Decisive
Monday,
HONGKONG TELEGRAPH
December 30, 1940.
COMMENTARY
MONDAY Win
For
MORNING
For Sing Tao Rousing Display By Navy
Superior All-Round Combination Proves Too Much For Kwong Wah
(By "SCRAMBLER”).
WITH AN ALL ROUND superior combination and understanding, Sing Tao were able to inflict a four-nil defeat on Kwong Wah yesterday in the first division of the Football league at Club ground. There was never doubt as to the ultimate result of the game from the start, for Sing Tao wont right off to work with their methodical team work of passing and combination.
any
MASTERFUL DEFENDERS
Golf
The defence of Sing Tao had from the beginning the F. Groves Wins!
mastery of the situation, for during the whole of the game, Kwong Wah's attackers were unable to penetrate the pair of Sing Tao's strong backs, and Cheong Wing-
Fanling
choy had less than a dozen shots to deal with in the Championship
course of the whole game.
In the final of the Royal Hongkong Golf Club's Champlondilp at Fanling Whereas the Sing Tao mixed Fung King-cheung and Lal Shul on Sunday, F, Groves beat Col. II. B. their play with short and long wing did their share of the work. Rose by 2 and 1 after being 2 up at passes, Kwong Wah maintained and assisted well in their attack. Die 18th. The call was of only Fung King cheung has lost none of moderate standard but the match was the short passing game, and his clever foufwork and leadership. close and interesting. overy one of their passes went The two wingern did as were rÔN astray or found an opponent inquired, and both were responsible for possession of same. It was just the goals scored,
that bit of superior tactic on the part of Sing Tao that lost the game for their opponents, for they have not for a long time found this harmonic under- standing.
In goal, Cheong Wing-choy had very little to do, and all his saves were from well autakte the penalty: area, and he dealt capably with them. The pair of backa, Hou Yun-
Or Kwong Wah's team, they went about their work half heartedly, Only for the first ten minates of the game were they able to hold the nippy Sing Too forwards, and thereafter, it was Just a question of keeping them out. Their positional play left inuch to be desired, and under- standing between the backs and Intermediate trio was sadly lacking at times..
Country Club
Junior Semi-Finals
SEMI-FINALS of the Junior Championship of the Country Club, Sheungshul, were played yesterday.. W. C. Hung bent M. F. Pinna 1 up. A. R. Pinna beat R. E. Lee 6 and 4.
WOMEN'S CHAMPIONSĤne First round matches in the men's championship were:
Miss M. C. Churn beat Mrs Oct.
ating and Lee Tin-sung cleared and with the goals that were scored Miss. A. Sequeira beat Mrs B. kicked cleanly, and were at no time troubled. They covered their front gainst him, and on the whole, per- Botelho. men well, and their positional play furmed creditably, is pair of backs, although they kicked and cleared find the attacks well frustated.
The intermediate trio of Taul Ah-cation. were very much at fault,'
Miss Dei beat Miss C. Maxwell.
DRIBBLING DOWN THE WING
Army Defeated 11-0 In Quadrangular Rugby Tournament
(By "Fly-half”)
A ROUSING DISPLAY bỷ Navy forwards backed up by sound defence behind the scrum, where Paul and Honeywell were prominent gave Navy victory over Army by 11 points (a goal and two tries) to nil in the Quadran- gular Rugby Tournament at Club ground on Saturday.
As in their game against Club a week ago, Navy pack - obtained no advantage from the set scrums or lineouts, in which departments Ford and Millar shone respectively for Army. But in the loose, Navy did a lot of attacking although they marred it on many an occasion when a heel was called for.
Army backs were given chances but lacked thrust to get through the solid behind. Paul and Honeywell. Hook was not on form. The Army for- wards were hard workers, and were unfortunate not to score on a few occasions.
Bowden (Navy) dribbling the ball down the wing in the Saturday. O'Riordan (Navy) is covering up Navy-Army Quadrangular-Rugby match at Happy Valley on
Ming Yuen.
Athletics
10,000 Metres
Record
Broken At S. China Meet
defence of Weak Police
!
XV Trounced
By Club
Morahan was, not worried to any extent and performed his task in workmanlike fashion, The whole CLUB repesied their previous_per- andformance by winning by a large Navy three-line tackled hard
In mid- went determinedly for the line when margiu against Police. in possession. Paul was the key man week gume against R.A.M.C., three with Honeywell doing some clover Pollen players were injured and the greatly depleted team on Saturday work as well.
bowed to the tune of 6 points (iwo penalty goals) to 25 (two goals and five tries).
found a Police appear to have
Unselfish Game
O'RIORDAN played an unselfish
ECTUM
Kowloon B. G. C. "At Home" majority finished the course. Neither Douglas nor Coombes had gerous combination, Burford hooked
Charter and Thomson were a dan- well and the forwards to catch the eye were Heasman, until he left the field with a split lip, and Macrae.
A NEW RECORD for the 10,000 metres race, open wo-to the Colony, was established by Lee Yuk-fung at the game and gave his threes plenty of splendid kicker in Rose, who kicked the ball. Rutherford gave a good two glorious penalty tries. Cullinan annual athletic meet of the South China Athletic Associa-long service from the
and was a distinct failure at full-back. seems to have a very good under-Reynolds and Howlett were the only Mrs F. E. A. Remedios bent Miss tion at Caroline Hill yesterday.
standing with O'Riordan. King and Police backs to impress. The latter Lee Kwok-kee had tto chance M. B. Churn.
to make his Lee's new time was 38 minutes 7 seconds, against the Poole did good work in Navy's packt. needs more practice
Pleton did not deal with the kicks moves automatic. Morrison worked old time of 39 minutes 31.6 seconds.
ahend in any too confident a manner hard at the base of the scrum. Follée and his touch kicking was not very missed Dempsey in the lincouts. good. Richards had to do his own Club threes were poor in team- Seventeen competitors took foraging generally and was seen more work, and only 20-30 individually. the field in this event and the often in defence than attack.
the speed nor swerve to round Cpl P. Manson (Royal Scots), Honeywell and Paul respectively well-known as a long distance Hook was slow at stand-off half and
·Club scored tries through Charler, runner, dropped out of the race gave his threes very little time to after completing 17 of the 25 get off their mark before the opposi Bosanquet (2), Godfrey (2), Stewart tlon was upon them. Wedderburn and Thomson. Burford and Charter rounds of the course. Signal-passed well and kept well up on the converted one try cach.
The teams were: man A. Lewis (Royal Corps of ball in the loose
Club Thompson: Bosanquet, Morgan, Millar, Pinkerton and Glilan shone p. Hynes and Stewart: Charler and Signals) was second, approxi-
Thomson; Macras, Burford, Hearnan: Walkden. Needham: Godfrey, Taylor mately 300 metres behind the in the Army pack,
The Game
(Capt) and Kennedy, merg
Police-Cullinan (Capt); The Kowloon Bowling Green winner, and Lam Kin-fun was
Reynalde Howlett, Innes and Dingadale; Jackson third. Club held its Closing Day on
'ARMY made most of the going at ; und Morrison; Rose, Lewis, Searle; Jen- Saturday, when prizes won Seventeen competitors took the field the beginning, and only had handling ner. Oskley: Wright-Nooth, Hogarth and
sented by Sir Atholl Mac Scots), well-known as a long distance some dangerous raids.
well on occasions were never steady, their markings of the fai. Soong Ling-sing and Lak Tat- hong were masters in midfield play, although it must be admitted that the ever presence of the they were up against a much faster And despite two wingers with their dashes down and brainer team. Leung Pak-wal the line, they were there to do what was the better of the two. was required of them. Soong! Ling-
ing in particular strategist, his covering of the inside trlo was excellent. He played a very useful game, combining defence with attack.
WEB п great
Good Forwards
Weak Link
The half back trio were never able to settle down, their passes often missed its mark and more often than not found their opponents in possess ion of same. This was the weak link
It has been a long time since in their team, and the wingers of Sing have seen the nice precise mave-Tao had plenty of room to move ments of the Sing Tao'u forwards in about.
In the front line, both wingers action, for on yesterday's play, they combined well to a "T". There was when in possession of the bail, sent never a weak link amongst them, across good centres, and on several and Ip Pak-wah's foraging of the occasions there centres went begging ball and his distribution to his men due to the inside trio remaining too TURN to Page 5, Column Two
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during the season were pre-in this event and the majority finished roollt scoring chances. Navy, relying the course. Col P. Manson (Royal on the punt and follow-up, made
TOURNAMENT TABLE
Paul, Following up a kick by NAVY Honeywell, caught the ball on a Club lucky bounce, after Ploton had fell Army Police short in his kick to touch, and dudged past several Army men to score at the corner, Ford charged down King's kick,
Don Bradman Tries Bowling
An "At Home" was held at the Gregor, President of the Lawn runner, dropped out of the race after Chinese Recreation Club, Causeway Bowls Association, who also completing 17 of the 23 rounds of the course. Signalman A. Lewis (Royal Day, yesterday, when a large nur- took part in the day's match. Corps of Signals) was second, approx)- ber of members par lielpated in an Over 20 rinks took part in a match mately 300 metres behind the winner, American mixed-doubles-tennis-between-the-Club-and-the-Association and-Lam- Kin-fun-was-third tournament. The prizes won during The Club's team, which included play- er from other clubs, lost by 31 shots. the past season were distributed at
The highlight of the meet was the the end of the afternoon by the Hon. J. McKelvic, Vice-President of the in which Ling Nam University took movement gave Bowden an oppor
Before the presentation of prizes, Mr400 metres relay open to the Colony, A breakdown in an Army passing Mr M. K. Lo, after the Ion Secretary Club, congratulated the winners of thejarat place with a time of 48 secs, foltunity to carry on with the ball at his Mr Wong Kwek-fong, had briefly re- Club's competitions during the year, lowed by South China and Wah Yan feet. Paul, following up, picked up
• Adelaide, Dec. 28. Lieut. Don Bradman, on leave from viewed the season's activities.
and paid a special tribute to Mr L. College in that order. South Chinn, Sykes, who did so well in his first which had won the relay in the last and dashed over to score his second the Army, bowled the first ball when playing for South Australia against season of bowls,
two years, was tipped to win again this try, King failed to convert.
In the second half, a neat cut-Victoria to-day, year, but the unexpected performance
South Australla scored 101 and 421 foursome through by Honeywell saw the same On presenting the prizes, Sir Atholl put up by the Ling Nam
player race over and score at the and Vietoria 172 and 263, South Aus- commented on the always-welcoming turned the tables.
posts. Paul converted.
tralia winning by 170 runs-Reuter, atmosphere of the Club. He also re
The teams were:
The following were the prize-
winners: •
Prizes Presented
Club singles championships-Winner, Tu Wal-pul; Itunner-up. Tel Yan-pul. Club doubles championship-Winners, Paul Kopy and Trui Yan-pul; Runners up. Taui Wai-pur and Lee Wal-long.
Club Handicap singles Winner, Heferred to the excellent condition of the At the conclusion of the meet. Mr Ka-lau: Hunner-up Wat Chun-tung.
Club handless doubles Winners. Ma greens and concluded by thanking the Fok Pa-chol, Director of the Bank of Shu-ic-tong and Cheung Sa
and Chin Tok-chan; Runners- ladles for the fine tea they had served. Canton, presented the prizes, up. Leo
Following were the results of the bowls) · Club junior singles championship-Win-] match: ner Chung Sur Runner-up, Châu Bao
G. Elphick, J. A. Luz, D. W. Waterton. M. N. Rakurr (K BIG C) beat C. M.- Alves, L. A. Jordon, A. Brooksbank. J. G. alever 21-7.
D. Turpin W. F. Webber, C.
Results
Following were the results: 100 metres.-1. Yu Kai-yan: 2. Sin twok-pun. Time. 12 decs.
400 metres.-1. Cheung Chau: 2 Sin Kwok-bun; Caunt Kat-pul, Time, G2 nec,
110 metres High hordies1. Wong Kal-
"A" Division Winners (Colony Tennis League)Messrs Paul Kong (Capt). Taut Wat-pui, Taul Yas-pul, fu Tak-cheuk, G. W. Dehran, 3. G. Ozorla, P. Peckham, Lee Wai-tong. Willie Hung. Luk Ding- W. Gili (K.B.C.C.) lost to W. D. Mac cheung. Wong Shiu-wing, Chan Tak-chan 4. Daniel, A. D. Allan, G, Sher- and Wong lok-Jung,
riff. 14-10. "B" Division Winners (Colony Tennis J. A. Fraser, E. A. Atkins, 9. 11. Dodwell, Leagite) Megar to Ka-lau (Capt), NJ. McKelvin (KB.G.C. beat R, P. Philips,, : 2. Lill Kwa-chu: 5. Chu Fook-shing. Kani-chuen, Chol Pink-fan. Luk Trun- N. L Bmith, A. Hyde-Lay, Sir Ahtoll Mac-Time, 19.2 pers.
Javelin Throw-1, Tam Hol-chuen; 2, choun, Leung Big-chiu Cheung Bang. Gergor 21-10. Cheng Chi-wing and Iu Tak-lam,
itircock, A. Distance, 30.8 meires, 1 Division Winners (Colony Tennis Orr KG.C. Der Walls, W. Chu Fook-sing; 3. Tsang Kwan-ming. Pole Vault-1. Fenz Chi-hrung: 2 Chu Lesguo).-less Pang Ol-tam (Capt), Nimim. L.C.R. Souza, H. Lockhart 21-18. LAU Foak-ki. Chu Chun-chlu, Wei Chun-W. A. Cornell. G. A. Payne, G. G. B. Fook-sing: 3. Kwan Chu-put, Weight, hung. Ma Wal-kwong. Lom Yuk-ying. Yew Morton, Lacon, W. L.
R. Duncan (K.B.Galker, U. M.
Jont to A. ft. 3 in. Men-kit, Lee Yun-wing, Ma Shlu-toung Morton. and on Luen-fung,
Omar, 18-25. American Tournament.-Winners, Miss G. Cross, C, E. Langley, J. J. White, A. BEEN.
2. Hall (K.B.G.C.) text to 16. F, Shields, Yeung Wal«bun and Lam Yuk-ying, A. Cantro. J. C. Gil, E. G. Poat. 11-23, Fook-sing. Distance. 245 mirė. Winners (3 section). Tsa Chan-yau and Pang Ol-lam; Winners (C Section), Leo kins (K.B.C.C.) beat A. G. Gardner, B. Fook-sing: Chang Kwan-ming, Dia- E. Scard, Y. Tang, L. Sykes, G. Per-Long Jump.1. Wang Ki-lin: 2 Chi Yu-wing and Lui Chuch-wah,
Softball
Baseballers
Trounce Saints
200 metres-1, Cheung Chou: . Sin Kwok-pun; 3, Loong Kal-ming. Time, 25.1
Dircus Throw-1, Yee Kal-yun: 2 Chi
C. Walker, B, M. Numjahn, J. Fraser, 24 tanco, 650 metres,
11.
1.500 metres, Chan Chau-wal: 2 LI
A. Rogers, 5. J. Pollock, A. Macfarlane, Pon-yan: 3, Lum Kin-fung. Time, B 1. Deakin (KB.G.C.) drew with Ground mins 2 secs. Boy, W. II. Organ, W. M. Parsons, V. C. Labrum, 22-22,
C. Pester, E. 8. Abraham, M. Y. Adal, R. Lapaley K.B.G.C.) lost to W. M. Wil son, T. Coleman, R. Morrison, W. Macfat- lane, 6-47.
800 metres--}, Li Pun-yan; 2 Chan Chau-wal; 3. Lau Bhum-chi. Time, 2 mins 123 secs.
400 metres law hurdles 1. Leung KI- ming; 2, Wong Sui-chuen; 3. Trang Kwan- ming, Timo, 684 pecs,
Thigh Jump-1. Teang Chof-shun: 2
C. Hati, E. G Searle, J. 8. Dianen, W, B. Drake (K.B.G.C.) lot to W. C. Hodder, Tone Cl-hung: 1, Tsang Kwan-ming. Bicknell, E. J. Spradbery, If, E. Drew 20-eight, 1.64 metres.
24.
2
Hop Step and Jump-). Wong Kl-lim! Chaung Tung-hol. - Distance, 20.04 metres,
wero:
CLUBS COMPETITIONS Result of the various competitions, organised by the Club during the sc 1.000 metres Opert Nelgy-1, Bouth Chinh: 2, Wien van Collecs, 2. Lưng Nam II.K. BASEBALLERS lifted their] Club Championship and J, M. Itender Time, 3 mins Ba sees. supporters from their seals with a son Cup-Winner, A. Hyde-Lay: runner French Convent: a. South China. Time,
400 metres open relay
(ladies)-1, smashing 10-3 viktory over St. E. A. Atkins.
President'e. Prizo and D. *Harvey Joseph's during the week-end Soft- Memorial Shield. Winner, A. Hyde-Lay: University Bouth Chios: 3, Wah Yan 100 metres open_relay-1, Ling Nam ball League encounters,
nunner-up, J, Fraker. Fraser: runner-up, A. 3. 10.
Vice-President's Prize, --- Winner, J. College. Time, 48 secs.
10,000 metres open to the Colony), Handicap Singles and Sir A. D. D. Mac"] Lee Yuk-fung: 2. 8ig. A. Lewis; 3, Lam Gregor QualchWinner, J. Fraser run-in-fun Time, 38 mins 7 seck, (record). ner-up L.. Sykes,
But closest win was that of the Cyclones over Canucks by...4-3. Cyclones Iralled 2-3 until the last frame when they, romped home with the two winners.
Scores in brief were:
Girla
Panthers 20, Las Florinhas &. Wahoos 13. Cardinale 1. Rambleralies 28, Chung Hwa - 13.
Men
First Divlalon Hongkong Baseballers 10, St Joseph's
Crelones 4, Canucks
Indiana 14, Filipinos &!
Hecond Division Cosmopolitana 17, Engineers 4.
Handicap Paris-Winners, P, Peckham
and W. 1. Organ; runner up, G. EI, Bher- riff and C. 9, M. Thom,
-Non-Prize Winners.--L. Bykes and 11, J. Dicknell.
RAF 25, Scots 2. VIL,C. 20, C.BA. 11.
· Hong: Shell received a forfelt from Green- spots.
#elendly Recreio Ransblars 10, :U, E. &. Tuina
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Mr J, Redman refereed. Navy Morahan: McGill, Honeywill, Army-Picton; Richards Coombes, Paul and Bowden: O'Riordan and Ruther- Douglass and Macdonald; Hook (Caps), Ford, ford: Stanfield, Watson (Capt), Winter: and Wedderburn: Sutherland, King, Stockham; Longmuir. Beattle and Compos; Millar, Berry: Duke. Tinker- Poole.
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