1941-09-19 — Page 13

SAPPERS JUNIORS ALSO WIN

a friendly football game at Sookunpoo yes- terday, Royal Engineers Second Division team beat Royal Army Ordnance Corps by 5 goals to 1, after leading at the inter- val by two clear goals.

ORDNANCE HAD DUFFIELD BUT WERE WITHOUT THE SERVICES OF EMBERSON REYNOLDS PLAYED IN THE FORWARD LINE WHILE PEN NINGTON TOOK HIS PLACE IN GOAL.

Sappers had the faster for ward line and were more methodical their movements. Moores played a good game at centre-forward and later at inside-eft, while Elisley was also good. Hill made a welcome return to football and was seen on the left-wing.

Cork and Foley were good In the defence,

and Dobson. the hockay

player, who was to goal, did not hav much to do.

Ordnance could not settle down and were seen only in occasional raids on Sappers' goal. Duffield, who started in the attack, finished in the pivotal post tion. He played hard game but his forwards could not make the best use of his passes.

Moores (2), Byers (2) and Elistey scored for Sappers, and Harding Ordnance.

Royal Engineers:-Dobson: Simpson and Spencer: Moore, Cork and Foley; Hull. Byers, Moares, Elisley and Chung Sang.

B.A.O.C.:-Pennington;

Adams and Russell; Roberts. Cole and Hobson Hewitson, Harding, Reynold, Nicoll and Standing.

SHANGHAI F.A. OFFICIALS

the

officers of

Following are pers were at full strength. Sap-Shanghai Football Association for pers won by 5-2 after leading 3-1) the coming season:-- Two Club Players at half-time.

President: Mr. M. P. Campos. Most of the Sing Tao players, Vice-Presidents:-Messrs. H. A Sing Tao fielded only three of were in unaccustomed positions Coward, H. F. Marshall, S. V. Gagh their senior team in Chui Ah-fai, Chui Ah-fai and was ON the other green there

Tang Kwong- and G. L. Aitchison. and Ip Paksum, the right winger, were the Councillors:-Messrs. O. G, R. ONE of the most exciting finishes only one shot in it at the half-Tang Kwong-sum

who Beynon, S. E. Burt, J. G. Fölbes, Adam Holland wah and were assisted by A. Odell backs, while Ip Pak-wah, I have seen was at Austin way stage, both

the forward, C. I. Passos, J. Reyes, ** Road where, with the last head to and Bob Duncan being down by and J. Sloan of Club, while Sap generally plays in

line, occupied the pivotal position. Appeals committee: - Messrs. go, the home team were one shot small margins, but they both re-

getting a

Sappers were very up. From the leads onwards the covered, Holland

aggressive F. S. Bridges, F. Bouvier, W.CG.

and S. Y. head changed with almost every hand against Bill Burling late in which he thought should be form-in the first half, and but for the Clifford, J. A. Gunn

good work of Ip Pak-wah and Lock. wood until the skips went down the game to win comfortably and ed

The game throughout was what Tang Kwong-sum, who inciden- League Management: -. Messrs. with Abbas having one shot. Bob Duncan securing a brace at I would Sykes, whose first wood it was, the last end when he was leading Chittenden was 10-1 up after half back, would

call spasmodic-Vic tally played a sound

Marshall, game at H. A. Coward, H. F. have scored more C. L. Passos, T Edwards, C. s. faced the counter through for by a singleton, Elliott Purves,

heads, Hyde was 9-0 than the three goals they did. Kimber and M. A. Ferras. one, but Abbas followed suit with am told, played

a rattling good 4 dozen

Their halves, amongst ✓hom Schools Committee:-Messra. J. a beautiful shot, which just edged game for Bill Hillyer, who was down at the same stage, whilst

was outstand- Reyes, M. Spiegler and McCorkin- past a couple which appeared to skipping against Alf Hall, and he the other rink was pretty level. Chan Yuen-kuen

pulled up well be in his eye. Len Sykes, not to could not be blamed for this rink's But Willie Hyde

for a time only to fall badly being had the Sing Tao attack welldale.

held, especially in the second be outdone, came down the same defeat.

(Continued at foot of next Col.) way and made a measure of it. which Abbas with his last did not change.

And what a measure! With so

• much at stake for the home club

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*

Basa Returns To Best Form

and with Civil Servants, as a re- ON the Police green U. M. Omar

sult of their defeat, having a live-

consent of

secured

a big win

hind towards the end.

Ernie Zimmern and Tommy Lock were the outstanding play- ers on their side, whilst Bill Simp- son, third man to Hyde, was also found more opposition than did

Brown, with

good. The visiting skip, although the others. A. W he had a couple of successful good support from Cassidy, play-

the

•

Police Consolidate

period when Sing Tao were doing more of the attacking.

Lee Not Up To Form

Fox

In Sappers' forward line and Birrell were the most dan- gerous, but Lee Wai-lam did not speed which display the same featured his play last season. Their Position

Moxham did not have much to do in the first half, but in the times, POLICE, who have come up the second was tested several

straight with a rush, to use bringing dit two good saves. racing parlance, further

In the second period Sing Tao solidated their position by an brought in Leung In-chan and overwhelming victory against Fung Kwan-sing, and this enabl Hong Kong Cricket Club at Cha-ed them to play Ip Pak-wah in the attack. These changes made ter Road,

against drives was not too happy with his ing a good brand of bowls. ly interest, the whole of both Jock Fender who scored at only weight when playing towards the teams gathered round to see "ALL 7 ends, Dick Basa striking good road. Ward was a couple to the the Number Threes" trying to deform after a disappointing sea bad against Chittenden at cide who had it.

son and playing like his old self. 18th, having pulled up well, but As none could decide the skips Bill Hollands was leading Joe he got a six at the next head and were called down and they were Landolt, deputising for B. W.

"went mad" with 10 shots in the equally undecided, so with

the Bradbury, who was sick, until the last four heads. both skips Arthur last head but one, when the home Bill Way always led Bill Field: Rakusen was asked to measure. skip secured a nap hand to win and he finished very strongly. After removing his pipe, laying eventually by three shots. flat on his stomach and concen-

Shepherd and Rosselet proved trating rigidly on the calipers, to be evenly matched, but a late which had been brought into use, 4 to the former gave him vic- he declared the end dead. It seem- ed the only fair verdict when goodness knows how many other players had failed to decide.

So the home team got an extra half point, which may avail thom, when the final reckoning comes!

tory.

Kowloon Dock Make Sure At Last Ends

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❤

Jimmy Jack Again K.C.C. Hero

of

con-

Sloan Does Well

Ho

P. J. A. Hamilton began like a the play more even, but Ip Pak JIMMY Jack was the hero

house on fire against Jim Aitken, wah, Sloan and Lau Ting-sang all Kowloon Cricket Club's vic-scoring 10 in three heads, but missed when well placed. tory at Quarry Bay as he made dogged does it and the Scotsman mince-meat of Jim Watson, who ran out an eary winner by virtue scored at only half a dozen ends, of two 4s and a couple of threes in THERE was a pretty close game This visiting rink played great the last half dozen ends. Mac- Sloan, on the left-wing for Sing Bykes finished up a couple to at Kowloon Dock, where Re- bowls, Steven at No. 3 excelling Donald, on the other hand, was Tao, played a useful game. the good

ahead of McKellar and very nearly scored with a power- against Abbas after crefo "B" provided the opposition, himself. Willie Melrose, who was always some brilliant bowling by both With two heads to go the homes-playing one of his last games be won by the same margin-a dozen. ful drive in the second half, and skips on the penultimate head, ters were only three shots ahead, fore going on leave, was mean- Archie Nissim looked as if he was sent over good centres while his for instance, Sykes sprung the but Malcolm Ferguson, then while meting out not dissimilar going to save a point from the club mate, Odell, came into his kitty for the shot when I.R.C. trailing, chalked up a couple of treatment to Bill Parsons, though wreckage when he led 19-15 with own in the second period with had five in a bunch.N

threes against Eddie Souza, and the visitor managed to hold on for only four heads to go but 2, 4, 2, 2 some good tackling. McKelvie started slowly against Billy Grieg, also in arrears, took the first 8 or 9 heads. But after to Joe Carey sealed his fate. A. K. Minu but after he had another one from Tony Gutterres that well I'll leave it at that!

Jimmy Chalmers was in fine. caught up at 6-all he always had to snatch a point. Alec Calman, a lead and finished nine to the after recovering from a weakish form against Meadows who, for- good. John Gill played a good start, beat John Basto by a small tunately for his rink,, struck form

and saved frequently. game for the home skip, who was margin himself. in fine form: “

I notice that a couple of.com. parative strangers to League bowls, in Glen Cooper and George Henderson, turned out for Dock...

A

K.F.C. Were Badly Disappointed

the

K. Tong Win By

52 Shots...

Electric Were Leading At Half-Way Stage

Birrell opened the scoring thr ough a penalty and a few min- utes Later: Fox placed Sappers further in the lead with a good shot. Lee Wal-lam scored the third goal for his side before the intervalMATURGAN

In the second period Lau Ting- IN the only other game in this sang reduced the lead, and short- Khan Doos Well

division Kowloon Football Clubly after Fung Kwan-sing scored. had a pretty easy time against Birrell added the other two goals JOE Meyer went down badly to Khun, but he could not, be

KOWLOON Tong, as if a sixth the Electricians, though the Ming for Shppers,betwe blamed for the defeat as he was

sense told them that Kowloon Yuenites actually had a useful sing Tao-Chul Siew-pang: Leung In Football Club were losing, sim- lead up to half-time. But aftor chong In Pals-wah, Tang Kwong-sum usually up against it on account of the superiority of the visitors'

ply walloped Hong Kong Cricket that there was only one side in Odell, Sin Yau-sang, Chu Kwan-sing two front men over Holloway and

Club, who never saw the way it on two of the rinks, though Dan Chen Wat-sum, Foo Sul-hing, Ven Bli Wallis, who both tended to be KOWLOON Football Club, were their opponents were going, Step- Gardner, who had been mainly Fung Kwaning. Lau Ting-gang an narrow. Both Sambo Rumjahn

disappointed team on hens, 23, up, had the lion's share responsible for the favourable 10- Royal Engineers:-Moxham; Palmer and "Emby Hassan played well, Saturday evening, and their bowls of n 52-shot win, whilst Jimmy head score, fell away somewhat and Fielding: Chan Yu-kuch, Bhaw, and whilst Khan, in his debut game convener talked of entering the Kew, with a margin of 16, had against Walter Noel, who skipped Taylor: Lee Wal-lam, Birrell

for the first time.

[Pelham and Jones, as skip, got some very nice shots team in a special novices league, the next best result. Spud Spor

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