Monday,
HONGKONG TELEGRAPH
March 27,
1939.
CHINESE BEAT CIVILIANS IN LAI
CONDITIONS TOO TREACHEROUSTO PRODUCE HIGH- CLASS FOOTBALL
(lly "Abe")
One goal down in the first few minutes, the Chinese recovered well in the Lai Wah Cup final on the Club ground yesterday and finally beat the Civilians by four goals to two. Considering the condition of the ground, which had been made sodden by the week's rain, a fairly high standard of play was maintained.
The surface was so slippery that players found it difficult to main- tain a fooling, and most of the me they were slithering niong here and yet they floundering about there:
kept the ball sufficiently under con- trol to serve up an interesting gome throughout.
While the Chinese made only one change from the lean previously announced Tonny Chung-won com- Df Ing. In as right-half in place Soong Ling-sing-the Civifioms bad to fleld several reserves. No fewer than six of the selected eleven men tvere unable to play. These were Ulrich (Kowloon), Bliss (Kowloon), Jorge (Kewloon), A. V. Gosene (St. Joseph's),
and Ferrier (Police) Riertsen (Kowloon). Their places were taken by Blackbourne (Police).] A. J. Hussain (St. Joseph's), Brodie (Police), D. Leonard (St. Joseph's), E.
Mass L. Strange (Club) and (Police).
For
On paper the Civilian side looked extremely weak; In actuality they played very well indeed, taking everything into consideration. long periods on end, the defence kept the Chinese attack under com- plete subjugation, and at times the forwards Initiated movements which could not have failed to give the Chinese delenders some anxious moments. Had their finishing been
scored more
Record Crowd For
Lai Wah Cup
What must have been a re- cord crowd for the Hongkong F.C. ground for matches other than Interports attended the Lai Wah Cup final yesterday between the Chinese and Civilians. All the stands were packed to capacity, and people were admitted to standing room only shortly before the Hundreds gates were closed.
also watched from the sur- rounding hill-sides,
Actually a total of $2,903 was collected and about 4,700 people paid for their tickets. But many people brought child- rep, who were admitted free; otherwise the receipts would probably have exceeded $3,000.
his
Led by Leung Wing-chiu, the Chinese halves kept well up with their forwards, and did good work in breaking,up the Civilian attacks.
WAH CUP FINAL
This is one of the most remarkable pictures of local soccer taken recently. It shows how the Chinese scored cir first goal against the Civilians in the. Lai Wah Cup final yesterday. The player who seems to be standing on his head is au Ching-to, the Chinese outside-left, whe Just beat Coles to the ball, but in doing so, collided with the Civilian goal-keeper and fell. The ball can be seen inside the goal, with Black- Journe, on the left, too late to stop it from going in.Photo by Mee Cheung.
QUEER THINGS WHICH
HAVE HAPPENED
ON CRICKET FIELDS
Match Once Stopped By Bull: Scorer Sleeps!
There are hundreds of records in the annals of cricket which will take a lot of beating, a few of them straight out with bat and ball; others of a freakish nature which seldom happen more than
once. If they do they make news!
Final
Hockey Selections
up
the Hong! The final selections for kong Ladies' Interport Hockey team to play Shanghal on April 8 north have been made as follows:
Mrs. Lunson (H.K. Ladies) Ass Wute. ($1. Andrew's) Mrs. Wilmot (Seaforths) Mrs. Stone ("Y")
Miss I. Woolley (C.B.A.) Miss II, Reid (St. Andrew's) Mrs. O. Burnett ("Y") Miss B. Harker ("Y") Mrs. Read ("*"")
Mrs. Dalziel (IT.K." Ladies-- Ass Westcott ("Y"), Reserve forward:-Miss J. Greig, Reserve Half-bock:-Miss Greaves
Family Tradition Is Broken
London, Mar. 26.
In the annual Boat Race. J. Bingham will stroke the Ox- ford crew next week instead of R, Bourne, of Eton and New College, who was originally selected.
J. L. Garton, the Oxford President, gives no reason for the change. In the Oxford full-course trial on Saturday..
Bingham stroked the crew in
the absence of Bourne, who was reported to be indisposed. Bourne's father and grand- father rowed in winning Ox. ford crews. Thus the family tradition is broken.-Reuter,
TENNIS TOURNEY RESUMES
Stand Court To Be Utilised
(By "Abe")
If the ground is fit for play, the stand court of the Hongkong Cricket Club will be thrown open for the first time in the current Colony Tennis Championships to-day for the doubles match be- tween S. A. and H. D. Rumjakin, former champions, and .I. 'M. A. Razack and A. R. Minu. All four players are from the Indian R.C. While the Rumjahn cousina are expected to win, their opponents can be relied upon to provide sufficient opposition to make a good mulch of It. The winners will enter the semi- Annis.
In another doubles match, Lim Thiam-tel and Stephen Wong will play E. E. Story and J. J. Ferguson, The Chinese pair are better-balanced and should get through.
Apart
from the two doubles matches, three ties in the singles are scheduled to be played, the most Interesting one being the one between Ho Ka-lau and W. C. Hung.
The following is the programme to-day:
OPEN SINGLES
Lam Kwan
A. Crawford
Ho Ka-lau
v. J. M. Tomlinson
v. Peter U
Y, W. C. Hung OPEN DOUBLES
5. A. Rumfahın v. I M. A. Bazack
and IL. D.
RumJahn
and A. R, Minu (stand court) Lim Thiam-tel v. E. E. Story and
and Stephen Wong
J, J. Ferguson
CLUB HANDICAP
T. J. Gould
v. R. C. Beavan MIXED DOUBLES
Mr. and Mrs.
Kalpli
Mr. and Mrs.
Goldman
Rugby.
v. V R. Gordon and Mr. Shewan
V. Lt. Theobald
and Mrs. Churchill
FRENCH AGREE TO PROPOSALS
WEEK-END Club Championships
To Be Abolished
as good as their midfield play, they the fact
to
that on the slippery probably would have than two goals by the time the final round and with the ball so heavy after the first few minutes Fung whistle blew. But they were weak King-cheung was unable to strike in this important phase of the game his
ordinary form. Neither and the first-time kicking of Hon Yung-surg and Lee Tin-sang, the passes to the right wing nor those down the centre to Lee Wai-tong backs, turned back many were as accurate as usual. Chinese un attack which had begun to look
Lee Wai-tong- must have found promising.
Bussain's attentions rather embar- HARD WORKERS
russing, if not completely cramping. Ernie Strange was a hard worker lie was given few opportunities to throughout the whole 90 minutes at shoot, especially in the Best half, Inside
deserved better but in the second period he was able left and support from his collengues, who to give the Civilian pivot the slip to combine effectively with on several occasions, during one of failed
urne, which he scored. him. In defence, Blackbourne, Parker, North and Hussain put in a tremendous amount of useful work. North, in particular, was playing great game and had Hau Ching-to,
Both sides made the mistake of the uippy Chinese: outside-left, com- pletely under his thumb-Apart from shouting as often as they should
It is all-right-for-the-recorder-that-Eddic Paynter inexplicable have done. With the ball so heavy his one mistake-an
the and ball in
slippery, both goat-iccepers one of handling the penalty area, Blackbourne was very found sure handling dificult, and at should score 243 and beat Jack Hobbs's record against away after South Africa and become the only Englishman to make steady, but Parker, because of his times the ball shot splendid positioning and calmness touching the ground,
a double century against both Australia and South Africa.GS. THE SCORING under pressure, was the better of
Strange put the Civilians ahead
After various arms, and the two.
So it is for Don Bradman, with came first.
to equal collarbones, writes Sir John Squire, As long as he was sticking close after a few minutes, and though the to Lee Wal-tong, Hussain was doing Chinese fought back strongly, their six consecutive centuries, useful work, but he was not so in-efforts to equalise were checked by C. B. Fry's first-cinss record, and we come to "Death of batsman from pressive when he was drown away. the fine defence of Blackbourne and Don Tailon, with his phenomenal abscess caused by blow from hall in Parker, who kept the opposing for dismissals behind the wicket, to draw Accident happened in 1751. He died He was the son of George He experienced great diflculty
"Keepers but in 1751. How-level with other wards out of shooting range.
the father dc: George II., keeping his feet. Hornibail,
ever, a cross from Tang Kwong-sum ncets the historian and the collector 11, and Tong teft-half. found the speedy Kwang-sum a handful, and it was found Coles slightly too late in rusa- of strange facts on the cricket field Fretierlett Prince of Wales."""
Umpires and spectators have been Mr. Bradmans can make.on that sort and Hau Ching-to beat him to to keep track of parallels. froni the right that most of the
the ball to score.
Sir John Squire, writing in the done to death by cricket balls: every of wicket. Some kind of change is Chinese danger came.
Then after a period of even play, Daily Mail, tells of the records kept sort of bone has been broken; but desirable." Had, Tang Kwong-sum attempted
which happened at one more shots of goni Instead of send- the Chinese took up the attack and as a hubby by a tough, humorous, the oddest accident which ever ve-
Arthur curred on a cricket ground happened NOW here are come "believe it or Sussex squire. ing the ball into the middle every from a melee the ball came out to cultivated time he had beaten a defender, the Leung Wing-chi, who was follow- Somerset, who skippered the county at Leyton, when the Essex side was nots" Chinese atfuck would have been ing up, and he shot pass a crowd of side and took English elevens to the notorious for sluggish play. The en-time or another in Australian and
try runs thus: "Jaw of spectator di New Zealand cricket
Arthur Newman, playing for Baki- into the net, Cules being West Indies. As it pluyors
lueated considerably more dangerous.
by yawning occasioned by
the more stored 75 in 15 minutes, 32 off did not always unsighted.
play." Wisden recorded słow
four consecutive balls, 41 one over S. China was, his colleagues
were that The Civilians' second goal was a And it easy to fasten on to his cen-
Incident.
Ball thrown at Ipswich, in 1882, tres on the slippery ground, and surprise one. In one of their raids,)
more than 30 matches in which
Several matches have been played
a dog and long-off, went through stumps between
and man with Parker, Blackbourne and Ilus- Moss headed towards goal. The ball
wooden bowler's end, dislodging balls, sain concentrating first-time bounced in front of Tam Kwan-kon whole side was dismissed for none.
several men; a man with
man with continued its course and knocked off tackling, the Chinese were unable to who. harassed by Brodie, allowed it whole team was once got out in
Deg once played against emphasise their midfield superiorily slip past his hands into goal.
In 1891, Linton House was playing hundredweight on his back; and balls at other end; same thing hap-S. China "A" 10 15 0 4 00 20 30 in terms of goals towards the end of Thereafter, although the Chinese) the second half, when they were | Jooked, dangerous on several ocen- definitely on top, until for some un-sions they were unable to penetrate/ each side was out for one run. Once (muny matches have been played-on/pened at Waverley Oval in Decem-Navy
on
the
IN
17 balls!
躯
•
record-book, there
St. Paul's Preparatory
School, and
ice.
22 of Scarborough were playing known reason Blackbourne punched the Civilian defence until Black-England and 31 batsmen out of 44 the bull inside the penalty area.
bourne handled the ball.
failed to score! Lee Wai-long look, the kick and FUNG NOT SO GODD
A twice.) Ecored. He had to take
(Continued on Page 9.)
time to settle down, probably due
*
0
*
Reserve Back:-Miss Moss (C.B.A.) Mrs. Lunron will be manager of
A anu practice will be played the team and Miss Woolley has been "ppointed captain. against the C.D.S. girls on the C.B.A. ground before the team soils.
ber. 1890.
*
FOOTBALL
RESULTS
Civilinny
Lai Wah Cup Final
2 Chinese
Kowloon 51, Joseph's
Paris, Mar. 26. It was unanimously decided by the Directing Committee of the French Rugby Federation to-day to adopt the proposals received 4 recently in a letter from the secretary of four British Rugby
First Divislun
S: China "A" 3 Unions.
Second
• Police
-- Eastern Division
1 S. China
1
The Federation is certain to con- the decision, and the first match
will probably be against Scolland next January,
*Middlesex
Kwong Wah
5th Bde. Engineers
play.
2
4 Club
2
Postponed.
- Eastern Ground
states:
unfit
for
4
Third Division "A" (Runners-up "Play-off")
4 Kit Chee LEAGUE TABLES First Division
Eastern
P. W. D. L. F. A. Pis.
10 13 3 3 59 24 20
19 12 3 4 40 33 27
19 0 3 7 42 34 21
Second
+
P. W. D. L. F.
22 10 1
31 17 2 2 80 24 36
2
The British
letter, summarised,
(1) Amateurism to be entirely
respected by players directors:
(2) No paid trainers;
(3)
1.8 well дя
Expelled players must not play again until their case is consl- dered by a competent Commission;
of the International (4) Kules Board to be applied integrally;
(5) Friendly matches should be basis of the game.
The British letter politely advised the abolition of inter-club cham- plonships. This is adopted.--Renter.
TORONTO WANTS
TO SPONSOR 1942
21 10 3 2 01 22 35 EMPIRE GAMES
During match between England Middlesex T Tauton, in 1888, W. Adam and Hawkesbury at Richmond in S. China " 10 8 3. 8 36 33 15
200 11- 1887, player fell, breaking ankle; Kwong. Wah 29 6 8 8 34 44. 18 A' batted
when he was 104 years
Kowloon .. 10 7 der roller; spectator broke an arm,
18 4 7 7 und local captain was hit on throat. Scols....
Club
10 4 1 14 3 15 The Chinese attack took a long fle scored the Best time, but HOMERSET'S book is arranged al-old. "Will Mr. Bradman do that? another had two fingers crushed un- Police
Joseph's 20 2 phabetically, so that "accidents asks Sir John Squire,
At Southgate once man's beard with ball-all in one day!
Three brothers, Roderick, Harold St. was divided and tled in n. knot be-
Division hind his head when he was batting and Charles Murphy, made, respec- Bradman can't do that.
tively, 151, 175 and 118 not out in Then came these unique records: n total of 701 for six at Wellington Middlesex
S. China Six byes
run in cripples' match (N.Z.).
5th Bde. from ball jammed in long-stop's
LEC BANNERMAN, for N.S.W. R. Scola bool.
A
v. Victoria in 1800, stonewalled Kwong Wah
Engineers Clock on church altered to deceive:
drawing to such an extent that he made his time for
RA.O.C. umpire
second run one hour 10 minutes af- slumps.
Dog seized ball during match, and ter the frat had been scored.
Deathadder found in grass 10 byes run. McDougall "lopped the
Sydney Cricket Ground hill," score" that way,
Schoolboy in Melbourne took three Club consecutive wickets-all no-bails!
Mun killed by "lightning at Hurst- ville Oval while crossing field; none of the players injured.
Hughie Trumble and Albert Troti
The handsome Police Sports Pavilion to be put up in Boundary Street, Kowloon. It is donated by Mr. En Tong sony tho Singapore milliotshe and philanthropist. The foundation stone was laid by the Hon. T. H. King, Commissioner of Pelloe, on March 11. The architects are Messrs. Palmier and Turner, instructed by Mr. V. E. Moore, D. Arch, A.B.I.B.Ad Hon. Archlicot to the Folies Sports Board. The Memes Met On,.
contractors are
AS
te
Fielder jumped on to bystander's horse, and rode after ball.
Ball stuck in dust on ground, not reaching wicket.
Ball caught by square-leg after rebounding from bowler's head.
Kowloon Police
21 16 1 4 72 19 33
21 12 0 8 59 60 24
.. 22 12.0 10 58 50 24
21 0 2 10 03 01 20 22 7 0 15 38 68 14 6 2 14 27 75 14 Joseph's 22 0 1 16 33 29 13
onst.
Eastern
Ball hit into tree and shot down' both killed swallows with ball while bowling in Melbourne during name' by rifle.
Match stopped by bill tossing wle-year. ket.
Scorer discovered asleep during match,
*
Culten, playing for Glebe Y Marrickville in 1911, scored 30 off eight successive balls-4, 4, 0, 4; 4 6; 4.
Two Clen Innes batsmen, Sterling
21
0 1 1 20 17
5 16 10
Swimming Record Broken Again
Toronto,
F. J. Mulqueen, chairman of the Canadian Olympic Committee, hus. received a cablegram from Evan Hunter, Secretary of the British Em- pire Games Federation In London Inquiring whether Canuda still de- sires to stage the British Emplro Games in 1942.
The
Mr.
Mulqueen cablegram, said, stated that the games were allotted Cannda at Sydney, Aus- traila,, during the lost British Em- pire Meet, but the Federation destres Ann Harbour, Mich., Mar. 20.
to know in what elty Canada..plans Richard Hough, of Princeton Uni- to stage the events, before confirm- veralty, claims to have broken the ing the, allotment. world record for the 200 yards breast-
Toronto has bld
to the Worcestershire County and Lloyd, in 1920, collided while 22 secs.
run; Sterling fractured
AND AND Sir John Squire ends, relative
in- Cricket Club ground, which was sown going for with turnip seeds by error, with this: skull, shoulder broken; Lloyd "People are always wondering how jured arm, gash over eye.
There are hundreds of other queer 10 brighten cricket. Perhaps they
might try sowing all grounds with occurrences which have taken pince turnip seeds, letting them grow, and on cricket fields, and, what is more, seeing how many successive centuries they are going on all the time,
Last month Hough covered distance in 2 mins. 20.0 secs.
to sponker, the
stroke again, his time being 2 mins, games, the Canadian National Ex- bition offering to hold the meet the here and undertake financial obliga- tiana, Tho C. N. E. oficials consider they have facilities available to keep. the games to the high standard set- ton, Ont., i 1930, when the meet was held in Hamil-
The record-holder is Jack Kasley, Reuter Special. of Michigan, with 2 mins. 22.8 secs.
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