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THE
HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. TUESDAY, JANUARY
28, 1936.
BRIGHT CRICKET AT THE K.C.C.
Our Daily Golf Hint
It is no use going up to a bunker shot with one's mind full of vexation and dismay. The vexation properly be longs to the shot before.
C. A. Whitcombe.
INVINCIBLE
LAST LAST BALL
WINS
Frank Goodwin
Bowls Well
(Dy R. Abbit)
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Practically all cricket wa cancelled during the holidays,
H.K. SOCCER AND and so far as I can trace the
HOCKEY TEAMS
CAN DO. NOTHING
WRONG
Hongkong footballers and lady hockey players can do nothing wrong in Shanghai. After winning the Interport'en- counters they have proceeded to annihilate representative teams in their unofficial engage. ⚫ments.
only games played were two on Saturday, when the K.C.C. were at home to the I.R.C. first cleven, and a few of the H.K.C.C. Becond team visited
to Sookonpoo play I.R.C. juniors.
The first, a non League game, was a very enjoyable affair, and produced An excellent finish. Ne doubt the extremely cold weather was partly responsible for the very poor scoring As a rule thougle one or two players kid well.
HOW ENGLAND DEFEATED
ALL BLACKS"
Shanghai make a loose braakaway during Saturday's Interport rugby match with Hongkong. (Photo:
Mes Chaung).
MISS GRIFFITHS BEATEN
The Indians batted first, and, as usual, A. 9. Suffed did pretty well. It is unfortunate that the .R.C, enn- not find an opening partner for his BADMINTON other than A. R. Abbas who, I think, would do much better round about! number six or seven. Sumad at- success on Sunday against the Shang-tacked the bowling well at hai Chinone by playing a notable
though the Kowloon atteck was con.)
Yesterday the foreign members' af the football team followed up their
part in the defent of a Korean represistently gobil. sentative eleven, while our Interpart hockey team overwhelmed the Rest of Shanghai by five clear goals.
Six Hongkong pinyers appeared in the team which beat the Koreans by four goals to two, and three of them Swain and played with distinction. File the Colony Imeks are credited with being the innin stumbling blocks
tó a mart
Korean forward line,
times,
COODWIN ROWLS VERY WELL
Goodwin bowird very well, and it very pleasant to see that he Meems to have recovered entirely fruin the Ing injury that threatened
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put him out of the game al- togelber about two seasons ago. Wickets fell rather quickly after while Talbot, Calony inside left, help-Suflad had left, until Pereira and ed hims to three goals. By way. el Arculli added 42 for this eighth | of Interest it can be pointed out that wicket. Areul just managed to the fourth goal came from Albert keep his wicket up, but Pereira made Howe, a former Hongkong Inter | kame excellent hits and played a porter.
good innings. The total scure was:
Miss Phyllis Gittins scored a per-only 122 and Goodwin's figures of anal triumph in the second match 11-4 were very creditable. played by the Hongkong ladies Inter nart hockey team when she notched four of the five grands netted against the test of Shanghai.
SLOW SCORING
Teddy Fincher and Mackay gave
BRILLIANT WIN
Chinese R.C. Boat Eliot Hall "B"
AT UNIVERSITY
Eliot Hall "B" suffered a startling defeat on their own court last night when they met Chinese Recreation Club in a postponed men's doubles minton league match.
STEEL COULSON .
BILLIARDS
THIS EVENING'S GAMES POSTPONED
We have been asked to announce that the Steel Couluan Billiards League matches arranged for this evening have been postponed. Club secretaries are asked to make their own arrangements for playing off these games at a later date.
Leaves Trail bad. Of Cycling Records
It was abie Kowloon a good start but they scored net 166 aces to 138. This is the
the
C.R.G wan by seven games to two frat defeat Eliot Iail "B" have suf- Miss Gittina who obtained the goal very slowly, and, after Fincher left fered this Reason and It is quite the which allowed Hongkong to
at 36, wickets fell a pretty stently nost notable achievement of relain the White Shield and no player could intervals, with the only fair slands C.R.C. since their entry into league have more completely justified her in-of 20 for the fourth wicket and 15
badminton. clusion in the team.
for the fifth, most of the runs being Hore are the records of the two teams to date.
Juc to a bright innings by, Ernie) Curiously enough Gordon Lum and Fincher who scored 27 before he got S. W. Liang, who performed so well his legs in front of a straight one from against Ellot Hall "A" the other day
lost the two C.R.C. games. Minu
There are various accounts of the
Full scores and amended league last over when it seems that cleventable follow. runs were wanted to tie the game.
Another
story says they
INTERPORT FOOTBALL XI
best Shanghai 3-2 (scorers Talbot, Lee Wai-tong and B. Gonano) beat Shanghai Chinese 3-1 (Lee
Wai-tong (2) and Taibot).
P. K. Ng and K. L. Yong (Eliat beat Koreans 4-2 (Talbot (3) and ] [Ar
to win.). According to aHall "B") beat G. Lum and S. W. Howe (Shanghai Interporter), wanted
and a Liang 21-8; lost to S. P. Chan andi LADIES HOCKEY TEAM player, Perry hit two fours beat Shanghai 1.0 (Miss P. Tilt-single P-A-Muna-hit-a-single and II. T. Won 18-21; lost to W. G. Choy
then Perry (not Munn) was stumped and H. W. Ho 10-21.
ilmx)
were
beat Rest of Shanghai 5-0 (Mlas in running down to the last ball of 1. Gisting (4) and Miss West- the match and the I.R.C. won by one
cotl).
It will be noticed that Talbot has scored in every game and has an Aggregate of five goals, while Lee Wal-long has netted three and Bernie Gosano one.
For the ladics Miss Gitting has found the net in both matches with n total of five goals, and Miss Westenti in credited with the other point.
SHANGHAI SOCCER
Foreigners Victory Against Korean's
rum.
THE JUNIOR LEAGUE GAME By beating the H.K.C.. the LLC. put themselves one point ahead of the two matches losa Sappers played. Their nearest rivals are the Police, with two points less and the number (six) of mutches
same
played.
Fante
with
P. E. Tan and S. C. Tye (Eliot) ali "B") beat Lum and Liang 21-0; lost to Chan and Woo 10-21; lost to Choy and Ho 22.23.
C. H. Soon and A. K Phang Eliot Hall "") lost to Lum and Linng 14-21; lost to Chan and Woo 10-21; lost to Choy and lo 10-21.
LEAGUE TABLE
It is true that neither the Rugger Recreio “A” ́·
late Majesty's Recreio "B" Interport nor His denth could have been foreseen when
St. Andrew's "A" the Axture list was made up, but it
C. R. G. was taking a chance to fix a league Eliot Hall "A" for the second day of the Eliot Hall "B" Chinese New Year Holidays.
Be Fire Brigade tween the three factors, no less than St. John's four of the side failed to appear V. R. C. which seemed a pity as telephones Taikoo R. C. work pretty well these days.
nerely mention the matter to i-St. Andrew's "p former won by four goals to two. lustrate my old contention that in- and S. Home.
The Koreans displayed excellent terest is sometimes not so keen to combination and only fine defensive wards the latter part of a cricket tactics by Swain and Pile, who were ведзол.
Shanghai, Jan. 27
In the Soccer match between the Foreigners and the Koreans, the
"outstanding for the Foreigners,
checked them.
Talbot was in very good form and
scored three goals, white the fourth Britain Sure
was added by Howe.
The Foreign line-up' was as follows: Bolsscson; Swain, Pile, Remedios,
Boltrao, Costa; Foyn, Hill, Howe, Talbot, Bickford.--Router,
SLIP-OVERS
Sleeveless
$400 each
MACKINTOSH'S SALE
To Win Davis Cup
Kowloon Tong.
.
Games
7 7 0 55 8 14
COLONY LOSES CHAMPION
Ladies Tennis Championship Results
SEMI-FINALISTS
Mis Rosamund Hancock entered the semi-final of the ladies
tennia open singles championship yesterday when
MASTERS IN CHIEF ESSENTIALS
Dunkley's Place Kicking The Only Weakness
(By Percy Rudd)
England made history with a vengeance at Twickenham when they beat the All-Blacks in the last match of their tour by 13 points to nil-the scores being a dropped goal and three trics.
They confounded all the critics and the prophets and, on my own part, I gleefully kiss the rod of correction which they applied in such glorious fashion.
Thirteen poinla' may seem an un- lucky numbor to the losers, but there was nothing lucky in England's win. With better place-kicking-two tries near the posts cried aloud for conver sion-the
been would have score nearer 20 painia, but there need be no grumbling in England's bour of splen- ald triumph. The margin of victory times has only been beaten threa before, by the All-Bincks, who scared 15 points to nil against both England and Ireland in 1905, and 39 points to ail against Wales on the lant tour.
RELENTLESS TACKLING
Disappointing as they must feel over the breukijnwn of their form in their anal game, the All-Blacks will readily admit that England beat them thoroughly. They were the complete mastera in the chief essentials of at- The tourists And defence. ack never gave up trying, but every al- tempt by Tindill, Caughey or Oliver to get through the centre was checked she beat Miss Madge Griffiths, and crushed by some of the finest K.C.C. and Interport player in tackling ever seen in an international straight sets, 6-2, 6-1. Missin aitack England surpassed her- Hancock was too severe off the ground for Miss Griffiths, who played pluckily and forced many
to gamca
advantage point before losing,
self. We have not seen such glori ous running and clever back play on orthodox lines from an English team for several seasons.
In scoring three tries in this one match England have already obtained more tries than they got in all their Another second round contest saw international games last winter. The Mrs. Dowling, a very promising only men to eress the line for Eng player, eliminate Mrs. Litton, a "seed Iand then were Booth, the Yorkshire ed" competilor in three sets, the wing, and Giles, the Warwickshire, scores being 8-0, 1-0, 0-4.
Berum-half.
Although the All-Blacks and more Mrs. Knyl and Mrs. Norn Wilson, of the ball from the scrums-in one I. M. T. Dorsetshire is depriving Hongkong of its champion pedal strongly favoured to reach the final sequence they got it out five times cyclist. Mr. Henry Kestes, who dur-enjoyed easy passages into the "Last running-they made little use of this ing the last twelve months or so has Four," Mrs. Kayll the holder beating superiority. The English hacks had burnt ap all local records over men- Misa M. Saville 6-3, 6-1, and Mrs. the speed of them, is leasing by the Wilson overcoming Mrs. I. Thorpe troupship.
sured distances,
| 0-1, G-0.
To-day he sent a cheery note of farewell to the sports department of the Telegraph in which- KAYS Za "Hongkong Cycling Club affairs are being taken over by L. A. An-}· ning (Dockyard) and W. 11, Peck- ham (R.A.S.C.). At the meeting the members (now around 20) elected me President--a "good. bye gift," eh? Anyhow, I think I have left them "something to
chew
Earler Miss Grilliths had beaten strenuous three set mutch which entailed 35 Miss R. Perry after t games. Miss Grifiths nails gained the verdict 7-5, 6-3, 6-3.
Prince Obolensky.
PRINCE HERO OF MATCH
Obolensky Says "I Feel English
London, Jan. 13. A shy, fair-haired young aquiline 'sportsman with an
sat in the lounge of a London hotel yesterday sur- rounded by a host of Rugger admirers.
nose
He wan Prince Obolensky-"Obbles" friends at Brasenose College, Oxford he is sometimes called by his -the Russian hero of the 70,000 crowd at Twickenham, where he made history by scoring two tries for Eng. land in their first victory. In this country over the Now Zealand All-
Blacks.
QUICK RETALIATION The nearest that the All-Blacks got to scoring was immediately following Obolensky's first try after 25 minutes play. The visitors smashed away; "Congratulations?" he confessed desperately for an equaliser. Tindili
"I'm afraid I have been trying to and Caughey were fetched down in dolge them over since the match, and The semi-nalists are therefore us turn close to the line and Ball was there is none I appreciate more than those which have come from the AR- Bincks themselves."
last follows:
Mrs. Kny!! v. Miss Hancock Mrs. Wilson v. Mrs. Dowling
OPEN DOUBLES
PWLF A Pts. 10. 15. 20, then Shanghai kumjah and Mrs. Chlu Chun-chlu the New Zealanders to try and catch
8 7 1 53 19 14
8 1 2 48 21 12
62 63 30 12
4 4 0 32 1 8
6134 11 8 8 4 4 29 43 B
045 31 60
10 4 0 30 54 10 4
19 35
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THE FEAR CUP
STARTING TIMES FOR SUNDAY
The Fear Cup competition, 30 holes medal play on handicap, will be played on Sunday, February 2 Start- Fred Perry, Britain's No. 1ing times as follows:
AM. PM lawn tennis player, who has returned to England to be W. Taylor & E. F. Barnes 0.05 12.45 treated for his, injured back, L. Jack & A. Eastman 0.30 12.50
was confident . said that he
Britain would hold the Davis W. Ahern & H. Westlake 9.15 2.
Cup for at least another year J. McKelvie & A. J. Dennis 0.20 -if not more.
"Australia feels that she lost her H. G. Borner & W. Orr chanco last year when Germany beat.
hor, and added to that is the fact J. Goilatly & 'E. G. Judd
1,00
1.26
1.05
9.30 1.10
that Jack Crawford not playing E, Black & A. E. Silkstono 2.35 1.15 quite as he did," he added.
THEIR MISTAKE
1
NINETEEN YEARS OLD
crashed into the touch-in-goal ng before he could put the bail down.
Ball is not likely to forget his ex- perience against Oholensky, who was, indeed, the hero of the match with his
The Russian aristocrat, son of a two glorious trics. It was a sight for on" with regard to read records- all new in 1935 and the result of
The two first round Hes in the sore eyes to see the Oxford wing, with former officer of the Tsar's Imperial A perfect scraps with Anning, Tweedy, Whit open doubles have been played off in his head thrown back and his fair hair Horseguards, spoke with
He is the first Rug- church, Munns, Coles, and others, which Mrs. Litton and Mrs. L. streaming against the wind caused by English accent. The distances now "covered" are 5. Andrewes beat Mrs. J. H. Morris and his lightning pace. Once he got the slan and the first prince to win a
100 Miss M.
Griffiths, while Miss wall with a chance it was hopeless for
Rugger Bluc. 25, 30, 40, 50 and miles tall
He is only 19 and came to England. times with exception of 100), Island defeated Mrs. Stafford Smith and
Nicely fed in the first instance by from Leningrad 17 years ago. (21%) and Kowloon (56) Cir- Miss M. Saville.. cuits. Standard Times have been
"I will be returning to Oxford next Gerrard, The semi-finalists in the doubles suddenly swift burat of passing by
Cranmer and Candler Inid down for gold, silver and
Obolensky went galloping ahead. term and hope to continue to play brunze medals for 1036 onwards are:- and in addition 12 hours has been
With a gathering speed ho flashed for them-now that the foods have put on the list of these distances.
past Gilbert and sped round to the subsided," he said.
"It is difficult to me to bellove that many Don't think they'll need
posts for his touch down. Dunkley goldal
hit the crossbar in trying to convert I am anything but on Englishman, and ten minutes later when Obolensky and as one I simply did my best at. did the trick again, Gerrard failed to Twickenham. I will play for England convert also. Still this gave England again--that is of course, if I am
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selected."
OLYMPIC AMBITIONS
"On the touring side during 1936 members have covered most "roads" in the Sanon, Walyoung, Treng shing Panyu, Namhol, Shustak and Heungshan (Macao) Districts of Kwangtung nearby, and, of
Miss Rumjahn. and Mrs. Chlu v. Mrs. Dowling and Mrs. Knyll.
Mrs. Wilson and Miss Hancock v. Mrs. Lition and Mrs. Andrewes.
Cup-Holders Fail To
course, all the local stuff. Advance
"I shall most probably be return ing to Northern Ireland to chase after my old championships there
(26 and 60 in 1982). I hope how NEWCASTLE EARN
ever to catch the selectors' oyER about the "Berlin Job" Olymplice!
Have a drink to my success!
AUSTRALIANS WIN BY INNINGS
Transvaal Nn Match For Test Team
Johannesburg, Jan. 27.
A REPLAY
London, Jan. 27. Sheffield Wednesday, the Cup holders to-day lost a splendid opportunity of advancing to the fifth round of the English Cup when they were at home to Newcastle in the encounter postponed on Saturday owing to fog.
But Wednesday could only draw, The Australian Test cricket teat both teams scoring once and a replay G. C. Moss &.R. Henderson 9.40 1.20 continued their triumphant tour here is now necessary at Newcastle where "That loaves us with the United
to-day with another smashing victory, the holdors may easily make their States no our most probable oppo- G. Milne & F. E. Booker. 0.45 1.25 They bent. Transvaal by an innings exit from the competition.
In a second division longue match and 29'runa. ants, and what we did last year,
Charlton consolidated their leadership whon wo beat them by five matches W. Korshaw & W. Stoker 0.60.. 1.30
On Saturday Transvaal scored 160 by visiting the lowly Barnsley and to none, can be accomplished again. J. G. Charlton & W. 3.
"The mistake' which other coun-
Woolley 9.55 1.45 and the Australians replied with 175 winning by the odd goal in three- tries competing in the Davis Cup W. G. Geall & A. T. Braley 10.00 1.40 for 2. Resuming the vialtore finally touter.
The revised records of the five make is that they do not recognise D. Parsons &T. D. Paton 10.05 1.46 totalled 046, J. II. Fingleton contri-
buting 110, while Darling hit up 70 lending teams in the second division that in Bunny Austin we have a V. O. Labrum &
league table now rend: A. Anderson 10.10 1.50 and Slovers 72. remarkably fine tennis player, and, until they realise this and make II. D. Gausden & A. N. their plans accordingly, they won't
J. W. Martin & C. G.! beat use
Porry is to
to see a specialist about his back, which he injured when play ing Wilmor Allison in the U.S. singlon championship. He expects to be fit in three months.
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Goals. Langton was the only bowler to
P.W. D. L. F. A. Pia, Other 10.15 1.55 cause them any anxiety and he finish-
20 147 48 30 8G ed with the praiseworthy figures of 4 Charlton
Sheffield U. 20 138 50 34 31. Anderson 10.20 2.00 for 81.
26 13 67 65-49 31. Transvaal again bettled poorly and West Ham
26 13 4 8 57 36 30- H. C. Mancoll&W. C..
Simpson 10.25 2.05 could do nothing against McCormick Tottenham
26 138 49 34 30 Stewards of the Course W. Stoker who took 4 for 24. They were dis-Leicester
Manchester U. 24 12 4.8 43 28 28 & W. C. Sampson/"
missed for 107-Router.
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