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NEW

RUGBY

LAW

LIDADTY OF PLAYERS

TAMPERED WITH

ANOTHER TRIAL MUST

BE GIVEN

HALVES UNACCUSTOMED FREEDOM

(By HOWARD MARSHALL)

London, March 3.

TO-MORROW, in the Mobbs memorial match

between the East Midlands and the Bar- barians, the experimental offside rule will be tried again. The rule, you will remember, stipulates that "no player shall advance beyond his own front row forwards until the ball is out of the scrummage."

COLONY

THE CHINA MAIL, MARCH 30, 1937.

EXPERIMENT

LAWN TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIPS

Recreio Pair Should Win Again

FOUR ENCOUNTERS

IN SINGLES

|FUSILIERS

DEFEAT THE SEAFORTHS

Army And United Hockey Games

In a replay encounter in the First Round of the Army Hockey Tourney, the Fusiliers heat the Seaforths by three clear goals at Shamshuipo during the week-end, Sergt. Dandy, Capt. Gwyder-Jones (and L/Epl. Bruton scoring for the

winners.

This match was also a substitute for the fixture between the game teama in the First Division of the After a break of some days United Hockey Tournament, the Tennis Championships will be re- owing to the holidays, the Colony League Table of which

follows: sumed at the Hong Kong C.C. this afternoon, when a fairly large pro- gramme will be disposed of

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UNITED HOCKEY TOURNAMENT

" DIVISION-TABLE TO DATE

P. W.

D. F. A. Pis 640 2 14 2 10 41 2 1 16 26.. 2.1 1:0 3.3 40 3 1 29.

2 0 2 0 0 9 0

THAT THE RUGBY UNION SHOULD SANCTION THE The most interesting tie appears EXPERIMENT IN A MATCH OF SUCH CONSEQUENCE IS to be the doubles encounter between EVIDENCE OF A DESIRE IN HIGH QUARTERS TO RESCUE the Recreio pair, A. V. Goaano and E. Police

Fusiliers THE GAME FROM CHAOS. THE OPERATION OF THE RULE A. V. Remedios, and Ma Nai-kwong Engineers WILL BE WATCHED WITH GRAVE CONCERN BY THE AS- and Li Kwan-hung.

Seafortha SEMBLED PUNDITS. TO-MORROW - MAY

A WELL BE

University MOMENTOUS DAY IN RUGBY FOOTBALL HISTORY.

The former pair must be con- K. L T. C. It is a serious matter, this tampering with the laws. fess that it alarms me considerably, although the proposed rule is survived their match against Frank not new.

It has been tried out in Wales, and last Saturday North-Kwok and S. W. Liang, and it was

Fusiliers ampton and Leicester gave it a chance. Apparently with success. only their splendid fighting spirit Air Force

which pulled them through when Police (Indian) 6 There are, however, points,necessary steps.

within an ace of defeat. Provided F.M.S. Tamar they can strike their best form Seaforths fairly early on, they should win

Engineers this afternoon.

I considered rather fortunate to have “B”. DIVISION TABLE. TO DAT

upon which we must be satisfied We must remember this also before the proposed rule is ac- Each fresh tactical move evokes a cepted as a real improvement to defensive counter. For a while the the game.

game might be opened up by this

DOUBLES MATCH WHAT ABOUT THE PLAYERS proposed. legislation, but in due R. L. Withington, Leong Ping- First, what is the underlying pur-course the tacticians would inevit-chiu, G. E. Clarke and W. J. pose in the minds of those who ably evolve a system of defensive Howard should support it? I have seen it stated covering which might produce a singles matches, while Chan Kam- 5. that the rule would make the game more barren state of stalemate than moon and Chak Kam-hung should. more. attractive. Attractive to before. In my opinion it would be win against Lt. Comdr. Rump and whom the player. or the specta- unwise to sanction this law with- C. Ravenhill in the doubles. tor?

out a considerably extended ex-

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A fundamentally important ques-perimental period. The evidence- tion. If it is designed primarily to of a couple of games is wholly in- attract spectators, then we should sufficient. have nothing to do with it, unless SUGGESTED AMENDMENT- it also makes the game more enjoy- able for the players. The players' enjoyment is the only valid con: sideration.

TOO FAST

L. D. F.Z

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W. J. Howard v. J. D. Holmes. Open Doubles C Championship.

allwin their D. Nickson and H. G. Bowerman S. Hussain and S. A. Hussain. Ma Nai-kwong and Li Kwan hung. A. V. Gonang and A. V. Remedios

The following is the programme:

Open Singles Championship- R. L. Withington v. P. C. Lee J. D. Milne v. Leong Ping-chiu. B. O'M. Deane v. G. E.

Chan Kam-moon, and Chak Kam hung v. Lt. Cmdr. Rump and Ravenhill.

Club Championship..

H. Owen-Hughes v. T. C. Monegabn

Club Handicap Singles G. Polgase (-1.6) v. G. C. Stark (+2.6).

SPALDING

I am obscurantist enough to be suspicious of any fresh legislation, particularly when it restricts the liberty of the player, as this rule does. Supposing, though, that Remember another Mobbs mem-eventually it was decided that the orial match when the New Zealand rule tended to improve the game. rule which barred direct kicking to for the players, there is a slight touch outside the players' 25 was modification of it to be considered. tried. It made the game too fast Might it not be better to say that for the ordinary Saturday, after-no player except the scrum-half noon player. I know that very shall advance beyond his own front well, because I happened to be row forwards. until the ball is out playing in the match myself. The of the scrummage?” rule was vetoed as impracticable.

I do not propose to criticise this

SPUR OF ACTIVITY This emendation would retain the

present experiment until I have that sour to activity which seen it in operation, though it ap- scrum-half needs. He would not de- pears to have pleased the critics on lay his passing if his opposite num- Saturday. The conditions were all her were coming round the scrum. against open play, and yet the One final note: I am bound to ad- threequarters were frequently and mit that the rule may work bene- profitably in action. Even the ficially in that it places a premium wings had their chances.

m sound serummaging and heeling, since it makes, or may make, pos- not session of the ball vitally impor- The scrum- tant.

ONE GAME NOT ENOUGH One game, however, does

prove a great deal.

halves on this occasion were some- At present very few tries are what bewildered, I gather, by their served from the set scrummage, unaccustomed freedom.

but it is conceivable that the whole

It may be significant that their incidence of attack may change if passing was slow, and that they did the rule ie adopted.

not run with the ball. My own view is that the unhampered scrum- half will always tend to take more

time over his passing. Before

LORD ABERDARE IN U.S.

TENNIS SEMI-FINAL

Philadelphia, March. Lord

long, moreover, he will realise that no opponents are lying in wait for him, and he will run a pace or two Aberdare reached the semi-finals before he shoots the ball out. This of the American Amateur Tennis would be an unfortunate develop- Championship here yesterday by

ment! Too many scrum-halves! defeating G. H. Bostwick

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