ONE-TWO-THREE FOR THE STATES
THE CHINA MAIL, MONDAY, DECEMBER
American Glenn Davis in Bight over the last hurdle before going on to win the Olympic 400 Metres Hurdles final. In the background is Eddle Southern. also of the U.S. who was second. This event was a US. walkover, for Josh G0.1 The winning lime Was Calbreath of the American team came in third.
seconds, a new Olympic record-US18.
SATURDAY'S RUGGER
Club Or
Should
Army North
Win
The
Hexangular Tourney
Says "PAK LO“
On Saturday evening I was extremely surprised to hear, a well- known referee make a few pronouncements on the state of rugby in the Colony in which he stated that the standard of the game had fallen this
year.
If anything the players, are keener this season and have a better knowledge of the laws of the game. I agree that less kicking for touch would improve the game, but I do not think that the general standard could be judged on that point
alone.
the
have upsel was Army side quite a bit.
Against the Club next week this type of play will be Intal, for the Clubs forwards will take care of every loose ball.
lately, and though the total of, scrum could
cuch serunts hooked by equal, the Army put the ball in that almost two to one, 30 Mean was gelling the ball even when it came in
the tight hrad side.
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1 not agree with his state ment thu Army South are the better, on
Iwo paper, of the Army teams. The two Brigades the Army North which form team are much better in almost every department than are Ariny
Holy rela careful considera With a plentiful supply of the Hon of results of the pre- bali the Club slowly but surtly Christmas tournament supports got on top of their my contention.
the
Chib beul Army South by 11 points (7 goul, i try, one penalty gol) to nil on Saturday although The Club centre threes were their passes and
their
11 lonies to the very much like the
Hexungular Tournament will be fought out largely be- tween Club and Army North and I will stick my neck out far us to say that the winner of
these two
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with Steward Bading O'Kelly line with beautiful crisp poses which gave O'Kelly every chaner.
The scorers were Williams, In the Beynon and Southgate Brak halt, and Mander, Moe- Cullagh, Johnson, Blackburn and Turnbull in the second. Pritchard the tries.
converted four
for
1966.
YESTERDAY'S SOCCER
SING TAO SCORE BIG UPSET WITH 3-2 WIN
OVER
SOUTH CHINA
By "TOUCHWOOD”
South China, top contenders for Senior Division League honours this season, walked dismally from their own field after Sing Tho's make-do team had overwhelmed them to a degree of smarting humiliation by scoring the biggest upset of the season with a 3-2 win. With their defeat the Nam Wah boys have lost their unbeaten record of five straight victories,
Many of the thousand odd spectators left the ground saying: "The worst South China team we've ever seen." This is an exaggeration, but it la excusable, tough and ready judgment,
LEAGUE CRICKET
Optimists Put Both Themselves And KCC Back Into
Into The
The Race
By "RECORDER”
At Chater Road on Saturday, the HKCC Optimista gave Army South'a Padre, Williams his third First Division League innings of the season, and reduced his batting average from infinity,
to. 13.
They dismissed Army South for 163 runs and in exactly 95 minutes had scored 165 runs for victory for the loss of six wickets. It was all rather startlingly done and the architect of victory was largely John Leader with a very aggressive 74.
Leudor paid scant respect to thego--and it took 21 minutes in crack at goal whenever oppor- passengers for the best part of
of between 00 in 39 and 100 the roputation of Withall the
half. Conunuous tuntues came their way,
Williams or the growing reputam 60. the By
24th minuto the warnings from the referee prob
tion of Ashcroft or Gary Crook. Fivo minutes Enter the BOOTU
reached Sing Tao attack again threatened ably put the Eastern players of This complete disregard of re-had
110, but here their stride and this affected South China's defence with a
putation, plus the fact that the Leader, all caution now thrown very good try off the boots of Wing-keung and Hau Ching-towiclect was not very much of a to the winds, was howled inside-right Lo Keng-chuen but the ball went inches out.
had
For this Sing Tao team con- players not con- lained many sidered good enough to play re
ularly for Hongkong against foreign teams. Yet together they smashed any tactical plans the South China forwards were sent on the field to execute.
minutes of the In the last
South China nsrerted their Caroliners forwards kame the
around swarmed
the Tigers' maupremacy from the 30th to 43rd minute. Leo Yuk-tak, Chu missed and three times goul,
Most cruel Wing-wab arid Ho Cheong-yau scoring by inches. was the luck of Tan Kar-row, euch
but their a uy centre-half attempts falled to beat the ever The South China whese sizzling drive which up-alert Yue Ylu-tak,
With a
minute to o lo half 10 be R goml peared
salled slightly of the mark. Had it time, a spirited raid by Sing Tao been in the net it would have culminated in a direct free kick given the Num Wah boys the awarded them. The South China equnfiser to tie the score at three players bunched up in front of t goals cach,
Coal as Chang Kam-hol poised Apart from this close shavebimself to deliver the kick. This there atro were beautiful ended with the ball resting it net without the back of the Chu Wing-wah and Chi-ping
the at about
Lau Kin-chung having a chance some time but they both had to rave. the frustrating expérience of see- ing the ball everywhere but In-
efforts by
side the net,
OTHER NEAR CHANCES
But, ዐ፡ I have said, there were other near chances for the Caroliners earlier in the second wen! down the hat which drain due to their disjointed combination.
After
Chang Kam-bol, the
sing Tau centre-forward, had
crashed
two goals via u In free klek the first in
This goal gave Sing Too a 1-3 interval score,
been
SECOND HALF
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Chu
on the
defeats,
noi detract
by
nure than any other players.
One could hear the whistle help to anyone but Gory Crook, Ashcroft.
It took three minutes more to blow more often than one could deprived Army Bouth of their
record of no dolea
get rid of Strachan, but the score hear the cheers of the crowd.
from had reached 120, Seven minutes One must
Watty was The later 130 went up. One irate fan seated in front of me gave the referee an added Gary Crooke's performance.
wicket at the Dockyard end was being quite a bit of a stumbling naine by shouting in his high
George Rowe the soft side and this helped | block and
Was pitched voice "Warning King"
Being bushed about by beginning to hit out, You Eastern's Lau
Toledo
Watts stayed to 144—sixth wie- and Ko Po-koung were
the boot down with 10 minutes of outstanding players for the team, They checked the foraging for ward line of the Fastern boys when they approached too close to the goalline.
the
Wohnennett and Leader with-
Dirt consideration oven of smartness of Army South's field play left-when he was held at ing would
mid-off by Ashcroft off Crook.
Ray Hughes was next man and his two fours in his contri
before
First
oft took 09
was
upset anyone. But Crook reacted to thin as had Singapore's King a Lew weeks ago and its three wicketsbution of 1 killed all hopes of Kwong
Wab's Lo Tak-hing in his second spell represented a victory or even a draw. Ther made it one up early in the first that type of fighting spirit that were five minutes to spare when minute when he put in the
the Optimists scored the win- inpices cricket worth watching.
Army South and first lease of ning runs, finishing touch to a Leung Nom
OTHER MATCHES This early setback the wicket and Dedson was the shot a acmoralising effect on first to go with the scoreboard
KCC stayed in the had Eastern's play and though they showing 10, caught by Hall off Division League race when they Army North by two levelled the score through left. Pritchard at mid-off.
The second wicket partnership wickets Chun-tak in the
at Sookunpoo winger Fung
Vic Falthal) their opponents between Withall and Howard Saturday.
Ave wickets for Kix runs The second half match flared 11th milnule, and exploded within seconds of look the ad again when they Dobson was much more pront
able and lasted to 77 on the Army North were all out for were awarded a penalty kick the start. There were the South
It took Chen
Ming-chik two board when Wilhall was bowled 61, but KCC tost seven wickets, China boys, no doubt having
by Leigh-Bennett after having Giventing taking six of these bileted in the dressing attempts the first was ruled out
for 24, contributed 47.
victory as one the
Wrinch room, putting their shoulders to by the referee
WD5 Wali
before to theirs. forwards moved
Jeg Leigh- the wheel and they did this with Kwong
-Bennell without any At Sookumpoo also on Satur- such gusto
that it was most goalwards before Chen had his
further addition to the foot to the
score, day, the Itoyal Air Force best ball-but in his Chen
Five runs later Howard-Dobson the Indian Recreation Club by Ming-chun
by the ball in
wicketkeeper 51 runs, RAF declared at 193 for was caught the same
Hughes to become Leigh Ave as Taylor scored 65, Lee 42 Bennett's third victim after and Dan Welch carried his bat for 63. IRC could only reply having contributed 20.
Ashcroft
with 142. George Ebert, low went at 95, caught off Watts at forward short leg. down in the batting order, con- Tidey and Crook held out to tributing 33 and All Khan 24. 120 when
Tidey, after having Birley book five for 48.
At King's Park, the match scored 31, was bowled by Prit
between Recreio and Scorpions chard,
ended in draw, Scorpions declared at 134, Aive. Pennee contributing 23. Frank Howarth and Vernon Roberts 37. L. J. Remedios took four for 41.
unfortunate that they falle
put the ball pasi Yue Yu-tak.
next
shol
In a suckber rald In the 24th placed minule the Tigers were awarded direction.
This 2-1 Interval Icad of a direct free kick and Chang
Kwong Kam-hol gave his team
2-1 Six minutes later, left winger Fung Kee-leung carried the score to 3-1 and it was a shoulder high shot that had Lau Kin-chung beaten all the way.
the rest
to
By this time the Narn Wab boys were frantle enough to do anything to score, They left only the goalkeeper behind while
went up 10 bolster the strength of the for ward line. In one of the in- cessant roids South China's lett-back Kwok
the 441 minule of the first half and again in the 24th minute...... South China carried out a non- stop attack of hard, aggressive cad. tackling. This offensive spirit tire football temporarily choked life out of their opponents.
Perhaps it would have helped boys had they the Nein Wah resorted to this robust brand of soccer earlier in the match for of the rum of they had most play in their favour.
The South China team with out the services of Mok Chun- wah nnd Yiu Chouk-yin were all at sea. Their forward Unt looked stubby
atick In the and their defence was shock- ingly poor. Ng Wai-man gave his side the best of all starts-a quick goal in the fourth minute. Then when Lu Wing-kun and Ho
to do Cheong-yau falled their jobs as inside-forwards, 1 was Ng who tried to do it for them.
The other South China player who played very well was left- winger Chu Wing-wah. Chu ran back for the ball time after time. He worked all his tricks to free his other forwards from
tight grip of the Sing Tao
thle day, though
The Club threes in the ten- tre hui 1 GIT
One other point was that the Army threes did not feed their wings as inuch as they could Valentine had the dd have done, and the centres in move, but the Club wings got a
sisted on passing back in again. fair share of the ball, and were riwnys a danger.
RAF v. Navy
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The Chih pock was superbur an the linearls and the loose, with Penman and Miliar the nex: Saturday's match between sing lights. Roberts, the Club 144 will be thell back, was wonderful and his eventual winner of this year's tackling superb and two certain Tournament.
muffled by his were At Sik Kong!
bgefish tackles. North had only Army
These two tackles could have selves to blame for the sinali-
been useless had the Army South ness of their win against Police, he used inside for in such dise a man was waiting, but the Army centres were greatly and list the fow chances Any tod of winning.
Saturday. trem-
for had the halves got together the digits could easily have been reversed. That they won by the large score of 35 points (4 goals, trice) to nil speaks for itself, but there are still a lol of weak points in this team,
of
the end.
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never reached an excluing pitch, Corner and Corah shone for Badge had n
the opposing sides, while good gaine and Wilm tooked the most
dar gerous three on the field,
The Navy
slight ad- had n Vantage in the loose, and their deter tackling was good. but both response, no quick-on-the-uptake
and the reaction from sides handled badly threes never moved well at all. who, instead should have been
Corner
feeding him. Navy opened the Hooring with a long, low raking
SAD TO WATCH kick which hit the crossbar and
It was sad to watch, and even bounced in, and in retaliation in the closing minutes Macnamara the Sing Tao supporters W converted from in front of the sorry that Chu Wing-wah had
to work alone,
Both could have made a posts when Navy were penalised
perfect scissors, but King hung for feet up in the scrum. of in the ball and
Was well tackled for his pains. Navy
Club "B" v. RAF Littio The Army threes seldom made
'Saiwan ground by running, and only Sharp looked dangerous, but he Reintjes seldom saw the ball.
never
in
On the Club ground later the afternoon, RAF Little Sai wen went down by 11 points (1 goal, I really goul, i try) to points (penalty goal) in a scrappy game in which penalties galore were awarded.
no
was
O'Kelly started the searing with a
the 25
Club v. Army South penalty conversion from Surprisingly in thia game after Army South Wein Penalised
in 5-yard scrum, and in Barker at last found his match second half the ball travelled along in Meitan who has been im- the Club line in Salter who with “ tackles through threa proving by leaps and bounds lovely run
corner, The conversion was missed.
the
men
1.
Кат-поп
Wah turned out to be When the best they could do. Eastert netied the equaliser in the 15th minute by Lau Yee off a free kick from 39 yards out, this goal took the fight out of the Kwong Wah boys.
Enstern collected the winning goal in the 25th minute when o Chu Wing-keung pass to Hau Ching-to saw the latter beating Kwok Chow-ming all the way.
TEAMS
Disaster struck twice at 133. first when Payne was caught off Pritchard al second slip and again as Crook was run out
Wis
104
X
Recrglo replied with 123 fon eeven as A. E. Noronha contrl- buted 33. R. H. Complo look Ave Recreio wickets for 25.
Meanwhile, Martin scoring and the remaining two wickets lasted to 163.
100 MINUTES The Optimists needed
At Happy Valley, Police best Eastern: Yung Pul-dor; Lec runs in exactly 100 minutes to
the Royal Navy by stven lifted a well directed shot right Ping-nom, Lau Yee; Toledo, Ko win. They embarked on this
wickets. Walker contributed 31 into
Encouraged with Po-keung, Loe Kwok-wah; Fung chore by losing two valuable tils success, Chu__Wing-wah, Chun-tak, Chu Wing-khang, Ho wickets to two Very good and Dixon 24 to Navy's BB
Wizon ook Ave for 25. English Lau Chi-ping and Tan Kar-sow Ying-fun, Lo Kwok-tal Hau catches at forward short leg by contributed an undefeated cach had a near miss that could | Ching-to.
Howard - Dobson off Crook
10 Police's 102 for five. ittle have been a goal with
Kwonk Wah: Kwok Chow- Pritchard was the first to
At Soolaunpoo yesterday Army bit of luck. When the whistle ming; Fu Nai-long, Ng Bo-leung; › with the scoreboard showing North collected another four sounded the 3-2 score remained Hui Tal-wal, Leung Wing-fai, one and Kilber next with the
potto at the expense of the Trul Ngal-10; unchanged to give Sing Tao a
Lau Tot-ches, scoreboard showing
¡RC. Army North were all out a well deserved victory,
Chow Heung-cheung, Chen Now
Leigh- together
for 100 (Carl Myait four for 44, Ming-chih, Leung Lam, Lo Tak-Bennett and Leader, either of S. H. Khan 4 for 5) and IRC hing.
whom showed scant respect to in their turn were dismissed for
bowling 1 no time at all 56 (Greenhalgh four for 25).
TEAMS
Bing Tao: Yue Yiu-tak; Luk Ping-yit, Leung Chung-Sum; Cheong Man-chi, Laung Kit Mak Kel-chung: Wong Kwok- kee,
Keng-chuen, Chang Kam-hoi, Tang King-kwong, Fung Kee-leung.
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South China: Lau Kin-chung; Lau Cht-plug, Kwok fom ho
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the
came
the scoreboard showed 50 for LWO, both
both batsmen
thern helping
selves to
to fours rather than ex-
LEAGUE "STANDINGS
First Division
P.
F. W. L D. Pts,
26
2 8.0 2 22
Second
hausting themselves with run-Army South .. ning between the wickets,
KCC Here a
move was made that
Optimists proved fatal. Withall replaced RAF
Luk Tat-hay, Tan Kar-sow, Nebourne.
Olympic Games continue in Mel-Chook at the Pavillon end and Indian RC
Williams replaced Ashcroft a Craigengover Wai-man;
the Dockyard end. Chan Chi-kong Họ
Recreio Cheong-you, Leo Yuk-tak, Lo
LIVELIER YET
Army North The slower bowling put addi-Scorpions Wing-kun, Chu Wing-wah.
tional life into the efforts of Polico Leader and Leigh-Bennett. The Royal Navy latter helped himself to a six off Withall and 60 runs were on the board after 33 minutes play. KCC Hornets WEDNESDAY
Seventy was up on the board RAF Boccer
after, an additional four minutes'
Army North Summer Longuế; Bouth China play and 80 after 30 minutes. Indián, RC
With the scoreboard showing Recreio Cricket
-out compett-91, Crook came back at the Dockyard
Pavillon, end and next over KCC Wasps, Ashcroft was back at the other University end. This change was to alter Royal Navy the situation a little and Leigh DBS
Army
South Tidey off Crook at mid-off, after Police
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and
Major Unite tion.
Drobny Beaten In Bennett went at 02, ought by
Singles Final
personal contribution of 31, KGVS
8 0 1 1, 25
4 2.1
7 3 3 1 13
There war, however, still • Including two points for Leader and George Rowe left tied match.
and after that the assorted wild-. hifters who could not be ex-
a.time.
a grave,
pected to stay too long a
It wie
still anybody' Duke Pays A body's game to do dia no Visit To The
EASTERN
3 The RAF drew with the Navy
Lee Yuk-tak had an uneasy
KWONG WAH ....2 3 points (1 penalty goal) to 3
game, and it was not until late points (1 penalty goal) in a list-
In the second
he half that
How lucky Eastern were in a in which the lasy game,
moved with any confidence to Senior Division League match at had a slight advantage, but the
catch the high shots. of the
Caroline Hill on Saturday. Trad- loss of
carly In the second half made just that bit
This was a scrappy game, but Sing Tao players full marks going 2-1 for 45 minutes they
Airmen to their venire-forward Chang eventually pulled themselves out Gymnastics (C..) 0 pm. difference and they
in the first half the
He not only scored of the rot to overcome their managed to break through into had a grand game at full buck, looked the more dangerous, but Kam-boi.
goals but also was stubborn and enterprising op he made one serious though
they red quicker. The RAF two vital fumble which
resulted in
he pack played as eight men, did schemer-in-chief who had the ponents in Kwang Wah to walk defence rocking off the Beld with a 3-2 decision Club ore, but otherwise
score, stopped the Club from piling it their threes, they
it not combine and seldom covered South China
allowed the and rolling with poradle raids, that could have gone the other
Yao Yi-ink deserves mention way. on. Unluckily
sup- one
Club forwards to come through
expectally Gone fact he
the shine ported him. In
but they passed for this timely saves like Barker, who was excellent their lineouts, in the loose but was on his own, the bald much bolter along the in the closing stages when he polish of the decoding Cham
hod to work overtime to chess plons that a season ago scored a throcs than did Club "B".
the goat-hungry, South China
double- First Division League and the Senior Shield titles. Mullan, and Wret shone for forward line.
The Caroliners took an early
Angers (France), Dec, 2. Club "B" and Clark was
Instead of playing the close The American Budge Patty, lead in the 4th minute danger in the Airmen's side.
result of a
a Lee Yuk-tak-Ng Wai-soccer that we expected of today brat. Estypilan Jaroslav In the 24th mute Rose converted man combination which ended Champions, the Eastern players
the international tennis tourmm- Acore with the RAF mostly on the
placod shot
tion and their shooting in frontment here today,
look too happy. As Crook toll- At this stage the Club were de-attack.
As the Airmen thred. Drsham This goal deficit only spurred of goal was atrocious. finitely on top, and not even sharp
Louctied down in the second har fthe Tigers
In the doubles, Patty and jod away with determination, the forward line into Forwards Chu Wing-keung, running into the centre to find an
Wiggol to convert, and shortly: ather opening could get through.
Ho might have done had some. Wieget converted a penalty and in full attack
completely off their and Jalabert (France) 6-8, 2-6, six try Leader off Crook just a minutes "Arenstrong - were beaten back repeatedly, were so
Yeminder that
was still one backed him up, but no one did. the The final score came when Willarna Wright scored well out to make it they never hosilated to take form that they were practically14-12 Fance-Presse. broke through a lineout with the 111-3′′ bail, then kicked ahead. The Anny tumbled and illott got there and kicked over the line, and then Programmes and Entry touched down. O'Kelly converted, Forms for the 5th Race Meet-
Army North v. Police ing 1956 to be held on Satur day 15th December, 1956 For the Police Johnston had a (weather permitting) may be reasonable game, and that is all that can be said for the Police. obtained at the Secretary's The Army North on the other Office, Alexandra House; the hand, with the exception of their Club House, Happy Valley; halves, were excellent. and the Stables, Shan Kwong The Army, to tell the truth,
to score, It' Rond,
didn't have to try. was NO cary.
The forwarda
NOTICE
THE HONG KONG JOCKEY CLUB
went down the wing to score in the a penalty and that was the half time with Ng scoring with a well (were uncertain of their combina. | Drobny 6-4, 6-4 in the final of It continued to look like any
•
the
Entries close at 12 o'clock played well as a pacic, but it was
berum that NOON on Wednesday 5th behind's the
Jiggest weakneES appeared. December, 1956,
Against only token opposition, the two Army halves could not get together. Between them they missed inore, passes than Bedrstary, they table, and had the Pulke þéen faster in breaking from the
Order of the Stewards, JA.E. ARNOLD,"
plain
and though they Ho Ying-fun and Hau Ching-tengerat (France) beat Drobny scoring hit whit down, despite a Olympic Village
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Mão: Dukd phesided it, n÷ban=" quet given in his honour at tha Australian Daybig leamar can teen, where he met
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Common wealth Olympic delegation t
At his table, the Duke Chris Basher, Britain's
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Betty Cuthbert, Australiah teta Olympia sprint champion: titrow competitors.
After the luncheon, the visited the Olympia Vil paused to inspect *Kaha” sleari Baths ade pital,
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