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THE CHINA MAIL, JANUARY 11, 1940--

BADMINTON

RECREIO BEAT KING'S

Big Upset In "B" Division Match Last Night

CLUB "A" JUST WIN

Club "A", led 6—5 at the inter- val, beat 8th Heavy Regiment, RA, by a goal and a try (8 points) to two tries (6 points) In # Rugby match at the Valley yesterday.

Indiscriminate kicking featured the game, which was played at quite a fair pace. Outstanding players were Richardson and Redman at forward for Club, though the former was in- clined to "hack" more than once and later played threequarter. Stoker showed up in the loose and Burford hooked well in the first half, though the ball was not heeled as quickly as it might have been. Lavalle showed he has pace in two nice runs, and if only he would let himself go when in pos- Bession he would prove more than a useful threequarter. At present any defender knows that he is going to pass to anyone in support rather than make a dash for it. Wilson had a gruelling afternoon, but came back for

more.

CRICKET MEETING

A meeting of cricket clubs will be held in the pavillon of Hong Kong Cricket Club to-morrow at 5.30 p.m. In order to discuss the question of carrying on the Crio- ket League.

COLONY

RUGBY 18

SELECTED

11 NEWCOMERS TO INTERPORTS

THRILLING RECOVERY

IN FINAL ROUND

(By "ADREM") ·

KING'S COLLEGE'S HOPES of winning the “B” Division badminton title were rudely shattered at King's Park yesterday evening when, leading Recreio by 4-2 at the commencement of the final round, they lost three games in a row to suffer their first defeat in five matches.

Recreio's victory is all the more surprising as they were bad- ly beaten last week by St. John's, from whom they did not take a game.

King's efforts to strengthen their

third string brought nothing but disas- || kumman ter as S. W. Liang, who was brought into the side to partner W. M. Cheung, was sadly out of practice, and Cheung was unable to do anything right.

The loss of three games by this combination proved too big a handi- cap for the other two pairs, who play-

Recreio are to be heartily congra-

The following 18 players have beened well. invited to make the trip to Shanghai Thornhill made his first appearance for the Interport Rugby match against

since the Club trials and Roscoe was out for them for the first time since his injury.

Richards, Army-wing three-quarter, was starved throughout the game, and the only time he had a chance he was brought down by Lavalle. Freer, his partner, showed initiative and tackled well. Cooke, McDermott and Luckett were prominent and forward. Keeble played a very sound game at full- back.

THE SCORING

Shanghai on February 8.

J. R. HENDERSON D. H. BTEWART

J. HUTCHISON H. D. BIDWELL

J. C. CHARTER

D. I. BOBANQUET

F. A. CE88FORD

J. M. THOMSON

A. F. WALKDEN (Capt.)

F. BURFORD

R. G. CASTLETON

A. M. KENNEDY

C. F. NEEDHAM E. A. BOMPAS

G. B. GODFREY ·

A..J. G. TAYLOR (Vice-Capt.) W. B. RICHARDSON

B. O'M. DEANE'

Cooke opened the scoring for Gun- nars with a try in the corner, Marsh failing to add the goal points, though it was an excellent effort. Richardson then gave Club the lead when he cul- minated a piece of good forward play by scoring near, the posts for Castle-

One other match will be played, ton to add the goal points. A fumbled pass by a Club back saw Freer pick up against the U.S. Marines or a British and send McDermott over between the Services' team, on February 10. posts, only for Marsh to fall with an team will leave together with the As- easy kick. In the second half Richard-sociation Interport team, and will re- son should have given Club a further turn to Hong Kông on about the 14th score but he was grassed in possession | February.

The

Led

tulated on their fine achievement. They were up against it all the time. 1-2 after the first round, and 24 after the second, they might have been excused if they had given up all hopes of victory.

FINE WIN

DEATH OF G.E. CLARKE

It is with deep regret that we have to record the death of Mr. G. E. Clarke, former K.C.C. League tennis player, Hon, Secretary of the now de- funct Mamak Hookey Tournament and C.B.A. Ladies' hockey coach,

Mr. Clarke died in England on Au- gust 7, according to word just receiv ad., He was invalided home from Hong Kong about 18 months ago.

Mrs. Clarke and her three children are to leave for India at an early date.

A really splendid win by Henry Gonsalves and R. A. Marques, who trailed all the way against Lul and Woo only to snatch victory at the the post, and another fine effort on part of the two veterans H. A. Barros creto). and A. E. Xavier, however, saw the beat Lui and Woo scores leveled with all depending on lost to Chan and Chung the last game of the evening between beat Cheung and Liang the respective third strings, W. M. Cheung and S. W. Liang, and N. A. Beltrao and P. A, Yvanovich.

Hitherto the latter pair had

been

pathetically weak and anything might

have resulted from this game.

The Portuguese pair, however, managed to raise their standard whereas the King's pair were pro- bably worse than in their pre- vious games and so Recreio scor. ed a fine win to cause the biggest upset in this division to date.

R. A. Marques and H. P. Gonsalves (Re-

24-19 ... 13-21 21-9

St. Teresa's Again

St. Teresa's beat 'K.C.C. 6-3 in the

"B" Division of the Hadminton League last evening.

Peter Lo and Joseph Tsang (51. Teresa's). beat J. L. Anderson and A. L. Fisher 21-16 beat T. Wynter-Blyth and T. C. Kevan 21— 7 beat J. R. Turner and H. S. Jones .. 21--- 5

John Chan_and F. Tsang (St. Teresa's).. beat Anderson and Fisher

lost to Wynter-Blyth and Kevan beat Turner and Jones

21-18 10-21

21-- 4

27. Lum and John Tang (St. Teresa's).

instead of passing to the unmarked Only prominent absentees are R. E. Van Leeuwen. From a scrum 10 yards Heaseman and P. F. Wanklyn.

W. C. Chung, P. T. instructor at lost to Anderson and Fisher from the Gunners' line Rutherford Bidwell, Stewart, Burford and Ken-

King's, made

a promising debut in föst to Wynter-Blyth and Kevan 7-21 broke through to score close to the nedy have all represented Shanghai, posts, but Castleton was unable to land the last named captaining the last vic-partnership with S. P. Chan, and, con-beat Turner and Jones

sidering his lack of experience, did the goal points, the ball falling over torious Shanghai team.

very well indeed. as he was about to kick.

8th Heavy Regt. R. A.--Keeble;

chardson.

New Colony "caps", providing they Club "A" Roscoe; P. Wilson, are selected for the "big" game, are Lavalle, Richardson and Van Leeuwen; Charter, Bosanquet, Cessford, Thom- Cessford and Rutherford; Castleton, son, Burford, Castleton, Kennedy, Burford, Stoker; Needham, Benn; Red-Needham, Bompas, Godfrey and Ri- man, Thornhill and King.

Providing all are fit, the following Richards, Freer, Stone and Marsh; appears to be the likely team, though Smythe and Foster;. McDermott, I would have preferred Godfrey to Luckett, Cooke; Turner, Rawlins; Kennedy-but he is not in favour with Larthe, Martin and Plummer.

CLUB-POLICE TEAM

FOR SATURDAY -

All the Recreio players gave good displays and more than matched their opponents for strokes and courtcraft. Yvanovich, however, still needs to learn a good deal about courtcraft. He is young and will be very good but at the moment he is hardly up to the standard required in

a protentia! championship side, as Recreio, defeat by St. John's notwithstanding, lost to Smith and Wilson ...........

beat Kwok and Maynard

must now be considered.

23-22

St. John's Win

St. John's beat Victoria Recreation Club by 8 sets to one.

A. Guterres and A. K. Rumjahn (V.R.C.). lost to H. Eardley and R, Beavan.. 5--21 lost to N. Smith and P. Wilson

.... 12-21 lost to D. Kwok and R..Maynard 5--21 D. M. Xavier and 8. A. Rumjahn (V.R.C.). 18-31 their lost to Eardley and Beaven

13-21 21-14 -- J. Squsa and F. Castro. (V.R.C.).

lost to Eardley and Beavan

........ 12-21

the Selectors: Henderson; Stewart, Bid- well, Charter and Bosanquet; Cessford

K.C.C. DO WELL and Thomson; Walkden, Burford, Cas- tlèton; Needham, Bompas; Kennedy, St. Teresa's, without Austin Ho, did not have matters all their own way The combined Club-Police team to Taylor and Deane.

against Kowloon Cricket Club, whom meet Combined Services on Saturday

Don't miss Scrum-they met at Kowloon Tong." is as follows: Wall (Police); Taylor (Police), Fay (Police), Bidwell (Club) Half's" Rugby article In Finest performance of the evening and Stewart (Club); Charter (Club) | to-morrow's “China Mail.” and Thomson (Club); Walkden (Club) (Captain), Burford (Club), Searle (Police); Needham (Club), Cullinan (Police); Dempsey (Police); Taylor (Club) and Kennedy (Club).

(Army), Lang (Army), Paul (Navy), Kennedy (Navy); Carter (Navy), Clark (Navy); Palmer (Navy), Suther land (Army), Hewitt (Army); Taylor SERVICES' TEAMS

(Navy), King (Navy); Pinkerton Following are the Combined Ser-(Army), Cuthbertson (Army), Rids- vices teams for the games against com- dale (Army), bined Club and Police on the Club ground on Saturday,

"A" XV:-Bax (Navy); - Nicholls (Navy), Waite (Army); Boe

Bowden (Navy) Ho

Gallagher (Navy);

Brown (Navy), 1

Reserves Waite (Army Charles (Navy)

POINTLESS DRAW

"Pollos: held

was the victory of Wynter-Blyth and Kevan over the powerful John Chen-

loat to Smith and Wilson.. lost-to-Kwok and Maynard

FOOTBALL

6--21

Francis Tsang combination by 21-10. SERVICE CORPS BEAT

The Cricket Club might very well have secured a fourth game as H. S. Jones and J. R. Turner, playing against Joseph Lum and John Tang, were only beaten on the post in a thrilling finish. Anderson and Fisher, although only winning one game, gave Impressive alsplays and might have won an- other game.

St. Teresa's are now bracketed at the head of the

A. E. Xavier:

MEDICALS

At Sookunpoo yesterday `Service Corps beat the Medicals, by five goals to one in their re-arranged Third Di- vision fixture.

From the start Service Corps kept.

fedicals penned in their own half. hed well on

scored.

muir (Navy),

(Army), Char