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THE CHINA MAIL, JANUARY 31; 1940 J

Interport Soccer Players On View This Afternoon

ONLY PRACTICE MATCH, AGAINST COMBINED CHINESE

(By “REFEREE ")

THE COLONY INTERPORT football team to visit Shanghai will play their only practice game this afternoon at Caroline Hill, commencing at 4.15 p.m., where they will be opposed to a combined Chinese team.

Wing-

Tse

Proceeds

from the game, all ar-

COMBINED CHINESE: Cheung rangements for which are being made choy: Hau Yung-sang and Lee Kwok-wai:

Kwok Ying-kie, Hau King-seng and by the Hong Kong, Chinese Journa-Kam-hung: Tang Kwong-sum, Fung King- lists' Association, will be devoted to cheong, Lee Wal-tong, Cheuk Shek-kam and relief work for Chinese in

Lee Shek-yau, Hong Kong.

The team which will represent the Colony has not been decided on yet and I understand that the final selection will be made fol- lowing the game.

All the 15 players selected for the trip will be seen in action.

It is interesting to note that A. V. Gosano has been appointed manager of the team in addition to his duties as captain.

Formidable Attack

The Chinese have chosen, several of the lesser known players for their defence, Mak Shui-hon, Lee Tin-sang

TO-DAY'S FOOTBALL

Following postponed League foot- ball games are down for decision this afternoon:

University

V

SECOND DIVISION "B"

Royal Scots (Caroline H, 2.45 p.m.) Referee: Baker.

Signals

THIRD DIVISION

V R.A.3.C. (Sookunpoo at 4 p.m.) Referee:-Smith.

REVISED

and Leung Wing-chlu being notable WEEK-END

absentees.

The Chinese attack is formidable and should give the Interport defence a real test.

Following are the teams:---

INTERPORT XI (to be chosen from the following):-Moxham, S. Strange, A. Bone, A. J. Hussain, K, Forrow, T. Honniball, A. Maxwell, McEwan, T. Castilho, A. V. Go- sano, D. Leonard, Guy. Fox, Hossack and E. Strange.

H.K. LADIES MAKE FOUR CHANGES

and

Following will represent Hong Kong Ladies' in their Caer Clark Cup en- -counter against St. Andrew's Ladies at Happy Valley on Saturday:- Miss S. Baskett; Miss E. Grey Miss B. Stratton; Miss J. Booker, Mrs. Dalziel and Miss S. Green; Miss Marr, Miss Grieg, Miss M. Booker, Miss M. Smalley and Miss Purves.

The Misses Grey and Stratton have replaced the Misses Weller and Green at full-back, Miss Green going to left- half in place of Miss Gordon-Smith. Miss Marr returns to the forward line in place of Mrs, Skinner.

TAKE HER BOWLING – SHE'LL ENJOY IT, TOOI

Make a bowling "date"! Your wife ar sweetheart will enjoy it as much as you do. Take her to the most „congenial rendezvous in town,

HONG KONG BOWLING ALLEYS

FOOTBALL FIXTURES

GOVERNOR TO

ATTEND THE INTERPORT?

His Excellency the Governor has intimated that he hopes to be present at the Interport foot. ball game between Hong Kong and Balgon on Thursday, Febru. ary 8, at Caroline Hill..

TO-DAY'S RUGBY

Club 'A' meet Navy 'A' in to-day's Rugby match at the Valley at 5 p.m.

Following are the teams:

KUMAONS TOO GOOD.

FOR KHALSA

(By "SPORTSHAWK")

Giving an exceptionally good dis→ play of stickwork and combination Kumaon Rifles beat a weak team from Khalsa Hockey Club by 3 goals to 1 in a friendly hockey match on the Marina ground yesterday afternoon, after leading at the interval by two clear goals.

Sher Singh, Uttam Singh and Sheran Singh, formed a very strong attacking trio for Kumaons, especially Uttam Singh, inside-left, who was uncanny in his stickwork and who was always very dangerous inside the circle.

Capt. Loch, Kumaons' right-winger, throughout and centre-forward with

NAVY “A”--Midshipman Roe; Sub, Lieu- tenant Nicolls, S.B.A. Addiz, Midshipman O'Riordan and Marine Jeffries; Lieutenant Worked very hard Carter and Lieutenant Commander Clark; supported his Cpl. Marron, Ldg. Wir. Barlow, S.B.A. Da-many accurate passes. vis: A.B. Jeffrey, L.S. Spirit: Pay Lieuten- ant Charles, Midshipman Murray Jones and Pay Sub. Lieutenant Summer.

Reserves:-Ldg. Blg. Ingus, Midshipman Teare, Ldg. Wir. Ferris and P.O. Little.

Club "A":-Smith; Lavalle, Morgan, A. N. Other and Wilson; Fay and Tressider: McCrea, Пeasman, Benn, Beattie, Thorn- hill, Roscoe, Austen and A. N. Other.

In the intermediate line, Berhan Singh, pivot, was very prominent. He shadowed Pyara Singh, Khalsa's most outstanding forward, very closely and distributed well to his forwards.

For the losers, Pyara Singh was the only prominent forward, and Gurda- The Interport team will be goingyal Singh was the pick of the inter- through P. T. exercises nearby, com- mediate line. mencing at 5.30 p.m.

Sher Singh, centre-forward, opened the scoring for the winners and Uttam The two Army Rugby League matchesSingh added a second goal before the which were to have been played at Soo-interval. On the resumption Uttam kunpoo yesterday evening were postponed Singh registered a third goal as the as a mark of respect to the Roy Scot who result of a solo effort, and in the last was killed in a motor accident on Monday minute Pyara Singh scored the only and whose funeral took place yesterday,

was at first BIXLER TRANSFERRED

Though this week-end reserved for Second Round matches in the Senior and Junior Shield com- petitions only three such matches will be played owing to Camp and the de- parture of the Interport team Shanghai.

for

Opportunity has, however, been taken to arrange for a number of postponed games in, all divisions to be played off, and a fairly big programme is now scheduled to be played this week-end.

Following is the re-arranged pro- gramme;

SATURDAY

Senior Shield (Second Round) South China "A" v Navy

(Caroline Hill, 4.10 p.m.). Referee:-Minnihan. Linesmen:-Gibson and Fraser.

South China

Junior Shield' (Second Round)

v 8th Royal Artillery (Caroline Hill, 2.30 p.m.). Referee:-Foster,

Second Division "B") University

V Kowloon (Kowloon, 4.15 p.m.). Referee:-F. G. Smith.

Third Division

Signals

V 5th A.A.R.A. (Military, 2.45 p.m.). Referee:-Salter,

Electric

(Club, 2.45 p.m.).. Referee:-Barretto,

Club

(Club, 4.15 p.m.). Referee: Horlock. Kumaons

V South China

v Kitchee

v 24th R.A.

(Kowloon, 2.45 p.m.). Referee:-X. K. Ip. R.A.M.C.

v Royal Scots

(Military, 4.15 p.m.).

Referee:-Benham..

Eastern

SUNDAY, First Division

(Club, 4.15 p.m.).

Referee:-Clarke.

v. South China "B"

Linesmen:-Wilson and A. W. Smith.

Kwong Wah

v Police

(Boundary Street, 4.15 p.m.), Referee:-Ford..

Linesmen-Wyper and Adlard.

Junior. Shield "(Second Round) International : :v - Police - *(Boundary Street, 2.30 på Referee: Dov

WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY

Here's bright news

goal for the losers.

Ram

KUMAON RIFLES-Partap 'Singh; Singh and Kanwar Singh; Hashiyar Singh, Beshan Singh and Kishan Singh; Capt. Loch, Hayat Singh, Sher Singh, Uttam Singh and Sheran Singh.

Rugby team, has left

Bixler, captain of the U.S. Marines' and Mehar Singh: Gurdayal Singh, Bhag

· KHALSA-Mohinder Singh; Karnail Singh. Shanghai on Singh and Narwanjan Singh: Jeggeet Singh, transfer. He captained the American Gur Buchan Singh, Pyara Singh, Narwant time was on the losing side only once team for three seasons, and during that

Singh and Jangeer Singh,

-against the Seaforths early this sea- the game inside out, and much of the son! He is a huge forward who knows

remarkable success experienced by the Marines was due to his inspired lead- ership.

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