Middlesex Headquarters
Beat The Royal
Scots
Bright And Sheehan In Splendid Form BADMINTON Fowler's Great KOWLOON EXHIBITIONS Game In Defence CHESS
To stimulate interest among members of the Chinese Y.M.C.A.
According to "Sing Tao Jih Pao" this morning Bing Tao are apply. Ing for a postponement of their First Division football game -against. Eastern on Sunday on the, ground that several of their best players, among whom are Soong Ling-sing, Ip Pak-wah, Lau Ting- sang and Chi Ah-fal were injured recently in
their game against Масао.
further adds that for the coming season, exhibition The paper Sing Tao hope that the postpone-badminton matches were given ment will be granted, but if this by P. H. Wong, Colony cham- is refused Sing Tao are willing to
pion, and C. Au, co-doubles forfeit the two points.
champion, at the "y" court, at Bridges Street last night,
If the game has to be played Sing Tao will only be able to fleld a depleted team or may play their whole Junior team. It will be recalled that in the first game Eastern' applied for permission to postpone their game against Sing Tao, but permission was refused: Eastern forfeited both points and were fined $25 for not fulfilling the fixture. In- cidentally Sing Tao through this
lost their best gate of the season. Enquiries from the Football As- sociation revealed that no appli- cation for a postponement had been made up to 11 a.m. *
As revealed on page 13 of this issue there has been. an' unprecedented demand
for tickets for this match.
FOOTBALL FOR SOCIAL WELFARE
Kwong Wah are to-morrow playing a First Division Foot- ball Match at Boundary Street, Kowloon, aga.cnt the Hong Kong Football Club, and the proceeds will be devoted to the funds of the Hong Kong Ru and So- cial Welfare Courcil who are doing a lot of good work in instituting frce school food kitchens and other welfare work in this Colony..
The match will be played -un- der the patronage of HE. Ma- jor General A. E. Grasett,
11.
In the first singles match Lau beat Young by 15 points to The second singles game, the "tit-bit" of the evening, wong beat his teammate C. by a similar score.
By "Sportshawk”
SURPRISE
FOLLOWING A VERY hard fought match
A surprise feature of "H.Q." Company of Royal Scots at Sookunpoo yes yesterday evening's pro- terday afternoon, lost to "H.Q." Company of Middle-gramme in the Kowloon sex, who thus entered the final of the Small Units' Knockout Football Competition.
3:
Chess Club Tournaments was the defeat of K. M. A. Barnett, the Colony The winners were best served latter player broke up many op- by their pivot, Bright, and inside position attacks and it is safe to Champion, by A. Y. Biriu- The former played a brilliant score might have been registered left, Sheehan, both Interporters. say that without him a
larger koff. game throughout; being very im- against them.
Birlukoff, who had only the day sawpressive both with his spolling Parnaby was the only one to before beaten D. E. de Carvalho, Au and distribution, while the latter shine in the intermediate line for has thus assumed the lend in. Sec- made many scoring opportunities. the Scots, while Holden and Gil-tion "B" of the Senior Tourna-
Apart from these two players.roy were the pick of their forment Revell was very steady in defence wards.
. In other Senior games, L. Kar and Smith he'd his own well at Pearson scored the opening goal povich-beat K. Weiss and D. E. de left-half, while Pearson and Mog- through a penalty against Fowler Carvalho beat W. Lee while the geridge formed a strong right for hands in the first half, while game between M. W. Olsufleff and flank attacking unit.
Moggeridge registered the final B, D. Evans ended in a draw as On the whole, the Middlesex goal after robbing Salter of the did that between C. M. Sequeira team displayed very sound, com- ball in the second period.
and G. S. Coxhead. In a Junior a bination and dominated the
! "HQ" Goy, Middlesex-Mi-Tournament game, J. Grefalda greater part of the play:
ching Stickley and Revell; Jackson, beat F. A. Fabel, For the Scots, Salter, although Bright and Smith; Moggeridge, twice beaten was quite sound be-Pearson, Hymes, Sheehan andter; Fowler and Fraser; Gibb, Gib tween the sticks and Fowler, right Endersby,
son and Parnaby; Stevens, Gordon,
The programme was rounded off with a doubles exhibition in which Au, partnered by H. Ko, beat F. Ko and T. W. Wong by 21-13.
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In all the matches quite high standard was seen and very successful season is promis- ed the Chinese "Y" if last night's exhibition is any criterion,
back, distinguished himself. The "HQ" Coy, Royal Scots:-Sul- 'Holden, Bally and Gilroy.
See the.. New 1940
FRIGIDAIRE
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RATCLIFFE, TROPP AND GOSS SHINE
A .blg partnership between Ratcliffe and Goss and another splendid bowling feat by Tropp were chiefly responsible for the Royal Engineers' cricket win over Royal Air Force in a friend- ly cricket match at Sookunpoo yesterday by 49 runs.
Ratcliffe hit a six and seven fcurs in his 53, while Goss found the boundary six times.
ROYAL ENGINEERS
Tropp, b Hawking
5
Pelham, b Hawkins
13
Bailey, Brown, b Smith
3
Ratcliffe, b Hawkins
53.
Goss, lib.w....b-Hawkins
40
Denver, b Hemsley
17
Hawkins, b Hawkins
Monaghan, -c and b. Hemsley.
0:
Gough, not out
Nolde, b Hemsley
Extras (B10)
10
Total
143,
Bowling Analysis
0. M. I.
W.
Smith
Hemsley
1 47 033
3
*Hawkins
051.
Naylor
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Pallag, b-Troph
R. A. F.
Stockham, 'c' Rateliffe, b ́Tropp Hunt, Tropp
Abbas, o Pelham, b Tropp Richardson, „b Denyer
Hempley, ht, wkt., b. Tropp
Naylor, e Pelham, b Tropp
Brown, b Denyer
34
Hawking, not out.
Smith,' b Tropp det,
Gallaghan, not out
· Extras (B10," LB1, WI)
Total
Trapp
Rataliffo
¿Denyor
· Goss ·
104
*Bowling Analysis
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