LAST SURVEY OF
CUP PROSPECTS
CIVILIANS HANDICAPPED BY LOSS
OF GOSANO AND HOWE
MY NOMINATIONS FOR FINAL REMAIN UNALTERED
(By "Veritas")."
Now that we know--barring further altora- tions-Who's Who in the four teams, it comes more within one's province to attempt some definite observations regarding the prospects of this afternoon's Lai Wah Cup games.
Neither the Army, Navy, Chinese nor Civilians will line up as expected. In fact in more than one case, popular opinion has been sadly at fault, and some surprising selections have been made.
Changes in the Civilians team]
have not been voluntarily sought,
and they will do nothing to help at left half, and Worthington, a them over the stiff hurdle to be second string player, has had to provided by the Chinese,
To lose A. V. Gosano from the
be called in.
Even without Ho Choi-yin, the
Athletic should experience no difficulty in garnering points.
Here are some of the teams for the week-end games:
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. SATURDAY, DECEMBER 9, 1933.
LAI WAH CAN
The
Services
Section
BRUCE CUP WON. BY AFTER-PART
HOLDERS BEATEN
KEEN FOOTBALL
YESTERDAY.
The football team represent- ing the After-part department
Conducted By "The Scout"
CHINA LEAGUE
MRS. JAMES PULL OFF
THE "DOUBLE"?
Sporting
FLEET TABLES
KENT STILL LEADS
IN. DIVISION 1 The following are the latest standings in the China Fleet Foot-
which ball League tables.
also include the Submarines Section.
DIVISION 1.
of H.M.S. Bruce, which last Kent year won the Inter-depart-Cumberland mental cup presented by Com- Eagle mander Colpoys and Lieut. Berwick Rowell, was yesterday defeated Medway and in the final of this competition. Suffolk ...... Submarines They were beaten by the Fore- part on the Dockyard ground: by two goals to nil.
Keppel
An even first half in which de- Wren defence and Albert Howe from
fences prevailed was succeeded by Cornflower the attack is a crushing cleventh
Falmouth a spell of severe attacking on the Whitshed .hour blow, for with all due res
part of the "Fore," resulting in Whitehall pect to their substitutes, Pile and
Brat Farrington, and then
Stear Verity Ward, I think it is generally re-
LAI WAH CUP..
breaking through to score..
{Bridgewater the cognised that original no-
The "Fore" were easily the bet-Sandwich minces were the pick of the Civilians: McHardy: C. Piloter team in the closing stages. Civilian talent for these positions. and S. Strange, L. G. Robertson, They lasted better, whereas the But the Chinese have not been N. Beltrao and A. Duncan B. losera found the hot pace of the without their · misfortunes. Ifo Gosano, Elliott, A. Ward. Epreceding molety too much of a Chut-yin, the Athletic wing half Strange and B. Bickford,
strain upon their resources.
Teams:
will not be on view, and contracy Chinese:Wong Ken-leung: Li The new holdera of the prized to general expectations, Leung In-Tin-sang and Lau Mau: Loung trophy were full value for their chan, his natural successor, has Wing-chui, Wong Mee-shun, and success. been passed over for Wong Mee-Li Kwok-wal: Yeung Shui-ylc, Au shun.
Wong is to take the pivotal position this afternoon, which puts Leung Wing-chul on the right flank. Frankly I don't think the changes will material ly weaken the Chinese half back line, although Loung will de finitely be out of position.
DETERMINING FACTOR. The Chinese, if they play their normal game, should win, although
by no means easily. On paper the
Kim-fun. Fung King-cheung, Fore-Part:-Sesaford: Bird and Tam Kong-pak, and Tay Qua-tong. Merry: Rogers, Birch and Tubby: Army Combey: Allen and Spice, Farrington. Williams, Steer Morrison: Dudley, Pardoe and and Bishop. Cork: Mathias, Harris, Higgins, Ridley and Hocquard.
Navy-Liddington: James and Heath: Purkins. Mequire and Me- Glurg: Hudspeth, Smith, Lang, mead, Barnett and Skinner.
LEAGUE DIV, 1.
R. Artillery :---Combey: Allen Civilians present a well-balanced and Wroe: Rodgers, Pardoe and team. Whether they prove to be Worthington: Snook, Burraclough, no on the field will probably be Wood,
Greenshields
the determining factor in the Reserve:-Stevens. reault.
The Army and Navy match presents a etiff problem. The Navy feel they have made changes for the good In preferring James and Heath to Ward and West at back. Faith too is also being placed in McGlurg în preference' to Robertson, at left half.
and-
SECOND DIVISION.
Seni.
R. Artillery:-Wood: Prico and Gibbons: Hunt, Collior, and Scott: Bermingham, Edmunds, Hopkins, Knight and Itill.
THIRD DIVISION, Borderers: Watts:
Witch Wishart
mar Wild Swan Veteran Falkestona Bruce Herald.
Goals
P. W. D. L. F. A. Pts,
8 3 4 115 11 10.
3
CUP FOR
20TH BATTERY
ད
MAKE CERTAIN OF R.A. TROPHY
DEFEAT ANTI AIRCRAFT
Playing in the Royal Artillory
1 2 2 2 390football cup at Lyemun yesterday, 01 3 2 8 9 0 the 20th. Heavy Battery, R.A. met 1434 the 9th, Anti-Aircraft Battery R.A. 2012
and defeated them by, four goals to one, and Incidently made sure of the Cup.
0124 1 1 2 4643
5 1 2 矗
DIVISION 11. Section I
4
2 4 0 15 11 0 10 0 3 1 2 0 5
4 4 5
0 2 1 1 2 2
0 1 0 0 0 1
0 0 2 1 6 0 DIVISION II Section 11
P.
Goals
D. L. F. A. Ptя, 0 0 6 1 6
0 1 7 2 4
0 2.7 6 6 4
1 0 7 1 3
1 0 1 2 3 2
01 116 1
4 0 0 4 0 13 0
0 0 0 0.0 0 0 DIVISION III.
Medway and After-Part: Morgan:- Noble Submarines 7 and Webster: Burt, Lauder and Kent Therin: Bryant, Harrison, Pren-Eagle
Suffolk dargast, Carton and Stapleton.
Berwick Cumberland TARANTULA BEATS CORNFLOWER
Clever Play By Bus and Heslip
Baw
1. i 21 0 11
G3 16 12 10
1 4 5 3
73 13 15 13 7
1 1 2 3 7 1
Goala
P. W. D. L. F. A. Pto.
3 3 0 0 13 2 G
2 1 1 10 8 6
The whole 70 minutes was play- ed at a very fast page, and thrills were in abundance,
TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIP
FINALS
TO-DAY & TO-MORROW
"UP AGAINST YOUNG PLAYER
WITH INITIATIVE
(By "Veritas").
A new lady tennis champion of Hongkong will be crowned this afternoon, when Mrs. Jamos and Miss R. Hancock meet in the final of the singles championship at the United Services Recreation Club.
More than passing interest will be centred on this match for it brings together on the one hand an experi- enced competitor, who will be competing in her third final, and who has not before won, and a young player, who created the biggest sensation in three years, by eliminating the reigning queen of the local courts, Mrs. Litton.
Rowing Freshman's Record
The 20th. Battery, played much better as a team, but it must be anid: for the losers that they put up a plucky show. Greenshields the Artillery inside left played in the pivotal position. His dominating| hold on the "Archies" Inside trio, was a feature of the game, and was largely instrumental in his A
team's victory.
For the 9th, Battery, Durham in {goal stood out from the rest, his timing and positioning being ex- celleat, and, but for him they would have lost by a much larger margin.
Bermingham (2), Coll. (1) and Matthews (1) were the scorers for the 20th. Battery, and Hardy for the 9th. Battery,
Teams:
shields,
and Cell.
In spite of Miss Hancock's bril- liant success against Mrs. Litton, her opponent is expected to win this afternoon,
. Mra, James has made tremend- ous Improvement during the last year. Hor visit to America pre- sented an opportunity of making. a closer study of the game, and sho
REAL CHAMPION has turned this to profitable ac-
OF THE CAM
count.
Not only have her strokes in- creased in accuracy and severity, but she has a strong defence, and can maintain the rallies as well the as any other player in the Colony.
London, Nov. 12. J. H. T. Wilson, (Shrowabury and Pembroke), who yesterday became "Champion of Cam," has put up a rocord which is unequalled in the annals of Cambridge rowing.. His courtesy title was won In the final heat of the Colquhoun Seults, when he beat E. W. A.
FULL OF INITIATIVE,
But in Miss Hancock she will be opposed to an improving young player, who, although slightly impetuous, is also full of initiative and delights' in attack into her carrying the opponent's court whether the score be in her favour or against lier.
20th. Heavy. Battery: Combey; Jackson (Rossail and St. Cathar- Price, Wroe: Discombe, Green-ines) by a length and a half in
Stevens; Barraclough, 7min. 558ces.
Wilson has only been at Cam- 6 0 0 ↓
Matthews, Bermingham, Hopkins, 2 16 0 SUBMARINE LEAGUE,
bridge two terms and has nover 9th, A. A. Battery: Durham; yet lost a race. Ife was in the | Finkill, Gibbons; Hunt, Worthing- Shrewsbury eight which won the Some unusually interesting ten- ton, Rodgers; Rivers, Forbes,Ladies" at Henley in 1932, but nis is therefore assured, and the Knight, Licut, Laine, and Hardy.
was unable to take up residenca U.S.R.C. will prove a popular at Cambridge in the October torm, rendezvous for tennis fans to-day. ne he was suffering from a badly I expect to see Mrs. James win poisoned right leg." The Lent term | because her experience is such a had been in progress some little big helping factor. Nevertheless, time before he put in an appear-she will require all her concentra- ance, and, although he was tried tion and ability to stop Misa Han- in the University crew, he was out cock if the younger player mana- of form and could not keep paceges to strike good form early on. with them.
It will not bo in the least surpri
Orpheus
Phoenix
Perseus
Rainbow
Oswald
2 0 0 9 1 4
20 2 10 4
Aftor this
the game A little scrappy
A friendly football match Protous
Parthian was played between the Pandora Tarantula and the Cornflower Odin yesterday afternoon at Carol-Osiris ine Hill,
Olue which.
the
Olympus Tarantula win five goals to two. The game started off with some arrears. Watkina clever football, deteriorating In the started to get These three alterations are and Hughes: John (26), Roberta second half to a very scrappy game, neither team showing the a pure gamble, for the selec- (80), and Williams: Hamblyn, The Tarantula were definitely amount-of-enthusiam-with-which- tors had a fine opportunity of Nelson, Purcell, Morgan (67) ̄and superior, their forwards being they started. Bus, playing at measuring the abilities of Sollis.
great deal faster than the opposing left half, took the ball from Recreio: Minninette: A., P. E defenders. The scoring opened practically the half way line to Ward, West and Robertson when they figured against the Silva and B. Guan: A. E. Xavier, when Bus found an opportunity to break through the defence to
B. Laural and H. Remedios: D.net from a corner. A few minutes place the lesue beyond doubt. Aquino, C. Santos, A. Castilho, H. later a pass from Bus was neatly
H. M. S. Tarantula:-Horne; Campos and J. Alves,'
headed In by Heslip. Heslip played Grimmer, Bruce; Healip, Shaw, a very clever game, using his head Bus; Hathaway, Lewis, Smith, Combined Services:-Lidding-to good advantage. Towards the Pannet, Fishor ton: Allen and Morrison: Purkins, end of the first half, the Tarantula
Chinese last week.
Nobody would suggest that either of them proved a fallure, so that their successors must be pretty good.
Accepting this it would appear that the match is to be a cinch for the Navy, as I haven't any doubt
CHARITY GAMES.
same
H.M.S. Cornflower:-Stevenson; West, Cooper; Orme, Conlan, Fullle; Bundy, Haynes, Draper,
that last week's team, al TROJANS AGAIN TAKE CALIFORNIA Field, Wilkins,
for the change in the centre half berth, would be capable of de- feating the Army.
CONTROVERSIAL ARMY.
The composition of the Army eleven opens itself to controversy.] One cannot help debating the re- lative merits of Podmore, Jones, Dudley, Cork, Pardoe and Thomp- son in regard to the half back line positions.-
Now that Higgins has decided he is it to play, the fomvard line! leaves less room for argument,
There is no need for me to re- iterate my own opinion as to the Hino up of the Intermediates. Suffice to any the selectors have chosen Dudley, Pardoe and Cork, and the responsibility is on them to stop the clover Navy attack.
I do not expect to find them do it effectively enough to prevent the Navy from winning. On the other hand the qualities of the Navy defence is equally problematical,
divisions.
INEA
Southern California Trojans again took the University of California in atride, this time 0-3 in ons of the most exciting games of the year. Photo shows Deicon, Trojan end, downing Kasfor, Bear fullback, after a 15-yard galo.
OSWALD PILE ON THE GOALS
Six Against The Pandora
H.M.S. Pandora suffered an overwhelming defeat yes- terday afternoon, when the Oswald piled on aix goals against them in a friendly football match on the Dock- yard ground.
It was early evident that the Pandora would have to rely on its defence to pull through, but the cleverness of the Oswald attack broke down all opposition, and only Bennett in goal stood between the Pandora and a much heavier defeat.
He gave a really first class dis- piny, and could not be blamed for the slots which passed him. among
Jones was the leading light
the Oswald Three times he pierced the defenco
forwards.į in the first half, which gave the Dewald a lead of three clear goals at the interval.
HAT. TRICK BY FLINDALL
Helps Beat Kent Stokers
Eastablishing a winning lead early on, H.M.S. Kent Quarter Deck football team easily de- feated their Stoker colleagues In a friendly match at the Naval Dockyard yesterday, the final Acore reading 4-2 in their fa
vour.
A few weeks later he started slug to And Mrs. James pull off - on his marvellous career by row- the double. On Sunday she and Ing head of the river in the Lent Mrs. Lochner meot Mrs, Stafford races. He then won the Bushe Smith and Misa V. Thomas in the Fox Freshmen's sculls, and, with final of the doubles, N. J. Bradley (Monkton-Combe and Pembroke) the Forster Fair- bairn pairs.
In the May term this same com- bination carried off the Magdalene Fiindall enjoyed a successful Paira and the Lowe Double Sculls, match, scoring three of the Quar-setting up a record in the latter ter Deck's four goals. He placed race. Wilson then rowed No 6 them two ahead in the first ten in the Hend-of-tho-River crew In
UNIVERSITY SNATCH FINE WIN
The sum total of scoring in University of Oregon's 8.0 win Over California, Los Angeles.Bud Posso, and, is shown receiving a short pass fram Temple over the goal line. Frankovich, U.C.L.A.
star, at right.
“Although Mrs, Jumes and Mrs. Lochner will be up against a pair who have to their credit a magnificent victory over Mrs. Tottenham and Mrs. Litton, the holders, in the semi-Ünal, the odds are still slightly in thefr favour.
MATCH-WINNING COMBINATION,
Mrs. Lochner is essentially a doubles player-and a very good one at that, and whilst Mrs. James is happier at singles, there is no gainenying that they form a very strong combination.
If the conquerors of the holders Lare to win much will depend on Mrs. Stafford Smith, whose Inter- port and other competitive tennis experience should prove a great boon..
Miss Thomas's game will largely depend on the stability of her part- ner. When these two touch their top form they require a lot of beat- ing.
COCHET TO TOUR S. MERICA
WILL PLAY TILDEN & ELLSWORTH VINES
Paris, Dec. 6.“ Henri Cochet, star Fronch tennia, player who recently turned profes- sional, in preparing to lead three compatriots on a conquest of South America next spring.intage
The result is in the lap of the Podmore and McQuire: Baldry, were awarded a corner. Bus placed gods, who may be expected to Smith, Higgins, Ridley and Hochia kick right over the goal mouth, show a slight leaning towards the quard
Heslip again heading the ball into nauticals,
Borderers 2nd XI:-Williama the net. The half time whistle League football has been cut (72): Jonkins (37) and Suter: blaw with the score three nil in down to the minimum this week Whelan, Court and Williams (83) favour of the Tarantula, end, for in addition to the cup John, (36), Marshfield, Morris
His companions will be Martia ties putting a stop to first division (16), Herbert and Scarle..
The second half saw the Corn His colleagues took a hand in minutos, and another goal by the May races. The crow entered teams, and Jules Ladoumeguo, fa- Plan, trainer of French Davis Cup games to-day, the Charity matches
flower play a very much better con- the scoring after this, South China-Pau Ka-ping: structive game, thoir forwards do- further points were "netted by:
and George made them virtually safe. for the Grand Challenge. Cup at mous long, distanco runner... to-morrow have 'caused two or Li Ting-sang and Lau Mau: Lounging a great deal of attacking. Simntons, Watson and Bluet, the Glazier got through for
Before the interval, however, Henley, in which event they were three postponements in the junior In-chan, Leung Wing-chul and Li Their first goal was scored after Blast named converting with a Stokers, who crossed
the beaten by the ultimate winners, gentima, Brazil, Uruguay and Chilo Cochet and Plas plan to visit Ar- Kwok-wai: Young Shui-yic, Wong solo effort by Haynes, who took glorious drive which just sizzled goals in arrears.
two but Wilson was in the Winning after Only one first. division league Mee-shun, Fung King-choung, Tam the ball from the defence to break past Bennett.
an American tour, whore. Stowards Four at Henley.. match figures on the programme, Kong-pak and Tay Qua-tong.
they will play against Big Bill Til-- The socond half through and find the net. There-
During the long vacation
ho
don and Ellsworth Vines. when to-morrow the Artillery will
Improvement in the Stokers, and went to Germany with the Pem- The tennis players have contract- moot the Athletic at the Kowloon
after the Cornflower played for Pandora: Bennott: Sparrow Hearno further reduced the lead broke light four, who carried all ed to play in Berlin and in Copen- Football Club.
For their match against the safety, but this did not prevent and Brown: Warner, Robson, and before the Quarter Deck recovered before them. He rowed No. 3 Inhagon in December and then go to: East Lancs at Chatham Road to Hathaway from converting a pass Barrett Ford, Redmond, Lee, themselves, and went ahead again the crow which won the University the United States the first part of day, the Navy second string will from Bus. I feel the Chinose must win. be represented by:-Potts: Ro-
Goldsmith and A. N. Other. through Flindall, whose individual Light Fours a week ago Not only are the Gunners in the bertson, Blair and Mitchell: Fair-tallatod by making a
Mundy, of the Cornflower ro- Oswald: Edwards: Dickins bursts were a constant source of P, R. S. Banks (Christchurch); doldrums this year, but they will leas, Chappell, MeNeill, Sayer and run to place the ball over the and Hinder: Simmons, Nell, Jones,
brilliant and Ford: Berkenahaw, Livosoy, fworry to the opposing defence.. the Old Blue, occupied No. 6 be without the services of Harris Ifambly.
Teams: goalkeeper's head, to reduce the Watson and Blust,
thwart in "A" crew of the Oxford (Continued on Page'17.) trini olghts yesterday.
:.
IN THE DOLDRUMS.
FRIENDLY.
Teams:
over
How
a vast
1984.
Ladoumegue, who says he, long- has wanted to seo South America, expects to join the tennis troupe Bouthern trip.