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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. THURSDAY, JANUARY 27, 1988.

STOKE ELIMINATED FROM F.A. CUP BY BRADFORD

BEATEN BY ODD GOAL Brentford Keeps Lead

London, Jan. 26.

their

The defeat of stoke on own ground by Bradford in a Fourth Round F. A. Cup replay was the greatest sensation in the programme of football matches played in England and Scotland to-day.

A. B. A. MUST MOVE "THE PILGRIM" COMPLETES NOMINATIONS

WITH THE TIMES

SAYS B. BENNISON MANY THINGS ARE NEEDED

London, Dec. 24.

Germany may be sure that at the carllest opportunity England's amateurs, wito at Alberi Hall won the first match between the two countries by seven bouts to five, will meet them in a return contest. The Amateur Boxing Association, though primarily concerned with their own domesticity, would no doubt welcome Internationale with all the nationa; but a worldwide campaign is not possible without subsidies, which would eat away the roots of strict amateurism, to which the governing body are Irrevocably pledged.

There can be no payinents for ] "broken time." I am Intolerant of

seudo-amateurs in any branch of sport. Nevertheless the A.B.A., with- out the least departure from funda- mental principles, may extend their

In the first meeting between the two teams, played at Bradford on suggest and with Saturday, the score was 1-1, but in to-day's match the Londoners were beaten by the odd goat in three.

deference I they apply themselves to a process of remodelling so that they can adopt their polley to the changeit and ever-changing times. The pub- lie to which they now appeal is un- limited In were | 201

number. To hold that public it is vital that every facility be given for training ond consideration pald to boxers in the annual championships and competi- tions under their immediate direc- tion.

ilowever, Tottenham Hotspur, an- other London combination, successful, eliminating New Brighton by Ave goals to two.

In the First Division of the English League, Trentford consolidated their position at the head of the table with 3-0 win over Everlon, while Wolves kept up with the leaders by beating the latter's Blackpool by 2-0 on ground,

closer

Cambridge Rugby Victory

London, Jan. 26. Cambridge ruggerites scored victories of the season to-day when they defeated .Guy's Hospital by 25 points to nil Beuter.

NOT TAKEN for granted

their amateurs are making greater Most important,

Judicial strides, than those of any the

country. capacity of referees and judges mus! Those who appeared at Albert Hall not be taken for granted, as now it secins to be. I have often been were vastly better than I had ex- in particular, Priess (ny-

and (leather),

The following were the results of tempted to say of many of those who weight), Volker matches played to-day:

F. A. CUP REPLAYS (FOURTH ROUND)

New Brighton

Toltenham

Manchester P. 1 Barnsley

Stake Liverpool

Brentford

Bolton

Leeds

1 Bradford

1 Sheffield U.

FIRST DIVISION

3 Everion

2 Huddersfield Grainsby

2

0

surely as will

sit in judgment, even of the gentle-Runge (heavy). And F. J. men who in the days of their youth achieved high distinction in the ring that they are incapable of reading a contest correctly. Their integrity fortunate to be returned the winner. of course, beyond all question. Is it,

2 wonder, vanity that urges them 0

to tread?

Middlesbro'

0 Portsmouth

West Brom,

D Charlton

0

Blackpool

0 Wolves

2

SECOND DIVISION

Plymouth Notts Forest

I Chesterfield 1 Burnley THIRD DIVISION (SOUTH)

Bournemouth 0

Swindon

1

THIRD DIVISION (NORTH)

York

Lincoln

4 Chester

4 Bradford C.,

SCOTTISH CUP REPLAYS

Arbroath

Parlick

(FIRST ROUND)

to rush in where angels would tear If the Germans had fought before a more discerning (shall 1 say com- petent?) tribunal their match with

0 England would have resulted in a

1 draw; at least two decisions which

went against them were questioned, and with justification. If only for that renson hope we shall send a side to Berlin. And it would be all

and to the good if home

home 1 matches between the two countries were given a permanent place in the calendar.

0

1 St Johnstone 3

Stranraer

-Reuter,

8

Easy Win For

Corinthians In Singapore

The

Singapore, Jan. 26.

the Islington Corinthians, famous English amateur footballers. who are now in Malaya in the course of their world tour, to-day defeated the Singapore Chinese by five goals

to nil. Sherwood and Reading scored all the Ove goals for the tourists- Reuter.

The Corinthians are due in Hong- kong on February 18 and will play a series of four matches here.

GERMAN IMPROVEMENT

agree that 13. rt!! is one of the most formidable light- weights he has enc

encountered; he was

It is not surprising that Germany produced two champions at the last

Lieut. Donald (Submarines)

J. Gosano

(La Salle)

Miss M. Booker (C.B.8. "A"}

In the opinion of "The Pilgrim" the best in their respective divisions..

RAJPUTS

DRAW WITH H. K. CLUB

Mediocre Play Witnessed

(By "The Pilgrim")

Olympic Games, and I am quite ground last evening. the Hongkong In a friendly encounter on the Club willing to accept an assurance that

Club and the Etajputana they have others in the making. Hockey yet 1 suru that if the A.B.ARides shared two goals in a rather having rounded up their champloos, Yet I am

parations, British amateurs

EXPERT ADVICE

disappointing display.

Divett

Inter-Section Unexpected

Tournament Final Tie

The

They seen.

ex-

Rajputana Rifles Beat K.I.T.C.

(13y "The Pilgrim"}

Defeat Of

"Y" Ladies

Lose To C.B.A. In First Round

FINEST ALL-ROUND PERFORMERS

Last

Four Players

Selected

week. I nominated tour players who, in my opinion, were the Anest all-round performers in their respective divisions. Now I take pleasure in nominating the fol- lowing four as the best in thelr divisions and winners of sticks pre- sented by M. R. Malik and Co.:

BRAWN CUP

Miss M. Booker (C.B.S. "A")

UNITED TOURNEY (2nd Div)

Teja Singh (H.K. Pollce) -

MAMAK TOURNEY ("A" Div.)

Lieut. Donald (Submarines)

SCHOOLBOYS

J. Gosano (La Salle)

Tela Singl

(ILK, Folice)

Anal of the Inter-Section Tournament was fought out at a

(By The Pilgrim") Sunday when the Kowloon Indlas terrific pace on the Club ground last

T.C. (Civilians) suffered defeat at the

The best game in the Seven-n= of hands the Rajputatis Rifles Side Tournament on The C.B.5. (Army) by two goals to one.

ground last Saturday was the first For the arst 20 minutes, fast and round encounter between the "y" As usual, the home team started went on to help them in their pre-

would with two men short, Bates and Bick- at times really brilliant hockey was Ladies and the C.B.A. Ladies which eg. The K.I.T.C. got the beller of was won by the latter by a goal to ford being the late-comers. hold their own against the best of reached full strength after 10 minutes their ppponents immediately after mij after extra time was called. Germany or any nation.

and took the lead soon afterwards the whistle was blown, and in five

In the Arst five minutes, the "Y" Pyark when Bond crossed in a sitter which minutes

Singh dribbled Ladies, present champions of the No team, whatever the opposition. Fowler received and deflected into through the Army team's defener to Caer Clark Cup, seemed

confident should be left to search for physical the net. The Club then worked up give his side an early lead.

and penetrated the CB.A. defence on a vigorous attack and

With the game 15 minutes old, the two, occasions, but during this attack, und fighting perfection by them- selves. They require expert advice|perienced bad luck when a shot from Rifles settled down and Pritam Nath Miss Moss defended the C.B.A. goal and direction. I am strongly op-bim struck the upright with the goal- und Sawal Khan were seen making well. Soon after, the C.B.A.

began many dangerous

raide 011 the It is clamed by Germany that posed to molly-coddling, but fighting keeper wel-beaten.

to give as much as they had taken For the first 25 minutes, the-Club KIT.C.

Ramzan, goal,

however, carlier on,

and though they were smoothness of attack which had dis- was all over the Rajputs, but Gida lived up to his reputation and cleared r

rarely allowed in the circle they tinguished their ploy in previous Ram and Datta Ram cleared their his churge in brilliant fashion. Play certainly had the opposing defence games. Miss M. McCaw. the ball

was now solely confined to the

on the

mare in back line, worked hard but received Although the Club players main civilian half and after repeated at-teresting, and excitement ean high poor support from Mrs. Gardner. tained their 1-0 lead at the interval, tacks the Rifles equalised through when the teams changed over for Miss A. For who played the complete change was seen in their Dhata Ram from short corner hit. extra time after a goalless draw. double role of back and goal-keeper, play at the resumption. A month with the score at 1-1, the Rifles This time the C.B.A. attack rose was disappointing. Her hard clear

I said I was surprised and never

never slackened their pace. Sawnl delighted to see the brand of hockey Khan found the net, but the goal was White

the occasion, Miss Best, Mrs. ances were marred served up by the Club, but in this disallowed owing to sticks."

Miss D. Hunt giving ment of the "sticks the intringe- match, after the first 30 minutes, they demonstrated the depth to which they attack failed to get going owing to grant game, co-operating effectively with her stick or her foot instead of At the other end, the KJ.T.C. Woolley. at centre-half, played a undly. Had she stopped the ball could fall. Barging and Lacklink or lack of support from their right with her forwards, and crowned-which the C.B.A. girls scored would

blind a

swipe at it. The goal the wrong side were frequent faults, Bank. A. P. Souza and D. J. Noronha very successful display by scoring

The Rajputana Rifles took up the

and proved very disappointing, with the the only gon! after a brilliant in never have been registered. offensive shortly afterwards

result that many efforts made by dividual effort. Pritam Nath sent his forwards away Pyara Singh were fruitless. The in- on numerous occasions. Sawal Khan was effective with

THE NAZI SALUTE: H. Runge, the Olympic heavyweight champion, had the better of his fight with V. A. Stuart (Landon Fire Brigade B.C.). Runge had previously beaten Stuart at the Olymple Games in Berlin.

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teum all-round,

to

splendid

Krew run. Play

und

exhibitions. Miss

rute and this side down

Ir was where she let her

equalised from the J. M. Pinto, the K.I.T.C. centre-half, rather unfortunate in being beaten C. B. S. GIRLS'

by the HK. Ladies in the semi-final round, they stopped the League champions-on achievement of which they may well be proud.

CREDITABLE

ACHIEVEMENT

I should imagine that over-con- Another pleasing feature was the fidence lost the "y" this match and the chance of being champlons of his stick-workerval was called with the score still

solid defence put up by Miss

well but his selfishness was greatly in at 1-1.

PACE MAINTAINED

Parsons and Miss P. Whitley; their the Pearce Cup tournament is evidence. However, Ghulam Rasul, On

resumption a fast pace was

methods of tackling their opponents as the League. al centre halt, was prominent and for

In my cuddld opinion they were with the Rines at the correct moment and covering the last ten minutes was seen in maintained,

looking very workmanlike in their each other left nothing to be desired. beaten by a better team on the day's some constructive play.

With only two minutes to go, the methods of attack; they proved the The C.B.A. deserved full marks for play.

their victory, and though they were though Rajputs forced a short corner and superior Datta Ram resultant hit,

was seen breaking up many well best W. A. Reed, was the

J. P. Noronha, Club organised moves.

in right half, was the weakest link defender and Bickford shone attack.

Pritam Noth, Nagi and among the intermediates, but Mulls Ghulam Rasul were the pick of the jumped into tip-top form to keep the

NO UNDERSTANDING Rifles right finnk well in check. Rifles.

Karnall Singh, at left back, also The "Y" Ladies have only them. Defeating the Seaforth Ladles by Apart from the 20 minutes in the

10 blame. Miss worst played a steady game. In a break-selves

Bradbury, a goat to nil in the first round, the the opening spell, this was

through down the left wing. I. M. Mrs. Burnett and Mrs. Read falled C.B.S. Girls advanced a step further

develop the understanding and

(Continued on Page 9.) ' Singh should have scored, but with to only the goal-keeper

beal. he "muffed" his shot badly.

After launching several spirited attacks, Pritam Nath was unfortunate lo shoot wide. With five minutes lo go Sha Wail sent in a sitter which Naraina Ram intercepted to score with a scorching drive, leaving Ramzan standing. The final whistle sounded with the Rajputana Rifles winners by 2-1.

for honour and glory demands care- display seen locally for a long time In a match between teams supposed to be of sentor standard.

fal nursing.

Tony Stuart, the London fireman, who, as in the Olympiad at Berlin, was defented by Runge, hus à grievance; it is that he was not allowed to have his own seconds. He says, "I was beaten fairly and and better squarely by a younger opponent. But I am quite, certain that if I had had my own inan in

I would have made o the corner closer fight of it. To me his advice hsa always been half the battle. was especially keen to turni tables on Runge, for well do realise that after all these years I cannot go on fighting much longer. And appreciating the difference between a second upon whom I have been taught to rely and a stranger I toolk my man with me. I was denied his services. And I went into the ring fuming.

LAST BIG FIGHT

BADMINTON

•

PLAYERS, WAKE UP!

the Send Your Entry

"For that which I asked was a

For Tourney.

(By "Abo").

Come on, wake up, badminton players! Why the shyness in send- Ing in your names for the Colany championships?

Entries close to-morrow; yet not small, if any, favour. If precedent a single one has been received by were in the way it might have been Mr. A. L. Fisher, Hon. Secretary waived on one side, since my night of the Association. with the Olympic champion Was I am sure there is greater keenness perhaps the last big fight I would among players than the complete

absence of entries would, nuggest. Maybe the high officials of the Last year's tournament were such A‚Ì‚Ä, will in future be less insistent a success that many would regret to upon obedience to established cus-see if fizzie out after only ono sca- tom. I would, of course, never do son. But how can the Association to allow every boxer to have his organise championships unless entries

enquire, but there are times are forthcoming? and cases that call for the exercise of discretion and a wide vision,

own

ESPLIN CUP

to

It was rather unfortunate that bad feeling was allowed to creep into the closing stages of the game, Play suffered in consequence and was of a boisterous nature. This Lype of play is not desired in local hockey and umpires should take immediate steps to put an end to it.

RECREIO TEAM FOR MACAO

The Club de Recreio hockey team will pay a visit to Macao during the will play the Portuguese colony on Chinese New Year holidays. They

Sunday, January 30 and will be re- presented by the following:

M. Mendonca; A. M. Rodridges, J. Gonsalves: R. A. Marques. W. A. Reed, T. Alves; A. M. Xavier, A. V. Gosand, N. Beltrao, H. L.. Ozorio and L. G. Gosano.

part of our local stars, but I would In the course of reporting matches like to remind them that the sooner during the season, I have been talk- entries are in the hands of the Hon. ing to quite a number of players re- Secretary the quicker the champion- garding the championships, and ships can be started. What about it, everywhere the greatest enthusiasm folks? was shown. 1

was very surprised, therefore, to learn yesterday that no-

hed body sent his home in for any of

Secretaries of Clubs are requested the events, particularly in view of

ST. JOHN'S FORGES AHEAD

to inform Mr. C. B. Hosking, Secre the fact that the fees have been re-

St. John's badminton players im- tary of the Hongkong Lawn Bowls duced by a dollar in each event. The proved their prospects, of Winntag the Association, of the names of players reason cannot be a matter of loance, Division League championship who are likely to be in England to 1 am sure. play in the Esplin Cup match-at it may be just dimdence on the Recrela by six gamos to three,

Jual evening by defeating the Club de

Wonstead this summer.

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