THE HONG KONG JOCKEY CLUB
9TH (ANNUAL) RACE MEETING Saturday 28th February, Wednesday 4th and Saturday 14th March, 1959
(To be held under the Rules of the Hong Kong Jockey Club) THE PROGRAMME WILL CONSIST OF 30 RACES. There will be 11 races on each of the 1st and 2nd days and B races on the 3rd day.
The first bell will be rung at 11.30 am, and the first race run at 12.00 Nonn on the 1st and 2nd days. On the 3rd day the first bell will be rung at 1.30 pm, and the first race run at 2.00 pm.
The Liffin interval is after the fourth race (1.30 pm) on the 1st and 2nd dayo.
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The Secretary's Office at Alexandra House will close at 10.00 a.m, on the ist end 2nd days, and at 1145 am. on the 3rd day,
MEMBERS' ENCLOSURE
NO PERSON WITHOUT A BADGE WILL BE ADMITTED. All persons MUST wear their badges prominently displayed Throughout the Mecting.
Admission Dadges at $10.00 each per day are obt. nable prior to the Meeting from the Club's Cash Sweep Omees, nt Queen's Building, Chater Road, D'Aguilar Stroot and Nathan Road, Kowloon, only on the written Introduction of a Member, and on production of his Guest Record Card Members are limited to 6 Exesta each Race Day, and will be responsible for all guests
introduced by them.
GUEST BADGES WILL NOT BE AVAILABLE AT THE RACE COURSE ON RACE DAYS.
Timna will be obtainable at the Club House if ordered in advance from the No. 1 Boy (Tel. 72811).
THE CHINA MAIL, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 1959,
ARMY UNIT RUGBY SEMI-FINAL TODAY
NOW ENGLAND MUST
FIND NEW TEST MEN Revision To Approach Of Game Necessary
Says DENIS COMPTON
ET'S have no excuses; no recriminations. We have lost the Ashes to a better all-round team. I believed, as did so many, that when our cricketers left for Australia last autumn we were sending abroad one of the greatest-aver England teams.
The ath Floor is restricted to Members, and Ladies wearing We had every reason to be optimistic-and I was more
Lady's Brooches,
NO CHILDREN will be admitted to the Club's premises during
the Meeting. For this purpose a Child is a person under the age
of seventeen years, Western Standard.
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· PUBLIC ENCLOSURE
The price of admission will be $3.00 each per day payable at The Gate.
Any person leaving the Enclosure will be required to pay the requisite fee of $300 in order to gain re-admission.
MEALS and REFRESHMENTS will be obtainable in the RESTAURANT.
SERVANTS
Servants must remain in their employers' boxes except for possing through.on their duties. They may on no account use the Betting Booths or Pay Out Booths in the Enclosures,
CASH SWEEPS
The Third day of the Meeting previously advertised, for Saturday 7th Merch has been postponed to Saturday 14th March, and all Cash Sweeb tlekets dated 7th March 1999 will be valid for the Meeting on 14th March, 1959.
Although Through Tickets cannot normally be purchased for each day of a Meeting unless there is an interval of at least five days between each day an exception is being made for the Annuai Meeting Through Cash Sweep tickets, therefore, at $22 Race each per day for the 1st and 2nd days and $16 for the 3rd day, or 300 for the three days of the Meeting may be obtained from the Cash Sweep Offices at Queen's Building (Chater Road) and 5, D'Agullar Street during normal office hours and until 10.00 am. on each day of the Meeting.
Partiuite numbers within the series 1 to 3,000 may be reserved for all race meetings as Through Tickets. Such tickets will be issued consecutively only and the right is reserved by the Stewards to cancel any reservation for Through Tickets for à particular Meeting if it is found that sales, may not reach the number reserved in the series 1 to 3,000.
Tickets reserved and available but not paid for by 10.00 a.m. on Friday, 27th February, 1959, will be sold and the reservation. cancelled for future Meetings.
Tickets over 3,000 will also be issued consecutively but particular numbers cannot be reserved as Through Tickets.
The reservation of any particular number does not confer on the registered holder any rights whatsoever unless the Ucket hearing the appropriate number is issued to and can be produced by the holder.
The Stewards serve the right to refuse any subscription also the right to remove any name from Subscription Lists without stating reasons for their action,
Tickets for the Cash Sweep on the last race of the Meeting ot $2.00 each und Tickets for the Special Cash Sweep on the Hong Kong Derby scheduled to be run on 2nd May, 1938, at $2.00 cach may be obtained from the Cash Sweep Offices at:-
Queen's Building (Chater Road) and 5, D'Agullar Street Hong Kong on:-
Weck-days, Mondays to Fridays... Saturday 21st February
Saturday 28th February and Wed-
nesday 4th March
Saturday 14th March
9am to 5.p..
9 am to 12.30 p.m.
a.m. to 10 am."
am, to 11 am.
King's Rord, North Point, Hong Kong and 382 Nathan Road,
Kowloon on:-
Week-days, Mondays to Fridays
Saturday 21st February
Saturday 14th March
——_ TOTALISATOR
.. 10 s.m. to 4 pm.
Baum. to 11.45 a.m. a.m. to 11 am.
Backers are advised not to destroy or throw away their tiekots until after to "all clear" algnal has been exhibited.
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ALL WINNING TICKETS AND TICKETS FOR REFUNDS MUST BE PRESENTED FOR PAYMENT AT THE RACE COURSE ON THE DAY TO WHICH THEY REFER, NOT LATER THAN ONE HOUR AFTER THE TIME FOR WHICH THE LAST RACE OF THE DAY HAS BEEN SCHEDULED TO BE RUN.
PAYMENT WILL. NOT BE MADE ON TORN OR DISFIGURED TICKETS.
Bookmakers, Tie Toc men, etc. will not be permitted to operato within the precincts of the Hong Kong Jockey Club.
By Order of the Stewarde,
Hong Kong, let February, 1959.
沉
And
mistake.
A. E. ARNOLD,
Bacratory.
to be without REDIFFUSION TELEVISION!
optimistic than most.
But I was wrong. Somehow our batsmen havo disappointed, particularly our openers, and the sido nover really seemed to get going in making runs.
Our fast bowlers were good, but were more workmanlike than' successful The same could be said of our spinners.
Frank Tyson, who on the last tour destroyed the Australia, was yard slower and never struck form. Brian Stathon
but performed magnificently, what he did on his own was not enough. Freddie Trueman never seemed to be able to provide the decisive break-through,"
Grim Outlook
More important, however, was the fact that the Australians have turned out to be a much better side than we thought und-we may as well face - much our superiors in every department, in batting, in bowf ing and in fielding. We have been well and truly beaten.
For English cricket the im- mediate outlook is anything but a happy one,
If you try to think. of ade- quote
could substitutes who have been sent out to Austr alin to strengthen, the side you draw a blank. There aren't any, substitutes.
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SPORTSMEN COME TO THIS EVENT BRITISH LECION EARL HAIG FUND BOXING TOURNAMENT
QUEEN ELIZABETH
STADIUM
27th FEB. (NEXT: FRIDAY)
• SUDBA ROW... persovore with him
should develop into a ne bats man; W. B. STØTT, the York- shiru batanian, Is a candidate | as an opener.
There is no one playing to- day, bataman or bowler, of whom you could say that if he had been included in the side the result might have " been different.
It is a sad comment on the state of our cricket and at the Inioment it looks that when the great players of the present side have gone there will be a great
shortage of talent to replace
them.
Consider what the position will be in 1001 when the Aus- tralans come here. So far pa I can judge, only Many Cowdrey and Graveney of the present team will all be England probables.
will have Godfrey Evans come to the end of a fabulous Jim Laker will have career.
gone, probably Trevor Balley
also.
It is doubtful if Tyson in any longer to be considered as up to Test standard. Statham and Trueman may be part their best.
Tony Lock may, or may not, be available (one has to re member his knee) and in sufil- ciently good form....
You will observe that there is not a bowlor in this rough Hist. I'm afraid that is because I just cannot name one.
Opportunity
There has never been a more urgent and yet more glowing opportunity for some youngsters to achieve bowling fame than at the present moment.
blama the present approach ta erloket in Eng- land for the lack of real
5th
Field's Better Pack
Gives Them Slight Edge Over 1st Royal Tanks
By PAK LO
With the end of the Hexangular Toúrnament, rugger fans' interest switches to the Army Unit Knockout Competi- tion, one semi-final of which will be played off. this afternoon.
The Final is now arranged for 2.30 p.m. on the 28th of this
month on the Police ground in Boundary Street.
Out at Sekong, and not at Boundary Street, as originally advertised. the semi-finalists, 5th Field Regiment and 1st Royal Tanks, "dark horse" of the Tournament, clash at 3.00.p.m.
Club "B" will also be seen in Rotoli will not be available | Taiwanese after the Club action, this afternoon, on the lo enter, which will probably Taiwan Kame on March 7 Bookunpoo ground of 4.30 pm. į bring forth a sigh of relief from and details of this will be against the Navy, and this game some of the other sevens, though) availal, 'e for Club members in should provide plenty of thrills she will be coming in later on the Clubhouse. for the two teams are well matched
The Whitfold Wanderers nisu
in the month and hopes to play a return match against Clubi "A".
Today's Teams "Club "B": Steward, Brown, Melrose, Hutt, Spencer, Wiegelt, Laville, Thewles, Kilvert, Chur- The annual Bank-Club Ax-ner, Barnes, Walker, ture has now been finalised for Hooper, Roets. 7.00 p.m. on
Navy Merahall, Greest, Beck, the Club ground- March 19, and or
the Barnett, Heath, Watson, Holland,.
Strachan Club are holding a Steak and Hervey, Kennard, Kidney Dinner after the game Russell, Jones, Rogers, Dickson, In today's admi-final 8th to wind up their season. A Stroud. Field, who had a clear cut win large attendance
Whitfield Wanderers: Craw Is expected by 15-0 in the previous round for this, as the Club will beford, Watson, Davis, Sandereço,
Wooltender, over the 1st Lanes, are reckon inviting guests from the Police! Church, rd tho most likely to go and the Services,
Tunbridge, Richards, Morrison, through to the Anal, though A cocktail party is also Cleary, Leitch, Helllags, Prior, the result in this case may well scheduled by the Club for the Collit.
take the field again against the Bank-Club Game RAF a Boundary Street, nt 4.00 p.m.
The match between the Green Howards and 32nd Medium has been postponed again to Monday at 9.00p.m. on the Bookunpoo ground.
be reversed, f the 1st Tanks
are rather an unknown force
and they too won convincingly against Victoria whom they dumped out of the running by beating them by
Without Their Ster Wimbledon Is Sure
The Tanks it is reported will probably be without their star, Bedo-Cox, who is still nursing a broken finger, though he him self stated sometime back that he hoped to be fin time to take part.
Ovorail the 6th Fiold have the slightly better back division and this should se them through, for their forwards.are capable of holding the Tanks.
In the other game the Navy XV is a good one, and one which is sure to give Culb "B" a hard battle. If the weather and grogs are atill damp this affbincon this game. Will definitely develop into a forward
battle, and, the "B" forwards have always shone in a game of this type. They now play as a woll co-ordinated force, and should win this game by a smuli margia.
Sell-Out Again
By DEREK JOHN
London.
The year's most successful SOCIAL event,
that's the Wimbledon Championships which open every June at the stately All-England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club, London, S.W. 19,
Thunder and lightning and higher prices are not
able to keep fans away. Every year they come in tens of thousands to part with more than a quarter of a million pounds at the turnstiles.
Least of all are they dis
But, without a public opinion
It, however, the ground is dry the Navy with their strong three line of which Greest and talent. Our policy in regard Beck are the most dangerous couraged by the ever-falling poll, it would be unfair to
wickets is mainly sponsible..
10
ro-
Recently wickets have favour cd the bowlers one has only to
think of the Oval and Lord's wickets for the past few years. The unhappy result of this has been two-fold.
should do well especially as they have Watson in front of them and will probably win the game for the Navy.
3.
No Threat
...
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standard of play at this pre-asename that the majority of mier shindig of the amateur vialtors attend this colourtu), · cosmopolitan carnival juni for the tennis world.
exhilarating social experienco. Ashley Cooper, Mal Ander-
There are some, I believe, who son, Mervyn Rose and overal go to Wimbledon actually to soO First Timo
Jesser stars have turned pro- the tennie. Although this will be the fessional in the past year. Once first time the Whitfield Wander- again the Wimbledon raer's Why do they still go when the ers. have Wickets have not been good sometime most of today's players
taken the field for singles title will be undefended.world's best tennis players are to be found in the professionat cnaugh for the young batsman
have been seen in action over But the turnstiles will click in ranks and to develop his technique
merrily D EVOT, the last few weeks with Army June his confidence, and they have South, and as a result today's February û was the closing date been bad enough for bowlers to XV has a very strong back line, for ticket applications, and on Kot results which have looked
The vast majority of British good but, in fact, gave a totally and one which should upset All-England Club official saya:
the RAF, who lost their touch "There has been the unanl heavy" tennis-farm follow- and play the a fain=impression-of-a-bowleria;. or the last couple of gamersport game only in the ammer At capacity.
The RAF forwards, have not
present, Jack Kramer' 9... stara
· An_usual, there will be balloj gramot be seen, in Brinin until situation been getting together too well for Centre seats and, as ugl, early autumn-and In Australia the
then of late but the Wonderers aro different. seems to be utterly
usual in the thousands of eppilcants will be doors. They have been able to produce not as strong as an almost inexhaustible crop of pack and this may give the air-disappointed, new bowlers and they now have men a chance to settle down, With Indiz coming here this with top-class players fighting centre to form the backbone of How can
a side which is very fine indeed and get their back line moving, but with Sanderson in the summer we have an excellent for places in it. chance of blooding A Tow Joungsters (I say a few bo cause that is the distressing position) who might develop.
Able Doxtor
to
We will probably have find eight new men, including a wickelkeeper,
What are we going to do about 117
Too Cautious
Curious Fact
we explain the the defence the Wanderers look curious fact that even though like adding another scalp to Wimbledon loses more and more stars, it makes more and more their belt today.
The Blarney Stone seven-a-money?
Thus the success of Wimble don has never been' nerkounity threatened by the expension of empire. And the Kramer's rulers of the amateur game will never consider the possibility of an Open Wimbledon while the Championships continue to ba a euro' sail-ouf. Batemen get a chance of good side tournament is sill not at- I have always suspected that
So I we no prospect of pro- There is TED DEXTER, who, wickets and bowlers have to tracti 4 jot of entries Wimbledon-going le, a form of fessionals, plzying" on Wimble- I am still convinced, has a great make their reputations against and To date not
cred single escapism for a great many don's
Centre Court. deal of natural ability and con much greater odds than in Eng-Army Unit has entered, though spectators, At the All-England, Wimbledon may provide second- hardly be judged on his Austra and we have seen the results on are being arranged. The sooner drobness of life in the suburbs available
The game has benefited It is known that plenty of them Club, they leave behind the eines tennis, but 11 is the bant at the time of' year, SUBBA lian record;
the entries aro in the better, and enter a world of matinered and it is presented in first-class must work | leisure where the hol polloi rub conditions. Again and I do not think for the organisers
shoulders. with 'sun-tanned out the arrangements,
It would be intriguing" to "men it can be said tpa often' **** Wo
Already some of the Civilian Apollos and Venuses.
what woubt happen If Jack 'must revise our approach to
"They can dress up in their Knurnar, came to Brlieip al most elegant clothes....catch a Wimbledon-time, naků, presented the game, Our cricket has been ovens gre in training, and the tos dull, too cautiotis, to un-Navy are entering alt or more
most frat claws, termia in woodjid-rata sevens and some of them will glimpse of the year's - inspiring.
be very strong as there is on publicised, panties.ee, glants conditions, towa
of the post, like Borotra, Drobny Tay bet là thuê. With on of Australian ship due in the near
future,
Jan Patty,
would win.
Jund.
ROW
PETER MARNER GEOFF.
bo persevered with; the present tour... should FULLAR te both promising Lancashire, and batamon with
said do the former Is
hove Cyril Washbrook Impressed. considerably: JOHN MURRAY, of Middlesex, has heated the
for wicket-keeping table. the
We needed the stimulus last three years, and I feel, he that defeat in Australļu.
POP-Trew story
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