THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. MONDAY, FEBRUARY
1934.
MACAO WITHOUT MANHAO FOR HOCKEY INTERPORT
FOOTBALLERS AGAIN AT
VARIANCE
NAVY BEAT ARMY TO WIN RUGBY TRIANGULAR TOURNAMENT
UNHAPPY SCENES MARK RECREIO To-day's
AND ARTILLERY MATCH
NEW FIRST CLASS CENTRE-HALF JOINS. THE GUNNERS
WALLACE & HARRIS MAY PLAY
IN SENIOR SHIELD GAME
(By "Veritas").
WITH all but four of the first
holiday. division clubs on there was a strange quietness over most of the football grounds on Saturday. The turf, wearled by months of continual usage; thank- fully absorbed the sun's welcome rays and looked better for it: players stowed their togs away in the Jockers and didn't seem a bit Ill-pleased about it: referees were able to enjoy their Saturday night dinner: and even some of the Press critica gladly laid down their - vitriolic pens, and forget about
football for a few hours.
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WE played cricket.
BUT at King's Park, the sound
of strife mingled with the plop of the football meeting the boot, where the Royal Artillery captured points from the Recreio.
I WAS not there, but eye-wit- nesses aver that the match was about as poor as it could be, not helped one little bit by the display of hard feelings on both sides.
THE disturbing elements, which Castilho of the
ended in
Recreio being sent off the field,
NLESS the Nournila makes up!
her 36 hours lost on the trip from Singapore, It is quite likely the bont will not leave Hongkong until Sunday afternoon, February 25, in which case the Borderers may be able to turn out Wallace and Harris for the Senior Shield tle.
How They Stand In The Tables
8. CHINA STILL
ON TOP
The two matches in the
Tennis Encounters
TWO INTERESTING
MATCHES
Duff and Sullivan, whose ap- pearance
together in the doubles tennis championship this year, has aroused wide- spread interest, will be seem in action for the first time on the Cricket Club ground this afternoon, when they oppose the Army players, Major East- wick-Field and Major B. Withington.
It is to be hoped that the op- position will prove strong enough to draw some of the best out of the civilian combination so that we can gain some practical idea of the possibilities of Duff and Sullivan us challengers for title.
The
I know that they have been putting in some earnest practice and that their form has not been unsatisfactory.
UNDEFEATED IN League
SIX GAMES
ARMY'S DASHING
START
BUT ARE WORN DOWN
(By "Lins Out”),
Cricket In Brief
THREE SECOND DIV. MATCHES
Three matches in the second division of the Cricket League on Saturday produced definite results, Club de Recreio, Indian Recreation Club and the Navy all winning.
The Navy Rugby fifteen finished up their Triangular Tournament successes with a good win over the Army by a
The Recreto inflicted upon the goal and three tries (14 points) to goal and penalty goal (8K.C.C., their first defent of the University were points) at Happy Valley on senson. The Saturday afternoon.
completely outplayed, but Indians were given an early shock which night have cost them the game.
The results were:
one of the series and left the The match was the concluding Navy aide unbenten.
with so much dash and brilliance However, the Army started off that it looked po up quite a
as if they would big score, but the Navy soon settled down and were obtaining the ball from the acrùm throughout the rest of the game.
A feature of the game was the fine hooking of Pascon, who bent. Herbert for the ball reapeatedly, Another attraction this after the rest of the Navy pack getting noon is the singles encounter brit out quickly. Here it must be tween Ho Ka-lau and Y. Hachiuma, remembered however that the which ought first
to produce some Army pack were a great deal division of the football Jengue did interesting, and keen enchanges. lighter then their opponents, and not affect the leading positions, it would be a big surprise if Ho Herbert was therefore but South China were able to re-
Ka-lau lost, but nevertheless at a disadvantage. Added to which tain the leadership of the second think he, can expect lively opponi- he was limping badly during the division, whilst in the third, South ton from Hachluma, whose vast China drew up to
game, Improvement has already been second place. The results and latest league noted in these columns. tables follow.
DIVISION L.
M. W. Lo is slated to moet Ravenhill in their postponed first Kowloon F.C. 2 East Lancashires of round tie, but I believe Lo will
concede a walk-over on 1of-health.
were by no means one sided.
I am R.A. told that it was six to one, half a dozen to the other..
one
2 Recreio
League Tables:
Goals
R 38 17 23
16 18
P. W. D. L. F.A. Pts, IT is said that of the Lincola Regt. 15 11 1
Artillery players was insulted, St. Joseph's 13 10 2 1 30 10 22 and proceeded to show his resent South China. 14 10 1 3 34 13 21 mont. Then Comboy
S. W. was un- Borderers 11 9 fairly tackled. Then came the R. Navy...
12 8 final display of temper. An H. K. Club.. 13 5 Artillery player kicked the ball Athletle 14 clean out of the ground: it was Kowloon F.C. 14 lost and the Gunners had to give R.A. their own to the home club.
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ALL of which was childish, un- cessary and detrimental to a game boasting fine traditione,
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II.K. Police 12 3 1 8 East Lanen-
shiren Recrela
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11 3 1 7 14 20
7
14 1 0 13 13 66 DIVISION IL
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South China 5 Hongkong F. C. 1)
O far as the game wont, the S, W. Borderers 4 Young Indians 0
So
Artillery-earned-their-points: A
right R. Navy
Rivers, the new outside
played well enough to suggest n Lisoful successor to Snook.
NEVERTHELESS it was the sort
of game best forgotten,
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AlbioticTM
1. Lincoln Regt.
League Tables,
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Goals P. W. D. L. F.A. Pts. South China. 14 11 0 8 44 13 22 R. Navy...
16 0 3 4 54 21 21 IN the other senior division Lincoln Regt. 14 8 3 3 39 28 19 Borderers 14 10 1 3.44 19 21 match, Kowloon quite deserved-R.A.
16 8 17 28 20 17
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ly won from the East Lancashires. II.K. Club.. 15 0 1 8 25 35 The East Lanes old time weak Young Indians 13 4 1 8 21 42 9 ness poor shooting-again let Athletic 14 2 1 11 20 53 5 them down. Any forward with Kowloon F.C. 14 11 12 12 50 3
DIVISION III.
shot in his boot and a fairly re- Hable idea of the position of the gos! would easily have given the R.A.M.C. soldiers & share in the spoils.
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Radia
South China
BLAKE played one of his best "Lincoln Regt.
games of the season for the
Railway Ground team, who were
without Bllas and Elliott.
1 R.A.F.
1 University 1 Recreio
R.A.S.C.
*Not played,
League Tables,
Goals
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P, W. D. L. F. A. Pts
To the Navy and Artillery in Lincoln Regt. 10 10 9 8 26 18 23
the second division, goes the South China. 14 9 2 3 20 distinction of belug the first; Borderers 14 0 1 4 48 teams in the league this season | R.A.3.C.
to complete their fixtures.
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15 6 4 0 20
Recreio R.AS.C Radio
16 6 3 7 87 10 5 2 12 2
ECOND Division results punned.A.F. out expected, and the RE
Us
Borderers and South China are University assured of a big match as a filting
elimax. Both played a type of
football which places them 11
grade above the rest of the JAPANESE ATHLETES
division.
Artillery again beat the Athletic and by their display
FOR OLYMPICS
ronewed the promise of being Large Aggregation To
likoly winners of the Junior Shlold.
A
NEW contingent arrived to Join the Royal · Artillery last
work, and among them is a first
centro-forward.
Appear In Manila
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account
aomewhat
GOOD COMBINATION.
AN ENFORCED LAST MINUTE CHANGE
SUCCESSOR REPUTED TO BE FIRST CLASS FORWARD
HAS BEEN OUT OF THE GAME THIS SEASON OWING TO INJURY
TWO ALTERATIONS MADE IN THE HONGKO NG TEAM
(By "Bully-Off")
Macao will be without Manhão, their star goal-scorer for the Interport match with Hongkong this week, according to informa- tion received from Macao this morning.
Mr. F. da Costa, the Secretary writes to say that Manhao's place will be taken by Laertes do Costa, who, "in my opinion is the beat Macao forward."
the Hongkong eleven was selected as followe:
It is explained that da Costa has FOLLOWING the game, the team this season owing to a beon prevented from playing in
R.AS.Cing soccer.
knee Injury sustained while play.
Recreio (130) beat K.C.C. (73) Try 57 runs,
LR.C. (138) beat (92) by 46 runs.
"He is one of our fastest men Univer-and very quick with his stick" adds
the letter.
Navy (133 for 5) beat sity (132) by 5 wickets. Some of the leading performan- ces with bat and ball were:
BATTING.
11. el Arculli' (LR.C.) R.A.S.C.
A.R. Tata (Varsity) Navy.
Sinclair (Navy v Univer
sily
Hongkong also have two altera- tlong in the original team selected to oppose Macao. Neither Licut. Garthwaite nor Lal Singh are t venough to turn out, and Kalwant 45 Singh of the Radlo and S. C. Y Archer of the Club will now form 44 the Colony's left wing.
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Guterres (Recreio) K.C.C.
A. Prota (Recreio)
K.C.C.
Tipple (R.A.S.C.) I.R.C.
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30
BOWLING.
• Pereira (Recrelo)` K.C.C.
King (Navy) University
Smith TK.C.C.) Recreio.
Ballard (R.A.S.C.) v
I.R.C.
4 for 12
4 for 14 4 for 32
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4 for 43
FINAL TRIAL:
PLAYERS BELOW FORM
(By "R.H.B.")
THE match played between the Hongkong hockey Interport eleven and the Rest of the Colony at King'a Park yesterday morning was in the whole, scrappy and
disappointing.
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Pte. Hollingsworth (Lines). A. J. Rodrigues" (Univ.), J. Rodger (Club) (Capt.), W. A. Reed (Club),
Lt. E. N. Sinclair (Medway), E. V. Reed (Club).
Lt. W. S. Donald (Medway), Lt. J. H. Eaden (Medway), G. Singh (Radio),
K. Singh (Radio),
S. C. Archer (Club).
THE absence of Lal Singh, on the left wing, has robbed Hong- kong of a brilliant forward.
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YESTERDAY'S match closed the chapter on trials, and Wednes- day's interport game with Macao opens a new shapter in the history of Colony hockey. Best of luck to the Hongkong team!
ENGLISH TEAM WINS
IRELAND BEATEN IN DUBLIN
Another strength of the Navy side lay in the combination of the two halves, Forbos and Cheyne, The latter who has not being seen in action much in Hongkong, played a very good game, and United in double, Cassymbhoy made tome very dangerous runs, and Razack become divided to He was well marked by Martin, day, when they do battle in the but managed on several occasiong singles for right of entry into to run clear. Buckley at inside the third round. Cassumbhoy also played a good game, and his will probably win in straight defensive kicking saved his side
several times.
equalised, The Army full back, Pte Hog- FIL Kwok will try conclusions kins, was
A spectacular hand to hand with Iu Tak-chouk, and J.J. Barrow played a very fino game, always and Hammet led to the former a great success and passing movement between Foches, should qualify to meet Taui Wat- remaining calm and collected crossing under the posts although pui. Barrow has Owon-Hughes in the face of the numerous Navy he should have been tackled the Rest custodian saved brilliant-second successive victory of the sea- as his opponent, but the latter will attacks. Hie kicks to touch were Linton converted. Soon find him more resourceful thun usually of a very good length. Richards ran in for a try, although after Wong Fuk-nam.
Rcts,
were
THOUGH le combined very weti with Eaden, Gurbachan Singh, the Colony centre-forward was off form, and he will have to show up better. on hot shots at goal but R. H. Wong. Wednesday against facao. He did have one or two
Iy,
The
G. E. R. Divett, who played in place of Garthwaite, at inside-left,
London, Feb. 10. England bent Ireland in the Inter-
points (a try), thus socuring their national rugby match in Dublin by 18 points (two goals and a try) to three
6011.
R. A. Gerrard of Bath and former- England.
I expect to find the following Hardy and Lloyd
In the Army pack, Metcalfe, it looked as if he was at one time SINGH could not combine with ly of Hongkong again represented
always running well into touch. survive to-day's matches. ! working hard, the last named was kick fälled.
unfortunately injured in the shoulder, but managed to resume after halftime. Conspicuous
SINGLES.
“R. R. G. Hoare, M. W. Lo (if he plays), J.A. Cassumbhoy. Ho Ka-lau. J.J. Barrow, and F.H. Kwok.
DOUBLES.
in the Navy pack were Linton, Hammet, and Brown.
The defence of Marlin, Burt and Simmonds for the Army was very sound, and both saved awk- Reward situations during the game
SENSATIONAL START.
H.A. Barros and F.J. medios, Tsol Ping-fan and Tsui Yun-pul, W.A.II. Duff and A.L. Sullivan.
During the first half the English
scored a try for Ireland, but the kick- against a try by the Irishmen. Morgan at goal was unsuccessful. Twice did II. E. Fry (Liverpool) go over the line
five minutes after half time, when plays in that position being push
No further score occurred until Kalwant Singh, who regularly players scored a goal and a try. Brown broke up quickly after aed to left wing, where he was lost.
on the Army line and
scrum
dribbled over for a try. Linton WILLY Reed, the Interport right for England, but only the second was failed with the kick.
half, was as brilliant as usual. converted, by G. G. Gregory (Bristol). The Army then fought hard to Halford, at centre-half for the points to three and after the interval At half time England led by eight equallse, and Jones almost dropped Rest, was better than Sinclair, the G. W. C. Meikle (Waterloo) scored a a goal, but it was the Navy who Interport choice. On many occa-try, for Gregory to convert Router. finally scored after Choyne had cut alone, W. Reed was seen to an- through to give Buckley a good der into the centre of the field and NAVY'S GOOD START The Army started off sensation. pass for the latter to go over too clear for Sinclair. 718
ally and before 15 minutes had far out for him to convert his own elapsed had, scored eight points try. through a finely kicked penalty goal by Lloyd from far out, and a try by Martin which Lloyd convert- ed with another excellent kick.
The complete programme is follows.
RH, Wild R. R. G. Hoare M.W. Lo v. C. Ravenhill I. M. A. Rozuck v J. A. Cassumbhoy.
H. Kalau v Y. Hachiuma. J. J. Barrow 'v H. OWLE
Hughes.
Iu Tak-cheuk v F. H. Kwok, II. A. Barros and F. J. Remedios y Iu Tak-lom and Lau
man-ching.
Teol Ping-fan and Tsui Yun- pul v. P. K. Liang and M. Hung
C.
W. A. H. Duff and A. L Sullivan v Major Eastwick-Field and Major B. Withington.
GRAY'S SIX GOALS FOR WISHART
Goal Scoring Feat Against Herald
was
HILL, at left-half, for the Reat, The closing stages saw the Navy
a hard worker. How I still pressing, and with their pack would like to see him in the final obtaining the ball in both the tight team. and loose scrums, the Army did
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The Navy then came into the well to prevent them from scoring MY half-back line, on yester picture and before half time had} again.
World's Fastest Runners Meeting This Month
BECCALI, BONTHRON, CUNNINGHAM &
·VENZKE TO BATTLE ON BOARDS
New York. beat Bonthron in their famous Eastern fans who like their foot duel. A knee injury has put him races fast are looking forward to out of competition for a time. one of the greatest indoor sensong The first test came in the Wana- in many a year, packed into four maker mile of the Millrose A. A. wild' week-ends In February. games on February 3, when Reccall
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day's final trial would be: W. Reed, Halford and Hil.
Beat Air Force in Services Match
London, Feb. 10. The first match of the Services Triangular tournament at Twicken- ham to-day resulted in a convincing win for the Navy over the Royal Afr Force, who went down by 36 points to nil.
A number of Club fixtures were played throughout the country.
Fall results follow:
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Of the full backs, Pole played a great game at loft back for the Reat, and received good sup-| port from S. MacNider, who was brought in the last minute owing Navy to the non-appearance of Black- burn, of the Police.
Bervices Tournament. 30 Air Force (At Twickenham) Club Fixtures.
Birkenhead Bristol Rodrigues at right back for Cardiff
P. Singh, who deputised for Cambridge U.
the Colony, was erratic. He took Exeter too many chances with arst-time Liverpool hits and consequently let de Win- Newport ton, the Rest left wing, break Northampton through on numerous dècasions.
Intorport forwards, Donald did splendid work on
line,
getle while Tom Whitley was
Richmond Old Grun- lelghans
9 London Scot. 12 Oxford U.
8 Rosslyn
12 Gloucester
14 Devonport
3 Manchester
·15 Leicester
22 Bath:
6 Blackheath
United
183 Servicen
Ú Pontypool
14 Harlequins «
20 Watsonians
Edinburgh U.
HEALING OF BREACH
French Federation To
Attend Home Unions' Meeting
Luigi Beccali, Italy's world re-matched strides with Cunningham, De Winton played a hard games ar
and sent in some really good Aldershot cord holder at 1,500 metres, is Vonzke and Dawson. This last centres, which however were not Glasgow Acad. 6 Horiotonians coming over to tangle right down week Bonthren joined in the fun at made the most a the line with the best of Uncle the Boston A. A. games. February Leading by four goals to one at Sam's middle distance men, and 17 the entire troupe will be at it the interval, H.M.S. Wishart finally it promises to be a thrilling series. again in the New York A. C. OF the defeated H.M.S. Herald in n China Arrayed against the foreign meet, and thorn wind up the the right wing, and his combing-
month'e battle February 24 in the Fleet Football League match at swift will be Princeton's 'Bill Kobe, Jan. 31.
Causeway Bay yesterday afternoon Bonthron, who ran a 1:08.7 out. national indoor championships at tion with Eaden, and Eaden's with
G. Singh, was pretty to watch. One hundred and sixty Japaneso by six goals to two.
two athletes will leave horo about
door mile against Jack Lovelock the Garden. In the latter The feature of the game was the last summer; Glenn Cunningham meets the distance will be 1,500 clasa centre-balf and a reputed the end of April for Manila, marksmanship of Stoker Gray of of the University of Kansasmotres, whore Beccoli has ruled the Rost forward
Alexander Sinclair was ener Where the 10th Far East Olymple the Wishart, who netted all six national collegiate champion with supreme since the 1982 Olymples, Games will be held from May 12 goals. Harding in the first half, a 4:09.9 mile to his credit: Geno DIDN'T BOTHER PAAVO. dangerous. Norman Mackay, on ed for the Southern Command | month.
The fact that the Italian flash the right wing, was too hesitant replied tor. the were
world at Aldershot. The Gunners aro The athletes will be allotted beaten at all points, and could indoor mile mark of 4:10 two win-18 unfamiliar with the boards with his passos and was weak. hoping to discover other talent as follows:
should prove no great handicap, in offer no effective opposition to a tora ago, and Glen Dawson. Con the opinion of exports. They recall BOTH Wong and Hollingsworth from the 60 new arrivals, particu- Track and Field
50-66 lively forward line,
sistently fina miler from Oklahoma that Paavo Inrly defenders.
Nurmi also was Swimming
20 Teams: Baseball
stranger to the indoor game when ONLY LOVELOCK MISSING. Wishart-Phillips: Tate and
he first invaded this country, but the Volleyball
14 Nicholls: Binion, Stickland and There's dynamite lying around you'd never think it from the Hist Tennis
Mullaly: Robinson, Toogood, Gray, loose when a group like that gets of shattered records he left be Soccer Football
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together. The only thing that bind. Oficinis
B Herald:Johnson: Thorpe and keeps the set-up from being par There probably will be as much The Japan Athletic Association Mottram: Cooper, Dovey and Yule: fect is the absence of Jack Love-interest in the series of tests be has. appropriated 73,000 yen to Moore, Harding, Williams, Evans lock of Oxford, who ran the grea- toen Bonthron and Cunningham cover the expense of the occasion, and Trattor.
test mile in history-4:07.0-to (Continued on Page 10.),
MORTON, the centre-half, play- to 19. They will be away for aanded or und Herald, who war, Pennsylvania, who set the
Venzko of the University of
WHEN Comboy sails on
Nouralia this
montli, tho Artillery will have to appoint a new captain, as Pardoo lo still the game. Tho now out of
skipper, I believe, will be one of
the forwarda..
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Paris, Feb. 11. An important stop towards heal. ing the breach between the English has axlated since 1081 owing to al and French Rugby authorities, which saved woll, the latter playing leged brutality of Fronch players, a baltor game than he has over will be taken by the French Fulars.. done during the triala,
tion accepting the Invitation of the Internationel Rugby Board to a moot HERE was no score at the in- ing of Home Unions in London on
torval. In the second hair,
|March 10-Router's. Special: Donald found the net, Alexander Sinclair equalising through a W. H. Edmonds boat A. MacIndoe penalty bully against Rodger for by 8 and 8 in the final tie to win the Adamson: Cup (1083) over the Happy Valley course,
obstruction.
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