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THE HONGKONG

TELEGRAPH. TUESDAY, MARCH :: 1938-

Australia's Davis Cup Team Picked

Also Women Players For Wimbledon

Melbourne, Feb. 2.

The Australian L. T. A., meeting here to-day, chose the Davis Cup team' to compete în the American zone next summer, and the women's team to play at Wimbledon this year.

The teams are:

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DAVIS CUP: J. Bromwich, A. K. Quist, L. A. Schwartz and H. C. Hopman.

WOMEN: Miss D. Stevenson, Mina N. Wynne, Miss T. Coyne and Mrs. H. C. Hopman.

Hopman has been appointed player- manager of the Davis Cup side and Mias Joan Hartigan is rezerve in the women's alde, who will leave Austro- lla on March 0..

The Davis Cup team will not come to England to compete at Wimbic don, but may play in the American championships,

The L. T. A. announced that the

three former Davis Cup players, J. II. Crawford, V. B. McGrath and D. P. Turnbull, were not available this year.

The decision to participate in the Davis Cup was influenced by the fine showing of the chosen Australian players in the recent championships, and by the financial zuccess of the present tour of the American and German players.

They showed that although a loss of £334 was incurred on the 1937

SPORT ADVTS. Davis Cup tour, a pront of some

THE HONG KONG

JOCKEY CLUB

Draft Programmes and Entry Forms for the First Extra Race Meeting to be held on Saturday, 12th March, 1938, (weather per- mitting), may be obtained at the Secretary's Office, Exchange Build- ing: the Club House, Happy Valloy; the Hong Kong Club; the Sports Club; and the Stables, Shan Kwong Road.

£9,000 was anticipated from the visit of the American and German players, By culling out Wimbledon and the expense of the trip to England saving on last year's expenses will be effected.

A

Seven-A-Side CORINTHIANS HELD

Rugger Tournament

Seven Matches

On Thursday

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Some of the preliminary rounds of the seven-a-side rugby Tournament

were played off on Monday, and results of these ties have already been published. Further games will be played on the Club ground at Happy Valley on Thursday, March 3, commencing at 4 p.m. There will be seven games on Thursday and play will continue until after 6 p.m. small gathering of spectators saw come good games on Monday, the match between the Middlesex "A" side and H.M.S. Herald being the most exciting. At "no aldic" scores were level at 6 points all and extra time had to be played until the Middlesex scored the winning try. It is hoped that there will be larger crowd of spectators on Thurs day. Although the start of the matches is early at 4 p.m., spectators need not be deterred from attendance as there will be at least four matches to be seen after 5 p.m. Admission to any stand is fifty cents, with service men in uniform at half price.

Ties to be played on Thursday are as follows:-

the

TO A DRAW BY MACAO XI

Last-Minute Goal Robs Tourists Of Victory.

Macao, Feb. 28.

It was a case of the unexpected happening even for the most optimistic when by a scoro of one-all, Macao drew in the match played against the lalington Corinthians this afternoon. It is understood that the visitors fielded their weakest side, but neverthe- less everybody expected a walk-over for the British team.

As play proceeded, however, Macas | to the Macao guol zone. Tam Kong- amply displayed that their lack of pals played an exceptionally good weight was fully compensated by game in smartly withstanding the their superiority in speed, and it re-

repeated attempts of Pearce and quired the utmost vigilanco on the Miller to break through, and Airosa part of the Corinthians to counter was amazingly quick and clever in repeated attacks on their goal by the the left-half position. local forwards.

The match was honoured by the resence of H.E. the Governor of Macno, Dr. A. Tamagnini, Barbosa, and Mr. F. J. Gellion, British Vice- Consul for Macno, bath of whom were introduced to each one of the players after the line-up of the twe teams.

same de Vermudo do

H. E. the Governor hopes to be pre-H.

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Bradbury was very unlucky when a forceful shot by him struck the Macao goalpost. dianship on subsequent occasions Carvalho'a custo- showed a most commendable alert-

ness.

It was clearly evident that "win or lose," the Macao side was all out to play a dashing game, and it was) a touch and go struggle right through to the end. Lau Hing-chol played classic football in his pivotal position of centre-half for Macao. He re- peatedly outmanoeuvred three of the opposing forwards, and served with

front rank of local players.

CHANCE MISSED

The game had only ten minutes

4 pm. Seaforths C v. Malayan.

No less than 3,000 spectators from Prince: 4.20 pm. Middlex A v. Middlesex B;.4.40 p.m. Winners first every section of the community as- SCHWARTZ RANKED SIXTH ·

game v. Royal Scots "A" 5 p.m.sembled within the Conldrome en- The only newcomer to the team is Club A. v. Police; 6.20 p.m. R. E. v.

closure to witness the game which reached the quarter-finals the South Australian, Schwartz. He Civil Service; 5.40 Seaforths. A. v.

was packed with thrills from start of the Butterfleid and Swire; 6 pm. Sca- to finish. Among the visitors and men's

local residents singles in the Australian forths B v. Hongkong Bankt.

were Mre much accuracy as to put him in the This will leave right teams in the Brig championships this year, losing to

and Vera Dr. C. Sampaio, Colonial Donald Eudge. Schwartz is sixth Anals to be played on ranked player, Budge went on

Gorgullio Secretary to round on Saturday, commencing at Arez, Col. J. Vieira. Dr. A. Miranda,

Capt. win the championship by beating an-3 p.m.

Major

other member of the team, Brom-

Comm. S. Vieira and Mme. wich, the 10-year-old ambidextrous sent to view the latter stages of the player, by 6-4, 6-2, 6-1.

Quist, who heads the Australian Tournament. ranking list, is with Bromwich, thin country's

doubles new

Before the games on Saturday and discovery, Playing together at the request of mission of the Oficer Commanding during the intervals, by kind per- the L. T. A-obviously with the Davis Cup in view they showed and Officers, the Band of the 2nd. magnificent form when they defeated Bn. Royal Scots will play. the Wimbledon champions, Donald added attraction will be an Budge and Gene Mako, in the semi amusing game of sack rugger, which finuls of the Australian champlon-will take place between the semi- Secretaryships, 3-6, 4-0, 6-3, 6-4, 6-1final games and the final.

They then went on to defeat Von Cramm and Henkel, doubles cham- Admission charges on Saturday plons of France, America and Japan, will be $1.00 to the centre stand and in the final by 7-5, 6-4, 6-0.

service SEVENTH RANKED WOMAN Miss Dorothy Stevenson is the young Victorian player who outplay- ed Miss Wynne in the semi-final of the Australian Championships last week, only to lose to Miss Dorothy Bundy, the young American, in the final. Ranked only seventh in last

Entries close at 12 o'clock NOON on Thursday, 3rd March, 1938,

By Order,

C. I. KROWN,

Association Football

ISLINGTON CORINTHIANS

V.

COMBINED CLUB AND POLICE TEAM

on

Wednesday, 2nd March years's Australian ranking, she has

k.o. 5.15 p.m.

CLUB GROUND

Admission

Covered Stand $1 Uncovered Stands 30 cts, Referee LEE WAI TONG

TO-MORROW

at the

QUEEN'S

"WE LOVE DIFFERENTLY IN THE MOUNTAINS... AND WE LOVE FOR KEEPS!"

been pleked first of the players to como to England.

Sho has a strong forehand and it is said that much of her recent suc- cess has been due to the coaching of Pat O'Hara Wood, the former Davis

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Afty cents to other stands, men in uniform at half price.

It is hoped that local Service and Civilian charities will benefit by the attendance of a large crowd, who can be certain of a

good afternoon's entertainment.

LAWN BOWLS MEETING

Bradbury Commissioner of to go when Bradbury and W. Miller Mr. T. H. Well, American had penetrated the Maceo defence for Canton, Capt. line having only the goal before Cunningham- Graham and Mrs. them, but Ho Cho-seng, with

inc Cunningham-Graham, ollier officers agility, robbed them of the oppor- and men of the sloop Bartholomew were on the point of scoring, when and men of H.M.S. Tarantulu, officers tunity. Once again the Corinthians: Dias, Lieut. A. Oliviera and Mme. W. Miller dribbled his way through Oliviera, Mr. Arthur Lew, Dr. Adolfo but his sho: went wide of the goal. Jorte. Mr. Morting, British Civil Service cadets and residents and many others.

other British

Play was drawing to an exciting. close when Che Kam-hung on the; left flank managed to elude the Immediately before play com- Corinthians* bucks, but he took too menced, the Macno skipper present- long a shot at goal and narrowly ed a souvenir pennant to Clark, the missed. Only a minute before the Islington captain, following which final whistle Macno again invaded young Master Barbosa, son of HE.chemy territory. The local skipper the Governor, kicked off towards at inside right receiving a neat pass Macao.

following foul against the Corinth- fans, made a lightning dash, and VISITORS LEAD

Longman made a gallant attempt to Only two minutes after a brief There was unbounded enthusiasm intercept by rushing out to Collaco. exchange. Manning at the left flank from the crowd when the magnific- taking up a neat pass from centre, directed a splendid shot which baffled ent shot by the local skipper put the Macao custodian's efforts and the the ball positively Into the Islington ball found the net to open the scoro nct. for the Corinthions.

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There will be a meeting of the defence of the visitors was

As play continued, the tactical Cup player. He has been concent- Committee of the Hongkong Lawn phasized, and lime and again raide rating on her service, which is the Morning Post Board Room on Tues-nought. Both Clarke and Buchanan,

Bowls Association in the South China on their citadel were brought weakest part of her game.

Miss Nancy Wynne, Australion | day, March 3, at 5.30 pm.

backs, played with extreme coolness champion in 1037 and the leading

although there was many a ranked player

tense Australla, has been described by J. 0.

moment as Che-Kom-hung, Macao's Australian Davis Cup player, as "the best all-round player in Australia. the opposing defence. The interval Anderson, the years of age, she is regarded as the left winger, all but dashed through third best player he has ever seen." Sne is especially strong on the volley, arrived with no further score. He places only Suzanne Lenglen and and her court positioning is excellent. Mrs. Helen Wills Moody before her. Mrs. Hopman, wife of the Davis Miss Wynne, who is a hard hitter Cup player Harry Hopman, is the with a fine forehand drive and a third Victorian in the team. She is Freat variety of strokes, also comes ranked fith, one below Miss Hur from Victoria, She has speed and tigan, but her better form in the height as well as strength. She is Australian championships (she lost 20 years of age.

to Miss Bundy In the semi-final, BEST ALL-ROUNDER

whereas Miss Hartigan was beaten Miss Thelma Coyne comes from in the quarter finals by Miss Steven New South Wales and is Australia's con) probably turned the scales in second

ranked player. Nineteen her favour.

On the whole, the Corinthians played a better defensive game, their Aner movements in attack coming mostly from the right tank with Manning, Bradbury and W. Miller supported by Dance and Whittaker.

Macao's eleven consisted of picked players selected from four of the local cluba. The line-up-was-Car- Magalhaes, Lau Hing-chol, Alrosa; valho; Tam Kong-pak, Ilo Cho-seng;

Santos, Cobato, Lau Chong-sang, Che Kam-hung.

Throughout the second session, Macao more than held its own Corinthians. -- Longman; Clarke, against the tourists. Longman wan Buchanan, Dance, Whittaker, Wright; constantly called upon to clear and Manning, Bradbury, W. Miller, did so with sound precision. On the Pearce, J. Müller, other hand, there was a marked lack At the after dinner speeches, Mr. of thrust and combination in the Geillon and Gen. de Vera thanked play of the opposing forward line, the Corinthians for their visit. Mr. and except for a few occasions, there T. Smith, Muriager of the Corinth- suitably replied-Our Own was no tricky short-passing, but fans, constant fumbling on their approach Correspondent.

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