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DUKE LUNCHES WITH ALL BLACKS.

THE CHINA MAIL, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 1953.

The Duke of Edinburgh meets the All Blacks Rugby Team from New Zealand at a Sportmen's Club luncheon given for them in London, On his right Is Lord Aberdare and on his left the New Zealand Manager, Mr J. M. Millard.—— Express Photo,

TWO

COMBINED SERVICES BEAT

SAIGON 9-8

9-8 AFTER A HARD-WAGED BATTLE

By "PAK

"PAK LO”

Yesterday afternoon the Cercle Sportif Saigonnais kicked off against a strong Combined Services XV who finally beat them by 9 points to 8 after a hard waged battle, during which the fortunes of war swayed to and fro, and not until the final whistle went was victory certain.

However the credit must mainly go to the Services team who played most of the second half without Ferry, who was injured early on during this period. Nething daunted by this reverse, they fought on until they emerged the deserving victora..

The French seemed to have wonderful performance ofne very neatly, threatened to lost that vital spark over the Saturday. But also they were score but was herftetty tackled week-end, probably due to the disappointed да Milhas failed by Gerrard. kindness of their

Then the French were awarded hoats, and narrowly to score. The Servicer' were much slower off the mark

forwards a penalty on the Services' 25. than on Saturday.

definitely had the French threes yard line and everyone hold their After a few minutes play the worried as they were bringing breath as Milhas took the kick before they could but. luckily for the Services, French were awarded a kick them down

They failed to score. about ten yards inside the really get under way.

d'd at last get away and Bede- Tho

with Services half, and the crowd

Mlihas made n fast Gerrard making another good. walled with balted breath to rede ant see if Milhar. could repeat his run down the wing and for à run and passing to Balderston minute It looked 03 it they who was looking very would open the scoring theredangerous as the Anal whistle and then, but they were pre-went.. vented...

OVER-THE-FENCE

PUT THE ORCA

-BUT NOT FOR

By "SNOOPER"

HITS

AHEAD LONG

Biggest cheer of the afternoon during the grand exhibition softball game between the Hongkong Softball Association Selection and the USS Orea squad at King's Park yesterday in brilliant sunshine was the one that greeted diminutive Arturo Ozorio when he scored the winning run in the ninth inning on a glorious opportunity to give the Association side a 5-4 victory over the gobs,

witnessed by a good crowd of enthusiastic

The exhibition between two evenly-matched teams was

spectators.

-

to give the all the way home- Association 3-2 lead.

however, did not The gobs. surrender their hopes and came

the back into

picture in the bottom of the eighth,

1

SOON RECTIFIED

ended gamo

MAN OF THE GAME

Without doubt the man of However this was soon reali- [the Rome was Gerrard who Red by Milhas when he made from beginning to end played no mistake of a penalty just an outstanding part in the outside

the Service's 25-yard Services well merited win line. He followed this up n The French,

who had easily few minutes later with another beaten the Club, found them- attempt to rcore from a penalty selves up against completely but seemed to have lost his different proposition. Instead touch and failed.

of a team who tired after the Meanwhile the Services were dist half

found a team playing a very good game. They throughout and who were al- who played very hard and fast

love they were getting the ball from the serum in the proportion of two ways up with the ball, their to one, buthe threes were lying only Wenduskre

in their We bring too far away and the passes throes where some of the pastes from their sérum half were not sem were deplorable

Davidson also was outstanding Again in the lineouts they for the Services, being always reaching them properly. were coming off best, and where he was needed most. For marking their men so well that the French Milhas once more the long lineouts used by the stood out but his kicking wza noi French were actually of more so goed ne before, though it was use to the Services than the stall as good as cny seen in the

Colony,

French

Then a penalty was awarded for "feet up" and

Gerrard

1

on

Bob Hail popped up to pitcher best out of the Chinese players. scored to bring services' favour.ing time had they played the

Jim

the tull.

In the curtain raiser, China edged out a Junior All Stars outfit by 1-0, the winning run being registered

Rocchi was the other great dangth in the French line-up and in the seventh stanza 'through Y. C. Ng who came home on a hit, by Leung to left field.

The Chinese youngsters won scored from about 15 yards in- was always first up, to the ball. First reaction to the tussle heading home, Hahn was tagged

the game for the simple reason side the French half.

Then

The game was well centrolled .a K Look the chances few minutes

R. O'Connor. This is the between the Association players out at home plate for the first

Jater that they the In

nieantime,

recond by in the seventh penalty. was awarded, Orea representatives casualty.

thest we shall ser of the French as and the was that skill Justifiably won Tang raced to third and Liang

offered them Inning.

French 25-yard line, and again they are leaving on Wednesday the day.. Although the gobs reached second.

The last inning brought the Gerrard made no mistake and ning with the Jobez trophy Lam Leung-ping Was put in had their enthusiasm

safely packed away. the score to six onit measure

were actually cut by daadtop Leroy King-

It would have been an interest- all Willams

W.K. War hit to centre field to three in the for one down. Bill Irading by 4 to 3 at the close bury for the second out.

was caught

one out for then treated the crowd with one but

By now, the Services A bit by Johnny Pereira to of the eighth frame, they were

were | Services on Saturday when they ahit indennitely on top, and they press seemed fresher and strenger. But way. Yon next got guilty of unsteady play in the shortstop enabled him to reach of his over-the-fence hits to

While Teang came register a three-bagger. Found Y. C. Ng advanced to first on and nearly scored when Brent- excellent opposition and given

field to reach first safely.

their advantage Bret safely home 'streich.

they have costaicly provided reese the Association at this stage, was having a bad

fielder's choice but Yen home to give

was ford made a long fast run but their first run. Y.S. Linng the time. Linville followed up with forced out at second for two was neatly tackled by Bachet with their fort clean playing.

ell Rugge: fans much pleasure went to third: P.C. Wong next

stole second, and who played a good defensive went to first on an error by another hit over the right field away. Ng

THE TEAMS Bill Warns and Y.S. Llang fence to score Williams to tie up came home on Leung's hit to

game throughout.

Cercle Sportif Salzonnais;- crossed the plate for the second the game. The score stood at left field for the winning run.

Gerrard then got possession of Bachet, Milhas, Gress, Massardo, At bot for the last time, M. run. Percitu was tagged out 3-to-3. Launb next drew a walk

the ball about the halfway line Reynaldo, Bederede, Detaulonie, to Ferras drew

and ad- walk by Williams for the third man but Willingham popped up to

end took the ball down the wing Premet, when Kadir with a lovely run until he was Rocchi,

Dubernet, Manzoni, centre feld and Linville cume vanced to second

out at first. Homet forced out on the French Ove-Perez, Palacio.

Duvivier, Bertrand, out.

home to bring the Navy score was put

who draw crothar walk to Arst. to anh Zima mang The gobs also settled down to

Combined

Services:-Crosbie D. Castro next hit a fly deep yard line. Mayes al

second, to score a run replaced Wille

to left feld

With the Services still attack (Navy), Reep (Army), Gerrard and the onlookers At the start of the game, the serious business

the first laning. Leroy

was fanned out. showed in Association softballers

saw Ng making a spectacular ing, bair Ume was then reached

Smith (Navy), Balder- (Army), MAGNIFICENT RALLY to first sufely register Kingsbury got te

ston (RAF), Brentford (Army). juncture most of the running catch to put out Castro with the score still at 6 to 3. At the when Y.S. Long mulled

Collins (Army), Steven (Navy), supporters felt sure that for two down. All hopes of a Navy's ball.

shattered when

The second half opened with Eve (Army), Daniel (Army), A hit-bunt by Bob Hull ad- the Orca had the game in the recovery were

bag as the Association batters Khan was fanned out.

the Frenchmen attacking and Davidson (RAF Capt.) Farthing Vivances Kingsbury to third and

the Services were lucky at this (Army), Ferry (Army), Excel when Hall attempted to steal went up for their last turn

point to be awarded a penalty (Army),-Gunton -(Army),--- second, catcher Raymond Tsaat bat.

But full credit must

which enabled them to clear up to the halfway line.

B Stell brought moh comfort to his team when he fumbled Igmar Erickson's bunt Lee Poon-hong to enable .to coma home to tie up the game. the Ozorio, opportunist, then performed the last rites without any ceremony to score the winning run on Vic Pedruco's hit to second base,

master

SLUMPING SESSION

much conadence

two

runs, but as the game progressed, they went into

alumping session,

12

The onlookers thin_sw Pedruco replacing moundsman Jackie We! in the fourth canto and in the

fifth, there was and

reshuffle Keneral

n

SETTLED DOWN

this

be

committed à vital error. His wild given to the local

ball players of players pitch to P.C. Wong afforded

as they. rtag:d a migent

throughout | ty to score.

with the exception of Peter Kingsbury glorious opportuni rally to win the ball game In the nine-inning game at third Then Hall threatened to score the last inning..

Hahn who played

base

The local ballplayers were

but was tagged out at third for Williams next one away. Bil

BADMINTON

Wah Yan Win

Lee got a hit to third base and stole

Ozoria's second.

confronted with the speed ball his pop fly for two. down. grounder to second advanced

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six hits and

to third while Ozorio

second safely.

Junior Title

RECOND HALF

Gerrard dock the bail up to and the French 15-yard line from the ensuing loose scrum a try at a drop just failed, and then Milhes cleared beautifully with one of those kicks one had almost come to expect from this of Oren's Ray Willingham who Jim Laville then went to first himself reached

player. undoubtedly the best when P. C. Wong fumbled the

Poca became the first victim Wah Yan College (H.K.) an-

в Оле Then followed

High player on view yesterday.

all and raced to second on

the Schoolboys Junior kick from the Services, but the Willingham turned in

wild pitch. The Inning came when he hit straight to third nexed

baso and was caught out for Division Badminton Champlon- forwards were not quite fast brillant hurling performance, a close when Donald Chambers

one down. Brl Swell's mble ship by beating Queen's College enough to get there in time to fanning oul three, yielding was fanned out.

on Erickson's bunt saw

Grantham Training do any damage. However there Les 3-0 at the only

In the second inning the two coming home for the tying run College last night, having won was then a lot of midfield play had more sides жеге retired in 1-2-3

and Ozorio raced to

third. one walk. His pitches in just

four out of four matches.

In which the Services were power than those of either Vic urder.

It Was at this Kime that St Stephen's College last night awarded a penalty on the 25- Pedruco or Jackie Wel.

In the boltem of the third Ozorio became the hero of his defeated Clemenil Middle School yard line, and Gerrard put it There were two batters-Peter stanza, Ralph Kvidera got. team when he came home on 3-0 in the same Division and, neatly between the posts Hahn of the Association and hit to second and reached first Pedruco's hit to second after by virtue of their victory, tled bring the ecore to 9 to 3 for the Bob Hail of the Orea-to whom bare safely. Kingsbury then hit a Petruso had teen put cut at with Queen's College for the Services. this writer wants to pay full single to right field

and Lem Arst.

Runners-up Title. tribute on their excellent hitting fumbled the ball to allow Kvidera Pedruco went to work in the

The two Schools will play to come home for the tying run. Isteond half of the inth and against one another accordingly display.

Hahn had two hits in ive The scoreboard read: 2-10-2. times at bat while Hall secured

High praise went to Hall when Bot fuil marks for retiring the next Monday, November 16, gobs in 1-2-3 order to end un

The detailed results of yester- he secured another hit to centre entertaining game.

lay's matches follow:-- two hits in four.

But perhaps, the most im- field to advance Kingsbury to pressive moments of the contest third and he himse't were the two over-the-fence second. Too keen to come home, hits by Bill Williams and Jim Kingsbury was called out at Linville successively

third. The inning ended without the stanza further rund,

In

bottoin of the eighth when the gobs really went to

town

WALLS CAVED IN

bun.

raced

to

start of the fourth At the inning, plisher Jackie Wel was yanked out and Vis Pedruco erme

relired in 1-2-3 order.

The score: Association:-

R-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2–5 runs H-2 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 20 hits USS Orcs:-

Wah Yan (H.K.) 3 QC Ko Wei-kwok (Wah Yan) beat Cheng Shun-cheung 21-17; Cyril Wong (Wah Yan) beat Pau Ilon-wah 21-7: Wong Wan-chiu

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And now the Frenchmen came into the pleure, as they were beginning to break through the Services line in the lineouts, and the threes were getting away better and looked most dan gerous,

And so they proved to be a few minutes later when Milhas beat Loomade a long twisting rure to the From Pn-kan and Weng Woon-cheung Services five-yard line.

the

ensuing play Rocchi went St Stephens Ciamenti 0

over to score the first and last Ling Chien (St Stephens) beat Chan

Wing clieung try of the game which was neat- 21-10; Chan Kai-yun Association Setection: Pit-St Stephens) beat Fung Wing 21-13; ly converted by Milhas to bring

R-1 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0–4 runs H-1 0 3 0 0 0 0 2 0–0 hits THE TEAMS

mar

17-18. 16-4, 15-11.

It was just at this mo

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Raymond Tsao (Pandas); lg-Hung 11ing-Fue 13-9. 15-7. seen in the Afth, the feature of

Ericksen

cksen (Saints); 1st base that inning was a hit by Peter C. M. Tsang (CAA); Cuscus Hahn who was left stranded at Souza (Warriors). 2nd base- second, when the Association P. C. Wong (CAA); Arturo

It was the same Ozorio (Saints). 3rd

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Ray

Wally Ma (Pandan); Lelt- DISCONCERTING

Joaquim felders

Collaco C. Poon (South China); been discon- (Saints); C It must have For the Navy, But Williams' corting to the Navy when a wild

Centre-fielders-Johnny Pereira excellent fielding kit his stamp pitch by Kvidera in the seventh (Warriors); P. H. Lee (CAA): Right-folders Lam Leung-ping Anly on the game with his Inning enabled Poon to accurate pitches and clever coves the Association's third run for (CAA): S. 5. Hsu (Pandas)

UBS Orcs:Pitcher Ing. Bob Hall also excelled at elim 3-2 lead,

William Cather Ralph bas and fold.

Lee Foon-hing popped up to Kviders; 1st baro-Bill Stell; 2nd The Assoulation playtes wedd

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Ozorio's hit straight into the mann; 3rd base-But Williams; inning by recording two pitcher's glove dimmed the As Shortstop-Leroy Kingsbury; Poler. Hahn hit a grounder

sociation's hopes of scoring, but Left-Balders-Donald Chambers, centrefold; then went to third.

then the unexpected happened. Tamb; Cefire-fielder-Bob. Hall;

Росл C. M. Tang reached Arst

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In an uneventful game, China Y. S, Liang camperol to first throw to second when Poon again on holder's choice when attempted to sted second, open- trimmed the Junior All-Stars the gobs played Hebri who was ing the way for Poon to come by 1-0 In the curtain raiser.

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