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BADMINTON HONGKONG

AT K.C.C.

DEMONSTRA- TIONS LAST NIGHT

PRESIDENT TAKES PART

Badminton officially came into being at the Kowloon Cricket Club last night, when this now section of the club was opened with a series of exhibition matches.

A first rate court had been made in the main hall, and although the lighting presented somo little difficulty to the players,

PULLED OUT THE FIRE

(Continued from Payo 8.)**

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPIL THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 1933.

his side and nover really seemed In difeulties though he had not to face Archie Hamilton bowling at his best pace.

THE HONGKONG SIDE.

1

Faced with the serious loss of his two faster bowlers I thought Owen Hughes managed bis bay- ling excellently. On the whole the fielding was really good (If_a little tired after tea) and the catches by Mina and Fincher were well above the average.

Redmond too brought off a most brilliant save when he raced. across the screen and renched a tremendous

R.N. on-drive of Hamilton's on the first bounce to save the boundary.

It was a gallant performance,

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The Vicomte and Vicomtesse de Sibour, who are flying to Hongkong..

photographed with the Maharajah of Jadpur and their young son,

the conditions were, in overy other enhanced by the fact that they From Cricket

respect, admirablo, -*-

·

Mr. R. E. Lindself. President. of the Club, and a keen badminton exponent, took part in the demon- stralion games.

He was partnered by S. A. Gray ngainst A. E. Collins and E. F. Fincher, the latter winning both games of 15 points up.

MIXED DOUBLES. Subsequently Miss Woalley and Collins contested Miss M. Grif fiths and Lindsëll In Д mixed doubles, the former pair winning after two fast and interesting games.

A singles was also indulged in by Gray and Fincher, featured by some hard hitting.

A large number of member turned up and watched the game with interest, and it is reasonablo to suggest that badminton will shortly become most popular pristime at the K.C.C.

JACK HARE RETURNS

WITH NEW BOOK

ON BOXING

FAMOUS NAVAL

did not losen wicket during those last dreadful moments: Per- sonally I regard the result most open one.

(By R. ABBIT.)

18

CLOSE OF PLAY SCORES

Mulayat Innings.

1. C. Burn, run out' R. G. Gibson, C

Goodwin

Duckitt, b

Eu Cheow-teik, e Dunkley,

Goodwin

R. N. Hamilton, e Fincher, b

Goodwin Flight-Lieut.

Croome, b

Pearce

.V.

L. Alvis, Owen Hughes, b

Duckitt

W. O. Jenklass, e Minu, b Duckitt B. S. Gill, b Pearce

G. L. F. Wills, c and b Duckitt Leading Aircraftsman R. Mor- gan, c Owen Hughes, b Hamil. ton

C. A. Speldewinde, not out

Extra

Total

20

6

14

15

9

92

Fall of wickets:-1 (Burn) for 12; 2 (Gibson) 10; 3 (Hamilton)

for 31:4 (Eu Cheow-tell:) for 38;

5 (Croonic) for 16; (Alvis) for 75; 7(Jonidasa) for 20; 8 (Willis) for B2 D (GB) for 84; 10 (Mor- gan) for, 92.

PERSONALITY Goodwin

+Minu

Duckit!

Bowling Analysis.

Jack Hare, glorified in the Garthwaite Services as the world's cham-Pearce pion cook, and recongised by Redmond those in the position to judge us being an authority on the 'gentle art of fisticuffs, is back

in Hongkong again.

This time he has brought with

Hamilton

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Field To Hockey

ERNIE FINCHER'S'. ACHIEVEMENT

Some brilliant saves by Cross mainly assisted the Royal Corps of Signals from heavier defeat at the hands of the St. Andrew's Club to whom they lost by two goals to nil on, the Marina ground yesterday afternoon in a friendly hockey 'mateli.

Ernie Finchor, who had been fielding na substitute for the Colony Interport team against Malaya all the afternoon, was the marksman for the Saints on both occasions.

RUGBY

CLUB "A" BEAT

· SUFFOLK ·

ROBERTSON... ÎN GOOD FORM

(By "Line-out")

A strong Club "A" XV beat H.M.S. Suffolk in a rugby match at Happy Valley yester day by two goals and a penalty goal (13 points) to a try (3 points).

TWEED BAY To-day's approved style

OPERATION

| MACHINE-GUN - DEFENCE MANOEUVRES

LANDING PARTY

· BY “ENEMY”.

The hecessity of maintaining in Hongkong an efficiently trained machine gun beach defence system was demonstrated last evening at Tweed, Bay, when manoeuvres were carried out under the eyes of His Excellency, the G.0.C., Major- General 0. C. Borrett and mem- bors of the General Staff.

The night was an admirable one for testing the powers of observa- tion of the participants. It was pitch "black" under a starlit aky with a small visibility even with night glasses,

It was noticeable however, that Naval officers present found little difficulty in picking up the target with night glasses, and this points to the necessity of training mill- tary personnel in the proper use of this means of detection,

Just before sundown two machine gun teams draws' from the South Wales Borderers and the Machine Gun Company of the H.KV.D.C., took up position on the right of Tweed Beach with guns paralleled and heavily sand- Point with a range of 800 yards. bagged and trained on D'Aguilar Thoir right of are was given as the point where D'Agullar Point met the water and the loft of arc the small headland to the left of the beach.

ALARM SOUNDED. The Club forwards started very Tho Nos. 1, 2 and 3 of the gun felessly, but after settling down teams, ail trained men, then gave the backs plenty of oppor-"retired for the night" within casy tunities.

The Saints forward' line display- ed improved combination, Guest playing his usual stendy game at centrehalf. The. Signals fielded aed too closely, to enable him to practically fresh forward line.

The Central British Association suffered their Brat hockey dofent this season on Tuesday afternoon when

call should the alarm be given of the approach of the "enemy," The Archer ran very well on several Nos, 4 on each gun, untrained occasions, but Griffiths was mark-men, acted as beach watchers, Their duty was, at the first in- dication of the arrival of enemy boats offshore to sound the alarm, send up an S.0.S. and telephone a warning to the troops.

give his wing men many chancea.

PROFITABLE PARTNERSHIP.

they lost to the Royal Engineers by In the first half the Suffolk were two clears goals at King's Park in penalised in their own 27, and

a friendly game. The losers fold-Robertson_placed an easy goal,

ed a dopleted team being without the Later on Jenkins scored far out services of C. C. Francis and N. after good passing among the Whitley.

backs. Robertson converted with a fine kick.

Y.M.C.A., BIG WIN.

...

About ten minutes after

men

had turned in the low whistle of the alarm sounded and the men the meantime the Nos., 4. had re- rushed for their gun positions. In leased their 9.0.5. flare and dash-

TARGET "MISSING",

The YMCA. first eleven gained a decisive victory over a Jnts tean on Tuesday when they won by five The Suffolk finished very strong goals to one in a splendid friendly ty, their forwards playing well in

In the second half Jenkins scoreded to the telephone. again and Robertson did the need- ful from the place kick;

Ģ. M. R. W. hockey encounter on the Marine the closing stages. They scored ground. G. P. Lammert (2), G. Htheir only points about half way Fowler, 5. Fowler and R. Baldwin scored the goals for the winnera. through the second half.

*Bowled two no balls.

Bowled one wide.

Bowled one no ball,

པླ--ཀྑུསྶསྶཏྱུ!

|Hongkong,—1st Innings,

him a new and Kreatly improved E. R. Duett, e Gibson, b Gili edition of his fascinating brochure E. C. Fincher, b Wills' "The Knock-Out Blow and How To T. A. Pearce, 1.b.w. Willia

P. V. Williams, 1.b.w. Spelde- Avold It."

winde

Running into 177 pages, it not only covers the historical develop C. C. Garthwaite, b Willis ment of boxing, but, in a series ofT. M. L. Redmond, e Morgan,

Gill

brightly written chapters, ollera H. Owen Hughes, not out... host of valuable hinta to the novice, A. C. Hamilton, Willis... and also provides new points for the boxer who has already proved himself.

A. R. Minu, and Jonikinas

F. Goodwin, c Fu Chrow-teik, b

Jonklass

27

RADIO WIN,

HONGKONG BANK XV.

The objective of the teams was

a model cutter, 32 feet long and four feet high with allhouettes of men overlooking the side which 800 yards. The darkness of the was towed at about five knots at

night made it impossible for the fire controller to distinguish the target even with glasses,

- A rocket was called for. With

Playing on a poor pitch at Pok- Tho, Hongkong and Shanghai Bank

a swish it went up to illuminate fulum and with a weakened team, have selected the following team for the Radio Sports Club managed to their Rugby match against the South the water for yards around. Stili defeat the University XI by the odd Wales Borderers "A" at Sookumpoo the "enemy" were invisible and

Chanson on Monday at 6.15 p.m.-R. P. Very lighte were resorted to nt goal in three yesterday. and P. Singh scored for the winners Hards Low regular intervals. Still there was

J. Bond;

despite a persistent attack were un- 7 able to make up the arrears.

RECREIO BEATEN.

in the first half and the University Rigg: B. C. Allan and

W. Turner and L. G. Robertson;

F. II. King II. Stilliard, H. Browning, I., Bradford, G C. Moutrie, D. A Cumming, F. Burch sil G. A. Stewart.

Capt. Gottwaltz, 8.W.B., will re

The Hongkong Hockey Club senlors easily accounted for the Club de Referee the game.

creio when they met at King's Dark

0

40 yesterday, winning by four goals to

11

nil. Lieut. Sinclair opened the scor-

*

I

G. S. Dunkley, e Croome, b Alvis 17

Extras

+

Total

125

Ing and G. F. R. Divelt added two before half tline and another after the interval,

TRIP TO MACAO

INDISPENSABLE LITTLE BOOK.

The reading matter la freely interspersed with Interesting pic- Fall of wickets:-1, (Duckit) for Lures, of Jack, when himself a 6; 2 (Fincher) for 8; 3 (Williams) boxer of no mean repute, and of for 20; 4 (Garthwalte) for 46: 6 ST, some of the world's champions (Pearce) for 51; G (Redmond) for 61; during the last two three (amilton) for 78; 8 (Minu) for 79; 9 (oodwin) for 70; 10 (Dunkley) for 125,

decades...

or

Everyone interested in boxing should have this little book in his bookcase. It can be obtained from Messra. Brewer and Co., for one dollar.

Jack Hare, who has cooked for 750,000 servicemen, is still with the troopship Neuralin and is this week returning to Shanghai with her, He wishes, however, to remembered to all his local friends whom he has not had a'chance to

be

look up during his brief stay hore.

MATTHIAS SCORES FOUR GOALS

S.W.B. League Player In Form

Rowling Analysis.,

Willis Gill Spledewinde Jonklaas Alvis.

י

0. M. R. W.

15 3

11

8

Bowled one no ball. Bowled two no balls. Malaya.-2nd. Innings.

D. G. Burn, h Hamilton

R. G. Gibson, 1.b.w., Pearce

Bu Cheow-telk, run it

RN. Hamilton, b Minu

JOSEPH'S TEAM TO

VISIT .COLONY

The St. Joseph's Football Club have urranged for a trip to Macao to play football, tennis and billiards against

RICHARDS' RECORD

KING'S MESSAGE. CLUB SENIORS

WIN EASILY.-

Liverpool, Nov. 8.

the Macao Athletic Club on Sunday. Having equalled the 48-year old! Sixteen players will make the trip record of season turf, victorica lost under the management of Mr. C. A.week, Gordon Richards, riding here Goldenberg.

no sign of the target,

position to the rocks below Tweed Then came the order to change Point which gave the target range at 400 yards. A similar procedure followed as that carried out on the beach. This time there was no dimculty in picking up the target and the fire controller, laying on just before the objective reached the centre of ure, gave the order "Open" Fire". The countryside re- verbrated with the rattle of the guns as they sent burats of bullets with deadly effect onto the target. They followed its course untiï it passed behind the headland. The belts of ammunition wore Inter- spersed with tracer bullets whose phosphorescent glare gave the gunners an idea of the position of the "enemy".

The manoeuvres were brought to a close shortly after 8 p.m. and

again. the party returned to the clifftop

The following will probably.com- to-day, broke the former world mark. LANCASHIRE AND prise the team-A, V. Cosanu (Cap- pay winning the Wavourite, Solden

tain), B. Gosano, D. Leonard, A. Ward, L. Rocha, L, Sahban, J. Elms,

Tree Selling.

victories for the penson to 247.

ing, Richards brought his string of

V. Costa, N. Beltrao, W. Lawrence, The former record had stood for

L. Gomes, V. Marques, R. Marques,

JAPAN

almost half a century and was set up COMPETITION PROBLEM

L. Fernandez and R. M. Omar, by: Fred Archer,

The team will leave on Saturday A remarkabla feature of the record

18 morning by the Macao boat, and re turn to the Colony on Monday morn- 61 Ping.

V

I

ሐ.

Croome, e Mina, b Gorthwalte, Alvia,

Duckite

5

W. Q.

GL

Jonklass, b Duckitt

Gill, not out......

F. Willis, b Redmond

R. Morgan, Fincher, b Owen

flughes

Extras:

C. A. Speldewinde, b Pearce

20

Total

... 171

2(Eu Cheow-teik) for 18; 8 (Gibson)

Fall of wickets:-1 (Burn) for 12;

ride was that it occurred on the exact date of Archer's nuleide, 47 years ago. MESSAGE FROM KING. Richards received a telegram from COUNTY RUGBY EM the King's, private secretary,

SURREY LOSE TO: MIDDLESEX

DISCUSSED

London, Nov. 8,

A private conference has been held between Mr. Walter Runciman and representatives of the Textile Industries who dis cussed the question of Japanese competition.

Sir Clive Wigram, as follows a commanded to express to you. His Majesty's congratulations' on winning the 247 races and by this splendid

Major Proctor, a Lancashiro achievement establishing a record in member interviewed several ministers on the position of tho the annale of this country."

Jockeys are presenting Richards cotton Industry În connection. Matthias, the Borderers langue for 36; 4 (Croome) for sk; & (Alvin) Surrey were beaten by Middlesex Smith, is presenting Richards with hers with the cotton operatives

with a souvenir token of respect and with the same competition. the well-known owner, Mr. Thornton A meeting of Lancashire mem footballer was in the limelight for 61; 8 (Jonklass) for 81; 7 in the County Rugby Champlon Archer's whip and spurs recently has been fixed for November 16, yesterday, whon, playing for the (Hamilton) for 112; 8 (Willis) for ship, when the visitors scored 19 purchased at an auction. Drummers of the Headquarter 186; 0 (Morgan) for 167; 10 (Splede points to Surray's three. Reuter. Wing, he scored all of his side's winde) for 171. four goals against the "B" Com-

pany of the S.W.B.

Bowling Analysis. -*

0. M.

10 2

12

4

6

13,2

24

The match, played at Happy Valley, was a friendly, and in Hamilton spite of his goal-scoring effort, Minu Matthias saw his team beaten by pearea

Garthwaite eight goals to four.

+Duckitt Owen Hughes

Redmond

Bowen enplated his example for the "B" Company, finding, the not four times, and other goals were notched by Leo (2), Marah and Dowding.

⚫bowled three no balla.

bowled one no ball..

§ bowled one wide.

London, Nov. 8. Playing at Richmond to-day,

Hongkong. 2nd. Innings.

R. W.

E., C, Fincher, not out. E. R. Duckitt, not, but

Extras

Total (for wkt.)

Bowling Analysis.

OMR

Willis

Gur

5

ridgerds, who is 29, has not yet when they will discuss the po

"sition-Reuter.

a Derby winner Galdon King in. owned and trained by Mr. Frank Hartigan and won casily to-day, 4

The Jockey received a hearty ovation from the crowd.-Reuter,

_A_4-year-old_child, tho_sch of a Samlary Department employer:Jiving in quarters at Waterloo Ron wax W. fatally injured through a fall from a bank, expiring lator at the Kowloon Hospital.

DROUGHT RELIEF

WHEAT FOR FEEDING LIVESTOCK

Washington, Nov. 8. Tho Rollof Administration have allotted five and a half million bushels of wheat to food livestock In the drought areas.-Reuter.

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