1937-03-29 — Page 8

THE HONGKONG: TELEGRAPH. MONDAY, MARCH

1937.

REVISION OF INTERPORT RULES ACCOMPLISHED

COMMITTEE'S WORK

WORK TO

BE

STUDIED

BY THE

H.K.F.A. COUNCIL

VEXATIOUS RULE 12 IS AMENDED

WELCOME news, brethren! The

ILK.F.A.'s Interport. sub-com- mittee has completed its revision of the Interport rules; a matter of. vital importance which has been allowed to lay dormant far too long, The Pre next meeting of the F

sed revisions will come before the Council, and I don't think there will opposition to them.

be

That ang Rule 12 caused, the

revisionists to

to ponder,

am told, but

I believe they have arrived

fairly

forili

#t

Clubhouse Chatter

By "Veritas"

and

Aictory conclusion. Hence is now proposed that Interports of will be no residential that nature should be excluded. qualification: right

represent The amended rules mention specific- either Shanghal or Hongkong will ally Hongkong and Shanghun! be determined by a player's status presumably will apply only to those in the local league. A regular ports and to Interports between them. tball I don't know why this has been done. player in the Hongkong Football

tion. The Council will have plenty of opportunity for studying and dis- cussing the recommended revisions. It is possible that some will not meet with general approval. In one cuso at least, there seems to be room for improvement. But on the whole the amendments should be well received, and if Shanghal sees eye to eye with them, a progressive piece of work will have been accomplished.

DOUGHTY DEEDS IN

League will be regarded as eligible Perhaps Shanghai suggested it. On DIVISION 2

of

Is

to represent the Colony, and this the other hand if Shanghal didn't, applies. In like manner to Shanghai.

Shanghai may object. Shangha The only sang likely to arise is the in a unique position for staging interpretation

the adjective Triangular Interports, and may not "regular"

How many games in one like to cone

to concede it. But the H.K.F.A. season does one have to play to be committee may feel that as Tientsin's come a regular player? Would a participation in Triangular contests player qualify for this status if he are so rare, it is not worth while played in four or

five successive taking the risk of a third party dia- league anatches prior to the Inter-puting a set of rules which have been port? What is the position of angreed upon between two Associa- player who plays consistently in tons.

the league for the first half of the

season, is injured, and recovers just Something Attempted before the Interport without having played regularly in the interim? An Alternative

M

VARIOUS other 'rules, not involv

Ing any controversial principles, but which require bringing up to date, have also received the atten- Y own feeling is, that unless the tion of the committee which appears H.KFA, and S.F.A. agree to to have accomplished its task in a definitions of this term "regular", it creditable manner. At least some- may cause just as many misunder-thing has been attempled; this in standings as the old rule which set itself is sufficient to earn commenda- down a very vaguely defined re- sidential qualification. I still think

it would be preferable, and prob-

ably more acceptable to Shanghai,

If the qualification terms were some- thing like the following: A player la eligible to play for a Port in the Interpork contests between Hong- kong and Shanghal if he becomes

of a club amiat--|

a registered player of a

ed to the local Football Association at least one month prior to the Inter- port contest in any one season. Such #cu

She Plays Football- At 68!

CRICKET

PRATA UNLUCKY

Some doughty deeds were

Kowloon Chinese forward makes a spectacular but unsuccessful leap for the ball in yesterday's longue match with South China "B." Tong Kwan, South China full back in stooping down,, (Photo Ming Yuen).

performed in second division THE LB.W. (N.) Shanghai

on

cricket

Saturday. That

well-known bowling com- bination,-Pope and Baker of

in

the Police ran through the

Civil Service team, which cluded Frank Lawrence the former K.C.C. player.

Pope bowled 12 overs, 2 maidens, captured: 7 wickets for 39 runs, while his colleague Baker sent down balls, conceded 24 runs and three wickets,

86

took

RULE

SOME CONSIDERED THOUGHTS

Badminton Championship

Shanghel, March 25.

HAPPY EVE TO WIN

BRIGHT BATTING BIG EVENT AT CLUB

145 Runs In 90 Minutes

ANDERSON CENTURY

THOUGH Donald Anderson

earned high honours for his splendid knock of 113 for Kowloon against Hongkong in a two-day cricket match which started on Saturday, it was H. B. Neve who car- ried off the prize for the most attractive batting display of the day.

Neve's 62: Was a sparkling effort, especially praiseworthy in its earlier stages when R. Lee was getting some "life" out of the pitch and had Anderson thoroughly despondent. Neve's forward play, revealed his skill in timing and rarely, did he look uncomfortable. Anything short of a good length or over pitched he smote lustily without losing accuracy in placement, Tho innings ranks as his best to date in Hongkong.

Anderson recovered nicely after; a

consider the Stokes and Declmi Eardley gave thein | into his best style and had out!

which

creat

strizda

Neva

were

AT THE RACE MEETING TO-DAY

(By "Captain Forfer")"

The Easter. racing carnival con- cludes at Happy Valley to-day with a programme of ten events, the 'chiet of which is the Enster Stakes. My nomination to win this race in Happy Evo, with King's Warden and Bear Claw to offer chief opposition.

My eclections follow.

".

SUGAR LOAF HANDICAP

Thunder Bay Hob Roy Commencement Bay

BROKEN HILL HANDICAP

Strathroy

Electron

Gypsy Love

KELLETT HANDICAP (FIRST SECTION)

Tyno

Soldier of Peace

Bistro

EASTER STAKES

Happy Eve

King's Warden

Bear Claw

MORRISON HILL HANDICAP

Red Feather

Rose-Queen

King's Lead

'COOLGARDIE HANDICAP

Courting Evo Strathearrick Such Fun

BOA VISTA HANDICAP (FIRST SECTION)

Plain View Pride of Tsingtao Diogenes

POKFULAM STAKES

Clowner

Radium Declasse

KELLETT HANDICAP (SECOND SECTION)

An official notice to members of the Marylebone Cricket Club, Amid tense excitement, Mrs. T. M. published recently, states that the Burlon and Mrs. H. Maitland won very hesitant opening. Loe morally question of altering the L.B.W. the play off of the extra points after bowled him twice and the batsman Rule, is to be discussed at the an- the score had been equalised nt 14-14 all but put the ball into: Madar's nual meeting of the club at Lord's in the third set of the finals of the hands at ally in the first over or two. ladies doubles badminton champion- When he had obtained measure of on May 5.

ship, thereby annexing the title for Lee and accustom

|

accustomed himself to the The meeting will be made a special the year. Their opponents, Mrs. Jean wicket, the

K.C.C. player general meeting to alteration of Law 24 The effect of n

as the lozery bid to put on 245 for the frat such alteration, if carried, would be actually won two of the necessary In 30 minutes, before lunch, that the striker shall be out to គ three points to

to give them the match, LeE

match, Lee, Owen-Huges Holden ball which, pitching on the off-side but with victory in sight, they lost all treated in a cavaller fashion by Thereafter the Police scored freely of the striker's, wicket, would have the service and the eventual winners these two dashing batsmen and when and won the match by nine wickets hit the wicket had it not been in were able to run to their points the timin interval was taken, Kow- after Carey had been dismissed for 'tercepted by part of the striker's thereby taking the match and the loon looked safe to top the 300 mark. championship. The score was 15-12 WHITMARSH GETS AMONG THE Plymouth.

nine. Stephens made a good 42, and person (except his hand) Anonymous letters are pouring Tommy Hunter a careful 17. After-Part was between wicket and wicket 10-15, 17-16 in favour of Mrs. Burton

But after the

wickets Shellem and J. Milne, the visit-toppled In on 68-year-old Mrs. Alice Mary wards Loughlin, Fope and Danbrow at the moment of impact.

before

who Skllion, of Turnchapel, near here, sky were each dismissed without The experimental L.B.W. Rule has ing Tientsin badminton players, who bowled fine

and Madar, been in operation in English cricket sportingly consented to play an ex- who made them turn appreciably. because she plays football for the

during the last two seasons, and is hibition in place of the matches which All of the colour went out of the Turnchapel women's team. "I am annoyed at those letters, as A. M. Prata made a great effort now being followed in Australia, had to be called off owing to the Mainland's batting, and only Ander-

The London Observer's Cricket illness of P. Spagnolett! and W. A. H. son, who went on there are most abusive," for Club de Recreto against the In-Correspondent writes: 'some of the word "regular", as it is reason-said Mrs. Skilton, "but I do not indian Recreation Club, hitting up 92

Duff, were defeated by A. G. Melse waste, who was polished in his knock score 113, Garth- able to suggest that any player who tend giving up the game, even if out of 177, and being unlucky to miss

f 32, and Baxter, who

who stroked and B. V. de Senna by 15-8, 15-3, the

pret. appears in at least four successive receive-1,000-letters. matches prior to an Interport, la a

had had never played football till his century. Recreio scored so free.

have not being on form as they lily-for-13, looked like getting runs. Kowloon regular player for his club.

season,

games an exhibillon lost an additional nine wickets for but I think it is a grand ly that they were able to declare at

singles match between the markers 149 runs. 108 for 8, Mendonca giving Prata

from the French Club and the Coun- posed of Anderson, but clean bowled Whitmarsh not only dis- "I'M YOUNG AGAIN”

excellent aid with a forceful knock Mrs. Skilton's appearance in the of 43.

try Club took place, the representative Mackay, Gosano and McLellan in ranks of footballers followed her

of the former winning by 15-10, 15-9, rapid succession, while he got marriage three years ago.

after a fine display on the part of Prichard caught behind the Wicket, kong would have lost two very cheap both contestants,

rule would do away with the neces- sity of mentioning residential status and at the same time would legis- late against the inclusion of players who may have made business trains- fers from one port

to the other just before an Interport. This too, could be construed as very

fair definition

Tientsin Eliminated

I

gather it is suggested to confine "the future rules of the Interpori to Hongkong and Shanghai, with Tientsin excluded. The

Inst

game."

"Before becoming a bride," she original said, "I was a shy, retiring spinster. rules made provision for any Port "Marriage seemed to give me new become quite young which cared to participate. But three le. I have years have passed since Tientsin tool again, and never felt fitter in my part in a triangular contest, and itlife."

Week-End Football In Hongkong

NAVY NEED ONE POINT FOR A CHAMPIONSHIP

Smart Display By S. China "B": Fusiliers Disappointing

Most important feature of and only required more accurate the week-end longue football marksmanship on the part of

the | forwards to have saved the points. in Hongkong was Navy getting within a point of the second FUSILIERS WITHOUT ATTACK division championship follow- ing two clear cut victories of six-nil each over Royal Artil lery (Stonecutters) and Chinese Police.

scoring.

..

Indians were afterwards saved by A. S. Suffiad, who stayed long enough

In order for the proposed change 1o be brought in the laws of the game, there must be a majority of two-thirds in its favour when the question comes before the members of the M.C.C.

The suggested alteration has been in force as an experimental mea sure in English Arst-class cricket for two South Africans and the West Indles

as a success. It

the

and Mrs. Maitland.

L

Prior

to

thecl

practice recently. During the afternoon,

finishing

to score

+

Ythan

Royal Highness Flybynight

BOA VISTA HANDICAP

(SECOND SECTION)

Pagan Love

Racing Boy

Coronation-Day

DAILY DOUBLE EVENT

Red Feather/Plain View

Island XI went on to score 63 for that the loss of one wicket.. Garthwaite disturbed Richardson's stumps with a magnificent delivery after the open- ing batsmen had put on 38. There. played out time, stumps being drawn after Zimmern and Owen-Hughes

shortly after 5.40 owing to bad light.

The game will be resumed this

the At the conclusion of the matches, 39 in 13 overs, four asin of 5 for wickets before close of play. But to hit up 53 out of 87. E. L. Gosano sensons. It was accepted by Mr, W. R. M. Stevena made. a.short malden overs,, four of which were both offers were refused, and the bowled so brilliantly in the first part when they came to this country on

speech covering the activities of the It must be said, however, of the Indians' innings, that it seemed their last tour, and it has been in Badminton Association during the Cowloon were then out

past

successful season, when the larg quick runs. he would go through the alde. His operation in the present series

fest entry in the leagues and cham-

Mudar obtained some of the middle first five overs yielded three main matches in Australia.

For most part the experiment has He then introduced Mrs. A. E. Seddon walte and finished off the innings by

plonship tournaments had been seen, wickets such as Baxter and Garth dens, three runs and four wickets,

been but M. R. Abbas and A. A. Aziz hil en regarded

may

not have produced all

who presented the prizes to the suc-having Goodwin caught, his figures him about and finally Gosano had benefis expected by its advocates,

cessful contestants, and a memento being three for 15 in 4.1 overs. figures of 0 for 32. Indians had to which include a marked decrease in was given to the two Tientsin players If Teddy Fincher hadnt dropped morning, and although, Kowloon are bat desperately to avold defeat and pad-play and revival of off-side who sportingly took part in the prea-Richardson and Mackay had held a favourably placed, Hongkong has a at the close bad scored 125 for the strokes, but neither has it caused the ent tournament.

chance offered by Zimmern, Hong-good chance of saving the game. loss of eight wickets.

disasters

predicted by its enemies which .

included farcical games on sticky wickets, with five appeals on At the K.C.C., Craigengower turned over and a multitude of bad deci up with only nine men for a friend- ly against the Junior champions, and

The best of umpires declare that were well beaten, though at one time they have found little difficulty in they offered a distinct threat. After carrying out their new dulles. the homester's first two wickets.

Those who will vote on the mat- had put on 56, another three fell for anter have had ample opportunity to additional three runs. Then Hall and make a decision, for the views of Sargent hit off the required number the county captains and all other and when the K.C.C. innings closed prominent Best-class cricketers have 140 had been put on the board in re- already been made widely known. ply to the visitors' "77.

K.C.C. FLUCTUATIONS

0 Craigengower made confident. The match played yesterday be-start when they batted first and two tween St. Joseph's and the Fusiliers wickets realised 30 runs. Then Sar was not of the brightcat. Both gent was brought on and after having

teams

sions.

T. T. Race

ware handicapped by the 19 runs knocked off him, proceeded To Be Held

greasy state of the ground, though to play havoc with the batsmen. the Saints adapted themselves the With two more

matches to play, better to difcuit conditions,

In 1.5 overs he obtained four wie- Navy require but a single point to Fusiliers were woefully served in kets for three runs. His final analy retain the title they won last season. attack, which was continually being sla was 4 for 22. He had several of

South

China "A" made, no doubt shifted about in the hopes of striking the batsmen mistiming their strokes about their encounter with the Club, a reasonable combination. But it against his quickly turning leg winning 5-nil to take over the first minged the presiding genius of Talbot breaks, and he also kept a fine length. division leadership on goal average, who figured at centre-half, and the

Club de Recreio caused the biggest quintette could make little or

A. Zinumern was top scorer for of the day by beating the way out the determined nice shots as well as a few "eday

Craigengower, and he made some sur, cadern of the

Ward Agured with great pro-ly and drove strongly for many of his 'ones. Gobind batted more resolute-

by

four

Jeopardized "OVER,

division

is hot particularly

matches they top.R.A.O.C., who on view

ww

33 points from 21 games font-thing-but

and Costa.

Omar

In England

ULSTER BAN

teen.Belfast.

Two-Hours Match In Kowloon

Tong Tennis Tournament

Several matches were played in the Kowloon Tong Club ten

nis tournament during the week-end, and the finals in most of the events have now been reached.

n

Henry Chan, who lost to H. D. Rumjaha in the Colony tennis cham-! plonship last Thursday, put up splendid display against S. A. Gray

the club championship, a two hours contest going the full distance of five sets.

Chan's stolid baseline play and his consistent recoveries permitted him, not only to force the issue to the Afth eet after being in arrears. two acts to one, but to lead 41, in the con cluding stages of the match. Gray The Royal Automobile Club's became vulnerable against good Tourist Trophy motor race' will.not length: lobolag and lost his grip on

The exchanges. be held over the Ards (Ulsterback determinedly to win four games However, ha camo Course this year, Down: County Council. having voted by 17 to in a row, but Chan persisted and took Mr. JM Andrews, Uister Lafore breaking down against Gray's three.against +14.

the decision to the twelfth garric be- Minister, who represents service and Comber, took the lead In ...the event, und

bour

to 80:13 toone. Fusiliers inence in the St. Joseph's attack | 31 runs. His was a sound, watchful | as with 30 points from and was one of the cleverest players knock, though be exhibited some good

was disappolating strokes.. leader, while Joanilho was any- South China B.played

Impressive at ins

Inside left

KC,C. made light of Craigengower hall yesterday. to beat Kowloon st, Joseph's had a big edge over the attack in the early stages of their Chinese 3-1, the forward line being soldiers when II. to the half innings. F. A. Brondhridge opened

carne in excellent fellie, The heavy ground, backs, The Fusiliers intermediates and hit up. 20. Gray followed and tragedy which occurred during fast contrary, to expectations, did not showed poor anticipation and

even made: 22. Then followed n brief

rot, upacot the

Brenter

extent," trol and effective shooting powers. Delgado, Leonard and

This was a reference to the death Caroline Hill: team was vastly superior as

Later: thers of eight persona 'caused by one of the

Tante Posing cannot forget the appalling

year's race,

light South China for poorer til methods. Talbot when three wickets went down very again, and which might occur the set In the 14th game.

to

wards, who, dimlayed fine ball con- was a success of cheaply to W. Rapley, whose lofthe stated

servedly

WOD!

were hand round-the-wicket deliveries had

the batamen puzzled.

annex

Gray was leading two sets to one and 4-2 in the fourth set, with three games poluts for a 5-3 lend. But ho collapsed and Chan

went от to A rather interesting point was that though Gray led 544, 845 in the fourth get and: 6-in

match point until the twelfth game of the final set.

The full

scores of this marathon

feated: K. C. Yeoh and O. L. Pang in the semi-Ana), 6-4, 6-3, 7-5. They meet W. Howard and G. She in the final

The same couple, playing from an owe 40 mark, also reached the final of the handicap doubles, when they beat G. She and K. C. Yeoh (owa, 16, and 3/6] by two, sata to one. The scores in favour of the Chan brothers were 3-0, 7-5, 6-3-

On Friday S.A. Gray. (owe 40) entered the Ano) of the handicap singles, when he defeated K, M, Lee (rec, 15) 7-0, 0-7, after losing the first four games of the match Ho meets O L Fang (owe 30 and 4/6) In the final.

HOME RUGBY

SATURDAY GAMES RESULTS

London, Mar. 27.

The following were the results of Union matches played

the Rugby

to-day:

Bristol

Cardi

Gloucester

Llanelly Neath

Good notion picture of Henry Chan, wings

#11-Leicester:

10 Barbarians (3) 19 London Welsh

20 Devonport

Services

St. Joseph's hold a lone goal lead was more free hitting and contribu...) competing, cars crashing into the Zench the fifth; he did not Chun Takefale was not the interval, Leonard converting a tlons of 24 by Hall, 28 by Sargent crowds watching the raco.] one largo match were: 3-6, 6-4, 6-2, 0-8, 7 who had reached two finals in the Plymouth Albion 8 Old Merchant

We

ought not to ignore

Clab tennis tourna

it centre-forward and ponally, and this was increased in and 15 by Dand allowed K.C.C. to volume of opinion which is opposed in-favour of Gray who now meets Kowlson beat form [scored; two, neat goals, while the rest the second half when the Sainta almáss 140, Ato the holding at the race this year. J<W: Howard fir the “samal-final;=

of the attack gave him the - fullest forwards swooped it down on the support Back Rave, kus on soldiers goal and Ward netted with Hopley's 4 for 44 was the result of think we shall all be in agree

Vile-sing was outstanding on a drive Just before the end some excellent bowling. At one time rent in fenling that it is unsatific advanced to the anal of the cha

H. Chan and his brother A Chan mint, and who was bestan in United Services the left wing for: Kowloos Chinese, Sullivan converted a penalty to she had vastly, botter Ogures, but was tory that the question of compensa doubles championship, when the chub

hit about towards the cloeo. who put up

veriperformance dute the arreare

tion is still un attled,

Chan

82 Northampton

De Taylors (14)

Swansea 18 Harlequing 18

14 Hichmond MENter Aberavon de 32 dva-iat match yesterday.

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