Monday,
HONGKONG TELEGRAPH
January 22,..1940.
MONDAY
MORNING
COMMENTARY
ROYAL NAVY BEATEN AGAIN INTERPORT RUGBY FIFTEEN
SOUTH CHINA A. A. WIN
KOTEWALL CUP MATCH
(By
"Rex"]
DISPLAYING SUPERIOR FOOTBALL to that when they lost to Army in the first round, Royal Navy yesterday sustained their second de- feat in the Kotewall Cup series when they lost to South China. Athletic Association by five goals to two on the Sookunpoo ground.
CHAN TAK-FAI SCORES FIVE DESPITE ROBINSON'S BRILLIANCE
How Teams Fared
15. China
Kolewall Cup
5 Novy
Senior Shield
2
Their defeat may be attributed to concentration by the defence on Lee Wai-tong, and, as a result, Chan Tak fai was given more or less free scope to score all five goals S. China "B" for the winners.
. 3 St. Joseph's Junior Shield-1st Round Replay
7 Electric
2
Craigengower Beat The Junior Champions
Fine Recovery After Disastrous Beginning
LUCKY CASH
BEAT THE ARMY
Club Forwards Shine In Assuring Display
(By "Fly-half")
SPIRITED RUGBY was seen at Sookunpoo on Satur- day when Police defeated Club “A” by 29 points (a goal
SWEEP TICKETS and eight tries) to nil, and, later, when the Club Interport
AT KWANTI
RECOVERING WELL from a disastrous start- when they had lost their first The following were the lucky caaht sweep tickets at the Fanling Races at three wickets for 17 runs-Rwant yesterday:
No. 120 Craigengower juniors pro- ceeded to consolidate their position to such an extent
2 against the K.C.C. on Satur- day that they finally earned the distinction of being the first team to beat the junior champions in a league match
Hendy's transfer from centre-forward to right back South China proved a failure, weakening the defence and removing thrust from the attack. Robinson, Navy's custodian, gave an inspired performance between the sticks and prevented Eastern the Senior Service from going down to an even greater defeat.
Kowlooh
Junior
1 24th R.A. Shield-2nd Round
0
1 Engineers
First Division
7
Police Navy Club
2 Kowloon
Eastern
2 Kwong Wah
Division "A"
Tam Kwan-hon was clearly own efforts, having worked for op- nervous, his handling of the ballportunities that were thrown away at all times caused a flutter of by his less spectacular forwards, excitement not unmixed with anxiety, and it was mainly due to the excellent work put in by his backs that kept the Navy's score to two goals only.
scitled.
Hazzard.
Second
0 8th R.A.
Division “B”
- Signals
(Postponed)
2 since 1937-38.
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In the big game both teams showed changes; for Army, Marsh, Comb and Sheldrake deputised for Arting- stall, Brinkley and Cuthbertson, whilst for Club, Ván Leeuwen and B. Hynes for Bosanquet and Wanklyn.
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Interport Match At The Canidrome
Saturday's showing the pack causes so fear for its capabili
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Saturday they played like heavy toll of Shanghai's leading players, while several of last year's |second-raters. 104.27
fifteen are also not available, Shang- It was certainly an off day for the hai will be able fleld fairly insides, Bidwell and Hutchison, who strong team, which will be selected have seldom been so indecisive in next week.--United Press, [their attempts to open up the game.
1 30th Hy. ty.ceeded to lose, K.C.C. gave
indication of any ability to win the match. For the first time this season a series of catches were missed--some easy, some sharp, but all which on any other occasion would probably have Women's Hockey been held. This enabled Crai-
St. Andrew's Beat gengower to reach a respectable score of 147, although on the
Caer Clark Cup smali Happy Valley ground this was hardly expected to be sufficient
Champions against such a potential balling side as the visitors,
Third Division
South Ching
12th R.A. Internationa! R.A.M.C.
2 Signals
0 24th R.A,
2 Kumaons
0 5th R.A.
"W" FORMATION
Seized Opportunities
on
the CB.A.
Holding up of the ball by the poss****** halves after the three line had got!
off their mark resulting in players Picton and Richards, and touch down having to retrace their steps to get for Club's try. Henderson failed to
side had a lot to do with the convert.
throwing out of gear of Club backs. Late in the game, Richards picked The credit for this must be given to up a loose bill to run dingonally and the Army wing forwards, and Foley, thus get away from Stewart. Hutchi- who was scrum half, gave Thomson, zon, Taylor and Henderson mude un- Club serum half, only fractions of availing attempts to grass him, and 'n second in which to get the ball he eventually touched down at the out, and often as not left the seruinside of an upright. Paul just missed half with the only alternative of with an easy kick.
to get through on his own.
In the
and kept the bull to themselves whenever necessary; a policy which appeared to entch Army unawares.
second half Club pack Police 29 Club "A" 0.
. Second
R.A.O.C. Lee Wal-tong, of whom much was 5th R.A. expected, was completely subdued by Fung King-cheung was as hard-working as
but his ever, schemes were of no avail. Of the Universily two wingers, Lee Shek-yau was the batter. He substituled speed for Hau Yung-sang and Mak Sui-wile, and did much to throw the de- hon did not display, the usual fence of, giving his other forwards: understanding between backs. more and better chances.
MAGNIFICENT KEEPING and the fact that they were both right-backs may account for their lack of covering. However, ROBINSON for Navy was magni- they proved too strong for the Navy Acent. He pulled off saves which the second art ordinary goal-keeper would never attack, particularly in
more have done. It seems to me that for him, but made the meet of n
BY THE ODD GOAL in seven, half which they appeared
Chan Tak-fal hus probed and found dimcult task. his weakness as Chán could not score
FULL CREDIT must go to Cral- the St. Andrew's Ladies beat the gengower for the manner in which Excepting Leung Wing-chtu on the with high shots, but found grounders' right, the Chinese half-back line was very effective against Robinson,
THE Navy forwards adopted the they accepted their chances of re-"y" Ladica, Caer Clark Cup hanging on to the ball and to try in fine fettle. Soong Ling-alng was
Hendy and Hall had not the "w" formation, and with a more covering.Lem, twice dropped, scor- the best of the three halves. He had for opponent Phippers, the more semblance of an understanding be experienced centre would have founded 26 not out in vigorous fashion. champions, in their return league adopted the best polley open to them, dangerous of the two wingers, whom tween them. Hall was the steadier this an excellent attack against the Way, also let off, compiled a useful he kept well in check, and found of the two while Hendy was In-Chinese side, Allison had not the 23, and Locke batted well for his 10. hockey, match
dush and finish of an ideal centre His partnership with N. Broadbridge time and opportunity for plying his clined to run upfield.
and would have done better as an (16) was an Important turning point ground on Saturday.
The Saints were full valus for forwards with beautiful passes Lam
Hazzard was the pick of both de-inside man as his play, appeared in the home team's innings.
The visitors started their task pur- their wins and Miss IIIida Reld was Tak-po gave him excellent support,
Iences. On his and Robinson's constructive. O'Regan and Thoburn
Poor efforts were made by the but shone more on the destructive shoulders rested the task of keeping did sterling work, but their frequent posefully, Lay hitting Trance for two to a large extent responsible, scoring HENDERSON, at full back, lay loo for back, and fly kicked too the score down, and they did honour runs up and down
field left ihan constructive work.
left successive fours, but in attempting to one above a hat-trick.” to the responsibility. Britt had to them spent, and when it came to find the boundary off the next bail, Mrs. Harrington in goal who fail often, and although he made no mis- Club backs to lie on the ball, tukes he gave cause for anxiety "fect trapping" being resorted to combat Chan, and if he had had scoring they were erratic. Phippens be mis-hit and gave Youngsnye ned to avail herself of the use of her where there was
This was the pads,
no need for it often instead of lying on the ball and the left-wing. Miss With the ball and ground dry and view for any reliance on Hazzard the score was the better winger, piercing the simple catch al cover.
When pressed THE best forward on
South China was easily Chan might not have been what it was, as Chinese attack more often and his signal for a batting rot which per- Buchanan were the main weaknesses
wind which played the devil with to stem a rush. sisted until the last wicket fell in the "y team, while the inside the ball on bouncing, it would have on their own line, Club players Tak-fal. He has proved beyond any he had the measure of Chan; and if centres being models of accuracy.
Goodban fell to Omar's fast yorker trio were much too intent upon dia- been much safer to have caught the were inclined to pass, often wild- question of doubt that--he-is-the this surveillance had not been re-
opened the attack, and before he and scored; and then gonal passing instead of pushing the ball before the bounce. Colony's most prolife goal-scorer. 1axed or transferred there might have Navy
within the first five minutes drew is true that three of his goals were been a different story to tell,
ja beauty.
through Hill found Fung a shade too much first blood, Thoburn receiving fromance pierced Mulcahy's defence with ball through the centre for tur from passes, but two were from his
Allison to slip the ball to O'Regan Baxter and R. T. Broadbridge Miss Pocock, at left-half, Miss M. who made no mistake with a pile-looked as though they might get on McCaw, at right-half and Mrs, driver. They continued
press, top, but Baxter was smartly taken Strange, left-back, were the pick of and Tom was called upon to save behind the stumps and thereafter the the "" defence, while Miss Harker from Allison, O'Regan and Phippens. innings became a procession. In a breakaway, Chan Tak-Ini re- ceived the ball from a half-backs to try a first-timer, which had the mis- fortune to strike Hendy's head and glance into the Navy's net with Robinson out of position.
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Brawn Cup Matches
Scores In Brawn Cup matches over the week-end were:
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Sprightly Cricket IRANEE maintained an impeccable length to take 4 for 21, and Way, coming on second change at the other end, ran through the later batsmen. to obtain three wickets for nine runs., Cralgengower played very spright y cricket cnce they had recovered AFTER Rome vain afted bustier and from the Initial shock of losing their Recrtic
to score, he changed tacties and early batsmen cheaply, and on the (Miss M. Campos) instead worked for opportunities for day's play were the better team. Chan and Fung. one of which There was a decided tendency on the Fung received to bring Robinson to part of the visitors to flatter the his icnees to save what was one of Craigengower attack, Baldwin being the finest saves of the match.
the exception with a hard-hit 19.
Soon after Lee again passed to Chan for him to run through the de- fence and net with a well-placed
shot.
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Fung passed to Chan who lested Robinson with fine first-timer- which the latter collected in" fue, style. and
C.
wert:
SOFTBALL
LEAGUE SCORES
I
ry" Juniors
UMPIRES ABSENT
Owing to the non-appearance of the umpires, the Brawn Cup match between St. Andrew's and Central British School was postponed.
UNNECCESSARY ANXIETY
Van
POLICE had little difficulty in defeating Club "A”, and yet, des- pite the score, the game was not without interest, nor so "one- sided.
With the insides Incffective, the, instead of getting their heads
down to allow wing-threes, Stewart and
an organised Leeuwen had to attempt to make serum to form round.
The new recruit to Police, Wright- Nooth, showed up well. Although not exceptionally tall, he caught the ball in the lacouts cleanly, an ob- Ject lesson to local players in jumping in the lineouts instead of just stretching their hands above their heads.
Next Saturday. Club in- terport side will play a team made up from players from each of the Navy, Army and Police teams.
In the louse, he kept up on the ball- well, and he had hard luck in not openings for themselves, and met securing more than one of his side's
little success with very
In their tries. He should prove a valuable efforts.
acquisition
Police's and enhances Charter, at stand-off hall, once hopes of retaining the Blarney Stone- more Cave a forceful display, n-Shield in the Seven-a-side Tourna- though when and if he gets posses-ment Bion quickly it will be his policy to put it out to his threes straightaway
HARD-TACKLING INSIDES
to give them time to feed the wing! FILSON and Fay were too hard-
threes.
RELIABLE FULL-BACK
tackling Insides for the Police. Leslie, who did not resume in the REGIONAL LEAGUE
second halt due to a hand injury, DICTON was a very reliable full-did not handle well in the first half. SOCCER AT HOME back for Army, being impressive Taylor, at full-back, was seldom i
in his Belding of balls and touch troubled, and dealt with kicks ahead kicking. March and Richards kept effectively, LONDON, Jan 20 (Reuter)--The | Die Club wingers In check, and Morgan, playing his first game. following were the results of matches Richards shone in attacking move here, was off his mark, too fast for played in the Regional Learnes to-ments. dara
ENGLISH REGIONAL-
Heath A
8 Charlton
2
Clapton Orient
Watford
Southend
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West Ham
Brighten
* Arsenal
Navy now nasumed the ascendency pegged the Chinese to their own arca. Thoburn shot into Tom's hands, and Allison and Thoburn harassed him, and the ball was
Millwall knocked out of his hands, but they
The scorts in the various softhall Tottenham failed to put it in the net,
Navy was on the defensive, and league matched over the week-end Fung again tested Robinson with a fine shot. Lee received from Tang and shot from just outside the penalty area, the ball going cut.
South China brought the ball back almost immediately from the goal- kick, and Chan received from. Lée Shek-you to put South Chinn fur-
ther sheat with a nice drive,
My
GRUELLING TEST ROM the resumption, the Chinese backt were subjected to a'minot gruelling test, but as minutes went by they became more consolidated
Men' Acts Form 2. Bees 10. Filipinos 1.
Canucks Machine Gunners 2. Ball Club 5, Banelsall Club 2.
Giris Wildcats it, Cuba 4
-Rambloraller 12 Pirates 7.
Wahoos Baligirin X. Panthers 12, Cardinals 9.
TODE Cabler 9, Texaco 7. Socony, National City Bank 3. RAP IT, China Provident 12.
Friendly Recreto 10, Tulsa 6.
and perceptibly checked and finally WEEK-END GOLF
held the Navy forwards, The Chin- ese too, seemed to find more leaway with the defence, all excepting Lee | Wat-tong, who appeared to be singled out for special attention. Thin, left more scope for the other
forwards, and, hand-they realised it should have attempted to scor themselves rather than pass to Lov.
AT FANLING
Results Of
Boumemouth Chelsea Reading Southampton
Chesterfield
Leicester
Northampton
Routh"
1 FulhamTI
Aldershot
6 Queen's Park L
3 Brentford
2 Portmout
Fast Midlande
4Mansfeld Town Midlandi
Wolverhampton Tinningham
Went Bromwich A. 7 Walsall
Burnley
Bury
Preston Rochdale
Liverpool Manchester U
Tranmere WrextS
Tangera
North Western
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7 Southport
4 Bolton
×រ Accrington
Blackburn
Western
1 Chester
4 Stoko
2 New Brighton
SCOTTISH REGIONALS
0 Everion
Western
1 Motherwell
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0
Rutherford, and ps a result had to
Paul and Walte were handicapped take his passes behind. His handling in that they received passes ate Was not safe, and na a result, D. when their opposition were upon Hynes changed places with him in
the scond half. them. Hook and Foley did rencon-
Hopkins, at full-back, was given a ably well in a new Army combina- tion at half. look was more sub- busy time, and little time in which dued than usual and found Charter to act. He was generally caught in hard to hold. Foley made an im- possession, or else passes to him went pressive debut as a scrum-half.
The Army forwards did well, and
wide.
Thompson and Nelson were Club's Sutherland received more than a best three's. Up forward Club were fair share of the ball in the set best served by Bompas, Dazield and scruma in hooking against Salter. Leigh. Pinkerton wat conspicuous in the
loose,
Police scored tries through Rose,
Wright-Nooth, Wilson (2), Luscombe
Henderson (Club) kicked a penalty (2),
Jackson; Fa and Reynolds.
goal to make the first score, and the Only the last one was converted by only one, in the first half. In this Fay after Taylor, Fay, Searle and first period, quick breaking by the Reynolds find missed the rost, 1Army forwards nullified any advant-
age Club obtained from the scrums
of and lineouts.
2
A
REVISION OF POLICY
Nobvious revision of policy was noticeable in the second half,
W. A. Stewart beat J. Linaker six when Club forwards took the game
live.
under their control and wheeled with
Kowloon C. C. Beat
Kowloon B. G. C.
At Tennis
Tina friendly inter-Club - Lemnis -
Championship Matches. Alexander boat L. Jackson un alt at their feet, or made good match, the Kowloon Cricket Club Beat
for the Junior championship of the Follow or are the results of rames Royal Hongkong Golf Club played
four and three. A
use of bad passes by the Army the Kowloon Bowling Green Cina by Liesching three and two,
H. N. Williamson bent . . del players to begin feet rushes. These 34 game to 10 on Saturday greene tagiles were soon rewarded when a The K.C.C, wore far superior in the J. C. Taylor boat A. B. Purves gain of forty yards
wha, made by Mixed Doubles inatches, winning 41. three and 'two,
MANA, A Walkden, Taylor, and Heaseman. garnes to their opponents' 9,6ack? W. Hewitt boat Dị L. Prophet 7}-- N. X. Liitlejohn tout II. II. Mundy March picked up off their feet, and In the Ladies Doubles; KUCICs were
two.up.
in attempting to kick touch, kicked again winners by 7 gmiven to alguno J. W. Mayhew beat T. Low at the A. H. Maïrido bout T. Magarry into the hands 02. Stewart who in the Men's Doubles they won a rain
laix and five,
crosset over at top speact to evade by :0 games to 40 any
Chan received from Lee, and at tempted to break through, but was stopped in the nick of time by yesterday Hazzard. Leo, manoeuvred himself for a shot at goal, but thid drew on and B... laimself extra attention, and he was PLEASE Turn To Pago 9.
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