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MISS ENID WILSON'S SUCCESS.

Regains Championship of Britain.

HER GREAT YEAR.

London, October 3.

At Aldeburgh to-day in the final of the British women's close championship, Miss Enid Wilson, the well-known Nottingham player, beat Mrs. Porter, 12 up and 11 to play..

It has been great year for Miss Wilson, for she has done well in every national tournament she has played in.

Sport Columns

RUGBY FOOTBALL.

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WHY COLONIALS BEAT TOURISTS.

STRONGER FORWARDS.

Our Sports Diary

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LOCAL.

Hockey

Hockey -To-day- Club V. Punjabis, Marine Ground, 5.16 p.m.: University ·

Club de Recreio (mixed 'teams), 5.15 pm,

Friday Radio Sports Club v, H. K. and S. Brigade, Marina Ground, 5. p.m.

Lawn Bowls To-day- Open Championship semi-final Omar v. Luz, C.S.C.C. Ground, 4.30 p.m.

Golf To-day Meeting, Ladies Section, HK.G.C.

November 2-Opening of "New Course," Fanling.

Rugby Football Today Club v. Tamar, 5.30 p.m. October 29 Third Trial Match, Happy Valley.

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 22, 1930..

"LAWN TENNIS

INNOVATION.

U.S.R.C. Hold Ladies' Open Doubles. CHAMPIONSHIP ENTERPRISE.

Hong Kong in the past has held Open Men's Singles, Open Ladies' Singles and Open Mixed Doubles Championships but the question of an Open Ladies' Doubles Championship has ever remain- ed In -the

At background. last the United Services Recrea tion Club have taken the initin- tive and in the near future we Ladies' to

Ореп see 11 ure Doubles Championship.

Tennis among the fair sex of this Colohy ja popular, to say the least, but the innovation

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JOCKEY CLUB.

DRAW FOR SUBSCRIPTION GRIFFINS TO-DAY.

The draw for the Subscription Grins will take place at the Jockey Club Stables, Causeway Bay, to-day at 6 p.m.

HOCKEY.

MIXED GAME FOR TO-DAY.

Mixed teams of men and women hockey players, representing the Chib de Recreio and University, will meet to-day at 5.15 p.m. on the University ground. The teams

Recreio: Misses M. Alves,

C.

of - Silva-Netto, E. Xavier,

other tournament will popularise the game to a greater extent) and we have to congratulate the their initial enter- U.S.R.C. on prise.

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Official Support. The tournament will be held of the Lawn under the auspices Com-Tennis Association. With the ex-

Football To-day "B" Company, Argylls v. "C" pany, S.L.I., at Chatham Road. H.Q: Company, S.L.1. v. 31st Battery, K.A., at Happy Valley: To-morrow-R.A.0.C. v. "D" Company, Argylls, at Sookun poo. 20th Battery, R.A.. v. 12th Battery, R.A., at Chatham Rond.

The British Rugby side in a three months' tour of New Zea

and had a fine record-15 matches won out of: 21,and their play was better than that of any other visiting team in New Zealand In this generation, writes a New to the In the unofficial international Zealand

correspondent match at Sunningdale she helped Manchester Guardian. It is true Great Britain to victory, hy win that the side lost three out of the ning her singles match against roar Tests, and were beaten by Miss Virginia van Wie, and then, the three strongest provinces- in partnership with Miss Gourlay, Wellington, Canterbury, and Auck- the critics vanquishing the famous Miss and--but nearly all

backs indivi- Glenna Collett and Miss Bennett 4ecognise that the and 3 in the foursomes.

dually were better than any they Next came the women's open, met, and that had W. H.. Sobey which, but for bad luck, she might

been injured in the first After have won.

playing match so that He was unable to sparkling golf, she reached the play again his combination with semi-final by beating Miss Helen Spong might have made all the Hicks ("Hard-hitting Helen") 5

difference ip the critical games of ali

It is freely admitted and 4, and the luck went

the series. against her in the penultimate that Spong is the best what we round in which she met Miss Glenna Collett. On two occasionsall five-eighth seen in this coun- of the original All forerunners she was within an ace of victory, try slice the palmy days of the and each time her luck was out Blacks. Morley, Aarvold, Bowcott, and she lost on the last green. It will be recalled Miss Diana Fish-Novis, and Reeve are all rather wick beat the Camous American better than anything we have in the three-quarter, line, particnlar- Miss Fishwick Indy in the final.

Chinese was better could not take part in the closely as to pace, whilst Bassett in

All the Test matches championship this year owing to

thun Nepin at full-back. indisposition.

Two Main Reasons. How then was it that Britain out of the and the big provincial games? There are two main rea- sons. First, the British forwarda The 12 and 1 wir equals the record for the competition, Migs as a pack were unequal to the Joyce Wethered beating Mrs. Mud-New Zealanders, especially in the ford by a similar margin in 1921luter Tests. In the line-outs they I were beaten, and in the set scrums Previous winners are as

they did not seem to push their that the. weight, with the result New Zealand two-three-two serum" bent the British three-two-three in getting the hall. Close obsery- ers considered that only six of

Splendid Career,

Miss Wilson won the competition did not come better in 1928: Last year she was beaten

Tests in a sensational match by Mrs. Sturgess-Wells.

lows:-

1912 Miss M. Gardiner. .1913 Mrs. F. W. Brown.

1014 Miss C. Leitch. 1915-18 No contests. 1919 Miss C. Leitch.

1926

Miss D. R. Fowler.

1926

Miss M. Gourlay.

fol-

1920-24 Miss Joyce Wethered the British eight were really push-

Mrs. H. Guedalla. 1927 1928 Miss Enid Wilson. 1929Miss M. Gourlay. The competition was established in 1912.

NOVEL GOLF CARD.

SYSTEM EMPHASISING PUTTING IMPORTANCE.

FIRST GAME AT LEEDS.

ing against the Dominion's solid seven, the others were rovers, or what we call wing-forwards, ready to break away at once, and there- their fore not concentrating weight with their fellows. The British forwards did not play in the style which still survives in South Africa and which forced

New Zealanders to vary their

re-

scrum formation during the

and cent tour of South Africa, proved such a formidable obstacle when the Springboks were tour- ing New Zealand in 1921. Backs

the

A famous British professional are usually powerless behind a has invented a new score card. It besten scrum, and that was the is called the Dual," and when it is fate of the British backs in the employed it allows the players to Inter Tests of this tour. The New The Zealand forwards gradually im- take part in two matches. card, in the main is of the ordin- proved after the first Test,

outer only one, in which they were ary kind, but the two columns are solely to record the beaten, and at Wellington in the final big match they dominated number of putts taken. This is a most cellent idea, and it should the game. Behind an old English do more than anything else that pack of the hard-scrumming, hard- has yet been discovered to recall dribbling type, the British backs to the minde of British golfers would have been invincible. As it that sinking the ball on the greens was they were rather let down.

Spolling 'Play. is at least of the same importance

The second reason why the Bri-

as getting it sweetly and lengthily off the tees. The Americans usual-tish team failed to justify them- ly beat us because their putting is selves in the big games was the 30 very much better than ours, but presence of veteran tacticiana in New Zealand said-Clift I have no hesitation in saying that the

Compston's Putting.

Friday "A" Company, Ar- gylis, v. "A" Company, S.L.I.. at Chatham Road.

V.

Saturday-First Division, R.A.: Club.v. Argylls; Police v. St. Joseph's; Kowloon v. Recreio; Second Division. Royal Artillery v. Recreio; Navy: Chinese South China v. University; St. Joseph's v. Club; Argylls v. Somersets: Kowloon V. Eastern; Third Division, R.A.S.C. v. Somerseta; Royal Engineers v. Fukien; South China v. R.A.0.C.; Chinese v. Royal Air Forca.

Plag Pong-To-day-Junior League. Filipino Club v. Hin Club): Hip Wah A.A. v. Hip Kun School (Chinese Catholic Keung A.A. (South China); Fuklen A.A. v. Ho Hong Bunk (Chinese Catholic Club).

To-morrow Men's Cham- pionship, Wong Tung-hol v. Chang Sum-chuén, (Kowloon Chinese Y.3.C.A.); Siu Sul- ching v. Lai Pui-lam (Kowloon Chinese Y.M.C.A.)

League,

Friday Junior South China v. L.R.C. (Chinese Catholic Club); Nam Chung v. Wah Ying Club (Chinese Ca- tholic Club); Ho Hong Bank v. Nam Mo A.A, (Enstern A.A.); Fuklen A.A. v. Commercial Press (Fukien A.A.).

Cham- Saturday Men's pionship, Cheng Kwok-wing v.. (Kowloon Leung Liu-chuen Chinese Y.M.C.A.); Lee Koon- lau v. Lam Ka-huen (Kowloon Chinese Y.M.C.A.).

Sunday. Junior League, Chinese Catholic Club v. Kang- to School (Kangto School).

League. Monday-Junior

Hin Kun School v. Hop, Choc Club (Kangto School); Hip Wah A.A. v. Chinese A.A. (Chinese Catholic Club); Fili pino Club v. Hip Keung A.A. (Chinese Catholic Club).

Yachting Saturday-Mena- gerie Race.

November

Cruise.

1-Opening

November 8-First Cham- pionship Race.

HOME.

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Racing-October 29-Cam- bridgeshire

Stakes, New- market.

FootballSaturday--Scot- land v. Wales, Ibrox Park, Glasgow.

November 22→→ Wales England.

the short game of most British Porter and Mark Nicholls, who, professionala is quite as good as sizing up the strength and weak- that of the leading Americans, ness of their opponents, laid their Bobby Jones, the almost undefeat Plans accordingly. They realised British backs outpaced ablo amateur, included, writes that the

their own, and that if the ball Trevor Wignall.

reached the three-quarters there. The first game with this novel was no knowing where it would land score card was played at Moor with the British system of close So they struck at Allerton, Leeds, between Archie backing up.

I the hinge in the attack, and Spong Compston and Henry Cotton.

the first Test was never was shown the returns and thoj after first thing made clear was that given much chance of getting the eard ought to be immensely way with the ball. The tactica popular by this time next year. of "spoiling" Spong were legitim- The par for the Leeds course la ate, within the rules of the game, 72, and Compston, apparently but they roused considerable

His animosity against Porter. rather off form, 'took 81. putting score, however, was 40, British team' should have devised which included a one, twelve two's, new tactics to meet the emer and five three's. On the outward geney, but orthodoxy persisted, half he was never above two. He end the whirlwind attack of the had seventeen putts going out and British backs, so dazzlingly effec- twenty-three on the return. The tunl in the first half of the tour, out In vain against arranged putting par was thirty beat itself six, or two at each hole, so that men who knew what to expect. when he finished he was four over. And in return the New Zealand- That must have given him some-ers skilfully developed their own methods of attack with success, thing to think about

Putting Championships, and we saw the concerted move- Cotton's full. acore was 71, but ment within striking distance, bie putting score was only 34, the sudden sharp. thrust at close football. With the radio broad- which made him two under two's quarters, often of the blind side.cast going strongly nearly 'overy- He had five one's, eleyen two's, one and once or twice that loveliest body in New Zealand has, more three, and one four. His putts for phenomenon of all Rugbythe or leas, been at the games. the first nine were eighteen, and dropped goul..GA for the homeward half sixteen.

Financial Success..

posed to be in the economic dol- The drums. Crowds of over 40,000 witnessed the Test matches at Auckland and Wellington, and there were three other "gatea" of

The 20,000 or thereabouts, easily re- for New Zealand. cords

are never purely crowds there Iceal; people come from all quar ters to see the games in the vari ous centres and often stay aday or two, so that one would not be far wrong in saying that at least $500,000 has been spent this sea- Bon on seeing the British play

CLUB TEAM VERSUS H.M.S. TAMAR.

The following will represent a Club "A". XV. v. H.M.S. Tamar to-day at. 5.10 p.m..

Yet after getting three consect Financially the tour has been tive singles he needed four puttaen unparallelled success. Exact at the Sfteenth And here is the figares are not available yet, but point to remember. Thirty-four it would be a fair estimate to of his seventy-one strokes were say that over 260,000 have paid made on the greens That left to see the British team play in Backs, 8, J. H. Fex; Three-quarters, thirty-naven for the tees and fair different parts of New Zealand, M. Johnson, M. G. Mills, J. B. Lee, ways. If this new card, which is and the gross receipts must be AR. S. Major: Half-backs, I. B. M. to be welcomed, makes headway, well over £50,000, almost twice Macredy FC Black; Ferwards, W. E. Leckle (Capt.), E. G. Dale, It will not be long before we have the amount for the Springbok tour Cochrane, Watson, R. D. Besamont, line for a country with SDX Cippendale, B. L Stock, Kerr, potting matches and even putting and a

of 1500,000 and sup- Refereer Mr. G, F. Hees. championships.

ception of the semi-finals and final, the earlier rounds may be played on any grass court, the choice resting with the first nam- ed pair in each bracket. The final stages of the tournament will he courts of the played off on the U.S.R.C. It is hoped that the final will be played by Christmas.

Dunlop balls will be provided in the setdi-finals and final, but in the earlier rounds competitors will have to supply their own. The matches will be the best of be three sets. Should a match uncompleted, the players will con- tinue play. from where it was dis- continuert

Success Anticipated.

19 to

Any questions or disputes will be decided by the Tennis Sub- Committee of the U.S.R.C. whose decision will be final, This Com- mittee, in the event of fewer than ten entries received, will also exercise their discretion whether the Championship should proceed or not. But this emer- gency we hope, will not arise, and we feel sure that our lady play. ers will endeavour to make, what to them will be very advantage- of it in its ous, a great success year of birth.

Entries. accompanied by trance fees, should be sent to Pay-

S. S. Commander

C. master Parsons, H.M.S: Tamar, on or be- fore Tuesday, November 4. Other items of interest will be announc- ed with the draw.

'VARSITY INTER-FACULTY

MATCH.

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The following will be the teams i the University Inter-Faculty Arts and Medicals to-day at 4.30 p.m

Arts. Mr. Chung Hok-nang (CRP- tain), Pref. L. Forster, Messrs. Chew Yean-fook, D. J. N. Anderson, Choa Wing-ki and Lee Ian-plit

(Cap- Medicals. Mr. T. K. Lien tain), Dr. D. K. Samy, Messrs. G. de Souza, Khoo Fun-yong, Kho Pek-po, Land Yeoh Guan-Eng.

Phil Scott is reported to have explained his defeat by Stribling on the ground that he "lost his breath." The moral seems plain. He should save his breath in future, especially when he is ex- plaining this defeat.-News and Chronicle.

Boch, M. Remetins, and A, Alves and Mesers. H. Naronha, F. X. V. Ribeiro (Captain), D. Atves, and A. Era da Silva.

University:-Misses D. Basto, K. TA, G. Ho Tang, A. Woods, P. C. Kwok. R. Perry and T. Taukasak! and Messrs. H. E. M. Adoras, and R. E. G. Leong, W. A. James 0. de Souza (Captain).

Radio Sports Club. The following will represent the Radio Sports Club in a hockey match against the HK. & S. Bri- the Marina ground on Friday at 5 p.m. sharp:- rade on

Surjin Singh, Rattan Singh, J. S. Grewal, A. E. P. Guest, M. S. Grewal, W. Ayork, M. H. Hassan, Gurbachan

Awtar Singh,

Sligh (Captain), Kalwant Singh and Mr. F. A. Kemp,

Reserves: Au Kam-moon Karnail Singh..

CRICKET.

GARRISON

v. CLUB ON SATURDAY.

and

The following have been select- ed to represent the Garrison in a tricket match against Hong Kong

on the Club: C.C. to be played ground on Saturday at 2 p.m.:-

Lieut. A. M. Anstruther, Lieut. Christian, Corporal W. T. Davies, Lieut. R. Dewar-Durie, Capt. E. G Etherington, Lient. J. MacFarlane, Capt. R. Molr, Lieut. A. Musson, Capt. R. Reynolds, Capt. N. Thorp (Captain), and Lleut. J. G. Wolfe- -Barry,

WHIST.

An enjoyable Whist Drive was St. Patrick's Club last held in night, eighteen tables being filled.

Prize-winners were:-- Mr. E. A. Smith was M.C.

Ladies: Mrs. Elkins 1; Mrs. Locke A

Highest score. In first half:-Mra Smith,

Highest store in second halt:—Miss Smith.

Men-Mr. Rocha 1; Mr. Hirman, 2. Highest score in first half: Mr. Nod.

Highest score in second half:-Mr. M. E. Remedies,

It is not the Australian way to take their cricket or any part of it lightheartedly. They are very serious about it, and, apart from the determination which they die- played on the field, they study the theory and tactics equally careful- ly off the field.-P. G. H. Fender.

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The game (cricket) is also uf doubtedly threatened by the dis- from appearance of the amateur

No game is in firat-class cricket. a sound state when it is played only. by professionals.-Dean Inge.

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