set.
The draw was rather unkind to this plucky player, Year after year Wang had either to meet Ip Koon-hung or Falwin Tsai in the semi-finals.
THE RESULTS
Colony Men's Singles (Setul-finals)
K. H. Ip beat V. T. Wang 6-2, 6-4, 0-2.
Club Men's Doubler ip- To come back to the
R. E. Moore and J. D. Mac- Wang semi-final match, the
reeled offkle bent E. J. Brange and 3. defending champion Tour
n row before Jackson 0-7, 6-2, game in
Club Men's Singles-Handicap dropping the fifth and again the C. M. Steward beat K, Nel- seventh to Wang.
Double-faulted in his services,son 0-4, 6-1; A, Hopkins beat was uncertain of his Club Mixed Doubles--Handicap
H. Eggenberger 6-1, 6-2.
Mr and Mrs Clout beat M. D. SWIMMING
Brown and Miss E. Watson 6-0, 6-0.
Word
Aussies Leave After P.I. Championship
TODAY'S PROGRAMME
Colony Doubles (Semi-final)
Centre Court:-K. H. Ip and N. Lo v V. T. Wang, and đ. Chon.
Club Men's Singles Open
(1) E. Zulauf v. R. E. Moore; Manila, Mar. 5. Australian swimmers (2) E, Saubolle v H, A. Von who won nine gold medals and Dyck.
Four
It is fair to Bay that this Engineers deserved to win, and potition the hot favourites, HQ congratulations should go 10 Troops RE, who had defented set seven-new all-comers re-job Men's Singles-Handicap Sgt Tony, Henderson, their HQLF in the previous round, cords in the Philippine National
who
outside right, Morrell was unfit to play, took over the goalkeeper's Jersey and acquitted himself 'so well
that he must be in the running totalled 100up a determined
for a change of position.
BEMI-FINALS
(Final)
when bowed to CPO
after a
Swimming Championships here Very
(3) W/o K. Nelson/C. M. exciting
left by fur for Australia to Steward v w/o A. Hopkins/H. The RAPC, thanks to a 40 mght.
Eggenberger, not out by Major Dichanson,
They were accompanied by Club Men's Double-Handicap and althoughs the Engineers
team manger William Williams, (4) E. H. Rawlings and W. resistance
the 35 overs ran out
Gam "Wirent"won" the R. Huggan y C. A. Shields and The draw for the semi-finals with their total at 100 for nine, 1,500 and 400 metre free-style E. F. Meagher. is out and it could not be just seven runs short of victory events in the championships better. 24 Field Enginoër Rgt. In the other game 11 Inf which ended on Sunday, March 3. meet the giant killers, Command Workshope REME scored 74 Pay Offee, in the first match, which wasn't enough for 229- and 27 HAA Rgt. RA tackle Lt. Battery RA who passed this Northampions In the second. total for the 100s of eight
John Devitt won the 100 and
200 Free style.
Dave Thiole won the 100 and 200 back-stroke and Brine Wil-
Both games will be at Boundary wickets. Street on Wednesday, March 13, The final of the major comidason the 100 and 200 butterfly and PLEASE may the ground petition in schoduleti for March
be roped off because I expect a 20, and it is hoped to play off “full house".
ATHLETICS
events.
The visitors, broko - the allo comers recards in all events. ex- cept the 200 free style,
the Minor Unita final on April Hero if I am any fudge, are a B couple of games many of the local fans would like to see and "Tomorrow" son" (the - Land) The Australions also won the with the Police Club No Faroes Bylsudr Units Term 200 metres relay, Reuter.
generous with the use of their Athlelle Championships when
ground for miliary, gomis," this 178 Locating Battery RA will
would have been the opportunity attempt to repent the vietory ground on Saturday afternoon
to repay their generosity and they gained over 18 GOD last and all alleles not engpridodi
Into week in the Garrison meeting,
the the
profit
the bargain pron On Saturday The Major unha core will be
Of the game, the first should team to will be called and the usual vente
be a foregone conclusion, fintother exulting afternoon, de, lokohama
the Sappers, but rédtékbering|forecast,"
Bournemouth" Frid *Com's The EYMCA will also hold a Tathio
Me
mweling at their King's Park | Sal
edy-Skipton,
-
Roed outlasted Rose in a marathon first set, 14-12, but then the left-handed Aussie, who has dominated the tennis circuit, rallied to take the second set at 8-4.
Hongkong FA League Matches For March 16-17
Tha following Hongkong Football Association's League matches have been arranged for the week ending March 10-17:
MARCH 10
Div-Eastern v. KMB, HK Stadium 4 pm., Ref. A.HR, Tucker; Lines. R. Gray/F. J. Kirkham.
Sing Tro v. Club, Club 4 p.m. Ret. R. Welb; Lines. R. P. Browning/Llu Ting Kal.
Police v. St Joseph's, Boundary St. 4 p.m.. Ref. S. U. Woo; Lines. L Chang/F. J. O'Brien,
2nd Divi–RAF Sul Wan v. RAMC, HK Stadium 2.30 p.m., Ref. Leo Tak Keo; Llues. Lai Shiu Win/Hau Sik Wol.
CMB v. Dockyard, Club' 2.30 p.m. Ref. Tsang King Hong: Lines, George Jor/P.Phillips,
REME v. Gymuastle, Bourse dary
St. 2.30 p.m.,. Ref, P. Manson; Lines. Lee Kan Chi/ Chu Che Shing.
Prisons v. Telephone, Stanley 4 pm Ref. N. Marzden-White; Lines. W. S. Campbell/S. E Matthewn.
Talk:00 v. Jardine, HV, 4.30 p.m,, Rof. Wong King Chung: Lines, W. Sanders/J. W.
Christon.
3rd Div:-Hollandin v. Ar- craft, H.V. 3 p.m., Ref. Lal Kin Chung; Lines. Cheung Hon Keo/ D. Bowbrick.
Rediffusion v. C & W HIV, 3 pm., Ref. Tsang Nai Bun; Lines. Wing Wong Kam Fai/Choy Chuen.
RIL v. S & S Tamar HV, 4.30 p.m., Ref. Two Hon Kil; Lines, Lau Kim Ming/W. H. Lau.
Mercantile v. Dodwell, H.V. 4.30 pm, Ref. Wong Wah Kay: Lines. Chan Ping. Tak/Digby LAC.
۳۰
MARCHI 17
China Int Div:-South Klichee, HK Stadium 4 pun, Ret, E. G. Dawson; Lines. D.G.
J Simpson/L. Chong.
Kwong Wah v. CAA. Boun
dary St. 4 pm, Ref. 5. F. Bradley; Lines, R. Webb/A. A.
James.
RAF v. Army, Club 4 p.m. Ref. J. D. Jones; Lines. Mok
Young Fai/Li Ping Pul.
Res. Div:-RAF v. Army, Club 2.30 p.m.. Ret. Li Fook On; Lints. S. Y. Kwok/Cheung Yan Sing.
2nd Div: Tung | Wali" v. B & S, HK Stadium 2.30 p.m., Ref. J. Moore; Lines D. P. Lal R. Morrison,
The match will be resumed won their semi-inal match In with the winner,the Men's Doubles 6-3, 10-8 tomorrow, qualifying to meet Don Candy over Flam and Armando Vieira of Australia in the finais. of Brazil. Candy won his semi-final easily
Miss Hard teamed with Maria 10day, 6-3, 6-4 over Italy's Gluseppe Merlo,
Solicitors who had Bueno of Brazil to reach the beaten the U.S. Davis Cupper Anal round of the Women's Doubles with a 6-2, 6-4 victory Herbie Flam yesterday.
Darlene Hard of Montebello, over Rose Marie Reyes and of Mexico. In Ramirez Californi
and Mrs Belly Rosenquest Pratt of Jamaica von semi-final matches in the Women's Singles.
Miss Hard scored something or an upset by beating Eng- land's Angela Buxton 6-4, 6-2,
Mrs Pratt while
was hardor pressed to beat Shirley Bloom- But the chief sufferers are noter of England 7-5, 6-0, 6-3. the real villains of the piece, the
AUSSIE TEAM medium-pace inswingers, who Hoed and Jerry Mosa of trundle the ball down the leg Modesto, California,
won their the match in ride with no intention of Arying quarter-ilanl to hit the stumps. The sufferers Men's Doubles 7-5, 7-5 over Ivo Pimental of Venezuela and are the attacking off-spinners.
Orlando Garrido of Cuba, In The
the semi-Ünals, they will meet medium-pace
can
Rose and afford to have one fielder deep the Aussie team of and the other airly close and Candy. still have a lot of ground cover-
man
Yolanda
a quarter-final match in the and Miss Buxton defeated Mar Women's Doubles, Miss Bloomer guerile Bonstrum of Sweden and Anne Bagge of Denmark 7-5, 6-0. United Pres.
Arsenal Beaten 2-1 In FA Cup
London, Mar, 5. A disputed goal and a mlosed penalty helped West Bromwich The Mexican team of Mario Albion reach the semi-finals of
v. Tramways, Boundary St. 230 p.m., Ref R. H. Lane; Lines. F. W. Bates? Chan Man Chong.
3rd
Div:-Kin/Godown You Wah Hing: University. HV. 3 p.m., Ret. Lines. Chen Shlu Chuen/Mak Hin Tsang.
:
CMB v AFS, H.V. 3 p.mi, Ref. Yu Loong Kin; Lines. Luk Tat Sun/Y. C. Mak.
Watsons v. Caroline Hill, H.V. 4.80 p.m. Rot. E. A. Rectler Lincs. A. McIntosh/Ng Chup Wing.
FENCING
They Vote For
có. But the spinner, attacking Llamas and Pancho Contreras the English Football Association Return Of The
ke fury when the wicket gives him a bit of help, aveds 'his moo so near that he needs at least free close in.
Surely the threat of such fierce législative action will apur captains to play the game.
One proposal I would like to see adopted is the fixing of boundaries to 76 yards. This follows the successful experi- mont carried out at Old Trafford over the past two seasons. Vast | outfelds Blow up the game.
This is a move which could profitably be brought into the international BOM.C. So, could the instruction to umpires to tighten up on time-wasting. tactics.
J
But that brings up back to the spirit of the game. If the Captains put this dest, if they are allowed to thit it arst by z public that "doon · not-dînmour for resulta, before, everything, then there will be no good of an extra thick book of rules, London Express Service.
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THE GAMBOLS
Sports Diary
TODAY Meeting
Rugby
+
Cup with 2-1 win Arsenal in a thrilling sixth round replay of Highbury.
over
Ordinary Foil
Paris, March 5.
A goal scored in the 48th minute by Brian Whitehouse, who appeared to be
offside, A move to ban the electric brought a heated protest from foll from International events the Arsenal players.
is one of the matters to be dis- HKFA Council Meeting at Sport Road, 6.45 pm.
cussed by the International The incident shattered the Extraordinary Meeting of Hond-rhythm of the
young Arsenal Fencing Federation at their con kong Football Club, 6 p.m.
degreas here on May 9 and 10. Fido, who were further
The proposal will be made by Dlamey Stone Rugby, T-a-alde moralised when they failed with Charity Match, HKTC 6 p.m..
a peneity, Albion a goal cooper, the French Federation, who Bacter
a good have already voted for a return Second Day of Ninth (Annual) Jim Sanders, making Race Meeting at Happy
FAVO from Danny Clapton's to the ordinary foll.
The congress is expected to Derek Kevan scored Albion's adopt a proposal that Franco second goal after 77 minutes. should take over the organisa- Three minutes later, Arsenal | tien of this year's World Cham scored in a belated kelly.
plowhips following the Hun- garian Federation's decision not A crowd of 58,788 watched to stage them. match full of incidents, MAN – TOMORROW
number of petty fouls marred Executive Committee of NCAAA, { the play; ...
Valley.
Vinal of Minor Units football Army
11.30 am. Soccer competition at Boundary Bt 3 pm.
Težila Tennis Colony
Championship: Doubles: K. R. Ip and N. Co v V. Ward and G. Choa at Kec.
T
P.M.
Meeting
shot:
PA
The second fortnight of Sop- tember had been fixed, tota tentative date for the champion at Education Dept. 6.00 p.m..
West Bromwich Albion will ships if it is agreed that they Exhibition sogger; Army 'y South now meet the winners of 10- should be hold in France. They China at HIFC.8 p.m.
Athletics
mascow's sixth round replay be- were originally arranged for Minor White Aletle Meet at Villa China Mini Special
tween Burnley: and, Aaton | July, in Budapest-China Mail
Special Boundary Street, 30.30:a, 111,
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