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
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B. V. Gittens hit a quick century the the volunteer against for K.C.C. yesterdy,a when tall scoring the feature, of the opening stages of the two-day fixture. Another fine piece of trundling by. A. C. Beck, the Hongkong Cricket Club fast bowler characterised the only match in the senior division of the cricket league on Saturday, when the Club beat the Army by lud runs, after declaring their own innings closed at 171 fur
Beck, who bowls to a modified form of the "body-line" theory, has been consistantly successful "this - masson and now easily taps the last for the best aggregate
His analysis on Saturday read:
M. R.
13. 6. 29
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and his average including that per- formance is as folings:
0. 76
M.
W. 1.
Απ. 154 26 5.96 The KC.C. and the Royal Engineers gained comfortable wins in Division 2, bet Craigengower, one of the two undefeated teams in the division, had to rest contend with a draw against the University,
The leading individual performances with bat and ball during the week
and were:
BATTING.
S. V. Gittens (Volunteers)
K.C.C...
F. K. Lee (C.C.C.) v Varsity... ER Duckitt (Club) v Army .. E. C. Fincher (K.C.C. Volan-
fcer
H. J. D. Lowe (Club) ▼ Navy ..
5. V. CITTENS.
HOME FOOTBALL
ENGLISH CUP RESULTS
JIM CORBETT DEAD.
Passing of a Famous
Prizefighter.
HELD WORLD'S TITLE.
New York, Feb. 18. Jim Corbett, the famous prize. Aghter has died.cuter.
James J. Corbett was one of the most remarkable men ever to appear in the prize ring. He first won the heavyweight championship in 1892, when the title changed hands for the first time for three years.
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On that occasion he defeated John Sullivan in 21 rounds at New Or when big gloves were used. Two years later he retained the title when he beat Charley Mitchell in three rounds at Jacksonville, but on March 17, 1897,
the heavy-
weight crown to Bob Fitzsimmons, the who heat him Cornish blacksmith, who over 14 rounds at Carson City,
Corbett did not attempt a "come- back" until six years later, when he challenged James J. Jeffries, who had won the title from Bob Fitzsimmons San men fought at in 1899. The Francisco on August 14, 1983, 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 vaudeville for He retired in 1925, many years. having made himself wealthy, and took up lecturing,
He had been in 1 health, for some
TOTTENHAM DROP considerable time past.
A. POINT
ENGLISH CUP (FIFTH ROUND).
Bolton Brighton Burnley Sunderland Derby
2. Manchester. C. West Ham
Chesterfield Blackpool Aldershot
Middlesborough 0 Birmingham
Halifax
0 Luton
Everton
2 Leeds
0
110
78
74
SCOTTISH CUP (THIRD ROUND).
55 Hearta
2 St. Johnstone,
0
Celtic
Partick
1
46
Motherwell Kilmarnock
46 40
FIRST
Aston Villa Liverpool Newcastle. Wolves
K. P. Gan. (Varsity) v C.C.c. 48
D. Hunt Varsity) v CC.C.
A. C. Beck (Volunteers)
K.C.C.
8. K. Ng (Varsity) V C.C.C.
signifies not out
· BOWLING.
5 Dundee.
1 Rangers
DIVISION.
0 Huddersfield
1 Leicester
2 Sheffield U.
$
#3 West Brom. ...3
SECOND DIVISION.
Wells (RE Recreio... 7 for 27 Perreira (Recrció) v E... 7 for 33 Perry (K.C.C.) v RAS.C... 6 for 12 Diven Kughes. (Club) v Army 5 for 26 Chariton: Beck (Club v Army ...................... G for 29 Sub. Lt. Larkin (Navy) ▼ McInnes (K.C.C.) Volunteer 5 for 81
Club
5 for 39
LEAGUE TABLE
W. D. L. Pts.
Fulham Grimsby Notts Forest
Stoke
5 Oldham
THE standard of football over the week-end-and incidentally it is
nct an isolated example-leads one to ponder whether the game in Hong- kong is deteriorating,
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QATURDAY'S exhibition between
the Club and Kowloon was dis graceful the Artillery v Navy gime yesterday was very much below what it should have been, and South
China and the Police cannot ex- the change congratulations ол magnificence of their display.
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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 lonks 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 stale. The season now more than half way through and lethargy at this time of the year is often a natural reaction to the pre-Christmas enthusiasm.
Division I.
Bradford C.
1 Millwall
4 Plymouth
3 Bury
3 Notts County.
4 Bradford
0
2
Port Vale
o Recreio
-3 Lincoln Regt
2
• 1. Preston N.E.
1 Hongkong. F.C.
R.A.
1 Kowloon F.C.
0
4 Navy
2 H.K. Police
0
1 Swindon
Division L
·
Goals.
Swansea Tottenham ·
02 18 THIRD DIVISION (SOUTH). South Ching
II.K.C.C.
K.C.C.
2.1 0 10
University
$ 0.0 9
LRG.
Army
3 0 1 9 12.
C.C.C.
Navy
G.S,C.C.
Division 2
K.C.C HK.C.C.
1.3.C.
C.C.C. Navy, University RE. & S. CS.C.C.
Palice Recreio
RIAS.C.
RIA
Brentford
Bristol, C. Cardif Coventry
Excter
el
Reading
Torquay,
Walford
Northampton,
Southend
5 Clapton O.
4 Newport
3 Queen's P.R.
2 Bournemouth
1 Crystal Pal.
0
4
A
FIRST DIVISION FIGHT DEVELOPS
POOR FOOTBALL DURING WEEK-END
RECREIO TASTE SWEET FRUITS
OF VICTORY
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CLUB' DEFEND-Scene round the Club goal during their match with Kowloon on Saturday, in the local football (Derby". (Photo
Ming Yuan),
NOTES AND NEWS BY "VERITAS"
AND this is perhaps more literally culminated a neat, movement from
midfield. true than the above paragraph || suggests. Redger saved a penalty,
but he did so only by breaking the TT is curious that E. Strange, who is rales connected with so clever with his feet, cannot use very latest penalty kicks. He moved a yard in his head at the same time and thus his goal between the time the whistle make his own work not only lighter, was blown and when the kicks was taken.
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THAT movement allowed him to
get in line with the ball and the rest was casy. Kowloon should cer tainly have been given the kick again;
and
was wondering how the referee failed to observe the breach of rules.
THE
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THE only goal of the game was also one of its bright spots. Williams thoroughly deserved to score, for he smartly snapped up a pans which
HOCKEY POINTS FOR
THE RADIO
DEFEAT ST. ANDREWS IN FAST GAME
LOCAL RUGBY,
Club Defeat H.K. and S. Bank XV.
DETERMINED TACKLING. THE CAER CLARK
At Happy Valley on Saturday, the Hongkong Rugby Club defented the Ton-kon nd: Shanhai Bank XV by nine points (two tries and a penalty
to nil, after a good
CUP
Bank SEASON'S SECOND FOR RECREIO
which the threequarters of the team were prominent for their de- termined tackling.
Rad not been for the good work of the Bank defenders,
the
Ciab
would have registered a bigger vie- tory than they did. Robertson made
a welcome return, to local rugger and made his presence felt at once. He spoiled many a
promising Club movement, besides setting his awn
By "Bully OfTM
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Brilliant goal-keeping by E B Wong saved the St. Andrew's Mamak
threequarters going. After a shaky team from heavy defeat at the hands of the Radio in a tournament game start, S. J. H. Fax played a good
on the Marina ground yesterday while M. W. et full back,
de- morning. The score at the final Turner, at stand-off half, was D whistle stood at 2-0 in favour of thaTM- termined tackler.
Radio.
Kame
Ferguson scored, the Club's first try. which was unconverted, and be fore the whistle blew for half-time
['f McLellan kicked a penalty goal.
The Club went further ahead in the second half when Ferguson again touched down for another unconver- ted try.
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 team.
THE trooping season has had its effect on local fotball, and has been the cause of some little incon venience, and slight heartburning in a few camps. *
has all centred round the Club and Borderers drawn game in the Shield a fortnight ago. The League Council suggested February 25 for the
replay, but the Club are due to meet the BL.A. in the leagur on that date
The Radio were the better team line
throughout combining more effective. ly in attack with the rear putting up a sterling defence. The forwards missed many golden opportunities, E. F. Fincher failing With a couple of sitters in the first half. Play was fast änd of a fair standard.
EXCITING MOMENTS.
There were several exciting moments in front of the Saints' goal in the first half in which Wong was prominent, saving shots from !! St. Andrew's opened well
Fe angles.
check holding their opponents in initiating
combined moves good scme
but they were unable to penetrate the Radic defence Hassan in the centre ne being sound. The Radio's first,
centr the goal came late in the first half when
Went from
fine solo. Astar Singh wes Une to the circle with
The second half saw the Radio hold- to pass to Gurbachan Singh to scara. the advantage territorially. They
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came one more. Their second vance and mature his game on the pro-s most of their players are shortly were unlucky not to score more than leaving the Colony. Then it was pro-
from ponaity-bully. S. MacNider per liner he will have to cut out the et
a foul in
the game forward to last Saturday, but Kowloon stamped Was penalised for
fow feet from the goallins individual stud and concern himself posed to bring the RA
in and refused on the legitimate circle little more about-ball distribution
but doubly effective. It is and were not prepared to forfeit it had the better of the exchanges and
a
LEAGUE TABLE.
¡Goplay:
grounds that not only was the fixture and from the bully Awtar Singh had was surprised to see Bickford ap-frially arranged one, but they no difficulty in finding the net. parently innoculated with the same End not played for six weeks. germ of lethargy as his colleagues. One generally folks to this young left un winger for something good in the way of football, but on Saturday he plaved a kindergarten type of game. Lincoln Regt.'
ing from either want" of B teams appear to be sufferin
MISSED
OPPORTUNITIES
new; St Joseph's
P. W. D. L. PL. NAVY FINISH WRETCHEDLY AND LOSE
o R.A..... 13 10 0 3 35 19 20
South China. 10 8 1 1 29 3 IS.W.B.
Lincoln Regt. 11
Joseph's
.K.F.C.
R. Navy
W. D. L. PL. THIRD. DIVISION (NORTH). R.
1 20 460 17 11 16
0 14
3 1 4 10
3.1.6 10
2 2 3
0
1
MAMAK HOCKEY.
Radio S. C. Defeat St. Andrew's Club.
A FAST GAME.
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A fast, and interesting game was played on the Marina, ground yester day morning, when the Radio Sporta Club defeated St. Andrew's Club by to nil in the Mamak Hockey
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Barnsley Barrow Carlisle Crewe
Rochdols
Southport Tranmero Wrexham York
1 Hull
1 Walsall Cheater
Accrington
4 Doncaster
2 Rotherham
Mansfield
2 Stockport
5 Gateshead
3 New Brighton
SCOTTISH LEAGUE (FIRST DIVISION).
Morton
1" Agr Queen's Fork Q Airdrio 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.
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24
China
14
12 6
12 5
Ath.
0 H.K. Police 30 4
2 Kowloon F.C. 12 3
Recreio
13 1
4 28 16
R. Artillery
Royal Navy
TO THE ARTILLERY
(By "VERITAS".)
If both eldes had made use of half of their opportunities a dozen goals would have been scored in this match. The Navy were the worst offenders DUT whatever the reason, it is un-and deserved to concede the points
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Bdeniable that the standard of play if only because of this. Always the has considerably lowered since the In- more. highly polished and scientific. terport, now a month old, and one combination they wrecked their GWE sincerely hopes that it is not to be schemes and dashed to the ground the hopes and yearnings of their followers come a permanent feature.
by the poorest of finishing.
type of The game, apart from the interest THE Kowloon v Club match was alent to it by the important bearing miserable affair, having much in the result had on the future prospects .0 common with the atmospheric con- of the Artillery, offered little over ditions. Pointless midfield exchanges which to go into byatorical rhapsodies. were zucceeded only by fusipid work The football was the stereotyped in front of goal, and trayed tempers, sort of stuff, adequate in so far that although providing the spectators it dispensed with part of the league with a subject for discussion, aid programme, but from the spectacular nothing to assist the game towards a angle, rather dull. more respectable exploitation of the isport known as football
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1
Andrew's played a good rama, Royal Navy Defeat The
at defence and held the Radio for- wards well Gurbachan Singh, gat through in the first half, however, to give the Eadie imen the scared
lead.
the second half, Awtar Singh put the Radio Sports Club further alipad after some eyen play..
YMCA, “A” y HLM.S. Cornwall.
Air Force.
London, Feb. 18. The following are the results of to-day's Rugby matches: Royal Navy 14 Royal Air Force 3
(at Twickenham) Cambridge 10 Blackheath Gloucester
9 Leicester
Holding a lead of 2-1 at the Tondon Scot 13 Bristol
Oxford
8 Harlequins Interval, the Y.X.C.A. "A" team de Bouls Park 13 Nicamand fekted H.M.S. Cornwall on Saturday
U.S. Aldershot 17 Devonport Services tby four goals to two. In the first
----Reuter, half, R. Dormer and G. Fowler netter for the " And in the second half RA. Bates and Fowler were the goal- scorers,
VARSITY HOCKEY.
Cambridge Beats Oxford at Beckenham.
In
London, Feb. 18.
an inter-varsity hockey match new et Rockenham to day, Cambridge defeated Oxford by two goals to. nll-Reukay---
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THERE were so few incidents of
skill, either of individuality collectiveness, that one left the Rail- way Ground trying to puzzle out the object ar value of the 70 minutes.
Division II,
2 Eastern
S.W. Borderers 6 Kowloon F.C. Taung Tsin.. Athletic
1 Ewo
2 R, A..
Bio S.C. RE
S.W.B. Lincoln Regt. R.A.S.C. St. Joseph's China Ath. South China Radio S.C. R.A.F.
RE
of Recreio University
Division IIL
8 Talkoo C.R.C
9 University
G South China
1 Athletic
1 Signals
Division III.
Goals,
P. W. D. L. F. A. Fts.
23 16 14 183 16 1302 08 17, 26. 15 11 1 3 63 11 27 16 10 33 61 18 23 17 7 4 6 34 34 18 73841
7 3 8 41 37 16 81 7 31 34 12 7 1 4 48 2) 13 1 7 20
15 5 1 9 21 40 1 26 79
Combey, Allen and Taylor put in a great afternoon's work. They were robust and to the point, but the effect of this was reflected in the final, Taikoo C.R.C. 18 score..
1 17 12 127 1
P. W. L. D. F. A. Pa 60 11 29 Radio......16 14 1 R.C. Signals.18 12 4 2 54 21 20 19 10 6 2 33:24;23 RASC
1st Bty,
55 10
HK.S.....12 11 0 1 Incognitas...11 10 9 1 30 3 21 St. Andrew's .14 32 41 13 20
The above table shows the positions the -in of the leading teams
including to and Lournament up yesterday's game.
CAER CLARK CUP
Recreio's Second Win in Tournament
LEAGUE TABLE.
Plaving at King's Park yesterday the Club de Recreio ladies had no difficulty in defeating the C.BA Pardoe was typically Pardoc. TAYLOR, the Artillery left, played ladies in the Caer Clark Cup, winning"" Ilis game was slightly reminiscent his last name in the Hongkong by two clear goals:
The reorers for the winners were 0. of the Curate's Egg, but on the league yesterday. He leaver for Eng whole he performed very well in and on the Neuralis this Thursday. Siva and M. Hemedios, both goals deed, especially as he had a star The middle of March will see Allen, being netted in the first half. centreforward in Langmead to at the Interport right back, and other tend to, on top of which he was members of the present Gunners' trom
to the persistently running into the crafty make their adieus
Colony, Shirras. If for nothing else, Pardoe leaving the potential champions with Hongkong can be congratulated on his splendid a skeleton team. passing. This is by far the best feature of his game at the moment, Collier gave excellent support and reduced the Cleary-McPhee wing to something infinitesimal
THE FORWARDS.
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"P. W. L. D. F. A. Pt.
Club ......
G 4 0 1,25 19 St Andrew's 6 2 1.3 16 5 2
X 2 2 1 5 12 1031
THE Artillery is not the only club YM.C.A..... 41 1 2 @ 4.4
te aufer. Lakeman, Johnson Rareio.. and Jents are all leaving by the C.B.A. **** Nepla in Я few days time, so that the Borderers will be con. alderably weakened for their Shield replay..
12 a friendly game at King's Park on Saturday the Y.M.C.A. "A" team team from 'H.M.S. defeated- 2 Cornwall by four goals to two, after leading at the interval by two goals to one. R. Dermer and G. Fowler were the scorers before halftime and in and
The forwards obviously lacked the LOST OPPORTUNITIES. The Artillery were constantly the inspiration of Bryant, but adopting course it is reasonable to assume that the new draft will include more live, force before goal and go-for-goal, tactics, harrassed the obtained their four goals because of Navy defence sufficiently to get the some worthy successors to these play the second half, R.A. Enter
ra. but the transitional period is Fowler. goale. this. They should have had four required more, which indicates that they Scal's general work was well below board to have its reaction, and the. were by no means perfect in their par. but he made amenda by sending Artillery, even with a fairly easy final touchen.
across centres which led to goals. programme before them, will not find Wood was not impressive on the ep-it easy to remain in winning form. Yet the Navy were far more im- porite wing and most of the attacking on the inside men of whom
pressive on the move. True the spoil-rested and Moore were the lending i
ing werk of Taylor and the clever in- 4terception of. Allen, not to mention the custodianship of, Combey, were
Artillery led 2-1 at half time Yet obstacles difficult to overcome
and it should have been 4-L.. Gough the nauticals midfield superiority in scored cleverly in the first five min
put the forwards within ales and Moore added a second before variably shooting distance; it was here where Langmead replied with a very lucky they failed.
point. Combey fielded = free kick| Longmend was a great trier, but from Shirras and then dropped, the entirely unsupported, even by Ushery ball to allow Warne to put across the 18 13 1.4 73 22 27 whose constructive play war admir Lincoln Regt. 17 12 2 3 40 20 20 able. The Navy were full of promise, goal to the waiting Langmend
SECOND HALF INCIDENTS.
R. Navy
Division TI.
Goals,
11
11
0
P. W. D. L. F. A. Pts. China Ath... 18 15 2 1 52-12 S.W.B.
32
10
R.A.
BILLIARDS TOURNEY.
met on
A. J. Onmund, the Colony's cham- pion, had no difficulty in beating
/Col. Maltby, when they Saturday evening in the third round of the Open Singles Billards Championship, organised by the St. Patrick's Club
When Osmund had completed his 500, Maltby had only 245. The champion's highest breaks were 60, 48, 43 and several others over 30. The military man's highest was 85,
18 11 3 4 64 33.25 but they left it. at that..!!
17-10 3 4
R. Navy 97-1
South China. 17 8 2 7
Ewo
Tsung Tsin
17 7 1 0 18 0 3 0
F.G. 10 11
F.K.F.C. St Joseph's Eastern
A
17 2 3 12. 15 2 0 13 16 1 114
32" 15
JUDGED from the amount of time
each team spent in the other's', territory, Kowloon should have won
Shirren had cause to feel dis
The Navy had innumerable chances satisfied with the result. The out to equalise early in the second half, standing player on the fold, he and once were denied what appeared played markedly fine football, but to be a perfectly legitimate goal by to get his colleagues to finish off the referee. Combey was again at he opening work was like 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 free kick was awarded the Gun- ners,
UNBALANCED DEFENCE. My first iniurrasions of the Navy Vefence, outlined a week ago. `wer* suonorted in this match. Treade
by a fairly bandsame margin. That kerning was not up to the stan
dard expected, and there was
It was n most fortunate escape, brit
hardly deserved.
Anc
After this the Arillery scored twice sad in three minutes, Gough and Rodger
is the most one to say for crack of backing un between the two being the marksmen both good gozis, side. One night be able to co a little farth and say that if the backs, James and Thomas.
sult' depended on the play itself,
verd in the closing stages Langmarad, Bater was poor at left half and with a wonderful left footed hook, Kowloon had no more right to lose Davey not the player one, can remem-and Cleery, added the Navy's remain. Cian thự Club bad to win.
¡ber only two months past, ' ling points.
LADIES GOLF TITLE
CHAMPIONSHIP WON BY MRS. WREN
The Final Round of the. Ladies Championship of the Roval Hongkong Golf Club was played over the Old Course, Fanling, on Thursday, February 16th, and resulted in a win for Mrs. Wren, who best Mrs. IL Sheldon by 6 and 5.
distant
ATH off to the Recreat· After four months of conalant defeats, they fairly turned the tabl
un
- Batarday when they beat the Lin. pinta acore their first points of
the season.
of an inferior side or one weakned by the absence of reguler, playera The Tinccins had their full eleven out, and they lost on the run of the play PERSONAL PARS.
F the four penalties which occurred 10%
during the week-end, only one was raved, and that by Rodger of the Club.
TOMBEY made a fine effort to clear nemende slot yesterday, and the Artillery custodian actually stop rod the Navy men'e 'drive, but could not hold the ball
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is significant that although Seal did not play a particularly clever game yesterday; three of the four Arullery goals came from his centres?
AC Beck and F.D. Periera are A anid to be loviy-line bowlers. Rat as yet thann hava ham no come plaints. · Australian papers 'please'. copy.i
TAM Yoc-Long has joined
Crairenpower Ceiket Club,, and" understand that Taul Yun-nul la also; IS feat is a complete vindication likely to become a member. The at the sentimenta I expresand ren thema “Ca” should then ant a powárfal garding the team only a fortnight sve. Leapus term this summer. What The victory is sweeter in that it was sent the First Division Craige not obtained at the expense of either | gower 7,
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