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THE CHINA MAIL, OCTOBER 27, 1988,

Harlequins Narrow

Cambridge Beaten By Odd Point

Stirring Rugby At. Twickenham

(By AIR MAIL)

London, October 15.

Harlequins 16 pts.

Cambridge U· 15 pts. Cambridge University, playing their first match of the season in 'London, were beaten by Harle- quins after a stirring second half yesterday by a dropped goal, three penalty goals, and a try (16 points) to three goals (15 points).

A much larger crowd than usual went down to Twickenham in the sunshine, but they must have been sorely disappointed with the first half, at any rate, if they remembered the corresponding match of two years ago, when C.. D. Laborde's team of unknowns, having lost Wooller and Jones, set an irresistible pace. This was an aimless. scramble by comparison; the wonder was that the Harle- quins, with so much of the ball, did Bo little with it, and again the fault was their bunching and lack of thrust' in mid-field.

Though the Harlequins carried near- ly all the scrumamges, "they could not break through a rugged defence, and the fourteen clear points by which they led at half-time all came from goal- kicks. -

BEWILDERED §- ... Cambridge seemed bewildered by the stern reminders of the scrummage laws inflicted by the referee and in this matter there could be no disputing the authority of W. W. Wakefield.. In the opening minute or two the Cambridge forwards were penalised for "foot-up" in front of their posts, and they were pulled up three times soon afterwards for similar offences.

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Victory

The Cambridge University Bo at' Race trial eights held their first practice on the River Cam on Octo- ber 18, in preparation for the Bu mping Races and the famous Varsity Boat Race, which is rowed on the Thames, in April. Photo shows One of the trial eights in action on the Cam being watched by another crew from the bank. (Copyright, Fox).

K. TONG & YACHT CLUB ANOTHER

DEFEAT SHANGHAI

Somewhat surprising in view of Shanghai's record to date but nevertheless very decisively, a combined team from the Royal Hong Kong Yacht Club and Kowloon Tong Club yesterday beat the Shang- hai Interport lawn bowls team at Kowloon Tong by 23 shots to 19.

PRESENTATIONS! ̧

Qustanding for the winners was scoring a four on the 16th, head" Austin Spary, most successful skip and a further couple of twos.. in the Third Division of the Lea- gue in the programme recently con- in excellent cluded. Spary was form and had much the better of

FRENCH RACING TRIUMPH

CONTREVENT WINS

CESAREWITCH

London, To-day. France pulled off the great Following the game members of

Autumn racing double for the first both teams together with officials time in history yesterday, when his opposite number throughout the of the Hong Kong Lawn Bowls Princess de Faucigny. Lucinge's Association, repaired to the club- Controvent, carrying 2 lbs. over- house where, after refreshments, weight, won the Cesarewitch. Mr. Stapleton, president of Kowloon Tong Club, welcomed the Shanghai players on behalf of the Yacht Club

K. H. Chapman kicked three goals in the four attempts from easy posi tions, and that was rubbing it in. The Harlequins themselves were not to escape the referee's strict eye, but since they were attacking all the time, their goal was out of range, except on one occasion when Geddes missed a post by inches.

FINE DEFENCE · Against the vigilant marking and direct tackling of the Cambridge three- He was well supported by H. quarter line, to say nothing of the safe Gittins, as lead, while R. H. Wild hands and feet of Geddes, very little was seen of the Harlequin backs. Most and A. W. Brown also pulled their of the play consisted of loose mauls weight in fine style to assist in. and forward rushes in the Cambridge inflicting their third defeat on the Once M. J. Daly, the Irish wing, very well-balanced Shanghai -com- swerved clear ab all his great pace and bination.

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Gutierrez,

and themselves.

Kowloon Tong Club, he said, was comparatively new being only three

wheather made visibility very poor Alternating sunshine and cloudy and the colours of the jockeys were undistinguishable until about a mile from home, where Contrevent was bunched with several others.

Contrevent took the lead shortly. after passing the bushes and run- ning very strongly, held off the that challenge of the French bred be the Dubonnet, which was also carrying

3 lbs. overweight."

first time they had had an oppor tunity of entertaining a Shanghai the present visit would Interport team. He hoped

forerunner of many more.

put over a menacing cross-kick: later For the visitors, Gerrard at No.or four years old and it was the on he almost dribbled u'· way, clear; but play in the open was conspicuously 2 struck a bad day and was not absent on such a firm ground. Per very convincing, but haps the best achievement of the first Swartzell and Lopes played fairly half was T. G. K. Bishop's dropped well, goal. He had not much time when the ball came to him from a loose scrum- mage, but he had time to get in grand kick from about thirty-five yards at a wide angle.

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In mitgation for the Shang- hai players it must be realised that they have been playing bowls every day for the last fortnight and: yesterday they Cambridge were settling down, how- ever, and just before the interval For-gave the appearance of being rest and Reed were nearly over in a

SETTLING DOWN ·

exceedingly stale.

corner, and J. C. Swanson on the other The Hong Kong team had scored

wing was collared only just in time by

Spoons were then presented to Mr. Wallace. on behalf of the Shang hai team, after which Mr. Wallace presented home players with simi- lar momentos with a special spoon for Mr. Stapleton..........

Three cheers for both teams then brought the official side of the pro

Daly when he fielded a long cross-kick. 9 on seven heads before Shanghai

Then things began to happen in managed to notch a single. Hong gramme to a conclusion.. which it was hard to recognise Cam-Kong then went on to increase K. T. & Y. C. bridge as the same team. From the

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AW. Brown A. Spary Hend

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first scrummage of the second half their lead to 15-8, finally to go H. Gittins Downes seized on a pass from Bruce out at 23-14 after Shanghai had Lockhart and cut through swiftly. He made a belated partial recovery made a lot of ground before he passed in to T. R. Parry, about the fastest ing distance and it was again Bruce forward on the field, who went over Lockhart, and Forrest who struck just between the posts.

after E. A. Hamilton-Hill, that tower of strength in the Harlequin pack, had been carried off injured. Bruce-Lock- hart made the opening from a scrum- mago by swerving clear, but it was s glorious lone run of ́ Forrest's. that finished it öRATE

Both the other Cambridge tries, in deed, were scored between the posts the strength of the team was down the middle-and Geddes easily made goals ant of all three..

FINE, SCORE

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SHANGHAI

A. M. Gutierrez A: M. Gerrard- K. Swartzell J. Lopes Shots

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W. 8. Kemble made a lonely run on It seemed odds on a Cambridge vic- the left wing and was firmly shepherd. tory when, with five minutes to go, ed info touch, but the Harlequins were Bishop came striding out of his own almost entirely on the defensive now.

Kemble carried on-and ho 19- The Cambridge pack had only to heel might have been brought down by 14 the ball to reveal the attacking quali-Bruce Lockhart-to give Horsley a ties of the men behind them. Forrest had made. Ky strong through the centre, kicked, ther with Hrsos-Lockhart up: Wi tened on to the ball again Now Cambridge" were

Soon clever pass over. Reed's head sỹ đów burst feet from the line, Horsley just man

and, aged to scorn in the corner Chapman [*] rainwed- from" a dimenit goal kick, and

with one point in it the; finish bound to be desperate.

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Shots

Fet, last year's winter, made a gallant. but unavailing effort to become the first dual Cesarewitch winner.

The result of the race was:

1.

incess de Faucigny Lucinge's Contrevent (Tucker) (100 to 7). J. R. Hornung's Dubonnet (Gor-. ́don Richards) (100 to 7).

E. Benson's Fet (E. Smith) to.1).

Won by length and a half, the

same.

Other runners:

Trevisani (Nevitt), Harewood (Bre- thes), Black Speck (Carslake) Sir Tam (Perrin), Mubarak (Harry Wragg) Malkowicze (Rochetti) Celibate (Sprague), Artists. Prince

Snake Lightning (Lane) Stainless Ste- phen (Weston), Toreador III (Ricka- by), Archduke II (Packham), Miss Windsor (Sirett), Corofin (Doyle), Earth Stopper Cliff Richards), Queen's Shilling (Richardson), Nettle- weed (Bartlam), Holnechase (Gethin), Olympus (D. Smith); Snipewood (Griggs), Solonaise" (Lacey), Tapagour 8Gilbert), Ranfield (Blackburn), Fair- ing (Christie) Love's Langend (Wells), Grey Lantre (Mullins) Gyppo (Dy

Home (Rowley), Tra-