IMPRESSIONS OF
THE SOCCER XI IN SHANGHAI
(By S. A. Gray)
HONGKONG'S SOCCER TEAM may have lost the Interport, match, but they won Shanghai's admiration, and no company of men could have been more generously lionised. Shanghai's hos- pitality was overwhelming, and it was a very grateful and impressed team which bade farewell after ten mamorable days in the northern metro. polis.
THE defeated Hongkong boys
roared "Roll Out The Bar- rel" as they left the Canidrome after the match, but Shanghal
didn't need the reminder. Ask the boys themselves!
even the
of the
E fastidiously detailed work put in by Mr. President Fred Bridges, Secretary Max Spiegler and Team- Manger Stan Gash flabbergasted
veterun members visiting site. About the only the they weren't planning things for the comfort and entertainment of the Hongkong Jads was while they were n the held of play; even then, suspect, they were figuring out what next they could do to make the visit remain more than a vague memory You have my word for it that they surveeded.
4
[ONGKONG F.A., need not fear
HONGKONG n chuet for
reciprocity. Both Fred Bridges and Stan Gash have sworn that they are cumdug to the Colony next year with | the Shanghai team.
•
Jockey Club Gesture
To Charity
Though it has been adver- tised, and is even printed on the tickets, there are yet some people still surprised at the information that the Hongkong jockey Club's Commission on the Hongkong Derby is to be given to Charity Funds.
The total sum of $133,000, less expenses. is to be divided equally between the British War Organisation Fund and the Fund for the Relief of. Dis- tress in China,
feld, but it is fair to claim that he led the way in conelse and happily- CHANGHAI newspapers gave the phrased speech-making at the dinner. Hongkongites the most sympathe-His five-minute reply to the principal team could desire. toast was a little gem of oratory, and But don't run away with the idea expressed precisely what his team that Hongkong were unlucky to lose mates felt and also what was needed. the Interport. Shanghai were - for the occasion. questionably the belter of two not
ile press
y
very good teams. The Colony play- RELIEVE it or not, the most sitis-
feature ers frankly admit that: they did not factory
of the entire deserve to win the Interport: they visit from Mr. Fred Bridges" point did deserve to win against the Llde, of view, was the fact that the Hong- and that a draw in the third mateli kong lads beat his "selected" Shang-
Wednesday,
HONGKONG TELEGRAPH
February 21, 1940.
RECORD BREAKERS AT YESTERDAY'S RACES
Far View (II, C. Th) winner of the Rooty-I1
Epleylight (R. B. Moiler up) being led in by Mr. Eric Moller, owner, and Mrs. V. V. Needa (hir. E. Moller's perky and Sports Club Cup yesterday being led in by daughter) following the, Chater Cup event yesterday
Far Vlew is another record holder, having when the pony broke the record of 1.04.3 set up by the owner. Racylight (same Jockey) on Monday by 1.4 seconds. sel a new time of 241.4 yesterday, beating the previous
record by Gypsy Love by 1.4 seconds-Mee Cheung, Mer Cheung.
"Capt. Foster". Selects The Following:
SELECTIONS BY
"EARLY
BIRD"
The following selections were made
would have been fair to both sides. hal aggregation at darts. The event by "Early Bird" in the 8. C. M. Post:
was strictly unofficial, but It re
THE visit demonstrated very clear minded one of the birghtest intervals ly that it is inhuman to expect of the entire ten days, and that's one man to manage the team, cap-saying plenty tain the team, play sterling football,
A
charming forewell and participate in the compulsory HERE was Roclal programme. A. Gosano cocktall given by the S.F.A., at attempted this four-fold task with the Palace Hotel on the eve of Hong- "great courage und undoubted success.kong's departure. Many other past He and his colleages enjoyed a per- and present Hongkongites attended fect comradeship both on and off the including Jack Rodger, Mrs. Barton feld.
(formerly Miss Doris Hunt of hockey fame) and George, Headley, erstwhile
KEYNOTE of the complimentary Kowloon FC. she and one time
speeches at the Interport dinner prominent league tennis player here.
with bubbled was the fine sportsmanship of the The function Hongkong lads. The tributes were viviality. thoroughly deserved. It takes come-
GRAND STAND STAKES Cralgavad
Mount Hope Bay Gram's Mount
SOOCHOW HANDICAP
(FIRST SECTION)
Lovely Star Boolat Bay Galveston Bay
LADIES PURSE
GRAND STAND STAKES
Mount Hope Bay
White Diamond Johnber
SOOCHOW HANDICAP. (FIRST SECTION)
Rose-Queen Galveston Hay Boolat Bar
LADIES PURSE
Centre Court
A Roaring Time Pumpernickel
JOCKEY CUP
Gallant Marshal
Lucky Eleven Valorous
HOPEFUL STAKES
Grether
0 Lan
Hopeful Star
BLUE MOUNTAINS PLATE
Connieber
SELECTIONS BY "LAST QUARTER”|
The following selections were mado by "Last Quarter" In Hongkong Daily Press:
GRAND STAND STAKES
Dupont Bay
Possible
White Diamond
SOOCHOW HANDICAP
(FIRST SECTION)
Lovely Star
Laughing Girl
Galveston Bay
LADIES PURSE
Happy Landinga Annabella
Blandford
JOCKEY CUP
con-
A Roaring Time Annabella Derby Day
JOCKEY CUP
Haldon Gollant Marshal Palmer
Sea Jay
Viceroy
Valorous Heddon
Gog
HOPEFUL STAKES
GOVERNOR'S CUP
King Kong'
Gram's mount Possible
Rose Evelyn
Craigavad
thing more than football craft to be PINAL little gesture before the honourable losers of a match of the team landed in Hongkong at the importance of an Interport. Nor did close of the trip last Saturday was Shanghal ng any way behind in Cosano's few words of appreciation sportsmanship and fair play, which to the Colony players and Ken made the 1940 Interport, if not the Forrow's reply to the popular cap- most spectacular of the long -series, inin-cum-manager-Tributes at least one of the happiest.
both men were os genuine as one could ever hope to hear, pleasantly TOSANO may not have been able embellishing b fortnight of many
to lead winning team off the grand interludes and memorles.
1939
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Rose Evelyn
Celtle Star
Celtic Star
CHAMPION STAKES
Burford
Satinlight
Confusion Bay
Courting Eve
Chiltern
ADELAIDE HANDICAP
CHAMPION STAKES
Criftel
Burford
Sathlight
Confusion Bay
Criitel
Courting Eve
ADELAIDE HANDICAP
Chiltern
GRIFFINS CONSOLATION
STAKES
Dupont Bay
Hopeful Star
Victoria
SOOCHOW HANDICAP
(SECOND SECTION)
Advancing Time
Sunlight View
Clowner
DAILY DOUBLE King Kong/Criffel
Cricket
VOLUNTEERS
Į
GRIFFINS CONSOLATION
STAKES
Craigavad
Possible
Ronson
SOOCHOW HANDICAP (SECOND SECTION).
Advancing Time Salvage Master
DAILY DOUBLE
King Kong/Criffel
Handicap Weights For
Ladies Purse
BEAT KOWLOON Roaring Time (106). Atlas (155),
IN LAST OVER
OPPOSED by weak bowling, the Hongkong Volunteers cricket XI beat the Kowloon C.C. by 50 runa at the Kowloon C.C. yesterday.
match ended with only four more balls to go before stumps would have been draw,
The following are the handicap weights for the Ladies Purse to-day: Ajax (144), Annabella (100), Blandford (150), Bredon (148). Centre Court (150), Derby Day (152), Happy Landings (145), King's Privilege (352), National Victory (140), Pumpernickel (155), Rising Star (135), Roolly (152), Snowy River (149).
The Volunteers scored 203 for 0. wickets, declared, in 140 minutes, and left Kowloon Radly behind tho clock. The home side, however, gal- W Jantly went for tho runs, though at
Anderson Ilaxter
Bowling Analysis
D. M. R. W.
14
7.0
N
183
b Owen
E. F. Fincher
Kowloon Cricket Club
e Grimtis, Mulcahy, Hughe
lunge and Perry
no perlod did they appear like get. A. Mackay, a Parsons, b Zim- ing them.
The scorca were:
Volunteers
morn
E. F. Fincher. b Zlmunern
G. A. Goodban, a Porry.
D'Owen
E. Perry, a Brokenshire, b Anderson 33 22. J. N. Anderson, a Parsone, b Owen
D. de R. Carey, a E. C. Fincher, b
F. R. Zimmern, e and b Anderson
A. I. Grimus. i.b.w. b Baxter
it. Owen Hughes, o Mackay, b Ander.
вод
F. 3. 14. Mitchell, b. F. Fincher
A. K. Mackenzie, xt. Mackay, b Baxter
D. O. Parsons, b E. F. Fincher
1. M. M. King, b E. 1. Fincher
J., Fox, not out
Extras
Nine ¡declared) for
C. W. Haynes, did not bat.
Hughes ***
13) CM, Baxter, lb,w, b Haynes
B FOR SAFNTASI |
JL. Stephen, b Zimmern
T. A. Madar, b Zlinmem
E.
C. Fincher, not out...
11. Teckenshire, b Zimmern
Extras
Total
Bowling Analysis
M.
fimuitern
Perry on
Hughes
Owen Haynes
FERS
183
HOPEFUL STAKES
O-Lin Gretber
BLUE MOUNTAINS PLATE
Connieber
. Viceroy Albury
GOVERNOR'S CUP
King Kong Rose Evelyn
Strathbannock
CHAMPION STAKES
Burford
Confusion Bay Salinlight
ADELAIDE HANDICAP
A Grand Time
Devonian
Cocklero!
GRIFFINS CONSOLATION
STAKES Mount Hope Bay
Johnber
Itonson
SODCHOW HANDICAP (SECOND SECTION)
Sunlight View Advancing Time Soldier of Britain
DAILY DOUBLE King Kong/A Grand Time
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RACING GUIDE
How The Ponies Have Fared At Happy Valley
The following have been the performances of all ponics that have started in the 1940 Annual Race Meeting at Happy Valley to date. The figures preceding the name denote the placings in their last outings:
AUSTRALIAN PONIES!
05 A Good Time
DA Great Tim
A Green. Time
A Roaring Time
Ajax
Albury
Atriles Curiae
CHINA PONIES
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#1 D
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Amber 11
Annabella
030 Ascot Day
Australian Dimond
0 Australian Prince
Rafin Bay
2
0
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1
Blandford
Bredon
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Brown Derby
Brutus
Husylight
0 Cairntout
Catterick Bridge
- Centre Court
Cheerful Stur Chiltern
0B Circe
0 0
Colorado Star
Cucklerol
Connieber
21 Contact
Courting Eve Crintel Derby Day
Devotion
#
Dick Turpin
Double Finesse
£
Fair Chance
11
For View
Finalist
I
Flying Dutchma
@Foreland Drive
00 Franklin
Crand Allegiance
- 2 Heinz
0 Kitu
- Incashire Chips
Happy Landings
Income Tax
Lovely Kit
Lucky L
3
Lucky Lady
.
90 Many Thanks
Macquarie River
90 Maple Star
2 Melody Star
A
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00
Murray Hiver
1 Murrtinbridged
Naney, Lee
Perfect Day
Peroin d'Orlente
tecadilly Jim
9. Powerful Kid
3 Princess Claro
- 2 Pumpernickel
Purelo
Quick Despatch
0 indon
o Ilaint Star
1 Ituby Star
11 Sapper
303
Sea Jay
- O Sea Urchin
Shine Again Shuttlecock
2 01 Sparrow
0 2 Spring Shine
00 Springhurat
1 Sydney Lnd!
- Tarzan
00
2 Tornado Star
Triumpliant Day
2 Twilight Star
Vanity Fair
Venus Bay
0 Vienroy
3 Violet "Queen
Warrez River
- Winfred
Golf
0 Zodiac
Country Club Captain's Cup Results
THE RESULTS of the Second Round matches in the Captain's Cup Competition of the Country Club, Sheungshiu, on Sunday last were as follow:
Geo. Lee beat E. Sadick 5 and 4. S. V. Gittins beat C. H. T. Suen or the 19th,
M. F. de Pinna beat A. T. Lee 4 and 3.
E. J. M. Churn beat A. A. Lopes 5 and 4.
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Advancing Time
Ascot Valo
Attacking Time
Avoi
Hear Claw
#. Hue Dianopl
Blue Skies
2 Boulat lay
1 litessey
Bronze Arrow
Surford
Care Free
a Cettle Star
₫ ChattethKIX
feir
Clow
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Confulon Bay
Conquering Time
Cominelleetnent Bay
Craigavad
Dawn Stat
0 Dekka
stinelivo Timp=
סיינוכן ס
Double Chança
3 Dupont Bay 0 Ebony idol
Emergency Call
000 Eve of Dancing
Eve of Foliv 32 1
Eve of Harvest 1 Eve of leaven
000 Eve of hunting
Eve of l'esc
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0 Expansluit Time
D Fel Ying
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For All Time
Cainxy
Galveston Day
Gay Star
!! Gold Coin
Golden Cow
20 Gretber
2 Glazes
0
ຕ
Time Hire Bay Hopeful Star 01hber
2 Bumdrum Eve
Jane Doe
Ú Jenniter
Jober
Jahnber
0 Just · Timo
00 Kentucky
0
0 King's Warden
0 Kut Cheung,
ย
Lucenture Chap
1 Lancashire Loss
Lauralee
* Lilliber
0
3 D
1
Littin Prince
O Lovely Star
Lusitania
Matador
Maunt Hope Bay
Atusketeer
0 National Prido
- National Buscem
D
Navylight
2 Night View
z O-Lan
2 Onk Day
0. Ohle
0 Ujlbway
Omaha
⚫ Comph
3 Peaceful View
i Thoenla
0 Piet Hein
Pinforthines Plain View Popular Star Possible
0 Portrusi
Patentate Racylight
Hed Feather Beating Time
Rob Roy
П
0
0 0
Touson
D
Hose Evelyn
Jose Etolly
0
Rose Flans
D
Rose Perfect
0. Rose-Queen
Royal Highesena
D Salvage Master
1 Satinlight
D Scene View
D Silver Wings
00 Smashing Thraciei"
0 Smiling Tim
D Soldier of China
Some Hope
2 Spicylight
2 Birachbannuck
0 Strathdoon
0 Sunlight View
0
Sunshine Susis Sylvainle Talkative
I Tampa Bay
Taxi Mäster The Tigres
1 This Time
o Tim
◊ Tributa
0 Victoria
-
3 3
West Lake
white blamnest
o Winer
Wild Bear
Willy Nilly
00 Xenophon
Y.M.C.A. TEAMS
The following wili represent the Y.M.C.A. at hockey ngainst the Royal Engineer at 5 pm. to-morrow on the ground-Benwell: Jordan and Tom- linson; A. N., Oller, BeLelias and dit
Corser. Cemmell, Pennington, Coumbe and Baldwin.c. will meet the
As can be seen, the Giltins-Suen match was the closest, and this might have ended on the 18th in Suen's Christ favour but for two "duffed" shots. On Saturday, the With Gitting on the green in four, ajputana Rifier on the same ground
4.15 pm. They wit be represented, by and Suen Just short in two, the latter|Benwoll; Jordan and Gilchrut; Kempton,
foiled with his approach, and with his next chip jumped right over the green. The hole was halved, and Gitting went on to win the 10th by one pult.
Pennington and Coombe: Smith, Corner,
[A, N. "Other, Efaly and Bates.
Mayers chosen to represent the second eleven against the RAS.C on the USR.C. ground at 4.10 pin, on the same day are Cleggett; Killeen and Grant; Bmits, Tom- linson and Ireson; • Klackenzie, A. N Other, Spare, Bevan and Banks.
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