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RIFLE SHOOTING
THREATENING WEATHER AFFECTS ATTENDANCE
R.N. Staff Enter Final
Of Belilios Shield
THREATENING WEATHER AND THE REACTION from the "Bisley" Meeting affected the attendance at the Spoon and Practice Shoot on Wednesday, only about 70 members turning ont.
The weather cleared up and those that decided to say "Yes" had a pleasant afternoon, although the light was dull and the wind tricky at 600 yards.
.....
The RN. Staff and the Middlesex Regiment contested their round in the Bellilos Shield, the former winning þy 536 points to 486 points thus putting them into the Final.
28 . 26 26 80 Cpl. Maghar Singh 27 29 28 84
C/Sgt. Hale recorded a good 58 Sgt. Pennell so take the Nett Spoon in the S.R. (b) Class while the only Handicap Spoon went to Sgt. Rushman of the RN. Staff.
In the S.R. (a) Class L/Cpl. Langford won the, Nett Spoon with
a very fine 91, the Handicap Spoons going to A.C. Gash, and Sgt. Ogden, both of the R.A.F.
There will be no shooting" on Sunday as the Association have
S.R. (b) Mr. Ford Surg/Lt. Mackle... Pay-Sub-Lt.
“TELESCORE” SPECIAL
13 HOMES
BIRMINGHAM EVERTON PRESTON NE MANCHESTER C. MILLWALL WEDNESDAY WEST BROM' BRIGHTON CRYSTAL PAL. NEWPORT
READING BARNSLEY
OLDHAM
3 DRAWS CARDIFF
Colony Tennis
TSUI JOINS BROTHER IN FINAL
BEATS LEE IN STRAIGHT SETS
ENTRIES FOR JOCKEY CLUB'S FOURTH EXTRA
RACE MEETING
FRIDAY, APRIL 28. 1939.
The following are the entries and weights (one race) for the Hongkong Jockey Club's Fourth Extra. Race Meeting to be held at Happy Valley on Saturday, May 6:
Long Third Stanza and a Quarter Miles.
Features Match
| Entries
H.K. BOWLING ALLEYS
FINALS OF THE EWO LEAGUE
On Wednesday last from 7 pm. 1.--Mount Gough Handicap- Centre Court, Cocklerol, Court- the finals of the Ewo League Bow!- Winner $500, Second $300. Third ing Eve. Double Finesse, Lanca-ing match was played off between $200. For China Fonies. Griffins, shire Chips, Lucky Lad, Snowy the "Competitors" and the "Hong- of this Seasons. Winners of more River, Strathroy. Triumphant Day. Long Wonders." The Cup, won by than $1.250 in stakes, barred. Joc-
the "Competkors" and presented. key Allowance, Entrance $5. One 5.-"Hunchbacks" Plate.-Winner by Mr. Harry Odell, was given by $300. Second $300, Third $200, For the Ewo Brewery, represented by English Cavaller, Forgotten Star, China Ponies, Bubscription Griffins Mr. Kirk. - Galveston Bay, Hectic View, JU- of this Club of this Season. · Win-
A very enjoyable evening was lan, Lovely Star, Pupoose. Peace-ners or $500 or more in stakes, spent as the management went out A long and well-contested third ful View, Rose Emily.
barred. Weight: 10 15. under of their way to make the show a set, which went to 22 games, fes- • Entries.
weight for inches. 2 lb. penalty real success. tured the semi-final singles mätch ..2, or 4.-Mount Davis Handicap. for every $100 or part thereof won A local orchestra from the Fleet in the Colony tennis championships First or Second Section.-Win-in stakes. Jockey Allowance. En-played suitable -tunes. Ewo beer between Tsui Yun-pul and Lee ner $600. Second 1300. Third $200. trance $5. 8ix Furlongs.
was free and tasted good and the Wal-tong on the Stand Court of For China Ponles, "C" Class. Joc- Argon 142 lbs, Ascot Vale 151, 60 people present thoroughly en the Hongkong Cricket Club yester-key Allowance. Entrance $5. From Avalon 145, Black Diamond 142 1oyed themselves. Some fourteen day, won by the former by 6-4. The Two Mile Post Once Round Bogey 145, Bressay 159, Charcoal sat down to supper. 6-2, 12-10.
and In" (About One Mile 171 148, Fairchild 142, Geordie "151. Indoor bowling, a very popular If it were not for this set the Yards).
Gog 151 Green Bay 151, Heddon game in America. Is catching on encounter would have had to be Alligator, Annas Bay, Bistre, 151, Kut Cheung 148, National in the Colony.
The Ewp Cup, cannot be written off as a disappointment, Bright View, Celtic Etar, Forgotten Honour 13 Old Fashioned as, during the first 20 games or so, Star, Galveston Bay. King Kong. Opening Batsman; 151, Pall Mall outright but a shield will be given
much superior to his LONDON, Apr 27 (Reuter)Taul was
Lady Love, Laughing Girl, Lovely 152. Fatriotic Day 151, Rose Day for inscription of the names of the The following matches in the Eng-lopponent, Lee being too inconsis-Star, Marksman. National Pride. 147, Sen Horse 156, Smiling Time winners in each game. 11sh and Scottish Football Leagues tent for any really sustained rallies infarthings, Rose Evelyn, Rose 151, Some Hope 151, Talkative 154,
Jane, Rose-Queen, Scenic. were played yesterday:
View. Thanksgiving Day 150, The Buc-
• IPSWICH
HIBERNIAN
3 AWAYS
HEARTS
QUEEN OSOUTH CELTIC
HOME SOCCER
Hongkong
189 178 185 512
N.V.F.
200 500 600 TII.
30 28 27 85 33 33 32 98
.31 33 29 93
26 30 23 79 24 28 25 77
30 21 51.
Birmingham Bolton
FIRST DIVISION Chelsea'
Bateman S.R. (a) given up this day to the Hongkong Sub-Lt. Morahan.. Volunteers for their annual meet- Cadet Carey ing. It is hoped that the weather Mr. Grenham." will be kind!
Members are reminded that the last Wednesday' Shoot of the season will be next Wed- nesday, May 3, distances 300, 500 and 600 yards.
The Anal shot will be held on Sunday, May 14, when the final stage of HE the Governor's prize will be shot of followed by the presentation of the prizes for the
Bisley" meeting.
The Official prize-list, to-date, is now being printed and will be sent to all' concerned as soon as possible together with a copy of the pro- gramme for Sunday, May 14.
The following are the leading scores, of the Wednesday shoot at Kowloon City Range:-
S.R. (B) CLASS
"
."
Hp 200 500 600 Ttl.) C/Sgt. P. Hale... scr. 32 34 32 DBN S/Lt. J. B. Mackie 33 29 32 94 CP.O. FJ. Davey 2 33 30 31 94 Cpl F. Cole 2 32 32 30 94
Capt. R. T.
"
Guscott... 3 32 33 28 93 Sgt. M. Rushman 3 31 29 32 92 Bgt. R. J. Heap scr. 33 30 29 92 E.R.A. L. G.
..
Keiller
31 30 30 91 Capt. W. Newton 3 30 32 23 85
SE. (A) CLASS L/Cpl Langford scr. 31 3030 91 Mne. E. Croft... 4 28 29 31 88 P.C. J. C. Bwan... scr. 30 29 23 85 LAC, J. Berry... 9 24 28 29 81 A.C. W. Gash... 12 29 24 27 80 Sgt. HL V. J.
Ogden L/Cpl. V. M.
Hammond
13 26 29 24 79%)
2 29 27 23 .79
Spr. P. Canning 12 24 26 27 77 F/Sgt.
F. Tollison.... 6 23 28 24 77 (*)-Denotes winner of the "Nett")
Spoon.
(A)-Denotes winner of the "Han-
dicap" Spoon.
..
NB... Winner of (N) or (H) spoon has his handicap reduced by one point.
RESULTS OF THE BELILIOS SHIELD MATCH 1939
N.R. Range Staff ........ 536 pts. Middlesex Regt.
486 pts.
RN. Range Staff S.R. (b)
Sgt. Heap.... Cpl. Cole ....... Sgt. Rushman S.R. (8) P.O. J. C. Swan... Mne. S. Croft
Capt. Carless
200 500 600 Ttl 33 30 29 92
32 32 30 .94
31 20 32 92
30 29 28 85
28 29 31 88
29 29 27 85
183 178 175 536
200 500 600 Tti.
30 31 28 87
32 34 32 98 31 31 27 89
Middlesex Regiment S.R. (), Lt. Dawson C/Sgt. Hale Sgt. Cooper
SR. (a) B/M Kifford L/Cpl. Langford... Pte. Geary
H.K. Police
HKN.VA...
..
23 8 22 53
31.30 30. 91
27 32 19 68
174 156 156 486
512 pts.
... 483 pts.
(The match had been fired or at
Taikoo Range. on April 2, 1939).
HI Follce
8.B. (b) Bgt. Perkins Bgt. Russell Insp. Hopkins S.R.(E) S/Insp. Ritchie
200 500 500 TEL
32 32
30.94
32 35 27 94",
28 27 30 85.
24-27-24-75
144 182 157 483
*Not present to fire at 200 yds.
0 Preston SECOND DIVISION Manchester C. 1 Shefeld W. Shefeld U. ( BlackburKI **
"THIRD DIVISION (SOUTH) Brighton ◊ Watford Ipswich
Aldershot .. THIRD DIVISION (NORTH) Chester 2 Southpart
RUGBY LEAGUE
LONDON, April 27 (Reuter)-The fellowing matches in the Rugby League were played yesterday:-- SCOTTISH (FIRST DIVISION) Hunslet 23 Batley
5 Hearts
2 Clyde Wigan
SECOND DIVISION Swinton
26 St., Helen's R. 11 14 Bradford
8 King's Park 2 Dumbarton
THIS WEEK'S WINNERS
IN HOME
to be seen.
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22 Entries.
145
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caneer 144, The Mermaid 148, The January 1. 1939, barred. Jockey Spirit of St Louis 147, True Love Allowance. Entrance $5. From 145, Welcome 157; West Lake 148.
The Two Mile Post Once Round 30 Entries
and In (About One Mile 171 6. Charters Towers Handicap.—
Yards).
Aztec, Blandford, Brutus, Centre $200. For Australlan Subscription Winner $600. Second $300, Third Ponies of any Season. Jockey, Al-$200. For Australian Subscription Court, Criffel King's Privilege, Iowance. Entrance $5. One and Ponies, "B" Class.
National Victory. Ranger, Rising A Quarter Miles.
Continued on Back Page
In this final set the laser touch-Soldier of Britain, Soldier" of 1 ed very good form, while Tsui, China. The Tigress, Tyne. 2 particularly towards the end, ap-3.-Brisbane Spring Handicap-
peared to be tiring, and play be-
Winner $750. Second $300. Third I came more even and interesting.
The main thing that emerged from this tie was further, and con- oclusive, proof that the winner 2 possesses incomparably the best backhand of any man playing
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o here to-day. Some of his running drives on that wing. shots that O passed Lee leaving him standing. were worth going a long way to 2 see, and he would occasionally in- troduce variety by putting across a neat half-speed cross-court shot” to that corner where Lee' was not.
If he had one fault with this fine backband of his, it was that he attempted to do too much with it. A passing shot is a passing shot whether it beats the other man by
a fraction of an inch or beats him feet. Sometimes, in trying to
"Telescore" Selects Them For best him by feet one is apt to put
"Daily Press" Readers
The following are the Home football fixtures for the week-end with the probable winners given in capital type.
Each Friday." Telescore" picks the winners for Hongkong followers of this great. winter game, the forecast for to-morrow being as follows:-
F.A. CUP FINAL
WOLVES
BIRMINGHAM BOLTON W. BRENTFORD DERBY C. EVERTON
PRESTON NE Stokt
» SUNDERLAND
COVENTRY FULHAM
Y.
Portsmouth
FIRST DIVISION
*.
V
Leeds United Manchester U. Blackpool
Arsenal Aston Villa Chelsea Chariton A. Huddersfield
DIVISION
Sheffield U. Bury Chesterfeld
Tranmere
Luton T. Plymouth A. Tottenham H.
SECOND
V...
V
MANCHESTER C.
V.
MILLWALL
Newcastle
V
NOTTS F.
V.
SHEFFIELD W.
SOUTHAMPTON
V.
SWANSEA
V.
Bradford
WEST BROM.
Norwich C.
BRIGHTON
Bristol B.
BRISTOL C.
Burnley
THIRD DIVISION (SOUTH)
Cardiff C.
ΟΣΑΡΤΟΝ. Ο. CRYSTAL P. Exeter 0.
Ipswich T. NEWPORT C. READING
TORQUAY U. WATFORD
Aldershot
Mansfield Swindon T. Notts Co. QUEEN'S P.R. Walsall Port Vale Bournemouth Southend Northampton
THIRD DIVISION (NORTH)
Accrington S. BARNSLEY Barrow CARLISLE U. CREWE A DARLINGTON
NEW BRIGHTON
OLDHAM A.
BOUTHFORT
Aberdeen
ALBION R
STOCKPORT C. Lincoln C. Gateshead Rochdale Rotherham U
York City
Chester
Hull City Doncaster R.
SCOTTISH LEAGUE-FIRST DIVISION
Ayr U.
CLYDE
Hamilton Hibernians PARTICK T.
Queen's Park
ST. JOHNSTONE
St Mirren
RANGERS Raith R THIRD LANARK Kilmarnock "
HEARTS
Motherwell Falkirk
QUEEN OF SOUTH Arbroath
CELTIC.
the ball outside. This is exactly what Tsui did a fair number of times.
Lee Wal-tong was steady on both wings, though prone to overdrive on the forehand. His service was unexpectedly weak, as fewer than eight double faults coming from his racket. The chop stroke that be attempted was not a success, taken as a whole--for that matter. helther was Taul's.
THE PLAY
As already indicated, Trul took the first two sets with a lot to spare, and it was not till the third stanza that Lea began to "ofer stout resistance
In this the loser man off to a 2-love lead, then 3-1. 4-2 and had a very good chance of making it 5-2 on Taur's service, but lost the opportunity. He took the next game, however, to lead 5-3, but was pulled back to 6-5.
Thereafter games went with ser- vices till B-8, when Lee broke through, to lead. Tsui returned the compliment; however. The 19th and 20th games were held on service. Taut' maintained his own In the 21st and then came the final break-through by him.
SPORTING FIXTURES
-TO-DAY ATHLETICS.-inter-School Atble- tics, finals, Caroline Hill, 2 pm.
·BADMINTON-Y: M, C. A. Bad- minton, in the West Lounge, 8.30
-p.m.
4
A.
TEKNIS-Open Doubles, 8,
Burijahn and H. D. Rumjahn Y. "Lee Yue-wing and Ho Ka- lau (semi-final)."
LAWN
TO-MORROW
BOWLS-First Division: Kowloon Docks, v. Civil Service C.C, Recreto "A" v. Kowloon B.G.C.; Cralgengower CC, V. Recreio "B" Indian RC. Kowloon C.C. Becond Division: Civil Service C.C., v. Kowloon B.C.C. Taikoo R.C., v. Craigen- gower C.C.; Kowloon Tong v Police RO.; Third Division: Kowloon FC.; Hongkong ̊F.C., v. Kowloon B.G.C.,'. v. Stanley.. Kowloon C.C. v. Recrato; HOLK- kong FC., Kowloon F.C.; Craigengower C.C.. Hongkong Electric,
Winners of $1,250 OT more "In stakes since
The Fanlingerer
bad-tempered, noisy animal that ambles about in the open country growling and grunting.
Can always be found when it is raining in the half-way house, generally hiding behind a glass H. B. BEER.