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THE CHINA MAIL, DECEMBER 12, 1938 ́·

'VARSITY'S GALLANT HOCKEY DISPLAY

BUT C.B.A. WIN H.K.H.A. FIXTURE

K.E. TAM, C.H. TEOH AND P.K. HUI IN LIMELIGHT TOM WHITLEY'S GREAT SPOILING

(By "STICKS")

A thrilling Hong Kong Hockey Association Tournament match was witnessed at King's Park yesterday morning, when Central Bri-} tish Association defeated Hong Kong University by three clear goals after an interval lead of one goal. University gave a very fine display despite the reputation of their opponents, and it was only the bumpy nature of the ground which prevented them from scoring.

The absence of any combined movement by the 'Varsity attack was most noticeable during the opening half, when they took some time to settle down, but once they had got their eye in, their inter- mediate line gave a sparkling display which was only overshadowed by splendid defensive tactics by T. S. D. Whitley and V. C. Bond, the C.B.A. pivot and left-back respectively.

K. L. Ng, of University cric- keting fame, gave a very sound display between the sticks and undoubtedly played a large part in keeping the score down, but honours of the day un- doubtedly went to K. E. Tam and C. H. Teoh, the Varsity right-back and centre-half, res- pectively, for their repeatedly successful attempts in break- ing up C.B.A, attacks before they reached the circle.

Another very good performance was given by P. K. Hui, the Colony Badminton champion, who probably owes his magnificent stickwork and deadly "eye" to that game. At left-half, he

gave Smith,

the C.B.A. right-winger, a harass-

BRAWN CUP FARCE

C.B. School Beat "Y"

Ladies 12-1

(By "STICKS")

Scheduled as a postponed Brawn Cup fixture, the game between Central British School and "Y" Ladies provided a farce at 'Homun- tin yesterday morning, when 10 Schoolgirls beat six "Y" Ladies by 12 goals to 1 to establish a record in the Junior League Although Central British School sug- when they

ing time and displayed excellent gested a friendly

game

Other Hockey will be found on Page 25

judgment in distribution of ball.

TOO MUCH TALKING

the

T. S. D. Whitley, C.B.A.'s centre- half, was here, there and everywhere and gave University's inside forwards little opportunity of setting down. C.B.A.'s wing-halves were also in good fettle, although E. Fowler marred an otherwise sound perform- ance by "too much vocal encourage- ment to his other colleagues.

It was obvious that they knew as much, if not more of the game than he did!

C.B.A. attack, particularly the right-wing formation of D. T. Smith and S. A. Fowler, were the most dangerous pair on view, while George Fowler made an admirable leader of the attack, scoring two excellent goals.

were

SPLENDID HALVES Austen and Dunn, comprising C.B.A.'s left-wing combination, hard triers, but the bumpy nature of the ground undoubtedly played a large part in nullifying their efforts, as re- verse stick work was almost impossible with the hall continually jumping into the air.

re-

S. A. Fowler opened the scoring from a short corner after Varsity had peatedly driven off their opponents with brilliant first time clearing methods. Although a goal in arrears, the Undergraduates retaliated strongly and only splendid half-back work and clever intercoptions: by Bond saved C.B.A. goal from falling.

In the second half, C.B.A, tried hard. to increase their score substantially, but were only able to score on two more occasions, through G. H. Fowler, the Varsity falling to reduce their

arrears.

Messrs. J. Gurevitch and J. S. Grewal umpired and the teams were:- C.R.A.: S. MacNider; D. Taylor and V. C. Bond; N. D. Whitley, T. S., D. Whitley and E. Fowler; D. T. Smith, 'S. A. Fowler, G. H. Fowler, A. Durin and A. F. Austen.

H.K.U.: K. L. Ng; K. E. Tam and O. C. Leow; N. Ahmed, C. H. Tooh_and P. K. Hul; LH. Tan, V. Lingam, K. S. Oh, L. H. Chiang and' H. Raf.

An excellent ímpression is con veyed above of the grim determina- tion of J. R. Henderson, Club's scrum-half, to relieve the pressure with a kick to touch, during last Saturday's Triangular Tournament Rugby match against Navy, which the latter won by a goal and three tries (14 points) to two goals and a penalty goal (13 points at Causeway Bay. ("China Mail" photo).

for some unknown reason "Y" adhered to the original fixture and as a result were overwhelmed, the schoolgirls leading by 6 goals to 1 at the interval.

Miss J. Moss (6), Miss A. Nash (3), Miss J. Bradbury (2), Miss P. Beraha and Miss K. Hyde-Lay scored for the School while Miss V. Bradbury replied for "Y" Ladies.

TO-DAY'S BADMINTON

The following is to-day's programme in the Hong Kong Badminton League. "A" DIVISION. Recreio

V University "A” Chinese "y" v University "B"

"B" DIVISION

V.R.C.

realised that "Y" were only able to field six players. (a goalkeeper, back, one half-back and two forwards), St. Andrew's "A' v

one

THIS IS

BURGUNDY WEATHER

WE STRONGLY RECOMMEND

OUR FINE SELECTION OF

VINTAGE BURGUNDIES

THE QUALITY AND EXCELLENCE

OF THESE WINES BEING

UNSURPASSED IN HONG KONG.

CALDBECK'S

"REVIEWER'S" SPORTS COMMENTARY

Service Rule Not To Be Changed

After conferring with players who have "tried out" the new proposal to amend the service rule, the Council of the Lawn Tennis Association have de- cided not to bring forward any re- commendation at the annual general meeting next month.

the

The decision is a wise one and will be generally endorsed. Apart from its obscure wording difficult for the average player to comprehend, suggested change in the rule shown to involve not only an adminis- trative defect but a physical check on the art of service to the detriment of the attacking game,

Was

Those who framed the new proposal were doubtless well intentioned; they wanted to restrict foot-faulting,

But the remedy would have proved worse than the complaint. It would have imposed a needless stultification on perfectly fair servers and also, it may be added, on perfectly, fair umpires.

It would, as one ingenious player pointed out, have permitted the ser- ver to suspend his raised foot and not to replace it on the ground until he had seen how his opponent dealt with his service. Then, if the reply was of a lethal character, he could have. lowered his foot inside the baseline. The umpire would be required to call the delivery a fault and the receiver's brilliant stroke would be lost..

This technical absurdity helped to kill the amendment. It was

also demonstrated in practice that the re- placement of the single lifted foot be- fore the actual delievery of the service would, in the case of many attacking servers, involve a loss of body impetus "to the detriment of service value. In short, its "cramping of style"" was patent.

Had the new rule come before the delegates at the annual general mee- ting it would undoubtedly have been rejected.

If a miracle had happened and it had gone through in London the Interna- tional Federation in Paris would have saf on it just as crushingly as they did on the suggestion to change the lines of the court. Things that time has tested and proved to be good do not require alteration.