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THE CHIKA MAILON DAT, ANUARY 25, 1937

TO-DAY'S BADMINTON TEST FOR CHINESE "Y" Future Colony Hockey Stars MEET RECREIO “A”"AT

PROMISING

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BAD FAULT

Bright hockey fea- tured the Brawn Cup encounter between the Central British School- girls "A" team and the Hong Kong Ladies at the Valley last Satur day, and the former certainly deserved their splendid victory. There are several girls in the team who look like probable Interporters of the future.

W. C. Fung,bove, pinyedi prominent part in the victory, the Kowloon Cricket Club Juniors

against the Hong Kong C. C. last Saturday, when he captured 5

ROYAL NAVY ON TOP

NEVES BRIGHT BATTING

SCHOOLBOY IN GOOD STAND

BIG HITTING AT THE VALLEY

KING'S PARK

SUGGESTED PAIRINGS FOR ST. JOHN'S

KEEN MATCH ANTICIPATED

(By “ADREM”)

THE long-awaited clash between Recreio

and the recently promoted Chinese *will take place this evening at King's Park. Chines "Y" having received a wrong impression regard

ing the standard of badminton in Hong Kong, PLAYING against the applied for admission to the Junior Division. The Army on Saturday, matches they played in this division revealed the Royal Navy had them to be so much better than anyone else that lost 5 wickets for 37 when a suggestion was made in the press that runs when Capt. Whit- they should compete with the seniors, they marsh and Comdr. "jumped" at the idea.

wickets for 40 runs in 19 ovens.uchope became a probing in a much higher level, they son showed that their

A month ago the outstanding lieved in wastink much time in runs to pass the Army feature of the team was the fact sending their respective forward score of 115 without that there were three pairs of lines away and each placed their further loss. sisters, including Andre and Be-shota very accurately, although lene Martin playing in the same the latter has more sting behind team. To-day, two of these pairs her strokes. “

are taking a prominent part in placing the School at the top of the ladder. I refer to the Bocker sisters, "T" and "M", and the Mc- Caw sisters "M" and "D",

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Club's Best Ever

and added 82 promotion was more than justined. In their first two matches they scored smashing victories with but the loss of one set în- the 18 played. The opposition on these two occasions was not the strongest in the Destion, and all Hong Kong badminton enthusiasts are eagerly awaiting the result of their first big test against, admittedly the most powerful side in the Colony, Re- creio "A."

The Chinese MCA. At fail drength, are a fast and clever

in PH Wong and T. X. Wong two very

of the

have the

court and will start

R 1 Holden, who played such a big part in the HK.CC3 victory over the K.C.C., captured 6 wickets combines (for 40 zuma, but in the first six | cleveĽ. balls. he bowled there were no for the The Hong Kong Football Clab fewer than five long hops as well minton for many

to Tom first fifteen this season is undoubt as a wide! Full marks

Recreio Several things stood out from edly one of the best the Club, have Hayward, his skipper, for having Saturday's game. In the first ever turned out, and although sufficient confidence in him to tage of place, Miss Baskett made the mis many will recall the days of Geoff keep him.on especially as his take of attempting to clear a ball Lammert and "Jake Selby, Iecond over was also on the short hit from outside the circle and doubt whether we had as good aside. gave away two goals as a result threequarter line as we have to- Of the four backs on display, day, Saturday's line, even without Miss Frezer stood head and Harold Bidwell, was good enough shoulders above the rest. She hit to best practically the best team the Ball really hard and with a the Army could field purpose, to get it into her oppon- ents 25 and give her fast forwards a chance to break through for a Score. Miss Bell was a trife slow

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hot favourites, but they will be St. John's are a much ill-advised to underrate their team than their record suggests K.C.C. first eleven had scored 76 opposition. Oliveira and Reme-G. A. Smith and Norman mith runs for the loss of thee wickets dios, to date, have been the are an excellent combination and at one stage of their innings last most successful pairing in the should give the strongest. G Saturday against the Club: They League, and should win at pair a good fight. I fps that if then lost a farther five wickets for least two sets, but I am a little David Kwok and Roland Kob play- the additional of only 10 runs! doubtful of the others. Carvaled together, instead of pairing off Sargent, Jex and Goodwin, the 20 is a very good player, but with the weaker players, St. them then his partner, A. M. Silva, is not John's would win. With a first added 40 runs to carry the total as steady.

and second string capable of win- Alves and Sousa are seasoned ning at least four pets they stand players, but the latter is not far more likelihood of being sue-

fast

he used to be fecssfat This pair will do very well to win

of the “Y”

tal-enders, between

One of the biggest faults notice able in the Army team this ses- son has been their weak defence while, with the exception of Floyd, ito 126. Barry, Lt. Lincoln and Cal Earri- son, the rest of the team have been poor.

Rapid Scoring

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First Appearance

Sound Halves Miss Swan, the H. K. Ladies' left-back, is inclined to wander

So rapidly did F. B. Neve score too much, although she recovers The absence of Lieut. Rice on Saturday that his 50 was one set against the speedy tactics very quickly. Probably the most Evans, has made a world of dif- signailed at the same time that the impressive players in the interme, ference to Aziny Rugby in the Co-total of 60 was hoisted. He found diate lines were Miss Laihoveit-lony and his influence behind the the boundary on no fewer than 15 sky, the Schoolgirls' new left-hall, practices and in picking out faults occasions and was particularly toris Recreation Club and N. Silva as his partner, while W. and Miss R. Smalley, the HK in the team has been most obvious. hard on Goodwin, Ladies' centre-half. Neither be (Continued on Page 6.)

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Junior Trophy

Stydar Bumiahin is making, what is thinks, his first appear The encounter between the Vic-ance this season and will have C

John's Cathedral will seriously Lawnce and M. M. de V. Soares affect the destination of the junior will be the other pair.

The third pair, E. M. L. Soares and A. O. Barretto, are the weak link in the team and I think that their lack of balance will probably cost the V. R. the match, pro--- vided

of course, that St. John's. |adopt the pairings suggested.

Free Lances and Chinese Be- creation Club are both finding considerable difficulty in complet ing their side in the former team, EL H. Shate, their best player, is unlikely to play owing to an attack of kumbago that has been troubling him for some time) His two sons, Warwick and Ken neth, are available, as are Ander- son and Fisher, but at the present moment the other two members of the team have not been decided) upon. Free Lances have very little chance of beating University “B”. and, in facta Ta

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