ELLIOTT FOR
POSSIBLE SUBSTITUTE FOR STRANGE
CLUB FORWARD CAN'T GO
CHINESE & THE PRACTICES
(By "Vorites").
It was definitely stated this morning. that Ernest Strange, reserve inside left, for the Interport football team to journey to Shanghai | next month, cannot obtain leave, and will be unable to accompany the team..
It is a bad stroke of luck for Strango, who woult certainly have appeared in the Interport XI against Tientsin,
The Selection Committee have now to choose a player to take his place, and I have good canon to believe that the choler, will Tie between Elliott of Kowloon and Andy Duncan of the Club.
Elliott's performances at inside! right in the recent trials gave rise to increasing confidence in his worthiness | to secure a place in the team, and as it is a forward mostly needed, his selection would be a good move.
W. H. WOODFULL.
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPIL WEDNESDAY, JANUARY
THE INTERPORT?
DON BRADMAN.
POSSIBLE AUSTRALIAN
TEST TEAM
FIFTEEN PLAYERS LIKELY TO VISIT
Canton Open Tennis Championships
G. BODIKER THE FAVOURITE
(By "Veritas").
G. Bodiker is favoured to win again the Canton open singles tennis championship which has just begun, and his most formidable rival is Lai Kwong-chun.
Among the surprises in the first round results was elimina- tion of R. J. Newell, No. 2 player in Shameen, who fell to young Chinese exponent after winning the first set.
Wahab and Frank Read may also be expected to figure promin ently in the championship, al- though everything points to Bodi- ker winning the title with case.
The Ladies singles has reached the semi-final stage, and both Mrs. ENGLAND THIS SPRING »
Wooster and Mrs. Surber are among the last four. Melbourne, Jan. 4.
Wahab and Frank Read have Richardson is perhaps the most Although Australia's cricket doubtful of the sixteen named, already reached the fourth round team to tour England this year although he is a great field and a In the men's doubles and they will not be picked until the popular and inspiring leader. Appear fairly safe to reach the conclusion of the last Shield Should he miss his place, Brad-anal. Bodiker and Precht are a game at Sydney at the end of man is likely to be appointed vice- German combination expected to this month, the most likely captain to Woodfull.
figure in the concluding rounds, "sixteen players are Woodfull, Ironmonger is regarded as too Ponsford, Bradman, McCabe,old for selection, and Oxenham's
COMPLETE RESULTS, O'Reilly, Oldfield, Grimmett, chances are slender for the same Walker,
The complete results to date in Darling, Bromley, renson, although the fact that he the championshipa follow: Kippax, Wall, Fleetwood is an all-rounder is in his favour. Smith, Richardson, Ebeling and 1o has an outside chance of Fingleton.
being preferred to Ebeling, of Victoria. If Ebeling were to bowl
'MEN'S DOUBLES.
1st Round
J. Yee and S. T. Ng beat Ballan-
Sydney his inclusion would be tine and Bragonler, Precht and certain, but a poor performance Bodiker beat Szto Pik and Lau might give Oxenham or Tobin his Wai-sum. place.
A WEAK ATTACK.
2nd Round
Personally I favour the selection This team includes nine lead-well in the last Shield match at of both Duncan and Elliott, which ing batamen and five bowlers. would thus provide Mr. A. Golden- Bromley and Darling are free left berg, the team's manager, and Sydney handed batsmen, excellent fields, Strange (captain) a wider range of and able to take a turn with the selection for the match against Tien- ball. The trip would develop both tein, as well as to allay any worries of them, and Australia must look concerning positions left possible injuries in the Shanghai to the future, with Woodfull, could be included, unless Grim-Hoon-chien beat Choi Lung-hing
vacant by
It is difficult to see how Chilvers Surber and Biggs, C. Lee and Nai C. W, Chu and S. L. Bak beat Kippax, Richardson, Oldfeld and mett were dropped. Tobin might and Yan Lau-chuck, Wahab and Grimmett nearing the forties. be more dangerous in England F. Read beat Ma Chic-huon and
than Ebeling, who la of the tyto Lal-kwong. with which English batsment are familiar.
natch.
CHINESE FAIL TO APPEAR
As I announced last week, practices. As being held every Tuesday and
WICKET-KEEPERS.
Thursday, and up to the present they big part in the team selection, and have been fairly well attended.
3rd Round Wabub and Read beat G. Leo
SINGLES.
1st Round-
State representation will play a
Australia's attack, in any case, South Australia is certain to de-is bound to be weak, with O'Reilly The Chinese players, however, mand four players, including ns the apearhead. His form has and N. H. Chinn, have not shown any willingness to Walker, as one of the wicket been disappointing this season, make use of these opportunities of keepers. Undoubtedly Barnett is nor has. Well been getting together with the rest of a better batsman than Walker and Australia is extremely strong in impressive. their colleagues, and in this respect an almost equally good wicket-batting but weak in slip-flelding the selectors would be well advised keeper, but if Barnett wero picked, and in bowling, with MacCabe the to point out to them the necessity of South Australia would want Tobin only real all-rounder. their presence at the practices.
In place of Ebeling, and should For Tam Kong-pak, who is daily in Victor Richardson not be chosen, Canton, there in soine excuse, but both Lonergan or Niotsche would get Leung Wing-chui and Tay Qua-tong his place. should make it their duty to attend.
have
the
1 understand, that neither of them
yet appeared at any of official practice games, where Strange Is trying to get his men together to formulate an established-plan-of campaign.
ODIN LOSE FOUR NIL
T
IN FRIENDLY FOOTBALL MATCH
Playing on the Dockyard ground in
CORRESPONDENCE
Cancelled Games
Varsity Hockey Team and
The Editor,
Hongkong Telegraph,
odds on England retaining the Competent judges here say it la Ashes, while hoping that Bradman may tip the scales.
BROKERS AT SOCCER
INTERESTING GAME THIS AFTERNOON
Chu Shu-nam beat Biggs, Sarhor beat Taan Kui-yin, Wahab beat Chi-ki, Precht beat Chan Yat- Wong Tak-yin, Bodiker bent Liang kwong, Liu Yat-fong boat Cheung Hung-koy, Chien Chui-keng, beat Chan Chi-kit, Lai Kwong-chun beat Chiu Shin-wai,
LADIES DOUBLES. Mme. Laffond-and-Mrs. Vooster- beat Liang Kim-fung and Partner, Mrs. Surber and Mrs. Phillips beat Miss K. Y. Wong and Miss S. B. Fong. Mrs. Surber and Mrs. Phillips beat Mme. Laffond and Mrs. Wooster in the semi-final.
'LADIES SINGLES. -
1st Round
Movis Fong beat Ma Hing-sun,
An interesting football match Sir-Referring to the comments has been arranged between the appearing in your paper on Sat, Hongkong Stock Exchange and January 27, 1934, saying that it was the Ilongkong Sharebrokers' Asso- Mrs. Phillips bent Wong King-yuk, our habit to disappoint other clubs and then have not the common declation on the Hongkong Football Mrs. Surber beat Shiu Wai-ning, the matches, are false and unfound-at 3 p.m. eeney to write to apologise or cancel Club ground to-day commencing Miss Lohman bent Pui Kec-ma.
2nd Round A cup has been presented by Movis Fong beat Miss Leung, Mr. N.V.A. That the Medway hockey team was hoped to make this match an an- Mrs, Surber beat Chui So-ak, Mrs. Croucher, and it is Mra. Phillips beat Mme. Laffond, fielded experimental disappointed on Monday, January 22 mul affair. Medals for to-morrow's Wooster beat Miss Lehman, and elovens, and the Herald fully deserved at King's Park was due to some game have been presented by Mr. they figure in the semi-finals, their win.
understanding for we turned up at our ground. That wo know how to H. Dedeoglou. arrange fixtures and then cancel thon
a friendly football match yesterday, II.M.S. Odin were defeated by H.M.S.
Herald by four goals to nil
Both aldes
..
ed.
and L
Conceding three goals in the first half, the Odin's defence underwent a
The two Exchanges will be re-j gruelling time. but emerged with was absolutely untrue, for most of presented by:- credit.
the fixtures were cancelled by the Stock Exchange-Fred Kew; "Yates, at inside left, performed the other club. It has never been known J. P. Whitham (Capt.) hat-trick for the Herald.
that the University has also been Weill: Mok Hing-wing, B. C. Run- After the interval, Odin had most day and was disappointed of a game. N.V.A. Croucher, S. A. Ismail, victims, turning up at the appointed dail and P. Silva: Choy Wing-hay, of the play and should have scored at least once. The Herald went further. There is no reason why you should R. M. Omar and O. et Areulli. ahead when Harding scored with make an erroneous report, for once in hot that Plato got to, but could not your
hold
paper
מס
SCULLER'S DISTINCTION
in 53 Years
Sharebrokers' Association. F. First to Win From Scratch either December S. Tong; S. Berg and S. Leonard; 19 or 20 1933, there was a vivid des- S. Sequeira (Capt.).. H. Eemail, for the
cription of how the University loat and A Kitchell; G. Cooper, T. T. to the Radio by 6 to 1, which was Ko. P. Botelho, R. Carroll and falac and ridiculous, when there was Perno nintch played between the 2 teams
Ling Man-L goal, about that time.
Dovey was nutakamiing Herald, while Yates and Harding were hard working forwards.
For the Odin, the defence formed creditably, Plato, in glving a particularly good account of himself, while Jennings Peckham were prominent at back.
and
TILDEN BEATEN
four,
Vines Again Takes Veteran's Measure
Los Angeles, Jan. 30.
Yours faithfully,
P. G. Tong
Hon. Secretary. "Bully.Off" Reptiva.
I thank Mr. Tang for the explana tion given regarding the reported failure of the 'Varsity to field a tenmi against the Medway Officers. In
this Instance I will grant thero appears to have been some misunderstanding.
was communicated to
me, however,
arranged to
The youthful professional, Elis- that the match had been definitely worth Vines, to-day defeated William T. Tilden, ranked as the greatest liv-R.N.OS.C. by Lieut.
Lake placa at the ing tennis player, in the most stir the Naval
"Leigh, Cmdr. ring duel the two have ever fought ferred to one instance in my notes on Hockey Secretary, 1 re They are playing an exhibition sorics Saturday when the Radio turned up of matches neroes the continent and at Pokfulham and were disappointed. at present Vines leads by seven to Another occasion which I recall off-
Vines Look the first set
hand was a fixture between the Uni- match with love score, but drop been other complaints mentioned to of the versity and St. Androw's. There have ped the second gruelling set after me and under the circumstances I sco they had completed 44 games. score was 21-20:
The no reason why I should detract from The third set Vince won, 7-5 and dropped the next, my statement of Saturday laat.
-d. In the Bfth set ho won handl-the report of the game was given to In regard to the last paragraph, Jy, 6-2,
Tilden recently strained his ankle from the Radio Offee, and a carroe-
the Telegrunk aver
the telephono In one of their contests-Resiter,
l-tion was later pablished"Bully-
HINTS TO UMPIRES.
(By "Bully-off.")
NO. 11.
Do not award a corner if the
ball goes behind unintentionally
off a defender who is outside his
London, Jan. 1.
Bert Barry, the ex-world sculling. champion, won the Tyne Christmas Bont Handicap from the scratch mark yesterday, when he con- ceded J. Hopper, of Hexham, 15sec, start in the final and beat hini easily.
This was the first time in 63 years that the race had been won by the scratch man..
The final was rowed in a fog,
own 20 yard line. If, however, and. Hopper, who started a 8 to 1
in your opinion, the ball is inton favourite, went out of his course tionally hit over the line. by
dofander from any part of the early on, his boat fouling Red- field give a penalty corner unilcaa hough Bridge.
In the semi-finals Barry boat S.;
a goal be scored. As regards Anderson, of Walker (136cc.), and atopping the ball the umpire must 1480 his discretion as to what Hopper beat S. Herron, of South- constitutes aufficient arrest of the wick (10sec.).
ball as no hard and fast rude can
be laid down. If a player makes
.
an honest attempt to stop the ball
The following will represent the and it still rolle on a matter of an Hongkong Football Clubs "A" fifteen inch or two.do not penalise.
In a rugby match against a team Many umpires are of the opin- and Tamar.on the Club ground at from II.M.S., Medway, Cumberland ion that the ball from a corner, to-day-K. Noble; A. H. Har- must be stopped within the circle. bord, B. O. Allan, R. 11 Grimths This is incorrect. Provided a and W. H. B. Riggi A. D. ball is stopped before a shot at and 3. Hutchison, W. It. Andrews, goal is taken it does not matter. Austin, 8. H. Garrod, F.43. Me where the stopping takes place. Gugan, D. M. Wheeler, A. R. Cox, Watch that the player taking the | K. A. Munro and R. 0. F. King. corner it does sot, get off-side The reserves will be W. E. Fears,
R. Goldman and W. O'Neil.'
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