WEEK-END HOCKEY
Programme Of 3 Entertaining
Games Tomorrow
By TONY MYATT
This weekend's first division hockey programme of three matches looks like being a very entertaining one. With one exception they should be very closely contested,
The first game is scheduled for 2.30 pm. on Sunday at Sookunpoo, between IRC 'A' and Macaensis 'A.'
An Upset?
This weekend, at 4. p.m. at Bookunpoo, the sailors take on Nay Bherat 'A' and I foot there is every possibility of an upset.
The fate of this game may very well rest on the shoulders
Nay Bharat beat IRC 'A by of both teams' defenders. Both forward lines are very fast and 5-3, mainly because IRC found they are going to need all the those closing minutes bit loo uying Navy beat IRC A by
backing up they can get.. 1-0, and they are a topin who
Hongkong Amateur Swimming minated in a country's off-how
Weighing the performances bunch of hockey players, and Association which is handling clal Hat for the World Cup
these two teams during the from reports that Have prachod the arrangements with its char-are automatically disquali-
last couple of weeks, I would, my ears, it appears as though acteristic thoroughness,
fied from taking part in the
Once again the Hong-say that IRC A are definitely they were very unfortunate not impossible noi to
take favoured to
maximum to win their game ngalast
But, Recreio 'A' last week. notice the number of times I Football Tournament at the kong Lawn Tennis Asso points in this encounter.
is due congratula. It would be wrong to overlook ciation was told "....oh, we leave that|Olympic Games
has ap to the Police'*,...or
"....the Police will see to that for usparently met with general tions on its enterprise in the chances of the Portuguese
to bring the team scoring an upset, approval in most parts of arranging the world.
world's greatest tennis stars Fast Forwards The Olymple Committee has to the Colony, already indicatod
The LTA has that it sees nothing but good in the measure
couraged in the efforts to bring back Jack Kramer's group by which has now been put into effect and there can surely be the memory of the fine support no doubt in any minds that this
which the public accorded to Is a move designed to protect the visit which they arranged
amateurism from the ravages just a year ago.
IRC, have nothing to worry keep on fighting til the Anal Where would sport in Hong-|....or....we have no worries of State boosted teams in which
lives
about if their defence plays true whistle. Whatever the outcome, 01 the kong
so-called be today without the on that score. The Police will the
Without public support ittle to last weekend's encounter I feel, this ame will take the babbling enthusiasm of men have it under control".
amateur players are subsidised
can be achieved but if there with the HKHC, but, as for the high spot In the weekend fx- Hite Coffey, Dhabhor, Pat Gard-
at every turn by the country
1s a feeling of Best Compliment
confidence Macaensis counterparts, all I can tures. I believe they derive a great į ner, Spotty Pereira or the
they represent.
ábrood then other bodies will say is they are going to need One of the surprising out-
The al game on Sunday at dent
from the Army's of satisfaction
Higginbottom,' Generally everything happens Jahn
surely follow the example of all their wits about thêm if they i very variety of their efforts al-veteran George Souza or even so smoothly that one overlooks cumes to the fact that in Hong-
the Hongkong Football Asso- are to keep those goal-hungry the same venue with the bully Vast amount of though, with our concentrated Johnny briver the big blonde the
of at 5,80 p.m. is between pre-kong there is a feeling that we elation, The Hongkong Amateur KC forwards at bay.
be affected. winter sports programme it is wing-half in the Army football arranging that has to be done shall not
Army 'A' and the HRHC, and How Swimming Association and sometimes difficult for even our team who has fought his way and on reflection it is difficult short-sighted that point of view once again the Hongkong Lowa The Navy it seems, are a very will not hesitate to predict a
ond most enllustratie performers to to the finals of the Colony box- | Indood of sportsmen
to imagine a cupneity
hardpressing comfortable win for the soldiers. Tennis Association in bringing determined who do many things well, but exploft all their talents.
ing Championships, has finished crowd assembling and dispersing
the greatest sportsmen of the Sookunpon or the 43 miles long course in the at not well enough.
day into our midst. Nevertheless some of them do Walkathon, and has taken part Walkathon ...... or the Cros very well indeed and on the in a dozen other Useful Man, But... that variety in the splee of for the fun of joining in.
events just Harbour Race......or many other events ever being staged I am certain they get fr
without the well planned con- great deal of enjoyment out of
The Backbone trol and helpful guidance of the the many activities they man-
Policemon along the way. age to pack into a comparative-
'These are
the kind of men think the best, compliment we ly short sensori,
who provide the backbone of
can pay to. the Force is to m our sport. Without them it would be a dull set-up indeed that their work is usually done so unobtrusively that it passes The Indies, too, have their all-virtually unnoticed and is, in rounders and with the example of double triple cham plon Helch Kwong to guide them there will no doubt be more to follow.
Who would you nominate 23 the Colony's best all-rounder of the day?
is to reach any heights in the International field it needs in- dividualista and specialists, not a collection
"I know that club committee
men
loye to have their all rounders on call. They think the world of "Good Old Joe" who plays a useful game of cricket rolls a good wood ... can be relied upon to give à good impression of himself in the tennis team... the badrin- ton team ...and maybe even the snooker team. He's a use- ful man to have around ali right but his merit should be kept in perspective for if you examine international statistics you will find that only a minority of Fonours have ever been won by who have enjoyed the men
of being reputation rounders."
all-
|
1 do not bellove of course that it is the right preparation for International supremacy for it is surely undeniable that the adds must be heavily in favour of the talented man who specialises in order to attain near perfection in one activity but i do belleve it is the kind of participation which mukes local in- domestic sport. the great stitution it is,
By all means let the wonder boy concentrate on one thing. by all means let the promising I need hardly tell you that yinogster enjoy the help of an such a tirade really ut the expert coach.. . but never let longues wagging and it was the spirit of the practising all- soun obvious that views on the rounder be predicated to such merils of having on all-rounder things.
When organised
onc talks about sport in this Colony it is easy to forget # contribution which Is generally taken for grant
ed yet makes many of our most important events pos-
Combined RAF XV
This Afternoon's
Faced with a serious shortage of players due to a crop of injuries re- cently, the RAF Island and Mainland are today unable to field two full XV's, and rather than let both games be postponed they have combined into one XV which while not the full RAF XV for the Hexangular Tournament is as near to it as injuries will allow.
the
consequence, frequently takes for granted.
may turn out to be.
Important Point
The Important point is that and the Olymple both FIFA mined that the scheme will work Games organisers seem deler- and that means that every entry will be scrutinised with
reatest care.
In this respect the ball is they show they are willing to really in the public's court, If turn out and support the big... the but of necessity expensive been- slon...then we have the men of enterprise who will make sure they are satisfied.
It means too that those people who once since guarantees of eligibility with their tongues in their cheeks will now have to think very carefully. That is all to the good because It seems likely that the Olympic Com- Sport in this community is milice will eventually recom staged in an environment that mend that similar control thouit contrasts more than favourably
be imposed with many of the
In lower events so-called
such as, for example, the Astan of the Games. centres treat sports world and it certainly stands
This would mean that South searching comparison with the
Korea...Indonesia...and Israel there is. Basically the would have to bulld special beat
thier side for these games for they Chinese spectators-with well controlled emotions-aro | have already on paper or lu Jifference but the fact taken part in the World the great work of the Hongkong Police Cup.
With the current accusation should never be underestimated
Answers To Sports Quiz
1. Ray Bwry, Ten.
2.
(a) Rugby Union,
3. Five times,
Cricket, (c) Table-tennis,
4. Hans Redl
5. Wyatt Earp.
6. Nó (Rule 35).*
7. Albert Quirall.
by our sporting community. of hidden professionalism 8. Curling
They are due the highest hanging over our heads at the B. Primo Carnera. praise for their invaluable con- present time, and certain fac-'10. Bridge.
Club
66. 99
Face Rugger Thriller
By
Pak Lo
This
strong XV will face lock, with Collinson returning, should win but they will have Club "A" on the Club ground in the second row.
In battle every inch of the way.
tling down into the strong at- al 4.30 p.m. this afternoon in While this is no longer uni In the Orst game on the Club
tack they could well be. "B" with a what should without doubt be outstanding pack as it
was ground the Club
Against them is the strongest the thriller of the afternoon..
may settle when Wright was here, It is win behind them
Army unit of the lat, the one Also scheduled for the same ruil a very strong forceful one down early on and they could which is always willing to around at 3.15 p.m. is the Club and should be capable of chalk up another victory, pro- tackle any other XV, whatever "B" XV versus the Lancashire dominating the RAF forwards.vided the Club forwards do as
their strength, which is more Regiment.
well as on their last run out, than can be said of the other Regiment Army units with the exception AL
of the RAMC,
Sookrunjoo ut
3.30 p.m. the Police take on the strong Green Howards "A" XV in what should turn out to be another good match.
Serious Fault
The
Lancashire
The latter have a very serious have had a few victories Al- fault in that they continually ready, and with their fealer pat the ball back from the backs they should be capable lincout, and he is the type of of beating the wards are usually only too quick can hold their own. fault of which the Club for- always provided their forwards to take advantage.
The Navy, with their maten RAF postponed against the
abio have been
to ix up The RAF three ilné is very another game with the Green fast and strong in attack but Howards "B" XV. This match their passing 1s suspect, and
Happy Valley ground.
Club "" side,
Passing Badly
The Club "B" backs are still
Forceful Attack
The Green Howards have a very strong heavy pack, a good safe pair of halves in Wood and Hammershom and a very force- ful attack behind these two players.
It is probable that they will
(b)
from one of the New Zebland | Scoles, Mason, Peißeld, Glibey, ships, and the Green Howards Reet, Barnies, Almaworth, "" are unifikely to win against such strong opposition.
The Teams
Following are the terms for today's matches:--
Folloe Johnston, McEwan, Scott, Bellingham, O'Hare, Riach, Lewis, Purves, Cunning ham,
Sholicy, Ross, Thontas. Roberta, Bryan, Holgh.'.
Green Howards "A"; Latham, Goulds, Embley, Woode, Hommersham, Wood, Lomage, Low, McIntosh, Garneit, Godsell, Oakden, Mander, Comey.
Coombes,
RAF: Wilcox. Brackenbury, Martin, Miller. Radclyffe, Fletcher, Wright,
Haigh. Potter,
Forst, AN. Other, Lewis, Moss, Roberts,
Club "B": Martin, Heenan, D'Esth McFadyen,
will start at 3,15 p.m. on the against the hard tackling Club passing badly and this levous i play a wide open game which 'f Addis,
Much Stronger
an-
Lochrie, is sure in the end to overcome backs it is unlikely that they error will probably mean will get away with
many other loss on their scoreboard. the Police whose threes are Dilworth, errors in this department.
not quite fast enough for this Swinley,
In the centra
Steward, Turner, Whiteley, Barties, Armstrong - Wright,
The Brackenbury - Martin The Police in the mhich at type of play throughout the Sank, Spencer. In the Club "A" game the combination
Club "A": McTavish, Inglis, is Sookunpoo are at full strength whole sevenly minutes, and the Club XV is much stronger in the greatest danger, and for the and while their forwards are
Green Howards looks the more | R. Laville, Valentine, Cooke, Bennett, Williams, attack this week with Cook Club to win these two must be impressive the Pollen threes likely to leave the fiend the O'Kelly, being promoted to tho wing well marked.
wille good Individually, lock victors, though it will not prob- King, Walker, Collinson, Howe, berth outside Valentine, but in The Club
Campbell, Newbiggin, Leonard. cohesion, and Illach the Police ably he by a large margin,
starvo
Woodward, is miss-O'Kelly have the better pair of fly-half is inclined
In the game at Happy Valley, Lance:
Ayres, the forwards, Steven
Baker, Hollingsworth, ing from his usual
position, halves and with a more regular them which helps neither their the Navy are very strong this Smith,
Clarke, Joyhion, and Newbiggin drops back 10 possession of the ball the Club morale nor their chances of set-week, with the aid of players Wallwork,
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