1939-10-30 — Page 17

CHINA MAIL, OFTOBER 30, 1939

ARMY RUGBY WIN WAS NO FLUKE

NOT

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OT for some years has the Club Rugby fifteen been as weak as it is at the moment, which, curiously enough, may be for the good of the game locally, Navy not being by any

ny means af full strength, Army being on a par with Club and Police showing improvement with every game.

is not going to be Club's first defeat of the Army's win by 16-10 was no fluke, and this season.

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FOOTBALL RESULTS

AND SCORERS

FIRST DIVISION

Chan, Chung-yu!.

South China A? 8 South China 'B' ↑ Lau Chung sang. Yip Tall-wa, Lai Shul-wing (pen.), Middlesex Regt. 1

Bright.

Kowloon,

Lam Fook-cheun 2, Cheuk Shek-kam.

Cheung Kam-hoi (2), Nsu Keng-ong (2), Hau Ching-to and Foo Chut-pun.

Royal Scots.

Hossack 3,

Royal Scots

McKay.

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SECOND DIVISION 'B'

1

Kwong Wah..

Chin Chf-fun.

R.A.F....

1

R. Engineers.. 3

Ho Kar-keung.

Isley 2, Oughton,

Polica..

2

Kowloon

Taylor, Coull.

Silva, C. Santos.

Munroe.

Signals

4

University

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3

Police Club

Pitcher 2, Bundy,

Tam Kong-yec.

Brackenbury,

THIRD DIVISION

6 Royal Navy .... 2 Thorburn and Mid- dleton..

Signals.

Kumaon Rifles.. 3

Narain Singh,

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Krishna Singh 2. Electric

Gardner, Gomes & Sabhan,

Engineers

Fox (2).

South China.. 3

Lai Ping-chul,

Ho Lok-kit 2. International.. 5

Leonard 2,

Campos 2, Rocha.

3 R.A.S.C.

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Young, Martin and Fare.

2 Royal Scots

Halden, Kane and Bailey.

4 24th R.A. ....... 3 1. R.A.M.C.

Mayhew, Garside, Smith and Parkm.

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2

Kwong King-ling & Leung Pingwan.

2

8th Hy. Regt. 1 Wooldridge (pen.).

12th R.A.

On Saturday, after watching the ward rushes when all eight sound to be giveKwong Wah.... Navy threequarters give an excellent ing encouragement a la Fanling hounds. display of determined running and Burrell, who displaced Foley, should retain Bound passing, the Club backs were pack who work hard in the tight, loose and

his place and the result is a well-balanced | Eastern .. most unimpressive due to the fact that. they made little headway when in

lineouts. possession and when they did pass it was slow and inclined to be high. Bidwell attempted to gain ground, and

Once they had settled down ngainst he did so often, but Fay not once tried scratch Club side Navy

SECOND DIVISION Ä' to make an opening for

showed definite | South China signs of strength in the back division, in

1 Kit Chee Bosanquet, whose speed and swerve was wasted. is not enough you will say.

Chan Chi-fal. which Paul was again the key man. That A centre threequarter is there to give their forwards going to get the ball back in how are the best support to his wing partner, the Triangular Tournament? My answer is

30th Hy. Bty. who should be one of the fastest men the Navy pack, though not nearly up

Ellioti 2. on the field, and if he does not do this Navy standard of former years, are by no

Eastern he is putting a cog in the wheel of means as weak a combination as imagined what might prove a formidable attack-and Navy have yet some time to weld them ing machine. If only Day passed with

into shape. more certainty he would be the best partner Club could find for Bosanquet as he has a very safe pair of hands.

Bidwell and Stewart showed good under- standing in their inter-passing. but overdid what normally is more useful as they a shock tactic in attack. For all that, how- ever, this pair was the most dangerous on the field, despite close marking.

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Triangular Tournament they will go near II Navy can field as good a team in the retaining the trophy.

BRILLIANT THREEQUARTER

Paul is a bagful of tricks, being fast of the mark, possessing an unusual swerve and an excellent tackle. If he gets any support whatever he is going to make his presence felt against Army and Club. Stevens may play at threequarter, a position he equally well as full-back-and he is the fin- nus est full-back we have had here in years- and so complete the centre, positions. Ken-

Henderson, opposed to a comparatively new scrum-half, might have tried more on his own, but he was content to transfer to Cessford without the slightest delay. Cess-nedy is fast on the wing and has a safe pair ford played excellently at stand-off and with the use of the punt to touch more often when in defence he should improve his game even more. What I particularly like about Cessford is that he does not attempt to pass unless he can do so to advantage.

GODFREY'S WORTH

of hands, remarks which would also apply to Cochrane on the other wing. The half- backs are not as impressive, but they will undoubtedly improve after a few games to- gether. Pascoe filled the full-back without difficulty and can

berth places with Stevens if it is thought neces- easily change

The keynote of the Navy backs', display Was their determined with their swift passing, almost invariably running, coupled waist high.

In the pack, Taylor, Ogle and Johns were very prominent; especially Ogle,

Club have only a pack of average weight|sary. and the wing forwards must therefore lend their support in the tight scrums. This is my main objection to Richardson, whose place should be assured in view of his very fine place-kicking. Godfrey is not so guilty in this respect although he is by no means shoving all the time. The latter smothered Smith once or twice very effectively and Rave 0 rousing display in the loose and line-outs. If Club were in the habit of awarding honours cups at the end of the season he and Taylor would be the ones in the running for the one for forwards. Tay-ball and is preparing to find touch. More for performed sterling work in the tight. than once he was caught in possession as a loose and lineouts.

result of this. Day was the only threequar. Salter hooked exceedingly well, and thatter to show any initiative. is about all that can be said of Club, for- wards, who badly lack punch.

I hope Douglas's injured elbow 18 not serious. His absence made a big difference to Army, though Waite did well at fly half and Pinkerton was quite at home in the threequarter line. Douglas is one of the few players here who uses the punt to ad vantage, conserving the energies of his back division and resting his forwards with ground-gaining kicks. Richards was again Army's best threequarter, though Boe was always dangerous in possession.

Lang looked very safe at full-back — he grassed Bosanquet in grand style the only time that player was able to elude Richards and his handling and positioning was sound. Smith, who took Lang's place at scrum-half for the Arst time, was obviously under a handicap, but he stuck to his un- playing enviable task with rare determination and should in time fill the position with credit, His service was a little wild at times but the reason for that was that Henderson gave trim little time to do anything in.

FINE ARMY PACK

Carruthers had a gruelling afternoon as full-back for Club, but he tackled well des→ pite the huge score of 34-3. His main fault, and it is a big one, is that he is a little too casual when waiting for the ball to bounce towards him or after he has flelded a high

UNUSUAL INCIDENT

4 8th R.A. Raper.

Kwonk Ying-kuan (2), Fung Kwan- sing and Li Wal-lam.

BODY TURN

actual

By BEST BALL Whether there is an transfer of the weight from left

GRAPHIC GOLE

EASING THE BODY TURN ON BACKSWING WEIGHT OF LEFT SIDE IS ON TOE FOOT

TURN-OF LEFT

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An unusual incident occurred in this game. Navy were attacking on the open stand side and one of the Club forwards tackled Navy player not in possession who was go- ing on to secure a touch down from a kick ahead. This deliberate obstruction was pen- allsed, and quite rightly, with a free kick at goal from anywhere Navy desired. The result was a penalty goal in front of the posts by Paul.

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ward, is leaving for Swatow shortly.

Blechynden, the Club second fifteen for-

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day at Boundary Street. Royal Scots, who Police will meet Royal Scots next Wednes- have in their team Lang, Boe, Douglas, Pin- kerton and Duke, beat Royal Engineers 5-0 last Tuesday.

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The following clipping from "The North

The Army pack is unquestionably the best in the Colony-I particularly like their for-China Daily News" relates to Shanghai Rug-

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by Football Club's first trial:

"The sides selected and which will start the game are:-

Colours:-J. L. R. Mair; I. M. Hutchison, W. E. Grieve, D. R. Campbell, O. P. Ed- wards; A. Thomas, R. L. St. Louis; W. D. Pearson, D. M. Wheeler, R. A. O. Mayne, P. B. Tay. J. B. Stewart, C. F. Pow, J. R. Blaikie, W. V. K. Chadwick.

Whites:-B. R. Brown: P. J. A. Innes, A. P. D. Kennedy, R. N. Bryant, J. W. M, Mar- tin; I. F. Aucott, J. R. Dickinson; G: G. Brown, A. M. Kennedy, R. U. Reynolds, F. J. Knightly, G. H. Reynolds, J. W. Chap- man, W. N. Dickson; I. A. MacLagan.

Referee:-Mr. E. R. West.

"As will be observed a number of these members are newcomers. Prominent among them is V. N. Dickson, who will be néén ölk among the White forwards. He has p formed in good class, circles at home and a bouple of years ago played for Sellngbe in Malays, as well as representing northe

Malaya ngainat the southern Malaya-KVH= jueviously played as a full-bank); but being

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to right and from right to left in the golf swing is still a matter of debate. Many golfers contend there is definitely. On the other hand no less an authority than Bobby Jones doubts that there is any noticeable switch in the weight. Watching one of the bet- ter golfers in action it would appear that there is a weight transference but this may be a mere optical illusion.

For example in the above illus- tration, the weight would seem to be largely on the right foot as the result of the body turn. Yet this appearance is deceptive for the golfer illustrated is Jones. Ob- viously, despite the appearance of relaxation, the left, toe bears its share of the weight. This creates a better balance yet allows the body to turn freely, smoothly and accurately throughout the stroke. Allowing the left ankle to turn inward to accommodate the turn is a great aid to relaxation. Wednesday

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