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THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 17TH, 1926.
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SELECTING THE HONGKONG INTERPORT TEAM.
LADY WINS THE FIRST PRIZE.
SCORE OF 760 OUT OF A POSSIBLE 990.
A CLOSE FINISH.
Very considerable interest was taken in the Daity PRESS Competition for selecting the Interport team, and a large number of entries were
received.
The competition opened at the beginning of September and was divided into three sections. The arst lists had to be sent in by September 15th, the lists in the second series by October 7th and the final lists by "November fat.
!
As it was, naturally, much more difficult to select the players weeka ahead of the match than on November 1st two points were awarded for every correct name in the first lists, one and a half points for every correct name in the second and one point for every correct name in the £nal lists.
Only twenty lists were allowed in each series and, therefore, it was possible to score a maximum of 440 points in the first series, 330 in the second and 220 in the third-a total of 300.
It was thought probable at the outset that anyone who obtained KO points under such a system of marking would be bound to win, But the competitors far better than this. One sent in ten correct names on the full twenty lists in the first series and thus secured a wonderful start of 400 points out of the possible 440, and yet, he did not prove the first prize winner.
The winners are:-
FIRST PRIZE $200.
·MISS A PEREIRA, 331, NATHAN ROAD, KOWLOON,
nom-de-plume" Plum
760, points.
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730 points.
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MR. ERNEST ZIMMERN, HONGKONG UNIVERSITY,
nom-de-plume-Zimmeroo
790 points.
(Cheques, are being posted to the above),
RUNNERS-UP were:-
Mr. E. F. FINCHER
710 points.
Mr. L. J. GUTTERES
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The three teams selected by Miss A. Pereira (who elected to plump
for the one list twenty times in each series), are as follows:-
September 15th,
It. Hancock
1. T. E, Pearce
2. A. C. I. Bowker
3. E. B. Reed
4. A. W. Hayward
G. R. Saver
5. H. Owen Hughes
6. Capt. Marris
S. A. Iamžil
7. A. W. Ramsay.
8. I Goodwiag
8x20×2=390.
October 7th
R. Hancock
1. T. E. Pearce
2. A. W. Hayward
3. E. Owen Hughes
4. A. C. 1. Dowker
5. E. B. Reed
G. R. Sayer
6. A. W. Ramsay.
7. F. Goodwin
8. Capt. EW. Morris.
H. E. Standage
9×20×14=240.
THE JUDGE'S REPORT.
November ist.
R. Hancock
I. T. E. Pearce
2. H. Owen Hughes
3. A. C. I. Bowker
4. E B Reed
3. Capt. Morris.
8. Capt. Dobbie
7. A. W. Ramsay
8. H. V. Parker
9. F. Goodwin
10. 4. W. Harward
10 × 20×1=200.
The Judge of the competition, who had no idea of the identity of the competitors, in submitting his report, says:
"This report has been delayed owing to the necessity of having to re-mark the whole Competition, when Major Lightfoot came into the side for Mr. R. H. B. Hancock, who most unfortunately was not well enough to turn out. It must have been some curious premonition which led me to lay it down that the Competition would be decided on the team which actually took the field. All argument, is thus avoided. The rules will be found in the Daily Press of August 28th No alteration in the Prize Winners has taken place, although No. 4 went to that position from No. 7. Every list seat in had included Mr. Hancock's name so the sum was fairly easy!
The first prize has been won by
PLUS"
who scored 760 marks out of a possible 990. His original score wai-880 with Hancock in the side, and it is an uncommonly good effort.
The second prize goes to
DIVER
who agored 150 (previously 840);
The third prize was secured by
ZIMMERGO, with a score of 720 (previously 810).
T
My congratulations to these gentlemen It will be seen that the last minute change made no difference to their relative pasi- tions. For the purposes of this report. I have concerned myself only with those competitors who scored over 200. There were eighteen of them and among these there were only three changes as the result of Mr. Hancock's withdrawal. Colt" goes up from rth to 4th; "Mervian" from 13th to 8th, and Fine-Leg ** from 18th to 10th.
The list with anal marking is as follows:-
1st Plum
2nd Diver
3rd. Zimmeroo
4 Colt ...
5 Graceliffe
* Kapock
7 Aloba
8 Mervian
→ Ashes
10 Fine-Leg "11 Optimist
12 Chico (Haras
13 Sunset 15 George
16 Ra-Ba
Attic.
17
Mack Jay ....
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750
720
710
700
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650
640
630
610 610-
I must admit that I thought that the winning fotai would be lower, but one or two doubtful points cleared up sooner than I expected. The prize-winners, without exception, showed conserva tism rather than imagination, and it apparently paid to put in one list with twenty coupons, rather than to dodge about, No one who put in less than the full number of coupons, was anywhere near it. Two or three did not stay the course.
As a general rule the lists were uncommonly sane-though one gentleman insisted on resurrecting Major Edwards who played in 1920 and left the Colony, I think, in 1921, while one or two selected Pay Lieut. Hargreaves.
No one actually got a perfect list as things stood, but "Plum,” "Ashes” and “Old Smuggler" put in lists which corresponded with the originally selected team: Diver" had a remarkably fine effort in Series A as he had twenty lists with 10 correct names, in each (as originally selected), and scored 400 then. But he fell away and
Plum" caught him on R. and C.
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