1958-12-22 — Page 7

THE CHINA MAIL, MONDAY, DECEMBER 22, 1958.7

Army South's Rugby Title

Hopes Smashed

LOSE TO INSPIRED POLICE XV BY DECISIVE MARGIN

By PAK LO

I would have left the fold with-

eut scoring.

The Police pack started an tack in the seventh mir.ute from deep inside their own half, and there was a lincout Rye yards from the Army line. Pike got the ball and Bryan took it and charged his way through to scores No conversion

3-0.

The Army lovelled the score In few minutes luter when Sharp got the ball on the Police 25, slipped through the defence to send Warrington over in the corner. No conversion 3-3.

For the next ten minutes

South Army

maininined a and Bird- sell hit the upright with a penalty conversion from twenty yurds out.

Army South's hopes of winning the Hexangular Rugby Tourna- territorial advantage

ment this season, were smashed to bits on Saturday after- noon when at Kai Tak a Police XV that had to be seen to bo believed

won not only deservedly but convinc- ingly by 11 points (one goal, two tries to nine (three tries) in a fast and open match.

Narrow Misses

Just on time Johnston who

touch-kicked beautifully all

day

On the same ground Ariny North the reigning champions had little trouble

in keeping their place at the top when they beat the RAF by 12 points Police (two tries, two penalty goals) to three (one penalty goal).

th the other side of the hor

ascendancy to such an extent ba, Club an expreted alter that the Potter players them forward battle jumper t

10 Alves commented on it after the second place in the tournament | game, and sold it kept them when they detrated their old going in the hat few minutes mvala, The Navy, Ly errit. pomis (one good one try to n while in The moor game Club "33" could "And no aturver 10 the atrong Whitheld Wanderers sale and lost by 12 jadnls (o try. three penalty gouda) to alx rtwo tries)

At Bruslary Stred RAF "B Upset e 1st Lanes by 11 points tuigt.

As a result of these talehes the Hexengular Table has been rompletely changed with Army Suh, once one of the seeded tennis, lungulshing at the buftoga of the Table while threa potracts, the Northerners, we.reinaldered only Taur, occupy the top place as shown below.

A

whe

Hexangular Table

Are y NoULA

166

Navy

HAF

Aries Soyu

wo. A 113

41 24 10 4 31 1 21 27 3

1221 110 24 32

it

230 30 1

Police v. Army South;

This was a dine exting game to watch

Towards the end every single Furself cheered B1A1+Lif

with lar supporters of

King

P

The Police

Vural

The Pulice upenest the game their ustid fambling Snelles, and most spectators began to wish for no abstrus tar Poop the score.

Sukienly after ve minutes

to life the Pulled pack came

.

Iren ther on played storming game that upset the Army forwards. A quick try Alve the Pulive the nu urge they needed and the threes an i Solvers began to play as they had never done all this seasoni.

Excelled

Cute13 excelled the scrums, wung them al-

murd

Wh Am. 2 completely unly hooking back the whole garne.

The Was it stung wing Throughout Ale day the ice were expected to tain their three-point lead mutal they unged WIN and 10 Army North would rug with the game

wway

The Army threes, when they got the ball r across feld. though Sharp had some lovely night! runs, but once he gave the ball to Goulds The Arny altack was over,

Greedy

Goulds basisted on trying to good on has

own and never chance.

Fus winger

ven Sharp after a while be came greedy, and with the two sentien hogging the bull the Any

nog.

Iow

hopes

Among the forwarda Mulder wae good in the hose and lave- louts but his pack did not give

LEN trench help as the 1ttre pack k for their fur-

wards

The Poller well they were Tegrille.

Hore at serum-bult though Bike slow in getting the ball ! WAR passing beautifully

was always a dan

and Rach

ger.

Wonderful Game

veryone of the Puller threes was good, and their passing waa a very different thing from the never | Just few weeks. Dunn played a of wonderful gan of full-back,

and was seldom balen.

The Army, however, hud hop In the second Aray South should have used the win to gain ground, but in- ated when they crusskicked or kirkest for touch, they worked on the wrong side of the and half their kicks went into Police hands.

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The Police pack, while not minant in the neoirls, were mament superior in the foose with

the Bryan and Roberts

sturs.

lo fact if the Poller bird tackled lew that Duan, Army South

hacked the ball through

Conversion

to

ngain playing very well indeed

Bede-Cox was good again, but Leppard was not extended in defence.

The airmen on the other hand kicked badly, invariably giving the Army plenty of chances. Among them, Martin had some bright spells and the NAF threes overall were quite good but no match for the Army.

Bedo-Cox especially was al- ways a thorn in the RAF rde. He converted one penalty and also Ecored one try, while Phillips scored near the end in the corner. Brackenbury con- veried a dimeult kick for the

RAF to make the final score, 0-1,

Club v. Navy

The Club kept the ball fairly tight in this game, and Navy were in trouble throughout with- out regular possession of the ball. Haenga was again good, while Delaney and Watson were the mainstays at the defence.

the Army threes and somo very fast following-up by the Nu w the ball McEwan who scored near the posts, Roberts converted. 8-3.

The Club were almost con- The Poller in the second half | tinually on the attack with their missed narrowly with a pennity | threes definitely looking the bel- hu trb the seven- ter combination, and moving teenth minute alter very very emoothly. strong pressure by the Pollee, a serum was ordered five yards from the Army line. Riach got the ball tried to go through and as sal was caught, but Utlare got the ball and barged score Roberts kiek through missed by 12:4 thickness of the paint

the gout posts. 11-8. The

off from Army kickin this try and the Pulike fumbled at last and a five-yard stu

ball resulted. The

cute out smoothly to Sharp who scored

No In the earner.

conversion. 11-D

The Police thereafter pressed steadily until the Anni whistle but did not wore aguin

RAF v. Army North

Like Their compratriots, Arni / North played the first half against the wind with Philips | dropping back to fly-half behind Bingham to make sure that the ball got moving when it came oul.

to a the

Wynn and Muniz agam large extent dominated lincouts, and the Army played a very light game in the first half against the wind, but as Son as they

wind hat the opened the game up, with Philips to scrum-halt and moving up

By Leo Falk and Phil Davis

"HIRING THEM THROUGH SINCE FOR EIGHT YEARS AND REASSEMBLOKG THEM ON YOUR PANEL!"

YOU DON'T UNDERSTANZ,

WE MAKE NO FALSE PROMISES. THEY ARE

HAPPY ON OUR

PLANETT LET

ME EXPLAIN~~~~

Steven opened the scoring for the Club with a nice try which gave the Club a three-point lead. There was no further scoring of the until the last minute game, when from a scrum five, Bennett got the ball and whipped through to score. McTavish con- verted to make It. 8-10.

CHESS

by LEONARD BARDEN

140

(No. 1534) Ilero is a position from master play: White to move and win.

Solution No. 5533: 1 B-H5. K-K6: 2 R-84, K—Q6; 3 R- B3, or 1... P-85; 2 B-Q4.

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