10
INTERPORT RUGGER
DESCRIBED
H. K. Beaten In Slippery And Greasy Field
In a game which was deprived of many things spectacular by the quickly' increasing greasiness of the ground and the ball, Shanghai defeated Hong Kong at Rugby Football at the Canidrome by 17 polots (one penalty goal, and three tries) to 11 (one goal and two penalty goals) before a large crowd says the "N.-C. Daily News." The rain held off during actual play, but the drizzle which had preceded it was enough to give the surface of the field that dangerous, softness that congeals into a certain slippery state and stays like that, coat- ing the ball with a thin layer of slime to make it difficult to handle and next door to impossible for anyone but the cat- footed to avoid slipping once the ground had been churned up by few hearty serimniages.
MANY FREE KICKS FOR OFFSIDE
whose
somewhere near the twenty-five
'Tor- and there followed a race, which
The circumstances appeared to favour the visitors, wards looked the heavier pack and who have had better opposi❘ tion in Hong Kong than has been available to the Shanghai XV. It therefore speaks well for the dash of the Shanghal forwards in the loose, the perfect understanding between the Shanghai halves. and the much better handling of the Shanghai three-quarters, that the local team won by such Я substantial margin. On the run of play, it is probable that the bail was more in the Shanghai half than the visitors. The Hong Kong forwards were better in the tight as the game progressed, but their backs, until the last quarter of an hour when they varied their tactics and began to punt ahead, to the great embarrassment of Taylor at back for Shanghai, did. not seem to know how to carry on with the ball Shanghai, on the contrary, though seeing much less of the ball in the tight scrums, made excellent use of every opportunity that came in the way of the backs. This and some furious marking by the wing forwards-marking. which, in- cidentally, was cartled to such af extreme that Shanghai were a trifie fortunate to get away with a loss of only two penalty goals for offsides were the reasons for the victory.
The teams were as follow:- Shanghai:-J. C. Taylor; G. .
.D.
McGill, J.P.C. Master
(cap taln), W. E. Grieve, H.D. Bid- well; J. Bowerman, R. S. Blix; J. B. Lee, J. S. Ritchie. MCL Wheeler. E. W. Carter. N. Hicks, R. J. P. Stewart, E. P. Humphreys, P. J. Poole. Hong Kong:-L. G. Robertson; C. S. Archer, R. H. Griffiths, G. P. Lammert, A. D. Coppin: J. Hutchison. H. C. Meeke: A. F., Walkden, W. E. Peers, R. O. Bramble, I. H. Bradford, K. A. Munro, D. McLellan (cap tain), J. C. Mler, W..F. Keer
Opening Minutes Keen
HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 1935.
LOCAL HOCKEY
Teams For Caer Clark Cup
The following have been select- ed to represent. St. Andrew's in their Caer Clark Cup match against the CBA. at King's Park at 3 pm to-day:
Mrs. Rose; L. George and G. White; I Woolley, J. Wong and Landolt; F. Wong, F. Everest. M. Woolley, P. Gittins and M. Churn, The C. BA. will be represented by the following:-S. Best; P. Woolley and F. E Walker: M. Bryson, E. Beavis and G. Mac- Nider. R. Lackmore, N. Whitley, E. Woolley, M. Smith and D. Hunt.
C.B.5. V. Y.M.C.A. The following will play in the match between the CBS, and the Y.M.C.A. Ladles or the latter's ground at 3 p.m. to-day:-
C.B.8.-J. Whiteman; M. La mert and R. Stevans; K. Moir, C. Bone and J. Lakeman; E. Rousseau, J. Humphreys, H. Kni, A. Martin and P. Stringer.
YMCA Ladies-W. George J. Coppin, wing threequarter, for the wilson and A Fowler: M. Gar- visitors, easily won. Just as he diner, E. Thomson and L. Hickey; was reaching to touch down the T. Dennis, S. Dalalel, M. McCaw ball, however, he slipped and B. Blumenthal and O. Brown. missed it and Humphreys, just behind him, scored a
try. The kick was an easy one, but Bid- well missed It, Shanghai 11. Hong Kong 0.
FRIENDLY HOCKEY
Radio Beat Recreio
1,
WEEK-END FOOTBALL
Full League Programme
(By "PIVOT")
After a lapse of a little over a week, league football once again swing into stride with a full pro- gramme of games for the week end.
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30-muon- nas
been said and written about the Interport" Game that there is very little further comment to be made. There is no doubt that Shanghai met a better team on the day's play and lost to a side that would have taken a lot of beating.
R. H. K. GOLF CLUB
Starting Times For Fanling
The following are the starting. times for Fanling for to-morrow, Sunday, February 102-
OLD COURSE 9.35 am. A. C. I, Bowker* and L. R. Billinghurst* 9.40
S. H. Dodwell and I. H. Geare,
14
9.44
A. Sommerfelt and K.
Morrison.
9.48
3. C. Dunbar and H. Wiliams.
G.
P.52
G. T. May and R. Webb.
C.
9.56
J. H. Bottomley and A.
++
10.00
10.04
10.08
10.12
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11
**
To-day there will be four senior games while two are down for to- morrow. The game that will un- doubtedly draw the greatest in- terest and crowd will be that between S. China “A” and Navy, Navy will be at a little disad vantage as so many ships have left port during the last couple of days South China still with their victory, fresh in their mind wil 10.16. start favourite and I do not think the Navy will be able to beat them.10.20 To-morrow South China "A" w 10.24 be playing the Fusiliers and will have no difficulty in annexing both points.
*+
...
10.28
10.44.
The Club are at home to the 10.32 Lincolns Regiment. The Civilians have been playing on and off and 10.38 the soldiers too are not quite what Playing on the Radio Ground they used to be. "An interesting 10.40 yesterday the Recreio lost to the game with honours even. Radio Sports Clab by 7 goals to Club de Recreio are pitted one in a friendly hockey encoun-against the Fusiliers. The Recs. ter.
have a very fast forward line and with A. V. Gosano playing at "back the Fusiliers will have to go all out to beat them. game with the odds slightly in favour of the Recreio.
Hong Kong pressed strongly and only judicious Shanghai kicking relieved a difficult situation. Then a penalty against Shanghal gave Hong Kong a chance. An attempt to kick a goal falled, but the re- torn kick failed to find touch and Archer got away with a run down. The game was more or less "one the wing, being brought down wel.sided and with the exception of a in Shanghai's twenty-five. This intensified. Hong Kong's pressure. and Bidwell kicked well to relieve In the end, however, Hong Kors were rewarded. A penalty wa! given against Shanghai almost on the twenty-five and McLellan, the visiting skipper, converted Shang- hai 11, Hong. Kong 3.
In the second half the condi- ton of the ball and the ground was definitely against spectacular football, and Hong Kong changed their tactics. Their forwards had definitely established their super- lority in the tigh; scrums and the ball came back to the outsides very much better...
Scrappy Movements
In the circumstances play, de- generated into a series of some- what scrappy BILÄ opportunist
movements, each side "apparent- lý hoping that the greasy
ball would slip through their
op- ponents fingers and let them get through. There were sev- eral penalties and it was some- times difficult to see what they were for, the players having as- summed a neutral mud tint through contact with the soil and being hardly distinguishable.
The first bright movement came when Grieve again cut through.
few spasmodic breaks by the Recreio forwards they were mostly confined to their own hälf. W. A Reed played a sterling game in the pivotal position and were it not for him the score would have been greater.
The Radio forwards combined well. Chowdhury and S. Singh played a great game and much of the danger originated from Chowdhury's movements
At the interval the score was 3 to one and after the breather four more goals were scored.
A. Singh (4), Chowdhury (2) and K Singh were the scorers for the Radio while W. A. Reed scored for the Rees. Messrs. F. A. Kemp and J. Singh refereed.
M. C. C. IN THE
U
WEST INDIES
Draw With British Guiana
Georgetown. Feb. 7. British Gulana earned a very
It seemed that he and Bidwell had | creditable" draw in their three-day got away, but the latter was too match with the M.C.C. here to
was day, having mastered the English As perhaps might have been well marked and the pass expected in such a match the play spoiled. The second bright move bowling.
At the conclusion of yesterday's during the first few minutes was ment came almost immediately on
first. The Shanghai play their position was unfavour- more remarkable for its keenness top of the than its science and the referee threes,: fed by one of the occa-able for they needed 319 runs to
sional heels by their forwards, | avoid, an innings defest. Mr. JE Moir, who did a very
To-day they gathered 284 for good job throughout-awarded ro get moving in classic style, and fewer than three penalty kicks for McGill rounded off the movement the loss of only two wickets, De- with an excellent try scored just Freitas contributing 71 before various infringements during the first five minutes.
The third of as he knocked over the corner being dismissed, while both Jones flag. Taylor falled with a dimelt and de Catres were still at the these opened the score. Taylor took the kick for Shanghai from kick Shanghai 14 Hong Kong wicket at the close of play. Jones only a few yards within the half-
Saving two more penalty kicks way line-a feat which McLellan. of Hong Kong had failed to bring the next incident worthy of record
off just before-and
succeeded.
3.
was Hong Kong's try. It happen- ed six minutes later.
A very even
10.48
EL
10.52
10.56
11.00
*
E. Lancs-Kowloon match should produce
some fast football. Though not
very far up in the11.04 league these two teams cân play footer when in "the mood.
Kow- 11.08 loon will be at full strength and should just about make 16.
1112
The Gunners and Athletic are playing to-morrow at Sookunpoo. 11:38 The Gunners have really so far been playing below par. Both are 11.20 in the Senior Shield quarter final will speed overcome weight? I 11.24 think it with The Chinese are much faster and they have
a11.28 couple of shooting men which the Gunners cannot boast of.
|| TO-DAY'S GAMES
DIVISION E
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McBride.
H.
RESPONSIBILITY OF UMPIRES
Effect Of New L.B.W. Rule In Cricket
No matter how much people may does not turn to umpiring until he differ about the possible effects of has grown too old to keep his place the new leg-before-wicket rula that in the team. In other words, ba is ia to be tried in county cricket next middleaged when he starts to um- Jason, there is one point on which pire and, as a rule, he continues to they appear unanimous. They wear the white coat of office until agree that the change in-law will he is well into the sixties. He is Sadd" to the responsibilities of the appointed because he has shown umpires and increase the margin himself a good, practical cricketer, of error. When the matter is die 'has proved his worthy character, cussed, I find that many who and is not deficient in intelligence; welcome the change as a principle but although his knowledge of the fear that it will produce unsatia-rules; in letter and in spirit, has factory decisions, states a corres-to undergo a stiff examination, he pondent to a hoing paper. The is not tried out' in a practical ampires, it is said, will have angles fashion before he is placed in to judge which would puzzle a pro- charge of first-class games. Ha fessor of geometry
does not undergo an apprenticeship At all times an umpire's task in club fixtures, for instance. At calls for a man of exceptional the end of each match the captaina temperament and mentality, with of both sides make a report to certain faculties unusually acute. "headquarters" and if two cap The ideal person for the post must have, sharp ears to be conscious of the slight snick that means a catch at the wicket. His eyesight must be of a keenness to detect any de- flection of the ball as it passes the bat; he most concentrate to the
W. W. C. Shewan and P.
8. Grant.
A. B. Purves and J, O. Taylor.
T. C. Monaghan and C. Thwaites.
D. L. Prophet and W. N.
A. Smalley,
R. A. Rodgers and H. F.
Sommers.
D. Ellis and J.T. Edkins. A. K. Mackenzie and J. B. Roas
C. H. Burton and H. Hampton.
·
W. S. Hiller and E. des Voeux.
D, E, Fisiop and D. A
Campbell.
D. J. Keogh and A. A.
Bremner.
H. F. Phillips and P. H.
Scoones.
P. Morrison and, E Bat hurst
14
Comdr. Hole and F. A.
Redmond.
C. H. Bradley and P. Collison.
C. Mycock and W. A.
Stewart.
11
G. B. S. Thomson and D. S. Edward,
A. Ritchie and J. W. Mayhew.
, N. E Littlejohn and J.
Forbes.
tains agree on a certain number of occasions that the umpiring was unsatisfactory, the man concerned is truck off the list at the end of the season.
Picked Brains Wanted | Since the quality of the umpiring
extent of becoming oblivious of a noise in the crowd or the clatter can make or mar a game, and since of the street: he must be able to.b.w.reform" has now added to change his line of vision from the its responsibilities, there are those bowler's feet to the flight of the who sensibly argue that the men in ball and the position of the bats the white coats should be the picked man's legs in a split second; he brains of cricket, men young and must make up his mind. in an alert, not those who have almost instant and he proof against ex-worn put their feet and their eye citement and prejudice. And, in sight in making rung or taking addition, a big tax is put upon his wickets.
But you cannot buy a "first-rate powers of endurance Not for him
// Question of Reward
.
the hours of rest which come to the article at a third-rate price. The players after they are out or while picked brains would want the they wait for their innings. He aourishment of big pay; and be has to be at his post, concentrating cause first-class cricket is so often on every movement, observing every the victim of the weather, and ball from the first over to the last. because comparatively few peolpe He is the earliest to arrive on the have the leisure to watch the game ground and the last to leave. And except on Saturdays, most of the now new duties have been added to countries are in a state of hand
countries his burden.
are in a state of hand- to-mouth poverty. Some of them are unable to pay their players 8.3 Inuch as the umpires It is clear, then, that the perfect even
réceive. umpire is not born every day.
The changed law and the instruc-" Gifts are his that deserve high payment Actually the man who ions in regard 10 fast leg theory stands" in first-class matches is, bowling which will presently come paid less in a year than the local into force may complicate the dustmáo.
situation to the extent of bringing The umpire receives ten pounds it to a crisis. The position has to for a mid-week match, and eleven be faced. Either bad, umpiring for a week-end match, and he has must kill the new law, or the new to find his own expenses The law must kill bad umpiring. At county season is over in sixteen any rate, the game of cricket ia
of weeks, the number umpires progressive in its attainments All appointed last season was twenty-institutions to live must necessarily J. seven, and there are seldom more grow. To thwart development at than eight matches played on the the bidding of timid intelligence is Jsame day. This means that all of lestined to failure.
H. N. Williamson and G. E Bond"
W. J. Carrie and W. J. Waddington!
W. Pittendrigh and A.
McKellar.
J. L. Adams and T. Addis
Martin. NEW COURSE 940 a.m. R. Young
Gilmore*
Jamieson.
G. Marseille and W. G. Tolmie. W. E Hunt and G. A. Lelper.
and D.
9.44
G. C. Worrall and W.
(Kick off 4.15 p.m.)
Hong Kong
Club v. Lincoln Regiment, Hong Kong Football Club ground.
9.52
9.56
+1
Club de Reerelo v. R. W. Fust- llers, King's Park.
10.04
P
East Lancashires v. Kowloon F.C., Chatham Road
10.08
+
South China "A" Y. R. Navy,
· Caroline" "Fi),
L Goldman and Oswald.
10.10
DIVISION II.
A, S. Adamson and B. Barlow.
(Kick off 2.45 p.m.) University v. East Lancashires, Caroline Hill."
Eastern Athletic V. Lincoln“ Regiment, Hong Kong Football Club ground.
داده
DIVISION BIL.. (Kick off 2.45 p.m.)
RAOC V Hong Kong Police, Military ground (Happy Valley);;;
Royal Air Force v. East Lanca- hires, St. Joseph's ground, (Happy
Valley)...
had scored 72 and de Catres 80.———. Teuter.
H
TO-MORROW'S GAMES DIVISION L
(Kick off 4.15 p.m.) South China "A" 7. R. W. Fusillers, Caroline · Hill,
lette, Sookupoo.
Royal Artillery v. Chinese Ath
DIVISION I ́(Kick' off 2.45 (p.m.)
Club de Recrelo V. RAS.C., 'King's Park.
It was a wonderful effort. Shang out through cleverly after recely the kick. Shanghai 17, Hong Kong Hutchison Robertson made no mistake with hai 3, Hong Kong 0.
Undeterred by this early reverse, ing the ball from a scrum Tack 1. the Hong Kong side started of led, he passed to Lammert and
Robertson for the visitors play- with a great rush. Their forwards that player, instead of carrying en a safe game at full back, ex- tried to carry everything before on an orthodox run which would cept for a few shaky minutes at been stopped, the start. The visiting wings had them and very nearly did so. The probably have bail was, however, still dry, and the changed his direction suddenly, very little to do, and the insides ground had not yet been cut up caught the defence on the wrong chiefly distinguished themselves so the tactics rather played into foot, and went right through to for their kicking. All of them the hands of the fast and clever score in a fairly comfortable por seemed to find the greasy ball Shanghai outsides who quickly tion Robertson converted. Shang- too much for them and their turned them to their advantage hai 14, Hong Kong B
handling seldom impressed. Among the forwards McLellan For the next quarter of an hour and Wairden did a lot of hard the play was more robust than work in a pack which, if it had Hong Kong had to suffer one briliant. Hong Kong gained been better backed up outside, more bad spell of miskicking and ground by punts ahead which might well have been able to turn fumbling before they settled down frightened the Shanghai defence the scales in Hong Kong's favour,
PLAYERS RETURN TERA NA to solid and gruelling TEgger, and but they were seldom able to make
Within seven minutes of the start ¡Shanghai were eight points up.
Gruelling Hugger
Robust Play
CRICKET
H.K.C.C. Teams
The following are the teams selected to play for the Club in
Recreation Club's first and second their matches against the Indian elevens to-day
183. XI v. LRC at Sookunpoo at 2 pm
they were fortunate in having real profit out of their gains." The Hong Kong Interport Rugby 1st XIA W Harward (Capt.), Lammert and Robertson come to Shanghal adopted something like team returned by the their rescue more than once with the same tactics and Hong Kong's Rawalpind yesterday, and some fine touch kicking, This defence was also seriously tested them expressed
Estherl
was followed by typ brief Hong It was from one of these move-of their stay Kong raids, the first a result of a meats that Shanghal scored warm good run by Grimths, and the again Shanghai 17, Hong Kong The second arising out of a break 11 through by Hutchison, Both were stopped but not before they had riven Shanghai's supporters much anxiety.
Almost on time Hong Kong were Rawalpind awarded a last penalty kick for the Kowlo
ball into the went across to bli not putting the serum property, after warning Shangh Later, Poole booted the ball by the referee. It was in a dan- board the P right over Hong Kong's line from gerous position for Shanghai, and which sailed shortly
& O. &5. T. E Pearce, G. 8. Dunkley, TA
all of Pearce, ER Mitchell, ER
lon Duckits, C. K. Hill Wood, 1. M. L.. and the Redmond H. Owen ghes GR
Williams. ELECO
ceived. M. Ricketts and
small 2ND EXI V.
the
longside
themtain)
3. EL Potte dew He W Chitral: Wood. Cl. Bocahager afterwards LB Forbes and H. J.
10.20...
10.28
. Mrs.
Martin.
Adams and Mrs.
J.
G.
Mrs. Mackenzie and Mrs.
Ross,"
Mrs. Thomson and Miss Curtip.
•Caddies from Superintendent.
them cannot be regularly employed, He is a lucky man who averages three games a fortnight. Therefore his gross remuneration by the end of the summer amounts to about £230, and his expenses are appre- ciable. No umpire is allowed to stand" when a county for which he played is in the match As consequence he is frequently sent a long distance from home, with rail way fares at hotel ills cutting cruelly into nis fee. If he annually pockets £180 he is fortunate. "
It is, of course, truc cricket duties only engage his time for a third of the year. But it is exceedingly difficult for any man to obtain employment in the winter
that his
INTERPORTERS DEPART
satisfaction
The Shanghai Interport soccer team departed for the North by the P. & O. Citral yesterday. All of them expressed with the results as they were a true reflection of the games, but were rather disappointed in being unable to bring the Cup back with them. They were particularly de- lighted in their play on the pre- vlous day when they defeated the Combined Services by seven goals to five for as one of them remark- ed, we told Hong Kong we coult
Mr.
Competition Results except, with fuck, as a casual play, and we really did yesterday!
The following are the results the various competitions:
STUBBS SHIELD":"
"Semi-finals
labourer. Where is there a place Major C. M. Mauners and for anyone who must drop out of G. T. May," the chairman and of it from April to September
What manner of man, then, is be
Hon. Secretary, respectively, of
who, in theory at least, is expected the Hong Kong Football Associa to possess exceptional qualities of tion and other officials together mind and physique, and who is with members of the Hong Kong Dairy Farm to play. University.
willing to accept a reward which & Interport team were present on Chartered Bank beat K. C. Rail-brick-layer would refuse! He is the wharf and they gave the way 5 and 3,
generally someone who has gained Shanghailanders a hearty send fame as a county player, and he oft
JUNIOR. CHAMPIONSHIP
Semi-finals
C. Burton to play H Hamp-
ton.
J. MacKnight beat Capt. Michell 3 and 1.
CAPTAIN'S CUP 'First Round" (Concluded). A.Sommerfelt beat Monaghan 4 and 2
Second Round
A Sommerfelt beat Richardson at 19th.
A. McKellar beat D. J. Valenti
3 and 1
D. 8. Edward beat W. Woodward 5 and 3.
Comdr. Hole beat
4 and 3.
LOCAL RUGBY
Club y Services
Ritchle
The following will represent the Hong Kong Football Club First XV against the Combi Services
SPALDING
"KRO-FLITE
GOLF BALL
Lasts
till it's
Jost!
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