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HONGKONG THE *
TELEGRAPH, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 1938.
CHINESE FEDERATION DEFEATED BY MIDDLESEX
CHARITY SOCCER MATCH PLAYED ON WET GROUND CONDITIONS IN FAVOUR OF SOLDIERS WHO LED 3-NIL AT ONE STAGE
Hongkong C.A.A.F. (Hau Ching-fo, cheung)
King
Middlesex ...
Fung · King- (Pearson, Courtney, Sawi
(By "Abe")
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In conditions which were all against their type of play, Hongkong Chinese Amateur Athletic Federation were defeated by the Middlesex Regiment by 3-2 at Caroline Hill yesterday in a charity soccer match in aid of refugees in South China.
It had rained almost continuously for over an hour before the match started, and even in the course of The game there was a light drizzle. As a result the ground was very wel and alippery and the ball heavy, thus dimcult. extremely rendering control The conditions certainly did not lend flnessc.
and with thek themselves
"in- favourite close-passing tactles effective, the Chinese\players were by no means as dangerous as they usually are on a dry ground. Par- first the ticularly were they inept in hall before they settled down; luck- irist ball control, the if backs found their normal methods useless lippery surface and there was consequently a lack of co- ordination between them and the forwards
on such
On the other hand, the Middlesex men seemed to relish the heavy 10- ing. Certain it is that they showed thela best form to date in the present sensoh, especially in the first half when they made
rings round their lighter opponents who were
slither- ing here and there in unavailing elforts to get to the ball. They also revealed a sounder knowledge of Mich conditions, and instead waiting for the ball to shoot post them
the after it had touched ground, they went forward to take it on the bounce, thus preventing it from doing all the tricks which the Chinese found no disconcerting.
of
SOLDIERS THREE UP The Chinese team was probably the strongest the Federation could have flelded. Pau Ka-ping, the old South China star, was in goal in his first appearance for, two sensors, while Lee Wal-tong led the attack.
Hau Ching-to
..very effective on the left wing.
Yet before the game was halt on the ball he could not prevent it from hour old, Middlesex were three goals entering the net.
up.
Soccor
ENGLISH LEAGUE SUCCEEDS Irishmen Lose On Slippery Ground
Beltani, Sept. 21. In
Boccer Inter-League an match here to-day, the English League team defeated an Irish: League side by eight goals to iwo. Adapting themselves to the trea- half in the second cherous conditions when the ground was very slippery as the result of a heavy storni breaking near the interval, causing some people to scamper nerons the in the reserved pitch for shelter a few minutes, the Englishmen were stand thus holding up the game for vastly superior.
They
indulged Lit clever and Caborate inter-passing movements the first half, but the Irishmen were more impressive during this period because they made ground quicker by direct methods. ever, cunstant shipping caused many defensive errors in the second half. Marton headed to put the Englishmen one up in the first half, but Melver equalised in the 15t
found the net in minute Lay
Lawion the 15th minute and at the interval,
2-1. by the Englishmey Jed.
thei the
Three minutes after the resump-
for equalised Shearer Lon. Frishman, but Welsh put Englishmen in the lead again three minutes later.
Alter the the English side played much better football, Lawton show! ed brilliant opportunism to score added LWO inore goals, Goulden
Lwa
another and after Lawton had scored his fourth of the day, Robinson com- mleted the discomfiture of the Irish- men by putting in an eighth-
Reuter.
TOURISTS BEATEN
London, Sept. 21. In a friendly match played to-day, defeated the Arsenal
the Swiss Wanderers by three goals to two. Reuter.
HOME RUGGER MATCHES
HOUVENIR COMEDY OF THE TEST.-There was an Incident at the end of the Fifth Test match at the Oval between England When he thought O'Reilly had been caught, to end the and Australia, Australian Innings, Fleetwood-Smith, who was batting at the other end. made a dive for the stumps. The calch was dropped, however, and the stumps had to be replaced. Shortly afterwards, Fleetwood-Smith himself caught and a second scramble for stumps ensuel. Here Fleet- wood-Smith is seen struggling with Hutton over two stumps, while Edrich runs off with the third. Ilutton succeeded in securing a share of the spolls.
WAN
FIRST YORKSHIRE
AMATEUR
TO
GET 1,000 RUNS IN 36 YEARS
Dover: Yorkshire 326 for 8; Kent to bat
London, Aug. 29.
For the first time in his cricketing carcer Brian Sellers, the Yorkshire captain, has scored 1,000 runs in a season. He com- pleted this total at Dover on Saturday and is still not out with 93 to his credit..
Sellers, in point of fact, is the first amateur to score 1,000 runs for Yorkshire in a season for the last Golf London, Sept. 21. The following were the results of 36 years. He batted very well and, been worn once the bowling had rugby matches played to-day:
9 down, showed some of the best bat- Bristol
23 Clifton
Northampton Oling of the day.
0 D Abertillery
Rugby Bridgend
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The third was a rather lucky one. The first was due to 'n mistake by Marabel shot for goal, but the ball Mak Sul-hon,the Chinese right hit the upright and rebounded into back, who allowed the ball to bounce
front of the Chinese goni, one over his head. Like a flash, Malay. In the resultant mielee in gether that a win for them seemed
ot the
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foregone
conclusion. The
for
Yorkshire entered into the match with characteristic determination, and their careful methods rather
made mistakes in the field, too, the
flattered the Kent bowling. Kent was on it, took it down the wing Middlesex forwards was definitely wards were always troubling the slips being at fault.
Chinese defence, while the halves Mitchell, who batted 33 hours who off-side, But the referee did not and backs had got such a grip on for 73, was out to a brilliant piece banged In a first-timer. It was a spot him-although the linesman the Chinese forwards that Lee Wal-of stumping by Levett.
was waving his flag frantically- Keeping up the pressure, the and allowed the goal which Saw tong and Co. seldom got to within
and
Bent it in to Pearson,
gon all the way.
SELDOM DANGEROUS
'His Ath wicket stand with his shooting distance. soldiers were rewarded ja few scored. minutes Inter when a sliot by Court-
However, in one of their rare nt-captain yielded 80 in 90 minutes."
Todd bowled his left-hand swing- ney was deflected by a defender, At this stage of the game,
the tacks, the Chinese reduced the ers very well; he was helped early and though Pau got his hands to soldiers were playing so well to deficit through Hau Ching-to, the In the day by the humid atmosphere, left wing. Fung King-cheung broke and took the first three wickets that through and shot for goal, but Jack-fell, including that of the record- son stopped the drive. The ball making Hutton. bounced out of his hands, and Hau rushed in to score.
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BRITISH LADIES DEFEATED
All Out Of U.S.
Championship
Rain Interferes With Semi-Final Match In Hardcourt Tournament
(By "Veritas")
Players and officials made a valiant effort to got the outstand- ing semi-final match in the bardcourt doubles tennis championship "finished yesterday, but finally the elements had their way, and the match had to be postponed at the conclusion of the third set, with rain tippling down.
Lawn Bowls Encounter Interrupted
it
The match, in which the Tonl brothers were opposed to E. C. Fla- cher and A. V. Remedios, will be repinyed in its entirety.
The dismal conditions under which the three sets were played yesterday could not bul help pro- duce a corresponding dreariness In the exchanges. Few of the rallies were worthy of the four players. Tsut Wal-pui enlivened things some what by taking everything within reach, and often scoring with
Already postponed twice owing to masterly, it rather speculative, in- tercaptions. He covered so much of n. W. Bradbury's indisposition, start was made on the Cinb Recreio green yesterday in the semi-)
Bowls final match in the Lawn
this singles championship between
after player and A. B. Dallah; but
eight heads had been completed, Fincher played o courageous game.
especially halfway rain came down very heavily and second set and again in the third. 11 continuation of the He scored heavily with some grand
de the court that his younger brother was several times Icfi wondering how he could best efface himself.
only
prevented match.
On the other side of the
through
net
the
characteristic of his palmlest tennis days.
When play stopped, Bradbury was volleys-shots
Fincher in leading by U-G. Dallah made a good
On start, taking a two and a three in then the other hand Remedios boasted first two heads, but in the subsequent tile apart from his forehand drive, five heads he was able to score only which was dazzling in the first six games, and then became weaker as the match progressed. Remedios timed his net advances poorly, often A. R. Dallah being caught at his feet before he was halfway to the net. His volley- ing rarely impressed one.
on one,
Scores:
B. W. Bradbury
1
13
2
SUPERIOR COUPLE
The Tsui brothers were much the superior couple from the forecourt. There was incisiveness about their volleying which the shots of Fincher
The match will be continued lo-, and Remedios did not possess.
day.
BAD WEATHER FOLLOWS
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It was rather peculiar too that Remedios, who certainly owns a Arst rate forehand drive should re- ceive from the left hand court, whille Fincher, whose backhand has always been his strongest wing off the His Excellency the Governor, Sir ground, played from the forchand They might well beneat Geoffry Northcote, took bowls court. team down to the Civil Service CC themselves by changing over,
As regards the actual play, all yesterday afternoon, but bad wea-
three sets were featured by fluctua- ther once again followed him,
Though an attempt was made to tions. Fincher and Remedios jump- complete the match in spite of the ed into a 6-1 lead in the first set
to give in only to lose the advantage, rain, the players had finally and the game was abandoned. finally the set at 7-5. Then the Tsui This was the second time that rain brothers went ahead in the second had interfered will bowls matches in set to five-love only to be pulled which is Excellency participated. back to 5-4. However they clinched In the third set the set on service. Fineher and Remedios again held a
Lancashire Drops A Few Of Their Men
London, Aug. 25.
and
long lead which they los, but they Just managed to hold service to win the set.
All through drizzle, driven across the court by a gusty wind, had made things difficult for the players, and when the rain started to come down hard at the end of the third set, players and offelals wisely decided to call off the match.
Wilmette, I., Sept. 21. The four British Curtis Cup golfers, Miss Jessie Anderson, Miss Clarrie Tiernan, Mrs. J. B. Walker cided not to renew their agreement with Lancashire he
The Lancashire C.C.C. have de county this year. During his career has captured and Mrs. A. C. Critchley, who with Duckworth, the former Eng-931 wickets at an average of 22.13 entered the second round of the land wicket-keeper, for next season.
and scored 3,098 runs, average American Women's Golf Champlon- They had a retainer on his service 13.44. He took his benefit last sea- ship on the Westmoreland Country to play when required so long as son. Others who have not been Club's course here yesterday, were it did not interfere with his work. offered terms are Elliott, a wicket- all climinated in the course of to- Sibbles, who has been with the club keeper, and Burrows, who joined day's piny.
for 12 years, has not been offered the staff. at the beginning of the terms for next season. An injury present season, and Greenhalgh ́has Of the four, only Mits Tiernon survived to the third round, but she has prevented him playing for the accepted a business appointment. did not go
further, any
being! 31 beaten by Mrs. E. R. Hury, of Texas,
by two up.
When the second half commenced, the light was very poor. To add to the dificulty of distinguishing the
hed players, the Chinese
changed their jerseys from white to black.
In this period, the 'Chinese were getting a larger share the ball.
or They attacked often enough, but for a long time could not get the boll past Jackson. Once Lee took a de- ilberaie shot; the ball slipped KENT=F. G. If. Chalk, B. H. Valen. through Jackson's hands, but it hit
Robinson e Fogg b Todd"
Verily not out... B 1 5 5 nb 4
Total 18 wkta)
Bowes to bat.
120
The greatest upset in the first une, H. Knott, W. L. V. Levett, J. Ground of the tourament was the de- W. Davies Woolley, Ames. Todd. Watt,
the post and rebounded into play. Face and Harding. On another occasion, Hau Ching-to had actually rushed the ball into the not only to be penalised for į hands.
POOR VISIBILITY'
The light became $0 bad len minutes after the resumption that the referee consulted the two cap. tains, but they agreed to carry on.
Towards the end of the game, Fung King-cheung obtained posses- sion inside the area and shot past a crowd of players. There
was no further scoring
BRUEN EQUALS RECORD
For their victory, Middlesex had WINS NATIVE AND their defence to think. Watson and Sheeten seemed to find the condi- tions to their Hiking and seldom gave
the Chinese a chance to get past them, while Bright acted as a very
OPEN AMATEUR
IRISH GOLF TITLES
successful "policeman" for Leo Wal- James Bruen, Jun., of Cork, com- tong. The halves, Freshwater and pleted a successful golf champion
feat of Mrs. E. H. Vare, formerly Miss Glenna Collett, by Miss D, Kirby, of Atlanta, by one up.
To-day's results were:
SECOND ROUND
Miss Tiernan beat Mrs. 0. S. 1), of Kansas, 4 and 2.
Miss Betty Jameson, of Texan, beat Mrs. Walker 4 and 2,
Miss Peggy Graham, of Hollywood, beat Miss Jessie Anderson 2 and 1.
Miss Traung beat Mrs. Critchley (formerly Miss Diana Fishwick) at the 19th.
THIRD ROUND
Mrs. E. R. Hury, of Texas, deat Miss Tiernan, two up..
Mrs. Julins l'aze beat Atlas
Wilkinson, were also effective in ship season on the Royal County Jameson 4 and 2-Reuter.
reducing the effectiveness of the Down Course Chinese wingers.
on at Newcastle September 10 by winning the Irish
was below form. The R. Mahon, a Dublin'medical student, j irouri was probably res- by and B in the 36 holes final after ponsible for this. Lee Walstong, of being 7 up at the end of the first course, was too well-watched, "The round. best work for the Chinese was dono
he shot a good goal, Fung Open Amateur file. He defeated J.
BRILLIANT. PLAY BY PERRY
London, Sept. 21.
the Allred Perry won
£750 Sa Druen equalled the 1911 feat Dunlop Metropolitan Professional of Lionel
Munn by winning the Golf Tournament at Wentworth, on the left flank, Leo Tin-sang was Native and Open Ailateur Cham- Surrey, with rounds of 09, 68, 07 the pick of the Chinese defenders. plonships of Ireland in the same and €0, aggregating 273.
by Hau Ching-to and Lau Tau-man,
Teams:
sing
year.
Bruen was also the first
HKCAAF-Pau Ka-ping; Mak amateur in the Irish Open Cham- Porry's winning score was one of Sul-hon, Lee Tia-sang; Leung Wing pionship, in addition to having the lowest aggregates recorded in a chlu, Lau Hing-chol, Boong Ling- the best score in the Walker Cup first-class tournament in this country.
Too Kwal-ahing, Fang King- trials and leading the British team cheung. Lee Wal-long, Lau Tau against America.
Henry Cotton was second with 73; man and Haul Ching-to.
Middlesex. Jackson;
At the age of 18 he is undoubtedly 21, 04, 71. His third round score of Watson, Britain's, best amateur. He won the 64 broke the course record by two Sheahan; Freshwater, Bright Wil "Open! Amateur final by superior strokes, being 13 under par kinson; Grogan, Courtney, Pearson, power from the tee and sounder Bert Gadd was third with 72, 73,
putting
Saw and Marabel.
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