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PLAY AND PLAYERS.

LEAGUE AND CUP FOOTBALL.

By "Wanderer."

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. FRIDAY, DECEMBER 18, 1925.

REVOLVER · INCIDENT.

POLICE PROSECUTION FAILS.

Owing to the evidence not being; sufficiently strong, a Chinese who appeared at the Criminal Sessions this morning, before the Chief

It is pleasing to note that the China "B" should do the neces-Justice. Sir Henry Gollan, to] Uongkong Football League has sury against Moslem "B" and. St. answer a charge of assault with been enterprising enough to re-Joseph's Reserves look likely win-intent to rob, was discharged. arrange fixtures for to-morrow soners over the Druma. Rs to allow for three First Divi-, sion matches in addition to the

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Mr. H. K. Holmes, whe appeared Fixtures, grounds and times of alleged assault was the pointing of for the Crown, explained that the

hal Wah Cup replay between the kick-off are as follows:

Chinese and the Navy. The Lai Wah Cup-Replay.

European civilian has, it must

by admitted. 110 further iChinese

terest in the match than the resuit, and he desires to know the result in order that he might know which team he is expected La defeat in the final.

4 pm.

Lengue, Div, L

Club de Recrulo v. R. A.--Navy "B" [..

As far as I can gather the Chinese unsuccessfully applied top.m the Association for a postpone- ount of the match since it is re- ported that they have several players on the injured or sick list. Ng Kanchuen is one who will not he able to play and he was the outs standing player on the field when the teams divided four goals three weeks ago

a revolver at man.

The accused pleaded not guilty, Mr, Holmes said the case for the

v. Navy-Sookuppoo-prosecution was the pointing of a revolver. The affair took place on November 17th, at 7.80 p.m. at thej Kwok Ki shipyard, Cheung Sha Wan. At that time i Chinese apprentice was in a building at the Police y, Kawloon-Kowloon 4 shipyard when three men entered. Two of them were armed with revolvers and the other had ai tagger in his hand. They told him

Clubey, Surreys--Club-1 pm.

Division 1 "A,"

H. A. Ros, v. St. Joseph's-Navy "B"-30.

to keep quiet, and the accused pointed his revolver at the appren- tice. They went on to the centre China "A" v. Roenvio-S.C.A of the room where a safe was kept, 230,

und commenced to move the safe.)

- Surreys Ros, v., Club Res, - Clál. The apprentice did not keep quiet,

2.30.

bat man to the rouf, blowing his U to the time of writing the |

Drums v. Kowloon Suukumpoo whistle. The men ran away, and Team of either side has come to | "B"-230.

band through the Navy will pro- Inbly Fax: unchanged.. Phil

Division II "B."

the apprentice gave ehase after The nerused. The latter was even-1 tally struck down by someone "B"-8) with a pole. No arms were foundį

in his possession, bol ou retracing University-the mar's COURSE two loatlert

strength or otherwise, the Chinese] China, *1* v.. Moslem can be depended upon to put up | Jos-2.30,"

hard light for the victory. Kowloon "B" v.

Much will depend upon the effect Kowloon-2.20.

revolvers were found within a shorti

of the early exchanges, though ! St. Joseph's Res, v. Drums Pes. [distance of each other. The rather think the Navy will prove |--St. Jas,-- pt, successful.

At Kowloon, the Police will tre their mettle

aid rivals again-l though if they play ne letter fool-3 hail than against the Royal Artil- fery on the same ground on Wed- nesday, their prospects of holding Kowloon are remote in the ex- treme. do not, however, think

the Police can be depended upon to put up such a poor show for

the benefit of Kowloon. Ta Pallee always enjoy themselves in their games with the mainlandera. who will not enter the arean in an over-confident mood at least it will not be paying, if they do at There is, however, a distinct pos sibility that they will add two fur-

PROBABLE TEAMS.

aceused denied that either of them) were his. At the Police Court he had made a statement to the effect that he had met two mun KOWLOON: Vickers; Wheeler. who asked him to keep watch and, Urquhart; Tarner, Sims, McKelvive warning if a policeman came viet McBride, Duncan, Linak..along. He had stated that he was Mason and Hayes, Reserve: Taywalking and not running when hef

w's, caught.

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The apprentice was called, and POLICE: Cork: Wynne, Barle:described the entrance of the men Britain, Oram. Randle; Cornwall into the building, and what hap Meltwen, Johnson, Simpson and pened there. On being asked if he could see the accused in Court, he

Neonan.

CLUB: Rodger: Summers, Pi.looked round for several minutes shop; Gerrard, Stewart, Walion; but did not identify him in the Brodie, Forsyth, Howard, Johnston dock. He explained that his eye- and Key. Reserves. W. Stewart Sight was mot very good. In spite and A. Mair.

of numerous questions he did not say that a revolver was actually

ther points to their present total. SURREYS: Douglas; Cooper, for-pointed at him.

Kowloon supporters will be in- dan: "MrGreavey, Mitchell Bris- In discharging the accused, terested to know that Austen, ex-Lowe; Charlesworth, Hicks, Jum-owing to lack of evidence, after the Kowloon inside-left, is now playing herstone, Butler and Mackleworth jury had returned a verdict of mol at inside-right for the Engineers at Shanghai.

ROYAL ARTILLERY: Stanton; Trim, guilty. Sir Henry Gollan said he Excell; Rachel, Reade, Vicear could consider himselt a lucky man, The Surreys will be trying a drew, Sargent, Pulford, MDes and and warned him to be more care- new inside-right for their first | Murphy.

ful in the future, meeting with the Hongkong Club,

CLUB RES: Carrod; Lyon, Oswick:

one performance by Stairs having Howell, Morrison, Puncheon: proved, apparently, all-fficient. Hicks, the newcomer to the side, Stewart, Pite, Hill, McBride, and

is the regular inside-right of the Surreys Reserves and has a little

Curtis.

KOWLOON KES! Rasmussen: better iden of the niceties of the Guest, Knight; Street, Brown. game, though he is rather on the | Pasen; „Morris, Latham, Caveillet light side. Gerrard returns to the Fitzgerald, and Eastman.

Club first eleven though he takes

ROWLOON "R" Nicholls; Spary

ACCEPTED A BRIBE.

CHINESE CONSTABLE

SENTENCED.

For accepting a bribe of $20, with regard to the discovery of

up the right-hall-back position last; White, Bliss, Hedley: Dun-two jars of illicit prenatred oplùm,|

instead of back. Humberstone'

can, Ross, Thomas, Miles and Ma-

who sustained concussion as the son W. M. results of a crash in last week's match is fit again and leads the Surreys forward ding. The game will be a hard one with the odds

in favour of the visiting side.

MULTUM IN PARYO.

Physical jerks on the Y. M. C. A. parade ground are attracting the

The Club de Recreio will enter attention of several young ladie the field against the Royal Artil of the village..... They'll make this lery with the memory of a five-sport popular yet! two victory earlier in the season.

Since that occasion however the

to see Charlie Enton leave

Chinese constable appeared in the dork before the Chief Justice, Sir Henry Gollan, at the Criminal Sessions this morning. The charge was that on November 4th, i at Wong Chau village, being a member of the police force, he ac- $20, with a view to influencing his cepted a bribe from a Chinese of conduct with regard to a dis- covery by him of two jars of illicit prepared opium, and omit-

officer. ite

f.superior

picaded

Gunners have been strengthened Among those who were tal sorry |ting to report the matter to his by the arrival of a new battery which has given them three fairlyHome were Mr. J. McKelvie and guilty.

of

efficient players. Grew at nut-fr. 4. Stewart though it is cate. Mr. H. K. Holmes said the ar- side right does a bit of good work gorically denied that thes and Excell gives Trim a greater captains demanded "Can we count confidence at right-back. I rather that in anxious, tones. think the R.A. will turn the tables

on the Portuguese team

The Second Division fixture list

of interest. The R.A. Reserves

cused went to the village Wong Chau to a house where an old man was living. On search- ing the house, be found two jars!

The old man asked My frienti, Hector. N. Pectar was

of opium. not at all interested to hear that hit to say nothing and offered

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should manage to get the points that stuff as News" he asked.

in their game with St. Joseph's,

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is not over-burdened with matches Cartlidge and Morris are to meet him $1, which he would not take. "Do the papers still publish They spoke a different dialect, and the people were made to un- derstand that he wanted money. A daughter came to the though the latter team has been You never

know what these house, and understood the accus- showing signs of returning to last sport departmental heads will do ed to say that he wanted $20, 80- season's form.

China "A" Kow-...For instance, there have been she went out and borrowed the loon, and the Surreys Reserves rumours just rumours, mind you money and handed it to him. should all finish up on the right that Bob Wynne will get his place In sentencing the accused to side. In the Third Division" in the Interport football team. the most interesting game seems. to be that at Kowloon where the University are visitors. The Kowloon third team has not sue- ceeded in winning yet though they showed some inconsistency a week ago when they drew with the Mos- lem "B" team. Kowloon have not however, been over-blessed with Joss and they will give the Varsity folk a good game win or lose.

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nine months' hard labour, the Chief Justice said he was a per-- son with power, and he had used

I understand that the Chinese that power badly. team to meet the Navy to-morrow has now been selected as follows:

Lau Hing-cheung: Leung Yuk- tong and Chan So; Ko Sik-wai, Wong Shui-wa and Lam Yule-ying: Pang Kam-wing. Loung Wing-tat, Wong Pak-cheong, Suen Kam-shun and Chan Kwong-ui.

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