South China . 5
A BIT
THE CHINA MAIL, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 1950.
Army
OF ALL-WRIGHT
The Army's New Goalkeeper
Sparkles In An
In An Entertaining
Game At
At Boundary Street
By 1. M. MacTAVISH
There's nothing like a goal to bring a wilting football team. back to life. The wisdom of this point of view was never better demonstrated than at Boundary Street yesterday afternoon in a game which South China finally beat Army by five goals to three.
Picture the scene just over 30 minutes gone: South China three-goal lead and the coasting along with a comfortable
capacity crowd-we never seem to have anything else at Boundary Street these days- fast reaching the point of disappointment at the failure of another big occasion to live up to its expectations.
Then it hapaperi. Spears
ball clipped the
ahead undi Watson was off after it like a shol from a gun.
He beat one man, and anither, and another, momently fost control of the ball, recovered it, and swept perfect pass into the goal- mouth where Raine, commendable calm. the ball into the net.
Chi-
a
Now the match was really seriously about that, Lau Yee, alive The smooth polish hed Lo Chung-kwong. Wong
from the Sulh keung. Ho Cheung-ynu ntu been wiped China sale and they were nua Mok Chun-wah were the.etam- lighting desperately for anything pions' outstanding performers,
Jack was every Lee Tak-wal scored a
great they could ket. bit as good at his master and opening goal by volleying
frum Ho Cheiosg- | if the triple champions had the perfect pass
you into the net, That was in edge in understanding and showing
had the they
nitsth minute Tootball
and Jo siderooted classic
30 absolutely
the Cheung-yau got one himself nothing when soldiers
to seconds later. Mok Chun-wal the notched the third one in
Army early period when the defence threatened
Sprang To Life
The
goal acted like a tonic
to the Army,
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As though by magic the themselves soldiers puljed together. They seemed realist all of a sudden thai they had actually ripped the South China defence lo ribbons in the Booring of their
appeared gaol: They
to say, "what we have done once we can surely do again,” ... and they set about trying ir tea it,
persistent
enthusiâszu.
But de
j! came endeavour
and
Tormenting
grate altogether.
to disinte-
Wright made a big impressio
has happened so often in the past South China
had an
their SCC UP
In the Army Goal. He is u Kleeve, Qulelly veteran Mok Chun-wah moved away out lo bounding and commanding pes- his favourite position on the ronality particularly when the left wing with young Hle Chi-ball is in the air but twice in kwan fetching and carrying the first half and once in the second he did not look qulle so Inside,
competent with fast travelling
the shots on
ground,
On n 10 TILIS was going
while local note it interesting on
comes from Watson was still tormenting the | know that he
the club which Caroline 1ill defence with his Workington, clover ball control and quick gave us little Billy Robson one Inursts of speed. But in the of the best British professional 71st minute South China broko foutbollers to play in Hongkong and in the post-war years. Wright away. Wong Chi-keung pro-
a Chueng-you did the leading should make on equally accept- up work and when the ball was able contribution to our lofted to the left side of the ball affairs.
Chun-wah
TIPECT, Mok
Goodier, penally area dashed into position and tucked mid Wragg look a long time to down. Dree they did. itlo the ball way in the back the net.
they played hard and with purpose...but the overall army defence plan must be revised.
A drab and dreary unesided encounter sprang to life. An ex- hilarating content developed.
In the opening stages of the second half the match duced the most entertaining football we have seen so far this season. Both sides piled
WAS
in with a will but with a good healthy respect for the rules of the game. Here we tad 22 players above reproach and how refreshing it all was.
Don't get
any idien however that this
a wishy-washy sort of affair. Nothing could læ further from the truth. It was
There tough and punishing. were hard knocks plenty but They
in the were occasioned natural run of the game and not in the viciousness of warped mind.
2
of
With a 4-2 bad. South China immediately struck again and four minutes later they got their Aft: goul. This was a tragedy Mok the Army defence. for Chun-wah turned the ball harm- A lessly across the penalty spol. defender in attempting an easy clearance missed his kick con- pletely, and Wong Chi-koung. racing in at top speed, cracked the bull into the net for Ane goal.
foot-
Browning
a
boys learn fast,
and Watson was far
ажду Live best Army forward
made and Spears
hhim Food partner Raine could make ittle ProSTEGS against but Baldwin, Linu
Yee anglher newcomer, may settle than useful down to a more game although the weaknees of did not his partner Brandon
this help him very much in Orst outing.
covery.
COLONY'S FIRST MARATHON SWIM
Thirty competitors from both sex es took part in the Colony's Arst-ever marathon swimming event yesterday in the New Territories. The five-mile race, organised by the Hongkong Amateur Swimming Association was won by South China's Wan Shiu-ming in one hour 34 mins 22.4 secs. Sharing the day's honours with Wan was Miss Esther Kl, who came in seventh, but first among the six women competitors. Her time was one hour 55 mins 38.5 secs.
Top photo shows all-the competitors before the race. At left Wan Shiu- ming waves happily after winning the encer
Thai Police Fail To
Soon There Will Be Two Mercers Riding Again
death
of
After the tragic
jockey Manny Marcar 1 thought that only brother Joe would be left to carry the family name in horse- racing. But I was wrong,
We may well see the name E. "Mercer" in the lists of riders once again. His name is Eric and he is 13 years old.
It was recently suggested to Mrs Mercer that, after Manny's fatal accident, she would not care to have another Jockey son. But the promtply scotch- ed the den saying that plans had already been made for Eric to be a jockey.
He
apprenticed to Willie Stephonson, who trains Royston Herts. Mrs Mercer has a house at Royston, 50
can live
that young Eric Juane, rite out
exercise
school.
at at morning
go
and then
When his schooling is over he will be able to devote his whole attention to stable work, but even before then he may have some public practice if he shows sufficient promise. --London Express Service.
Arrive For Their Opening Rugby Match Against Police Today
COMFORTABLE WIN BY CLUB OVER POLICE DURING WEEKEND
The Thai Police rugby team did not arrive this morning as scheduled and their opening match in Hongkong against the Combined Services, originally fixed for this after noon, has therefore been cancelled.
The Thais are also due to play the Hongkong Police on Wednesday at 4.30 p.m. at the Police ground, Boundary Street and a Combined Civilian XV on Saturday afternoon at 4.30 at Army's Boundary Street ground.
WITH
Wonderful
นี
On Saturday afternoon Club | greater extent as he was in had a comfortable win over the | Class of his own.
Watson had a good game in Police by 24 points (three goals, two tries, one penalty goal to the centre, but the Club threes better had three points (one iry), while the would have dene Club Nomads in a scrappy kind Julinston lain dreper, fur despite of match put it over 5th Field Seruby's signals he lay too close well and truly with a 13 point to Scruby and too flat, thus giv- Tireless Worker
ihreeing the Police a chance to cover VERDICT: This was a vigour (two goals, one try) to.
the Club attack, as it was pulled Wholesale retreat in front ous healthy game with enough point (one try) win.
field
with Out at Stanley the Wanderers, across
to line up of Chinese attacks Is Just action to keep everyone happy.
playing throughout with 14 Johnston. Despite this, Jahnsion asking for trouble. Everytime Victory went to the better ali-
three points in proved again that he is a sate they went forward and attack- round side but the Army gels men,
at half-time, but link, and can, given the open ed the Chinese attackers they full marks for a spirited re- in arrea's
space make good use of it. entertainment shortly thereafter the 1st Lanes Good looked a positive team, When they
from them... and that after all is still also lost a man, and the Wan- kway Fin they
right into real the primary object of the game.derers came into their own and #teamrollered their way to a trouble. Such tactics against
11 point (one goul, two tries) ball-playing Inside-forwards
to six point (one try, one South China; Pau King-yin, penalty goal) victory. I have purposely excluded Luk Tuk-hay, Kwok Kam-hurg, It is also reported that
Army skipper.Lo Chung-song 130 Yee, Northumberland Fusiliers have Woodcock, the from these comments although Leung Kam-yce,
Wony Chi-boen in action at last, and have be was just as guilty his kcung. Ho Cheung-you, 'Lee producet quite a useful looking He is, however, a tire. Tak-wal, Mok Chun-wah, Ho leam which won a victory over mates,
5th Field Jess worker even if he has not
a lightly weakened Chi-kwan. hit Inst
form. Bearon's
Army: Wright, Tipper, Good- the other day by 11 points (ene yet 4)
Maybe Improved Chinese know-ier, Browning Woodcock. Wragg, goal, one try, one pensity goal) that having at last found their edge of his methods has some Watson, Spears, Ralne, Baldwin, to all. It is further reported
feel the Fusillers will full thing to do with that. The local Brandon.
their major fixtures as carried In the fixture list. This must see!!
The fum was still not over, however, and the departing fans were halted on their way to the exits when Browning, barking Pau up an Army attack, beat King-yin with a first-time shot which got a deflection on its way So the net.
Most Satisfying From the moment they scored their goal ant the interval the Army boys improved steadily For the fist time their wing- Halves really got grips with their immediate opponents in the South China inside berths and as a result the side developed a
Wasted Chance seuse of purpose and balance thurt had been sadly missing
The Army should have scored afterwards their earlier efforts.
again kamediately This improvement was main-but Raine and Baldwin wasted tained after the interval and the
a great chance when they both fans got a vation of bright lively failed to get a head to a fine football which they thoroughly erus: from Spear. So a game enjoyed. I know that I found which started in very ordinary must satisfying,
fashion, and developed into Maybe South China did not such an exhilarating affair exactly crack but their young finished on an appropriate mole wing-halves creaked a bit at of excitement, the Joints as the soldiers applied the pressure.
Leung Kum-yee could make nothing of Watson who beat him with the greatest of case time after time. Kwok Kam!-- hung was not uny more coni- fortable against the flying air- with Spears fitting and neatly into the plan of things the mola danger to the cham- pions was generated
man
Army right flank.
on
the
Looking
back over ramo I would not have been surprised if the final score sheet had read something like There a rarby scoreboard.
were so many near misses, so many neck or nothing clear- Ances off the goal line that
eight
actually goals scored were Just a drop in the bucket compared with the real possibilities.
the
are soccer suicide.
35
The Teams
English Football League
Use
Pools Cut To Buy New Hq
By Donald Mosey
London.
The Football League have made their first dip into the £400,000-a-year kitty provided by their percentage
Club v. Police
the
1
we
The Club pack dominated the scruma and the lineouts from the word go and gave Scruby, who once again played an outstanding game, get his chance threes moving. For the first 10 minutes, how-
every
to
By
PAK LO
was tackled. Wiggett scores well out and then converted, 13-3.
not far from the Gunner's line and crossed well out, No con- version. 13-0,
was
Finally the Gunner's pressed back hard using their forwards, the of whom Whitmore outstanding man, and the ball who finally went to Toogood scored well out, Whitmore bit the ball and upright the bounced back. 10-3.
Whitfield v. 1st Lancs Regt.
That finished the Police and pulled the Club right into top
was a lovely run gear. Next |înd-kick ahead by Wiggett. He gathered his own kick and sent Watson off to score under the Benneti at full-back,
was posts.
Wigget converted 18-3. surprisingly for a scrum-half, Ten minutes later another absolutely wonderful, and three move, started by Scruby this is his obvions position as with Campbell joining in sent long as Scruby is available. Brown over in the corner after His positioning and handling a couple of dummies, and finally were superb, and his kicking Johnston got the bal} after a
fumbled pass by on a par with his handling,
the Police. In many ways to reminded slipped through the gap and
The Lanes were weaker than one of Johnny Henderson, an- was caught just on the line. usual, and their handling lett la Ulticy got the ball in the line-nuch to be desired, while their other half-cum-full-back,
the heyday of the Club, and he out and scored. may well take his place in the 24-3. Colony XV in this spot.
No conversion.
The Wanderers started with
a bang, faded away, and then in the second half looked like the Wanderers of last season, almost unstoppable,
pack, once they were one man light and on equal terms with the Wanderers, fell away badly.
The Wanderers, with Davies
Club "B" v. 5th Field playing a lovely game, dual-
ly settled down and in the second half their handling, and cornbining between backs and Tho Not an outstanding game forwards was very good.
Wonderers full-back, playing and yet quite good in its owe out of position
TRE never The Club back led by happy, and fumbled his Way Farquharson, who shone 122
lincouts,
WAY.
the
kept together through the game,
In the Arst minute Dayles better than did the Gauner's this
got the ball from a scrum on pack, and this was the biz the halfway line and cut through diference for the scrums and the middle to score well out.
No conversion. 3-0.
In the #ifteenth minute Woodward levelled the scores with a penalty Denveradona that hit the bar and bounced over, 2-3, and just before half-time klek whead by Gartland was gathered by Hollingsworth who scored well oul, putting the Lapor in the lead 6-8.
in pools stakes by buying the Sandown Hotel in stately St Anne's for their new headquarters, Secretary Mr Alan Hardaker, new headquarters will give us ever, the Pollen defence was so. and his staff of ten will move a bit more
Wa fierce that the Club attack was
elbow room.
losing
in
The Pollen, without the ball, were ragged, and their defence varied though Lloyd could not be blamed for the defeat, 03 his threes sometimes tackled far too high to do any damage. Of the Police beyond those mentioned so far, only one other stood out, and that wis Keill, the hooker, who though
blame could
kis outhooked props for their indifferent sup
He was port in the hooking. always a danger and a strong-
In defenco the
lineouls wore shared, part of the lodge, Had the rest of the Of the Club bucks Naylor Police pack played Like Kell handled badly, and then made been up for it with some lovely touch have the Club would
kicking, Lochrie was steady at swamped.
ids joining The first score came after 15 full-back, and minutes and storied just inside with the attack gave the Club the halfway line with the ball just that little extra that made I under this fantastic pressure.
Астра the akoving smoothly Police, with clearance of the goalline and the 30-room hotel (two mingles suppose the management com-But the Wrugg did the same thing twicepler and sea).
mittee will now sell our present well to the fore in this phase Club threes to Brown on
The latter outpaced the of the game, could not keep it wing. ...and in between times Wright,
office,"
It was only defence with a terrine burst and
In the cond half Davies up, and gradually ihe soldlers' new goalkeeper,
then went round to score under well Roberts who was hammering The League should do
tackling unscientifically an in an delighted the crowd with some
almost identical movo goalkeeping. There
out of the sale of the Starkle the attack before it got started, the pasts. Wiggelt converted, Stewart on the wing, who while agala cut through in the centre acrobatic
his first scope, but, this caslly-corrected fault, tackled with Street offices which are in the and without the support of the 5-0. now hus Q plenty of excitement at was
others he could do little.
Much later, with Hollis, on the with verve and keenness, that time he touched down under the the other end too. We might
middle of Preston's professional belt, where solicitors, barristers,
Wiggett in the Club threes, Folice wing a passenger due to should within the next couple of posts, and Brown converted, 8-6. have had a real goal harvest.
years, see him in the senior- Finally with Kirkland mock- accountants, and estate agents although without his usual part- an injury, the Club pressed and
penalty ten side. ner Laville, shome to an even were awarded
His handling was also ing on steadily, and spolling the yards from the line, Wiggett good, and he might prove even Wanderers attack. @penalty
more useful in the centre.
gave the WandererS- chance Hall, at lock-forward, played and a handling movement in an excellent game, and was which eight men participated largely Instrumental in opening saw Moffatt cross over well out, the way for. two of the Club No conversion, 11-8. tries,
in the new year to take over encrinously over the years.
Roberts
With the second half only nine During the match Leung minutes old a brillant Spears-Kam-yee hit the Army post, out of their offices in Preston's have only joven rooms here more often than not Watson effort cut the scldiers' | Mok Chun-wah hit the cross- 18th-century Starkie Street early and the work has expanded ground and grinding to a halt deficit to a single goal.
bar, Tipper made one magnificumt Ace Up Their Sleeve Again Spears started the move with a picture pass to Watson. The winger Bashed ahead and at the right moment drove the ball goalwards.
rebounded to Spears who was following up and the inside-right sent his team mates into cestacy by hammering a glorious right foot shot into the far corner of the net.
More Room
But not until extensive altera- Lions have been made to the Sandown, which
dance floor, billiards, and table tennis rooms.
Secretary Handsker said: "The
South China deserved to win. There are few who will quibble - 19th-century Starkle Street early | have their offices.
THE GAMBOLS
+ KNEW ALICE COULDN'T
KREP A SECRET ———
I TOLD HER IN THE
STRICTEST CONFIDENCE
WHAT MURIEL SAID
by Barry Appleby
AND SHE'S REPEATED IT
TO JULIA
HOW
DO YOU
CHOW?
Juu's JUST OLD ME
HOT WATER
in
instant
WITH GAS
converted. B-0.
ten
+
Tiring
the
the difference.
Stewart Shines
Mention must biso
co to
Hall broke through- and scored after 15 minutes, when the Gunners were caught in
Just on time the Police rallied and pressed airbagly to within yards of the Club Ine, where they were given a out. Haigh got the ball and crashed his way over to score well out. Hobbs missed, maiding · PosYestion · 19 · yarda" from 18-3, but at this, singe the
their own line. Wilkins o Club were obviously, tiring verted to put 'line' „Club' 4 while the Police were beginning | .- pokuta aland. to look as if they could keep up Just on half-time the club
acored.......... ngalia from
the pressure for ages.
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Club, however, settled the Inside the Gunner's 25, and with same within the first few Lochrie coming in to malos the Elia of the 'second Imif | extra man, 'Stewart whe when a theso move žive, tho | away down the wine to con ball to Walsen Just Inside the in the corner. Raylor convert= |Stephen's, halfway line. Watson, wilk #{ ed. 10-f.
reduru of hals old form, barat Hall lengthind the Club through and whim nowe, the lead in the second-kunić' what Line Pasand to Wigrast se he he got the ball in a lopte Ensui
TO-DAY
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