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THE CHINA MAIL, OCTOBER 19, 1937

ST. ANDREW'S LADIES TEAM ANALYSED

REFEREES TO BE ADDRESSED

INTERPRETATION

OF ALTERED RUGBY RULES

ATTEMPT TO ENSURE UNIFORMITY

(By ROWE HARDING) LONDON, SEPTEMBER 21. THE WELSH UNION, ARE TO BE COMMENDED FOR THE

Miss Phyllis Gittins, above, will lead a strong St. Andrew's hockey eleven in the Caër Clark Cup sex- ies this season.

STEPS THEY ARE TAKING RECREIO

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TO ENSURE THAT WELSH REFEREES

UNDERSTAND

THE NEW ALTERATIONS IN

AGAIN DRAW

THE LAWS OF THE GAME WITH POLICE

AND TO SEE THAT A UNI-

FORM INTERPRETATION Inter-Section Hockey WILL BE GIVEN TO THEM IN ALL PARTS OF WALES.

Replay

ALMOST ENTIRE D.G.S. BRAWN CUP SIDE ENLIST

MISS STEPHENSON WILL BE ONLY ABSENTEE

SOME SUGGESTIONS FOR

MISS GITTINS

(By "ADREM)

WITH lack of interest greatly in evidence on most of the fields of sport I have been fortunate or unfortunate enough to have attended in the last two months, it was particularly refreshing to see St. Andrew's Ladies in action last Thursday.

KEENNESS THERE WAS IN PLENTY. NOT ONŁY WERE THERE SUFFICIENT PLAYERS FOR TWO TEAMS BUT THE LARGE NUMBERS WHO TURNED UP NECESSITATED FOUR GIRLS WAITING UNTIL THE CONCLUSION OF THE FIRST To this end Mr. James Jarrett,

Club de Recreio, who drew with HALF BEFORE THEY WERE ABLE TO TAKE THE FIELD IN one of Wales' representatives on the Police in their first encounter

THE PLACES OF OTHER OLD HANDS WHOSE CAPABILITIES, the International Board, is going the Civilian Section, of the MISS PHYLLIS GETTENS WAS ALREADY -FAMILIAR to address meetings of referees and club officials at appointed last week, shared two goals with

Inter-Section Hockey Tournament WITH.

changes and tell referees how they are to interpret them.

Chiefly interesting was the appearance of almost the entire centres, when he will explain the the same team in a re-play at team which represented the Diocesan Girls School in the Brawn King's Park yesterday afternoon. Cup Competition last season With the exception of Miss Sheila Both teams displayed an in- Bruce, who has joined another club and the Misses Pansy Dodd, I understand that the Rugby Union are holding a referees' meet-provement in their forward lines, Dora Turner and B. Fitzgerald, who are boarders, all of last season's ing in London at the end of this but their defences were once again stalwarts were present and gave very creditable performances.

with a similar object in featured, Jessop, in goal for the view, I have no doubt that Mr. Police, being outstanding.

The Recreio left and right wing Jarrett, as one of the Committee who drafted the new rules, willers, A. R. Pinna and L. B. Gosano, adopt the interpretation which the were fast, but received poor sup-

month

part from their colleagues.

framers desire to have placed upon

Parker, the Police leader, scored them, and it seems likely that the

the first goal during the first half, London meeting will be addressed by one of the Rugby Union repre-tuguese during the latter half

while Gosano replied for the Por

sentatives on the International Board who helped to draft the rules, and who, "presumably, will interpret them in the same sense as Mr. Jarrett.

UNIFORMITY

the game.

LECTURES ON

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Miss Phyllis Gittins, St. An-can be relied upon to send their for- drew's skipper, need have no wards. away with regularity misgivings regarding prospects while not letting much rast them in for the Caer Clark Cup Com-defence. petition. She is especially for- Although Miss Gittins is in the tunate in having most of last position of being able to field her en--- year's team available, although tire forward-line of last year, I feel present indications point to she would be well advised to make as several of them having to strug-much use of her schoolgirl talent as gle fairly hard to find places in she possibly can, as there is little face of the strong schoolgirl doubt that the attack is sorely allenge

need of some "gingering."

THE FORWARDS" The only two forwards last who ever distinguished year, themselves, were Miss Gittins and Miss F. Wong, at centre-forward and right-wing, respectively, although Miss da Roza was also good in a bustling aggressive sort of way. Per- sonally I think that Miss Gitting is being entirely wasted as leader of Many people would the attack I am not suggesting without hesitation, select Mrs. Rose that she is not competent to fill that It would appear to be a condem- These lectures should prove of nation of the rules themselves, of invaluable assistance to

but without trying to detract from Position but other teams, realising locali course, that there should be room hockey, and any civilians desirous the undoubted merit of many of her that she was more or less the for any of divergence of opinion of attending will be heartily wel-past performances, I must confess about their true interpretation. For comed. my own part, I thought the new scrummaging rules, for instance,

So far I have been able to as- certain, the only member of the old side who will not be able to take part in the current season is Miss Ruth is to bring about uniformity of in-

Stephenson, who leaves for home terpretation in England and Wales, A short series of lectures on about the middle of next month. the trouble taken will be amply re- Hockey Umpiring will be given by For the position of custodian there paid, for the lack of such unifor Capt. G. W. P. Kimm, A.E.C., in is Mrs. Rachel Rose, the interporter, mity has been a fruitful source of the Area Educational Centre and young Miss June Hair, consider dissatisfaction when Welsh sides blocks A and B, every Wednesday ed by many to be the Colony keeper have played under English re- at 6.30° p.m. The series com of the future.

If the result of these conferences UMPIRING

ferees, and vice-versa.

mences to-morrow. -

were perfectly clear and straight CLUB HOCKEY TEAM

forward, and obviously intended to prevent the outside men in the front-row from usurping the func tions of the hooker.

IMPORTANCE OF BALL'S PACE I imagined that the instruction to put the ball in at a moderate pace", instead of "gently," as previously would make it impossible for 1

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chief source of danger, have made that she has never inspired me with a rule to "bottle" her and thus

""" St. Andrew's c goal-scor much confidence, especially

when dealing with trickly shots ing factor

pressure,

In the past, she has played on the COOL UNDER

SURE Miss Hall on the other hand, is eft-wing There is no reason why she remarkably cool under

should not still prove equally useful kicks cleanly and strongly and in ad-in that position. With Miss F The following have been chosen to represent the Hong Kong Hockey Chas dition, has what is extremely useful Wong on the right flank, and say, in the semi-final of the Civilian Section to a goal-keeper, a fine all-round Miss Mabel Churn, a hard-hitting of the Inter-Section Knock-out Tourna- knowledge of the game which enables schoolgirl with plenty of enterprise at 5.15 p.m. W. Benwell, J. E. Pot- ment, to-morrow on the Marins ground her to anticipate a great deal better in the centre, one can imagine ter, E. V. Reed, R. A Bates, W. A than most

harrassing times many local lady de-

Reed, G. Sommer: S Fowler, T. Whit- In the absence of Miss Stephenson, fences would have to put up with

Bond

outside man to do more than fol, G. E R. Divett, B. 1. Bickford Valthe UAE for left-back is whoever are selected to fill the other

Miss E

of the D. G. S.

Ainside-positions:

low the ball in and help it back

it had struck the hooker's intercept with his inside foot a ball powerful player who is extraordin-1

ONLY A SUGGESTION-

foot, but already have seen in-travelling at a moder pace with-arily reliable, she was one of the tins for what it is worth and I trust

re the ball was hooked out raising or advancing the foot tstanding

of the outside before the ball is properly in the

but I sup- scrum.

Fanid

that the ball If the ball is dropped

on either spot just beyond the

ound, he either side it is of ase his inside foot ly possible, but I

H-backs in the Brawn rather ints defence. ht-back

be Miss G White the first

LATE

I put that suggestion to Miss Gi

that she will at least try out its el ficacy

a conclusion, I would warn MiES Gittins and her selectors, of the dan- (Continued on Page 19)

auch regret.