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use bis bands; be responded splendidly to the calls made upon him. Bowyer on one occasion. had the goal at bis me cỷ bat kicked past, Then the play was once more trapsferred to the . other end. McGibbon worked the ball up the centre and passed to Blower who sent in a good shot that Widows just managed to turn. Continuing these tactics, the Ordnance next got a corner conceded to them. It was taken ' by Moore who centred uicely, but Cock sent the ball over the bar. Fall-time came with the score unchanged, nil all,
An extra half-hour was afterwards played, but neither side could get the desired point At one though both played hard for it. time the Ordnauce got a foalkick awarded them at the goal month through Widdows handling the ball outside the limit; but nothing came of it. The game ended in a draw-no
score.
The re-play will be some time next month.
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THE HONGKONG WEEKLY PRESS AND
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The match at Happy Valley on the 24th inst. ! on the ground of the Hongkong Football Club, was to have ben between the Victaria"). Recreation Club and the 78th Co., R.G.A.. in ; the first round of the Shield competition, but owing to their having to attend the funeral of a comrade the Artillerym u were unable to put in an appearance, and a friendly gama played by the V.R.C. e. "G` Co, Sherwood Foresters The teams were: —
V.R.C-Goal, J. H. R. Hane: backs, R. Lapsley (capt.), and A. Ritchief; halves, R. Henderson, R. Witchel, and J. Fergusson; forwards, H. A. Seth, E. R. Herton, A. Humphreys, H. S. Holmes and II. W. Sayer. "G" Co.-Goal, Turner; backs, Williams and Clark; halves, Stoue, Murphy, and Fraser
Walsh, and forwards, Cohen, Maiden, (' Foy.
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Referee-Mr. Triggs. Play was of a poor description. with only occasional exhibitions of skill and dash to relieve its general monotony. The VR.C. had the advantage of their opponents who played with a scratch team, however, and took the field simply to save the spectators from Sayer opened the scoring disappointmout. from a scrimmage at the Foresters' goal, and Humphreys terminated another scrimmage by also netting the ball. The half-time call sam the V.R.C. with three goals ju their favour. Sayer planting a lucky shot between the sticks a few minutes before the whistle sounded,
When play resumed, the soldiers, whipped into life on their right wing by the roaching of nu energetic military linesman-wLose gestures and repeated injunctions to ̈ Go op, Tominy, take it down yourself." wore much appreciated by the amused coonpants of the stand-broke through the V.R.C. ranks and potted the leather, Cohen fooling it in and Hauce making a feeble attempt to negotiato it. The Foresters got no farther than this, but the V.R.C, managed to get three more goals before time was up, Sayer, Herton, and Holmes being responsible for them. The game thus ended in a win for the V.R.C. by 6 goals to 1.
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Apropos of the nature of play, if the V.R.C want do make any kind of show in the Shield competition they will have to improve considerably. Herton was the best man the field; somewhat fond of display, it is truc, but still a good man and one worth keeping an The V. R. C. would do a great deal worse than trying him in centre-forward. Humphreys and Sayer are also worthy of
eye on.
mention, and so, too, might Seth have been but for his habit of lying off-side. It is to be hoped that this player's next appearance will be a more favourabl: one so farjus observance of the rules is concerned. It would be unfair to criticise the display made by the Foresters, who, as has been said, played with a scratch lot. They did their best, and the majority of goals piled up against them was not unattended by Inck.
Count Otani Koson, the well known Lord High Abbot of the West Hougwanji sect of Buddhists in Japan, died on the 16th inst.
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ROYAL HONGKONG YACHT CLUB.
COMMODORE'S CUPR.
The ties between Vornna and Alduanh for, first place and between Kathleen and Iris for second place in the races for the Commodore's Caps were sailed off on the 24th inst. The course was rond the reek about one mile S. W. of Cowechau. There was quite a nice little breeze from the E.N.E. Llowing, and Alanuch got the best of the start, followed closely by the other thrk. It gave some trouble to Vernon to get past her rival, but once she had done Meantime so she rapidly lengthened the gap. Iris had dropped her rival, who started a more northerly course and was more hindered by tide in consequenes. „Off Cowechan the breeze fell very light and the times of rounding the
rock werd as follows :-
Verubi Iris Alamak
Kathleen
It. M.
3 11 3
18
3 11 33
Ou the beat home Vernon and Iris left the island of Cowechan ou the port hand, while Alannah and Kathleen passed to north of the island and getting into the fresher brecze sconer gained a good deal thereby. Alannah, sailed for all she was worth by Mr. Slad», did so well in the fresher breeze that when she met Vernon off the west end of toneculters" she was just within her time allowance of 3 minn'es Should the breezs hold, an exciting finish was pr bable, but from this point it fell lighter and Vernon, sailed in m.st finished s yle by her gal'aut owner, slipped away in fashion, fiually winning from Alannak by over 4 minutes, corrected time.
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Jpanary 31, 1906. [distinguish boats when quite close to them. The start was a good one, but Colleen, sailed by Mr. Denison, soou established a long lead by bearing away boldly into the strength of the file down the r'airway, while the rest kept the straighter cours, and passed close to Stonecut- fors". There was no weight in the wind and calm pat· hesjw, re frequent, and as the four that kept. near together crawled in and out of these patches changes in order were frequent. The Chung Hu mark-boat was rounded for the first tithe as follows:
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C'elle n Ma Effica Bonita Kathleca
II. M. 8.
4.
24 2 26 31
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2 28 55
2 29 26
2 31 16
In the beat to the Fairway Buoy Colleen maintained her position, but Erica and Bonito both speceeded in passing Min, the Erica mak- ing a big gain by taking what appeared to the The weather oulnakers to be the worst course, shortly after the Baoy had been rounded becamo very thick and most of the subsequent proceed-
The Colleen, iugs are shrouded in mystery. certainly maintained her loud for some time, but the Ruthleen entirely disappeared and seçmi never to have fluished at all. However, after a periof Erica was seen sailing very fast in a fresh N.E. wind to the south of Stonecult rs' and two other boats wera described away to the north of Stonecutters'. As Erica neared the line, the Bono suddenly appeared among the shipping in the middle of the barbo ir sailing fast but in the full strength of a foul tide. The Erica finally won easily. Bonita, though her time was not taken by the official time-keeper, camo in 2ud, and Colleen third.
The official tires as returned are :—
Eripa
Caffern
H. M.
8.
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When Kathleen and Iris met about the same place it was seen that Kathleen was s· far ahead that she had the race for 2nd place well in hand. | Iris's skipper for the day—Mr. ('. A. Tomies | therefore elected to sail round the north side of Stonecutters on the offeln e-of a fluke, and he was rewarded by picking up a nice
In the 2nd class ouly 3 boats started; the northerly start, which put him ahead of the
Net times Points Total Kathlon when they rst met off Yawrati.times at the finish were : She finally bent, Kathleen by
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minuts all but
3 seconds. The times of finishing were as follows:
Varnon Hannah
Kathleen
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9 47 3
Vegion thus wou the Commodoge's Cap. 2ad,
different priz going to the first boat of a class Tris-and 3rd prize to the first boat of a different class to the winners of 1st and 2nd-
Kathleen.
The prizes were aft;rwards presented to the winners by Mr. F. II. May, Commodore of the Club, who heartily congratulated Comino lore Robinson on his success, referring also to the fact that it was the first time in the history of the Club that a Commodore's Cup bad been won by an officer of H.M.'s Navy, and complimented Mr. Tomes.on the skill with which he had sailed Iris in the competitions.
CLUB RACE.
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On the 25th inst. the one-design and 2ud classes at last succeeded in sailing to a finish the 5th Club race. The course was a loug one round a mark-boat off Chung Hue, North Fairway Buoy, the mark-boat off Chung Hue again, aut home, in all 14 miles. The original race was sailed on the 21st December but was declared no for the one-design and 2nd class boats owing to the mark boat being so out of position as to make a material difference to certain boats, On this first attempt the Colleen came in first as she did also on January 11th when the race | was resailed for the first time, but she then | failed to got round the course within the prescribed time limit. Last Sunday it seemed when more than half the race had been sailed that she would certainly repeat her previous performances, but the wind died away, boats that had been far astern came up on her and when the wind at last came again other yachts were better served by it and she only succeeded in finishing third.
Sergeant Major E. G. Barrett has been appointed a Lieutenant in the Hongkong Volunteer Corps, vice Lieutenant Sayer,
It Scott has been promoted. Mr. W. M. appointed Supernumerary Lieutenant in the same Corps.
for racing. was B miserable day damp and cheerless, and at times so thick on the water that it was only p ́ssible
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no times Kathleen { returned J
Mine
H. M. X
H. M. S. 5 34 20 3 27.00 5 40 37
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36 12
Doreea
5 87 50 7 39 70 Maid Marian & 42 47
It transpires that the Bonilo, though she cussed the line second in Sunday's race, bad phat herself out of the race by fouling the mark- hoat off Chung Hue on the second time round. The wind was dropping fast and the tide run- ging strong when the Min and Bonito reached the mark-boat close together. The steersm:u of the Bonito, filled with a landable desire to put the Min out from the insid turn, inffed rigorously without reckoning on the tide and was drifted helplessly into the mark-boat. was an unluckly error, for shortly afterward‹ she got the first of the N.E. wind and in all prob bility would have won had she still been in the race. The Col'een therefore gets s:cond place and the Min thi·d, and the marks to date are as follows:-
21 Kathleen
26 Erica
20 Colleen Min
20 Bonito
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Without a contest the fo'lowing nine rate. payers were elected to the Shanghai Municipal Counicl:-Messrs. W. G Bayne, A. W. Burkill, H. De Gray, C. M. Ede, 8. A. Hardoon, D. Landale, A 31. Marshall, O. Meuser, and C. W. Wrightson. Four of these are Messrs. Burkill, Ede, Landale, and Wrightson, who replice Messrs. Inglis, Kinner, Lavers, and Liddell.
now-comers,
The Sin Wan Pao states that some time ago Viceroy Chang Chih-tung sent unserviceable gunboats of the Nanyang Squadron to Woosnag and instructed the Shanghai Tuotai to have them sold, and with the money obtained ou them the Viceroy intended to purchase more moderu ships. Now the bigh authorities at Naoking after careful consideration have decided to postpone the sale till after the arrival of tho Viceroy designate Wei Kaung-tao and appoiut. ed two officers to watch over the ships for the › mean time.
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