1934-02-20 — Page 4

THE CHINA MAIL.

TUESDAY, FEBRUARY- 1934.

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INTERPORT HOCKEY AGAINST SINGAPORE NOW ALMOST ASSURED

E. C. FINCHER

BEATEN

PROMISING

CHINESE ACE

SUPERIOR

Kowloon Player's Net Attack Weak

DUFF GIVES FURTHER EVIDENCE OF SERIOUS CHALLENGE TAM Yoc-fong, who created a hig

impression in the Interport în Hanoi recently, was responsible.for the first real sensation in the 1934 Colony Lawn Tennis Championships when he beat E. C. Fincher, No. 1

EN Harvey, British Em-

ranking player at the Kowloon Le pire heavyweight boxing

Cricket Club by scores of 8-6, 6-1

in the Second Round at the H. K. C. C. yesterday.

WAS

Last year Teddy Fincher surprisingly eliminated by Ho Ka Lau in the quarter finals after hav-

champion, is expected to ac cept Jack Petersen's terms for a return bout for £1,000 side stake. (S. & G.).

ing renched the Final in the three INTER-HONG SOCCER

previous years, only to be beaten by T. Honda, C.A.L. Rumjahn, and S. A. Kumjahn, the present holder. When playing for the K.C.C. lentn against Shameen recently Fincher gave signs of a comeback when he bent G. Bodfker, the Can- ion champion, by a convincing mar- gin, but yesterday he was erratle throughout, kis service being most unreliable.

most

YESTERDAY'S TENNIS

1

The following were the results

of yesterday's Colony Lawn Tennis

Championship matches:

Open Singles Championship.

First Round:-

C. Ravenhill received z .45.

M. W. La

Second Round:---

from

Duff bent A. E. P. Guest WA. H.

6-1. 6-2.

Be Ka Lau heat H. D. Tollinton

6-0, 6-2

Tam You Fong beat E. €. Fincher

7-5, 6-1.

1. Owen Rughes beat J. Barrow

6-0 6-1

R. G. G. Hoare beat E. I. Wild

6-4, 6-t

Club Slagles Championship

D. Dunham beat Cowie 6-0, 6-3.

TO-DAY

Jardine's To Defend Unbeaten Record.

BANK'S RUGBY PLAYERS

THE

OB

Hong HE second "big"

game this year will take place this afternoon the Club ground when Jardine Matheson's, who are as yet un. defented, meet the Hong Kong and Shanghai Bank.

The Bank team includes

of the Clony's victorious port rughy team

L. 1. Robertson. D. A. 2001 M. W. Turger.

ARSENAL AT NEWCASTLE DERBY TO

ENTERTAIN

WEDNESDAY Spurs Favoured To Beat Pompey. SATURDAY'S HOME SOCCER FORECAST

(BY RANGER)

English League.

ASTON

FIRST DIVISION

VILLA (-) Stoke (-) BLACKBURN (3) v Everlon (1)

v Wednesday (0)

DERBY (2) Leeds (2) Leicester (3)

v Manchester C. (1)

HUDDERS.

LIVERPOOL (0) v Sunderland (0) MIDDLES-

BROUGH (2) v Chelsea (1) |Newesstle (2) ARSENAL (1)

✓ WOLVES (0) Sheffield U. (0) TOTTENHAM

I.R.C. RECORD

TOTAL RAISES

NEW PROBLEM

Should Runs After Game Is Won Be Counted, In Averages? GAME SHOULD COME FIRST AND FOREMOST

(BY ATHOLE)

COLONY XV OFFICIAL NEWS FROM

SELECTED

AUSTRALIANS

TO ENCOUNTER

THE STRAITS

WEAKER SIDE GERMANY MAY NOT PLAY

Medway's Departure

Unfortunate.

GAME MIXED FOR FRIDAY

Universities

THE Australian

Rugby team, who were beaten by 11 points to 5 by the Colony Fifteen on their way to Japan, will be encountering a much weaker team in their return encounter on Friday, owing to the fact that H. M. S. Medway will be out of port. The Indian junior team's total of

Lt. Forbes, the brilliant Navy FIELD (1) 308 for 9, which is a League re- scrum-half, Lt. Linton, Lt. Whit the feld and E. A. Hammett are all ab- cord aggregate, in reply to

from the Hong Kong Royal Engineers' total of 72 at sentees |Sookunpoo on Saturday, raises the fifteen. interesting problem of whether the runs scored after the winning hit has been made should be counted in the official averages or not.

in question the In the game 1.R.C. won by eight wickets, and after this juncture K. Nazarin rattled up 78 in quick time, and A. A. Aziz (36 not out) and A. H. Baker (41 not out) also scored freely.

(-) Portsmouth (-) WEST

BROMWICH (1) v Birmingham. (0) SECOND DIVISION BLACKPOOL (-) v Bury (~)

Prexton (-) BOLTON (-)

BRADFORD c.

Bradford (1)

(1) v Lincoln (1) BRENTFORD (---) v Oldham (-) {FULHAM (2) v Burnley (1)

MANCHESTER

U. (2) NOTTS C, (1) v Swansea (2)

GRIMSBY (0) Plymouth (4) PORT VALE (2) v Millwall (0) SOUTHAMPTON

(-) Bull (-)

| WEST HAM (4) v Nolts F. (3)

THIRD DIVISION (South) BOURNEMOUTH

(4) Southend (0) BRIGHTON (0) v Aldershot (2) fourBristol C. (2)

v Torquay (0)

Bristol R. () Inter CARDIFF (4)

Commiss

1. R. Bradford, CHARLTON (-)

CLAPTON (2) EXETER (1) NORWICH (3) Swindon (1) NEWPORT (0) WATFORD (1

The game rommences at 5 p.m.. the following being the teams:-

Jardine': A. R. J. White: A. Urqu hari and M. L. Railton; L. J. Sto

on. G Puncheon and J. M. Dencan: 10. Bulles, G. Hill, L. G. Frost, S Nicholls and A. II Dinner.

C. Chadderten and

v Coventry (-)

Nothampton (2)

P. (1) P.R. (2)

LUTON (1) Gillingham (2) Reading (1) THIRD DIVISION (North) BARNSLEY (2) ▼ Tranmere (1)

v Darlington (0) HARROW (4) Carline (0) DONCASTER (2)

✓ Walsall (1) York (0) ✓ CHESTER-

İCREWE (2) WHALIFAX (2)

Hartlepoole (-)

FIELD - MANSFIELD (4) v Rochdale (1) New Brighton (6) v Rotherham (2)

v Gateshead (1) Southport (4) STOCKPORT (8) v Chester (5) WREXHAM (1) ✓ Accrington (0)

Rospevent

op Bank. Wine Kong Bank:-A. D Lowson;}

. Bradford and D. A. Cumming: A Lot Roberton and Moutric R. Stillard. G. A. Stewart.

W Turner. F. H. King and B. Allan.

Poperym H. A. Browning and F L | R. Rurch.

Tum was the steadier of the two

and showed amazing powers of re-

covery and good anticipation. The LADIES' YACHTING RESULTS

manner in which he got round the ball to frustrate Fincher's efforts

Wasp Mrs. Griffin) won the

to play on his backhand was ex-A" Class event in the First Extra

cause

won Dorothee (Mrs. Conte)

Scottish League.

FIRST DIVISION

AIRDRIE (5)

[CELTIC (3)

Cowdenbeath (4) DUNDEE (1) Hiberniana(-) MOTHERW'L (1)

v Clyde (2)

v Queen's Park (3)

v Aberdeen (0)

Falkirk (3)

V Itamilton (5)

↑ Queen O'S (-)

v Kilmarnock (3)

v HEARTS (2)

Y RANGERS (0)

STONE (2)

the Third Lanark (2) v ST. JOHN.

ceedingly clever. It is, however, Ladies Yachting, race yesterday, Partick (1) his weak backhand that is likely toad Zephyr (Mrs. Wren) and St Mirren (2)

him anxiety against the holder in the quarter-finals-he should beat C. A. Wright in the next round while Rumjahn should elinate Lai Kwong Taun in the Third Round..

Double Fault For Set

" and "Y" and "H" Cluss events. respectively.

There will be an Army Point

tal

F.A. CUP.

Point on Sunday, February 25, be- Arsenal Drawn At Home tween Dill's Corner and Patte Bunga- low, Fanling.

The first race, will be run at 2.30 p.m. the old-fashioned Paint to Point course being used.

will be in The Totalisator

opera-

The Chinese player secured ap early lead, but Fincher levelled the scores at 3-all and G-all after sav- Ing two set points on his service. tien." In the twelfth game he gave Tam a well-deserved sef with #double

perfectly timed and his volleying fault..

deadly work was and overhead Fincher was passed cime and again when he attempted a net at-when a point was needed,

tack, Tam finding the side-liner

1

Guest, who attempted to play outpositioned steady tennis, was

To The Villa.

POMPEY AT BOLTON.

There were two other instances on Saturday of play continuing un- necessarily at Pokfulam, where' the K.C.C. bad over an hour on the after scoring their hands

in 22 minutes, necessary 61 runo und at Happy Valley where the Club inflicted a swift and crushing | defest on the Civil Servants.

The game, generally speaking, lacks keeness after the match has been decided, and bowlers are in- jclined to bowl mechanically, thus losing their early sting and giving the batsman an unfair advantage | over his predecessors, who faced the bowling when the match was in the balance.

The game should come first and foremost before averages--and if one side is desperately weak in batting that is little reason why the! other side should not have a com- plete innings. In England, how- ever, stumps are drawn immediate-Į

Lt. Martin, the Borderers' captain, may also be unable to play, in which case he will be replaced by Pte. Simmonds, while Pte. Lloyd will be replac

IN INTERNATIONAL

SAINTS WILL DECIDE MAMAK TOURNEY HONOURS

(By STICKS)

PROSPECTS OF AN INTERPORT HOCKEY CONTEST BE- TWEEN HONG KONG AND SINGAPORE ARE NOW EVEN BRIGH- TER THAN EVER. MR. F. A. KEMP, THE HON. SECRETARY OF THE HONG KONG HOCKEY ASSOCIATION, HAS JUST RECEIV EDA LETTER FROM SINGAPORE AND FROM IT I GATHER THAT IT IS ALMOST CERTAIN THAT A REPRESENTATIVE ELEVEN IF FROM MALAYA WILL MAKE THE TRIP TO HONG KONG. THE FINAL ARRANGEMENTS ARE COMPLETED THE TÉAM WILL BE IN HONG kong oŊ april 4,

LT. COMDR. LEIGH, RN, WHO LEFT THE COLONY YES- WILL TERDAY WITH HM.S. MEDWAY ON NAVAL EXERCISES. VISIT SINGAPORE AND COMPLETE THE ARRANGEMENTS. THE LOCAL ASSOCIATION ARE NOW AWAITING A CABLE, AFTER FOR WHICH THEY WILL GO AHEAD WITH ARRANGEMENTS THE VISIT.

ed by L/Cpl. Hardy should be N leave by the Neuralia.

The following Is the Colony fifteen:

selected

J. P. WHITHAM (CLUB).

J. J. FERGUSON (CLUB). LT. MARTIN (ARMY). L. G. ROBERTSON (CLUB), G. P. LAMMERT (CLUB).

M. W. TURNER (CLUB). B. C. MEEKE (CLUB).

A. F. WALKDEN (CLUB). LC PASCOE (NAVY). PTE. LLOYD (ARMY),. LT. HEBERT (ARMY).

I. R. BRADFORD (CLUB). D. MCLELLAN (CLUB). LT. SUTHER (NAVY). LT. BROWN (NAVY). Reserves:-Ple. Simmonds! (Army), L/Cpl. Hardy (Army), Lt.

ly the winning hit has been made. Irving (Navy), and

Brown (Navy).

COLLEGE AGAIN

IN FORM

Innings Of 67 Gives Medicals Win.

JUNIOR LEAGUE CRICKET

TN the absence of Li. Comdr. Jand, following two trials a fori- will the Probables Leigh, the Navy representa-night sgo, tive to the Hong Kong Hockey meet the Possibles in a final trial Association and the Umpiring game on Saturday af 4.30 p.m. Board, Lt. Comdr. H. T. Rust, (H.) M.S. Cumberland) will take his place. Lt. Comdr. Leigh is expect. ed to return to the Colony on March 27.

儋

To hold the initial Interport hockey contest, one which prov-Lal Singh (Punjabis). ed to be a much more keenly con

The following are the teams:- Probables (In White):--Nor Moham- med (Punjabis): Perduman Singh (Radio) Subedar Taj Mohammed (Punjabis); M. II. Hastan (Radio). Dulia Singh (Punjabis), Alaf Din (Punjabis); Khuda Bux (H.K.S.), Doni Mohammed (LK.S.), Awtar Singh (Radio), Kalwant Singh (Radio) and Possibles (In Colours): Bhag All (Mule Corps): Kishan Singh (H.K.S.), tested game than was generally o

Khan Bahadur (Punjabi); Saran Khan is a praiseworthy (H.K.S.), Bachan Singh (R.K.S.), J. achievement for the Hong Kong S. Grewal (Radio); Keher Singh (II. Hockey Association who are with K.S.), Kartar Singh (Punjabis) Gur

bachan Singh (Radio). Adalat in six months of their formation.|(Punjabis) and Gurbuchen

expected

Macao Deserve All Praise

That Macas fully justified all the glowing reports of their prowess!

was clearly demonstrated in both tral British

Zar

Singh

(Punjabis),

C.B.A. Out of Hunt

The double defeat of the

Association

Cen-

at

the

9th

of

Battery in the Mamak Tournament last Sunday has placed the C.B.A.,

the to who had previously lost Radio, well out of the running for the honours this season.

may

their representative games during hands of the Police and the Chinese New Yeur.

Holding the selected Colony team to a draw and all but sharing honours with the Com-

fent bined Services is a

which the small Colony well be proud.

Playing without the services of T. S. D. Whitley and W. G. John-

Li. Ashley Hearty congratulatföné' are due son, two of their best players the

་

to the team and their coach, Lieut. C.B.A. were forced

Dr. J. A. R. Selby, the Club da Costa. skipper, will referee the game,

which is scheduled to

al 4.45 p.m.

the

*

It is sincerely hoped that commence

ta reshuffle

For

their eleven.

BOME unac- Eountable reason Johnson failed

the to make an appearance for the

The greatly weakened team

put up a fine display, but

on the Club ground Association will be able to follow game, while Whitley was in Swa- The booking plan is now open at up their fine commencement with tow. Anderson Music Company, further matches of this kind, and tickets for the covered stand being that the arrangements for the In- $1.50 and those for the open stand terport visit from Singapore will at $1.00 (Servicemen in uniform be successful. half price).

*

The Australian touring party International Withdrawals arrive by the Kitano Maru on Fri-

Brilliant batting by Cpl. College, day morning.

who hit a aix and twelve: boun- daries in his 67, enabled the Royal

Medical Corps Army Medical Corps to beat the Cpl. College, Forsyth Whitley Service Corps by 2 wickets in the Pte. Haynes,

Cpl. Millington, ran out The following is the Sixth Round Junior cricket league at Sookunpoo Trimble, Foyth

Capt. Lewis Bryan, lbw, b. Forty yesterday. draw for the F.A. Cup compoti-:

in his last three innings in the Pie. Leigh, not out... {tlon:

Pte. Saunders, b Forsyth League College has aggregated L/Cpl. Meadowa, & Whidey 194 runs, scoring 59 against the Pie. Whitwell, b Forsyth

and 68 Engineers

against the L/Cpl. Parry, b Whitley

Extras (LB5) Indians.

This was the Medicals' third win in nine games.

Scores:

Arsenal v. Aston Y.

Presion v. Leicester Bolton v. Portsmouth

Wednesday or Manchester C, v.

Stoke.

The games will be played on

with ridiculoua ease. Playing time and again by Duff, who stood March 3.-Reuter. from the bass-line almost through inside the service line to Guast's

It is generally considered that

Bervice Corps

out the match Tam displayed a very service and scored aces at will the winners of the Arsenal-Villa Cpl. Ballard, lisyner

with a powerful top-spin forehand tie will win the trophy held last Pie. Crayford, e Haynes, à. Mil- drive.

Capt. Walch, e sub b Haynes ..

formidable forehand drive which was rendered deceptive in its flight|| by the superfluous flourishin producing the stroke,

Obviously rattled by the loss of the first set and lacking in stamina Fincher collapsed after 1-all had been called and Tam awept through to a 6-1 win for set and match.

W. A. H. Daff, who is considered by many to be the new champion, carried all before him against A.

M. W. Lo, the 1929 champion, has given C. Ravenhill a walk over

season by Everton.

*HALIFAX.

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

25 40.79-79 90 92 93 94 99·

BOWLING ANALYSIS.

Total (for 9 wkts) Fall of the wickets:

13

4 Whitley

Der. Whitley, c Haynes, b Milling

ton

Walch Forsyth 14 Powell

Flood 10

lington

into the Third Round on account of BARNSLEY WIN OVER Dr. Powell, e Millington, b Hay.

undiness. The match was to have been played last week but was post

nes

8/Sgt. Flood, b.Haynes

Gray, Millington Faithfull, b Millington

poped in the hope that Lo might Bold Bid For Promotion-Ca Buckland, not out,

have affected a recovery from his recent indisposition.

TO-DAY'S GAMES FORECASTED

B. P, Guest, Kowloon's No. 2 rank (All Games Commence. At 4,45) ing player who has just recovered from a brief Illness,J,MOW Tu and Hong v. Guert and Hyde

Duff gave further evidence of the Raxack and Canrumbhoy v Lak and serious challenge he is" offering

with a very sound all-court, gams fu and Lai v. Tsol and Taut

in which he never extended, hím 0. B. M. Ricketts v. C. Ravenhill, self. His assays to the netre Ho and Til v, Kwok and-Llang

London, To-day,

termas Barnsley came on level with Stockport County in the Third Division (North) soccer league yesterday when they secured home win over Halifax by the only goal scored.--Beuter,

Barnsley, who have played an jextra game, are now four points, in arrears of Chesterfeld, the leaders,

(Table on Page

Lt. Jeffers, b Millington Pie. Forsyth, e Millington,

Haynes

Extras (B4, LB4)

Total

Fall of the wickets 1,3 EX426CH

-** 4 2 24 17 46 54,57,64 82 BOWLING' ANALTKIS.

Millington (Continu

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were unable to equalise a anap goal scored by Wass in the first two minutes of the game.

The very much disheartened team then went on to play the 9th As a sequel to the withdrawal of Battery immediately after thei the German Club from the Mamak match with the Police and were Tournament it is highly, improbable beaten by the odd goal, in three. that the Germans will be represent-

|ed in the International Tournament ¡Saints In Vital Games

which is soon to take place.

The Radio, who are now the only Mr. O. May, the captain of the German Chib team has only a vary challengers to the Police, will meet small number of players to select the St. Andrew's Club on Friday from, and with the loss of three of instead of Sunday, as several of their best players, Pracht, Sommer their players will be engaged in and Ammann, he intimates that it the Indian trial for the Interna- The." match will be Impossible to raise a team.tional Tournament.

This would give Portugal will be played at Caroline Hill.

SECUTO Unless the Radio can walk-over into the Second Round on March 28,

both points from the Saints, their hopes of the "hat-trick", by win- ning the honours for three seasons [in succession, will be rudely dash- ed. The Saints are fielding a very strong team and I should not be at all aurprised to see them hold the Radio to a draw,

No representative has yet been appointed to the vacancy left by the departure of IA, Comdr. Phillips (F.M.S. Suf folk) as the Irish representa- tive for the Internationa] Tournament, and it in now

The Police, the only 100 per doubtful whether Ireland will'

cent, team, have also to meet the be represented. P. W.L. D.Pu China are providing the oppoal-Saints, and it is on this game that tion to Ireland in the First Round the championship will probably be 61 1.25

on March 19. The Final Round decided, assuming, of course, that 10 1 32 11

8.5 12,17 will be staged on Easter Monday, the Radio beat the Saints. The Tadio have lost only once to the Police and should the Saints as- sist them by winning their game Ingainst the leaders, I do not hesl

April 2,

IMAR 80% India's Final Trial,

41. The Indian An making exten-Itate in saying that the Radio ive preparations for their first In-would win the play-off with the 82.3ternational match against Wales, Pelice for the title.