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FULL PROGRAMME OF "D" DIVISION TENNIS MATCHES
Good weather permitted five of the six games in the "D" Division of the Lawn Tennis League to be played, but with the exception of the Radio and Civil Service match all the games were one-sided affairs.
KOWLOON CHESS CLUB
Contrary to the practice of former years, the Kowloon Chess Club this summer will not curtail its activities unless it is found that there is a slack- ening of enthusiasm.
It has been decided to continue the meetings on Tuesdays and Thursdays and an invitation will be extended to members of the Victoria Chess Club
THE CHINA MAIL, MAY 19, 1989
7-A-SIDE RUGBY ORIGINATOR'S DEATH: LINK WITH H. K.
By the death of Edward (Ned)' Haig, which occurred at Mel- rose recently, one of the best known personalities in the realm of Rugby football has passed away.
As far as Hong Kong is concerned, there is a link in the Colony with Haig, in J. S. Riddell, a member of the Police team which won to make use of the room at the Penin- the local seven-a-side Rugby tournament for the season just con- sula Hotel during the hot weather. cluded. when the institution on the Hong Kong Two uncles of Riddell were members of the Melrose team side will close for the summer.
In an endeavour to maintain inter-which won the original tournament, organised by Haig,
Haig's name was, known and hon- est throughout the summer, a ladder competition is to be inaugurated. Mom- oured not only in Border and Scottish bers desirous of taking part should circles, but wherever the game is universal Aubmit their names to the Secretary played, for he won almost At Kowloon Tong the home team for the initial ranking.
fame as the originator of the popular seven-a-sides. Thousands who never trounced Indian Recreation Club | TumummIOLOOSYKOTILLÆÐARSTITSENEKUTERQQ|||||||||||||||||||
met the man knew him by repute, and by nine sets to mil.
the Border clubs especially have rea- the financial son to bless him for
At Caroline Hill, Radio and Civil Service were
I.R.C. v. C.R.C.
MIXED DOUBLES TENNIS
Playing at home, Indian Recreation
them, well matched, the Club "A" lost to the Chinese Recrea- latter winning by the odd set,tion Club 7-1.
benefit his invention brought THIS AFTERNOON
thanks to Colledge and Hooper who managed to win -two sets. The other pairs shared the remaining sets.
The K.I.T.C.-Y.M.C.A. fixture was postponed owing to the poor state of both their grounds.
Scores.
At Kowloon
Tong, Kowloon Tong G.C.A. beat Indian R.C. "B" by nine sets to nil.
K. Lam and S. M. Lee (K. Tong). beat K. Nazarin and S. M. Rum-
jahn
7-5 beat M. P. Madar and I. M. A.
Razack
63 beat T. Hamet and A. R. Markar 6-0
P. Chen and P. Fletcher. beat Nazarin and Rumjahn beat Madar and Razack. beat Hamet and Markar
T. Ali and K. Ram (I.R.C.). lost to Cho Chung-yau and Chui
To-hang
lost to Cheng Chi-wing and Li
Ting-fan
drew with Wai Wei-chung and So
Tung-fan
M. Hassan and A. Bux. lost to Cho and Chui lost to Cheng and Li beat Wai and So
S. M. Rumjahn and I. Kitchell. lost to Che and Chui lost to Cheng and Li lost to Wai and So
K.D.R.C. v. K.C.C.
0-6
1-6
6-6
2-6
The Kowloon Dock Recreation Club lost to the Kowloon Cricket Club 1-7, playing at the losers' ground.
Millard and Anderson. drew with Perry and Blyth
66 3-6 lost to Gillard and Crabb
6-2
and the Melrose Club in particular owes him a debt of inestimable value.
Unsettled weather conditions Little did he dream when he launched his venture on the Green-yards on make it extremely unlikely that a that memorable and now historic day start will be made this afternoon in 1883 that his fame woull become with the Mixed Doubles Tennis almost world-wide and his project would realise such far-reaching dimen- League.
sions.
If tennis is possible, interest will centre in the
appearance of the powerful U.S.R.C. team which is expected to win the championship.
They will be opposed to Club de Recreio, who, although not parti cularly strong
on paper, should provide sufficient opposition to en- able a fairly fair estimate to be made of the potentialities U.S.R.C.
of
The Melrose Club had only been in 2-6 existence for six years and was begin 6-2 ning to feel the need of funds, and it was Haig's fertile imagination which 1---6 conceived the idea of a football tourna 1-6 ment to raise the necessary money, 2-6 and in order to carry through such a series of games in one afternoon he suggested that the number of players be halved and the time of play cur- tailed to twenty minutes. It was only in the appropriate nature of things that Haig should captain the Melrose
A close game should be seen at seven which won the first of these tournaments, after a memorable final Hong Kong Cricket Club where with Gala, and so secure the Ladies' Club will entertain Kowloon Cric-
largely in- Cup which he had been
ket Club. Kowloon's chief hope of strumental in providing. His idea was
other Border victory will be in E. C. Fincher soon copied by the clubs, and now the abbreviated game and Mrs. Burnett, a well-tried com- has spread far and wide, and brought bination which should win three to its originator a halo of glory which will never dim.
6-0
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6-3
6-1
beat Bock and A. Janszowski
Lapsley and Thom.
L. S. Chan and K. M. Lee. beat Nazarin and Rumjahn beat Madar and Razack beat Hamet and Markar
lost to Perry and Blyth
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6-0
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lost to Gillard and Crabb lost to Bock and Janszowski
White and Mackenzie.
4-6 2-6 1-6
0-6 2-6 4-6
C.S.C.C. v. RADIO
C.S.C.C. beat Radio by 6-3, on the Radio ground.
B. Baxter and L. G. Buckle (C.S. C.C.).
lost to Perry and Blyth lost to Gillard and Crabb lost to Bock and Janszowski
RECREIO v. SOUTH CHINA Playing at home, the Club de Re- creio lost to South China 2-7.
drew with Fung Ying-sing and
Chan Chun-ip
6-6
beat Wong King-wai, and Ho Tak-
fan
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beat So Yan-kit and Tso Kwok-
fai
R. A. Marques and A. M. Alves. beat K. C. Wong and K..T. Ng 6-4 lost to C. S. Wong and P. Y.
4-6 Kwok lost to C. M. Tsang and H. L.
Wong
62 L. G. Gosano and L. Romedios.
lost to Wong and Ng
G. J. Peaker and A. W. J. Wright.
lost to Fung and Chan
beat Wong and Ho
drew with So and Tso
3-6 beat Wong and Kwok 7-5 lost to Tsang and Wong 6-6 C. d'Almada e Castro and
W. H. Colledge and J. S. Hooper. Noronha,
lost to Fung and Chan
beat Wong and Ho
beat So and Tso
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C.R.C. should have little difficulty against K.C.C. “B”.
PROGRAMME The following is the programme
Mixed Doubles
V C.R.C. C.D.R.
V. K.C.C. (A) U.S.R.C.-W. A. H. Duff and Miss M. Griffiths; L. Goldman and Miss A. Tylor; Comdr. and Mrs. Clifford.
K.C.C. “A”—E. C. Fincher and Mrs. 0. Burnett; G. C. Burnett and Mrs. Sweeny; A. E. P. Guest and Mrs. Clark.
A PLAYER OF GREAT PARTS Haig was not a native of Melrose -he belonged to the Royal Burgh of Jedburgh--but he came to Melrose as a youth, and though not particularly and teams:- attracted to the game of Rugby a first, 'Fastern's E'en Ba,' which was 3-6 played in the Melrose streets at that K.C.C. (B)
time, gave him a taste for the higher U.S.R.C. 26 form of football, and he later joined H.K.C.C. 6-3 the club and began to play in the se- 2-6 cond fifteen, which at that time was A. E. almost invincible. A year later he was promoted to the senior team and was 06 not long in developing into a player of 4-6 great parts, and to become one of the 5-7 best known figures, not only in Bor- der but in Scottish Rugby. He played at what was then known as quarter- back, first in partnership with Peter Turnbull and later with his almost equally famous colleague, David San- derson. Although he never attained to international honours, Haig played regularly for the South of Scotland in representative fixtures, and on one occasion against Edinburgh he was opposed to such great masters of the game as A. R. Don Wauchope and A. G. G. Asher. The former Haig always considered the most finished definitely decided upon. The team will product of the Rugby game and the finest runner he had seem.
ALWAYS A TRIER
K.C.C. "B"-S. A. Gray and Mrs. Smeby; D. J. N. Anderson and Miss B. Harker; A. V. White and Mrs. Knight. Reserves:-Miss V. Bradbury and Mrs. Eymard.
H.K.C.C.-H. J. Armstrong and Mrs.. L. R. Andrews; W. Sander and Miss J. Armstrong; T. A. Pearce and Miss D.' Dodwell. ·
Recreio-A. V. Gosano and Miss T. Noronha; G. Remedios and Miss Bo- telho; A. V. Gosano and Miss A. Roza. The C.R.C. team has not yet been
be chosen from the following players: W. C. Hung, Tsui Wai-pui, Taui Yan- pui, Paul Kong, Mrs. Chiu Chun-chiu, Mrs. E. Litton and Miss Y. P. Leung.
A forceful rather than ornate player, Haig was always a trier and full of determination right up to the ARMY TENNIS. finish. This trait in his character was exemplified in a match which Melrose played against the Royal High School.
from
Five minutes
Vickery And
time the School were leading by four Wedlock
goals and two tries, which caused J, P. Veitch, Scotland's full back, to re- mark to beaten to-day,
blows,"
by 54, in their First Division League tennis, at Sookunpoo, yesterday.
S/M-Vickery and Q.M.8, Wedlock
Ned." Not till the whistle boy Prominent was the reply of the indomitable 40th-Coy: "B", Royal Engineers, beat Borderer. For years after his playing 8th Heavy Regiment Royal Artillery days were over Haig, continued to take an active interest in the Melrose Club and served for several seasons on the general and match committees. was always seeking ways and means to keep the Melrose Club, and part- cularly its sports, in a premier place, and it was on his suggestion that the present cup was secured as far back as 1805.
He
(R.E
Osborne
beat S/Sgt. Skinner and L/Edr. beat Bdr. Bennetts and L/Bdr. W.
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03
James beat Lt. Hook and Bdr. Stone
S/Sgt. Mettam and Sgt. Davis ́(R.E.).
5-7
THE FINAL WHISTLE Haig also took part in cricket, cur-lost to Skinner and Osborne ling, and golf, but his prowess in beat Bennetts and James.. these spheres was nothing to what he lost to Hook and Stone
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had achieved in the Rugby football 8/8gt. Samways and S/Sgt. Wilson world. His death has taken place, (R.E.).
strangely enough, just as the spring lost to Skinner and Osborne
"sevens are starting for another sea beat Bennetts and James
son, and with which his name will lost to Hook and Stone .. for ever be associated. For him the
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final whistle has blown, but his spirit the second Saturday of April, a field will in the days to come still hover and an institution he has made over the Greenyards, especially on peculiarly his own."
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