1940-05-15 — Page 17

THE CHINA MAIL, MAY 15, 1940.

TENNIS LEAGUE OPENS IN BRILLIANT WEATHER

Last Year's Leaders Win With Ease KOWLOON TONG START WELL; BEAT STRONG RECREIO TEAM

ARMY LEAGUE IN FULL SWING

The Army Tennis League opened a day earlier than the Colony League and con- siderable activity has been evident at Sookunpoo for the last two days.

On Monday an "A" Division match was played between 5th., R. A. and Middlesex Regiment which the form- er just won by 6 sets to 3. Lt. Guest and Sgt. Waldron made a great effort for the losers and won all three sets, but they received no support.

THE HONG KONG TENNIS League season for 1940 opened yesterday in a blaze of sunshine with five "B" Divi- sion matches.

| "C" -DIVISION

TO-DAY'S

MATCHES

By "Adrem"

All went as expected although some of the teams were expected to do better than they actually did. Leading teams of last season, South China and Chinese Recreation Club, both won their games with something to spare, while Kow- loon Tong, with a decisive win over a strong Recreio team, afternoon but at this stage of the sea-

gave an indication of their strength.

Craigengower, playing without Ro- Yesterday saw no fewer than three bert Choa, one of their registered matches played, one in "A" Division players, did well to beat I. R. C. by and the other two in the junior divi-622. J. W. Leonard and W. H.

ision.

. In the senior match, the convincing form of Martin and Logan, who won all three sets, gave R.A.S.C. an odd- set victory, while Signals and Royal :Scots won in junior division.

and For the former Brakenberry Langley were prominent, while the better balance of Royal Scots gave them a narrow win over R.A.S.C. in the latter..

R.A.S.C. v. R.A. .In an -"A" Division Army League Tennis match at Sookunpoo yesterday, Royal Army Service Corps beat the 8th Heavy Re giment, Royal Artillery, by 5 sets to 4.

Martin and Logán (R.A.S.C.) beat Skipworth and Hook beat Roach and Ward

beat Osborne and Marsh

Young and Gibbs (R.A.S.G.) fost to Skipworth and Hook beat Roach and Ward beat Osborne and Märsh

Walton and King (R.A.S.C.) lost to Skipworth and Hook lost to Roach and Ward

fost to Osborne, and Marsh

:

SIGNALS v. R.A.P.C.

75 00

6- 0 6-4 0-2

(K.C.C.).

3- 6 5 7 6-3

Lee won all three sets as expected, Lai and a newcomer H. N. Wong, who and the convincing form of George also went through without dropping drew with I. and B. Agafuroff a set, appears to indicate some im- beat Bendall and Skinner provement on the part of the Valley beat Hollidge and Wardle

G. A. White and R. S, Capell team.

lost to 1, and B. Agaturoff It is noteworthy that Frank Kwok, lost to Bendall and Skinner erstwhile C. R. C. player, who ap-beat Hollidge and Wardle pears to be registered in error for

Kowloon both C. R. C. and

Tong, turned out for the suburbanites, for

On the home courts, Indian Recreation whom he won 21 sets in partner-Club lost to Craigengower Cricket Club by

611⁄2 sets to 215. ship with Lam Kwan, who was ex- A. R. Kitchell and O. Rumjahn (I.R.G.). pected to act as reserve for South lost to 3. Leonard and W. H. Lee .... China 'in "A" Division.

COMBINATION DIFFICULTIES Club, with a strong team individu- 8-ally, could not get their combinations in working order and veteran T. C. 68 Monaghan and T. J. Gould were the only pair to meet with any success. This pair did extremely well to win 1-6 one set, including one against а powerful combination in Dr. C. H. Dew and K. H. Ip.

Kowloon Cricket Club, without A.

6--2 0-2

2-6

- Royal Corps of Signals beat Royal Army Pay Corps by & sets to 3 in a Second Divi slon Army League Tennis match at Sookun- :poo vesterday.

Love and Seully (Signals) Jost to Ingleby and Reed

'beat Roberts and Lucknow

3-6 04

beat Chalcraft and Hemming

B2

Brakenbury and Langley (Signals)

beat Ingleby and Reed

6-2

beat Roberts' and 'Lucknow :beat Chalcraft and Hemming Willla and Garrán (Signals) lást to Ingleby and Reed

·lost to Roberts and Lucknow (beat Chalcraft and Hemming

R.A.S.C. v. R. SCOTS

1.R.C. v Cic.c.

beat A. Klichell and W. Howard lost to G. Lai and H. N. Wong

and M. O. Hoosen

D. M. A. (L.R.C.).`

lost to Lai and Wong drew with Kitchell and Howard lost to Leonard and Lee

There are six "C" Division tennis matches on the programme for

this

son it is most difficult to discuss pros- pects with aby authority more espe- cially as even at a late hour yesterday afternoon, captains had still not decid- ed on their pairings.

A preliminary survey of such teams as are available reveals some excel- lent players in a number of clubs and although C.R.C. and South China, due to their great experience of, and peculiar aptitude for League tennis, should again fight out the top position, they are not likely to have matters all their own way by any means, ·

C.R.C. LOOK GOOD

C.R.C., under the captaincy of Pang Oi-lam, one of their most promising youngsters, have a nice blend of youth and experience. In the latter cate- gory come evergreen F. K. Lau and of Iu Tak-lam, players with years League tennis behind them. This team is going to be an extremely difficult 2-one to beat.

I like the look of the Recreio “A”. team and I foresee this side causing Razack a few upsets before the season is over, while C.B.A. are another team that the stronger outfits will do well not to disregard.

A. Rahmin and I. Kitchëll (1.R.C.). lost to Lal and Wong lost to Leonard and Lee beat Kitchell and Howard

H.K.C.C. v S.C.A.A.

6-3 3-6

3- G G- B G

2-6 0-6 6- 3

At Chater Road, Hong Kong Cricket Club lost to South China A.Â, by 6 sets to 3. -

Dr. A. H. Barwell and J. J. Ferguson

V. White, B. Soltau and W. M. Git-(H.K.C.C.). tins of their team of last year, did lost to Dew Chok-him' and Ip Koon- reasonably well against Civil Service hing to win to 61⁄2-241⁄2.

Neither K.I.T.C. nor K.C.C. appear to have the balance to do anything very much.

In a purely speculative spirit, I of- fer the following teams for wins to- day:--Recreio "A", C.R.C., ・ C.B.A,

Following is the programme H.K.U.T.C., H.K.P.S.A., South China!

some of the teams:-

PROGRAMME

Recreio "A"

4-6

beat H. K. Ho and L. K. Ma ........

6- 2 4-6

A.T.C.. K.T.G.C.A. K.I.T.C. K.C.C.

V

V C.R.C.

V

C.B.A.

V

H.K.U.T.C.

lost to Ho and Ma

lost to Lee and Ho

T.

J: Gould and

T C.

1-8 1-8 4-6 Monaghan

Jewish. R.C. Recreio "B"

V

પ

9. China

TEAMS

*

Anderson proved a worthy suc-lost to W. T. Lee and W. H. Ho....

E. Bathurst and W. H. Jowit (H.K.C.C.). cessor to A. V. White, as Grose's partner, and this pair only dropped lost to Dew and Ip three games in the course of the afternoon. Mackay and Broadbridge were (H.K.C.C.). not impressive and were extremely beat Dew and Ip 4-8 fortunate not to have met with at beat Ho and Ma 3 least one defeat. Broadbridge simply lost to Lee and Ho B-1

could not get any of his strokes into working order, being erratic both off the ground and on the volley and being unable to hold his usually effective service. His smashing, how-T.C.). ever, was good.

Royal Scots Regiments beat Royal Army Service Corps by 5 sets to 4, in a Second 'Division Army League tennis match yester- .day.

S/Q.M.S. Banister and S/Sgt. Sygkden *(R.A.S.C.)

G. A. White and Capell did not do as well as expected and were only able to win one set. Neither player was able to produce winning shots

6- 3 7-5 2-6

ARMY v G.R.C. At Sookunpoo, Army Tennis Club lost to Chinese Recreation Club by 7 sets to 2.

Col. L. A. Newnham and Capt. Loch

(Army

fost to T. C. In and D. C. Luk lost to K. C. Ng and P. F. Choy lost to O. L. Pang and C. C. Luk ..........

Col. J. S. Smith and Capt. C. H. R. Hyde (Army T.C.).

"lost to Q.M.S. Graham and Q.M.S.

Green

12-14 beat Pte. Jenkins and Pte, Gelroy.. ---- beat Pte. Whelan and L/Cpl. Dánning 1–0 and this placed them at a disadvan-drew with fu and Luk

S/Q.M.S. Wood

and L/Cpl.

lost to Graham and Green

(R.A.S.C.)

lost to Jenkins and Gelroy

'lost to Whelan and Danning

-beat Graham and Green

lost to Jenkins and Gelroy

beat Whelan and Danning

Sherdon tage.

Ple. Walton and Pte. King (R.A.S.C.)

Monday's Match

3-6 1-8 1-6

LACK OF BALANCE

For the visitors, lack of balance in all three pairs made them ineffective,

2 The Agafuroff brothers. could not com- 03

noe and Zeug and spin went bine Bendall Skinner were

'game..

drew with Ng and Choy beat Pang and Luke

H.K.P.S.A.

and

S.C.A.A.:~T. K. Leung and H. K. Ho; C. L. Liu and H. C. Chung: W. F. Lee and K. I. Chan,

Jewish R.C.-A. R. Poliak and M. Ta- Ian; H. B. Joseph and Dr. Ramler; B. Godkin and W. J. Ciprin:

C.B.A.:-G. H. Fowler and B. I. Bickford; N. Whitley and S. A. Fowler; D. T. Smith and J. Sloan,

C.R.C.-P. C. Chan and O. L. Pang; ¡F. K, Lau and Lam Yule-ying; S. L. Ma and

Tu Tak-lam.

4- B

Recreio “A”:—A; M. Silva and A. E. 3-6 Noronha; H. F. Gonsalves and R. A. Mar 4- 6 { ques; G. A. Noronha and H. A, Noronha,

Recreio "B";-M. A. Guterres and J. Fon- seca;. A. M. Alves and J. A. Soares; R. “M. 68 Soares and L, G. Gosuno.

and P. Wynter 66 K.C.CA. L.Fisher

Blyth; J. L. Anderson and D.. Hùng; E. Žu- 64

lauf and R. E, Lec.

K.I.T.C.:-9, A. Hussain and S. S. · Bus- 1-sain: Firdos Khan and H. Mahan Singh; M. 16 9. Hussain and G. Singh. 4-6

Sat. Webb and Sgt. Wheker (Army T.C.). lost to Iu and Luk

lost to Ng and Choy lost to Pang and Luk

K. TONG v ̊C. DE R.

Army:-Sgt. Emmerson. and S/Sgt. Duf field (R.A.0.C.); Cpl. Martin (R.A,S.C.) and Cpl. Hoocock (R.A.O.C.); S/Sgt. Adlam

Reserves:-Sgt. Denyer (R.E.). L/Cpl. Lo

gan (R.A.S.C.) and L/Cpl. Shaw (R.E.).

At Kowloon Tang, the Kowloon Tong, Gar- At Kowloon Tong, the Kowloon Tong, Gar(R.A.P.C.) and Sgt. Murray (R.A.P.C.). __ by 3 sets, to 231⁄2.. Comparative novices, Dickle Hol-- Frank Kwok and Làm Kwan (K.T.Q.C.A.), The 5th AA. Regiment beat the 1st Batlidge and Wardle, played pluckily beat Dr. A. M. Rodrigues and B. Talion Middlesex Regiment by 0 sets to 3 in a First Division Army League tennis match but were not equipped to do

R.A. V. MIDDLESEX

at: Bookunpoo, on Monday,

better than they did,

K.C.C. v C.8:C.C.

any GosanG

[beat 1. A. Carvalho and F. J. Res

medios

61

drew with M. A. Oliveira and W. A.

Reed

Lisut. Quast and Sgt. Waldron (Middlesex) beat Sgt. Meelding and Sgt. Louis.... *beat Léut, Tovener and Bdr. Mew ... B

beat Capt. Ingram and Sgt, Morgan ... f4 At Cox's Road, Kowloon Cricket Club beat L/Cpl. Dunne and Pte. Meidor (Middlesex) | Civil Service Cricket Club by 815, sete to: 215.

lost to Mending and Louis

·lost to Tavener and Mew w

lost to: Ingram, and Morgan

godin

bunyi

Cpl. Plummer and Pie, flex' (Middlesex)

lost to Meaking and Loula

lost to Tivaner, and Maw Jost to-Ingram and Morgan

r, Llig änd, Billy. Yu` (K.T.G.C.A.).. beat Rodriguez; and Grisano. Grose and D. J. N. Anderson, (K.G.C.), beat Carvalho and Remedios beat 1. Agufuroff and B. Agafurodī 62 lost to Oliveira and Reed beat J. A. Bendall and WJ, Skinnar 8-1 B. Un, and P. Fletcher. beat D. Hollidge and J. Wärdlə

60beat Rodrigues and Gosano

N. A. E., Mackay and R. T. Broadbridge | beat - Carvalho and Remedios Oliveira- and -Reede

HOME FOOTBALL

London, To-day.In a Midland soc- cer -match

ed yesterday Walsall beat West Br

Eastern División, Dunferline

beat: St

RUGBY LEAGUE

In a Rugby League match, Bradford

York by 94.

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