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THE CHINA MAIL, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 1961.
SATURDAY'S RUGBY
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Recreio keep hockey lead Club XV take season's
THRILLING FIRST DIVISION
WIN OVER ARMY 'A' Macaenses 'A' just beat KCC 'A'
The two top First Division men's hockey league matches yesterday turned out to be very close affairs with Macaenses 'A' defeating KCC 'A' by 4-3 and Recreio 'A' beating Army A' by 3-2. In the other First Division match RAF collected two points by winning 4-0 against Prisons.
These results mean that Recreio remain on top of the league table with
Macaenses displacing IRC 'A' for second position.
The three ladies' matches Sanday resulted in envy wins for Gremlins 'A', Recrcio unch KC KCC scured 15 time in KGV B to their match with bring their season's tally 1 61 goals in seven matekus.
Macaenses
KCC
'A' vs
In this First Division match
a King's Park KCC came very close to again upsel-
URK Maraeneses. leading 3-2 were minutes before but
it
jate
They seven the end rally by Macaenses produced twa
they ran goals and
out winners by 4-3.
It was a patenty garnių.
stanally scrappy
exciting at other
:'''ז
but intensely
It was play
ed at a very fast pace indagh - out, in fact too fast at times fo good hockey. with frequent
over-hitting
The outstanding perform. from ances on the field caine KCC's full-backs Nery and Rosa. Times withont number they appeared to just stand and wall for the Macaenses forwards but then with a late dab of the stick they lovari- ably came out with the ball. Nery also scored once with a scorcher from a short cortiet.
KCC were without Landells in the forward line and must of their attacks came from Sloan and Carnell but Chamberlain came up late in the first half and scored one very good goal
The Macaenses forwards were as fast as ever with most of the danger coming from the left wing pair L. Sequeira and Sa Silva
Controversial goal
Sa Silva's shooting showed a great improvement
over last week's although the KCC de- fence appeared to thnk that his first goal had not entered the net but from my position near the beltway line it looked good
Clost
his reverse-stick wide
By NUMPERE
half-bank line of E. Guterres, B. Silva and E. Silva, parti- cularly R. Silva, were very quick in breaking op the Army's attacks. Some of the methods used by B. Bilya were certainly against the rates and at one stage I thought he was a little lucky not to incur a temporary suspension,
Cracking pace
Alenco to
who stopped it tor send a hard shot into the net
Two minutes later Army had a wonderful chance to equalise when after Santos had saved froin Holmes, Duff had a clear shot nt goal from close in but his shot was near the corner
flag than the goal.
Again, In the 50th minute they went close, when from a long corner Frusher shot hard, bui Army were without their re-Paddle in attempting to defect it gular centre-half Lettin and his past the goalkeeper sent thre substitute, Arundel, is just not ball past the post. in the same class. Recreio were
shot was just just about deserving winners by else without Castro but his shoes
4.3.
The following 16-ya. : went right upfeld for another and A. Capitude sent it straight back over KCC's gual-fun for a third 16-yard hit with in between.
thing
At this stage Infingements. though mainly minor. were frequent, but ampires Tall and Howe had obviously made up their minds to take a fem grip right from the stari and they were always in control afterwards.
Play continued with fast end to end exchanges but I rout danger to either gun
Der
were ably filled by Alonce.
The teams
The game started off at ฎ Macaenses 'A': Z. Sequeira, I.
cracking pace and after only Silva, A. Capitule.
minutes Valoma, four
Recreio forged Custa, Banares. J Capitule, ahead through L. Guterres after Cunha, Ribas, L Sequira, Sa right-winger Chaves had made
the opening.
Siva.
KCC A: Soares. Nery. Rosa, Chamberlain. Tait Chan bers Carnell, Jones. Sloan, Simoes, Bray.
Recreio 'A' vs Army 'A'
In LIN 1011: mu. Siten went awa 16 KCC Rum Tua's Tree-hul and Zoe Seqaciru vydán in detecting Skunk shoi Selinal this, tw
The opening stages of this over.
hit | શ aps cleared comfortably.
Recreio Al the other end J Capitule
promised a feast of hor- the sent a hard centre across
key such as is rarely seen in the Colony but that was as far as it went. It fast open hockey
KCC goukrouth but although; 1. Sequeiro stopped it he was nest- ly been by Nery who cleared
Then the 16th minule, came
the Brst short corner and withi
the Arst goal. Sa Silva gave way the corner when obstruct-!
hit ing Sloan and from Bray's Chamberlain hand-stopped tor! Nery to bang in a shot that was! literally unstoppable and KCC in the lead.
was
with
long accurate passing but both teams seemed to lose their Louch after the opening burst.
Recreio took an early lead but puen Army scored twice and at
Three quick goals
a
a stage they looked all set for a runaway victory, Recreio,❘ however, equalised before half- time and then scured the only goal of the second half, tự win by 3-2
Army had enough chances to swing the game in their favour but their shooting
Ten minutes later during scramble in the Mecaenses goal- mouth XCC were awarded an other short corner but this tire defler Led goalkeeper Sequeira
a lung, park Nery's shot behind for
Sandes missed. corner which thus easing the pressure on the Macaenses goal.
There was little to choose but between the two teams, then the last five minutes the first half really
of
livened up and produced three goals.
Valoma sent Sa Sliva through and Svares saved well but in the ensuing melee Mackenses were awarded their Arst short corner. After A. Capitule hed had two shots from the corner saved, Sa Silva gained posses- sion and scored with a hard shot inside the post although the KCC defence did not think the ball had entered the goal.
Macaenses' second goal two minutes later was a repetition
at centre-bajf and A. Capitale at left-back were the
the first. Another short por- mainstays of the Macaenses de-
ner saw Soares save from Gápit- fence and Capitule. like his op-
ule but Sa Silva was thee again Nery, scored a posite mumber
to beauty from a short corner.
the ball home. push Macaenses' lead was short From the bully Maraenses
lived, however, for one minute were Brst to attack through L.
before the interval Sloan went Sequeira but with Ribas in a good
through for KCC but although he position he delayed his
was beaten by Capitule, Cham- pass too long and by then Ribas had run offside.
berlain who was following
up, gained possession and scored
Macaenses came straight back again and Valoma sent a hard hịt acrossfield to L. Sequeira bul
Army producing more hockey
umpires
Active
steps have recently been taken by the Army Hockey Umpires Association to assist in curing the shortage of hockey umpires in Hongkong.
Last week a course was held
with a hard shot to make the teams change ends all square B1 2-2.
The opening of the second half saw play mainly confined to midfield. Carneli did have the bull in the net in the 38th minuto but was offside.
Then in the 48th minute Chamberlain put Carnell through again and although he looked well offside to me there was no whistle and he ran on and scor- ed to put KCC back in the lead.
Mode amends
Things really warmed up af- ter this with Macaenses having the majority of the play and they looked almost certain to
in Kowloon by the Chairman draw level again in the 59th
LU/Col J. A. Miller, RAOC, 35-minute when Cunha worked his sisted by the Hon Secretary Wo 1 J. Howe, RAOC, which was
way right into KCC's gualmouth attended by 20
bul instead of flicking past the military cun-
goalkeeper he passed to Sn 50- va who missed his shot.
How However, Cunts
made amends four minutes later when a beautiful through pass from L. Sequeira found him ummarked and he soolly pick- ed his spot and placed the ball past Soares to make the svern-3-3-
Now
in
didates.
The results of the theoretical examination are
very en- couraging and show that all candidates pasted, the majority with very high pass marks.
Arrangements art hand to test the candidates practically--very shortly. It is hoped that successful candidates will not only umpire Sarylce games but also give a band to The Hungitong Hockey Asandia- tion where a serious shortage of
·quaflfled umpires exist.
European Cup win for Servette
Prague, Nov. 6.
The Swiss champions, Servette (Geneva), beat Dukin (Prague) 451 in the first leg of European Cup first round proper match here today t
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Both teams pulled out all they hnd in the closing stages and excitement reached fever pitch but it was Macaenses who found the net. Ribar went through. the centre and Soaren came woll out to elcar But, Mackenses stormed back into the attack. and were awarded a corner from which A. Capitule scared with very hard shot- with only three minutes to go.
Bhort
As time was running out KCC were awarded a short corner and tiero Was a hush ist expectancy, over the ground, Twice. Cunha broke the line be fore the ball was hit, infring the displeasure of umpire Lall, but at the third attempt Nery wy huide, who beat Everton in shit hard and Bequetri saved Ithe thal of the North American well. Bray kuinet komersion International Soccer League In | but unfortunately, kicked Un August, im, 2-1 di half-finu, ball end Red had lost ghel, lost Reuter
chatice, leaving MackOLLBON
But their lead was short-lived, for seven minutes later Army were awarded their first short corner and although Paddle's
record to 198-9!
By LANCASTRIAN
At Sek Kong on Saturday the Club XV continued on their winning way and by beating the Sek Kong Strangers 27-0 took their aggregate of points for their first eight matches to 198-9. Hongkong's Oldest enthusiasts will probably find difficult to remember better record.
It
is at once a measure of their own quality and depressingly-a mea- sure of the dearth of opposition to them in the Colony this season. Changed days indeed from two or three years ago!
Army pressed hard for the
The only side so far that they them there were some deter- there was no scoring for a while next few minutes but Recreio's have not scored twenty points mined runners; Chib had Club played with a relaxed con- defence held out well. In the ayainst was the star-studded Scruby and Kennedy at half adence that the points would 60th minute a hard shbt by Pad-Sir Michael Turner's XV, when with Johnston and Ross in the come eventually. And they did. dle from à short corner
was they beat 17-nil, and this team centre and Watson and Kelly blocked and goalkeeper Santos might well have been labelled, on the wings, but neither back cleared weil with a strong kick. the Rest of the Colony.
division functioned as smoothly as they might have done on à The last few minutes of play became decidedly scrappy with Recreio doing most of the at- tacking. The score, however, re-¡ mained unchanged and the final. whistle came with the Portuguese:
It cannot really be host for ground like Club or Causeway and his sidecked a
ite Rugby in the Colony that Bay. this is the state of things. or for the Club itself who will be
In
Moore had his Bleking boots on and Landed ave goals in the afternoon-not all of them from easy. Bions- which must
bave
beartened
In the Arst half
he peiialty goal after 15 minutes and then just on half-time he converted a try by Kelly which came after a line-out on
hard shot was blocked. in the team just about worthy winners tion of Andir themselves, much more so in the loose play. right had led to an arthodox
ensuing scramble left-winger by 3-2. Beale scored on his first appear- ance in the Army league side.
Within five minutes Army had taken the leanArundel inter- cepted a Recreio clearance and sent the bail hard across-eid to inside-left Holmes who out in and flicked into the bet past goalkeeper Santos.
Following this, Army were certainly on top, but in the 25th minute Recreio came back and levelled the scares. Alenco was obstructed when going through and from the resultant short corner Mon- teiro's shot was stopped the goal-line by Pettyfer bui R. Silva, following up, obtained possession and scored.
Fooled
The remainder of the first half was even and the interval score of 2-2 was a fair reflection of the play.
It could have been a wonder- ful match had both teams con tinued as they started but at least it was very good In parts,
The teams Reerele 'A': Santos, Pedruen, Monteiro, E. Guterres, B. Silva, R. Silva, Chaves, Alonco, Gose- no, L. Guterres, Collaco.
Results
Forward the two packs fought Jacking match practice out a hard battle, with honours dealing with the tricky situa-going to Club-just going, that
say, five points Jown with four minutes to go, which
be so necessary on their fortbooming tour, now only a fortnight away
However, the Fleet is in and may produce opposition of real quality against them at 7.15 an Wednesday evening not lo- night as was at first announcesi,
Far from classic: Saturday
game was
the
is, in the tight, though much
Some of the tight scrummaging was very good and both hookers three-quarter movement out to
the came out of the game with al lot of credit.
Sek Kong had a penalty within kicking distance
Disastrous start
↑
Perhaps the trouble with 14 all was that Club scored try
within
couple of minutes and li certainly need not have been une.
There
was a penalty given
left
but
declined aiming for goal; how- eyer Club charged as the kicker had the bail and they then had another chance
materialise nearer; but iɛ, som tam yards Once more in the second half the
Strangers came within scoring distance after coron very
good robust forward pity, but
unted
Army A: Loveday, Pettyfer, from a classic. But then Sex against the Strangers scrum- the number of times they could Ingle, Kelleher, Arundel, Bay-Kong is a mighty difficult half for
a tight scrummage conceivably have stored through- ley, Frusher,
Paddle,
Duff, round to play on. There are, offence and Moore had a go. It out would have been Holmes, Beale.
to put it generously, a few de- was short, but to the home side's on the angers of one hand, pressions here and there on the embarrassment it was only kist. bitch which make swerving and short, the ball was taken after - Other matches Sunnying pretty difficult e rebound a yard in the field
and
Club's scoring in the second was of play, and with, I am sure, half was made up of a couple general run or that when the ball found its the best intentions in the world of tries by Watson and one by
play way along the back divisions the
the fieldsman decided to open Steven Moore converted one would before long
He passed the ball back of Watson's and also kipted a up. ohoor it to touch. And the en- lato in goal, where it was passed i genay thought might have
goal. shing Line-out was more often the field at all) by two or three been an even game at the Army. on (without any movement up. 2 than not a rather scrappy affair.
ground, Boundary-streek be-
Results of matches played during the weekend were:
Men's First Division RAF
Prísuns Macaenses 'A' KCC 'A' Recreio 'A' 3 Army 'A'
Men's Second Division
Recreio 'B' Dutch HC HXFC
Macrenses D Army
1
5 Army 'B'
Men's Third Division
3 Macaenses 'C"
KCC C Nav Bhiral 'S i Llu HKU
The second half was only five minutes oid when Recreio once again took the lead. Once again an obstruction on Aloncu con- ceded a short was off the
corner and two Recreio players knelt down to hand-stop the corner In an at- tempt to fool the Army defence. They succeeded too.
DGS Collaco
KCC sent the ball
acrins to Gosano Recrelo
Recreio eventually won this game through their superior- ity in midfield, where their
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far too often ending in a penalty others, each unable to clear and kick for obstruction or off-side down. Then a clot dropped it the Warwides anded, in fact, in yet each unwilling to touch Tween Whitfeld Wanderers and lay; in fact I would be fair to Say that penalty kicks were the and Robertson, a wing-forward
on Saturday, was on it in a points to mil, feature of the game.
easy win for the
The
On paper both teams had out- sides who might have opened the game up more. The Strangers nad Whatley and Maunsell at half-back, and
they are R:midable pair, and outside a disastrous start and
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scores.
latter
by 22
flash for a try. Moore converted.
less - attractive - looking After that play was very even indeed but all players realised games produced, at
least, closer that despite their gameness Sek beat. HMS Tamar - and the The 4th Régiment RA Kong were going to And this a Police Casuals beat the 'B' team difficult match to win after such of the RAF by a goal and two
though tries to. a goal (11-5),
I have
grumbled in pest weeks at the lack of close games this season; I must therefore record that on Thursday last the RAF and the Royal War- wicks played out the season's first draw (after the Warwicks had beaten the airmen the pre- vious week), each side scoring a penalty goal and a try.
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Chile tennis champions
Santiago, Nov. 6. Pierre Darmon of France 10- day defeated Whitney Reed of the United States 6-2, 6-1, to win Chile's national singles tennis championship,
In the women's final Ann Hay- don of Great Britain beat Lea Pericont of Italy, G-4, 7-5, --
Rosa Maria Reyes Darmon, Mexico, and Carmen Coronado, Spain, won the doubles, beating Miss Haydon and Mary Hemmil, South Africa, 6-1, 1-6, 6-0,
Darmon and Nicola Pietrangell of Italy won the men's doubles Anal by 6-1, 6-4, 6-4, against Patricio Rodriguez, Chile, and Edison Mandarino, Brazil--AP.
Soccer news from other lands
By ARCHIE QUICK
In Chile the main stadium at Saptingo has been enlarged to bold 17,000 people all reated. Thirty thousand overseas visitors are expected,
To find new footballing talent "Jugglera Hour was held at Weimar East Germany, and the winner was Peter Kubern, who kept the ball in the air. 15 meTLY 13.2 secat
In Australia there are 88,907 registered players and 3,200 bhubik or these 16,470 playbra- are in the Bian of Victoria, Thá stadetics do not include school- | boys who do not have to regis
tor