Local Sports Reviewed
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(By "NOMAD.")
FOOTBALL.
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HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 1933.
SHANGHAI LOSE
BY ONE RUN
HOME
FOOTBALL
Leach And Wilson KEEPING IN TOUCH WITH
Bat Well
EXCITING GAME ON CLUB
GROUND"
What a glorious day's racing, we The outstanding feature of the had on Saturday! It was good to week's football is of see honours going evenly round and failure of the Lincolns to secure I am sure no one could have wish- full points in their match against ed for better. dividends than thuse the Navy. The Navy fielded paid out Massrs. Kong Bros, strong team god it did not surprise
The captain and. Vice-captain of fcand ample compensation for the anyone to see them hold the Lin- defeat of Night Star and Charm-colns, although, all things conli- the Shanghai team played gailant ing Star the fortnight previous,dered the soldiers were unlucky not cricket in an effort to save their by the victories of these two canto get full points. This single draw, side from defeat in their match didates. Butler
home may effect their chances for league with the United Services and but steered Night Star in grand fashion, while bonours and I am not at all sure for a bad piece of running by Harriman's win on Charming Star that South China will not be lead-Tommy Madar, they would have been successful. As it was, Shang- was equally well judged; in fact ing the league table by the end of
Harriman röde a the next fortnight Speaking of hal lost by one run in one of the confident race and only made a South China reminds me that they most exciting finishes seen on the serious attempt to pass the field had a very narrow escape at Caro- Club ground for many a long day when less than a furlong from ine Hill on Saturday when home. Incidentally Brechin and Polios held them to a victory of Vigilance, the "Daily Press" selec- only a single goat. In fact, had tions brought off the Doubles, and the Police been more enterprising, I must take this opportunity of and less wild in front of goal, they congratulating the race wribe for might have equalised on more than the four winners he selected and one occasion. I cannot help, feel- also, upon the fact that 17 out offing in retrospect, that South the the 24 ponies he named for a place China's reputation won them turned up! Keep up
the good match as much as did their play, work.
the standard of which was on this occasion not much better than the display given by the Police, and certainly not convincing
TENNIS,
TO LEAD OR NOT TO LEAD.
the
Donald Leach played a good in- nings for his 58 though he was visibly a tired man in the later. stages of his knock Torry Wilson
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THE PLAYERS
THIS GURNEY BUSINESS Bob gurney, and newcastle united's centre-forward position. These are the North-East's my- steries. Suppose we clear the air.
Leicester City started the Gurney business weeks ago when Mr. Peter Hogde, without warning, rang up Sunderland and asked if they were willing to part with a cến- treforward. Gurney was suggest- ed. "We want ก man to add punch to a good and clever line." That was Leicester's idea.
Sunderland said "No"-em-“ phatically.
Then Manchester City and Brim- on the other hand, was still fullingham inquired, the Midlands of "kick" and he put the balf out club eventually going so far as to of the ground three times in the send a representative to watch space of about ten minutes, get- Gurney play against Liverpool. ting 29 runs rapidly only to see his fail him at the critical partner moment.
Shanghai were one run behind when Wilson skied the ball to Willams 'mid-of. It loked an easy catch but Wilson ran down the pitch and as if to oblige him, Williams missed' the catch,
Madar, who was batting at the to grasp the other end, failed situation and failed to start so that when he finally did, he was too late and Williams who had by this time recovered the ball sent in a good return for the wicket- keeper to put the batsman aut
Why is it that -n ропу which leads the field in any race over a mile generally does not win? Of course this is not true
Judging from the result of the of ponies running out of their class, 25. for gaine between M. W. Lo and Mrs. instance, if Diana Bay or Trent Litton against E. C. Fincher and bridge were pitched against "B" Miss O. "Dalziel, it would appear
stand a Class pontos, in which case; you that the winners
good would expert them to lead all the chance of carrying off the cham- Lo is way. But why is it that ponies of pionship this year. M. W. equal calibre generally suffer by a playing as well as ever this season good start. Two such cases occur and Mrs. Litton is playing onde in her usual steady way. red on Saturday and the pony in again cach case led the field following a This pair has the advantage- cí good start, hut could not keep up having played many his position. Under the circum-gether and at the time of writing, stances, one might be justified in | (Tuesday morning) though the re- asking whether a good start is very sult of the other semi-final is netdown; they totalled 182 with Step
to predict important in a long ruce, for so yet known, it is safe long as a jockey can avoid being that the Chinese pair will win. left, he appears to have a better chance than another who takes his pony out in front early on. At the 1
seasons: “to-
Annual Meetings, it is noticeable OLYMPIC GAMES
"that the Shangbai jockeys do not scramble for the lead in races over a mile, and the fight for position really begins when the field has passed the Rock on its run down the
IN GERMANY
SERVICES BAT FIRST The Services won "the toss and elected to bat. Thanks to some consistent batting all the
way
Henson (39) and Walter (31) as top scorers.
Then Shanghal went in and soon met with disaster, losing three wickets for 29 runs. Leach, how
ever, played a regular captain's
innings and put a stop to the ro by scoring 58 in fine style. Then Wilson, the vice-captain, hit at everything in the good old village style to score a rapid 29, but their
Services won a-sporting game by just one run.
bend before entering the straight. Threat By American efforts were unavailing, and the
BRECHIN'S WIN
Brechin's win in the "C" Class despite his 168 pounds is likely to earn him promotion." although at the time of writing no announce ment to that effect has yet been made." Brechin came down here as a Derby griffin for Messrs. Mackie and Grayburn and at the Annual Meeting won two races. He then went off considerably and has only recently been displaying his true fora Brechin is reported by those who have ridden him ILS a very classy pouy indeed and may well be expected to figure in "A" Class races one day. It will be recalled that he ran a very good second to Cossack's Beauty last month when over a mits, the winner faished under two minutes.
CRICKET.
Looking back on the Interport cricket, ons realises what a tremen- dous amount of cricket we have had for the past fortnight. The culminating point of the interport was the dinner at Friday night when there was plenty of good fel- lowship and good spirits(1) Those who have read the reports of that function must realise with some re-
Athletic Union
Pittsburg, Nov. 21.
The National Convention of the American Athletic Union yesterday passed a resolution calling on the International Olympic Committee to inform Germany that unless the German Jewish athletes are re- itted to "train and prepare for
in th participation
Ulymple
mes 1936," the Ued States athletes would not participate.
It was further resolved that:
"The plea of the United States
athletes should be taken not as one of bitterness, but as one of concern for a way to be found for Germany to satisfy the world that all, and not merely some of the fundamental principles of de' mocracy in sport and the Olympic Games are, and will, continue to be dominant."-Reuter.
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LOCAL TENNIS
Goldman And Mrs. Lochner For Final
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LEICESTER AGAIN Sunderland began to think. "If there is going to be competition for Gurney we may get our prica for him..
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GROUND STAFF BABE
The third tom thumb in York- shire is Alan Fowler, aged 21, 51t. 4in, 9st. 8., and the centre-forward following the injury to Hyres of Leeds United's First Division team.
As he scored all four goals. in three successive victories (2-1. 1-0 and 1-0) over the Wednes- day, Manchester City, and Ports- mouth. the man who cried "Too small!" may have spoken too soon,
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But Fowler is Leeds United's "babe. This is how they brought him up:
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that the injury is not so serious and he will be playing again in a fortnight's time.
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FOUND IN NEXT FIELD Yet Harry Nuttall, the former Bolton International, who helped the club to win the Cup three times 01 the was born in six years. Wanderers' ground!
And Tranmere Rovers had only i to look "in the next neld" (Mr. Bert Cooke, the secretary, tells me) to find a rising star like Harry Pearson, an outside right of 18, who is fast becoming thə, talk of the Third Division.
He was born 500 yards from the Rovers' ground, spent a year m their reserves' and is now shaping like an International in the making in Tranmere's successful Northern Section tears,
.TOM THUMB'S TURN
The little man still keeps poking his nose in. There isn't a better inside forward playing than stevenson, the 8-ft. in last 6-lb. Irishman. pf Glasgow Rangers.
And little Smith, of Barnsley- 5ft.3in., and Bat. 81b.this merry midget' starred with him in the Sheffield-Glasgow duel,
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Southport, too, have a Toin Thumb forward in Doyle, also from Lreland. "Dynamite Doyle" the newspapers called him during the week, but that was rather flat- tering..
SECOND DIVISION MIDGETS
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But the midgets I am more partl- Age.
cularly interested in just now are 15-Taken under the club's wing in the West Riding. James H. from schools football at Rothwell, Robertson, inside-right of Bradford placed on the ground staff, and5ft.din. and 10st.-strayed from played in White-hall Printeries Berwick to the welfare team of Welbeck Colliery, whence he was team.
persuaded to Bradford,
18-20-In Leeds United's Central League team.
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"We hoped that work on the ground would build him up." Leeds United tell me. "But he just won't fatten." Anyway, he is on the way to making his mark weight or no weight.
GURNEY'S SUCCESSOR
He it was who scored seven goals in his trial match and found the Park Avenue officials Kiterally on the touchline with pen and ink and full League forms to sign.
He scored 10 goals in compara- tively few Second Division" games for the club last season, and on being recalled to the side recently this season opened with three
Can Sunderland do without Gur-goals in three games. ney? The truth is, they have his successor in hand.
The scores were:-
Services Major Bonavia, e
Wilson
and
b
10
Lt. Walker,
C Wilson, b
Leach
31
Lt.Cdr. Stephenson, c Wil-
They know exactly when and
son, Madar Capt.
Williams, Lb.W., Leach ....
39
b
and he is neither a Scot nor a
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product of the North-East. He is
Capt. Michall, c Stokes, b
Isaacs
a League player.
18
Lt. Garthwaite, run out... Lt. Waring; c Booth,
Wilson
11
19
0
0
Capt. Cutter, not out Lt. Eaden, c and b Isaacs L. 9. A. Richards, b Isaacs ... K O. Morris, à Wilson .... 8
Extras ....
Total
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.182
Fall of wickets:-1/18; 2/55; 3/107: 4/117: 5/133; 6/153; 7/153; 8/157; 9/157; 10/182.
Bowling Analysis
O. MR. V. 14 1 39 3
Isaacs Wilson Btokes.... 4 Leach
14.1 2 43 1
3
17
9 3. 26
2
37
1
P... Ma dar Smith
Lolly Goldman and Mrs. Lochner qualified to meet M. W. Lo and of the Mrs. Litton in the Enal mixed double championship on Saturday, when they beat Capt. F. Stokes, e Waring, b Cannon and Mrs. James by two sets to one in the semi-final yes- terday, the scores being 8-9: 4-0
and 6-4.
gret that two of Hongkong's finest cricketers, namely H.R.B. Hancock and T. E. Pearos, played the rules of lookers-on this year. Since 1808, one OT the other has led Hongkong at all our home matobes and their guidance and experience will still stand us in good stead: Both will probably be serving on the Belection Committee for many years and their wisdom is sure to result on Hongkong fielding the and combination that Goldman best eleven at all times. So much and his partner won. has been written of the interport by the scribes, however, that I will leave off here and turn your atten- tion to league cricket.
THE FIRST MATCH.
The first match of the season was between the Indians and the Navy.
The game was, as the scores in-" dicate, a very close one, and it was due to their better understanding
RUGBY
Navy Defeat Army At Sookunpoo
The Nevy-Army rugger match at Naturally there were few who ex Sookunpoo yesterday attracted a pected any other result than an averwhelming victory for the In- large crowd of spectators, and in
were
addition to the many Service" men diana and events proyed that they
right. The In- who filled the two stands, there was a good number of civilians In- dians will be
held able to A very good eleven this - cluding many ladies,
The game was a very fast, one
son and there is every polebky and the Navy, with the advantage of their patting up a good age for of being the heavier pack, were too „league honours, though the other
tears in the league, particuled for their soldier-opponents the H.K.C.C. and the K.C.Care and won easily, the final scores bound to have a good deal to say being 15-3.
about it. These three Clubs have
several interporters each in their
HOCKEY
ranks and will spare nothing in their effort to carry off the hon-t ours. I don't think that the Uni-
A representative team from the veraity, with such opposition to face as they have this year, is crew of HM.S. Cumberland do likely to recapture the first divi-feated a side composed of officer sion title. How they will miss from the same vessel, by a score of Donald Anderson, who helped them four goals to two. The game took so considerably to carry off the place at the King's Park ground honcurs last season 1.
yesterday afternoon
D. W. Leach, "e Walker, b
Garthwaite
Shanghai
"H. T. Smith, b. Richards .. -F. Madar, l.b.w. b Richards 11
5
-Garthwaite
Booth; c Michell, b Garthwaite
1
24
A Isacs, b Garthwaite... 1
58
A
C. Sinclair, lb.w, b Michell
4
A. C. Jenkin, St. Walker,, b
Michell
8
*****
J. F. N. Mayhew, b Garth-
walta
16
T: W: R. Wilson, not out
29
21
1
5.8.
T. A. Madar run out
Extras
Total
..121 Fall of wickets-1/12; 2/15; 3/29: 4/38:5/75; 6/92; 7/122; 8/138; 8/153.
Bowling Analysis
Garthwaite Richards Michell Bonavia
0. M. R. W. 20 3 73
13 4 41
7 1 37 1
SHANGHAI LEAVE
The Shanghat team sailed by the
ANOTHER BESTALL
As he can play anywhere in the
where they are going to get him; forward line, and is a natural yet
NEWCASTLE AND ALLEN
Now about Allen and Newcastle. Whatever the public may be think- ing, the United directors are not perturbed about the centre-forward position.
They have been reported from various quarters as looking for a new leader. The reports are not true, and, in any case, Allen, de- spite his obvious limitations, has been less responsible for the Unit- ed's indifferent start than several other members of the team,
Weaver's return to from proved that beyond doubt. As 2001 23 Weaver reproduced his àld domin- ating attack, Newcastle. scored their first Saturday victory.
"Allen has merely been the critics' scapegoat. He may not be a great centre-forward, but he will get plenty of goals for the United this season if the rest of the team returns to its old Cup-winning from,
JACK NOT FOR CHARLTON
The secretary of Charlton Ath- letic said last night that negoti- ations between Charlton Athletic Football Club and the Arsenal F.C. for the transfer of David Jack had broken down, Jack will remain with the Arsenal.
BOLTON'S RECRUIT,
It is doubtful whether supporters of Bolton wanderers will see James Cochrane, their recent South African capture, in the team yet awhile. Cochrane, who only ar- rived this week from Cape Town, is out of training just now, and also will probably require some time to get acclimatised.
Able to pay, on elther flank, Cochrane had the reputation of being the best. back in South Africa. He hopes to continue his study of commercial art in this country.
J. R. AUTY'S INJURY President Taft which left I was glad to hear that the play- at mid-night last night. Thereing career of F. R. Auty, the Head- were, a large number of cricketingley, Yorkshire, and England enthusiasts present to give them trial half-back, is not, as a hearty send-off, those present feared, ended, de including some of the Hong Kong interport team,
Pat Madar, however, did not leave with the team as he is stay ing behind for business reasons It is believed, however, that he
will be sailing in a day or two...
Was
Auty, a singularly unfortunate player in regard to injuries,” was crocked in his first and only match this season against Liperdool a fortnight ago and it was reported that he had broken bone, in his
leg. But Auty writes to tell me
crafty footballer, Robertson is fast becoming the Bestall of Bradford.
Some call Robertson the smallest forward in the Second Division As the measurements of Bestall, the darling of Grimsby Town, are 5ft 5in. and 91st, you can fight it out among yourselves,
MILLER FOR CHELSEA Most of Chelsea's supporters will be pleased that a place in the first. team has been found for Harold Miller, even if he cannot fill his usual position in the attack. Chelsea are making no wild ex- periment in playing him at left- half. He has had a sound test In that position in the reserves, and has proved eminently satis factory.
There are many clubs who hold a high opinion of Miller's' worth. Not long ago I heard an Aston Vita director—himself RT old -player--express the opinion that- Miller was in the £10,000 class. Miller is no giant. He is, indeed, probably the smallest half-back Chelsea have played since the days of Tominy Mechan
HIGH-SPEED GOAL-GETTING Just six more goals does Pearce. need Charlton's centre-forward, to make his League total into 100. Yet it was only in the 1930-31 season that he entered League .. football.
That season he scored 22 goals for Newport County, then followed
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