1956-02-27 — Page 7

SATURDAY'S RUGGER

THE CHINA MAIL, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 1956

ONLY SEVEN SEVENS SO FAR FOR BLARNEY STONE KNOCKOUT COMPETITION

By "PAK LO”

MAUREEN SWANSON

Before going on to Saturday's rugger matches I have been asked to make a few remarks about the Colony Sevens. And Sevens is the right annual Blarney Stone Knockout Competition. This is, to say the least, highly surprising as last year there was the record number of 54 entries. Since there are only a few more days left for the organisers of the various Sevens to enter, the prospect does not look too hopeful at the moment, but there is the possibility that the regulations of the competition have been misunderstood,

word, for to date only seven Sevens have been entered for the Home Soccer

1 have, therefore, been asked to stress the fact that while the Sevens must be entered by February 29 at the latest, the nomes of the playern need be entered until March 19.

Since the first of the quality Ing rounds is held only is week Jater on March 24, there can bo no excuse that organisers were unable to make a Seven la 13rever.

the

RAF The

threes handling was much improved and when they led the Army by 11 points o 8 with only ten minutes to Army Ro it looked as H were certain to lose.

However, a penalty saved the then day for the Army Wade who had been a thorn in the Airmen's side all day recred to put the Army in the lend.

A NICE THY

nad

is to be presumed that the entry fee of $1500 will have

Right from the start the Airmen only deterred few rugker | begon

Ave 40 altack and after

moriz players, and it is to be hoped minutes they opened the

with a nice try. The forwards had that within the next few slays aken the bail upfield of their feet thr various organisers will and Pake picked up the loose bal

and went over to score 3-0. come forward with more teams.

The Army, nettled by this, swung should be submitted tack into the Airmen's half of

theki Fron 血

the 23 the ball was heeled startly Cupenter, c/o

back and wem out to Fidler who scored m the corner” The conver- falon was missed, 3-3

Entries

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UNDESERVED VICTORY

On

an undeserved victory over RAF by 16 points

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On

Play nwwig rapidly for the next ten intoutes from une end at the field to the other with the Airmen Calways look isist

they would 11 scone at any moment. And aute enough in the 21st minute the ball came from a scrum on the Anny 25 out along the line of threes to Lewia

who broke through and beat three men before passing inside to Tutom

Page.

Batter the who paned to down nuchurs

near she pois Lotub inverted to make it 8-3,

Then Three minutes later Lamb Saturday aften von the added another three pultit with o Touch to neove a Army North scraped through to terrille kick from

Koal and give the Atrenen penalty the

un right point load. 13-3.

Fur

the Strat the remainder of 12 goal, i try, jemy goal to 11 point half the Army attacked again and

{orward Jagwin. trut it goal, i try, I penally goil) to

their Kick robbed move them in serond place in certain scores the Hexongular Trute strongly.

Tovarnaneni

of almost

Again the Club forwards nearly red but Glen dropped on the bail as it crossed the Army line.

The Army went all out in the opening minuten of the second half and less than a minute after the resumption the Array heejed the ball on the Club 25 and Glen went blind to send Jackman over in the corner. The conversion was mlased, 10-3.

Standings

London, Feb. 25. Football League standing after today's mafches were follows:

First Divisjon

P. W

Manchester Un Blackpool..... Newcastle West Bromwich Wolverhampton. Manchester Everlon

Bunderland Birmingham

The next score caric when the Club. Dieard back to their own line. were awarded a penalty and O'Kelly decided to do a shùrt kick aeroes this front of his threes. Instead of catch-Bumley lng the Army off balance, it was the Army and Duffell in particular who cought the Club of balanco, He Batercepted the kick and was over the re before the Club knew wh

hast happened Nowe converted castly, 21-3

Again the Club furwards took the bod intu enemy territory and tie ball came back to Valentine who broke through, then kicked acrore for MacCallum to gather and scUTS in the corner Kelly mixed tha conversion 21-0.

In the clowing minutes the Army were awarded twu penalties in quick succession which drimit coverted tunake the foal score 27-0.

POLICE V NAVY

The Navy had luck on their side for had they been against stronger pack they would have Leen in dire strafts, for they continually patted and tapped the ball back from the lincouts, and the Navy scrum

half, Richards, had a lot of trouble la gathering the loose ball.

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Tottenham Rhoßfeld Un. Huddersfield Aston Villn

Second Division

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Notherlin Doncaster

Notts County.

But the Police stood stil - stead of trying to go through the Navy forwards, and the Navy Plymouth and invariably cleared the ball postkater

their backs.

The Navy trees covered well and often looked dangerous, but their handling was weak. Best the bunch was Renilson with

In the very n minule the. RAF and the ball ngata wwept upfield the Club

playing game back from a set verum on the

a change. before the BAP side for

Army atempted a drop soul with the ball the unbeaten

hit the upright South to the Tune el 27 points bossed clear.

penalty

dought

(3 HORES,

tries)

while

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to 8 points (2 tries). on the Cewewny

Navy The

But the Poller drew 0-0

in a dull and rother uninteresting match

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Like the Sentors, the Club but Strollers also went down after a fast at hard Samne to the Pukaki by 14 points (1 goal, The polats, tries) to Pukaki scorers were Walker. Petterson,

Andrews, and Wernhum, and Fenton convert-

while ed one of the tries,

in oppositions Stevens scored the

Stroßers' only try.

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In the recond of the Amy be.

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gan to cerne back into the picture tion they scored, when Sharpu took the ball from a scrum on the RAF 23 and broke through to Anally send Bitscue over well out. Keir with a nice kick cywerted to make it 11-8.

For fle next few minutes the HAF practically camped on the Amy 25 but despite strong forward pressure the Arny kept them at bay Thice mauter befer the ent the Army were awarded a penalty n the RAF 23 and Keir took his etance and levelled the scoren,

Kronk Tanečistely effect on the Any for they tregari te put strong presure un. and klekalend Wude Anally after following up well, took the ball on fu seare under the pests. Ketr con- verled as no-side birw.

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Southampton Colchester odd star such

Marsh and Gillingham

Shrewstnary Nash, looked as if they could

Bournemouth do with some buste-leone-in-Aldershot tactics,

Newport

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The three line straggled over the place old I was ob- vious that they could not make up their minds whether they were defending or stacking,

Of the Police forwards the shine was only man to really Ross, their lincout expert, who

for some unknown reason was seldom given a chance at the bail in the lineouts. In the loose, however, he was forever of his danger and some tackling must have made varl- what and Valentine to the Club, threesous Navy players wonder the Club back division showed had hit them, an improvement alinust མུ༢༣༢

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Southport Grimsby Accrington Derby County Chesterfield Hartlepools

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Police Tho

forwarda outs and loose, though they lost

failed to gather round the loose the ball almost invariably in the soft ground they tackled ball, or back their own men up the mul stuðis, This was Page well and made the most of their in the lineouts, and it should on them that be impressed

it is when on their own line silly to call for a long lineout

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at his best and the Army could chances, but the strong-running And no way of stopping

hhn. Army South threes proved to be Even though after 21 minutes too good for them. 130 RAF

themselves joun:t

The Club pack shone in the man short when Dyer was in-

lineouts and loose, but in the set jured hart to leave, the scrums were no match for the

lvoked

the Army, and with & piinilful sup- invariably

On the wholo the game can their

always more dangerous.

with

ply the Army threes threes slinging the ball out to

of looked threatening. Both Glen be summed up as a series

other- Lewis the wing where

and Jackman Want in

were on top of errors both tactical and good form. The Army centres. their form, and Grimthis was the wiss by both sides, and the final

of outstanding Army three, with Mowl a close second.

Airmen

particularly Modit. were too reedy and did nei feed their wing to any great extent.

- With the Airmen watching Moore like hawks, he was all 100

often in trouble when

score 0-0 was absolutely

right.

The Club forwards, especially

HOW THEY STAND after a score by the Army, And now the Hexangular wono always A danger with Tablo up to date:

but their foot rushes,

their moving much Army S.

quick pass would have opened threes, though up the RAF defence.

Sharpe, the

Army N faster than usual, often falled Club Army North to draw their man, or passed BAF

Navy serum half, had a good game too late.

Police and his persing was first closs, while his breaking on the blind

Behind them Roberts proved his worth, but he let a couple

alde, luckily never carried to of tries be scored by lying ico

excess, often had the Airmen of balance und resulted in one of the Army's tries.

US INDOOR TENNIS

1st All-Foreign Singles Final In

Years

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New York, Feb. 26. Ur Schmidt, of Sweden, beat fellow-countryman Sven David- son 6-1, 6-3, 8-10, 6-3 here to day in the Men's Singles final of the United States Indoor Lawn Tennis Championships.

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the best were Kerr, Armstrong- Wright, and Carpenter,

The Club opened with a couple of nice three mover, but the Ariy defence was top strong

and soon

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The conversion was missed 3-0.

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run by Wilson and forced a serum nil in favour of the Koreans.

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INTER-SCHOOL FOOTBALL

The following are the results of the second round of the Inter School Challenge Cup football competitions:

On the Club 25 there was a serum, part of both terms. After play and with the Army horling, smartly parted in the second half, the Davidson, top-seeded overseas threes to driffiths who crossed the

Ausual, the ball went along the Korean forward line began to

The player and winner of the title in line in the corner, then ran round sparkle.

frst goal was 1984, was firm, favourite in the touch down under the posts, netted by inside, right Sung final, but he never really looked

Immediately the Club retaliated of the Asian Games.

Pak-won. 30-year-old veteran like heating the 22-year-old when from a serum on the half Schmidt

way line the ball came back to In the 10 minuto of the It was the first All-foreign felly who broke through and the soccnd half, 'Korean

centre-St Louis final in the Indoor Champion-from the

went loose about hve yards forward Chee Hung leapt high pl

Queen's mapped it up and roored in the amidst defenders to head in the Wah Yan Kin Dr Reginald Weir, of New corner. O'Kelly muevest tip dim- | sepong goal... York, aged 43, became the first cult conversion. B

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Fratice-Precht.

Mantle Of Korda

Falls

On Rank Now; His Three Million Pounds Budget

By EDWARD GORING

Millionaire J. Arthur Rank, the Yorkshire miller and Methodist Sunday school- teacher, has stepped into the shoes of the late Sir Alexander Korda as the most lavish money spender among British film-makers.

Pago

CIVIL AID SERVICE ORDERS

No. 6. Orders by the Hon. C. E. Terry, OBE: Commissioner, Civil Aid Services of. February 24, 1950,

Pay Parades---Amendment. The Tay Parade advertised C.A.B. Orders No, 5 of February 17, 1960

for the Rescio Bervice for Apeli K,

1050 (Monday) e cascelled and placed by the following date=pril * 1940 (Wednesday),

Examination Results-Bado Rescue. The undermentioned, sibeaded; du- examination in Baile Itonous trat pubject:

His £60,000,000 Rank Organisation now takes its place among the world's major film-making companleg, hand-in-hand with its distributing and exhibitingbruary, 1050 and quinidad - in enterprises.

For Mr Rank launched out recently with the announcement of a £3,000,000 budget for 20 pictures to be made by the end of the year.

Is

That is about £1,000,000 | Room. A slight chill kept the more than he spent

right-hand on Alm-host away, but his making last

year

his man, Mr John Davis, took over. When productions totailed 13.

Standing beneath an outsized This massive

picture of the Rank symbol- programme the biggest ever attempted by a

the famous gong-beating athlete British studio. Numerically it Mr Davis expanded con- puts Pinewood on the same dently. scale as a Hollywood producing outfit.

an

seven years

To celebrate Pinewood's boon

Rank time, Mr

gave a party the 'Dorchester's Orchid

La

of the

New Rule In Olympic Wrestling Matches Proposed

Amsterdam, Feb. 26, The International Wrestling Federation's Executive Com- reste today, at its Amsterdam sesalon, decided to propose to the Federation's Congress at the Melbourne Olympics eat in wrestling matches to 12 minutes, Instead of the

15 present

"Our

programme

the answer to all those people who have been talking so gloomily INCREASING PROFITS

lately about the future British film industry.' And only

affo

Pessimistic talk began with Hank's empire WOR grappling the death of Sir Arthur Korda with

overdraft of and the ante of Ealing Studios. £10,000,000. Now the debi Is "I have every faith in British down to £4,000,000, and in-filme," said Mr Davis, "I Ret [creasing prests are wiping in world demand for them, and

out at the rate of £1,000,000 a

I am going to seize the oppor-minutes. [year.

tunity with both hands,

"We are going to use every The Dutch member of the legitimate methed to make the Executive Committee, Juleg pt OUT stars known Perel, said it was not at all sura throughout the world."

the Congress would adopt the Rank now has 35 stars under proposal but he believed that it contract and is still building up it did the new rule would he

Many applied strong box-office team. were at the party,

For such Olympics. stars as John Gregson, Kathleen

The Executive Committee "in Hyon, and Maureen' Swanson there will be parts in the films principle" decided to limit the

Heavyweight category to cheduled for

this production

kiloa

and not to create an extra [year.

Heavyweight category as such a will be "The category

would be "unaesthe- Gardnerer" starring Ucal".

in

SOFTBALL

Seminoles Win Junior Knockout

Series Final

By "TIME OUT”

names

0

Among them Spanish

also

Dirk Bogarde, who will follow up his "Doctor" successes with "Doctor at Large" with

Donald Sinden.

Further

the at

Melbourne

115

discussions on the

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Fementity Cheung

33330 Chos Blu wing. 33940 Teing Xing-kam, 39436 Shing Wal-chung, 33444 Wong Pak- ting. 33448 Wong Wah-yita 13500 Loo Wor-tal

Examination Results÷Baaiò Fighting. The undermentioned, al- tended an examination in Bante Fire-Fighting on February 8, 1068 and qualified in that subject;20

Stanley Zone. 32018 Lin Kin-Wah. 53 Choung Ilang-kuop, 32529 Chan Slu-kay, 32867 Pun Kameking, 32500 Ma Wong, Bui-ying, 39001 -

Tp "Kem-chat, 32583 Wong Wai-man, 32503, Cheig Kan-yiu, 2001 Mau Ma-kwek,

G. T Rows Chiat Staff Officer, Civil Aid Services. 24.2.00.

Auxiliary Fire Service Orders

No. 8. Orders by Mr Alistair Drummond, Superintendent, Au xiliary Fire Service of February 25,-1988.

Appointment: Station Oficer LS, So-man of the B.K.FB. apported by Unit Controller.

A.F.S. (C.O.F.B.) to be Training Officer, Auxiliary Fire Service vice Stn. Or, Wu Man-chiu w.e.f. 20.2.50.

Earolment: Fr. (Admin) 1 On

category limitation will take place at next Excoutive Commit-w.e.t. 24.2.58, tee session, scheduled for Istan- bul on May 19,

The

___Pump Operator_Instructors' Clam: The following offlers are required to attend, the Pump. Operator Distructors Class which will be held at Kowloon Fire Station commencing from Thursday, March 4, 1956 wi 1000 hours: Sin. Offm. (HK) Trog

| Sub-Orts. (1K) Lo Yick-jal, 9th.

Offe. (K) Gcorge X. C. LL Yau-man. Ng Cheuk-dan, Sub-Ohm, (K) Chan Sun-wah. Hung Ping- wong.

Executive Committee decided that new candidates for the Executive Committee should be entered two montly before Ting-hol, Lau Six-hin, 1. A. CRAMM a Congress takes place. Up to new candidates could be put up even at the Congress where new clection were scheduled.

With bad weather setting

WORLD APPEAL in during the week-end, the

Then there will be

0 new softball

at programme

Norman Wisdom comedy, and King's Park was limited to "A King Reluctant," a French two games. The Indies revolution eple which is likely section greatly disappointed to be the costliest of the year, for much of it will be made on fans as two walkovers were location in Italy, Spain, and the

The Tai Tung West Indies. conceded. laases, failed to put in an' Mr Davis said: "We cannot Hollywood's spectacular against the copy o appearance

epics but we can provide good youthful Colleens on Satur-stories well-made and that is day and the South China the answer to television com- girls absented themselves per the revenue carned by the old rule. against the Capandas in yesterday's curtain-raiser.

the

Training Allowance: Instruction The Executive Committee also

Allowances for decided that the appeal jury January, 1066 are ready for collec- henceforth would include sevention during usual training nights

until 13.3.8. men' instead of five men under It also decided

Lesve: Po, M/C LO59 (K) Wong Finewood flims

Man granted comes from that the seven men should be

W.6.1. 21.2.00. overseas showing. Mr Davis "neutral", meaning that when,

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month's

In the Junior Divistur Knock-thinks even more can be cared for instance, a Swede challenged

Series Anal

on abroad, there is a marked in- a verdict a Swede could not be | Bing-cheung w.e.1. **, played Saturday,

Hindh Hussain's ternational appeal in many of elected to the

United Pres. Seminoles copped the

out

Cham- this year's productions, pionship with a convincing 13-4 win over the Chinese Athletics when the latter cracked wide

second frame open in the allow nino disastrous runa cross the plate.

to to

With all other Senior "A"

at

games rained out yesterday, the handful of supporters who braved the morning drizzle the park saw Eddie Marques' dichard Warriors lose a heart- breaking 8-4 verdict to the US Navy in a five-inning game.

Trailing 4-9 at the bottom of the fifth, the Warriors crashed through with six runs in the top of the sixth frame, but here the rain started coming down in force and the game had to be called off with the score of the

last completed inning to count, thus granting the Navy nine a 'lucky' 9-4 victory.

wan,

aa

Regarding the arrival of the Tai- Chung Hsing girls from

who again disappointed fans był

arriving not scheduled, the Association has started probing once more into the matter in the hope of get- ting a definite decision.

Hongkong And Macao Police To Meet At Soccer

G

Chlef Inspector H."B. Dewar, Secretary of the Hongkong Pó-

Association, lice Sports nounced at a Press conference yesterday the Hongkong Police will meet Macao Polico in an Interport soccer match ca March

3.

The match will be played at the HKPSA ground, Boundary Street at 3.30 p.m.

On March 4.

17

combined

Hongkong and Macao Police team will' play Eastern at the samo place and time, Adnia- sion to this match 'Is also by tickets..

A Police band wili þa în at- tendance at: buth matches,

-A', dinner will be held in honour of the Macao visitors and Hongkong Police players at 8.30 p.m., March 3, at the HKPSA Club, Boundary Street. The Police Interport match will be the first to be held since 1950 when Hoogkong Police defeated Mačno Polleo, one-all..

Hongkong Police will play a friendly soccer game against Kwon Wah nt the HKPSA ground on February 29 mt

pm. At this gand the Police will select their players for the In« terport-matait, ugainst: Macao| Polios.

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