1953-11-30 — Page 6

THE CHINA MAIL, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 1953.

INDOOR PROFESSIONAL TENNIS:

BEST LEAGUE GAME THIS Wembley

SEASON SEES ARMY EDGE OUT SING TAO

By L. M. MacTAVISH

Take a bow Soldiers and Tigers for your thrilling, keen but clean, encounter at the Club Stadium on Saturday.

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Rather like a doctor after a successful diagnosis I feel a smug satisfaction about the result of the Sing Tao-Army game. Writing in the Saturday Soccer Spot I said "

this game will be decided by the success or otherwise of four players-Honniball and Ho Cheung-yau for Sing Tao and Bennett and Stevens for the Army." The goal scorers were Bennett twice and Ho Cheung-yau once and the final score Army 2, Sing Tao 1.

The Army tried to upset my calculations by switching Wingfield to right-half, but he did a fine job of shadowing Ho Cheung-yau and to him must go much of the credit for the soldiers" victory,

Honnibali, although he hind a in around him, calmly relected good game, never really sub-his spot in the uncovered corner dued Bennett who was always of the net, and the Amy was right up

In the attack. Four one up.

In one of the few umes he times the centre-forward cóm- pletely eluded the centre-half, escaped the clutches of Wing He had two near misses and field, Ho Cheung-yatt brought two goals-two goals that won the teams back to level terms. He raced after a fast cross and the game.

near the Army players as Granger threw himself at the I sat In the stand as they watched ball the inside-left managed to their 'B' team outclass the edge it out of the keeper's The ball lay Gymnasium elde. I heart enc grasping fingers. ́of them say that Chuse was loose and as Ho was falling he back in the

side with instruc- just managed to glide it into tions to stop Flash Harry" from the net with his left foot. carrying the ball up the line

and dropping long crosses the Army goalmouth,

into

RICH REWARD

the centre-half out of position.

unmarked man, and the

is so vital to the Sing Tao for ward plan, simply did not exist except in the movement that led up to the equalising goal.

an

Ho Cheung-yau was often in evidence, but he was so closely marked that he did not get the He had freedom that he, likes, a couple of good shots and his goal was due reward for afternoon of hard work,

Both wingem were fast, but balls at the wasted too many vital moment, and Cheung Kam-hol, clover as ever, often tound himself outwitted by ayounger and faster opponents.

Gronger, Granger was just for cool, competent, and confident, Away and in front of him Wells and

this The winning goal was Army

tragedy for the Tigers, but was in fact part of the plan, it was great success, I way also a rich reward baya

never Been Harry to Bennett's

persistence.

it

I have seldom out on the left wing Chase Casey were stout defenders, The

Bustered and I

seen him so completely shut out dispossessed "Finsh Harry,

y question being asked on Satur-

LO and,

A

force.

ball Inside slipped the

today was how can Casey possibly as an attacking

Chose worried him to

left out death.

und ran on Bennett,

to take be

of representative honours. The outside-lelt is a clever ball the return pass.

With

Wingfield, Frazer and Stevens player and he used his ability to

the defenders trailing confuse the right back and even for behind, Chase took time to formed the successful backbone

team and Army when he lost the ball he was study his shot and dropped, a of the back trying 10 retrieve it beautiful cross just under the searching analysis of the game

inmediately

as he was Tigers cross-bea. Yue Yu-tak might show that they were the

architects

victory. often successfat in

these leaped high and brought the real

Frazer Was outstanding and

He played territory. onrushing Bennett, he mis-Kam-hol at his own game.... handled The game was easily the best

broke and came out very much on top. we have been in the league this from his grasp and before the The forward line was nimble season. It had intente excite į keeper could recover there was

and. crafty with Reeves having ment, brittlant play, crisp a blurr of red and Bennett, his best game of the season. His shooting and a further chupter) again right on the spot, had distribution was delightful in the current tecat sareer story, lashed it into the back of the his service to Nash was ideal.

attempts, Hou Yung-sang had a ball down, but, with one eye

he was in absolute control of his

most uncomfortable afternoon.

EASILY THE BEST

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grand game made last week's, the Colony

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That display won't put BETTY GRABLE out of business

AH WELL

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For

An Excellent Response

To The Call Brighter Cricket

By "THE ZOMBIE”

Excellent response was made by all teams during the week-end to the call for brighter and more enterprising cricket.

Out of four First Division and four Second Division League matches played, only two resulted in a draw. Navy were especially unfortunate in their Second- Division game against Diocesan Boys' School, when with four wickets still intact they could just equal their opponents total. Under the rules, the match is con- sidered as drawn instead of tled.

:

when

after

HOME RUGGER REVIEW

Ireland's Prospects Not Too Bright

London, Nov. 28.

Ireland's International Rugby Union prospects this season are not too bright if today's trial in Dublin is any guldc.

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Though getting 90 per cent of the ball from the set acrums, the Probables backs lacked punch, and none' was more disappointing than Ireland's star of former seasons, Jack Kyle,

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The Probables were very for- with victory over France and tunate to get a 16-10 tle, only Wales, who now meet on De a splendid penalty goal in the cember 13 to decide the third closing minutes by O'Connor | place. saving them from defeat.

England were full value for There was an extensive pro-their victory to-day for, with gramme in the English County the exception of an inspired ten Championship. By virtuo of minutes. In the second half, their 5-8 win over Somerset, Other Nationalities always had Gloucester won the Southern an uphill task.

The match star Group Championship, but they

want young the snatched victory only in the last Peter Norburn, Swinton minute, when Gregory scored a wing three-quarter playing in iry and himself added the goal hin rat international, Ho had the distinction of scoring.four points.

tries.

Yorkshire, the County Cham- plons, enhanced their hopes of retaining the title when they do feated Cheshire by 10 points to three in the Northern Group.

Lancashiro, who gained their fourth consecutive victory at the expense of Cumberland andi present real Westmorland, threat to the champions.

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He had a good understanding with his centre, Duggie Greenall, and was a danger man every time he had the ball,

Results:

Karby Union

New Zealand "All · Black#"), South of Scotland): 0, -*

Irish Trial Blues 16 White# 18, A draw at Leeds on December

County championship.-- Cheshire & 12 would suffice for Lancashire Yorkshire 10; Cumberland and West- moreland 11 Lancoalitre 18; Durtiain to eliminate Yorkshire,

Northumberland 33: Leicestershire Cumberland and Westmor-14 Natts, Lines and Derby 2 Bother- land, though beaten 15-11, had pet 3 Gloucestershire 4: Warwick- the distinction of being the flest hire East Midlands 10.

Club Matches- Guya Hospitad

Coventry team to cross the Lancashire line

3; Harlequins 3 Blackheath this season.

Irish Aller- hot Services 3 London Weih 5 Newport 17 Old Merchant Tayloru

Richmond 2 Old Mithillans e Swed 8: Rosslyn Park 0 Bath St. Mary Hospital 15 Sumona Wasps Bristol a: Aberullery

Manchester Newbridge 3 Bedford 10

STIRRING MATCH In a stirring match between unbeaten sides at Coventry, East Midlands bent Warwickshire by a. victory ten points to nine,

p

which might well enable them Birmingham 0 Stroud 0; Bridge

water and Albion 0 Plymouth. Al- to carry off the East Midlandsbian 6: Devonport Services 37 Tur

Eroup championship.

quay Athletic_d. Gloucester 3 Cardut Oxford: Lamelly 3 Heath 0; Maesteggi

Giomorgan Wanderers 3; Lydney Enbw Vale 3.

Among the clubs, University suffered yet another defeat, losing 3-18 to London Scottish at Oxford. To add to the troubled of the Dark Blues,

Wero

their

School 15:

Glasgow Academicals

Ladies Hockey Trial Next Sunday

Rugby League · International match Other Nå- Uonalities 2a England 30. D. J. Skipper and T. J.. Fallon Other matches.- Barrow 21 Wid-

both

Bellevie Skippernes 0; Botley 10 Hull. 22; injured.

Oldham H; Dead- was taken to hospital for an Rangers 17

ford

Norther 21 Downbury 0: X-ray of his left leg.

Bramley 9 Leigh 8;_ - Cistli- Cambridge University, who tord 14 Workingston Towns. B: beat the Unlied Services at italifax 10 Leeds 15 Hall Kingstort Portsmouth by 28 points to zero, Rovers & Doncaster Hunalet 20 Salford 0; Keighley-13 Fotherstosse also fuished with a depleted Ravers : Rochdale Homes Wipes team. T. C. Pearson,

21; Swinton & York 14: Wakefeld serum half, went off a quarter Trinky 20 Huddersfield 10 Wat of an hour from the end. F. M. rington 30 Liverpool City 6-White- Davica kicked five goals for havan St. Helens 12: Notes 6 Nor

thampton #: Nuneaton 9 Buxton 1; Cambridge.

Old Edwardians 19 Old Paulines, London clubs held their own Oxford University 3 London Scottisi and lightning seem a very second rate affair.

Nash

18: Penarth 3 Bridgend B. Pontypoot leaps, BUT, and I am sure that Here we had skill, tactics and chances, and found Hsu King-

with the leading Welch and pro- 8. Aberavon 6: Pentrenat in Lied- vincial sides who visited the tenham 9: herein as Iris great popularity, speed of the highest order, and shing a tough handful. Chase

United Target 31 capital in force, winning two Western Super Mare, & Ear E

mouth 8 Cambridge there is never the slightest sug-if we could be sure of seeing

on the other wing had a good

matches, drawing one and losing Edinburgh Wanderers 22 Royal Ban gestion of showmanship in his much football every week the

harassing work and no playing to the fans would

two. be

Kame In A oocer Flash Harry" paid big divi-

In a grand finish, Richmond Harwich : Watsoniana 10 Seldrk- Fallery,

paradise. Everything he does is donu For the

defeated Swansea by two goals-Reuter... Tigers, Yue Yul-tak dends.

Jameson, who has been out of with the maximum af effort for

as yet and one penalty goal to one goal saves but the job in hand and this side of made some brilliant

The other drawn match wasting inoed and enabled them at never been, defeated found that Second

that between Kowloon Cricket the same season,

time to get his work could be studied with he cannot be happy about his the first team since, the start of

some this season, but have not even and one try. Five minutes from advantage by many of our lacul the winning goal. "Flash Division football is taken

been seriously challenged. They the end, the Welshmen led by Club

and Indian Recreation cheap wickels. a real roasting edge Harry" look

to defeat live points, but then the pace of off his speed both of Club at Scokunpoo.

never closer The In- Both Army and Scorpions still were

B. M. Gray, on the Richmond Chase without ever getting thought and movenient. from

they were yesterday right

wing, turned the scale in Fast, open play charneterised from

VERDICT: A grand thrilling dans did try much harder than held their distance from, each tham

of them winning innings for a total of 140 runs, declaring their they have done in playing more other, both

dramatic fashion. Gray scored the carly part of the game with upret and his tactics against the

de-winger were hard but clean, encounter. Whini a plty that both teams playing to a

forceful cricket, but can still their matches: by comfortable on the day Isu King-shing was one alde had to lose. It was a finite plan, but strigely

the better back.

clean game

show further improvement in margins. Army's pale of open- they were faced with a last one try and "made" another, refreshingly ough it was the Army

this respect, that

Ing

Alexander bowlers,

and wicket that needed, 10 runs for both being converted.

win, hand- Honniball defended resolutely finished with:

hearly interpassing | showed the

Walker and Grace added 11 which is u

shakes all round. Now a plea usually the prerogative but, worried by the speed of

The Kowloonlies, batting Arst, Dowling, wrought havec with the a wir

the batsmen from Optimists of the Chinese footballers. The Bennett, he was never in com to the Hongkong Football As-piled up the huge total of 214

opening over

when Alexander runs, but with only about Ave. ball

was moved about with plete control and seemed cone suclation please the best runt for four wickets declared caught and bowled Fritchard or minutes to go Walker skled

Into McCost

the gully and the centre made great skill by both sides, but cerned when

interests of the game...give after having been given a good the soldiers were just a shade his moves on the left flank of

turgent consideration to this start by their opening partner his third ball

Both the bowlers were sided Thomas made a grand running faster and showed better posi- the defence. tional sense than the Sing Tao

side. Sit Pel-yin

distributed the pressing problem of refereeing ship of P. Wood and Pat Dodge.

The opening wicket partner by a wicket that took a lot of catch to win the match for his ball well boys.

when in possession.prompt and phrastie action is

ship yielded 105 runs before 11ft, Alexander being especially required...NOW.

with his viciously LEAGUE STANDINGS The opening goal was a neat but, like Honniball, he was up-

THE TEAMS

Dodge was finally caught by J. dangerous

First Division extra-cover kicking deliveries. duet between Bennett and set by the speed of the opposi-

P.WD TL Pts, Sing Tao; Yu Yu-tak; Hau C. Koh at deep Reeves. The leader beat Honnt-llon.

after having been dropped at Hsu King-shing:

LOT OF PACE ball with

Lau Chung-sang successfully Yung-sang, cute flick to Reeves

deep mid-on by Bux when he The Anny ipside Lau Chung-cong. Honnibali,

was in the 20s. who carried the ball ahead and blotted out

Dowling was also getting a lot Sit Pei-ying Young Wal-tao, Lo drove in a fast

shoi, Yue left.

of pace off the wicket and had Cheung Kom-hot, line Kam-chuen,

the batsmen neatly tied up t Recreio To Cheung-yau, Lau Sheung. thought Army: Granger, Casey, Wells; The innings of both Dodge the crease trying to play back Navy

Optimisi RAF Wood were spectacularly to him. Frazer, The Wingfield.

Stevens; and

No fewer than five Optimists HKU by the Reeves, Bennett, Jame-aggressive as shown

fact that the 100 came up in batsmen fell to the log-trap and

Franklin

Rory Army and just over one hour. Hall went only out for a duck to or rather Macpliersen managed to get into Dockyard doubtful cotch at square leg double figures in the Optimists RAF of 40 runs, which in Navy and "Tinker" Lee, who came in total next, treated the spectators to ridentally is only live runs mero some hefty hitting and free than the lowest total yet reach DBS scoring.

This was made | KCC ed this season. Fours

flowed from his bat by University against Army Ku and in one ever, he lifted ex-earlier in the season. interporter Minu on no less

säck

Yul-tak threw across the

The Tigers' forward goal and brought off a thrilling suffered because the Army hat savo but he could not hold the obviously given some

ΑΠ ball which rebounded to the ever- | to counter-tactics, up Bennett and Johnny-on-the-wiles of Cheung Kom-ho and Nash, Spot, with the defenders closing. all his wandering failed to drag son, Chase.

and

West Bromwich Albion Continue To Set A Cracking Pace

(FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT)

London, Nov. 28.

First Division leaders West Bromwich Albion continue to set a cracking pace. Their 3-2 win at Malne Road over Manchester City was their seventh away ` success of the season,

Only Wolves, who maintained their 100 percent home record at the expense of Sheffield Wednesday, look like seriously troubling them when the honours are, handed out in April.

Ulidėterred, the

Gunners

Arsenal continue to pull in standing in af centre-forward tional from Shefeld Wednes- the crowds. Their gate at for injured Bradford and Lamb- day, both of whom were allow

for the visit of New tlen.

ct to it to Newport by their 62,000 castle was the best of the day. John Charles got his usual clubs, on free, transfer this Arsenal's win was just about goal for Leods, but not even week.

Welsh wonder, boy could If Port Vale continue in presont in the same category. A goal the down at half time, they find save them going under 2-1 at mood they will set up a soccer

The "Toffees are full back Barnes injured and Everton.

are record which will never be

beaten. after now level with Leicester

They have conceded playing centre-forward the interval.

points.

only seven goals in 21 games. The; NO SENTIMENT?

berk deferisive record for any club since the new off-side lay scored twice through a Cliff Who said there is no senti- was introduced was Hull Clo Holton thunderbolt .which

ment in soccur? Struggling performance of giving sivay only nearly broke the not and

Nowport County, knocked out 28 in 42 garner when winning mro godi · from · wing of the FA Cup last week and thair way out of Forbes

threatened with having to close Division North in 1948-9. Second Division leaders Leice down if finances, don't improvd, The best. Scöttish perftomášve ster can't seem to find a happy got their first away point of the of the day was the 1-0 win of muklóm. They had sovori: trouls season and with "only ten meri Steel-lem Dundee, over Chain to spare lam werk in heating The reasons they held Bournes planship-seeking. Hibernianache It Landolt. Today they lost 3-0 mouth was the inspired play of scams that Dandes might be able tolitista). Rovers, Rover their two new wing halves, toʻget on all rightlifther marke kurtka posis was marred by Hollyinen from Guilin City and to keele request for re

half

Witcomb,

the Thir

AGGRESSIVE

than four occasions past the mid-on boundary.

Franklin was out to an excel- lent ball by Dowling, when he was caught out half way to an

The Kowloonies scored their off-break and was clean bowled.

Army Scorplans IRC

KCC SCC

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Tennis Players

Swansea will need to show belter form if they are to extend the All Blacks on December 12:

----ALL-BLACKS^_WIN

The touring New Zealand All-The third Ladies Inter their biggest score of the tour held at King's Park pool Blacks Rugby Union team set up port Hockey Trial will be when they beat South' of Scot

The All-Blacks ted 13-0 at halftime.

land by 32 points (four goals, ground on Sunday, Decem one penally, three tries) to nil ber 6, from 2.30 p.m. At this trial the Selection Com- at Galashiels.

mittee hope to be able to Heed out 22 players ami six. reserves for the Hongkong Enterport, "A" and teams.

no one to

bo

It was a triumph of speed and opportunity for many of the All Blacks' scores came from move ments which originated deep in their own hall,

The South had

There may

some, good match the speed of R.A. Jarden players who have not yet come This will be their and M. J. Dixon, and both had a forward. feld day in a spree of scoring. last chance the Selection Though outclassed and out Committee feel that now is the weighed, the South never gave thine to get on with the process up trying and a surprisingly of climination in order that the large

was Probables and Poosibles may be part of the game fought out in the All Blacks half, chosen for the final selections. The South defence disappointed, The teams for the first came for it was thought that in this next Sunday will be:

hava held phase they would

Colour Campbell; Noronha, thele own, but they were dis- Read: Wason, Richards, * Ng organised by an injury to Mc- Wal-ching: Kent, Road, Hall, Ckeite, which deprived them of Oei, Cel, their fullback for practically the

214 runs in the unbelievable Rory Macpherson had, however; To Come Here whole of the second half.

Whiler: Lim; Bones," Lam- booy; Ferreira, Alonco, Ram- shy Can Bed-lay, Hewson, Hole, Adams, “Correa.

ENGLAND UNBEATEN

Wigan, Nov. 28. Stockholm, Nov. 28,

A clear-cut victory over Other: The Swedish Davis Cup aces, Lennart Bergelin ond Staffan Nationalities by 80 points (three Stockenberg, will leave here in goals, eight tries) to 22 points a fortnight for a tour of Hag-(Ave goals, four fries) gave white shirts.

time of 100 minutes and de the satisfaction of hooking a clared their things at 3.20, short off-break by Dowling for

All players, who took part in giving their opponents 190 lx before being bowled by.

previous trials are urged to be Alexander for 17 runs. minutes to bat.

The Indians inability to do The Optimists tonure of the

asked to bring coloured, and better than

force a draw was crease tasted only 70 minutes

sont and all participants are mainly due to the consistent and with only 50 runs to win,

The umpires will be Mr- at Wigan, Kristina Lall and Mr Willia bowling of the Kowlooniles and Areay scored the necessary runs

England; who led 21-7 at half- Mrs Hale would like tha from none but the loose balls, A word of praise for the scheduled to last six months,

On their way home, Bergelinompetition having also be her immediately after tha won all three matches in Selection Committee tomaet of which there were too low. plucky fight put up by Police in

Second Division match and Slockenberg will take pats the Attempts at slow lobs by the thor

on the French ten Wales and France. Other trials end at 4pm. in order: to Kowloonites might have prob- against Army yesterday. The in tournaments

Nationalities lake second placo summarise their sélections, ably put the Indians in a hit Army, seconds have not only Hiviera,United Press.

India and Ceylon. The tour is League chatonal Rugby kung, the Philippines. Egypt, England the own Inability to score just before the tea interval.:

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