THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH EDNESDAY, JANUA
1934
INTERPORT?
ELLIOTT FOR THE
POSSIBLE SUBSTITUTE FOR STRANGE
CLUB FORWARD
CAN'T GO
CHINESE
& THE
PRACTICES
(By "Veritus"), "
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 would certainly havo appeared in the Interport XI against Tientsin,
I.
The Belection, Committee have) now to choose a player to take his place, and I have good reason to bellove that the choice will le 'between Elliott of Kowloon ord Andy Duncan of the Club..
Elliott's performances at inshle right in the recent trials gave rise to increasing confidenco In his worthiness to secure a place in the team, and as it is a forward mostly needed, his Holection would be a good move.
of
Personally I favour the selection
both
W. H. WOODFULL.
DON BRADMAN.
POSSIBLE AUSTRALIAN
TEST TEAM
FIFTEEN PLAYERS LIKELY TO VISIT
ENGLAND THIS SPRING
Canton Open MACKINTOSH'S
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 IL J. Newell, No. 2 player in Shameen, who fell to a 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- kor winning the title with ease.
The Ladies singles has reached the acmi-final stage, and both Mrs. Wooster and Mrs. Surbor are among the last four.
Wahab and Frank Rend have
Melbourne, Jan. 4. Richardson is perhaps the moat Although Australia's cricket doubtful of the sixteen named, already roached 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-final. 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.
Ogure in the concluding rounds,
COMPLETE RESULTS."
sixteen players are Woodfull, Ironmonger la regarded as too Ponsford, Bradman, McCabe, old for selection, and Oxenham's) O'Reilly, Oldfield, Grimmett, chances are slender for the same] The complete results to date in Walker, Darling, Bromley, reason, although the fact that he the championships follow: Kippax Wall, Fleetwood-is an all-rounder is in his favour. Smith, Richardson, Ebeling and He has an outside chance of
MEN'S DOUBLES, - Fingleton.
being preferred to Ebeling, of;
1st Round Victoria. This team includes nine lead-well in the last Shield match at If Ebeling were to bowl
J. Yee and S. T. Ng heat.Ballan- Duncan and Elliott, which ing batsmen and five bowlers. would thus provide Mr. A. Golden- Bromley and Darling are free lert Sydney his inclusion would be tine and Bragonier, Frecht and berg, the team's manager, and Sydney handed batsmen, excellent fields, might give Oxenham or Tobin his Wal-sum.
jcertain, but poor performance Bodiker beat Szło Pik and Lau Strange (captain) a
a wider range of selection for the match against Tien and able to take a turn with the place. tsin, as well as to allay any worrica ball. The trip would develop both concerning positions loft vacant byl of them. and Australia must look possible injuries in the Shanghai to the future, with Woodfull, Kippax, Richardson, Oldfield and Grimmett nearing the forties,
match.
CHINESE Fail to appeÀR
As I announced last week, practices are being held every Tuesday and Thursday, and up to the present they have boon fairly well attended.
WICKET-KEEPERS.
A WEAK ATTACK.
2nd Round
could be included, unless Grim-Hoon-chien beat Choi Lung-hing It is difficult to see how Chilvers Surber and Biggs, C. Lee and Nal C. W. Chu and S. L. Bak bent mett were dropped. Tobin might and Yan Lan-chuck, Wahab and be more dangerous in England than Ebeling, who is of the type La Lai-kwong.
F. Read beat Ma Chic-huen and with which English batsment are
3rd Round
Wahab and Read beat. C, Lee
big part in the team selection, and
State representation will play affamiliar.
Australia's attack, in any cREG, South Australia is certain to de-is bound to be weak, with O'Reilly The Chinese players, however, mand four players, including ns the spearhead. His form has and N. H. Chlen. have not shown any willingness to Walker, as one of the wicket-been disappointing this season, make use of these opportunities of keepore. Undoubtedly Barnett la nor has Well been getting together with the rest
impressive. of a better batsman than Walker and Australia is extremely strong in their colleagues, and in this respect an almost equally good wicket-batting but weak in slip-üelding the selectors would be well advised ta paint out to them the necessity of keeper, but if Barnett were picked, and in bowling, with MacCabe the Chu Shu-nam beat Biggs, Surber their presence at the practices.
South Australia would want Tobin only real all-rounder.
heat Taan Kui-yin, Wahab beat
For Tam Kong-pak, who is daily in Canton, there is some excuse, but both Leung Wing-chui and Tay Qua-tong should make it their duty to attend. I understand that neither of them have yet appeared at any of the official practice games, whore Strange is trying to get his men together to formulate an established plan of campaign.
ODIN LOSE FOUR NIL
IN FRIENDLY FOOTBALL MATCH
Playing on the Dockyard ground in
their win.
SINGLES
'1st Round
In place of Ebeling, and should Competent judges here say it is Wong Tak-yin, Bodiker beat Llang Victor Richardson not be chosen, odds on England retaining the Chi-, Precht beat Chan Yat- Lonergan or Nietsche would get Ashes, while hoping that Bradman his place.
may tip the scales.
CORRESPONDENCE
Varsity Hockey Team and Cancelled Games
The Editor,
Hongkong Telegraph.
BROKERS AT SOCCER-
kwong, Liu Yat-fonx beat Cheung Hung-koy, Chien Chul-keng beat Chan Chi-kit, Lal Kwong-chun beat Chiu Shin-wai.
LADIES DOUBLES, Mme. Laffond and Mrs. Wooster beat Liang Kim-fung and Partner, Mrs. Surbor and Mrs. Phillips beat Miss K. Y. Wong and Misa S. B. Fong. Mrs. Surber and Mrs. Phillipa beat Mme. Laffond and. Mrs. Wooster In the semi-final,
LADIES SINGLES. 1st Round
INTERESTING GAME THIS AFTERNOON An Interesting football match Sir-Referring to the comments has been arranged between the appearing in your paper on Sat., Hongkong Stock Exchange and Movia Fong beat Ma Hing-sun. January 27, 1934, saying that it was the Hongkong Sharebrokers' Asso- Mrs. Phillips beat Wong King-yuk, our habit to disappoint other clubs and then have not the common deciation on the Hongkong Football Mrs. Surber boat Shiu Wal-ning, concy to write to apologise or cancel Club ground to-day commencing Miss Lehman beat Pul Kee-ma. the matches, are false and unfound. at 9 p.m.
That the Medway hockey team was
2nd Round a friendly football match yesterday, ed.
A cup has been presented by H.M.S. Odin were defeated by H.M.S.
Movla Fong beat Miss Leung, Mr. N.V.A. Herald by four goals to nil.
Croucher, and it is Mrs. Phillips beat Mme, Laffond, Both sides fielded experimental disappointed on Monday, January 22 hoped to make this match an an- Birs, Surber beat Chui So-ab, Mrs. elevens, and the Herald fully deserved at King's Park was due to some manual affair. Medals for to-morrow's Wooster beat Miss Lehman, and
understanding for we turned up at game have been presented by Mr. they figure in the semi-finals. Conceding three goals in the first our ground. That we know how to
H. Dedcoglou. half, the Odin's defence underwant aarrango fixtures and then cancel them The two Exchanges will be re- gruelling time. but emerged with was absolutely untrue, for most of presented_by:--
the fixtures were cancelled by the Stock Exchange.-Fred Kew; Yates, at insido left, performed the other clubs. 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. Ran- and L After the interval, Odin had most victims, turning up at the appointed dall and P. Silva; Choy Wing-hay, of the play and should have scored at day and was disappointed of a game. N.V.A. Croucher, S.. A. Ismail, least once. The Herald went further ahead when Harding scored with a make an erroneous report, for once in
There is no reason why you should R. M. Omar and O. el Arculli, ehot that Plato got to, but could not
Sharobrokers Association.F. First to Win From Scratch hold.
Your paner on either December S. Tong; S. Berg and S, Leonard;
credit.
Dovey was outstanding for the 19 or 20 1933, there was a vivid des- S. Sequeira (Capt.), H. Esmail, Herald, while Yates and Harding to the Radio by 8 to 1, which was Ko, P. Botelho, R. Carroll sud cription of how the Universlty lost and A. Kitchell; G. Cooper, T. T. woro hard working forwards.
false and ridiculous, when there was ет
about that time. no match played between the 2 teams Ling Man-I,
For the Odin, the defence formed creditabig, Plato, in goal, giving a particularly good account of himself, while Jennings Peckham were prominent at back.
and
TILDEN BEATEN
Vines Again Takos Veteran's Measure
Los Angeles, Jan. 30.
Yours faithfully,
P. G. Tang
Hon. Secrotary.
"Bully-Off" Replies.
I thank Mr. Tang for the explana. tion given repording the reported failure of the Varsity to field a team noninst the Medway Officers. In this Instance I will grant there annenrs to have been some misunderstanding. It was communicated to me,
The youthful professional; Ella that the match had been to
worth Vines, to-day defeated William arranged to take place at the T. Tilden, ranked as the greatest liv.N.OF.C. hy Lieut. Cmdr. Leigh, ing tennis player, in the most alir the Naval Hockey Secretary. I re- ring duel the two have ever fought. ferred to one instance in my notes on They are playing an exhibition series Saturday when the Radle turned up of matches across the continent and at Pokfulham and were disappointed. at prosent Vines leads by, seven to Another occasion which I recall off- find win a fixture between the Unl
four.
Vines took the first not of the varsity and St. Andrew's. There have match with a love score, but drop-toen other comúlaints mentioned to ped the second gruelling, set after me and under the circumstancos I nos they had completed 44 games. The no reason why I should detract from acoro was 21-23. Vines won, 7-5 and dropped the next.
The third set my statement of Saturday last. 8-6. In the fifth not he won handi- the ranort of the game was given to In med to the last naraerankų,
PIC- the Telawanh, nung the telanhono
Tilden recently strained his anklo rom the Radio Offles, and a
in one of their contests-Reuter, tion was later published"Bully. }
HINTS TO UMPIRES.
(By "Bully-off.")
NO. 11.
Do not award a corner if the ball nocs behind unintentionally off a defender who is outside his own 25 yard line. If, however;
SCULLER'S DISTINCTION
in 53 Years
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, 10sec. start in the final, and beat him ensily.
This was the first time in 53 years that the race had been won by the scratch man.
The final was rowed in a fog,
in your opinion, the ball is inten and Hopper, who started a 3 to 1
tionally hit over the line by a
favourite, went out of his
Course
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