THE CHINA MAIL, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 27, 1960.
CHRISTMAS SOCCER SOUTH CHINA MORNING POST
Army victory highlights the seasonal fare
By I. M. MacTAVISH
The Christmas weekend provided Colony football fans with planty of variety and appropriately enough a fair`ration of surprises.
The Army, playing with a sense of urgency which suggested the Provost Sergeant was right behind them or that the 'annual dollop of Christmas pud' depended on the result, gave their officials and loyal supporters a slap-up sea- sonal spree on Saturday with a grand 2-1 victory over Sing Tao.
The margin of their success point for their commendable dis- should have been much greater play and eccording to on-the- than the single goal which spot observers they deserved separated the sides at the final two....but a one-all draw was whistle but nevertheless it was a very acceptable Christmas box
for the boys in light blue.
good result for the soldiers and the players looked very happy-and their manager five years younger-as they Trooped into the dressing room at the end.
Reflections on the same were that Lowther is steadily developing into a very com- petent right-back, Johns fa in his best position at right-half, the Army have picked up a couple of real goers in Hud. sen and Owen but It looks sa though they will have to pul and An anchor and a bali
chath on McFarlane's right ankle to keep him in his post. tion on the right tauchline.
Lost its bite
The less said bout the Tigers the better. The side has lost its bite and its carly. Grasan en- thusiasm....for the moment it is very much a case of 'open the enge....here we come."
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Over at Boundary-street-also on Christmas Eve-the Royal Air Terce dive-bombed Kitchee into parle and had the Chinese boys seeking safety at all costs, The afrmen collected one valuable
Another rugby win for the Springboks
The South African
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London, Der. 34.
Rugby Uulur team comfortably gain- ccl the 18th victory of their tour when they beat the Cem- bined Services at Twickenham Today by 14 points to five,
Hugs Van Zyl, Mike Antelme,
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How different things were blues....the dark the with Police. At Caroline Hill, South China had them chasing false clues all over the place. This time the lawmen were the 'bad- men' and the main evidence for the prosecution is that the points were loot as much in the selec- tion as on the field of play.
Main fore
The side sadly lacked the spark Toledo could have given it yet according to reports he was minding another kind of fuse elsewhere....but frankly the
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chase his man in midfield: as a reruit Lo Kwok-lai ran right
through the Busmen's ranks and slipped tho, ball into the net.
Len than wo minutes later Tahs Wah were in the lead. Yin Chenk-yin fired his shot goatwarde and when Wal Fat- kim falled to hold the ball t struck right-back Lo Kwok- leung and rebounded into the ach.
ANNUAL SOCCER MATCH
Mr T. G. N. Pearce, Managing Director of the SCM Post Ltd wishing members of both the Business and Editorial Depts good luck before the start of their annual mini-soccer match yesterday.
Business Department of the
South China Morning Post Col
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Ltd. yesterday won the new TRIANGULAR CRIČKET
| The Almost immediately after the Interval Lam Kam-long caught | the KMB defence in a tangle and whipped the ball home to make it 3-1 but the Tung Wair defence I was shown in a bad light a little later when Yeung Kwok-kit lob bed the ball goalwards and, while four defenders stood still, Wong Taic-fook raced in and prodded the ball into the net.
For a few minutes it seemed Police side can be stronger than the game might come to life
"Pearce Trophy" when It beat the Editorial Department by - st-an annual mini- soccer
Southern match at Playground.
the Mr T. G. N. Fearce,
Managing Director of the company and donor of trophy, kicked off the Also present at the msich were Mrs Pearce and mem- bers of both departmenia,
the
saint.
Army draw
with
HK Cricket Club
Triangular Tournament Cricket match at Chater-road yesterday.
the one turned out on Saturday again but when the referee At a dinner given by the South Army drew with Hongkong Cricket Club in their and the embarrassing 6-1 defeat awarded a penalty kick to Tung they suffered must surely have Wah in the 69th minute, La
when the repercussions
next Kwok-tal converted expertly to selection is made.
makce, the score 4-2 and a little player scored later the same again to register his own third.
of the company. playing well out and give Tung Wah a very clear 5-2 victory.
South Chins
wan as they liked. One had the impression that they were within themselves
secure
Sm
the knowledge that they had the Police well locked up and ik LOW DECms that the only way anybody is going to get Championship Trophy the away from Caroline Hill is to zlage an all out smash and grab raid on the clubhouse.... I cannot see any of the pres sent crop of opponents doing it on the football field.
The teams
Tung Wah: Yong Pui-dor, Lo Pak, Lee Kwok-wah, Chon Fal- hung, Ko Po-keung. Ng. Wol- man, Szeto Sum, Lo Kwok-tal, Lam Kam-tong, Yut Cheuk-yin, Kwong Yin-ying.
KMB: Wal Fat-kim, Lo Kwok- On Christmas Day the main leung. Suen Chi-keung, Jaw
Kit, Leung
Yeung fare was a First Division match Fai-un, between Tung Wah and KMB Kwok-kit, Wong Chiu-bo, Wong Chow Shiu-hung, ut the Hongkong Stadium, Tak-fook, Eight thousand fano Baw Ylu Cheung Ylu-kwok, Luk Man- Cheuk-yin and his mates sur wol.
vive KMB goal in the opening minutes and fight back to win convincingly by five goals two.
Early thrill
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KMB were a great disap-
Iconia Van Zyl and John polnimunt. The Busmen played Geinsford scored tries for the hard enough but the side was Springboks. and Frik Du Preez | deficient class and skill.
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Kleked one conversion. Mike Thero were weaknesses at full- Purey got a try for the ser-back, in the middle line and vices. and it was converted by most of all in the attack. Pet: Meiller.
OTHER RESULTS Reails' of other rugby
matches played today were:
KUGBY UNION
Club matches
struggled
Chow Shlushung with characteristic enthusiasm to) pull the side together but apert from Wong Tak-fook, who scored the side's two goals, he
got little nexistance from the
more
other forwards and this than anything else contributed to the defeat,
Blackheath 8, Oxford
and
Cambridge Past and Present
13.
{
Aberavon 3, Neath 0.
But the forwards were alone to blame for the side's
not
Doll 21, Old Blues 3. Bedford, Old Paulines 3.
Bridgend 21, Maesteg 0. Erlitol 21, Newbridge 0. Cardiff 6, Wasps 3. Cheltenham 4, Coventry 0. Gloucester 0, Old Merchant Taylors C.
3,
Lelecster 3, Birkenhead Park
Llanelly 0, London Welsh D.
Northampton 5, Penorth 0.
indifferent afternoon
Referee: Mr F. Burn.
China Morning Post Sports Association last night at Cafe de Chine, Mrs Fearon pre- sented the trophy to the cap-. tain of the winning team, Mr Pater Plumbly, the Manager
Batung Brat, Army's batstrien in fine form. Given
were
Lood stari by Barlow who Mr Pearce, in his address, 'con- | knocked up 60 Tuns, the next gratulated Mr Plumbly on the four batsmen all went into Brillant Koal be scared for his double figures to enable Anny side, and expressed the hope to declare at, 180 runs for four that the Sports Association wickets. would organise a basketball team in the coming year,
THE TEAMS Teams for the match were: Editorial Department: 8. K. Khan, Charles Webster, · IL. Woodhouse, Peder Oles
Peter Wait. Albert Baenador, Kikabhoy.
for of
The Cricket Club went the runs and at the close play were only nine ruas short of victory with one wicket t hand.
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Full scores WIFT:
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Business Department: Peter D. Barrelt,
Plumbly, F. V. Wong, Lo Pak- Hick, Wong. Ping, Yu Wing- yu, Nr Kwok-kit; Kam chia, Nữ Chú chiên
Malaya knocked out
of
Thomas Cup by Thailand
Bangkok, Dec. 24.
G. T. Row, Ibw Hutchins K. Sillett,
Australia
2-0
Davis
up in
Cup final
Sydney, Dec. 26. Australia took a 2-0 lead over Italy in the Davis Cup today, with Neale Fraser defeating Orlando Sirola, 4-6, 6-3, 6-3, 6-3, and Rod Laver overwhelming Nicola Pietrangell, 8-6, 6-4, 6-3.
Pietrangeli oft in short order in the third ret,
Fraser, the US. and Wimble don champlon, looked like a boxer feeling cut his opponent Thus the tall:ns fhg them- during the Srst set. He played selves in the same position as cautiously, and stayed at the they were two weeks ago in baseline trying to solve Sirolo's Perth when they staged a grent big service.
rally in the final matches to The crowd of about 14,000 at eliminate the United States White City stadium--man* of from the Challenge Rouna for them Italian Immigrants—| the first time in 23 years, but thought an upset was in the fow in the tennis capital be- making when Sirola broke llaved their capable of repeating through in the tenth game to the coup against the best win the first set.
amateur talent in the world. Fraser was leading 10-13 in The Italians are favoured la the game, only to have Strola the doubles on Tuesday when put away three sharp backband Srola and Hietrangell Co
take the ad-against Traner passing shots to
and Roy vantage, Fraser deuced fi with Emerson,' but the odds armash down the ridellae.
heary against their taking both the final singles on Wednesday. In those matches Sirola plays the highly improved Laver In
Set point
are
Again Sirola went to pet the first match and Fraser takes point with a forehand that al-ori Pietrangell-AP.
most hit the sideline. Again Fraser saved himself, this úme with an ace. For the third time, Sirola got to set point with a Crost-court. valley. This time, though, Fraser "double faulted and the set went to the Italian.
That was as far as Siroin progressed. He won his first two services with case in the second set, but then Fraser, who recently turned down a promoter
professional bid by
Jack Kramer, stopped sparring,
Birola managed to win only one more time in the set and from that point on, he was of the
Frasce broke defensive. Sirola in the fifth and ninth
Sheffield Shield games. The sot Insted a merd
win for W Australia
Melbourne, Dec. 23. Western Australia beat, Vie- toria by 10 wickets on the third they of their Sheffield Shieldi game here today, the closing stages being, marred by an in- jury to John Shaw, nephew of former Test captain Lindsay 30 Hassell
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19 minutos.
Things weren't much better for Sirola in the third set which was completed in just 22 min-. ules. With the famous Fraser service spła working perfectly. Sirola could do no more than try. to keep the ball in play. All told, Fraser had five aces in the set.
Dropped service
Sirola appeared nervous at the start when he doubles faulted the first point of the match. Then he
Shaw was taken to hospital settled down a while, but got wiih 4 fractured check bene the jitters again when he saw of his after being struck by a delivery the match slipping out
the WesterTI from Des Hoare, 27 Australian fast bowler.
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Barlow
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Hutchins
C. Pritchard, a Hurst B
4
White
F. A. Weller, b White
W. W. Vowler, b Hutchins
10
J. Baker, b Beckett
48
G. Owen-Hughes, c. Barlow
b Beckett
4
W. E. G. Williams, not out
10
14
R. H. Huges, not out
Extras
Total for aine wickets 172
Fall of wickets: 1-49, 2-52,
Thailand swept into the semi-finals of the Thomass-57, 4-79, 6-84, 6-05, 7-105,
Cup Badminton Tournament on Saturday 8-134, 9-120. night by beating Malaya 'by seven matches to two in a second round play.
Thailand" Choumkhum and
week-AP.
Bowling Analysis
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ARMY
Barlow, lbw Baker
downfall. Woi Fat-kim had an Only Malaya's all-England to be played in Djakarta next Beckett
Ja goal doubles pair Lim Say-hup and year. They had won the right Butchins while Buen Chi-keung and Law- Teh Kew-san came through for to play Malaya by beating India Walte Fal-oo were other weak linka their team with a 15-9, 15.0 six matches to three earlier this
over In the general defensive setup. victory Little pint-dised Loung Kit who Chavalert worked very hard in the centre-Chuchart Wathanatham. half position found only. Yeung { Thailand won four of the Kwok-kit and Lo Kwok-leung Evening's five matches to add capable of giving him the sort to its three out of four in the of support he needed.
previous night.
The side as a whole falled to
Chonnarope Ratana Saung- sun set the pace for his tend
Old Edwardians 3, Broughton live up to its promise of a few mates by beating Malaya's Tan
Park 19.
Pontypool 0, Crass Kays 3. Redruth 14, Camborne 14. Rugby 3. Nuneaton 3. Sale 37, Kendal 0. Swansea 20, Universities Athelle Union 3.
Taunton 8, Brldgwater and Albion
Waterloo 6, Liverpool 0. Edinburgh Academicals London Scoltish D..
Hothead HSFP, West Scotland 0.
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weeks ago.
or
Tung Wah, once they re- covered from the shock Icing an early goal, played competently and confidently and might easily have won by a bigger margin than they did.
Penalty-kick
5, · The men who mattered in the of Fal-hung Le Kwok-tal and Yiu sido were Leo Kwok-wah, Chen Cheuk-yin. Colony star Ho Po- keung was strangely unsettled by the persistenco of Chow Shlu- hung and left-wingar Kwong Yin-ying was again a poor part- ner for You Cheuk-yin.
RUGBY LEAGUE Barrow 3, Blackpool Borough Bradford Northern 2, Brømky
Dewsbury, Mundo 20. Feathertions Rovers Castleford 7.
The fans, gol an early thri 20, when Wong Tak-dook collected n lỏng through pass from Chịu
Halfax D. Hudderfold 5. Hull 31, Batley 0. Keighley 21. Donensler 7. Leeds, Wakened Trinity 14, Liverpool City 7, Widnes 18. Oldham 4, Swinton ë
• Shiu-hung, end üsthough appear. ing to be mang" yards, offside, was allowed to go ahead, un round the goslibeper, and side- fout the ball into the empty net. The buoc la in the 20 ĐỘ minulo - mbok, DE VLOORE TUDI Wan twenty-five minutes, to get back on forol terme ethough Tiu Cheleyici (and · Lam, Kach-tong Both maared; exentiunt ehmökes Whitehaven 18....... Workington | Ontora em equillage caens adorar.
St. Helens, 61;"' Rochdale Hornets 4
Warrington 3, Leigh
Town 3.4.
Wigan 47, Salford 0,
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In the 25th minute. KM♫ in- lost possession and refused to
York 0, Huit: Kingstown | aide-foewmod. Cheung Cherok
Rovers 1-ROLIGT,
Pakistan in
Hurst, e Weller b Williams
strong position Beckett, 6 Owen-Hughes
Hutchins, not ont Bromfrled, c Pritchard b
Williams Pound, not out
Extras
Jamshedpur, Dec, 20. East Zone, with one first inn- Ings' wicket in hand, were 194 Yeo-khan 17-10, 10-0, 16-5. runs behind the Pakistan tour- Youthful Soomsook Boonya ing team at close of play on the sukbenon, then trounced Teh second day of their match bare, Key-sin 15-9, 15-0 white The Pakistan XI declared Narong Pronchim defeated Ma- their innings closed at 434 for laya's veteran Eddy Choong four and at the close East Zone 3-143, 4-174.
Thai- | were 249 for nine in reply, 15-1, 15-7, to complete land's sween of singles matches. East Zone Vollapsed efter In the second doubles Norong being 130 for 3 at one stage.
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Shaw who had batted attrac- tively for 58 when Victoria fol- lowed on, tell on his wicket and was given out "hit wicket.”
Later in the innings when Hoafe took the new ball, the crowd booed every delivery,"
Victoria were all out for 236, Icaving Western Australin needing only two runs to win,
Scares "were Western Australia: 304 (RB, Simpson 106) and four for no wicket.
Victoria: 149 (R. Furlong 61. 230 Simpson four for 31) and (J. Shaw 30, D. Hoare three for 44. Simpson three for 5G).- China Mall Special.
SPORTRAIT
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Chesterfield's legless golfer
In
Leslie Hallowes, a 27-your- Old bookmaker's clerk Chesterfield, who had his legs- amputated below the knee six Mirday.
one of happiest years ago, is Ho dropped his first service in golfers in Britain. He has just the fourth set on two double-hand his handicap reduced to 18. When he resumed golt after faults and from then on, it was just a matter of how long Fraser his amputation he was given u would take for the kill. He re handicap of 20. He followed it quired 23 minites.
up by winning first prize at the Golf Club Pietrangell fell behind 3-2 in Renishaw Park
The the first sel, but came back to (Artisan Section) and two more tie it at 5-5 and then 6-6. In prizes the same year, the process, he fought off seven following year, he won another and this year, playing off sel points.
But his string ran out in the handicap 18, won the Pre- 14th game when Laver broke rident's Prize.
So keen
on the game is be him for the set.
The Italian made a fight of it that he gets up each day at In the second set, which follow-7 crn, walls a mile and a halt ed service for the first nine to the club and plays 18 holes able-bodied games. Then, the left-handed-while lota, of Laver broke through in the men are suli getting to work. tenth.
His great ambition is to bring By this Ume Laver was ready his handicap down to a single for the kili and he finished neuro-Banews Service,
Philadelphia Eagles win U.S.
National Football
League
Philadelphia, Dec. 26.
The Philadelphia Eagles today won. the US. National Football League Championship with a come-from-behind victory over the Green Bay Packers, 17-13, before a sellout crowd of 67,325.
Ted Dean, a rookie full-back | Dean gained 73 yards. from Wichita, set up the game-
At the very end, Green Bay,
Total for 4 wickets deck, 180 winning touchdown with a 68- was on the Eagles' 10 after com-
yard kickoff return and later Fall of wickets 1-31, -295, scored on a 5-yarg run.
| paired with Rapee Kärnchandra- Pankaj Roy, the captain, and
pee to dutlast Malaya's Tan Sudhir Das belled well for 54 Hughes
Weller Yee-khan ami Ng Boom-bea and 10 respectively. 15-9, 10-15, 15-7.
Spinner Intekhab Alom has so Baker The victory camed the Thala tar taken fout wickets for 70 Williams a berth th the semi-finti round Reuter.
THE GAMBOLS
pleting a short pass from Starr to Jim Taylor,
Green Bay moved aheng on
The packers had gone ahead 13-10 in the first two minutes Hornung's 20-yard deld goal in of the fourth period on a 7-yard the first period. After another
W pass from Bart Stary to Max Hornung's fled goal, this one uf
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Paul Hornung's 23 yards, the Eagles came back in the second period to take tho
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In less than three minutes the lead on Norm Van Brocklin's 2 Eagles
back in front, 35-yard pass to Tommy Mc- were
parked by Dean's klekoff re- Donald and Bobby turn to the 40. In this drive 18-yard field gobi--AR.
Barry Appleby
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