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HONGKONG TELEGRAPH
May 10, 1939.
By Ernie Bushmiller
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Swansea Stand-Off Half Is Match-Winner
.....
Davies' Big Share In Barbarians' Defeat
By Peter Lawless
SWANSEA .. 12 pts.
HARDARIANS... 3
London, Apr. 11. Some delightful running by W. T. H. Davies, the stand-off half, played a big part in Swansea's victory against the Barbarians by a penalty goal and three trics to a penalty goal.
In the first half he worked to wards the blind side on the left. beat Roberts with a hing of a turn inwards, and then sent Sullivan on to complete the move. Towards the und of the
of the game he turned indifferen Barbarian passing to his own ac count and, moving extremely Tant along the right touch-line, scored a try by the dig
Ife had a
a mort competent puriner in Haydnved the Barbarian paff. Caoke and Wall
Walker,
Tanner, and between them
.they
though it is only
fair to say that Walker was off the field for a time early in the first huif with ፡፡ knee injury, Roberts, the full-back, also retired for a time as a result of a headlong tackle of W. Davies, while Duff went off for good shortly before half-time with what believed to be a fractured check-
was be
bone.
In the Swensen centre Claude Davey and Ron Williams tackled magnificently, and if truth be told the visiting outsides never really looked like scoring:
Macrae crashed away monotonously, but was invariably and Leyland, too often Krassed, watching the man instead of keep- ing his
eye on the ball, rarely took his pusses. Neither Obolensky nor Williams on the wings had the palest Ahost of a chance. Roberts, the full- back, was the one vi
outside to suggest international
with
Soccer players of the 2nd Battalion, the Royal Scots, who won the Junior Shickt Competition during the 1938-39 their trouty, on Monday-ree Cheung,
Rifle Shooting ..
Result Of Thirty Roll Competition
The following is the result of the Thirty Rolls Competition for 1939/ 1940, the prizes of which will be pre- sented next Sunday:
8.11. (b) The Six Best Scores Total 100 99 00 90 94 90 02 300 17 00
NO HOLIDAY SPIRIT The game, in the first half at any rate, hardly suggested the holiday J, Swan spirit.
The Swansen
front row set leather
P. Hale about countering Toft's acknow-
L. Keiller ledged hooking mastery with vigor- A. Le Seeleur ous methods, crashing Into the set V, Cooper ums with the fire of stags in the Thorpe
V. liammond rutting season.
The Barbarians re. Doulton
Atkinson fused to be drawn into the butting B contest and there were times when Clark
Cunningham
both front rows stood up facing each other, scowling or nughing accord- ing to temperament.
serums
F. Cole W Austin C. Chau
Davey
There was even a suggestion of an G. Carcy excursion into the noble art on one J. Blake occasion. All this wusted a good Dumville
G. DAWSON deal of time, and
and it was # relief B. White when the referee spoke strong and
L. Langley L. Peckhan wise words to both packs,
D. Lole The visiung forwards did a grund J. 100 job of work, and even when reduced. Henderson
K. Wong lo seven took scrums for line-outs, Neale Toft won n strategical success $ Winchi against Price, Teden was again in;
splendid form. Howard caught the eye, and there
there appeared to be at least three Hammonds on the field. Marris
OUR GUIDE TO THE CINEMAS
It is now nearly seven years since Itongkong claema audiences have had the pleasure of steing und hear- ag the most popular English star, Gracie Fields.
But treat is in
Baseball
szasen, photograplied
Three Games | KING'S I
Washed Out
By Rain
New York, May 9. store for thein as "We're Going to
The following were the resulta of be Rich," a recent Gracie Fields matches played in the Major Buse- dim, will be screened at the King's ball League to-day Theatre commencing on May 22.
This film, which is a 20th Century-
576 Fox production was previewed yea-
70terday. It is a surprising, different
and entertaining production in which Chicago Gruelc
eie Fields takes the leading role, New York ably supported by Vieter McLaglen and Brian Donlevy.
NATIONAL LEAGUE
R. H.
11 15
7 8. 2.
in Actually this film was made
the direction Bf DI England under Monty Banks. Complications in try- of the British scing to
St. Louis.. Brooklyn
13
18
1
0
(Medwick homered for the Car- dinals and Camilli for the Dodgers);
8 12
4 10
get some 259 actors and actresses to Hollywood Cincinnati
necessitated this arrangement.
Con-Philadelphia
ES4 tracts for stage engagements and the;
650 popular demand at Home for Grace!
(Berger homered twice and
Fields provided the biggest hurdle McCormick once for the Reds):
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for the producers to
negotiste.
53.5
In the film, Victor McLuglen ap-
The Pittsburgh Pirates v. Boston
peurs as an irresponsible devotee of Braves match was postponed owing 624 the "get rich quick" idea of getting to rain,
an in the world, whilst Gracie Fields
78 604 appears as his showgirl wife who
spend.
On their way from Melbourne to
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Thorne
BJ (1) The four Bent Scores Totala
makes all the money for him to New York .......
16
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Swan
Chicago
11
2
91
24
274
(Gallagher homered for the
land in Jehannesburg. Within dve Sox). minutes. McLaglen fights the entire
Cole
In the Swansea pack. who went W. Albona down 3-2-3, Bancroft, breaking from | A. D'Aquino the second row on the open side, Chick was consistently good, with Morgan and Harris sound all-rounders,
DAVEY BREAKS AWAY After a good deal of poor stuff with the forwards crashing about and the
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dropout.
by
Sullivan
penalty
340 England, MeLagien manages to lose
and this was followed try.
their savings in a swindle and they Yankees and McNair for the Whit
population of the town and lands in Boston Jall. His wife therefore starts sing- St. Louis
ng ugain to make money. Complications set in
the on
10 14 1
B 17 0
(Foxx and Willams homered for the Red Sox, and Bell and Sullivan scrum swinging round and round-husband's release from gool. He for the Browns. Ten innings were Uko some 10-legged monster, waltz-
eventually becomes 3 prize-fighter int in slow time to an unheard tune and a rousing climax
is produced played). called "Killing a grand game" when he meets the "Capetown Killer" Two matches, Philadelphia v. De Davey made a grand run to the in the ring,
trolt and Washington v. Cleveland middle after gathering a Barbarian
rnin.- Many popular old-time songs bre were postponed owing to Then Macrae kicked resented such as "Don't "Ang My Renter,
Arry
"Walter, Walter", "Oh, You Naughty Naughty Men" and "Ee By the second half Swansea were Gum", "My Only Romance" und generally the attacking side, Tanner "The Sweetest Song in the World." broke. cloverly on the open side and Near the end of the Aim, Grace Boyd as Clarence E. Mulford's hero caught the defence by passing to sings the Afriksander "Trek Ferreira rides the range again with his pal, Johnny Nelson, and foils the sinister Bancroft on the blind side, and the song which threatens to Биграя
work of Big John Trumbull, forward sent a pass to Powell, who many of to-day's favourites. It is a those who like, "Westerns," this is as showed a fine turn of speed in scor-ilting, rolileking number. ing far out. Harris falled with the "Remance and Rhythm" (King's,ood as any.
kick.
A
10-day)Musical farce in whilch Howard Dales next kleked Dick Powell as a Brooklyn enter- penalty goal, Leyland being caught talner stranded in Wyoming gets a job on a dude ranch, where he is uffside with n Berum in progress. Then came Davies sparkling solo presented as a cowboy. Knowing effort, with the fallure of Harris to nothing of animals, he has a tough
tures to hit the screen. William
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whole, but redeemed by W. Davies, Priscila Lane, Dick Foran and Ann a rodeo in New York. Pat O'Brien, great player, SWANSEA WANT Davies; 11. M. Sheridan are in the cast.
Powell. It. Williams, Claude Davey, T. "Listen, Darling" (Queen's, to-day). Sullivan: W. T. 5. Davies, J. D. Hunt, The film centres around the efforts W, E. Hargla (capt.), C. Bancroft,
Gorland BARBARIANSG Roberts (Scotland): of Judy
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and Freddie OPEN CHAMPIONSHIP DOUBLES Obolensky (England), D. J. Macrse Bartholomew to marry their mother
FINAL Scotland), R. Leyland (England), B. (Mury Astor) off to Walter Pidgeon.
Williams (Wales): G. A. Walker (Eng The story is well-handied with a TO-DAY, 10th May-1.30 p.m. land), P., Cooke glandis D. E. Teder number of comical situations which Admission to stand-$1 (Incl. sampson (colland), B.-B. Marne (Ire cannot fail to amuse.
(England), II, B. Toft (England), I. W
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