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NO SHATTERING UPSETS IN STANLEY SHIELD SEVEN-A-SIDE SOCCER

By I. M. MacTAVISH

THE CHINA MAIL, MONDAY, MAY 7, 1956.

The week-long trek to the final of the Stanley Shield began at the Club Stadium on Saturday evening and was continued in a downpour and on a rainsoaked pitch last night.

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In spite of the fact that the competition is still in its infancy and that the weather-particularly on the second evening-was far from ideal, the grandstands have been surprisingly well Alled and there is every indication

that once again

local charities are going to reap an acceptable harvest from this popular event,

LEAGUE BOWLS

The League Bowls season started over the week-end with no surprising result other than USRC's rather overwhelming victory against HKFC in The Second Division by 13 shots and four points to one,

K. Forrow was the only sue- essful HKA «kdp with a 21-10 victory over D. . Edwarda, but R. Hetherington's rink beat J. K. Sloan's 19-10 and T. Curry had an even wider mar- gin uver HKFC, E. Greenwood with 25-10.

for

Me rinks

for

It is however disappointing to hear that the 1958 entry list is in very much smaller than previous years, Apparently the hope that is supposed to spring eternal in the hearts of the little tearns is not springing with the stune spirit today as it did of yore. it is surely dgnificant that many well-known

names missing frum the Est of competitors.

fortably ahead by 4 goals to nil.

Poor old St Joseph's bad a very bad time. In the first game last night their 'A' team was eliminated by Gymnastic and in the following match Chut Wing-wuh and his South China A de humbled the Sainte B kam by seven goals to ni

The Kitchee 'A'--Kwong Wah some lively match produced exchanges and the teams were Усс until Lava tightly locked

from the issue This is a pity.

So far, it is milled true, there have been no what-penalty spol. tering upsets and none of the

ile teams have managed topple any of the big names from their lofty perches, but the ones who have compeled....the RILA

the

Watsons....the Tung

#L

Wahs.... have all shown Ireshing @p11 even # they Anished on the wrong end of the result,

HIGH SPORTSMANBIII

The standard of play has been generally high and the standard

of sportsmanship has matched it to a most satisfying degree.

njust 30,tast night

were

The

entertaining game was the meeting of

Also in the Second Division, KDC Blue whitewashed Crai-

by U7 shots to KT[K*T Talche all five points. Winding Slog To 'A' and Army 'A'. margin

This produced some really ex- 20-13 for It. Gourley's against cellent seven-a-dide type soccer G Mudur's, 27-21

A. The Elliott's against JW. Leonard The pace was a cracker and in spite of valiant work by Ng Wai- Lapsley's many and Les

Tuk-tunk it was the soldiers who called the tune

the way.

Centre-forward Slet had Si Pei-yin worried From the start and with accurate Laycott service from Egerton. and McLoughlin he bagged four well taken goals.

20-12 for pashnet R. Tuy's,

It.

Filipino Club scored an easy 5-0 victory

against promoted Third Division Champions KDC White, KCC whitewashed HKCC 5-0 and relegated Recreio beat

the PRC 4-1.

In the First Division, promoted Taikoo could only take a half- polm against last year's rusiners- up KCC

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At the other end of the field all the wiles and scheming Wong Kwok-kee and Lo Kam- chum could not carve a way

At the tea interval | dirough the Army defence and, W. B. Brown wna three shota up

with Jones standing firm, time on W. Gaffney's rink, but the

was called with the Army com. final score here was 10-19. KOC won by 80 shots to 41.

IRC

Biuc, with convincing

victories on all three ruke, to American Olympic

all five points off IRC Gold.

KBGC beat the Flipino Club 4-1.

Third Division results were also very one-sided, HIKENC taking all five points from KCC, KBGC all five from PHC and HKFC Cour from newcomers HKPSA

NOTICE

THE HONG KONG JOCKEY CLUB

Programmes

and Entry

Forms for the 12th (Whitsun)

Race Meeting 1960/56 to be

Wrestling Team

the

Watsons....one of the hope- ful little teams in the tourna ment...put up a spirited show against Army 'D' but just when they looked like setting down Chalmers smacked in a couple the quick goals and look of

In edge off their enthusiasm,

outplayed the end they were

The and made their cx11 on wrong end of a 5-oil result.

THE RESULTS

The results of the games played just night were follows:-

Gymnastic

St Joseph's 'B' 0 S. China 'A'

1}

DR

3 S1 Joseph's 'A' 0

RIL

0 Eastern 'B'

7 4

Army 'A'

4 Sing Tho 'A'

Kwong Wal

1 Khchce'A

Army 'B Navy

Watsons

1 Club 'B'

CMB

1 B & S

will

competition

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be

The continued at the Club Stadium tomorrow evening when the first game, Kitchee (A) versu Army (B), will start at 6.30 pm. The programme will comprise seven games.

S'pore Basketball Team Coming Here In June

It was learned yesterday that the Keung Yang Basket- ball team of Singapore will come here some time next

for month

series Hollywood, May The United

matches. States wrestling the 1956 Olympic The team for

team Games

Melbourne in

players who selected to-day following the results of last week's selection the Legion boats at

Stadium here.

The team is:

was

Greco-Roman: Flyweight- Richard Wilson; Bantamweight - Alan Rice; Lightweight Tommy Evans; Welterweight Juy Holt Middleweight--Dun Hodge: Light Heavyweight Dale Thomas; Heavyweight Ralph Barteman.

Catch-as-catch-can.

weight-Dick Delgardo;

Fly- Burn-

turmweight-Lee Allen; Feather-

Include, Ave will represent Singapore in the Olymples and will be led by Mr P.

С. Еди.

4-Year Scholarship For Winning Chess Tournament

Manila, May 7. Eighteen-year-old Rodolfo

held on Saturday 19th and weight Myron Roterick; Light- Cardoso last night became

21st May, Monday

1956, weight-Frank Bettucet; Wel- the Philippine Junior Chess Mid- (weather permitting) may be terweight-Dick Beattle,

Champion in a tournament dloweight-Bill Smith; Light obtained at the Secretary's

Peto Blair; sponsored by the Manila Office, Alexandra House; the heavyweight

Heavyweight-B Keralake. - Club House, Happy Valley; France-Presse. and the Stables, Shan Kwong Road.

Entries close at 12 o'clock NOON on Tuesday 8th May, 1950.

By Order of the Stewards,

A. E. ARNOLD,

Secretary.

British Driver

Killed In Motor Race

Floralec, Belgium, May 6. Birtish racing motor cyclist Fergus Anderson died in hospital today after crashing into a straw bale during on. international

Harry meeting here today.

Odell

says

"

1 bring you the finest of talent at popular prices. EUGENE ISTOMIN will give a piano recital at the UNIVERSITY GREAT HALL

on Friday, 18th May, at 9:30 p.m. Book now at Moutrie's or at the Empire Theatre. Admission $12.50, $10.00, $7.60, $4.70.".

Against

skin disease and itching

Mitigal

Anderson, 47, riding a BMW skidded on an S-bend in the of Buzet during the village 500-cc event,

Ho was rushed

to nearby

Times.

This victory won him a four- year free university scholarship.

Cardoso, with 11 points to his credit, needed only a draw to win the first prize,

The runner-up wag Yusoph Pangacapun, a Moro (Moslem) Filipino.

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Their

listed for game hours and was declared a draw

by

the judges.

The second prize, won by

GREAT METROPOLITAN HANDICAP

Mr F. J. Honour's Curry, 'ridden by P. Tulk, comes between the Begum Aga Khan's Golovine (left) and Captain R. V. G. Evans' Ble Legend to win by a narrow margin in the 111th Great Metropolitan Handicap on the first day of the Epsom Spring Meeting on April 24.

E. Mercer rode Golovine into second place, Blue Legend (A. Breasley up) was third.-Reuterphoto.

OVERLAPPING SEASONS

Clash Of Interests In

The Two Big

Sports Is Complete

London, May 7.

Cricket for another season is entering into its stride, which should mean that football has finished, but the overlap of the seasons, which has caused comment in the past, continues.

True, the League soccer programme has finished but there is still the England-Brazil international to come as well as a number of overseas tours.

Apart from the England visit to Sweden, Finland and Ger-

of clubs many a number

PRIX DU CADRAN

are

Bewitched III Gains Neck Win At Longchamp

making close, season tours and eight County matches during the so the clash of interest in the summer.... two big sports is complete.

This overlap

In early May worries many

IL people but

in becomes more pronounced late August when football starts

the up long before

cricketers have packed their bags.

from the Quite apart

torn loyalty of spectators, there is the question of players who are in the top fight of ball gumes

Fortunately they are not too many but there are enough to problem and while trouble has already arisen it is perhaps too strong to say it is

F produce Paris, May 6. Madame C. Del Duca's Bewitched III gained a neck victory at Longchamp today In the valuable Prix Du Cadran, regarded as a test for the Asevi Gold Cup.

The favourite M. Marcel the Boussac's Elpenor, made early running but weakened was

entering the straight and unplaced.

The race over 21⁄2 miles was worth 7,000 starling.

a storm.

ONE NOTABLE CASE

DUAL ALLEGIANCE

In the past Lancashire have not been unaware of the dual

OLYMPIC GAMES®

SMALL GREEK TEAM WILL

GO TO MELBOURNE

Athena, May 0.

Greece, the country where the Olympic Games were born some 2,600 years ago, will take part in the Melbourne Olympic Games but her team may not exceed 25 athletes.

They will include four people to take part in track and field events, a basketball team and perhaps a rowing team.

Greece has taken part in all Olympic Games since their revival in Athens in 1896.

"This time, howeve" a mem ber of the Greek Olymple Com= mittee told Reuter, "wo were faced with what appeared to be Insuperable odds. The Olympic Committee's cash box was practically empty and the cost of sending a Greek team all the way to Melbourne was very high."

CANADA BEAT WEST INDIES IN DAVIS CUP TIE

Port of Spala, May 5. Canada completed a 5-0 win over fire West Indies (1 the fret round of the

Zane American

of the Davis Cup lawn tennis com.

A bright Idea" and a subsidy pald by the Greek Governinont have now saved the situation, however,

a small Greek and team will be able to

petition today. go to

Melbourne.

the

The "bright ideo" was at agreement reached with Athens Race Course which

agreed to share 30-50 the pro- ceeds of a

swoopstake run on March 25, Greece's Independence Day. This along produced £6,000 sterling towards the expenses vi the Greek team.

The Greek Government de- cided to

to the Olymple pay Committed a sum equal to some £24,000 to help the country to take part in the Olympic Games.

2000 PER HEAD

WIDZI

Canada, who had earlier gained a winning 3-0 lead. the final two singles matches. They will meet the United States In the next round.--Reuter,

Craigengower Win Valley Trophy Match

In the Brat match of the Valley Trophy lawn bowls Cralgengower Cricket Hongkong Football 39 shots at the by former's ground yesterday.

Games experts have estimated series, that 2000 per head will be Club beat sufficient to cover the fores and Club by expenditure at Melbourne the Greek athletes who are tak ing part.

Greek sports fans, who for a moment feared that Greece would not be able to make it this time, have now had their fears dispelled.

The home team won on five rinks, Stanley Leonard and his men, C. K. Sung, G. Madar and George Hong Choy regis- win of the tered the biggest day when they beat W. Thom, K.

C. Butler Summers, R. and J. K. Sloan (Skip) by 83 Greece does not expect to to 17 shots. win any prominent place or even a bronze or silver medal at Melbourne.

George Papavassiliou, who was proclaimed Greece's best all round athlete for 1955, Is the greatest hope of the Greek team. He is expected to make times like 3 minutes 50 to 8 minutes 55 seconds on the 3,000 metres steeplechase,

Following were the results:

000 W.M. Sounde R.K. Pavri OA. Souza A.E. Contes

(8kip) E.G. Barros A.F. Ferwira P.K. Lau 1.8. Landolt

L.M. Suva

23

(skip)

20

A.M.L. Soares

Experis consider that the C.C. Ma Greek basketball team is "first F., Madar

class."

allegiance of players and have willingly released men for what

Some of its players are now was a comparatively short over- lapping period. But the position playing with teams in Italy but towards the end of the summer they have promised to return now seems to be getting worse and join the "national team and they are not taking any for the Olymples chances this year.

Aa

of Poros,

(Skip) F. Lee

R.O. Baker W.C.

21

C.R. Roselet

(Skip) 20 C.K. Sung G. Madar G. Hong Choy 5. Leonard

(Skip) M Mrs S. Silva Mr. Hong Choy

Mirs I. Souza Mr. Relet

(Skip) 24

141

Totals

HEFC H. Black T. Reynolda · F. Angus

K. Forrow'

(Skip) 17

T. Sneddon W. Taylor

T. Dyer

E. Greenwood

T. Jones

(Sp).10.

H. Van Heck

W. McColl

E.. Chatitle

(Skip) 13

J. Robertson A. Boyd Cowan C. McLenna K.A. Baker

(Skip) 21.

W. Thom K. BummerA R.C. Butler

JK. Sloan

(skip) 17 Mrs. Dyer Mrs Boyd Cowan

Mira Melenca Mr L. Robertson

(Skip) 10

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Final Scottish

Another hope for the Greek Lancashire are not alone in sports fans is the Greek rowing During the last two suffering from this question of team. having cricketing stars also years, rowing has been greatly

country first class football. Their action developed in this

for training may lead to others taking steps facilities

by the Greek Royal to ensure that they 1200 not granted weakened for the closing Navy at the island matches of the season because near Athens. of footballing claims.

to all other Olympic

But Lancashire, to elto one

Willie Watson, Test cricketer Games, Greece will again make D unique contribution. Just soccer star, is notable case, have been quick and Sunderland to see a possible red light and one other notable case, or would before the Games are opened at they have already been in com- to give up football. And it is will start

have been had he not decided Melbourne,

from Olympia, the munication with Manchester to

and Balton

not so long ago that the Comp-birthplace Wanderers. | **** City loading First

ton brothers, Denis and Leslie, southern Greece, to Melbourne. Division League had thoughts of Arsonal football soccer learns.

By runners and by long before Middlesex ended plane, the flome will be carried Rangers is that Jack their cricket programme-China from Olympia to the capital for Aberdeen

Mail Special City

The

reason the Manchester

Bewitched III, ridden by Jean Massard, beat Mr Ralph Strass-

writh burger's Clichy,

Polar Dyson, third. Borghetto was fourth. inside-left, and Australian-born Ken Grieves, goalkeeper for Bewitched 111, Clichy, Bor-¦ Bolton, are key cricketera with ghetto and Elpenor are all | Lancashire who have great | entered for the Ascot race to be | hopes of being in the County

run over the same distance on Chicket Championship chal- June 21-Router.

lenge this summer.

Pangadapun, was two-year Frenchman Sets

Gliding Record

scholarship,

whille the hindi prize of a one-year scholarship was won by Pedro Reces.

Over 150 youths participated in the tournament which lasted a month.-France-Presse,

PRIX HOCQUART

Namur hospital, where he died FAVOURITE FOR

of his injuries.

He had set up a new track recond just before the crash.

EPSOM DERBY BEATEN INTO THIRD PLACE ·

British rider B1 Lomas, who!

close to Anderson was riding at the time of the crash was

nows stunned by the

of his

Paris, May 0. Lavandin, fellow rider's death. "I saw the

French-trained spill, but when I passed through; favourite for the Epsom Derby, Buzet on the next lap the village was beaten into third place. In people told me there was nothing the Prix Hocquart, run over the térious," he mid-Reuter.

TENNIS

Drobny And Hoad In Doubles Final

Derby distance of a mile and a half at Longchamp here today.

Winner in

in a field of. Clever was Floriados, one of M. Me cel Boussac's six entries for next month's Epsom classic.

Ridden by Berwe Boulleriges Flortados gained a comfortable win by one length from Yellow-

EMO well.

∙Rome May 6 DiLavandin Jardalky Drobny of Keypt and finalemort came too has to Low Hoad of Austalla bent catch the leade

...

Hugh Stewart, US, and Abe M. Pierre Werdisekmer.

Begal, South Africa, 3-4, 6-4, 0-4 of Lavandin

Louder to move into the finals of that the cult would probably rus the Aden's Doubles in the Inter-- In the Derby, but wouKI BAYW vm Llonai. Tüashila Tournament here one more try out in

"today"-United Pr

Paris, May 4.

The football clubs have been told by the County Cricket As- sociation that those two men have signed contracts until August 31, in other words, "hands off they will not be available for football until September.

Yet the

FORGET

first League A French pilot, Guy Rousselet, flying a Breguet 101 glider, act programme of the 1950-57 - up a new world record for the son is on August 17. The County 200 kilometres triangular cir- cricket programme started last Пузол, who cuit when he clocked an average Wednesday, but speed of 77 kilometres an hour should have reported for cricket training, decided to stay in foot- in Southern France today.

This gliding record is sub-ball uniti after last Saturday's Ject to confirmation.

The Polish plot Makula held the former record with 67.304 kilometres An hour-France Pre880.

Cup final.

Sports Diary

TODAY

Tennis-

League Matches: Ladies' 'A' Divi sion: KCC V CRC: LRCY SCÃA: USRC v Recreio.

Men's 'A' Dividon: BCAA V KCC; IKCC Y CBC.

TOMORROW

Soccer

Stanely Shield 7-n-skla ment at Club ground, 9.30. p.m.

Tennis

a mammoth felay

of the Games In

nero-

League Standings

BestUsh LesITO "A"

the 1936 Olympics; Melbourne, Hearta.... Australia, China Mall Special.

EUROPEAN MEET

Hungarian Sets

New

Free Style

Swim Record

London, May 7.

Hibernian

Queen o' Bouth

Airdrie ... Kumarnock Partick Motherwell Raith Rover Lost Fibe Dundee... Falkirk

St Mirren Durdermline Clyde Stating

Scottish Lengua, "B"

Queen's PaK.. Äge United ...

Dumbarton

Sander Zaborazky (Hungary) Bf Johnstone .. beat the European swimming boumerpule. record for the Men's 1,300

Brechin Ciky .. toura-Metres Free Style with a time Cowdenbeath ..

Dundee Un, of 18 minutes 85,9 seconda in

Morton Budapest yesterday according to zara Lanack.. the Hungarian News Agency, emiton

Strearset MTI.

Allow Berwick Porter Eat Barking

Men's "B" Division: KU v RAY. Recreio v KTGCA SCAA v. CCC (2), CCSRC v usac, Urban C v HKCC, CCC (1) v Army, CRC (á) v CRC (1).

Grieves withdrew from the cricket sete early in August,

Ladles "8" Diviak: KOC 1955, because of football activi

(2), Reapelo (2) V SCAA lies, and altogether he missed thɔ'v mg, (, cec V CRC.

THE GAMBOLS

This was 3.9 seconds botter than the

of 18 official récord minutes 40.8 seconds set by LRC Jenn Boltoux (France) in 1832. Reorolo

--Reuter,

Barry Applely

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