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THE CHINA MAIL, MARCH 13, 1941.

INEFFICIENCY OF SOCCER

REFEREES IS

IS ALLEGED

Council Upholds Referees' Decision On Facts

Eastern Leaving For Manila Soon

THE ALLEGED inefficiency of some referees and the general low standard of refereeing in the Colony at present was the subject of much discus- sion at the monthly meeting of the Council of the Hong Kong Football Association held yesterday evening in the Association's offices.

THE UPSHOT was that the Referees' sub-com- mittee augmented by the appointment of Captain R. E. Guest, Lieut. H. S. Cooper, R.N. and Mr. H. K. Lee were asked to go into the matter and report to the Council.

The primary cause of this, was

a protest from

Kwong Wah on

The handing of the Senter shield geme between Kwong Wah and Eastern recently.

The letter

I wong stated that Wab Was dissatisfied with the handling of the game and the ad- verse result to then was not near-

iy . much due to inferior play or alty as to very poor refereeing. It further stated that they

were

penalised to the advantage of their SORSODY he suggested that clubs, opponents and. In this connection, having complaints, should make quoted three midents, but added these in writing to the association. that they were not suggesting that He, as a member of the Referee the referee was biased.

sub-committee and as a referee re-would welcoing any written com- plaints rather than have verbal remarks and insinuations passed.

Mr. Lee suggested that as the task before the sub-committee would be a tremendous une cer- should tam members of the Council

Mr. Hollands. said that a feree's decisions on the laws The game were final and whateven his decisions were they cannot be over-ruled.

cision was anal.

be

Mr. C Guingam proposed that the result of the game stand as the complaints were on co-opted to deal with the matter. points of fact and the referee's de-l Au Hoplication by Eastern

to leave the Colony for Manila was Capt. R. E. Guest pointed out granted. They proposed to leave! that the Council, as à committee.jön March 26 and return by Aprilį should see that a game was being 8. properly conducted and suggested that the manager of a team should if he thought a referee not an er- fument ficial, appeal before the start of the game, but once the re- feree took the held he was very uch one t the players and his decision tuld not be altered.

The proposal that the result vote

should stand was put to the

and was passed.

After the ordinary business had

been dealt with ben discussed.

the matter was

Mr. Hollands suggested that the

sub-committee for inquiry and to, report to the Council,

referred to the report of the last

ARMY

HELD BY NAVY

At Caroline Hill yes-

matter be referred to the Referee terday, Army were held to a goalless draw by Navy Mr. H. K. Lee (Sing Tao) then in the second game of the Emergency sub-comunittee which Kotewall Charity Cup dismissed a charge laid by a re-competition but the lat- (Sing Tão) for violent conduct for ter team had several scor-

feree against Soong Ling-song

that it was a grave matter for ai

tor.

want of proof. He pointed out ing chances early in the. first glass referes to lose control game and in the closing of himself and to accuse a player | stages. of violent conduct, and asked the Association to look into the mat-

The outstanding player in the Navy defence was O'Regan, who Mr. Lee pointed out that the kicked and tackled well. The de- ; Fame was played at a time when fences of both sides had a good the championship was in the bal-hold on the opposing forwards ance and a very important player with the result that neither guai- of Sing Tao was sent off The keeper was seriously troubled. actual result was a draw and Sing Army had the stronger interme- Tao lost a very valuable point. He diate-line in which Bright shone, added that he only brought the while he was given good support matter up in view of the other re-by Birrell and Freshwater. port before the Council,

For the greater part of the game Reports Welcomed Army was on the offensive but the stout resistance of the Navy backs Mr. R. M. Omar (St. Joseph's) und faulty shooting prevented a pointed out that at the start of the score.

Duffield, on the left-wing, was seen in some good movements and on one occasion Roughley spoiled a good movement of his.

HONG KONG FOOTBALL

ASSOCIATION

GOVERNOR'S CUP

COMPETITION - (SECOND GAME) SUNDAY, MARCH 16, 1941

SHIELD DRAW

Following is the draw for the Semi-Anals of the Shield Com-

petitions:

Eastern

SENIOR

V Navy

St. Joseph's V South China

JUNIOR Service Cörpa V Navy Sing Tao

✔ South China

'S.H.' Cup Final Team

The final of the "Sunday Her- ald" International Charity

Cup competition, between England and Scotland, will take place at the Boundary Street ground on Sun. day, March 30, it was decided at the monthly Council meeting of the H.K.F.A. yesterday.

CLUB PLAY WELL BUT GUNNERS WIN

IN A friendly Rugby game on Club ground yes- terday, Combined Royal Artillery beat Club "A" by three tries (9 points) to a goal (5 points) after a scoreless first half.

Club on the whole gave a good Wederburn, the Army

played show, and in the first half held half.

in the pack

end

thus

scrum- and

a superior team in check besides | Dobbinson was seen at scrum half having their share of the play. but he did not have a very good Wright-Nooth played well in the match, excelling only on the ve- fist half as forward and in thecasion that he scored his try. Page

were Bompas

prominent second half was seen at back when and he was prominent with his tack-among the forwards. ling.

Club opened the scoring through In the forward line Olesen and Caruthers who cut through and between the posts for were outstanding while scored Dalziel

Gunners amazingly well Aitkenhead to convert. Dunnett hooked

after shortly

through- greally

handicapped scored the speedy Royal Artiliery backs. Richards in the coiner but Cook

Skipwith

outstanding falled. Gunners were soon in the lead when Marsh scored the sec- among the Gunners' three quar- ters, although more searing might and try. In the closing minutes Dobbinsen punted ahead and The following have been select-have resulted had he passed soon- !

(2 15

several occasions after secured possession to score close ed to represent England:

111. Cook failed to add further Reynolds (R.A.O.C.); Roughley, having gained valuable ground.

points on both occasions. (Navy), Freshwater (Middlesex):

CLUB Walkden; Didsbury Pope (Police), Bright (Middlesex ), i (Middlesex), Fowler!

Milner, Carruthers, Needham; Ait- Thomas

kentiead, Morgan; Dalziel, God- (Club); Le Page (Navy), Hendy

Olson, McEwan, frey,

Wright- (Navy), Saw (Middlesex) and did not bat.

Noodt, Heaseman, Dunnett and Marable (Middlesex).

Moodie.

ker

was

Total (for 5 wkis. dec.).. 190 Sharp, Snell, Barton and Jones

Bowling Analysis

Reserves:-Moxham (R.E.), Par-

(Middlesex), Britt (Navy). Emberson Parker (Police), Forrow (Club). Haskins Fox (RE), Barber (Navy) and Hemming Coomer (Middlesex).

Pinkney

TAMAR BATSMEN IN FORM

Stonor Carden

0. M. R. W

7 ( 54

2

6 0 33

3 0 18

5

0 43

4 0 34

{)

1 0

COMBINED XI

2

0

Stonor, e Morgan, b Barton Hemming, 1.b.w., b) West Haskins, run out

Pinkney, by Barton Barnes, e Barton, b West Carden, b.w., b Horgan

The complete domination of the Tamar batsmen over a Combined eleven from R.A.0.C. and R.A.P.C. was the feature of a friendly crie-Merrick, c Whiteside, b Horgan ket match played at Sookunpoo Pendergast, b Gay yesterday. Tamar won by 93 runs. Stone, e West. b Whiteside

Chief scorers for Tamar were Gardner, e Sharpe, b Whiteside Whiteside. Boyes, West and Hop-Emberson, not out king, while Stonor balted well for

the Combined XI.

TAMAR Whiteside. run out

Boyes, e Merrick, b Pinkney West, retired Gay, ↳ Emberson Douglas, not out

Hopkins, b Emberson

Horgan, not out

Extras (W5, NB1)

Extras (W4, 19, LEI)

---

R.A. Easterbrook; Marsh, Sutcliffe, Skipwith, Richards, Hook, Dobbinson; Bumpers, Wed- derburn, Delderfield, Turner, Pain, Page, Cooke and McDermott.

KING'S WIN

LAST MATCH

36

6

0

7

0

13

A King's Park on Monday

5 night, King's College beat Club de

2 Recreio by 5 games to 4 in "B"

12 Division of the Badminton League,

King's have

2

now qualified

to

1 play-off with Chung Wali for the

14 chamulonship of Section "A" of

beat . A. H. Alves and P.

"B" Division.

Total

97

38

40

Bowling Analysis

S. P. Chan (King's).

and W. C.

Chung

64

20 West

0 M 8 2 18

R. W.

P. Botelho

21-15

2 beat A. E. Xavier and C. C.

0 Harlon

10 1 34

· Pereira

21-4

11 Horgan

4 0 19

0

2

1

2 beat P. Yvanovich and A.

E. Noronha

21 6

1

0

2

1

0

8

11 Gay

6 Douglas

Whites de

LUGARD SCORES IN

'VARSITY ATHLETICS

WINNING THE MILE RELAY and the Javelin

K. L. Luf and T. S. Mo (King's).

2 beat Alves and Botelho. 21-13

ost to Xavier and Pereira 20-24 lost to Yvanovich and No-

ronha

律

15-21

K. J. Attwell and K. H. Lo beat Alves and Botelho 21-14

lost to Xavier und Pereira 11-21 lost to Yvanovich and No-

ronha

COLONY

14-21

Throw and scoring in every other final contested BADMINTON

yesterday, Lugard Hall ran into a long lead in the annual University inter-hostel athletic champion- ship being decided this week at Pokfulam.

Following is- to-day's Badmin- ton Championship programme:

AT KING'S COLLEGE Junior Singles

(7.00.p.m.).

Senior Singles Amplavamar v P. K. Hool "

(7.45 p.m.).

Junior Doubles

Eliot Hall and Ricel Hall claim- Diccus Throw Final:-1, Fred ed two first places each and Mor-Kwai (Ricci) 102 feet 5 ins.; 2, E. J. L. Anderton v H. Wang-toh rison won a single event, the Hop- Mazuza (Lugard) 100 feet; 3, G. Step-Jump. May Hall and St. Derkach (Lugard) 86 feet 10 ins.; John's Hall were nowhere in the 4 G. Schiller (Lugard) 86 feet 5% S. picture.

Inches. The sports will be concluded on Hop, Step and Jump Final:- Saturday when the usual crowds1. Y. S. Lam (Morrison) 38 feet T. of spectators will be entertained. 11 ins.; 2, E. Mazuza (Lúgard) 38

THE RESULTS:

feet 5% ins.; 3, P. H. Lam (Eliot) 38 feet 4 ins.; 4, S. Mahmud (Lu- gard) 38 feet 2 ins,

Results yesterday were: 220 Yards Low Hurdles Final

nil.

Tug-of-War Final:-Ricci Hall

B. Young and

M. K. Fung v

(8.30 p.m.).

D. Chelllah and K. H. Khon

St. John's v· K. Tong

T

After the interval Navy improv ed and kept on pressure and though Hendy went through se veral times he shot wide. Fox 1, T. T. Chin (Ellot); 2; S. H. Liang had only Giff to beat near the (Ricci); 3, S. Mahmud (Lugard). ] beat Lugard Hall by two pulls to St. John's beat Kowloon Tong end but he shot weakly and Giff Time: 28 1/5 secs.

by 6 games to 3 in "B". División cleared, Soon after the goal- ja Javalin Throw - Final:-1, N. One Mile Relay Final-1, Lur of the Badminton League last. keeper did well to save a shot Singh Lugard) 133 feet 04 inch; gard Hall (W. S. Gegg, A; Singh, night. from Birrell and later from Weir. 2, E. Mazuza (Lugard) 128 feet 1 Ostoumoff and N. Singh); 2, Ricci H. Eardley and D. Kwok (8t,]

ARMY Bankier Naysmith, inch; 3, G. Schiller (Lugard) 120 Hall (R. Soares, B. Barnes, L. Gu-John's) Fraser: Birrell, Bright, Freshwa feet 51⁄2 ins,, 4, S. 8. Khor (St. terres and B. Xavier); 3, Morri-beat R. E. and M. S. Lec 21-8 ter; Munroe, Fox, Hossack, Weir, | John's) 116 feet 7 ins,

son Hall (Szeto Onward, Paul Liu, beut F. H. Kwok 'and R. Duffield..MA

220 Yards Bemi-Final-Heat 1Y. S. Lam and J. Fenton), Time: Lavalle

21-8 NAVY – Gif; Roughley, O'Re- | 1, W. S. Gegg (Lugard); 2, E. Ma- 4 mins. 7 4/5 secs.

beat D. Chen and Castro .. 21-- 7] gan; Paul, Hazard; Hawkins; An- zuza (Lugard); 3, S. Mahmud (Lu-

N. Smith and R. Wilson (St. derson, Le Page, Hendy, Barber, gard). Time: 25 secs. Heat 2: 1, skinher.

S, H. Liang (Ricci): 2. J. Fenton (Morrison); 3; V. Zaitzèff (Lus In a' Third " 'Division. soccer gård). Tíme: 25 secs.. Booking for the covered stand | encounter Between the Royal One Mile Final:-1, K. K. Tan (Reserved seats)' 'only now open Corps of Signals and "the 38th (Eliot), 20. V. Cheung (Morri- at Messrs. Moutrie & Co., Ltd., Ruyal Artillery, played at Soo-son); 3 V. Vorobion (Lugard); 4,

kunpoo yesterday, the former won P. Lul (Morrison), time: 0 mins

43. 1/6 sees."

Football Association

Chinese Federation. Navy Ground, 3:30 p.m. Prices of admission: Covered stand (Reserved seats)$1.10 Uncovered stand:-85 cents and End stands: 35 cents (including fax).

́ST. STEPHEN'S SPORTS

(Jóhñ'a),...

beat Lee and Lee

beat Kwok and Lavalle

beat Chen and Castro

21-17

21 9

21-19

* GAS. Ledd “and” ASM#yrard (St.

St. Stephen's sports will be held John's). A

21-24

4f Stanley on Saturday at 2.10 lost to Lee and Lee bm Mrs. WM. Shiu will distri-lost to Kwok and Lavalle 18-91 pute the prizes.

| lost to Chen and Castro 15-21