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HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE
SOCCER WORLD
Comments On Current Topics
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(By Ray Murray)
LEAGUE RÄCE NEARING CLINIAX
The Rifles---South China,, - "A" "marathon" in Division T. advan- ces still another step this week- end. Although it would seem easy to forecast the destination of the championship at this stage, it act- ually tends to become more per plexing. That fatal alip in Chi- nese XI made against Navy may yet prove their undoing. Both teams are faced with fairly stiff hurdles this weed-end. On the face of things there is only one fore- cast to the result of the Rides Eastern tussle-a win for the milit ary team, although we must al- ways be prepared for surprises.
South China will oppose à strong, Kowloon XI, who will I belleve be strengthened by the inclusion of some Inniskilling players to help them in their task. It will be re- membered that the Kowloon side took both points away from Caro-
the line Hill earlier in
season. thanks to the assistance of Archer (Worcesters). Even with "the assis- fance of the newcomers I cannot enthuse over a Kowloon victory and except South China to go fur- ther ahead
many
Campbell on form was the finest constructive centre half in the Co- Iony.
SCOTLAND'S OUTSIDE RIGHT
James Delaney, Glasgow Celtic's goal crashing Scottish Internation- a outside right, has been chosen to play for Scotland against Eng- lang to-morrow. at Hampden Park.. This will be Jimmy's 'fifth cap. He figured in the Scots side against England in the 1935 Jubilee Inter-
one national. Delaney was
of best captures Manager Maley's and a £13,000 bid falled to induce him to join the Arsenal Stars,
LAI SHUI WING'S INITIATIVE
When it was seen that Lee Wal Tong was not making much pro- gress against the crude defensive, methods of Wanklyn in the Shield Final, Lai. Shul Wing was very quick to size up the situation, and extra take over the role of an centre forward. The clever little Chinese inside left eventually got his" well-merited goal and proved
HONG KONG DAILY PRESS FRIDAY, APRIL 16, 1937.
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Lieut. C. C. Garthwaite, the prominent Interport and Army cricketer, who is seen in the above picture with Mrs. Clegg-H}}} at a recent Kwantl race meeting, is leaving the Colony to-day aboard the troopship Dorsetshire for Rome.
JOCKEY CLUB ENTRIES
Fourth Extra Race Meeting
The following are the entries for the Fourth Extra Race Meeting to
à rare thorn n the flesh of the be held on Saturday, April 24:--- Welch. defence. He produced P1-Charters Towers Handicap. For glimpse of his real form in this game and in my opinion is one of the cleverest and most destruc- tive inside forwards in local foot-tus, Discovery "Bay, Honey, Just
ball.
REMAINING WEEK-END
Australian Subscription Pontes, "B" Class. (6' Furlongs), Australian Boy, Blandford, Bru-
2 Or 8-Mount Davis Handicap.-~-
For First or Second Section. China Ponies, "C" Class. (14 Miles).
LAND MAY SATISFY.
That Perfect Day. Racing Heart. Lands initial appearance for En-
Rooify, Saucy Face, Snowy River, gineers against Rines set
That noticable end of the sea-Such Fun, The Right Time. tongues' wagging. He emphasised son staleness has crept into the Twilight Star, Violet Queen. his debut with a typical Lee Wal football teams of late, resulting Tong hat trick. and fairly stood from a strenuous season, with far out in shooting power. It is inter-
too many representative and com- esting to note that Lund has re-petitive games being played. with
Britain in presented
Olymple the exception of the Rifies and games and also holds quite a few South China games, the other fx- Army records. Providing he lives tures hold little or no interest. up to the form he displayed last South China "B" will beat Eas week-end he may ultimately prove tern. Club may struggle home a gold mine to the Army teams, against St. Josephs, Athletic should who have been sadly incking in a swamp Police and Recreio get the
vote against Kowloon (C). sharp-shooting forward. RIFLES CENTRE HALF PROBLEM Now that Campbell has departed from the Colony. Rifles are faced with the somewhat arduous task of finding a worthy successor to step Into the vacant centre half berth. It is an exasperating pro- blem to be faced with at this vital stage, especially in losing à pivot like Campbell, whose generalship always had great rallying powers ап a side. Despite the critics,
MANCHESTER'S FINE WIN
Cup-Finalists Beaten
PA KAU PING'S SUCCESSOR The more I see of Tam Kwon | Kon the youthful Athletic custo- dian, the more I am convinced of his marked skill and possibilities. He treated the fans to another of goal- spectacular exhibition keeping against St Joseph's That he will eventually prove a worthy successor to the brilliant Pa Kau Ping in representative games can be regarded as a certainty.
TSUI PLAYS AT
SINGAPORE
Troubled By The Heat
London, April 14. Manchester City made them- Tsui Wai-pal, the Hong Kong selves practically certain of the tennis champion, who is to be a English Football League chain- member of China's Davis Cup team ptonship when they beat Sunder-la. this year's competition, 'arrived land on the latter's enclosure at Roker Park by three gaols to one. This was Sunderland's second de feat of the week, the cup-finalists losing 6-0 to Grimsby on Monday. Several first class matches were played in England and Scotland. Router cabling the following re-
ENGLISH LEAGUE- First Division Preston '1' Everton Sunderland 1 Mcheater C. Wolves
5 W. Bromwich Third Division (South) Crystal, P.1 Millwall.
Third Division (North)
York
Chester
Accrington
Oldham
·SCOTTISH LEAGUE
First Division ).
Motherwells Dunfermline
in Singapore by the Lloyd Triestino ilner Victoria, on his way to Eng | land. He was provided with a game at the S.CR.C. by Chua Choon Leong who won the first set
63.
The visitor gave up with the second set at 7-7 being troubled by the heat.
China have been drawn against New Zealand in the first round and 0 the tie will be played" oft before 3 May 4. The other members of the 2 team are Mr. Kho Sin-kie, who is already in Europe, and Mr. W. C. Choy, who is on his way there from Shanghai.
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1
Morton
Second Division
4 St. Bernards
Sporting Fixtures
TO-DAY
Athletics-Diocesan Boys
esan Boys' School Sports, 2 p.m.
Meetings. Kowloon Chess Club. at St. Andrew's Hall, 5.30 p.m.
Tennis-Open Singles, E. C. Fin cher or Wong Fuk-nam v. Y. W Lee (Stand Court); Club Bandicap Singles V. Harrison of D. 8 Robb V. V. R. Gordon; 3. Thomso of A. C. I. Bowker v. W. Wooding Club Singles Champions M Páth v4. F LOVE.
TO-MORROWE
Bowls-Friendly Kowloon BGC. RNDE Club. C.C. v. Recreio. Football-Division 1: Kowipon v:. 6. China "A" (Kowloon), 8. China starn (Caroline Hi Club
Road), RU
(poo), Kowloon v. R.E. (Kowloon), 3.15 pm Division III: Kwong Wah St. Joseph's (Navy), Restelo 7. Kumaon R. (King's Park), 3.15 pm; Ligav. RWF (Chatham Road), 445 p.m.
SUNDAY, APRIL 18 Hockey-Mamak Tournament:- Radio Sport Club y, Central British. 45sociation (Radio ground); 4:30 D.M.
Football, Division I: Chinese. AA v. Police (Caroline Hill), Re crelo v Kowloon (Kowloon), RUR. V. Eastern (Navy), 4:45 pm; Division II: Chinese A.A. Falice On(Caroline Hill), Eastern 1.B.U.R: (Navy),In9:15 pm; Division TIE: RAMC, Y. RABO. (Boɑkunpoo), Police C. v. RE (Chatham Road) Club v. A Club Police E . RAFI (Bowcon), 3.15.
roine Bif), ameborstin re Elghatham, Meeting Chinese RC. Annual WF. Bookna, Meeting, p.m.
445pm.
Amberley. Apllas. Bistre. Boolat Bay, Bright View, Centre Forward, Commencement Bay, Flybynight, Gordito, Jungle Jim, King's Bounty. King's Jubilee, Monoplane," Might view, Pontiac Bay, Ribble, Rob Roy, Rose Evelyn, Royal Highness, Bol- dier of China, Soldier of Peace. Sylvandale. Tiny Star, Ythan. 3-St. George's Plate. A Handicap for China Ponles; Griffins of this Season. (1 Miles).
Apilas, Baffin Bay, Commence- ment Bay, Expansion Time, Happy Eve, Havoc Eve, Fotentate.
The "Hunchbacks Plate.-For China Pontes, Subscription Grif- fins of this Club of this Season. Winners at Race Meetings of this Club, barred. To be ridden by Jockeys who have not won ten races anywhere at any time. (1 Mlle).
Air Mall 142, Busok 145, China Clipper 145, Declasse 145, Inca 145, Ling Long 139, National Anthem
145. Radium 145. Tabby Cat 142.
Weedon Seat 148.
5.- High West Handicap. -- For China Ponies, "B" Class. Griffins of this Season that.. have won $1,000 or more 'in' stakes, barred. (1 Mile),'
Dawn Star, Harvest View, King's Justice. King's Lead, New Star. Rose-Queen, Sadko, Soldier; of Honour, Thunder Bay, Tyne.
Canterbury Park Handicap-
·For:...... Australian Subscription Ponies of this Season. Ponies classified "B" Class," barred. (G Furlongs).
Aztec, Courting Eve, Dick Turpin, Gypsy Love. Home Brew, Lanca- shire Chips. Llanarmon, Llangollen. Or 9-Tal-Mo-Shan Handicap. First or Second. Section. For China Pontes, 5“D” Cliss. Sub- scription Grians of this Club of this Season that have not won a race at Race Meetings of this Club, barred. From the 1 Mile Post (About 5 Furlongs).
Araxy, Copper Idol, Coronation Day, Daylight Eve, Diogenes. Dono- van. Emergency Call, Gold Colo, Happy Venture, Helephant, Laugh- Ing Buddha, Laughing Girl, Marl- posa, Miracle, Morning Tip, Moun- tain View National Faith, Fagan Love, Philanderer, Racing Boy, 17th of Beptember, Stopwatch; Tempest; Valorous, Victoria Hall, Zero.
BILLIARDS
The Amateur Championship
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MALAYA'S PLACE ON THE CRICKET MAP
Impressions Of The Game With Tourists
A keen observer and cricket enthusiast contributes a few comments on the all-Malaya XP's match against, Sir Julen Cahn's XI at Singapore during Easter, as under:
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After all the talk about brighter cricket being provided by our visitors it was Malaya who took the honours, and:provid÷ ed the brightest cricket of the match.
Sir Julien missed a great chance of forcing an issue by not declaring first thing on Monday morning at his overnight total of 184 for 9 wickets. By not doing so 40 valuable minutes were wasted (including the ten minutes' between Innings) to add a paltry nine runs to the score.
Hopkins 78, made in just under two hours was by a long way the best knock of the match." To those who have followed cricket regular- ly here it was the finest knock on the padang since the doctor's own century against Selangor in 1934.
The visitors were set to get 175 runs in an hour and 35 minutes -- by no means an impossible task for such a strong batting.side on
OPEN TENNIS TOURNEY
E.C. Fincher For Semi-Final
In the Open Singles Tennis Championship of the Colony, EO. Fincher entered the semi-final by defeating Y. W. Lee yester- day afternoon on the Stand Court at the HK.C.C. by 6-4, 6-3.
In the Club Handicap Singles M. Pagh beat G. Smith 4-3, 10-8, and A. C. I. Bowker beat Thomson 6-3. 6-3,
In the Club Handicap Doubles G. E. R. Divett' and B. O'M, Deane beat VR Gorden and TG Monaghan by 6-4, 6-0, 6-4, and in the Handicap Mixed Doubles J. E. Maxwell delighted the crowd by L. Smalley and Miss Smalley beat the way he took the ball.
W. Wooding and Miss Ward 4-6, 76, 7-6.02
the most part..
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GOOD FIELDING Muthu earned lots of praise for
Although Lockhart's figures were only 3-31 and 1-23 he bowled very much better than that and was in the writer's opinion easily the most accomplished bowler on the Malayan side.
Growder should have had better 4-70 and 3-64. figures than Missed chances, cost him rather The second heat. In the second perfect wicket with a fast out-dearly. He kept a good length for round of the Amateur Champion-field ship between K. Kennerley (War- wickshire and Worcestershire) and A Spencer (Yorkshire) was con- cluded at the Burroughes Hall In Soho Square when Kennerley was successful br 1.149 points. The match was remarkable for the speed of scoring and the very fine form displayed by both players. In the course of eight hours' play over which the heats extend, "5,153 points were scored in the match.
But they were never at any stage. ahead of the clock, the first .50 taking 55 minutes to get mad the last 72 coming in three-quarters of an hour.
The greatest credit must be given to the unnnished partner- ship between H. A. F. Brooke and Muthucumaroe. These two put on 12 for the eighth wicket when Malaya had seven wickets down for 135 and there seemed. to be every chance of Sir Julien's team pulling on a comfortable victory.
Bach of the competitors had
"MIGHT-HAVE-BEENS" shown very good form in his ear- Her heat, and there can be little
Malaya might have won with time to spare had she taken her question that they are two of the most promising players seen in the chances in the second innings. championship for a considerable time. Although he was beaten by such a substantial margin Spencer, who is only 18 years old, showed form which would suggest that he will play a prominent part in the
Reddick should have been run out when 6 but Mutha returned the ball wildly to bowler Hart. Max- well should have been caught and bowled by Growder before he had scored. Dempster should have
competition in the future, and it been held at midon by Muthu
is a pity that no more of him can be seen in the present 'champion- ship. Kennerley, who
hag had more experience of the champion- ship, achieved distinction in the afternoon by making four three- figure breaks, equalling a record held by S. Lee, who now 'plays, as e professional, and by H. TE Colés...
A BIG ADVANTAGE Kennerley began the second half of the match with a big advant- age, and in the early part of the play he made splendid”(prógress, with breaks of 40 (full), 36, 62, 180, - and 132. Spencer played with ane
resource, although his task seemed almost hopeless, making good progress with runs of 23,134, 37, 50, 100; and 25Kennerley continued to play brilliantly. Hav- ing the better of the play, and making good use of his opportuni- ties, he made other breaks of 119. 49 31, 59, 33, and 102, while the highest runs by 'Spencer were 59 and 38.
at The scores
the interval were:-K. Kennerley (ing play}, 2387; A Spencer, 1,404,
This very good form was main- tained at night and; although the result was a foregone conclusion, the high quality of the play made the closing stages of the game most interesting. Spencer
con- tinued to play with an enthusiasm which might have suggested that he was winning the match rather than losing it, and in the course of the final session be made breaks of 101, 88, 148, 36, 25, and 66, his scoring at times being exception- ally fast Kennerley showed again what an extremely sound player he ta, and, scoring by ac curate all-round methods, he com- pleted a very fine display by mak- ing breaks of 88, 143, 45, 58, 90, and 103. In the match Kenerley made
· 10TM breaks of three figures and. Spencer five, and for the whole match Kennerley had an average of 22 while his opponent's aver- age was 14 The highest average for a session's play was 34 bý Kennerley.
The result was:-K. Kennerley, 3,151; - 41. Spencer, 2,002,
CHESS CLUB MEETING
member of the Victoria Chess Club field a very pleasant ing at the Gloucester Hotel yesterday evening in the fourse of which the competition for tue | Ghea Championship was keenly carried "onvert is hoped that the
when he had scored 18.
There was little to choose be- tween H. A. F, Brooke and C. R.
Maxwell as stuntpers. The Penang man proved wonderfully quick and
his magnificent ground Belding, especially during the visitors" first innings. Els batting towards four o'clock on Monday might have been more enterprising. *****
Blade
long way the best of Sir Jullen's bowlers. He kept our: batsmen led-up nearly all the time during the twenty overs he sent down on Monday and Hopkins was the only man to play him with sny, con- fidence.
Crisp bowled very much faster when he opened in Malaya's, se- ond innings, and his second over Hart was full of venom. in which he got both Noon and
Summers proved himself the most attractive all-rounder of the visiting side. His bowling needs very careful playing and his foot
work when at the crease is ex- ceptionally good.
was excellent as a whole,
The fielding of the Malayan side
was magnificent and his picking up a treat to watch. Hart was al-
Mudge should do very well ori ways sale and the others all play-English wickets. He appears to ed their parts well
defence. and have a very sound possesses a good repertoire of scoring shots.
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Pearse's catch' at square leg which dismissed Lyon just before stumps was the fielding treat of the match. It was a truly magni-
cent effort, for the Gloucester shire skipper hit the ball just as hard as he was able.
It was a real treat to watch the visitors in the field. The way they chased the ball to the boun- dary, their picking up and their
accurate returns to the wicket were all object lessons.
THE BOWLERS Walsh, slow left-arm; who keeps almost as immaculate a length as the great Hedley Verity, is by a
HB
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CS Dempster's 50 not out wis not as attractive en innings as his 19 in the first innings. He appear ed to concentrate far more on de- fence though one could not help but admire the way he stroked the ball away instead of playing with
a dead bat. "Three cover drives be made near the close were the tit
bits of the game.
All told, a grand game, and keenly fought out from start to finlab, with Malaya still very much on the cricketing map of the world.
ALL WRONG-
BUT-H.B'S ALL RIGHT!
Jimmy Delaney, Glasgow Celtic's
"crashing outsides right, who I competition wif be over by May 16 BREWED AND
fer Booty at which time the fimatizeguita and sili
fames of competitorë will be som land against: This will Be Delaney's Afth cap cially announced rand-4th (katapo
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