Week-End League Cricket:
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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 28, 1949.
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AGAINST ARMY
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Army dropped their first three points of the season in the First Division of the Cricket League on Saturday when they were held to draw by the University at Pokfulam. Army declared at 160 runs for five wickets in 35 overs, University replying with 87 for eight in 33.
At Cox's Road, Recreio beat the KCC on the last ball of the match. There was another draw at Chater Road where the Optimists replled with 108 for four wickets to the Navy'a 146 for seven. The Scorpions and RAP had easy victories over IRC and Commandos respectively.
KCC maintained its lend in the Second Division with a 21 run victory over King George V School in a low scoring game. IRC beat Navy by 28 runs and Commandos beat Recreto by 67.
Against the Army, University'e batsmen were painfully slow in scoring 87 runs for eight wickets to secure a draw.
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Eloth sides made do without | Innings-or at least the first 53;
who bowler
could have runs of which that 1 saw-wns nikittled aut the opposition.
of the one of the brightest Army's leg Held bawler, 13 - nett, was not playing and the University did not use J. C. Köh To make out for this fapse, Rob played out lime, being 18 not out when stumps were drawn.
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with the most punishing bats- men in the Division away for another round. However, care- ful KGVS batting Was only good for 50 runs.. It followed a pattern of dot- dot-two-dot-four-four and dot- Every
Commandos, IRC and RAF continued xit one
winning vein ngainst Recreio, Navy and Dockyard respectively.
one-two- four-four-four, boundary
was visited stage or another and the final #1 surpassed his highest score locally against IRC last season,
He is here for another irre or four matches, I understand.
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T1 is being said lately that Jay see has aspirations to become In the hairman, following footsteps of Eddie Gambrill and Alan Stepto. He has made inore than one respectable score for n Inil-ender this season and s been observed studying the happy position agains their old held for gaps to the boundary. rivals. The Kowinon Cricket In any case, even if they did | Clubi, nt Cox's Road, and it fell not take four points away from to Nick Beltrno, their wicket- the Army, the undergraduates keeper to hit the winning twe off took three and they should now the last ball of the match Had be justly popular.
race he been behind the slumps be
The
for the League Championship. could well have let it go for a with the RAF just one point boundary live he light was that behind are the Scorpion Four, bad
now upen
again.
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TRC did not bent the Sear-Commandos plons at Sookunjoo, they turned Recreio up in AR Abbis the best - RC
KGVS Briander of the match -1 for 34
Abbas, if not the R. Navy succeed in beating the Navy at and 25 runs Chater Rond, W L. Howard type ilkely to
century. store
RAF conferred
with has been
both this University brand- contributed
and last with hia 20s Dorkyard
fine somely to what could have been, and 30s and ho
victory.
batsman na has been produred He two wickets to four overs locally which rost 25 runs clean bowied HAF had too much power for the Navy's two classiest bats, the Commandos at Kal Tak and Westfield
Nation, ond
The war refreshing too see Eddie bowling may have reminded Cambrill back among the wie- one of a herd of stampedlakets However, they wouldn't
let kun open the balling.
SECOND DIVISION
cattle buy it was effective
To top thiruges spent
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of
Howard nfternoon stopping Atinkers
worst the
anyone BEST
bind out to
put tiis contributed
20 rune to the Optimista 100 for four wickets, second highest
score of the trinings.
Navy just two valuable wickets for 1 runs but there was still legendary Groat of HMS "Concord" to come in and his
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Australian Norman Von Nida (right) finished second in the Philippines Open Golf Tournament the Wack Wack course to Ed "Porky" Oliver of Scattle, Larry Montes (left) of the Philippines was not among the prize winners. Both were pre-tournament favourites.
Archie Quick Nominates
FOOTBALLER OF
THE YEAR
The man who threatens to be "The Footballer of the Year", voted as such by the Soccer Writers' Associn 10tion of England and Wales, is Horatio Stration Carter, 12 the prematurely grey-haired maestro, 36 years young, who Is piloting Hull City in their promotion race to the First A Division.
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Best Performances In Week-End League Cricket
FIRST DIVISION Batting
↑ Grant
(Navy v Opt&nlæis) 81 N. E. Artby
(Optimista v Navy) 50
strong! was all out for 77 against the King George V School and did little damage to the schoolboys' T. A. Pearce fancy bowling analyses.
(Scorpions v IRC) 50
Carter, because he plays on Saturdays, after 18 years in the top grade, only draws 12 guineas a week, but his future as a successful manager is being assured. Carter recently told me he has been "lucky" in what he has done just because Sunderland. Derby and Hull have been on top when he has been with them, but I would say it was more than luck-rather the Innate skill of the perfect footballer of his generation, for instance.
Leicester, the Hull side is still the same one which won them
In- that
He stands out as the outstand Ting player of 1949, not only be
cause of his personal ability, but the Third Division Champion- the skill be hos In imparting ship list April, and Mr Carter his knowledge to others. Ralch is not so optimistic as to believe Thus won everything-four
they are ready for the ternational schoolboy caps when First Division. be Was at Hendon School,
READY FOR PROMOTION Sunderland; 13 full International'
Hull, however, as a town, is
when he was Soccer starred south-east corner
Scots Should Go To Rio Even If It Costs Them All Of
£5,000
SAYS VERNON MORGAN
London, Nov. 27-Scotland ought to go to Rio de Janeiro for the World Football Championships. That is the view of many officials, International and British, of many players, English as well as Scottish, and of thousands of soccer fans,
But they will not do so unless they beat England at Hampden Park, Glasgow, in April and become the Champions of the United Kingdom section of the World Cup.
That is the hitherto expressed decision of the Scottish Football Association. England have decided that Jackson and Doggart are old gruelling first half in which bolh they go whether they finish first Blues and May and Sutcliffe defence stood firm under strong or second in the British Chum- are freshmen-Reuter. plonship, of which they are now asured of doing, but not in the Scots.
DRAW AT COLOMBO
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pressure. After the Interval.
the Pakistan team pressed hard for a winning goal and they had There are those who say that Colombo, Nov. 27. The excellent opportunity when the Scots have adopted this Pakistan touring Boccer team, with only the
their outside left, Shamshad goal-keeper to altitude on account of the ex- Jinna Gymkhana, were held to bent, shot wide. pense, for the cost of sending a goalless draw by City the winners will be borne by League side here today before a handicapped during the match The touring team wero the organisers. Tho runners- capacity crowd of eight thou due to an injury to their insitie up will have to pay for them- | sand. selves and it may mean an ex-
left, Wahld, who pulled a muscle The League team Wag t penditure of £5,000,
carly in the game-Reuter. strongly representative side UNDESERVED
drawn from various clubs
MADRID BEATS MEXICO In The Scots
have an Inter-Colombo. They have only been. Madrid, Nov, 27.-The Real national reputation for being beaten by one visiting team, and Madrid football team todny des mean, one should add totally that was India Inst year. feated a Mexican national soccer undeserved, but critics
The Pakistan are
team enjoyed team by seven goals to one- naturally pointing
better to this and the
exchanges in a Reuter. unless their fares are paid. saying that they would not go
Whether finance has in point of fact anything to do with it only the Scottish Football As- sociation officials know. but the impression they have given is that they do not want to go If they have to play second Adrie to England.
The English Foolball Asso- ciation
do not mind being Scottish second-string to their
colleagues, so why should the Scots be so proud?
Already there are some feare
as to the sort of game which
Their
and that cannot be good them or the game.
11. on
ON THE RECORD
THE CROWD KEPT
TRICKLING AWAY
Chinese
the
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the
(Army v HKU) 55 caps for England and 17 more rendy for promotion in this Scottish officials can be pirkunde robably give the Sweries one close-up shot of what good ball
Though i was generally whis.. R. Tomline Lered that Dunne was in for it,
changed F. E. Thornycroft his Agures have only
Army HKU) 52 frosts 14 to 38 to 18 for 00, or
wickel A. Zimmern just over three ruma o
(KCC Recreio) 38 M. W. Holme
League Cricket Averages
BATTING:
H. M. Newton (Scorpions)
EN. Gambrill (RAF)
A. R. Abbas (IRC)
G. N. Gosano (Recreto)
A. Zimmera (KCC)
F. A. Weller (Scorpions)
D. A. Oakley (Commandos}
D. Chellish (University)
G. Hong Choy (Craigengower)
•Not Out.
ceabatance=boache
during the war
will be played by England and It is not an unusual sight by theoretically sound. In practics beatland when they meet in any means when hundreds of our star wingers will have the April to decide if Scotland go
spectators at a fool football fan know that to Rio. One con hardly ball match forget the long whigger is an ladividual special- expect it to be a good game hour they spent trying to get ly picked out for his fairy- up to the usuni standard. in to watch a football match or fooled grace, his ability to catch wad of dollar bills they the ball just as the linesman is CANNOT BE GOOD
paid to soc it and hurry off to about to wave his tag, nimbly catch the queue for the tram, turn it was his toe and race down Too much depends on it from with another 20 minutes of the field. the viewpoint of the Scottish play still to go.
Then, it's in our local tradi- destre to win The rush wasn't us thronged tien, he must beslinte and allow Players. must Inevitably be abnormal na I have seen it at Caroline the spectators a chance to see
for Hill yesterday but, neverthe... someone Fun up and
less, it was on to quite an ex- take the ball away from him. try to It is rather different from the lent. There wasn't much point He makes
nay more slaughter. This upstart and in a final coup a monkey out af Engilsh, who go to Rio anyway to seeing but they are not going to let The Swedes were leading 7-1.
de grace to all this effort kicks The Scots have a walk-aver Bo
In any
the ball back to the centre-half case, under the they can get to Rio.
football This is a matter of prestige for Chinese
fan's system about twenty yards behind. England. They want to play in of betting, all wagers had been through
In short, the wing forward Is the World Championships as the won or lost midway
So
a sort of auxillary on the field half. There were Champlons. they the second British
10 entertain the certainly are not going to let some who gave the Combined primarily spectator. three-nil
fis role in the game, victory, Scotland beat them in this match Chinese
we understand it in Hongkong. who Fome
were generous Thus ~ they can help it.
enough to concede them a four-13 to save the linesman bother "ncedie" match is inevitable.
1231 victory the other hand, the
and
who and give the people in the agreed that Martensson would covered stands
occasional with the HAF: Cup winner of Yorkshire which they have to change their minds it seems
control really looks like. medals with Sunderland and ali ta themselves. Nearest Arsi-that everyone will be pleased. goal or two. Derby; First Division Chumpion-class clubs are Doncaster, York | The organizers want the Scots in
The Swedish approach-and il ship metal with Sunderland, and Lects, and, ove the water,
The English would Chinese do not normally bet be there.
as known in And a Third Division one with Grimsby, and there are 300,000 like, them to be, British roccer on a team to win. They bet on dan differ from the English Hull last season.
"Blighty" to the the number of gouls scored. would like people in Hull and another, 100,- enthusiasts
of the Imagination same problem is to regard the What does he need to com- 000 Just outside, enger to show both teams go to Rio, South no streich plete the set?-a Second Divison that Soccer holds their affections American
conceived Wing forward he essentially a could any one have fans want to fee that these would be as many as through whose co-operation to a member of the forward line Je has set his heart more than professional rugby. England and Scolland in action on it, although very sensibly he
Hull city get more spectators and Scottish players themselves
eight.
general plan of attack a hole in belleves it is out of the reach of at their reserve
The day before thene had been the defence la going to be found matches than well, ask them-Reuter. Hull City this winter.
some cheering for Tenucci's able and a goal is going to be scored. the two Rugby League clubs get After all, with the exception at their first-team
display at centre-half and some games and ITALIANS ARRIVING ot Jerry Bowler, Irish interne- are averaging
our of
Chiness friends
When the first big game was 40,000 a over Bonul
Folkestone, Nov. 27.Three from Portsmouth, and match.
willing to admit that over, everyone spoke glowingly even £20,000
hundred
fang Italian football Don Hevie, who
Santos had done fairly at left-of Martension or Jonsson. The It is a tribute to the fore-arrived at Folkestone today on joined Hull this
holf, week from thought of Messrs Harold, John their way to London for Wed-
other Sweden were colourless, Hou However, Needler and their nesday's and George
factory-made Yung-sang just
footballers · match International
vns still the idol of the defence from somewhere in the heart of xlx brother directors that this
and though he seemed to bo Sweden where they probably has come about, for Booth Ferry with England.
Italy's team was also expected nating the Swedes
them a tougher furn
out in cleven Park was just so much virgin by today's midday Chann: boat proposition that territory when they took it over
the Koreans, different moulds like tin in 1940 and started their new from France, but it was reported Manilans, Vietnamese, etc., he soldiers. club with
was still tho fashy, spoiling If a European football fan £60,000 capital here they were travelling by a
were to have seen the same subscribed in two weeks by the later train and would arrive in fullback.
match, he would have found public. Now the enclosure with London tonight. Reginald Harris, (above), its fine stand and full lerracing
Englishmen who watched the The Swedes won 2-1 and few, that Martensson had no more of Manchester, the World's compares favourably with any Italians arrive were imressed by not excluding the non-Chinese, colour than the rest and that he (Recrelo v KCC) 3-20 Sprint Cycling Champion, in the country.
Impressive fur coats worn byld not agree that Hongkong was behaving like any normal mary" of the women and the had as much of the game and outside-right would in a game (Scorpions v IRC) 3-34Won the first of four races
of soccer. martly tailored sulls and over- Į that but for. the penalty
The Swedes F. R. Zimmern
coats worn by the men.. goal awarded the Swedes It
spent an hour and a half on Saturday The trip is costing, cach sup-may have been a draw,
dis- portr more than £50.
covering that they were up Hongkong's Stanley Matthews against 11 colourful footballers (Ho Ying-fun in the local dis- who, individually, were as good leet) was outdribbling the op-men as they would and position and there were loud high grade club opposition at explosions of "hoh yeh" when-home.
L. F. Stokes
(Army v HKU) 31
(Scorpions v IRC) 29
J. P O'Driscoll
(Scorpions IRC) 28
(IRC Scorpions) 35
Bowling
(IRC Scorplons) 7-34
(RAF Commandos) 5-11
(Army HKU) 5-42
(Scorpions v IRC) 4-25
(KCC Recrelo) 4-28
B. K. Poh (HKU v Army) 3-13
(Recreio v KCC) 3-18.
(KCC v Recreto) 3-34 SECOND DIVISION
mcdat.
Reg Harris In The Lead
counting for the European Baseball
Indoor Spirit Championships
Baseball May Contribute
A. R. Abbas
Tans NO Runs HS
Aver
T. Grant (R. Navy)
3
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151
81
75.50
N. E. Arthy (Optimusis)
}
3907
39 40
A. R. Abbas
K. M. Rumjahn (Craigengower )
05
}
#56
39.20
G. A. Souza (Craigengower)
G
2
150
37.50
EN Gambrill
T. A. Pearce (Scorpions:
#
147
20.10
M. W. Holme (Army)
134
20.80
W. M. Mitchell
102
44.
25 50
102
25.30
F. Howarth
16!
25.10
123
2.1.00
R. E. Lee
121
24,20
163
44
23.28
23.28
107
21.40
101
54 20.20
H. L. Ozorio
LF. Stakes (Scorpions)
119
15
19.83
G. N. Gozano
F. E Thornycroft (Army)
110
19.33
O. J. Kerr (Scorpions)
7
211
18.50
R. S. Cull
100
10.10
Qualißention: 100 runs.
BOWLING:
$
J. H. Bennett (Army)
29.3
F. Howarth (Scorpions)
104,5
22 230 34
60 II 6.00 0.04
A. L. Sualth (Optimists)
31,3
102 13
7.04
G. N. Gosano (Recrelo)...
45.9
0
197 17
8.05
R. C. Corfield (Army)
59.2
10 130 16
8.12
A. P. Pereira (Recreio)
53.5 17
100
50
16
123 100
15
16
0.38
38
100 10
10.00
155
11.07
A
107
11.13
Welch
11.21
43
136
11.33
Y. Motiwala
K. A. A Bill (RAF)
42
144
12.00
(IRC v Návy) (-29
C. HT. Pritchard (Optimista)
127
DU
A. R. Minu (TRC)
A. Briggs (Commandos)
L. White (R. Navy)
67
F. R. Zimmern (KCC)
50.4
K. H. Vaughan (RAF)
30
S. M. Teh (University)
02.2
T. H. Lean (University)
64.2
12.770 12.76 12.03 13.00 135 10 13,50 140 10 14.00 200 14 14.84 177 12 14.75
Hurst (RAF y D'yard) ..4-15 O..J. Durme
(KGVS KCC) 4-22
5.-Jan Derksen (Holland). Harris deriled
to visit South Africa and Australia shortly. He sold to expected
Spend
ball, may
D. G. Whilte
Qualification; 10 wickets.
R. E. Lee
E.
N.
A. R.
R.
(KCC)
Gambrill (RAF)
Abbas (IRC)
S. Cull (Scorpions)
S
Graves (Commandos)
W: M. Mitchell (Army)
Overs Maidens Runs Wkts. Aver,
JB
53
44.4
50.5
23
ON THE ROAD TO CASTLE, MOGINKA
DONG ANY MORE
WRECKING LATELY,
CLARST?:
HOLD YE WHIT!
Batting
E. C. Durm (RAF v D'yard) 31 S. A. Gray (KCC v KÒVS) 28 Dowding
(Commandos v Recreto) 20 S. M. Dux (IRC v Navy) 21 8.20A. K. Markar
(IRC y Navy) 21* Bowling
(Commandos v Recrelo) 7-11
at the Velodrome d'Hiver here today.
Though he had
put on 10 pounds weight since his op- pearance here a month ngo, Horrls' had no trouble in win- ning the race.
The results were:
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SOCCER BLUES
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were
any
London, Nov. 27-Five old ever the little chapple played Blues and two freshmen are with the taller, heavier Swedes. They probed here and they
In London Nov. 27. A included the Cambridge a cat-and-mouse game.
probed there, They wondered Harris (British).
On Sunday sun would shine, for a bit if a phenomenon they team to meet Oxford in the light-testing gadget, Emile Platiner (Switzer-vented by the Americans to Walie Hart Lane,
in- University Boccer match at the stands would be full and had observed to be common to Pic: Van Vliet (Holland), decide on whether the light London, next Saturnham, everyone knew who would come the footballing world cast of 4.Jeff Scherens (Belgium). is fit to carry on with base-J. Hull,
The team will be: T.B, Davis,
land).
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were
Suez out the winners.
was common also -- to Hongkong toolball, dim'legends": E. Former, W.E. But everyone was sadly, mis- of which
not unknown prove a boon to Sheret, R. Cowan, J. Platt, taken, and everyone did not into Stockholm or Gelheburg. Salter (KGVŠ v KCC) 4-12 he Intended rumours that the English game of cricket. 3.A. Dutchman, P.D.H. May, clude the Chinese only. The
They learned. Fact One that The question of whether um-E.W.N. Jackson, G.H.G. Dog-local football fan has become pires are right in stopping play gurt (captain), R. Sutcliffe.
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so used to the soccer standards the Hongkong game abhors the
of the opinion it was only state- abhorrence It would appreciate
most of the winter in Man- owing to the poor state of Sheret, Cowan, Dutchman, that are ours that many were vast open spaces and that in this Da Venport (RAF v D'yard) 3-12 chester, but would probably fly vlafbility is so often open to to Antwerp, Zurich and Ghent themselves appeal against the
dispute. Often foo
players
iness after long focal senson,
a narrower fold, No candy for
(KCC KGVS) 3-9 for the remaining stages of the light only to have their appeals | Thev · Don't Ticalability to adjust themselves the kids wis their decision..
A. T. Lee (KCC v KGVS) 3-15 European Indoor Champion- Maylor (Navy v MC) ....... 3-17 ships-Reuter.
Mister⠀⠀⠀ Conquest
WE'RE NOT THERE
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STIG IS WHERE WE DROP YOU OFF, STRIPGY,
I'M AFRAID.
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dismissed.
however, the umpires warê, provided with a special light meter and the MCC would pronounce. A reading at which play. should automatically cenno, a lot of dispute would be avoided
ORIGIN
to cheers In unfamiliar voices
Fact Two the phenomenon.
The Japanese kept the Chinese team from common to Hongkong insta
or the English weather that had They learned that it way--as running away with the Olympic Calcutta or Salgon. And this
big commonplace factor? Perth, Australla, Nov. 27 get title.
Few will belleve it when they The Immigration Minister, Mr Airily overlooked. were two? Atthur Calwell, now on an eled factors that the Chinese will read it. It has nothing, to, do tion tour, held a straw poli" at have to pay heed to in their with the Chiness being not aimeeting here on the question
-or- hot fleet approach to the game before robust enough of admitting Japanese to the next conaldor making enough or not adept enough. It The Idea of such ameter Australia for the 1056 Olympic world tour and letting the South has to do simply with to the arose during the dinal game of Games In Melbourne..
Americans soo what promising Continental or to Eric Keen-- last season's world batchall He said after the vale "Ning individuata there are and what the remarkable, fact that nobody series when it got so dark that out of 4,000 persons want to let a complete lack of acquaintance ever bothers to get into a huddle, the floodlights had to be switch the Japanese in. I believe in the with the fundamentals of soccer exchange an observation or two ed on:
democratic method. The Japanese exists in a team. like Kitchee, There was an immediate did stay out," Reuter. cussion as to when it was 100 dark" to play baseball without floodlighting and the idea of
and decide that here are the
opposition's weak spots, there
The first the Swedes caught arg
are the ·IRDIO likely ones to ex- YEARS OF WAITING on to carly without particularly plot and we are now going to
trying to
When
Swedish exploit them.
a light motor come into being.
The Basebal
Nov, 27--Sir Edgen kick sent the ball to the wing, it some time between the end Madras, No Commissioner Millington Drake, Chairman of went there with a purpose. If of the match on Saturday and has stated that uniform light in- the Reception Committee of the the wing was clear, the wing the beginning of the match, on fchetty standarda chh be set up 1948 London Olympiad, said | r.rward moved up in line with Sunday the Swedos had ex- and umpire could decide when here today. "Japan's entry for a general sent
worked out a plan. lt/worked
it was necessary for a genie the 1910 Melbourne Olympics to an unlischer or merit it back changed impression and had to be ended or, if decided, arena will be postponed for in- chuplaka lights to be switched one of years, then considere, Thle all sounds too elemen to the tune of 7-1
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