1957-10-21 — Page 7

THE CHINA MAIL, MONDAY, OCTOBER 21, 1957.

TWO INVALUABLE POINTS GO DOWN

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And Much Of Kitchee's Soccer Prestige As Sing Tao Win 3-2

Says I. M. MacTAVISH

Sports Diary It's Going To

Second

TODAY

Bacing

Raca DAY of Becand Meeling at Happy Valley, noon,

Cricket Cricketing Schoolmastets V KCC (KCC).

Golf

Interpoil Golf with Singapore al

TOMORROW

Meeting

HKVA Council Meeling at Sports

Midway through the first half of this punishing game at the rang

Club Stadium yesterday a woll-known footballing personality came up to me and in jocular fashion said "I've just fixed a special attraction for the interval. . . . I've arranged for Hau Road, BA3 F Yung-sang, Chang Kam-hoi, Tan Kar-sau and Chu Wing- keung to take part in a 200 metres sprint!"

He then assumed an expression of deep thought, shook his head sadly; and went on "No, on second thoughts it just wouldn't be possible. I don't think any of them could finish it in the five minutes the HKFA allow the players for an interval!!"

and

That was à jest between There was nothing delicate

the proceedings friends, but even in the early about stages of the game It had its, Intricate, constructive own special significance, for by was at an absolute then we had realised that the outcome of this Important Encounter depended to a great extent on the success or failure of the veterans in the two line- ugs,

Sing The won and they did so with the inspiration that sprung from yet another combined effort by Hou Hung-sang and Chong Kam-hol, who seem to have found something of the

football minimum, but there were Inetdent galore, thrlife in fair ration, and enough goals and near misses to keep the crowd in good volee.

Kitchee were twice in the lead. Kwok Yau got the frat goal of the afternoon when the game was only ten minutes eld. it was a simple affair and the Sng Tao defener was sadly at. sen when Chu Wing-wah clipped the ball across the goal for the

Soccer

1st Divisions Club v RAF (Club). Anny v Kwong, Wah (39) boli matchee at 0.30 pm.

THE

DRAIN

Be An Interesting

League Cricket Season

If we are to judge only by Mahmood's 73 saved the day,good score when the latter was

tho results of the first three weeks of the scapon, It's going to be ono of the closast and most in torosting struggles over for the Championship, of the First Division of the Cricket League.

for

Mexico Beats Costa Rica In World Cup

Mexico City, Oct. 20. Mexico beat Costa Rica 2-0 today in the Inter-Group play- off to decide the winner of the Central and North American Zeno of the World Soccer Cup competition.

the Indians. Ho was adjudged leg before to Cari dropped at five and four more Myatt with the scoreboard times, but his eye for the great showing 26 runs, hit was very much. In and one of

Opinion as to whether Stonton his clouts for a six of Frank Iowarth in the direction of the was really leg before is just but with one Dockyard was one of the longest about fifty-Afty,

gonto the Myaits I have ever seen at Chater Road, danger man

struck again to diemies Alec Carl Myntt and A.S. Ram-Pearce, Pat Dodge and Harry

A crowd of 80,000 watched juhn were others who ccatribut- Owen-Hughes with only

runs added to the Army North's victory by 21ed to saving the day for IRC more Reserve Division: South China v

the match, played on a heavy CAA (CIT); KMB Bink To runs over the Royal Air Force but, as Frone Howarth summed Scorpions score in as fine an

pitch.

Mexico, winners (Navy) both matches at 5.39 p.m.

at Kal Tak has provided a tem- up generously, the Indians' opening bowlers' display as has Group Two in the zone, scored. Golf

porary setback to the Airmen innings wasn't worth more than heen seen in a long time, Interport Golf with

Bingapore and has placed the Indian RC-70 runs. Less generous estimates Tani Ladies Silver and Brons Divisione, creation Club at the top of the placed the figure at 60.

table,

This is how they now stand;

P. W. D. L. Pls,

Fanling,

ONLY TWO CHAMPIONSHIP

QUARTER-FINALISTS

IN THE LAST SIXTEEN

By "TOUCHER”

Indian RC.... RAF

Army South Army North KCC Craigengower Royal Navy Police Recrelo Scorpions Optimists

3 2 1 0 0 2 2008 2.2 0 0 R 32 0 1 8

1206 1105

10 2

1 0 2 4

0 0 2 0

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secret of perpetual youth. Both inside left to score with n hair- Only two of the quarter-finalists in the recently the Championship, with Craigen.

it shot that just scraped in at the post,

were pinying better at the end than they did the early Binges. They made the vintage Lo Kwok-tai equalised in a players in the opposition look Flek breakaway, but Kitchee rather insipid.

were back in the lead after 37 minutes when Kwok Yau placed the ball neatly outside of Tum Nai-huen's reach.

If, at the end of the senson, And themselves two Kilchee points short of a challenge for honoura, then they can cast their memories back to this game and recall the squander- manis that resulted in

deleat.

They

this

Their Best Patch

Sing Tao bad their best patch Immediately after the interval, In the 50th minute to Kwok-tai drove in a brilliant equaliser which had the Kitchre defenders pointing the Anger- of-suspicion at each other.

So it necns that there are five teams very much in the race for Optimists and the Scorpions also capable of up-

concluded Colony Open Singles Lawn Bowls gower, the Championship, Bob Gourlay and Geoff Leslie,etting the best. managed to reach the last 16 of the Second Annual Open Singles knockout competition which got under way yesterday.

Eliminated during the three rounds of the competition, played at the Recreio, Kowloon Cricket Club and Kowloon Bowling Green Club greens in morning and afternoon sessions, were T. E. Baker, C. C. Ma, B. Douglass and F. A. Santos. Conspicuous absentees in this year's competition were the Colony Singles Champion, R. F. da Luz, and the runner-up, U. A Rumjahn.

Devastating

With Frank Howarth in a

at Chuter devastating mood Road on Saturday, the Indians were in a very poor way at one

stage. They were 10 for 10 wicket

when

procession

started that saw five of them out with only 21 runs on the board.

Frank's five wickets for 52 runs in 18.1 overs was a much better

the peribrmance than when he was lying three very figures suggest and he was of his an epidemic of drew in a beautiful Grst shot. close shots. Young, however, trickiest, but

dropped catches and missed chanccs changed the trend of who, Young took the lead at 14-13 on

and The stronISE The game, the next hend with a two, but

tricky sunlight, of course, con- speil the Pereirn struck

the next tributed to this and gave J, C. brilling bowling on

Mahmood his highest score in two heads to clinch the gamo

First Division cricket, with a two and a three.

attacked for nearly three quarters of the ninety minutes, but surprisingly poor approach

play, and even less successful Anishing, restricted

It looked anyone's game with their goal-scoring rewards in the odds probably in Kitch's two, bolh notched by Kwok

{n traditionel You. With reasonable steadiness favourit they should have lind half-n-football fashion, the odds were dozen, but always they wanted made to lock rather sick when that extra yard or that adding Tao raced into the attack and got the vital winning goal. Mional kick, and such tractics

A Lo Kwok-tai started the move. played right into the strategy of Sing Tao's wily defenders." ment in which all the forwards must had a hand-or should I say, a Wing- keung shoulder the major responsibilty boot-and with the Kitchee de- fenders in a terrible tanglo for his side's somewhat unex-Yeung Wai-to was right on the produced three extremely close pected defent.

Chu

by

in

The biggest casualty in the Rosselt, last year's Knockout day's games, however, was C..

Champion Tournament after defeating S. Bicheno com-

18-10 fortably preflminary round, bowed out to .A, Lopes by the overwhelm- in score of 2-17 in the next round.

In yesterday's competition the seven preliminary-round matches

gomes

the finishing shot spot to ram

The Tigers were Fiddled And Faddled into the net.

Jubilant. Dejection hit Kitchee and although they still continued to have the major share of the

He Addted and faridled, dified and dallied when the whole icmpo of the game

was un-

P. W. Quickmire lucky to lose to B. Zuldon by 10-17 in a tight anish, leading by 14-7, he struck a bod

After

screamed out for a quick erons they failed to save the patch and Van Zuiden picked

field pass

play

up a two, a three and a two un the next three heads. Quickmire The Tigers must not be misled came back with two singles to bent the slow- moving opposition on the turn by this victory, the team lead by 10-14, only to see his Instead we watched Chu time not yet ready to offer a sustain-opponent stage a brilliant Anish challenge for Lengue with a three on the next head, and again being caught in e possession. dispossessed, and honours. Tan: Nai-huen*had a L. A. Rosario put up a credl-

afternoon thus allowing possible attack to most undistingusbed

table display against

fence.

J.S.

be changed into desperale de-in goal and was fortunate that Lundolt before bowing out by several elementary errors did 10-18 after 20 heads. Lending But frankly his is a lop-not lead to goals.

0-4 by the end of the seventh alded Kchee side lucking a Hau Yung-song, Chang Kam-head, 13-11 by the end of the real dominating personality, 2:01, and Bil the

forwarda 14th and 16-15-at the 19th, he There are too many bosses and deserve a special pat on the faltered on the last head which others might get saw Landolt end the match too many experts who all want brick...the things done in their particular the same sort of pat elsewhere with a three. way and to their particular on their anatomy. Liking. If during their toug period of second half superiority they had had someone to dictate the play they must surely have won. Such a personality was lacking. Two invaluable points without this sort of thing. went down the soccer drein.... and with them went a lot of

disillusioned Kitchee Kitchee's football prestige. omelals musi once agli be The Tigers won with a side shaking their heads, but after that bellied many of the rosy last season's prospects we forecast for them should have

M. J. Divecha scored a good Ng Wai-man went into several 17-15 win over M. Q. Wong teckles in a manner that made In the third best game in the Wony led one want to close their eyes or preliminary round.

head but grit their teeth against the im-7-4 after the 7th pact and Sing Tao can well do Divecha drew even at 11-11 end took a four on the next head to establish n narrow lead up to the end.

The

experience they

known that big

Brilliant Bowling

The first round matches were

at the beginning of the vason. numes do rot of necessity muke featured by the brilliant bowl- They had several glaring a team. It looks very much c Ing of A. A. Lopes who had weaknesses and if we started us though it has failed again.

Inst year's champion, C. R. Yong Pul-dor did all he could Rosselet, well outbowled to win

ing 'sweal for jet we would get much.nearer an accurate description of their efforts. in goal, but apart from Chauby 17-2 after 14 heads.

Although he eventually lost to Fal-hung-and in a lesser de- They were.at the best a hard- gree Sreto Ylu-the defence is H. Holgate by 16-17 after 10 deserved working side goaded and driven substituting brawn for brain and heads, G. Jefferies

special mention in this gime ch by General Chang Kam

his

unlull great-hearted Chatt Wing-wah and Szeto for hol, but their forward line was

incompaAght. Trailing behind by 4-15, always liable to get goals, and while Lo Kwok-tol had space Uble in style as any two foot-he rolaliated with a four, a two, Kwok Yaua single, a three and a two on to scheme and Young Wai-to ballers could

not too successfully at that.

Man were as near

be.

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MANDRAKE THE MAGICIAN

NO TROUBLE SO FAR, I WAS FOOLISH TO WORRY ABOUT THAT CRANK NOTE.

AS THE WESTERN MOVIE IS ABOUT

TO BE FILMED.

FERDINAND

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had a chance to break through was the only live wire and he five successive heads to take the only to lose a the apposing defence, as he and little Szeto Sum did try to lead at 10-15, Anally did here, they were keep the forward line moving two on the next head.

M. J. Diyecha was prominent at a reasonable pace, but much always able to bring off an unexpected victory.

of the effort was wasted as soon again in this round

Downright Crude

with as the ball got under the slow-successful uphill fight against whom he ing influence of Chu Wing-keung. R. A. Silva-Netto,

after being defeated by 17-15 VERDICT: Kitchee have no-7-13 down on the 14th head. And now I want to make a

Another close game was that general comment that applies body but themselves to blame

This sort of between A. Eastman and W.

13-15 to both sides

Was In almost equal for their defcat,

Baker. Eastman form will win no spiritless

the 16th head but up a three managed to chalk

measure. Some of the tackling thes, Sing Tao have the spirit down on in this game ran the gambit from being disturbing to bone- and they have veterans who dis- shaking, to shocking, to down-played a virility right crude and dangerous. Far occasion Kitchee's old men could heads to win by 17-15. too much of it went unpunished not match. I would like to sug- and for loo many offenders gest that there are several sete went unreprimanded.

that on this and a single on the next two

Some of the boots that flow

of the legs ond some

that of an opponent' crossed those

the from gasps brought spectators, but strangely enough they brought nothing more than A camunt word or two from, the reforce, and several times not oven that

Some ten thousand spectators watched the same. If they went there expecting a feast of triity football they must have bewisadly disappointed; but if they went in the hope of accing

of bruised limbs, aching mucles and story-telling bones in both camps Loday. A pity-it was so unnecessary.

The Teams

Second Round

The 10 second round matches saw convincing wins being re- idower than gistered in now twelve of them.

this The closest game, in round was that between E. J.

BING TAO: Tam Nal-huen; Liddell and M. J. Diyecha. fau Yung-sang, Leung Cheung Liddell was 13-15 down at the bend, but a tum; Cheung Man-chl, Chang end of the 18th Kam-hol, Ng Wal-man; Wong strong anish by hun on the Kwok-kee, Chang Kom-kwong, next, three heads, which gave Young Wal-to, Lo Kwok-tal, him a two, a single and a two, Wong Tak-fook, ~..

onabled him to win by 18-15.

Former Colony Bingles Cham

ITONES. Yong Pul-dor; plon C. C. Pereira was given Szeto Yiu, Tan Kar-sau: Chan strong resistance by W., C. Fol-hung, Lee Fing-chul, Chan Young before winning his match boma no-quarter struggle Chi-kong: Chilled Wing-Web: by 13-14 after 10 heada.Leads for the points then they certain- Szeto Man, Chu Wing-keung, ing by 19-11 on the 12th head, he bad the game', well'in hand' aly get their money's worth.

Kwok Yau, Breto Sum,

However, the IC demonstrat- ed again that the worst setbacks do not any longer dampen their spirit.

The Scorpions were sel 150 runs to win and Put Dodge and Ivor Stanton were on their way to setting the groundwork for a

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Costa Rica had topped Group

One.Router. ard later

Ship particularly, Frank Howarth and Len While fought hard to salvage a point and it looked like a draw until The fourth ball of the last over

when Ship was caught close to by A.S. Ramjahn.

the wicket

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