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THE CHINA MAIL, MONDAY, OCTOBER 5, 1959,
South China...2,
Kitchee...
K...K...KITCHEE IN CHAOS
Glamour Boys Splutter To
Defeat Against
South
China's Tenacious Ten
By I. M. MacTAVISH
SPORTING SAM
by Reg. Wootton
Bigger and better than ever" was supposed to be the Kitchee Police Start Opening Rugby
motto for this season. After yesterday's game at the Hong- kong Stadium we can only conclude that it goes for their clangers too. In their time the boys in blue have dropped some beauties but their 2-1 defeat by South China yesterday certainly goes into the bigger and better category should I say "bigger and worst"?
or
All praise to South China for their eventual victory. They got a grand goal before the Kitchee defenders had had a chance to hitch up their shorts: they lost their goalkeeper in the 16th minute: yet depleted as they were, they fought this bitterly disappointing Kitchee side to a standstill and finished in classic style by scoring the winning goal six minutes from the end.
Game With A
Bang, Then Fizz Out
By PAK LO
Kicking off with 14 men, the police started their opening game of the sea- son with a bang on Saturday when they overran the Whitfield Won- derers for most of the first half of their game, until the Wanderers scored their opening try.
Having giver South China | readiness to have a shot at goalgerous combination of Wong once Chi-kount and Ho Cheung-yau their due let us make no ones but Young Wal-lo never
After that, however, the Police back line collapsed, and the Wanderers left clutches and
little
Mok else. VCzy about the fact that Kitchee | got himself out of the
the field the worthy winners by 11 points (one goal, two tries) to three only is
poor should have won titis ganse of Lau Yee while Leung Wan Chun-wan
for all his undoubled shadow of his old self and points ( penalty goal). hance down. They had chances hung.
of the young Lee Tak-wai is Anding it is still shori galore: fer sixty minutes they ability,
indeed to f1 Lev #ghting heart that would cable very hard
Earlier on in the afternoon, were faced by a ten-man South
100ts. Yuk-tak's
He
now worits RAF, playing with five while they had tim to reap the benefits of his China line-up
hard enough but. and
comers to rugby were no match their full strength
even cleverness.
crowd when they lost Lau Chi-lum 15
There was wide difference of behind the scrum for the faster this
opinion as to the possible out-and more experienced Sappers minuter
the end they before
game In the im- "A" side, the jatier winning by still had the territorial advan
come of he mediale
period: 14 points (one goal, two tries, prematch inge. Y in spite of all that,
there was however, no want of
one penalty goal) to nll. they were lucky not to be two
support for South China, goals down at the interval and several more before the vnd.
This Kitchee display ranks with the poorest they have produced in yearn and one could only wonder what te falks.
A near capacity paid some 500,000 to
a dis- game. If they expected
they play of first class soccer inust have been sadly disappoint- ed but they surely fell satisfied that they had had their money's worth in drama and incident as well as in the spectacle of see. ing South Chinu make a thrilling nt heavy showing in the face
The Play
The packed stadium buŊt into roar as the champions a great
the Bashed-into
kick-of.
The Caroline Hill Days may from the have lost 3 great
who only a week ago | odds, were acclaiming the 9-0 vic- tory they scored over hapless Sing Tao, though! about his latest effort.
Deserving Fate
The
Ł
Kitchee suffered
Jate they deserved. They never played a paying game and for all the preponderance of called tg names they lacked one man capable of sizing up the situation and planning necordingly.
attack
On the other ground at Boun- dary Street an uninspired Club side were lucky to beat 32nd Medium against the run of the play by 9 points (two tries, one penalty goal) to six points (one ry, one penalty goal), while on right
the other side of the harbour. The cheers Club "B" went down to a much deal of reached a throbbing crescendo atter and strong XV in the 1st their skill but on this showings Ho
hended bril-Lanes by 10 ponts (two guls) they still have a healthy ra- liantly into the net.
to thron points (one try). South China almost. scored tton of leam spirit and it was
Incidentally on Friday the 1st immediately afterwards again
Lanes trounced HMS Cavalier Actice eventually and when
by 47 points to 3 points, the found the football feet 15
Navy boys showing obvious lack minutes had gone. In their of training in their first game. first worthwhile
Lau alluck Kin-cheung
Кубк received
that and little else, that anw them through to two points yesterday.
Unexpected Hero
Chi-kwan
in-1
it
saved the silua- dramatically tion by
heading the ball over the bar when goal seemed certain,
Kitchee falled completely lo their numerical ad- cash in Vantage. Instead of shooting at every opportunity they tried to walk the ball into the net and sland-in keeper, Ho Chi-kwan, was never once in real danger before the interval,
unexpected hero of the jury and in the ensuing metee The
last-minute sele-Luk Tuk-hay victory was
He started tions Ifo Chi-kwan
within Ulf at outside-left and
the The pattern of play simply
seconds of the start of nervated for the Kitchee at-
game he brought out a great tacks
switched to the te te
rour from the crowd by racing right wing But they persisted into the goalmouth and beating Loun Wai-hung out of position Wong Shiu-woo in plying with the ball and it was not all ends up with a fine hender. until late in the game that the
the 16th minute goal- in,
Kin-cheung threw Janky winger showed enough keeper Lau courage to battle it out with imself from his goal in a de- tough-as-teak Luk Tak-hay.
effort to |sperzic
thwart
Nine out of ten Kitchee moves storted and inished in the same way. The team sadly lacked imagination and originality and neither Szato Man nor Lau Chi- lam was capable of dictating the run of play as sucrestul inside
forwards must do.
Yet, strangely enough, Kit- chee's greatest shortcoming was at half-back whern Chan Chi- kong and wolt Yau spent most of their time on a misguided mission. Both of them played exactly the same game and even when their side was enjoying the luxury of the 'extra' man they were frequently caught with the ball and dispossessed.
Lacks Fighting Heart
This was unforgivable and with Ko Po-krang, being far
were
леуст
The second half started with Another quick goal. This time Kitchee attack. In this he sucit fell to Kitchee Leung Wai- ceeded but he was badly injured hung started the move. Young
Police v. Whitfield
Wanderers
played from a lineout on the Police 25.
very well at fly-half. He was uncovered and once lië | Church was the best of the hind broken through, needed threes, and Puckett was safe al only spead to carry him to a full back, though he was seldom score under the posts. Themp-under pressure. For the RAF only Ahern and Dixon stood out son converted. 8-3
Finally the Wanderers put on In the forwards, the backs be- passing display that was the | ing well below scratch. best of the day, with the ball Horton opened the scoring In moving smoothly across all the the fourth minute threes and back again to Davies who scored half way out. No conversion, 11-3.
Club "B" v.
1st Lancs
with 2
penalty conversion that hit the upright and bounced in. There was no further scoring untit Just before half time when the altmez
penalised were
five yards from their own line. The Sappers, being well out on the wing, took the short kick and Pollard crashed his way over and was awarded a try. No com VOTRION, $-0.
Late Iza tho scoond hall Church Increased the Sappers lead when he crossed the line we}}
on after
RETZ PUT three-cum-forward move. No conversion, D-0.
The Lones threes were far superior to Club's in this game, and though their forwards were better in the loose the Lanes lost posesion In the serums and were forced to share the ineouts.
Finally Dugmore scored from The Club's threes, however, a loose mout on the RAF line, could do nothing with the bail and Horton converted to make and were not helped by having it 14-0. to play with 14 men throughout the second half.
In the first half Hattrick The Police gave the Wan- scored after a nice three move down derers no chance at the start us
which saw him touch their puck completely halfway out. Woodward dominated the scrums and the
converted to make it 5-0 Lincouts, and their threes looked
In the second half a forward quile settled down
Club followed by a But this state of affairs did rush by
a chanée be loase maul gave Hall not last long. The Police
he dived and their covering weakened Pan 10 tire, especially the backs, and seizing the ball
over the line for the only score levelled for Club. No conversion, 5-3, When the Police
Before full time,
a Club the scores fast after half ume they settled back into their attack fell apart and Pickering old defensive ways, and tils picked up close to his own line, gave the Wanderers theand went downfield to score in chancer they
Woodward were` looking the corner.
con- verted. 10-3. Biach again insisted on going blind from the base of the scrum, thus starving his own break- after one through the Wanderers simply put the strength of their threes: on the blind side, with the re- sult that the Polleo were ther outclassed taclically.
in the process and took no Wal-to took a hard and pushed further part in the match. Young the ball back to the left-winger Ho Chi-kwan donned the yellow who, in his turn, sent a beautiful sweater and proceeded to keep cross Wong Kwok-kee. The real like a very competen! out unmarked right-winger lost no side left. He hurdly looked the time i lashing the ball into the 1-art but his unorthodox methods net. were still too good for Kitchee and in the second half he made one thrilling save in tipping a Berce drive from Wong Kwek- kee over the bur.
pleased
threes, and performance everybody except Kitches and be well deserved
the cheers
It is
of io fans and the hand
shakes of his colleagues
which he received both at the interval and again at full time.
mcasudo
Fiddled And Fluffed
They were
for.
The
was
A Delight
were
as
v. RE
RAF Kai Tak "A"
......
Club v. 32nd Medium Regt
The 32nd Medium had a good
lively pack, and though they
were forced to share the scrums were all over the Club excepi for the Club's spasmodic at- tacks.
But when the Club did attack they made no mistake and it was this that gave them victory. The Club threes in the centre handled badly, the wings hardly ever seeing the ball The Club pack with Whiteley, Penman and Boss well to the fore, made all the difference, but the Club were definitely lucky to win here.
They need more training in
a hurry, and will Have to do
Like the Club the 32nd's
were poor at handling.
of the two,
DODGERS UPSET BY INDIANS IN
WEEKEND SOFTBALL
Yim Pitches Perfect Game For SCAA By OLLY VAS
A resounding and timely triple over the fence, a perfect pitching performance and the sudden stoppage of a game highlighted the weekend softball matches at King's Park,
On Saturday afternoon, in a game marred by very poor umpiring, the Indians upset the Dodgers 7-6. Ricky Oliveira blasted the ball over the fence to drive in Olaes for the winning run from second base, with one out in the bottom half of the ninth inning.
Vivian 100, fossed out Winnie Chang si Byst and closed: the Matadora Irining, with ref sn other strikeout, Margaret Trul being the victim of Xim's blazing fast ball
the winners
The Austers from Shatin ore, to be complimented for a Ane gesture of sportsmanship in not claiming a forfeit against the Cardinals in another Junior league game as the match had to be abruptly stopped when The SCAA girls then settled the latter's Eddie Rozario was down to open their account, No forced to retire from the game fewer than 10 batiere strode up after being involved in a col-to the plate to faco Annable lision with a team-mato.
Chin and when That the score was 37-1 in were ahead 6-0, the Cards favour the fifth- It might have been double Inning incident took pixos was figures then had not Matador only incidental. The Austers left-felder Jennie Leung come were fully cniffled, under the up with the flelding gom of the rules, to claim the match be-
week. cause of the ability of the Cards to coniuue since the lalter only had eight player on the field against the usual regulation nine.
I understand the match will be replayed from the fifth inning onwards at some later date.
Impressive Debuts
She made a seemingly im possible catch of a ball that fell way behind the foul line and then smartly relayed the ball to third to catch SCAA runnen Margaret Lam napping. Lam had taken off from the base be- fore the catch apparet.lly under the impression that no Matador felder could possibly hope to get under the bad). Jennie
A proved her wrong.
ង. double play, indeed, by the Maladors.
Yim's Day
The Cheyennes led all the way to beat the Giants 9-5 and the four Japanese boys from New Asla College team that lost - -10 to the Pandas made very impressive debuts, They showed near perfect ball sense
The fourth and Afth innings in fleiding and hitting but will proved to be merely repetitions have to remember that it's soft-of the early
with hall they're playing now,
not deadly accuracy Yin Lal-
ones as
baseball. More often than not sheung retired the Matadors in
they
wero thumbed out for leaving the bases they occupied 100 soon!
ladies' In the only
game played over the weekend, Yim Lai-sheume tossed
& perfect China AA game. The South team stcam-rollerod over the Matadors to the tune of 20-0 and the Caroline Hill squad played errorless ball to back her up.
In the first inning she struck out Annabelle Chin and Linda Hsu and made Francis Lat pop pop up. Another strikeout, fly and a weakly hit ball to the infeld saw the Matadors going down in order arath in the
A
second inning Surprisingly enough the losers were this stage putting up quite a fight.
The SCAA team could only hit oft solitary 17anage a Arabella Chin in the first two Innings and two runners were left high and dry without being able to scoTU.
1-2-3 fashion without giving || them an earthly chance of even taking a lusty swing at her fast pliches,
The losers Annabelle Chin once again had to face a pro- cemion of SCAA batters as 10 and then 14 determined Caroliners pounded her pliches all over the ball park
In the fourth and fifth furings
respectively.
Of course I had to be called off at the end of the nth inning for was 11-0 in the fourth,
then 20-0.
The Matadors are to be con- gratulated for trying so hurd to break into the scoring column. Annabelle Chin gave up 11 hits while her team-mates committed 10 fetding errors. As for SCAA they left ma in no doubt se all as to why they are defending champions. It
dennitely Tim's day. She faced the minimum number of ballers, 15,
season's
first out perfect game,
third in pitching the the top of the
In Yim Lal-shews
struck
was
Wins
Saint Crespin
Triomphe
The
After A Dead-Heat
Paris, Oct. 4.
but looked the more likely team Prince Aly Khan's Saint Crespin gained a drama- tic victory in France's richest, horse race, the Prix De L'Arc De Triomphe over one and half miles at Longchamps today, winning on an ob jection after dead-heating with M. Dupres' Midnight Sun.
Against the run of the play Penman opened the Club score when he got the ball from a serum and scored well out. No conversion. 3-0.
Killchee now had everything to Sain by plunging into methodi
they, attack but instead died and fluffed their way to eventual disaster. The first warning came when Lee Tak- was just missed, Lator Woog Chi. kizung bad his great header brilliantly caved by the Kitchee
The airmen with their new-something about their threes. goalkeeper.... and then Ho
comers filling five berths put up Wanderers backs Luk Tak-hay and Kwok Kam-Cheung-you almost did the trick too qually dragged out of post-hung were determined defenders with a snap shot
the rur.
far superior, and their handling a good fight, and with little threes tion the whole side Boundered but it was really Lau Yee who
delight to watch, with more experience should show & between everybody rushing up held the champions'
Even when they lost Lau Chi- their two halves, Smith and big improvement. rear lines
Their tackling was their big- in attack or racing back en together. He was
lam, Ko Po-keung and his mates Kirkland givlag an inspiring rough and
for by tackling failed to realise the seriousness display. mass to defend their goal.
tough, but he was effective, and of
Their forwards ledgest weakness, the situation.
were not stopping Szela Ylu and Ng Tim-loy a largo
by Cleary of his side's caught flatfooted and out of post-
hammered steadily high they
their men, and with another air- at the Police pack, who gradu man having to cover the tackler better than very success was due to his efforts. Hon six minutes
from the end ally became discouraged ordinary full-backs and some of
they left huge gaps in the de- when Ho Cheung-you carved his the latter's tackling was
way into the D of the penalty they saw their efforts frittered fence wilch the Sappera for- than just a little suspect,
wards were quick to use, area before unleashing a grand Goalkeeper Wont Shia-w00
shot which finished in the back made one magnificent flying save in
the second half wht indeed. Leung Kam-yew is still somehow he got to a dashing header from Wong Chi-keung a locug way short of Caroline South China's inside-right very the serum after a strong at- and held it in his grasp while Hill class and Lo-Chung-kwong nearly repeated his goalscoring tack by the Wanderers, and
Is much too liable to be swept act before referee Lyttle sounded whipped through to score well. still high in the air....but he
which sent theout. the 'all clear' was not blameless when both up in the mood of the goals were scored.
When his side is on top he goes gallant South China boys home
tide L
in well deserved ecstasy. Of the other Kitchee players, great guns When the Wong Kwok-kee
running the other way he can VERDICT: Tland grinding sirugic
hard Very
without stuff but little classy football Dchieving very much.
Bonth China deserved to. Wła Once again the least said if only for their resolute spirit, about the South China front Kitchee .... big names and ga rank the better. Nowadays
were just the qid Klicher there is the potentially dan-
noed I say more.
showed
NOTICE
THE HONG KONG JOCKEY CLUB
more
Programmes and Entry Forms for the 2nd Race Mect- ing 1969/60 to be held on Saturday 17th and Monday 19th October, 1959 (weather permitting) may be obtained at the Secretary's Oce, Alexandra House; the Club House, Happy Valley; and the Stables, Shan Kwong Road.
Entries close at 12 o'clock
оп Tuesday,
- NOON
October, 1959.
Oth
By Order of the Stewards,
A. E. ARNOLD,
Becretary,
Very Ordinary
China Frankly, the South wing-halves were very ordinary of the met.
Karny.
The game was really over, but
THE GAMBOLS
{TO A HIDEOUS.
SHE LOOKE
COAT AUREL TERRIBLE
BOUGHT" ONG
EN IT
away.
The Pollec mlased many chances from penalty kicks in the first half, then Ġill of the Wanderers got the ball from
in a
This breakthrough by the Sappers forwards was parti- cularly noticeable in the line outs for here the RAF defence tris weakest.
Nice Run
Five minutes before half-time Gard equalised with a penalty conversion, but a nice run by Bennett from the 25 with an inside" pass to Perman saw the latter score and the Club led 6-3 at halftime.
The Seppery threes, however, were not in the same class az No opasion. 3-0.
In the second half Bennett In the Boca half Blach their forwards, and their handi
had to leave the field with a lovelying was indiferent
times, minor lady, but Wigget, gave broke through
regularly squeezed the Club a chance to win with a rup, was caught with a yard while they to za and the Wanderers their wings out of the game by penalty conversio from the were penalised for nok geruming across field,
Had it 25. 9-3. the store leasing the ball. Ilobbs con not been for this
A good forward rush by the would have been much, higher. 32nd pack saw Williams score verted, 3-5,
Horton Martindale put the Wanderers
and Wins shone in but the conversion was missed
Walker leaving the final score 9-6, ahead again with a beautiful try the forwards, while
by Barry Appleby
WIL
NIGET. TIMME WE MEET
GAS FOR LOY
in
After studying photographs of riding in his first Prix De L'Are thrilling finish in which bare-De
Triomphe. Saint Crespin, won the England, ly half a length separated the who,
rst five horses, the stowards Eclipse Stakes and was fourth failed to separate Saint Crespin in the Epsom Derby, was sixth or seventh and Midnight Sun. But both around. Jockup's, Australian Goonge position for threequarters of the
Fabre, race.
Moore and
Jacques
the
·
lodged objections,
studied Stewards then
Almost Together moving film and finally awarded
In the final straight, Mid- first place to. Moore's U. They were expected to issue an night Skin, Balat Crophi and
Primera all made their effort, announcement later.
The official distance stood as Lester Figgott caned Primera Arat pisce but could a dead-heat and only a short into. hond behind came Count not hold on Midnight Sun and Daudiffees-Pasquier's Le Loup Saint Crespin, Le Loup Garou came up very Ganou in third place. A further and M Carina short neck away fourth was M. fast on the outaldo and the five B. Dolbeus' Mi Carine to com-herce svrent across the line plote a clean aweep for France. almost together,
Favourite
The only English entry, Mr SJoel's Primera, was another short neck behind in Anh place. The heavily backet favourite, M. Cino El Cuca Herbager, finished ninth of the 25 starters. Aly Khan was not prespat Do wo: Bint Crespin wio, but the victory win - worth 48,240,700 francs (284,457), which brought hits totel winnings of the season In Lashes to 191; million france With 60,000 poundła - woes, In
Herbager, unbouton in Avo previous outings, this year, stud backed to win 17 Innes for a 10 francs stake, started badly feuter.
Super MG
Sets Record
Salt Flatz, Utah, Oct. 8,
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