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Cheese Spoffing Paye
CLUB REORGANISE ATTACK FOR MATCH
FOR MATCH AGAINST THE RIFLES
Three footballers who are in the limelight in the Third Division are K. M. Omar, left. St. Joseph's right-winger, Fus. Luzioni, centre, inside-right for the Fudiers and. C. Santos, right, one of Liga's, out- standing forwards.
Junior Cricket Title
Race Nears End
NAVÝ JUNIOR'S
TASK AGAINST
SOUTH CHINA
H. Owen Hughes Coaching Kowloon Are Much
At Chinese R. C.
No
(By "ADREM”)
TO First Division League games are_down for decision this] afternoon and so all interest will be centred on the Junior
Improved
CLUB SHOULD BEAT THE RIFLES
(By "ROVER">
WILSON MOVED TO INSIDE RIGHT AND SLOAN ON WING
RECREIO'S SPORTING
ACTION®
"EASTERN HAVE BIG TASK
*(By “ROVER”)
J. M. Remedios, shore, is sce of Liga's most promising young- sters. It will not be long now' before one of the senior clubs" scouts pick him out.
"Y" LADIES
OWING to a heavy casualty list, the Hong
Kong Football Club are making drastic BIG BID AT changes for their First Division League soccer
match against the Rifles to-day, having reorgan- THE VALLEY ised their attack and half-back line by bringing in several Second Division men. The Rifles, who are at present leading in the First Division, are expected to win.
COLONY'S INTERPORT SOCCER XI
FIVE POSITIONS STILL OPEN
FUNG & WILSON MUST BE PLAYED
(By "REFEREE")
Although it was understood in soccer circles that the Gov-
ernor's Cup First Round clash
between the Chinese Federn- tion and the HEF.A. was in
the nature of an Interport
trial, I have since discovered
that this was not so, and that
the League Management Com- mittee selected the Association
team without consulting the
MEET H. K. LADIES IN VITAL MATCH CAER CLARK CUP afternoon on the Club ground
IN BALANCE
(By “ADEEM”"?
Interport Selection Committee.
The first official Interport trial will be held to-mMOITOW
when the Probables (selected from the Governor's Cup match) will meet the Possibles in a full-time clash. Providing
Fill is still on the injured list and as a result Nicholls and Strange will form the full-back division, while Kemp, who far- merly played for Kowloon juniors, will be seen at right-half, There are several changes at forward, Wilson moving from League, which is rapidly drawing to a conclusion. Following a The outstanding game in to inside-left to inside-right in support of Fowler, who makes a rest of two weeks, Army "B" once more return to the tray and day junior football
Preappearance on the wing, while Bickford will be at inside-left, The Caer Clark Cap Ladies none of the selected players are as the Police and K.CC are both engaged, the three teams in the gramme is that between the Navy and Sloan will be brought in on the wing from the juniors
Hockey League programme is now injured to-day, a first class vanning for passiter henems will all be on view.
the holders and present lenders of
The Club's best scoring machine will be their right-wing, nearing completion. This after game should be witnessed.
The Selection Committee, I ! I contint weer either the University or Recreio providing any the Second Division, and South and it is fairly obvious that the Rifles' defence will concentrate noon, at the Valley, unless a draw upsets against Army “B” » KLC. respectively, but I would China, one of the remaining teams in this direction. The Club intermediate line is not as strong results, the championship will be hope, will bear in mind that their decided. The “Y” Ladies, from com-job is to select the strongest team not be in the least bit surprised to see the Police checked by the Junior Shield competition as it could be, but they have two strong backs. Craigengower, on the latter's ground. It is time that Craigen-A win for the Navy wiÎ place gower have done nothing startling in their League matches to them in an unassailable position. date, but they have, on paper, a team that is capable of perform- The Navy have been forced to! ing very much better than their present record suggests,
W.
In Teoh, G. A. Lee, Leonard, A. B. Kitchell and-J. L. Yotingaaye, they have bats- men who are good enough to make runs against the most. powerful teams in the League that they have not done so yet rather suruises me.
Lee and Leonard, in particular, JOCKEY
are almost up to Senior Division standard, while Youngaaye, who has only scored on one occasion in five innings, is passing through
a phase that is much too bad to
last
New Recreat
CLUB'S
ENTERPRISE
A. Goband, a new recruit, should POOL FORECAST ON
stiffen up the side considerably as
he showed more than onlinary pro- mise in his debut against the Uni-
versitý last week
Hong Kong CC, strengthened
H. K-DERBY
FULL DETAILS.
by the return of PC Frost OUTLINED
"should have little diffenity in col
lecting the maximum points from
make several changes in their team. Hutchby's position at cen- tre-half will be led by Jones, while. Carter will take Passent's place at right-back.
“ROVER’S” FOOTBALL FORECAST
The Rifles will probably field parative obscurity last season, are the Colony can field regardless of their usual team and should now in a very strong position to whether the players are represen win comfortably, although one secure possession of the coveted tative of one nationality or of one can never tell what form the trophy for the first time since the Club! The fault with many traws inception of the composition, mod,ĝis that the Selectors, while dining Club are likely to be in.
unless they are over-sized 15 their best to field the strongest Scots Should Win
importance of the occasion, their team, have also tried to make it An excellent game should be superior speed should carry them as representative se possible, that witnessed at King's Park, where through.
ia, taking players from as many Tufnell returns to the team, at
The following is "Rover's forecast the fast-moving Recreio team wil (Continued on Page 3) Citibo as possible, which is, "of left-half, and his inclusion has for the week-end fixtures, giving the oppose the Seaforths, who, follow-
course, all wrong. greatly strengthened the defence favoured teams in pronounced blacking their excellent display against The forward line is unchanged letters:-
and includes Wride, at inside- right, partnered by Le Page, on the wing. Brewer, who has shown up well since his inclusion in the Recreio team will be on the left wing.
Chinese Weakened
To-day
FIRST DIVISION
v Seafortha
the Fusiliers, are likely to secure SERVICES
the points, to-day.
Recreio have made several in-
teresting changes, A V. Goa RUGBY
(King's Park, & pm)]moving back to the centre half
Destern
Rifles
*
South China will be without Leung Pak-wai, who has been pro-South China
the
ted to the senior team, bat will
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South China "A" berth, where he will have his WEAKENED
(Causeway Bay, 4 pm) hands full playing policeman to
Clab
(Chatham Road, 4 p.m.)iler, the Boots leader
Beltran will be an absentee as “B”- Navy
(Caroline Hill, 4.p) the team selectors are anxións, not
V. Athletic
to jeopardise his chances for the (Kowloon, 4 p.m.), T Kowloon
Interport Beltzso is the centre
SECOND DIVISION Seaforths
be assisted by Yau Wah-hing in Fliers
Intermediate line. Van bas
SC Joseph's played several games for the first team this season. Choo will be in! goal, and Wong Wai-min, who is Stonecatters the most dangerous forward, will
Lyekun be at inside-right
Rides Another good game should-be
RETURN MATCH WITH CLUB
Five Positions Open
With the ful-back division and most of the forwards more or less
certain, there remains for the In-
terport Sélection Committee the taak of selecting the Colony's Cus-
dian, the two wing-halves (
assuming that Beltran is 4 certainty for the centre-half pori- tion) and the inside-right and in- side, left-berths.
Rowlands has shown surprising- ly poor form recently and, although
(Cình, 4 p.m.) half for the Probable team to RAINEY STILL ON he will be seen out for the Pro-
marrow. E. Goesno will be seen
in the leader's position, while the (Prince Edward Road, 4 pm) inside-right berth will fall to H
...qu
Chinese Ponce
(St. Joseph's, 2.30 pm) Gastpas lot.
▾ Club (Chatham Road, 230 p.m.) |
"NETT
INJURED LIST
bables to-day, I a Inclined to think that Pau Ka-pång or George Rodger will be the Colony's élet-
Much of the interest in to-day's. tion. Two Good Forwards
return Bugby match between the The wing-half berths should be. The Hong Kong Jockey Club will witnessed when the much im-South China
Webster and Steele, the Sea-Triangular Tournament cham-filled arter to-day's exfibition. the very disappointing Indian R.C.
(Caroline 201, 2.30 pm) forths' full-backs, are two very pians, the Hong Kong Football and I feel comment that Weide, of team. The only promising feature introduce a new feature at the proved Kowloon team meet Kow- about the latter's displays so far Dert azzal Race Meeting in the loon Chinese. The former will be Kowloon Chinese y Eawloon
(Club, 2.30 pm) sturdy defenders, while their hal- Club Rugby Section, and the Co the Navy, will fustify wy faith in ves will also give the Recreio at-hined Services has been lost owing him in his display, at zightchaif has been the excellent form dis- form of # Forecast Pool for bet-without Betts, who is playing in
Fosters
▾ Athletic the senior team. Olsen is playing played by a school-boy from Billstar on the Hong Kong Derby.
(Kowloon, 2.30 p.m.) tack a gruelling time. Miller and to the non-appearance of many of to-morrow, although he is actually Kadoorie Indian School, K. M The following are the condi-against South China last week
THIRD DIVISION
McGuigan, the Scots leader and the Army's best backs..
a leff half de Inside-left." Seaforths Ramjahn, who, if he maintains histions as laid down by the Stewards and these three, assisted by Recreio
inside-left respectively, will bear
Must Play Fung present promise, will figure- Very of the Jockey Clab:---
(King's Park, 2.30 p.m.)| Mackenzie, in the half-back line,
Liga
plenty of close marking, otherwise should be able to hold the Chin-
V Krong Wak prominently in locki representa A Forecast Pool will be conducted)
Prince Edward Road, 2.30 pm) we may see a glut of goals result tive games of the future
Medicals
Ordnance"! o Hong Kong Derby, on all en-ese forwards.
ing He gave an extraordinarily tered ponies, whether they subse- The Club encounter the Rides (Military, Happy Valley, 4 p.m.) | (Continued on Page 3)
To-morrow plucky performance last week quantly start or not. The Pool, leas against the Police after all the Government Betting Tar and Comand zinch will depend on whether acknowledged bats had bed, mission to the nominator who will be able to hold Godney and Cab will be divided Milne, in the centre-half berth, showing a coolness and technique forecast. Ae frst three ponies past Boyd; the Rides fast forwards. farain advance of his years. the post in the Hose Kone Derby, in The Club are playing Stephens in
the corre
goal, with Wilson and Krilovsky, in the fall-back division, white Milne will be supported by Mill-
Navy Favoured
Civil Service and the Navy should have an interesting hamste at the Valley, and despite the fact that the latter are unable to tarn out a regular team from week to week, owing to movements of the Fleet. I expect them to return with the spoils.
Three friendly games are dowa to be played in the First Division. Kowloon CC, the deposed chẩm- pions, well, not have: matters all their own way against the Navy who have in Whitmarsh an all- rounder quite capable of win
C
La match by his own efforts, as
ably demonstrated
against the Army Teddy Fincher will
Possibles
Barry and It Rice-Evans, from the Fusiliers, will be missing from
Fang King-cheong should be in- the threequarter line, Preece will not be seen at scrum-hal, and Pte. cinded at inside-right at all costs Rainey, of the Seaforths, of whom as his displays have been consis- we have heard so much, is still on tently good in spite of his com Kumaon Rifles the injured list.
paratively poor showing in last There are also several changes Sunday's encomter. (Kowloon, 2.30 p.m.):
Air Force (Cimb, 2:30 pm)Fusiliers
(Chatham Road,p) THIRD DIVESION---
v Engineers
European Police v St. Joseph's
(Kowloon, 230 p.m.) (Chatham Road, 2.30 pm.).
INTERPORT TRIAL
Service Carpa
Probables.
Chinese Poce
་
CHINESE OLYMPIC SOCCER
in the Services' first fifteen pack The argument has been advanced and, as can be seen from the teams in some circles that D. Knox should below, Bebb, Watkins, Chaney and be included at inside-left instead Wright, will be playing for the of Wilson, and one correspondent second fifteen!
Fall Team
goes so far as to say that the former should be given a chance. The Club will be felding their it his first Interport! There is, full-team and with Bidwell back however, considerable difference in
(Continued on: Page 3) in his centre-threequarter position, they should win comfortably.
will be:-ington and Shaw in the intermedi- ate line. This defence is quite cap- able of upsetting the Fifer... The
STARS COMING TO COLONY Club forwards have not been able
Followers of football and more which made him one of the most combine well owing to continual, changes in the team, but if Stone, especially the Chinese section will dangerous forwards in the East.
The senior game, which will Tauf Ah-fai and “Darky" Chen, their leader, receiver the neces-be pleased to know that included sary support they should be sue-in the Shanghai Chinese football who both learned ther football in commence at 4 pm on the Sookun- cessful
team, which is due to arrive here the Straits, were prominent poo ground, will be preceded by In the Third Division the Medi-ion February 11 for the Chinese players in the Athletic team last "A" fifteen match between the cals meet the Ordnance, who, after Interport game against South year, Chen leaving for Shanghai Club and the Combined Services
Combined Services First TV
ABA. CORONATION: TOURNAMENT
The Amateur Boxing Associa- ła poor start, have now, placed/Catina on the following Sur day, just before the Interport and plays P. & Beyman; A E Northcott, tion have decided to hold a Car- several former Hong Konging for Shanghai on the left wins Sab. Lt. Gorden, L. Maclagan and nation Tounsament at the Boyal themselves in a challenging posit
re Tauf Ah-fat is considered by many Pax. Floyd: La Harry, and Li tion for the honours and, streng-players, among whom
Tani Ab-fat, as the best pint in China and is North Lewis, L. Lincoln Cel Harri Albert Hall, London, probably on thened by the inclusion of Fisher Suen Kam En,
100, Fo
Morgan; Capt. Gillespie and April 29. An invitation is to be Cooke, at centre-half, they are now Darky Chen, Lee Ning, Y. Y also neetul forward
Mumford and E, L. Holland but three points behind the Tea Fung and Lee Tec-oun
Lee Yor-sua, also formerly of the ders, whom they still have to meet Of these, Suen, “Darky": "Chen Athlette, learned his football Pay Sub. Le Bonbone LC-Jones, England, Scotland and Wa
Combined Services Second Xyear of 14 or 16 to compete against
the APA represe [and-Taui Ah-tal were members of with. E! Athletic and after Lt. Davenport, E. RA. Dobecky McQueen and Hokins are two the all Chins World' Olympic two
L2 Easter, L/Cpl. Lewis-and-IZTO round backs, while in the for- Soccer team and formerly played letic in the Ufest
Comdr. Dewart word line, besides Duffield, and for the Athletic, while in Hong Ho
faters, there are. Afte and Whet-Kong. “
Another old Interport star is S Evans; O. & Dyer, be sent to the Irish ABA to send UNIT
abo, are good'enc
Snezi Kam-suen,, hero of many Interports, kas rep ented both Hong Kang and anghai and
Opend he still has the deadly
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