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V.G.J. JENKIN'S BROKEN THUMB

London, November 9. It was learned yesterday that V.G.J. Jen- kins, the Welsh international full back, recently met with an accident in which he broke his thumb.

He.

will be out of the game for at least

six weeks.

by the time Wales meets England at Twickenham a fortnight later.

THE CHINA MAIL, NOVEMBER 23, 1938,

F. O'DONNELL LEAVES BLACK POOL FOR

ASTON VILLA

(By AIR MAIL)

London, November 10.

Blackpool F.C. have transferred Frank O'Donnell, their Scottish international centre-forward, to Aston Villa, at a fee stated last Jenkins, who is rated as perhaps night on good authority in the region of £10,000. Sunderland recent,

fused. the finest full back in the Unitedly offered £8,000 to Blackpool for O'Donnell, and that offer was re- Kingdom, is the possessor of thir- teen Welsh international caps. He The injury, which is to the left gained Blues for Rugby and cricket at Oxford University. He was one thumb, may keep Jenkins out of the of the members of the British team final Welsh trial at Swansea on which toured South Africa during January 7, but he hopes to be fit the summer.

The preferred the

Negotiations for the transfer final choice was left between As- were conducted at Blackpool yes-ton Villa and Brentford. terday by Mr. J. Broughton, the player himself Aston Villa vice-chairman. Sev- Villa.

O'Donnell joined Preston North eral First Division clubs, sought| O'Donnell's signature, and the End in the 1935 close season from Celtic, and went to Blackpool in November of last year. For his ser- vices Blackpool had to pay Preston a big price, and also exchange lend ing players in Watmough-and M'Intosh. O'Donnell played för Scotland in 1937 against England |and in 1938 ́against England and

Wales.

On Wednesday Blackpool signed George Eastham, from Brentford, and the news of O'Donnell's de parture comes as no surprise.

(O'Donnell will play for the Villa. at Stoke to-morrow, although the exact composition of the forward line is not yet known. He may figure at centre-forward or inside left.

The Kowloonatic

A sort of woolly ape who spends most of his time sunmming across the harbour to Hong Kong balancing an empty tankard on his head because not being very intelligent, he doesn't know that H.B. BEER can be delivered to him in his home in any quantities.

POLICE BEAT SERVICES AT BOXING IN

LONDON

(By Air Mail)

London, Nov. 10 At Harringay Arena last night a team of British Police beat Imperial Services for the seventh time in eleven years, by seven events to five. Results (all contests over six rounds) :—

LIGHT-WEIGHT:

Priváte G. H. Spears (2nd Dorset Regt.) beat Police Constable J. Wig- gins (Metropolitan Police), in the fourth round."

WELTER-WEIGHT

Lance Corporal E. Shackleton (Ter- ritorial Army) beat Police-Constable W. Dumbleton (Derby Borough Police), on points.

Aircraftman J. Walker (Royal Air Force) beat Police-Constable F. Besch (Colchester Borough Police), on points. MIDDLE-WEIGHT

Royal

Fusilier W. M'Veigh (2nd Scots Fusiliers) beat Police-Constable H. Smith (Derby Borough Police), who was disqualified in the sixth round.

Police Constable W. Gallacher (Royal Ulster Constabulary) beat Able Son man F. Algar (Royal Navy), on points, Police-Constable E. Bell (Metropoli tan Police) beat Corporal, J. Pithers (Territorial Army), in the fourth round.

LIGHT HEAVY-WEIGHT” Police Constable A, Ford (Derby Borough Police) beat Petty Offer M. J. Wrigley (Royal Navy), on points.

Police-Constable W. It. Goyder (City of London Police) beat Corporal G. Brown (Territorial Army), on points.

(Royal Lance-Sergt. Mackenzie Horse Artillery) beat Police-Constable T. Randall (Metropolitan Police) on points.

HEAVY-WEIGHT Police-Constable A. Porter (Colches- ter Borough Police) beat Guardsman Nicholls: (Grenadier. Guards), the re- feree stopping the bout at the end of the first round, with Nicholls's right eye having been injured.

Walters

Police-Constable. W. H. (Derby Borough Police) beat Private Weaterton (Territorial Army), on points.

Police-Constable J. M'Mullan (Royal Ulster Constabulary); best Guardsman Griffitha (Grenadier Guards), ob points.