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LEAGUE CHAMPIONS

CHINESE AGAIN AT FULL STRENGTH

RECREIO ENCOUNTER SAINTS .

(By “REFEREE”)

J. Bowerman, left, and P. Blix, right," who visited the Colony last year with the Shanghai Interport Rugby team,' are still main- taining their fine form and are practically certainties for the match against the visiting Hong Kong Interport team,

a programme of six First Division League NAVY

IN a

soccer matches scheduled for this afternoon, three games stand out above the rest.

The

Rifles, who are at present at the top of the divi-

FACED WITH

STIFF HURDLE

sion, should improve their position when they DEFEAT AT HANDS OF

meet a greatly weakened Navy side, while South China "A", who are striving hard to stage a comeback after a comparatively poor first half

RIFLES EXPECTED

(By “ROVER")

ARMY TO TEST COLONY FIFTEEN AT VALLEY TO-DAY

RICE EVANS AND DAVIES RETURN TO SIDE

FLOYD AT STAND-OFF-HALF

(By “REFEREE”)

TWO important changes have been made in the

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David Leonard's performance tomorrow? afternoon in the Governor's Cup match will de watched with the keenest of in- terest in view of his chances of making the Colony Interport bockey team.

Army team to meet the Club in the sixth NOT TO BE

and final Triangular Tournament Rugby en-

•

counter, to be played this afternoon on the Club TEMPTED ground, owing to injuries, which have weakened their back division to some extent. This will,

however, make no difference to the result of the wood of a coaching job in India---

The acceptance by Harold Lar-

even though it has resulted-ansat-

series as the Club have already won the trophy,isfactorily and he has returned but from the point of view of testing the Colony's Home is regarded as meaning strength for the forthcoming Interport match been made to get the Notts cric-

an end of the efforts that have

of the season, should secure both points from HE only game of any interest in this week's Second and Third against Shanghai, it is likely to prove of great keter interested in a baseball pro

THE any the Police in their return match.

GOVERNOR'S

Probably the most interest- Navy, the champions and the present leaders, and the Royal value. fing encounter to-day will be Ulster Rifles to-morrow.

the clash between St. Joseph's and Recreio, which will also serve to decide which of the two shall enter the Second

CUP GAME Bound of the Senior Shield. In

Unofficial Trial

For Interport

their first League match, the Saints held Recreio to a draw). at King's Park, sharing two goals, while in their later clash in the First Round of the

Senior Shield, at Causeway ROVER'S"

FOOTBALL

:

The Navy beat the Rifles

early in the season by the odd CORRESPONDENCE- goal in five, but the latter re-

versed the result in the Third CASE FOR

Round of the Junior Shield last Wednesday. The Navy teari will be strengthened by the return of Wride, who was re- into the cantly reinstated. Junior side, and he should do well at inside-right, where he will be partnered by Le Page, another former senior player,

FORECAST and one who understands his

The outstanding soccer game Bay, the teams shared six to-morrow, will be the First Round goals. of the Governor's Cup competition. The Saints are making two between the Chinese Amateur changes to-day. from last week's Athletic Federation and the Hong line-up. Eddie Marques makes a Kong Football Association at Caro return to the position between the -line Hill, at 3.30 5:m.”

The following is "Lover's forecast sticks, while V. Costa, who played for the week-end Sixtures, giving the This competition was started in goal last week, will displace Gavoured teams in pronounced black five years 180 with the object of White as the left-back. With the letters maintaining and improving the return of the T. Castilho A. Ward friendly relations, between the right-wing combine, the Saints' Federation and the Association, team is again up to full strength.

but this year greater importance

is attached to this game as it is now looked upon as an unofficial Interport trial:

To-day

FIRST DIVISION

(Carolina Hin, 4 pim.)

South China "A" y "Police “ His First Match Recreio are fielding their usual Eastern team, although U. B. Souza, their

Rifles new custodian, will be making his

the Kowloon

• The Association team was chos-first appearance against

en by the Management Committee, Saints, his old team. Although Re- and, the Selectors of the Inta port creio's complement have been play Athletic team are: fortunately; members of ing together for nearly two sea St. Joseph's that Committee:

The following are the teams: HEFAF Rowlands (Army) A. V. Gosano (Recreio) and Bug Stevens" (Army); R. North (Police); N. Belman (Recreio); and A. 6-Biss (Kowloon); Rim. Erwin (Amy)), D‡ Leonard (St. Joseph's), D. Enex (Kowloon), A. Wilson (Club) and B.. 1. Bickford (Club).

sons, without the Gosano brothers and N. Beltran they would fare very badly. The youngsters in the Lyeman team have taken little trouble to improve their standard.

Eastern

Kowloon

Athletic

Seaforths

style of play well

LEONARD

ONLY MAN TO LEAD

H. K. TEAM” ·

position.

A few months ago it was seri- With Davies and Rice Evans ously put by the man behind the back in the Army threequarter baseball drive" in England that Fine as centres, the Army back not only should Larwood, be offer- division will now not be lacking ed a substantial contract to throw in thrust, although Floyd did in his lot with baseball, but that his best in previous matches. he should be given s free trip to Without backing, however, he Florida to be coached by Ameri failed in his attempts to save can experts-and-to gain an in- the Army team from repeated sight into baseball under modern defeats.

American conditions

between

Fus, Barry, the Army full-back, Larwood was never keen on the has unfortunately been injured idea. He realised that there is a fand will not be able to play this good deal of difference

afternoon, and his position will be hurling a cricket ball down the filled by Lieut. B. D. Maclagan, of pitch and, from a standing start, the Seaforth Highlanders, who endeavouring to throw a "googly" played for the Army "A" fifteen over the plate and past the bat- Hatchby will be at centre-half, ITo The Editor, "China Ma′′]

last Saturday against the Club ter's club. and will have Jones on his left,

{“A”. Maclaganî has a safe pair of Dear Sir, Be "Double hands and runs well, and I believe Ruth, during his visit to England. „In the same way that Babe while in the forward line Spencer will be in his usual position at Scotch &" attack on "Scotties" sethat he used to play as a three found out that even though a cric- inside-left, and either Brown, or

lection of the Hong Kong Interport quarter. His only fault at the most bat looked hefty enough to ment seems to be his kicking he stop anything, a well-delivered soccer team. I think that it is has not the length and accuracy of cricket ball had ways and means justified and biassed in

[of inding a way through! |ways.

Anderson will be in the centre forward position.

Sound Player

many Barry.

RAINEY NJURED. (Causenay Bay, 4 pan.) |

Boyd, the fes inside right, is - ""Navy"..

undoubtedly a player above the To say that Leonard is not in Piz. Rainey, who was to have

South China "He not only combines with the

(Chatham. Bond, 4 p.m.λ standard of the Junior Division the game class as Fung King-made his debut as the-stand-off- LARWOOD “FED

Y

half in place of L/Cpl. Lewis, who (Kowloon, 4 pm) other forwards but is of the cheng is not entirely untrue, but was dropped, was injured in a Kowloon Chimene (Sookampoo, 4 p.m.) greatest assistance to the defence, then their individual styles are in practice game and will not pla **Recreio, Godney is a fast forward, while dirent contrast to each other, after all" As a result, Spr. Boyling (King's Park, 4. p.m.) Miller and McCollough are both Whereas Fung is an extreme styl has again been brought into the

SECOND DIVISION.

these

Complains Of Treatment

speedy Wingers who can centre

Army back division as left-wing) · “Fed-up”” with the treatment he Stonecutters

accurately and shoot well. With ist, and frail in constitution, Leon-threequarter, and Floyd will once has received in Julia, Barold Lax- (Valley, 4 p.) y Chab

this forward line, the Rifles should fard is an opportunist, husky, and again move up to stand-off-half wood, the Notts fast bowler, has (Causeway Bay, 2.30 p.m.) rather the two points and thus has lots of stamina, and

Freece will again be sem as the broken his coaching contract with South China place themselves in a challenging

Army serum-half.

the Indian Control: Bokrý-and is (Kowloon 2.36 pm)position for the championship. qualities are vitally necessary to s There is one other change in on the liner Strathairdon returning Home He expected to The return encounter between leader in an attack, and which the Army team, Fus. Chaney re the two Artillery teams should be was clearly evinced at the Inter-placing L/Cpl (58) Davies in the Boxing Day

Larwood contplains that he was worth seeing, and in view of the (Happy Valley, 230 pm)ivast improvement shown. by Lye-port game in Shanghai last yea,will not be hocking but will be ever since he has been sent from

second row of the pack. Harrison

not even met on arrival, and that, mun recently, they are, favoured where the local press lauded his seen in his usual berth, as a wing pillar to post. (King's Park, 230 pm) to win, though their first meeting work on the field "as a positive forward. The Army pack, with the was given my railway ticket To-morrow

ended in a draw of two goals al

thorn to any defence, of his un-fore.

one change, is the same as be

by a servant," he says, and on my tireless energy, and his artistic The Club first fifteen remains all night on Ambala station, where way to the Punjab was marooned unaltered from Thursday's pub-I had no bedding, and it was lished team and, in spite of Bid-bitterly cold, well's absence," presents a formid- able line-up-

v... Kagison Chinese- (Soakampoo, 2.30 p.m.) | THIRD DIVISION Furthers

St. Joseph's Recreio

GOVERNOR'S CUP COMPETITION Chinese Federation. N

H.K.CAAF. Pau Ex-ping" (3.7 China "A"); Lee Tinisang (5. China! “A”) and-Tam Kong-pak (8. China "A"); Leung Wing-chin (S.. China “A”), Wong Mei-sham (S. China. “A”) and. Lee Kwok-wai (S. Chium "A"); Teng Shui-rick (S. Chins "B), Lami Shin-wing (S. China "A"), Lee Wai South China. "A are taking no tong (S. China “A”), Fung King- more chances of losing another cheong (S. China "A") Cheong match, which will probably prove Moon-wing (Athletic).

fatal, and will be helding their full team this afternoon against the Navy... Police” zf:Caroline Hill Tso Kwai- shing will be tuming out for the Medicals champings, on the right-wing to- day, although he will not be seen Ordnance to-morrow, when Yeung Shui-yick will fill his berth in the Governor's Kwong Wah Cup match.

SHANGHAI LADIES

HOCKEY XI

Tentative Programme Arranged

Shanghai,, Jaapary 18.

Clab's Troubles

The Club will be playing aWAT The following players, it is from home, against Eastern, but learned, walls represent. Shazizhai in spite of this are expected 19 ze- in the Interportraconen's hockey cord a win-Elill doabtfull match for the White trophy, which starter for t will be played for in Hong Kong whi

oyer the Chinese New Year, holl-are

days provided the Shanghai Lad-their

fer Hockey Association are in -financial position to sp

sxic position,

T

Hong Kong Football Association (Caroline Hil, 230. p.m.) SECOND DIVISION

Rides (Causeway Bay, 230 TERD DIVISION

Komson Bifies (Prince Edward Rond, 4 p.m.){ward line.

These are favour of

press

Better Combination Blackmore, who has played as control of the ball fall-back in several games, will be but a few points at right-half, while MacKrill will Leonard to Fung p.m.)again be seen between the posta.

Bedford and Percival are combin

It is time that the "local" ting better with Knight in the for- and the FAKFA

Stonecutters too have been play Sookampoo, piss.)

ing good football. Hall in goal, is 18. red V. Service. "Corps.

(Kowloon, 2.30 pm) in great form and has saved his ball. Given the proper support

side from many a larger defext. Lemari |Oliver And Summer are their ont

standing forwards, Jodie

ALLEN BEATS BRADMAN

SQUASH RACKETS

DUEL

Sydney, Decer

G. 0, Alien, has

then found I had no pupils to coach. The provincial cricket The main match will commence association could not afford to pay. 254pm sharp and will be gre or a coach, and hence I was fois ceded by an "A" Artzen-match in ed on the Maharaja of Patiala. lise the potentialties of Leonard) which the Club will oppose HLS.

"He already had the services of as a real asset to Hong Kong Foot Berwick

two Australian professionais, and” thus my position became zble

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