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THE CHINA MAIL, JULY 12, 1989-

SETBACK FOR K.C.O. "A" "B" TENNIS LEAGUE

IN

T.C. Monaghan And T.J. Gould Chiefly Responsible

THRILLING TUSSLES IN FINAL ROUND

PLAYING a better brand of aggressive tennis, Hong Kong Cricket

Club yesterday succeeded in holding their cricketing rivals from Kowloon Cricket Club to a draw in their vital "B" Division League Tennis match at Cox's Road yesterday.

This reverse, whilst being a severe setback to the home team, does not definitely place them out of the running. Provided South China win all their remaining fixtures-and they still have a stiff obstacle in the much-improved Recreio team to surmount-they will meet K.C.C. in the final fix- ture of the season. A victory for the latter would neces- sitate a play-off for the shield.

H.K.C.C. started very badly yesterday and after the first round it appeared quite possible that they would be beaten badly. Only measure of success scored by them was the set shared by T. C. Monaghan and T. J. Gould with F. Grose and A. V. White.

K.C.C. "A" S.C.A.A. C.R.C. Recreio

Cricket Club recovered well in the H.K.C.C. second round, however, and won two K.I.T.C. sets to make the score in K.C.C.'s fav-| C.C.C. our 3-22.

There were some thrilling moments in the final round. Monaghan and Gould beat Anderson and Mackay in quick time to make the score 8-all. On the other two courts, White and Grose were always on top of Ferguson and Story, while Gittins and Soltau had established a lead of 5-3 against Deane and Jowitt.

"B" DIVISION

Sets Sets

J. J. FERGUSON played well for H.K.C.C. yesterday.

EASILY BEST PAIR

P. W. D. L. For Agst. Pts. For Cricket Club, Monaghan and Gould were easily the most successful 7 5 2 42 21 12

351⁄2 91⁄2 10 pair, winning 24 sets in convincing

style. Monaghan gave a canny

... 5

C.S.C.C. K.C.C. "B".

5.3 1 5 3 1 6 2 2

1 27 18

7

1 29. 16

7

2 27 27

6

4

4 20% 33%

4 19 26

5 171⁄2 361⁄2

5 74% 372

dis

LEAGUE TENNIS

LEONARD AND CHOA WIN THREE SETS

What was thought would be a stern struggle turned out to be a one sided affair when South China beat Craigengower in the "B" divi- sion of the Lawn Tennis League by 6 sets to 8.

:

The Valley team were without R. Choa, who is on business in Indo- China, G. Lai and W. Howard with the result that two new players, in A. Chen and H. King, were brought into the team but they offered little opposition to the Chinese,

G. Choa and J. W. Leonard were the only C.C.C. pair to win any sets and their games were the only ones worth watching during the afternoon.

Their best

game was against After W. T. Lee and C. S. Dew. winning the first game South China

secured the next two, but Craigen- play featured by excellent positioning gower took the remaining four and fine interceptions at the net, white games in a row.

Gould, served well, volleyed crisply Dew used his chop shot exten- and was very firm off the ground, sively while Choa brought off Overhead he brought off some very

nice smashes but was generally inclin- several winners with his placing. ed to be erratic in this department.

S.C.A.A. 6; CRAIGENGOWER 3 W. T. Lee and C. S. Dew

mern'

J. J. Ferguson was the key member of the No. 2 combination. His raking | China). forehand drive, consistent volleying lost to George Choa and J. W.

Leonard and agility made him a difficult man Soltau was all that was needed. Jowitt

beat E. Zimmern and F. Zim- Story played

wrist with his left and Gould, however, had other ideas. to score against. Recovering everything and taking ad- heavily bandaged and was inclined to beat A. Chen H. King vantage of anything loose to

be erratic but he too was very power- F. N. Wong and H. K. Ho quick points, they gradually overhaul-ful off the ground when at his best. China). ed their opponents, led 6-5, then pull- ed Soltau, who was serving, back from 30-love to win the set and halve the

-As-expected, White and Grose won, and K.C.C., with 4% sets, could not lose. Half a point from Gitting and match.

score

Jowitt and Deane were a sound third lost to Choa and Leonard pair and did very well to win their beat Zimmern and Zimmern final engagement, Jowitt's finest wea-beat Chen and King pons of attack were his service and W. H. Ho sharply-angled backhand drive, while China).

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(South

2-6

6–1

(South

3-6

and K. H. Lee (South

***********É*****❀❀❀CURUU***************** Deane was fairly reliable all round. lost to Choa and Leonard

Successful Seamen

STICK TO SHERRY

Amontillado fin

For the home team, White and Grose were the most successful pair but were not quite as convincing as they have been, Grose, who is well equipped to; do so, showed very little desire to forc. the pace but White was always look ing for the "kill" and hit anything overhead very hard.

This pair were leading 5-8 in thei first set, against Monaghan and Gould, but were pulled back eventually to tie. At this stage both were adopting tac tics which were far too negative, Grose patting his drives and White.sending over numbers of very short lobs which Monaghan tucked away with relish.

GREAT DISAPPOINTMENT

.. Anderson and Mackay, who won 241⁄2 sets against C.R.C., were a great dis- appointment and were never able to Bettle down either individually or as a combination while Gittins and Soltau showed some improvement over their recent displays and did very well to beat Ferguson and Story, but their failure to clinch their final set after holding a winning lead was a great disappointment.

KGC. “A” 41⁄4, H.K.C.C. 41⁄2

and A

OM

White

beat Zimmern and Zimmern beat Chen and King

1-6

6-2

6

K.I.T.C. 5%, C.8.C.C. 31⁄2 S. A. and S. S. Hussain (K.I.T.C.). 6-6 drew with B. and I. Agafuroff beat W. J. Skinner and J. Ben-

dall

63 beat S. C. Peck and J. Bicknell.8-1 M. O. Hoosen and F. Khan (K.LT.C.). beat B. and I. Agafuroff beat Skinner and Bendail beat Peck and Bicknell.

M. A. Rahmin and (K.I.T.C.). lost to B. and I. Agafuroff lost to Skinner and Bendall lost to Peck and Bickmell

7-5

6-2

Khan

2-6

RECREIO. 7, K.C.C. “B”. 2- A. L. Fisher and J. R. Turner (K.C.C. “E').

lost to W. A. Reed and M. "A.

Oliveira

+

lost to A. M. Silva and J. F. V.

Ribeiro

lost to A. E. Xavier and

Guterres

F. A. Broadbridge and D. Hang (K.C.C. “B”).

lost to Reed and Oliveira lost to Silva and Ribeiro beat Xavier and Guterres

R. E. Lee and R. Duncann

lost to Reed and Oliveira.. K.C.C. beat Silva and Ribeiro

lost to Xavier and Guterres

"A" DIVISION TENNIS TO-DAY

Club wil play Bby in their Division éazue.

“Afternoon