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Tuesday

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 leaguo last night when they received and defeated the charmpions, St. John's Cathedral, by six games to three.

E. F. Fincher and H. Kew (St. The counter provided some of

bent Kwok and the best league badminton seen this Andrew's "A") season, and the spectators were Benvan 21-13; lost to Smith and thoroughly excited by the reusing Wilson 20-24; beat Kwok and New-

man 21-8. rallies and close results.

W. M. Gilles and A. E. Brown (St. to Kwok an 1 Andrew's "A") lost

14-21; hent Smith and Beavan Wilson 21-10; beat Kwok and New- man 21-7.

wern

St. Andrew's

a perfectly balanced team, with especially good form being shown by their third strinut. Brown and Glilis. They are probably the best third couple of any team in the division, and proved their value last night by winning two games.

St. John's were grond 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.

The encounter of the evening was that between E. F. Fincher and 11. Kew and Norman Smith and Peter Wilson. Smith played glorious bad- minton, practically monopolising the court to out-smash the doughty St. Andrew's couple. It was anybody': game, with all four players at in- tervals producing sparkling „ferm. The score was selted at 20-all, and then the visiting pair annexed the necessary five points to win 24-20,

HOW CAME WENT

C.

In the opening game, in which the players were warming up, W. Choy and F. V. Wong beat Frank Kwok and Beavan 21-17, and then, after Smith and Wilson had levelled matters by beating Fincher and Kew, Gillis and Brown went on to account for Kwok and S. F. Newman:

The home side increased their Kew bent lead when Fincher and Kwok and Beuven, and when Brown and Gillis proceeded to defeat Wilson and Smith to cause the biggest aur- prise of the evening, St. Andrew's were in a very powerful position with a lead of 4-1.

DOMESTIC TIE

At Kowloon Tong inst evening, the "A" defeated the "B" by S-4. Scores:

P. Lo and P. Fletcher ("A") beat J. 1. Anderson, and J. Smith: 21-14; beat J. A. de V. Soaren and J. Tsang 21-18; lost to N. A. E. Mackay and A. Chun 14-21.

R. E. Lee and F. S. Ko ("A") beat Anderson and Smith 21-13; beat Soares and Trang 21-12; beat Mackay and Chan 21-17,

F. Trang and J. Chen ("A") lost to Anderson and Smith 17-21; lust to Soares and Tsang 11-21; lost to Mackay and Chan 14-21,

LEAGUE TABLE

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

K. Tong "B" V.R.C. Wanderers

S. and S. Home St. Andrew's "B""

Games

P. W. L. F. A. POS.

R 1 1 20 19

0 0 0 37 17 12 82 58 14 12 532 25 20

53 3 30 24 0

34 34 29

324 17 37

6 15 19 35

4

6 0 0 0 40 0 ! 44 0

at home to

"A" DIVISION TIE King's College were University "B" in the "A" Division of the League last evening and won the tle by 7-2.

COUNCIL MEETING

A meeting of the Hongkong Bad- minton Association Council will bej The issue was decided when in theheld in the S. C. M. Post Board Room next game Cloy and Wong beat on Friday at 5.30 p.m. Kwok und Newman after

a setted game at 20-all. This was a see-saw encounter in which the pairs were 17-all, Uan 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

Included in the agenda will be discussion on the approaching annual Colony Championships.

BARDSLEY

and Brown, and Wilson and Smith, DEFENDS

after trailing Choy and Wong 3-11, caught up and overtook their ponents to win 21-16.

op-

LARWOOD

SAFE:-Eva Churn, captain of the Cabs, is shown here bealing the day's softball match against the Canadian Chinese girls. The Canadians

Here And. There

With "Abe"

New Holders Of Ladies'

on

Doubles Tennis Title

bali to first base by inches in Sun- won by 21-9-Photo by Jaler.

In Junior League

(By "R. Abbit")"

XI

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 get any personal impression of the cricket on Saturday or Sunday last. 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,

and

Police Defeated

At Macao

Macao, Jan. 15. Extremely evenly-contested hockey. was witnessed here by a large crowd this afternoon when the Hongkong Police 1st team met Macao's first eleven in a friendly encounter. The scare at the close of play was one goal le nil in favour of Macon.

Ад regards Saturday, owing to lilness and other troubles the Civil Service had to take the field with- Hockey out at least four, and perhaps we may say ve, of their regular side. They took the opportunity to give game to Pryde, Suiter, and N. Smith, all still at school, and though it must be admitted that Paxton was top old a hand for these boys when batting, all of them flelded magnin- cently. Sulter showed an amazing turn of speed in the field. I do not know what his 100 yard time is, but he should be one of the coming sprinting chainpions of the Colony.

As regards the game, the Navy

and Perry uldn't start well McLellan found their lengths ut once. Whitmarsh found it very difficult in- deed to score and was very slow. What might have happened had Kennedy been given out in the 20's remains to be guessed at, and when En I say this I do not say it in any was Kennedy unsporting way.

from the actually walking away wicket 1 am told, when given not out, but if the Umpire did not think the ball touched the bat he was perfectly right to call the man back. After all, there are lots of batsmen who trot back to the Pavilion when not out. Kennedy and they are Whitmarsh collected 76 of the Navy's somewhat painful 101, though to be just, they were by no means at full strength themselves. I find it a little difficult to understand how they Justify the fact that when they have first eleven playing they have both Lending Seaman Smith and E. A. Clayton playing for the second. Both these cricketers played for the Navy in both games in the Triangu- London, Jan. 10. lar Tournament, and I frankly con- Replay matches in the third round sider that they have completely of the F. A. Cup, played to-day, re-blotted their copy book by playing eleven league them for a second sulted as follows:

game! I know their difficulties about getting up sides with ships away, but how you can say the man who plays twice in the Navy for a Tour Mehar Singh,

cleven nament game is a second cricketor when these Tournament distance from the Police gool zone games were played at a time when and in a lightning dash past Man all the ships were in, Singh, right-back, he sent the ball practically leaves me wondering. Clayton may crashing into the visitors' goal. possibly be cancelled out, because Brownrigg was away, but of the first vice Whitmarsh and Paxton are the only two Tournament players who appeared.

F. A. CUP REPLAY RESULTS

FIRST REPLAY

•Southend

4 Chesterfield Notts Forest o Huddersfeld

*After extra time.

SECOND REPLAY Middlesbro 1 Belton

(at Leeds)

Reuter.

3

3

Play was fast, and the forwards of both sides were equally formid- able from the outset. The visitors commenced the attack, but the home defenders were equal to the situa tion. Costa, left-back, robbed Jas- ber Singh, the Foliec centre-forward, the of the ball and thereby held Police attack. Thereupon, some mov clever stick-work Was witnessed us Angelo, centre-forward, with Alrosa and Rosario, the local inside for- wards, formed a fine triangular com- bination to penetrate the visitors' defence. However, the Police custo- dian, Jessop, cleared splendidly, and the ball was soon carried down into Macao's territory.

After

Macau

attacks, repeated managed to open the score 12 min- utes from bully-off. The shot by P. Angelo, centre-forward, was a par ticularly tricity one. Tackling

cu

left-back. Angelo secured the ball some considerable

Max Baer Becomes eleven playing against the Civil Ser- to equalize and all but scored five

Cowboy Crooner

former

CONGRATULATIONS to Mr. Chiu | here will dispute this assumption Chun-chiu and Mrs. Williams that Fowler is a better centre-for-

Thereafter, the Police tried hard success in the Ladies ward than Leonard. Personally I their

noticed an Improvement in Doubles tennis championship of the have Colony. On Sunday they met Mrs. Leonard's play this season, and it

minutes before the interval. A con Tracey and Mrs. Skinner in the final seems rather unfortunate for him

certed attack by the Police forwards GN tenter-hooks. kept Almada at the United Services R.C. and won that just when he is beginning to

кере

drive, Almada by 6-1, 6-3, That they won was play, something like his old self he

To revert to our muttons, the Navy Clearing one flank more or less expected by many of has been passed over for one whose

Hollywood, Jan. 10, those who had been following the claims are certainly no better than

the epposite wing. Again the Police Max Boer was signed up by the were all out for 101, and the Civil had to meet another angle shot from

Service might have got the rung progress of the ladles tennis cham- his. Apart from the centre-forward

had the ball with Almada to beat, pionships this winter; but the ease position, the side is as good as canmovies as a cowboy crooner to-day weak as they were, but for the fact heavyweight boxing that at the very beginning Richard-

but the ball which the Police centre- with which they did so must have be put up, with due regard to the The

the disposal of the chompion will be the rough-riding son called for a foolish run and forward took, sky-rocketed and went surprised even their most optimistic material at

badly run out. Not clear above the Macao goal bar, In the last match of the evening,

supporters. They, however, almost Selectors. One player I would like sweet-ionalled hero of six western Colledge was Fincher and Kew beat Kwok and

always emerged winners in the long to see given a trial in a representa-films to be made by the Arcadia Ple-only did this appear entirely to up-

POLICE ATTACK set Alchardson but it apparently Newman 21-0, and thus St. Andrew's

driving duels, which were a feature live match is young J. Gomes, the tures Ine.

It was announced that Baer will paralysed the rest of the side, who,

Upon resumption, some fine move- 'won by 6-3.

their strokes St. Joseph's inside left. He is as It will please Larwood's admirers of the match, and

fast as Jorge, the sing on horseback and the pictures with the exception of Perry, ayments were observed as the Police SECOND DEFEAT

that none other than Warren Bords- always seemed more effective than tricity und as

down in heaps In front of Paxton. and Mrs. Kowloon inside-right, and equally as will be in technicolor. This is St. John's second defeat of ley, Australia's famous left-hander, those of Mrs. Tracey

Baer on one previous occasion ap-Now I know by personal experience pressed on the left flank, Woll and the season, the champions losing last writing in the Australian paper "The Skinner. As both Mrs. Chiu and hard-working. These two are the week to the Recrelo. Although they Sporting Globe,"

ent. Brown, Parker, and Jackson full-length feature in that, though I have a very great res- Narwant Singh being very promin- defends Larwood Mrs. Williams kept to the bare-line most promising young non-Chinese peared in 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 Primo Car-pect for Paxton's bowling, he is a

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

great deal more dangerous on grass championship race, their prospects He devotes two columns to the un-counter. the fact that one (Mrs. local soccer, and

broke up many of the manoeuvres than he is on matting and this game have been considerably leopardised | forgettable body-Une controversy. Chiu) is right-handed and the other every encouragement by our selec-

of the local forwards, Jessop clear- was at King's Park. In the verna- by these reverses, and they will need giving his plece the title, "Larwood left-handed did not hamper them as tors.

ed magnificently after a short corner had been awarded Macao just before out as easy.

the close of play.

London, Dec. 20.

to beat St. Andrew's in the return Was Right." Here are a few shots much it would probably have done Farr Complains

Д net game if they are to stand any chance from Bardsley's amende honorable: had they embarked upon

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

of retaining the league title.

Scores:

of the wicket.

tainly Jardine would never have pro-

on

have good reasons for asking thecular, they didn't ought to have got Commission to reverse the decision.

AN EXCITING GAME

It is difcutt to single out any On the other hand St. Andrew's are objection to Larwood's bowling if i Mrs. Chiu's second success in the TOMMY Farr, the British heavy-Dempsey's Protege

excelled now strongly placed and have become had not been so accurate... The tournament as she and Miss Rose weight, made no excuses when

The game at Sookunpoo between player in particular who CLARENCE "Red" Burman is an

I.R.C. and the Craigengower himself in the day's game. Rosario firm favourites for the champion- bowler's object is to give the bats-Perry (now Mrs. Fletcher) won the he was beaten by Lou Nova Jast

December. Outpointed by Clarence Irish-American and a protege of Cricket Club seems to have been ane and Costa, bucks, were a tower of ship. There is little question that man what he doem't want and title fast year. they possess a team capable of that's all Larwood did.

"Red" Burman, an almost unknown Jack Dempsey, the former heavy- Body Civilian Selections heavyweight. Inst Friday, Farr, it is weight champion of

of thrills. Looking through the side strength, while Almada was abs world. the winning the league, but they have line or no body-line, Larwood re-

It seems to me that Craigengower lutely up to the mark in goal. reported, now intends to asit the While not in the actual boxing rat- still some difficult matches ahead, peatedly clean-bowled his men, and

were at fair strength, but they had Parker, the Police pivot, did more notably a visit to Kowloon Tong, I repeatedly saw batsmen hit in the NE of the first things to be noticed State Boxing Commission to reverse inga last year, Burman received

hander, playing for them. I have ably assisted throughout by the wing 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, wie ved not P. Billlmoria, their excellent left than his full share of work, being

decision exception of being knocked out by noticed once or twice that he man-halves, Brown and Jackson. How would the Army in the Lai Wah Cup competi-published yesterday, the W. C. Choy and F. V. Wong (St. public have taken it if the boot had tion on Saturday is the absence of was unpopuler with the crowd, who Jolin Henry Lewis, he has since done

ages to turn out on Sundays but not Andrew's "A" bent F. H. 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

on Saturdays, and it is very hard the Judges bent the Welshman, however.

Ines Cer- which, as at present constituted, is winner. Nevertheless, R. Beavan 21-17; lost to N. Smith had been an Australian?

Craigengower. Actually they took the sporting course and hit and P. Wilson 17-21; beat D. Kwok

made up of five Kowloon F.C. men, gave the decision to Burman while tested." and S. Newman 23-20.

three Club and three Police, In the the referee sald 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 players like C. F. Remedios, N. gave Burman five rounds, Furr three JENNER Henkel, now Germany's exception of Franela Zimmern and Tinker Lee all these first nine men Beltrno and A. V. Gosano, who with two even. Significantly, the leading lawn tennis player in

got double figures, while U. H. Es- would be first choices for their res- New York Times and the Herald- the retirement of Baron Gottfried pective positions in the Civilian Tribune fight experts say that there von Cramm, is serving with the mall, going in lost, hit up 18.

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

POOR BATTING AT RECREIO unfortunately they are not; Beltran regardless of the jeer of the crowd his regiment, the Infantry Regiment

There is little to say about this in the last few minutes. It WAR and Gosano will be playing cricket and the complaints of Furr's man- 107, to go to Berlin where he trains

except perhaps that one on Saturday and, for business rea-nger. This defeat means that Farr with Roderich Menzel, the former match,

again a gome of poor scoring, al- paper I read out. has slipped another rung in the fistic Czechoslovakian player, on a covered son, Remedios cannot turn

Insisted on printing trendy been Mr. G. L. Soares instead of E. L. though my informant said that the David Leonard's claims to the centre- Indder of fame, the height of which court. Henkel ban

captain of Germany's forward position have been passed he reached when he went the full nominated

Gostino, or so I believe! He la said wicket did not play badly, but that It seemed very loose on top and over, and Freddle Fowler, of the 15 rounds with Joe Louis. Judging Davis Cup team for the 1030 com- to have batted very well indeed for

every ball left a mark. E. G. Go- Club, has been

been 21 runs, while Prata and E. M. L. cliosen to All this by the reports about him, Furr is not petition, while Menzel has

sano played a nice knock for the Soares were also to the fore, upart home side, while Xavier and Alves berth. Many followers of the game a "squealer," and therefore he must named a member of the squad.

from that no-one did anything. put on 23 runs or so for the last wic- Ilaley going on early and then later ket. These proved very useful, for again, hud 5 for 14, while Longfield the Volunteers made 118. Perry who bowled ten overs for 23 runs

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An exciting Incident in the International ruryer maich played lust land at Bookunpoo. England prevod too good for Ireland, winning by #7- Final-Photo by A.A. Köhn.

Saturday between England and Ire- 6 and, will now mood Scotland; in the

Police.Jessop; Man Singh, Mchar Singh; Brown, Parker, Jackson: Seja Singh, Rotten Singh, Jasber Singh, wall, 'Narwant Singh.

Macao-Almada; R. Rosario, Costa; J.

Alex Airosa, Santos Nolasco, Ferreira; F. Nolasco, Albert Airota, P. Angelo, H. Rosario, A. Angelo. Our Own Correspondent.

had 5 wickets as well. Pearce was played well, but Donald Anderson's knock was the best of the lot. unlucky to have E. M. L. Soares Ernie Zimmern had some nico dropped off him before the batsman square cuts in his Innings, however. bad scored. As regards the Club McLellan failed and with Stoker in batting the less sak the

better and the score at 110, with 4 to the Pearce did well to get 30 not out and 5 to win, he flatly refused to

"and that", said John, is that."

SUNDAY GAMES

run under the assumption that Zim- mef at the other end could get the runs.

Unfortunately Zimmern was

I am told that the Volunteers' bowled and the Recreio won a close game with Recreio was only exciting game by four runs."

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