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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. MONDAY, FEBRUARY- 20, 1933.

ARTILLERY CLING TENACIOUSLY TO LEADERSHIP

GITTEN'S CENTURY

HIS FIRST OF THE

SEASON

BECK AGAIN IN DEADLY FORM

CRICKET PERFORMANCE

8. V. Gittens hit a quick century for the volunteers against the K.C.C. yesterdy, when tall neóring the feature of the opening stages of the two-day fixture.. Another fine piece of

A. C. Beck, the Hongkong by

Cricket

Club fast bowler characterised the senior division of only match in the

the cricket league on Saturday, when the Club beat the Army by 103 runs, after declaring their own innings | 、 closed at 171 for 4.

Bock, who bowls Lo a modified form of the "body-line" theory, has been consistantly successful this season and now easily tops the list for the beat aggregata.

Bis analysis on Saturday read:"

M. Th

13 6

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and his average including that per- formance is as follows:

Q. M.

76 *24 154

W... Av. 26 € 5.96 The K.C.C. and the Royal Engineer Kained comfortable wins in Division 2, but Craigengower, one of the two undefeated teams in the division, had

to rest contend with a draw against: the University,

S. V. GITTENS.

HOME FOOTBALL

ENGLISH CUP RESULTS

TOTTENHAM DROP A POINT

Bolton

The leading individual performances Brighton with bat and ball during the week- Burnley

ond, were:

BATTING.

5, V. Gittens (Volunteers). Y

K.C.C.

ENGLISH CUP (FIFTH ROUND).

2 Manchester C. 4

2 West Ham

Chesterfield Blackpool Aldershot

Middlesborough '0 "Birmingham

Sunderland Derby

Halifax

0 Luton

Everton

2 Leeds

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F. K. Lee (C.C.C.) v Varsity

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E. R. Duckitt (Club) v Army.

74*

SCOTTISH CUP (THIRD ROUND).

E. C. Fincher (K.C.C. Volun-

55 Ilearly

2 St. Johnstone

Navy

51 Celtic

2 Partick

48 Motherwell

$ Dander

Kilmarnock

Aston Villa

teer *******

R. J. D. Lowe (Club)

K.-P. Gan (Varsily). DC.C.C,

D. Hunt (Varsity) V:C°C.C..

G. Beck (Volunteers) K.C.C..

B. K. Ng (Varsity) v C.C.C

⚫ signifies not out

BOWLING

FIRST

Liverpool

Newcastle

"} Watres

Wells (RE, v Recreio .... 7 for 27

Perreira (Recreio) v R.E... 7 for 33 SECOND

Perry (KC.C.) ‹ RA.S.C. .... 5 for 12 Owen Hughes (Club) v Army & for 26 Bradford C. Beck (Club v Army..... for 20′ Charlton

Fulham Sub. LE Larkin (Navy) v MeInnes (K.C.C.) Volunteer 5 for 81 Netta Forest

Grimsby 5 for 30 Stoke Club

Swansca Tottenham'

I.R.C.

Army C.C.C.

LEAGUE TABLE.

1 Rangers

DIVISION,

Huddersfield

1 Leicester

2 Sheffield U. a West Brom.

DIVISION.

1 Millwall

4 Plymouth

JIM CORBETT DEAD.

Passing of a Famous Prizefighter.

HELD WORLD'S TITLE.

New York, Feb. 18. Jim Corbett, the famous prize- fighter has died-Reuter,

James J. Corbett, was one of the most remarkable men ever to appear in the prize ring. He first won the heavyweight championship in 1802, when the title changed hands for the irst time for three years.

leans, when

Twe

On that occasion he defeated John

Sullivan in

New Or- in 21

rounds at bix gloves

were

used,

the years later when he beat Charley Mitchell in three rounds at Jacksonville, but on March 17, 1897, he lost the heavy. weight crown to Bob Fitzsimmons, the

·who Cornish blacksmith, heat him over 14 rounds at

Carson

Corbett did not attempt a

back until six years ister, when he challenged James Jeffries, who had won the title from Bob Fitzsimmons in 1899. The men fought at San Francisco on August 14, 1903, Corbett being knocked out in the tenth round. This was Corbett's last fight, and subsequently he took to the stage, where he appeared in vandeville for many years.

He retired in 1925, having made himself wealthy) and took up lecturing.

He had been in ill health, for some considerable time pasi.

THE standard of foothill over the.

week-end-and incidentally it is net an isolated example--lyda) ene ponder whether the game in Hang- kong is deteriorating.

CATURDAY'S exhibition between

FIRST DIVISION FIGHT DEVELOPS

POOR FOOTBALL DURING WEEK-END

RECREIO TASTE SWEET. FRUITS OF VICTORY

CLUB DEFEND-Scene round the Club' goal during their match" with Kowloon on Saturday, in the local football (Derby", (Photo

Ming Yuon)

the Club and Kowloon was dis- graceful: the Artillery v Navy game yesterday was very much below what it should have been, and South China and the Police cannot ex- AND this is perpa more literally culminated a neat movement from change congratulations on the true than the above paragraph midfield. magnificence of their display. suggesta. Redger saved a penalty,

NOTES AND NEWS BY "VERITAS"

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THESE were the six principal teams

taking part in soccer last week end and it is from such sides that the spectator rightly locks for the best type of entertainment.

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course one of the chief causes fer this apparent falling off may be that the players are getting atale. The season is now more than half way through and lethargy at this time of the year is often a natural reaction ito the pre-Christmas enthusiasm.

Bury

Oldham

3 Nolis County 4 Bradford

►

1 Preston N.E..

TERREIC

Division I,

2 Part Vale 0 Recreio

3 Lincoln Regt Hongkong F.C. 1, Kowloon FIC. R.A.

4 Navy

P.W. D. L. Pis. THIRD DIVISION (SOUTH). South China

Brentford

Bristol C

Cardiff

Coventry

H.K.C.C. K.C.C. University

0 4 0 2 12

4 3 1 0:10

1 Swindon

3 3.0 0

4 3 0 1

4 1 1

2 Southend

5 Northampton.

3 1 1 1

Exeter

4 Newport

Reading

3 Queen's P.R.

Torquay Watford

2 Beurnemouth

1 Crystal Pal

NAVY

0.8CC.

Division 2

K.C.C. H.K.C.C. I.R.C. C.C.C.

Colice

'NAVY

Recrefo

University R.E. & S. C.S.C.C. R.A.S.C.

RA.

5 Clapton 0.

OR.A....

2 H.K. Police

Division I,

Goals.

P. W. D. L. F. A. Fis. 13 10 0 3 35 19 20

South China. 30 8 1 1-20 1S.W.B. . 11 6 1 4 38

Lincoln Regt. 11

St Joseph's 10

H.K.F.C

P.. D. L Pts. THIRD DIVISION (NORTH). R. Navy

0 2 1 20

45 0 17 Barnsley 14:

7 5 1 1 16

4 2 0 14

8 413--13

1313

3 1 4 10

7 2 2 3

6 2 0 4 6

1 1 6

1 0 6

3.0 U 1

MAMAK HOCKEY.

Radio S. C. Defeat St. Andrew's Club.

A FAST GAME. -

A fast, and interesting game was played on the Marina ground yester- day morning. when the Radio. Sports Club defeated St. Andrew's Club by two goals to uil in the Mamak Hockey

Barrow

Carlisle Crewe

Hartlepools Rochdale Southport Tranmere Wrexham York.

1 Bull

i Walsall

1 Chester

3 Accrington

.4 Doncaster

2 Rotherham

5 Mansfield

2 Stockport

5 Gateshead

3. New Brighton

SCOTTISH LEAGUE

(FIRST: DIVISION).

1 Ayr

Morton Queen's Park 0 Airdrie Falkirk

2 Clyde SCOTTISH LEAGUE (SECOND DIVISION). Queen O'Sth.

4. Albion Dumbarton Dunfermline | Hibernians *

3 Raith Rovers

7 East Fife

7 Edinburgh

HOME RUGBY,

To Andrew's played a good game Royal Navy Defeat The

St.

at defence and held the Radio for

wards well. Gurbachan Singh got through in the first half, however,

and scored to give the Radio men the

1 Tead.

Air Force.

China Ath.

12 0

H.K. Police... 10 Kowloon F.C, Recreio

·ARONONCANINACH

UT whatever the reason, it is un-

Bdeniable fint the standard of play has considerably lowered since the In- terport, now a month old, and one sincerely, hopes that it is not to be come a permanent feature.

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LOCAL RUGBY.

HOCKEY POINTS FOR

THE RADIO

DEFEAT ST. ANDREWS IN FAST GAME

Club Defeat H.K. and S. Bank XV.

DETERMINED TACKLING. THE CAER CLARK

At Happy Valley on Saturday, the Hongkong Rugby Club defeated the Honškono and Shanhai Rank XV

by nine points (two tries and a penalty goal to nil, after a good game in

CUP

which the threequarters of the Bank SEASON'S SECOND

team were team_

Kung:

many

FOR RECREIO

WIN

By "Bully.OF"

Brilliant goal-keeping by E. H

termined tacklient for their de

Had it not been for the good work | of the. Bank defenders, the Club' would have registered a bigger vic- tory than they did. Robertson made welcome return to local rugger and He made his presence felt at once.

Clab spolled

promising nement, besides setting his own Wong saved the St. Andrew's Mamak threequarters going. After a shaky team from heavy defeat at the hands start, S. J. H. Fax played a good of the Radio in a tournament game yesterday game at full back, while M. W. on the Marina ground Tarner, at stand-off half, was a de- morning. The score at the final whistle stood at 20 in favour of the Feretag

Radio. che unconverted, and throughout corabining more effective- fore the whistle blew for half-time

ly in attack with the rear lines Järeling keked a penalty gpal.

#termined scored the Club's first Radio were the better team

The Clab went further ahead in putting up a sterling defence. The the end half when Ferguson again Saints' forwards missed many golden. touched down for another unconver- opportunities, E. F. Fincher falling

With a couple of sitters in the first- ted' try.

half. Play was fast and of a fair standard,

EXCITING MOMENTS.

There were acveral exciting

THE trooping season has had its angles. Teffect on local fotball, and has been the cause of some little incon- venience, and slight heartburning in

a few camps.

in the

goal

-Moves ·

blood or want of mid-week practice. I suspect It is the latter. At the moment they are playing football typical of the Saturday to Saturday moments in front of the Saints Roa in the first half in which Wong was team.

prominent, saving shots from all St. Andrew's opened weil in check and their oppone combined holding initiating some but they were unable to

the centre Radio defence Hassato penetrate the line being sound. The Radio's first hn's all centred round the Club goal came late in the first half when centre and Borderers drawn game in the Awtar Singh went from the

run Strange, who is Shield & fortnight ago. The League line to the circle with a fine solo but he did so only by breaking the TT is curious that

The second half saw the Radio hold- very latest

so clever with his feet, rannet use Council suggested February 25 for the to pass to Gurbachan Singh to score. rules connected with penalty kicks. He moved a yard in his head at the same time and thus replay, but the Club are due to

Age.

Lerritorially. They of the exchanges and his goal between the time the whistle make his own work not only lighter, the RA. in the league on that date ing

and were not prepared to forfeit it were unlucky not to score more than wis blown and, when the kick was but doubly affective. If he is

as most of their players are shortly taken.

vance and mature his game on the pro-

it was pro

one more. Their second goal came per lines he will have to cut out the leaving the Colony, Then it was

forward game THAT movement allowed him to individual staff and concern himself a Pered to bring the R.A.

to last Saturday, but Kowloon stopped was penalised for little more about ball distribution. get in line with the ball and the

in and refused the legitimate on rest was easy... Kowloori.should cer

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tainly have been given the kick again, and I was wondering how the referee failed to observe the breach of rules.

THE only goal of the game was also one of its bright spots, Williams thoroughly deserved to acore, for he smartly snapped up a pass which

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meet

CALDIANTERNORMUNI

Division IIL

bad the

from

MacNuder a penalty-bully. S.

à Toul in the circle a few feet from the goalline

LEAGUE, TABLE.

Gonts

an officially arranged one, but they, no difficulty in finding the net, was surprised to see Bickford ap. grounds that not only was the fixture and from the bully Awtar Singh had patently innoculated with the same had not played for six weeks. Eerm of lethargy as his colleagues. One generally. looks to this young left a winger for something good in the way of football, but on Saturday he plaved a kindergarten type of game. Lincoln Regt.

BOTH teams appear to be suffer-R.A.S.C.

ing from either want of new | St Joseph's

Radio S.C. R.E.

MISSED OPPORTUNITIES

NAVY FINISH WRETCHEDLY. AND LOSE RAS.C.

R. Artillery

Royal Navy

TO THE ARTILLERY.

8 Talkoo CIR.C.

South China'

3 University

1 Athletic

1 Signals

Division III.

43 0113

*Goals. P. W. D. L. F. A. Pts. S.W.B, ....16 14 1 1 83 16 29 17 20 Lincoln Regt. 16 13 0 2 06 16 11 13.03

63 11 23 St. Joseph's 10 10 3 3 01 18 23 Chine Ath, 1746 34 34 18 South China, 18 7 3 8 41 37.

18 7 3 8 41 37.17 Radie S.C... TAR

18 8 1 7 31 34 17 R.A.F.

12 7 1 4 48-21 15 RE.

13 5 17 20 32 11 Combey, Allen and Taylar put in EC. of S. 16 5 1 9 21 40 14

Recreio a great afternoon's work. They were

18 3 2 13 26 70 8 Univerzity 17 2 3.12 25 77 of this was reflected in the final score.

(By "VERITAS".)

17 20

If both sides had made use of hair robust and to the point, but the effect aikoo C.R:C. 18 0 1 17 12 127

of their opportunities a dozen goats would have been scored in this match. The Navy were the Worst offenders and deserved to concede the points

the interest

if only because of this. Always the more highly polished and scientific combination they wrecked their own schemes and dashed to the ground the hopes and yearnings of their followers by the pocrest type of

of finishing. The game, apart,

from THE Kowloon v Club match was lent to it by the important

bearing miserable affair, having much in the result had on the future prospects common with, the atmospheric con- of the Artillery, offered little over Iditions. Pointless midfeld exchanges which to go into hysterical rhapsodies, were succeeded, only by insipid work The football was the stereotyped in front of goal, and frayed tempers, sort of stuff, adequate in so far that although providing the spectators if dispensed with part of the league with a subject for discussion, aid programme, but from the spectacular 1 nothing to assist the game towards a angle, rather dull.

more respectable exploitation of the sport known as football.

THE

LOST OPPORTUNITIES.

P. W. L. D. F. A. Pia, .16 14 1 100 11 29 54 21 26

Radio R.C. Signals .18 12 4

:10 10

R.A.S.C. lat Ety.

II.KS

3 33 24 23

12 11 0 165 10 23 Incognitos11 10 0 1 30 3 21 St. Andrew's .14 9 3 2 41 13 20

The above table shows the positions of the leading terms .in the tournament up and including yesterday's game.

CAER CLARK CUP

Recreio's Second Win in Tournament

Plaving at King's Park yesterday the Club de Recreio ladies had no dificulty in defeating the C.B.A. ladies in the Caer Clark Cup, winning by two.clear goals, Silva and M. Remedies, both goals The searers for the winners were. C. being netted in the first holz

LEAGUE TABLE.

Pardoe was typically Pardoc. AYLOR, the Artillery left, played His game was alightly reminiscent his last game in the Hongkong of the Corate's Egg, but on the league yesterday. He leaves for Eng whole he performed very well in and on the Neuralia this Thursday. deed, especially as he had a star The middle of Murch will see Allen, centreforward

in Langmead to at the Interport right back, and other Lend

to, on top of which he was members of the present Gunners' team

running into the crafly make their adieus to the persistently runs

Colony Shirras. If for nothing else, Pardoe leaving the potential champlons with Hongkong. can be congratulated on his splendid a skeleton team.

Club passing. This is by far the best feature of his game at the moment,

St. Andrew's THE Artillery is not the only club YMCA. 4 1 1 2 0 4 A Tto suffer Lakeman, Johnson Ra-relo 6 2 2 1

Colller gave excellent support and reduced the Cleary McPhee wing to something infinitesimal.

THE FORWARDS.-

and Jones are all leaving by the C.B.A. Neoralia In a few dava time,

P. W. L. D. F.A. Fts.

64 0,1-25 19 0 2 13 15 6

5 12

In a friendly game at King's Park

so that the Borderers will be canon Saturday the Y.M.C.A: "A" team siderably weakened for their Shield defeated a

team from ILM.S replay.

Cornwall by four goals to two, after The forwards obviously lacked the

leading at the interval by two gonis The Artillery were constantly the inspiration of Bryant, but adopting course it is reasonable to assume one, R. Dormer and G. Fowler were more live fores before goal and 25-for-goal tactice, harrassed the that the new draft will include the scorers before half-time and in obtained their four goals because of Navy defence sufliciently to get the dome worthy successors to these play the second half, R.A. Bates', and this. They should have had four required goals.

r, but the transitional period is Fowler. more, which indicates that they Scal's general work was well below bound to have its reaction, and the were by no means perfect in their par, but he made amends by sending Artillery, even with a fairly easy Anal touches,

across centres which led to goals, programme before them, will not find Wood was not impressive on the ep

in winning form. Yet the Navy were far more imposite wing and most of the attacking

remain pressive on the move. True the spoil rested on the inside men of whom ing werk of Taylor and the clever in Gough and Meore were the leading 4terception of 'Allen, not to mention lights.

were

HERE were so few incidents öf skill, either of individuality or collectiveness, that one left the Rail- way Ground trying to puzzle out the object or value of the 70 minutes. ...

Division II.

S.W. Borderers. 6 Kowloon F.C. Taung Tein London, Feb. 18:

2 Eastern The following are the results of Athletic

In the second half, Awtar Singh to-day's Rugby matches:

put the Radio Sports Club further Royal Navy 14 Royal Air Force 3

apead after some even play.

Y.M.C.A. “A” ▼ ÍI.M.9, Cornwall.

Hold or a lead of 2-1 at the

(at Twickeniihm

Cambridge Gloucester London Scot Oxford

10 Blackheath

9 Leicester.

13 Bristol

8 Harlequins

I. Navy"

1 Ewo

2 R. A,

Division II.

The Artillery led 2-1 at half time should have been 4-1 Gough

Land

tko 11 custodianship of Combey,

obstacles. alficult to overcome. Yet 2 the nauticals midfield superiority in-scored cleverly in the first five min variably put the forwards within ules and Moore added a second before shooting distance; it was here where Langmead replied, with a very lucky Goals.

falled. they famed was a great trier, but him home and then dropped the P. W. D. L. P. A. Pts.

point. Combey fielded 11 China Ath. 18 15 21 52 12 32 entirely unsupported, even by Usher, ball to allow Wayne to put across the

S.W.B.

18 13 14 73 42 27 whose constructive play was admic goal to the waiting Langmead. 10 Lincoln Regt. 17 12 2 0 40 20 20 able. The Navy were full of promise,

BA ...18 11 3 4 54 30 25 but they left it at that.

SECOND HALF INCIDENTS.. R. Navy 17 10.3 4 50 20 23

44 South China 17 8 2 7 35 20.18 Ewo

17 7 1. 9 44 32 15 Taung Tsin. 18. 3 3 0 31:51 16

interval, the Y.M.C.A. "A" team da-lyn Park 12 Richard. feated H.M.S. Cornwall on Saturday U.S. Aldershot 17 Devonport Services by four goals iợ two. In“

the first half, E. Dormer and G. Fowler netted for the "Y", and in the second half RA. Bates and Fowler wora the goal-

ECOгCIE,

VARSITY HOCKEY.

Cambridge Beats Oxford

at Beckenham.

London, Feb. 18,

Reuter

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Shirran had enne to feel dis The Navy had innumerable chances antisfied with the result. The out to equalise early in the second half, standing player on the field, he and once were denied what appeared

played markedly: fine football, but BILLIARDS TOURNEY. Kowloon FC. 104 111 27 44 9

A. J. Osmund, the Colony's cham- plon, had no diffienity in boating L/Cpl. Maltby when they met on'

Saturday evening in the third round the Open Singles Billiarde Championship, organised by the St. Patrick's Club.

The

When Osmund had completed his an inter-varsity hockey 500, Maltby had only 245. mnich nhawkat- Rozdrenikáén, 120-l-chamnion's highent breaks were 60, 48, Bay, Cambridge defeated. Oxford 43 and several others over 30. The by two goals to all-Reuter. military man's highest was 15,

H.KE.Q. St Joseph's Eastern

17.2-3-12-21-68-7- 15 2 0 13 20 67 4 13. I 1-14.10 71. 8

to get his colleagnes in finish off to be a perfectly legitimate goal by the referee. Combey was again at he opening work was ilke asking fault, taking a shot and then allowing Bernard Shaw for his autograph. himself to be bundled. He lost the

ball and it was put into the net, but a a. free kick was awarded the Gun- ners,

ft was ʼn most fortunate escape, but one hardly deserved.

UNBALANCED DEFENCE. JUDGED from the amount, of lime

My first impressions of the Navy each team spent in the other's defence, outilaed a week nzo. were ferritory. Kowloon should have won supported in this match. Trradwe'l'r by a fairly handsome margin. That alkerning was not on to the stan

After titia the Artillery scored twice is the most one can say for either dard expected, and there was a sad in three minutes, Gough and Rodger lack of backing un between the two being the marksmen-both good goals, Ride. One night be able to go little further and say that if the backs, James and Thomas,

and in the closing stages. Langmead, Huit depended on the play itself,

Bater was poor at left half and with a wonderful left footed book, Kowloon had no more right to lose Davey not the player one can remem- and Cleary, added the Navy's remain. then the Club had to win.

ber only two months past, ling points.

it easy to

LADIES GOLF TITLE

CHAMPIONSHIP WON BY MRS. WREN

The Final Round of, the "Ladies' Chumpionshín of the Royal Hongkong - Golf Club was played over the Old Course, Fanling, on Thursday, February 16th, and reaulied in n win for Mrs, Wren, who beat Mrs. IL Sheldon by 6 and 5,

·HATS off to the Recreio After

Hour months of constant defeats,

the season.

of-an, interior side or one" weakned" by the absence of popully · players. The FinEcinas had their full eleven ont and they lost on the run of the play.

PERSONAL PARS.

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O the four penalties which occurred during the week-end, only one was saved, and that by Rodger of the Club. OMBEY made a fire effort to clear Leprmends that yesterday, and the Artillery custodian actually stop red the Navy mene drive, but could. not hold the ball.

TT is significant that although Senl

did not play a particularly clever game yesterday, three of the four- Artillery goals came from his centres,

A.C. Beck and F.D. Perlers are Held to be holy-line bowlers. Ras, yet there have been no rom- pintata, Australian papers please" Copy!

they fairly turned the tables Saturday, when they beat the Lin-

ins to score their first points ofAM Yoc-feng has joined the Crainenpower f'ricket Club," and THIS feat is a complete vindication likely to become a member. The Tratam that Tsul Yun-nut is also the sentiments I exureased re-hrno "Ca" shqült turn out a powerful. parding the team only a fortnight arn. League team this wmmer. What The victory is sweeter In that it was heut the First Division Craigon not obtained at the expense of either gower?

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