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THE HONGKONG - TELEGRAPH. SATURDAY, APRIL 10, 1937.⠀

ST. JOHN'S CATHEDRAL EASILY WINS PLAY-OFF FOR BADMINTON HONOURS Kowloon Tong Beaten

Two Strong Pairs

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By

chá Rozn K. C. Koo and A. W. (Kowloon Tong) lost to Koh and Smith 7-21; lest to Bennitt and Kwok 1-21; beat Wilson and Smith 21-10,

St. John's were the winners by six scls to three.

LEAGUE TABLE

St John's Cathedral made light work of Kowloon Tong "A" laat night when the teams met in a play-off for the runners-up posi tion in the "B" Division of the badminton league. The match was played at Club do Recreio, St. John's winning by six games to King's Collego 12 11 0

*St. John's three.

Kowloon Tong

"A"

S. & S. Home 12 3 V.R.C....

St. Andrew's

""

The very pronounced superiority of the winners' first two pairs brought about. the result,

G. A. Smith and Roland Koh and David Kwok and A. J. Bennitt each won the only time three games, and either were seriously extended was when Mackay and Chan drew level with Bennilt and Kwok at 15-all after being 4-15 in arrears.

It was a timely and gallant effort to stave off defent as this was the but the Kowloon deciding game, Tong pair could not sustain their brilliant recovery.and the St. John's couple went to their points without further Iosa,

P. Wilson and N. Smith lost all bree games, though in two of them they extended the opposition, scoring 18 points. G, A. Smith and R. Koh were never threatened winding their fomes to nine, ten and four.

Thus the winners of all the current badminton competitions are known, and are as follows:

The final scores were:

N. A. E. Mackay and 4. Chan (Kowloon Tong) lost to R. Koh und G. A. Smith D-12; lost to A. J. Ben- nitt and D. Kwok 15-21; beat P: Wilson and N. Smith 21-14.

"R. £. Leg did for it.—Custru (Kowloon Tong) lost to Koh and Smith 10-21; lost to Bennitt and Kwok 15-21; beat Wilson and Smith 31-10.

P. W. L. D. M. A. Pis.

1 84 13 22 3 60 42 18

12 9 Q

12 9 0

12 7 0 0

3 60 30 13 5 04 44 14

0 21 78 0

11 1

0 10 31 59

2

Kowloon Tong

"p" 11 1,0 10 24 75 2

(Chinese Y.M.C.A. having been transferred to the "A" Division, their record has been expunged).

Farmer's Son Wins £2,000 Golf Tourney

BRITAIN'S BEST PLAYERS BEATEN

London, Apr. 0. Sam King, a farmer's son and an assistant at Knole Park Golf Club, Kent, to-day won the Daily Mail £2,000 golf tournament played at Little Easton, Warwickshire, finish- ing with an aggregate of 283 for four rounds.

King's cards were as follows:-73, 74, 07, 00. His third round of 07 broke the course record, the scratch score of which is 75..

Henry Cotton finished second in the tournament, scoring 71, 72, 72, 72,

*Beat Kowloon Tong "A" 0-3 in total of 207. play-off for second place.

BADMINTON LEAGUE "A" Division

:

L. G. Mahon of Royal Dublin with cards of 70, 71, 70, 69 (200), und Charles Whitcombe 73, 73, 74, 69 (289) were equal third. Alfred Winners-University "A." Run- Padgham totalled 206, his four rounds |ners-up:—Recrelo "A"

being 70, 75, 70, 73.-Reuler,

College.

"B" Division

Winners:-Kine's ners-up: St. John's Cathedral

Mixed Doubles

Winners:--Itecrelo "A"

COLONY CHAMPIONSHIPS

Men's Singles

Run-

Winner:-P. H. Wong (Chinese Y.M.C.A.). Runner-up:--T. C. Lee (Univerally)

Men's Doubles Winners:-P. II. Wong and C. E. Chng (Chinese Y.M.C.A.). Runners up M. A. Ollveira and J. J. Remedios

(Recrclo)

"Blixed Doubles

Hongkong Fetes Macao Sportsman

"

The Hongkong Hockey Association yesterday gave a cocktail party at the Peninsula Hotel in honour of the Lieut. P. dn Costa who leaves Colony by the steamship Slrdhana to-day.

The event was in recognition of Lieut. da Costa's hospitality und help on the deposions that feams from this Colony have visited Following the cocktail Winners-P. K. Hul and Miss U. Macao. Khoo (University), Runners-up-party. Licut. da Costa had dinner at ML A. Oliveira and Bliss M. Silva the Hongkong Hotel with some of

his friends of the Association. (Recreio),

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The Senior Shield for which the

SOUTH CHINA "A" MEET FUSILIERS IN

IN SENIOR SHIELD FINAL TO-DAY

Thrilling Encounter Is Promised

CRICKET TITLE IS AT STAKE

(By "Veritas")

Fusiller and South China "A" cop IMPORTANT GAME League football gives pre-

test this afternoon.

TO-DAY'S RACING TIPS

Nine Events

There

(By Captain Foster")

are nine races down

for

TO-DAY

(By, "Veritas")

cedence to the Senior and Junior | Charity Cup finals this week-end. To-day Royal Welch Fusiliers rnd South China "A" clash in the senior competition and one of the

HONGKONG Cricket Club and teenest finals of recent years is

To-morrow Is Junior Shield final Royal Engineers day, with the

holders have. Royal Ulster Rines as their opponents and a real stirring contest is assured.

When I gently elded Len Wal- tong about his defeat in the tennis championship on Thursday he replied "I'm saving my energy for Satur- day", which, though said in fun, car- ried with a hint of ominous portend

it a

the Indian Recreation Club anticipated. meet in a match to decide the first division cricket league cham- pionship this afternoon. At least endeavouring to repeat last year's one hopes it will decide the ques- success. The tion. I have heard talk about the possibility of a draw but I do hope such a result is not seriously con. templated by either team,

nrother A draw merely means match; and another draw means a to-day's Meeting and my selections further replay; and so it could go

on for are as follows:

months. Which is one reason why I was surprised to see the com- for the Fusiliers. The Welshmen will mittee responsible for arranging the do well to remember that Lee Wal- fixture turn down the suggestion that tong can win the match for South hours of play should be extended. Chinn off his own boots. He's done

I before and he can do it again. The Indians suggested an earlier start, and necessary a Inter finish to the ordinary league games, and believe the Cricket Club were agree- able. But the committee said No and so the hours of play will be 2 p.m. to.0.15 p.m.

STANLEY BAY HANDICAP ·

· Thunder Bay Aplias

Kum Skan

HONGHAM BAY HANDICAP

ExpansLin Time Havoc Eve Potentate

‚"Calliope HANDICAP

Halidam Fun

Lancashire Chiog

bench auf

MIRS BAY HANDICAP

Bear Claty

Gladiator

Soldier of Britain

ROSEHILL HANDICAP

The Bright Time. Twilight Star

A Great Time SILVER MINE BAY HANDICAP

Wimlicy

Atomir Star Arast

...DEEP BAY HANDICAP,

10 Bootal Bay

Ythan Klog's Jubilee

TAIWAN BAY HANDICAP

Coronation Day

Gold Coin Racing Boy

;

GIN DRINKERS BAY PLATE"

Tabby Cal

National Anthem Prospero

DAILY DOUBLE EVENT

The Right Time/Boulat Bay

ENGLAND CRICKET SELECTORS

NEW INSTRUCTION ON BAD LIGHT

Messrs. F. F. Warner (chairman),

Qua-liang

The quintelle cannot be allowed

What plans the Fustices have, it any, for stopping Lee, I do not know, but they will certainly be well advis ed to take the field with something worked out. Both teams expect to be at full strength and to Grindley, In the normal course of events tills Wankiya und Taylor will fall the should be sufficient to bring about a chief responsibility for routing that definite result, but in a match of this sprightly forward line composed of description one cannot expect a team Teo Kwal,shing, Lai Shut-wing, Leo to take too many risks in the way of Wal-tong. Fung King-cheung and declarations

and

I think the players Toy would have felt much happier if they had been granted an extra three too much time and space in which quarters of an hour. This may not to work out their machinations if the he needed. On the other handFusiliers Intend to win. First-time

It would

inckling and ball distribution will be farcical it the match did end in draw.

have to be the soldiers' motto. With With the weather apparently set nuch methods

a good they stand fair and the Club ground fully re-chance of winning.

On normal form the Chinese are covered from the recent rains, some

is more thun litely, good for a win, but the Fusiliers are. tall scoring

a team to be taken lightly, especially as the stand court is now not in the course of erection, cutting shot especially with auch forwards as the boundary at the Supreme Court Talbot and Evans,

"The probuble trains will be: end by several yards. -

FUSILIERS

may,

CLUB'S DOUBTFUL ATTACK Club have a strong batting side on view, but they do not appear to be averburdened with bowlers. Most of Grindley, Wanklyn Owen-Hughes

Rowlands Wheeler and Kealing;

Roberts.

and

Roberts:

"

and

SOUTH CHINA “A”

Pau Ka-ping: Lee Tồn-gang Tam Kong-pak; Leung Wing-clilu, Wong Mec-sun and Lee Kwok-wai; Tào Hi Li-shing, Lal Shu-wlar. Jee Wal-long, Fung King-cheung Tay Qua-llang.

the work will fall un and Holden, with Duckitt, Wodehouse Coakley, Evans, Sullivan, Talbot and and Frost as chief changes.

One notes an absence of variety in this attack, and so far as trundlers are concerned the Indians appear to be much better off. They have Minu, Medor, F. M. and M. Arculll, Abbas and A. A. Rumjahn.

Club look stronger in batting especially as Neve has struck good form.

Hayward, Neve, Owen- Hughes,

Baines Frost, Gillesple, Stewart, Wodehouse-and-Holden-will not be easy to dismiss, especially if the wicket is playing true and the Club bat first.

The Indians had the better of the drawn game when the tonms met a few weeks ago, but the match was played under wretched conditions, and the Club were badly ill-irented when Owen-Hughes had to retire with an injury early in the game. One hopes both sides will be free from such accidents to-day, so that Club they can meet on level terms. bowlers will have to work very hard

to win.

The chosen teams are:

CRICKET CLUB

A. W. Hayward (Captain), H. W. Baines. E. R. Ducklit. P. C. Frost.

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THE JUNIOR SHIELD

EXCITING MATCH INDICATED

If anything the Junior Shield final suggests a more stirring match than the senior game, for in it we have wo teams, both bordering on first division standard.

Both have the league records this season, and the consistency shown by the Sappers is better understood when it is realised that having won

R. D. Gillespie, R. L. Helden, R. E. the Sileld two years in succession,

Nelson, H. D. Neve, H. Owen-llughes,

Reserve:--N. P. Fox.

they are again in the final round.

fcenuse of this, plus their acknow-

T. A. Higson and P. Perrin, wha G. A. Stewart and R.L.D, Wodehouse, tedged good showing in the second

served last year on the Test Selec- tion Commilice, have been elected by the Board of Control to pick England teams against New Zea- 'land next summer. Their dutles are only conlined to the present

year.

The Advisory County Cricket Committee daopted the

following instruction for trist and experiment In 1937 and 1938; "A batsman at the wickets and tou captain

of ne.d-

ing side shall consult as to the At-

1.R.C.

division, the Engineers will start

A. II. Kunjalu (Captain), A. II. favourites, but they face an imposing Madar, A. R. Mina, A. R. Abbas. Lask, and I am rather Inclined to A. R. Kitchell, F. M. el Arculli, M. regard the result as being very open. Arculli, S. A. Ismail, Y. el Arculli,

. Nazarin and A. A. Rumjalin. Reserves:A. 8, SuMad and M. F. Madar.

PROPOSED ADDITION TO SOCCER RULE

ness of weather and light for play: Protection for Player

and if unable to agree the question

shall be determined by the umpires

as provided in Law 43. Should pay be suspended and conditions im- prove, the umpires

shull, without call upon waiting for instructions, players to resume. Further agresu Lur all county executives shall in- struct captains to discourage Lin- necessary or doubtful apperis against

·light."

Gloucestershire proposal adopted: "That, no hakeration to advertised `hours of play shall be allowed after commencement of play on first day in any one match."

Taking Penalty

The F. A. Counell, at the annual meeting, will support a proposal of the Durses County F. A that an addition to Law 1 should be made 10

provide for a ground being marked with an arc of a circle outside the penalty area at a radius of 10 yards from the penalty area.

If this alteration la adopted by the general meeting, and later by the international board, a player taking a penalty kick will not be humpered. The referee will see that every player is behind the are before ing M.C.C. to appoint commuasion to the kick is taken. Some continental investigate problems how confront

A Warwickshire resolution Javit

football grounds are marked in the

ing first-class counties was adopted. suggested manner.

A new rule was passed which pro- The idea came originally from a vides that, if a cricketor's regular noccer, official in the Midlands some place of residence is at such a dis- years ago. He contended that In- lance from his birth county that, infringements on the extreme comers the opinion of M.C.C ho cannot of the existing area often did not reasonably play for that county, he merit penalty, kicks because players shall be eligible to assist aror offended against would have the second-class county the capital of greatest dificulty in scoring anyway. which is nearest to his place of real- Yot a player might be much better dence in England; There is a pro-placed to score a foot puiside the viap that the cricketor must have no. area and directly in front of goal residential qualification for another and be fouled without the award of county and that the consent of his penalty kick. The semi-circle, he native county must be first obtained, claimed, would even things up.

THE SHIELD

WINNERS

SINCE 1927-

The hnve

Sentor and Juniors Shield been won by the following teams during the last ten years.

SENIOR

1927 K.O.S.U.

1028 Kow.est PC. 1920 8. China A.. 10.30 Hemnet Il 3031 8. China A.A. 1933. W. Derderers

1938, Cina AA.

JUNIOR

1927 KO.8.11. 108 Chine 1929 K.0.9.1

Athielly

1938 Chiness Athielle 1931 Royal Navy 1922 12th Heavy Dast.

ILA.

1033 aral Nary 1934 B. W. Bartlerere 1934 y■ Navy 103h South Chine "" 193 1. Engineers 1936 South China "A" 1916 1. Engineer

WEEK-END FOOTBALL FIXTURES

Shield Finals And League

4

The following is the full pro- gramme for the week-end:

R.

TO DAY

Senior Shield

23

W. Fusiers v. South Ching” "A" (Club), 4.15 p.m.; Referee, 74 *Payne,Liflemen," Reynards "and"Clas-

son..

4.45

First Division

Kowloon v. Eastern (Kowloon), p.m. Referee, Sidebottom: Linesmen, Dove and Andrews.

Second Division

Kowloon v. Eastern (Kowloon), 3.15 pm. Referee, Barton.

Third Division

R.A.S.C. Liga P. Road), 3.15 p.m.; Referee, Bailey.

Kwong Wah v. Police "C" (Prince Edward Road), 4.45 p.m.; Referee, Savage.

(Chatham

R.AD.CV. Police "(Chatharn Rond), 4.45 p.m.; Referee, Gomes.

St. Joseph's v. R.A.M.C. (St. Joseph's, Happly Valley), 3.15 p.m.;. Referee, Aldridge,

TO-MORROW

Junior Shield

Royal Engineers v. Royal Ulster Rines

(Sookunpoo), 4.15 p.m.; Re- feree, K. K. Ip; Linesmen, Fenton and MacCormac,

First Division

Eastern v. Royal Ulster Rifles (Causeway Day), 1.45 pm.; Referee, Martin: Linesmen, Perks and Savage..

Second Division

Eastern v. Royal Ulster Rifles. (Causeway Bay), 3.15 p.m.; Referce, Scarles.

Third Division Police "Cv. RA.O,C. (Kowloon), 3.15 p.m.; Referee, Dove.

Conner, the Ulster Rifles goalkeeper showed good anticipation and Agility, whan saving this shot during Thursday's league matcir againer Kawinon Chinese. Stevens, Rifles-full back, in facing the camera“. (Photo:

Meu Chenny):