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THE CHINA MAIL.
H.K. VOLUNTEERS WIN
THIRD MATCH.
Narrow Victory Over
Combined League.
CRICKET WEEK'S RECORD.
At the HK.CC. yesterday the II.K. Volunteers defeated a Com- bined League eleven by 8 runs.
Sport Colymus
CHELSEA OUT OF TREVESSA TROPHY ON
ENGLISH CUP.
Handsome Win by Birmingham.
WOLVES
"' DEFEATED.
Taking first use of the wicket the |Hong Kong Volunteers fared poor- ly against the formidable Combined League eleven, who wera in no small way helped by the fact that
Three replays in the English the wicket was not in the best of Cup were decided yesterday. condition. K H. Batger played a Birmingham Journeyed to Chel good innings until when trying to sen and put up a brilliant perform guard his face he gave the wicket-ance, winning by three goals. keeper un easy catch. F. Baker was the only other batsman to offer any resistance, the innings closing
for the low total of 75 runs.. R.
Lee, bowling a steady length, claim.
ed 4 wickets for 20 runs.
2 Sunderland
3
4
Exeter, playing at home, were no match for Sunderland, who won by a couple of goals margin.
West Bromwich Albion visited Wolverhampton, the Intter being ousted by the odd goal in three. The Combined League fared no
Results as cabled by Reuter:-- better at the wicket and only a good
0 Birmingham Chelsea partnership for the last wicket al- lowed them to
pass the half- Exeter century. Going in No. 9, W. 'C. | "Wolves" Hung hit out in fine style in an endeavour to get the few runs re- quired for victory, but when within 8 runs of the total R. Lee stopped in front of a straight one from Baker and the innings closed for 67 runs. Baker returned the fine analysis of 4 wickets for 14 runa in a match in which both sides bat- teil te men.
Scores:-
H.K. Volunteers.
J. E. Richardson, c Ismail, b
Williams
N. A. E. Mackay, e Lim, b R.
Lec
K. H. Batger, e Ismail, b A. T.
Lec
G. C. Burnett, not out
Extras
1 West Brom. West Bromwich Albion will meet Everton In the semi-final on the ground of Manchester United.
Birmingham will meet Sunder land on the ground of Leeds Unit- ed.
SCOTTISH CUP.
Kilmarnock's Easy Win
Over Bo'nesa.
In the Scottish Cup replay Kil- 5 marnock, playing at home, easily vanquished Bo'ness, the wooden-
1 spaonists of the Second Division.
the result being
0
The draw for the semi-finals, to be played on March 14, has re- sulted:-
Kilmarnock v. Celtic
(at Hampden Park, Glasgow). Motherwell v. St. Mirren
22
Kilmarnock 5 Bo'ness
W. H. G. Gonter, c R. Lee, b
Williams
2
H. Owen Hughes, e Lim b R.
Lee
2
A. C. Beck, & Williams, b
Zimmern
8
F. Baker, e Madar, b R. Lee,.
21
H. E. Green, run out
7
(at Ibrox Park, Glasgow).
A. Reid, c Zimmern, b R. Lee
4
0
SCOTTISH LEAGUE.
70
A Scottish League match played at Celtic Park, Glasgow yesterday,
visitors the
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being
0. M.
R.
W. Motherwell. Result:--
5 0 23
2 Celtic
4 Motherwell
1
10.1 4
20
A. T. Lee
B 1 29
1
REVISED TABLE.
Zimmern
3
1 6 I
Anderson
1 1 0
0
Goals.
Celtic
Motherwell
Total
BOWLING ANALYJIJ.
Williams
R. Lee
Combined League.
H. P. Lim (C.C.C.), e Bock, b
Burnett
D. J. N. Anderson (U), Owen
Hughes, b Burnett
A. H. Madar (1.R C.), e Owen
Hughes, b Reid
E. F. Fincher (K.C.C.), b Beck
F. I. Zimmern (K.C.C.), e
Burnett, b Baker
A. T. Lee (C.C.C.), e Mackay.
b Beck
Sig. Williams (R.C.S.), c Reid
b Baker
S. A. Ismail (I.R.C.), © Mackay,
b Baker
R. Lee (0.C.C.) 1.b.w.. b Baker
- Extras ....
BOWLING ANALYSIS.
"
Total
P: W. DL. F. A. Pts. .28 19 63 80 27
44
.30 19 G 5 83 36
44
.30-17
3 10 79 51
32
મ
27
2 Rangers....20, 19 6 6 73 23 43
Icarts
0 Partick
.29 17 9 59 30 Dundee .28 16 3 10 54 45 Humilton .....81 16 a 13 52 44 10 Airdrie. .30 15 4 12
8 Aberdeen...32 13 8 12 63 56
Cowdenbeath 28 12 5 11
St Mirren 28 11 6 11 11 Clyde
.30 12 4 14
Morton ...29 10 5 14
2 Kilmarnock .28 11 2-
Queen's Pk. 29.9 6 14 Tailh
9 Falkirk
00
W. C. Hung (K.C.C.), not out
16
30 7 0 14 41 .28 2 18 68 09 Hibernians .31 7 6 18 30 07 1 AST
.28 8 9 16 35 75
12 East Fife..30 4 1 22 33 09
8
07
0.
B. Te
3
I
6
+ 0 19 1
8 1 20 2 4.5 0
14
4
Burnett
Reid
Beck
Baker
RECORD OF MATCHES.
Played 3 Won 2: Lost 1. .K.C.C. lost by nine wickets,
Volunteers: 273 and 72. K.C.C.: 300 and 43 for 1.
Y. THE ARMY won by one run.
Volunteers: 130.
The Army: 185.
. COMBINED LEAGUE won by
eight runs.
Volunteers: 75.
Combined League: 07.
The Volunteers' scored 556 ruña for the loss of 40 wicketa giving да average of. 19.0 runs per wicket. Opposing elevens, thanks to the K.C.C.'s fine performance scored 561 runs for the loss of 31 wickets returning an average of 17.77 runs per wicket.
SATURDAY'S LEAGUE GAME.
UNIVERSITY V. H.K.CC.-On -University Ground”al. 2 p.m. University:-D., J. · · ́N., Anderson (Captain), A... Baker, L. T. Rids, F.A. Redmond, D. K. Samy, A. B. Bulleman, A. M. Rodrigues, A. T. Nomanbhoy, A. Chan Fook,
G. E. Yeoh, and A. 8. A. Kyum." -
** At a meeting of the Council of
the Hong Kong Fuotball Associa
tion Leld on Februs y 10, Mr.
|MEETING OF COUNCIL OF H.K.F.A.
Semi-Finals of Shield Games to Be Drawn.
A meeting of the Counell of the Hong Kong Footwall Association will be held in the ofices, 4th floor French Bank Building, at 5.30 p.m. on. Tuesday March 10.
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MARCH 24.
Fifteenth Bi-Annual Life-Boat Race.
BIG ENTRY?
We are informed that the 15th bl-annual race for chips' life-bonis will be sailed on Tuesday, March 24. starting at 4 p.m.
Boats are to be at the starting line at 3.30 p.m. to receive their number. flag (which must be hand ed in at the end of the race) and to place themselves under the orders of the starter, who will line tnem
up.
·
Channel
Course. Start from Rocks, thence to Kowloon Rock (F) Mark off Yacht Club (S), Mark Bont off Cust Rock Beacon (P) finish at Yacht Club across line West to East and leaving mark boat to port.
It will be noted that any mer chant ship in port on the date of the race, belonging to owners hav- ing offices in Hong Kong, may enter
number
(with of boats Asiatic crews) provided the regula- tions are complied with.
Any
Ships proposing to enter boats are requested to notify the Hen. Secretary, Royal Hong Kong Yucht Post Club, by noon on March 23. entries will, however, be received.
Our Sports Diary.
LOCAL.
- RACING Saturday Annual Race Meeting, Happy Valley,
March 22-Fanling Hunt Club's Steeplechase. Meeting.
BOXING To-day Tourna- men, City Hall, 9.15 p.m.
FENCING Monday-Fencing Club Meating, Yacht Club, 5.15 p.m.
March 21-Tournament, Yacht Club, 3.30 p.m.
CHESS Tuesday - Kowloon Chess Club Championship.
ATHLETICS-March 9-dara- thon Race, Kowloon, 4.80 p.m.
March 15 and 16-Hong Kong v. Canton Universities.
FOOTBALL-March
14-Eng- liah Cup Semi-Finals; Scottish Cup Semi-Finals.
RUGBY FOOTBALL- March 14-Ireland v. Wales, Belfast.
UNIVERSITY BOAT RACE.
Crews. Selected for March 21.
ETON PREDOMINANCE.
London, Feb. 18. The crews to represent Oxford and Cambridge in the annual boat race, which is to be rowed On March 21, have been selected as follow:-
⚫ Oxford.
st. lbs. D. E,Tinne (Eton and University College) bow .......
G. M. L. Smith (Win-
chester and Brasenose) 12 R. A. J. Poole (Eton and
Brosenose)
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THURSDAY, MARCH 5, 1931.
FRENCH RUGBY CASUALTIES.
Commission to End Alleged Brutality.
EX-CAPTAIN'S OPINION.
Since October 1930 there Rugby players have been killed in France and nearly thirty have lost their lives ainge, the war.
DEMPSEY EAGER FOR
A “COME BACK.”
Desirous of Meeting Carnera.
£100,000 ASKED.
Jack Dempsey is ready to enter, the ring again, and he is, more. over, quite prepared to meet Car
nera if he can make £100,000 out of the contest.
As a result of the increase in the number of casualties a sporting Bill Duffy, who is perhaps the commission of five members has "Mannasa. Mauler's closest friend, been organised, with widespread and who is the one man in the powers to end alleged brutality. At boxing world to-day who really the same time rapid action on the knows what is going on in Demp- part of the Rugby Federation lesey's mind, states that Dempsey demanded by all sports followers. will almost certainly fight again
Fernand Forgeus, who is one of this Summer.
the best Rugby players in France, Duffy anys that Dempsey is and formerly captained the French ready and carer for another international team, Ceciares!"The "come-back." "He only wants one sport has become too brutal. My fight," he said. "I have talked it con will never play Rugby."
over often with him, and if old In spite of all this, Rugby has Tax Rickard were only alive Jack made rapid, strides in France, and would go back into training again in the South it is the most popular to-day. He is 35, but I can't be sport at the present time.
lieve he is through yet."
The one man Dempacy wants to meet is Carners, and Duffy is one
INTERNATIONAL ICE of the guiding hands behind tho
HOCKEY.
Canada and U.S.A. in the Final.
TWO OUTSIDERS,
Krynica (Galicia), Feb, 7. Canada and the U.S.A., the only two non-European countries playing in the world's ice hockey champion- ships, will meet here in the final to-morrow.
Italian's offorts to make headway in America. Duffy, however, hus such faith in his old friend that he is quite willing to choose Dempsey in preference to the Ita lian.
"Jack," said Duffy, "is the one man who has a chance now of beating Carnera. Within a yea” nobody will be able to beat the Italian. It would be the greatest fight in history, greater even than the Dempsey-Firpo battle.
It could not be staged in June," continued Dempsey's friend, "as I to anything agree that would be likely to injure the
To-day Canada beat Austria by would never eight goals to, nil.
noon.
The United States, however, had Stribling-Schmeling match. "Car- a much harder task to defeat Po-nera has signed to meet the win- land by a goal to nil this after-ner of that bout in September,, but It might be possible to awitch things round and make a Demp sey-Carnera bout a show of shows in September, probably at the new stadium in Jeraay City. fight were staged there it would draw at least £400,000."
Duffy said that Dempsey would require guarantee of about £80,000 before. he stepped into the ring.
BRITISH NAVY'S FINE RECOVERY.
Soccer International
Tientsin.
CHINESE HELD.
in
1
If the
A now promoter has recently taken the field in Illinois. He is
In the Tientsin annual inter-William. B. Saxe, a young lawyer, national football competition, the and he is rumoured to be mapping British Navy drew with the Chin- out a programme the like of which ese, each team scoring five goals, even Rickard never visualised. writes the North China Daily News. At the end of the first half, the Chinese led by two goals
to nil.
In the second half, both teams went ahead in scoring and in the middle of the half the total was in favour of the Chinese at 1-3. Then It went to 5-4 and, with only two minutes to go, the Navy forced their way up and shot belated goal to tie the score.
2
It is Saxe who will be behind the Schmeling-Stribling bout, prob- ably in Chicago, and he will also
be behind the bout which Carnera will have with the winner in Sep- tember. He also has a year's op- tion on the survivor of the latter
battle.
CARLTON AN AMATEUR,
Wellington, N.Z., Feb. 29. It was reported that the Chinese The Australian "wonder sprinter," made a splendid showing. There | J. A. Carlton, declares that he will* was a big crowd present to watch not turn professional. the exciting tussle.
·ANNUAL RACES.
FOUR DAYS' ANALYSIS.
Winning Jockeys.
12 7
32
Y. S. Chang
Quincey
Hill 41⁄2 Frost
C. M. Johnston (Shrews-
bury and Brasenose). 12 10
J. F. Platte-Mills' (Nelson Coll. New Zealand and Balliol)
L. Clive (Eton and Christ
Church)....
The following business wil bew. D. C. Erskine-Crum
discussed.
To confirm the minutes of Council Meeting No. 8 and Emergency Committea meeting
No. 12,
Accounts.
Correspondence.
To draw the Shield Semi-finale and arrange for the Finals.
• To arrange the Sunday Herald Cup Final, diz
Any other, business that may arlae.
FANLING HUNT FIXTURES.
List of Meets for March.
Hounds will meet as follows Thursday, March 5,3.15 p.m.-- Kennels, Abys day,
Sunday, March 8, 3.15 pm-Sheung Shul Police Station
The Hunters Arma
Wednesday, March 11, 3.15 pm-
Ormiston proposed and Mr Sunday, March 15, 3.15 p.m. Goldenburg seconded "That the ap- Potts-Bungalow. pilcation of LA Wai-tong to registerWednesday, March 18, 3.15
for South China Athletic Associa
The Kennel
Wednesday, March 25, 3.15 p. tion should be accepted." The Dills Corner
motion was carried.
Hra Ormiston and Mr. Dudean
addressed the meating,
and
MICKEY WALKER DIVORCED.
It was agreed that
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Clark
Heard
Sokolof
T. L. Wong 22 T. Y. Tang
Tote-Hunt
C. Pih
H. C.
G. U. da Roza Proulx
Backhouse
13 3
... 12
5
S. N. Pan
(Eton and Christ Church)
Stanton Bramwell
C. F. Martineau (Karow and University Cal-
A. A. R. Botelho lege) stroke
11 7
Soares The cox has not yet been ap. Charles pointed, although J. L. Lutwyche Lobel (Radley and Magdalen, 8 st.
1⁄2 lbs.) has been çox to the above crew in its practices.
Cambridge.
My ambition is to emulate the grent Bob Fitzsimmons win three titles and hold them all.
I am junior welter-weight champion now I want the welter and light- weight titles, too-Jack (Kid)
1st 2nd 3rd Berg..
One dead beat.
Winning Owners.
Z 1
0*
0 1
A
1st 2nd Bed
st.
Iba,
L Dunbar Dynasty
; 8 4
0.8*
Hall Shonton
0
C. M. Fletcher (Elon and
Third Trinity) bow.. 12 W. A. Prideaux (Eton
and: Third Trinity) ... 12 R. H. H. Symonds (Bed-
ford and Lady Mar garet)
Chan Tin-son
1
8
2
Mrs. Dunbar
3
Mackle & Grayburn
87
4
Ho Kom-tong
John
Chau & Chau
0
HL, R. N. Rickett (Eton
and Third Trinity) 125
P. N. Carpmael (Oundle
and Jesus
G.
FRI
LT..F. Widdecombe Proulx & Sling W. T. Stanton
Strut & Lobel
13
4
Parkson Chan
L
Reidy Wong
& Tang
Gray (Bolton · and Queen's)
... 13:3 C. J. S. Sergel (Monkton
Combe and Clare)... 12
T. A. Brocklebank (Eton ̈¦andi. Third Trinity).
stroke
Heard A. IL Carroll X.-H. Kay Fung
& Tang AA.E. Botelho Eve Lewis & Tinson Aitch Altch Cocktail Kong Broa Brocklebank, Prideaux, and Toeg & Priestley Rickett of Cambridge. and John R. M. Austa
Lt. Col. M. H. Legan. stop, Clive, Tinney and Martineau Happy
J. M. Ranking (Chelten
ham and Pembroke)
COX
0
of Oxford, rowed in last year's Tang Man-wab.
curious coincidence D. Wilson
Artik that neither of last year's bows & Do Haig Thomas (Cambridge) and wong Ping Waterhouse
though DB valaber, gets tāls place, this, years
BOXING
A
THEATRE ROYAL
TO-NIGHT
AT 9.15.
MAIN EVENT
15 Rounds, Contest for
Middleweight Championship of
the Colony and Belt
Between
JOCK CRICHTON, SHANGHAI
Welter Weight Champion of the Colony.
and
A. B. EWIN,
H.M.S. KENT.:
Middle Weight Champion of the Colony
Imperial. Services Middleweight Champion 1926 and 1028.
**Booking at Moqtrie's—
For Members of the Hong Kong Boxing · Association. oa MONDAY and TUESDAY, March 2, and 3.
General Publicz WEDNESDAY and THURSDAY, March 4 and 5.
RINGSIDE SEATS $5.50. OTHERS $3.30 und $1.10. 27 INCLUDING TAX
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