SZETO BICK, injured at baseball on Sunday, was unable to turn out for South China in the "A" Division of the Tennis League yes.' terday. South China nevertheless, won easily by 6-3.
LEAGUE TENNIS
V.T. WANG IMPRESSES AGAINST H.K.C.C.
ALTHOUGH he figured in the combination which met with least success, easily the outstanding member of the South China team which beat Hong Kong Cricket Club in “A” Division of the Lawn Tennis League yesterday was V. T. Wang, a former Shanghai player, South China won 6-3.
Wang was partnered by H. K. Ho, in the absence of Szeto Bick, suffering from an injury to his foot sustained at baseball, and was constrained to take on far more of the exchanges than he should have done, owing to the lack of confidence of Ho.
LEAGUE TABLE "A" DIVISION.
P. W.
3 2
S.C.A.A.
3 2 -
Recreio
3 2
1 1
2 1 4 1
C.R.C. I.R.C. K.C.C. H.K.U.T.C. 2
Sets Sets
4
L. For Agst. Pts. 1 161⁄2 101⁄2 1-16% 10% 4
1 151⁄2 11% 4
5% 3%
2
1 10 8 2
3 111⁄2 24% 2 2 51⁄2 12% 0
THE CHINA MAIL, JUNE 20, 1989.
ARMY SPORTLIGHT
(By "SQUADDY")
WOODERSON'S NO THANKS!
Princeton, To-day. Sydney Wooderson has declined the offer
of an American sports writer. to restage the mile race at Randall Island on Saturday, the proceeds to be given to poor children in London and New York.
Wooderson has informed the English Amateur Athletic Asso- ciation that he is returning to compete in the Association's championships on July 8.-Reuter.
K.C.C. v I.R.C.
SUCCESSFUL DEBUT BY BROADBRIDGE
As expected, Indian Recreation Club proved too good for Kowloon Cricket Club on the latter's courts in "A" Division of the Tennis League yesterday, and only a plucky display by S. A. Gray and
R. T. Broadbridge against the Rumjahn cousins in the last round enlivened what was otherwise a dull encounter.
Broadbridge, taking the place of D. J. N. Anderson, who was un- available, played so well that he is being retained in the "A" team. Yesterday marked his debut in the senior division, but he showed no signs of nervousness, and his ac- curate service and crisp volleying constantly worried his more ex- perienced opponents.
I.R.C. were without A. H. Madar, for whom A. R. Kitchell success- fully deputised.
Fincher and Burnett led the Rumjahns 40-love on Fincher's ser- vice for a 5-4 lead, but they lost the set at 6-4, while against Minu and Razack they were led 3-0, but
And right gallantly, did he dis- charge his task. Hitting severely off the ground-and-placing all his strokes with rare judgment, he carried his partner through against | H.K.C.C. Armstrong and Garrard and play- ed a big part in the draw against Goldman and G. E. R. Divett,
Apart from Wang, none of the home players were particularly impressive. As in all their matches they were chiefly concerned in re- Goldman gave his usual fine dis-tied at 6-all. turning everything and allowing play, being rarely caught out of their opponents to make the mis- position and placing all his shots takes.
with great skill. Nevertheless he Hong Kong Cricket Club, with-made far more mistakes than he is out the services of W. A. H. Duff, wont to do. were not the match-winning com- STEADY IMPROVEMENT bination of previous matches. Divett, playing in his stead, played pair that improved progressively E. C. Fincher and G. C., Burnett pluckily and brought off some very throughout the afternoon. Sander; (K.C.C.). nice strokes both overhead and on however, was inclined to be a lit-lost to S. A. Rumjahn and H. D.
Rumjahn the volley but he was not consistle too impetuous for this type of drew with A. R. Minu and I. Ra- .4-----6 tent enough when returning ser- tennis and although many of his vice.
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THIS year seems destined to be a very lean one as far as water polo in the Army is concerned.
Cpl. Ashford, of Royal Corps of Signals, is facing a herculean task as secretary of the Small Units' Water Polo. It seems quite on the cards that the Signals will be the only side to take an active part in competitions this year as they seem to be the only capable of raising a respectable
one team.
Although R.A.S.C. have entered for the "Kay Lee" Small Units' League it is very doubtful whether they can be considered serious contenders and I cannot see them giving the Signals a run for their money.
Last year they were runners' up to R.A.M.C. but since then have lost, McLaren, Harnett, Stubbs, Christie, and Hodgkinson, leaving only Rich- ards and Eddy of last year's side avail- able. Several newcomers are quite good swimmers, but have no experi- ence with the game and unfortunately it has not been possible for them to obtain the necessary practice.
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AN ACQUISITION
Cpl. Theaker who represented the R.A.S.C. in Egypt several times, is now in the Colony and should be a useful acquisition for the team races in the galas,, A powerful swimmer, he also has plenty of stamina and no distance seems too far for him. He and Richards should make a formid-
able pair and will take a lot of beat- ing.
Should R.A.S.C. find it possible to turn out a team it will probably be composed of Gwinnel, Eddy, Reid, Richards, Theaker, Etock, and Middle- good swimmers, but need training as ton or possibly Logan. All are fairly a team.
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R.A.O.C. WITHDRAWING
There has been some talk of Ord- the nance Corps withdrawing from League this season. I hope this will not turn out to be the case as it will leave a gap that will be hard to fill. Last season, although beaten on almost every occasion they turned out, R.A. O.C. fulfilled their fixtures faithfully throughout the season.
It takes a lot of doing to get seven chaps to turn out to be beaten week after week and it says a lot for the they did so. Old faithfuls who have sportsmanship of all concerned that
been turning out for them this season include Jack, Leach, Jacobs, Coughlan; and Lock.
Coughlan is allowed to play for R.A.0.C. in this competition, although he is actually in the R.A., by permis- sion of the Executive committee. He is a great help to them. The chief reason for their lack of success seems to be the old trouble of lack of team practice. As far as swimmers go they are probably as well off as any of the other small units including the Signals and Jack, Leach and Pitt are very
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With the Rumjahn cousins play-fast, while the latter is quite a good ing together for the rest of the season, there appears little doubt that I.R.C. will conclude the season runners-up to C.R.C. they should prove too good for South China on the latter's courts.
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raking forehand drives found their mark, their proportion of success did not warrant the risk entailed in their execution.
Pearce was very steady, served well, was reliable off the ground and sound overhead but he never appeared very happy with Sander, who was reluctant to take the fore court.
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R.A.M.C. are also having their share of trouble and the captain, Nicholls, is going grey haired in an effort to get his side together! In fact he has said that he will give up water polo and go back to his first love, diving.
R.A.M.C. are extremely well-served in diving events, Nicholls and
Mc- Donald both being divers of the top class. McKay, last season's 'keeper in their water polo side, has ventured out from between the sticks this year and is filling one of the back positions with great success.
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Army sportsmen who are busy pack- ing their kits to step on board "the big white boat" shortly include Couch, Manson and Ritchie of the Scots. Couch and Manson are both members of the Athletic side while Ritchie is a boxer.
* Thanks to the efforts of Captain Burn, the Secretary of the Sports Board, Murray Parade Ground is to be improved so that it may be used for to, blocks of concrete running across a hockey ground if necessary. Hither- the pitch have precluded the playing of serious games, but now that these are to be removed it should be possible to play both football and hockey
with aafety.
Major A. V. Petria has now taken over Hon. Secretary Army Cricket in the Hong Kong Area. A keen cricketer himself he has played for the Army out here, and hopes to improve the standard of Army cricket next season,
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