THE CHINA MAIL, MONDAY, JANUARY 13, 1958.
KITCHEE'S NEW CAMOUFLAGE BAFFLES KMB
ANNUAL RUGBY MATCH
Taipan's
Team
With A
A
Wins
Record
37-8 Score
By "PAK
LO*
Without doubt Saturday's big match turned out to be the thriller Mr of the season, when in a fast, open and hard game Donald Black's XV beat the Commander British Forces XV by the large, and for this annual match, record score of 37 points 15 goals, 4 tries) to 8 points (1 goal, 1 penalty goal). In the curtain raiser the Commodore's XV narrowly beat the Com- missioner of Police's XV by 3 points (1 dropped goal) to nil, in a rather slow game which contrasted greatly with the speed and verve of the following match.
In the major game there was
through and gave itter broke
cut the little to
ball to Haddow whe choose between either
the remainder of the through ade with the exception of one
No IBAN And it
without defence to score well out, Wor he doubt who gave the Talpon's XV converston. 11-0.
their victory.
Thomas, the Taim's houker,
ol sent Walker the rest distance to sere in the corner, No conversion. 37-8.
the
Mr
After the game the Mansergh
by The CBP's XV kept the game Trophy was presented
the cap. break. Black to Williams. lovely going
lain of his own team.
when
is that man, for he so complete-Through on the wing by Gerrard ly dominated the se GUPU18 gave them their chance. Abboll against
11:0 Catrowy hooker. tool the ball on and then passed
Cunningham, Ura1 the CBF
XV never had the slightest hope
of winning for they were all 100 seldom in possession of this
الموت
Goulds as he was tackled and for scored well out Goulds
come up and actel Legard to the other two points. 11-5.
Defensive Play
Praise must-also go not only to O'Kelly who was excellen: 1 the lonse, but to Roberston who: kept him supplied with beauti ful posses that Have Every chance to find the gap, as And it he often did Wynn was gradually
This put more are into the cnp's attack and for the next O'Kelly lew minutes The Taipan's XV the defensive, but the they assumed
Curtain Raiser
it
The previous
this kume to match was by no means all could have been. There was
and the
Strongman Lee Ping-chui
Too Good For Weak KMB Forwards
KMB 1
KITCHES.
1
By I. M. MaçTAVISH
As the twenty thousand spectators streamed out of the Hong- kong Stadium late yesterday afternoon they must have done 50 with very mixed feelings.
They had just seen aspiring champions KMB share two goals and two points with Kitchee but in spite of several thrilling interludes they had not seen a great game in the achievement of that result.
1 you orea KMB fan you! ming knocking loudly at the have played in various com
of blue-and-white, must have been very disoppožni~) KMB door displays such as he biatlons ed at their rather half-cocked) gave yesterday can have only then suddenly yesterday they performance. bul if you give} var consequence,
turned out in dark blue shirts your soccer loyalty to Kitchee Ile mishandled the ball on and dark blue shorts, Whether
and
with then
felt some severni occasiona
in accordance you probably
with a that is
for satisfaction with the resull, and little forethought arid enterprise HKFA rules is a matter. with the fact that the team he would have prevented the others to decide, but the fact is Kitchee scored in that the referee, in his block certainly did much better than goal which First
when they suffered a humillating The first half. There is no place shirt and shorts, went right defeit from the same Busmen for Indifference in any position through this game almost in- in the Orst meeting between the in t side challenging for the distinguishable from the XI- sicles. match
Championship
chee side.
Lau Kaf-chiu, KMB's centre forward, beats Kitchee goalkeeper Cheong Koon-hing for
this u goal in Division soccer match at the Hongkong Stadium yesterday. The ended in a 1-1 draw-- China Mail Photo.
Race Walking Association s AGM
The Annual General Meeting ut the Hongkong Race Walktu Association was held yesterday at the European YMCA, Kow luun.
Mir
The following were elected for the forthcoming year
Mr 1958;-Ghairman,
G. S. Kennedy-Skipton; Vice-Chair-
Silver; Sex man, Mr D. O Thry
Treasurer, und Mortimer Cidu; Assistam-Secre-
la add tay, Mr Cell Chun. tion the following were eigeted fo the General Committee; Misers Tang Chlu, Robert Tam, und Wung Kam-yuen.
Valuable Point For a club battling for the кми League
Championship,
Kitcfive got a valuable 'polit were a most unpurposeful Ini. and they played with a rennur of They were a very much out-of-urgency that KMB never quite
the gear collection of Busmen and matched. In
first half if Kitcheo had taken just few when they were vastly superior of their many first half chances to the opposition they should there would have been a sadiy have set up a healthy lead and #barrassed brindl of XMB
Leung Wai-hung had cat players this morning,
missed an absolute sitter twelve minutes after the start it is im- possible to say just ho differ- ent the result might have been. Their wide open hard-hitting uitreks carried much more of a Threat thon the frilly KMB stuff...but they lacked a sharp spearhead and generally they finished poorly.
*
The experiment of playit Chan Chi-kong at left back was
frequently reactions
This confusion caused instinctive among the players as they had a hurried second look to make sture the 'dark' Bgure was the referee and not a colleague or an opponent as the case might br. ft the Kitchee shirt was permissible then the reforee should have changed his attre to prevent a conflict of colours, His neglect to do so showed both lack of imagination and a lack of consideration for players and spectators alike
... and all this in spile of an appeal by KMB slipper Tang Sam on the subject.
ESPORTRAIT)
MBG
"See what i mean-strong?
head wind
London Express Setrics
Danes Win All Swedish Titles At Badminton
Stockholm, Jan. 12.
all finals in Dermark woh the Swedish International Bad- minton Championships In Malmoe, South Sweden, to, night,
Results of the Binal matches were!
All-Danish
Men's Bingles: Finn Kobbero beat Erland Kop 15-11, 15-19.
Women's Singles:
beat Hanne Roest Kjaergarri 11-4, 12-11.
ingar
Men's Doubles: P. Nielssɑ and O. Mertz beat F. Kobbero and J. Hammergeard-Hansen 12-
15, 15-0, 15-13.
11 is true, of course, that they had to go into the game without lively Chow Chul-hung who is under suspension but, ever! allowing for the poor form of ubstitute right winger Lau Tak-chi, the Busmen have lot of explaining to do. They
The Teams had complete untrol for long periods in the eccond half but
KMB: Wal Fat-kim: Lo Pak, their flimsy addling hardly tested, so weak was the
fell
Lo Kwok-leung: Tang, Sum. Lou
Women's Doubles: Kirsten Ping-chul to Lec easy prey and his hard-tackling Kitchee lege put up by Lau Tak-Tim, Leung Kit: Lau Tak-chi, Granlund and A, Haminergaard- Lau Chi-Jam, Iau Kal-chiu. Hanson beat H. Andersen and chi, but the old South China thinking the three colleagues. To my way of
wing but never
1. Kjaergaard 18-13, 16-2. loaked really am Kam-long, Lau Shiu-wah. main cul-
Kitchee: Cheong Koon-hing; Elde were
happy and he frequently forgot the number of prits in the KMB
Mixed Doubles: J. Hammer- Dis shirt and Szeto Ylu, Chan Chi-kong: Chen the two inside forwards, Lau
Hammergaard= gaard and A. went away upheld in support of Fal-hung, Lee Ping-chiu, Kwok Chi-lam and Lun Kan-tong.
his attack.
Yau: Szeto Sum, Chu Wing- | Hansen beat, Palle and Kirsten and left half Leung Kit.
Szelo Chu Wing-keung,
Granlund 14-10, 17-14, 15-11. wah,
Reuler. Man. Leung Wal-hung.
These three players persisted In hanging on to the ball when the circumstances almply In connection with the forth-
screamed for 1 to be swung coming 10-Mile Road Run and about and time after time they 21-Mile Wolk under the were caught in possession and zuspleies of the Hongkong AAA, | dispossessed.
there will be a practice walk
over the same course next Sun-
day, 10th January, and all com-
petitors are requested to meet
A Clear Case
at the European YMCA, Kow-his poorest
on nt 2.30 p.m.
Colours, badge and alic on the whole too much kick for the Walking Club are to be
threes did not settle designed by the Comunities dewn at all. As expected the Anyone wishing to join the Commodore's team would have sctation should wrlie to the been better with Allfrey on the ion. Secretary. Kowloon P. O.
the hail wing, for he held on far too long in the centre. The other threes in the Commodore's timeouts, 40 yards from the CDF's lielie were slightly superior ta
XV yet | O'Rolly got the ball and
01 were
the other architer of vietory.heeendancy, and from a serum for he dominated the
and gave the Taipan
more of the ball,
when he
and
went
blind, passed out to Dalgleish, who when threatened passed In-
Thomas
In the CBF's XV Rowe shone side again to O'Kelly, who in
at the ball, Abbott and Elkins were always turn gave the ball to a danger in the loose to the fast who finally sent Campbell over under the posts, O'Kelly con- moving Taimur's Urees. The
verted. 18-5. CBF's threes were mainly seen in defence, but they definitely
In the second helt the missed the services of Valentine Tain's XV went nhead
within almost in the centre, Jor
Immediately when from minute of the game starting the 25 O'Kelly again, went blind both he and Cheong had to
Bede-Cox and gave the bail to leave the field, eäch with an eye.
win by some trick ot balance injury, and neither was able to Just managed to stay inside the return to the field of play, so touchline which he was tackled that for most of the game both and, brekkur away from the sides played with only 14 men. tuckle, he just touched down In the corner before he was tackled Inta the corner flag. O'Kelly Lovely kick converted.
Deceptive Bursts
with a
Five
the
threes in Commissioner's altack, but in defence they often Jooked a little shaky while the Commissioner's 1 definitely happy when, defend- ing, which they did for the major part of the game.
were
was
Bux 5021.
of
Lee Ping-chul and Szeto Yiu were the real Kitchee heroes and with the energetic support of Chan Fai-hung they brought many KMH attacks to an abrupt Flop,
In spite of the importance of the occasion there were great open spaces on the popular side 1 the stadium when the game started,
Lam Kam-tong had one
The playing surface was soft in a log after games
recent rain but the the time. There is no denying thatnich looked to be in excellent he worked tremendously hard, condition and play swung from but if ever there was a clear end to end in lively fashion, cafe of ill-directed effort, then The first real thrill was some- we had it here.
thing of on anti-climax. Kitchee; carried the bull downfield and ripped the KMB defence sport. Wing-wah cut it When Chu across the face of the goal SEOTe seemed inevitable, but to the chagrin u the dowd Leung
missed
perfect
10
We
2
He and Lau Chi-iam got in each other's way on numer- oble occasions und with Lau Shu-wah generally tending move inalde with the ball frequently hud about four Busmen fussing about within á
chance from three yards range. yard or two of each other and as the sense of realisation Kitchee were more than hald. and desperation overlook them ing their own and their fast were attocking raids always looked later in the game they virtually treading on each other's dangerous.
Wat-hung Archie Moore
Agrees To Defend
toes. World Title
London, Jan. 12. Juck Solomons announced
to
at the end of this View two possible Ho in- already
JON & ILSA KONRÁDS
Their World
Record
Times Rock
The Swimming World
and
Sydney, Jan. 12.
Australian newspapers today hailed the brother sister "water-babes" Jon and Ilaa Konrads, whose record-breaking times here have rocked the swimming world.
Within two days of each other last week, the pair broke the men's and women's world records in winning the respective New South Wales 880 Yards State tiles. It was a feat unique in the history of swimming.
does not
Had Their Chance It was most
unprofitable Taylor end Watson were
policy and it made the job of
also had their outstanding In the Commo.
The Busmen the Kichee defenders much dore's backs while in the
chances to score and both Lau should have been. Caster than IL forwards
Kilvert
and Walt and
Shu-wah Lau Leung Kit
was the other Kal-chu stood out. In opposition to here tonight he plans to pro-guilty person. Like the inside must still be wondering them were Shaffer and Forsythe, mole a world title fight be forwards his greatest 'crimes'
they fluffed easy opportunities Johnstone was the stendier" full tween Light-Heavyweight Cham-
Leung Wat-hung put were committed when his side before bark under pressure. In the pion Archic Moure
ahead in the 37th and Commissioner's threes Stevens Trinidad's Yolande Pompey at
was enjoying a great territorial Kitche
Ilòa, It was a well planned
13, and Jon, 15, were at 5.80 a.m. to do so. At work- half.minute, advantage in the second in the first lost count was pulled in at literally the last Kingston, Jamaica,
elmes he goal but there was more then a brought to Australia when the ends they fake a holiday and go about family emigrated from Latvia surding of Sydney's famed Bondi moment, and placed on the wing half of March.
rained possession of the ball in suspicion of hesitancy
the whole KMB defence as the eight years ago. Ils could not beach. Despite their žigorous Where he played his best game
the wide open spacey and then
one length of the training schoolwork to date. In the loose it
Sulurons said he would BS, carried it right into the middle young left winger ambled round swim even Rlack and Gault who stood out. to Jamaica
ngo, but sulfor In the Tipan's XV Walker 21-5.
a defender before beating Wai local pool Ove years of a pack of waiting Kitchee and had it not been for them, month
Fat-lim rather simply from a now she is regarded as the best came out of the pack and went
players.
stylist in Australia,
a country
Isa wants 10 be a teacher on the wing where he was
minutes later O'Ketly many a time would the Commo- sites for the light,
dore's icam have scored.
dicated Moure hack
The possible benefits of sud-arrow angle,
Kitchee held their advantage which in recent years has pro-
while Jon hopes to go to na dolnite success. Of the Taipan's again went blid, gave the ball
denly switching the direction of
of world-beating American university, where he threes J was Dalgleish who to Dalgleish who sent it out to
areed to a litle defence against play were suldum tested and as until the interval but in spite duced a crap Andrews, the Commissioner's Pompey.
of several quick attacking teenage swimmers.
can combine further skroming shone for his breaks through Bede-Cox who seksored neatly
the game wore on it became the centre and
madden with O'Kelly and then Campbell seruan half, had an unhappy
Says Mr Konreds: We did with architecture studies. held to deceptive
time, for his pack
possible to predict exactly what thrusts they were hard pressed Salomons said he had been met wing half was going to keep the now desperate not go out of our way to make bargla
opeed took it on, with the other for-
reached slowly that he was almost in- asked by boxing interests in Jazzled the CBF defence. His wards handling till st
Tielr Dusmen at bay in the second
father,
dental to do. His intentions
Ila and Jon swimmers. They were promote Williams, who although in the variably caught before he could Jamsien
world opposite number Goulde
them their mechanic tought dear made sure of a scure by get the ball away. The Com- title fight
there, when he got the ball, put thi
on condition blous to the crowd...and of half.
alæ quickly course they were
Lau Kal-chu got the equalizer Just liked going for a swing."
first swimming strokes in a la
as a resul!that one Walker who missioner's threes
of the fighters was
in the #2nd minute after Under Sydney couch, Don | Royal Australian some really good runs, but like passing out
Air Force the rest of its XV did not see
touched down in the corner. No were seldom seen in attack, and from the British Empire. Pom- spotted by the astute and ex-
a bout of heavy pressure.
Talbot, both have made al-pool. with both sets of wing forwardɛ pey, Solomons
the perienced Kitchee players. | conversion., 24-3,
said, was enough of the ball,
progress in From there until the end it most unbelievable coming round the serum, the logical choice as Moore's uppo-
Another Busman to have nay-
was a case of KMB busily but recent months, and must now Only recently, I won her Of the two full backs it won Then the Taipan's team re-
game degenerated into a scrappy nent, although
a pleasant Sunday ancient Archie thing but without doubt Busby who took
laxed a Bite. and the CDF forward game.
defeated Pompey in a title fight afternoon was goalkeeper Wal-unmethodically trying to match he considered "certainties" for State title-a 100 yards event
a winner fron
fittor in the British Empire Games for under-140. But her time the honours, for though Leppard pressed. A penalty to the CDF's
on June 3, 1050, in London, Fat-kim whose ultra-casual de-
a courageous tackled well,
the match The referee stepped the bout in nothing to inspire confidence in
ineanour between the sticks did Kitchee defence and of et Cardiff next July, and strong on Thursday of 10 minutes 17.7 The only score of sumehow was the result and then another
candidates for the Olymple poconds beat the best times mado looked out of his class in thla
Kitchee making infrequent and was awarded. This scored lo come. two minutes before the the 10th round.
by some of the immortals of when game. Busby on the other hand puzzle many spectators, but it end of the Arst half
the men in front of libm. Calm ficcting raids on the KMB goal Kiamica in Rome in 1900.
[men's swimming. and s was.sure in defence
was simply the application of Watson, having seen his threes Solomons will contact Pom-assurance is a great attribute without having the power
Asked what it is like to be. always ready to make the "extra the new "Ten-yard rule. This caught In posscasion time and pey, who is in New York, to....gallery - playing camales, get the ball into the net.
como famous overnight, man" if needed.
took the CBF's XV, to the 25 again, got the ball in the centre morrow, to tell him
A point of considerable im- replied: "It's fun." not to which amounia atmost to care- And a final ward of praise to where Leppard easily converted. of the field on the Commis accept any more engagements lessness is for from being the portance came out of this game the referee, who missed only a 24-8.
sioner's 25, neatly reversed until he receives definite word same thing, Wal has already and it is one that the HKFA She and her brother spend very miner couple of
direction and dropped a goal. about the
consider Kingstonight.-lost his place
carefully In the Colony should
four hours a day training, even throughout the whole game, and The Taipan's team attacked 3-0.
United PresT.
goal and with Kwok Chow-Throughout the season Kitchéo | during school term. They rhe he was never in doubt as to again, and Walker went away, what to do at any moment. passed inside to Campbell, who.
he
uf
plso,
errors
Right from the start the gave it to O'Kelly. The defence THE GAMBOLS
Talpan's XV attucked and from ✡ five-yard scrum Robertson got the quick heel and dived over to open the scoring. O'Kelly converted from half way out. 8-0.
Was LO completely caught ou the wrong fool, that O'Kelly merely ambled in to touch down under the posts. He then cos. verted his own try 20-8.
Another DKelly break The nex! score came in the brought the next score, but 20th minute and again it was when he passed on a neat tackle Robertson who, getting the ball stopped play five yards from the trom a Berum just inalde the | CEF'a line." The Taipan's team CRF's half, went blind and an opposition player who was broke through the defence, then kicked shead, taken by seni the ball out to O'Kelly who | Army ployer who WDS carefully drow the full backs, caught In posecesion, Leopard, and then sent Walker Dalgleish picked up the ball and ava bult way out, No conver-changed over to store,. O'Kelly
converted, 84-8.
move
Another Taipan's attack saw the ball move wmoothly Finallymather three across the threes to Walker who saw Haddow. break through as pasted inside to Dalgleish. The tha was badly mokled, and he
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