1940-03-16 — Page 17

"THE CHINA MAIL, MARCH 16, 1940

WIN

CLUB SHOULD RUGBY SEVENS TITLE

Police Expected To Reach Final NEXT

PROGRAMME STARTS 3 P.M. AND INCLUDES JUNIOR FOOTBALL CLUB GAME

(By "SCRUM-HALF”)

CLUB “A” WILL START favourites in to-day's Seven- A-Side Rugby Tournament on the Club ground, Happy 'Valley, though continuance of the rain that is falling as I write these notes will be to the advantage of Police "A", the holders.

The Pipes and Band of H. M. 2nd Bn. The Royal Scots, by kind permis- sion of Lt.-Col. D. J. McDougall and › Officers, will commence their pro- gramme at 2.30 p.m. and at 3 p.m. the first of the quarter-finals will be played.

The following is the full programme: 2.30-3-Band Selections..

3-3,20-Police "A" v R. Scots "A". 3.20-3.40-8th H.R. "A" v R.E,

3.40-4-Bank v Civil Service.

44.20-Police "B" v Club "A".

4.20-4.30-Band Selections.

4.30-4.50-1st semi-final,

4.50-5.10-2nd semi-final.

5.10-5.30-Crustaceans" football match.

5.30-Final.

Presentation of Blarney Stone Shield to winning team by H: E. Admiral Sir Percy Noble.

LIKELY SEMI-FINALISTS Royal Scots

"A" are likely to be without Cuthbertson and even if he

HELP B. W. O. F.

Help the British War Organi. sation Fund by going to to-day's Seven-A-Side Rugby Tourna- ment. Prices of admission $1.50 to the Covered. Stand and $1.00 to the Open Stands. Service men half price.

are

The proceeds from this tourna- ment are being donated to the British War Organisation Fund by Hong Kong Football Club.

Referees at to-day's seven games will be Dr. "Jake" Selby, who was in the triumphant Club sevens of 1932 and 1933, Lt. Pirie of Royal Scots and Mr. S. G. Davis.

is playing I cannot see them extend- Seven minutes are played each way, ing Police "A", the holders. Taylor, with an interval of one minute. The Wilson and Fay did good work in Final will be 10 minutes each way their first game, and there is no rea-and two minutes interval. If a draw son to believe Cullinan is not going occurs the teams will change over and to have the better of Sutherland at play five-minute periods until one hooking.

team scores.

I liked the look of 8th Heavy Regt. "A", but a heavy ground will not suit their speedy trio, Richards, Marsh and Keeble. Sappers have a good all- round side, and Waite and Artingstall are expected to be playing, and, with match-winning Birrell, these two should see them through to the next round.

Bank are likely to prove much too good for Civil Service, though high tackling may give Taylor the chance he will be waiting for. In Day, Car- ruthers and Aitkenhead Bank have a very fine trio of attacking backs and I cannot see Charter holding up all three, despite his deadly tackling.

Club "A" cannot afford to take the rugged Police "B" team too lightly--- they did very well to beat Taikoo in the closing 'minute-but they should win with a good deal in reserve.

PROBABLE, SEMI-FINALS

If my reckoning is correct Policej "IA" and Royal Engineers will meet in the first semi-final and this is

THE TEAMS Following are the teams: Police "A:-D. H. Taylor; B. C. Fay and G. S. Wilson (Capt.); Wright-Nooth, P. J. Cullinan and S. Innis.

J. .R. M. Wall; G. Royal Scots "A":-Pte, Parnaby; 2/Lt. Ford and 2/Lt. Pinkerton (Capt.); L/Cpl. Gracie; 2/Lt. Millar, Cpl. Sutherland and Lt. Gibson.

8th Heavy Regt. "A":-Lt. Lomax (Capt.); Sgt. Marsh and L/Bdr. Richards; Gnr. Keeble; Gnr. Cook, Gar. Luckett and Bomdr. Plummer.

Royal Engineers:-Spr. "Artingstall; L/Cpl. Birrell and L/Cpl. Walte (Capt.); L/Cpl. Foley: L/Sgt. Brinkley, L/Cpl. Apperley

and Cpl. Sheldrake.

Hong Kong and Shanghai Bank:-G. G. Altkenhead; M. G. Carruthers and D. G. Day: A. H. R. Butcher, F. M. Thompson, J. S. Dunnett and A. M. Kennedy (Capt.).

Civil Service:-J. C. Charter; A. J. G.

sidder.

Taylor (Capt.) and G. Fowler; T. O. Mor- gan; J. Redman, B. Hynes and C. G. Tre-

Police "B":-W: Jackson; and N. Reynolds; T Leslie; H. Rose, L. A. J. Dempsey Searle (Capt.) and B. Wheeler. - Club "A":-D. I. Bosanquet; H. D. Bid- well and J. M. Thomson (Capt.); J. R. Henderson: C. F. Needham, A. F. Walkden and R. E. Heasman.

IN. WINNING TEAMS

going to provide a real battle royal Following are players taking part with the better balanced Police side to-day who have been in the winning giving them ar advantage which seven: A. F. Walkden, 1936, and 1937; should send them into the Final for H. D. Bidwell, 1936 and 1937; J. R. the second year in succession.

Henderson, 1938; C. F. Needham, 1938; Sappers will offer very stern resis- D. H. Taylor, 1939; G. S. Wilson, 1939; tance but Wall should be Foley's su- B. C. Fay, 1939; and L. A. Searle, 1939. perior.

The

In the other semi-final Club "A" will receive their first real test, and Bank are going to take some beating, though the heavy ground will minimise their pace. Club, how ever, have a better balan- ced side and what, they may lack in speed is counterbalanced by fitness and a much superior forward trio, Club should win a close game.

A Final between Police and Club "A" will be worth going a long way to see, but I don't think there can be much doubt regarding the result, as Police, who should be well outplayed at forward, are likely to be on the de- fensive for the most part of the game, Taylor's positioning will have to be much better than it has been- if the Police line is to be held against the fast-moving Club back division. Much of Club's success, however, will depend on Henderson's service to Thomson.

D. H. Stewart, who is injured, was in the 1038 Club team, and W. E. Grieve, who has been transferred back to the Colony but who is still nursing. an injury, was in the 1936, 1937 and 1938, champion Club teams.

RICHARDSON TRANSFERRED W. B. Richardson, Club wing for- ward, is shortly leaving for Ilollo, P.I., on transfer, while F. A. Cessford, In- terport fy-half, has already been transferred to Shanghai.

JUNIOR FOOTBALL CLUB The "Crustaceans" Junior Football Club was formed five months ago to provide younger members with on opportunity of learning. team

games and to-day these youths-minus the six eldest, who are attending thế G,B.S. Sports—are making their public debut.

Following are the teams and ages: and 15 Black (0.8);-1 Sherry (9.1),"%P. Orabat R, Codkoś (7,8)1⁄2, M. Pringle (8.0)

Halph (8.8) (Capti) and C. Shalfer (7.11);

GRAPHIC GOLE

DELICATE CONTROL OF CLUBHEAD, IN, PUTTING CALLS FOR DEFINITE'

DECISIONS,

DIVIDED CONCENTRATION:

WEAKENS, PERFORMANCE.

PUTTING CONCENTRATION

By BEST BALL

A golfer cannot divide his atten- tions on the putting green at the actual moment of stroking the ball and expect favourable results. The line to the hole, the speed of the green and the power to impart to the ball; all of these, should have been determined beforehand. Some golfers take longer at sizing up these conditions than others. Francis Ouimet for instance is a .fast putter, gauging the shot on his way to the ball and losing no time in either missing It quick' or making it. The point to re- member is that these factors must be determined and then the entire concentration focussed on strok- ing the ball along the lines map- ped out in advance...

Don't let worry over the result, tense your stance or swing. Re- laxation here is important; the stroke must be smooth. Horton Smith has found it helpful to just practice stroking the ball. There is no cup to divert his attention to the task in practice and once on the green, he has little trouble sinking them. On the other hand, Walter Travis used to putt toward a pencil stuck upright on the green, Experiment and find which method allows you the greatest measure of concentration. Then practice perfecting that routine.

Next Article:-Uphill Play

D. Iisley (8.5), A. Roberts (7.8), *B, Bur ton (8.3), R. Neve (8.7) and J. Clark (8.6): Lobsters: A. Robertson (8.6); J. Valèn-

tine (9.6) (Capt.) and J. Richards (8.8); A. tin (7.9); J. Mackle (8.5); S. Valentine Petrie (8.6), E. Moore (8.6) and A, Mary (8.7). M. Stewart (8.10), N. Rust (7,5) and

J. Harriman (8.5),

* Awarded Colours.

WEEK'S TENNIS

Following is next week's tennis schedule for Hong Kong Cricket Club;

MONDAY

OPEN SINGLES

Tsul Yan-pul v. J.. L. C. Pearce (5) J. S. Theobald v. T. C. Chan (6). Leung Ping-chlu v. J. Gonsalves (7),

OPEN DOUBLES

| I. and B. Agafuroff v. Wong Fook-nam and

Lam Kwan (8),

CLUB CHAMPIONSHIP

M. M. Macdougall v. C. H. R. Hyde (2). HANDICAP DOUBLES

C. B. Nicholson and G. V. Hobbs (-2/8) v. F. Macleod and E. S. Hall (1/8) (1).

HANDICAP MIXED DOUBLES

C. M. Stark and Miss J, Reeve (-3/8) v. Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Ferguson (~5/8) (3). A. T. Dow and Mrs. W. Dalziel (~3/6) ́V. T. C. Monaghan and Miss M. Griffiths (-30) (4).

TUESDAY

OPEN. DOUBLES

Kwok Hing-chung and Lui Kwai-fan v. C. H.

R. Hyde and J. J. Ferguson (5).

T. A. Pearce and B. C. Fay v. T. C. Chan

and Marsland Ma (8).

HANDICAP SINGLES

G W, Sewell (~4/8) v. A. C. I. Bowker

(-3/6) (1),

A. K. Mackenzie (42/6) v. E. Zulauf-(-15)

(3).

A, H. Barwell (-1/8) v. J..C. Pool (+1/0)

(6).

D. M. Macdougall (-15.2) v. P. W. Blyth ̈ ̈ ̈

(-2/6) (7).

HANDICAP MIXED DOUBLES

D. G. Allen and Miss J. Purvis (scratch) v.

C. B. and Mrs. Nicholson (3/6) (2). H. J. Armstrong and Mrs. L.. R. Andrewes (-30) v. H. D. Bidwell and Miss E. Lammert (-2/6), (4),

WEDNESDAY

OPEN. SINGLES

S.. A. Rumjahn v. S. A. Gray (5). A. Lade v. B. C. Fay (7);

Tsul Yan-put or J. L. C. Pearce v. R. G.

Biesel Jr. :(2)..

Open DoubLES

J. Gonsalves and A. V. Remedios v. Paul

Kong and B. Szeto (8). -

HANDICAP SINGLES

W. M. Barton (3/6) v. M. Ragh (30.3)

(1).

D. S. Robb (2/6) v. G. C. Burnett (-15)

(8).

* HANDICAP mixed douBLES

P. W. Blyth and Miss B. Fair (scratch) v. Lieut. J. S. Theobald and Mrs, Churchill (18.2) (3).

B. O'M. Deane and Miss D. Eardley (-15.3)

'V. V. R. Gordon and Mrs.

Ralph. (scratch) (4)..

THURSDAY OPEN SINGLES JA. Crawford v. Pang Ol-lam (1). Wel Chung v. Tennie Kwok (4).

3. S. Theobald or T. C. Chan v. O. Umetani

(5)

OPEN DOUBLES Tsul Wal-pul and Tsuf Yan-pul v. A. R.

Kitchell and I, M. A. Razack (8).

CLUB CHAMPIONSHIP H. J. Armstrong vị E. G. Blesel, Jr. (@).

HANDICAP SINGLES C. B. Nicholson (-3/6) or E. R. Childe (1/6) v. T. J. Gould (-30) or R, C. Beavan (-2/6) (7).

A.

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HANDICAP DOUBLES

Lade. and G. W. Sewell (5/6) v. W. G. Harvey and A. H. Barwell (scratch) (2).

HANDICAP MIXED DOUBLES

CH. R. and Mrs. Hyde (-30) v. J. R. M. Smith and Mrs. D. E. B. Smith (scratch)

(3).

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