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THE CHINA MAIL, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 1961.
4.
Police....
POLICE LOST IN THE VALLEY
Lau Chi-lam gets a first-half hat-trick
By I. M. MacTAVISH
In a dull drab game that hardly raised a decent shout from 8,000 spectators at Boundary-street yesterday afternoon 4-2 victory over the Happy Valley waltzed their way to a
Police in a match that did little to boost the prestige of First Division football.
In spite of the score Happy Valley won almost as they liked. They had power, strength and maybe a little too much skill for their own good.
Once they had estabilshed three guals lead they seemed content to weave pretty patterns. They seemed little interested in adding to their total and after the brillianer of their approach play some of the misses had to be seen to be believed
Time and again Lau Chi- lam and his forward mates | would alter their way through the Folles defence with almost alarming case only to flop when it came to the
minutes when the game was al ready won and lost. It wouhl do the winger the world of goal to bave a change of pusition for a few games so that he could meet the ball coming
towards him rather than having to wait for the forward pass He needs some hard work on the hel gain his coudence
That leaves Scanion No mat
ter how much to apprecules day whole-hearted efforts of the reless player ·1 moment, apparently
to whip the ball into the net. must be obvaus that it is
waste of a top class side-for- A mes the Happy Valley interpassing was bewildering in ward to keep hun in the ren
It was
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ine-forward position its sccuracy, sparkling in its: coepilom enel, up to the penalty good idea ou a temporary basis when the lime just hated to Isa breu, devastating in its exert into action
inflat move has new outlived its 4- Coloss
then
Black points
For all these qualification for The winners also had succusa their blacker points
Colony stars goalkeeper Wong Shiu-woo and right-back
Lok Tai-hing will have few pleasant memories of the occasion. The
shaky goalkeeper had a very day and Lok had the sort of afternoon that drives a football- er prematurely grey around 1 temples. He was frequently in trouble with himself. He scored the Arst Police goal against his own team and with two other actonishing attempts as clear- antes he came close to getting an inglorious hat-trick
Scanlon will play his heari out in any position but he will pay the biggest dividends for the side when he is back at Inside-forward.
First thrill
Lok
The Boundary-street pitch looked in fine shape for the game and the first thrill came, after eight minutes when Tak-hing did his familiar act of
the goal-line sving time he kicked away an Evans looked desined header which
for the nel.
This
Happy
The teams
Valley Wong Shuu-yoo. Lok Tak-bing, Chan Charn-lam, Chan Hof-ping, Lau Tin Lag, Kain- Lau Chi- tong, Leung Kwal-hung.
Chu Wing Jam Cheung Chl-wat. keung, Leung Wai-bung.
Police: Cheung Kwok-kol. Yuen Hot-pong Cheung Wing-kuni Lum S3-0, Kung Wah-ki, Cheute Chi- nien, Ng Chow-wing. Ta Tal
Scanion.
CHAD Tin-URDI,
Hetéret: Mr P Pratlett
hung
Prayers before
their big fight
10
Tokyo, Nov. 13. World leatherweight cham- -D Davey Moore went church while his Japanese chal- lenger Kazuo Takayama prayed ula Shinto shrine before their tille ght here tonigh:
TEST ROUNDUP
India score
score 42
42 for
for none
against England's
for eight
500 for
eight declared
Bombay, Nov. 12.
England steadily ground down India on the second day of the first Test here today to score 500 for eight declared, their highest total for four years.
India, who had been kept in the feli for almost 10 hours, survived a awkord last hour
J
to reply with 42 for no wicket.
But M. L. Jafsimha had lo re- tire hurt when struck on the forehead by
bouncer from Alan Brown after scoring four
With a marathon innings of ruthless efficiency, Ken Bar- rington, the 30-year-old Sur- ray batsman, continued his remarkable form on the tour.
Near to exhaustion
Though near to exhaustion in the sweltering heat, which af fected even the Indian players. Barrington resisted altogether
The ability to keep going under such oppressive con- ditions was one of England's biggest problems, but they fought it well, reinforced hy glucose and plenty of salt.
Steadily and safely
Probably realising that too much big hitting would tire them too quickly, England set themselves to
Tuns steadily and safely.
for his
gather
took his aggregate for the tour England cure of bed since they
for seven hours to score 151 not out, his highest innings in Test cricket. If bettered his 139 a- gainst Pakistan last month, and
to 515 runs
for an average of over 85.
Barrington has now hit cen- two successive Tests turies in and has made three-figure scores The 28-year-old champion, in three successive tour ganies. who is again defending his title | On the Indian section of the against Takayaṛna, 25, Japan's tour, he has scored 300 runs so featherweight champion, who he far without опсе being dis- defeated last year, went to San!
missed
He has
to eliminate come Ignatius church after finishing a late breakfast.
practically every dangerous shot, Later in the afternoon, heusing his intense concentration went shopping to downtown in defence and awaiting balls Gluza with his wife.
safe to punish.
Meanwhile, his Japanese op- ponent paid homage to the Otori shrine in Asakusa and bought a But in spite of this jet-off | bamboo rake in the hope it will Happy Valley were well on toprake fortune in his coming tight During a desperate mament in with MoorC the Police goalmouth two heads cracked tugether and the res- trainers had to do a Jack and H repair job on Lam Kam-toug left the fans - Leung Kwai-hong and Cheung wondering how he ever got Wing-kun The little winger himself selected at left-half in came back with his head heav- the fortheoming All-Hongkong ly bandaged
Fortunately Chan Charn-lam, Lau Tim, who got a nasty knock in the second half, and youthful Chán Rot-ping were in spark-pective ing form.
the
side to meet the Swedes. He, mmm mide a quick recovery was woefully weak in the
-
Under Happy Valley pressure
tackle and was caught in pos- police defenders Cheung Kwok- session and robbed of the ball
ko and Kung Wah-kit
escape without losing a goal,
The
several times. It is a sad re- made bad ship but manageri .. Section on the present state of the game that this like- able character should be con- scripted into a job for which he has so few genuine quali- fications.
Great entertainer The Happy Valley forward line was often brilliant and Why old imaginative in work. Chu Wing-keung is nowadays getting a bit long in the tooth but the game will lose a great entertainer when he eventually hangs up his books. Some of his little exhibitions" of ball con- trol were a treat to watch and provided an object lesson for the youngsters around him.
opening goal, whica i came after 22 muutes was typical co-operative effort by the Happy Valley forwards. Chu Wing-keung and Cheung Chi-wai bath had a hand or a
foot in the move. Finally Leung Wai-hung ripped through the defence to square the ball int the gual area for Lau Chl-lam to crack it into the net. The Police defenders seemed baffled by the speed of
Offside appeal
Happy Valley continued t dominate play without appeal - ing to be very worried about the important art of goalscoring, į The speed of Laung Wai-hung Eventually Leung Wai-hung and Lau Chi-lain, and the pow- switched the ball to Lau Chi erful...milusissṁ u Cheung. Jarn is the 39th minute and the Chi-wat gave the line its thrust inside-forward Jooked to be ... but no side with champion-yards offside before prodding skip ambitions can afford to miss the ball into the net. The strong as many scoring opportunities appeal by the Police defenders
as these men did yesterday and looked amply justified.
still be in at the death. On
chances alone they should have
run the score Int double -
gures.
Chances were still being cast
away with astonishing regularly
but just before the interval we
It was a black day for the had one of the best moves of the
Pollee. The side as a whole hit rock-bottom. In the end
game and a beautiful goal. Chu Wing-keung leld on a perfect
there was only the polish of pass for Cheung Chi-wat and he Cheung Chi-man, the persist in turn teed it up for Lau Chi- ence of out-of-position" Chan lam to send an angular shot Tin-nan and the unbounded to the net to complete this hal- enthusiasm of George I'm a trick.
daddy" Scanton worth re membering.
With a three-goal lead Happy Valley cruised through most of the second half but when Lok
But this was not a story of individual failure. Rather was Tak-ping healed & shot by Evans over Wong Shiu-woo's arms in-
the tale of a team that never
got going. Much of the trouble to his own goal we felt the sprang from the uncertainty of Police side might come back King Wah-kit. The centre-half with a bit of real fight. It was simply cannot and his form since not to be..
his return tromi England and his personal lack of confidence new errending to the other de
The big flop
Foalkeeper Cheung Kwok- koi had one great flying save fram Cheung Chi-wai in the as-. cond half but he was beaten rather epslly with two of the goal. Then Hot-pong was wor rid in a ray by the speed and
be aud
Chu Wing-keung missed several chances to put his side further ahead but in the 73rd minute he got his name on the scorers list, Lok Tak-hing took the ball upfield and ped it aligd to Lau Chl=h
The Inside-right beat ble man, sgnored, the ball to Chu look deliberate plig. nad slides.
· footed a dine effort into the
Lok Tak-hing, symustheile mpg
However that GEWAFAFICK
no Alegrase bit, even "everu 995 this" dieirisation | Floked in the go,
Loh, on tile sposa
The whe fed the ball into
land the big die give the scoreboard
The 15-round fight is sche- duled to start at 9.20 pan at the 10,000 seat Kuramae Kokugikan
AP.
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FERDINAND
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U.S. FOOTBALL
Giants in first place tie with Eagles
New York, Nav. 12. Y. A. Tittle's passing, and a Even Ted Dexter, who should
New York defense have found the position at the rousing
Giants into a first start of the day-288 for three boosted the
place tie with Philadelphia in the dcal
foreing game, settled into a defensive groove, Eastern Conference of the US. Ha and Barrington
National Football League today put on
Et 28-21 victory over the total of 101 in 188 minutes for with the (curth
wicket. They paved Eagles before 82,800 fans.
The Eagles, who had won five the way for England's highest
and the Arst straight games, trailed 37-7 go- innings in India
into the final Tittle probed for weaknesses in period as the Philadelphia secondary and hit for three touchdown passes. One of Title's touchdown throws was to Erich Barnes, a member of the defensive platoon who came into the game with safety man Jimmy Patton in a surprise spread formation just before half-time, Barnes, a former Chicago Bear. grabbed Tittle's pass on the 25 and raced
met the West Indies in 1957.
Dexter was out for 66 to the first ball after lunch,
Record
India took their gruelling well. There was one period when the fielding became little ragged but they pulled themselves to-
ther
B. K. Kunderam, a last- minute chodee for wickel- keeper, claimed five wickets three catches and two stamp- ings to set up a new Indian record for one innings.
Barrington's effort, which in- cluded 15 boundaries, was
He was only one short of tremendous feat of endurance, Wally Grout's world record for especially as he is stil Dn 2
Tests, but as on the first day, he special diet after his recent was not always tidy in his work. kidney trouble. At times, he V. Ranjane, who took two looked as though he would have quick wickets with the new ball, Le retir from sheer exhaus returned the best Indian bowling tion, but he drew
four
70.-- for on hidden figures, with
Reuters reserves of stamina to last out.
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GARDNER SCORES FOUR"
PARE
Successful 'A' Interport Hockey Trial Match
By NUMPERE'
Apart from three Third Division matches League hockey gave way this week to Inter- port trial matches,
These were held at Kai Tak where the pitch is in excellent condition and plenty of seating accommodation was provided, but it was obviously too far for some of the players because several of those who were nominated for the 'B' trial failed to put in an appearance. There may have been reasons tier who scored four times in of course but it seems to me to Colours 5-2 victory. be a poor state of affairs when a twenty-minute bus trip is too far for a game of hockey parti- cularly when it may lead to Colony representation. How ever, at least the selectors saw scme of the players and scene of the spectators Joined in to make
game of it.
The whole match was played
at a very fast pace and produced some of the best hockey I have seen in the Colony.
is
As one of the selectors it obviously. not polite for me to comment upon individual per- formances but, from what I saw The 'A' trial was, in coin for a tough time in February
yesterday I think Mazso will be trast, very successful, not only as a trial match, but also for the excellent game of backer which was enjoyed by the fairly large number of sucata tors.
In the three Third Division matches Combined Schools lost 1-5 to Recreio 'C', Nav Bharat C and HK University drew 3-2 and IRC 'B' beat KCC 08-2
The Ladies' League matches on Saturday produced citing encounter in which A, to record Gremlins' first loss. creio drew 2-2 with Gremlins season. In the
of points this
one ex-
Re-
other two matches KCC defeated KGV A 4-0 and KGV 'B' won 1-0 against DES.
Interport 'A' trial
the rest of the way to complete There
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62-yard play.
The Giant defence gave Sonny Jurgensen a rough after- noon and Barnes kept Tommy McDonald,
the Eagles pass- catching threat, under strict control.
Quarter scores were; Philadelphia ... 0-7-0-14-21- New York. 14-10-14-0--38. | -AP.
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were
three
only in the teams changes selected for this trial. Dooley and Byan came Into the Whites team for! Dillon and Yusuf, and Fisher replaced Soares in the Colours goal.
The outstanding performance of the match came from Card-
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The Colours took the lead efter only two minutes play. Gardner sending a long through- balk to Carnell on the wing, Carnell's centre was partially cleared by goalkeeper Kadir but Gardner regained possession, and hard shot, frem scored with the edge of the circle.
In the 15th minute Paddle put the Whites on level terms, when, from Frusher's pass he sent a very hard shot into the net' from
very narrow angle, Whites went
Turther
shead
five minutes later when Ryan pushed the ball to right-winger sain to score with a hard rising Frusher who contred for Hus-
shot.
Completed hat-trick
At this stage the hockey was really entertaining, fast and extremely clean, and in the 24th minute Colours drew level when, Khan and Gard- ner coin
combined to go through and Gardner
finished the movement off by searing from close in.
The second half continued. at the same fast pace and in the went 40th minute L. Guterres through on
on his own from the half-way line to score and put Colours
urs back in the lead.
There was little to choose be- tween the two teams and both produced "serne delightfu for- ward rovements but in the 60th „minute Gardner, went through beating four défenders in the process and completed his hat- trick.
Then, five minutes before the end O. K. Daliah, and Gardner went through with some beauti ful inter-passing which cul- minated with Gardner scoring his fourth goal of the match.
The teams
Colours Fither (RAF). Peruca (Hacres), Monteiro (Herrnis), Guterres (Recreio) Rahman (IRC), Chambers KCC) (replaced by Taif (RCC) at halftime), Carnell (KCC), d. K. Daliah (PRO), THRAS INGY Bharat) Gardner (Nay Guternes (Recreo Bharat) L.
Whites: Kadir (Brisons). Feltyfer (Army), Dbalar Bay Bharat), Ryan (FAN), B. Siva (Recreto), R. Sliva
Recreios, Fuchse (Army),
Army), Hussin (Prisons), Army) Golaco (Recruio).
Paddle Holmes
KGV 'A' vs KCC
This match, also played at Recreio, saw the school girls hold KCC until 15 minutes before the close of play but those 15 minutes brought four goals from KC and they ran but winners by 4-0.. The goalless first half saw little excitement in front of goal with the KCC goal machine sad- F out of touch, ung, Funything
HAVE A BREAK RGV looked the more likely to
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The second half continued in the same vein until the 58th minute when KCC's left half A. Mendoza sent the ball through the middle for S. Hewson to KCC This appeared to wake
open the scoring
up and they added three more goals in the next 18 minutes through C. Ozerio, M. Fincher and S. Hewson to win comfort ably by 4,0
Results of
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