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THE CHINA MAIL, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 1959.

EASY RUGBY WINS FOR POLICE AND CLUB DURING THE WEEKEND

By PAK LO

In a fast and furious match on Saturday afternoon the Police easily and confidently beat the Sappers by 10 points (two goals) to nil, while in the other big match of the afternoon Club had no difficulty in disposing of 48 Brigade by 24 points (three goals, three penalty goals) to three points (one penalty goal).

Operatic Society

Wins The

Society Wins Manchester Handicap

After Running Extra Mile!

London, Nov. 15. British horse-racing font won't forget yesterday's windup of the flat season for a long time.

The feature ence

of the last day of the sensor

the was Manchester November Hondi- rap, and the fun started bas fore the race even got under

way.

18-1

Avoidablo milling around, reared, threw jockey Kon Gethin—and bolted of down the course,

Gethin juniped Into the

starter's car and chased the hot se for a mile before catching him,

Operatie Society was calmed, brought back to the past -- and showed his "rial gallop" lind done him no harm by run- ning away with the race. With yesterday's windup Aly

Khan finished way out h

Operatle went to the post, The other games at Boundary Street resulted in the Wanderers record held of 40 horses

Society, a well-backed at mercilessly hammering the Club Nomads, who were

shot, got impatient in the un- their weakest for a long time, to the tune of 16 points (two goals, two tries) to three points (one try), and a surprising loss for the 1st Tanks to the keen 1st Destroyer converted a penalty, but Club ing forward. Squadron by "eight points (one goal, one try) to nil.

The game at Kai Tok was can- celled. News of cancellation reached this column, too late to be-printed in Saturday's edition, while the other gine at Stanley tra-gis scratched, though it is reported that this

game was congull midweek. These minor match between the Services sides were arranged this year at the special request of the HKRU, and of inle quite a few games, have bem concelled at the last minute without any news having been passed around except to the two teams concerned

No Good

This sort of thing does no good to rugby in this Colony, for spectators who turn up and find the game has been can- cell are doubtless annoyed, and inclined to find une other pursuit to watch.

The HKRU who have stress- rd the fact before, that

all

of

games must go on as scheduled

or be oneelled in plenty

time with sufficient publicity, will probably take this matter next mosting. up at their Some of excuses offered in date for cancelling a game have others been very peor, while

have been fully justified, but in most of the tatter publicity has been given to the cancella- tion.

Police v. Sappers

The

then told that he was

ngalo

rest of the pack touched the ball

front as the most successful owner. His æven horses wòn 13 racen fr prize money totalling £100,068, Second whs Sir Humphrey De Trafford with £68,681, gained from three horses winning eight races.

Queen Elizabeth II was third Her most fucetseful owner, nine horses won 10 races for

£38,164.

Doug Smith retained his title of

champion jockey wing!--UPL

with 157

score,

for a Wanderers heeled from the scrum, held it, and were pushed back over their own line. Tan- cock dived in, picked out, the ball and slammed it down for a

co. Unce It must have been before the ry. No conversion, 0-3.

game started. With the excep- ! Club on

of Howe the forwards their own after that, and a love- The Wanderers came into

sometimes raised their heels in

went

to

ly break by Martindale on the | Club 25 did the damage. A neat inside pass seat Davies away to score. Clark convert-

In the second half Bede-Cox their time knocking on or pass- paved the way

soon took the initialve

Howe in the forwards was in with a lovely breakthrough by class of his own, doing all the Bennett. He passed inside ta spade work, and if some of the

who next they meet Club in the|Campbell

WOS

caught, when the pack led by Roberis |

Just Pentangular? dribbled the ball upfekt.

with only

13 teet short of the line Roberts over-

more the Club pack was there, With the Club pack dominating but a scrum was ordered, run the ball, but Raich tapped it over. Roberts swung round forward play, and Wiggett per-heeled and the ball and touched it down and WAS forming miracles with his boot, Wiggett who forced his way the lincouts, but this it must be

offside the Club were never in danger, over well out, Wiggett of grunge | admilted was seldom. and there was no score. RobertsTheir halves and backs murved converted this again, and finally! again shone in another dribble smoothly and easily, and piled added yet another six

points! Inter

this time up the presaire on the Brigade

from penalty goals. 24-3, gathering the ball and passing defence, who were too slow off oner again the Poles the mark, and left gaps in de- out but were offside and a penalty saved fence of which the Club made the day for the Sappers,

full use. Bennett at scrum-hali had an effortless game, and nl- most made his breaks look easy, while Johnson once again. proved a steady

between Fink Bennett and the Club backs.

in the Lame.

of the game was The rest steady succession of attacks by the Pulive with Lloyd and Riach the shining lights, and the «est The of the Police backing up attacks or covering well when in defence.

Club "A" v. 48

Brigade

WA

This

not the full not Brigade team, but was very much different from the team Brigade expect to win with, if they win at all, when

ton

Wiggett Converts

A forward rush get the pace for the Club scoring with Ching- bell touching down and Wiggett converting 5-0.

Club Nomads v. Whitfield Wanderers

21

for

All Their Way

The Wanderers on the other hand with Cleary and Clark

shining in

ed. B-1.

Kick-oft.

scrum,

serum back, and a That was score by Wanderers. how the next try come. Davies

from the the lineouta and Hot the ball the loose had the game a ticked ahead, and the Nomads their own way. Had they full-backs tried and missed hark- not cased

the seconding the ball inin half, when they never againndale got it and secred well looked like scoring the Wanout. derers could have tripled their score.

In

up in

the backs Martindale,

fresh from the game with Club "A". and Davies way, while Kirkland and Smith showed the

as the two halves hardly put a foot wrong. The passing was good until half tone, and the tackling excellent.

The Club Nomads should fold up their tents and steal away after this game, supported by five Navy play ers to make their number up, Wixgeil converted a penalty

they played

uninspired Roon after to make 11 8-0, and

rugby as they emild. then converted another nice

time. Lochric try Just before half

and Tancock had There wi nearly a try by good games as the two halves, Wiggelt into the bargain, but but behind them, ur as it was he was caught with only feet in this case, in front of them to go. The Club pack were they had a three line, to whom right behind him in a bunch the word "position" meant ab- and Williams scored halfway solutely nothing. They straggled another chance and a good run all over the field, and spent to the Wanderers five-yard line 13-0.

vat.

FOUR D. JONES

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touch.

No conversion. B-3.

Mar-

The next score came from a scrum inside the Wanderers half with Davies breaking through down the wing, and passing in to Martindale who scored under the posts. No conversion, 11-3.

bail Finally Winn got the and sent Kirkland over from inside the Nomads 25. Clark converted.

In the Club started well with a good

second half, which run by Lochrie, bu: the Wun- deteriorated sadly the Wander- crs rested on their laurels, and deters defence held, then a

ala the second half the Club lucky interception gave

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Club

forwards, led by Howe started a rally, but could not score.

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Soppers were not as atrong as expected, but even the Poffee took the Beld with A few changes.

One of the positional switches the pollce made was to drop Hobbs back to full-back, and bring Lloyd up into the centre. This central combination of Rinch ardi Lloyd combined with Boyes, howeomer Ball large dividends All threr were excellent, sshile The Police pack, who were expected to just hold their own, dominated the serums from the start, and would have been much better had the two props bent their backs, and made an allempt t gaire the undershove from the Sappery

The Sappers pack in the Hineouts were easily superior at the start with Wine doing his usual outstanding job, but after some time it dawned on the Policemen that all they had to do to win the insouts was throw the ball well back In the lineouts thus cutting out Winn.

Successful Tactic

very

This tactic gave them steady supply of the ball, and only steady tackling by both Sappers threes and forwards kept the score down.

The Suppers full back, although steady once he had the ball made the fatal mistake of taking it after the first bounce, with the result that he WILS either hurried or beaten by the ball when bounced the wrong way,

In the loose the Polleo pack with Roberts making a wonder- ful contribution, backed by Haigh, had the Sappers' defence worried the and again.

The Police theves were finitely superior, but Dunn at stand-off could not get going and his passing was extremely Had he snapped out his Door.

panges instead of lobbing them the Police would have had steady sucocasion of scores,

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In the fifteenth minute Risch got the ball, ond after a break- through kdekod ahead, Puckwit took it on the bounce and was caught in possession for his 10030 The ball wink puins, across field to Boyes who broke

out. scored well away and Hobbs of course converted. 6-0. Incidentally Hobbe played well at full-back but never under much Pressure for his full worth in thie position to be judged.

In tho

second half Roberts broke throust and passed to Riach who whipped through to

acorn under the posts, Hobbs

converted, 10-0.

Almost Anodiately the Police nearly scored again,

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