1934-01-20 — Page 16

HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. SATURDAY, JANUARY 20, 1934

ASTONISHING CONTRADICTIONS OF INTERPORT XI

UNIQUE FOOTBALL TEAM

IT NEVER WINS

HARDLY EVER SCORES A GOAL

Played. Goals for. Against.

139

This is the record of Alders- gate United, the pluckiest foot- ball team in London.

Thoy play in the Holborn and District Lengue. They lost their first match 20-0, their second 12-0, and their third 25-0.

But wore they downhearted? NO!

Their next rosult was 18—1, and there was more joy over that "one" than over all the victorles of the Arsenal.

They have had, approximately, 000 goal scored against them exery six minutes of play, yet more thought of they have no

giving up than they have of play- ing Rugby.

Not one member of the team has dropped out except through Injuries.

They have no headquarters, no field to train In, not oven a room for exercise5.

Their playing pitch is one they hire by the afternoon on Hackney Marshes.

Their average ago is nineteen- twenty, and about half the players Are out of work,

THE REASON WHY. They cannot have the food it takes to build muscle and starina.

One of them told me (writes a Sunday Express representative) that he scours round for any odd jobs he can do for coppers to pay for his Saturday game.

Selectors Ignore All Lessons Of

MACAO GET AWAY WITH THE BALL during last week's hockey match against the Lincolna. This action picture was taken during the

game. (Photo Casa Po Man Lau).

IMPRESSIVE JAPANESE TENNIS PLAYERS

YOUTHFUL RANKING EXPONENTS IN SPLENDID FORM

PRACTICE GAMES EXHIBITION AND

ATK.C.C. YESTERDAY

(By "Veritas").

How rich Japan is to-day in her tennis talent was illustrated yesterday afternoon, when Hirai and Kusumoto, ranking No. 9 and 11 respectively in the National lists, played exhibition and practice tennis at the K.C.C. yesterday en route to Manda to take part in thhe Carnival.

Hirai in a singles and carried the to

These young atudents from the Kelo. and Imperial Universities of Japanese Tokyo, making their first appear ance on grass courts, tremendously Impressed with their fluent stroke They have no supporters. production, variety of shots, know- Evon their parenta barely knowledge of court-craft, and adapt- that they play,

ability to strange conditions.

Yet they are the jollost, friend- Ulost gang of youngsters you could wish. Every one of them is A true born-within-the-sound-of Bow-Bella cockney,

Hirai, who hng obviously made Nunci his pattern, showed dis- tinctly better form than his com patriot, who strangely enough fell to pieces in volleying and' over- head.

"It is not that we are out of our Both drove hard, deep and clase," said Edward Burgess, the accurately on fore and back hands, captain. "Wo are not. We just Hirai, faster off the ground, and sounder in every department will cannot get any training.

"Whon wo played our first assuredly develop into a worthy watch most of the players met sucessor of Nunol and Satoh. each other-for-the-first-time-on-Kusumoto needs to restrain him self and to develop a keener appre- clation of the use and benefits of angles.

the field.

"Most of the goals are acored against us in the second half, which shows that it is stamina we lack.

"One match we ended with four men short. That may be because we try so desperately

to score.

"We will win. Not for a minute would we dream of giving up. We aro going on til we win-and then we shall go on winning."

GOOD COMBINATION. ·

jun.or

champion

6-4 before losing. Tsui wa greatly improved during this set, yet threw away numbers of easy points by crrors.

Ho Ka-lau played consistently well throughout the afternoon, being particularly prominent In the doubles match against the visitors when he was partnered by Hachium.

On their display yesterday, Hirai and Kusumoto should have no difficulty in holding their own in Manila. I imagine they are capable of beating both Garcia and Polintan, and their speed should pull them through against the older and more experlenend Aragon brothers.

The Trials

HALF BACK LINE-UP

ALL

PASSES COMPREHENSION

COMMITTEE DELUDED BY MYTHICAL "COMBINATION": UNSOUND LEFT

WING FORMATION

(By "Veritas").

IT is traditionally the fate of team selectors to suffer criticism when the task has been com- pleted, and Hongkong Interport Soccer Selection Committee are not likely to escape it. HONGKONG'S team has been chosen as

follows:-Pau Ka-ping; Allen, Strange; Leung Wing-chiu, Beltrão, Pile; B. Gosano, Tam Kong-pak, A. V. Gosano, Ridley and Hocquard. WHEN first the composition was announced we were astonished. Later we looked at the names again and registered a quiet smile.

But the die has been cast, and Tay will undoubtedly play against all that local enthusiasts, who Tientsin: but we thought that have to stay at home and nwalt Hongkong's biggest task would be the result can hope, is that the to defeat Shanghai, and that the tho players will enjoy the best of luck greatest need was to have up North, and prove that if, as a strongest team out against the team, they were not the best the Northerners. Colony could have chosen, they were good enough to win the In- terport.

SELECTORS' INCONSISTENCIES. Apart from Hocquard, whose appearance in the team, in view of his failurea in trial and league matches since the beginning December, is a complete mystery thore is little wrong with players selected.

of

But should feel greatly re- lieved if I could comprehend the committee's explanation for the following

*Pile is played at back in three trial games, and is finally pick

ed as left half.

move.

NO MORE FOOTBALL THIS SEASON:

TWO SECOND DIVISION PLAYERS SUSPENDED. There will be no more football this season for 1. Haroon and H. J. Hussain of and the Young Indians Yeung Poon-hon of South China.

All three were last night suspended, until next year for their part in the dis- graceful scenes which mark- ed last week's meeting between the Young Indians and South China.

Afterwards the captains of both teams were told that in their capacities. It was their duty to warn their players against irregular tactics in the future, and to keep the game clean.

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China Fleet Football League Tables

THE UP TO DATE POSITIONS

the up to The following are date tables of the China Fleet Football League.

Kent

FIRST DIVISION..

Cumberland Berwick Eagle .Suffolk

Medway

Wron Keppel Whilchall Cornflower Verity

Whitähed Falmouth 3ridgewater Hoc-andwich

With the composition of the rearguard few will argue. Pau Ka- ping walked Into the team, having only as his equal in the Colony, Combey, the Royal Artillery goal keeper. Allen had to be selected, and the introduction of Sydney Strange as his partner and cap day's trial, Lincolns y Borderers, Iain of the team la quite a good Lincolns South China matched Strange has Interport ex- justify this description) perience behind him: knows the quard-Ridley "combination." game: knows his team, and will

I am afraid this is going to call

fessed that Hongkong football | Veteran fairly impressive. Of course, outside left of the Ip Pak-wah Wild Swan Aro doos not at the present boast an Jamar ... if the selectors meant to put Pile variety. So we look for the hext at left half I can't fathom why best thing. And for this purpose they didn't play him there in the we hold trials: we watch league trials. I don't think Pile will let matches: we gaze intently on re- Ierald the team down in his new post- presentative games: All with one. tion for ho is too astute a foot idea: to discover the best outalde baller and one who enjoys the left in the Colony.

make a first rate cantain as well for reiteration. It must be con Vitch as capable left back.

The half backa, in name,

queer

ishart

Bruco..

*olkestone

gift of adaptability. But it's a The net result is the selection Medway

procedure and past

or of a "combination," over which dinary comprehension.

Kent

Gonla.

P. W. D. L. F. A. Pls.

10 6 4 1 22 13'14 9 4 3 2 16 13 11

4 2 2 13 8 10-

B 4

0 2 4 3 12 13 8

1 2 2 1' 3

DIVISION II.

Section I

6 15

Goals

P. W. D. L. F. A. Pts.

0 4 2 0 18 7 10

7 2 4 1 10 13 8

5 3 2 1 11 86 2 2 2 11. 10

13 3 4

6 12 26.04 G 1 1 4 3 18 3

10 1 0 0 0 1

0 2 1 50

Section II.

1. 0.10

4 3 0 111

7 3 0 4 14 18

4 2 1 1 14 0 5

3 2 0 1 7 2 4 6 0 2 4 3 10 2 2 0 1 1 1 1 0 1' 3.4.17 1

THIRD DIVISION

Goals

P. W. D. L. F. A. Pts. 10 7 2 1 80-11 18 10 6 1 3 21 16 18

Cork is chosen for the trials, thereby keeping Leung Wing chui out of the pivotal posl tion, but is not included in the final team; yet Leung, free to take over his rightful place, is taken from left half in the trials) to right half in the Leung is a much, much better honest with ourselves, both of the

much-talked-of left wing forma- DESTROYERS LEAGUE TABLE

team.

9 5 1 8 20 14 11

8 3 2 3 13 8

9

Eagle And, then Leung Wing-chui at many people have prated, but folk

2 213 23 6 ovidence of existence. To be Cumberland _, 101 09.13 82 2 right half. Apparently nothing with itself has given little or no Berwick

will convince the selectors--that-

centra-half than wing half, and

that Beltrao is equally as good a Strange-Bickford) have been veteran

wing half as centre-half.

A large number of prominent Japanese residents were presenti

Beltrao, who by his display to watch yesterday's tennis, which

alone on Wednesday, proved arranged WAS

by the Lawn

that he is just the right half the and held at

Colony has been searching for, K.C.C., thanka to the

is restored to centre-half,

As a doubles combination they Tennis Association showed excellent form, especially the

in view of all the circumstances generosity of the Club.

which included a court rendered dimeult by rocont rains. They fairly outplayed Ho Ka-lau and Taui Wal-pul, beating them in | straight sets, 6-1, 6-2.

Subsequently

Tsul

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SEEKING LAURELS

Local Players Leave For Hanoi To-day

Hongkong's official repre- sentatives to meet Indo-Chine tennis players in an Interport at Hanoi on the 27th and 28th of this month, leave for the French colony this afternoon. They are Ho Ka-lau (captain): Toul Wai-pul and Tam Yoc-fong. All three have been putting in hard-court practice this week,

Those are merely the inconsla- tencies of the selectors. Only one other selection remains obscure. Tam Kong-pak hás been picked at inside right. Yet aurely, if the last two trials revealed anything, it was that Tay Qua-tong (or even Pau Ka-ping) had much the prior right to this position?

* STRONG REAR GUARD,

True Tay is going as reserve;

tions (Hocquard-Ridley and

failures. What then was

called Vority

Wishart Wild Swan

Goals

P. W. D. L. F. A. Pts. 8 0 0 14 2 12 1 13 0 10

7 3 1 3 11 9.7 7 8 0 4 13 18 5 2 1 2 9 8

2 0 10

-7 10

SUBMARINE LEAGUE.

So far as I read the trials, for was the selection of the two Witch Cork was the only man stand best individuals, and Ridley and Whitehall

would automatically Wren ing Leung's way for the pivotal Bickford Job. Cork was eliminated in have walked into the side.

Koppel ho. final choice, leaving the But Bickford has not even found Whitehed selectors with a difficult prob his place in the reserves.

naturally lem prettily and

On the right, too, there is a very solved. The solution ja ignored. unimpressive look about the wing. B. Gosano did nothing in Wednes You can search mel

day's trial, absolutely nothing. THE MYTHICAL COMBINATON. L his brother he goes in on re- Orpheus Phoenix As to the forward line, 'It fe, putation, but unlike his brother Proteus judged on current form, not a very incre were no flashes of Inpira- Oswald handsome edition of the Curate's tion to give colour to a belief that Peracus Egg. Bickford has been pushed he will be typically in the picture Olympus out for the mythical (Wednes- when the real testing time comes.

AND THEY DO TELL ME—

the Kowloon Football Club having "AT the Navy have made several stiches, and that the wound is boundHAT if events prove to be ather

enanges in their team to oppose to prevent him from heading., kindly placed a court at theirline Athielle this maternoon." disposal, and although they

realise they will be meeting the

best talent in Indo-Chine, they

are confident that they will put

up a worthy display.

The playera reach Hano! on Tuesday, and are due to play the Interport on Saturday and Sunday next. They arrive back in Ilong kong on February 5,

THAT West, Purkins, Morgan and

Langmead will not b be playing.

takes

wise the Borderers aro in th position of being able to fall back.o

it was the face of the football,jort half berth which had caused the cut, actually it

THAT although most people thought Underwood, who formerly recupick..

wus contact with Leung Wing-chi's HAT the Bordorare will not b

too badly affected by the no

THAT Edmunds partners James at for indiction that he had been involved

Jeit back, Blair over no trooping season, Elsworth comes in for Morgan, at Purkins vacated right haf position, in a heavy collision

inside right and that Barnett will lead THAT the unfortunato mishap was the forward line in place of Lang- purely neeldental, both players

jumping together to head the ball,

mead.

THAT the

*

for Purkins”. reason

TILAT they will lose only two of th first cloven players, although the happen to be two of the best- Wallace and Harris.

absenco is an injury, which haHAT as a result of Hyncs absence, FUIAT the departure of Wallace, wi

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show Pandora

Parthian

Itus

siris

Goals.

P. W. D. L. F. A. Pts.

50 0.102 10 5 8 11 17 10 7 4 3 0,1 7 3.6

2 2 1 10 8

1.12 B 2108

RUGBY FOOTBALL.

wo Matches Being Played

This Afternoon.

F

CLUB TO MEET SERVICES.

The Hongkong Football Club will felding two fifteens' again this fternoon.

The First XV will play their an

It is anticipated that a Davis Cup series of matches will con-

Mazning Ballton, veteran of the probably give Undarwood an stitute the programme, and in all probability Tsui and Tam will now kopt him out of regular football Club second string will occupy the opportunity of permanently regainisual fixture with the Combined Sor-

right back position in partnership, his place in the teams. play is the singles and Ho and since December.

with Sydney Strango, and that Dominy Tsul the doubles.

THAT the toam, although lacking will be persisted at right half.

THAT Harris will be difficult i of the qualities of the!

replace as he has now doveloper original combination, now broken THAT the Club might be well advised a fine understanding with Fortey, an up through removals and injuries, 18 to just about as good as the Navy can the forwake positional experiments in that they constitute, the most ponotra

tivo wing in the Borderers' attack. place in the field to-day, and that

CONTRACT BRIDGE.

Results Of Semi-Final. Matches.

many

winning.

*

•

tion for the first time.

they have distinctly fair prosepets of UAT Ernest Strange, whom many THAT of the team selected, Aller shrewd judges feel would make a Pilo, Boltro, Ridley and Hoc pattling good contre-forward, should THAT the Club will be without be tried there, with lowo ut inside quard have obtained Interport recogni

Desmond Hynes against the Lin-right and fill at inside loft, coins this afternoon, the right back

very THAT Bickford, now thab ho kas and/or contre-half being detained by MAT Strange, who is a business.

T busting footballer would probably born completely ignored, may find consolation in being relected for the |Hockey Interport,

TULAT although Jones was unable to RAT his form warrants at least

turn out in the tril on Wednes trial, and that if this trial were

In the sun-finals of the Contract Bridge Tournament played yesterday evening, J. F. Shea and P. Aber defeated Bf. David and L. A. Tobias, and R. E. Lindsell and M. E. Pollt! beat Major Lochner and Cast, Harry. The final of the Consolation Tournament resulted in a victory for M K. Lo and M. W. Lo over Mr.it Keary and Mrs. Withington.

The first session of the final will be played on Monday, January 22, at 0 p.m. Visitors will be allowed.

ULAT Skinner is not a cortainty, nd that if he does take the field will be under a big disadvantage.

ncore a lot of goals in the pivotal position.

EAT the cut over his eye sustained day, he will probably be fit enough given. he would be almost certain to

in Wednerday's Interport trial, to play against Kowloon this after-securo his place in the team.

(Continued on Page 2.) necessitated the intortion of three' noon,

ices at 4pm, an Sookunpop ground nd will be represented by the fol owing: J. P. Whitham; J. J. Fer upon, H. C. Meeke, It. H. Griffith nd G. P. Lammert; B. W. Turner and J. A. R. Selbe. (rant.): 1. ĦA tradford, R. G. Castleton, A. F. Walkden, W. E. Poers, 8. H. Gar

od, D. A. Cumming, G. C. Moutrie and D. McLellan..

Referee: Captain Gottwaltz, M.CLA The Club "A" XV will meet Combined Services "A" XV. also on Bookunnon ground, the off bo

at nghe following 2.45 p.m.

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ba the Club cam:-K. Noble B, C. Allan, W. "L. B. Rigg,. J. Hutchison and A. H. Harbord: A..F. Janking and R. Pa

FR Edwards: --- R.: L. Cherrill, ⠀⠀ Barch (Capt.) W R. Andrews, R. Stillard, J. T.

Stowart, Gustin and Reno, Stor

Referees Commander Cowley, Tho-

mar, R.N.