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THE CHINA MAIL, MARCH 22, 1941.

SHIELD SEMI-FINALS MAIN

ATTRACTION TO-DAY

SOCCER

ARMY SPORTLIGHT

By "SQUADDY",

South China And Eastern For Final?

By "Referee"

THE SEMI-FINALS of the Shield Competition provide the main attractions in to-day's soccer pro- TO-DAY at King's Park in the

Quadrangular Hockey Tour-gramme, and while it is generally expected that Eastern and South China will meet in the Final of the Senior Competition the results of the junior games are doubtful.

of 4:30 p

nament the British Army team will meet the Royal Navy, bully

look The British Army

very much like winning this tourma- ment as up to the present. the have won all four of their matches and the other competing

teams have lost two games each

The team for this afternoon will be picked from the following.

1./Cpl.

Dove (Royal Signals); Cpl. Neve (Royal Scots) and Bdr. Anderson (12th Hvy. Regt, BA Sgt. Crowley (Middlesex Reg! ), Set, Grosten (Engineers) and Sgt Waldron (Middlesex Regt: Lieut (lague (Royal Artillery), Pe Sheehan (Middlesex Regt.), !! Hitchcolt (Royal Scots). Upl. Shaw (Engineers). Cpl. Singleton (Fn- gineers), Cpl Allsey (Royal Scots) and S/Sgt Saxby (Engineers),

their team changes in which has done so well recently.

Chinese Favoured

WEEK-END SOCCER

PROGRAMME

Following is the football programme For the week-end-

To-day

Senior Shield Semi-Final

V Navy

Eastern

(Club, 4,00 pm)

Polle

First Division

V Kowloon Boudary Street, 4 30 pin)

Junior Shield Semi-Final Service Corps V Navy

Second Division

(Club, 2.13 p.)

Middlesex

V Police (Kowloon, 4 30 p.) น Club Royal Scots

Mary, 4:30 pm) Kit Chee

V Ordnance Karoline H, 3:00 p.1)

Third Division

This afternoon at Happy Valley, mg tio Eastern, holders of the Senior Shield, meet Navy and here a goud game should be witnessed.

Navy's past performances have

as those not been as impressive

In the other Senlar Semi- to-morrow. Easteries, but they have now anal, to be played

have hitle Well-balanced sid?, whose type of South China hould

difficulty against the much-impro- play may upset Eastern,

ved St. Joseph's, who will have Guy as pivot, in their line-up

Saints' defence is a strong one their forwards

Shell result:

The holders will be strengthened by the inclusion of Lau Tse-chan, at right-half, while Navy are mak-

MIDDLESEX ATHLETICS

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get not kely that they will be able to hold out for the kar e

In the Junior section, Royal Army Service Corps should win eastly against Navy while a hard tussle should be seen between China and Sing Tao on

To-morrow, at Sookumpoo, the Final of the Small Units Hockey The Fust Battalion, Middlesex Re-Sunday.

The Inter-Company athletic meeting, South knock-out competition will

take gumenil.

was held at Shamshulpe Bar- pince, bully-off 4 pan. The works yesterday when "A" CompastV competing teams aru the Thandi won the title witb S polnts beating Medium Battery, HKSRA, and 17 Company by a single point the 36th Heavy Battery, RA.

Keen competition w#S

Leut tel

At the conclusion of the match 1440 vanda velay

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Brigadier T Melend, Commandero B. Mc. distributed the prizes Royal Artillery, has kindly con sented to present the prizes to the

Winners and runners-up.

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THE RESULTS

Pull results were

440 Yards Relay 怎 "A". 2

880 Yards Relay: T "A" 2 "D

}} Fome 1 186123 41 3/4 seen

In Thr Large Umits Hockey 3. 23 Tim 47.45 seca League, Middlesex Regiment have! already won and are seven punts | 3. in the lead of the 5/7th Raupert Regiment, who have another three games to play and can only secure. Six mure points at the most.

58 sees

2. D

Two Mile Relay: 1. "B". 2. "A l

Q2 Time U Jains One Mile Relay: 1. "A"

True 4 an 49 sees One Mile Team Racc } L/Upl

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The the leading teams in the Heather. 2. League ore

Middlesex Regt.

Shaw, 3. Upl Hebson

1 t 4 mil 55-375 secs

3 Mile Team Race: 1. Show. 2. Di Onslow. 3. Hughes. *I*

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D. Pts

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17

0 2 10

50.475 sees

3 T 3

9

5 7th Rajput Regt. 6 4 12th Hvy. Regt., R.A. 7

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RUGBY FOOTBALL

ROYAL Engineers are still un-

16 17:10S

480 Yards Hurdies: 1. H Q. 2. R. 3. ** Time in 13-4/5 secs

Sat

Javelin-1, Lever. 159 ft 3 Ins: 2. Blackman. J. BD S Hymus Long Jump:-1, C S. M. Ramsay, 19 ft. 3/4 Ins; 2. Sgt. Freshwater: 3. Culler

Pole Vault:-1, Coomer and Thomas,

defeated in the Large Units [each & AL 3 LTIM Rugby League. They further in- |

creased their lead on Tuesday by

defeating

Discus

the Combined Small

12.

1. Lever, 14 ft 7% ins. Jennings. 3. L/Cpl. Thomas

High Jump!--). Bindon. 5 ft

4 ins 17/Cpl. Goodman and Cutter Shot Put:-1, Berry, 34 t. 71% Ins;

2.

Units by 14 points to nil.

In this game Engineers lost one 2. (pl. Ston: 3, Bridle

of their best players in Sgt. Black- Hammer Throw:-1, Berry, 191 ft 2

man, who unfortunately bruke hisms: 2, Gray; 3. Cpl. Pearce.

leg.

Middlesex Regiment won

Major SF. Hedgecoe and Capt' W

their P Chattey were starter and chief

second game by beating the Royal Judge, respectively.

Artillery 13 points 10 3. Sgt. Freshwater and Pte. Berry had a successful afternoon and Fresh- water scored two fine tries and Berry one; Berry also converted two tries.

LEAGUE TABLE TO DATE

Royal Engineers ....

Royal Artillery

Middlesex Regt.

Royal Scots

P. W. L. D. Pts.

G G 0 0 12

5 3 2 0

8

6 2 +4 0

4 1 2 1

Combined S. Unita 5 0

4

Signals

V

12th RA

V Air Force (Stanley, 4.30 p.m.)

ASA (Kowloon. 3.00 pm. 30th R A.

V International St. Joseph's, 300 p.m.) 33th R A

V 7th RA Stanley, 3.00 p.)

Medicals (Mildary, 3:00 pm)

کیا

To-morrow

Senior Shield Semi-Final St. Joseph's

V South China Navy ground, 4.00 p.mi

Junior Shield Semi-Final Sing Tao "B" U South China

(Navy ground, 2.15 pm.)

TO-DAY'S

CRICKET

So far as is known only two cricket matches, as follow, walk- be played this afternoon:-

FIRST DIVISION

C.C.C.

V I.A.C.

SECOND DIVISION

C.S.C.C.

V Police

C.S.C.C. 2nd XI:-H E Strange, C. Ainslie. J Barrow, G Davidson, F Lawrence, J Lockhart, J F Mac- Gowan. J Mitchell, N L Sinith, C. Stope and A Watson

++

B

C.C.C. at X1:-E Zimmern, A Ramson, A J Hulse. A Hung, A K. Isinati,

Leonard.

Lock A Omar. W Hong Sing, G Souza ad

Youngsaye.

J 1.

TO-MORROW'S MATCH

The following will represent the Volunteers at Cricket to-morrow

at against Kowloon C.C.

Cox's Road at 12 noon:

1. T. Ride (Captain), K. J. Atwell, R. II. Griffiths, D. 'G. Day. G. N. Gosano, L. G. Gosano, Z. Gosan, W. Mahmoud, A. E. Perry, E. Zinumern, S. O. Elst.

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BOXING

COMPETITION

THE next Boxing event for the

POOR COLONY TENNIS

Army will be held at Murray Only two matches in the Open Barracks on April 8, 9 and 10, Doubles were played yesterday commencing at 8.30 pm, each and both resulted in easy victor." night. April 10 will only be used les for the winning pairs.

if there are more than three teams entering.

The event is open to the follow

ing Units:

Royal Artillery.

Royal Engineers.

2nd Bn., The Royal Scots.

1st Bn., The Middlesex Regt. Combined Small Units.

· ASSOCIATION

FOOTBALL

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The game between Tsui Wai- pui and Tsui Yan-pui and R.E. Guest and B. C. Fay was a poor one and the Chinese pair 6-2, 0-1.

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won

In the other game E. C. Fincher the and W. C. Hung won with greatest of case, beating Wel Chung and S. T. Chau by two love sets:

COTTAGE CLUB HUNT

To-day's Cottage Club Paper-Hunt will start from a point on the border road above Sheung Shui Police Station

THE Army Football Committeb

will meet next week to dis cuss and pick their team for the match with South China on Satur- day, April 6 at Causeway Bny. riders are rasked to cöngregate at the It is believed that they will clubs House as "dobn after 3 p.m. as change the forward-line and may possible, wo that phies can be drawh bring in Saw, Pearson and Pelham, tor and oiner arrangoména, compluta,

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