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HONGKONG TELE GRAPH

January 17, 1939.

Cricket Notes

ST. ANDREW'S “A” NOW FAVOURITES Navy Play Senior Men

FOR BADMINTON CHAMPIONSHIP

St. John's Defeated In Important Encounter

St. Andrew's "A" went an important step further towards winning the "B" Division of the badminton league last night when they received and defeated the champions, St. John's Cathedral, by six games to three.

The encounter provided some of E. F. Fincher and 17. Kew (St. the best lengte badminton seen this. Andrew's "A") beat Kwok and to Smith and season, and the spectators were Beavan 21-13; fost Thoroughly excited by the rousing Wilson 20-24; beat Kwok and New- rallies and close results.

man 21-8,

St. Andrew's were a perfectly W. M. Gilles and A. E, Brown (St.

to Kwok balanced team, with especially good Andrew's "A") lost

14-21; beat Smith and form being shown by their third Beavan string, Brown and Gillis. They are Wilson 21-10; beat Kwok and New- probably the best third couple of any man 21-7.

DOMESTIC TIE and proved team in the divison, thele value last night by winning two | Al Kowloon Tong last evening, the "A" defeater the "B" by 5-1. Scores:

gamer

St. John's were strand losers, and with the slightest bit of luck might well have turned the result in their favour. However, on the evening's display, St. Andrew's were a trifle superior and deserved to win.

P. Lo and P. Fletcher ("A") beat

L. Anderson and J. Smith 21-14: beat J. A. de V. Stares and J. Tsang! 21-18: lost to N. A. E. Mackay and A. Chan 14-21.

R. E. Lee and F, S. Ko ("A") beat The encounter of the evening was! that between E. F. Fincher and H. Anderson and Smith 1-13: heat Kew and Norman Smith and Peler Soares and Tsang 21-12; bent Mackay Wilson. Salih played glorious bad-and Chun 21-17.

ntlnton, practically monopolising the court to oul-sinusk the doughty St. Andrew's couple. It was anybody's game, with all four players at in tervals producing sparkling form. The score was setted at 20-all, and then the visiting pale annexed the necessary live points to win 24-20.

HOW GAME WENT

F. Tsang and J, Chen ("A") lost to Anderson and Smith 17-21; lost to

SAFE-Eva Churn, captain of

the Cubs, 1s shown here heating the ball to first base by inches in Sun- Soares and Thong 11-21: lost today's softball match against the Canadian Chinese girls. The Canadians won by 21-9-Photo by Jaffer. Mackay and Chan 14-21.

LEAGUE TABLE

St. Andrew's "A" Kowloon Tong "A" St. John's Chung Wat Recreio

K. Tong "" V.R.C Wanderers

Game:

P. W. 1. P. A. Pus

# # 1 61 20 16

8 8 8 37 17 12 8858 11 12 5325 0 0 63330 24 7313429 624 17 37

In the opening game, in which the players were warming up. W. C. Choy and F. V. Wong beat Frank Kwok and Benvan 21-17, and then, after Smith and Wilson had levelled matters by beating Fincher and Kew, CHills and Brown went on to account S. and S. Home.... 6 0 0 6 48 St. Andrew's "B" 505 11-5

"A" DIVISION TIE King's College were

for Kwok and S. F. Newnan,

0 15 19 36

to: at home

The home alde increased their lead when Fincher and Kew bent; Kwok and Beavan, and when Brown University "B" in the "A" Division and Gillis proceeded to defeat Wilson of the League last evening and won and Smith to cause the biggest sur-the tle by 7-2. prise of the evening, St. Andrew's

COUNCIL MEETING

were in a very powerful position with A meeting of the Hongkong Bad- minton Association Council will be

lead of 4-1.

The issue was decided when in the held in the S. C, M. Post Board Room next game Choy and Wong beaton Friday at 5.30 p.m.

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Kwok and Newman after selted Included in the agenda will be grono at 20-all. This was a see-saw discussion on the approaching annual encounter in which the pairs were Colony Championships. 17-all, than the homesters led 20-17. then were pulled back to 20-all, and which they finally won at 23-20,

After this St. John's staged a strong recovery, Kwok, playing at his best, helped Beavan to beat Gillis find Brown, and Wilson and Smith, after trailing Choy and Wong 3-11. caught up and overtook their op- .ponents to win 21-16.

In the last match of the evening, Fincher and Kew beat Kwok and Newman 21-8, and thus St. Andrew'a won by 0-3

BARDSLEY DEFENDS İLARWOOD

London, Dec. 20.

Here And There -With "Abe".

New Holders Of Ladies' Doubles Tennis Title

031

are the

F. A. CUP REPLAY RESULTS

London, Jan. 16. Replay matches in the third round ot the F. A. Cup..played to-day, re- sulled as follows:

FIRST REPLAY

In Junior League XI

(By "I, Abb[L")

It is much to be regretted (and I can assure you that this is true) that owing to ill health I was not able to got any personal impression of the cricket on Saturday or Sunday Inst. I have, however, managed by dint of various kind friends to ascertain some features to bolster up the actual printed scores of the matches on these days,

As regards Solurday, owing tu Illness and other troubles the Civil

Service had to take the field with Hockey

and

Police Defeated

At Macao

out at least four, and perhaps we may say Ave, of their regular side. They took the opportunity to give #game to Pryde, Sulter, and N. Saith, all still at school, and though It must be admitted that Paxton was too old hand for these boys when batting, all of them hielded magnif rently. Suiter showed an amuzing turn of speed in the Beld. I do not know what his 100 yard time is, but he should be one of the coming sprinting champions of the Colony.

As regards the game, the Navy

and Perry didn't stort well McLellan found their length at once.

Macao, Jan. 10. Whitmarsh found it very difcult -

Extremely evenly-contested hockey deod

геоге and was very slow.

was witnessed here by a large crowd What might have happened hnd

Wils afternoon when the Hongkong Kennedy been given out in the 20's Police 1st leans met Macno's first remains to be guessed al, and when

eleven in a friendly encounter. The say this I do not say it in any

score at the close of play was one Was Kennedy unsporting why.

from the Hon) to nil in favour of Macao. actually walking away wickel I am told, when given not

Play was fast, and the forwards Fout, but If the Umpire did not think of both sides were equaily formid- the ball touched the bat he was able from the outset. The visitors perfectly right to call the man back. After all, there are lots of batsmen commenced the attack, but the home defenders were equal to the silun- whe trot back to the Pavilion when on, Costa, left-back, robbed Jas- they are not out. Kennedy and Witmarsh collected 76 of the Navy's ber Singh, the Police centre-forward, of the ball and thereby hel the somewhat painful 101, though to be

Police attack. Thereupon, some just, they were by no means at full Pol strength themselves. I find it a clever slick-work was witnessed as little difficult to understand how they Angelo, centre-forward, with Afrosa

the local inside for justify the fact that when they have and Rosario,

first eleven playing they have wards, formed a ane triangular com- bination to penetrate the visitors' both Leading Seaman Smith and defence. However, the Police custo

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dian, Jessop, cleared splendidly, and the ball was soon carried down into Macao's territory.

A. Clayton playing for the second. Both these cricketers played for the Navy in both games in the Triangu- lar Tournament, and I frankly con- alder that they have completely

After repeated attacks. Macao blotted their copy book by playing managed to open the score 12 min- them for a second cleven league stanie! I know their difficulties about utes from bully-off. The shot by F. Angelo, centre-forward, was a par 3 getting up sides with ships away.cularly

tricky one. Tackling

then

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K 0 Huddersfield

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"After extra line.

SECOND REPLAY

Bolton

Middlesbro

(at Leeds)

-Reuter.

Max Baer Becomes Cowboy Crooner

Hollywood, Jan. 10.

but how you can say the man who

Mchar Singh, left-back, Angelo plays twice in the Navy for a Tour-

eleven sceured the ball some considerable nament game is a second cricketer when these Tournament distance from the Police goal zone ames were played at a time when and in a lightning dash post Man practically

all the ships were in, Singh, right-back, he sent the bali leaves me wondering. Clayton may crashing into the visitors' goal. pussily be cancelled out, because Brownrigg was away, but of the Orst even playing against the Civil Ser vice Whitmarsh and Paxton are the: only two Tournament players who appeared.

Thereafter, the Police tried hard to equalize and all but scored five

drive, Almada

this assumption CONGRATULATIONS to Mr. Chiu here will dispute

Chun-chiu and Mrs. Williams that Fowler is a better centre-for- their success in the Ladies ward than Leonard. Personally I Doubles tennis championship of the live noticed an improvement in Colony. On Sunday they met Mrs. Leonard's play this season, and

minutes before the interval. A con- rather unfortunate for hira Tracey and Mrs. Skinner in the final seems at the United Services R.C. and won that just when he is beginning to

certed attack by the Police forwards kept Almada 00 tenter-hooks. by 6-1, 6-3. That they won was play something like his old self ho more or less expected by many of hng been passed over for one whose

To revert to our muttons, the Navy Clearing one fonk

had to meet another angle shot from those who had been following the claims are certainly no better than

the opposite wing. Again the Polico Max Baer was signed up by the were all out Tor-101, and the Civil progress of the ladies' tennis cham- his. Apart from the centre-forward

had the ball with Almada to best, pionships this winter; but the case position, the side is as good as can movies as a cowboy crooner to-day. Service might have at the runs,

weak

na they were, but for the faci with which they did so must have be put up, with due regard to the The former heavyweight boxing that at the very beginning Richard- but the ball which the Police centre- surprised even their most optimistic rectors. One player I would like sweet-tonsiled hero of six western Colledge was

material at

the disposal of the champion will be the rough-riding | n called for a foolish run and forward took, sky-rocketed and went supporters. They, however, almost Sel

badly run out. Not clear above the Macno goal bar, always emerged winners in the long to see given a trial in a representa- films to be made by the Arcadla Pic-only did this appear entirely to up-

POLICE ATTACK driving duels, which were

tive mütch is young J. Gomes, the tures Inc. feature

set Richardson but it apparently It will please Larwood's admirers of the match, and their strokes St. Joseph's inside left. He is as It was announced that Baer will paralysed the rest of the side, who,

Upon resumption, some fine move- SECOND DEFEAT

that none other than Warren Barda- always seemed more effective than tricky and as fast as Jorge, the sing on horseback and the pletures with the exception of Perry, lay This is St. John's second defeat of tey, Australia's famous left-hander, those

ments were observed as the Polleo Airs. Kowloon inside-right, and equally as will be in technicolor. of Mrs. Tracey and

down in heaps in front of Paxton. the season, the champions losing last writing in the Australian paper "The Skinner,

pressed on the left flank, Wall and As both Mrs. Chiu and hard-working. These wo

Baer on one previous occasion ap-Now I know by personal experience Narwant Singh being very promia- weekt to the Recreio. Although they Sporting Globe," defends Larwood Mrs. Williams kent to the base-line most promising young non-Chinese peared in a full-length feature in that, though I have a very great res-on Brown, Parker, and Jackson are by no means eliminated from the tooth and nail.

almost throughout the whole en-inside-forwards we have to-day in which he played opposite Frimo Car-pect for Paxton's bowling, he is championship race, their prospecta He devotes two columns to the un-counter, the fact that one

were a fine trio of half backs, and. (Mrs. local soccer, and should be given nera-United Press.

great deal more dangerous on grass broke up many of the manoeuvres have been considerably Jeopardised forgettable body-line controversy, Chiu) is right-handed and the other every encouragement by our selec-

than he is on malting and this gamo

of the local forwards. Jessop clear- by these reverses, and they will need giving his piece the title, "Larwood left-handed did not hamper them as tors,

was at King's Park. In the verna to beat St. Andrew's in the return Was Right. Here are a few shots much it would probably have done

ed magnificently after a short corner had been awarded Macao just before game if they are to stand any chance from Bardsley's amende honorable: had they emborked upon t net Farr Complains

out as easy.

the close of play. of retaining the league Utle.

"There would never have been any campaign. This victory represents

AN EXCITING GAME

It is difficult to single out any now strongly placed and have become, had not been so accurate.. The tournament as she and Miss Rose

excelled firm favourites for the champlon-bowler's object is to give the bats-Perry (now Mrs. Fletcher) won the he was beaten by Lou Nova InstLARENCE "Red" Burmon is on

The game at Sookunpoo between player in particular who the L.R.C. ៧យ៉ December. Outpointed by Clarence Irish-American and a protege of ship. There is le question that man

the Cralgengower himself in the day's gume. Rosario what he doesn't want-and flitte last year. they possess a term

Cricket Club seems to have been one and Costa, backs, were a tower of capable of that's all Larwood did.

.. Body-

"Red" Burman, an almost unknown Jack Dempsey, the former heavy- winning the league, but they have line or no body-line, Larwood re

of thrills. Looking through the side strength, while Almada was abso- heavyweight, last Friday, Farr, it is weight champion of the world. all some dificult matches' ahead, I peatedly clean-bowled his men, and

reported, now intends to ask the While not in the actual boxing rate it seems to me that Craigengowerlutely up to the mark in gool. natably a visit to Kowloon Tent. repeatedly saw batsmen hit in the ONE of the first things to be noticed State Boxing Commission to reverse ings last year, Burman received were at fair strength, but they had Parker, the Police pivot, did more and another to St. John's Cathedral. back when they were right in front in the Civilian team to meet the the decision. As stated in the cable honourable mention, and, with the not P. Billimoria, their excellent left than his full share of work, being

Scores:

of the wicket. .. How would the Army in the Lal Wah Cup competi; published yesterday, the decision exception of being knocked out by honder, playing for them. I have nbly assisted throughout by the wing W. C. Choy and F. V. Wong (St public have taken it if the boot hadtion on Saturday is the absence of was unpopular with the crowd, who John Henry Lewis, he has since doue

noticed once or twice that he man-halves, Brown and Jackson. Andrew'n "A") beat F. II. Kwok and been on the other foot and Larwood St, Joseph's players from the side cheered the loser and booed the very well. He was not expected to

ages to turn out on Sunday's but not Police Jessop; Man Singh, Mchor R. Beavan 21-17; lost to N. Smith had been an Austrailant Cer-which, as at present constituted, is winner, Nevertheless, the

on Saturdays, and it is very hard Singh; Brown, Parker, Jackson; Sela Judges beat the Welshman, however,

lines on Craigengower. Actually Singh, Rattan Singh, Jasber Singh, and I. Wilson 17-21: best D. Kwok tainly Jardine would never have pro-made up of five Kowloon FC, men, gave the decision to Burman while

they took the sporting course and hit Wall, Narwant Singh. and S. Newman 23-20.

three Club and three Police. In the the referee said the fight was In The Army Now

up 155 for declared. With the St. Joseph's team nowadays are draw. The United Press score-sheet

Commission to reverse the decision.

have good reasons for asking the cular, they didn't ought to have got

On the other band St. Andrew's are objection to Larwood's bowling if it Mrs. Chlu's second success in the weight, made no excuses when

TOMMY Farr, the British heavy- Dempsey's Protege

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C. Remedios, N. gave Burman five rounds, Farr three HENNER Henkel, now Germany's exception of Francis Zimmern and J. Nolasco, Alex Alrosa, Santos

V. Gosano, who with two even. Significantly, the leading lawn tennis player In Tinker Lee all these first nine men would be first choices for their res-New York Times and the Herald- the retirement of Baron Gottfried got double figures, while U. H. Es-Ferreira; F. Nolasco, Albert Alrosa, P. Angelo, H. Rosario, Á. Angelo-- pective positions in the Civilian Tribune fight experts say that there von Cramm, is serving with the mall, going in last, hit up 10.

Our Own Correspondent, team hnd they been available. But was no doubt that Burman won, colours. He is allowed time off from

POOR BATTING at recreio unfortunately they are not; Beltrao regardless of the jeers of the crowd his regiment, the Infantry Regiment and Gosano will be playing cricket and the complaints of Farr's man-07, to go to Berlin where he trains There is Je to say about this

In the last few minutes. It Was Jon Saturday and, for business rea-nger. This defent means that Farr with Roderich Menzel, ho former mateti. except perhaps that one gain a game of poor scoring, al-

sons, Remedios cannot turn out. has slipped another rung in the fistic Czechoslovakian player, on

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paper I read insisted on printing though my informant said that the David Leonard's claims to the centre- udder of fame, the height of which court. Henkel has already been Mr. G. L. Soares Instead of E. L. forward position have been passed he reached when he went the full nominated captain of Germany's Gosano, or to I bellevel He is sald wicket did not play badly, but that over, and Freddie Fowler, of the 15 rounds with Joe Louis. Judging Davis Cup team for the 1830 com- to have batted very well indeed for every mil left a mark I top and Club, has been chosen to fill this by the reports about him, Farr is not petition, while Menzel has been 21 runs, while Prata and E. M. L. berth. Many followers of the game in "squeater," and therefore he must named a member of the squad.

that

It seemed very loose

Saares were also to the fore, apart and played a nice knock for the home side, while Kavier and Alves from

no-one did anything. Isley going on early and then later put on 23 runs or so for the last wic- again, had 5 for 14, while Longfield These proved very useful, for the Volunteers made 118. Perry who bowled ten overs for 23 run played well, but Donald Anderson's had 5 wickets as well. Pearce was knockt was the best of the lot. unlucky to have

E. M. L. Soares Ernic Zimmern had EDMC nico dropped off him before the batsman square cuts in his innings, however. had scored. As regards the Club McLellan failed and with Stoker in batting the less sold the better. Pearce did well to get 36 not out and 8 to win, he flatly refused to nd the score at 118, with 4 to the

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SUNDAY GAMES

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