THE HONGKONG | TELEGRAPH. MONDAY, MARCH 1, 1937.
INTERPORT HOCKEY ATTACK MUST BE STRONGER
GLOOMY SUNDAY
AT CAROLINE HILL: POOR FOOTBALL
S. CHINA “A” GET TWO GOALS FROM FREE KICKS
S. China "A"
[Pung___Eing-cheuns 1) Kowloon Chinesa
(By "Veritas")
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ONE needed either a blind love
of the game, or, as in my case, a strong sense of duty, to sit through the entire match played yesterday at Caroline Hill between South China "A" and Kowloon Chinese.
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up for silly infringements. A num- ber of free kicks against them early ou appeared to take all the heart out of the team, the attack in particular
going to pieces.
was
Chlef weakness, however, was in the half back line. The trio over-run and cast much heavy work Kwok Ping- on Mak Sui-hon and
ong. Both full backs came out et the ordeal with fair amount of credit.
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The weather was none too Invit- ing, and the football offered no sort of compensation, Without abusing one's sense of values in any shape or form, the match can be written down as one of the most uninterest- ing seen in Hongkong this season.
There seemed to be no honesty of;
when regarded dis- purpose among any of the players, passionately from this distance, it They kicked the ball more as though remains a game one much prefers to it were a duty forced upon them forget. rather than because they liked doln
Lau Hon-hon gave a creditable account of himself in goal, and though not tested with anything out | of the ordinary, effected a sufficient number of good soves to keep the score down.
But
even
Fung King-cheung converted the the second, as
it. The ball was tar ed from player penalty in the first half and added to player
with I serious effort
described, midway through the second period.
to get it towards the gorl, let alone
In it.
It was sheer mockery of a highly scientific time.
FREE-KICK GOALS
I suppose It is true to say South
China should have won seven-nil, yet the fact must be admitted that
also
not once
did they look like scoring from forward line movement.
Their two goals resulted from free kicks. The first was a penalty
which,
Wong Wah-
Guy
from where I was sitting looked a Thwarts St.
doubtful decision, and the second a
place
kick
Ick from Just outside
the
"area", when Fung Klug-cheung Joseph's
fooled the
the entire opposition defence
with a clover shot,
(Chatilho)
(Lee Shek-you) St. Joseph's played Wong Wahr-
guy, South China "B" custodian in a league match yesterday and drew with him one-all.
Kowloon Chlore methodically St. Joseph's 1 S. Cha "" lined themselves up to protect their goal, and for a minute or so the referee spent his time retung the players suficiently far away. from the ball. Then Fung calmly, and very deliberately, placed the ball into the far top corner while the outwitted Kowloon Chinese defence looked on helplessly, The first goal in this match should have fallen to Kowloon Chinese, but after a bright left wing movement which ended with Wong Wing-hong blunting the ball square in front of goal, Yeung Kwan-po proceeded to tap it over the bar from three yards
range
This was the only time the losers looked anything like dangerous in attack, and for the most part they were outplayed.
South Ching "A", apparently ap- preciating their superiority early on, decided to play "gallery" stuff, Which is acceptable if it is played well. But in this case it wasn't, and therefore
becane the exchanges frankly boring.
TIED UP IN KNOTS
At least this was the general im- pression spectators gained at Son- immensurably the better team, but kunpoo yesterday. St. Joseph's were' Wong stood in their way all the time and robbed them of the full com- plement of points.
It was very entertaining football which the teams served up to quite a crowd of excited "fans." Hussain, Costa, White, Leonard and Sprinkle adopted ideal methods of thwarting the neat movements of the Chinese attack. Leonard was an admirable centre-half and the two backs, ably supported by Tsang in goal complete- ly subdued the opposition.
St. Joseph's forwards swung the ball about more than the Chinese and these-tactics-pald handsomely. The Chinese intermediate line was thrown out of Ecar and only Leung In-chan at full back could anticipate the moves well enough to hold up the Saints' keen offensives.
But it was Wong Wah-guy who was the chief obstruction to the Saints, his goalkeeping ranking us some of the best seen in local football for a long time.
Conner, the Ulster Rifles goalkeeper, makes a spectacular savo in Saturday's league football "match between the Rifle. and Sea- forth Highlanders, which resulted in a win for the Scottish team.
(Photo: Ming Yuen).
METEOROLOGICAL CRICKET AT K. C. C. Cloud And Sunshine Form Is Shown
(By "Veritas")
CRICKET in the match at Kowloon Cricket Club last Saturday between K.C.C. and the Hongkong Cricket Club might aptly bo described as moteorological. For the most part it was as dull as the overcast sky. And as the clouds became heavier and a haze from the harbour fog began to spread over the field, so the Club less and less worthy of a first division team. batting became more and more defensive, and the K.C.C. fielding
the
The delightful partnership be tween Owen-Hughes and N, P. Fox awakened everybody out of the dispassionate somnolence which had descended upon the entire ground, and when Fox hit a six off Sargent, one felt that it wasn't such abad kind of game after all.
As though resenting this mimicry,; the weather took a swift turn about four o'clock and the sun peeped | through the clouds. The challenge was immediately accepted by Owen- Hughes and Fox who had been bat- ting rather dolefully, and the next quarter of an hour brightest play of the match.
produced runs were added in that short time,
Fox so completely dominated the and the visitors, instead of facing the scene that he put together 39 while prospect of being all out for about 100, discovered that they could score sufficient runs to make the game safe.
untii hait past four at which time They proceeded to do so, batting they declared with a score of 175 for f.
Fung King-chicung rarely did any thing useful in distribution, while Lal Shul-wing and Ho Ka-keung in- variably got themselves led up in knots. In any case Mak Sui-hon_al- ways knew how to stop Ho Ka- keung, Tao Kwai-shing was the pick of a mediocre forward line and he usually displayed too many tricks for Chung Kin-fal and Kwok Ping-tiong, the opposing left half and left back
South China "B" gained the lead respectively.
Qua-liang was when Lee Shek-you headed in after the Club inni.gs is to present the Perhaps the best way of revealing again well below form.
Yeung Shui-ylek had struck the cross following figures. The innings start- Wong Mec-shun made some at- bar, but the point was somewhat ed at 2.18, and the 50 was hoisted tempt to pull a ra
work was first continued to exert pressure and were went up at 4 o'clock (another rato. Lau Hing-choi was also fairly two ded when Castilho got minutes) and the 150 at 4.19. The to middling at right half, though he the bail into the net. was not completely of case against
Anal 20 runs were compiled in a littic under 15 minutes.
Tay
his
like a dozen to his score. Four boun- daries and a six were the gems which studded Fox's innings—a lfe-saving effort, not only for his side, but for the spectators.
partner was adding something
Owen-Hughes reached his half- century-a watchful
dellant. and rather than a characteristic innings, before leaving. He took-85 minutes und went on to make his score 01
Yesterday's Trial Revelations
TO-DAY'S SPORTS FIXTURES
TENNIS, RUGBY BADMINTON &
BILLIARDS
The opening of the Colony tennis championships, a number of badmin- ton. league matches, the preliminary rounds in the Seven-A-Side Rugby Tournament, and a semi-final match in the junior billiards championship of the Colony, are among the chlet sporting fixtures for to-day.
The H.K.C.C. courts are likely to be on the soft side this afternoon, but unless further rain falls, the pro- gramme is fairly certain to be carried
out.
On the other hand the rugby play- ers will welcome last night's roin, as football grounds have become shock- ingly hard during the lost few weeks. Here is 10-day's complete pro- gramme of events.
TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIP
Men's Bingles-1st Round
5. A. Gray v. 6. Wong
Wong Bhul-wing v. 8. A. Hussain
J. W. Leonard v, D. Anderson
8. A. Rumjahn v. A. L. Sullivan
G. C. Burnett v. A. Crawford
B. O'ML. Deane v. G. E. Clarke Firdos Khan v. F. Grose
Taul Wai-puf (holder) v. II, N. Leo
LEAGUE BADMINTON
"A" Division
Recrelo "I" v. University "A" University "B" v. Free Lances
St. Andrew's "A" v. Chinese YM.C.A.
"" Division
V.RC. v. Kowloon Tóng “A”
RUGBY
Preliminary rounds in the annual Seven-A-Side Tournament on Club Ground, Happy Valley at 3.30 p.an.
BILLIARDS
Junior Championship semi-final between Wong Yui-chee and A.A. Lewis at Civil Servies Cricket Club. 8.30 p.m.
Gavia Wins
Another Tennis Title
FILIPINOS IN FINE GAME
Colony Badminton Championship
P. K. Hul and T. C. Lee, the 'brilliant Univer- sity badminton players, yesterday entered the quarter-finals of the men's doubles championship of the Colony, when they beat J. W. Walkden and Lui Kwai-yau of King's College, 15-2, 15-5. The match
was played at King's College and the winners now meet S. W. Liang and F. H. Kwok in the third round,
KUMAONS
PLAYERS
DID NOT IMPRESS
Opposition
Very Weak
(By "The Pilgrim"). -
SCORING two goals in
first half and another two in the second, the hockey Interport trial XI yesterday overcame the Indian Police on the Club ground in a so-called trial
BEATEN BY match
MACAO Fine Hockey Match
a
(By Our Own Correspondent)
Macno, Feb. 28.
Actually the game was 60 one-sided, due to the poor op position, that many onlookers left the ground long before the game was finished.
In the first place the three best players from the Kumaon Rifles Gerjinder Singh, Narain Singh and Pataub-failed to put in an appear- ance. Whether or not they had been of the match, I do not know, Informed of the
went to Macsiu to play for but they went
Regiment. Another absentee
their
Despite the inclemency of the wea-Was M. H. Hassan, who played against try him at left-half, and Hassan, hockey ground this afternoon to who has played right ball and
centre- witness a friendly tussle between who Macao and a team of the Kumon forward, did not think he would do
himself
justice in
that position. Itlles, which resulted in a victory for
Lieut. Gordon of the Navy was the the local side by four gools to one.
zull.
The game was one of the best ever other nominee who failed to play.
Goal-scoring honours were divided played here, play being extremely between. Pyara Singh (2), S. Fowler fast on a slippery ground. Early and Wall. Pyara Singh's goal in the thrills were provided as raids made second half was of a doubiful nature on both gouls seemed to promise re-receiving the ball from a short- corner, he ran in to shoot first-time After twenty minutes Macao open-without apparently, first stopping the ed the score when Pedrinho Angelo, bull. centre forward, registered following a quick pass. The visitors equalized
Though they occasionally shared. fiveminutes later when a skilful break the exchanges in both liver, the through the opposing defence enabled Police team gave but an ordinary dis- Trilok Singh, centre forward, to send play, and could not fully extend the a swift shot into the not
Trial players, Macao almost regained the lead a
SOUND DEFENCE, BUT WEAK few
ATTACK
the the
Was
The Colony attack fulled to ima- press, with the exception of Lieut. Wright, who gave a briliant account of himself at inalde-right.
minutes before the interval but F. Nolasco, outside right, slipped over A he
The Interport defence was sound, he was on the point of shooting from close
ose range,
Gonsalves with Brown, Reed and neat
much in the Shortly after resumption, a
very
limelight. E. L. combination rewarded the local side Gosano at left back was a tower of with a fine goal scored by Angelo. strength and covered numerous mis- Macuo's next goal secured by Hugo hits by his
Lieut. Stileman, partner Rosario, Inside left, resulted from a who was rather too slow.
Souza in short corner.
goal had a holiday, and during the Thereafter the visitors made some whole of the game had only two kicks gallant efforts to reduce the lead and at the ball. I wondered why the launched repented flank attacks on Selectors did not And it more desir- opposition goal, which but for able to plt him against the Interport Manila, Feb. 25.
masterful custodianship of attack. Leonardo Gavla, Philippines No. Aimuda, must have bourne fruit.
Eventually a splendid dash by the ranking tennis player and national Macao forwards successful, champion, captured the 1937 inter- pionship, defeating Felicisimo Ampon, national men's tennis singles char-Angele getting his final goal Ave
minutes before the close, and hit eight boundaries.
nensational young player of the Far
ONLY SUPERIOR IN
The rest of the forward line were Eastern University, 6-3, 7-5, 2-0, 6-3,
COMBINATION Starting their innings about quar- in the finals yesterday afternoon at
too Individualistic, Pyara Singh at centre-forward was spectacular, but mediately became purposeful and the latter thrilled the fans by cul- The local side's only superiority loy his colleagues chances. Pyara Singh 48 ter to Ave, K.C.C. put their tall-the Rizal Memfeated Ampon, tested Macao's mettle to
Tennis Stadium. The visitors conceded nothing and selfish to a degree, enders in to open. C.BR. Sargent
and neglected Although Gavin
the full. numbers of opportunities for giving smacked the ball valiantly to the long-smarting the veteran Gavia many in neater combination. The halves would do well to get rid of the ball Until Owen Hughes and Fox be- time. Lay, his partner, was much and accurate baseline plac magishi, trojan. The agility of the wingers
on boundary to collect 25 in a short times in the match with his cunning served the forwards nicely and Capt. quicker and more often.
placements, Stapleton at centre worked like a came associated in an eighth wiekz! more subdued, but he looked like Mrs. Matsudaira and S.
C. H. Fowler was slow in action stand which realised 67, the Club had getting runs until Bond took a splen, the two valting women repressen's slickwork very tricky, Rom Singh ut opportunities to account, while Wall, was pretty to watch and their and therefore could not turn his followed strictly defensive and did catch at extra-cover, jumping tives of Japan, won the negative form of batting against into the air at the last minute. doubles tournament by defeating the goal effected many fine saves. bowling which had been quite accur
on the wing, had an off day. Ochoa Sisters, Minda and Alda, of The home team's defence was ate without being notably "devilish".
CLOOM DESCENDS
the Philippine Women's University, admirable Lammert and Rosario,
S. Fowler on the other wing com- True, Lee made them pop up a bit After that gardening Lay's leg breaks were five bulls, somehow managed to stick second and third sets. In the second halves and
descended. in a close, exciting game with the
bined neatly with Wright and he gloom
cicaring and and the batsmen were continually Simpson, missing three out of every score of 8-0, 1-6, 7-5.
backs, Intercepting amazingly well. Almada's custodian- scored a perfect gem of a goal from a Ampon extended Cavia in also inclined to stand up and to turn around for a long time, and before
the ship Was classic exhibition,
The very dimeujt angle. D particularly hard gamo pretty sharply, but Lay was made to somebody conceived the bright Idea set the score seesawed throughout against a vigorous attack, and dis- described as ragged, and quite often The game, as a whole, can fairly be dangerous than hr of bowling him a rank yorker which and it was tied many times. With tributed accurately to then forwards uninteresting. I rather think the '
and his defene"ged team together, against the run of play. St. Joseph's at 3.12 (52 minutes play): the -100
the tricky Chow Man-chi.
Tom Kong-pak was a spectacular
back, but Mak Sui-hon gave a more
impressive showing for Kowloon BRADFORD
Chinese.
The losers fell
away badly.
especially after they had been pulled F. C. RUMOUR
NAVY'S LACK OF IS SCOTCHED
ENTERPRISE
ATHLETIC A MUCH BETTER TEAM
Royal Navy.... ⚫ Athletic
...... 2
(Lee Take-kos, Chen Chifais
Not Moving
· London
more
refused to use their feet and
women's
1
Toy was because of the bata: suceeded Ampon lending, o games to 4, Gavin whore movements were a will have to make a number
This reminds one of the story that
spinners..
.t
using their feet his spinners could
EAGERLY-AWAITED INTERPORT
Photograph Decides Race Winner
get to the pitch of his slow-flighted type of innings
In
10 runs. It was not the launched a furious attacle to the the treat to the
over which
of changes before the best Colony Mr. score at 5 games-all and then went Playing for the Kumoan Riacy. Nevill Cardius would rhapsodise. It on to capture the next two games to were: Ram Singh, T. Singh, C. team is found, notably in attack.
win the set, 7-5. Even Owen-Hughes took a long night accurately be described as
Singh; B. Singh, Capt. Stapleton, certainly can't picture yesterday's forward line penetrating the powerful time to appreciate that his big reach made a goodly-looking cover drive, strong. After dropping the first Singli. N. Singh, Partap.
stubborn. But occasionally Simpson Bradford F.C. have received a
In the third set, Ampon came back Dur Singh: M. Singh, S. Singh, Trilok Macno defence. Navy suffered their second defeat letter from a syndicate associated length deliveries into full tosses.
was enough to turn many of Lay's and once ho got the ball away from game in the set, Ampon anned five
Incidentally what about a little For Macao: C. Almada; R. Rosario, stronger opposition for the next trial? in successive days, and in this match, played yesterday at Causeway Bay,
With a London stadium containing When he did realise it ho swept the his toes to the leg boundary in ex-games in a row to lead 5 games to 1. GP Lammert;, J. Nolasco Alex a proposal to trauster the Park spin bowler to the leg boundary three never looked like saving the game.
cellent style.
Gavia managed to win the seventh Alrosa, L. Costa (capt.); F. Nolasco, Avenue club to London. Thoroughly disjointed and lacking
game, but Ampon copped the eighth Albert Airos, P.-Angelo, Hugo times in rapid succession,
But I think the Club could have game to win the set, 6-2. Gavia Rosario, A. Angelo, any sort of enterprise, the Navy fell
got him out much earlier if they easily won the first and fourth sets. back on the defensive from the start, Tex, Rickard, the famous American INTERESTING BOWLING
had bowled some really bad balls and played negative football through- sports promoter, once seriously sug-i
Goodwin's bowling was early the to him. out.
gested taking over the Epsom Derby most Interesting. I use the word Athletic, on the other hand, well race meeting as a going concern
'Interesting in two ways. It was In
By the time Simpson left K.C.C. sorved by Tang Kwon-sum, who There are two reasons why the terest because it boasted the merit had lost five wickets for some 70 e converted into respectable and seerted to give inspiration to the London syndicate's proposal will fall: of vations in pace and fight, and runs, but even at that stage no match run-scoring off-drives. rest of the attack, and enjoying the
The Club folded excellently, at sarvices Οι D dependable defence, (1) Bradford wouldn't listen to it, as interesting because he bowled was ever more inevitably a draw.
from the Bowling Green Club end. Anderson and E, F, Fincher added times brilliantly. Bond was note always looked winners and deserved
Hitherto, believe, it has been a a few, and then in gathering gloom, worthy at cover-point, his picking a big score.
firmly implanted belief on the part the Fincher brothers played out time, up being exceedingly clean, and his
Arcadia, Cal, Feb. 28.. of Goodwin, that he can only bowl Ernest compiling a methodical 25. throwing-in most commendable.
Slewards at the racecourse here effectively from the pavilion .end.
Whitmarsh bowled very well for K.C.C. fielding made a sad contrast. The forthcoming Interport hockey to-day used a photograph to decide a stalwart in defence and
Four catches were dropped and there match which is to be played here the winner of the Santa Anita' race Phillips a great trier on the right promoters realised that football is not the Volunteers last Sunday, should be lorg. He obtained a certain amount was a noticeable slackness in ground next Sunday is eagerly awaited in handicap, one of the most important
It really is time speculative sports His work on Saturday, and against the Club, but he was kept on too wing. But his ane rentres were a game to be exploited commercially. He nearly always had the batsmen careful watching and his figures of
sufficient to convince him otherwise of vicious top-spin which required work, many ordinary singles being Macao. Much interest vested In events of the American racing sea- wasted by the inside men.
allowed to
go for tours.
the occasion and no effort is being son. The F.A. has always set its face watching the ball right on to the but three for 43 do not fairly represent { thought the batsmen In this match Hongkong interporters a
With the exception of two, apared to make the visit of the They awarded the race to: Mr. Tang Kwong-sum gave Lee Tak-l'against that and I hope will continue and several poked their bals vaguely Owen-Hughes made a Ane. foil at the went out of their way to flatter the success.
the good work he accomplished,
decided William Du Font's Rosemont, with Sea Biscuit-second and Indian Broom third.
It was one of the most exciting races over seen on the famous track at Arcadia.-United. Press,
Only two players realised expecta- tions in the Navy. aldo. Nicholson Was
and
(2) The Football League wouldn't
sanction it.
loce his first goal, and the right to do so. winger also sent in an ideal corner. which Chen Chi-fai headed in. Two other goals wore notted by the Chinese but were cause of infringementa,
It was
Macau Confident Of Victory
at deliveries which they only half In the meantime, it is not true that saw. Goodwin may have a prefer- other end, though I thought some of bowlers. Pace of the scoring on a ''Llout. F. O'Costo, the "Zather" - of Lancashire syndicate has made on ence for the pavillon end, but he may the batsmen treated him with ultra-wicket which was only faintly hostile hockey in Macao, who is shortly to disallowed bow offer to remove the Chelsea club to rest assured that he bowls equally showed later in the game that by have been doubled.
respect. Anderson and
Fincher and with much a fast outfield, should go home to Portugal, is confident that Chowbent.
ng well from the other end.
(Continued on Page .9.).