THE CHINA MAIL, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 1957.
NO CAUSE FOR EXCITEMENT
THIS AFTERNOON'S RUGBY
Club "A" Play Police, Garrison Clash With RAF
By "PAK LO"
Island
Once again this week-end there has been a change in the rugby pro- gramme, for this afternoon the Navy are in the midst of their annual competitions, and will not be able to play off their fixture. However, HMNZS Royallst has stepped into the breach, and although unable to field their best team, which this afternoon is taking part in the Fleet Rugby competition, she has produced another XV which will play RAF Mainland at Sookunpoo at 4.15 p.m.
As a curtain raiser on the same ground at 3.00 p.m., Club "B" will face 46 Brigade, while on the other side of the har- bour, at the Army Boundary Birect ground, Club "A" take
of the Police.
erough in the pack to take care, be expected. Certainly it will be good practice for RAF Main- The usual Club serum half, and, who are sadly in need of Steward, has been dropped this] it, week to give. Tancock, the "B" serum half, his chance with the
on the Police nt 3.00 p.m. and, ¦ senior side, Even if he does
following them following them at
Island
the
at 4.15 pun, 4.15 P.m.,
There are two other games of rugby this afternoon, and between Navy these are both XV. At 1.30 p.m. Newfound land meets
ist Frigate ... Equadron, and at 3.30-P
Royalist clashes with the 8th Destroyer Squadron 'In the frat round of the Fleet Rugby Competition,
Second Round
Club "13"
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not justify his selection the Club threes are still too power. ful for the Police back division.
The
facing Brigade, are in much the same position ns the Police. They are up against a team which hos & good set very strong paek, of threes, and though the latter could be upset, the Club "B's" back division has still too many weak defensive points, and cannot see them winning.
In the Garrison-RAF Island match, which should be the best of the afternoon, there is again much the same problern, Here there is a chance of an upset, but it is unlikely, for Garrison
Both these games are at Cause way Bay. Tamar and the 10th Destroyer Squadron were given bycs into the second round,are nt full strength and their which will be played off on lures are much faster and more Monday afternoon with the Final being held at 3.30 p.m. on Wednesday afternoon at 3.30 p.m. on the Causeway Bay ground,
The expected battle between Club "A" and Garrison will now definitely take place on the Club ground at 0.30 p.m. under flood- Lights on Monday, and this should be the best game of the season to date.
It is unilkely that there will be any surprise results in this afternoon's games. Club "A" though without Penman and MacTavish
injuries through still more than strong
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elusive than the Islunders, and the Garrison pack should get a reasonable share of the ball from the scrums and the line- ouls, and while the Islanders are a much improved side, despito Just Saturday's setback, they are not strong enough to thrash
Garrison.
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In the other game between RAF Mainland and Royalist it La predict the Is impossible winner, as nothing is known of the abilities of the Royalist XV, but knowing that this is a New Zealand team, a hard and fast and probably exciting game may i
Today's Teams
Turner. Swindley, D). Miller.
Senior Shield Draw A
Disappointment To Fans
Says I. M. MacTAVISH
Earlier this week you must have road the draw for the first rounds of the Senior and Junior Shields. While it is true that there is always special interest in the annual knock out competition, fow followers of the game will disagree with the comment by many fans that there is little cause for excitement as far as the 1957 draw for the Senior Shield is concerned.
The Army-South China tie could, of course, throw up a real crackerjack tusele, particularly as the soldiers have nothing but the bitterest memories of their meeting with the Caroline Hill boys a couple of weeks ago. This latest pairing gives them a great chance for quick and adequate revenge.... and if they can repeat the form they show- ed in the last game between the clubs they may well cause a major upset.
Apart from the possibilities of soccer fireworks in this particular match the draw has really been a most disappointing affair and il raises once again the question | of whether or not the present arrangements are the best possi
Is there any workable Elternative that would provide a shot In the mid-season orm?
League Championship title and the Sontor Shield.
That is a bad thing for pÜCCET, There are many reasons why it happens and judging by the way things are going this season it would indeed be a rash apecu- lation to bet that it will not happen for the fourth succes- sive year.
A Major Upset
fever. Into
our
competition that would do a lot to instil some typical Cup-tie annual lack- lustre lockout tournaments.
The general idea is that the teams in the Second, Third· and Fourth Divisions should take part in a qualifying competition on a knockout principle starting early in the season and that a certain number of them who survived the preliminary
Club "A" O'Kelly, Cooke, Ingilable. Chrong. Stevens, Valentine. Tags: Williams, Shaffer, Whiteley, 11. Mil- ler. Howe Elkins, Wright Elliott.
Cình "D" Kirkwood. MacC3m, Slone, Brown, Lal, DiWSON. T
Can we cultivate here in Hong- King Summers,
Armstrong-Wight, Ross, kong the same eager anticipation
The whole essence of knock-rounds should go into the bet s that which surrounds the announcements of the various out competitions in football in with the First Division Cunds of the FA Cup in Eng the possibility of a major upset for the first round proper of a
Scotland, and In land, mary of the great footballing countries of Europe and South
Polier: Jelinstone, O'Regan, Scolt, McNiven, Walker, Linyd. Slevin
the, Brown, Bad, Bryan, Miller sacliey, Cunninghan. Dakin. For
Garttion: Busby, Sharp, Gerard, Izod, Hayward, Davice, Lowe, WII- berforce, Shaddock, Cross, Heming-
Child. Green, Abbott, Johann AF Hand: Hess. Clarke, Litle, Myer Арде, Cornah, Huchings. Aldridge, Watt, Gilland, Hamilton. Southwick, Fowler, Elcome, Pai'ips.
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I believe we can,
It has frequently been Puggested in recent years that the present segregation of Senior and Junior clubs should be disca.tinued and that there should be one all-in competition for all League sides.
convinced
Iral Colony competition,
clubs
Maybe there's not a lot that's particularly original in the ideas, the greatest but surely even supporters of the present segre- Kation of the Berior and minor sides into separate competitions will agree that it is constructive and at lengt worthy of exhaustive
of the unexpected happen- ing of some little-side claiming a moment of glory by crassing soccer swords wilk one of the big names
may- .. and be even beating them.
Only those football followers who have lived close to this sort of atmosphere can really appre-consideration. cinte what it means to the game
Maybe you would like to try
and to those who take part in this little test to assess just what
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interest there is in the present
the In tournaments.....Ask I have seen the players For time, 1 confess, little teams
play like mom football follower you meet to tell thought such in leen was a 100d possessed: I have seen fanati you who has been drawn against
literally one, but now I'm not so sure.......nl cupporters
fight who in the First Round of the in fact I'm almost
give him the their way into points of van Senior Shield: that it just would not work. tage just to cheer their BitleSouth China-Army pairing as a men over some apparently in free gift end asit him to name possible football obstacle: I any three other tiés. have actually seen little town- ships go soccer crazy as their local team advanced unexpect- edly through the early rounds of the national, competition; in other words I hav een 5 of course have countless others
Not Good Enough There are several reaccus for, my change of opinion, but the most important...and certainly the most practiced....is many of the minor league clubs simply are not good enough,
that
The Right Kind
Little Enthusiasm
could name the teams who received a bye into the second round. .!
You'll be surprised how very little enthusiast the draw has aroused. I asked, nine different people before I found one who what can be achieved to could tell me the correct par- stimulate the vital blood flow ticulary of any three Firsl Some of The teams I have of both player and spectator. Round games and up to watched in action in the middle interest....and these in their the time of writing this I have of the racecourse
been unbelievably the game.
at pay turn are the very feblood of not been able to find one who Valley have poor. Frequently the stundaru of football they have played has been absolutely rock-bottom and certainly they have no It is true that temperamenta The Hongkong Football meril' claim to a place in any and circumstances here are Associalica has already shown comprehensive draw that might somewhat different from those the progressive spirit by intro- see them matched against teams found in Britain for example, duchig the promotion and Jike KMB, South China and but until they have been put to
relegation system to our Kitchee .or In fact against the right kind of test I shall not re
Lergue competition. the First be convinced that our players, ste in the right direction even That is a officials, and spectators are in- different to the challenge, the though there are some pretty *Up-and- thrills,
the incomparable cuve critics of the stimulations of real sudden- Down' arrangement. It has given death' football.
every game an importance that How can such a situation be was sadly missing in the pre- relegation days when a few star created here in Hongkong?
clubs fought out the Champlon-.
cnd the also-rans ship race
side
or
I discussed this matter at
any
from Division.
Nevertheless I sill believe the present Senior competition has It has lost u lof of its appeal. failed to change to keep pace) with the highly significant changes which have been taking place steadily in Colony football and now-aport from the occa- great length with a couple of coasted to a leisurely, safe, and
football personal- slun early clash of the bis our keenest
lites the other evening and white often indiferent erid names-It almost trevitably
we agreed that the local com- rezolves itself into one more
БОДЛО Now every game is vital to clash between those few sides petitions could do with
Indifference kind of an overhaul we found both contestants. who are already fighting it out hard to say lust how that has been eliminated nod sides. Club for example, might be done to the best ad-like the
have found a new spirit of de- The characteristics of Hong-vantage of the game.
We chewed things over and taxmination not to be relegated. kong football competition during
There can be a similar re- The birth of interest in the Senior
for Lougue honours,
season.
of the
the last three years have been eventually we thought we had very consistent and South China, found a workable plan. Enstern, and then South Ching more I've thought about it in Shield by widening its bounde again have nished the season the days since then the more to embrace those minor as''Doubly champions that think it provides at, least the who successfully Is, icy have won both the basis for a really progressive way through a qualifying com-
petition.
By Barry Appleby
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