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THE CHINA MAIL, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 1953.

THE CHINA

MAIL'S

Pentangular Rugby Tournament Starts Today

By "PAK LO”

the

This afternoon brings the opening rounds of Peningular Rugby Tournament. There are, as the name implies, five teams taking part in this tournament and these are the Army, the Navy, the RAF, the Police, and the Club.

The Tournament is divided into two rounds, and, by the end of the second round, each team will have played every other team twice, and the Tournament winner, is the team which has the largest number of wins to its credit.

The Army won the Tourna-Leen seen this reason, little enn ment last your and naturally be said about them,

hope to repeat that performance

this season. As last year wi the Arst time that the Club haf lost the Tournament for seven years, they are out to win this your and wrest the laurels from the Services.

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JUST AS DETERMINED

three team79 The other Just as determined that neither of these teams shaft be either the winner us the runner-up The game of the first round

this aftern takes place 3.00 pm, on the Police Ground at Boundary Street and is be- tween the Army and the Navy. The Ariny has brought back many of the players it dropped from tenm last week, making Ave

all; and has changes in switched the position of one o two of its men

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Argyle now drop back full back, und Collins returns 14 dhe tregtarters Bue, hardly surprising to see

its old tebal, Army return to after the well deserved thrus- ing they received from the Club Just wiek, and these alterations should make the Army & strong- er side. It is to be hoped that their

tyklar power alco been linproper as this was one of the best defects in Just week's teain.

CLUB V. POLICE

The recond game of the alter- noon will be between the Club and the Police and will com- mence at 4.15 p.m. The Police have made three new additions to their team. two who have already played this season and une newcomer.

The two have, played before and Kent, and are Woodhouse

is Bryn-Jones who, though he has not as yet played,

newcomer Culony rugger as he played for the RAF when he was out here

newester

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SPORTING SAM

WEEKEND

SPORTS PARADE

LOCAL SPORTS

By Reg. Wootton

Army's Matches Take Top Billing In Today's League Programme

By "THE ZOMBIE”

Both the Army first and second elevens take the top billing again in this afternoon's Cricket League matches,

The Army Firsts cleared the first of their four remaining stiff hurdles in the first round in fine style lust week when they outbowled and outbatted RAF to win by six wickets.

The match was highlighted by another spell of magnificent bowling by Dawling who wrought carly havor among the RAF by dismissing the first four

a few years ago doing his Na-batsmen for a total of only 28 runs, tional Services

the

up with Dowling en,fed

the analysis of six wickets for 31 bring his bag lo 29 runs to

.II wickets so far this reason. a foregone conclusion that will easily reach the 50 mark by the end of the season.

he

the

3

the team has The shape of

as Russell altered considerably has dropped back to full back and Reynolds lus come into the threequarters line.

ጔገ።።

Increase should

con of the backs very

Although the soldiers ore at Fiderably, and if they get a good

base

of the the Timunt eight points ahead service from the rerum they could be a danger to of their nearest rivals, The Club. The pack has ciso Scorpions, they still have been switched around in plagoon way ahead of them in their

quite well bid for the Championship. and should

They

the against aro up provided they tackle hard and

oficinoon nt Scorpions this Jow.

Road and after that Chaler Forsgate is now missing from they will have another two hard The Club side, and this wraken the Club pack to a ermes against the Optimists and tain extent, na they have ne RCC before they conclude their

round, tager got an outstanding pack leader.

Last season Army were well

will

ihemours unti

Kilvert relans to the side to- day, having recovered from hison accident of a fortnight, ago. Roberts now comes in to the rerum and Cole replaces Layton

in the threequarters' line. Turville Henderson and

are

form

their seniors by the RAF Inst week, they pulled through with something to spare.

Dockyard, who are their next thefr closest rivals, will be opponents this afternoon and after that only Police can be ex- pected to give them any diff

their arst culty in completing round matches undefeated,

The Dockmen have won most of their matches this season on offensive thein formidable power.

In all the five out of the six matches which they have won, the Dockmen have never been pushed in their batting to more iban 87 runs. In the only match they eat, the whole side was dismitted for 14 runs.

far

In the run for Senior League The Army conds, however, This time the Army pack will

Scopare much superior balanced they met Bind themselves facing a heavier pack and they will have to fight

plons and Optimists and drop-ide, formidable both in bowl- pet out of the race.

Ing red batting. They hold the for the ball in the ret scrums as

chalking up For a cumber of reasons. Iurrent record of Owen will certainly not let them

doubt, however, that history wil the bigger team score of

250 have it all their own way this

for four wickels, and repeat ittelf. The time.

progressive cure

batting superior record of the teams shows that their The Navy threequarters should still there and look as if they Army is on an upward trend inabili's should see them through be very dangerous and should are selted in for the seuson,

this match with a comfortable see a fair amount of the bull, which is a good thing for the

They have fl inatch-winner margin. The Arny 013

record Club.

ALMOST AT PAR

Divi- should win, but i will not be The back and front rows of this year in Dowling who is not

Among the other first opposing is great surprise to be the the Club puck have been revers-the cable of breaking down

batting backbone sion games, that between RAF Kai Tuk Navy come out on top. The Navy fed and this brings Petrie back with early wickets but also ofend "Optimists" at has made wight clunges from the to far more normal position making it for Army's unreli- should be almost at par tedm they Rolled) last time, but, where he will be a thorn in the able batting

wn the Scorpiens-Army match. by keeping down es few of the newcomers have eks of the Police,

With Neel Arthy back among the runs on the opposing side.

the Optimists have now Finally Army are in such

their old mus- extremely

. position that good

CHINESE

CREEDS

and

CUSTOMS

antically all

In the event of their retaining keteers with them.

first round matches ending in

draws,

Despite their carly

with

Ferbacks

TODAY'S GAMES

First Division Scorpions v. Army RAF v. Optimists CCC v. Navy KCC v. University Recreio v. IRC

Second Division Army v. Dockyard Navy v. KGV School IRC v. DBS

• University v. Recreio

TOMORROW

Hazzard Shield Match England v. Australla Second Division Police v. RAF

SATURDAY SOCCER SPOT

GREAT NAMES MAY BRING IN THE CROWDS, BUT ONLY GREAT GAMES HOLD THEM

Says I. M. MacTAVISH

Let bygones be bygones.. that is my advice to Colony football fans today. Let us forget the black side of the Djurgarden visit, let us acknowledge quite honestly that we still have a lot to learn, and let those who matter in the soccer sphere make a fair contribution towards re- building our jaded spirits.

If we have learned our lessons, then the visit of our Swedish friends has not been wasted.....but if we allow complacency or indifference to creep into our plans then I can only predict bigger and blacker tragedies ahead.

Departing from the popular | who will play all out all the With goalkeeping -stability pastime of balling I confess time is what they require and I being provided by Granger, this that I have a deal of sympathy ani sure that they need have no team, could give the_visitors a with that much criticised group | fears about the gates.

If the surprise. The emphasis must be af nen, the electors. For I am play is good enough the fans on the word 'team*. Eleven satisfied that, in common with will turn up in their thousands. Individuals, no matter how the thousands of fans who made Great names may pull in the clever, are not going to be good the turnstiles click zo merrily, crowds, but only great GAMES enough to beat the Swedes, they had every right to expect [will bring them back.. much more than they got from

many of the chosen players.

I

LAUDABLE DECISION

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WEEK-END GAMES

With a full programine of games this week our football public will have many chaners of seeing the newly appointed and recently deposed players in

It is a good old football axiom that

win reputations never

am glad to hear that the malenos, and I ever that was selectors are to run trials for proved up to the hilt it was in

future representative games, these recent games agahist the With Pegasus on the horizon this action. Swedish stars.

Is à laudable decision, Once

All the top leams will be in everave the list of possible players has action and the game of the 1.

been drawn up. the players week-end will be the meeting

in the sole should be placed charge of a conch or manager of KMB and South China at who is capable of getting the best out of them.

'Big names" may local opposition, but they cut ro ice with the Swedes who spoke only the language of gcols, goals and more goals.

Having been let down once, the selectors have quickly shown the's willingness to loak ient. Players

around f

LEAGUE CRICKET

AVERAGES

FIRST DIVISION

are fast this will be to their this caron they

covering lost ground and re- G. A. Souza (CCC)

T. A. Pearce (Scorpions) advantage in League standing.

their reputation gaining to depend Army

this

will have

afternoon. If

of

BATTING

Caroline Hill on Sunday.

Is

There

sure to be a big crowd to see this clash of our two most

ambitious clubs, and while there There must be a positive plan has been little opportunity of of campaign for the next games weighing-up their

respective and getting the players together strengths this season I cannot with ONE boss seems to be the

sce South China being beaten. only way that it will be achleyed,

They will be doubly anxious to win this game as it will be their I can almost hear the roars of first tague encounter in their protest of the big men in the grand new home. Whatever the game as they dash off a long result, it will be a tousy tussle list of difficulties in the way of and while the Busnes are cap- such a scheme, but let us faceable of springing a surprise my up to the fact that something vote goes to the home team. drastic must be done and any

There are four games due for how difficulties are only decision today, but they are all difficulties if you admit them to very ordinary affairs although

be so.

The meeting of Eastern and Kwong Wah at the Club stadium Whatever its status, fcotball could turn out to be a strenuous in the Colony, like football in so tussle. Eastern are not the rese many other parts of the world, they were but they are still am- is big business. It has to be blous and a win today would treated and regarded that way boost their fortunes immensely. ....if it isn't then cur stock

Over at Silent Sookumpoo' the will wane....and we

can go Army clash with their bogey The Happy back to the humdrum of local team, the Club. competition.

Valley boys defeated the soldiers bo twice Inst season and they will all out to repeat the dose. How- ever, the Army, with 20 many representative pinyers in their. chosen by the ranks, must be considered firm selectors for the fourth game favouries and it will be a real

(Qualification

100 runs)

No. of, 1

Innings N.O. 11.9. Runs

Aver,

1 111

302

30.4

4

1

180

GO

INTERESTING

2

120

42

-114-38,0

2

151

37.7

The

fcam

182

30.4

142 35,5.

against the Djurgarden boys is

138

34.5

an interesting one. It will not

101

32.2

please a lot of people. It will

169

28,1

130

28

118

23.8

100

20

.106

17.7

the old brigade".

Lt. "Agar" (Navy) 1. Stanton (Scorpions)

much on their bowling-coility being one of the most enter- A. R. Kitchell (IRC)

can prising teams in the League. they dismiss Knight, Stanton and Their enterprising spirit paid. De Cruz (Army)

low them duil dividends last week LAC Armstrong (RAF)

In when, eastead of

of trying to stay as fu long as they could at the wisket H,

H, Owen-Hughes (Scorpions) and plaiding for the runs they

Franklin (Optimists) adopted the pleasing attitude of T. G. C. "score the suns or get out".

Pearce' for a reasonable store the match should be their bag.

They didn't spore the runs a

R. W.

Knight (Scorpions)

J. C. Koh (IRC) ........ L. Kilboe (Optimista)

the last four baturen added only Lt. Farmer-Wright (Army)

t

K. Y. Tam (CCC)

WOULD BE AWKWARD Should, however, any of these batsmen run up a score of over the 50 mark, the situation will be extremely awkward for the soldiers as think it will be difficult for their extremely batsmen to knock up more than 120 runs against a side that will be under the best captaincy there is in the Colony.

Alexander's recent feals on

The RAF bowlers can do untold L/Cpl Dowling (Army) the Chater Hond wicket should give Army the confidence that damage on their own wicket at A. P. Pereira (Recreio) they can disanius the Scorpions Kai Tak, but unless exceptional. Saunders (CCC) for a total

11, but they did gut cut. As result they only scored 5 runs, but they had emple time in getting the opposing KCC side ou for 62 thanks to some magnificent bowling by Spink who claimed the honour of being the bowler of the week with an analysis of six wickets for 13 cuns.

82836833-88887

BOWLING

(Qualification - 10 wickets)

0. M.

載。 W.

Aver

63

10 174

25

#

40

0

03 13

7.1

32.4 8

50,5 4

42,7 10

41.2

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42.2

7

25.5

40.4

0.1 9.3 10.1 B 102 10 10.2 249 23 10.0 47.4 5 219 10 13.7 07.4 10

200 18 15,5

110

UD .10 171 10

13

8.9

150

15 130

111

121 11

45.3

5

221

13

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of under 100 runs form is shown by then the odds G. N. Gogano (Recreio) and if they should win the tosse on the Opthis bringing and feld Arst, they are likely back full points. to collect full points from this match.

K. G.

G. Spink (Optimists)

T. P. Mahon (Optimists) Craigengover should get out of A the rut of drawn matches this G. A. Souza (CCC)

The Army seconds will be out afternoon when they are hosts to T. G. C. Knight (Scorpions) for a more distinctive honour-Navy, and Recreio the dark horses F/Sgt Horsham (RAF) that of winning the title with of this season's Senior League, J. C. Koh (IRC)

а win S. M. Teh (HKU) on unbeaten record. Although should be able to force given a much harder fight than over IRC.

by

V. R. BURKHARDT

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up if they fall to win.

Wells has recovered from the

no doubt get a lot of criticism, injury that kept him out of the but at least it is an indication Colony tezen and will be back in that the committee is aware of his usual place at left-back. the shortcomings of some

of

Of the other two games, RAF

against CAA in the First League

on the South China

It is a team with great possi-game bilities. It has a sound blend ground looks the better..

'Both

of the two distinct types of teams have suffered heavy de- football that Bas played in feats from Sing Tao recently Hongkong today,

and, although the odds are

slightly in favour of the Air- However I am disappointed men, this could well end in a to find that Mok Chun-wah has draw. been dropped.

Forwards can

not play without the ball and

St. Joseph's tackle Navy

at

In the two games he had against Causeway Bay and I am afraid the Swedes Mok showed that if that they will leave both points

caused

he had been given reasonable service he could have damage, but he got faw if any decent passes from behind and even fewer on the ground from his inside partner.

behind with the Sailors.

While South China and KMB are having their Sunday tussle, crossing Sing Taq will be swords with the Police at the Club Stadium and with their scoring strength they goal should register a sound win.

Is 4 Morgan

more direct winger with a good burst of spood but he will have to turn Au Chi-yin is always able in a really good game to make to notch a surprise counter but

Honnibali of the with

anti ood his displacement

Flash little South China star.

Harry" to look after him he will have to be at his very best to

I feel that the selection of de any real damage.

soldier boy Bennett for the

leader's berth is a most unfair

che. He is an excellent foot-

WHO'S NO. 177

bailor, fast, tough and agile Looking through some of the but he is no taller than any of rules of the Hongkong Football

cur other centre-forwards who played in the previous gumice

Association. I noticed one that

and to subject him to the task say that all teams taking part in games under the. Association of trying to battle it out in the are required to have - their eir with giant Ivegren is really players, numbered,

a backhanded compliment.

When numbers were first in-

This game cried out for some troduced in the United Kingdom

idea WAS to facilitate one capable of matching the the height and weight of the op-recognition both by spectators and officials. The teams were position, and while I admit that am

numbered In sequence from goal e is no Tommy Lawton I would to outside left from to

have given this vital position to 11 ....., although, because of Keane, the Club centre-forward. This distinctive Jersey · "the_goal-

He has all the physical at keeper, was seldom, numbered. tributes for the job. Ho ia gasi,

In recent games here I have he can shoot and, as he showed seen players with numbers that in the Club game with Bing bear no relation to their post- Tao, given just half a chance, he tion on the Beld

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last week can got goals. He may not be for example I saw '12 (15° in the Bennett class as a foot-

and 18' on baller, but for this particular the Beld at the same time. If gime he would have been my that facilitates recognition In man

Any way I shall be surprised.