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THE" HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, MONDAY,
OCTOBER 15, ́ ́ 1934.
NEW RECORD ESTABLISHED IN HONGKONG FOOTBALI
ALL 1ST DIVISION GAMES DRAWN
S. China
"B"
Continue To
Impress With
Excellent Display
SIX first division football matches were played dur-
were
|CONDUCTED BY
"VERITAS"
Lau Mau, hands clear from a hot Army raid during yesterday's match
between South China and the Army at Sookunpoo.
A Further Ninety Goals From 18 Matches Keeps Average High
Cord, Army custodian, saving = dangerous shot during yesterday's charity football match,
PEREIRA & PEARCE
SHOW IMPROVED FORM
LOCAL WEEK-END
BRITISH GOLF SHOWS BIG IMPROVEMENT
THIS YEAR'S RECORDS SHOW
BETTER AVERAGES
R, WHITCOMBE LEADS THE FIELD WITH CONSISTENT DISPLAYS ・・ Very few professionals were engaged in all 24 major roug in the season's championships and outstanding tournaments, { they were either absent from, or failed to qualify for the f rounds of, one or more of such events as the Open Chainpionsh Dunlop-Southport tournament, and the Irish Open Championsh
The events taken into considera-
tion are the big stroke com
petition: Open Championship, Oxford's
Irish Open Championship, Dunlop Southport Tournamont, Penfold! Fairhaven Tournament, and the 36 holes qualifying rounds
con-
Rowing
nected with the Roehampton and Start
Leeda tournaments. Five first class professionals, however, completed the whole 24 rounds, 'and camo out of the season's events with very creditable averages. None of them did better than fours. Re- Irinald Whitcombe heading the list
with 72.95.
CREW PRACTICE AT HENLEY.
London, Sept. 19. This, however,
excellent. Although next year's Unive considering the scratch scores sity Boat Race has not yet bod over which the various events fixed, the Oxford University a have been played. According to thorities have already commane Hame had a Numberless opportunities were
the English Golf Union's figuren, work with a view to checking t BELTHAO was Round between A decidedly poor
the sticks and Bowen showed atting result nt Kowloon, wasted by Johnstone and his col-
plus an allowance of 75 (probably run of Cambridge successes. M all the wonderfully Improved form. The where the Railway Ground club leagues. Green spent
on the low side) for the scratch P. Haig Thomas, the old work
Can of Marques, Delgado and and Police drew. Kowloon have afternoon planting the ball ac-
score of Portmarnock, where the bridge Blue, who has had Д Gonsalves was most praiseworthy done nothing yet to invite the con- curately in the middle of the goal
han Irish Open Championship and Gomes remained the
was in the training of all the winnin best fidence of their supporters. The and it needed only somebody with forward on view.
Jacks generalship and com- an idea of a shooting to score. Frank Pereira and Alec played, the scratch score average Cambridge crews since 1924, come into their 18 75.87, and all five men mention- taking charge of the coaching bination. An intensive study of
Pearce have own in Shanghai since the In-cd were well inside that score with the Oxonians for next year's rec co-operative movement between
and he is following up the war terport, and in the course of their overages. forwards and half backs would do FOUR teams in the second divi-
retained their Blon
100 per
which he commenced after th a lot towards moulding together
two one-day matches have din-
Four professionals of repute Summor Eights this year by gettin alno individuals who are not without cent, recorda. There were
played splendid form.
completed twenty rounds, having an Oxford crew together at once. skill.
goala in plenty in this division, Pereira, playing agninst A
been absent six matches producing 42 goals. Shanghai Cricket Club team, cap: Fairhaven tournament, and their ford until October 12, but M
from the Penfold Term docs not commenco at O
ing the woek-end. Six left drawn. This is a record in local football. It has also had this peculiar effect. The Foot- ball Club have four points from three matches, East Lanca- shires three points from three
and THE Lincolns played quite well, matches, the Athletic
and the football generally re- Recreio two points each from mained at high level. Ridley, two matches and the Navy one that arch-schemer spent the after point from one match, yet none neon providing his colleagues with of these teams have yet lost line openings, from which Me- might have been a little selfish
a game.
THE star attraction of Satur. day--South Ching "B" and the Borderers at Caroline Hill- emphasised that the Chinese second string Are clever possessing con-
combination,
siderable talent which South
China will be well advised to develop.
雏
REG An
LE work of Lim Tak-po was espeelally commendable and in hlm ono can
excellent SuccokHor to Loung Wing-chul. The forwards were very lively, bug Young Shut-yick has not yet re- captured that splendid form which earned him his place on the right wing of the senior nutit last season,
THE Borderers, weakened by en-
forced changes, were not in the same class as purveyorą of academic football, yet they were! unlucky not to win. Their de termination and forceful tactics nearly brought about the collapse of the Chinese defence, who were somewhat blessed by the gods in
the final stagen.
with better results.
team
hall; refusal to
-nino,
*
CRICKET
Guinness scored twice, bat Dick HE Police were also guilty of East Lancashires helped them-tured 4 for 28, and later, against averages for twenty rounds are Haig-Thomas has created prece the worst feature in local font. Melves to eight against the Young a combined Shanghai Recreation under 75, while one or two others deat by having an eight in trafn Faint at gol. Indians, and this match produced Club and Services eleven secured who completed sixteen or eighteen ing at Henley. Twelve member
the highest aggregate for the day for 31.
rounds all show averages well in from the University took up re Hongkong won both matches aide that of the scratch score, sidence at the Leander Club & comfortably, the former by eight
that AST Lancashires are showing wickets and the latter by nine fessional golf is in a strong post- having two outings daily, mornin
Brilish suggesting
pro Henley on Monday, and they ar championship-winning form in wickets.
tion, Mark Seymour achieved a and evening. The the third division. They pipped
afternoon T. A. Pearce helped himself to the Borderers by four clear goals, a fine century against the Cricket noteworthy performance with an devoted to work in the tub, and and have so far conceded only one Club and another 60 at the expense rounds.
average of 74.03 strokes for 22 fixed tub has been installed at th goal in three matches,
bottom of the garden of Thames of the Combined attack. In the
field, the residence of Sir John second match, Lieut. Williams
Edward Moss. So for three Old 144), Harry Owen-Hughes (08 not
NAVY & ST. JOSEPH'S IN TIRESOME CAME
TWO FORWARD LINES WITHOUT ANY SPARKLE
DEFENCES ON TOP IN MATCH OF MIDFIELD EXCHANGES
(By "Varita=").
A tedious game of tiresome midfield exchanges and missed opportunities resulted in St. Joseph's and the Navy playing a goalless draw on the Kowloon Football Club ground yesterday, when the Navy made their initial appearance in the league this
season.
THERE was some good average scoring this division, half dozen games realising 28 goala.
11
out) and T. E. Pearce (31) Agured prominently, the Colony scoring. 190 for the loss of four wickets.
BRIGHT LOCAL CRICKET.
came
Averages.
A FINE RECORD,
gether.
CHARITY benefitted, and specta-University Profesor 1 T. Ride low one of 72.05, and there is no ley Granta.
made a welcome return to local doubt that he would have challeng
tors enjoyed themselves, na a yesterday's football!
cricket in
tion and invariably they lacked a matches at Caroline Hill between addition to taking 3 for 14, hit up record over 24 rounds.
39.
• ·
the Army
S. F. Drewn, the Britisher who Blues, M. H. Molay, the Prest to England from South dent, A. V. Sutcliffe, and P. R. S Africa for this season's
Bankes have appeared in the events, did not play at Roehampton or in crews, but another Blue, P. Hogg the Penfold tournament, but for is expected during the next day TN all three divisions the total
eighteen other rounds he had an or so. number of goals netted were
Some bright cricket was seen average of 73, only 05 behindments the crew will remain at According to present arrange 90 from 18 matches, an average of locally on Saturday. Civil Service Reggie Whitcombe, who, by reason Henley for a fortnight, and Mr. exactly five a match. So far this and Hongkong Cricket Club scored of his figures for 24 rounds, must Haig-Thomas is senson 50 games have aggregated freely on an ensy, wicket,
and be given pride of place--In-ihen getting the men to work to concentrating 255 goals, an average of five goals played a drawn match. per match, which is extremely Teddy. Fincher followed up his high. These figures, of course, holiday innings of 97 ngainst the did not play in the tournament at Oxford boat, in which the Leander
It is a pity that Alfred Padgham
The crow are using this year's apply only to league matches. Club, with another aplendidlyFairhaven, because his average Club set up the new record for complied 44 at the expense of the for 20 other rounds la the very the Grand Challenge Cup at Hen- The order of rowing laat even- this match, and in ed Reggio Whitcombe for the best ing was: M. H. Mosley (Trinity), The Navy needed but a spark of ¡passed before drawing the oppost-result of
bow, A. 9. Ogilvie (University), life and initiative among the for-
Those two were wards to win the match easily, but shot when in
certainly the B. a fine
position to South China's and
J. Scorting (University), B. Lay, bowling medium naced outstanding Britishers of the year, A. V. Sutcliffe (Trinity), P. R. S. they toyed with the ball in front of Beore.
senior and junior teams.
over the wicket, routed the Univer- for each was successful in two Bankes (Christ Church), J. D. A first half display of vim was "HOOKER" Jones got back into koni, permitting the fast moving
Bity second string when they were important tournaments, curiously Sturrock (Magdalen), E. D. Tom- not maintained, and once they hadOUTH China first string his stride with three goals. Saint defence to clear every time.
SOL St. Joseph's gave not the slightest flost this, the result was obvious.
won entertained by the K.C.C. He enough one stroko and one match lin (University), D. M. de Winser Vory nice work. Marrison demon-
decisively, despite being with howled five overa and captured 4 play event.
Whitcombe -won at (Corpus Christi) stroke. W. G. C. strated that given the practice ha hint of reproducing the encourag
out the services of Fung King-wickota for no runs. F. A. Broad-Roehampton and Fairhaven, the Shobhears C. ing form they displayed against the could be as good a forward
G. Costley White The bridge, a very promising bat, mnde latter after a tie, while Padgham (Balliol) and G. H. D. he is a back. Herbert proved for Club, and were a somewhat unimi- St. Joseph's had a distinely "off shing and Tay Qua-tong.
Green season, took the honours at Leeds and (Magdalon). collection of all time that he in a back and not; pressive
players. day". Although better together man of the match was Ip Pak-wah, is best innings of the a forward, Podmore--but need emulating the Navy in shortcam- than the Navy and more accurate who not only scored three goals, hitting up 35 in good style, the Southport.
K.C.C. winning easily.
Syd Easterbrook, who won the ings among the forwards.
in ball distribution, they were too but delighted all with his superb He
At Anything?
Sookunnoo, say
the Indian Irish Championship, has Passes on both sides went sadly slow to progress far, and it was not footwork and ball control. Ex- Podmore, and that makes one think
no match good averago for 20 rounds (he astray, all of football in its best aspects.
players finding until the second half that the for- changes throughout were, bright, Recreation Club were difficulty in controlling a lively ball. wards became dangerous on the but the Army, although hard for the Army The Navy were chief offenders, attack.
workers all. lacked the under- wicket, and THE Club have largely them- either sending the ball through too! The bottling up of Rocha and standing and team work exhibited runs,
selves to blame for being holdt quickly or hugging it too closely. Ward did much to disorganise the by the Chinese, to a division of spoils by the Co-ordination between attack and vanguard, the rest of the forwards Athletic. Both Ernest Strange defence was decidedly no feature lacking the necessary skill to make THE junior game was highly and Albert Howe missed "sitters. of the match, and a lethargy, which up
entertaining, the teams being Territorially the Athletic wore started with St. Joseph's, alowly but hurd, but was poorly supported by well matched, and both going all almost outplayed, especially in the insidiously spread to the Navy, and "Darkie Lee, and over on the loft, out to give of their best. A fitting second half, yet their defence re- in the final stages the exchanges Fernandez played a lone game and result was a draw of a goal apiece mained beautifully steady, the were not worthy of third division. could not be expected to make very result being a fitting reward for
much of an Impression, such endeavour.
•
wuB
just
the
UNLIKE LAST YEAR.
SAINTS "OFF DAY".
the
deficiency. Sim
tried
Elms alone retained up to the mark form. He was not only the best half back on the field, but the loading player. Splendid anticipa tion allied with cleverness permitted
he alone showed any
The Navy, although but a shadow THE Club were without Gnish. of last last year's powerful team, Strange junior was feeling his included several of those worthy way all through the game, a fact players, but the difference between him to extricate the Saints defence not to be surprised about seeing the teams was 48 chaik, to cheese. from several compromising posi- that it was his first outing of the McGuire put in a lot of work attions, and
rocent. illness. centre-half, but he seemed to be Howe was again only half hearted. thinking too far ahead for his ly supported. Half backs, with colleagues in front, and saw many the exception of Pote-Hunt wore celver ideas ruined through lack of unimpressive although Andy anticipation on their part. He was Duncan did get in one of his old good spoiler and allowed Ward time ploces of work, when his rush-and Rocha very little rope.
soason
after
idea of how and where to find his
forwards.
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CHELSEA LOSE PRIESTLEY
Appointment in Ireland
hoped
Tom Priestley, the Irish Inter- Costa was laboriously slow and national forward, for whom Chal- lacked constructive kons, while sea paid a transfer fee of £2,000 Victor was useful only in defence. in the summer of 1933 to Linfield, The backs Gomes and Leonard has been appointed headmaster of were fairly solid and gave nothing Aghadoway School, Co. London- od across to head out a certain West at left back was also pro-away, but one noticed some faulty derry. He declined to re-sign for goal. The Club played specula-minent, remaining cool under any covering and a decided tendency to Cheiaca at the end of last season Elve sort of football. One could sort of pressure, while Love at left become
flurried under pressure, as he desired to devote himself gamble on them attempting any-half caught the eye with some un-Lim was excellent in goal and saved more closely to his profession as thing, but accomplishing practical- tiring labour, Smith, one of the finely on tivo occasions.
clovercat inside rights in local foot-
school teacher. Chelsea ly nothing,
ball last season, disappointed, ro-
BEST FORGOTTEN.
that ho would return, and when told of the report that Priantley flashes of that NE of the best games of the day vealing only rare
The game itself was practically would stay in Iroland, Mr. Palmer, was aten at King's Park where neat footwook and ball control featureless. The Navy had the Chelsen's
assistant secretary, the Recreio hold the Lincolns to which had hitherto tied defences up greater share of territorial advan-sald: "We have heard nothing
In knots.
tage, and forced at least a dozen about it." A draw and thereby further on-
Kornick and Stanley dallied in corners during the game. Novor- hanced their reputation. Minus!
The Chelsea F. C. annual re the services of A. V. Gosano, and stead of shooting, while Fairlesstheless goals were always a very port has been issued. Gross In- occurrence. The result come from all sources last season with Beltrao forced to go in goal, was obliterated by the ubiquitous unlikely the Portugese did extraordinarily Elina, and Martin too obvious in his, itself was fair enough, but the game was £02.857.
Gate recelote well. If any of their closing movements to upset Gomes or which produced, the result cannot amounted to. £39,818, an increase be put into the same category. It aver the previous season of £2.495. in 1 was one of those matches one pro- The result of the season's working
fers not to remember.
shows a credit balance of £517.
Victor.
offorts had been tinged with the alightest bit of Joss the Recreio The Navy blundered badly would have won.
two respects. Too often
they
a very
on the matting missed Fairhaven), while Honry How They
Stand In The Tables
were beaten by 76 Cotton, the British Open Cham Capt. Walch delighted plon, played in only fourteen of with some free hitting. and the rounds, missing Leeds, Fair benefitting from the short bound- haven, and Ireland. His average for 70.0, ry on the navilion side of the the fourteen played Is ground, scored 58 out of a 83 remarkable figures, due to his before retiring.
brilliant scoring in the "Six round F. R. Zimmern has thrown in events," Open Championship and his lot with Craigengewer, and Southport, which included two on Saturday turned turned out for qualifying rounds as well as the Phem against the Recrelo, The 72 holes competition proper. Recreio won after dismissing their opponents for 104. A. M. Rodrigues, former University star batsman, | hit up nice looking 40 for the winners.
Leading performances were:
BATTING.
J. R. Richardson (C.S.C.C.)
y H.K.C.C.....
Y el Ardu}}) (I.R.C.)
E. C. Flucher (K.C.C.)
University
HOME RUGBY
NORTH AND EAST MIDLANDS LOSE
THE LATEST POSITIONS
DIVISION I.
South Chinn "B" 3 8.W. Borderers &
2 Chinese Ath. Hongkong F.C.
East Lancashires 2 R.A. Club de Recreio 2 Lincoln Regt, Hongkong Police 1 Kowloon F.C. St. Joseph's 0 Navy
League Table..
Goals
CNN NAC
London, Oct. 17. Both North
P. W. D. L. F. A. Pis.' and East Midlands g. China "B" 8 2 1 0 16 suffered defeat In the County Rugby S. Chinn "A" 2 2 0 0 7 Championship to-day, North losing to Hongkong F.C. 3 1: 208 Lolcestershire and East to Warwick- East Lance. 300
R.A..
The following were the results of H.K. Polica
79* Capt. Walch (Army) v IR.C. 58
Press XI
53
ER. Ducklit (HKCC.) ▼ CS.C.C........
51
44
shiro.
the principal matches played:
County Championship.
Leicestershire
40
(at Leicester)
(at Coventry)
Friendly Matches,
*
6 for 17 Blackheath
Bristol
A.. M. Rodrigues (Recreio)
C.C.C...... *Indicates not 'out
+
BOWLING.
F:S. W. Smith (K.C.C.)
v University
- Nigg (H.K.C.C.)
C.S.C.C. ......
II. Lav (K C.C. 2nd XI)
v Varsity
"Ball (Army)
LR.C
Y
H. A. Alves (Recrafo),
C.C.C.
-E. L. Gosano (Univer-
alty) v KC.C.
Chinese Ath. Club de Rec. 10 North Midlands 5 S.W, Borderers
Warwickshire 10 East Midlands
5 for 28) Cambridge
University 4 for Devonport
Bervices
Gloucester
4 for 17 Guy's Hospital
23 Newport
9 Bath
36 Old, Leystans
16 Exeter
→ Cardift
21 Old Blues
Kowloon
8 Lincoln Regt. F.C.
3 1.1
3 0
St. Joseph's.. 20
0 1 Royal Navy..
DIVISION II.
3 East Lancs... B Young Indians
S.W. Borderera 7 Kowloon F.C.
Chinese Ath.
IL.A.
3 Lincoln Regt. 3 R.E.
London Scottish 17 Rosslyn Park 16 4 for 24 London Welsh 8 London Irish
Mozolo
4 for 40
Nuneaton
-Router
a
5 Hongkong F.C...1.
5 Eastern Alb.
BR. Navy
University F.C., 2
League Table
Goals
P. W. D. L.-F. A.P
S.W. Borderers 3 2 1 0 11 8 5
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