THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. MONDAY, MARCH 6, 1933.
UNDERHAND WAY OF FORMING HOCKEY ASSOCIATION
FEATURES OF WEEK-END FOOTBALL:
ARTILLERY OUT
OF PICTURE
DESERVEDLY LOSE TO LINCOLNS
(By “VERITAS”)
If a stranger had stepped into the Kowloon Football Club en-
closure on Saturday and had been told that the opponents to the Lincolns were potential league champions, he would probably had smiled tolerantly and suggested that his in former go and tell it to the marines.
Shield.
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Saturday's KOWLOON NEED
Shorts
OUT of a programme of seven Shield
two
matchen on Saturday, only reaults could be written down qualifying for the "surprise" class. They were the Navy's second string win over the Athletic and the defeat of the Linceins by the Air Force.
DAVIES, who was responsible for
the goal which robbed South China! of two leagao points a week ago, again came into the limelight against the Club, when he beat the Civilians defence three times. The Borderers
passed into the semi-final of the Shield by 5 goals to one and they were just about 6 to 1 batter than the Club,
FORWARDS
S. CHINA TRIBLE LUCKY
(By Wanderer"') One Kowloon forward with initiative and enterprise would have made * world of difference in the Shield tie at Caroline Hill, `where› South China passed into the semi-final
WRESTLING-Thess
plctures
sbow incidenta in the two wrestling Zabisko and Fazel Duals, which bouts between Tidger Duals and took place at the K.F.C. yesterday.
(Photos: Ming Yuen).
by virtue of two very soft Australian's
goals. Right from the kick- off they swept through, Bliss's clearing kick was luckily block-
Bowling
ed and Leung Tat-wing beat Achievement
Cook from close range with a hard drive.
Near the interval, Walker headed
» WALL TAKES
Tim Wall, famous Australian
WE goal which gave the Navy fur-- Even we, who not only knew the
ther interest in the junior com- lengus record of the Royal Artillery, petition was one of the prettiest but their common faults and weak-pieces of individualiam I have seen! nesses, found it hard to appreciate.this season, and it goes to the credit; Very rarely did they play lika cham- of Rawson. This clever centrefora corner kick through his own goal pions, and never once did they appear war, with only two minutes of the when Cook had the ball well cover- ALL TEN WICKETS capable of beating the Lincolns in extra time to go, secured about 30 fed. this second round tie of the Senior ved
yards from goal, beat two opponents, Apart from these two errem. swerved round an Athletic defender Kowloon's defenders played magni- The Gunners played strenuously, and shed with a glorious "daisy ficently. South China's crack right
cutter which had Lui Kam-ming but not cleverly. They probably beaten from the time it left the navy Wing, Cheng Sui-hong and Wong Mei-shun were bottled up, Fung had a dozen goal scoring opportuni- man's foot. ties, but not once appeared capable
King-cheong could make little head- of turning them to advantage. More than holding their own in THE RA.F. yesterday demonstrated way through the centre, while that their brilliant achievement Goulthie, a newcomer, and Bliss middeld, they petered out sadly
against the Lincolns. the previous day had the left wing under control. - a dozen yards from goal.
was no flash in the pan. They hadi clear cut win over the Sappers and ganered a couple of merited league points.
Mpare tried some super-footwork which ended in complete failure; Gough positioned himself badly; Bryant lost all his old time. skill in scheming and didn't get one good shot in; Sent was semi-starved, but did At least despatch the ball across to the middle, whereas Worthington, deputising for Wood, was obviously out of his class of football
PATCHY HALVES.
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DEFEREE Baldwin evidently found
demon-
HOPELESS ATTACK,
With Kowloon's attack hopeless, South China's de fenders were also definitely on top and a truer reflection of the game, might have been a goalless draw,
the exciting atmosphere of the R.A.-Lincolns Shield game, created nrgely by the vociferqua
South China's team-work was, strations by the partisans a little of course, immeasurably more con- Irvine. Five mintes before the close vincing than that of Kowloon and be stopped the gante and anoke severe- ly to a section of the Artillery sun-except for one period, the first porters in the stand, though what he fifteen minutes of the second half, ected to was rather incomprehen- they did the bulk of the attacking, without at any time appearing
ible.
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The half backs were patchy: "quite sound in defence yet showing little ideas of constructive football. Even his ball dia- Pardoe was inaccurate tribution. Colller put in a wonderfulTHE remarks in the main were the
Lang] type of banter which
nn amount of work, and Harris held Baldry fairly comfortably, but could oficial pats from an excited crowd. One could somewhat sympathise with do little else.
essentially a half-back, him for he handled he game extra and not Walker. Allen was as usual in the nine it and giving the offenders thick of things, but one could see ring down like that he had one eye on his partner Leat ho should slip up, which possibility was never far removed.
really dangerous.
Kowloon's hopes rose in the early stages of the second half when a
high wind sided them in keeping South China penned up in their own goal area. Nelems and Bickford
"Rodgers factory substitute for dinarily well, but I felt that be glo were presented with good scoring!
n
A
magistrate chances on half a dozen occasions, Lelling off a youngester for playing but there wasn't a good shot in the football in the street, tended to make Kowloon locker. a mountain out of a molchill.
McKelvie was playing his last game, at least for this season, for Kowloon and gave one of his finest displays.
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Combey was the soundest player JUST an indication how the in the Artillery eleven, and three elimination process of the shield times brought off spectacular clear-es levels un the competitors. ances, and only the fact that Allen The first round on February 11, sovan ran into his line of vision prevented mes were played and 29 gonis him from getting away the shot red. On Saturday the same num which ultimately lod to the winning goal.
LIVELY TRIO.
The Lincolns were not vastly super- ior to the losers, but their forwards were always the more dangerous.
her of matches produced only 19 real. The biggest score wra the Renderers' five ngainut the Club, and his game resulted in the highest l'aggregate-six goala.
Harding Mulpas and Ridley formed a standing in his anticipation. He often lively trio, and although neither an yards out of goal, yet never once
"nor Locquard touched heights was he at fault in his judgment.
Balliance, they were very efficient į
of
and wasted very few pass.
Dudley
played
The winning goal, scored shortly. after the start of the second half was splendid at right the result of a good movement, yet
rific Was a
lucky.
half, whilst Cork and Bett were but in its finality from Locquard and.
slightly inferior. The intermediates Malpas
were seldom at a loss in dealing with shot across the goal. Allen ran in
fast bowler, has "joned the select ranks of trundlers who have taken all ten wickets in a single innings in first class cricket.
He accomplished the fent playing for South Australia against New South Wales in a Sheffield Shield match at Sydney last month.
-N.S.W. were dismissed in their first innings for 113, Wall taking 10 for
36,
PREVIOUS INCIDENTS. Wisdens record only four other Australians to perform, this achieve- ment. They are:
G... Giffen (Aust, XI. v Rest of Aust) at Sydney in 1883.
W. P. Howell (Aus!, y Surrey) at Oval in 1899.
A. A. Mailey (Aust. Glau- eester) at Cheltenham in 1921.
STRONG VIEW EXPRESSED ON NEW PROJECT
"
MR. O. E. WHITE FAVOURS SCHEME BUT DEPLORES METHOD
FORMATION OF BODY WILL RESULT IN INTERPORT MATCHES
THE exclusive announcement in the Telegraph last Friday thhat a movement was on foot to form a central body to control all hockey in Hongkong has aroused tremendous interest.
MR
TN most quarters the idea is regarded favourably, and Mr. J. E. Potter, Hon. Secretary of the Hong- kong Hockey Club, the senior club in the Colony, hails the project with enthusiasm claiming that it will have a very good effect on the game and is in many ways necessary.
R. O. England White, Chairman of the Mamak Tourna- ment committee, whilst agreeing with the scheme, deplores the underhand way in which its promoters have gone about effecting it.
Mr. J. E. Potter in an interview) regarding the project said: "I think? it will have a very good effect upon hockey and is in many ways necessary.
"I don't quite know what scope it will have, but since the Army and Navy are already members of the English Hockey Association they can- not be fail members of any Assocla- tion which we form in Hongkong, but only affiliated to it.
"If an Association such as is con- templated materialises in Hongkong it will be constituted mainly by the civilians clubs.
́ ́ INTERPORT HOCKEY.
He had already received a letter! from Singapore, requesting tha should an association be formed in Hongkong, that steps be taken to up Interport hockey with Singapore.
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MR. WHITE'S VIEWS,
"I would like to see an associat- ion formed, but formed on the ground on which the Mamak Tournament is at present run, with
the the whole support of Army and Navy,
"Such an association should have been formed last year, and I can se
Mr. O. England White, Chairman of so reason why it should not be formed
the Mamak Committee said:
the
at the end of this season to control hockey. in the Colony sext year.
NO ASSISTANCE.
"I think this has been done in a very underhand way. We are running A tournament in the Colony which consitituten
Mr. White added that he was bring." principal competition, yet we haveing the matter before the executive received no oficial information of committee of the Mamak Tournament thia..
on Tuesday. proposed formation of governing body. "Commander Lee's attitude in re gard to the Mamak Tournament is not to the benefit of the tournament He had already slacked off interest in
"Interport hockey la very much overdue, and the formation of an Association would afford opportuni» ties of fixing interport matches. "We shall probably get queries, from the smaller cluba as to what they are the competition when he quoted Rule
He said that he had never been ask-- hand the Mamak Committee had re ed to give his viewa, bat on the other eeived very littic assistance in running their tournament."
going to get out of such an Assocs-16 which prevented us from running offered their assistance once, but that
C. V. Grimmett (Aust, v Yorks), but I think it would would a tournament for a trophy.
at Shefteld in 1930.
There are 44 such incidents noted
by Wisden, the first being in 1845 and the last in 1931.
benefit them."
Referring to the Mamak com petition,, Mr. Potter sald the Mamak' Committee would run their
tournament.
DWA
"TIGER" DUALA AND JOHNSON WIN
THE GENTLE ART
OF WRESTLING
1,G.P; STOPS THE "ROUGH STUFF"
the clcea passing of the. Gunners, front of Combey, who, however dived NEW CHALLENGE
Turner and Ash covered one as- and diverted the ball, but Baldry other well and were scarcely ever rushed up an shot through a crowd
in difficulties, whilst Heath was out of players.
UNIVERSITY IN FORM
I.R.C. HEAD SENIOR LEAGUE TABLE
Details of Week-End Cricket
The University make a capital re- turn to form against the Army on Saturday, following their defeat by the Hongkong Cricket Club the pro vious week, and still remain chief challengers to the LR.C.
denotes not out
Bowling
Walls (RE.) v University., 7 for 18 Pereira (LR.C.) v C.C.C... 5 for 10 Burnett (Navy) v Borderers. 5 for 18 Minu (LRC) v C. C. C. ... 5 for 18 Guterers (Recreio) v K.C.C. 5 for 33 Lyal (K.C.C.) v Recreio, 5 for 40 Bourbutts (C.CC.) v 1.R.C. 5 for 33 Garthwaite (Army) v Vaz-:
Bity.
5 for 48
R.KO.C.
LEAGUE TABLE,
League '1,
Capt. Williams played a lone part Indian R. C. when ho scored 70 out of 143, whereas Kowloon C.C. all of the Varsity batsmen contributed University something useful even
After their prolific scoring against
P. W. D. L. Pts. 7 5 0 2 -15 6. 5 0 1 15 5.3 2 0 11 540 1
Craigengewer CC 22
Army
Navy
9.1
the K.C.C. a week ago, the Craigengo Civil Service C.C..8 0.
wer had a very different experience against the charopigns, being dismiss-
od by Pereira and Minu for 37 run,
Pereira's analysis read:...
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10.1
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Wkis
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League 11.
Kowloon C.C.
P. W. D. L Pts. 0 G
18 650 8 6 1 2
1
20
30
18
J
10
10 Indian RC
Hong Kong C.C. 20 The Happy Valley club's second Craigengower C.C.
Police LL.C.
string took revenge for tid by Police R.C. curing three points from the 1.R.C. topping the Indians 130 by eight Club de Recreio...10 3 runs for the loss of, 7 wickets, - NAYY
LEADING PERFORMANCES.
(By "Headlock")
The thousands who paid for admission to the Kowloon Football Club grounds yesterday after- noon to see Catch-as- catch-can wrestling must have come away in a disappointed frame of mind.
There was no biting, kicking or gorging; no one 'went berserk and assaulted", the referce, and the wrestlers did not stamp on each othera 'toes. In short, no one wan butchered for the sake of a Roman holiday.
party..
Minor illegalities there were, to be sure. "But they were nice, quiet legalities which wint unnoticed. Tor Johnson was the bad boy of the The huge Swede, who beat Mighty Fazel by a single fall, found that spine-knuckling was an easy way of breaking difficult holds. He spent a lot of time too, in playfully plucking the hairs from Fazel's chest.
·PLAYFUL CROWD,..
The Indian prelim boys were more
16 than half an hour an hour late in entering the ring. The crowd, was
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in a playful mood and barracked heartily The whistling and stamping
affed when one of the contestants
10
Viversity
10
Batting
BB and B J & R.AS.C.
alty P.O,P,
76
E.C. Fincher (K.CC.) v. Univer».
entered the ring but when his, opponent, failed to appear, a volca from the stand called "Give us a step) dance, Gandhi"
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At the last they got going but there was nothing even faintly interesting in the encounter.
A 8 1 0. RA. have withdraw from the Capt. Williams (Army) Varsity. 10 league and points for the one match S.V. Gittens (Varsity P. & P.) against the K.C.C. have been deducted,
K.O.C
E.F. Fincher (K.CC) ♥
BL
R & P E.C.C
Gonazio (Varsity
Wa Beed (0.00) x IRG AR. Abbas (LR,C,) = CC Carey (Pollen) Navy.
$1.
Tor Johnson, who has chalitzged Tiger Duala,
"The Hongkong Hockey Club have.
was in a very half hearted manner."
INJURED CASSUMBHOY
TO PLAY TO-DAY
Iu Tak Cheuk Refuses to
Postpone Tennis Tie
MANY CHAMPIONSHIP ATTRACTIONS
FOR THIS WEEK.
(By "Veritas")
With the concluding stages of both the open singles and doubles cham- pionships reached, the programme this week offers exceptional attrac- tion and variety."
Thursday and Friday will son the singles semi-finals concluded, and by the end of the week,the · Inst four places in the doubles will be occupied.
Athough J. A. Cassumbhoy has a badly injured hand, caused by utting in with a knife, he is to play Iu. Tak-cheuk in their third round singles tie this afternoon.
Cassumbhoy applied for a postponement, which the, com® milice granted, but Iu Tak- cheuk insists that the game be played to-day according to original schedule, and the I. R. C., player has consented in spite of his disability.
PACKER AND SHAW. &
CASSUMBHOY.
Although Ng Sze-kwong and the Rumjahns have between them held the tennis titles more years than any body elne in the Colony they have nover before met in the doubles. S. A. Rumjahn
Chief interest in this afternoon's singing in 1931, when he beat the old programme, therefore, is the further Chinese champion in the fourth round appearance of Commanders Packer and entered the semi-final. and Shaw in the open doubles. They In view of this, and the fact that meet D. Hazel and W. E. Williams Taui Wainui, is playing with Ng, to for right of entry into the semi-final-morrow's clash In the doubles between The outcome of the game appeara a the Chinese and the cousins holda foregone conclusion. Packer and special interest. Shaw are playing excellent tennis, and are much more balanced than Hazell and Williams.
Packer's superb driving has been a
who rose from his ringside stat Daula the Arst fall: As Zebisko rose told the referee and wrestlers that from the mat, Daula threw him with feature of his partnership with Shaw, rough-house tactics were definitely a Sying headlock Five times Zebisko and his colleague has given admira- barred!
shot over the Indian's shoulders and ble support with quiet, but clover net finally, with the breath knocked from work. his body, he was pinned with a body press.he deriny
With the advantage of the first
ADAULA GETS TO WORK.
They got quickly to work, Donla
Tiger Daula and Duke Zebleko were opening, his attack with a wristlock fall, Danlar went all out for a.win. At the annual athletic meeting of warmly greeted by the impatient which bore Zemiske to the mat. Thle There were some hectic moments and 62, the Yine Wah College on Saturday, a crowd.
relay race of four runners, open to
was the Tiger's favourite opening then. Zebisko went crashing from s The first hint that wild wrestling move
body slam. He was pinned instantly would not be the order of the day. It took 20 minutes of wristlocks by the agile Daula and the match WES came when the Inspector General of and arm bars, splits and hatches, over,. Police, the Hon. Mr. E. D, C. Wolfe headlocks and body scissors to bring." (Continued on Page 9.)
52 schools of the Colony, each member 52 to run 200 meters, was won by St.
47 Joseph's College, with La Salle College 42 a close second..
Birdar, told me "after" Friday's exhibitions with the Japanese' that the experience was so valuable that' he feels he and HD will: not' Ond: local games. so dificultad before. Trui and Ng should provide plenty of opportunity of testing this. be. Def.
·Packer, I understand, played a
TSUI BENEFITS. fair amount of hard court tennis whilst in Manila lately, and more Incidentally Teul joined Satch and than held his own against Francisco Co. in a preliminary knock-up earlier. Aragon. There is small doubt that on Friday afternoon and, was in his he would have had a big say in the element. Mrviously the fast type of singles championship here had not exchanges which the Japanese expirit the committes been forced to suit the young: C.R.G., erponent. He scratch kim owing to his absence fully held his own in company with from the Colony,
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