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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. MONDAY, MARCH 15, 1937.

S. CHINA "A" NOW HEADING FOR CHAMPIONSHIP Beat Fusiliers Decisively: Lee Wai-Tong Hat-Trick

LOSERS MISS A PENALTY

Alters Whole Trend Of Game TAYLOR'S INJURY

Fusiliers

(By "Veritas")

0 S. China "A" 3

The Wol-tong 3)

THREE majestic goals by Lee Wai-tong were the high spots of the important, but disappoint- ing league soccer match at Soo- kunpoo yesterday, when South China "A" materially improved their challenge for the leadership

TAY QUA LANG

by beating Royal Welch Fusiliers To-day's Tennis

three-nil.

Beyond this the game offered little over which to enthuse. In fact hind it been played in complete silence, it would just about have reflected the amount of excitement and interest which the exchanges were worth.

RUMJAHN IS ON VIEW

EXTRAORDINARY CRICKET AT

K. C. C.: 9 CATCHES

CATCHES DROPPED

BADMINTON & TENNIS CONTEST

MACAO. SENDING

TEAMS

TO PLAY RECREIO

(By Our Own Correspondent)

Macao, March.14.

I.R.C. A BEATEN TEAM WERE ALLOWED TO.......

SAVE THE GAME

BY

(By "Verlias"}

Y three o'clock on Saturday afternoon the senior

cricket championship of the Colony had been vir-` tually decided. It was a gold mine to a pippin that the shield would once again become lodged in the Hongkong Cricket Club. The Club were already on the way to victory against Craigengower, and Indian Recreation Club had lost five wickets for 25 runs against K.C.C. Even the L.R.C. had well, nigh fat 17 and thereafter the score book hope-read 18-2, 19-3, 23-4, 25-5, 67-0,

105-7, 129-8, 133-9, 150 all out.

The Indians' Innings did not close Yet at 0.15 p.m. the clamantit Just on 4:30, and the homesicry started off in their endeavour to score pionship was still open. The 157 with something like an hour and Indians, taking full advantage 35 minutes at their disposal.

In response to an Invitation by The Club de Recrelo, representa- five tennis und badminton teams of Macho will visit Hongkong en become reconciled to the Saturday, March 27. The farth-lessness of the position. coming sports meeting is a return match to the contest which was held in Macau on October 10 of last year.

Much Interest is vested in the occasion in local sports clrcles und notwithstanding the fact that prae- tice matches are played here on hard' courts, it is expected that Macao will give a good acepunt of itself in tennis on the turf courts of the Recreio.

The

of an amazing run of good for-ask, though fairly formidable, was tune, managed to force a draw, by no means impossible, and thus lived to fight another day.

UNENTERPRISING

Actunity had Ernost Fincher dis-

played a bit more enterprise, K.C.C. would have pulled it off. They made themselves safe by 0.45, and every- thing demanded that they should splash for the runs. have a dip and

But the capacity crowd, appreciating AN EASY WIN IS Boyd, Jose Royal, Alfredo Silvis and championship, that story will revolve it was impossible for them to lose,

that the result had a vital bearing

on the championship, worked itacif Into a pitch of exciting anticipation, and its vivid reactions to the slightest movement by either side created an filmosphere belled by the football t- selt.

:

South Chinn were decisive winneru, and any other result would have been

out of keeping with the game. Fusiliers were unfortunate to lose

INDICATED

Should hustorians of the future ever bother to describe the match The players selected for Macho's between the K.C.C. and I.R.C. which "A" tennis team are Messrs. J. Senna gave the Indians the opportunity of Fernandes (capt.), A. ii. Mello, Alex Oguring in a play-off for the 1930-37 Alberto Jorge. Each of these players around the nine dropped catches can look back upon a ne record. which featured the L.R.C. innings. Senna, Fernandes, Mello

the and Boyol brothers

I can't recall a single cricket match inve been the

which In this type of cricket in Stiva

and they could afford

attempt to get the aven wickets in quick runs. But the clock beat them, a at drawing of stumps they were 11 runs behind with six-wickets in Four of these had been "Gold"

NG SZE-KWONG champions in past years batsmen enjoyed so many "lives" hand

RETURNS

H. D. Kumjahn

(By "Veritas")

WID come the Colony tennis

into

Taylor, who fell heavily after Jump-action to-day in

while

Was

F. M. EL ARCULLI ...talked hand in hand with fortune.

|PLAY-OFF

FOR TITLE

Ramsey started off in the correct VENUE MAY BE

of the Macao K.C.C.'s epidemic of "butter-fingers" in a frantic, though uns day NECESSARY Lyceum for two successive years. started when F. A. Broadbridge effort to score runs.

at mid-off. It is unfortunate that his brother dropped A. R. Abbas

After that F. M. el Arculli Carlos

manner missed four times, Nozarin twice and A. A. Rumjalin once or twiec.

And it was these four players who made possible the Indians' respecta bie total of 196.

one

char- WHI

Silva,

time plon of the Coimbra University, be unable to play owing to indisposi

promising player in Alberto Jorge

tion, but Macao is fortunate to have

ing to head the ball and dislocated his championship. Its postponed first left shoulder, but even if they had round engagement with Luk Chun-to take his place. remained at full strength all the time, cheung is scheduled for this after- they would have lost.

THREW AWAY CHANCE

together with noon.

Interesting

Kames

an array

of

Macao's "B" team will consist of other

the following: H. Bradley, L. Mello, Rumjahn is bound to win, and it Y. C. Yuen, E. Silva, A. Pereira and

Luiz Gomes, is very unlikely that he will be ex-

Playing for Macao in Fusiliers threw away the maich tended beyond two sets.

the Mixed Doubles tournaments will be the following pairs: Miss Helenn Crawford, the young penalty early in the first half after ponent, who shows considerable pro- Bradley, Jose Boyal; Miss Vera Senna K.C.C. ex-Ribeiro, Mr. AH, Mello; Mrs. li. South China had taken a goal lead, mise as a singles player, meets his Fernandes, Mr. J. Senna Fernandes. Up to that point there had been spirit in their work and some sort of co-club-mate Gordon Burnett and will

when Sullivan failed to convert o

ordinated plan was visible in their win, probably in straight sets. HOCKEY TEAM AS WELL? movements. But after allowing this folden opportunity to slip by, the soldiers became disintegrated and

never looked like saving a point.

Once again. It was Lee Wal-tong's maich. He was the most interesting player on view. All three goals were brilliant efforts. The first was per- fectly schemed and his haal shot which found the boltom corner of

the halfway line.

Crawford is playing good tennis these Burnett is out of practice, while days.

COURAGEOUS ARCULLI

4.

+

Arcull, who walked hand in hand with the goddess of fortune In his brief innings of less than half an hour, scored a courageous 57. He was missed at 25, 39, 47 and 52.

onc

THE K.C.C.

and helped himself to ย rapid 19 before he mis-t)mcd from Minu which went away and.

Anderson was smartly stumped. continued to bat strongly, though he was on the cautious side. Neverthe less, he was in command of the bowl-

As was predicted in the Telegraph In Ing and rarely looked to be dimeulites. Minu got past him with last Saturday, a play-off for

(By "Veritas")

hhe

a few which broke away, and it was senior cricket championship is neces- the left hand bowler who eventually sary as a result of the Club's victory got him stumped.

against Craigengower and the LR.C. draw with K.CC.

But Anderson was generally keep ing time with the clock and certain-

Both teams have completed their Abbas, a model of correct battingly stored at a fair puce after he had, was allowed to live after offering e reached the 30 mark.

Jengue programme with 17 points simple catch early on and proceeded

from seven matches. Nelther tearn Ernie Fincher, on the other hand. had suffered u Macao's badminton selection has self to 28 and should have been out to contribute 24. Nazarin helped him-

defeat: both have though helping to carry the total drawn twice. not yet been decided upon. Mr.

Wa-After scoring à dozen. Rumjuhri

to 100, was laborious to the ex- The re-appearance of Ng Sze-Edwardo Silva, captain of the team, ofered a couple of chances before kwong, whose association with the stated that the players will include

getting his 22, championships is longer than ony several of the younger enthusiasts other competitor, will evince interest. who, despite luck of experience, havti He is playing in the open doubles fine strokes and versatility and will with Hon Luch-fung against H. Tina few years develop a high Bee and H. Y. Hsu.

standard of play. I do not know the form of the

It is possible that the Macao hockey.

Thus, incredible though it may seem, the Indians were able to ad- vance their total from 25 for 5 to 150 all out.

To Arculli' and the other later

treme. Neither did he make his The match, It is expected, will be shots notably well, with the excep- played on n-neutral-ground The tion of an occasional square cut. K.C.C. is a possible venue, though He was never at his best, and his

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Clubhouse Chatter By "Veritas"

Control Of Soccer Crowds Is Essential

THOUGH the riot which broke---

out at the Chatham Road football ground after the match. between the Ulster Rifles and Recreio on Saturday was by no means as sensational as the rum- ours which were flying about the Colony a few hours later, it was sufliciently serious to demons- trate the unwiseness of arrang- ing such important matches on in exposed ground like that at Chatham Road. It is quite pos- ible for anything up to 2,000 people to line the banks adjoin- ng this ground and the control of such a vast multitude is ex- tremely difficult. It is, in fact, |the-biggest-cumshaw" football- ground in the Colony, being com- fortably accessible to the hun- dreds of Chinese who swarm over from Yaumati and Kowloon Cily. What is more, unless squads of Police are on

cannot duty, they

be re- gulated. Thus it would seem that the safest way to ensure that there shall be no repetition of Saturday's disgusting scenes, is for the I.K.F.A. to bar the Chatham Road ground na a venue for first division games. Serious Aspect

AT is one aspect of the affair.

The defit of time it t

more disturbing, is the fact that spectators, most of whom had no direct Interest in the result of the ruatch, should become so parusan as to finish up by fighting with stones and threatening life and properly. This incident, together with others this season not wholly dissimilar in character, suggest that Association football in Hongkong is no longer played for the sake of the game. It appears to have developed 100 many ramifications. Properly ducted partisanship is understand- able: if anything

it. is desirable. But when it is carried to extremes then it is time investigations were" carried out to discover, precisely why here is all this hard feeling. most remarkable feature about Sat- aray'a disturbance is that its cause

Con-

The

could not be traced beat the b

were made as though it had some difficulty may be experienced in been a very real burden.

Atting in a date, as the ground 13 rather fully booked up for the next After Anderson's dismissal, Sar- few weeks. the net the logical result of a more latter, but it would not altogether team will be included in the visit to batsmen goes full credit for gallant gent was sent in with express in- | ment which started somewhere near surprise if Ng and Hon advance to Hongkong. A match will be played performances. Arcull literally tools them out on the first ball, and was play-off time should be extended. It Some suggestion (quite unofficial at He endeavoured to carry the moment) has been made that the structions. the second round. Their vast

Xin Hongkong, stated Lieut. F. O'Costa, courage into both hands and hit at perience of tournament play may be the Shanghal hockey team does not everything. But their fine back-to-romptly caught by A. H. Madar in

may be that the match will start at But to

to the The full programme for this after-happen to visit Macao at this time. the-wall efforts cannot mitigate the

1.30 and finish at 6.30, though this matter, Goodwin

wis has not been discussed by the teams wling, and had a blg it held by:

Then Lay "had a "he time table are as follows.

The present positions in the league Rifes. And it should be made quite

vital factor.

OPEN SINGLES

His second point, scored early in the second half, was a masterly solo effort which culminated in Lee beat-noon is as follows. ing three opponents although grassed and then shooting high into the not past the astonished Rowlands. The third goal, which followed shortly afterwards was even more typical, being presented with about a yard of the goal in which to shoot, and of course his shot unerringly found the mark.

Leo

A. Crawford v. G. C. Burnett, Capt. Coppinger v. 8. S. Chlu. H. D. Rumjalin v, Luk

OPEN DOUBLES

cheung.

CLUB CHAMPIONSHIP

Macao will not send a football team, K.C.C. in the field.

rather

the

the

K.C.C

The home attack was always ren» At first it was hoped that a soccer sonably good. Robbie Lee actually match would be possible.

had these figures during his

Owing to Recreto's league Axtures/appalling blunders committed by the followed and also tried to clout the concerned.

this did

more

first

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more successfully, but by the Indians knew their only hope lay in saving the fours and they plastered the outfield with men. It checked the rate of scoring which

and thus saved the game.

FIRST DIVISION

H.K.C.C.

K.C.C.

EXCELLENT FIELDING

C.C.C. Navy

The Macao Lyceum teams will also spell: Chun-be present in Hongkong and will engage clubs in badminton and ping- pong. It is expected that the school and he finished up with an analy for a short period looked dangerous I.R.C. will meet the Central British School sis of 4 for 27 in 14 overs.

friendly encounter in toccer it satisfactory arrangements are made.

Ng Sze-kwong and L. F. Hon v. These three goals truly reflected II. T. Bee and H. Y. Hau. the superiority of South China na a team. There was no vital weakness in the eleven. The defence was perfectly steadfast, and it was In- teresting to see how well little Tay Qua-Ilang shaped at left back. was full measure for the Fusiliers' A. B. Bead and Misa J. Armstrong right wing, and worked together in v. F. V. Harrison and Miss D. Dod- splendid harmony with Lee Tin-sang. | welt.

TRUSTED TO THE GODS

He

The admirable spotting work of Lee Kwok-wai and Leung Wing-chul the Chinese wing halves materially lightened the work of the full backs, while it must be acknowledged that the Fusiliers attack lacked any sort of sting. Hughes and Sullivan were in very poor form; wille Talbot, though admittedly the cleverest of the quintette, adopted wrong tactics in keeping the ball to close. His work so often led to nowhere, and more often than not provided the Chinese with easy,counler-attacks.

But nor

Evans and, until he was injured, Taylor, offered stubborn resistance to the lively Chinese attack, and at least had the wingers fairly subdued. .neither Wanklyn, Wheeler

Koating.could work out the right way to hold Leo Wal-tong in check. They wero led a merry dance by the Chinese inside-tifo and were continu- dily. left spread-eagled

Whecier and Keating were great workers, but they did not inspire coll Odence, and, mostly they had to make hurried kicks which found the oppost- tion's feet.

B. O'ML. Deane v. F. A. Redmond.

CLUB MIXED DOUBLES

CLUB HANDICAP SINGLES

K. M. M. King v. J. Thomson.

A. K-Mackenzie v. R. K. Valentine.

A. C. L. Bowker v. T. C. Monoglian.

Leicestershire County Cricket Club Saved

Leicestershire County

Cricket

Club has been rescued from the financial difficulties which cently threatened its future.

でわー

โฮ

"Interport" Fixed For April 11

ANDERSON VICTIMISED

W L D Pls 5 0 2 17

5 0 2 17

3

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PROFESSIONAL TENNIS

Anderson also bowled finely in his

The Indians were excellent in the CS.C.C. first three overs and should have field. They saved boundaries In University oblained three wickets for about ten splendid manner and only one catch Army: runs. But he was victimised by very late in the game when the rank bad feiding. Arculli was light began to get bad-was

dropped. missed by Lee in the slips off Ander- The bowling was at least necurate, son's fourth ball and again two

overs

though rather guileless. I thought it later by Bertram Lay in the "deep". was inclined to be flattered. On the These "lives" cost many vital runs, other hand it I must be confessed that Lay, I thought, was persevered the pitch did not play very truly, the with too long. He was turning quite ball often coming up at unexpected appreciably, but he couldn't get the agics and varying paces. ball to go through quickly enough

If K.C.C. had had a batsman of the to-day. Arrangements are about to be con- and it was easy to watch him right

courage of Arcul they would have cluded for the interport football on to the bat. What's more his night won the match hands down. But the

J

New York, Mar. 13. In the thirtieth encounter of their professional tennis, tour, Ellsworth Vines defeated Fred Perry by 0-3, 0-1

The honours are now even, each

match between a Second Division through the air was too slow and real fault lay in their atrocious fleld- | having won 15 matches-Reuter.

Hongkong team and Macao.

Mr. F. P. da Silva, who has been working tirelessly in connection with the fixture, stated that final steps will be reached by the Interport Com- mittee at a meeting to be held early this week and the match will be play ed here on Sunday, April 11th..

Practice matches are taking place every Wednesday. Players for Macao will be drawn from the Macao Fire Brigade and Municipal Police, and the Argonauto and the Tenebroso Clubs,

It is learned that Mr. D. Kossick, Secretary of the Hongkong Referees. Association, will umpire the match,

allowed the

Arcul to quick-moving jump out and take him half-volley.

Goodwin bowled very badly, and By never struck a real length. bowling short of a length he made the ball pop up very smartly, but he was usually wall of the wicket, and bats-

men could elther teave them alone

them with perfect safely. with impunity or have a crack at

The best ball of the match was delivered by Anderson when he broke Abbas's stumps with a per- fect back-break. The best stroke of the match WDS Last split- second cat by Nazarin off Lay' for which the batsmen ran four..

haviour of the players. game was contested in the best of spirits, the players conducting themselves im- peccably. It would seem then that It was

organised properly wals B

orga among a certain irresponsible seeffe of the onlookers, who went to the malch with the sole intention of mak- Ing things unpleasant for the Ulster

clear that this particular crowd was not composed of Club de Recreio supporters. It was, according to reports, a rowdy clement of Chinese spectator, who, apparently appre- clating tank

that the Ulster Rifles are among the chief

for the

first division chlenders went

along to do Lieir utmost to stop the soldiers from winning. It was menn and despicable, and it is to be hoped that responsible Chinese fool- bail officials will take the first oppor- tunity of repudlating such behaviour. The Lesson

THE lesson to be learnt is that spectators, sometimes even more than players, need to be regulated and controlled, even if it entails drastic measures. Such an incident would not be tolerated. England, and there is no reason why the H.K.F.A. should sit back and take no notice. Spectators must be taught that they too owe a responsibility to the which

WODEHOUSE & NEVE MAKE They have no heaven-gent right to

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CLUB VICTORY POSSIBLE

match on the Clab ground was not without fis excitement. Though Club finally won with comfort by six wickets, they were twice in danger of being fully extended,

Cralgengower started off in splendid fashion and scored 50 runs for the Brat wicket. Then followed one of those unbelievable collapses, Three wickets were down for 70 and the whole side dismissed for GO.

Considerable credit for this goes to Wodehouse, who went on after Esmall and F. R. Zimmern had made the Club attack look simple and pro- ceeded to capture Bynal, immers and Soars, the three batsmen to make

110

4 for 20

five wickets for, la overs,

At an emergency meeting of the club on January 29 a resolution was that as the club had no funds i milter had withdrawn its resolution men was very shaky and uninspiring. proposed on behalf of the committee

The batting of the earlier I.R.C. should close down. Mr. W. Lindsay that the club be wound up. Everard, M.P., the

Later Areull demonstrated that the president, sald

bowling could be hit. A couple of £5,000 was needed to ensure con- At the annual meeting it would be sixes off Lay and three successive tinuance for three years. Promises suggested that an executive com- boundaries off Anderson made the were down for ten runs, and four had been fost for 40. The Chintso were always thought were then made of £3,000, and the mittee be appointed, consisting of five telegraph board twiri. Altogether ful' and did everything" deliberately, meeting adjourned to see if the rest or six members, who would be re- Arcuill luf nine boundaries in pro- The Fusiliers, lacking a cohesive of the money could be raised.

sponsible for running the club in the bably the most useful fanings he has plan, just kicked· ar liard and often Lust month, when the meeting was same way as the directors of a fool ever played for LR.C. as possible and trusted the gods to resumed, Mr. Everard announced that ball club. A deputation would wait

The smart recovery which the In- Look favourably upon them: The contributions promised or given on officials of the M.C.C. with a view diang made is better revealed by gods' didn't.

amounted to 20,000 and the com- to re-arranging fixtures.

these figures. The first wicket fell

any runs, and then in conjunction with Holdci, walked through the rest of the team.

Holden, efter an inauspicious start, fialslied with the good figures of

20 in 13.5 overs. Club made anything but a happy start to thele innings. Two wickets

Then Neve, who had shown clover defence in the earlier stages, began to play the attack and to bat in his finest style. Hayward joined him and the pair knocked off the required runs without being parted. Eventually they realised an undefeated partnership of 02.

Nova's 60 was a bellllant plecs of batting-probably his best this JORNOT. Hayward was more stolid, but his contribution at that critical stage of the match was invaluable.

Cause

be

disturbances; and if they do assume such a privilege, they inust taught otherwise. Association football has been horribly besmirch- ed this season by "geenes" and

and "in- cidents", and it cannot afford to tolerate much longer repetition of such affairs. Every effort must be made to eliminate the undesirable elements which have been for so long

way apparent. One

is to avoid slaging important matches on exposed grounds. Another (if it

1s necessary) to charge sufficiently high prices to the present "popular" sections of the various football grounds that it will be impossible

these gangs of irresponsible tisans to attend the matches. It is no good clubs and the FA protest- ing they are powericas. The respon

for conducting football In an orderly manner is theirs. It cannot be shirked unless football itself is to disappear. They must explore every avenue, and take steps, no matter how drastic, to rid the game of these wretched influences.

for