1952-03-05 — Page 7

THE CHINA MAIL, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 5, 1952.

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There Are Three Times As Many Rugby Clubs In Japan As There Are In England

Says HYLTON CLEAVER

* London.

There are three times as many rugby clubs in Japan as there are in England. This will astonish those who have been expressing wonder at the possibility that Oxford University might send a touring team to that country,

The total of clubs and schools playing the game in Japan exceeds 3,000. Tlie number aflilated to the Rugby Football Union is in the neighbourhood of 1,000. As recently as January this by the team with thei: blazeri of 12 as they let Waterloo, and fea ycer, a train made up

acknowledgment of the British civilian and 11 selected in players from the three fighting cheers.

er the

se.viet nad a tour of Japan Apparently a bowler hat is to

a South Africaon what the fu under the_sacarashly

hat of the Soviet is to ut longaeng Fectsall Club.

They beat Maji University,! They also took a remarkabla drow,

with All Kanto, beat work of art presented by W. A. Kuchni Kyushu All Stars, and Gibbs, who has held every office 14.116d cut a "B" XV for in the Brighton club and reare

match against other sents Sus/ex on the RU com- Europeana in Japan, which they mire. He is an artist and had prepared a decorative ser tell- ing the whole story of the tour in ornamental writing.

friendly

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The tour, made by air at ecn- siderals expanse, was directed by the Hongkong Football Club, which has a playing membership of only 50 members, so their suc- cere was a striking example of British Ramesmanship,

The major part of the funds necessary was found by public subation, and this was the Best site

to tour Japan Australia and New Zealand prared there in the 18301, The J: panese then had remarkable subesses although the touris included some All Blacks.

Colony Tennis Championships

The following are the result' of matches played in the Colony Tennis Chom- Road yes. Open Doubles pionship at Chater terday:

Lee Wal-long and K.C. Dan beat Lieu Jee-kong and Eric Lee 6-2, 6-4.

and Edwin Judah and T

J.R.L, Cook and P.L. Holmes beat L.C. Kotewall and Szeto Bick 6-1, 6-.

LET'S HAVE Miss MCKENNA HAPPY FOR

A CHANGE!

SHOULD very

much like to know what British film studios intend doing with 20- year-old Virginia McKenna. Miss McKenna, I think, would like to know. too.

TALK

by

Harold CONWAY

This is the girl from Dundee repertory who came to the Wel End last spring. to be hailed as the most promising young stage disenvery dor a long time-thris in a year rich with "discoveries."

them-Diane Hari. Mary Ger- The play, A Penny For Analne, Susan Stephens are Song, hopped; the new girl then teamed with Miss McKenna in did the right thing-nine months her present Elstree film, Father's with John Gielgud in Shake-

Doing Fine, speare.

For Dritish pictures have black record in the matter of new talent, Studios are top- hezvy with potentially Food young actresses-who, because of sad mis-direction, are still in the

potential class. Three of

One graph showed the rite and of form. Another showe:{

Ip Koon-hung oil

Tsai beat S.A. that only tour of the icon had faited to score while in England, and that only 18 altogether had Laing 6-2, 7-5.

These were

D. Lo beat Norman Lo and played in Tests.

and the one Roch Liang

But now? Now Miss McKenna printed

and Kheo Sin-ne! in red, lost to London 10-1, 7-5.

has been hungrily swallowed- match Twickenhamn was in blue.

though I hope not digested-by It is Colonel Mellish does not like Trul Wal-pui and Tsui Yun- the im audio machine. the side being known as world pui heat Ng Man-chung and Netar too soon in her career. champions. He says they do not | Ram-chen 6-2, 6-2. regard themselves us such, and not think it a good title to do scek. BACK IN 10 YEARS

And he says the real success of Meanwhile, the question is the tour was due to their defeat when is Britain to enjoy another by London. This relieved all ten- Springbok tour? The good-byeslon and ensured that the rest to the elde which went home of the matches would not be from Southampton by the Car- dogged by the ill-influence of on

really unbeaten record.

of Jock anctional. The orallon

De Danie Craven, when asked Hartley was quite Churchillan. if the team were ever in danger dam af.old they will not be of going stale, said there is no here again for 10 years.

except such thing as slaieness

LRG TOURNAMENT The next tou

in which they in one's own imagination. will. e involved is one by Aus-

be i

Stalenesi 1.40. him is simply a

The Ladies' Recreation traila in their own country: the form of boredom occasioned by are holding a Mixed

of variety, and All Blacks came here in 1954-5: lack

and can

be Progressive Tennis Tournament we send a British Isles team to avoided by proper direction,

un Sunday, March 9, starting 1955; South South Africa in

The general wish was being ut 11.30 a.m. Afsen go to Australia and New expressed during the good-byes Zealand in 1957, and Australia (that Basil Kenyon, who is to

give up the game, wit

conte come here in 1959-00,

back next time as manager or caach.

narvon

This

Castle were

BOWLER HATS

brek Springbaks. took with them a surprising number of bowler hat. These were wern

FRANITE AAN

|

Everest

.+

Two. Springboks most anxious W. Barnard, to get back were who has not yet seen his 3- month-old child and Basie Viviers, whose daughter was only 30 hours' old when he left South Africa.

FORBIDDEN

Some people may be surprised to lenow the player who had most impressed the visitors. It was N. J. Henderson, or freland. The best referee they met wus Mike Dowling, of Ireland.

This

The game in which Cheung Kwen-kwong and Cheung Chow met Choy Ping-fun and Luk Ding-cheung was left unfinish- ed owing to fading light with-

at 0-0, 0-0 the score standing and 4-2 in favour of the latter pair.

Club Doubles

Members are reminded that names should be entered on the Notice Board or sent lo

before § a.m the Secretary Saturday, March 10,

GOLF

Ladies' Spring Meeting At Fanling

VIRGINIA McKINNA

... moving fast.

tanne,They open a June tour in the new play Nuel Coward har written specialy for them, entitled Quadrile; bring to the West End in Sep.cmber.

London has not seen the Lunts since 1944, when they played in Rattigan's Love in Idlenest, English-born Lynn Fontanne is

now 64.

I hope the quality we recog- This will be the first time nifed in her stage performances cullences

here have seen the come to the serecu top from Lunts in a Coward play. In 1935 among this quartet. The others they glarred for him on Bread- have my good withes. in their way in Point Valaine; but the new try-but Miss McKenna is author did not think London--

this happy-go-lucky versiou ready for that plece. In fact, he the pick of the bunch. So why or the Lord Chamberlain was of"

comedy, Little has never risked doing. I: over, the stage Lambs Eat Jvy-cast her for the here. one unhappy role?

She has just finished a sombre part in her first film. The Second Mrs

Tanqueray and there had not been much laughter about her two West End stage appear- anas. Yet in Dundee rep. she tackled everything from drama to farce-which is the

way to learn good rating.

I have seen

The only

time

M: Coward has climbed de- elrively to the top of the theatri cal

the

world again, By next autumn, he may have three plays running simultaneously in West End The Vortex revival That should make catches on.

ftel

and him

nostalgically, richly, back in those pre-wor years of grage once more,

Miss McKenna laugh heartily Pickles again

ni dunch a fow days ago. was Even then "there were a few brow-furrows: "I have an un- easy feeling I'm not always getting the right experience. Things seem to bẹ moving 60 fast now; but there's "so much still to learn."

London's

theatre

seven

years ago Nearly

made hl> Wlfred Pickles London stage debut-following Robert Don't In The Curs for Love. He was only modestly known as an aster and was paid A inodest salary.

The Spring Meeting of the

leading Section of the Royal Ladies'

Mr Pickles has not been back Hongkong Golf Club will be management have an option on

McKenna's held at Farling on Tuesday,Virginia

services, since. Now he is to have another March 18,

Wednesday, Good luck to her, and the pic-go-in a comedy called The, Gay

四 written by Durham posted in the Ladies' Clubhouse I do say to Tonnent's:

and

Peter McWilliam March 10, Entry lists are now ture, at Elstree; but, after that,

Leaves Estate

Of £14,962

London, Mar. 3. Peter MeWilliam, famous Scot- tish International half-back, one ime Arsenal chief scout and thanager of Tottenham

tcom, like our own when twice It returned from New Zealand and Australia, gors home under Hotspur, lett £14,902.

a security ban.

He left £200 to his wife, re- Even Dr Craven himself is sidue on trust to her for life, forbidden to give Press inter- and the remainder to his children views. As he himself says, how | Peter, David, Elizabeth and can one put back into the game Florence.

at home all the rich benefits of

a tour like this unless one can tell people in South Africa all that happened,

-(London Express Service)

TYPEWRITERS Logie May Be Fit

AND CALCULATORS

INSURMOUNTABLE IN

For Cup Match

McWilliam, who died last October aged 72, became Manager

And

The Men's Committee have Get your "discovery" back to the stage quickly-she will do her learning better there, please give her a chance to be jolly remember, she IS only twenty.

given the ladies the use of the Men's Clubhouse for Monday and Tuesday nights, March and 18, Accommodation may be booked through the Golf Club

•Office.

Lunts for London

Due in London in April; Broadway's most distinguish

husband and wife stars Alfred Lunt, and Lynn

LGU The best

scores for the month of February were:

Silver Division-Mrs J. Wal, 85-12=73, Bronze Divisioned No entries.

Qualifiers in the Captain's Cup for February were Mrs A. S Mitchell, 942371, Mrs R. R. Coombs, 92-18=74,

The Anals of the Champion- ships will be played on Thurs-

Foli.

SOUTH CHINA CAGERS WIN

of the Spurs in 1013 after his day morning. March 6, between IN SINGAPORE

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village schoolmaster, Jofept Calton Principal role: a miner who owns a racing greyhound.

I don't suppose Pickles would claim even now to be as good an actor as Donat. But he is cer tainly is well-known: and his salary will be proportionately lees modest though not the £1,000 a week he has sometimes

in earned

the big variety theatres..

The play opens a six weeks' tour on March 31, then comes to the West End,

Summer's and

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Ten thousand cheering basket- guldance, the team won First The Onols of the Bronze ball fans last night saw Coach Division status and in 1921 won Championship will also be Bili Wod's Hongkong South finx; but she was so much bette the Football Association Cup played on Thursday morning. China team come roaring back than the play. Can it be fast When he left the Spurs in 1928 The finalists are Mrs H.J. Arm- to register their sixth win with Mr Williams and his Deep South

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That is samething the Tennent The Hongkong visitors touk the lead after the opening firm may have to pander. The Quarter-Finals of the whistle with quick setup shots they have an option on the cur- Guard Ko Tal-chun and rent Tennessee play on Broad- of the Royal by Mixed Foursomes

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Singapore's

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Soccer Matches

Lendon, Mar. 4. The Football Association have After the completion of the refused to give permission to the 22 events in the Sixth Winter British Broadcasting Corporation Olymple Games, the unofficial to televise any of the big foot- scoring gave Norway 104.5 ball matches which will wind up polats,

United States 77, Fin- the season except the second half land 43, Austria 54. Germany of the Amateur Cup final on

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In the G. M. Young Cup the first round results were:

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DISQUALIFIED

Montreal, Mar-3.

The world featherweight champlon, Sandy Saddler, to- night was disqualined after three rounds of his scheduled 10-round non-itle fight with Armand Savole of Montreal.

The fight was stopped on. orders of Athletic Commissioner - Honglong & Shanghel Bank- Emile Gauthier who ruled that Ing Corporation. beat The Danir Saddler was "not fighting necord- Line (China) Limited. Messrsing to the rules." He also order- Pect Marwick Mitchell & Co., ed Saddler's purse held up, w/o Messy Harry Wicking & Saddler was warned several times during the short fight by Company.

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St. Joseph's College qualined, and H. C. Lau defeated for the final of the inter-School CM. Ma 3-2.

Challenge Shield. poccer: com-| In the Open Billiards com petition (juniors) yesterday, potillon, Fong Yeh-tu conceded when they defented St Louis a walk-over to R. Miller.

A meeting of the Lawn Bowls Section of the Club de Itecrolo will be held on Wednesday, Mar. 12, at 6.30 pm, for the purpose officers for the of electing forthcoming season and for

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