1955-02-12 — Page 17

THE CHINA MAIL, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 1955.

SPORTING SAM

By Reg. Wootton

LEAGUE CRICKET

Army South

Can't Afford

To Lose Four Points

To The RAF Today

By "GOOGLY”

The situation at the top of the First Division Cricket League table may be considerably changed after this afternoon's games which see Royal Air Force and Army South battling it out at Kai Tak and Optimists at home to Recreio at Chafer Road.

Two more of the First Division matches could also considerably affect the rebutive standings. KCC meet the Scorpions and Army North meet Craigengower.

The Ki Tak much result will; greatest difficulty in salvaging |

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be ment inapentant in the battle; even one point. ILE €'harraptorantup honours

Navy will be hosts to Unlver- while the sedlans have 39 points sity at King's Park on a wicket from 15 gomes, the airmen have without the usual matting with 27 froam 11 Ratties nul

with loosely The top dressed potential o 43 it they remain packed and. First knock will

clisadvantage

either leam and if the sellers but Arst the University may well finish

at least

bey

In their next four

trade frutand Shoul

Manage " win aginat Army South, The RAF will be

acer 17 very nicely the the mpoships race,

Suh's batting Army

form

spectacular fast Chagengewers indit-

ferent bowling

week its

for 123 cuna

the season with

in if not four.

50

JUNIOR DIVISION

TOMORROW

Becond Division KGV Dockyard

Army ▼ HAF Jele

FAC "13"

(at Sooitunp) HOW THEY STAND

First Division

I' W. 1.

Die

Army South 15 Reuzelo

13

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D. T. PIM B 3 3 39 #32

KCC

12 7

3 2 0 30

Army North 12 КА

7

0 2 3

0 24 0

There will sly he two games 171 The Junior Division th.s afternoon. RC "A" meet KCC and Univerally are at home the Navy The Arst Almarket day Interesting.

124 Tomorrow Police meet ]

141

Dock-

Scorpterts

sismissed Invin The airmen have the all-tum potential to pull off a victors, but even the extra

hent's play sutt

10 May not enonth to avval a sharing of two | 1935) at Soukupens and interesty

s should th teams, sorge V

School mast essentially be determined not Jose.

The best game in the Best RAF start favourpe ire wi!

between Army and RAF will ht the Optimists us the also be played on the agening

Army Halter's tall sellin wags. For Army around at Sookup to

KCC

That Menter,

akai morrow. The armen,

at proierrio Heerein's 4122 the King's Park

sent leaching the tubky, are up alde wiki hold

IRC "A" a slight edge in against tough opposition feling and this may well be will have to struggle against "B" The deciding factor.

the likely possibility of an Army

Dockyardi victory

KGV DIS Navy University

1

Recreio were unfortunate last week in just fiddling to take all four points from the Scorpions A draw is a not unlikely result of this mantel, but itservio can- #foid another setback in their fight for points.

1107

Nurth

Cruigengower's

current

balling slump continues, Arty AYarata lti experience 113 great difficulty in taking all the points.

Seur plons' batsmen, 011 the other hand, are beginning to touch their form of previous seasons and KCC will have the

5 2 4 1 20

AT

SATURDAY SOCCER SPOT

COMMONSENSE TRIUMPHS LONG LAST WITH THE COMMITTEE OF THREE

By I. M. MacTAVISH

The soccer sidewalks have been buzzing with many topics during the week and argument, controversy and comment have been prolific. The subjects discussed are many and varied but several of them are by no means new to readers of this column.

The first of these concerns the fact that at long Inat a Committee of Three has now been set up by the Hongkong Football Association to SELECT referees to ofilciate in games against visiting aldes.

than a year ago, no association China and Kitchee at Caroline with real international ambitions [Hill Lomorrow is the ster attrac- can hope to see these realised ❘tion. This could be quite Д

the domestic preparation abbreviated.

is

This is the biggest single rep (forward that has been made in local football in years and It is indeed cherung to realise that as far as show games go the now Afamous Referees' Ruta has been For a 15 rounds fight, a boxer used to in appropriate place must train over at least 10 in the Deliberate Mistake De rounds

for a 90 minutes' Horrors. partment of our Chamber of football match our players must surely follow the same principle and train over the full distance.

AVET

II

•

·

BURNING QUESTION

guano especially when one re- members that when South China were on the crest of the wave

Caroline Hill and knocked them out of the competition Ana most accisive fashion.

Just season Khichee went 10

Will history repent itself? doubt it, but don't count Kit- chce out of the race until the goals are added up at the end the new Government ....South China are a long way Studium at Sookunpoo has cars

from being in the foal and then they must surely have should not be forgotten that thin been burning during the past season they have never

Word of mouth shown their best form week or two.

The members of the new Con- matter of Three have been well wealth polected. All of them have a Di experienc intimate understanding of the requirements of their office and we can be hopeful that nothing but benent will eme from this jeongg-overdue arrangement,

The subject of SELECTING referees for big games has been

link tegic in this colum).JS

probable that current stories Line und alth.ugh many of the

rounds have recent circumstances have pre-oing the

been distorted cipitated a lot of publicity for it, mbellished,

and it is haberesting to recult that us twisted in vocal transit. taz bark us December 3, 1953, i wrese inter aln the following:-

some

13

always a vulnerable ROWS ucher Chinese sides.

and it is

quite

Agüinst

This afternoon

and Army Club will Oght it out at the tub Stadium for the other

Here again; place in the Anal. the result is no more of a fore- However en the basis "That gone conclusion than it is in to- Club are one where there's smoke there's | Morrow's game,

difficult aide in tho the fire" it would appear that many of the most jsystem of selecting referves for people are

who

heilepe

worried about the Colony to beat especially when sakes are high and if they is going once get their nose in front the

|the big games that is wrong. Ia role the new stadium

the troone countries rejerves are to

play in local soccer affairs.. selected for games particular- 'and what is much more im-soldiers might well find it be- an merit. There; portant. .how It is going toyond them to retrieve the situa-

is no question of bind allegiance Influence the financial structure

to adopted in the Colony

there must always be a elancé,

the

Hongkong

and the South

of getting an unsuitable referer Football Club numinated for a big pame, just] China Athlette Association are

Optimusis

65 1 0 25

match

Police

13

6410 25

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12

4

# 0 01 15

Navy

12

110 1

ip big game's

10

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0

0

Second Division

10

a foster and sentit a mintlar

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L. D. Psystem to

of the game.

15

3

3 313

Naturally

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The game between Roercin and Diocesan Boys' School has been postponed.

TODAY'S GAMES First Division Naty v University Optimists v Heerelo Army North CCC RAF Y Any South KCC v Serpon Pace (Bye)

Second Division versity v Navy

It rewý DBS (postponed} IRC "A" KCC

LEAGUE CRICKET

AVERAGES

BATTING

(Qualification-200 runs)

L. Stanton (Scorpions)

F. A. Weller (Scorpions)

D. Coffey (KCC)

G. Souza (CCC)

Power (RAF)

Medid (Army

Withall

South)

(Army South)

Green (RAF)

G. R. Pritchard (Optimists)

G. N. Gosuno (Recreio)

C. J. Leader (Optimists)

Inns. Buns H.S. N.O. Avg.

82.25

Patice

t

Films-Current

And Coming

(Continued from Pare 2)

| because he

for the itatened to be next] most closely concerned in the

However, real

rumourmongers gossip, and, has according to the progress

atory-teller's these now been made. It has taken affinity or otherwise to long time to eut through the organisations, so the context of stubborn prejudice but, as good the story changes, things are usually worth wdung

Certain documents concerning tor, let us say "Thank-you' lö the football councillor who was the role of the now stadium are Instrumental

already in circulation and, while in bringing the schema to fruition

at this stage it would be wrong und look forward to improved

to suggest that anything socter

Lained therein is completely in- teriainment as a result,

flexible, it would also be wrong to let things go too far with- out an open declaration of the policy.

POOR TRAINING

When the Council of Hongkong Football Association held A meeting the other

con-

I know in general terms what

evering -Major A. C A. Walker has been said about the matter

Children on the screen rarely raised the point of the duration

of games played in Hongkong seem to be able to project the

only

70 minutes

Wil puoi Internalionai com-

so far, but I believe that every fair-minded individuni, while applauding the construction

kvable quality they all possess He pointed out that to play the new stadium, will agree that to a greater lesser degree.

nothing that happens now should Films In which children appertrainding for

be allowed to act the deri- wuntly to be avoided for

petition and his suggestion thatment of the two clubs who, by his reason.

the regulation umc of

their own initiative and Industry, 00 Ten-year-old Donna Corcoran

have nirendly incurred heavy minutes should set mg to have

be played has overcome the | **

financial commitments to provide received favourable comment in sacracine mannerisms com-

115 with Ane modern stadis. other sections

the Colony men to most screen youngsters,

These two clubs are--and have however, and combines an un-

been for many years within the slonscious manner with an

orbits of the game and they ngell face.

deserve all the fair support, they can get.

press.

of

I have strong views on this matter and once again it is interesting to recall that as long Ward Bond is an aclor one's

ago as December 12, 1953, in' It is no secret that many folka +afc with, whatever

Gnc of my weekly Talking feel that the present hiring tally the role, hero or villain, ho

Points I raised this very issue. charges for both of the grounds brings 10

competence My remarks at the Ume were: are far too high, but that is a gained from many years in the

matter for sensible inter-club theatrical and cinema world.

"Why are our 1st Division and association-club discussion, 2 37.Z

It's 25 years since Ward Bond

games of only 70 minutes dura- and must not be allowed to 50. 4 30.4

first seen on the wan

tion? screen

international competition count tar too 76 2 34.3 and his undoubted

bluty 226 53. 4 32.2

merits more credit than it very often gets.

329

5

7

243

95

12

320

36

12

47.1 3 40.7 300 108* 2 39.9

D 201 101

10

401

14

412

11

13 334 102

2 30.3

13

301

77 2

27.3

13

327 101

1}

201

77

11

24-1

0

10

205

22.1 20.5

•Not oul.

I 27.2

Lt. Russell (Army North)

R. M. Macpherson (Optimists}

T. G. C. Knight (Scorpions) ..

BOWLING

(Qualifiertion—15 wickets)

0. M. R. W

138

430 4551

3 242 26 0.3

36.7 5 177 JA

0.3

20 291 31 93

D. C. Carnell (KCC)

Young (Army North)

Dowling

(Army South)

G. N. Gosano (Recreio)

W. M. Davidson (KCC)

Withall

thall (Army South)

Power (RAF)

C. A. Guterres (Recreio) Lipscombe (Army North)

55.7

05,8

400

Nobody, least t all its makers, would put this picture 20,4 In the "closed", "stupendous" class but it has an appeal and simplicity that make a wel- me change from the car splitters that probably cam more money.

Average,

55

7.08

30 12.5

30

PRAIRIE FLOWERS

much in the

SHIELD SEMI-FINALS

Whatever this week's soccer lacits in bulk it programme

Senior and Junior Shields are scheduled for decision.

Here is the full programme:

TODAY

Junior

is over the 90 minutes' course formulation of loyalties when and our players should be given the matter of the new stadium the regular opportunity of play- comes up for discussion. ing the full time. Let us keep the shorter time for the minOT divisions, but our senior players must be capable of lasting the longer period, and they must get makes up for in Importance as that experience Im League the semi-final games in both the games."

Same months

ego I persued this subject

in correspondence with two prominent players who United hact

to the roturned If Jesse James hed bec Kingdom. Both of them stated fastidious man his name wok quite definitely that one of their hardly have been handed down greatest difficulties in rehabilitat

belonging to one of the most daring train robbers of the days ing themselves in British foot- Stadium, 2 pm.

ball was getting used again to of the Wild West.

Naturally then, his women the extra 20 minutes must have been just as rough. to be played. Among their friends there would

One of them sid that his certainly have been nobody to

Judgment of effort raise a shocked eyebrow over a

in relation

Jualor Shield' Semi-final; braw! resulting in their rolling ploying time was so badly South China v. Kitchen at Caro- about the floor of a saloon at- | at

he frequently lino Hill, 2 pm. tempting to claw cach other's found

red

out just hair out,

when his teammates were get Chief of these little prairie ting ready for a Anal burst. flowers in "Jesse James' Women" Major Walker's resurrection is Peggie Caste. James himself of the matter is both timely and important and, as I said more

As

Clark (Anny South)

R. Jenner (KCC)

St Johnstone (Army North)

wit

80.5

14 260

40 20 0.6

703 11

11 200

30 9.9

150.

74.2

19

574

574

痙攣 10.4

300 27. 11.1

AI

18 240 2013

23 11.2

75.3

376

376

65.3

250

290

20 20 128

12.8

07.4

зал 343 20 20

D. W. Lench (Scorpions)

T. P. Mahon (Optimists)

00.1 70.7

GUL

(RAF)

87

14 283 10 15.2

K. G. Spink (Optimists)

101

17 440 20 16.2

G. H. Pritchard (Optimists)

60.0

8 309 24 15.3

H. R. O. Hubble, (Optimists)

93.2

D 417 20 10,0

te Donald Barry.

by

Birley

18 13.2

500 38

333 22 15.1

THE WEEKEND GAMBOLS

I could alter this dress THATS A VERY PRETTY

and smarten, it

DRESS GAYE, IS IT NEW?

BR...NO

fault

Barry Appleby

NO, I THOUGHT NOT

YOU DON'T SEE MATERIAL LIKE THAT NOWADAYS

Shield Semi-final: V. Eastern at Club

Senior Shield Semi-final: that had Army v..Club at Club Stadium,

3.45 pm.

TOMORROW

+

Senior Shield · Semi-first: South China v. Klichoo at Caro- line Hill, 3.46 pm.

Itom a crowd-pulling point of vlow the meeting of South

LORD

VERT

CANADIAN WHISKY

on.

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MARLIC

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