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REPRESENTATIVE XI'S CHOSEN
The Hongkong Football
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Hon has arranged an attractive pro- gramme for the Christmas and New Year. Holidays. On Christmas Day the Association will be opposed to the Hongkong Chinese Amateur Ath- letic Federation, while on December 27, England will meet Portugal In the semi-final round
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Sunday Herald Charity Cup. On January 2 an exhibition match will be staged between the British Isles und a Hongkong team.
The following have been chosen to represent the Hongkong Football A- sociation against the Hongkong Chin- ese Amateur Athielle Federation on Christmas day on the Caroline Hill ground at 3.30 p.m.:
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 22, 1937.
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Rowlands (Kowloon); Hussain (St. Joseph's) and Ulrich (Kowloon); Evans (Kowloon), Sherman (Navy) and Wilson (Club); Freshwater (Mid- dlesex), Leonard (St. Joseph's), D. Knox (Kowloon). McCjulgan (Sca-166, forths) and Bickford (Club).
Reserves.-D. Skinner (Club), Tippet (Navy), McKusker (Sca- forths), Fraser (Seaforths), Fisher (Club) und Splers (Sentorths).
CHARITY CUP MATCH
The following have been chosen to represent England against Portugal In the Semi-final Round of the Sunday ferald Charity Cup on the Kowloon Football Club ground on December 27, at 3.30 p.m.
First Tennis
"Open" Draws Attention
Nine Amateurs Take Part
London, Nov. 12.
Church (Navy); Webster (Sen- Karel Kozeluh, the former Czecho- forths) and C. Pile (Police): Luister Slovakinn international, who (Navy), Bright (Middlesex) and coached British and American Davis Bilss (Kowloon); Pearson (Middle- Cup teams, won the men's singles sex}, Howlett (Police). Fowler event in the Greenbrier Open Lawn (Club), Saw (Middlesex) and Mid-tennis tournament at White Sulphur dielon (Navy).
Springs, West Virginia, U.S.A.
EXHIBITION GAME
The following have been chosen to represent the British Isles against Hongkong in the exhibition Football Kame on the Club ground on January
The tournament was the world's
Arst "open" and it attracted an entry of 20 professionals and nine amateurs. Four of the amateurs scratched, four were beaten in the first round and the only survivor, Gordon Riach, was eliminated in the second round.
HOLE-IN-ONE GOLFER NOW AS A GUEST An Old Custom Passes
More golf clubs are abolishing the long-established custom by which o player holing out in one stroke is expected to entertain fellow-mem- bers.
Clubs in the London district who have adopted a new unwritten rule that the successful player should himself be the guest of the day in- -clude:
Hendon and Moor Park, each with about 1,000 members;
Wildernesse, Sevenoaks, 700 mem-
bers;
Camberley Heath, Surrey, and Hartsbourne Manor, Bushey, Herts, each with 500 members,
At these clubs the golfer holing in one la permitted to have lunch, tea and a reasonable number of drinkts without charge.
Among well-known figures in the golfing world who would retain the old custom is Capt. J. S. Pearson. secretary of the Verulam Club, St. Albans. He said: "Do away with the custom and it will stop all the fun."
RUGGER MATCH
On the
A rugger match played Navy ground yesterday ended in a victory for H.M.S. Adventure over the Tamar by 17 points to mil.
Ford and Robinson played well for the Tamar, while Walsham, Burston and Jones did the scoring for the Adventure.
STOCK MARKET
REPORT
The Hongkong Stock Exchange official summary issued at.3.16 p.m. yesterday, says: The market was
Rowlands (Kowloon); Webster
The lawn tennis world is waiting (Seaforths) and Bright (Middlesex); with interest to see what disciplinary Evans (Kowloon), J. Skinner and action the United States L.T.A. will Wilson (Club), Coakley (Kowloon), lake against the amateurs. McGuigan (Sentorhs), Pearson (afid- No official decision has been an-quiet and erratic. dlesex), Howlett (Police) and Blck-nounced, but Mr. Holcombe Ward, ford (Club).
Reserves-Bone (Police), (Middlesex). Fowler (Club), Cusker (Seaforths),
president of the U.S.LT.A., expressTM Sawed the opinion that the amateurs Me-nutomatically lost their status by
playing.
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Because they are practically certain to be disqualified, these amateurs who competed in the "pioneer" open tournament, which it is hoped will leud to the sanctioning of such events all over the world, will be presented with commemorative silver medals. complete with round stripe.—Router.
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