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ISLINGTON · CORINTHIANS
IMPRESS IN TRIAL
Team To Visit Far East
Plays West Ham
Just how strong are the Islington Corinthians, the amateur soccer team who are to make a tour embracing India, Malaya and Hongkong after firat playing matches in France, Swizerland and Italy? They left England on October 5.
The query was in part answered on September 30, when they had a fmal try-out at Upton Park against a formidable West Ham Reserves side, and were beaten 2-1, giving a promising display against the professionals,
While nobody would presume, derstanding were able to hold off
many threatening movements. writes the currespondeat of an
A LIVELY ATTACK Indian paper, to form a conclusive opinion regarding
In the case of a newly formed com- tonn's capabi- lilies. after having seen them playbination of players selected from many different clubs, it would be altogether as a combination on only one occa sion, it is quito evident that the world too much to expect a definite plan of attack in their very first serious prac- Lourista possess e makings of an
of the During the Brst half tice. Extremely strong side.
game at Upton Park, Islington Corli thians had In fact no real attacking scheme.
Several of the West Ham players have made frequent appearances with the First Division team, and the ren- tre-forward, Forde, 19, acknowledged to be a rising star. Moreover, the professionals
accustomed were playing together and thus had a do- elded advantage.
outstanding
to
THE
HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. TUESDAY,
NOVEMBER
CRICKET'S RETURN AN UNMIXED JOY TO YOUNGSTERS
1937.
BUT “R. ABBIT” MUCH TEMPTED TO WRITE ONLY OF SAD THINGS
Every time I find myself at the beginning of a new cricket season-now so far as I am con cerned, that is to say-l find myself tempted to sit down and write sad things. For it is not given to everyone to keep one's game to the arrival of one's half-century or even later, and so, while to the young cricketer it is an unmixed joy, to the man past his primo thero is always a spice of sorrow. But after all it is rather a selfish point of view and should be supressed. Indeed, onco one has got over the final wrench of leaving the game for good, the joy at cricket's return is once. more unalloyed.
year, to me last So, though I have missed some few games this Saturday
date as once more the game was with WAS very happy
ปี me. But one could not but feel sad at lie thought of what might have before an Interport been had the times been happler. The few weeks
Partizanship game are so full of excitement. Speculation in rife.
at home Arguments in the hostelrlen
as to the comparative full blast. merlis of Br. Gover, Mr. Farnes, and hir. Copson are no more forcible than those in local clubs as to the claims of Mr. X of Kowloon. Mr. Y of the Indians or Mr. Z of the Hongkong Club. Anil then comes the pleasure This year of welcoming old friends once more, and of making new ones. It is not to be.
the InsicPlays for Sutton United, was at hold of a paper dated about October not in evidence to the spectators us
in
First Article Since Return From Leave
This is the first of a series of articles on local cricket
for written specially
the Hongkong Telegraph by "R. Abbit," the well-known local authority on the game, since his return from Home leave.. Unless otherwise stated, these articles will appear every Tuesday and Friday.
FOOTBALL INTERPORT POSSIBILITY
Hongkong Team May Go To Shanghai
OWENS WINS IN SHANGHAI
Korean Boxer Outclassed
(By "Abs") Hongkong will send a team to Shanghai at the beginning of next- year for the annual Football In-
Driving in aggressively from the terport contest if..
opening Kong, Harry Owens of the Yes, there is an "" to the pro- Royal Welch Fusiliers, handed Jackle Erst defeat in position. At the meeting of the Asso-Parks, Korean, hla ciation Council yesterday, it was de-Shanghai by earning a clean cut do elded to accept Shanghai's Invitation clslon over elght rounds The stur- provisionally and a team will go north dily built British soldier was given a It is possible to do so at the time big round of applause'for ħla success- local ring, by the the Interport is due to be played and ful debut in the if the Hongkong Government does not medium aled crowd which forned out last week for the Auditorium's object to a local team being sent to such close proximity to the Sino-professional boxing programme at the
Canidrome Gardens. Japanese hositillies.
Before this decision was reached, a Already the possessor of tho member of the Council questioned featherweight championship of Hong- whether it was advisable to send akong, Owens is now the mot logical team to Shanghal in view of the un-claimant to that title in Shanghai,- certainty of the future and that the says the N. C. D. News. His style of Hongkong Government did not en-6ghting resembled that of Seaman courage people to go to that city at Prandy of the British Navy who was here last year. a sensation the present time. It was also men- such tioned that the cost of the trip would While hardly as polished or speedy be approximately $3,000,
a boxer as Prandy, his upright stance and straight pummelling left were reminiscent of the red-headed ter- ror.
From the way the ball was distri bute impartially to both wings, with a frequent through-pass down the
The ensuing discussion indicated' centre, It was evident that halt-backs and forwards alike were probing for
that members were not against a team being sent to the north provided that The result, therefore, came as an opportunities.
QUICK IN ACTION indication that the amateurs did not
there was no danger to the players. enjoyed a distinct superiorily They
Having been on board ship for do not think I saw anyone lose his
It was then suggested and agreed to It was all Owens over the first five do so badly. As a matter of fact they during this period, but genuine scor nearly five weeks, I had seen no de-wicket through a ball popping un- statement that the Interport duly. There was, I am told, a bit of
accept Shanghai's Invitation provi- rounds. The British soldier lost no enjoyed a territorial superiority for ing opportunities were palpably few. Anite
visionally. A final decision will time in getting under way and be- -tivo-thirds of the game and slightly R. M. Tarrant, the Irish International, mutch was off until ten days ago I got a patch at the Yard end, but it was
Inter date.
gan hitting out freely with both not be made until better finishing would have given who them the victory. Moreover,
where his powers of drib-1 in which the news was published, a misty spot almost at once.
It was announced that the sum of hands immediately. The Korean, on $007.82 had been raised by the the other hand, seemed in no hurry deciding goul was scored against bling were prominent, with Bruith-I had, however, been pretty sure that
The Club batted Arst and a couple walle (Barnet) leading the attack. Shanghai would be unable to send
Association for the widow of Wong to mix it up and as a result the first them in semi-darkness, as a result
Shek-ping, the Eastern Athletic round saw him covering up and of a late start.
Despite their many dashing efforts team long before this. One can of maldens were sent down. A. R. SPEED AND STAMINA
player who was fatally injured on backing steadily away from the driv the West Ham backs cleverly fore only sympathize with our Northern Mint was bowling a triae faster than
the football feld a few weeks ago. ing gloves of Owens. The soldier Islington Corinthians showed two stalled their movements, and serinas friends, and bupe, sincerely that the usual while at the other end Arcul ters and had a bit of match practice.
It was his qualities-phenomenal shots at goal were well saved by W. shadow of these dark days will soon was making the ball come off quite Bowker and Holden opened slowly
South Ching Athletic Association missed frequently but Minu's but the latter and John Pearce hit speed and unflagging perseverance.. Munday, the Kent County Ron- be lifted, and that peace and cricket fast. Trouble. started
sent a letter stating that the match round by a long margin.. when Kilbee tried to about a bit later on. Incidentally it's second over
arranged to raise funds for War Re- Then in the second round Parks In point of pace they were actually keeper, whom the professionals and will flourish together again.
cut a ball just going away from him a bit hard on your scribe to have tride superior to their professional on trial.
lief took place an October 24 and abandoned his defensive tactles to and was smartly taken by M. el Ar- three of a family in a side and he is
renlised $3,301 with other amounts lush out furiously. But he did not opponents.
culli at point. In Mina's next over
still to come in. Thanks were ex- hit anything and it was again the pressed to the officiais and others soldier's When I was passing through Singh-T. E. Pearce renched forward to one forced to arbitrary nomenclature to
round, the margin being M. P. Madar played some nice shots
who enabled the fixture to be played smaller. pore the other day I called, as is my and evidently just dragged his foc. distinguish them!) For the I.R.C custom, upon my good friend Mr. Ismail and the bails off in a split and John Pearce's leg breaks looked
without expense.
The soldier was outboxing and out- pavilion
Mr. J. Ralston was elected a vice-hitting the Korean, in the third, Clarke, the Secretary of the Singa- second and the board read 1-2-1, useful though from the
of F. II. Stokes was never happy and looked as if he would do better if he
President of the Association.
fourth and fifth rounds. Parks was pore Cricket Club. Over one
The Senior and Junior Shield fix-fighting hard and breathing hard but their ambrosini gin-siings (why, oh after having been frequently beaten broke the ball a bit less.
It was a very interesting game to
tures were drawn by the Manage- ; doing little or no damage. In the why, can we never get near to them by Minu he was clean bowled by
ment Committee after the Courell Afth the refereo stopped the fight up here?) he told me that Malayan
and fielding was stendy length and troubling the bats dard of bowling
meeting and resulted as follows: cricket was flourishing and that bell who had been keeping a very watch and, as I have said, the stun-
little doubt that a team could men as much, if not more, than Minu. high. As regards other games I have First Division (11 entries).-C had
not yet had time to collect any re- have been sent up here had there Or so it appeared! (0-3-1),
v. Eastern, Pollen v. S. China "A", liable reports and I shall hope to deal
St. Joseph's v. Kowloon. All other been a chance of a triangular Tour-
THE FIRST AND LAST STAND
with them on Friday. As a general
entries recolve bye. The Navy nament. He said. very rightly I
Owen
have entered a team for this Shield, rule Tuesday's article will deal with think, that it would be difficult if not
general toples and the account of any match which I am able person- ally to watch.
The amateurs speed was not con- fined to their forward he alone; it was a quality shared by cach division. Every man showed an ability to bring the ball under immediate control and to move away without delay.
centre-forward and
FOUR FORWARDS Effective changes were made In Islington Corinthians forward line during the second half, when Tarrat took over as Braithwaite moved to outside right, while Read for a while dropped out, "As one who has been familiar with leaving only four forwards to experi- the best football in India.
over ament among themselves. perfod of many years, with experi This manoeuvre proved effective, ence of Calcutta, Simla, Delhi and and it was only due to some magri- Lahore," writes the cellle. "I eun leent goalkeeping that the amateurs assert with confidence that Islington were unable again to find the net. Corinthians worked fusler than any A definite plan of attack now entered team I ever haw in the East-and their play, and Eastern teams will what is more, they kept up that same have to be particularly alert it they pace for 10 minutes without crack- intend to foil this Tarrant-Draith- ing, and against a side who were walte combination. determined not to be beaten by amateurs.
The second outstanding feature was the successful maricing and tackling by the defence. In this respect the half backs gave very little away. Their anticipation was excellent and they recovered position with no avaldable loss of time if they happened to be passed by opponents. The full backs, P. B. Clark (Leyton) and A. 3. Mar- tin, appeared to be famillar with ench other's style of play, and by their un
They will, in fact, and something disconcerting in the four half-backs four forwards formation which their visitors may occasionally adopt, and which kept the professionals guess throughout the second half. The real danger of such tnetics les in those Immaculately placed through-passes along the ground with extremely fast wing forwards in pursuit and an elusive centre-forward waiting to slip between the opposing backs.
THEY LIKE CHARGING None of the Islington Corinthian players who took the field that day can be described as men of particu
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They seemed to average between 5 tt. 9 ins. and 5 It. 11 ins., but they were a sturdy set, well able to face up to robust methods and themselves de- Bighting in legitimate shoulder charges.-Their-staying-puwersare. undoubtedly of the best, and, with their exceptional speed, there is not n team in Indio that will be able to take them lightly.
MALAYA
one
the hands of the Hughes then joined Alee
a
Pearce and the only stand of the in- nings took place. The Indian feld- ing was really excellent and instend of blocking Owen Hughes' cut be hlad point and hook to mid wicket by men on the boundary they had both positions covered b flelders in the inner ring. The innings had been going on for thirty-ave minutes be fpre-the score got to 18, and at this point A. R. Abbas relieved Arculli.. For three overs the newcomer could nol strike a length and Owen Hughes had several tong hops and half vol- Toys with which he dealt faithfully. But after 11 runs had been scored
Hughes cut Abbas. Owen Troin shortish one very hard to backward point where Kitchell took a fine catch off a really hard and crisp shot.
This seemed to inspire Abbas and he bowled splendidly from then on. It did indeed seem he was bowling of a length but he a shade short turned the ball quickly that le beat the batsmen for pace. Alec Peirce was bowled by a perfect ball and his brother John was just be- ginning his shot when his wicket wast
wickels broker. In all he took his 5
were scored off him. While 3 runs making his analysis 5 for fourteen. Minu had resumed after resting u
had a couple and couple of overs Incidentally, there were only two impossible to get a side to incur the more wickets, bowling Stewart with well but it was good fouls awarded in those 90 minutes at expense (and obtain the leave) for in particularly good ball. The Club
a trip to Ilongkong just to play one did not but Upton Park, and both of them were
told me
they wished bowling at caused must of for tripping by West Ham players match. He
damage, backed up by brilliant field- come down more accidental infringements. On noi a llongkong could single occasion were the amateurs after, and was not quile prepared to ing. For the Club, nine butsmen got penalised on grounds' of unfair tacki-admit my reply that the one match slx ing or charging; in fact, only one free propositlan cut both klek was given against
them, for pointed out we could play both the with Hayward absent, 47 was an uni- handling the ball. And this was in Straits Settlements (which include that Bowker had more idea of stop-
than most ping the bowling might have held a wicket up had he
As they are sure to improve in the course of their tour through the Con- tinent, and to devise a real system of altack, by the time they reach Indin they should settle down into a formid- able combination.
a keenly contested match, played at top speed.
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THE INDIANS WIN
and
in Malaya exceeds probably by three The 11.K.C.C. started with Bowker
while the
or four hundred the number in Hong-and Owen Hughes and 'kong. Moreover, a trip from the termer was steady he did not look South up here in November is donearly so dangerous as Owen Hughes of those full initely an excellent thing for the who, barring a fow health when people went a pick-me- tosses which ha has not yet quite up, but I hardly think the Fume can eliminated, sent down some excellent be said of a trip from here to the stuff. However, 42 is no total to give F.M.S. in the summer. Anyway to
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PRESENTATION TO STEVE DONOGHUE
London, Oct. 21. famous jockey, Steve Donoghue, was kipper evidently decided to stick to
to-day presented get back to the point from which i your bowlers u chance and the Club started, there will be no Interport his opening pair, though I should
with a silver trophy, engraved with with Malnya, I gather.
Java kort to see John Pearce bowl
the signatures of his fellow Jockeys, THE COLLAPSE OF THE CLUB after the success that had attended all the other leg-breakers! But ad-
as a "taken of respect and admire- On Saturday last very much en-mittedly ho looks as if he would be
tlon" on the occasion of bin retire- joyed seeing the game between the botter when he could afford to be hit
ment. ii.K.C.C. and the Indians, which, re- about a bit. As it was the I.R.C. the lost five wickets In getting the runs aulted in a brilliant win for latter side. Before describing the and another fell three runs later.
MATCH PRACTICE game, I might any that though the bowlera seemed able to turn the Minu promptly declared and both ball pretty quickly on the wicket 1 sides reversed their orders and bow-
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ARSENAL SIGN GEORGE HUNT
momentarliy to warn Parks about stopping with an
open glove and thereafter he kept his fis closed.
With the decision
practically in soldier and only three rounds to go, Parks threw everything he had left into the fight. He sloshed in recklessly and began connecting more frequently on the face and body of the tiring Owens, but it was too late.
Fusiliers In Rugby Encounter
The Royal Welch Fusiliers created record in thele initial appearance on the rugby field in Shanghai last week when they defeated a junior Rugby Club XV by eight goals and six tries (58 points) to nil, thus con- Arming the
advance reports given of their prowess down In Hongkong. Tho Club side was no match for the
George Hunt, Toltenham Hotspur international centre forward, will play for the "Arsenal-this-senson-min
There was drama about his trans who will"rank" with the teams in this city, says the fer. Hunt was actually waiting N. C. D. News. Indications are that travel to Stockport as Tottenham
reserve when Mr. George Allison competition between the four senior teams will be well worth watching secured his signature,
Hunt, once the most dangerous this season.
Now, that their strength is known, centre forward in the League, for whom the 'Spurs are reputed to have the Welch will doubtless be given refused an offer of £15,000, has not the strongest opposition, whereas been able to command a place in the last week they went through to Tottenham term owing to the sue- score in monotonous mercasion, try after try, most of which were con- cess of Morrison.
At his best he is a terror to goal-verted by some excellent pinca kick- from dimeut poslilons. The keepers. In midfield he defeats up-t ponents by means of a body swerve winners had only just come out of which recalls the best days of the "Windy Corner sector from the front line yesterday morning, and Buchan, Jack, and Jimmy Howle.
Drake's recent Injury made it im- thereby gave evidence of their keen- perntive for the Arseanl to secure a ness by turning out for a match at
such short notice. first-class deputy.
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