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HONG KONG DAILY PRESS. TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 1937.

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THE DAILY DOUBLE

The following were the figures for the Daily Double yesterday:--

FIRST LEG

Bag Tor Electron.... Ranger STRATHROY

(Continued from Page 10) 10-The Challenge Cup (14. Miles) Mr. Dynasty's King's Warden,

161 lbs.... (Mr. F. Marshall) I Mr. Dunbar's Wild Life. 181

lbs............(Mr. L.G. Frost) 2 Mr. Consort's Kincora, 158 lbs

(Mr. 8. £ Yuen) 9 Won by half-a-length, - many lengths between second and third.

HONG KONG DERBY

Aplias

RACE 8 -

0131221 0078488

·Expansion Time (2nd) 0017791

Centre Forward

Commencement Bay

....0012943

Firefly .......

0044955

Happy Evo (1st)

0136371

Harmony Eve

0015563

Havoc Eve (3rd)

#119106

0616395

0108212

0111974

Abie Amason.....

(275)

Australian Boy

(5)

Time: 3.42.

(8)

Pari-mutuel:

(33)

Win: $6.70.

(10)

Place: $7.40.

(642)

Betting

SECOND LEG

Bright View

(124)

1st Pony

Cyclamen Bay

(24)

2nd Pony

Place, Win.

911 168 410

Kum Shan

93

DAWN STAR

(59)

3rd Pony...*** 72

**

Lovely Star

King's Justice

(21)

King's Lead

(348)

Total

281

Rose Queen Тупе

(45)

(13)

National Glory

King's Coronation

King's Highway

Laughing Cavaller

Magnificent View Meadow View,

Montrose

...... 0122931

0102505 .............. 0042384

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"HISTORY

11

OF FOOTBALL"

Talk At Referees' Assn. Meeting

An interesting talk on "The His

1

*****. 1,304

11.-The "Black Rock" Stakes Mrs, Dunbar's Red Feather, 158 156... (Mr. L G. Frost) Mr. Eu Tong Sen's Potentate, 158

lbs. (Mr. E. C. Leighton) 2 Mr. Lan's Scenic View, 101 lbs.

(Mr. T.-L. Wong) 3 Won by two lengths, a length be- tween second and third.

Time: 2.00.1.

Pari-mutuel:-

Win: $20.90.

Place: $8.60, $8.20, $20.40, Also ran:-Alre, 158 (Mr. FL. J. Hearne); Centre Forward. 181 (Mr. 181 D. S. LU; Election Time. (Mr. J. Pote-Hunt); Frefly. 158 (Mr. I. C. Harris); King's Corona-

tion. 161 (Mr. F. Marshall); Kum

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Betting

E. G. Isley, R.E., at the fortnightlying Cavaller, 181 (Mr. N. Deita): meeting of the Hong Kong. Foot- National Spirit. 181 (Mr. R. M ball Referces' Association, which Wood); Royal Wedding Eve. 158 was held last night in the effice of Mr. V. V. Needa): Tim. 161 (Mr. the HKFA., Gloucester. Building. w: H. s. Davis); Vira, 181 (Mr. 8:

The speaker pointed out that C. Liang). there WES no origin regarding Association football and although the early Roman conquerers of Britain played a brand of hand- ball, there was nothing to connect it with the present game. How- ever, in 217 A.D., the men of Derby showed resentment to the Roman occupants of their home by chas-

ist Pony 2nd Pony

3rd, Pony

The Field

Win. Place. 675 642 843 710 129 .150 1.560

1,783

it

Total

3,207 3.285

ing them out, and celebrated the 12.-The Perth Plate (2nd Section) occasion by playing a game which might be regarded as the fore- runner of football.

FIGHT BETWEEN PARISHES As a result, it was the custom after this for the shoemakers' to present the drapers with a leather ball on Shrove Tuesday. A sort of a game developed out of this but, after a while, it becamé an annual fight between two parishes, and this was football in its crude form, The damage to persons and pro- perty were severe.

(I Mile) Mra: Dunbar's Aztec, 152 lbs.

(Mr. D. Black) 1 Mr. F. C. Hall's Katinka, 152

Fos....... (Mr. L. G. Frost) 2 Mr. Weetod's Bravado, 155 lbs.

(Mr. Tang Man Wa) 3 Won by four lengths, many lengths between second and third.

Tute: 1.48.4. ** Pari-mutuel:-

Win: $7,30,

Place: $5.20, $5.30, $7.10. Also ran¦---Branxholme, 152 (Mr.

Ouse.....

Potentate

Red Feather

Rob Roy

CASH SWEEPS

RACE 1

No. 1321 ......... $734.30

1285

1458

209.84 104.90

Nos. 1875, 307, 1796, 504, 1251, 576. 1355, 1406, 31, 1156, 2069, 1300 get $50 each.

RACE 2

No. 1344

........ $1,073.20

1829

307.20

1120

153.80

"

Nos. 841, 290, 704, 792, 733 get $50 each.

BACE 3

No. 2221

$844.20

1808 2250

......... 241.20 120.80

Nos. 975, 331, 927, 323. 253, 468, 1250, 2480, 839, 1844, 888, 2182, 1762, 2249, 306, 2434 get $50 each.

RACE 4 No. 1389...... $1,366.40

1583.......

390.40 2066

195.20

· Nos. 550, 2859 get $50 each.

RACE 5

No. 1112

2032

$1,394.40 398.40

1604

199.20

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Betting

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Place.

RACE 6 R

1st Pony '2nd Pony 3rd Fony The Field

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944

No. 3217

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770

672

264

30

94

989

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tricts. "Air Mail for "France Orient Service"-due Marsellles, 7th March.

Eridan

253 372

Eridan ...

Total

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Tai Poo Sek Haiching...

In the 14th century, King Char-R. M. P. Bainsfather); Lazili, 152 (Mr. G. W. Sewell); Patroushka, 152 les the Second torbade all foot-

(Mr. R. M. Wood); Baldre, 152 (Mr. ball, but there were many `law

H. M. Pih). breakers. This game had no rules as to how, a person was to keep the ball moving and there were no restrictions as to the number of players taking part in the game. The game was so rough that pro- minent people of the time, like Sir Thomas Elliott and others, public- ly volted tiels objection against this game.

Football practically died during the Cornwall period, but it was

somewhat revived during the Res- SIX MEN ATTACK

toration. One Montague Sherman actually wrote about the game of football, in which he painted a clear picture of the style in which it was played.

GARDENER

Armed With Choppers And Bamboos

were

FREE USE OF HANDS The advance of football had been most extraordinary. In 1816 schools and clubs formed teams and played one another. There

Six men,

two of whom were still no rules to the game armed with vegetable shoppers and and nearly every team advocated two with bamboo poles, entered a the use of bands, not only matshed at Tan Kwai Tsun near for the ball, but also for Hung Shiu Kul belonging to Chau their opponents. Finally, the state Ching sheung, 20, vegetable gar- of affairs demanded some action dener from Formosa, about 2 a.m. and deputies were sent to London on Sunday. to draw up rules which, inciden- tally, no one took any notice of

About 1882 it was found that football was drawing great crowds to see it played and it was realis- ed that something just had to be

The robbers remained in the done. The following year the first set of rules was definitely drawn premises for about 40 minutes and up through the unrelenting efforts made good their escape in the of several leading advocates of the direction of Main Road.

Association present game... The was born and the then secretary, a Bár. Alcock, got a number of per- sons together by his tact and diplomacy and formed the Inter- national Committee.

Not being able to get any money the robbers proceeded to take the Several complainant's clothing. suits and shoes were stolen.

Before the robbers left they bound the inmates with wire.

LEAGUE BADMINTON

In a League badminton match played last night at the Kowloon Tong Club hall, Kowloon Tong "A" defeated Kowloon Tong "B" by 7. sets to 2

At B John's Cathedral, hall, St. John's defeated King's College by

sets to four.."

PROFESSIONAL FOOTBALL In 1885 professional football was permitted and the games were

crowds drawing undreamed

of spectators. From 1888 until seve- ral years later, nearly all of the finals were played in the Crystal Palace where it was possible to ac- commodate huge crowds. It was during this period that the Foot-cognized as a body through the ball League was formed, a Mr. formation of a Referees' Union, in MacGregor of Birmingham, effect 1908. This organization, however, ing this step after he had written was banned during the Great War to various clubs, MA and revived in 1919 when it ul In conclusion, Bet, Isley pointed timately became the Refereen out that the referees were first re-Association,

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948

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2309

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Nos: 3376, 1182, 83 get $50 each.

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17791... 19.109.44 119108 9,554.72

Nos 131212, 78488, 12943, 44955, 15583, 40395, 108212, 111974, 122031, 102505, 42384, 66285, 149597, 83363, 7176, 52110, 78468, 63592, 114610, 61809, 34044, 94795, 43528, 53703, 49238 get $955.47 each!

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32,027.90 1601

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977 21

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3328

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4150 2525

644.00 322.00

Nos. 1107, 570, 2705, 1849 get 350 oach.

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