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THE CHINA MAIL, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 1958.

Hongkong Soccer Goes "Crackers"

INTERNATIONAL SOFTBALL SERIES

PORTUGAL WIN BOTH MEN'S AND LADIES' MATCHES

By "TIME OUT".

It was smiles all around for supporters and players of the Portuguese soft- ball teams as both the men and ladies' sides notched up easy victories over Pakistan and China respectively, while the USA contingent, re- presented by the station ship USS "Washburn" went down to a strong China side earlier in the day.

The sailors from the "Washburn" made their debut in the morning game and al- though they managed to outhit their opponents, poor fielding lost the game for them by an 11-3 score.

sain of left field..

TWO DAYS OF THRILLS, INCIDENTS, SIT-DOWN-STRIKĖS, AND FIREWORKS ON AND OFF THE FIELD By I. M. MacTAVISH

All Hongkong... 3, Korea....

To a sky-shattering cacophony of Chinese firecrackers Hong. kong climaxed a magnificent fight back by snatching as dramatic a victory as any holiday crowd ‹uld ever wish to 800.

It

was a sight to gladden the first day of the Chinese New Year

and The Year of the Dog will long be remembered for the thrilling display which our All Hongkong boys gave to beat the Korean Na- tional team by 3. goal to 2 after having been behind by two goals at the half way stage.

the

The Lusitonton ladles proved, for the game's first run. about the final result when in foo good for the Chinese girls | Pedruco filed to recond base for the boltom of the fifth inning I can't recall when I enjoyed | mination which they showed on hand corner fi: At the correct and cree gain the Bill Woo the third out and Portugal now. Tony Guterres drove in the two a better second half than the their last visit. They played moment he swung a high crosy Shield rests on the Portuguese led 1-0.

runners aheed plus himself es one we were treated to оп some delightful on-the-carpet into the goalmouth and from a manager's sideboard as Dickie

Tuesday. It was superb soccer football and they had a zip in spot on the six-yard line Ho The top half of the third was his vicious liner over third once

entertainment and from Chaves charges made it won over before plate umpite gain zoomed past Baker Hus-

their tackling that was refresh Cheung-yau made it a happy, straight with a resounding 11-5 Cooper could say "Strike" and

purely partisan point of viewing to set... but any team happy holiday for Hongkong. victory.

there was additional relish in that has a game as securely I shall long remember In the bottom half of thin To add insult to injury, In

the fact that it all ended in a 'rown-up' as they had on this scenes that followed, that win- Frame the Portuguese boys the top of stretched their lead to 4-0.

the seventh after pectacular Hongkong success. occasion and then allows the ning goal

but I felt holding the Pakistanis scoreleas

In many ways this was HD initiative to be snatched from le sorry for the visitora. the Portugal side pulled off a Cheung-you's

greatest hour. their grasp

must be regarded They had run themselves into neat double play, Tipe's pop y The Hille Soulli China wizard with a sliade of succes

the ground: they had given being fielded by pitcher Pedruco was magnifleent in the best pleion.

everything they had: they might who relayed the ball to nabaght back the Colony side has

no casily have won, Hussain off fral base.

Highlight of the game was Dances da Silva's tremendous buner over leftfleld and ako

Joey Reis lined out to pitcher Carmen Maties' fielding of a Salleh for the first out. Manuel Hine drive with Hit Tabelled

Nunes got on via an infield all over it.

advantage error. Taking

of Portugal made it a double' the work throwing arm of immediately afterwards when Pakistani receiver Bucks, Nunes the men's Acum, playing inspired was soon safely parited at bail behind Vic Pedruco's one-second and advanced to third hit pitching eccounted for when Chaves was thrown out Pakistan by 7 runs to 2.

at first base.

Only Hit

Balling first. A. K. Imell grounded out to the infield for The inlifal

Old timer Sherry Bucks then lined a sharp single to centre-leid, the only all of the Pakistan side of Pedruco, but Bucks falied 10 advance when the next tavo rape up failed to push him peross fce the opening run.

WBS

In Portugal's turn at but it fort inning as Salleh, pitching with an easy motion, forced the first three batters to li czy flies to the field.

to

In the top of the second it was one-two-three again to Pakis- tan, Antonio Guterres gave the Portugal Faxys something shout about when he wangled a walk Salleh but the dicers led out when Guterres tock off 100 quick and was called "Run- ners Out."

Tony Rodrigues' drive went right between first and second bare es both folders hesitated and when they had finally de- elded not to argue as to who should have attempted to make the play Nunes was rounding

hone plate.

Antonio Guterres then con- nected for a single post the windy alley and to the conster- nation of his side the Pakistan left-felder, tossed his glove at the pill His aim was bad and the ball ended up at the other end of the field for a four-bagger. The writing was now on the wall for Pakistan.

Baker Hussain,

Broken

The string of zeroes WAS broken when, after Sherry Bucka and Gary Hamnet had gotten on through two successive infield errors, Denny Omar lifted a foul

ball which Portugal catcher Ribeiro brilliantly folded.

Johnny Pereira drove Salich's second pitch into deep centre and promptly pilfered secand as Sherry Bucks' lob flouted down Seeing the pay station un- in a vain attempt to nall guarded. Bucks dashed for it and Pereira who was safe by yards, when Ribeiro wildly tossed the Ribeiro foul-popped, ball to Pedruco, trying to cover then it was George Ribeiro top, the elusive pill ended up in the dugout for two unearned The chubby Warrior catcher runs to score.

Antonio

the rescue.

knocked a pitch Pereira denied

TWA

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The Portugal side impressed with its power at the plate and Vie Pedruco, pitching after leng lay-off, chowed that he still has a lút of "stuff" left in his powerful right arm.

Impressed

The Portuguese boys played us a team while there ecemed to be a notlecable lack of interest in the proceedings on the part of the Palcision lads. Nol by any standards à classic game, but still one that kept the fans entertained throughout,

Centuries By Les Favell And Bobby Simpson

A

Kimberley, Feb. 17.

made in recent times. His energy was apparently bound- fear. One minute he was de- fending furiously on his own eighteen yards line and the next he was causing abject panic in the Korean ranr lines

at the other end.. Yet it was n different Ho Cheung-you from the one we used to know so well. Here he seldom tried to be the brillant ball juggler we know he can be. Rather did he concentrate on the brisk dash forward to the open space or the long defence-splitting pars ... or occasionally it was the inspired dummy that caught the opposition on the wrong foot and eventually paved the way to a victory that at one time seemed very remolo,

Loved It All

Bus-

Had Their Chances

for end

the

All honour to All-Hongkong. Theirs was a grand fighting victory and fighters deserve their reward.

Verdict

The visitors had their chaners and failed to turn them to ad- vantage. They can have no complaint about the Hongkong's pulsating fight back result for

A wonderful, thrilling Second- from their two goni defcit half more than erased the

tou proved

much Korcans.

memory of an indifferent drat AL the looked as much beaten in spirit they

45 minutes. Hongkong deserved to win if only for their refusal as they did in a physical senso. to accept defeat when it looked

In Woo Sang-kwan they had very real. a brilliant inside left and he generally

Tho game WHE had an accomplished colleague Referee Mak Yeung-tai in spite

handled well in Sung Nok-woon right. Centro-forward

at inside of the fact that he had to Chol accept some shocking decisions Chung min got a goal, many clever things and then did missed a glorious chance to put yesterday's game is on page 7.) (1. M. MacTavish's report on his side into a 3-1 lead at a vital stage of the game. ..although

it is but fair to add that he suffered a leg injury just before the interval and this reduced his efficiency.

There was Ule between the

The fans loved every minute of it. They heralded each goal with a crescendo of crackers that must have been audible many miles away from Sookun- teams in the early stages, but poo and there is no doubt in Korea took the lead in the 241h my mind that their infectious defensive errors by the Hong- minute when, after a series of

hurrkano. second wicket/ enthusiasm had the greatest kong players," Chal Kwang-uk]

effect on

smacked the ball into the net.

from the incanen,

by

Combined Services

Beat HKCC By 87 Runs

Combined Services, beat the

our players who stand of 203 by Les Favell (190) and Bobby Simpson (150 nat

responded manfully to the roarsIn the 40th minute Chol Chung-) Hongkong Cricket Club by 87 of encouragement that shook by Alan Davidson enabled to its very foundations. out) and some hos:lle bowling the vast Hongkong Stadium to in inade it 2-0 for the visitors rus at Chater Rond yesterday:

The first blemish on the pro-Kingsford, e. Gain b. Spink Combined Services Australian cricketers almost to In spite of Ho Cheung-yau'seedings came in the 41st min- Lee, Ibw. h. Maha snatch victory over Griqualand brilliance and in spite of ute when the Hongkong mana-Deadman, e. Mahon b. Spink West in their three-day match the crowd's

blatantly

withdrew Ho Woodhead, c. Bawah b. White part in the ring-fun from the side and re- Hyun-Jones, c. Bougham b here today.

ecedings..... to my mind this placed him with Chu Wing-Rescher D. White The match ended in a draw was Szebo

Ylu's game,

I have seen him do than behind with only

His Uming tuto second innings wicket standing. years.

The Australians rattled up 371 tackle was delightful and his

sixth for two declared in reply to the

bense in spotting home side's Arst innings total Korean move before it of 185 and then captured nine developed make him the

The

with Griqualand West still 117 Kitchee right back played bettor / wah. It was a cheap, undigcCourt, c. Boughen b. While

into left and

There was no scoring in the the home plate I fourth and there was no doubt

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-Watis, b. Cain fed bit of football

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Extras

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B B Subelitution was never intend-

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Total (for Dwickets decl.) z Dearches did not bat.

Fall of wickets:-1-94, 2-27, 3-89.

Bowling

for 09 before stumps star of the All Hongkong aldo. Hongkong as the hosts, should 1-131, B-1k1, 0-800, 7-208, 8-208, 0-217.

wickets were drawn,

Ils performance was all the

The Australians declared 130 more timely and praiseworthy have been big enough to favo

because his sidpper, Tang Sum, honoured the spirit of the rule, Mathos minutes before the close and playing right in front of him, Davidson nearly bowled them

to

wickeln for 21 runs overs.

The first four wickels of the Innings fell for 10 runs and the seventh, eighth and niith all went at 05.-Router.

game

Irregular Changes

White

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Owen-Hughes

HKCC

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Barrett, e.

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P. Sougting b. Howard-Jones

P. Cam, de out

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J. T. Baugti, e. Lea b. Howard-

Joe

simply shocking victory with two hostile had a spells which brought him five in fact he had his poorest

After the interval Hongkong in eight game in years in a Hongkong faced a Korean side which to

shirt.

Tang Sum was not the only changes, but big hearts' proved

made suna irregular personnel D failure in the Hongkong team. Lau Kai-chu, his reputation more influential than good rules only just saved by his contribui and in splic of the referee's tion to the winning goal, was ments were allowed to remain in

obvious disapproval the replace Bnother who dived into tho the side. This stirred the local soccer depths....and how deep boys and they played belter than be dived.

These two players,

at any time in the game. Cinu so ball-Wing-wah got the first goal from lant in the KMB dde, were the penalty spot after Ho right out of touch in this game Cheung-yau had been upended and It was only the litle bit in the 65x, and right on the half- extra put in by the other play hour Mok Chun-wah made it ers that carried them along. 2-all when he crashed great

...and what of the Koreans drive into the net. They were something of n The tide was now running out mystery. They looked a better for the Koreans and to a fantas- FOOTBALL team than when the roar of crackers, calls and Pellety they were here for the Asian cries of encouragement from Beardsley Cup but somehow, they lacked capacity crowd Lau Kal-chu Les a little bit of the intense deter- tráiled the ball out to the right Len

Scottish Cup Draw

London, Feb, 17. The draw far the

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Dundee v Aberdeen,

Kilmarnock v Queen of the South.

Clyde v Celile.

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Montrose or Buckio Thistla v Folklan.

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