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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH.
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY
1938.
ISLINGTON CORINTHIANS PLAY
SOCCER TREAT PROMISED AT CAROLINE HILL TOURISTS UNABLE TO FIELD FULL TEAM
(By "Abo")
'After months of waiting, Hongkong enthusiasts will have their first real tasto of English amateur soccer at Caroline Hill this afternoon when the Islington Corinthians commence their local programme with a match against the South China Athletic Association, hosts of the famous football tourists during their stay in the Colony.
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Several trials were held by the playing on a ground which is Chinese before they selected the familiar to them as the palms presen! team to oppose the Islington Corinthians, and in the opinion of | many competent judges of the game, the Chinese, with probably the best of the four teams chosen to mest the tourists, should put up the gamest fight,
their hands. A heavy surface would reduce this advantage, but the ground is already rapidly drying
A feeling of optimism prevails at Caroline Hill, And there is good reason why the Chinese should be optimistic. They will be just
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surprised as anyone else if they win, but they are fully confident that they will be able to make the tourists go all out to obtain their victory,
BEST COMBINATION
so officials think that the Chineso eleven players they have picked for this afternoon's match form the best East. This combination in the For claim is probably exaggerated; but there is no denying that the com- bination is probably the best Hongkong. The players proved this by
their victories in the Governor's Cup matches.
uhe Isington Corinthians were in
contab nt their hotel yesterday afternoon when I visited them to "get a line" on the side that will turn out to-day. Apparently it was
team and pick a
to discuss to General
matters that the meeting
was being held.
CORINTHIAN ELEVEN
At the end of the meeting. Mr. Tom
Smith, the manager of the side, told me that the following had been chosen
this for
afternoon's
game:
C. Longman
F. B. Clark
A. D. Buchatian
A. J. Martin
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W. Whittaker
J.
K. WH G
R. Manning
Stul, they will have to bo nt their best in order to hold the Islington Corinthians. They have one de- finite advantage in that they will be
Li Tin-sang
A master of the sliding tackle,
DUNLOP RACH
L. Bradbury
I.
P. Tarrant
A. Avery WV. Miller.
For
This. I understand, is definitely not the best team the tourists can feld. 'Several men are playing in unusual positions owing to the fact that some of the regulars are on the infured list.
instance, Dick Manning, usually a full back, will be turning out at outside right! Quite a drastic change, isn't it? Manning tells me however, that he has twice played at outside right in the course of the four; so it may be that he will not of place in that be entirely out position. Bradbury, a wing-half, moves up to inside forward, but he is such a versatilo plaver that the change should not affect him un- duly. J. K. Wright will not be in his usual position at right half, but is going to the left.
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An excellent view of the sa ddling ring. stands and enclosure of the Hongkong Jockey Club at Happy Valley where the annual racing carnival is being held. To-day, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and next Saturday, the racecourse will be the scene of considerable activity and great crowds, gathered for the "oport et bugs"
Several Players On The Injured List
Islington Corinthians Meeting With Bad Luck
(By "Abc")
ALTHOUGH I had heard rumours, did not know so many members of the Islington Corinthian team were on the injured list until I had a talk with Mr. Tom Smith, the manager, at the Peninsula Hotel yesterday afternoon. A couple of the players received their injuries in Malaya, but the others sustained theirs in the matches played at Saigon.
wood (centre forward), G. W. Pearce (outside left), W. Miller (inside left) and P. B. Clark (left back).
Malaya,"must
HOCKEY CHAMPIONS
CRICKET
TO-DAY
AUSTRALIAN TEST TEAM REGARDED AS A STRONG ONE Soundness And Youth Are The Keynotes
At last our Australian cricket team is known, and, make no mistake, it is n strong one, well-equipped in every rogard--writes O. Wendell Bill, the famous Australian bataman...
It was realised that the selectors had a particularly difficult task in as much as many candidates were on a par in regard to actual cricket skill. .....
The inclusion of Rigg. Lee, Grim-, Inclusion to striking deada per- nett, Oldfield, Tallon and a few formed near the end of the season.
thers would have caused no sur-
prise, but the selected players pos- Waite's Inclusion
ess exceptional cricket skill.
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He may even be the batting success of the tour.
Soundness and youth, the selectors' Barnes's batting was throughout a the choice feature, but lack of on-side shota rynbir, are reffected in,
his chance. of Brown as opening batsman in threatened to spoil
Rigg or Lec, who Barnes is chock-full of confidence preference to show
ow definiie unsoundness and have and should please English crowds. weakness is make-up despite their Success this season.
Barnett and Ward, who displace Oldfield and Grimmett, provide an element of youth and to doubt the selec'ors
are justified, everything considered..
ELIMINATED Was Tiring
Rajputana. Rifles Cause Surprise
(By The Pilgrim")
Grimmett looked a superior bowler to Ward for the greater part of our scason, but, iri the concluding matches, he was tiring while the younger man Improved.
This, perhaps, was a vital factor in the decision to leave, out 45-year-
Ward should prove very successful English wickets. Ward turns
Walte's bowling in South Austro-
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Badminton
St. Andrew's Show Great Improvement
May Finish As Runners-Up
four.
A fast and thrilling game or old Grimmett, bockey was seen on the Marina ground Inst evening when the on
ball to a considerably greater Rajputana Rides caused a surprise the
extent than Grimmett, bowls the by defeating the II.K.S.R.A pre- zent champions, by 3-1 in the first "Borey" and has a flighty delivery round of the Army Large Units which should come up to all require- Knock-out Competition. It
The recent improvement shown by was ments. one of the best matches played on Barnett's keeping was, if any-
them to a sand pitch (bls season.
thing, superior to Oldfield's through the St Andrew's Mixed Doubles out the
and no doubt his Badminton team enabled reason,
win another match last evening Excitement run high from the be- turn has come to be the Test when they Just got through against THOSE on the Injured at are H. OCAL enthusiasts, who have heard inning when in less than threeeener.
Taikoo, winning by five games to C. Read (outside right), J. C. such, glowing reports of Sher-minutes, Khuda Bux, the Brigade's
Many here criticise Oldfield's ex-
With only one more match to. Braithwaite (inside right), 3. Sher-wood's play at centre-forward in speedy inside left, received the ball clusion, but the general feeling a
be disappointed
aro over, al-play-against University-the Saints to from Tara Singh and made his way that his great daya learn that he will not be playing through the opposite defence to open though
he is still an excellent are in a very favourable posilon to against South China this afternoon. the scoring.
keeper. It was Ume he made way, finish the season as runneis-up.
Barnett is a Sherwood is nursing a bad ankle, but
Scores of last night's match: Spurred on by this carly lead, for a younger man, bat.
W. C. Choy and Mrs. J. Stokes F the 10 ploying members of the he hopes to be able to take the field
1 a week, which means that he may the champions pul more determin- useful left-hand reatest surprise is St. Andrew's) beat G. A. Smith and STRONG HALF BACKS
team, only 11 are therefore com- Perhaps the team's strongest depletely without injury, seeing that play against either the Civiliaris oration into their play and strived hard
of even both. He o increase their advantage, but the the omission of Gregory, a youth of Miss R. Summers 24-22; beat &.
skill who was considered partment is in the intermediate line. six have some complaint or other the Colony XI,
D Keown and Miss Cunningham rallied
and high confirmed
vigorously where Martin, Whittaker and Wright and Johnny Miller has
yesterday that he would Rimen been lef.
Mo- certainty. This
contention was 21-14; beat S..Nowman and Miss E form-a-bulwark-which-Fung King-ochind in Singapore. Clark-is-just be ft to play again in a week and Pritam Nath eventually beat
big part
art in Australia's success
M. Welll and Miss T. Wong-(St. cheung and Co. will find difficult to getting ever a strained leg muscle that he would like to have at least hamed Faizul after some grand-dri-based on the fact that he played a Pollock 21-4,
and Miss break down.
and W. Miller will turn out this one game in Hongkong, "if selected, bling.
in the of course," as he modestly put it.
innings. He has grit and Summers 6-21; lost to Keown and It seems assured that local foot-afternoon in spite of a bad right je
Hla big-match temperament.
Miss ball "fans" will not be disappolated.
Cunningham 22-23; beat New- feld with bewildering rapidity, and the roll un, chaps!
"PAT" Clark told me yesterdayo far this tour, Sherwood has the combination of both sets of for- Test averate was 81. only excelled man and Miss Pollock 21-0.
The by Bradman and McCabe. The se H. Kew and Miss M. Churn (St. Chinese team hos already that the players are missing scored 35 goals, a feat equalled wards was a treat to watch. been announced. It is as follows: Johnny Miller who, it seems, Is. on
Tam Hian-kon: Mak Sul-han. El of the personalities of the team. "Tay only one other member of theicams were level at 1-1 at half-meiectors. confronted by. Barnca's - Andrew's) lost to Smith and Miss Ten minutes after the resumption; posing record, Gregory's lack of Summers 12-21; lost to Keown and side, R., P. Tarrant, Irish Tin-sang; Lau Hing-chof, Lim Tak- is unfortunate that we had to leave the auto i center. Che speed of the game began to tell nower in front of the wicket. nnd Miss Cunningham 16-21; beat New-
him behind in Singapore,
The other two matches, arranged. Nath, with brilliant allck-work, worth, are reluctantly forced to omit vick. Fung Klag-cheung, Chan Tak- Claric. "He is the best outside left Read has also done himself well on the inners defence am Chipperfield's tremendous all-round man and Miss Pollock 21-13.
10he right-wing; he has a total "bag"
players owo their for the evening, were not played. Cheung thut we have with us. He would) of 17 goals, but will be out of the weaved, his way through to take the Gregory. Two
lead for his side. show you people something really jame for a month.
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Do. Leung Wing-chiu: Yeung Shul
fai, Lal Skłu-wing and Moon-wing.
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worth while in left-wing play if he was here." From all accounts, Johnny Miller must be a fine footballer. In TALKING of Read, doesn't his The champlons had a period of view of the fact that apart from Hauname sound familiar to those who pressing, but the Riflemen were never Ching-to, there is no outstanding closely follow cricket at Home? I rattled, and when the occasion arose, Ghulam outside left in the Colony, we cannot had a wild notion that he might be Negi, nt right half, and but join in the general regret that he Essex fast bowler who played for Rasul at centre half, tackled with. forward: Miller is not here to teach our boya England against the Australians in confidence, and fed their a few tricks.
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TN the course of my talk with Clark, the name of Fung King-cheung cropped up. Clark remembers Fung very well and has a high opinion of the Chinese enntals as on inside
Fung King-cheung
a couple of matches in the 1934 Test with neat flick passes, matches in England. But Read him- Pritam Nath took some holding and self assured me yesterday that he during a neat bout of dribbling with
was bowled over was not the one although he played in the circle he
team-mates by Khuda Bux. A short corner was cricket of a sort. His
Gunners BIL say he plays a good game. He cap-awarded against the tains the Islington Corinthians' Gopal Ram, the corner expert, scor- cricket team, and played a big parted from the resultant hit, giving the in the side's victory over the Rangers, Rifies a 3-1 lead,
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quile a good local team in Calcutta. Retaliating with several dangerou movements, the Gunners penned Uk Ities in their own half for fully ter CEVERAL members of the team minuter, but erratic chooting and who had had practice on the continuat off-side play prevented Kowloon F.C. ground the last two them from scoring. With only a
few days said they found the ground a minutes icft for play, the Rifles seem- little humpy and rather small. They ed content to hold their lead and as seemed relieved when I told them a result the Brigade players were that the South China ground at the more aggressive at this stage. Caroline Hill was bigger and more even.
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SEE that Cyril Longman has been
I chosen to keep goal for the
tourists in 10-day's encounter. He is not as tall as Ted Wingfield, but he is very agile and in this way, is able to make up for his lack of Inches.
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STRANGELY enough, the Islington Corinthians had had their team almost intact until they reached Saigon although oven before they got there, a couple of men had received slight injuries in Malaya. But the three matches in that city took more out of the players than they had bargained for, and the players, look- ing over their injuries, are now atmost sorry that they did play there,
LADIES' HOCKEY
There were no further thrills, and the Rajputana Rifles won by 3-1.
Pritam
leader of the Nah,
attack, Rajputans Rides
Wos wizard and was rousingly cheered for his efforts.
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The result was a fair one, and the game was worth going a long way
10 sce.
HOURS OF PLAY
FOR AUSSIE CRICKETERS
Hours of play for county - cricko! matches against the Australians noxii summer will be:
211.30 am to 6.39 p.m Bacond Day: 11:00 am, to. And p.m. Third Day 11.30 a.m, to 1:30 pm... These Umes are subject to a pro- Will he disappoint the tourists? : The following will represent St. Viso that for the purpose of Tacilitat
the Australiana*** travelling] Andrew's in the Brawn Cup matching forward, having seen him play Against the Rerein: Ladies on the arrangements, play on the last day against the Casuals in 1830 when the Shumhulpo Ground at 8 p.m. to- max begla of 11 am, and cesse at Chinese Olymple soccer players were
p.m. day:
As already announced, hours of in England after their visit to Berlin Hall, E. Chang, J. Broadbridge, appoint our visitors, who are looking Churn, Y. He, M. Churn, S. Roberta England and Australia will be 11.30
am, to 6.30 pm, each day forward to playing against him, and D. HIL
The fastest racket in the World Let us hope that Tung will not dias P. Lawron, M. Hozn. 3. Creavers Eplay in the Test matches between
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