THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH.
MONDAY, APRIL 29, 1935.
CLUB ON WAY TO RUNNERS-UP FOOTBALL TITLE
Rodger evading an apponent during the match between the Club and the Police at Happy Valley where the home side wan by 5-3 and enhanced their prospects of securing the runners-up bonoure. (Photo: Mes Chaung).
ALBERT HOWE LEAVING COLONY
ON TRANSFER SHORTLY
CONGESTION OF FIXTURES PRESENTS SERIOUS PROBLEM
(By "Sag■*")
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LAST MINUTE COLLAPSE
POLICE FOOTBALLERS LOSE TO CLUB
THREE QUICK GOALS SCORED TOWARDS END
Club
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5 Pollen
3
Porrow and
Club: Rodger; Gambla and 10; Robertson, Strange; Foster. Elliott, Have. Leures and Bickford.
Police: MeHardy; Blackburn uml Jolusione; Brooks, Gough and Parker; T. Pile, Bone, Green, Muna and C. Pile.
An equalising goal scored within ten minutes of the end of the match completely demoralised the Police, already greatly subdued through injuries to their players, when they met the Club in their all-important First Division foot- ball match at Happy Valley on Saturday after-
noon.
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Sui Tin-lin, the Chinese Athletic custodian, bringing off one of his brilliant anves against the Club de Recreio on the Club ground
yesterday. (Photo: Mea Cheung),
ANOTHER KNOCK-OUT
BOXER ADDS TO
LIST
FORWARDS' DELIGHTFUL FOOTBALL
CHINESE · PLAYERS PLEASE
RECREIO BEATEN
(By "Sagnx")
seen
on
Football of a very delightful lype was
the Club Ground yesterday afternoon when the Chinese Athletic assisted the Hongkong Football Club in their quest for runners-up honours-by-
AN EARLY defeating the Club de Recreio by SHOCK FOR SOUTH
three goals to two, and incident- ally making their own challenge more apparent.
The pace throughout was very fast Am the players, as a whole, gave a dazzling exhibition of football which few occasions by marred on
CHINA “A”estionable tackling. In this respoet,
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llowen, the Club de Recrelo left back, received two warninga from the referee while Mak Sidn-hon, the
his KOWLOON LEAD AT Chinese right kack, was penalised for
HALF TIME
The bell rang
went
a foul charge and the Club de Recreio uwarded a spot kick as the result.
The forwards of both sides showed clever understanding of one another's (By "Cirus">
movements and short snappy passing was a feature of the match. Tho Spectators were dumbfounded Chinese, however, were the superior in defence and it was in this depart- ment that they were able to turn the match in their favour.
Dayton, Ohio, Apr. 22. Jov When Fowler, standing un-and it was unfortunate that both heavyweight added No. 15 to
Issuing 20-year-old Negro virtue of their victory over the, time has played for the Club in the marked in front of the Police Parker and Brooks were injured knockout list here tonight when he pass from luring the course of the game, put away Blr Bennett in less than, Police by fire goals to three the local lengue. He first played for goal, received Club strongly established themselves Hongkong in November 1999 and he Robertson, and scored with a low Both were absent from the field one bräte of fighting. as favourites for the runners-up posl-has also played in the Isthmian shot which McHardy got his for short poriods while Parker, The fight, to have gone six round, Lion although they have yet some way League in England whilst on hemie hands to but failed to hold, the who was the more badly injured was short and sweet "Lo go belure cuncfading their fixtures, leave.
morale of the Police players was of the two, was given the left wing for the opening round and Louis
latter cornered BF mud the utterly shattered and in quick berth in the second half while stepped out. A vicious punch as he THE present position is that the N the last Interport match against succession the Club took the lead Chris dropped back. It be down-and out,
Club have, Lluye more matches to Shanghai Howe proved himself a
came necessary for Pile to drop It was Louis accend quick win in to find Kowloon leading by two clear goals at half-time in their play with a three pofte bend over very able leader and scored two goals for the first time in the match | further back when Johnstone was less than two weeks. the Police who have stiil to play four for the Colony when Shanghai lost through Howe and then Fowler hurt and he assumed the left wing On April 12 he took three rounds in league encounter with South
Mak Shiu-hon was the better of the games. The Club de Recreio are by seven goals to one,
put the issue beyond all doubt position with Parker returning to which to dispose of Roy Lager, the China "A" at Caroline Hill on three points behind the Clai
Kowloon two Chinese hacks but he received with a second goal.
The former place.
first time that the youngster has ever Saturday afternoon.
Invaluable assistance from Lo Hon- three more gamer and the Chinese
The collapse of the Police side]
the had matters their own way in the cheung and Bertie Conano and com- Athletic four points behind with four
Elliott and Fowler proved of been knocked off his feet for
count. success was not a flash in the put, was due to the temporary with little danger to the Police during
Previous to his, win over Lager, first half and made the Chinese pany were not given a great deal of games to play.
the East Lancashire Regiment agahdrawal from the field of Brooks, the early stages and although which, incidentally, Maxie Barr at league champions look like begin-cape in front of goal. A. V. Gosno
in the rnin to watch in Chiengu, Lag-ners. beat South China "A" yesterday but their right half inck, who was this time left no room for doubt aswinded. Up to that stage of the to their superiority,
with
think that the Club will be the first to admit that they were somewhat fortunate in Javing taken both points from their opponents who suffered several ensunities during the course of the game.
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JUST to show that their previous
game the custodians of the law who were playing the better foot- ball. were leading by three goals pills was the Champions' second to two and with less than ten
war for hair
minutes to
the match seemed
third
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reverse of the senson, the Club having all over bar shouting. Brooks had put them ont of the Shield Competeen playing a brilliant game and was constantly chocking promising movements by the Club forwards.
HA Brooks not been winded their tion.
eguntising goal might never have! buen scored and withi the third! point the Club, 1 think, would not THE Chiniese were completely out- McHardy, however, had a par- have registered their fourth and played but it must be said that ticularly unhappy' duy, If he bad fifth.
they were not anywhere near full been in his best form the absence strength, several of their more of tronks might not have had such prominut players, including Fung
a telling effect on the site. In AXCEPTION Le, the manner in King-cheung, Tam Kong pak and addition to being responsible for
which spectators in the opon Wong Wing, the
captain, being
the first gont scored by the Club, sland were barracking was taken by absentees.
the police custodian showed an entire lack of anticipation with both goals which were scored im-
the referee at the Club-Polleo match. After certain of the supporters bud criticised and feered decisions given
the officeint went over and spoke to the POINTS AWARDED mediately after the Club had
people concerned,
ALL teams in First Division have
end.
For Fixtures Not Fulfilled
equalised for the second time dur- ing the match ten minutes from the end,
TENNIS FINAL OFF
Re-Arrangement Of Fixtures Announcement was 'made just before going to press to the effect that the singles final this afternoon Was definitely postponed. The match will be played on Wednesday, commencing at 4.30 p.m. while the doubles final and the distribution of prizes will take place on Friday.
er whipped Palsy Perrani (one of the
and Bowen were not as steady un their contemporaries. The Interport
few bouts he has won by decisions). But the tide turned in the second player was directly responsible for and kayord Lee Ramage twice. period of the game and the Chinese letting the Chinese through at least The new Negro sensation la sched-brought off a convincing victory, the once when he miskicked. The ball uled to fight Primi Carnern for Ma-final score being 4-in their favour. was instantly pounced upon by lio It was Chan Tak-fal, reserve for Ka-keung who gave Fordandez littlo dison Square Garden, after June's;
chance.
PORTUGUESE GOALIE WEAK
Bowen was playing a robust game
match between Max Baer and Jimmy Tam Kong-pak (inside right) who put Braddock, the winner of which will new life into the attack. In the first meet the winner of the Louis Carnern, half he did not shine at inside right) set-to.
and In Pak-wah, leading the attack, sen. Wong Wing, the WITH All Chinese skipper, made a wise move and was not very successful in stop- when he interchanged Chan and Iping the Chinese forwarts, this resulting in Chan Tnk-fal scoring Another contrast in form was pro- all four goals.
vided by the two goal keepers. Shu Tin-lin brought off some brilliant saves Tso Kwai-shing, on the right wing and was beaten by two difficult shots. presented a sorry picture in the first One was a penally by B, Cosano given half. He was literally standing for for a
foul on Gomen against Mak est of the time waiting for the ball Shiu-hon and the other was put into With Wong the net from near range by Alves. that never cane his way. Mee-shun as his partner in the scort the left winger. half the speedy Chinese winger pat in a lot of good passes.
GRAND JUBILEE FOOTBALL
NO MATCH WITH CONTINENT
RUMOUR DENIED
G. WHITE OPPORTUNIST
Fernandez, brought in the team as reserve to Marques, was not seen at his best and gave away two goals. Bickford constantly worried the
Kowloon resorted to the five half which should have been stopped with sti) several more matches to play
defenders be was not given much
out undue diflcuity. He misjudged DEFENDERS' RELAPSE
ncle gaine, Victor White and Barlow, the light of a shot from Au Ping- and unloan these are declded during
scope to show his capabilities. |
the inside forwards, doing valuablering and moved the wrong way while the week it will be impossible to con-
However, during those tragic Both the opening goals for the
work as the extra half-backs, with in the second half he badly fumbled -clude the fixture by the coming week-At a recent meeting of the League minutes he was not given any too Clubs came-from-u-left-wing move-
Bliss-a-stalwart pivot_
-comparatively easy ground shot Management Committee, it was de- good support by the back and could meat.
Pearce, the Interport!
A report current in Paris recently
Kowloon's forwards put in a lot of from: Tong Kwong-san on the left. cided to award points to various tot altogether be blamed for cricketer, who partnered Bickford stated that a grand Jubilee Inter- teams in respert of fixtures PROBABILITIES are that in many fulfiled.
not allowing the Club to score. Black was not altogether fitted to such a national football match between Great good headwork and the most thrust Wi
burn was always sound caser points will have to be
Britain and a combined Continental ful player was George White, a very i in his high class of football but he was testo is being discussed by the British capable lender. Time and again he The points for the match between tackling although his clearing was sound nevertheless and on occasions thorities. divided without the matches being South China "1", and St. Joseph's not always reliable anal on many he put in some useful work.
rushed Wong Wing, who had to desi RUGBY AT HOME played,
in the First Division have been given necasions his kicking was wild.)
There is no likelihood of such a patch the ball speedily. to the Chinese. The match was ar-Johnstone was not marking his] HOWE CLOSELY WATCHED
match taking place, writes John Bell.
Everest played a stendy game nt LBERT Howe, the Clab centre-for-id not turn up for the game,
ranged for April 17, but the Saints men as well as he should have been,
He discussed the mintter with a Foot left back for Kewloon while L Tin- Award, who has represented Hong- The Lengue Management Com-doing and Blackburn was frequentiberty and Gough and Brooks were
Howe was not allowed too much ball Association official, who said: sang once again did most of the kong in Interpart matches is to be mittee have also given two points to called upon to cover the left able to throttle many movements seriously considered, and it
"The probability, or even possibility, good work in the Chinese defence. transferred to Shanghai shortly. It is St. Joseph's for the match in which back.
has never of such a game
been where Leang Wing-chiu (centre-half) probable that we shall see him again the Saints were
Bas and Lau ing-chol, left wing half, to have played
which he attempted to initiate, and certainly not formed a subject for also worked hard, in an Interport team but on the wrong the Chinese Athletic in a re-arranged the Club Torwards well subdued
London, April 27., The Police half back line kept it was only towards the end that discussion by the PA
Justifying their reputation as the (Continued on Page 9.)
best Rugger club in London, "The King's Jubilee in surely Wong Mec-shon was involved in at Harlequins won the final of the domestic event, and it hardly seema least three incidents with the Peuln-Seven-a-Side Rugby Competition to- practicable that the occasion should sula players causing the referee on day by 10-8 over the London Welsh. marked, so far as football is ench occasion to call together the two! Iesults of the chief rugger matches concerned, by en Invitation for a players concerned to give them a Continental team to visit England,” general warning.
played to-day were:
aide,
fixture on April 22.
Points have been awarded to the University and the the Royal Welch
EARLY in 1811 Howe came to long. Fusiliers against the Chinese Athletic
kong on transfer and since that in the Second Division.
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ALLEGED PAYMENT OF MONEY TO AN OPPONENT
Mr.
Orr said at the meeting:
Mr. William Orr, who has been of Mr. James Fleming, president of 140 years in football as a player, the association, seconded by Mr. J
Rutherford (Perthshire). legislator, and club manager, was permanently suspended by the Scottish Football Association and Falkirk F.C., of which he is manager, was fined £25.
This is the sequel to a complaint by Ayr United FC that Robert Russell. In full-back, was induced abstain from playing for Ayr United in a Scottish Lenguo game against Falkirk on March 9.
"I adtiere to the statements I have already made. No money passed
be
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Harlequins Win In Seven-a-Side
Meanwhile enthusiasm grows on the
Continent. Reuter's correspondent fo)
Aberavon Abertillery
Paris states that Great Britain's team cricketing history in Australia and Bridgend will be drawn from clubs in England, New Zeniand returned to London at Penarth Scotland, Ireland and Wales. The the beginning of April. Continental side would be selected
from the various countries which They were the members of the
16 Llanelly
3 Newport
8 Neath
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Cordlit
British teania have net. Sports victorious English Women's Cricket POLE JUMP RECORD
writers are busy selecting a possible Team who, out of 21 matches In team to represent the Continent Australia and New Zealand, did not
lose a alngle game.
MIT E. Green,
the tear manager, anid that no Invitations for return matches in England had yet. been sent out.
CRICKET TOURISTS
between the player and myself. Women's Team Home
hardly had time to talk to him. was in conference with delegates of another team at the time. In your deliberations 1 think my record and conduct should be taken into con- nideration."
Mr. Gray said:
The commission appointed to con-
"I have never known Mr. Orr at sider the camplaint found that any time when he was an official of Russell refused to play for Ayr my club to be other than straightfor United in this match, and that he word and beyond reproach, a good "was improperly paid £3 by William follow, and a Churchman. Keep him
Orr."
in the game. It is his livelihood." The commission also found that Mr. Orr formerly played for Preston although it had not been proved that North End and Celtic. He was cap Falkirk F.O. had any knowledge of or ped three times, once against Wales was party to the payment, it was and twice against Ireland. responsible for the action of its mana- ger in making the payment,
Mr. D. Gray, of the Airdrieonians Club, of which Mr. Orr was formerly a director and then socretary, moved at the meeting of the association that Mr. Ore should be fined £100. This was seconded by Mr. R. Kirkwood (Fulkirk).
MR. ORR'S DENIAL
on
While representing, Lanarkshire the Scottish Football Association! ho was the first to suggest that games should be controlled by twoj referces.
Subsequently, he became manager of Leicester City and then of Falkirk. Football Lengus to order a replay of Ayr United have asked the Scottish the match of March 9, which Falkirk
won
The decision ultimately taken was played and the original decision was
The match was subsequently r reached by 10 votos to 6 on the motion reversed
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