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THE CHINA · MAIL, MONDAY, DECEMBER 19, 1985.

BRILLIANT SOUTH CHINA SLASH THE EASTERN SAGA TO TATTERED RIBBONS

By I. M. MacTAVISH

Before some 30,000 incredulous witnesses in and around the Hong- kong Stadium yesterday the Eastern saga was irretrievably shattered, ripped to shreds, and tossed to the four winds by a South China side that systematically slashed its way through the League leaders' tottering de- fence with an ease that left us aghast.

Usually there le a place for at least passing sympathy at the fall of heroes or gallant fighters but few who saw this Eastern annihilation will shed very many soccer lears.

his only was virtually if ever a alde got exactly one second half indiscretion by fact it

be years what it deserved that side waslak Tak-hay--they never stop-moment, for it must

Was Bu Eastern

the left-winger yesterday. for inped trying to play the ball as it since then bitter monent of degrada-

shut out of a game. was intended to be played, completoly

found Estern uf their so-called

However, it

must be said that whole

he 'big' names

match showed just how answer to the brilliant scheming during the small they could really be.

Cheung-you and You didn't

half-a-dozen receive Why Chu Wing-keung

his partner,

Norbe

Ho

lever

was Cheuk-yin, who with Lee Yuk-decent passes from his parts perinted to stay on the fieldtak, produced

attacking/Cina ployer" who was lou

elsewhere. after a

on Mok triangle with a sling at every busily blatant foul

Lee Wingery Chu Wing-wah

Yuk-takt nimosi openod Chain-wah as he lay defenceless angle.

Mok Chun-wahi on the ground is something that and

were the scoring in the 9th minute many many people found very ways around looking for open-when after a grand run in from mgs, and in spite of the robust the left-wing he had the disap- har ly understand.

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nefensive tactles of Eastern the pointment of seeing his parting whole South China front rank effort beat the Eastern goal. took hi

use to heights of form not pre-keeper but swing past the far zurnething

vitaly attained this season. Just as

PEÇARIOUS

war. Referee Tucker was tbut Bame, but

might have done eusly on several other

LASTING CREDIT

however

Chu

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However, let me be quite fair

for on the credit side, as far

only Fusteri ullendor and

the luiting credit of their stunda tor South China that-apuri Crun

NOTICE

THE HONG KONG JOCKEY CLIB

Through Tickets

the losers were concerned,

very

First

little

Juck and

post.

wos cut and thrust all the should way but South China have taken the lead in the 23rd

there were one or two import- | minule when after a miss-in-u the unt items.

of all they houk-yin with the whole goal millio by Ko Po-keung. Ylu enjoyed

gamble of playing Tim

Tunyawning in front of him, sent the ball weakly behind, Now- forword was a dismal failure. ever, the writing was on the

With effect from 19th December, 1955, the Rules for Cash Sweep

with reference

Fo the aboye

Woon - cheung al

centre-

He was badly gashed in n clash of heathy in the 36th minute and took no further part in the game but during his time on the the Feld he never showed the class or the skill necessary to break down the South China defence and his team was already well

defeat

when he ol the way to received his Injury.

Left-half Lee Kwok-wah was abort also off the hold for

the interval bui e belove Took his place agam at the re

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bert Jave mended to reati as follows, in

co far as the range of nuum- | sharvil The fechag hers which can be booked as

Through Tickets verned:

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wall and a goul just had come It was dang that that when i dd should come from Yiu Cheuk-yut whose brilliant distribution

was causing punie in the Eastern rear lines. The ttle side-left's half-hit shot from 15 yards was a accurately placed that Yong Pol-dor was well beaten but H10 de fensive covering was very mutli suspect

THREE UP

Six minutes later Chu Wing- woh made it two with a rasp- ing first-line shot from close in. Ho Cheung-you gol the very suspletuis looking third one and the Caroline 1114 favourites went in at the interval in a co- fortable position.

The Euskan pinyers te durcht

Bold T say gentle suspicion that at least a couple of the goals scored against them 1904 uff-side One of these was the vital third goal and it

In the second half South Particular numbers with came about like this:

China piled on the pressure and in the series 1 to 3.000 Chow Man-chi fouled Lee with the opposition disintegrat- may be reserved for all¦ Yuk-laude in midfield to stop aja, goals camo at regular inter-

promising movement

Mok The vala. Race Meetings

goi centre-forward phteed the ball the fourth, Yia Cheuk-yin the Through Tickets

Such and played it ahend very quick-Anh, the sixth came from Hu 1. wat

streal ly ilu Cheng-S

with his Cheung-yan, and the last i consecutively only and back to the Eastern goal, looked in the Eastern succer coffin was clear of everyone, hammered home by Mok Chun- the right rearsed by to be yards

bat โย turned quickly and wall.

signal from the he raced the ball into the net and

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FINISHING EFFORT

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The rout of the langue leaders absolute. complete. South China were the masters

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FLYING KICK

Gratrix, Blackpool centre-half, takes a flying kick in an attempt to gel the ball away from McClellan (left), Tottenham Hotspur outside right, during the First Division match at White Hart Lane, London, on December 8. The match finished in a one-all draw- Reuterphoto.

Quality Not

Not Quantity

Is The Answer To Please Soccer And Cricket Fans

London, Dec. 19.

Ways and means are being desperately sought by leading soccer officials to raise the standard of British teams internationally.

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The almost general suggestion is to cut the League matches and concentrate on building national sides. Leas routine stuff; more highly competitive matches.

that the seems

crickel | bouten icam it is possible for a mogula feel the same way about County to amass 112 points in a England's other great national season without winning a match. Ronald Aird. Secretary Mr Aird described television the MCC

the governing as a menace to County cricket. He suld high body of the gunes, wants to cut How right he is. down the County cricket Aix-foes wato pecessary to combat Lures.

thinks He

the

to the lows on gates. way better cricket 1* to eul the

concentrate on quantity and

quality.

his Just what SOCCIT counterparts have been saying.

game.

of

Again that is one answer but what about the suggestion to put matches on TV in the evening or

Saints Score Well Earned 7-5 Victory Over Unbeaten Braves Yesterday

Says "TIME OUT"

Lanky hot-corner guardian Benny Omar of the Saints spearheaded the attack with a brilliant three-in-four attempt at the plate to see the St Joseph's squad through with a 7-5 victory over Ed Carvalho's unbeaten Braves in a softball thriller at King's Park yesterday.

Though they outhit their opponents 12.7, the League-leading Braves had to take a back seat in this game as ragged base-running saw several 'potențial runs' dying along the base palha.

The only other _Senior_"A", run in their third on a timely Kwok in the fourth frame when Division game played saw Eddie bingle by 'Rod Pereira to score ho sucked a smash right through Marquaa Warriors trouncing the Donaldson and another in their the box. lowly Chinese Athlelles 8-3 be-fourth

Salich when hurler

Playing inspired ball, the hind the masterful one-hii hur- walked, advauteed on an out and

Warrior, unleashed their bar- of ling performance 'Goose" a

across un a hit and came

A rage

ni lasing hurler Tony Wong who claimed live batters sneak.

Kwok as if they 'owned' hun, at the plato via the strikeout

him. Both side thon settled down to knocking

for thirtoon routo

smashes including Outfielder Terry Ewins steady playing with the Saints solid paved the way for the Warrior nursing a comfortable 0-0 lead homer, a triple and a double, attack with a brillant three-in-going into the sixth frame. The thren effort besides turning in Cottom half of this frame near-

saw disaster an exceptionally good job in the ty

bofalling the outfield.

Saints as the mighty Braves

In the Senior "p" section, the came back to life with a 'bang six hits to up-and-coming Hurricanes, be-scoring five runs on hind the steady pitching of Clyde pull themselves right back into

the game. ere again pulled our a gekaze' us they ingged

22-3 score.

the over

After their recent upset over

the

Carlau 'old reliable' Yvanovich

plich

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Hockey Players Surprise

At Cricket

S. Hamet's Comets with a 10-8 started things going with a hit lo loft. Ballhawk Junior Reme- decision. In

tussle, the other Charlie Remedios Delawares randios then obtained life on a roughshod

Though the visiting Mala- cellar-tumble and Dhaber slammed one dweifing University nine with a right back at Salleh for a single yan ladian hockey team are to load the sacks. Tony Guterres then flied out to deep leftfield to mainly hockey players, they Yvanovich. Derrick showed fair ability us cric- the Wahoos. ibo Youthful core

Smirke's hard grounder to third ketors against the Indian Colleen girls sank back into

heaved wildly, Remedios their error-filled

form when was

while scoring

Dhaber and Recreation Club at Sookun- they pulled off no less than iSmirke settled ut third and Boo on Saturday, particu- twenty blunders to grani second bases respectively. Alarly in their fast and clean Capanda lasses & 18-12 triumph wild

then put Dhabertelding. in a game that lasted nearly across. two hours. Taking

Their captain, Gorbex Singh, The Spikes Guterres, pinch-hitting rookle Tat Tung schoolgiris in for Frank Loureiro,

was the only one to really get the tar diamond, the Champion through nicely with a

top of the IRC bowling, alzzling wi Wahoos

humiliated double into centreflekt gardens scoring a useful 31 towards the Vic visitors Innings of 100. Cari thele

for another Brave tally. Pedruco grounded for the second Myust took four wickets for 31 out, while battery-mate Reggie runs,

The unpredictable IRC were Mattos punched a short single to centro lo chase Guterres across. live wickets down for 16 runs At this crucial stage pitcher at one stage, but Arthur Rum- kept Salleh, under the fusillude of jalus, quickly promoting himself hits by his opponents, began to in the batting order, and conge crumble slowly, giving up sue Ebert inade stand o 71 for ccusive hits tu Jork Brown and

the sixth wicket. Carlou Yvanovich 10 othe

Rwnjihn was linally out for bases all over again.

30 and one more IRC wicket feil, but when stumps were drawn George Ebert

wis undefeated

greatly

weak opponents with an unmentionable 43-2 result in five-inning squirmish.

MINOR LOOP

the

In the minor loop Lengue-icading Dodgers their slate clean with a 31-0 victory as pitcher II. Pacheco turned in a no-hit no-run game. The youthful Seminoles kept in step with a neat 10-3 win while the Chinese Athlétle beat tho Wah Ying outst

9-5 and

the

Junior Remedios then stepped into the butter's box and the

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↑ 4 for 15 and was not easy to play. IRC were 93 for 7 when

✓

Eagle Wut the Lion Cubs 14-0. Braves' quarter went wild with foc

After unsuccessful attempts enthusiasm but this time Ho

The visitors were not inking by most Senior leaguers to topple modles fadied in the clutch, as things too seriously and may the League-leading Braves, he wont for Salleh's first pitch, have done better if they had Jindo Hussain's Saint Joseph's,

pas, sanding an cus) grounder to used their opening bowlers last year Champlons, dished out second for a force out to end longer or brought them on again brilliant brand of ball to snap the rally, leaving the Braves cariler. Mahinder Singh took the Braves' winning streak with behind 6-0. a 7-5 victory. Spearheading the

DISASTROUS INNING was last year's Saints' atlack

After that disastrous innings, stumps were drawn M.V.P. winner Benny Omar hot-

LEAQUE MA TOR the Saints arece again set forth corner guardian, who cou

who connected

As in almost every season in four trips to the in carnest to widen the gap. A. the past half dozon, the Scor- his thrice in

Ismail obtaining a bunt hitions are continuing to tighten plate driving in two runs with

after one ent

A miscue at the himself crossing the plate twice, afte

up challengers for the Senior Taking

right plate saw him sitting at second the initiative

out pushed him Division League title and beat from the start, lead oft batter while another

the

Army North, one of the loading. Art Üzorio worked

way to Third. Ken m for a free all

in base on

the Championship on Donaldson then drew pass to first, stealing second

wickets at Chater In the case of the high-ups of

Bravesce, by six cricket the remedy lies in their this

the next pitch. Hero of the day, balls, advancing when Benny Omar then latched on another bungle to allow Ismail

to hindsnatche" Maitog

made Road. own hands. They can demand | survive.

Ivor Stanton took five for 35 that the fixtures be cut and re-

EASY MONEY

a fat letter high' plich, sending

Amy North were all out for elent Right yet again

In one over

the rubber for the in-s strmid base. is Mr Aird organise the whole system of

Gus Pereira then 105 runs. Greenhalgh

in got when he sees a danger to the When the spheroid was finally strance run. the game in this country.

Ang the Scorpions early carrallod under the scoreboard new w left in retire the slúc. Many suggestions have already gone in the easy money to bo

at contrefold. Ozorio

had scored

The Braves last-ditch effort batsmen to take four for 42, but come from lovers of the game raked In from television fees,

al but and Omar had settled of third, A.

K. Tony

Pat Dodge (38 not out) and Guterres who have taken careful note of from Te match profits, sup- the

other such

laid down K. Ismail then

aobtaining to after one out M. Campbell (38 not out) put Australian system which, porters clubs and

on the "We must try

Vic and

necessary runs for vic- bunt which losing hurler to

moving to second оп judged by the high standard of avenues.

tory. Scorpions

in a nrc now wildly to first Smirke's screaming liner make cricket

self-supporting Pedruco throw Its players, is a good one. Three

position for the without this

he outside help,

with Omar scoring and Ismall the hot corner. A pitched ball challenging club games and a few Slato

declares.

touching

momentarily escaped the mitt Championship. matches enable the players to

'Bambino Leonard thon Ensler said than done as he get all the competition they

realisco.

CRICKET GRIND

any time after stums have been pulled? Sporting bodies may soon and a system such as

essential i they are

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second.

to

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of Saint catcher Rod Pereira

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every phase of the game. They had the fire, the speed, the determination. And of course they had Viu Cheuk-vin and Ho Cheung-you. The combination of of these factors presented

which

Kaštern simply probtem dis-ould not answer Ticket

3.000 will over

at the interval The Josera contributeri also be pushed expsect when with Hoesman Mintu their overall predicamem by as tively

pa treuhur, Banging, apparently for off-side futile a defensive plan as it wan numbers cannot be re-against Chu Wing-wah, Mok possible to devise. Wing-halves Chun-wah's finishing effort from Chow Man-chi and Ae Kwok- served

Through

Chu's

wah were Wils atllowed To

of pays

ubviously devoid W871 Tickets

the

essential yard of pace

to slavid.

There was also a doubt about match the South China inside. Acearthingly subscribers are the sixth scored by Ho forwards, yet we were treated

wored fly to halt for the first an

and Guterres minde' a bee-line informed that all reservations Cheung-yau but truth to tell the to the

amazing sulckdal weed and keep to their peak Cricket

But advancing Ismail. gates have

a for third, but Pereira quickly for Through Ticket over the Eastern defence was by then 10

spectacle cf fuli - backs Lee throughout the season.

botasty attempt to sneak home in relayed the sphere to Omar who steadily falling. They have Chun Kar-sau numbers from 1 to 5,000 have demorghed, and the gaps in it Ping-chul and

been

The a later play saw kim dying plastered It on him for the vital been excelled for further were so wide, that time was the playing away upfeld and leav

In Euland there is the daily falling in soccer too.

is getting fussy thanks for the second out, while giving second out. Tension then sub- only restricting factor in South ing great gaps in which the

public is cricket grind between

poorer quality of teammate Donaldson a life on a sided and Spikes Guterres wes Race Meetings of the Club na China's oventual goal tally.

the firetly to the opposting wingers ran

rlot.

Counties with players

fielder's choico, Gussle Pereira from this date.

staried brightly

and final Ko Po-keung is now only a

in the the entertainment offered then unched out a single to place upped for the third Бани

held six days o week and and secondly, enough and in the 9th minute hollow shadow

of the great travelling all over the country, which provided them with the runners on first and second but By Order of the Stewards. Bau

sent an early player of Ching-le

a couple

Though batting honours were of seasons

How can they keep fresh and To get back to the "good old

and lazy way out.

Red Pereira, grounded feebly captured by the Braves, the PEAT, MARWICK,

shudler down the South China age and what is even more im-

Zurich, Dec. 18. At. especially when

for the third out. foreign

Saints had the spinos when his mopshot hit the portant, he Is

edge

Swits ΠΟ langer

cyclist tours in the dose season

Arst saw Carlou every are days" cricket officials

professional The MITCHELL & CO,

Braves

clher department fortunato post

Lau King-chicung | for with

enough 10

havo

thrown in for good measure.

in Rene Strehler broke the World than those in soccer have got Yvanovich walking after one Trensurera,

beaten to the wide,

this long-awaited tuasie, dis record for the five-llcmatre virile willing workers gang of virile

"One excellent suggestion is to

out to present their fans with some- and racing to third on

their The other všte- As far as Hau was concerned around him,

playing

Chompionship indoor

with the track today - divide

the Counties

smash to centrefeld form that won them their past time Hong Kong, 19th Dev., 1953.} that was his big moment........in ran defenders lack the mobility

into two thing better than they are now Dhaber's

of six minutes fourteen Divisions with relegation and giving. Для well they must aftor Junior Remedios had filed pennants. Needless to say, the seconds flat. eta cavar, the occasional errors

promotion na is done in the somehow by the plyal and what Jed to soccer League and let them also paying fans

keep prospective out. Antonio Guterres then sent masterful

third hitting ot

He Improved the earlier re- nothing more than difficult play just the one match a week.

thea hard grounder towards third warranty is but Omar hung on to it and Salots claimed the laurels as he bourg, 6:10-1/5) by Avent baseman Benny Omar of the cord (Lucien Gillen of Luxem- situations last season La

creen Quality not quantity This would provide the neces the leading to vital goals.

answer as those who run threw to first for the third out. accounted for four of the seven one-fifth seconds, the biggest sary incentive and give players the two great national games

SECOND FRAME

runs scored,

record-breaking margin in the the necessary rest.

The second tramo saw the

For the Braves Carlou 'old history of the 5 kilometres.*** The County players could, it fully appreciate. But how to go Ho Ying-fun tried hard

about it? help club cricketers here's the rub. China Mall with

As Shakespeare said Saints pulling farther ahead reliable Yvanovich again walk- United Press. needs bo. make something of the wilting

ed off with top honours, chalk- over the week-end without feel- forward line but he was flog-

Special. ing they were overplaying and

ing up three hits in as many ging a dying horse, He got so raise the general standard of Ittle help from Lau Chi-am the

tries, while teammates Derrick Smirko apd Reggio Mattos game. who allowed himself to be in- There have been any number

piced him with a two-in-three fluenced by Chú Wing-koung's of other suggestions for making

attempt each. Howoyer, these Insouciant habits,

were not in the clutch and only produced two runs, 'Goose Wong, first game in a form, turned in a brilliant one- hitter to pave the way for it

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A DYING HORSE

A

kow

to

Tham was not a weak link in the South China side. From Lau Mok Chun-

King-choung to

KMB WINS

no less

In

· pro-

RING FATALITY Mayonu, France, Dec. 18. French Middleweight fessional boxer Jean Boleda dod party today after Hami Mekhaibia knocked him out of unl. the ring in a local bout on Satur-

day night.

Boleda, 27, never recovarèd

rung another two Shorry Bucks walked, Salleh sacrificing him to second. On a wild pitch he scooted to third Czarlo popped for the second Micro, Dec. 10. out. Benny Omar again lined cricket better, brighter and mora

Kowloon Motor Buis yesterday to his favourite pasture-right competitive by cutting down the defeated Maco Police by 471 in field, chasing in Bucks and number of days play, the hours a soccer match at Campo De when the bail cluded quificider of play and changing the point sportivo hero.

Frank Loureiro, Omar The Police led - 1-0 at first | tinged all the way to third, A. K. on outright win instead of first time.

Immail then beat out a bunt inninga points is 'one such plea.

Mocto's Governor, Rear along first base to score Omar, convincing 8-3 victory over the consciousness after Mekholbla's One cricket writer points out || Admiral” “Esparteiro,

With the Tribe keeping idio | Chineso "Athletics. The lone eighth-round punch and died of the that under the present system of wife, attended match--- | in their halves of the innings | single coming off the hickory of a cerebral haqmorrhage.—United giving first innings points to a Reuter.

the Jooys meaked in another | opposing. moundsman Tony Prom

uch deve all they had scoring system. Put a premium

men

WING

•

Jala

and

demeanour under provocative circumstanceB most lauiable. If

and their brilliant inside

took the main honour there must be a spocial word of praise for Kam-hung who never put a foot young Kook wrong at left-back, and for veteran Kwok Ying-kee who never lost his smile or his determination to play the ball.

VERDIOT

For half-an-hour it was a fine game....but from then

it

on

was a one horse race. Unfashion- able Yong Fol-dor has to accept many black looks from

"star".

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colleagues..........If he held up mirror occasionally the reflec- tions would be looking in the [right direction..

The game, was watched by a large number of HKNA council"; lors. It would be 'lateresting to |sco, what action they také ros garding the, Chis] Wing-keurig Incident; for his ", tantrining

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