1939-05-18 — Page 22

SOCCER

THE CHINA MAIL, MAY 18, 1939.

South China Win Kotewall Cup Play-Off Against Navy

Fine Game Marred By

SNIPPETS

SPORTS

FLASHES

"Boy, it's true. It's heartbreaking, boy, but I've taken the pledge." The speaker is "Two-Ton" Tony Galento, who will meet Joe Louis for the heavy- weight championship of the world.

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Hart Massey, Oxford's tiny cox in this year's boat race, weighed 5.1%, lightest ever for a boat-race cox.

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E. J. Holt, English Amateur Athletic Association hon. secretary, has gone to New York to discuss athletic business. One important item is the match with England in New York next July.

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that Ger-

A delegate at the annual general meeting of the Amateur Athletic Asso- ciation in London, suggested and matches between England many should be discontinued. The pre- sident, Lord Burghley, who was in the. chair, expressed the opinion that indi- vidual clubs or associations ought not to have anything to do with politics, and the matter was dropped.

aft

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(Miss

Mrs. D. L. Little

Dorothy Round) was kept on the court an hour and 50 minutes at the Herga (Harrow) lawn tennis tournament recently, be-

fore she could defeat Miss A. J. Wen-

yon, a 19-year-old opponent, 7-5, 16-14

in the third round.

妳

IS THIS CRICKET?

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Writing in the "Sunday Referec,"

Treyor Wignall said: Practically every- body of note in England and South Africa are against these long-drawn- out Test farces, but it has been made abundantly clear that Australia is all for them, and is determined to retain

them.

Fung King-cheong was the out- standing forward in South China's attack.

BOXING

LARRY GAINS

OUTCLASSED BY FARR

Cardiff, To-day.

Unfortunate Incident

Losers Had As Much Of The Play But Shooting Bad

(By "UBIQUE”)

SOUTH China completed their local football sea- son yesterday when at Caroline Hill they de- feated Royal Navy in the decisive game of the Kote- wall Charity Cup Competition by 4 goals to 1 be- fore the largest mid-week crowd this season.

The Chinese fielded their best team, with the exception of Cheong Wing-choy and Yeung Shui- yick who retained their places in goal and on the left wing respectively, to the exclusion of Tam Kwan-kon and Lau Tau-man.

With the return of Leung attentions of the Navy players. Wing-chui to the intermediate Yeung Shu-yick on the left wing line, Lau

Hing-choy took the was never really at home. He out- centre half berth supported on paced Honneywell several times but the right by Kwok Ying-kee. did not make the best use of his

Lee Wai-tong led the attack, advantages. while Lai Shui-wing, though not

On the right wing, Tang Kwong- completed recovered from injury saum was fast but was also in- sustained in Manila, was seen at clined to dilly-dally with his cen- inside left.

tring.

Only changes made by the Navy was in the forward line where Spiller and Wooton replaced Moores

and Thirty-five thousand saw the and Ford at inside left open air fight in which Tommy wing respectively. Farr beat Larry Gains, who retired at the end of the fifth round of a 12-round fight, owing to an injur-

It is one of the burdens of cricket that for most months of any year it is afflicted with arguments, Fortunately, there is little likelihood that politicaled hand. influences will be required to solve the present problem.

Farr was superior in every de- And that remark, by the way, is apartment and attacked throughout, reminder to me that there is a hearty laugh embedded in the published de landing easily to the face. He was clarations that politics have nothing much speedier than Gains, who whatsoever to do with the prospect that relied almost entirely on his defen- the Football Association's match with Italy in Milan may have to be cancelled. sive skill.

We heard that same tale when the Australian Board of Control were send- ing fevered cables to the: M.C.C. about

the thing called body-line bowling.

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哗

At Odsal Stadium, when Halifax and Leeds met in the Rugby League Cup semi-finals, the attendance was 65,147 -a record for any Rugby League match in England. The previous best was at the Leeds v Hunslet final 'on Leeds United A.F.C. ground last sea- son, when 54,112 paid £3672 for nd- mission. At the Odsal match the re- ceipts were £3662.

Though

GOOD NAVY BACKS The sterling' play of the Navy intermediate line aided by the

works left steady

of Hendy and Honneywill, the backs, kept the

forwards beaten by such

Navy were eventually Chinese

at bay for a big margin, considerable period, Dickerson the game, on the whole, favour-dealing confidently with the shots ed them but their forwards that were directed towards him. were woefully weak in front of goal Navy forward line did not com- and missed several scoring chances.

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On one occasion Thorburn with a yawning goal, shot wide and on another, Morris hit the cross bar with Cheong well beaten.

re-

REGRETTABLE INCIDENT The game was marred by a Gains was almost knocked down grettable incident which culminated in the fifth, Farr landing a right in Hendy being sent off the field and swing to the head.

a penalty awarded against stone, Navy.

Both weighed-in at 14

-Reuter.

FINAL ACCEPTANCES

FOR DERBY

the

bine effectively. Thorburn was a great worker and was everywhere. He had hard luck in not scoring, while, in the centre, Morris was too closely watched by Lau Hing- choi to be very dangerous.

but

Both Armstrong and Wooton, the wingers, sent over good centres they were invariably inter- cepted by Lee Ting-sang or Cheong Wing-choi.

NAVY TAKE THE LEAD

ENGLAND'S NEW RUGBY LEAGUE | 81⁄2 pound. The threatening rain Hendy apparently resented a RECORD ATTENDANCE

held off but there was a cold wind.heavy charge of Yeung Shui-yick They Navy deservedly took the on the goal-keeper and demonstrat lead in the first half through Mor- ris when the latter beat Cheong ed this resentment by attempting to "head" Yeung Shui-yick. The with a good effort. Fung equalis- incident happened in

ed with a long shot into the corner the penalty area but the ball was in midfield. London, To-day. Following are the

Returning to the game. it must final acceptors for the Derby with joc-be stated that the Navy

gave 19 keys:-

Triguero

did (Burns), Vesperian (El- good a display as they

last Heliopolis liott),

(Perryman), Fox Saturday. Cub (Gordon Richards), Remeo (Brethes), Hastings (Jones), Admiral's

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The record receipts for Rugby League match, however, were recorded at the Wembley final last May with £7174 paid by a crowd of 51,243.

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Their intermediate line worked well together though in the closing stages Galliers fell off somewhat.

LEE WAI-TONG HELD

of the net and before the

Lee interval

Wai-tong placed the Chinese in the lead with a shot that glanced off the upright into the goal. Prior to that Cooper missed a penalty against Lee Ting- sang.

Play was mostly in favour of Navy in the second half.

Spirit in which the game was Against the fast tackling of played was not of the best, and Cooper, the pivot and Hendy, Lee several fouls were committed, but Wai-tong was not very effective and the game was still interesting. he was generally slower that the Then came the regretable inci- opposing defence. His shooting was also bad. It was left to Fung to do all the manoeuvring and his display and ball control took all the

dent and from that time, after Lee netted from the penalty, play de- teriorated. Before time Lai Shui- wing scored, the fourth Chinese goal.

Walk (Harry Wragg), Dhoti (Smirke),

After the conclusion of the game Maunakea (Beary), Fairchance (Rick- aby), Fairfax (Lowrey), Major Brac- the Cup was presented to Lee Wai- key (Simpson), King Legend (Car- tong by Mrs. A. E, Grassett. slake), Blue Peter (E. Smith), Buxton South China-Cheong Wing-choy (Stephenson), Rogerstone Castle (Mar-Lee Ting-sangand Lee Kwok-wai; shall), A Tout Maitre (Cliff Richards), Kwok Ying-kee, Lau Hing-choy and Casanova (Nevett), Hypnotist (Beas- Leung Wing-chui; Tang Kwong-sum, ley)..

Fung King-cheong, Lee Wai-tong, Lai The following are without jockeys: Shui-wing and Young Shuf-yick.

Royal Navy:-Dickerson; Hendy and Larchfield, Roderick Dhu, Dilbharah, Pointis, Snow Cap and Salford II. Galliers; Armstrong, Thorburn, Mooris, Reuter.

Spiller and Wooton..

WHITEAWAY, LAIDLAW & CO., LTD. Fairstone, Wheatland, Ortiz, Bohman, Honeywill; Honneywell, Cooper and