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SATURDAY, « NOVEMBER⠀⠀ 26, 、⠀⠀ 1938.
ANOTHER TEAM ADMITTED TO THE "B" BADMINTON LEAGUE
Sailors And Soldiers' Home Allowed To Participate In Spite Of Late Application
NEWB from the badminton front nine of the games. On Tuesday, the this week is rather quiet, al- Recreio were given an opportunity though last evening's meeting of the of discovering for themselves just Association's Council produced onò how good the Varsity. "A" players important decision, when it was are this year, and they were duly ved It is true agreed to permit , the Saltors and
and impressed, if not awed. It is Soldiers' Homo to participate in the the Portuguese won this mixed dou- "B" Division of the league, despite
pile bles encounter without
conceding but that was
entirely due to a belated application. As explained game. inst week. this doluy was caused the superiority of the Recreio ladies. each of whom WAS at least five points through unavoidable circumstances, each of
better
than her
opposite number. I soon the Council realised and s
when it came to the male scc- But this, it had no hesitation in
L Biving permission to the llome to re-enter tion of the teams, there was noticed the
The S. and S. Home has Icakue.
lmost as much disparity as between been prominently
this connected with the the women, only in
reversed. Selan badminton league, on and off, since lons Its inception, and the club therefore performances were given by P. Tanks
the Association':
K. L. Yong (especially) and T. as one of
Anything adequate like oldest friends and stalwarts. Another F. Yong. favourable factor which helped the support from their partners, and the
result might easily have admission was that other way. When
the Kone to ghin
withdrawn
the Recreio Chinese Y.M.C.A., having
and JAWA from the division just prior to the Varsity teams come into conflict th
usual teasers will 1111- start of the programme, the S. and year the S are in the position to take over
Toubtedly result, but on showings to their fixtures. Thus there will be hte ona could hardly forbear to re- tard the prospects of the University no disturbing re-arrangement of fix-
as being much the roster. tures necessary, and all that remains
teron term
to be added is "The best of luck to
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Local softball enthusiasts will be pleased to learn that arrangements have been completed for the American girls, now in the Philippines, to play two matches in the Colony whes they pass through on Wednesday, November 30. The best bita plage18 in Hongkong will be picked to oppose the girls at Caroline Hill, the firri match to start at 3.30 p.m. Ilere in Las Terry, ace pitcher of the touring team.
game hinted, however, intient fact was established: that Re- week's league results have creio are head and shoulders above been very illuminating, and if anybody else in the M. D. league, any proot at the forecast made in nd they are certain tɔ be champions these columns that the "B" Division or yet another year. The girls ca would produce the keenest context seelally have developed for the championship since the start marked degree of skill, that other:
of their sex in Hongkong can of the league, were needed, these re-
Thus does constant aults did much to provide that proot, them. St John's Cathedral followed up and earnest practice bring its re- their 8-1 victory against Wanderera, ward, for it in only by keeping con- with a smashing nine-love achieve-stantly at the game, learning lo ment against the V.R.C., admittedly iminate mistakes, and making a not the most powerful combination genuine effort to develop technique Rugby in the league, but at the same time, ut real improvement in the game definitely not team to be taken can be made. All prulse to the Re- lightly. Thus ha
have the champlons rela ladles, for they make a shining made it obvious that they are in-xample to the rest of Hongkong's cluded in the list of potential win-badminton aspirants.
ners of the league this season. Even
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more Impressive WAG the opening
FOLLOWING last evening's dec:- fande by Kowloon Tong "A" who slon to allow the Sailors' and visited Club de Recrelo dispose of Soldiers' Home compete in the "B" Jast year's "A" Division side 5-4, Division, the following league fix- after a match which will probably tures for this team are announced: rant as one of the best and most s, & 9. Home
November 30
v. Regrelo thrilling of the reason.
December 7
DECREIO were disappointed by
by
S. & S. Home
9. & S. 1ome
their second string couple who V.R.C. failed to clinch a game, but judged
the actual play, the Kowloon S. & 9. Home Tongites were value for their win. S. & 9. Home They have
well.
extremely DA
balanced team, Including plnyeta players
Wanderers
who would never disgrace them-St. Andrew's selves if they played in the senior division. It is hard to imagine this 5. & S. Home
there incre
v. Ht. Andrew's "A" December 1
v. Bt. John's December 2
v. S. & S. Home January
v. Kowloon Tong "A" January 11,
v. Kowloon Tong "D" January 18
v. 8. & S. Home January 25
"B" v. 5. &c 5. Home
February 1
v. Chung Wah February
tcom losing on their own court, and Recreio
v. 3. & S. Home unless one is verv mistaken, St. Andrew's "AV.
much
February 15
S. Hame ទ will bo mighty few
points
February_27 dropped on other courts. The club's St. John's
v. 5. & 9. Home March i
V. V.R.C. March
March 8
second team, considerably streng-5. & S. Home thened by the Inclusion of J. L. Anderson and A. L. Fisher, formerly Kowloon Tong “AV. 5. & S. Home
of Free Lances, delighted their supKowloon Tong "D", S. & 8. Home perters by beating the Wanderers.
who put up a brave front, but bowed. & S. Home
to a better team.
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TURNING to the senior division games, the results suggested that University "A" will once again be frm favourites to win the title. Ro- crelo, regarded as their most serious rivals, had the jitters up at the Eu
Sch
gymnasium, and
only
scraped through against the Varsity cecond team by the odd game.
As
a striking contrast, the undergradutes acnior outfit visited King's Colleg and gave their fellow students real drubbing, knocking back all
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9. & S. Home
March 13
March_22
v. Wanderers
v. St. Andrew's "g" March 24
China Wah
V. S. & S. Homm (Note: As V.B.C.. Wanderers and Chung
Wah have no courts of their own all matches against these teams played on the 5. & S. Tome court).
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NO BADMINTON
LAST NIGHT
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Both matches arranged in the Mixed Doubles Badminton League last evening were postponed.
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CLUB TO TACKLE MEDWAY
Two interesting rugby matches have been arranged to be played at: Happy Valley this afternoon. The first game will start at 3 pm, between a combined Club and Navy team and the Lancashire Fusiliers. Owing to the combined operations, the Club are finding it difficult to field two teams, and several Navy men have agreed to fill the vacancies.
The second ganie, between the Club 1st XV and H.M.S. Medwey, will start at 4.15 p.m.
Surg. Lt. Commdr. Nicholson will referce the Arst
LL. and Kame
H. D. Bidwell, the Club's rugger caplain, who is now ft and well, having fully recovered from carly-season injury.
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Commdr. Kennedy the second one.
Club sides have been selected as follows:
1st. XV-M. W. MacGrath, D. I. Bosanquet, H. D. Bidwell (Captain),
EXPENSIVE TRANSFERS SOMETIMES PAY: HOME FOOTBALL CHIT-CHAT
A WHOLE LIFE-TIME
OF SOCCER
Mr. W. Pickford Passes Away
ath
(From A Correspontent)
London, Nov. 9. English clubs, especially those in search of first class talent and with only a modest bank balance behind them, are complaining about the present level of fees. "They are grotasque,” they protest. The answer to those, however, is that it all depends on how things work out.
have circu- Stoke, for instance, Inrised other clubs with a list of players with whom they are pre- pared to part. Some of the prices ure in the nature of bargains but let London, Nov. 1.
price of Mat- anyone enquire the Footballers in all parts of the thews and the answer would set up
1 will hear with regret of the a new high record.
ilead of the greatest Matthews was one of the successes of the to organisation in the world, Mr. of the football league side last week W. Pighfard, president of the Foot-and a remarkabic tribule was paid Aziation, which took place at to his skill by Sunderland re-arring Barmouth home on November their defensive syslem to "keep Alex James was, I believe, the last to frighten opponents Mr. Pirkford had been president of player
PA for only fifteen months, but compel them to adopt such measures
had been associated with the to another him. me nearly all his life. When he me president he said, "I would at hold this office than have 25.000 gaven me or a gold medal as
as my hat."
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M. Pickford's playing days were dr back that he could claim the 13 tinction of taking the first penalty
kick ever awarded in Hampshire.
He was probably the greatest of all football legislators and was res- onsible for many alterations in the aws of the game.
CRICKET OWES A
HEAVY DEBT TO HAROLD LARWOOD
England Fast Bowler Passes From The Stage Still Officially Under A Cloud
(By Geoffrey Simpton)
London, Oct. 24,
When the cricketers of this period have become portly veterans playing the game from armchairs they will still speak of the unhappy case of Harold Larwood, England's greatest post-war fast bowler, who at the age of 33 was compelled to retire.
"In view of my Injury, it is use- less to consider bowling again, so I have asked Notts to release me," That was Larwood's week-end bomb- shell. The man who bowled his heart out for England only six years ago is finished with first-class cricket. What a sentimental wrench it must have been for Larwood when he asked permission to go his way. Financially, too, it has hit him hard.
I believe he st
small poultry farm a few miles from Not- tingham, and he has some interest, with his brother, in a battery-chorg- ing station.
owns a
But his chief heartache, it I know him right, will be the knowledge that he passes from the stage sull officially under a cloud..
NOT HIS SEEKING
Robins Not To Lead Middlesex
London, Nov, 25.
The English Test cricket, R. W. V. Robins, has resigned the captaincy of Middlesex owing to business reasons.--- Reuter.
physique, dominated Australia's best batsmen with bowling of a pace and never before accuracy they had
With the general public Larwood encountered.
is 100 per cent, but the M.C.C. re- And in the process lon-hearted quired an apology from him, which Larwood smashed his left foot to they are not now likely to get. pieces, so heavily did he come down It is Larwood's view that he was on it at the moment of delivery. made a victim"
trouble followed. Las! of a controversy Cartilage that was not of his seeking... and summer every bowling spell caused vletims do not ask for pardon. his knee to swell; in fact, he has During, that Australian lour, when never been properly sound since he England won so convincingly, "Lol," come home.
the former plt boy, gifted with Ho took his wickets by the ald nothing extraordinary in the way of of leg-theory, but 50 per ccnt, of bis victims had their stumps smashed out of the ground. Austrailons called it bodyline, and there was a controversy which shook cricket.
J. Moodle, A. N. Other (Navy), A, N. Other (Navy), A. N. Other, A. N. Other, J. C. Monhinick, A. N. Oiler (Navy) and A. N. Other (Navy).
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NO APOLOGY
When he came home Larwood wrote a book in which he slated the M.C.C. for not supporting him and D. R. Jardinc. Jardine Larwood's side and nether again played for England.
was
on ever
It was said that if Larwood had have been
go like
apologised, he would chosen again. He never did; ht thought be was in the right. There was also another little matter be- tween him and a famous Australian player which required settling-and never was settled,
Well, I am sorry Larwood should this, He did not return home as a conquering hero, as he was entitled to do, and he has since bren pushed into the background. All because he bowled out the Aus- tralions with stuff they could not handle.
COULD HIT COINS People did not give the man credit M. W. MacGrülh has been playing for his astonishing accuracy, Lar-i
soems wood could place a lins of three son, A. N. Other (Navy), A. N. Other equally at home at falf-back or in the forins on the wicket and pitch a ball (Núvy); G. S. Wilson, R. Rutherford; three-quarter Uns.
W. E. Grieve, C. J. Powell; I
J. R. Henderson; T.
H
G. J. P. Carey, P. W. Burton, Luscombe, H. W. E.
Heath,
B.O M. Deane, A. J. G. Taylor and
W. B. Richardson,
A XV-A. N. Other (Navy); H.
van Leeuwen (Captain), J. Hutchi- very well this reason.. ile
(Continued on Page 13.)
him quiet."
and
terfield, and Theker, Grimsby goal- keeper, to Newcastle United. Milli- gan is a South African International and has been scoring freely for the Alde. Tho price Scottish league mentioned in this case is £2,000,
Other transfers in lie offing.con-
cern Сору, the Ipswich half-back, and Strong, Portsmouth's goalkeeper last searon, who may join a First Division club.
Liverpool have watched Warren, the Bristol Rovers right half-back, in action six times this season and have now started to negotiate with the club. I hear that Barnsley and In London club will help the Bank
along.
Sunderland continue their search for a centre-forward of class. They Here is another tribute-even if it have again approached Blackpool for is obvious that such an arrangement the transfer of Frank O'Donnell and
thele suggestion is a fee of
£8.000. never be carried out. At- could
The Intest information is that Pres- Wolverhampton last Wednesday Mr. Will consider this offer if Sun-
ton Millwall,
Charles Hewill, manager of cald, "Jimmy Seed and I have dederland will throw in Burbanks as rided to pay £20,000 for Matthews well but the Northerns value this £10,000 apiece he will play one player highly and are not incilned week for Millwall and the next for to agree to any such proposal. Charlton. We are going into con- ference to decide how our grounds can be enlarged to accommodate all the people who will want to see the genius of modern fcotball."
QUICK CHANGE ACT
It will be difficult, too, to convince Everton that Tom Lawton was ex- pensive at £7,000. Although I am told that Everton's star will lose some of its brilliance if we get really heavy grounds the fact remains that at the moment they are on top of the world and Lawton's shooting has had much to do with putting them there.
FOOTBALL PROGRAMME
CURTAILED
Only Three Matches For Week-end
As already announced carller in Nor can Derby County be regret- ing the money they paid for McCul- the week, the Combined Manoeuvres the have disranged the local week-end loch, of Brentford, whatever price was. Since the Scottish Inter- Football League programme. Only national arrived at Derby their gates ne match will now be played in have increased by leaps and bounds, each of the three divisions.
The programme is now as follows: Unlled, des- Against
TO DAY
plte count mons, the receipts
were
£1,000,
990, while
on Saturday, against Preston, they were £2,020, lengue record for the club. At this rate, McCullech's transfer fee will soon be wiped off.
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Four days betere the game with Norway an English International was transferred, a very unusual oecur-
the rence. Sproston,
Tottenham Hotspur right back was transferred ster City on November 4 to Manchester and turned out the following day old club. He quickly against his
made his presence felt and with the return of Doherty to lend the City forwards we can look for a Manches-
defence, The Spurs
ter
Spurs paid Leeds United £0,- 000 for Sproston lost June, and lic has, of course, been a regular mem- ber of the side this season, The reason for his departure was that he had been in indifferent health, since oming south and had requested that he should be allowed to return to the north.
The fee is not stated but, It is believed that it ran into five' figures.
SUNDERLAND'S £8,000 OFFER
First Division
9. Chink “B”
v. S. China "A" (Caroline Hill, 4.16 p.m.) Referee: Kossick.
Linesmen:-Silva and Demme.
Eastern
Second Division
v. Polleo (Caroline Hill, 2.45 p.m.) Referee:-Omar...
TO MORROW,
Third Division' “B”
Powhatton
(Club, 2:45 p.m.) Referee: Barrelio.
TWO CHANGES IN..
JOCKEY LIST
London, Nov. 25. Two changes in jockeys in the Manchester November Handicap have been announced as follows: Transfere brought off last week Evans will ride Elvar and Griggs Include Milligan, the South African will tokd out Highland centre-forward from Clyde to Ches-Reuter.
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