1937-01-04 — Page 8

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH MONDAY, JANUARY

1937.

Ulster Rifles Take Over The Leadership While Champions Continue To Fall Away

ATHLETIC SET A HOT PACE, THEN FALL AWAY BADLY

Rifles Masterly In Defence

(By "Veritas")

Athletic.

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Ulster Rifles

(McCantgal, own Don't

(Moore, Milteri

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Clubhouse Chatter

By "Voritas"

TAKING A FIRST GLANCE

AT THE INTERPORT

PROSPECTS

Rules Will Be Strictly Enforced: What Of Lee Wai-Tong?

coming football Interport be No Canton Residents tween Hongkong and Shanghai

ROYAL Ulster Rifles resume leadership of the GRADUALLY, but percep all support necessary in their borib selectors and ployer were fixing

first division as a result of yesterday's victory.tibly, interest in the forth-important task. over the Athletic at Caroline Hill, but they have still got to make a lot of improvement before their supporters can subscribe confidently to the belief that they will win the championship.

This transformation had its effect

the

whether the selection

committee

ел-

Our Daily Golf Hint

In approach shots, it will help the player to retain more control over the shot if he holds the club rather lower down than ho would do, say in the case of the iron.

C. A. Whitcombe.

HOCKEY

MACAO AGAIN

TRIUMPH

Hongkong XI Thrashed

SAINTS DO THE TRICK

BUT WERE LITTLE LUCKY

St. Joseph's 2. S. China "A" 1-

(Leonard, Omar), fini Shut-wing)

South China "A" turned out a peculiar assortment of senior and Junior players for yesterday's match against St. Joseph's at Soo- kunpoe, and because of the obvious absence of balance in the team, il was not completely surprising to see them fose. But a fairer result would have been a division of points.

Lee Wal-tong turned out for his second successive game in the course of three days, and with the interport looming ahead this, appears to be significant. Lee was a brilliant trier." out almost completely without sup- port. Lul Shul-wing alone under- stood Lee's moves. The rest of the attuck was much too inadequate

closing stages of a game which crowd each other. A third contribuundred and one details which Fung King-cheung, LA Tin-sung, Tam strikingly endowed with right or left noon when the Hongkong and Singa. ) against a virile defence,

of a very

It will be very

be

serious thought to the possibility of Lee Wal-tong's inclusion in the team, Wilson looks a very likely candidate for the inside left berth, but some considerable thought may be neces imposing Itself upon followers To Play For Colony sary concerning the two wings. At of the game in the various

the moment Bickford appears to be the most eligible for the left flank, clubhouses of the Colony. This ONE of the Best things I mude ca- but it maybe the Seaforth High- interest was amplified by the an- quiries about the other day was landers can help out even in this nouncement last week of the would strictly observe the rules of amoured with the idea of either TFC

position. I am not frightfully They survived a worrying time in the first half, but emerging through on the rear lines, where Lo Wal-man provisional programme for the Interport competition which for Kwal-shing or irwin on the right the ordeal successfully put con- and Wong Sik-ping, though kicking next

(By Our Own Correspondant) February, and the bids Canton residential players from wing, though both have very real fidence into them and they were lustily, did not cover each other formation of the various sub-participating, or whether they would claims. Then so has Tang Kwong- very much on top during the particularly well, and were prone to

wink at the rule and stretch its inter-

Macao, Jan. 3. committees to deal with

. sum, and possibly Fowler, But pretation to permit players such as the moment Colony football ignot large crowds in Macao

Brilliant Hockey was witnessed by weldom

this after- | abovo mediocrity, tlon to the mad decline tose elther in performance or an promising team was the inability of

the wing halves to keep the opposing are part and parcel of this im- Kong-pak and Ip Pak-wa to appear wingers, and if the Seaforths ean All porò Brigade Royal Artillery, cap-| entertainment.

in the Colony team. To me it come a breach There were nome noticeable weak-forwards in check. Lo Wai-kuen portant sporting festival. That as a distinet relief to hear that the welcomed. Fortunately they arrive formidable Macao Hockey

Dig disappointment was II Ka- warmly fained by Tara Singh, engaged the kuen, one-time star front line man didn't seem to be able to interpret J. McKelvie, C. G. Warren committee will apply the rules of the this week, and will therefore

Club, of the erstwhite Athletic team. Ho, Irwin's next move, though the Rifles and Dr. Wong To have competition in their strictest form. eligible if any are wanted.

captained by Laertes Costa, in a ponderous and unimaginative, could right winger played fairly straight-

friendly been chosen

nominate In other words, Fung, Tam, Li and Ip,

encounter. The visitor never adapt himself to the require- forward football and always went in

suffered a crushing defeat by eight ments of the game and appeared to among others, are deßnitely barred the same direction so that he could the Colony trial teams

from inclusion In the 1eam. This

goals to two, Macao thus continuing be playing right out of his class of centre with his right foot.

finally the side to represent decision at least puls us on all fours

its winning vein and

and maintaining its

football, enviable record of not having lost a But though the Chinese half backs Hongkong, is excellent news. with Shanghai, though it means that were not all to be desired in their Firstly because each is repre normally walk into the Colony eleven at least two players who would

single mates on its own ground.

Pluy defensive measures, these were, de- sentative of very important cannot play. I refer to L Tin-sang Butely superior to their efforts. They kicked high and wildly sections of football in Hongkong and Fung King-cheung. Li still re- first encouraging 20-Mr. McKelvie the civilian mains incomparably the best right minutes, and their contribution to a teams, Mr. Warren the Services King-cheung has only one equal as back in Colony football, und Fung- What the Rifles owed to their decohesive and penetrating nitack was clubs and Dr. Wong the Chinese, centre-forward-she is Lee, Wal-tong. and secondly because each But I think footballers generally will and Ng Tak-wing possesses vast knowledge of our heartily endorse the committee's de- were the liest of the intermediates, players as well as the game in cision to follow out the rules of the competition, and though we all very and certainly worked hard, though!

as. much regret the enforced exclusion of with not

any great enterprise. general. They may reat Cheong Moon-wing was the outstand-sured they enjoy the confiderice Fung and Li, ona and all, I am con- ing forward which given a chance of all Hongkong followers of fident, will feel that the committee

has done the right thing. Tang Kwong-sum on the other wing football, and can look forward to

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eases in the Rines outfit. One was Killen on the left wing; another Moore at Inside right, and a third Miller at left half (though his per- formance was an exception and not the rule), Forguson didn't get a chance. That's not strictly true. Just two minutes before the end he was able to snup up one of his fa- vourite passes and straight through he went to miss the upright by Inches with the goalkeeper well beatcu.

OWED MUCH TO DEFENCE

fence and to Campbell probably only the players themselves can fully ap- preciate. Campbell performed pro- digious fents of ground coverage, Interceptions, and ball distribution. The latter feature was not always of the best. Once again I noticed that insistence upon kicking with his foot

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turned; the mathematics of the game will tell you that nine times out of ten the ball will be lifted off the ground. It's not the best way hand our passes to expectant" for- words. But one could still admire Campbell's tenacity of purpose. On heavy ground—I could imagine Campbelt as a second Podmore.

Another half back to catch the eye was McConigal. He was up against what is undoubtedly one of the nip-

after those

| virtually nil.

Man Sang-lei

offensive

to

and

Wickets Tumble On Rain- Affected Pitches

piest, surest kicking left wingers in BOWLERS REAP RICH HARVESTS

the Culony. Interport selectors might

take note of Cheong Moon-wing. "At

least he is worth shroffing up. Cheang, when he could get clear to the attentions of McConiga), was the chlef threat to the Rifles' goal. This was especially so in the first half, during which perlod McConlgal was gradually sizing him up and making himselt familiar with Cheong little tricks.

As for Plokering and Stevens, they were magnificent, playing to- gether in Buch harmony that only once were they taken unawares. The result was a goal. Pickering was particularly to the forefront with his dashing tackles, and his useful distribution of the ball after working it out of the danger zone. While the Rifles hove these two backs and Campbell at centre-kalt, -they will never concede many goals.

SLAP-DASH FORWARDS

WHILE BATSMEN STRUGGLE

(By "Veritas")

BOWLERS found themselves

K.C.C. STRUGGLE

20 IN FOUR BALLS

presented with paradise

was

cricket

just one long story of cheap dismissals. The New Year's Day downpour, succeeded by Saturday's bril-

•liant sunshine and drying wind left grass wickets in a state which batsmen could only regard as a nightmare.

seven

.

Beltrao And Gosano Indispensable

Vanished Soccer Star In Village Side

Heavy responsibility was thrown.

was extremely brisk from on Wong Mec-shun, and the centre- the outset, and only two minutes half rose nobly to the occasion, being ned tireless in his covering of large tracts from bully-of the local side opened the score after a fine dush by the of ground, and constantly attentive, Macao forwards and a neat shot by P. when given the opportunity, to the Angelo. A second rald of the Arthi- needs of his forwards. The Chinese - lery goal zone which, Immediately defence was rather shaky, and clear- followed, saw Rosario, inside left, re- This was made evident when he ly feared the boisterous. Leonard. ister the second goal from close

scored St. Joseph's first, goal.

through practically

range.

Biggleswade (Beds), Dec. 14. The pace was maintained by swift Tom Morrison, seven-month-later-passing, and the visitors for- vanished ex-Sunderland Football ward line made frequent onslaughts Club and Scotiishi International on the Macho goal. So alert was the back, who was arrested in Cam- home defence, however, that every bridgeshire on Saturday, has help attempt to score was ably frustrated. ed a Cambridgeshire village foot-Some Afteen minutes later, the ball team to have is best season

Macao quintette broke through the for years..

opposition, and cluding Bachan |Singh, right back, Rosario scored u

third goal.

Marrison left Sunderland last May, He arrive nt_Gamlingay—he was unknown to the villagers-and "Join- ed the pea-pickers.

THOUGH adverlised and played us o charity match, there wasn' secondary motive behind the New Year's Day match between South China A.A. and the Rest of the When the peo season was over he Colony. It was an unofficial Inter- took a job with firm of apple port trial, and I believe members of growers nearby.

lot

*

The football season approached; Morrison joined the village lads in their nightly kickabout.

the selection committee derived a of satisfactory Information from It. If the lessons of the game are to mean anything I should imagine two of the most important are that A. V. Gosano. and N. Beltrao are positively indis- He showed promise. Gamlingay pensable to the Hongitong Interport asked him to play in their reserve side. The thing which impressed me team. After the first match he was

was

The case was withdrawn.

AS

"QUICK ̈AND CLEVER GOALS

went

challenged.

He 111-

This, of course, was not the real South China "A" team, but that can- not alter the fact that two immensely valuable points were conceded. The champions have now only a compara- lively faint chance of retaicing the ile, as they have already dropped three more points than the Ulster Rifles who head the league table.

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WORKMANLIKE WINNERS. On resumption, the persistent St. Joseph's played very workman- moves by the Macao forwards in like football, especially in defence. Costa and Souza would allow Lee enemy territory led the Artillery de- fence a merry dance. Awarded Wal-long no rope, although even they short corner,

the home team wentailed on occasions to stop him from further ahead with a fourth goal by getting home some of his most fell- Costa, lett hall, after five minutes. ing shots, Unhappily for Lee they

Another two minutes passed and were slightly off the mark Rosario showed jus Baility when, tak ing a quick pass from P. Angelo, he advantage in the second half, and St. Joseph's, were seen to belter put through fifth goal.

Ten minutes later the visitors suc. shots from all angles. Leonard and peppered Pau Ka-ping with good wickets on Saturday, and local THEN ELVIN WAS HIT FOR chiefly about Beltrao was his canny promoted to Gamlingay's first team ceeded. in breaking clear

positional play which often left him in the Cambridgeshire League.

of the Fernandez were always prominent in opposing defence. Tara Singh at these dramatic raide, and they often In undisputed possession of the ball

centre, led the vigorous attack which had the opposition completely fooled. He did well. So did the club. enabled Khuda Bux, inside left, tu Pau's skliful goalkeeping alone saved when one of the opposition thought On the other side of the fence, he had cleared it to his own forwards. Last week they won 8-1 away. score from close quarters. Kowloon Cricket Club were sirup This is a hall mark of good centre-

After five minutes Macao replied ing the second half

South China from a heavy deftelt dur- gling not only to maintain their

When Morrison was accused at half play, and for this quality alone

will in try and Beitrag deserves la plate against Sunderland yesterday of leaving his did sole effort by P. Angelo. Eventual- another goal, this being a splen- unbeaten record bui

three points from Army Shanghul. Additionally he is a fine wife and family chargeable to the ly the Artillery were rewarded with which came Inte in the game was far Nevertheless the deciding goal Swatch

Eventually they succeeded in tackler, and knows precisely where Public Assistance Committee, second goal after a clever combina- from satisfactory, the ball having op- both objects, but not before they and when to dispose of the ball. To Lionel Wolfe, director of Sunderland tion and a flashing shot by Kishanparently passed over the line when it had suffered a few palpitating say that Gogano played a typical Football Club, gave an undertaking |

Singh. monients.

was retrieved and serit back to Omar at left back last Friday 18 that £10 paid in relief would be game

Thereafter, Maens held the balance who shot easily past an astonished But the result was a lol of jolly, The visitors did quite well to disrather to understate the cose. The refunded.

South Chica's vigorous protest hearty cricket, with a thrill or two miss the Army for 100, though the most remarkable thing about his

of the exchanges. F. Nolasco, right| Pau wing, carried the ball smartly from was not sustained by the referee, who thrown in for good-measure, Junior

that it touched pealk score should have been smaller. At work

centre and scored with an angle shot went so far as to consult his lines- league players in particular went one time the military side had lost standard under difficult and depress- The team as a whole played with through some varying experiences.

from long range, while the last goal man.. wickets for some 40 runs. ing conditions. There was no surer iine spirit, polit rather by In- One of the most remarkable games Then a timely partnership by Pic foot on the field than Gosano's, and

was a perfect shot by A. Angelo, left The first half saw the teams score A P. {"Tich") Freeman has wing, who directed a high ball into a accuracies. There was a touch of the of the afternoon was at Sookunpoa Dickson (30) and Sergt. Holls (23) the manner in which he smothered

splece. pro- the net. slap-desh about the forward line) where the Indian

Leonard opened for the Saints after avhich against a more determined de-after dismissing reation Club, put a different complexion on things. Lee Wai-tong, who can usually give accepted an engagement

The Macao team, was undoubtedly Lee Wai-tong, Lal Shul-wing and "A" for a But in this case the batsmen were the Scarlet Pimpernel points in fessional to Walsall Cricket Club, fence would never have the rewards meagre 55 (at one stage four wickets

kets not up against a sticky wicket, the elusiveness, was masterly in its pre-which competes in the Birmingham at the top of its form. Individually Wong Mec-shun had gone very close they did yesterday. If the Rifles are were down for under ten runs),

and collectively, the players directed Indeed for the champions. But St. on matting.clalon, which follow. d skilful anti-and District League. to retain the premiership there will were themselves bowled out for 35. Dand, however, had a

game being played

nlee varied cipation.

their movements with precision and Joseph's did not hold their lead for have to be more thoughtful operation Here Cpl. Apps, a medium to fast attack at his disposat including

Since his break with Kent W.

an absolute understanding. The de long: Lai Shul-wing putting his side by the attack. Banging the

effort has been made to induce him fence led by Alex Alrosa at, centre- os level terms with a dazzling shot ball right hand bowler, excelled himself, Hung and F: Zimmer, former Consider Lee Wai-tong to enter League cricket.

C. ahead and racing after it is okay as taking six wickets in the course of

When half was magnificent.

from the wing. A truer indication tactics, given cortain conditions and seven overs for a paltry 14 runs. In Kenzie, Dunne, and others, though the face of things, I don't think Australian player broke down, the the speedy cohesion which featured would have been an odd goal lead

senior league players, W. L. Mc-

negotiations between Walsall and an The visitors forward line lacked of the run of play in this period against certain

but when between watching the K.C.C. strug the others were not called upon.

the selectors; are going to have club approached Freeman.

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for the Chinese.. these methods degenerate into com-gling for runs against the Army "C" mon and garden ballooning of the

Zimmern "fooled" out three bate- much difficulty in choosing the de- on the adjoining fold, I watched ball with the inside forwards given Apps at work. He certainly bowled men, and was later hit about a bit, fence, though many will regret that practically no chance of getting the an extraordinarily fine and consis- bowled very well for his three vle-keeper position seems to rest between but McKenzie, who came on late Swoin is not available. The goal- ball under control without loss of tent length, and he seemed to be tims at a cost of eight runs. Hung Rowlands and Pau Ka-ping, and valuable time, then it is necessary to making cm swing quite a lot. But bowled better than his figures sug-honestly I don't think it matters two supplant such tactics with more the

the dismissal of the later Indian scientific touches.

good, A For 20 minuten in this matchs the batsmen was quite considerably due set (1 for 30), his first spell being hools which is chosen, for there is

exceptionally

dropped practically nothing to argue about nervous batting. The last catch in his second over was an un- concerning their respective merits. Athletic played that type of football three men merely made blind swipes lucky break for him, and it also If anything I think Rowlands ha best known to the Chinese and which at balls they should have played.

suret hands thani Pau, though hlo always stamps them as knowledge- However, this performance by the proved a bit expensive.

With the KCC. enjoying battingeneral technique is not quite so able and studious players. Diagonal Army "A" was very creditable. One strength down to No. 11, it seemed polished. Gosano and Belirao should passes straight to the player were pleasing aspect of it was the amart that the obtaining of 101 runs would be certainties, and it is hard to sec

espatched from middle to right or helding of the lott Bank in alternating succossion, so

winners. Two or be mere child's play. Yet within how Leung Wing-chul can be left outį three extremely good catches were three quarters of an hour half the of the intermediate line. The con- what next to oson over really knew made, and only one, I believe, put side were out for 50, and Carter, stitution of the attack offers Lour corners in as many minutes und

expect. The result was on the ground,

who was bowling really, well, siz-Breater problems, and one which can- eventually though a trife fortunate in its breaking quite a lot, had the Army paces, and maintaining an immacu- observe recently that it would be a ife for wall deserved, A. M. Itumiahn, fighting well and zing off the matting at bewildering not be fairly tackled at this stage.

But I did hear one prominent omcial) batsmen in two minds, and his 6 for inte length, had the batsmen

Batsmen ang thing if Lee Wal-tong would turn THEY LOST THEIR FIRE again several batamen contributed to visitors were a little unfortunate to inclined to agree. Lee may have lost 21 were worthy figures, though here thoroughly on tenterhooks. The out at centre-forward. I'm certainly Yet once the Rifles had equalised, their own downfall by executing rot-lose Baxter after he had scored aa great deal of his old dash and all the fire seemed to die out of the ton sirokos acidentally the man-delightful 29, the general impression stamina, but his very presence in the Chinese game. The attack, previous ner in which Bar, Bancroft ly so scintillating became a one or scorer for the Army) was run out, for which an b.w. appeal was sus might well mean the difference be (top being that he had played the ball attack would lend Ji a morale, whelh two-man show, and where before was painful in the extremo, btained, they shot for goal first Ume and on partner. hit one to square leg and However, Rupert Baldwin, playing offence, and a Usticas, nervous, tween a lively and match-winning the mark, they unter healtated, turned straight to the foldson who was Vory adventurously, but enjoying hesitant forward line. And, let it be back, out manoeuvred themselves for standing fairly close in And the the wood favour of the gods and remembered, Lee silll possess shol avourable positions, and it eventual- batsmen rant. As far as I could see better than at any other time this with both feet. second to none in the ly they did make a shot, were yards Bancroft was out by eleven yards. season, moved the score utong quick Far East for their deadly accuracy off the target and

An amazing piece of bad judgment. (Continued on Page 9.2 and amazing power. I'd like to think! **

formance. A

far

The first and second elevens of the St. Joseph's Football Club, who compete in the, make a happy pictura in one of the goals 41-Sookanpoo yesterday,

Mee Chaun