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THE
OCTOBER ∙HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. SATURDAY,
24, 3.1936.
Lai Wah Cup: All About The Teams
WILSON (CLUB). Navy Lai Wah cuppers snill have their eyes on kim to-morruw.
HOW TRUE WERE G. AND S.!
More Police
Casualties
"A. policeman's but is not a Buggy one" wrote W. S. Gilbert of Gilbert) and Bongkang | and Sullivan fame,
Police football team are prepared to
NAVY SIDE INCLUDES SIX OF TO-DAY'S SECOND DIVISION TEAM
ARMY AND CIVILIANS
ARE MOST LIKELY
TO WIN
TO-MORROW is Lai Wah Cup day. All other local football is prac-
tically at a standstill to make way for the much-anticipated cup ties. They promise to provide some of the greatest games seen in Hongkong for many a long day. The Army, probably stronger this year than ever before, are opposed to the Chinese on the Navy ground at Causeway Bay. The Civilians, which team includes five Hongkong F.C. players, meet Royal Navy, only just returned from the North on the Kowloon Football Club enclosure. The most likely winners are the Army and Civilians, and below will be found an analysis of all four teams. Kick-off is at 4 p.m. in both matches.
THE CHINESE
TSO AND TAY NOT PLAYING
TEAM IS NOT TOO STRONG
Further changes in the composi-
need yesterday, and by the time not be over-strangly represented. they take the field the Orientals will
sing that in unison. From the very tion of the Chinese team were an- beginning of the season the Palice trouble have been experiencing Lalest is that Moss is in hospital and that Johnson, centre-forward, is not! likely to play again this winter.
Tan Kwai-shing and Tay Quo- Wingers originally lang. the two Morrison has been reintroduced Wichsen, are not available, and Tong' the attack against Recreio this after-wong-sam and Chung Wong-hing have been drafted into the outside noon but he too is a rich man,
state of right smi outside left berths respec- In consequenes of this affairs there have been more whole tively, sale changes.
"Veritas" Reviews Prospects
THE CIVILIANS
NEW GOALKEEPER
IN TEAM
Unless there are twelfth-hour changes, the Civilians will turn out to-morrow with only one alteration
(first in the team originally selected. Neither George Rodger choice) nor Mellardy (Reserve) cun riven his first chance in representa Pan Ka-ping. despite his riding live football, Minhinnet has also nevident at the Valley during the demonstrated in the league that be Civilians should have no worry about week, expretz to be it for the match is a very capable goalkeeper and
tils inclusion. and will captain the side.
Neither is Les Kwok-wal able to Defence remains untouched. Ale-play, and the half back line has been Hardy (strangely enough in view of revied. Chan Hung-kwong is in- his Lai Wah Cup decision) is in goal, troduced, but he will play at right supported by Blackburns and Brit-f, with Leung Wing-cut cross-play, and Minhinnet of Kowloon by tain.
Half backs as ustul. Attark: lug over to the opposite flank. Tommy Pile on the Morrison h Inside partner. Willer- ton, from the third division team, at centre-forward, Green back again at inside teft and Brooks on the left wing (1)
right
wing
HOCKEY MATCH Volunteers Team To Play Army
On
The selectors have gone in for a It is a middling good team, if it turns out as now humed, but I shall somewhat revolutionary innovation be a bit surprised if it proves good in selecting four of the Club's five enough to withstand the brilliant forwards. It means that there are two intact wings from the one club military combination.
about the sounds; The attack full of possibilities it! Theoretically this it can weld itself into a unit in quickest type of representative team enough time. But I have my doubts selecting one could have, but it does about the bnek division. Both Leung not. necessarily spell success. run off their feel before the match Fleming and Wilson and Bickford Wing-chui and Wong Mee-shun were normal form, however, Fowler and A Hongkong Volunteers XI will against Ulster Rises was three-quar- should prove themselves to be us
in a Hockey ters through last Sunday and I rather good as any wings available. meet an Army team match at the U.S.t.C. on Monday suspect they will be unable to com- next, bully-off at 5 pm. Volunteers bat the smart paec of the Army nicely-balanced team. will play in white, and the team is as quintette on this occasion. follows!
must say the Civilians look There is strength in the half back Mak Sui-hon is a player well cap-itne, while it will need a smart at able of holding his own in the best tack to get past the Blackburn and of company, but he is also prone to Gesanu-combination. Both players errors under pressure, and I expect are chock full of valuable experience Pau Ka-ping will have a fair amount in this type of football.
On the whole I am inclined placed responsibility
think Civillans will win.
7. J. King, R-A-Butes and S. Chowdhury; N. Whitley. N. Beitrao and T. Whitley; B. Gosano, G. E. R. Divett, Awter Singh, S. A. Fowler and V. Bond. Reserves:--D. Leonard or and Sarwan Singh.
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THE NAVY
CAN AFFORD TO DRAW FROM 2ND XI
KNOWN PLAYERS
IN TEAM
Royal Navy is so rich in talent that it can afford to take players from the second division league team to make up the Lal Wah Cup com- bination to oppose the Civitions,
But the majority of the team are well known
performers
local soccer.
Wolverson, left buck, is still there, so is Wride and Bowers umank! the halves (though I believe Wride used to play forward); and up in the attack Baxter, Cannell, McLeod and Wallace still hold their posi
1:1
tions.
It is very difficult to write much About
the prospects of the Navy.
once here during the current seusyni, į For one thing they have only played and I didn't see that match, as ! was in bed at the time trying to stop
over the 100 mark, the jelly old temperature from sour
But when yesterday I received the¦ Navy league teams for to-day and found that six of the Lai Wah Cup players were appearing in the second division outfit, I came to the con- clusion that the Navy were either over their having a little leg pull league match, or that they have some hot-stuir talent.
I think it is a bit of both.
NO REAL STRANGER
HOW THE FOUR teams EXPECT TO LINE UP.
Civilians
Minhinnet
The Chinese
Pau Ka-ping (8. China); Wong Pinx (Athletic) and Mak Sul-hon (Kowloon Chinese); Chan Hung- kwong (Kowloon Chinese), Wong Ire-shun (8. China) and Loung Wing-chul (S. China); Tang Kwong-sum (Kowloon Chinese), -Lal Slut-wing (8. China), Chan Tak-fal (S. China), Sung Ling-sing (Eastern) and Chung Wong-hing (Aihtelle).
Black-
(Kowloon): burn (Police) and A. V. Gosano (Recreio); Bliss (Kowloon). Beltrag (Recreio) and E. Strange (Club); Fowler (Club), Fleming (Club),
D. Knox (Kowloon), Wilson (Club)) and Bickford (Club).
Royal Navy
The Army
Rowlands (Fus]llers); Swala (E.. Lancs) and Steele (E. * Lanes): Taylor
(Fusillers). Campbell
(Res) Erwin
and Evans (Fusiliers): (Rifles), Sandford (E. Lanes). Ferguson (Rifles), Talbot [Fusiliers) and Ridinga (E. Laucs).
Langley (Medway); Hills (Bruce) and Wolverxon (Rover): Smith (Capetown), Wride (Stonecutters)
Baxter (Bruce); and Bowers (Bruce), McLeod (Regulus), Can- nell (Bruce), Wallace (Capetown) and Johnson serves:-Buckland (Daring)
McCall (Parthian).
(Medway).
Re- and
Not Much Doing In The
Cricket Line
A FEW INTERESTING GAMES SCHEDULED FOR WEEK-END
(By R. Abbit)
Club Not Worried Any More
Apropos of my comments the other day about the Club's lack of adequate reserves to Ol Arst leam vacancies caused by in- juries, an official told me yester- day that Club aren't worried any longer about the right wing. In Stone they have a first-rate deputy for Fred Fowler. He against nice display South Chins “B” a week ago, so that is position. at least, can filled. always be satisfactorily +
Rave
So far as one can see there be confined to occasional Sundays. I is very little doing in the don't know the Navy side but they are in a position to put very nearly cricket line this afternoon. two frst elevens into the field. This The Hongkong Club were to is, of course, fortunate as they suffer have played Craigengower at so much from the absence of ships Happy alley, but I gather that from time to time. They want a cricket keeper rather badly though I the bowling season has lasted hear rumours that they have dis-ZNEN
However, the team as it expects| to line up is no real stranger to us. Longley we don't know very well, And
I can't recall much of Hills the right back. But the rest, with the exception of Johnson on the left wing, are familiar, and unless they have deteriorated, Navy can be sald
Wride and Bowers, on form, are to be fielding a pretty useful side.
is occupied by the-second about their bowling very much year and if they can hold to that -at---present,-form-they-should-do-well-enough eleven which is playing against Tuinell I understand will be unable this season. F. Baker is to in the Colony; Wolverson takes
is play for some time, but they have them and he will on ve Hawkins among the finest half back players
the University second. teiseennd place to very few among the
Harper, Prowes and Idyler to bowl Sayer, McLellan, Grimths, Barrow, Colony's best full backs. While
The only first division teams for the stack! The very presence engaged, I believe, are the K.C.Cesides two or three men from the and above all, Dickie Richardson to Tower deck who are said to be quite help him. Baker himself is the best of Baxter, McLeod and Cannell is and I.R.C. who are due to meet all useful..
bowler on I have
the side enough to make the Civilians realise Sookumpoo this afternoon.
hope he will not underbowl himself. their responsibilities.
been talking to Frank Goodwin and
TOWER OF STRENGTH Minhinnet and his colleagues will I tenent that Lloyd is leaving the
I also hope that McLellan will not Judging from the innings played try to bowl too far. It does not suit have to keep a very fair weather eye Colony shortly and will not be able by G. R. Sayer last Saturday he will bim. What they want is a really open to stop this quartetic, and I to play for K.C.C, as had been hoped. still be a tower of strength to the good slow bowler as Richardson and have no doubt that Johnson comes. So far sure about Zimmern,
Civil Service especially if he can get Hawkins are terribly expensive in the high standard of his col- Goodwin has no knowledge of the over the habit of a rather shaky Saturday afternoon cricket. I will teagues.
story that A.M. Rogrigues will be start.
deal with other teams later on. I wouldn't care to put much money playing this year.
afternoon on the result of this match. Civil-K.C.C. have brought up F. Broad- jans we know are a good combina, bridge and B. D. Lay from the second. tion, but I don't believe they have W. L. Mackenzie is also being tried very much, if any, edge over the and Jex has returned to the field Navy team as selected. It should be though last Saturday he told me be |a, most enjoyable match.
over so long that the banks covered one. Some people have
It is impossible to predict what have not yet been removed and even gone so for us to tip them as
will consequently the ground can think I should prefer the word made a most surprising recovery last
probable winners of the Shield, but the Civil Service
do. They not be used. The Club ground possible". I don't
up 10
THE ARMY
FINEST OF THE FOUR TEAMS
This
thought he was giving it up. This will relieve Mackay to do a bit of bowling.
At present K.C.C. bowling consists of Goodwin and Robert Lee with some small change such as Ernit Fincher and Mackenzie. I believe Lay and Broadbridge also bowl a bit. To All up the side to-day Cap-1 tain D. W. Persse is playing for them. TRYING NEW PLAYERS
LOOK GOOD FOR The IRC. are taking the opport-
VICTORY
unity of trying some young players as both A. H. Madar and Minu are still away from the Colony. I under- When it comes to reviewing the stand that Minu will return about Army team um compelled to sug- the November 5, but Mador will not gest that it is the finest of the four be back for another ien days after combinations which will participate that. The
in the Lai Woh Cup morrow.
Civil Service second games to-eleven are playing the Central British
School and I believe the Club de IN It is just the right type of team fecreto visit the Royal second eleven to win this type of match. Fast. at King's Park
boisterous, strong, and boasting just
that right vencer
An Interesting game to-morrow of skill which should be that between the Press
makes up a cup-winning side.
und Navy first eleven at King's
I analysed them fairly fully the Park. The
Press depend very
other day and there is little call for largely on Pereira, Teddy Fincher F repetition. Suffice it to discernible
say there is no M. Arcutli, and G. C. Burnett. The
Juck on Heakness. It is hard latter's cricket, I regret to henr, will!
that injuries keep
him from his lawful position on the
left
wing
but Ridings is a first closa deputy, and Dreworks can be
BRITISH MALT,
BRITISH HOPS,
and I
THERE'S NO FAULT
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BRITISH TO THE CORE
class fore, end he is flanked by two cup IT NEVER LOSES ITS "HEAD"
pected from him and Talbot. Fer-uble men in Taylor and Evans. guson is definitely the best Army and Steele, and I don't think we need Swain and Steele are just Swain forward we have had here since
Higgins of the Lincolnshires and any any more, while in goal there many respects I think he is superior are as safe as Owen-Hughes's in the Rowlands, with his hands which to that fery-headed and hard-going slips. That's pretty nearly, a a com-
pliment to both!
player.
Sandford is one of the most Im- proved Inside forwards in local foot-
I can't for the life of mo see the ball and Erwin has already demon-Army team losing unless they suffer strated that he is a very fine right tice things too easily. But neither from an attack of the "itters", or winger.
Campbell's form at centre-half is eventuality is likely I give them said to be better now, than ever be to win by at least two goals clear.
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