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ADVERTISEMENTS,

THE HONG KONG JOCKEY CLUB.

ANNUAL RACE MEETING, 1938.

9th, 21st, 22nd, 23rd and 26tlı,

February, 1938,

Un Saturday 19th, Monday 31st, Tuesday 22nd and Wednes day 23rd February, the first bell will be rang at !! a.m.. and the first race will be run at 11.30 a.m. On Saturday, 26th Febru ary, the first bell will he rang at 1.30 p.m. and the first race will ire cum at 2.00 p.m.

The tia interval will be after the fifth race on the first lo lays of the Meeting.

MEMBERS' BADGES AND

ENCLOSURES.

Members are reminded that they and their ladles MUST wear their badges prominently display

ed throughout the Meeting.

No one without a badge will

HONG KONG DAILY PRESS. THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 1938.

Autographed picture of the Islington Corinthians football team which arrived here yesterday and will be engaged in four matches at "Caroline H during their stay. Standing:-R. P. Tarrant, L Bradbury. R. M. Manning. E. Wingfield, G. W. Dance, C. E. Longman, A J. Martin, G. W. E. Pearce, 11. Lowe (trainer): Seated:-A. D. Buchanan,. W. Muller, P. B. Clark (Captain); Thomas Smith (Manager), J. K. Wright, J. W. Sherwood, A. Avery: Seated on ground:-J. C. Braithwaite. and H. C. Reid.

Islington Corinthians Arrive In Colony

the Members BRIGHT SUNSHINE TO GREET HAPPY

the admitted to the

inclosure.

Badges admitting non-members

to the Members' Enclosure and Club Rooms at $10.00 per day including tax-or $40.00 includ ing tax for the Meeting (ladies $5.00 and $20.00 respectively) are obtainable through the Secre tary pon Introduction by

to be viember, such member responsible for all chits, etc.

TEAM OF AMATEUR FOOTBALLERS

The Islington Corinthians arrived in the Colony yesterday by the m.v. Aramis and were greeted on the wharf by a delegation from the South China Athletic Association, headed by Mr. Wang Ka- isun, officials from the Hong Kong Football Association and Capt. Neill representing the Area Sports Board.

Members of the team were introduced to the local representatives by Mr. Tom Smith. their gental manager, on deck and it was at once evident that the party was one happy family. The play. ers all looked perfectly at and said they were keenly looking forward to their first game here.

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TARRANT SCORES FOUR GOALS IN A MATCH

three and in Malaya 1-0 was all they could manage.

Badges admitting to Members'

The weather was on Its best be Enclosure will NOT be on sile a*haviour and though it was a trifle the Race Course.

warm, the visitors were delighted The players generally were of the

to see the sunshine after the rain | opinion that the standard of foot-

Hockey

MATCH

Essex County Cricketer

SONNY AVERY. TO

RUSH HOME

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By F. Mela

It must have been a long time, if at all that Hong Kong has seen professional cricketer, playing here but on Wednesday, when the Islington Corinthians take on the Kowloon Cricket Club, they will have a chance to see one,

Sonny Avery, their inside for- ward, is also a member of the Essex County Cricket team. Hels a very stendy bat (right hand) and bowls a little left hand). Laat season he turned out regularig for the county, going in first wicket and he is looking forward to an- other good season."

It is because he has to hurry back to "England in time for the opening of the cricket season that he will part company with the Corinthians here. When they leave för Manila he will sail for England via Canada.

Avery told me that in his opinion Wally Hammond is the best bats- man, in the country today and added he would not be surprised to see Herbert Sutcliffe chosen to open England's. Innings against Australia in the forthcoming

·Tests.

FOOTBALLERS "AND RIFLEMEN

seen

Grogan and Bright, two of the Middlesex. Regiment first eleven footballers who have been picked to play against the Islington Corinthians, were

at the Rifle Range, Kowloon City, yester- day when the Hong Kong Ride. Association held its mid-week Spoon and Practice Shoot.

Grogan was very enthusiastic about meeting this famous team of

not quite get his mind off shoot- ing, saying that he thought it was the best way of spending the early part of Wednesday afternoons.

The Secretary's Office, 1st they had had in Malaya. They had ball in the East compared very SERVICES TRIAL amateur footballers but he could Stoor, EXCHANGE BUILDING já very pleasant trip from Malaya favourably with Club soccer in (Tel. 27794) WILL CLOSE AT and en route played three matches England, but whereas the English 10.00 4.1. ON THE FIRST in Saigon, one under floodlight. re-amateur was always ready to take sulting in a goalless draw. The a shot at goal, the Asiatic was too FOUR DAYS, and at 12.00

second game ended in a 5-2 win prone to try to walk the ball into NOÒN ON THE FIFTH DAY for the Corinthians, Tarrant get the net...

With the exception of two from A limited number of tifinting, four of the goals and the last

Kuniaons Swamped

will be obtainable each day at match saw them winning by the Birmingham and one from Read Park yesterday, the Combined Ser-i

the Club House, provided they are ordered in advance from the No. 1 Boy, Tel. 21920.

narrow margin of 1-0,

Mr. Thomas Smith, the manager, was very enthusiastic about the tour and added that in the course of their tour the Services had in

ing. all the players in the party come from London and most of them are quite adept at other forms of sport as well.

The party are being accom-

In a trial hockey match at King's.

vices easily defeated a team from the Kumaon Rifles, by seven goals to one.

The Kumaons were not at full strength and this probably was

whelming defeat.

On no. pretext will children "be variably put up the best fights modated in the Peninsula Hoter the main cause of their

against them. In India they beat where they will stay until March 3 the Services by the odd goal in when they leave for Manila by air.

permitted in either enclosure during the first four days of the Meeting." No amahs wil be allowed on the Fifth Day.

PUBLIC ENCLOSURE The price of admission to the public Eatosure is. $2.05 per

day including tax for all person including ladies, and is payable, at

the Gate."

Soldiers and Sailors in uniformu are admitted to the Public En. closure at $1.00 per day including

fax.

Bookmakers, Tic Tac men, etc., will not be permitted to operate within the precincts o The Hong Kong Jockey Club during the Race Meeting.

Tiffins will be obtainable in the Restaurant in the Publi. Enclosure.

SERVANTS' PASSES

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TILDEN TO PLAY HERE AGAIN SHORTLY?

LESSONS FROM THE

(BY EX-TENNIST")

LAST VISIT

There is a possibility that W. T. '("Big Bill") Tilden may again be seen in action in Hong Kong, and this naturally recalls his last visit, when he was accompanied by Ellsworth Vines, and gave a series of exhibitions on the Hong Kong Cricket Club ground.

Of that occasion Tilden and Vines demonstrated to a fairly large number of people that they must have been very good players indeed when they were amateurs--that is when each was at his best. They did not, unfortunately, give more than a very sight Idea of what that best represented.

It was a pity for, Interesting and at times spectacular though their exhibitions were. I rather question their benefit from the point of view of having taught local players and fans much.

"

In contrast to this, as I said at

the time, was the show given by

the German aces. Baron Gottfried von Cramm and Henner Henkel. No whit less spectacular and reach-

Passes for Servants will beling from time to time heights of

issued

to

the brilliance never before approached

on local courts, their display was

at the same time an object lesson

on application Secretary, 1st floor, Exchange Building.

HARE UNAVAILABLE

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Another reason was the lack of combination in their forward line. Captain Loch on numerous occa- sions, having had to take the ball up himself and it was only the consistency of Dobson in the Ser- vices' goal that his fine drives did not prove effective.

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Capt. Loch played a good game and mention should also be made

SIX WICKETS FOR FIVE RUNS!

The Dockyard Police suffered a defeat at the hands of HMS. Tamar, in a friendly cricket match played at Happy Valley yesterday.

Capt. Whitmarsh the Navy player. distinguished himself by taking six wickets for Ave runs. He also topped the batting list with 56 out of a total of 96.

For the losers. Thomas knocked up a score of 31 runs while the others were disappointing. the side being dismissed for 87 runs.

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other fine goal from Sawal Khan Capt. Loch, Umed Singh and Gulab who scored from close range. To-Singh.

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