1937-04-20 — Page 21

THE

HONGKONG

TELEGRAPH. TUESDAY, APRIL

20, 1937.

CHARITY FOOTBALL 'Combined Hongkong Team

Beaten In Canton

A churlty football match 'in ald of the Canton Chinese Police Hospital was played on Sunday afternoon at the East Parade Ground at Canton between the Canton Chinese Police: and a combined team from the long- Kong Football Club and the Kow- laon Football Club. After a hard truggle the Canton players won by four goals to one.

The Chinese teain fielded the fol- lowing players, many of them well- known to local followers of the game: Nung Chi-liang; Tam Kong-pak and LI Tin-sang: Chan Ming-kwel, Lau Hing-choy and Cheng Hoi-chenn

Shek-kum, Lau, Sung-sang, Chik

Fun: King-cheong, Ip Pak-wa and Yeung Shiu-ylck.

The Hongkong visitors' team was: G. Rodger (Club); S. Strange (Club) and C.. (Club); A. S. (Kowloon), K. S. Forrow

Start of a new lawn bowls season at the Kowloon Bowling Green Club on Saturday. This picture, taken by our staff photographer shows the match in progress between Kowloon Docks and the K.B.G.C.

CORRESPONDENCE

"Player" Has The

Last Word

CRICKET TOO CORRECT

SHARE PRICES

Bliss

(Club) and E. Strange (Club); E. Fowler

(Club), V. White (Kowloɑn). Knox (Kowloon), A. Wilson (Club), D. S. Blake (Kowloon) and B.. Bickford (Club).

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The Sports Editor,

Hongkong Telegraph.

no desire 10 Sir-I also have

an acrbnentous

ALTER PURISTS TRIED TO

BRADMAN'S PLAY ·

The following is the list of local, share quotations issued this morn-

Banks.

The Yorkshireman is always loyal. Here's a native of Scarborough--

ENGLAND'S TEAM

CHOSEN TO MEET IRELAND IN INTERNATIONAL: FINAL

The following players have been selected to represent England in the against International Cup Final Ireland to be played at Caroline Hill on Sunday, April 22, klek-off nt 4.15 p.m.

J. Rodger

G. (Club);

Webster (Seaforths),

(Clubs), S. Strange Capt. E. Strange (Club), A. S. Bliss (Kowloon), C. Parker (Police); F. Lani A (Club), W. A. Fowler (RE), H. C. Elliott (Club), L. B. B. Talbot (R.W.F.) and B. 1. Bickford (Club).

Selected reserves will be notified later.

Players and reserves are request- ed to be prescal at the ground half an hour prior to the commencement of the game.

SPORT ADVTS.

THE HONG KONG JOCKEY CLUB.

The Fourth Extra Race Meeting

H. K. Banks, (Lon. Neg.), £119 n. Chartered Bank, £15% n. Mercantile Bank, A. ord B.

£33% n.

£15 n.

correspondence but consider that the John Sykes, age 76-writing to the LEONGPING-CHUI Mercantile Bank, C. & 16.

calls

of "Pilgrim," self-styled reply accredited newspaper critic, for a linal comment.

He now adds insult to injury by stating that it was a fact that bad feelings

displayed

were

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two brothers

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613

OUT PACED BY RUMJAHN

(Continued from Page 8.)

Sunday Chronicle from Hamilton, New Zealand, on England's periences in the cricket Tests and " quite agree with you saying: that Oldfield might have been chosen re only

as captain of Australia, by "Scarborough has the record of C.B.A. players

vers subsequent to the

having suppiled Radio scoring! My answer to this is wicket-keepers for Yorkshire-Joe

served wildly in these early stages, that if this reply and his original re- and Dave Hunter-and they were port are his leas of fair reporting and stating of facts I suggest that good, but Oldfield is the daddy at one game yielding three double-faults

the lot: a good bat, and knows all in succession. he commence a "pilgrimage" to other there is to know about bowlers and The Chinese also adopted sensible felds of sport and try his hand at batsmen. I have a nollon that hetetles and lobbed high and often. something which he knows more comER of Yorkshire stock (my For some inexplicable reason they forsook lobbing in the second set for about.

what driving which was precisely

Both Gosano and Remedios wanted. players are endowed with ability to volley and they made the utmost of the chances offered.

Ng also elected to follow up his service and consequently wenk found the ball driven back fiercely to

The winners played notably well unable to make a good return,

Goshno after the first five games. drove splendidly from half court and Remedios produced some of his finest | volleys.

ane

in support of my contention at the Radio were entirely to blame, repeat the remarks by one who is acknowledged a

of the best possesses" umpires this colony only

stayed until half-time then left disgusted. Up to that time I must shy the C.B.A played a very cicaa

"Anyhow, he is a world's cham- plon at his job."

BRADMAN'S CRITICS

The conching having started-'mia Sykes snowflakes-Mr. customary

hits this six:

"I know a good youngster out here

game which is more than can be said whose style was so severely critics his feet from which position he was

of the Radiu."

ure

In conclusion I repeat "Pilgrim'sed by the coach that he grew disheartened and gave up the game Cricketers altogether.

born such, and it is sheer foolishness to try to change their natural style to drastically.

of

iz

last paragraph with additional appro- priate words, "The good name The C.B.A. and local hockey is Jeopardy when such biased reports are permitted."

PLAYER.

will be held (weather permitting) 5 RACEHORSES

at HAPPY VALLEY on Saturday, 24th April, 1937, commencing at

2.00 p.m.

The First Bell will be rung at

1.30 p.m.

By Order,

.

C. BROWN,

Secretary. Hongkong, 19th April, 1937.

DANGER-LURKS............ PASSIONS MENACE

BUT LOVE

* FLAMES WITH

A FIERCER FURY!

CRASH IN ONE RACE

Capetown, Mareli 28. Two Jockeys were injured, five horses were put out of the main race, the Steward's Ilandicap, on the Kenilworth course, Capetown, yesterday, in a remarkable crash In which they were involved. Ituhr, leading, stumbled at the first bend, fell. Cameo 11., favourite at 74. All Clear, Eryngo and Ponell, following close

belund, crashed on top of the fallen Rubr.

Ruhr's Jockey, Heyman, thrown clear when his horse fell, was kicked

the face by another.

Hon was the more reliable of the "I saw this conch play at Sear- borough Festival in a quite un-two losers, Ng being inclined to take Important match, and it was sheer chances which only infrequently were weariness to watch him-five balls successful. But i was rather a fine of the these veterans out of six, If on the off side, he sight to sec never attempted to play. That's not court holding their own against such

In good pair of

and if they youngsters, do not again participate in the Colony championships, Ng and Hon can look back on their 1937 performances with pleasure and satisfaction.

cricket.

Three cheers for that bit of truth. Modern cricket is all "correctness" and no champagne.

"There is too much stress tald Even upon 'correct' cricket to-day. Bradman was criticised severely as being unorthodox."

was

HORNBY'S SWEATER "Sixty-three

years ago I an errand boy it Scarborough in

A. high-grade mereer's.

N.

fornby, of Lancashire, come in one morning during the Festival and Lought sweater, which had to be altered slightly.

AN EASY WIN Wong Fuk-nam and Lui Kwal-fun won an uninspiring match very easily, N. Cheung beating W.

and M. C. Hung in straight sets 6-4, 6-0.

The winners were stronger in every department and successfully forced from the start. exchanges the Cheung and Hung made some sort of showing in the first set, but after los ing it, went to pieces and were driven and volleyed off the court.

Full scores of yesterday's matches

"The parcel had to be on the ground by 11 o'clock and John had to take it, with instructions that I must deliver it-into-the-hands-of-were:- Mr. Hornby himself.

"For some time the chap at the gate refused to let me through, but I got in eventually, delivered the parcel to A. N. himself, and stayed all day watching the match. Didn't get the sack, either,

Leo Fernandez, a leading South African jockey, riding Ponell, fell under his horse and broke a collar-

"Since that day I have seen hun- Ruhr had a leg crushed by one ofdreds of first-class matches, the other horses, and had to be des- troyed.

bone

EXCHANGE RATES

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TRAFALGAR SQUARE "Many a time I have watched C. 1. Thornton bat. What a thrill for the crowd!

"I saw him hit the ball into Trafalgar-square

Open Singles.-H. D. Rumjahn beat Leong Ping-chlu U-2, 6-1.

Open Doubles.-A. V. Gosano and A. V. Remedios beat Ng Sze-kwong and Hon Luen-fung 6-4, 6-1; Wong Fuk-nam and Lui Kwal-fun beat W. N. Cheung and M. C. Hung 6-4, 6-0. Club Singles.-G. W. Sewell beat V. R. Gordon 6-0, 6-4; G. E. X. Divett bent H. Owen Hughes 6-3, 6-1: M. Fag beat W. Wooding 0-1, 6-0 (Wooding retired, after the second set).

and

Mixed Doubles.-G. Folglase

at Scarborough Mrs. Wood beat J. F. L. Smalley and and you know the joke about some-Miss Smalley 6-3, 6-8 and 0-2. one telling his wife and her reply:

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China Underwriters, $1.35 b. H. K. Fire In., $283 n.. Internat Assee., Sh. $4 n.

Shipping

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11. K. Steamboats, $0 n. Indo-Chinas (Pref.), $35 n. Indo-Chinas (Det.), $30 n. Shell (Bearer), 115/- n Union

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H. K. Wharves (old), $11d n H. K. & W. Docks, $29 3. Providents (old), $1.95 b. Providents (new), 25 cts. n. New Engineerings, Sh. $3% n. Shanghai Docks, Sh. $102 n.

Mining.

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