THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. FRIDAY, APRIL 7, 1933.
CAN BORDERERS PULL OFF THE E SHIELD DOUBLE?
FINE OPPORTUNITY PRESENTED
THEM TO-MORROW
Why They are Likely to Achieve Ambitious Quest
CAN the South Wales Bor-
derers on Saturday emu- late the feat performed for the first, and so far only time, by the King's Own Scottish Borderers, of win- ning the Senior and Junior football shield in the same season?
THE achievement is by
no means impossible: rather do indications tend to support its possibility. And here are two very good reasons...
Both ties promise de produce
and bearing in the
(By "VERITAS”),
The Senior Shield.
THE
BILLIARDS TOURNEY
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ANOTHER K.C.C. RESULT.
"A further match in the K.C.C. billiards handicap tournament was played last evening when. E T. Fleet (rec. 30) beat A. Bower (owe 90) by 250 to 102.
To-night's game is R. B. Hambly (rec. 30) v. J. R. Canning lowe 50).
HE Borderers first eleven, comete
who meet South China in
the senior shield final, have Filipinos
already defeated the Chinese
in the League this year.
THEIR second string,
THE
who have the Navy as opposition in the junior
Biff
the Ball
HOCKEY NOTES.
CENTRAL BOARD PROBLEM
SECOND MEETING BEING CALLED
FEATURES OF PASSING
CRICKET SEASON
WHY UNIVERSITY SUCCEEDED AND I.R.C. FAILED
FATAL WEAKNESS OF THẸ K.C.C.
· (By “THE STUMPER”)
EFFORT TO STIMULATE NOW that interest in cricket is
INTEREST
By "Bully.Of*
NOTHER meeting for
A word of sympathy, should be
over or nearly over for a few handed to the Sookunpoo months, it would not be out of players, however. The lack of rain place here to give a general review and the constant use of the practice of the 1932-33 season, which must pitch at the beginning of the ser- rank as one of the most successful son had so worn out the ground „for a long time, More enthusiasm that it later became the greatest
than deterrent to regular
A preliminary discussion of the was shown in the League they ars there was left not one really good
battle relay, which an often dominate LAWN BOWLERS PREPARE YMCA. Locul champions by 58 Jody is not wanted.
cup-tie matches, I have à ancaking
regard for the chances of the soldiers
to pull off the coveted double.
The senior match will be influenced by aspirations for South China, by winning, will most
certainly enjoy the
distinction of annexing both the shield and the league, whereas, the Border- era, thwarted of league honours, will be all out to reap what compensation they can and if possible to trophy they won last year.
in the
CLASH OF STYLE. The issue will see a clash of foot. ball style, technique and methods. The boisterous Borderers with their gel-there-quick-and-maskée -results type of play will contrast vividly with the meticulous and artistic movements of the Chinese.
PROSPECTS OF APPROACHING.
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ways and means in connexion with past; in fact when the season com- patch with the result that the In- the formation of a Central Hockey menced, all the local clubs seemed diana had not had any valuable Board in Hongkong is to be co-to awake from their lethargy and practice for a long time. Imagine BASEBALLvened shortly, probably next week, began with commendable energy to standing up to Pereira on a bad final, although having CRACKS' WORK OUT incognitos, Mr. R. C. Reed. It
chis time by the secretary of the concentrate on the League.
pitcht Hospitals are near to the ground, but I for one had rather beaten, and having been
will be remembered that a similar MANY reasons were then ad- lose my wicket! beaten by the Navy, have, Hongkong baseball and basket-nceting was called a fortnight or vanced for this sudden interest.
ball enthusfasts are indebted to on the season's showing, the Santo Tomas collegian outfit chairman of the Mamak hockey many new players to the Colony.strong batting side, the Kow- o ago by Mr. O, England White, One was of course the arrival of LTHOUGH, possessing a very a more powerful combina- for a little education in the in-ournament committee, but the The Kowloon C.C. and the Hong-loon C.C. were definitely weak in tion.
tricacies of these two pastimes. esponse of the. Civilian clubs was kony C.C. were both considerably bowling. Except for G. C. Burnett, During their all-too short stay disheartening, four only sending strengthened, and it was felt, not they did not have a match-winning in the Colony, the Filipino team.epresentatives. The Clubs had without justification, that if any trundler, and ever Burnett, after had two work-outs at basketball, ample warning and one can only club could displace the Indians from the shine has been taken off the Yesterday beating the Chinese draw the conclusion that a central the premier position of the League, ball, is not very dangerous. The it would be one of these two. The K.C.C. case bears out the old saying to 42, and the previous day
Indians fielded almost the same in-cricket that without at least two eliminating the Chung Nam As-
team that won them the Senior really first-class bowlers a team sociation by an
LL Clubs will again be asked Championship for two years run- cannot hope to get to the top. even greater margin, whilst at Cafoline Hill to send representatives and ning, and entered the fray with a And of course, there, is the question they fairly trounced, the Southc meeting will be under the do-it-or-die" spirit to capture the of their fielding. The team can China Athletic Association at chairmanship of Mr. England Shield for the third year running. hardly be said to consist of three-
White. If there is a an attendance baseball, scoring 12 to three...
year-olds! to warrant it, I understand a re- Exceptionally fine fielding fea-
solution will be put to the meeting work
What now appears to be rather DESPITE the all-round team they tured their around the for the formation of such a con- surprising is that the University, took over to the Kowloon C.C., diamond, some of the throwing being an eye-opener to Hongkong trolling body there and then. This who have won the championship the Hongkong C.C. lost, and one seems to be rather taking the against great odds, were not even cannot but help having a sneaking The locals played bravely, but matter out of the hands of Mr. their examinations in November their outlook in later matches. considered in the running. With suspicion that this game affected were ragged in the field, and could E. Potter, the Hongkong Club and December, and with the expect-They dropped points in only one only held their own for the first secretary, who in the first in-ed departure of some of their lead-other match, however, being dis- three innings. .
stance was to make the initial ing players, they were regarded as missed for only 47 runs against the move, but the season is almost over one of the weakest combinations in Indians. That was the time wher and nothing has been done by Mr. the field. They commenced their Pereira registered the only "hat Potter so the matter has been League programme at the end of trick" in senior cricket during the PLAYERS ON VIEW taken up by others and I trust the January when most of the other
occupy season. They now
the Club will give them wholehearted teams had finished half their support.
runners-up position together with matches-and this in some ways the Indians. explains why they have 50 in- THERE will probably be a fur-auspiciously carried off the honours.
ther extension of time for the completion of the
SEASON REVIEWED
WITHIN three weeks, the lawn bowls season of 1933 will be on its way.. Already clubs are busily pre- paring and the next few days will see the majority of them making an official start." "THE greens have been given their annual overhaul
and are looking spick and and
span very attractive in a new mantle of turf.
"OMPETITION" for league honours promises to be keener than ever, and an optimistic outlook for new successes is being taken by one and all. Prospects of the clubs will be dealt with daily in the "Telegraph," beginning to-day with Craigengower last year's cham- pions.
And in a Shield final the former COM
style is more likely to reap the har vest. It was this "do it now" game with which the Borderers completely broke up
South Chins in their league. struggle on February 26. It was on similar lines of attack and defence) that the Recrels bent South China Inst week!
| Abbas, W. Ward, W. Collins, D.K.
Kharas, A.V. Barros, W.V. Field, i
off
1. CRAIGENGOWER. The truth is the Chicse do not know how to counteract the forec When a club gets together a
coercive type of couple of teams who walk fal, speedy and
couple of goals.
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ter.
The green is in excellent condi-
fans.
SPORTS TEAMS FOR WEEK-END
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OF the other teams there is little to say. The Army and Navy, H.V. Pearse, C. Summers, F.K. in local league and friendly sports incogs to play the Tamar. Their had their fine all-rounder Donald neither did too well. The rat The following teams will appear Mamak tournament to enable the FOR the first half of their pro- for various reasons, were not as champions formidable as at first thought, and game, and it is because of this that with both the senior and junior Modi, A.A. Razack, J. Cavanagh games during the week-end.
other games fixed and will be and E. Beer. I shall not be surprised to see the bowls championships of Hong-
played off before Monday. The Anderson. He scored a century in gengower C.C. and the Civil Ser
in the running, Borderers rush them off their fret kong, and then announces that it
The Club de Recreio to meet the reason for the further extenzion his first League game and enabled vice were never in the first half an hour and put will be in the position to place tion, several improvements having Police at King's Park to-morrow is the absence of a number of the them to beat the Civil Servants although I thought the former had themaclves safely ahead with E almost identical combinations into
been carried out during the win-will be:-W. Lawrence: F. V. Small Ships from port without after the latter had knocked up a chance of taking three points Marques and R. A. Silva-Natto: whose players the Tamar wouldclared. If this game had ended in the whole complexion of the League. 168 runs for eight wickets de-from the University and to alter the field for a accond year, it very
GREEN IMPROVEMENTS. naturally engenders the envy of
G. A. Guterres, C. Figueiredo and be unable to Geld its Maniak team. Last summer it was found that W. Mackintosh: T. Castilho, The Incognites were to meet the ass fortunate clubs.
the end nearest the roadway tend-Gomes, N. Delgado, J. Gonsalves R.A.0.0. yesterday afternoon but And such is the happy, and un-ed to sink and prevent a true run and F. A. Santos.
the game has been postponed and the junior shield with greatly in-doniably enviable, position which of the woods. This trouble has
The Artillery eleven to oppose has been re-arranged for Monday, Club been overcome by adding 30 feet the Athletic on Sunday will be the Craigengower Cricket creased confidence.
I have seen neither side in action finds itself for the now rapidly of new turf at the opposite et Combey: Allen and Wroe: Rod- THE Incogs are still hot fav for several weeks, and am therefore analytical survey. The Borderers 1933. certainly have shown greater con- sistency, and have had a somewhat inore dificult
path to
JUNIOR TIE After the Borderers rank failure against the Linedlus last Saturday, the Navy should enter the arena for
in no position to offer any sort offapproaching lawn bowls season of and the green is now, perfectlygers, Pardoe and Harris: Gough,!
Arst had to beat the
level.
ourites for the premier Munak In addition new banking has Edmunds, Bryant, McDonald and honours.and continue to forge To observe, that the Chaigen-been erected, so that this year will Seal.
their way to the top. The re- Kower are optimistic concerning find the green entirely banked.
CRICKET.
maining teams they have to play their prospects for establishing one of the very few, if not the on-
The University eleven to meet are not likely to offer strong re- of the shield, then South new record in the annals of locally, green to boast of this advan- the Best of the League to-morrow sistance except perhaps the police Chian and lastly the R.A.S.C. abowls is merely stating a truisin
has been selected as tage,
follows:-A. if they field their full side. more than useful third division side. without embellishment.
The Club officially opens the N. Rodriques, A. T. Lee, L. T. The Navy had the Recreio, Chinn
Seasan to-morrow, and league Ride, E. L. Gosano, H. Nomanb MRS. P. M. Harrop, the popular Athletic and the Air Force, the twe Furthermore there is every rea-:
on the first hoy, A. A. Aziz, K. P. Gan, E. T. captain and centre-forward of latter being quite big propositions. son for such rosy-spectacled encounters begin Saturday in May. outlook.
Wood, F. R. Zimmern, D. K. Samy the Hongkong Ladies Xl, winners (Continued on Page 3.) and D. Hunt,
(Continued on Page 2.)
Both sides indulge in a similar type of game, and I rather think that the tirat to score will prove the winners. ROUND BY ROUND,
The progress of the finalists in both... competitions are shown below.
Sentor Shield
S.W. Borderera:-1st rd, v Club,
drew 1-1
won 5-1
S. China:-1st rd, v Kowloon won
2-0
2nd rd, y Navy won 1-0
Junior Shield
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ONE LOSS ONE GAIN.
In the first place, as already intimated, practically all of last senson's stalwarts remain avail- able. The only loss is M. O'- Brien, who played No. 2 under R. Basa. He has gone Home en leave, and his absence will be) keenly felt.
Fortunately for the club, there. are a number of first class players Borderers:-1stad, y Artillery from whom to select to fill his
won 2-1
2nd rd, S. China "B" wen place, and although no decision in 4-0 this direction has yet been reach- jed, it is safe to assume that the filling of the vacancy will entail no weakening of the team
3rd rd, y R.A.S.C. won 2-0 Navy:-1st rd, v Recreio won 8-1 2nd rd, China Atk, won 2-1 3rd rd, v R.A.F, won 4-0 LEAGUE PROGRAMME.
And in any case the three C's are happy in the knowledge that this Kummer sces the return old friend and talent- Beer, who
The league programmp Been two postponements in the first division, of an
The Club ground is taken for the ed bowler, Harold shield matches, no that the Club's en-last played for the senior team counter with St. Joseph's is off, whilst in 1930, when the Club succeeder South China's match with the Navy in carrying off the championship has been cancelled because of the for the third successive time, and Chinese being occupied in the senior incidentally established a record in ghield,
Three games in this division will its own annals.
Beer returned to the Colony be played, the Police, conquerors of the Artillery, and Recreio, champion from England on the Ranchi tits heaters, meeting at King's Park weak, and has already signified whilst the Lincolns entertain Kowloon his willingness to turn out for at Sookupov, and on Sunday, the his old club.
Artillery are hosts to the Athletic.
A third game' has been added to the third division programme, when the Lincolns will meet the Eugincera. FORECAST. Forecast for the week-end gramme is:
Senior Shield BORDERERS 8: Chins
Junior Shed BORDERERS v Navy
Division 1
Itecreio
Police LINCOLNS Artillery
University 8. CHINA LINCOLNS
y Kowloon v Athlelle
Division 3
▾ AIR FORCE
v Athletic
v. Engineers
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OLD STALWARTS.
But chief reliance will natur- ally be placed on those two B.W. brilliant Interporters, Bradbury, last year's popular captain, and U.M. Omar.
They are the Club's leading kips, and under their guidanes, the senior, team is confidently looking forward to repealing, the success enjoyed in 1932,
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Among the players available to the club this summer are; Messex. GL Buchanan, C.S. Rosselet, R. Basa, M.AR. Sousn, L.E. Lammert, D. Rumjahn, B.W. Bradbury, W.T. Brighten, A.E. Coates. E.
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Arculli, U.M. Omar, C. Duncan, Y.
LOCAL BOXER TRAINS~One of the latest pictures of Stoker Reynolds, formerly of the China Fleet, and a local title holder, who last month fought Jack. Hood for the welterweight championship of Great Britain, but was defeated. Here Raynolds (on right) is seen sparring rgith a partner prior to the
fight (Photo Planet News).
a-draw-and it
The Best"
looked very muchTHE Champione v like it at one
matches will be played to- time-the Uni-morrow, the senior game at Pok- versity's chances fulam and the junior at Seokunpoo. would have been Commdr. Shaw, who was selected spoiled there and to play for the Rest, has already then. But Ander- gone home, and his place has been and Rod-taken by S. A. Ismail of the LR.C.. rigues, against The Rest team will probably be some poor bowl-1 E. C. Firicher, B. F. Fincher and ing, pulled it off. G., C. Burnett (KC.C.), F. D. and S. A. And then against Pereira, A. R. Minu
son
the Indians An- Ismail (LR:0.), "U. "M. Omar derson took five (C.C.C.), T. A. Pearce and E. R. D. Anderson, wickets for 18 Duckitt (H.K.C.C.), Lt. Garthwaite Aruns after his.(Army) and DMcLellan (G.S.C.C.) side had been dismissed for 80. The very next day, he sailed for England to study law, leaving his team-mates to carry on a task which he had so magnificently commenced.
EVEN after their first two vic-
torics are undergraduates were
CRICKET FIXTURE. Annual Match Between Local. Firms.
The annual match between the staffs not taken seriously. They were of the Hongkong Bank (Wayfoong) what in racing parlance may be and Messrs. Butterfield and Swire termed an outside hope. Then in (Taikoo), is to be played to-morrow, one glorious week-end," they va kong Cricket Club ground.
commencing at 2 pm. on the Hong- quished both the KC.C. and the Craigengower C.C. to place them- The Wayfoong team is as follows- 'selves in an almost inassailable G. S. Dankley (capt.), G. C. Moutrie, position. The Indians were the A. D. Lowson, G. A. Stewart, H. A. only team with any chance of draw. Browning, W. H. B. Rige, M. W. Tur- ing level, but they failed in their ner, L. C. Robertson, R. Stilliard, I. H.
Bradford and D. A. Cumming. last fence, giving the University a clear three-points lead over their nearest rivals,
the
The Police, playing on Police Training ground yesterday Fone were asked why the Indians in the Mamak tournament, lost to failed in their attempt to per- H.M.S. Wishart by four goals to form the "hat trick," one could adfe-nil. At the interval the sailors ly say without any fear of contra- had found the net twice.
diction that it was due to wretched
batting. A glance at the bitting
averages will ehow that of the 23 A BROKEN DOWN BYSTEM. names on the list with an average
of over 20 runa
per innings, nol
one belongs to the I.R.C. In fäcl! A. R. Mínu, f bawler, carries off! the Club's batting prize with an average of 16,281 Much was ex pected of A. II Madar, but he'un- fortunately. ex- perienced hir worst scar for
years., Pereira's A. H. Midar hefty hitting. which has characterised, the In- dians batting for the past two seasons was only seen once, and that against the Navy after victory was almost assured. A team with such wretched batting could not hope to carry off the senior honours.
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