1939-02-22 — Page 8

Wednesday,

HONGKONG TELEGRAPH

February 22, 1939.

MIDDLESEX SHARE POINTS WITH SOUTH CHINA "B"

LEAGUE SOCCER STARTS NICELY, BUT ENDS BADLY

In a match which began full of promise but which deteriorated to a great extent in the second half, South China "B" shared the points with Middlesex when the teams met in the First Division of the Hongkong Football League at Caroline Hill yesterday. Each side acored once,

The soldiers led by 1-0 at the change-over-a lead which by means flattered them. In fact had! they taken their chances this half. they should have established an advantage which would have put them in a comfortable position Instead of having to fight hard in the closing minutes in order to nyold defeat.

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One of the reasons why The Middlesex deteriorated to such on extent in the second half Was the injury to Bright, their centre-half, who was keeping a firm check on the Chinese forwards until he got hurt, He was then moved to outside right where he was a mere passenger tor the rest of the game. His absence from the centre weakened the soldiers' defence considerably, and the Chinese were then able 1

shortpassing movements, from one of which the equalising goal was scored.

initiate their usuni

CHINESE DOMINATE

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Work Before

Play For

Jean Nicoll

London, Jan. 31.

The English table tennis chain- plonships at Wembley having proved nur girls to be as amart at the game

better-what happens?

any in the world, and probably

Not one of them is likely to chal- tenge for the world title in March. The trouble is that they will have to go to Chiro to do so, and while Jean Neull, England's new cham-

pion, has nothing against Cairo, she

les job to do at London sports out- filters.

For long periods the Chinese do- minated the midfield exchanges, their This bright 16-year-old bas al- halves and the Inside forwards work-rendy resuined town tennis practice ing well together; but once they had at Dulwich. It is "thumbs down" got to within shooting distance, they on Catro so for as she's concerned. were by no means so impressive. Sheehan and Cooper, the Middlesex land's international team last year,

Margaret Osborne, No. 1 in Eng backs, were resolute in their tackling it in business in Birmingham; Dora and with the two wing-halves, Wilkin Edin is in the Civil Service. They son and Freshwater, sticking

thele task manfully, the Chinese had fewre in similar opportunities shoot. Furthermore.

to Jackson, in goal, displayed a safe pair of hands and added considerably to the difficulties of the Chinese.

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In the first half, however, the boot was on the other fool. Then, the soldiers were pressing and the Chin-1 ese were defending desperately, and not του well at that. But several

enses. Neither ex- perts teave for the trip.

Vera Dace, 15-year-old Dulwich girl, and Betty Stevenson, of Bir- mingham, who reached the quarter- Guals, also think that work should come before a sports tour. So that's one title we shall not win.

chances to score were not made ure, hit on a

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The table tennis people, by the

bright

for solving idea the problem of the autograph-hunter during their championships. Specta- tors who bought a programme also bought the facsimile signatures of all the leading players. They were grouped together on one page.

of, and the Chinese were definitely lucky to be only a goal in arrears at half-time. This point was scored by Tait, who finished

of the best movements of the day by Pearson, Courtney and himself.

Jackson was called upon to save some "hot"

shots in the second period, when the, Chinese assumed the ascendancy. But he was equal to the occasion, and folled all al- tempts to get the ball past him.

Strangely enough it was when the Chinese forwards had lost some their dush when the equalising goal; same. In movement which had not looked particularly dangerous, Tin Yung-fat, the inside right, slipped Football League, Grimsby, at home. In the First Division of the English the ball to Yeung Nang-po, w defeated the Arsenal by two goals to almost before the Middlesex defenders were awake to the danger, one to-day-Reuter.

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had shot the ball into the corner of! the net.

GRIMSBY BEATS ARSENAL BY ODD GOAL

London, Feb. 21.

There were a few movements which might have produced results had the forwards not spoilt their efforts by

However,

several

LACKED DIRECT METHODS From this stage onward, the Chi-over-eagerness. nose were definitely the better aide fine runs were made by the wingers, Had they made a direct line for toul and Saw's dribbling was always a at this stage, when the Middlesex de-

source of anxiety to the Chinese de- fenders.

fenders were becoming a trifle shy

carned

Teums:

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12

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A serum breaking up in the Interport rugger match between Hongkong and Shanghai played at Happy Valley last Saturday. Shanghai wen the encounter by the narrow margin of 12 points to 11 as a result of á try scored by Warner in the closing stages. Dr. J. A. R. Selby, who refereed the match, can be seen behind the players in the centre of the picture.-Photo by Jafer.

No Play In Test Match Yesterday

Johannesburg, Feb, 21.

It was a day of disappointment ere, no play being possible on the third day of the Fourth Cricket Test between the M.C.C. and South Africa.

over-

A thick mist produced by night rain covered the ground this morning. The wicket was sodden and offered little chance of drying in the absence of sun and wind.

It was decided to continue at 3 p.m., but no play was possible for the remainder of the day.

At close of play on Monday, the South Africans had scored 249 for three wickets in reply to the M.C.C. total of 215 in the first innings.-- Reuter.

PLANS FOR M.C.C. TOUR OF INDIA

Calcutta, Feb. 14. Instead of concentrating on

The M.C.C.'s suggestion, that their football, they might have

Middlesex.-Jackson; Cooper, Shee- team which 18 to tour India in the both points. But their methods gave han; Freshwater, Bright, Willinson; autumn of 1930, should sall in the Sheehan and Cooper a respite, and Pearson, Courtney, Tait, Saw and s.s, Strathmore, reaches Bombay on though

the Middlesex goat had a Hammond.

October 8, has been accepted by the narrow escape in the closing minute,

South China "B" Choo Siew-Indian Board of Control. the soldiers had defended sloutly hang; Leung Tak-wai, Lau Mau; enough to snatch a point.

The early arrival of the team in While quite good individually, the Kam-hung: Lou Chung-sang. Ting terations in the dates of the itinerary. Chung Tung-you, Lim Tak-po, Tac Bombay will necessitate certain al- Middlesex forwards did not settle Yung-fat, Yeung Nong-po, Au Sze-and this has been left in the hands down effectively as a combination. ngor and Fan Chun-fal.

of the M.C.C. tour sub-committee.

One alteration adopted at the meeting of the Board of Control was that in

to the matches to be played in

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The representative of the Bengal Association suggested that if the second Test match were played from Wednesday to Saturday, Decemeber 27 to 30, the attendance would de- finitely suffer, so he proposed that the match should be played at Cal- cutia on December 31, January 1, 2 and 3-Reuter.

Yachting

Annual 100 Miles' Race Won by Norena

The annual 100 miles' race of the Royal Hongkong Yacht Club for cruisers, held over a course of Pang- chan Island, Hongkong Island, Cheungchau Island, Patung Island, Lantau Island and the Club Line. was won by Norena, sailed by P. C. M. Sedgwick.

The yachts set out on Sunday at 7.10 a.m., but only four finished and in the following order:

Flatshed

Corrected Narens .............. 14.11.43 Mon 18,05.00 Mon

(P. C. M. Sedgwick)

Typhoon .... 02.12.18 Tues 11.11.02 Mon

(D. Campbeli)

Yanthey ........ 0124,36 Tum 00.00.07 Tuna

(R. W, C. Amales)

Wanderer. 0164.15 Tues 00.19.03 Tues

(D, W. WigSAIT)

Ụ, & İNC, Did not Anish

(C. B. Colla

Golden Dragon Did not finish

(i. B. House)

Punal Dei. Did not anlah

(d. 11. Gandy)

Marander

(8. Berg)

Bild not finial

La Cigale .. Did not finish

IN, V. A, Croucher)

Dorinda ....... Did not finish

(. Cock)

Here And There -With "Abe". Filipino Footballers Find Conditions Here Not

Really Suitable

Lean Season For Golf Professionals

London, Jan. 31.

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Not since the fessional golfers perfenced such a dismal season.

Even Colton, whose annual income is the subject of so much speculation, finds the takings in his shop to be 50 per cent. down un inst your.

In

Badminton Tournament Commences

Three

One Senior, Junior Ties To-day

The annual Badminton Champion- ships of the Colony will commerice this evening with a programme of matches in the Men's Singles.

In the senior section only one lie will be played, this being the one be tween C. K. Lee, of the University, and M. A. Oliveira, of the Club de Recreio. This game will be decided pt Talkoo and some good play should be seen as the contestants appear to be fairly well-matched.

In the junior section, ot the four matches originally fixed, only three will be played. The game between S. H. Bun and L. Sung has been postponed and will be re-arranged at a later date.

The following is the programme;;

AT TAIKO0

Senior Singles.-C. K. Leo v. M. A. Oliveira, 8.30 p.

Junior Singles-C. N. Silva v. E. S. Ho, p.m.

AT CLUB DE RECREIO

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Junior Singles.-S. A. Broad- bridge v. A. L. Fisher. 8.30 p.m.; P. C. Leung v. A. Keown, 9 p.m.

Locke To

Play Again

In England

London, Feb. 14.

A. D. Locke, the South African champion, is expected to arrive in England at the end of March or carly

Aprli for another British golf tour.

He is to partner Alfred Padgham (Sunbridge Park), a former British several parts of the British lales. champion, in series of matches in

Locke will make another bid for There has been practically no golf to speak of since December," he says.

the Open championship at St. An- "Last month we took nothing at all. drews in July, and may possibly go fact, the receipts in the shop have America after completing his

British tour, TECAUSE of a victory they scoredjit has been notleed that they are not not been enough to pay the petty cash,

After

of the chompleting one over the Islington Corinthians as nippy. In the second half as they lind I have had to go to the bank totongest tours any golfer has under- last

some money which pay

since commanded the greatest respect larly noticeable in the match against the assistants." from followers of the game in Hong-the Combined Chinese. Though they Under these conditions, he does not back in South Africa. Since leav kong inasmuch as the flingtonians were slightly the better side in the intend to appoint another assistant his home lust May he travelled proved themselves Immeasurably opening half, the visitors fell away until things show a change for the nearly 40,000 miles, playing in Eng- superior to local combinations when badly in the second when they con- better. they were here. Therefore, frank- ceded two goals after holding their ness compels one to state, without opponents to 2-3 at half-time. meaning to be discourteous to our

of

NOT GREATLY CONCERNED

land and Australia.

SUCCESSFUL TOUR Colton stil awaits an acceptance In nine months he completed his terms for a tour to the United over 400 serious rounds and return- guests, that the form revealed by the Tricky Wind

States in the spring, but he is noted home, according to the London Manila Interporters in their Livo

greatly concerned whether he goes Evening News, £2,000 richer than matches played over the holidays

or not.

when he set out. was a trifle disappointing. One had

[NFORTUNATELY for the Manila Meanwhile there is much talk of

He won two Open titles, the Irish heard. such great deal of

A

Im-UN the

New Zealand,... to add to his players, the Interport game was his playing a challenge match for

and shown provement

$12 during the past few years

Manila soccer played in a tricky cross wind, as a large sum against A. D. Lucke, the South African Open title, and set up

that one had come to expect a very high level ult of which they found ball con- South African. There is no pos- several new records. As he held of play from the Manila team; but they were accustomed, seldom found such a match being arrange is of records to his credit than any other tral difficult, Long passes, to which dibility whatever at the moment of the record of some 20 courses when he set out, Locke must have more It not forthcoming. Those who the man for which they were intend-

was

FOR instance, none of the members

in the Manila cleven, with the Local Standard Higher

Fole exception of Alec Boisserie, has had any experience of 00-minute matches. In Manila-In fact almost throughout the Tropics-soccer mat-

RMED with these facts, I tackled Mr. D. Calvo, the manager of the Mania team and himselt

footballers of the best the Islands in hlo younger

Here Cotton's point of view

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Rochdale Hornets Lose Rugby Tie

London, Feb. 21, Rochdale Hornets, playing at home. lost to Featherstone in the Rugby League to-day by six points to two.→ Reuter.

have seen the Manila players in ac-ed; but Hongkong, on the other hand, interest. After discussing the ques- golfer in the world.--Reuter." tlon In the Philippines are used to short passes, did not seem unanimously of the opinion that the to

svention withi number of his colleagues, visitors did not show their home- be affected to the same extent. he says he is "not interested in play- town-form in the Interport, match pines are softer because of constant whe

Furthermore, rounds in the Philip ing matches against professionals against Hongkong (when they lost by

who are not members of the Pro- 4-1) nor in the game against the ruins, whereas the Navy ground has fessional Golfers "Associations." the Combined Chinese (when they become very hard owing to the recent There

the weather drought. And though

are two schools of thought were beaten 5-3). Conditions being Hongkong has not been very

old here and a good deal to be said for so different here from those

in during the past week, it has been each. The PGA. endeavours Manila, I can quite believe this.

colder than what the visitors have operate the standard Trade Union Shorter Game

been used to, and thus it cannot be principle of the "closed shop." nuid that they have been really at

EASIER AS AMATEUR home.

Most of the tournaments in this country are limited to members of the Association and a man is rc- quired to pass through a minimum can turn professional when you are preliminary period of three years be-on the top of your form, put up the fore qualifying for membership. money to play champions and ex- "It is so much easier to make your champions, catch one of them off his name as

amateur," says Cotton.game-and there you are. It is not We think that a man ought to earn fair on players who have worked days, efler the game against the place before qualifying to meet hard for a long time to get to the Chinese. While Mr. Calvo -agreed with what I have already stated above, he was of the opinion that Unt even if the Interport match had been played in conditions which favoured neither side, Hongkong would have wan. Mr. Calvo said the Hongkong selections had better foot- ball, in them, as well as having the greater experience. Though very keen, his boys sill had a great deal to learn from the Hongkong men, but he hoped that when we send a team to Manila, stronger opposition will be put up; the present trip to the Colony would help considerably in making the youthful Manila

better footballers. players material is there: only experience is now needed.

Manila Footballers To Play Last Game Against Rest To-Day

The Manila Interport foot- ballers will play their last match in the Colony this afternoon when they meet the Rest of Hongkong. The game will be played on the Navy ground at Causeway Bay and will start at 3.30 p.m.

This evening the visitors will be guests of honour at an Interport dinner to be given by the Hongkong Football Association at the Hotel Cecil at 8 p.m.

To-morrow, they will visit Macao where a match has been arranged for them.

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Which Will It Be?

the leading players. After all, youtop."

Wales Beat Scotland In

Rugger International

Wales won the second Rugby international of the season at Cardiff Arms Park on February 4, beating Scotland by a goal, a penalty goal, and a try, to a penalty, goal.

Scotland were disappointing, They Tanner, Wales's star scrum half, left were six points down at half-time, the field with a serious arm injury, M. J. Davies getting a try, and Wool- |"Wo're leading anyhow" wan the. jer--who was not at his best-land thought that consoled him,

But while the doctors were attend- IN the course of my discussion with ing a penalty goal. Crawford kicked

a penalty for the Scots. Then after ing him, there was a chorus of Kroens Mr. Calvo, the question arose as Tanner'a return, Travers got a try from the crowd. Wales's lend had to what the duration of the matches for Wales which Wooller Improved. been cut down to three points and will be when Hongkong returns the With the Welsh forwards rising to the Scots were hammering Kuriously Manila visit in April. The long unexpected heights, Scotland were at the Welsh lines. Tanner sensed kong men pluy 90 minutes and Manila boys play 80 minutes. Which was concerned. True, their pack said to the doctors, "I'm going out rarely in the picture so far as attack the position. "Strap my arin up” he ches are only of 00-minute duration will it be? Some arrangement bo- worked as hard as that of Wales, but again". Tanner was insistent and because of the heat, and only in tween the two controlling bodies behind there was not the balance, the doctors obeyed, heavily bandag- special circumstances are matches should be made, and the sooner the though Innes and Renwick were ing his right arm and strapping it sometimes extended to 35 minutes better, so that the men may have an elever Individually, Altogether there across his chest. each way. Never, however, are opportunity of seitling down to the was much more balance and dash With one arm out of action, Tanner games played 45 minutes each way, changed conditions. Mr. Calvo is of Even in the Far Eastern Olympics, the opinion that If Hongkong desires about the Welsh side, and this proved dashed back into the fray, and though soccer matches are of 78 mutes to play 90 minutes, the PA.A.F. will were an entirely different do toho played a hero's part. So intense deciding factor. Indeed Wales It was obvious he was in great pain, only. Therefore, accustomed as they probably agree, but he points out are to shorter matches, the extra 15 that the weather in the Philippines an

that which lost at Twickenham. was the pain in his arm that imme- minuter each way in the matches in eo hot that usually. a. game of 30

diately after the final whistle Tanner DRESSING ROOM DRAMA collapsed. But he smiled when the Colony have affected the visitors minutes each way is enough for oven There was some dressing-room he recovered to a considerable extent, and probably the Attest.

for Wales had drama during the match. Haydn won by 11 points to a.

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