TENNIS NOTES.
[BY KOLLYWOOD.)
The League issues have been de finitely settled. The successful competitors are the redoubtable --Chinese-Recreation Club who have repeated their performance of last -year-by-winning the "4" },‚? and Divisions. Two months
WATER POLO.
K.O.S.B. BEAT V.R.C. "B
TEAM.
THE HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, THURSDAY, AUGUST 11th, 1927.
Two close matches were witnessed yesterday evening in the Water Pole League at the Victoria Re creation Club camber.
In the first match the Kowloon Former Pupils' British School
COUNTY CRICKET.
RAIN SPOILS PLAY.
ONLY ONE "COUNTY"MATCH
COMPLETED.
Another series of matches has been spoilt by the rain Notts were saved from what looked like a beat
AUSTRALIAN SWIMMERS.
STARS COMING TO HONG KONG,
APPEARING AT V.R.C. NIGHT FETE
Night Fete at the Victoria Recrea- “A special attraction at the next
tion Club will be the appearance of a number of first class Austra- lian swimmers, who will be passing Japan to compete at Tokyo.
THE CHINESE
SOCCER TEAM.
DESCRIPTION OF AUSTRA- LIAN TOUR.
THE FIRST TEN-GAMES.
The following extracts are from letter written at Adelaide an
ago, they became Champions of the Association "A" beat the Royaling by Derbyshire, and. Middlesex through the Colony of the way to June 21st by Mr. E L Kwong
A Division, without losing & match and on Saturday they beat the Club de Recreio in the Final of the "B" Division. In the "C" Division, they have beaten all the
Navy by a solitary goal soured be were very much up against it at fore hall time. The winners had the Oval Gloucester beat Hamp the better of the game throughout, shire in fine, style, Parker getting put were weak before the goat the wickets and Dipper the runs.
In the second match, the King's Hammond seems a little quiescent
The Fote was fixed for Saturday, August 20th, but has now been ad- vanced by two days, and will be held on Thursday, August 18th The Australians arrive by the Tango Mare on the 18th, and the the following day.
Clubs (the Taikoo Recreation Club Own Scottish Borderer'a beat the Bow, but Reuter are, apparently hip is due to sail for Japan an|
scratched this match in their
favour.) The Salelds, will therefore continue to grace the premises of the victorious Club for. another year and I feel sure that the local tennis community is unanimous that they are deserving winders..
Their performances are still fresh in the minds of followers of the
Victoria Recreation Club "B" team by three goals to two. At half-time, the winners led by two to nil, but after changing over the "B" team improved and scared twice through Victor. Subsequent ly the K.O.S.B.'s added another goal and won the match.
The League will be continued next Monday.
SAIGON AND HAIPHONG.
cabling nothing under a century which is a pity for a fifty score on bowler's wicket is always a fine Both those teams, performance. Hants and Gloucester, are low in the championship table, and yet what a number of really first rate mea they possess between them." Hampshire: the Hon. H. L Tenny-
300,
The
Australians are
Ernest Herny and Victor Moore, of New South Wales, and Reg. Grier and Tom Boast, of Queensland With them is Mr. H. R. Kelly, who is acting as manager.
While the complete programme for the Fete has not yet been ar ranged, it is known that a series the visitors and local swimmers in of matches will take place between addition to the ordinary pro-
manager of the Chinese Associa tion tootball team which has been touring Australia, and gives an interesting account of the first part of the tour:→
The letter appears in the North China Daily News of last week.
With a party of 16, nine from Shanghai and a similar nimber from Hong Kong, we set sail from Hong Kong on the N.Y.K liner ki Mari on April 23rd, and ar- rived at Sydney on May 13th.
At ports en route we had the most pleasant welcomes and recep- tions, the "Uhinese population meet, Another attraction will be, of ing us en masse. On the boat we tourse, the two Championship events, namely the 100 yards Back trained every day for one hour. Stroke Open Championship of the The Foyage was a little rougher Colony, and the 100 yards Free than usual, particularly between Style, Championship. "for
Hong Kong and Manila and be. Forces.
As mentioned recently, it has tween Townsville and Sydney." been decided to forego the annual Considering that, most of the boys Aquatic meeting of the V.R.C. this county without at least one poten-year, and to decide the Champion had never previously been, on the ship events by two or three a time ocean, they proved remarkable at the various Night. Fetes. These sailors. will be the first two, aventa.
Mead, Newman, Kennedy, Brown, Livesay and Boyes, Glougramme. e. They were the outstanding
cester: Hammond Dipper, "Tiger" teams in the “A and "C"Divi- sions and accounted for one appon-
Smith, Parker and Bloodworth Combined the two teams would eat after another with constant suc- It was stated in the Daily Press put up a stout fight against "the cess, but they met with stiff opposi. yesterday that the notice declaring tion in the "B" Division. The Saigon and Haiphong infected with Rest," which goes to show that "B" team had, like the two others, cholera had been withdrawn and cricket talent is well distributed at that medical inspection of vessels present. There is not a single been successful in all their matches from those ports had been discer until the very last in which they tinued. This gave rise to a wrong #met the United Services Recreation impression. The statement referred to Canton only and was based on Club who got together an extra-
a notification issued by the Chinese trdinarily strong team. The Chi-Maritime Customs at Canton. No nese suffered a reverse and stood similar withdrawal had been issued by the local Harbour Authorities level in points with the Club de and the inspection of vessels in Recreio. The final match between Hong Kong therefore continues. the two resulted in the Chinese scraping through by the skin of! their teeth, the final score showing a win for them by the narrowest possible margin of one game.
The final match, which was play- ed lat. Saturday, is likely to be come one of the most memorable a the history of the League. Such close play has not been see for a long time and the nearness of the scores made it intensely exciting för both players and spectators. The Chinese Recreation Club, who had previously won by 23 games is a League match, could not afford to give anything away and only won after the last set was decided They led by one game at the end of the first round, two at the end
of the second and eventually won by one game.
The run of play was na follows ;- 1st Round:-
E. de Sousa and F. Ribeiro
(Recreio) lost to Cheung" Wing Kue and Lau Fook Ki
J. Silva and F. Remedios (Recreio) beat C. Choa
E. A. Noronha aad C. Bar- retto (Recreio) beat Lau Man Ching and In Tak
Cheuk
1st Round Total
2nd Round:-
.2.1
B- 3
16-17
E. de Sousa and F. Riberio
beat C. Chon and H. Lo & 3
J. Silva and F. Remedios
beat Lau Man Ching and Iu Tak Cherk
E. A. Noroha and C. Bar
retto lont to Cheung Wing Kue and Lau Fook Ki...
2nd Bund Total
T
3- B
26-17
Chinese R.C...led 34 games to 39.
3rd Round:-
E. de Sousa and. F. Ribeiro/ beat Lan Man Ching 'and' In Tak Cheuk
J. Silva and F. Remedios
Best Choung Wing Kus and Lau Fook Ki
E. A. Noronha and: O. Bar- retto lost to C. Choa and H. Lo
catch swell fought out and it was the confidence and experience they possessed that brought them to ultimate victory.
tial Test player. Even the lowly Worcester has Root, while for Somerset J. C. White continues to de really big things.
FL.M.
As I have stated, we arrived at Sydney on May 13th, and within 94'
The best individual performances FAR EASTERN OLYMPIAD. | hours we had to play our first game
in the matches given below were:- Batting.
Store: (Notts)
E. Tyldesley (Ixines.) Sandham (Sarrey). Dutat (Surrey) Dipper (Gloucester)
Not out.
Bowling.
93488
133* 191
100
100
J. C. White (Somerset) 8. Parker (Gloucester) ... 8 for 29 Hipkin (Essex). T Allcott (New Zealand) -
***
SUSSEX LEAD NORTHANTS,
(THROVOH REUTER'S AGENCY.]
The Portuguese deserve a great deal of credit for their splendid performance. Their defeat by oBA game should be a soure sof encour agement to them considering that all the member, of the opposing side are seasoned exponents of the game, Silva and Remedios won all three sets and played brilliantly all throughout, and without any signs of nervousness. Sousa and Ribeiro rather disappointed their side by going down 3-9 in the first round.
LONDON, August 10th. The latter appeared a little trou-.
Playing Northants at Hastings, bled at the start and took a long time-to-get-settled. After the first Sussex on batting first on a bowl set he struck his usual form and erg wicket could only score 143. was hard to beat. Noronha and it was suficient, however, for Barretto, the left handers, did well first innings lead the reply of the in winning one set and did much ators being 125. In their second better than in the previous matchanings Suasex did better making in which they secured 11 games 71 for only five wickets,
interfered with play. only.
Score:→→→
Another match that had an im- portant bearing on the League Table was played at Sookunpoc in the "A" Division between the Indian Recreation Club and the United Services Recreation Club. The result was a win for the former who have thereby placed themselves in the runners-up position. record of the Indians since they joined the League in 1981 is very creditable. This is their sixth se son, there being no competition 1025, and they have twice winners and runners-up on the other oees- .Rions.
The
in
I was eagerly looking forward to the United Services with their strongest side on Saturday, and it would have been interesting to see how Lieut. Frowen & Co. would stand against one of the best sides
Rain
Sasser: 149 and 171 for
wickets. Northants: 125.
YORKSHIRE v. LEICESTER. SHIRE.
Washed Out.
3
Owing to rain very little progress could be made with this match at Sheffield, Yorkshire made 282 fór 1 wickets but no individual acores are reported. The game does not count in the Championship
Score:
Yorkshire: 292 for 4 wickets.
LANCASHIRE 1. KENT.
Lancashire playing Kent at Man
in the Colony. The visitors, bow-chester made the big score of 831 ever, were a weak side whom the for wickets, E. Tyldesley scoring Indians beat. A precedent was 133. Their capital performance did established by the mutual agres them less good than it deserved as ment between two sides to play owing to rain the match bad then two pairs only, instead of three, to be abandoned and both sides. The visitors had one player abart, take four points:
no shetitute could be found and in preference to an offer of a walk 7,4 over, the Indian representatives elected to play two pairs" from each
+
3rd Round Total ..... 17-16
Final Scores: Chinese R.O., to games; Club de Bacreio, 48 games.
side.
Sc078:-
Lancashire: 331 for 7 wicketa.
WORCESTER WARWICK.
The League competition is now Playing at Worcester, Warwick over and it has been most interestshire suade 216 to which the home ing and successful season. Rivalry county replied with 139 for a has been very keen and the num wickets, when, at this very interest ber of close matches usually large ing stago the game was abandoned In my opinion the 1027 season will go down on record as the most successful in the history of the League, so far.
In the form shown the Chinese must express thanks to the various
Score:-
Warwickshire: 214 Worcester: 139 for 3 wickets,
MIDDLESEX SURREY,
Ovel Side Secure Big Advantages
Meeting at the Oral the two
Izfed as bal
CANTON CONTINGENT LEAVES FOR NORTE.
The Canton contingent of Chinese
athletes, who are 'to participate in
against New South Wales, prob- ably one of the strongest teams Australia. We played a great game in the first half, running them to 3-3 score, but in the second half
the Far Eastern Games, at the we broke "dova, completely, allow Olympiad to be held at Shanghai ing our opponents to score three this month, left for the Northern more goals and making the final port yesterday on the s.a. President Pierce. The party comprises 18 girls and 14 boys.
In charge of the contingent are Messrs. F. C. Tong, W. K Chung Chung Kwok Man and M.S. Tuko.
6-3 in their favour. Up to now we have played 10 games in all, the results of them being as follows: China
China China
FROM MANILA.. -The Philippines Far Eastern China Olympiad team, comprising 137 of Chins the best athletic material in the China Philippines, left-Manila on Tues-China day, and are due to arrive at China Shanghai on Monday. They will China. then have 12 days in which to get Chias used to the climate in the North and to get into trim again.
NOTTS. DERBY.
3 New South Wales .0 Sydney Metropolitan
9 Newcastle.
State of Victoria-
4. South Australia 4 West Austrália
2 West Austràliä
D West Australia 7 South Australia 3. All Australia
6
You will see from the above that we have done quite well, winning six games out of 10, and what is more in the tenth game we were able to beat a representative Aus- tralian team-it was an exhibition game-by 3-0. It may be mention ed, however, that'
our bardest
Century By Storer. Derbyshire had decidedly the best of their encounter with Notts, but rain stopped play. Batting first Dérby made 374 for mine wickets when Mr. G. R. Jackson declared games are still to be played, yet This big total was largely due to I am confident that we will be able an excellent innings of 148 by
to make a good showing, and that Storer, who is doing some very good things this season.
Notta when the average result of the total were by no means at their best and of 25 games is tabulated we shall had loss 6 men for 110 when rain be found not to have disgraced stopped play.
China by any means.
Score:
4
Dery: 374 for 8. Notta: 110 for 5 wickets.
GLOUCESTER BEAT HAMP. SEIRE.
Parker and Dipper. Gloucester beat Hampshire by nine wickets, at Cheltenham.
In Hampshire's second knock Parker took eight wicket for 23 runs, while Dipper acored 100 for Gloucester.
Score
Hampshire: 219 and 13.
**The_Stubborn Briton.". Australia is surely going ahead as regards soccer, Soccer, how- ever, is far from the premier game
here, for Rugby football holds sway. The most impressive thing is the fairness of the crowds. The Australian is sportsmanship personified. He resents dirtiness in any form or shape and expresses his disapproval in no uncertain terms.
Gloucester: 995 and 18 (for 1 We have had tremendous recep-
wicket).
ESSEX LEAD GLAMORGAN,
Hipkin Gets the Wickets.
tions from the crowds. They partí- cularly like the clean, clever way in which we play. On the sports feld there is no question of creed, race or colour, and more than ever Playing at Swansea, Glamorgan I convinced that sport makes lost first innings points to Eases the whole world kin. More impres although the home team made a sively am I convinced that the good beginning in the second Briton, although stubborn, is yet innings. Sälens fair and reasonable. And it is here Most of the damage caused that I must congratulate those who among the Glamorgan batsmen was have been paying attention to the wrought by Hipkin, who captured developing of sport in China. It seven wickets for 34 runa
Sedro-
Glamorgan: 193 and 105 (for gwickets)..... Essex 1
NEW ZEALAND BEAT SOMERSET. Bemarkable. Bowing by Whits and
Allcott
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The Faversham Farmers Club,
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The old parchment on which were, inscribed the articles of the Club is carefully preserved in a silver casket. The two leading articles. are: (1) To have but one joint or dish, the same to be on the table exactly at two of the clock (The object of this modest limitation is supposed to have been to prevent the members vieing with one an- other in their hospitality)
Before conclading, I feel that I
were not at their best. Cheung tives all of whom have been very tennis players, and Club representa- Wing Ene and Lau Fook Ki al- obliging in giving me any informa.
of number, factories, "esperi though far from being brilliant were tion I desired. Their timely help. London teams
train. We have also met some of June 21st, 1727, within a few days ally those that are peculiar to Ausià Kent, which was established on to say the least, has been very owing to the wet weather us
(2) Every person to drink what mainly responsible for the victory much appreciated.
the leading Australian business men of the death of George 1., celebrated quantity of liquor he pleased their side. Both played with
eneketers all over the county but Playing at Weston-super-Mare, and statesmen, and, of course, the its bicentenary recently bby (This is secured by the practice that the rain undoubtedly saved F. T. the New Zealandels beat Somerset sportsmen. In every city we visit, month through these two centuries a member shall help himself to wins -tenacity of purpose and their con
Mann's team Surray-made the-big by runs, in a low scoring match, reception from the mayor is cerita meetings have been held with and shall not be helped by tribution of 22 games was most
score of 370 for five when Fezder after a collapse. In Somerset'tain, while receptions from Pre unfailing regularity on a day 19 neighbour). helpful C. Chop and H. Lo were
declared. Sandham made 121 and second innings,
miers of States, from universitica, the week (the day itself has been The sixth reads. All betts and disappointing Tu Tak-Chouk was
towagers (except sixpence at cards) Ducat exactly the century. Both In the second innings of the New clubs, societies, and Chinese or casionally changed) nearest to these players are in great form this Zealanders, White: took 8 wickets ganizations keep us on the go every the full 000
laid in the presence of the said club also off-form and it was fortunate
year. Middlesex made a most d. for 99 runs.
Popped minute... ; If each of our tour. It was contemplated when it was shall be applyed for the good of for the Chinese that? Ian Man K.0.C. against the Ordigangower 129.
The following will represent the appointing reply being all out for Then when Somerset went in ang lays could be stretched three founded that there should be no the said club of
second time, Allcott took 3 for only times its usual length we could still more than twelve members each to Records show that the Club haa Cring whe recovered from albers Cricket: Clab #B team on Satur
The match was over in shift in every minuta valuably cntertain the others fa dinter at f not hesitated to expel members who two days before the match, played | day at 5 pm on Craigengower –
two days
We are booked to be home again his house once in the twelve months have strayed from the path of about the end of August, ready for But that limitation of membership rectitude. One was expelled for school work and the Far Eastern was not adhered to, and there have putting tail wheat in the middle Olympic games
at times been nearly a score.. of a sack,
TENNIS LEAGUE.
E.C.C. TEAM.
C. H. Atkins and W. Woodward,
at his best On the whole, it was P. M Pinguet and G. 6. Ford, a big surprise for the Chinese. The Geo. Lo and A. J. RA
Burter: 270. for 5 wickets.": Biddlesex: 139, (Continued on next Column).
ScoreLPIREERA
New Zealand: 150 and 128.: Bomerset 117 and 87.