1933-04-20 — Page 9

THURSDAY, APRIL 20, 1933

THE CHINA MAIL

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HONGKONG WIN CRICKET SOCCER & TENNIS AGAINST SWATOW

SWATOW ANNEX ALL

INDOOR GAMES

RICKETTS FAILS TO COME OFF ON MATTING

OWEN HUGHES & GARTHWAITE BOWL UNCHANGED IN TOTAL OF 49

COLONY'S GOOD TENNIS RECOVERY.

"DUCKITT, "at inside right, open- ed the scoring, and in, the second half GARTHWAITE, who played at inside left, and OWEN HUGHES added further goals. Owen Hughes scored his point from the spot" for a hands infringement in the [penalty area.

Williams and Marton proved two

very reliable backs, both being responsible for the breaking up of

S. CHINA MAY REMAINING

TOUR

many movements by the Swatow forwards we centre hair, a

Robertson, at

Proposal To Visit Shanghai,

MAY PLAY TIENTSIN-

FOOTBALL

FIXTURES

Postponed Games To Be Decided.

CLOSING DAY: MAY 17

"Rapier's High Opinion Of De Minimis

I was little surprised to see the IDE E MINIMIS, though a pony of only

betting figures at the conclusion of 13.2 hands, is the natural succes

the second Mongolian Stakes on Monsor of Racing Boy, the champion 1982

day. The pubile ppeared

hin

day The Tubs Petre content tub. He has had only two outings to ultimate defeat by Gay Butter mon, Warrington and Golden Dragon fy. On Monday he was hot favourite to name the three best of the first

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on him, as against batch of subs. None of these threa 811.

difference and backers of Mesara extra raca meeting last year, had re-

A proposal to send THE League soccer programme, South China Ama-Thaving been delayed to the mat were, however, the two outstand: teur Athletic Associa-tent of several weeks by the con, his splendid start in the Valley nd impressive than those of King Sal ing players Owen Hughes ex-

tinual postponement of games, has tion football team to perienced bad luck on two oc-

now definitely been fixed to teance' icke The extra furlong could hold a candle to Racing Boy. casions when playing centre for Shanghai during the minate by May 17, and the Asso- ward. One rasping drive nearly middle of May has met ciation have notified the various of the Valley's distance made a light who, at the conclusion of the fourth caught Humphreys unawares, and. it was all that the latter could do with approval, and the thus with outstanding games that Tester and Abraham's entrant were gistered oix, wins and two thirds they are to arrange to play off fortunate to receive $8,20 for a place. Below are given the positiona to save his charge at the expense subject will come up for their fixtures during the mid-week-

the leading 3953 subscription griffins. MINIMIS, winner of the ascond ge list of outstanding games against hard

pressed by Vigilance

at Warrington the Anish, but he proved FIRST DIVISION:—

good winner by ma short head De Minimia Athletic, to play, Recreio, Police, like this pony and it is going

Kowloon, Club (2), South to take a good pony to lower his 100 g matem China (2), Navy (2),

per cent, record over any distance up Her to_a Mile.

Firing Boy Recreo, to play, Athletic and Bor- This is how. Do Minimis fared a single

against the first batch of subs this Iron Grey derers.

of a corner. On another occasion

Golden Dragon

(By Referee.)

Owen Hughes hit the cross bar discussion at a meeting The following is the complete wong Nei Chong Stakes, was King Salmon THE Hong Kong Cricket Club team, which visited with Humphreys well out of posi convened for the first First and Third Division Clubs.

Swatow during Easter under the captaincy of tion.

Ricketts, who played in goal for week in May. Harry Owen Hughes, the Interport cricketer, won oxford against Cambridge at It is also proposed, pro- three of the four outdoor games, but lost all three Stamford Bridge in 1930, played at viding that there is suf- indoor sports encounters.

then relieved Humphreys between ficient time, to further

the trip to Tientsin.

The following were the results :--

Hockey--Hong Kong 2 Swatow 2. Cricket-Hong Kong won by 113 runs. Tennis-Hong Kong won by 4 to 2. Football-Hong Kong won by 3 to 0. Billiards-Swatow won

Snooker Swatow won.

Bridge Swatow won.

inside left in the first half, and

the sticks.

Indoor Sports Defeats. Swatow proved vastly superior

to the Colony players in the indoor BIG SOCCER

games. They won the billiards. snooker, and bridge matches. The

ping pong encounter was not play-

ed.

PROGRAMME

PROMISED

Tor

Partnership

Goat

Armstrong did remarkably well. Thirteen Encounters Kowloon, to play, Police, Athletic O sro now, aha. The Panther cer- vigilance

Over Week-End.

to hold Chapman to 150-115 in)

the billiards encounter, the latter's

The team left Hong Kong on Good Friday by the Halching and best breaks being 29, 31 and a win- returned on Tuesday morning by the Svale.

were

win.

OWING

of

Borderers, to play. St. Joseph's, rear, and last year's batch:

Nei Chong ( Mile) Wong ' Recrelo, Navy, Lincolns, 1989 Buchanan and Much Ado 0.50.0 Gay Butterfly

Police (2).

1988 The Gost

6.59.2 National Day

• 1.00.1 Artillery, to play, Kowloon and St. 1988 De Minimis

Black Rock Mongolian Stakes (7 farlonga) Joseph's.

1932 Bistro

L49.Swali 1.52.3 South China, to play, Police, Lin-1888 Black Rock colns, Athletic (2), St. 1988 De Minimis

1.48.4White Butterfly (2) and the Navy.

The Panther the sube, Duplex sadly, die-

and Artillery.

tainly did not run with the sama Philterer St. Joseph's, to play, Borderers, rhythm that he displayed during No Fear Artillery, Club, Lincolns, |training gallops. I am not very op- Gold Box

timistic regarding Mesma. Tester and Duplex Police and South China (2). Abraham's pony, but a lot may hap- Black Velvet Police, to play, St. Joseph's, Ath-jpen before he is next seen out in ́a]"Melody

letic, South Chine, Borderers pony, and his form at the Easter have raced

Gay Butterly looks kely

panter (2), and Kowloon.

Mecting gives reason to believe that

Land Athletic (2).

the limelight this season, more 65-'

JESSES. Bellamy and Gordon havs outstanding candidate in South China and Athletic (2)-pectations, and I believe he would be morning of the second Wong Net

batch who

Bing break of 41. But that was SOUTH CHINA' SHOULD WIN the nearest Hong Kong got to a.

WING to a very large list of A

FTER leading by an early goal when he was well caught by Garth-

The following made the trip-to Swatow

fortunate to waite off Owen Hughes, the skip Swatow:-H. Owen Hughes (cap- postponed games, this ́ week- hold the Colony players to a drawn per of the Colony side. Humphreys tain), H. J. Armstrong, O. E. C. ead's football programme is a very Club, to play, St. Joseph's Lincolns this sub. 1 going to be very much in game of two goals-all in the hockey was the only other batsman Marton, G. C. Moutrie, L. G. large one, there being five First game on Saturday afternoon. offer any opposition to 'Garthwaite Robertson, G. Stewart, R. Swan, M. Division, two Second Division Navy, to play. Borderers, Lincolns, pecially so in the second half.

Vigilance did not come up to my ex-Plentimron. Unfortunatelly on the Swatow were the frat to show signs of aggressiveness, and were changed for 5 for 19 and 5 for 17 williams, E. R. Duckitt and Capt. 18mes and six Third, Division Lincolns, to play, St. Joseph's, Bor-all the better for a little more strenu-Chong_Stakes the pony was rewarded after 10 minutes play by

a good goal from PARSONS. Be- fore half time, however, SWAN) equalised for the Club.

were

The Colony players superior in the second half, and OWEN HUGHES placed them ahead with a Inst rising shot. Swatow, however, equalised through PARSONS, who scored. the best goal of the match. The game ended with both teams diriv-j ing desperately hard for the win- ning goal.

It was a very fast and clean encounter, Waring and Robert- son (in the half back line)

being the outstanding players in the visitors" eleven. Ricketts and Bathurst were minent in the Swatow aide.

and Owen Hughes, who bowled un Waring, C. C. Garthwaite, Capt. P.

respectively.

Owen Hughes nearly record.

ed the "hat trick" when he dismissed Parsons and Wood- ing with successive balls, but Ricketts managed to stop the third ball, only to be sent back later by the same bowler for a "duck." Owen Hughes bowled extremely well, and showed a very welcome return to form,

Colony Tennis Wia.

D. K. Patterson.

Mrs. Williams, H. E. Stone and T. A. Mitchell also accompanied

-

the team.

The Cricket Match.

HONG KONG E. R. Duckitt, b Humphreya 11. J. Armstrong, st. Wooding,

Robinson

P. Williams, b Bathurst

C. C. Garthwaite, c Watkinson, b

Humphreys

G. A. Blewart, e Wooding, b Hum-

phreys

After losing both singles II. Owen Hughes (capt.), 1.b.w., matches the Club made a splendid Ricketts recovery to win the lawn tennis by 0. E. C. Martin, st. Wooding, b

Ricketts

4 matches to 2 on Monday moru. Waring, b Bathurst Ing.

C. G. Moutrio, b Bathurst Ricketts, who has played for L G. Robertson, not out Hampshire in the County Cham-R. Swan, b Robinson ...... pro-pionships, defeated Armstrong 6-3,

Extras (B.7,"W.B.1)

G-3 on

the Swatow Club's grass}" court, and Bathurst followed his in captain's good example by defeat-| senting Owen Hughes by the вате on scores on the Customs concrete

Hong Kong Sent In To Bat. Ricketts showed confidence his bowling talent when he Hong Kong in to bat the matting wicket after winning court. the toss, but good batting by Duckitt, the Club's opening bats- man, and Williams and Garth-| waite, two Army players, retrieved a disastrous start and enabled the Club to total 162 on Sunday, after the morning service.

Swalow made a gallant, but unavailing effort to share the apolls when Ricketts and Wooding took the first set off Armstrong and Marton.

Total

SWATOW Garthwaite,. b. Owen Parsons,

Hughes Fletcher, h Garthwaite Wooding, e Moutrie b Owen

Hughes

G. R. M. Ricketts (empt.), [.b.w..

b Owen Hughes Bathurst, Garthwaite Robinson, b Owen Hughes Humphreys, b Garthwaite Kaye Garthwaite, b

Hughes...

The Colony pair, however, won the next two sets with comparative T King, not out ease by good placements and as Ramaty, b Garthwaite the result of a steady display: Watkinson, Garthwalle

Colony Soccer Victory.

The Hong Kong players took

Extras (B12 L.B.I)

Total

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9.10 17 18 18 10 20 30 45 49 49-49

0. M., B.

Bowling Analysis

Ricketts, who was expected to be the most dangerous of the Swatow bowlers, was not seen at his best, though the local batsmen were allowed to take no liberties with his good length deliveries. Hum some time to settle down in the Fall of the wickets: phreys and Bathurst proved the soccer match on Monday afternoon, best of the bowlers, though I can-but, they definitely proved their not give their figures owing to the superiority to win by three clear fact that the scorer did not attach goals after being a goal up at the sufficient significance to the match, conclusion of the first half.

One of the features of the inn- Inga was the fine keeping of Wood- ing. In addition to stumping Armstrong in the first over, and catchlag Stowart and stumping Marton, he allowed only seven byes] in the total of 162, ma

Williams, who played for Sussex · nearly 15 years ngo, played the best innings of the match. In stylish knock, which produced $2 runs. He hit five boundaries, and was bowled when attempting to hit

Duckitt compiled 45 in charac-

Garihwaite Owen Hughes.

Borderers Secure Three

games down for decision.

It is essential that these games be played off as the Association have given

"one month's notice" to the majority of Clubs with out- standing games to play off their fixtures before May 17.

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0 There is little to choose between

32 the four First Division games which are down for decision од Saturday.

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Boen. to

derers, South China, Club and ous training. National Day is another be sufering from swollen tendon.

pony in the same category.

He was to have been ridden by Mr. the Navy.

No Fear and Melody are two other D. Black... THIRD DIVISION

Hikely winners, though I am inclined The pany is definitely good, and, Borderers, to play, St. Joseph's and to think that they are not in thead He started in the Valleys, he would

the Radio, A

Bame class

as the above mentioned, not have been far away from winning.

weights they are starting at

Signals, to play, South China, but it would be as well to watch the Watch him the first Ume he comes

University (2) and Radio.

St. Joseph's to play, Borderers,

R.A.F. (2), R.E., South China and the R.A.B.C.

Recreio, to play, the University.

Recreio.

The Navy, who meet the Lincolns University, to play, Signale and the at home, should avoid defeat, while Kowloon who meet the Artillery at Athleife, to play, the R.E,

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1 Sookunpoo, should register a win. Radio, to play, the Borderers

Signals, 17 The Borderers, who meet the

"

and

Police at Caroline Hill, should South China, to play, St. Joseph's, easily secure both points, and R.AS.C, to play, the RE, St.

Bama the Club should do the with the Athletic on the home 162 ground

*

Joseph's, and R.A.F. Signals and the Lincolns. Talkoo, to play, R.A.F., and the

R.A.S.C.

On Sunday, South China, who have already performed brilliantly Lincolns, to play, South Chins and; Is over the holidays by providing the R. E

1 most of the players for the RE, to play, St. Joseph's, Athletic,

Sunday Herald Charity Cup and

the Laf Wah Cup, finals, should mount yet another step in the League championship at the ex- 15 pense of St. Joseph's,

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By playing the Navy in the Second Division, Kowloon will have completed their fixture list. In the Third Division, the R. A F. are playing two fix tures on successive days in or- / der to get most of their games played before the departure of.. the Hermes for England. The following in the week-end pro gramma with the resulta of previous W. Leagne games given in brackets:-

SATURDAY FIRST DIVISION S

5

Navy

Artillery

Police

Events at Athletic Meet

PTE, SMITH, Kowloon Marathon High Jump:

winner, finished first in the 1. South Wales. Borderers, three milos relay race at the Hong 2.Hong Kong S.R.A, Kong Area Athletic Meeting at 8. Jat Regiment. Sookunpoo yesterday, but the

KES.H.A. carried off the event Putting the Shot:

with second, seventh, eighth and con South Wales Borderers, tenth positions VGA

Hong Kong S.RAS

The meeting will be concluded

teristic maner hitting no fewer thin afternoon when Mrs. Barrett,

3,- Royal Artillery://=

than nine boundaries in an innings wife of the G.O.C., will distributs Hair Mile Relay which was alternately dogged and the prizes,

aggressive, 4 Garthwaite bit six

The following were the "

boundaries bis: 86 by food drive of the five events decided,

ing and well placed leg shotas padre

Faced

168 to win watow Two Mile Relay 1Lincolns loat, their best batsman IT,

Scoring 16 out of the first 17 runs

Royal Artillery!

Borderers.

NAVY

(0) Y LINCOLNB (2) *(Kowloon, 4.15 p.m.). (2) ▼ KOWLOON (1)

(2) ▼ DERERS (1) (Caroline Hill, 4.15 p.m.), Athlete (-)

SECOND DIVISION. -

S. CHINA

R.A.S.C., and the Lincolna.

LAWN BOWLS. Junior Division Starts Week On Saturday..

Soccer

Suspensions

Four Players Judged By F. A. Council

A

T the monthly Council meeting

out.

KOWLOON'S

LAST CRICKET

ENCOUNTER

Lay Unable To Play In His Selected XI.

TEDDY RAMSAY NOT PLAYING. THE

HE Kowloon, Cricket Club are. playing their last cricket match of the season on Saturday

when they meet the O. & S. XI

of the Hong Kong Amateur under the captaincy of Capt. Football Association, held in the Burnett, the former Navy skipper." Association's Board Room, Ice

House Street, on Tuesday, the fol- on the K.C.C. ground at 2 p.m. lowing offenders' auspensiona were {approved of:

Tein Hong-sing (Taikoo), Tai * Kwok-lam"; (Talkoo) and John Tavares (Radio), were suspended until the end of the season for fighting on the field of play in the {Third, Division game between the **Radio and Taikoo on the Athletic's

The following are the fixtures for the Opening Day of the 1933 Lawn Bowls season on April 29:

Junior Division. Civil Service v Kowloon C.C Kowloon B.G.C. v. Yacht Club Club de Recreio v. Police Indian R. v. HE Electric

A. T. Lay, who got together the aide to meet the ECC., has unfortunately been forced to stand down from the eleven owing to a business visit to Amoy Hi place is being ffled by D. McLellan

Owing to the lack of knowledge ground, Happy Valley, on March regarding the movements of Teddy Ramsay, the Interport batsman

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The Senior Division will com- suspended until October 81 for tak mence on May: 6.

ling part in the same fight.

Bid

R. Ayock of the Radio was who is due back in the Colony shortly, the K.C.0. alde has not yet been completed, but I understand that A. R. F. Raven" will fill the remaining vacancy. Kowloon will not be at full strength, the de parture of John Lyal and F. SW. *Smiths considerably za waakening “while the inability of

Governor's Soccer Cup To Be

Competed For On May 6

Two more games other than). The games will be of 90 minutes Meinnes to play fine weakened the League- and ordinary friendly dx duration, and the venue of the ball ()tures, are down in the few remain-

3 pm) (Caroline Hill, 3 p.m.) gramme. THIRD DIVISION

red ground will be drawn for

Last November it was explained

Benwell is being opportunity behind the

SENZY 1}][ng fixtures on the Football: pro- that the object of the Governor sticks by Frank Goodwin, who has

Cup, was one of fostering good Treat faith in the former † Civil

GNAVAMZDBookanny The Governor's Cup, trophy fellowship between the various

LINCOLANSKE STE

Bervice

players

p donated by the joint endeavours of nationalities in Hong Kong The

()the Chinese Amateur Athletic Interport contests, however, hand-The following are the team (Chatham

am Road, 430 pm): Federation

Kong capped the progress of the Innovi.C.C.; — F.- Goodwin RABC Chatham Bas

PAS Football

com. tion until this year, It Road,

BUNDA

FIRST DIVISION KINASH

Club 15. THIRD DIVISIÓN.

however, to play.one

the Club

sintended

Gro

two

and one polat for

Parsons looked set.

big score