PAGE_2—HONGKONG DAILY PRESS
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 10. 1940.
In the World of Sports
Eastern Leave For Tour
In Manila: "We Are Confident" - Manager
"We are confident of being able to give a good account of ourselves."
Mr. Tsal Hang manager of the Eastern Athletic Associa-. tion, was all smiles when he addressed these words to a repre- sentative of the Hongkong Daily Press on board an Italian liner yesterday afternoon prior to departure for Manila where East- ern is due to play a series of five matches against represen- tative teams.
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"My men are all fit, and with: the addition of three crack play- very ers from Shanghai, we are confident of success," he added.
Hsu King-sing. captain of the team. sald that his mer were looking forward
food it pitches.
to playing on
"STAR" PLAYERS
Three "star" players from the Lido Club in Shanghai, who have
Hul.
LAI WAH CUP FINAL
SAINTS LOSE IN FRIENDLY
SOCCER
Only seven players turning up at Caroline Hill yesterday afternoon for a Senior League football match, St. Joseph's decided to forfeit two points to South China "B."
H.K. JOCKEY LAWN BOWLS LEAGUE TO
CLUB
CLASSIFICATION
LISTS
Alterations and additions to Classification lists of the Hongkong · Instead a friendly game was Jockey Club, dated March 11, 1940, played the Chinese winhing 2-0 are as follows:- after a goalless first half.
GAME POSTPONED
The First Division encounter be- tween South Chipa "A" and the Club, which was to have been played at Caroline Hill this after-; noon, has been postponed. It is understood that the reason for the
Chinese And Army and Kowloon in the First Division.
Teams Chosen.
The anal of the La Wah Cup
postponemen: is that both teams prefer to play during the week-end when the gates are usually bigger. The match between Kwong Wah
will be played today at Boundary Street, at 5 p.m.
FIRST DIVISION TABLE
P. W. D. L. F. A. Pts.
·AUSTRALIAN PONIES
Ascot Day Many Thanks to "A" Class; Flying Dutchman, Tevot- dale. Triumphant Day to "" Class; Rising Star to "C" Class; A Good Time to "D" Class.
CHINA PONIES. Distinctive Time. Just in Time to Johnber, Donagh to "A" Class:
"B" Class; Chatterbox to "C" Class
meet 3
COMMENCE ON MAY 4
Council Pays Tribute To
Sir Atholl MacGregor
AT A MEETING OF THE HONGKONG LAWN BOWLS ASSOCIATION COUNCIL, held in the offices of Messrs. Gande, Price and Co., Ltd yesterday with Sir Atholl MacGregor, Vice- President, In the chair, it was decided that the League should start on May 4.
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OPEN TENNIS
SINGLES
TSUI WAF - PUN
BEATS LEUNG
The main feature of yesterday's Open Singles Tennis Championship was the måtch between Tsul Wai- pul, holder, and Leung Fing-chiu.
Tsu evidently had the upper- hand but Leung put up a good fight.
OPEN SINGLES Tsui Wai-pul, beat Leung Ping-
The proposal that there,should | Hongkong be an even number of teams in ferred The League, with ten in the First- REVISION OF BYE-LAWS sion and eight in the Third Divi-unanimously elected" to the Sub Division, ten in the Second Divi- Sir Atholl MacGregor was
Was approved. lon.
Kowloon Committee for revising and bring- Cricket Club and Civil Service ing the bye-laws up to date. Mr. Cricket Club will not play in the Chittenden is convenor of the Third Division, but in the Second. I committee, with Mr. B. E. Maug-
The following were elécted to han as the other member..
this year, wäs de-i chiu 6-3, 6-2.
HANDICAP SINGLES
P. Pagh beat G. C. Burnett 5-7. 7-5, 6-4. ̧ ̈
HANDICAP MEXED DOUBLES
Nicholson beat Lt. J. S. Theobald Surg. Lt.-Cdr. C. B. and Mrs.
and Mrs. Churchill 6-2. 5-7, 6-4.
CLUB CHAMPIONSHIP.
D. M. Macdougall beat J. J. Fer- ·
CHAMPIONS TO MEET "REST" Kowloon Cricket Club, senior the Special Competition Commit- It was mentioned by the Hon. League cricket champions, will tee:-The President (Mr. G. S Secretary that the supply of Ait-guson 6-3, 6-3.--
team representative of Archbutt). Hon. Secretary (Mr. R. kenhead spoons had run out. It "The Rest" at KCC on Saturday. Pallips). and Messrs. A. Hyde was decided to secure an original ST. PAUL'S SPORTS The Lay. A. W. Grimmitt, E de Souza model and to see if such could be The St. Paul's College 31st
and V. Chittenden.
made locally if not, to secure Annual Athletic Sports, will take. Election of the Interport com-spoons from Shanghai.
place a: Caroline Hill on Friday cue and A. E. Perry (Civil Service),mittee to look after the arrange- Mr. L A. Gutierrez, in thanking commencing at 1.30 p.m.
with Sir Atholl for accepting the post-prize giving will be at
"Following. wul represent
J. E. Richardson, T. V. N. Fortes-
A. R. Mina and K Nazarin (IR.C.) ments "for
20 13 25 56 29 28
8. China Kowloon Royal Navy Middlesex 18 6 4 Royal Scots 17 5 5 7 28 30 15 Kwong Wah 17 6. 2 9 35 42 14 Police
18 4 5 9 28 42 13 18 5 2 11 25 47,12
18 3 5 36 33 19
Rest."
17 8 2
7 30 36 18
17 7 2
8 33 45' 16
8 45 34 16
Club
come down to play for Eastern will be played on the Hongkongs, China "A" 16 13 2 1 54 19 28 were able to make the trip. They Football Club ground on Sunday, Eastern are N. Z. Lee, T. C. Tsao and Y. Kat 4 p.m., between the Chinese
B and the Army at the conclusion Làu Hing-chol, a former South of which Mrs. Grasett. wife of China player and Tsui Ah-fal. HE Major-General A. E. Grasett, the All-China pivot, are also in-will present" the trophy. cluded in Eastern's selection of The teams are as follows:- players for their Manila tour and Chinese Cheung Wing-chof: with such a strong combination: Lee Kwok-wal Lee Tin-sang: of football talent, they should Soong Ling-sing; Leung Wing- certainly return with flying chiu. Tse Kam-hung: Tang colours.
Kwong-sum, Fung King-cheong. Mr. Sze Po-wel, who accompanies Lee Wal-tong (Capt.), Lai Shiu- the team as hon. secretary, said wing and Ip Pak-wah. that he looked on the tour more as a goodwill mission to foster better understanding and closer friendship between the Chinese and the people of the Philippine Islands.
Mr. Cheung Pak-lung is the hon. treasurer.
Reserves-Tam Kwan-kon. Mak Shiu-hoo. Hau Yung-sang, Lau Chi-chan, Chau Man-chi. Wong King-chung. Chan Tak-fat, Cheuk
Shek-kam......
St. Joseph's 16 4 3 9 28 39 11
Home Soccer Scores
LONDON, Apr. 9 (Reuter)-The following are the results of the Managers-Lam Chung-hou and Home (Regional) football matches Victor Wong.
played yesterday:---
SOUTH C Millwall 3. Portsmouth 4 West Ham 2, Arsenal 1
Army-Duncan; Naysmith, Shee- han; Freshwater, Bright, Wilkin-
The team to play in Manila wilson; Hossack, Gordon. Fox, Flem- be selected from the following players who sailed yesterday:-
Ing and Duffield.
Reserves
-Reynolds
Lau Hin-hon; Kong Bin-keng. Tsang Chung-war, Lo Wat-kuen, Guy, Saw and Martin.
Hsu King-sing (Capt.), Lau Chung-sang, Hau Ching-to, C. T. Tsao, V. K Hui, N. Z. Lee, Cheung Kam-hol, Choong Yung-sum, Lee Tak-kee, Woo Chi-slang, and Tsui Ah-fal.
UNIV, SOCCER TOURNEY
Latest development In Hong- kong University-sports circles la the announcement of Axtures of
SPORTING
Lawton,
FIXTURES
TODAY
FOOTBALL. First Division: Kwong Wah v. Kowloon (Boun- dary Street), 5. p.m. South China "A" V.
the Inter-Faculty Football Tourna-PIFLE ment, which is as follows:-
April, 12-Arts v. Engineering. April 16-Medicals v. Engineer-
Ing.
April 18-Arts v. Medical,
BASKETBALL MATCHES Yesterday evening, at the Uni-i versity Gymbaslun, Ricci Hali smatched victory from May Hall by 36 points to 34, thus becoming runners-up in the 1940 Inter- Rostel Basketball Tournament. ater ten minutes extra time.
RICCI HALL:-M. W. Luk 25. Ku Mao Hatang, G. Karpusheff 7, J. B. Lim 2, Leslie Sung 0, Ho Hung
Sun 2. Total: 38,
MAY HALL ----O. C. Leow 6, K. Y. Mul 14, P. Fok 2. C. C. Chen 5, Y. W. Yeung 4, H. S. LI 3. Total: 34. St. John's Hall gave a walk-over to Ellot Hall, the champions.
ADVERTISEMENT
THE HONG KONG JOCKEY CLUB.
Draft Programmes and Entry Forma for the Fourth Extra Race Meeting to be held on SATURDAY, 20th April, 1940, (weather permitting), may be ob- tained at the Secretary's Office,|| Exchange "Building; the Club House, Happy Valley; the Hong Kong Club the Sports Club; and the Stables, Shan Kwong Road.
Entries close at 12 o'clock NOON on Thursday, 11th April, 1940.
By Order,
C. B. BROWN,
Secretary.
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SCOTTISH (Western) Airdrieonians 1, Hamilton 1
SCOTTISH (Eastern). Dundee 2, Dunfermline 2 King's Park 2. Dundee U, 1
EAST MIDLANDS LUCKY TO DRAW AT RUGGER
The quality of the Rugby - at Mid-
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Club (Caroline Northampton, where East Hill 5 p.m.; Third Division: lands and United Hospitals drew Electric 5th R.A. (St. Joseph's),3-3, was not outstanding, but the 6 p..
game was always interesting. SHOOTING Hongkong East Midlands were lucky to Rifle Association Weekly Spoon draw, because "twice more their Practice Shoot (200, 500 line was crossed without a try & 600 yards), at Kowloon City, being scored, 1.45 pm.
On the Arst occasion C. A. TENNIS. Colony's Champion-Young was brought down on his ships: Open Doubles.-J. Gon- back over the line, while later Salves and A. V. Remedios (8): Babrow crossed the line and gave E. C. Fincher and W. C. Hung & pass that was not taken under C. H. B. Hyde and J. J. Fer-the impression that he had only guson (Stand Court); Club crossed the "25" line. Championship.-R. G. Blesel, Jr.
v. B. C. Fay (7) Handicap Dou-
WORTH A PLACE
bles-N. D. Lloyd and W. R. form of R. T. Campbell, this time A feature of the play was the Lambert, Scr. v. R, C. Beavan in the centre. Campbell can per- and A. K. Mackenzie. -1.6 (2) form with distinction anywhere Handicap Mixed Doubles-B OM. Deane and Miss D Eard-
behind the scrum, and is worth ley or V. R. Gordon and Mrs. Ralph v. Mr. and Mrs. CC Stark, Sci, (3),
TOMORROW
a place in an England XV.
try and H. S. Good replied for the R. L, Hall scored the Hospitals'
Midlands.
In the first meeting between ATHLETICS-Wah Yan, College, two, of the oldest clubs, Rosslyn Annual Athletic Meeting on Park beat the Wasps (12-3), For Kowloon Football Club. Ground, Park W. H. Clement, the Welsh 1 p.m.; St. Joseph's College An- | International, "ran if with two nual Sports, at S.C.A.A. Stadium, tries. H. M. Bowcott, another Welch 1 pm.
cap of an earlier date, was the
TENNIS. - Colony's Champion outstanding figure among the
ship: Open Singles.-8. A. Rum. Waspe backs. Jahn v. J. W. Leonard
(4):
Though without H. O. Edwards
Open Doubles.-Wong Fuk-nam Neath beat Swansea 9-3, and and Lam Kwan or T. C. Monag-
Wooller's goalkicking enabled han and T. J. Gould. J. B. Cardiff, to beat Llanelly 11-9. Gonsalves and A. V. Remedios
Special interest in the Cardiff (Stand Court); Handicap Sin-game was in the play of Cun gles A. H. Barwell, -1.6
Jones. He was not at his best, and B. Nicholson, 3.6 (6): Handicap the Welsh selectors afterwarde Mixed Doubles.-C. "E. R.
chose W. E. Jones, Neath for the Mrs. Hyde v. R. C. Beavan and vacant outside half-back position Miss J. Small, -3.6 (3).
in the Welsh team to play Eng- land,
7. C.
and
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FRIDAY, APRIL 12 TENNIS. Colony's Champion- ship: Open Doubles E C. Fin- cher and W. C. Hung or. "C. H. R. Hyde and J. J. Ferguson T. A. Pearce and B, C. Fay or FH Kwok and 6. W. Liang (Stand Court); Handicap Dou- bles, R. Gordon and H.. J. Armstrong, -15 or R. K. Valen- tine and L. M. 8. Lloyd, -3.6
5.6 |
Lade and G. W. Sewell, or W. G. Harvey and A. H. Barwell, Ser, v. C. D. N. Walker and EL Taverner, Ber. (3); T. C. Monaghan and D. M. Mac- Dougall, -15 v. C..B. Nicholson and G. V. Hobbs, -2.6 (4).
SATURDAY, APRIL 13
v. ND. Lloyd and W. R. Lam- LAWN BOWLS Bowlsters
bert. Ser, or R. V. Beavan and 202 AK, Mackenzie.-16 (2) A
Artillery Company. H.KVDC.
at Government House, 3 pm,
the Interport
Association was grateful and p.m. honoured by lr Atholl's decision.
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appre-
B. L. Gosano and L. G. Gosano Shanghai, which will be played in tion of Vice-President. said the imately 5:30 p.m. and tea at 4.00 (Rectelo). Sgt. Denyer and Sgt. Webb (Army), A. R. H. Esmail (C.C.C.), and W. S. Gegg (Univer- sity).
W. L. Hapley, F. §. Lay. G. C. Bur-His words evoked hearty applause. He said he had never met a finer nett and T. A. Madar, Twelfth Man-B D. Lay.
A photograph of the K.C.C. team will be taken during the tea
Following will represent K.C.C. D. J. N. Anderson (capt.), E. F. Fin- cher, R. E. Lee. N. D. Lloyd, N. A. E. Mackay, D. Hung. A. Zimmern.interval.
Bir Atholl. In reply, said it was group of sportsmen, and men- with the utmost pleasure that hettoned that His Excellency the accepted the position. He woulă | Governor. also 8 keen bowis work for the interests of the As player. was also of the same sociation to the best of his ability, imfnd.
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