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WEEKEND RUGBY
THE CHINA MAIL, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 1980.
Narrow win for Club in first Hexangular match
Club had to pull out all the stops on Saturday to beat a vastly improved Royal Air Force side by 10 points (two gools) to three (a try) in the first Rugby Hexangulor Tournament match of the season.
In the preceding friendly game Dragons were extremely lucky to beat 14th Field Regiment RA by 17 points (a goal, three tries and a penalty goal) to 15 (three goals).
Club Icoked in a merry mood right from the kick-off in their game against the RAF and threw the ball about with gay banden. from one side of the Held to the other. But apart from an early break sparked by Wilson, that was the main trend of their attreks from side to side!
As I said before they are a much improved side.
RAF were deservedly within, display, striking distance,
Dragons vs 14th
Field Regiment
A penalty shortly after would have put them level but it was A One run by Wilsea not to be.
gave Club an und McTavish opportunity but Kennedy tmaz on too long and the change was lost. From the resultang 'scrum The RAF defence was exori- Kelly eume across to make the
Dragons started off in me extra man and, culling through. Ichi during the early and Club were in turn called the winger Just made the line
business - like tackled. Moore
Way WIN desperately us he usien to cefend
14th Field against the broke glaced the ball between the ports when
vassing
Regt and Jones on the down and RAF took the ball for the extra points and Club capitalised on the
wing crossed for a try on the ground with their fert.hed at kast
which Newbigging was Seruny tried a break early on plentiful supply of the ball that and Club did everything but their forwards had given them
unable to convert.
acnru,
their
All but score The RAF defence stoc ym In tere of a furious slauzht, which included an attempt at a dropped gost by McTavish.
Territorially Club were at this ilme having 00 per cent of the game, but they euld not setre until Wilsch, moving very quick- Iv. went through a halfgen to score mid-way to the correr and to the right ri the pets. Moore kicked a good goal and Club led by this margin at half- time.
The second half took on much the same mettern as the strat. Chub, gaining the ball in the tight, at least sharing it is the line-out, and heeting Incessa NE - ly in the loose, battered the RAF defeners.
whe But it was the BAF seered next with a lovely try which started in their own twenty-five, λ half-break the from Get a fly-balf, lo centres who, with good timing,
Gregory,
the chance to run in to the corner and touch down. Dixon inade a lush of a difficult kick and
zave
|
all afternoo}).
but to
At the final whistle Dixon was leading his men hard for the line and Club na ent merged just about deserving Winners.
Outstanding
Outstanding for The RAF were Dixon, Gee, Poyner, who kent a tight rein on D'Eath and The RAF 10am as a Anthony. whole played very well and their the two defence apart from lapses was excellent.
For Club the, forwards were magnificent. The best heeling have from the loose that seca this season came from Club
on Saturday. but the the backs had no answer to tackling of the RAF threes.
Bedford. Ross and Dwyer deserve especial mention for the Club, as does Moore at full-back who was safe and sound all through.
The
nt big question the moment is, are the Club slipping? They certainly tried to play good open rusger in this game but somehow they did not click. Perhaps they are having too much ruggerl Anyway, he's off to the RAP team for a sterling
Four D. Jones CHASING THAT BY MADDOCKS
FAKE BULI HAS GIVEN ME AN
APPETITE BIG ENOUSH TO EAT A HORSE
FERDINAND
THAT'S NO HORSE YOU'RE EATING. THAT'S THE BULL YOU WERE
CHASING MATE
Gradually the Gunners" settled down and opened their senring with a good try by Bee ler o cod cut-through when 14th Field got the ball from the teht. Shannon kicked the goal and the Dragons were trailing..
Dragons with a powerful pack were not as effective as the soldiers in the loose and this
again
the showed once "Gunners" pounced on the loose ball and drove them brak to their own line,
as
Clean through From a scrum in the Dragons' twenty-five the soldiers heeled and Shannon, aided by "shadow-tackling" went
By PROP
pack
started working as but the ball Was glow in coming back and Wilkins was as he tried to being harassed contact his fly-half..
However, Dragon19 fought herder than they had deve earlier, and eventually scored when Hope crushed over from a loose ruck about midway to the comer. Newbigging hit the angle of the port and cressbar with his kick and the ball bounced buck.
The soldiers were now seeing a great deal of the ball in the
thanks lineout,
to Connor,
Bowles and Littlejohns, and they
were next le secre when Steing- fellow, in the centre, misde a good break and Bowles went Shannon over for a good dry. again added and things looked Dragons.
the extra points black for
Made amends
Suddenly they produced
A
try as the "Gunnera" defenc?
ball "straight -into" Flaced
arma and the wing- Uttley away. pul WUkIns taking his pass score wide out.
Beale's
forward
tu
The latter missed the kick, but.
by kicking the mode amends goal from a try scored by Beale after a good run and cross-kick With that the Roberts. by
on both sides scoring Anished
whistle left the final and Dragons lucky winners.
inex- you! For such a sonic clean perlended side 14th Field. Ro- very well and to touch down for agiment played. through good try under the posts which have in Shannon a potential match winner. I also liked the he converted himself.
Jook of Prentis, a speedy full- Newbigging kicked a good back who had a good game, Who Ward at scrum-half, and in the penalty for the Dragons heard the half-tline whistle prek Bowls, | Connor and the. blow with the score at ten skipper Littlejohns, points to live in favour of the idth Field Ecgiment,
д
Dragona, briefed well at half-
work with time, went 10 vengeance in the second half. The forwards got together and
WHAT'S THAT YOU SAID? HOW CAN THIS BE THAT BULL? THE BULL I CHASED WAS A FAKE - OR
WASN'T I
'FRAID NOT, OLD CHAP
IT WAS A REAL BULL, AND YOUR WONDERFUL EFFORT CAUSED IT TO DHE OF SHAME, SO WE COOKED IT TO CELEBRATE
For
Menzies, the Dragons Newbigging, and Brian Smith were best. The Dragons' tackling all through this game was the most ineffectual that I have seen this scason.
WHAT THEY PO
ED
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By Mik
HONGKONG'S TOP WOMAN ATHLETE
Ng Shuel-kwal, Hong- kong's top woman athlete made her first appearance in competitive events
On Saturday when she took part in the Hong- kong Amateur Athletic Association's Second Open
the Meeting at Hongkong Stadium. Ng 100 the easily
12.9 metres sprint in secs. and the long jump with 16 ft. 1 inch.
Won
Photo shows her in action in the long jump.
China Mail photo.
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TOMORROW IS
IS CRISIS DAY FOR ENGLISH LEAGUE FOOBALL
London, Nov. 21.
Tomorrow is crisis day for English League football. On this day, repre- sentatives of the Football Players' Association, now assured of full backing from their members, put their terms for a new charter on pay and conditions to the Football League at a meeting at the Minis- try of Labour in London.
STIRLING MOSS
WINS U.S. GRAND PRIX
Riverside, Nov. 20. Stirling Mong of Britain, driving a Lotus, won the United States Grand Prix 'motor race, Jast event in this year's Worli 'Championship here today.
Moss's win gained him third place in the World Drivers' Ausira- Championship table,
Meetings of players, held in the South, the Midlands and the
North, have stated their will-
ingness to "go to any lengths" to get their demands satisfied. Jimmy Hill, the bearded Fulham player, who is Chairman of the Association, has said: "If the League turn us down, we will demand strike action.
The players are demanding removal of the maximum wazo freedom to negotiate their own contracts, and a higher percentare of transfer fees as a right.
This present soccer storm has blown up out of the refusal of the clubs, at n special meeting
would appear from the mill- fant nature of their thrbo meetings;
Representatives of eight clubs themselves have declared again drike action, and the fact that three of them are in the second division gives their decision added weight.
The players will enll three further regional meetings after temorrow's talks, and if their spokesmen can report back with the news that the League are prepared 10
urge ellictory measures on thetr member-clubs. then the storm clouds may roll away from the scope.---Chiria Mall
Peeter
lla's Jack Brabham had already Inst week, to give players a rise | Steelul. clinched the title, and Bruce in wages,
Maclaren (New Zealand) was
cerain of being runner-up.
second
Little time left
MOSE finished 45 seconds ahend of tellow-British driver Innes Ireland who was
iso na Lotus.
Maclaren was third and Brabham fourth, both in Cooper meeting, to may nothing about
cars-Reuter,
Sports Diary
TODAY Meeting Annual Meeting of Pavilion 8.30 pm.
Football HKFA Council Meeting, Sports- road. 8.45 pm.
The Football League Man- agement London on Wednesday, but decided, in view of lagoSTOW's,
.1
Committee met in House of Commons
to debate on
thelr proposals to void Atrike, which could come at the start of the New Year.
can
do
The Management Committee cannot make any decisions on pay and conditions-only clubs League's that. The
that demands the HKCC, constitution
clubs inust have 21 days notice of a meeting, and it it is dectacđ, after icmorrow,
the to cail club chairmen together, there
time *BI
little
left for action. DS the players ultimatum expires in a month.
The players' ranks are not. however,
as they as solld
KPA dinner in honour of the Bingapore Football Team. Ying King Restaurant. # pm.
Athletics Wah Yan College athlette heals. Boundary-street an
TOMORROW Golf Mitchell Plate, Fanling. Old Courpe, 9.30 am.
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