1940-01-30 — Page 17

“THE CHINA MAIL, JANUARY 30, 1940

Shanghai Rugby Fifteen Below Normal Standard Grieve, R

And Hutchison Are Badly Missed

STRENGTH AT

FORWARD: VERY MEDIOCRE BACKS

THE

(By “SCRUM-HALF”)

"HE Shanghai Interport Rugby fifteen is this season likely to be well below their usual high standard. The strength of the team is at forward, but there is no rea- son to believe that they have a better pack than ours. Be- hind the scrum we hold a definite supremacy on paper, des- pite the loss of "Duggie" Stewart on the wing.

on

ARMY SPORTLIGHT

By "6QUADDY”

BEFORE commencing this week's

CRICKET

1ST. EFFECTS

OF CAMP

Kowloon Cricket Club, prospective senior cricket. champions, will be without no fewer than seven regular members of their team for their League Axture with University оп Saturday.

resume of Sport I would like, and good luck to your "Squaddy." Lee, D. Hung. W. L. Raples. A. Zimmera through this column, to bid farewell He has at all times attempted to ex-

E. C. Fincher, D. J. N. Anderson, R. E.

and

and T. A. Madar will be at camp Frank Goodwin, following, the straining of a muscle last week, has decided to give up cricket for good.

Fortunately the Second team is without a fixture and a call has been made on the

cahy, F. J. Lay, G. E. Taylor. E. Curtis and S. A. Gray, while C. B. R. Sargent, who is here on holiday, and B. D. Lay, who will make his first appearance of the

press the views of the Army on the field of sport and has given support A. M. Kennedy, last Shanghai In-¡their toes against the Marines, who to any legitimate grievances which terport captain but now a member of rely, mostly

speed, weight the "Squaddles" may have had. Club, has been kind enough to give and stamina. They have

been His views as with those express-following members of this team:-W. Mul me some idea of the probable com-

in training for 0 long timeed by other writers-have not always position of the Shanghai team, together for this game and

nothing would met with unanimous approval but the with a few interesting notes on one please them more than to beat

the arguments which have arisen from .or two of the Northerners.

team which proved too good for the stating of the views have always The team is likely to line-up as Shanghai, Our players may take | been taken in the right spirit whe- follows:

Isometime to settle down in the face ofther the result is win, lose or draw. As E. F. Fincher, the Interporter, is by the disconcerting "interference” tac- So good luck departing "Squaddy" | far the senior member of the club in ties of the Marines at forward, and it may your successor escape annihilation is to be hoped that the sailors have as long as you have! not by that time secured too great an advantage. Their backs handle ex- cellently and play orthodox Rugger.

W. N. DICKSON

J. W. MARTIN

A. THOMAS

A. P. D. KENNEDY

8. J. WARD

R. S. AUCOTT

J. R. DICKINSON

R. A. O. MAYNE

A. V. REYNOLDS A. GAMMIE

W. D. PEARSON

(Captain)

G. GORDON BROWN

J. D. SAYLE

P. B. TAY

8. A. WALLACE.

S. O.

season

STEWART OUT FOR 3 WEEKS

for at least three weeks.

Van Leeuwen has been invited to

Reserves-M. 0. Liddell, Thornley and B. R. Brown.

All the vacancy, and has secured Dickson is a first-class full-back leave. who is experiencing his first

As I wrote yesterday, I would have in Shanghai after having played Inter-preferred Lavalle, who has Rugby in State Rugger in the Straits. He is him which has yet to be revealed and tall and well built. Martin is no new-who is one of those players who is comer to Colony players, having play-likely to rise to the occasion. The ed in the second game of Shanghai's Selectors have not made any mistakes visit last February. He is on the to date, however, although I hear Bid- small side, light and an excellent well would not have partnered Ste- tackle. Thomas and Thornley have wart had the latter been available, played in Shanghai for some time now and time will tell. but have not previously shown Inter- port form.

*

season, have also been recruited.

the team, it is

to somewhat surprising learn that W. Mulcahy, the Junior captain, has been hominated skipper of the side.

GRAPHIC GOLF ON. PAGE 14

The following is the team:-W. Mulcahy, FOOTBALL is a queer game as thefe E. F. Fincher, N. D. Lloyd, G. C. Burnett, are so many points to take into ac- F. J. Lay, B. D. Lay, C. B. R. Sargent, count when adjudging form. For G. E. Taylor, E. Curtis, S. A. Gray and A. instance it is

generally recognised N. Other. that a strong team will play very' much worse against a wenk team- than it would against one of its own ability. This may account for the fact that although Army beat Navy in the Lai Wah Cup on Saturday their performance was not one which lends hope of their victory against the Chinese.

appreciated in future games.

*

*

•

dis- ROYAL ENGINEERS had

appointment last week when they travelled all the way from Camp to With all due respect to the Navy Hong Kong to play a team which fall-

ed to turn up! There seems to be a

"Duggie" Stewart, the Colony's best |wing-threequarter since Geoff Lam- mert was in his prime, is unable to play in the Interport. His injured knee will not allow him to play again players, It must be about the weakest

team they have produced for a con- lack of co-operation somewhere and siderable number of years and Army keen footballers will appreciate the did not have much trouble in dis- fact that circumstances of this nature posing of them. The football produc-do not uphold enthusiasm for soccer however, and there ed was not of the highest quality, to any great extent.

seems to be Apropos of people not turning up, lack of co-operation in the Armythe Signals and Scots had a long wait team. Guy and Saw were the only for their referee on Saturday. A fran- two who seemed to attempt any con- tic phone call produced the desired structive Football: Perhaps the pre- official three-quarters of an hour later, vious paragraph explains away thebut there seems-well read the pre- situation?

vious chapter! Whatever happens I know Army will give the Chinese more than a run for their money but I'm sure each H. D. Bidwell, who was on the player would appreciate a few more Ward is a very young doubtful list yesterday, is now report-spectators to give him o "cheering winger but a player of immense possi-ed almost certain to secure leave. hand." The support on Saturday was The team is as follows: Hen-"lousy," probably due to the fact that derson; Van Leeuwen, Bidwell, there were other Unit fixtures being | Charter and Bosanquet; Cessford and played. Whatever the cause however, Thomson; Walkden, Salter, Wanklyn; a lot more support would certainly be Needham, B. Hynes Godfrey, Taylor and Redman; and Hutchison and Sumner. Stout.

bilities.

PLAYED IN CENTRE

Aucott played in the centre for Shanghai last February and very cap- ably looked after Grleve. Though small and light, he will tackle anything and is capable of clever surprise moves. Dickinson is a very average scrum- half and Thomson should have a big advantage over him,

R.A.S.C. and R.A.O.C. are Josing some of their sporting talent and are frantically hoping their substitutes produce exceptional form in this res- peet. R.A.O.C. appear to have got hold of a few football stars and have picked on R. Signals for the victims for the giants. Let's hope they HAVE got someone anyway.

•

first

PICKING the Interport team for next year! Now, let's see... shall wo Reserves:-Ldg. Sig. Inglis, Midship-play Lawton or Dixie Dean this time? man Teare, Ldg. Wtr. Ferris and P. If only Hapgood were At! were

Whe 'e's O. Little.

my lemonade!

The following eight players invited to accompany the team but were unable to go:-Stewart, Burford, Castleton, Heasman, Richardson, Ken- nedy, Deane and Bompas.

Training To-morrow

At forward, Pearson, Gordon Brown, Tay and Wallace are exceptionally good with Reynolds, a Cheshire Coun- ty player and hooker, the most dan- gerous. Salter will need the full sup- series of P. T. exercises yesterday at The Interport team went through a port of every member of the Colony the Valley and further training is be- pack if he is to hold his own as hook-ing called for 5.30 p.m. to-morrow. er. Tay was not available last February otherwise he would have made the trip South,

Only five of the team have played Interport for Shanghai-Pearson, Rey- nolds, Mayne, Gordon Brown and Aucott.

Army Ground Neods

To Be Improved

The Army authorities would do well to improve their ground at Sookunpoo Dow that Rugby is galning so in popu- teams who are playing with fair re- larity-we have no fewer than 12 gularity. The ground is not a full- sized one, is extraordinarily hard and and the uprights

Players badly missed by Shanghai are Grieve, centre threequarter, Rigg full-back or centre-threequarter, and Hutchison, who played wing-three- badly maintained, quarter in the series last February need to be lengthened. Grieve and Hutchison are on the in- jured list and Rigg has retired from the game.

F. J. Knightly and C. F. Pow are two forwards whose ommis- sion from the 18 names sent exclu- sively to us by caused surpri and

Navy “A” Fifteen Following will represent Navy “A” against Club "A" to-morrow on the Club ground at 5 pm-nanajimari esterday has | Re: Sub. Lleutenant Nicolls, 5. B.

Aquis, – Midshipman · O'Riordan

tries; Lieutenant Carthe

Commander

MADE IN ENGLAND

TEOFANI

KINC