1938-12-20 — Page 22

THE CHINA MAIL, DECEMBER 20, 1938.

Triangular Ladies' Interport?

Singapore To Be Invited

To Send Team Here In Chinese New Year

PROVID

(By “STICKS")

OVIDING that present negotiations between Hong Kong Ladies' Hockey Association and Shanghai Ladies' Hockey Association are successful, there is every prospect of a Triangular Ladies' hockey Interport being held here during the coming Chinese New Year holidays.

At a Council meeting of the holidays, Shanghai be invited here Association held last Thursday] at the same time for a Triangular evening, the Hon. Secretary of the Interport series.

Association read a letter from the This suggestion is a most feasible Shanghai Ladies' Association in-one in that there is a better chance viting the local body to send an of collecting a big gate here from Interport team North during the a Triangular series than there Easter holidays.

would be if an Interport was held There were, however, several pro-|in Shanghai. Instead of paying the visos including the all-important expenses of Hong Kong's team to item of expenditure, in which it and from and in Shanghai, the

was stated that owing to the poor money could be utilised towards financial state of the Shanghai As-entertaining the Shanghai and sociation, the visiting team (Hong|Singapore teams here. Kong) would have to bear all ex- penses including accommodation in Shanghai!

EXPENSES

Everything, of course, depends upon whether Shanghai is willing to come here during the Chinese New Year holidays, and whether Singa-

With this in mind, it was suggest-pore can send a team. ed last Thursday that if Singapore could be persuaded to send a team North during the Chinese New Year

CLUB MEET NAVY AT HOCKEY TO-MORROW

The second match in the Trian- gular Hockey series will take place on the Navy ground, to-morrow at 4.30 p.m. when Hong Kong Hockey Club first eleven will meet Royal Navy.

V. M. Benwell; W. N. Schnabel and E. V. Reed; H. J. D. Lowe, W. A. Reed, and N. B. Whitley; S. Fowler, T. Whit- ley, G. E. R. Divett (Capt.), B. I. Bickford and -V. Bond.

POSTPONEMENTS CAUSE DISSATISFACTION.

been

Much dissatisfaction has - caused in Ladies' hockey circles by the postponements of Caer Clark Cup and Brawn Cup hockey matches last Saturday (December 17) and next Saturday, December 24.

These wholesale postponements will only prolong the Ladies' season until the late in March.

Sąd. Ldr. Miller, versatile Air Force and Navy centre-half, above, seen in action during last Friday's

Tournament Triangular

hockey match against Army, at Sookun-

poo.

Nerain Singh (third from left) scoring the first of his two goals for Army against Navy in the Triangular Hockey Tournament match at Sookunpoo last Friday. Others in this picture are (L, to R.) Lt. Carr (Navy), Lt. Indarjit Singh, Surg. Lt. Steele-Perkins (Navy), Capt. Lawder and E. A. Clayton (Navy). ("China Mail" photo).

-NO LADIES HOCKEY

FOR FORTNIGHT

I am reliably informed that there will be no ladies' hockey programme either next week-end, December 24 or during the week-end ending on December 30,

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NEW H.K.L.H.A. HON.

SECRETARY

Mrs. W. F. Webb has agreed to undertake the duties of Hon. Secretary of the Hong Kong Ladies' Hockey Association in place of Mrs. Prophet, who has relinquished the position.

"REVIEWER'S" SPORTS COMMENTARY

When The All Blacks Meet Springboks In 1940

The formal invitation issued to the All Blacks to tour South Africa in 1940 and take on the Rugby Union springboks ratifies the preliminary draft programme for international football.

Though some of the recent greatest Springboks, notably Phillip Mel and Boy Louw, have withdrawn from the hubbub of the playing field, South Africa will muster a team better bal- anced, perhaps, than any seen since the two early Springbok teams toured Great Britain.

They have reovered earlier brilliancy It had been lost among the backs, to some extent during the reign of Benny Osler as five-eighth, mainly through his penchant of "finding the line."

New Zealand has still another season to develop more star players and per- fect the Test XV so that it will meet the Springboks with a 50-50 chance of successs. They will concentrate on again drawing level in 1940 with their great rivals.

** * *

Australian School Crew For Henley?

Will an

asked

Australian Public School crew be seen at Royal Henley? Stewards of Henley have Major Syd. Middleton (London re- presentative of the Australian Rowing Council) whether more than one Aus- tralian crew could enter for the Cen-. tenary Henley regatta next July.

Middleton has expressed the opinion that a crew from one of the Australian Public Schools would be welcome. Difficulty is that it night not be eligible to compete in the Ladies' Challenge Cup which is the race for schools, and probably would have to go for the Thames Challenge Cup, which is an open event.

* * *

Mussolini Very Keen On Rugby Coach

Danie Craven, Springbok Rugby half-back, who left South Africa re- cently to take an intensive course of physical training in Europe and Eng- land, hopes to slip into Italy. un- noticed

Reason for his secrecy is that Musso- lini is anxious for Italians to have a Springbok as Rugby coach. . Some time ago the Duce decorated Pierre Theron, a former Capetown player, for his service in interesting Italians in Rugby.

However, it is anticipated

that Craven will be in Italy only a short while, and will thus be unable to do much in the way of coaching.

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No Penalty For Obstruction?

Here's one for soccer fans and players. If a defender obstructs an

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M.C.C. DRAWS

Johannesburg, To-day. The touring M.C.C. team drew with Transvaal. Transvaal-428 for 8 dec. (N. K. VII- joen 97, J. Langton 58; Wilkinson 4 for 78, K. Farnes 4 for 93) and 174 for 2 (Curnow 51). M.C.C.-208 (L. Ames 109, Davies 6

for 82).