THE CHINA MAIL, DECEMBER 15, 1938
WEEK-END HOCKEY GAMES REVIEWED
Diocesan Girls Cause Major Upset: "Y" Ladies Unbeatable? Some Interesting Tit-Bits
Caer Clark
Cup
Champions' Attack Brilliant
"Y" Ladies' attack gave a superb exhibition last Saturday-with only 10 players-against Central British Ladies and scored half a dozen goals to their opponents' one. Back- ed up by an equally splendid in- termediate line, in which Miss Muriel McCaw stood head and shoulders above the rest, there was little wrong that the winners could accomplish.
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Miss Anne Fowler was, for unex- pected business reasons, unable to
· play, but even so "Y" Ladies easily. coped with Central British Ladies' attack and to such an extent that their halves were able to lie 'well up the field and constitute a double menace to the C.B.A. defence.
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(By "STICKS")
H. T. Bartlett, European "Y" hockey inside-forward, is playing at the top of his form at the mo ment. ("China Mail" photo).
HOCKEY CHATTER
Brawn Cup
"Y" Ladies Handicapped
"Y" Ladies' juniors are serious-
"REVIEWER'S"
SPORTS COMMENTARY
Sir P. Warner's Loss To Test Committee
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THE name of Sir Pelham Warner will not be offered for consideration
ly handicapped in that they must when the Board of Control meet next sacrifice a good defensive player spring to appoint the selectors of Eng- for the goalkeeper's berth. Miss A.iand's cricket team against the West Ambrose is a weak link in goal, but indies during the summer.
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is a steady and hard hitting full- Sir Pelham, who has been chairman back. The "Y" Ladies, unfortunate- of the last tour Selection Committees, ly, have no choice in the matter as is now 65, and in deciding not to stand nobody else will fill the goal-again for office has set an example to many of those who, in various branches keeper's position.
of sport, are apt to "lag superfluous."
tend to become more arduous. He is Each year the duties of 'a chairman the official link between his committee and the Press, and nowadays looks after the comfort, the travelling rangements and the accommodation of the team. It was under Sir Pelham's regime that these last details, which had previously been treated in a some- what haphazard way, first received
I hear that Miss Nancy Eardley | "Y" Ladies' junior inside-right, will not be available for several weeks as the result of several hard knocks sustained in last Saturday's game against Hong Kong Ladies. This is a severe blow to the team as she was just beginning to make her presence felt and to work up a proper attention. sound understanding with Miss Violet Bradbury.
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His is definitely a full-time job (and, of course, an unpaid one), which is generally rewarded by an excess of olame over praise. In recent seasons Miss V. Bradbury, their centre- it has not been rendered easier by the forward, has had a strenuous season proneness to injury of players and last Saturday, against H. K. La-have been selected. I am given to understand that dies, this proved no exception. Soon "I have been very happy in my years Mrs. Stone was forced to fulfil a double role as a "wandering right-Hong Kong Ladies Hockey Club and after Miss Eardley had been hit and of office," Sir Pelham said recently, half-right-back" and gave excellent not the Hockey Umpires' Board, are injured, Miss Bradbury had to carry "even though there have been
I wish to pay parti- service. Mrs. Williams gave an im- responsible for the appointment of the brunt of the "Y" Ladies attack worrying times.
cular thanks to all those who have proved display at left-half but with umpires officiating at either Caer on her shoulders, but lacking the helped me with suggestions and Miss Marie Smith lying back, had a
Clark Cup or Brawn Cup Leagues necessary support was invariably couragement. I shall always remem- comparatively easy day.
ber with pleasure the appreciation matches at the Valley every Satur-robbed in or near the circle.
which the players have shown of any day.
little thing one has been able to do for them.
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Central British Ladies were best served in their intermediate line where Miss Irish Woolley had a herculean task in curbing the activities of the "Y's" inside-for- wards
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For Hong Kong Ladies, Miss V. I understand that Nomads enter- Blackburn and Miss P. Reeve form-
"English cricket, with 80 many ed the Hong Kong Hockey Associa- ed a very effective left-wing com-
young men already established or on tion Tournament long after the of- bination in which the former's the point of being so, seems to me to ficial closing date and that their speed and determination were de-be in a far happier position than for matches against various teams are ciding factors in the goal she scored, many years."
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It will be remembered that Bradman in a recent speech in Australia laid great emphasis on this particular noint.
Sir Pelham was first appointed on a Selection Committee in 1905, when he served with Lord Hawke and Mr. J. A. Dixon. This was a fine year for Eng- land, who were a much better side than Australia, The Hon. F. S. Jackson was captain, and he beat J. Darling in the toss in every Test match.
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In 1926, when Australia were beaten at the Oval in the only decided match Sir Pelham was chairman of the com- mittee which caused something of sensation in choosing A. P. F. Chap- man to lead the side after A. W. Carr four had been captain in the first matches.
They were fully justified, for Chap- man's example and the great work by Hobbs, Sutcliffe, Rhodes and Larwood brought England victory by 289 runs.
It is not possible to make any fore- cast of his successor. Those who ser- ved with him on the last committee wore P. A. Perrin, A. B. Sellers (cap- tain of Yorksire), M. J. Turnbull (cap- tain of Glamorgan), and W. R. Ham- mand, who, as. England's captain, was co-opted.
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MACAO HOCKEY
Mutterings from Macao hockey continues to be the premier sport in this Colony, the greatest inf- terest is evidenced in the forthcoming- match in Macao on Sunday between the Army Officers' eleven and the local Club.. Subsequent to this fixture, the Hong Kong University will take the field against Macao's second eleven on Tuesday, December 20.
It is learned that the Royal Navy will play in Macao on January 8. The local accretary has invited the Hong Kong Police team to engage the Macao team on the following Sunday, January 15. Other teams will also be invited
to visit Macao on subsequent dates.
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