1934-03-26 — Page 20

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. MONDAY, MARCH 26, 1934.

S. CHINA BEATEN AGAIN: BORDERERS RUB IT IN

WEEK-END

FOOTBALL CHATTER

SOUTH CHINA'S BAD GESTURE

DUNCAN LEADING GOAL SCORER

HOME FOOTBALL

HUDDERSFIELD ON TOP AGAIN

MAGNIFICENT WIN IN SHIELD FINAL

PREVIOUS WEEK'S GAME RE-ENACTED

ARSENAL KEEPING.

CHINESE GIVE IT UP AFTER

PACE

(By "The Pilgrim")

By a dashing win against Wednesday at Hillsboro

on

SAINTS LUCKY Saturday, Huddersfield regained

(By "Veritas").

the top place in the First which they held for a brief period a few weeks ago. Arsenal, for whom

Alex. rejuvenated A James netted his first goal of the

FIGURES are not available, but season, beat the Wolves by the there seems little doubt that odd goal in five and remain behind ground records, at least for the Midland leaders only by an Senior Shiold tie, were broken on Saturday at Happy Valley.

inferior goal average.

James' re-appearance was a de- THERE was a capacity attend-light to the Highbury crowd for ance, recalling the Interparts since his injury in the first match of the season, James has played in only one or two games. Aston Villa whose

cup hopes

of 1981 and last year.

THE

THE non-appearance of Ip Pak- wn on the Chinese left wing was a big disappointment to the crowd, who were eager to seo low the renowned player would figure after a long absence from the foot ball field.

Six of the Borderers received winners medals for the second time, these being Mullane, Morri non, Underwood, Podmore, Duncan and Jones,

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Bor-

INCIDENTALLY when the

derers won the trophy in 1932, Podmore was playing Inside left with Duncan as his partner and Jones was leader of the attack,

to the officials of South China.;

JUST & word

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by the City are making an equally were snatched ruthlessly from them も

magnificent bid to escape relegation. Having fortified their financial re- sources by their display in the cup they satisfied their supporters with n brilliant win at Middlesbro' where Astley covered himself with, hon- ours in a scintillating effort which decided the match.

Derby and Spars are still to- gether, the latter playing a fast and clever game to take a brace from! the Newcastle venue.

Rangers are now definitely in front of Motherwell who specialise in way wins and drop most of their points at home.

History has a

way of repeating itself, but seldom does one.

gee a football match so completely re- enacted in the space of seven days as the Senior Shield final between the Borderers and South China on Saturday. was the previous week's league meeting between these teams all over again, with only one difference: This time the Borderers. won by three clear goals instead of by the odd goal in three.

It

But the reasons for the

If there was any shadow of doubt about the worthiness of the Bor- devers league victory a week ago, it could not be applied to this match the result of which was a decisive vindication of the superiority of the Welshmen.

DANDY GOALS

'(By “Voritas").

Jones, who nolted the first goal for

the Borderora,

cuuse of the directness of the soldiers tactics, were completely out of tune.

such D

As defenders the Borderers play The struggle for second place is

ed glorious football. The half now the remaining Interest in the

The Borderers took about five bucks finally became unbeatable for Second Division where Grimsby, minutes to get going, after which the ball, and at no time did Mullane despite a draw on Saturday, stand they had South China under their or Morrison give the slightest sus- securely at the head with an eight thumbs until the dual whistle. The picion of faltering. Smith, the Chinese had one real chance of scoroalkeeper, must have wondered COMMON courtesy demanded points margin.

the South China team Brentford, Bolton, and Prestoning in the first half, yet it was not afterwards, how it was possible to should the up with the

until after the interval that Smith go through winners are level with 40 points each.

important Millwall's loss at the Den to the the Borderers goalkeeper fielded the match with so little to do. whilst Lady Southern presented the trophy and medals. Yet ap-Bradford club was the occasion of first direct shot. The winners' goal parently the players, in their acrimonious treatment of the re- was never in danger in the closing

"45". chagrin at being defeated; forgot feree by the home supporters. this, with the result that only Paul Ka-ping was present to receive the runners-up cup and souvenirs, SUCH an unfortunate gesture is

only likely to injure the good name of the club, and its offelala should see, that the incident is not repeated in the future.

WITH THE LEAGUERS.

ST. Joseph's collected two more lengue points yesterday, but they have little enurse to go into ecstasies about it:

THEY were hardly value for the

The official's decisions early made him unpopular and after pelting him fruit had failed to bring him into the crowd's way of thinking, the police Intervened and quietoned fun ominous situation,

How They Stand In

The Tables

win gained at the expense of ST. JOSEPH'S NOW

the Royal Artillery. The Gunners had an equal share of the gamet experienced bad jass on several, ocensions in front of goal, and saw St. Joseph's score a lucky winning goal. THE second

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SECOND

As a result of the week-end league matches, St. Joseph's move up juto second place in the first division, whilst South China have division players practically assured themselves of performed creditably for the the third division Artillery, and Seal was

con-honours. The results and present spicuous on the left wing, going league tables follow very close to scoring ́occasions.

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Do two

ST. Joseph's were not very

in-

pressive. Inside forwards

runners-up

SENIOR SHIELD FINAL.

9. W. Borderers 3 South China

FIRST DIVISION,

again dallled in front of goal and East Lancs.

looked incapable of testing Dur-St. Joseph's

ham with anything like a difficult

shot. The defence more thin

once gave signs of cracking up.

2 Police 1. Artillery

League Table,

Goals

P. W: D. L. F. A. Pta.

Perhaps the sultry weather was Lincola Regt. 18 13 1 4 48 10 27 the cause.

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St. Joseph's.. 10 13 2 2 30 10 26 S. W. Borderors15 12 0 3 51 20 21 programme to a close, for this | R. Navy

16 10 2 3 10 26

BRINGING the second division South China. 16 15 14 38 15 23 season, the Young Indians beat the Kowloon F.C. 17 7 1 9 32 30 Club by the odd goal in three.

ILK.F.C.... 15 6 1 9 34 40 Eng Lancs. 10 6 1 0 21 38'13 Athletic

16 0 11 35 49 10

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FOR weeks, now, the Club have ILK. Police 16 3 2 10 17 27. 8

been experiencing difficulty in R, A. raising a full side, and this time Recreio Dr. Selby had to turn out just before half time.

THE Indians registered two goals in the first half and had the greater share of the play right through.

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4 0 12 22 39 A 17 1 1 15 16 02 SECOND DIVISION..

Young Indiana 2 Hongkong F.C.

League Table.

Goals P. W. D. L. A. PLS. South Chinn 10 13,0 3 4 13 28 Lincoln Regt. 16 10 3 3 40 31 23 R. Navy... 16 9 3 454 21 21 S.W. Bordercry 16 10 15 40 20 31 16 8 1 728 20 17 10 6 1 920 37 19 20 40

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NEVERTHLESS It was fitting it. A

that George Duncan, who has | IT.K.F.C. Agured no successfully as leader Young Indians 15 of the Club attack should be Athletic given the opportunity of netting Kowloon FC. 15 he 18th goal of the season whleft makes him leading goal-scorer for South Chinn the division. Ho converted a R.A.S.C. penalty five minutes from the close R.A.M.C.

with a perfect ground shot.

Podmora, played brilliantly,

This is surely proof of the fierce hold the Borderers had on the game?

RUGGED FOOTBALL. Ivas à game in which there were lots of midfield exchanges: raids ruthlessly broken down before they had time to develop. Nevertheless, that strang phenonomon, the which was noticed a week ago, collapse of the Chinese half backs, curred again, and it played no emall part in the result.

The football was rugged: honest open sort of stuff: shora of subtle- ties: seldom boasting "artistic" qualities: set by its very nature, exetting and full of incident. The. Borderers had to put up with a lot of fouls, technical and otherwise, 11 20 53 6

but they refused to allow there to 1 1 13 13 57 3

upset their aims for progressive footbal.

THIRD DIVISION.

Radio

2 R.E.

2 University

League Table.

0 1

Goals P. W. D. L. F. A. Ps.

S anticipated, South China beat Lincoln Regt. 18 18 0 0 777 30 A the Radio and need one point South China 17 11 2 4 33 23 24 for third division runners-up S.W. Boulevers 17 10 1 6 64 31 21 honours. They were well on ton.A.B.C. 15 8 3 4 23 23 19 for the Recrolo

throughout, and matters

E.

17 7.3 7 1 46 17 .... 18 6 4 8,31 37 10 15 447 24 31 12 10 4

11 43 32 9 10 2 4 10 12 40 A 0213 11 03 2

R.A.M.C. Radio were not helped when Sowa. their goalkeeper received march R.A. F. Ung orders for striking Пn Radio opponent,

University 16

The soldiers again worked on the soundly orthodox, if some- what unpretentious lines, of moving the ball quickly and shooting ns often as possible. These factles were directly re- sponsible for their three goals.

The chief Impression after A comparison of the ionns was that the Borderers were thoroughly.co ordinated, whorens South China, possibly because of the team changes effected, and certainly be

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CONCEDING TWO

BADMINTON HO KA-LAU

K.C.C. V RECREIO RETURN CAME.

NEXT WEDNESDAY

R. B. Hambly cannot turn out for the K.CC., badminton team Jn the return match with the Club de Recreio scheduled for Wednesday evening, and his place is being filled by A. E. P. Guest, who played in the first game against the Recreio.

The K.C.C. are again turning out their strongest combination. Borderers brilliant success and the programme will be as in were the same, and even mixed doubles and three Men's the original match, namely three in the method of the scor-doubles encounters of 21 points! ing of the first goal, and "P. its scorer, there was dis- tict similarity.

The match is being played on the Recreio court, and the visitors will be represented by the follow-

Once again it was Jonesing. who supplied the stamp

.

MEN'S DOUBLES.

MIXED DOUBLES..

to the receipt which put Collins and A. E. P. Guest, E. F. C. Wigg and S. Å. Gray, A. E. PAID to South China's Fincher and H. Kew. shield aspirations: Fortey added the date with his second goal before the in- terval, and Mathias

put

the receipt in an envelope; and scaled it up with

Miss M. Griffitha and S. A. Gray, Miss M. Woolley and A. E. Collins, Miss I. Gittens and E. F. Fincher.

third goal in the second Shameen Lawn

half.

Bowls And Croquet Club

The

Canton, Mar. 23.

HAS BIG TASK TODAY

MUST WIN IN THREE SETS

TAM YOC-FONG'S PROSPECTS

TENNIS SEMI- FINAL

(By "Verlina").

After Last Wednesday's match, and bearing in mind pre- vious results of a like nature such as the final of the C.R.C., championship last year when he had to give in during the fifth set owing to a severe at- tack of cramp, Ho Ka-lou's big problem in his replay. semi- final this afternoon would ap pear to be to hold sufficient în reserve to go four or five sets if necessary.

Tam Yoc-fong's chances of win- ning are very much brighter than they were this time last week. Ho has discovered that if can avoid Annihilation in the first three sets," he will in all probability, beat Ho.

It seems definitely established that Ho Ka-lau must win the first three sets (and the first two with a conservation of stamina) if he is to make the final.

An important factor this after- noon will be whather Tam can offer the sumo stout resistance in the early stages of the game to weaken Ho's sufficiently to snatch victory in the physical make-up

fifth not.

Ho Ka-lau may very well decide to adopt baseline tactics from which to win, and he would, per- haps, be wise to do so.

a spate of work which few local players could attempt to sustain. He became leading instigator of attacks and a sound fourth half ANNUAL MEETING back at the same time. It was his passes which started the move- ments culminating In the first) At the annual meeting of the two goals. He himself did not Shameen Lawn Bowls and Croquet figure as a scorer, but as a crea- Club, Mr. Herbert Phillips, British tor of openings and as a constant Consul General, presided as Hon. source of apprehension to the President of the Club. Chinese defenders, he played very important part in the result.

following officers were not seen to such clected:-Hon. President, Mr. Her Jones, was MAGNIFICENT TRIO.

good advantage in approach work bert Phillips; Hon. Vice-President, Full marks are deserving for Podmore (with a "distinction" men- was a gem.

as the week before but his goal Mr. R. K. Batchelor; Hon. Seere not tax his energy so much as a

Duncan tlon), Underwood and Davis. The

bucked Liliera, Committee, the omelala concentrated not attack, and as he trio struck magnificent form which had been established and played named and Mosers J

canalderably after a winning lea

Baud and defence, he may be able to lure his is slightly stendler than Tam in improved as the game progressed.

A Ballatting Com-young opponent into errors. Podmore had the Chinese inside reasonably good game, although A, E. Smith. forwards nonplussed: Underwood his centres. Fortey

he experienced difficulty in lifting mittee was also chosen.

From n spectator's point of view maden mistake against

The Chairman, who is A keen such a plan of campaign would be Yeung Shui-yic, who was more ing. Afathian was variable, per-coming season would prove a most that Ho Ka-lau will prefer his. energy and required careful watch-bowls player, said he hoped the unfortunate, and it is to bo hoped completely bottled up than in any forming well up to the point successful one. other match this season: Davis of his finishing kick, and then interest is being shown

now that keener normal methods of niinck, which was right on top of Ng Poo-kui. often nullifying his efforts with game.-Our Own Correspondent. the left winger who had to be brought in for Ip Pak-wa.

never

And behind this trio, who paid

was full of

a wretched attempt to get the ball

into the goal mouth,

..

tary

and Treasurer,

Mr.

S.

It would

in the in general terms je o doep drive to the corner with a follow up volley from the net.

RUGBY FOOTBALL

Services Tournament. Won By Army

London, Mar. 24,

OUR JAPANESE -VISITORS-

Davis Cup Team Duc On Friday

Although delayed in reaching

The annual Services tournament | Shanghai, the Japanese Davis Cup •

team on board the Hakone Maru has been won by the Army, who to- day beat the Royal Air Force by 14 will arrive in flongkong on Friday the Royal Navy sixteen points to points to three after having won from morning according to schedule, I was informed by the N.Y.K. offices. this morning.

follow:

as much attention to the needs of ATTACK WITHOUT SNAP. their own forwards as they did to destroying the machinations of the Batin ̈ ̈comparison, to the opposing attack, Mullane out Mor-Chinese attack, the Borderers cleon operated with suprente con-were ideal. Rarely have I seen fidence.

Fung King-cheung and his colleu-! Morrison regained his proper gues at such a complete disadvan form and retired Tay Qua-tong'stage. They couldn't do a thing football to a state of futile in right. There was no snap in the dividuality. Mullane played a not-attack; the players seemed de- able captain's part in dealing in pressed from the outset and there masterly fashion with the fancy was no attempt to rectify mattera touches of Pau Ka-ping and Fung after the first ten minutes of the King-cheung.

second half.

eight. Panses went, all astray and the Results of the more important HAZLEWOOD'S LIVELY DISPLAY. attempted close patter-weaving matches

played in Britain to-day There is no gainsaying that the between Tay, Fung and Pau were Borderera. forwards

Services Tournament. missed ruthlessly destroyed by the op-| chances: equally so must it be position. With both wingers over Army slated that their goals were fine shadowed the task of making- pieces of opportunism, particular headway was of course rendered Bristol ly the first and second. As a line fairly dimeult for the Chinese Cardi the attack only occasionally have come to rely on their wingers Gloucester swept down the field in tradition- for the penultimate effort in the Harlequins al style, but if rather unspecta-scoring of gouls. Even so the

Leicester Northampton cular, they remained very danger inside men made no serious at Old Millhiilians cus and worried the lives out of terapt to formulate a new method Richmand the Chinese defence.

of attack, so that the quintette Swansea Favouring the quick pass hardly ever did anything of note. Weston-Super-

Mare The fact that shooting was again down the middle, the forwards ignored only made it easier for Glasgow High furced Li Tin-sang and Tam the Borderers to defend success. Stewartonians & Heriotoninns Kong-pak into hasty kicking and falsely timed tackling. Hazlewood was easily the most tively forward: he accomplished

fully.

But th chief sorrows of the Chinese were in the repented (Continued on Page 9.)

Lady Southern, with Sir Thomas Southern beside her, presenting the Senior Shield to Muilane, the Borderars' «xplain at the conclusion of Saturday's final. (Photo: Ming Yuen).

School

14 Royal Air Force 3 Club Fixtures,

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3 Blackheath

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LAWN

6 Aldershot

11 Llanlley

London Scot. 3 Coventry

19 London Weish

10 Birkenhead

12 Portsmouth

out as advertised on Friday after- The players will therefore turn

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Club.

at the Hongkong Cricket

In addition to games between the four Davis Cup participants, it

is hoped to stage ono set of aingles between the local singles

13 champion and one of the visitors, 14 and a set of doubles between the

8 winners of the Hengkong cham-. 24 pionship and two of the Japanese.

18

11 Newport

7

11 Oxford U.

22 Watsonians

--Reuter.

BOWLS

"WAPPINGCHAW" MATCH

5

THE GOVENOR TO ATTEND.

Thus the public will have the

3 opportunity, not only of seeing the International players in their own class of tennse, but of how local talent comparca with Japan's leading exponents.

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Eight rinka participated in "Wappingchaw" Lawn Bowls game at the Kowloon Bowling Green Club on Saturday afternoon, when the quar tette skipped by J. Fraser qualified as the winners by beating. A. W. E. Davidson's four by 28-13, the biggest defeat of the day."

Each rink was drawn for, the players bowling in the order in which their namos drawn, The winnerя were the recipients of nsh-bowls.

The scores were:

L

A big crowd is anticipated. The occasion is being graced by the attendance of His Excellency the Governor and Lady Peel, as well As members of the Japanese Con- Auinto.

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Booking plans are now open at Messrs. Moutrica, with the whole of stand ready for reservation.

KOWLOON GOLF

HONG FOURSOME MATCHES

Four matches in the long Four- Romen were declled at the Kowloon Golf Club yesterday. The results are as follows:

W. E. Halo, C. Hatt, J. McDonald and J, Fraser beat B. E, Maughan, P. J. Hamilton, J. 11. Budding and Lane, Crawford Ltd (W, S. Hillier A. W. E, Davidaon 28-15; 9. Randle, and S. MacNider) beat Hongkong and JL Tolloy, G. L. Farmer and Whampoa Dock (S. Gray and P. B. Duncan boat C. B, Hocking, G. N. Parks) and 4 Pollca (F. E., E. Mitchell, W. S. Drake and J. S. Camp Booker and A. J. W. Derling) beat bell 30-24; A. W. Meloy, A. Chapman, Falconer & Co. (F. W. T. Ross and F. Morica and A. E. JeTerios-bent J. J. King) and 4 Union Trading G. Chambers, J. Davidson, E. V. Co. (9. Jex and F. E. A. Remedios) Sonrle and G. E. P. Thomson, 23-18;beat Fire Brigado (G Mons J. Sloan, S. A. Bright, J. Rodger and Smith) 6 and 6 9. C. and A. Govt.. J. Watson boat E. D. Tabrousso, I.(F. D. Angus and W. H. Q. Hirst) F. Stoneham, J. G. Meyer and J.and I. K. Electric (J. R.. Way and Charlton 24-19.

W. Stoker) finished up all square.

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