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THE CHINA MAIL SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 1935

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HONG KONG FAVOURED TO BEAT MACAO IN HOCKEY INTERPORT

SHANGHAI LADIES NOT

AT FULL STRENGTH “INTERPORT INVITATION BIG STRIDE FORWARD”

MISS BLOOMFIELD ON TEAM

(By "STICKS"}

“ITE HAVE NOT PICKED THE BEST FROM SHANGHAI, FOR THE OBVIOUS REASON THAT THE MAJORITY OF OUR BEST PLAYERS WERE UNABLE TO OBTAIN THE NECESSARY LEAVE. THIS WAS THE CASE OF MISS MARY SHERIDAN, WHO HAD TO WITHDRAW HER ACCEP- TANCE AT THE LAST MOMENT BECAUSE HER OFFICE WOULD NOT ALLOW HER TO MAKE THE TRIP." SAID MISS E. BLOOMFIELD, THE VICE-CAPTAIN OF THE SHANGHAI LADIES' INTERPORT HOCKEY TEAM. WHEN INTERVIEW- ED YESTERDAY. EVENING ON BOARD THE m.v. TATSUTA MARU, SOON AFTER THE VESSEL HAD DOCKED AT THE KOWLOON. WHARF.

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Asked where the strength of the team lay, Miss Bloomfield said the defence was very strong, while the intermediate line was not as powerful as they would have desired.

"Our wing forwards, Miss H. Collaco and Miss J. Raeburn, are very fast and are the best we could have selected."

Miss Ephgrave, our goal-players to greet the Shanghal visit keeper, is very sound between the tors, who all Tooked very well. sticks and is cool under pressure.

Miss Decima Eardley, our centre-

Voyage Enjoyed

"Everything was done, to make forward, is not in her usual poal-us comfortable, and we had a top- board," commented tion, but she has played as a leader ping time 'on before and is

Mise one of the Shanghai girls. as good "as-

(Continued on Page 11) Sheridan.

Northern Enthusiasm Auked how the invitation to visit the Colony was received in Shang- bai hockey circles, Miss Bloomfield said," Many women in Shanghal Te- gard the Interport as a big stride in the athletic world, as we have! about 250 women players and 12 teams in the Ladies' Hockey Lea- Kue. I can assure you that the prospect of an Interport with Hong Kong was enthusiastically re- ceived.

"We are hoping to 'make a good show and are turning out our best team to-day against the Hong Kong. Ladies Hockey Club, " concluded Miss Bloomfield.

MAJOR CAMPBELL

(Chairman of the Umpires' Board)

Members of the first Shanghai Ladies' Interport Hockey Jam to visit the Colony, who arrived on the m.v. Tatsuta 'Maru' yesterday evening. The team is complete with the exception of Mrs. Weston, the non-playing Captain of the team and the President of the Shanghai Ladies'. Hockey Association, who is expected in the Colony on Sunday.-(King's Studio).

TEAMS FOR MEN'S INTERPORT

MAON

ALAMADA

J. RODRIGUES M. CARDOSA

A, AIROSA

J. FERREIRA

LINO FERREIRA

F. NOLASCO

L. COSTA

F. RAMALHO

H. ROSARIO

A. ANGELO

SOUVENIRS OF MATCH

Silver Hockey Sticks For Interporters

GURBACHAN 'SINGH''

VISITORS ON VIEW

FULL SIDE OUT AGAINST LOCAL CHAMPIONS

(Br "STICKS")

HONG KONG

A. HOLLINGSWORTH

N. W. METCALF A. M. RODRIGUES

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W. A. REED DULLA SINGH ALAF 'DIN

G. E. R. DIVETT

C. C. GARTHWAITE GURBACHAN SINGH KARTAR SINGH LAL SINGH

SOCCER LEAGUE ENCOUNTERS

Five Games On Card

For To-day

Three Second Division and two Third Division Football League postponed fixtures are down for decision this afternoon

The presentation of flags and trophies will take place after the Ladies' Interport hockey classic on Tuesday afternoon and not at the

The following in the re-arranged dance which takes place that night: The Shanghai Ladies' Interport soccer programme giving Rover's at the Peninsula Hotel.

Hockey team play their first game Forecast with the favoured teams Mra. R. Weaton, the President of

Both the Shanghai and the Hong in Hong Kong this afternoon when in capitals: the Shangha! Ladies' Hockey As-

WHAT VISITORS WILL WEAR Kong teams will be recipients of they encounter the Champions of Rociation and non-playing captain

amall silver hockey sticks with the Caer Clark Cup tournament, the of the Interport team, stayed ba-j hind in Shanghai. for two days The Shanghai Ladies Interport "Shanghai v Hong Kong-1985" Hong Kong Ladles, at Sookunpoo, UNIVERSITY

R. NAVY longer and is expected to arrive in hockey team will wear Navy blue engraved on the back, as a momen-commending at 3 pm. sharp. the Colony on Sunday.

shorts with white shirts for all to of the occasion, and these will The Hong Kong Ladies, with the There was a very large gathering three of their encounters against also be presented fellowing the In-exception of Mrs. G. C. Moutrie FUSILIERS

terport match... of Interport and other local hockey the Colony teams.

FOR THE LAST

MONTH OUR LOCAL FOOTBALL ASSOC:

HAD BEEN BUSY TRYING TO PICK

A SOCCER SIDE

THAT WOULD

REALLY SHINE

EVERYTHING

POSSIBLE

∙WAS

DONE

To

GET:

TOGETHER

BRILLIANT

TEAM

AFTER

MANY

INTERPORT

•TRIALS.

HONG

GOT THER

THEY HAD FELLOWS IN THE TRAM

LIKE THIS,

ALSO SOME WITH THE SPEED OF A. BROKER DASHING

WHO WOULD CARRY WEIGHT THRO ICEHOUSE ST.

THERE WERE TESTS FOR SPORTSMANSHIP :

•FOR THE LUNGS,

UPS A

·DAIST:

ETIME THE FIELD,

KAIVE DIAMETER

FOR

AND TEMPER, -GENERAL KNOWLEDGE.

'NO WONDER, SUCH BRILLIANT Footwork, THEY,

ARBUSINOH

KIWI

(nee Joan Churchill), will be at

SECOND DIVISION

v 8, China (Caroline Hill,, 2.45 p.m.)

v Athletic (Causeway Bay, 4.15 p.m.).

Eastern

(Causeway Bay, 2.45 p.m.) THIRD DIVISION

full strength to-day, and should offer a stern resistance to the FUSILIERS

(Continued on Page 11)

The teams are:-

Shanghai:—G. Ephgrave (Ex-S.P. G.); F. Bomko. (Ex-S.F.G.), and E.

Recreio

MUCH DEPENDS ON

WING HALVES

MAÇÃO STRENGTH LIES IN THEIR WINGERS

SECOND MATCH OF SERIES

TO-MORROW

(By

"Sticks")

THE second of a series of annual Interport hoc- key contests between Hong Kong and Macao takes place to-morrow afternoon at Macao, and a fast and thrilling encounter is anticipated between two of the finest teams in South China.

It will be recalled that Macao visited the Colony during the Chinese New Year holidays last year when a brilliant last-minute effort by L da Costa found the net for Macao and forced· Hong Kong to a draw of one goal each

On that same visit Macao met the United Services and were defeated by the odd goal in seven. Although the score indicates that the latter was a good game, It was by no means up to the standard of the Interport game.

This year Macao commenced of the Club are, both absentees, their season with a visit to Sin-their places being taken by Dulla gapore where they won one Singh, a brilliant and experienced game, and were beaten in three pivot, and Alaf Din, a young Sepoy others; one at Kuala Lumpur who has had a meterolc rise on the when they lost by three clear hockoy field.

goals to an All-Malayan side. W. A. Reed is again at right- Macao recorded ́thair, first vic, half where he is likely to prove the tory this year with a win over the main obstacle to the Macao attack. Royal Corps of Signals, who travel- Several interesting changes from led to the island a fortnight' ago last year's team have taken place and lost by five clear goals.

W. A. REED

In the forward line, Lt. Donald jand. Lt. Eaden · of the Navy being absentees, from the right wing, while Kalwant Singh of the Radio and S. C. Archer of the Club are also missing from the left-wing: Gurbachan Singh, who led the line in January, 1986, is again at cen- tre-forward.

Last Minutes Changes

A brilliant exhibition on the right-wing last Sunday saw a re- markable change made in the In- terport team, N.-A. E. Mackay, who was selected to fill the barth, being dropped in favour of G. ER. Divett, while Alat Din was brought into the team at left half instead of G. Sommer. who had previously been selected.

Garthwaite makes his second ap- Hong Kong have made innumer-pearance for the Colony at inside. able changes from last year's team, right where he and Divett are ex- Jack Rodger being an absentee pacted to form the most formidable from left full-back, a position Colony formation.

which is now being filled by Rod- rigues, while Lt. Metcalf will be seen at right-back.

v. Police

Alaf Din's Reward (Sookunpoo, 2,45 p.m.)

In the intermediate line Lt. Sin VRAE (King's Park, 4.15 pm) clair of the Navy and E. V. Reed

Victal (J.A.G.); E. Bloomfield (Sport PUNJAB INTERPORTERS

C. Gotz

Gunther (German and

(J.A.C.), C.

tebol H: Colisco (Sportsgirls), E. Decima, A. Collaco (J.A.C.) and J. Raeburn (Amazons).

Hong Kong Ladies: B. Hance; E M. Gray and J. Smalley; N. McKenna, B. M. Pope and B. Helbling; J. Marsh, Mrs. P. M. Harrop, C. Ferguson, M. Bmalley and A. Jacku,

CLUB PLAY. POLICE IN FRIENDLY

To-day's Game At Valley

infir!

A friendly, soccer match has been arranged between the Hong Kong |Football Club and the Police, - on the Chinese Athletle ground at Happy Valley, to-day commencing at 4 p.m.

The following are the teamK: Club: G. Rodger: D. Hynes and G. Gamble; Tavelin, Skinner (Captain) and A. Duncan; Fisher, Forrow, G. {Duncan, Hill' and F. Fowler,

Reserves: F. Nicholls, Hopkins and G. Fowler,

Pallee-Perkins;

and Me-

Tavish; Brooks, Gough and Channings; TPile, Stevens, Johnson, Green and Moss.

CLOSING DATE FOR TENNIS

ENTRIES EXTENDED

The Hong Kong Cricket Club, an

nounce that the closing date tries for the Colony Lawn Te

pionships, has been

AND WHOSE FOOTWORK SHOULDE

to r

BE POSITIVELY. BRILLIAN

7/11, Tha tourname will be officially opened on Ma

LAL SINGH

KARTAR SINGH

Fine Army Combine

Kartar Singh and Lal Singh, the brilliant Army left wing combine, are making their first appearance together for the Colony, and their speed, stickwork, and wonderful understanding will make them B formidable pair..

Gurbachan Singh's stickwork is excellent, and if he can keep his line together there is little chance. of, Macao registering a home win. Macao's main strength is in their wing forwards, F.- Nolasco and A. Angelo, both of whom are exceed- |ingly fast and accurate in their stickwork, ~'In W. A; Reed and Alaf Din, the Colony have two excellent “policemen," and it is on their dis- play that the honours depend.

Reed's Comeback

It will be recalled that when W;' A. Reed was brought into the Club side last

year on the retirement of Dand he was unable to stand the pace of a fast game, but since then his form has been amazing, and I very much doubt whether the Macao forwards will break through his wing, /

Angelo will be best remembered in the Colony for his dashing, runs, down the left wing and his nest- reverse-stick centres

Strangely enough there are two Rodrigues playing, but on opposite aldes--and both are full-backs!

The Macso, back” is very,test tax Pecover and has recently, prov480 himself one of the finest backs in the East.

HULL CITY SEC

AT FOUR

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