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HOME FOOTBALL
RESULTS
Scottish League
Matches -
London, Aug, 23. A number of Scottish Football League matches were played on Tuesday and again to-day. To- day Celtic, playing on their own ground, could only share the spoils with Queen of South. Rangers visited Falkirk and won by the only goal scored, and Motherwell nar- rowly beat. Clyde. St. Johnstone suffered a home defeat, and Hiber- "nian also went down at home
before Queen's Park.
The result as cabled by "Reuter" tallow
Third Lanark 3 Morton
HONG KONG DAILY PRESS FRIDAY, AUGUST 27, 1937.
HOME FOOTBALL FORECAST
The following are the English and Scottish League fixtures to
be played on Saturday, August 28, 1937. The teams in bold types are tipped to win:
STOKE C.
105 165
90-
85
35
FIRST DIVISION
Bolton W.
V.
'BRENTFORD
Mileage
175
CHARLTON A,
V.
Leeds U.
170
CHELSEA
V.
Liverpool
175
EVERTON
V.
Arsenal
175
HUDDERSFIELD T
1%
Blackpool
55
Leicester C.
V.
PORTSMOUTH
V.
DERBY CO. W.B.. Albion
70.
120
Preston N.E
V.
Grimsby T.
110
V.
Birmingham
40
SUNDERLAND,
v,
Middlesbrough
25
WOLVES
V.
Manchester C.
70
SECOND DIVISION
ASTON VILLA
Y.
West Ham U.
100
WEDNESDAY
Bradford
V.
BARNSLEY
30
AJT
4 Kilmarnock 2
Burnley
Y.
BURY
25
Celtic
2
Queen O'South 2
CHESTERFIELD
V.
Shefeld W.
10
Dundee
1
Arbroath
U
MANCHESTER U.
V:
Newcastle
Falkirk
0
Rangers
Hibernian
Norwich C.
V.
Southampton
1
Queen's Park 2
PLYMOUTHI A.
V.
Fulham
Motherwell 1
Clyde
Q
SHEFFIELD U.
V.
Nottingham F.
70
St. Johnstone
!
Hearts
2
Stockport Co.
V.
Luton T.
0
रा
SWANSEA T.
V.
Blackburn R.
180
TUESDAY
TOTTENHAM H.
Y.
Coventry C.
Partick
·4 Hamilton
St. Mirren
THIRD
DIVISION (SOUTHERN)
2 Aberdeen
BRISTOL C.
V.
Gillingham
CLAPTON 0:
Y.
Cardiff C.
135
CRYSTAL F.
Y.
Aldershot
35
MANSFIELD T.
Northampton
60
Newport Co.
♥ .
Exeter C.
85
NOTTS CO.
V
Swindon T.
180
Queen's F.R.
V.
Brighton
50
READING
V.
Millwall
35.
SOUTHEND U. ..... TORQUAY 0. WATFORD
V.
Bournemouth
130
V.
Walsall
100
17.
THIRD DIVISION
Bristol R.
(NORTHERN)
110
ACCRINGTON S.
V.
Carlisle U.
85
CHESTER -
V.
Halifax T.
-50
DARLINGTON
7.
Southport
85
DONCASTER R.
บ,
Bradford C.
40
GATESHEAD
Y..
Crewe A.....
130
·HULL C.
V.
Wrexham T.
125..
LINCOLN C. argentin
V.
Hartlepools U.
115
V.
Barrow
50
OLDHAM A.
V.
Port Vale
40
Rochdale
York C
45
ROTHERHAM U.
V.
Tranmere R.
70
SCOTTISH
DIVISIÓN I
ABERDEEN
Partick T.
ARBROATH.
V,
Ayr United
Clyde
Y.
St. Mirren
HAMILTON ACAS.
y.
Hibernian
HEARTS
V.
Third Lanark
Kilmarnock
V.
Celtic
Morton
V.
DUNDEE
Queen of South
V.
MOTHERWELL
Queen's Park
V.
Falkirk
RANGERS
V,
Johnstone
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LEAGUE TENNIS
"C" DIVISION RESULTS
Playing at King's Park yesterday the Army T.C. drew with. South Ontna A.A. In a ""C" Division” Teh- nis League.
A. Warr and J. H. Fowlers (Army) lost to 3. Mok and Y. Kwan. 4-6; lost to J. Hsu and K. La! 2-8 beat C. B. Wong and H. C. Kwok, 8-1.
E Bradshaw and A HO. Con- ner (Army) lost to Mok and Kwan. 2-6. beat Ksu and Lal."7-5; drew with Wong and Kwok, 5-6.
W. Partridge and J. Cook (Army) beat Mok and Kwan, 6-2; lost to Hru and Kal. 4-6: beat Wong and Kwok, 8-2.
KOWLOON TONG WIN The Kowloon Tong GC. "A" beat the Kowloon C.C. by 7) sets to 1 when they met the KC.C. yesterday.
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W. Wu and W, K. Ma (Kowloon Tong) beat W. M. Gittins and G. A. White, 6-3; beat V. H. Freeman and B. Soltau, 6-3; beat A. G. M. Philippens and R. E Lee, 7-5.
F. I. Mok and O. L Pang (Kow- loon Tong) beat Gittins and White, 6-2; drew with Freeman and Sol- tau, 6-8; beat Philippens and Lee. 8-1.
21
G. She and K. Lam (Kowloon White. Tong) beat Gittins and
6-2: beat Freeman and Soltau. 6-2; beat Philippens and Lee, 6-4. CHINESE DEFEATED
At Causeway Bay the Radio Sports Club defeated the Chinese R.C. by 6 sets to 21.
P. F. Li and M. C. Tang (C.R.C.) last to D. Leonard and J. C. de Almeida. 1-6: drew with G. Singh and K. Singh 6-0; lost to M. Sheriff and M. Hassan 1-6.
T. F. Lo and H. N. Chau (C.R.C.) lost to Leonard and Almeida, 4-6: lost to Singh and Singh, 5-7; beat Sheriff and Hassan, 6-3,
LF Tlu and L Y. Kwok (C.R.C.) lost to Leonard and Almeida, 4-6; lost to Singh and Bingh, 5-7: beat Sheriff and Hassan, 6-3.
YORKSHIRE
FORCE A WIN
A GOOD FINISH AT LEICESTER
Set to get 315 runs to win at Leicester recenty Leicestershire made a brave effort to savé a de- feat by Yorkshire, but, in a good falsh. they were beaten by 129 runs in practically the last over of the match..
Yorkshire claimed extra time, and only 10 minutes remained when, amid tense excitement, the ninth Leicestershire wicket fell. In a stience which one could almost feel Graham walked to the wicket. He had no chance, for Flamson Was given ont leg-before-wicket under the new rule with only three minutes left for play.
The fluctuations of the game were strikingly demonstrated dur- Ing the last day of what had been all through a most exciting match, First. bowlers found things so much to their liking at the start of the day that eight Yorkshire wickets went down in two hours and a
quarter for 176 runs. Yorkshire's efforts to force the pace met with success, for five men were out for 51. and Barber and Sellers spent three-quarters of an hour scoring
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minutes past 5. for Leicestershire had lost only three wickets, and seemed almost certain to save the match.
occasional googly that he had the
frie analysis of six wickets for just over 12 runs aplece. Berry, Fren- tlee, and Watson made praisewor- It was then that Yorkshire re-thy attempts to prevent Yorkshire's vealed the ability for which they triumph, but the later batsmen falled lamentably before a varled attack. Prentice batted for two
Yorkshire bowled
and
56 before Yorkshire could feel safe. are famous. In another half ar Wood driving powerfully, and "hour bringing off some fine strokes on fielded so successfully that shortly the leg side, made 44, and sent the before 6 o'clock only three more and Graham ball eight times to the boundary. wickets remained. In this way, Yorkshire were able was not expected to go in. Huttor to declare at lunch time. However. does not often come to the fore in their hopes of forcing a win must bowling, but he proved so effective have practically vanished by 20 with his slow leg-breaks and an
LOCAL TENNIS
Hardcourt
Championships
The following is the programme for the hardcourt tennis cham- plonships, organised by the United Services. Recreation Club;-
WEDNESDAY, "SEPTEMBER 1 Wong Fuk Nam and Lul Kwai Fan v. S. A. and 6. 8. Hüssain; A. V. Gosano v. A. Crawford; Ma Nal hours and a half and hit eight 4's. | Kwong and Li Kwal Hung v. A. 1. while Watson played steady cricket | Sullivan and L. Goldman; W. C. until he gave deep squareleg a
Hung v. Capt. Loch; A. V. Remedios catch.. Buch feeble resistance did and J. Gonsales v. G. E. Clarke and the second half of the side offer. C. Burnett; S. A. Rumjahn v. I. that the last five wickets fell for Mahan Singh.
a mere 17 runs.
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FRIDAY, SEPT. 3°
A. V. Gosano and B. T. Gusano V. R. R. Todd and G. E. Divett: S. A. Gray v. A. L. Sullivan: S. A. and H. D. Rumjahn v. Capt. Loch and J. Tomlinson; F H Kwok 7. 8. W. Liang: J. Pengelly and L Agafuroff v. T. K. Leung and J. Hsu; G. Choa v. Wong Fuk Nam.
WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 8.
Maj. McDonald and A. N. Other v. G. Choa and J. W. Leonard; G. E. Clarke v. E. C. Fincher; I. Mahan Singh and Firdos Khan v. Chan Kam Moon and Chan Kam Hung: Lul Kwai Fan v. H. D. Rum- Jahn; Dr. A. M. Rodrigues and H. A. Barros v. W. C. Hu. and Taul Wai Pul; F. H. Kwok and 8. W. Liang Y. FR. Zimmern and A. N. Other.
U.S. BASEBALL.
RESULTS
Cardinals. Again Victorious
New York, Aug. 25. To-day's results in the National League heightened interest in the outcome for the season,' for each of the three leaders, and Pittsburgh as well, has an excellent chance of winning the pennant.
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Chicago, at the top of the table, lost valuable points to New York dropping a grim 11-inning" strug- As both the Mixed and Men's gle, seven to eight, and the second Doubles Leagues are stiil not com- game by two to four. Ripple's pleted. It has been decided to play homer was the Glants Afteenth matches in the Hardcourt Cham- hit, and it won the day in the
plonships on Wednesdays, Thurs-opener. Cubs had four errors in day and Fridays of each week un-this game.
til further notice. The United Ber-
Meanwhile, St. Louis, in third
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Sporting Fixtures
TO-DAY
Bridge-Cheero Club. Duplicate and Contract Bridge, 8 p.m.
Meetings.--Kowloon Chess Club, at St. Andrew's Church Hall, 5.30 p.m.; Hong Kong Rifle Association Connell, in Jacobean Room, Hong Kong Hotel.
Swimming Chun Sing Swim ming Gala at Kennedy Town 7 p.m
Tennis, “D” Division: Army T.G. v. Kowloon Indian T.C.; Chinese RC. v. Indian R.C.; Craigéngower. C.O. v. Civil Service C.C.; .South China AA. v. Club de Recreto; Kowloon C.C. v. Central British Association.
TO-MORROW ›
Baseball-International Series, Hill, 3 p.m... United States v. Portugal (Caroline
Bovis-Fit Division: Police R.C. v. Civil Service C.C., Kowloon
vices Recreation Club has found it position and within striking disc.c. v. Kowloon Dock R.C.; Hong Impossible to secure the services of tance of the Giants and Cubs. Kong, F.O. 7. Club de Recreto: sufficient umpires from amongst its vastly improved Its chances by own members and competitors are, twice hammering Brooklyn. four therefore, requested to arrange for their own umpires.
C.B.A PICNIC
The Central British Association will hold a launch plenie on Satur- day leaving the Police Pier, Kow- loon, at 3.30 p.m.
Philadelphia, York and Gehringer hitting home runs.
Cleveland defeated Boston eight
to.one.
Second Division: Club de Recreio V. Craigengower C.C.; Kowloon CC. v. Police R.O.; Kowloon B.G.C. Y. Taikoo R.C.; Third Division: Kowloon F.C. v. Club de Recreio; Hong Kong Electric R.C. 'v. Royal Hong Kong Yacht Club; Hong Kong F.C. v. Craigengower C.C.
Riding.
Beginners' - Cavalcade (Equine Sports Club), 6 p.m..
Swimming.-Chung Bing Swim- ming Gala at Kennedy Town, 7 p.m.
SUNDAY, AUGUST 29
Bowls-Gutierres International Shield: Portugal v. Switzerland (Kowloon B.G.C. green), 3.30 pm. Riding Advanced Riders' Caval- cade (Equine Sports Club).
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 4 Bowls-First Division: Craigen- gower C.C. v. Police R.C.; Kowloon C.C. v. Kowloon B.G.C.; Kowloon
Civil Service C.C. v. Hong Kong Dock R.C. v. Club de Recreio:
ro; Second Division: Indian R.C. _v.__Kowloon____0.0.; Cralgengower 0.0. v. Club de Recrelo: Police R.C. v. Hong Kong F.C.; Third Division: Club de Recrèlo 'v.. Kowloon F.C.: Kowloon Tong R.C. v. Civil Ber- vice.C.C..
to two and five to two. Brack's homer in the opener falled to stem. the Cardinals' attack.
Pittsburgh blanked Boston, scor-: ing six times and holding Bees to only six hits, Rauer pitching, ・
The Cincinnati Philadelphta Boston won ΣΤΟΠ Cleveland, Bhield: Philippines v. Malaya: double-header was postponed.
seven to two, and Washington | Portugual or Switzerland v. Scot- In the American League, Detroitnosed out St. Louis, seven to six- | land (Oralgengower: C.C..- green,) scored a ten to four win over | Reuter.
8.30 p.m.
New York beat Chicago. ten to five,
SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 5 Bowls. Gitlerres International
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