1954-06-12 — Page 16

Basketball Has Rocketed High As A Popular Sport In The Army

By ARCHIE QUICK

Basketball has rocketed high into the popularity class in the British Army. The American troops brought their national game with them and it ras stayed chiefly be

equipment and no cause it requires a minimum of elaborate pitch is required. indoors or oul,

a upei far from that the Army Basket ball Ansormiton ha. 1999 the ins and thiet nemoon's Cup com- petition attaceted Do tad entrare. That is a high gure considering the number of units overseas.

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TWO EMPIRE RECORDS

THE CHINA MAIL, SATURDAY, JUNE 12, 1954.

SPORTING SAM

By Reg. Wootton

SELECTION OF COLONY

BOWLERS FOR VANCOUVER

WAS NO

By

EASY TASK

"TOUCHER”

Congratulations to the five lawn bowlers

Eric Liddell, Alfred

Contes, Robert Gourlay, Raoul Luz and Joe Luz-who have been selected to represent Hongkong in the Empire Games lawn bowls competitions at

Vancouver.

To these may be added our best wishes that they will be able to hold high tiongkong's Ang both on the green and off it,

will

Ta chretion of the Bual perlatives has stat eye an Spirit

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for

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Solection

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the discus

pondu 1

uraltubtedly take the

Kre and FC. pilted against tairly easy epponents and all expected, except for HKERC, to Bowlers coing through with 4-1 wing. matches:

Club The Cricket have won both their by handsome 4-1 margins and

Jandi TC with two games in only seven points behind exact safe when the Leigur lending Recreio "Blues"

A 4-1 win for them today will wih rave Hongkong wild

place them in a good if not Perviet at a meefing of the

the than on June 23,

better 121

DRT.ition il expected to be some- "Bites".

the end of July

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the

selections for Pharaoh's 165-8 with the dis-singles and rinks berths deserve to fan attaully the best ever le comment, the pairs could

have opinion

been porn foregikker"

13: Empire in athlete

Coates Pella of strengthened it Alfred Gino Roy „Canada – reached 171

rid Raul Luz had brew paired teet hubes on May 14 this year. together.

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mny

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Coates played consistently us Teomplished in the United States lead in all the Interport matches Jon Empire records. ate re- in which he took part and is

cognisable only

within still one of I set

the best drawing the Empire.

men in the Colony. More im- Welsh-portant, however, is the net placed that in pairs the need of ex- Metres

directings 14 paruneed

At the same meeting. nou Juhn Duley, who Direct In the 3,000

Both Jimmy Wong's pad Bul Hong Sling's rinks can be de- pented

their to Rive upon Recreio

whoever opponents, they are drawn against, close game. The issue will depend largely on the temperamental · rink skipped by Tommy Batter

D

Against the very curetul play of the Recreio howlers, it is doubtful if Baker will be able to run up the huge scores that he has in the last two matches.

Slightly more cautious play by his rink will probably pro- duce better overall results hore. I should tip Reereio to win by a 4-1 morgin.

Indian Recreation Club, who

Sicentrchase at the last Olympie | greater than in triples or suffered a severn setback when

Cars.

very seconds.

ran the Two Miles in a

The skip will have to depend on fast

Itoutes 57. hus No.

I's directtans not for two woods, or three woods, but Ken Wilmshurst, who try for four woods. brought the British record int The Hop, Siep and Jungs up in

they were badly defeated by 5-0 by Recreio "Blues" two weeks ago, may have all their hopes of being in the run sink to a new law unless they show much better form this aflemoon arginat the strong drawing sad of Recreio "Whites",

TODAY'S GAMES

First Division

Recreio “Blues" V, KOC PRC KBGC 18C v. Beervio "Whites" FC v. CCC (Postponed) KDC (bye)

Second Division

CCC v. KCC KBGC v. TC INC v. USRC HKCC v. Recreio

KFC v. PRC

Third Division

HKFC v. IBC USRC v. HKERC KCC v. CCC PRC v. FC

LEAGUE STANDINGS

Recreio

1

SATURDAY SOCCER SPOT

Looking Back On The 1953-54 Soccer Season

By I. M. MacTAVISH

At the end of each football season it is customary to review what has taken place: pay tribute to those who have achieved worthy success; and often paint a 'silver-lining' picture for those who have found the going hard and difficult.

It makes interesting food for thought to look back over the season and examine not only our play but also the environment against which it took place.

ball followers and his acclama~ | grunted: inefciency real or tion as Footballer of the Year imaginary is shouted from the was bui char reward for #1 house tops....both by you and season of admirable consistency by me....but nevertheless after with spectacular brilliance only some of the refereeing we have when the situation demanded I seen in Manila and In Macao there can be no doubt that our the mainl

next out officials here in Hongkong do a standing personality during the

....

We got off to a bud stort. Wo had early difficulties as fur grounds were concerned und wa had the unforgivable sight of the big fish Binding excuses why they should not appear on grounds where no crowds were unt at the same permitted time we saw the minnows pitted against each other on whatever plich happened to be available.

All this was going on against

encophony of argument counter argument ᎠᎱ . virlous subjects and to the opinion that our football was definitely nut what it used to be.'

false

appearance

the

The League table took on a completely and I was only when the big stadia

that were ready "popular" sides began to show an interest in the prorcelings.

Our various visitors during the season gave variety to the normal local programme and white we shall recall the Djurgarden visit with understandable pleasure, some will try to forget that the Kogo and Pegasus affairs took place.

To my

season whs

'Flush Horry Hatty good job, Yung-sang. He Wis uften brilliant, somelinics his play

disappointing. but was never dull.

was

Hi prodigious kicking, tem

with the inch-perfect pored site-of-the-foot pass, rained him to the status of the football Artist ..even if his meander is down the right wing some. treme mennt wouble for side.

ABSOLUTE FARCE

I have been asked many times I thought about recently what the fantastic play-off arrange- ments that took place recently in I confess the Second Division. that I, like so many others, sco It only as an absolute farce.

How Taikoo, who had

A wonderful season and won thoir One great thing in his favour section of the league, could be- was that he was always trying come involved with the runners- to win. He was often fighting a up in the other section aftor

their | jesingg battle but he was citu

Championship play-off with KMB is very hard to under- | fighting when the final whistle

went. How the game will misaland and the whole thing han him when the time comes for left a deal of suspiclon in many

minds. him to hang up his bouls.

Others who have made Will someone please explain special

10 contributions

ou how two Section Champions can entertainment wery Chan Fal-play off for a Divisional Cham-

future Why that should be so in hurd hung - what a bright

pionship end the losing side do to understand if logical thought | lies

ut ahrad

him!-TR not become runners-up........'» Frazer, Ko Pakeunk, a strange do.... Fat-kim, Szeto Man, Chu Chun-wah,

Mok

Huu

is applied to the visits. Kogs Sheung. wore the currenl League Wai leaders of their national Flat Wing-keung. Division when they came here and for his magnificent hot- and Pegasu9 hield the

against Pegasus, FA trick

Cing-to Amateur Cup.

Neither side played wall In

Apart from these players the their

various

iza games

the

others soeren produced many Colony and Pegasus in articu- who by their consistent and ac-

the

lur showed a strange lack of complished play produced traditional determination with vital stability of 127 хите the result that the Colony re- į Players like Thug Sum,

Marchi, presentative sides worthily" won

DISAPPOINTING

Since my article last Satur- day regarding the terraination of the probationary arrange- Mr Tom Sneddon many Indica- ment between the HKFA- anți

tlong of the disappointment the Chow decision has caused have been beard and read in many places. Wells Armstrong, Ave and drew one of the games Gilbey, Ng Kee-cheung, Honni- P. W. D. L. Pls. | played against them.

bali, Tse Kam-ho, Jobling and player: in host of others. Such Manila offered no opposition were the foundation of footbal to our players and All-India, in the Colony. who were our last visitors, were entertaining

First Division

1 0 36

"Blues" Recreio

"Whites" CCC кос

4

4 0 0 10

3 2 0 1 10

3 2 0 10

2 2 0 0 B

gane

of the exponents without being able

to

IN QUADRUPLICATE

maintained i

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THIS AFTERNOON

Neum's TONIC

440 zen onds.

48 feet 11 inches, Bras comastoney OVER

Coming with a triple jump of 48 feet

The Indian threes and skips KBGC

FC Pauche: It won the LeaZIO

Arst in particular will have to put in Yurda Hurdles 563 Divison match between Reevcio] their full share if their side is

17+

"Blues"

und KCC

Recreio to come out with the three pohits which I think they will be able to take

FRC

show us anything new.

IRC

1 0 1 4

LOST INTERPORTA

this [fernoon's mantele.

The

0 0 2

And Now the MacTovini. Tupper is doffed-in quadrup- Hente-for the Jaal time

KDC

4 0

0 4

Qur

this

Second Division

The

0

2 14

3 3 0 0 13

4 2 0 2 11

3 2 0 1 10

the Colon

Recrcio match between Police HKFC fath

Bowling KCC The Kowloon Green Clubs should be a very USRC close affair. The Policemen are 1RC in better form than their more CCC reputed eponents, but will be KBGC badly handicapped for lack of TC

suitable skip in one of their HKCC rinks to replace Ken Bodie.

Benny Goodman in taking over that rink, but with all duc respect to my irlend Benny, I think this rink will prove to be the weak link that will give the Kowleenites their 3-2 win.

4 2 0 2 9

3 2 0 1 8 5 10

4 7

2 0 0 2 Z

PAс

3 0 0 3 1

Third Division

0

I 1 0 0 5

1 1 0 0 4

1 1 0 0 4

1 0 0 1 1 10

1 0

1 "

1 D

KCC IRC FC HKENC USRC In the Second Divkion.

Recreju League-leading

are PRC expected

with little (CCC opposition from the Hongkong HKFC Cricket Club and should be able

Ap meel

to get away with the maximum points.

The Hongkong Football Club will also have little dimeulty in retolining their second position with probably full points from the Police.

There have been strong in- dications too that many folks closely connected with various grades of local football would like to see the Council glyc further consideration to the mat- ter before it is too late.

However, from available in- formation it stems that, tho decision

Was of the Counel! almost inevitable because cbr In international football more

tain important factors in con- recent achievements season to four players who is due special commendation. First

pection

Mr Sneddon's with hardly need repeating, but it is

Taylor as Important to realise that to goalkeeper Joha

in

vallability and the scope of his for all

the work had not been publicised as circumstances that led

up to they should have been.....but his now legendary performance that is another story which only between the sticks against Al- the Association

clear up India.

to Santos, of the Later, however, some of our Prisons, for his consistent bril- players won the Asian

from Games Banco when pulled back

The Championship for Taiwan. Hongkong tum

both our

Interport encounters Jardine's. away from the Colony-against Macao

Singapore--the and Colony sides were beaten.

Player'.

some fans, bui a

for itself.

con

Incidentally, there was rib the depths of the Second Divi- teakuge of information from the

to his rightful went through ston

place in closed meeting of the Associa→ representative foot on at which the Sneddon bush- its games in the same tourna top-class

Szeto Yiu whe .to ment without defeat and in a ball.

nens was discussed. I believe exhibition match held here last must surely get the undisputed Mr Sneddon was informed or Most the decision within 48 hours of week they showed that they award of the season's were not one bit inferior to Versatile

,and I being made......and from their colleagues who had elected finally to Ho Cheung-yau, there on whatever happened to represent Nationalist China. youngster whose potential brot

could hardly be called a

leais and all that hardly talles llance appears to worry

age......or was Mr Sneddon our re-called football with the suggestion that

expected to keep it under his Foccor is deteriorating.

player who is destined to go hat that he hack been sack- right to the top, with or with- cd......?? And so to the players. Goal-out the encouragement of keeper Granger has already runsympathetic section of the ceived the plaudits of the foot-Colony's spectators,

him gets the tile of the 'Bea- eon's Most Promising Player.‚'

Looking back, there are cer- lainly some moments and In- eldents we shall want to forget, but there are also many that we shali recall with pleasure and satisfaction.

SKIPS' TABLES

now K. odle (PRC)

T. E. Baker (KCC)

First Division

J. A. Luz (Rec. Blues)

Strongly-contending Kowloon Cricket Club, who are placed third in the table and who are the only unbeaten team in this division, will, however,

J. F. V. Ribeiro (Rec. Blues) be given an extremely game by a reshuffled Craigon-A. A. Lopes (Rec. Whiles) gower opposition, A 3-2 or 4-1. Baza (FC) T

close

win for the Valley, Club is very likely,

The Third Division games will eve the favourites, IRC, HIKERC,

A. E. Elliot (KDC)

A. E. Coates (CCC)

J. S. Landalt (CCC)

C. R. Rosselet (CCC)

C. A. Danenberg (Rec. Whites)

P. W. L. D. F.

A. U. D. PLS

4 400 97, 61

2 2 0 0 05 15 80

4 2 2 0 112 04 48

2 0 80 08 20

45 28

0 D 45

0 0 48:29

2 0 84 19

10 58 58

1 0 54 55

10 00 03

BANK ||

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WORTHWHILE *

In one of the Clubs the other day I heard this question “What would give the biggest flip to football next season?". It K this was intended as a domestic question I believe the answer Is cosy...a powerful points collecting Hongkong Footbat? For these moments the players Club team.... Transient Ber- 4 are in the main responsible and vices teams will, if their form.

therefore they

are

duo the warrants the popular, do appreciation of our football but a really strong Club pubile, but it would be wrong to would give a competitive con- close the log of scason 1953-54 tinuity that the, Bervices sides without a word of praise to the cannot hope to do. I appre long-suffering oficials who tools clate that the Club has its prob

lems but the return om a charge of the various gaines,

Club sido fighting it out among a thanklessthe leaders would make up Efficiency Is taken for effort well worthwhile

2

Their is really

*3.'2 task.

SOUTH

RNIN

POR

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