1953-12-14 — Page 6

KITCHEE 1, KMB 3

THE CHINA MAIL, MONDAY, DECEMBER 14, 1953.

A GAME IS NEVER LOST OR WON UNTIL THE FINAL WHISTLE HAS GONE

By I M. MacTAVISH

A game

never lost, or won, until the final whistle has gone and one kick can change the whole course of a match no matter how the play has run up till then. These are the great facts that came out of the Kitchee-KMB big game... although, truth to tell, it was 'big' only in anticipation and in the size of the crowd.

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In many ways it resembled the recent meeting of the Busmen and South Chinn on the same ground when the occasion proved too big for the temperament of the players. Winning is now so important in these top-of-the-tree encounters that even the experienced players find themselves compelled to join in a slyle of play very different from that which they usually favour.

KMB won this game because from the left und erash a terrific a very ordinary lot and in the they had in their ride one man shot past Cheung Koon-hing, final reckoning a very fortunate who was bitter than his sur-This was a goal that deserved lot.

and the uny match roundings, one who in all the to win

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never come nearer They will hustle and bustle still had time ovation the reorer received from to losing any game this season te the empacity crowd showed that and if they had lost this one to think and to nove us

have had no his effort was duly appreciated. they would hould-Szelo Mon,

Two Ile stood out above everyone

minutes later the match but themselves to blame.

They turned round with only this one if

for his was virtually over and again it

then contribution to the final victory was the coins of Szeto Man that safe lavo goal lead and

allowed any method that had His goal, which put his side made the sere possible. He alloy

in ltir pre-interval back in the lead after they had moved forward and, catching the been

ote-all, defence in two minds, sent a play to disappear completely. been pegged back to

were forced back on to They moulfirent effort and i delightful pass out to the lef very much doubt if the Kitchen wing where Tom Woon-cheung, the defensive by the first-time they the Club and ball as caning in at top speed, quickly ties of the palkeeper even saw

hot the ball under control and mude only spasmodic raids on It flashed into the rigging.

ashed it into the beek of the net. this after

he

the Cation goal Immediately

The transformation that had started and carried on a move

FATAL MISTAKE which ended in Tum

Woon-crne over the game after Kitchee that their equaliser was quite the goal cheung getting

Even at that they looked like exact was the really settled the issue and it is amazing.

on to their lead, but right to say that without him opposite to what everyone ex- holding

fatal mistake.. the KMB front line would have peeted and instead of Kitchee they made

moving into the attack we saw a They underestimated the ability been a punchless affair,

previously inept KMB forward of Keane to snap up even half direction of Szelo Mook back he made the scores lite snap into action under the chance and with the only two real chances that came his way

level with

It

Kitchee will not

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of on this game with very much two goals that will not be bet- and they wit long tred on the ground for a long satisfaction wonder why they attacked for

Car | Ume.

SHORT OF PRACTICE? The first half of the game was very even and It seemed that Kitchee

short were initch pragilec although they often moved into the attack with speed and determination but the polished play that was expected from them was seldom in evidence.

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RANGERS v. CLYDE

Wilson, Clyde goalic, clears as Simpson runs in with Thornton in close Wilson attendance. Left to right:- Anderson (Clyde), Simpson (Rangers), (Clyde), Campbell (Clyde), Thornton (Rangers), during the match at Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow, Rangers won 2-1.

Scorpions And Recreio Avenge Early Season Defeats

By "THE

ZOMBIE"

Results of the week-end Cricket League matches produced very few changes among the lending teams in the League tables of both the Senior and Junior Divi. slons, but a number of teams had the satisfaction of avenging their first-round carly-season defeals.

The Scorpions were on Saturday a different team from that which was skittled out for 77 runs and defeated by Kowloon Cricket Club by eight wickets in their first encounter.

Good Marks At Novices? Meeting

By "RECORDER”

HKAAA officials were further surprised when a very ' high percentage of the 182 entries for the Novices" meot- ing actually started in the various events they had en- tered and heats had to be run off in all events up to the Quarter Mile.

The standard was higher in nearly all the events than it was at last year's Novices meeting and three Colony Standard medals were won. 3

The three Standard Medal winnersere T, Medhurst of the Royal Navy. Athletic Club, yig completed tho One Mile Raco Walk in 8. mine, 31.2 seconds, to May-yeo of the South China Athletic Association, who won the Ladies' 100 Yards in 12.4 seconds, and Cheo Ming, also of SCAA, who won the Long Jump with a good 21 feet 6 inches.

Non-winner

of n

Standard (Dorsels) 26.0; 3. Sim Pul-chung Medal who put up good per- | (SCAA)" 28.3. formances in two events was B. Ladies' 220 Yards: 1. Ho May- Holdsworth of the 23 (Gibraltar) yes (SCAA) 29.8 secs.; 2. Yam Battery, who won the Half Mile Chec-may (SCAA) 32.4; 3. Lom

minutes 11.8 secunda and Shan-yee (BCAA) 32.0. the Javelin Throw at 151 feet 3

440 Yards: 1. F. Bateman inches.

(RNAC) 50.0 secs.; 2, Ho Sal- hung (SCAA) 69.7; 3. Wong Ying-yeong (DBS) 01.4.

in

You Tak-kee of South Chine won the two sprints in 11.0 and 25.0 seconds, having won a heat

880 Yards 1. B. Holdsworth

of the 100 Yords in 10.8 seconds. (23 Gib. Bty) 2 mins. 11:0 secs.; L.D. Maulo of RAF (Little 2. W.A. Nisbet (RAF) 2:18.0; 3. Salwan) won

120 Yards J. McLoughlin High Hurdles in a good 17.4 Saiwan) 2:22.1, seconds.

THE RESULTS

Results were:

(RAF, Little

One Mile: 1. F. Finch (R Norfolks) 6 mins. 10.0 secs; 2. Chan Kim-hung (SCAA) 5:22.3; 3. Greenwood (King's Own)

Three Miles: 1. 2. Newton

Au Chừng

100 Yards: 1. You Tak-keo| 5:31.3. (SCAA) 110 secs.;

Chang (unattached) 11.0; 3. Sinising (BCAA) 17 mins. 5 secs.; 2.

Pui-chung (SCAA) 11.2.

Jack Wood (RAF) -17:16.5; 3. Ladies 100 Yards: 1. Ho May-| J.A.F. Moore (25 Fd. Regt.) yee (SCAA) 12.4 secs; 2. Yam 17:27.8. Chee-may (SCAA).

120 Yards High Hurdies: 1. Tuk-kee L.D. Maule (RAF, Httle Soi- 2. Trigger wan) 17.4 secs; 2: Samuel' Lo (DBS) 19.0; 3. Lai Kwong-ming (SCAA) 19.8.

220 Yards: Yau (SCAA) 25.0 seca,;

Manila

Invites one-cellent cricket, with the batsmen Man Teai" And

440 Yards Low Hardles: 1. Leung Kam-ching. (SCAA) 66.1 2, Wong Chun-cheo (SCAA) 70 fees.; 3. Kwong Chee-leung (SCAA) 71.3.

One Mile Race Walk: 1. T. Medhurst (RNAC) 8 mins. 31.2 An invllation has been received secs.; 2. D.A. Bridgeman (RAF,

Cynthia Eager

An-

95 per cent of the second-half The Club defenders alf did and notched only a solitary goal well with little Tarpey, a stal- while their opponents got the wart at left-back.

hat mattered in the two goals that

wes the outstanding KMB went into the lead in

they midis only two

they made Club personality and it is doubt- the 16th minute when Szęło

durior, the same time. Man, taking advantage of luose-

The Kowloonites, thanks to ness but also for the fact that RAF for-

and Navy at Kai Tak, The South China Cheung Koon-hing had long gaine. ness in the Kitchee defence,

sides gave an ablo de-produced also bright, and ex- of idleness in the Kwards never got the better of good knocks of 45 by Wood and both periods showed great coolness in lifting cheo goal and he had no chance him and his timely Interventions 54 not out by Robbie Lee, put monstration of how our the ball accurately over

respectable afternoon Cricket League having generally the better of the with the shots that beat him.saved many awkward situations. up the more than advancing goalkeeper's head and Lee Ping-chui was

of 103 Newcomer Palon revealed that total

runs for seven matches should be played. the better

the bowling. into the back of the net.

back and

The Airmen made a sporting he has some football sense, but he wickets to enable them to make Kam-hung de-

ndaled about with ball so much a sporting declaration.

BRIGHT BATTING

declaration after scoring 152 Even play continued until the fended stoutly at centre-hall.

How much the Scorpions' bat-

three wickets in just Interval with both defences Chan Hel-hung was all over that he slowed down the attack.

Recreio, who lost to Craigen-runs for Keane, always on the lookout ting strength has increased can getting the better of the attacks. the place trying to get his side

never be seen by the fact that this gower by 11 runs in their first under 20 overs Accurate bow-through the Hongkong Amateur Little Salwan) 5:25.0 a chance.

the Airmen by moving but he

and just Swimming Association fdrew Chow. (unattached), 9:39.0. Kitchee started the second

little for halt Bot

subdued by Ko half

In great

and Cynthia from the style and in response

only upon Stanton for the runs. of turning the table on the their batting prevented Navy Eager to participate in the Phi- High Jumps; 1. 2/Lt, Edwards mediately made imeks for the front.

him the hero of the day.

With Stokes, Cheetham, Wei- opponents in the return meet-

from reaching a bigger total lippines National Swimming (Dorsets) 6 feet 4 inches; 2, K. KMR

Attack after olinck

Ying-lan stoni

was a spirited Mullen and Pickering did not ler and Stanton each putting in Ing.

the than 132 runs for seven wickets Meet which will be held of Lewis (RNAC) 5:1; 3. Lam winger but the hardest working | was was launched but there

Bright batting featured the runs, the

when stumps were drawn. They Mania during 7th-10th Jamrary, Kwok-ken (unattached) 4:10. strange indecision about these forward was Chu Wing-keunger to be fit and Falconer, their

a a grand job of Recreio innings, which saw who arrived cight minutes late.

to knock up the 1954. The invitation has been Pole Vault: 1. Pte. Gordon forward movements and while who never stoppet running all never caught up with the pace of forcing the issue in knocking up fine. third wicket partnership had 28 overs

passed on to the swimmers con➡, Kitchee claimed all the terri- the game.

the game.

the required runs in seven overs between Luigi Gosano and required runs.

Long Jump: the Second Division, Army corned and it is not yet known (Dorseta) 8 feet 1 inch..

1. Chee Ming turla! advantage they could not

In a sadly disappointing less than their opponents. Micky Remedios. This partner- GRAND SAVES

South China Bide

brought the total from 95 proved too strong for University, defuftoly whether Cheung and (SCAA) 21 feet 6 inches; 2.10. only Tong

excellent This was

and won easily by 10 wickets Enger are able to accept the in- Millar (RNAC) 18:54; 3. J. Mc- hood

100 and match not only for its bright-runs made many Sheung, who stood out

enabled to maintain their unbeaten re- vitalion. but his tendency and shoulders above everyone

declare their innings

the cord. Feature of at 177 for three wickets. Luig! was the bowling of Capt. Pierce, tion to goalkeeper He made several thrili- to play to the gallery is his great cise in the team,

Loi-thuen, ing saves but when the equaliser | failing and until he curbs this Tam

and Yue

Gosano remained unbeaten their

with with 79 to his credit-his ald come it was due to a very habit he can never be seriously Chek-yin played up to bad error of judgment on his considered for Colony honours usual form.

highest score of the season.

turn

their

pressure into goals.

During this part of the game Wal Fat-kim Wat Fat-kim was the sine Bus» Krand saves,

mán.

-part.

for-he-is-unreliable.

men up deputy, and his women's time they did not have to depend / match; also had the railsfaction that little bit more of pep in Cheung Kin-man

matio

share of

Scorpions did

an

U.S. WOMEN'S

TENNIS RANKINGS

to

ship

Recreio to

match

18:2

It is understood that in addi-Loughlin (RAF, Little Saiwan)

the above swimmers,

Hop, Blep & Jump: 1. J. Mc- only captured five Invitations have also been made who not wickets for six runs in 3.1 overs Japan for one male long dis-Loughlin (RAF, Little Saiwan) but performed the hat trick tance swimmer and one woman 38 feet 011⁄2 inches,

this match. In-

and Shot Pul; 1. Sayers (RAF, breast-stroke-swimmer, Equalling Pierce's feat was from Australia one sprinter and Little Salwan) 32 feet 6 inches but were greatly handicap- that of the DBS schoolboy A. one long distance swimmer. It 2, D.G. Hanley (RNAC) 30:31; ped in their quest for runs by Myatt whose seven wickets for is also hoped to arrange for Neo3. B.R. Haley (RAF, Ping Shan) the absence of George Souza.

15 runs against Recrelo played Chwee-kwok to swim in Manila 30:

30:14.

sufficient time, made a

The Valley_balsmen, left t

with

try

Diso

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the and

(RAF, Ping Shan) 01 feet 9% inches: 2 WA. Nisbet (RAF) 20:13. D.G. Hanley (RNAC)

78:0

Javelin Throw: 1. B. Holds- worth (23 Glb, Bty.) 151 feet 5 Inches; 2. GA, Cooper (RNAC) 123:7: 3. Pritchard (Wolch) 120:71⁄2.

VERDICT. The game pro Chan Hal-hung, the Kitchee Every Busman defender was duced little good football but it right-half, chased the ball right a hero and if Lee Choun-fat had its share of thrills and was across the field and when it ran get top merit marks it is only good entertainment. Well done,

New York, Dec. 13. Maureen Connolly, 10-year- out of play on the left wing he because he was constantly in the Club, your fightback was well was on the spot to take a quick thick of the fray.

worth the point it won.

old holder of all the world's To their credit, it must be the major part in the School's while on his way to Australls, · Disons Throw: 1. BR: Haley Throw-in, collect the return In the KMB forward line the

major women's lawn tennis said that they went down fight-repeat win.over the Club. ARMY 4, CAA O

championships, pass, swing round and send a right wing pairing of Szeto Man

Was to-daying, and

and special mention must

It is my aim to publish curling lob into the KMB and Szeto

Yui paid big

Second

Division batting In a tousy struggle al Sookun-named No. 1 in the recommen-be made of the fine efforts of goalmouth.

dividends while

Tung Yee-kit

ed United States rankings for their two "unrecognised" bats bowling averages after Christ- went the heads but Wai was a tir

con- poo yesterday the Army Up

tireless worker at entes- tinued their winning

1953.

men, Karanfla and Manley, in mas. Fat-kim, who seemed to have a forward.

way by

Miss Connolly, was ranked in contributing 20 and 33 runs re-

Sorca of

number of clear view of the ball, rashly VERDICT: A hard clean game beating CAA by 4 goals to all.

matches, however, are still un- time. advanced from his goal line and with lots of incident anil interest The Athletle found themselves top place last year for the first spectively.

and it is requested had the mortifying experience but with a complete absence of often resorted to very doubtful

outpaced and

Army, as expected, gained available outweighted and

The first 12 in the list are:

that Second Division team over Univer- of watching the ball pass over the traditional clever playst tactics to keep the score down.

1, Miss Maureen Connolly; 2, comfortable win his head Into the not.

local soccer. The losers must

Miss Doris Hart: 3, Miss Shirsity, to maintain their margin of captains will co-operate give corious consideration to BAD MISTAKE

their play falling crept into ley Fry: 4. Miss Louise Brough: eight-point lead from the Scor-seng in their score books, to

6. Mrs Margaret. Du Pont; 6pions, but not without me after their matches on Decem-Peters was second.

the Sports Editor of this paper their team if they are to keep their play and the referee was

Mrs

Perez and Miss moments of anxiety in the It was a bad mistake and in the top fight. A Szeto Man far too lenient towards themhout Mix Hcieson equal); 3. Miss initial stages of the game. ber 19 and 20. These can be

The Army were the would have transformed their Wells and Longland who have

collected ogain after the might have cost his side

Batting first, they lost four Baba Lewis, Miss Anita Kanter

Your | Christmas holidays. game, but just when we Ex-pity!!

three not yet recovered, from injury, (equal); 10, Miss Julia Samp-early wickets for 31 runs, pected to see Kitchee drive into

THE TEAMS

son; 11, Mrs Dorothy Levine; of these to catches. Farmer- but they were much too strong Szeto the attack,

gamewise

Wright and De Cruz stopped the KMB: Wal Fai-kim, Hung for a CĂA side that seldom look- | 12, Miss Patricia Stewart. Man deelded to take

with rot

wicket record fifth He obviously believed that at-ing-yuk, Chan Kar-sau; Tanged like scoring.

Lee Cheung-fat, Fung

partnership of Carly play

of 130 runs to placo Army tack was the best form of de- Sum,

Army In commanding position Scorpions the soldiers fence and he lashed the bail Kwan-shing; Szeto Yui, Szeto but

with a total of 170 runs for five Navy wickets declared.

nlrand.

ahead at every opportunity.

In the 27th minute he got his reward when he burst through the middle to meet a high cross

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Man, Tang Yee-kit, Lee Tai- exerted pressure and it was no fol, Tam Woon-cheung.

surprise when Chase put them KITCHIEE: Cheung Koon-in the lead. hing: Lee Ping-chul, Loule C- After the interval the Army ping; Chan Fl-hung, Tee Kam- Increased its lead through bung, Kwok Shek: Ho Ying-fan, goals by Nash and Bennett(2) Kwok You, Chu Wing-keung, and ran out comfortable win- Chow Man-chi, Hou Ching-to. ners

Granger had an idle after.

on

line

looking

the

Reuter.

HUNGARY- GIVES UP SWIMMER TO BELGIUM

by

NOTICE

BILL BOAK WINS INTERNATIONAL CROSS COUNTRY Lyons, Dec. 13. Bill Boak, of Britain, won the Aycageur International Cross Country Race here today. Bri- tish Marathon Champion Jim Book, an international, cover- ed the seven kilometres 200 metres (about 4% mlies) course LEAGUE STANDINGS

in 23 minutes 35 seconds. Peters, First Division

holder

fastest of the world's PWDTL Pts Marathon

23 time, clocked 00132 minutes 40 seconds-1/10th of Entry Forms for the 6th Race 9 5 2 1 1 24 second faster than Soucours Meeting 1953/54 to be held on 10 3 3 0 4 18 (France) who was third of 300

3 1 1 3 15 starters.

Recreio Army set up one more record Optimists for the season in this match when IRC they dismissed the undergrads RAF

far

a total of only 30 runs. The CCC previous lowest score of 44 runs KCC Brussels, Dec. 13. Eva Novak, Hungarian 400 was also made by University HKU

who facing Any bowling.- Metres Free Style Silver Medal-

BAG UP TO 42

Army S. CHINA 2, CLUB 2 noon but Casey and Jones list at the 1632 Helsinki Olympic

This time, instead of Dowling, Dockyard Games, arrived here today to

and Grace, it was RAF The meeting of these old were strong backs. Frazer had

complete control of the centre take up permanent residence Alexander rivals at Caroline

with her Belgian husband.

the Dowling-Pargetter combina- Police

for all the DBS Saturday brought out two im-of the field and Wingfield was

The swimmer married in Hel-tion that accounted portant points. The first is the belter, wing-hall,

sinki after the Games but had University's wickels, Dowling Navy that the changing wenrers of In D fast forward

to return to her country with taking six wickets for 24 runs IRC the famous Blue and white Bennett was always

the rest of the Hungarian team. to bring his bag for the season Recreto jerseys Inherit a fighting spirit for goals but Chase was

KCC She was recently given an exit up to 41. that seems to be passed on best forward although, he was

visa to let her join her husband The only other First Division KGV down through the years,

of the ball for long here-Router. starved

|match of the week, that between HKU This inheritance is based on perioda. Newcomer Middleton, a creed of 'The bigger they are, who has connections with the harder they fall for there Sunderland, had an efficient can be no doubt that the Club team, which allows itself to be

Tom Kwok-luen had an overwhelmed by mediocre op uncomfortable day in the CAA position, seems to be fired by goal and might have saved at woma giant-killing spiritos Icast one of the goals. Wong aoon on the big names are the Fa-chuen kicked well and Lee opponents,

Kam-kun defended desperately, The seconil point that was in the forward line Loung Sho brought home to all who saw, and Loung Lam promised most the game is what a great player but the line as a whole played. is Ro Po-koung and this is a negative soccer, A

| surprising point for the Colony

centre-half was absent from the game: But if his absence con

debut.

THE TEAMS Army, Granger; Casey, Jones; Wingfield, Frazer,

Stevens

reduce South China to Batur Ndsh, Reeves, Bennett, Middle

day's depths, then Ko Po-keung

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a greater player than even

his most fervent fans think he

La

ton, Choso,

DA. Tam Kwok-luan; Chung Hon-chal, Wong Fat-chuen; Chan Kam-pin, Leo Kam-kun,

This game was saved from Wo Chul-cheung, Tano Kari

absolute boredom by, the hever, noon, Chow Shontchuot. may-die efforts of the Club for Leling "She, Leung Lam, · Lee on the dượ, the Champional were | thek÷yal

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THE HONG KONG JOCKEY CLUB

Draft

Programmes

arid

Friday 1st and Saturday 9th The British team won the January, 1954, (weather per unofficial Charles Cup-Reuter,, |mitting) may be obtained at the Secretary's Office, Alexan- dra House; the Club' House, Happy Valloy; and the Stables, Shan Kwong Road,

ITALIANS BEAT

CZECHS 3-0 ···

Genoa, Dec. 13. Italy beat Czechoslovakia by three goals to nil in an inter- national soccer match at Genoa Stadium today,

Entries close at 12 o'clock NOON on Tuesday 15th December, 1958,

The Italiens led 2-0 at half By Order of the Stowards,

004 12 time.

.0 0 3 12

Afop-down Italian side, aur.

0 50 prised the majority of experts,

0 8 1 who had expected a Czech vic-

'0' 40 tory, or at least a draw-Reuter.

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