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THE CHINA MAIL, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 1954.

HKAAA BREAKS ALL RECORDS IN CONDUCTING

UPSET OF THE DAY

The biggest upset of yesterday's Hongkong- Kowloon meeting at Boundary Street was the victory of Cpl. Juck Wood of RAF Shek Kong in the Three Miles uver Chan King-yin, South China's ace distance runner. -China Muil Photo,

LEAGUE

CRICKET

ARMY VERY NEAR

TO WINNING BOTH DIVISIONS

By "THE

ZOMBIE"

Army increased their lead in the Senior Division of the Cricket League and

io finishing the came nearer season with an unbeaten recurd as another week-end of matches were concludert.

Navy's batemen were again unable to rise to the occasion when they met Army on Saturday. Even with Agar back in their team and with Pearson, Sadler and Ballwell to strengthen their batting. the sailors could enly auster 53 runs on their first lease of the wicket.

Opening bowlers Alexander good throw in went straight to and Withell did most of the the stinpa to run hho out. damage with Dowling And Two overs later, Gerry Guson s. Pargetter well taking care of the after playing back a few boils from Muhon, cocked one up ta mid-on to give in casy catch Micky Remedios was the nex vietin, when he was beaten by

rear.

Army's prospects of winning

the League

further e were hanced by the defeni në Herrens

by the Optimists and the slower one from Mahon ond ability of Scorpions to force a was bowled. win over on the Indian Recre

tion Club.

FASTEST EVER TRACK

MEET IN HISTORY

By "RECORDER”

There were critics yesterday of the Hongkong Amateur Athletic Association's methods of conducting a track and field meeting, but no one can say that it wasn't run on time. In fact, it was run so fast that ong race was started before another was finished and the afternoon's guests of honour arrived at the appointed time to find that everything was over short of the remeasuring of the track.

The jumpers competed in an atmosphere of "Hnd your three hops, heh! Now hop it and found themselves at one stage the target of the hammer throwers. University's prize leaper, Ng Chunn-wai, enme very near to being laid out for good as a victim of the ball and chain gang.

race

Greonds

the

Quite the craziest thing, how-| Xavier's 220 Yards around two over Ho May-yee, selling IL ever, was someone's bright idea | turna

ut

a perfect horsehoc ground record of 20.3 of nel waiting for the fur course In 22,7 reconds,' This in the 220 Yards. walkers and Starting the One would be equivalent to noout

The Kowloon girls won Mile

behind them. The 22.3 or 22.4 seconds on the old Reiny with Joyce Colton coust

comfortably on the patient pedestrians had the dis- Caroline Hill track. In any ense,inst In comforting; reeling once per

Jan It was a Colony record for 236 anchor lap after having received of having:

pack of

runners Yards and Xavier was slowing an appreciable lead.

THE SUMMARIES sweeping round them at spoed. as he approached the top,

In the geural confusion C. S.

100 Yards a good eight in ten yards ahead Med-of Kennedy Skipton, with

1. Stephen 2/Lt. Sweeney.

Xavier 2. 2/1t. Sweeney burst of the Roval Navy hot on

The track:

belog! 01 his heels, withed into near later measured in the inside lane in 3. Hung Chee-kee (K) national

Umme for the which Xavier ran was foul to 4.4. A Kearney (1)

Mulvaney (UK) -Mile Race Walk.

be 41% feet too long, which, etth. Cept JET AGE WALKING

Ladies' 100 Yards JET AGE

|course is muel, better than if *!

had been one inch tou'short.

GIANT IN FORM

(K) (K)

10.3 10.3

105

1. It all (IK) 2. May-yee (K)

125

12.7

Toe Pinelterpere gave hờm 10, innot: 9.4 second for the six

3. Fuk Wing-sheung (K) .. 128 bapan aral, ae. The organiser of the South China's got Chan Wage 4 Chan Choo yuk (HK)

Ven M Kennedy Skipton Chuen found 40 feet in the Shot

220 Yorils promptly ani quite rightly Put to set up a Boundary Street applied for HKAAA. Standard round record, his beat being 4 2 2 Lt. Sweeney (K)

1. Stephen Medals for the first three 10 feet 2 inches (12,20 metres). 3. J. A. Kearney (UK) Anish. It WID certainly Jet which was 0% inches short of

(K) 4. Hung Chee-keo Age walking,

The only explanation

the Colony record ret by Lt. J.

Ladies' 220 Yards F. Greer at Caroline Hill in

Rita Holl (HK) And for the fantastically

Wai-chuca was in Jus best al- 2. time is the probability that only round form, taking second place Ave lups were covered instead

in the Javelin Throw with 144 of six, but even over live laps feet and fourth place in the Dis- 10:00.4

represents the fastest tare walking ever seen in Hong- kong.

I can

fast

Skipton Kennedy

by wom Boout two feet frem Medhurst

with Cup, L. R. Spocne about 50 yards back in third place. Toward the end of the Male race

malch and there were

1951 1

Fok Wing-sheung (K)

(K)

23.0

24.1

24.5

20.3

31 5

4

Chan Cher-yuk (HK)

.. 31.7

440 Yards

cus with 111 feet 6 inches, his 2. 2/Lt. Holdsworth (HK) best performance since the 3 1. A. V. Ford (K) Colony record of 128 feet 1% 4

Luang

(HK) Kum-po inches at Boundary Street in 5. Ray Spencer (1K)

4. Pte. Davies (K) December, 1952.

1.

2/Lt. Hindell (K)

55.4

55.5 55.9

54.0

many

The general standard was high

Comune the

days of last season.

One

were won in the held events.

Was

Stephen

Malaya's Team For Glasgow Tournament

Penang. Jan. 31.

was no

bern Kiven another 3. Chow Tal-king (HK)

2:00.0

10:38.0 16:41.5 16:52.1

FASTEST AGAIN

Rita Hall, the Colony Champlon and record-holder, re-established herself as the fastest in Hongkong when she bent Ho May-yee (extreme left), to whom she lust three weeks ago, in the 100 Yards event at the Hongkong v. Kowloon meeting at Boundary Street yesterday. She later set a Boundary Street ground record in

Mail Photo. winning the 220 Yards in 29.3 seconds. —- Chíná

CAA 0, KMB 4

Lee Kam-Koon Holds The Busmen At Bay-But

One Man Is Not Enough

By I. M. MacTAVISH

The second half of this game at Caroline Hill must rank among the poorest football we have seen in any First Division game this season. After some interesting first half play the proceedings deteriorated steadily after the interval and the already small crowd had dwindled to a mere handful long before the finish.

had beaten-the

KMB won without ever having to get out of bottom gear and eventually they were only prevented from overrunning a very scrappy CAA side by the grand lighting display of single-handed defensive work by centre-half Lee Kam-koon. This youngster had an excellent game but towards the end he was so tired that he lost that "vital yard of speed and this was the direct cause of two late goals.

Some

During the game the Police In the Full-bucks Ko of the play

Lai-ming and were for 100 forwards had the misfortune to 4:56.7closing minutes of the game was Wong Tut-chun 5:05 9

marred by the doubtful toelics prone to adopt careless tactics see scoring shots cannon bock Crossbar, uf one or two of the CAA de-and many fouls were awarded off the post and the

I felt that in at against them towards the end. and in the second half Au Chi- fentlers und

The KMB team did not show yin

WBS

most unfortunate to see least a

a couple of instances the

a header that referée

of which we know they are CV Cre severe with the offenders,

Play opened on a fively note capable, but the little they did by a desperate deferler.

There is no doubt that Kitchee Ther und

strong raid by CAA show was more than enough to

win the

Wai Fat-tim was the cleverer footballing side, points. the Busmen swung play to the win other end end only good save had his castest afternoon of the but they took, far too much for their single goal recollect granted und by Tam Kwok-luen, who pulled season and

the the ball down

him having one difficult shot to lead at the interval from under

deal with during the whole than flattering russbar, saved the situation.

The Police hnd most of the The smaller CAA side was gone.

Chan Kar-sau again kicked play in the second half and it giving a good account of itself in defunce and the powerful and lackled well, while Tang was no surprise when Au Chi- KMB side was unable to turn Sum was always In evidence yin scored the equaliser with on their clever otheld play into with his thoughtful passes to the accurate hender. At this store

forwards.

in the game it seemed that the goals.

CAA had several possible In the forward line Szeto Man Kitchee players were going to were the top pieces, but, after several streng 17.3 chances to scure, but hasty shoot- and Lee Tal-fai

Police raids. slackness in the the forwards saw all theinen. ing by

this Blues' rear lines let au Ching- VERDICT: kept chances

inight have been more much of the top-speed foothonuatkeeper elcured of the ne

10:00.4

17.2

5: 6

5: 2

wasted,

KMB

I cannot

As a game

wns more

The Discus throwing was of

880 Yards high standard, 2/Lt, ler. Capt. Fitzgerald (K) the race walk strugglers kept bring Standard Medal winner) 2. 2/La. Black (K)... 2:11.4 in the way of the time-with 121 feet 6 mches for first 3, J. P. MacMahon (HK) 2:16.0 keepers trying to cutch The place, LJ. Lamberi reáching 117:44. Leung Kum-po (UK), 2:417,4 Miters place mes Ind Alored and S/Sgt. Walte 11:11

One Mile back with all the dignity in the Another Stoklard Meda! 1. 2/14, Finch (K)

4:46.8 wo. between heeling and toe- wen! in the Juvelin Throw 2, 1e. Thompson (K) 4:51.3 ing as officials triezi

Williamson to shoo when J.W. Bland of the Royal 3. Semin them off the course.

Navy reached the 171 feet ΣΤ (HK) Yes. Kowloon beat Hongkong inches. Capt. R.A.F.S.

Spr. Owens (K) Recp 1. by 173 points to 148 in the annuai and Pte. Gordon of the Dorsets 5. Wong Kah-yuè (HK) Standard Medel 6. A. B. Nixon (HK) good performances.

with

Three Miles 10 feet 3 inches at approached that of the best and 10 feet respectively in the 1. Cpl. Jack Wood (K) Pole Vault and South China's To2, Chun Kig-yi (K)

missed Just

3. Cыl. R Beck (K) by un Cololly rcorst

wus King-shau

the Hop. Step

4. Au Chung-shi: (HK) and broken and six standard medals inch

6. Lee Kam-hum (K) Jump with 42 feet 11 inches.

University's Ng Chuan-wat 6. Medhurst (HK) the long of The battle

1-Mile Race Walk Quite the best performance of the meeting

Won

G. S. Kennedy-Skipton humpers with a good 20 feet 912 Inches, To King-chau

being

(K) secund with 20:54 and George 2. Medhurst (HK)

..... 10:00.8 Thumb third with 20:3%. The 3. Capt. L. II. Spooner (K) Jads were all on form and if 4. Fung Lap-poon (K), they had thee tries would quite probably 6. Chow Tsuen-kce (HK), have salted well beyond 21 feet. 120 Yards Igh Hurdles George Thumb proved that he 1. Capt. Mulvaney (HK) back number by also 2. Cupi. R.A.F.S, Reep (K) placing second with 41:5 in the

High Jump Strong Hop, Step and Jump feld. 1. Lin Cheung (HK)

2. Lt RACE OF THE DAY

McConnell (K)

5; 4 trying to force the pace down was a poor advertisement for to through to notch the winning

the right wing only to find that Flest Division soccer and that goal. The Badminton Association of The race of the day was the 3, Lt. Edwards (K)

due to the fact The Polkce strength came from There was no stopping

4:10 the good work of Szeto Man and was probably Malaya tonight pleked Singa-Three Miles, in which Cpl. Jack 4. A.B. Payne (HK)

ted their powerful half-back line of very nearly pulled Optimists then and the whole

Pole Vault

Szeto Yul was countered by Lee that CAA pore's In losing to the Optimist: byRecre side was out for a total

Ong Poh Lin former Wood, of RAF Sek Kong, out-

KMB down to their own level. Hughes, Lal Wal and Wakefield. Kam-knum 1. Capt. R.A.F.S. Reep French and Irish singles chann-run South China's highly favour- 118 runs, Reervio suffered onet 45 runs,

The

interval saw

the score Two spectators sitting in front By well-timed interventions this pian, and

(K)

10: 3 Penang's Oof Teked Chan King-yin to win by a,

dangerous of their most severe defeats in

but it was of me whlied away the time by trio broke up many blank. Top honours for this match

Hock, 1940 and 1952

10: & sheet still Thomas few

few yards after a race all the 2. Pte. Gordon (K) years. A steady innings of $4

say Kitchee attacks and while Wake- go to Mation who claimed seven

0:0 only a last minute flying savereading Cup player,

field was the defensive stalwart, Pritchard by opening batsman

in which Wood, King-yin, 3. Kwong Lau-chin (HK) as Malaya's two- way wickets for only

cight runs.

Long Jump

by Tam Kwok-luen that kept it more?

Hughes was much better when uld the foundation of an

Five of his victims were eitan team to the Glasgow world Cpl. R. Beck of RAF Sek Kong

Invitation tournament next and Au Chung-shing, the 1. Ng Chuan-wai (HK) 20; 041⁄2 50. average score of 183 by the OP howled. The appeared to be)

Hung his aide was on the attack. Lai KMB: Wal Fat-kim; Novices' Champion, kept chang-12. To Icing-chau (HK) 20: 634 with ittle wreng

half that the ng-yuk, Chan Kar-sau: Tang Wat did a grand job of shadow- the wicket,

After the tournament, The Optimists took two hours but Mahon was swinging effecheid from Match 10 to 13, Ong the lead on every lap.

to being positions and challenging for 3. George Thumb (K) 20: 3% of the second

Busmen were determined to Sum, Ng Kes-cheung, Lee Chun- ing King Lok-sung and, 4. Chue Ming (K)

centre-forward, who was Injured only to compile that acore,tively with the new ball one!

will compele in the reaching the 60 in 41 minutes, varied his pace

The Half Mile and Mile were 6. Shek Wai-man (HK) 18:104 make a special effort to get into ft; Sz:to Yui, Szeto Man, Tang

"half," never looked the lead, and with successful and Ool

with only nine Yul-kit, Leo Tal-fal, Tam Woon in the first won in good times for the 6. Pte. Jordan (K). All-England championships from The 100 in 67 minutes and the results.

very dangerous March 17 to 20 and the United

Street truck -

Hop, Step & Jump minutes gone they had chalked cheung.

In the forward line Au Chi-yin CAA: Tam Kwok-luen; Ko 150 in 103 minutes.

Both of these CLOCK WING

States opcr Churppionship its notoriously the lowest in the 1. To King-chou (HK)

up two goals.

Tat-chuen; ord Mosa

were the most The Scorpions were

were scored by Lee Tal-fal and Lal-ming, 7 to 11. They will leave Colony. The Half saw the re-2. George Thumb (K) Apell

very Cheung Hon-chal, Lee Kam profitable men although Tsan were the result of some

the koon, Chan Kam-pul; Tam Kim-Wah did many clever things and at the end of April.

good combined play by

moon, Leung Lam, Leung She, was unlucky with a grand shot wing-halves and forwards. The

with the Shek that hit the crossbar Lee Wan Chui-chung.

woalkeeper well beaten. As

WCTC soon as the goals

In a Kitchoe team that never the scored

CAA challenge 40: 23%

rose became a Vanished And they

KITCHEE 2, POLICE 1

above the very ordinary 38:10

top marks go to goalkeeper Kitchee were very fortunate Cheung Koon-hing for his many 30:11 skle of lause ends, although in

due winnors aver the Police at the 33: 2fairness this was probably

combination of

KMB Club Stadium on Saturday. The fine gaves, and to him, more than any other, goes the credit for success and injuries

play of the winners was as un-

Kilchee's Iwo points. Chan Fai- Athletic forward luo.

familiar as their bright red shirts, an Play

Пр deteriorated

the and they were but a shadow of hung and Chow Man-chi were

half-backs

for Tee minutes ticked away and two the side that recently humbled the "best

Kam-hung never really settled In the Senior late goals for KMB-scored by South China

down to the wing half position Szeto Man and Tang Yui-kit-Shield,

and In

half he The Police team gave as good, switched positions with

In the second emphasise the

Chow of the and sometimes more, then they Man-chi.

received and they were

very Hou Ching-to was the most Kwok-luen, unlucky not to retain at least

dangerous forward, but severn! Lee Kom-koon and Leung Lam one point.

times ho

ho rather surprisingly, tried Kitchce very nearly paid the ure worthy of special mention nɔ

the to use his right foot to cut the just an across the goal, and each biller end, Some of the others opposition ond threw in the sponge as soon be occasional smile from Lady Luck time he only succeeded in isend-

Ing the

ball

wide of the little

op-made them pay dearly for their of the other

timists.

With Itecrein being left almost to heat the clock rather

Whable than

month.

as much time to inako te runs, their opponents in their mateb / Malaya on March 1 and return įturn of "Paddy" MacMahon, 13. Ng Chuon-waj (HK)

It looked as if a close finish was with in store, But instead tiny were

all out in the very short peried

of, 45 minutes,

Arst

The rot started in the very over, when L. 11. Gosan › played outskle

ton

In the next over, A. Noronha pushed

one lo cever and called for a short run.

A

The

Indians and here

Shot Put

Discus Throw

18: 5

42:11 41: 6 30; 0

38: 7% 38: 314

to

It was obvious from the start

Colony record-holder for the 4. Shek Ka-lim (1K) to 800 Metres and One Mile, who 5. 2/Lt. Edwards (K) BAM also decided

the All-looked like he had the measure again the disparity of the invits Eddie Choong, numbre of

1. of over scut down to England champion and a London of the eventual winner, Capt. Chan Wai-chuen

(HK) carh sade was cuite conspicuous, low student, to represent Malaya Fitz Gerald of the Royal Nor-

The Indions batted for 38

in her defence of the Thomas folke, only to fall at 000 metres 2. 2/Lt. Heron (K) and the Scorpions for

and lose valuable yards. for Cup in 1955.

The 3 L/Bdr. Bartram (K) kuswinging only 28.

1 did not see this Today's mceling, held in woning time Was good 4. Cur. Exgleton (HK) third bail from Mahen and was match, but if this is compared Pening, fixed June 3 and 4, 1955, 2:00.0. clean bowled.

with the RAP-KCC match the for the challenge round to Le The Mile, a race all the way 1. 2/Lt, Heron (K) ... 121: G E. considerabite room for Improve-played in, Singapore. Dates for between the first three-was 12. L. Lamber: (K) 117: 7 ment towards brighter cricket the preceding Inter-zone ties also won by a Royal Norfolk 3. S/Sgt. Walte (UK) 111:11

Chan Wai-chuen can be easily seen.

were fixed for May

athlete, 2/Lt. Finch, in a good 411. 20 and 21

(131) in the

minutes 10.8 seconds. RAF-KCC match, and May 27 and 28. RAF declared their innings for David Choong.

Javelin Throw There was a close finish in a Cambridge

with 2/Lt. 1. J. W. Bland (HK) 440 Yards for seven law student, was, reappointed the

Wal- chuen Gundi Busch Wins total of 205 runs

wickets, scored In 38,3 overs, Malaya's delegate to the annual Hindell edging cut 2/Lt. Holds- 2. Chun

(HK) but gave the Kowloonites 35 general meeting of the Inter-worth in 55.4 seconds with Lt.

Holdsworth stumps were national Badminton Federation A. V. Ford third in 55.9 seconds. 3. 2/Lt.

1o be held in London in June.

Capt. J. E. Mulvaney, the (HK) It was also decided to open Colony

bcat Capt. 4. Pte. Wilson (K) of

Hammer Throw year to all another close finish in the 120

1. S/Sgt. Waite (IK) 114: 9 is amateur players of national or Yards High Hurdles.

Rita Hal roestablished herself | 2. TQMS Tosdevine" (K) 110:10 genisotions affiliated to the Inter-

as the Colony's fastest feminine 3. SSI Docherty (HK) 105:10% thereafter: ritional Badminton Federation.

Reuter,

a double aprinter with

victory 4. G/Sgt. Tizzard (K) 101: 34 position.

Figure Skating Championship

Overs

drawn.

before

If the disparity in the num ber of overs was fi

111:0

171:10

144: 0

143: 5 133; 0

only.

served 10

difference

in standard

two teams.

For CAA, Tem

in the

yau.

books.

Need I

THE TEAMS

Wong

any way the future Malayan champion- R.A.F.S, Reep of Dorsets In 15. Chue Ming (K)_............ 112: 4% they kept trying right to the penalty of underestimating

due to delays in setting the ships us from

LEAGUE STANDINGS First Division

| field, the situation will, it Bolzano, Jan. 31.

hoped, be remedied, in future Gundi Busch, tall 18-year-games. old. German girl who lives in Milan, won the European Women's Figure.. Skating Chumpionship here today. Army

She was supreme in both the Optimists compulsory figures and the free Scorpions skating. Undismayed by a fall Recreio

Looc early in her free skating pró-

Navy gramme today, she went on, to mc win comfortably from two Bri-AF tish girls, 20-year-old Miss Erica

KCC Batchelor and 14-year-old Miss

HKU

Yvonne Suydon.

Awards

Dockyard

Busch told reportera Army

that "for the RAF moment, there is no talk of my Polico turing professional”

Winners of other titles were: Navy Mon: Carlo Fast, Italy. DES Paire Sylvia Grandjean, Switzerland.

'anel

Miclidel IRO

Recreio

Ice Dancing Lawrence Demmy, KCC and Jean Westwood, Britain

P. W. D. T. 1. PU.

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13 7 3 0 3 31

12

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6 4 1 1 30

12 0 1 1 *

27 20

13

154 18

13 2 7 0 4 15

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this

THE GAMBOLS

YOU HAVEN'T FORGOTTENL THAT THE BOSS IS COMINO TO DINHER TO DAY. HAVE YOU) [DATE 1]

(HO, DEAR

The planned a lovely meal) with asparagus tipt, sả grilled salmon, peas and a Woh dear so

KMB

got into the lead

offered

Barry ABB liby

/ hope it doesnt make him think he'r paying George too much mondy

with

the

and the Police players would have on. He although

carelessness.

Surt

Surf clean

really dean

was the beat

Leung Wing-kwong

first-hall goal very sma

2. VERDICT: «Police :

his

were de-

unlucky to drop both points in this game. but they must develop more punch for- ward if they are to reap the full benefit of good epproach work. Klichoo took their chances and the points but it was Choung Koon-hing who took the honours. A good, entertaining

game.... Follows Tsang Kal-wing;

THE TEAMS

Loung Wing-ful, Laung), Kuzen- fal; Hughes, Lat Wal, Wakefield, Tam Chung-sing Moss, Au Chi-- yin, Lo Shiu-Jun Tanner Wal M: Klicheer: Cheung, Koon-hung Lea Ping-chlup Loule, C.

awong, Hó Vin &ning King-

Chington