CLUB FORWARDS WELL HELD,
ARGYLLS PUT ON FIVE 'GOALS.
NAVY SAVE A POINT,
The Argylls on 'Saturday jumped Anto the lendorhip of the Senior League, having already establish- ed themselves at the head of the Second Diviston. Their advance was the result of a big win against the Club, whose forwards were off colour. The Bordérera dropped a point to the Navy, while the Police notted twice against St.. Joseph's,
The only surprise results were In the junior divisions, where the RAF. ea8ght St. Joseph'a nap-; ping, and the Club stala two points From the R.A.0.C.
The results word:-
Second Division.
THE
THE SHANGHAI CHAMPIONS.
FULL LIST OF SWEEP FIGURES.
Following is the complete list of numbers drawing qualified ponica in the Shanghal Raco Club's Champlons Sweep,
Saarland Firefash
Morn atcraft Buny Beo
HONGKONG TELEGRAPH.
HOME FOOTBALL.
NESULTS OF THE BATURDAY'S MATCHES.
Saturday's Home matchos, АБ cabled by Router reaulted as follows:
First Division. Aston Villa & Blackpool Bolton
01319-78153–Cheinen- 41373 77873 Grimsby 23810 64111 Huddersfield 73762 83816 Leicester 26003 83763 Liverpoo!
Middlesbrough 36985 82520 Newcastle The Golden Eagle 50919 66905 School Boy
66078 09271 Wednesday 49115 68098 03258 35944
The Crafty Bird
Tek Tar
Vecherock
drop
Switzerland White Sands Beautifulland
Jona Boy
West Ham
22833 32207 Bradford 03245 58242 Burnley
28447745 33084
Charlton
36652 60537 Chesterßeld 32048 63854 Manchester U. 2494081612 Notts Forest 61009 30273 72489 Preston N.E. 426 Southampton Stoke
い
06522 4355 38928 60319 03200 23192 36007 52142 26941
0927 24315 Bournemouth
50094 Brighton 78124 Bristol R. 11049 Clapton 0.
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 1931.
BRIGHTER CRICKET.
ENTERPRISING-BATTING IN INTERPORT TRIAL..
of
The fluctuating fortunes football
cricket were again evident on Saturday in the match between tho Interport Possibles and the United Services
Eloven. At one time, the Possibles were in grave danger of defeated, but a ninth wicket being
en Pearce and between
8 Sunderland -2-Deɛby——
& Portsmouth
0 Everton
4 SheMeld U.
4 Blackburn
1
1
1
rship
pulled
the game round, them within eight runs
and pinced them
of their opponents' score, with two
wickets still to fall.
The match on the Hongkong Club ground produced some high scoring,
noon's play was witnessed.
The United Services Relded a vary strong eleren, and ail except va of their batsmen reached doublo figures. LL. Comdr. Shaw gave a very impros- sive display, though he scored only 17 runs. He was particularly aggressivo on the leg side, and, being quick on his feet, was able to pull the bowling. Li. Macfarlan also gave a good account of himaalt, his innings being featured by delightful drives to off side. He hit four boundarica, and in one over from Pereira got two. Moir began very shakily, but after lunch
3 Manchester C.
3
8 Arsenal
2
6 Birmingham
1 West Brom.
5
and on the whole an interesting after-
Second Division.
1 Bradford C.
0
1 Plymouth
2 Port Vale
1
1 Notia County
2 Lerds
1 Barnsley
2
1 Bristol C
1
1 Oldham
Senior Division.
Qub
0 Argyll
Royal Hussar litis
3 Hury
2
10126 Wolven
Tottenham
6 Swansea
5 Millwall
0
*Dorderosa
3 Navy
3
Tanter
Police
2
St. Joseph's
#
Field Plane
Third Division (South).
Lysander
3 Cardif
0
Fentand
VISAG
2 Falham
3
Argylls
2 Kowloon
1
Michigan
And in
18813
6 Gillingham
2
12th BLY.
0 Navy
I
07634
2 Exeter
Borderers
University
Star
41322
4 Northampton
0
Jupiter
4 Southend
1
R1201
7 Thames
All Baba
13854
18215
Thied Division.
Queen's P.R.
3 Lolon
1
Thistledown
01643
77266
Swindon
1 Brentford
1
til, Joseph's
Radio 9.C.
1 R.A.2.
'Borderer
3
Windmill Plane
22195
31837
31801 Torquay
3 Coventry
Dan
Lena
26548 4
00664 31896
64118 Watford
3 Reading
2
52881 70670)
Third Division (North).
01763
46732 Accrington
4 Darlington
9
11266
36540
A85G Carlisle 46519
4 Waball
0
Crewe
3 Gateshead
b
0 Barrow
Lime
Jolly Comedian
24001
24061 67262
3 New Brighton
dons
Ohse
56264
1 Hartlepools
2
G6204
1 Hull
0
35584
27350
28970
66430. York
41298 Wrexham
43036 Tranmere
2 Chenler
2
2 Hax
3
1 Lincoln
1
45766 53640
Club
1 R.A.O.C.
CLUB RIDDLED.
Argit Forwards in Shooting Form.
The Argylle gave an impressive:
first Display-for
score
Fols nut
The
ALBOR.
The exaggerate their all-round superiority. A lively attack, the
nembers of which almost karinbly took the short route for goal, was well supported by half-
neks who assumed a firm grip on the game early on and declinet to relax. The Club forwards shaped poorly, their ineptitude throwing great strain upon the defence which, despite the score, emerged with credit.
The fallurs of the Club is not cult to explain. The Argylls Howe the compliment of a Paid the fog robust and lightning
tackling would have been sufficient to destroy the Centre-forward's clency even if he had been getting good pansen, With which he certainly was not. Howe well checked, the whole of the Club attack was thrown out of gear and only an occasional in-
burst promised dividual mitigate the defeat.
to
Skinner. Begalon and Railton fought aplendidly in an effort to stem the tide, and S. Strange was the best back on the field, taking into account the hoary respon- albility thrust upon his shoulders. Unfortunately, white-his partner, Baldwin shaped well in many respects, his positioning was poor, And it was through him that the Argylls Tould the widest loopholes.
Wylle and Hughes obtained ex- cellent goals prior to the Interval, and Wyllo (2) and McTavish uetted in the second half. The Argylis also obtained a brilliant six goal, through McTavish, but they wore robbed when the referee blow his whistle for time ap proximately one-tenth of a second before the ball entered the net.
The Other Games, The Borderers played splendid Cootball against the Navy and
stablished a lead of three goals to one. They paid the penalty for
4 tendency to slack off in the clos-
tng stages during which the Navy got through twice and forced draw.
Tho Police
mach were
B
the
superior side in Happy Valley here they defeated St. Joseph's
Antrim
Boot
Black
Pink Ticket
Comradeship F'into
Bonnie Lnd
Jolly Lindy
Whitehall
Glen App
L'Amour
Novelist (1
41817 Crystal Pal
1 Mansfield 4334
Norwich
29×78 62186 Doncaster
Rochdale
2420 Rotherham
Southport
14773 5894: Powhatan Club,
Scottish League (First Division). Airdrie. "Celtic
The Powhatan Club draw on the Shanghai Champions resultest Cowdenbeath as follows:
Jack Tar Vecherock Spoedway
Sands
Rajah Whonteroft Jons Bay.. Saarland Royal
Hussar
Hunter Fireflash
Field Plane
Lysander Fenland Michigan Morry Jest Holly Star Busy Bee Hazy Marn
Jupiter
-Ali Baba
Thistledown
Dundee U. Hamilton 189-1 2672 Hearta
*Kilmarnock 5578 Morlan 16471 Partick
4349. Queen's Park
2 Dundee
- St. Marek
2
1 Ayr
2 Falkirk
4 Aberdeen
1
2 Third Lanath
9 Leith
- Motherwell
2 Clyde
- Hangers
Scottish League (Second
35369, Postpaned.
15291
092
9191
2404
2267 Alloa
8/24 Do'ness
1405
Brechla
19658
Dumbarton
East Fifo
10027 East Stirling
19174 Forfar
Division).
8 Edinburgh
3 King's Park
3 Dunfermline
Hibernians
4 Abreath
he executed some good strokes, one off Pereira past paint being a beauty. He wan out to a good throw-in by Sayer from cover. Anstruther atuck to his guns and was undefeated with 23 to his credit, which included four boundaries.
After losing Fincher early on, 0.
G. Simpact, partnered by Masson, of clean gave a sparkling display hitting for the Possibles, pulling and driving with a precision which marked kim as a Arst claan bat He was un- fortunate to be dismissed one short of the half-century mark. fusson played an innings which was antypical of him, and paid for hin cautiousness. Anderson batted Rteadily for his 21 runs, and had the bad luck to be given 1.b.w. Mirehouse. Eight
to
wickets were down for 121 runs, and It looked all over for the Possiblos, but Pearce, who went in late, and The Pereira, pulled the game round.
latter lifted Mirehouse for a beautiful six on to the road near the functior with Garden Road,
Nine Selected.
After the match the names of nine 3 players who have been selected to represent Hongkong against Shang- hai were officially announced. They are T. E. Pearce (H.K.C.C.), M. Owen Hughes (II.K.C.C.), A. C. I. Bowker (U.K.C.C.), F. D. Pereira (1.R.C.), A. C. Hamilton (S.W.B.), A. Reid (IL.K.C.C.), O. G. Simpson (H.K.C.C.), E. C. Fincher (K.C.C.) and J. E. Richardson (C.S.C.C.),
2
2
1
1
6 Armadale
1
2 Raith Rovera
1
Queen O' 8th.
* Albion
2 St. Johnstone
2
10
18479 St. Bernards
6377
4747
АНАВ
12212
Sten'muir
3 Montrov Inter-League.
12969 Scottish League 4 English League 3
11830
10745
8989
6371
15281
4573
Windmill Plane
1302
10676
Dan Leno Antrim Boot Black Pink Ticket School Boy The Crafty Bird Comradeahip Pinte Bonnie Lad The Golden Eagle Jelly Comedian
Olise....
lat Qualifying Pony 2nd Qualifying Pony 3rd Qualifying Pony The Field
GOLE
RINGING DOWN THE CURTAIN.
CRAIGENGOWER WIN THE SPEY ROYAL CUP.
9523
The knights of the biased woods 6215 0908 rung down the curtain on the 1931 de Lawn Bowls season on Saturday, 9168 12720 when, on the Kowloon Cricket Club groen, the final of the Spey Royal 4451 | Cup, and the match between C. 14764 1070 West and N. Drummond, to determine 7768 the third and fourth places in the 4225 | Open Singles Championship, were 16400 played.
8052
Gralgengower and Kowloon Dock 18525 were the finalists in the Spey Royal 12422 competition, and the Happy Valley team walked away with the match. 8981
winning by 31 shota to 21. 2380
the STARS Play it
ROLAND MACKENZIE
SHOT WITH
by two clear goals. A goal came PLAYS A PITCH from Pilo in the first minute. Moss adding before the interval. In the decond half, St. Joseph'e packed their goal, which did not again
aurrondor,
CAPTAIN'S CUP.
HONGKONG GOLF CLUB COMPETITION.
•Qualifying rouïda for the Cap. by tain's Cup were played off members of the Hongkong Golf Club during the Week-end on both the Old and New Courses,
There wore 52 entries on the Old Course, and C.W.F. Booker quali ded with a score of 78—6—12.
Other scores were:..
WAM. Buyck 86-11-74.
R. H. Dowler 90-16-74.
.... E.B.Devitt 801475.
Gdes Woelix 87-11=76.
AN OPEN STANCE, THE
BALL IN A POSITION
OFF
THE RIGHT
FOOT
✔ NEA
LOVE OF FLIGHT
The winners played brilliant bowls and led by U. Omar, the singles cham- pion, who gave a ne exhibition, quickly established a big lend which the Dock found impossible to reduce. E. Arquil gave his skip excellent support, though little wrong could be, found with any of the Cralgengowor
ton
Kowloon Dock fought tenaciously, Frod Cullen In particular revealing much skill, but the players took a long time to settle down, and by the time they did, It was too late.
A good fast green gave assistanco to the players, and the concluding heads were featured by some very clever bowling on both sides.
On the second head, Craigengower obtained five, while on the 18th, the Peninsula team had a aix, This, however, was quickly offset by the winners, who took similar toll on the next head, to increase their lead to 15 shots. The Dock captured the last two heads with a total of five shots, Oullen getting in a magnificent drive with his second wood on the 21st hond, to carry the jack into the ditch and to give his team three.
In the singles match, played on the adjolning green, N. Drummond made a fine recovery to beat J. C. Wort 21-14, West shot forward to an early lead, and at the eleventh was leading by five.
Thereafter, Drummond came into How does one execute a pitch is own, and bowling with great ac shot with backspin?
curacy, overhauled his opponent with two's and three's, and eventually won with ease.
HOCKEY.
The names of the two remaining players will be announced on Wednes- day, when most probably there will
bo another match. At present there
are four names which suggest then- selves. These ATC A. H. Musson (R.A.), D. J. N. Anderson (U), R. H. Griffiths (C.S.C.C.) and Capt. Mire- house (Gloucester' regiment).
LEAGUE MATCHES.
Junior Champions Defeat
Borderers,
Playing on the home ground, the Indian Recreation Club defeated the South Wales Borderers by 76 runa,
Mudar and Barma gave the Indians in good start by pafting up 82 runs for the first wicket Madar was the first to leave, being caught and bowled by Hoskin. Barma's careful innings came to an end when he had scored two runs over Madar's score. Thie partnership lent encouragement the side, and the following batamen took full toll of the bowling before the Innings was declared closed.
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Tunk for seven GOLF CHAMPIONSHIP.
123 replied with wickets. A. Prata (26), M. Pinna (11) and A. P. Pereira (20) were the
scorers,
F.S.W. Smith's Century.
FIRST ROUND ́OF KOWLOON TOURNAMENT.
The first round of the
Kowloon
On the Kowloon C.C. ground, the second XI of the K.C.C. defeated toam captained by Mr.-N. A. EGolf Club Championship -- was · Tun Mackay by 70 runs. The home team cluded at Kowloon City yesterday, the zan up the total of 176 runs for eight complete results being as follows: vickois, F. S. W. Smith getting a
SUGAR MARKET.
THE LATEST CABLED QUOTATIONS.
The following cable at the close of the sugar-market-on-Saturday has been received by Messrs. Pen- treatth and Co.
London Terminals. March 1932 6/7 no change. May 1932 6/9 down 1⁄4d. August 1932 6/11 up d. December 1931 6/4 no change. Buyers at above prices, sellers asking d.-%d. more.
Erilliant century, hie score being 1001 Dr. J. E. II. Cogan beat H. Overy not out. Mr. Mackay's eleven could 7 up and 5 to play; W. Taylor beat only total 09 runs against the bowling G. Reld 4 and 3; E. D. da Roza beat of Skinner (three far 17) and Geo. A. A. Lopes one up: J. McKelvie beat Lee (live for 22), F. R. Zimmern D. C. Wilson one up: F. E. Remedios scored 29 runs and E. F. Fincher 20.
best A. A. Dand and G; A. T. Braley boat W. Hyde 4 and 2; G. Rus McGowan Scores A Century, soll beat P. W. Planner on the On the home ground, the Police 19th green; J. D. Thomson (holder) second eleven were defeated by the beat H. Hampton 2 and 1. Civil Servants by 91 runs. The Civili
The second round will be played off Servants declared their innings closed Mat 216 runs for four wickets. J. F. next Sunday.
McGowan scored 103 runs, W. T. Davies (20), 9. Randlo (28) and A. E. Wood (30). The Police totalled 124 The Navy totalled 155 runs, towards which F. E. Booker principal scorers being Insp. Comdr. contributed 20 and F. Minty 21. Booth (40), Mid, Shipman Whinney The Hongkong Rugby Football G, Robertson returned the analyals | (24) and Lt. Comdr. Clover (26), The Club was engaged in a game with a
and Lt.
The military side could do nothing against some stoady bowling, were all dismissed for 88 runs, Tyler was the only batsman to face the bowling with any confidence.
it. Abbas did well, with the ball to capture three wickets for only five
runs.
Col. Skinner's Splendid Innings.
At Sookunpoo the Hongkong Club gained a good victory over the Royal Engineer and Signals by four wickets.
Col, Skinner played a gallant in- nings for the military side hitting all round the wicket, but be received no support from the other batsmen
The Club passed their total with four wickets still in hand. C. E. Gabagan (40) and A. J. Wolff (82) were the principal contributors. Wi
lams took four wickets for 37 runa.
FRIENDLY MATCHES.
L.R.C. Defeat Civil Service In Low-scoring Game.
In low scoring game the Indlan 1st XI defeated the Civil Service eloven by atven runs on Happy Valley ground. The Indians, totalled 83 runs and declared for eight wickets, The Civil Servants, however, found A. R. Minu in deadly form with the bull and worn all dismissed for 70 runs. Minu returned the analysis of six wickets for 81 runs.
R.A. Dismissed for 25 Runs. The University seconds got the B.A. out for the lowest total this season, when the two sides met at Pokfulam To put backapin' on a ball, it is
yesterday. The University put up the tali score of 195 runs for nine wickets necessary that the ball be hit a
L. T. Ride (68 retired), E. L. Goanno crisp downward blow, taking turf
(51), A. A. Arix (27) and P. M. N. after the ball has been sent on
Tho 'da Silva (18) were the scorers, Its way
Play the ball a little
The following will reresent the Royal Artillery were all dianiseed Over the New Course, A. 1. C. more off the right foot. For this
for 25 runs, by Gosano (4 for 6) and Incognitos' In a friendly match vs. Bowker, with a score of 82-8-74, shot Roland Mackenzie
Hutrong with slightly more open stance with the the Radio Sports Club on Tuesday, Nomanbhoy (5 for 19) Lt. Christian 18-74, tled for first place and hacle just a few inches apart. He 10th November, 1931 at Caroline scored 10 runs of this total. mówill play off another round. pivots very little and koops his Hill Ground at 6.10-A, P. Eca da Cralgengower Draw with Recreio, At Happey Valley, the Club de handey close to the bodyART Silva; A. M. Rodrigues, F. Bilva; Roczele drew with the Craigongower N., Beltrao, W. Reed, R. Sliv#= c.C. Gralgengower totalled 188 runs There wore 15 esteles on this | KEENE, course, and the next best score re. Monday:—What is the proper Netto: F. Remedios, O. E. Barros, for six, wickets, towards -which- W LUTEGO WREASE, Alisonian who position of the club at the top of B. V. Rasd, R. C. Reed und A; J; dé---Reed contributed 61, E. Barry 45 und Bind 79---3-
'he backswing in 'wood play? »
{G}AWIWAN: 33,UTES, Club de Recreio
and
VACA
of four wickets for 18 runin. ·
Craigengower-Navy Draw.
On the Navy ground, the Crafgen gowor C.C. drew with the Royal Navy.
rans, the
Now York Terminals. March 1932 1.31 up 5 pts. May 1932 135 up 6 pts..... July 1932 1.40 up 5 pts.. September 1932 1:44 up 4 pta. December 1931 1.88 up 4 pts.
C.C.C. replied with 122 runs for five Royal Navy fifteen at Happy Valley wickets. R. C. Reed (24), H. P. Lim on Saturday afternoon, and emerged (37) and N. B. Kitchell (21) being winners by 11 points (a goal, penalty goal and try) to three points' (a try). the scorers.
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