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HONGKONG TELEGRAPH

March 27, 1939.

CHINESE BEAT CIVILIANS IN LAI

IN

CONDITIONS TOO TREACHEROUS TO PRODUCE HIGH- CLASS FOOTBALL

(By "Abo").

One goal down in the first few minutes, the Chinese recovered well in the Lai Wah Cup final on the Club. ground yesterday and finally beat the Civilians by four goals to two. Considering the condition of the ground, which had been made sodden by the week's rain, a fairly high standard of play was maintained.

The surface was so slippery that? players found it difficult to main- talna fouting, and, most of the time they were slithering along here and floundering about there; ye! they kept the bail sumclently under cun- trol to serve up an interesting game throughout,

While the Chinese made only one change from the team previously announced-Taong Chung-wan com- of ing in as right-half in place

Soong Ling-sing the Civilians had to field several reserves. No fewer than six of the selected eleven incu were unable to play. There were Ulrich (Kowloon), Bliss (Kowloon), Jorge (Kowloon), A. V. Gusano (St.

Ferrier Joseph's),

(Police) and Jertsen (Kowloon). Their places were taken by Blackbourne (Police), A. J. Hussain (St. Joseph's), Bredie (Police), D. Leonard (St. Joseph's), E. L. Strange (Club) and Moss (Police).

and

On paper the Civilian side looked extremely wenk; in actuality they played very well indeed, taking everything into consideration. For long periods on end, the defence kept the Chinese attack under com- plete subjugation, and at times the forwards Initiated movements which the could not have failed to give Chinese

some anxious muments. Had their finishing been

defenders

Record Crowd For

Lai Wah Cup

What must have been a re- cord crowd for the Hongkong F.C. ground for matches other than Interports attended the Lai Wah Cup final yesterday

the between

Chinese and Civilians. All the stands were packed to capacity, and people were admitted to standing room only shortly before the gates were closed. Hundreds also watched from the sur- rounding hill-sides.

Actually a total of $2,903 was collected and about 4,700 people paid for their tickets. But many people brought child- ren, who were admitted free; otherwise the receipts would probably have exceeded $3,000.

as good as their midfield play, they to the fact

that on the slippery probably would have scored more then two goals by the time the final round and with the ball so heavy after - the first few minutes Fung whistle blew, But they were weak King-cheung was unable to strike

In this important phase of the game his ordinary form. Neither his and the first-time kicking of Hon passes to the right wing nor those Yung-sang and Lee Tin-sang, the

down the centre to Lee Wal-tong Chinese backs, turned back muny

were as accurate as (sun). art atinek which had begun to look: promising.

HARD WORKERS

lee Wai-tong must have found Hussain's attentions rather embar- rossing, if not completely cramping. Ernie Strange was a hard workere was given few opportunities to throughout the whole 90 minutes at shoot, especially in the Arst half, inside left and deserved better but in the second period he was able to give the Civilian pivot the slip support from his colleagues, who iniled to combine effectively with on several occasions, during one of

which he scored. Blackbourne, defence, him. In Parker, North and Hussain put in a Led by Leung Winx-chiu. the tremendous amount of useful work. Chinese halves kept well up with North, in particular, was playing a their forwards, and did good work in great game and had Hou Ching-to, breaking up the Civilian attacks.

Both sides made the militake of the nippy Chinese outside-left, com- pletely under his thumb. Apart from hot shooting as often as they should his one mistake-an inexplicable have done, ope of handling the ball in the aut

WAH CUP FINAL

This is one of the most remarkable pictures of local soccer taken recently. It shows how the Chinese scored their first goal against the Civilians in the Lai Wah Cup final yesterday. The player who seems to be standing on his head is Hau Ching-to, the Chinese outside-left, who Just beat Coles to the ball, but in doing so, collided with the Civilian goal-keeper and fell. The ball can be seen inside the goal, with Black- bourne, on the left, too late to stop it from going in.-Photo by Mee Cheung.

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QUEER THINGS WHICH

HAVE HAPPENED

ON CRICKET FIELDS

Match Once Stopped By Bull: Scorer Sleeps!

There are hundreds of records in the annals of cricket which will take a lot of beating, a few of them straight out with bat and ball; others of a freakish nature which seldom happen more than once. If they do they make news!

With the ball so heavy It is all right for the recorder that Eddie Paynter slippery, both goal-keepers penalty arcu, Blackbourne was very found sure handling dimcuit, and at should score 243 and beat Jack Hobbs's record against away after South Africa and become the only Englishman to make study, but Parker, because of his times the ball thot splendid positioning and calmness touching the ground,

a double century-against-both Australia and South Africa. under pressure, was the better of the two.

So it is for Don Bradman, with came first. Alter various arms and

the

THE SCORING Strange put the Civilions ahead after a few minutes, and though the

The Civilians second goal was a

TN that

Final

Hockey Selections

The final selections for the Hong- kong Ladies' Interport 11ockey team to play Shanghai on April 8 up north have been made as follows:

Mrs. Lunson (I.K. Ladies) Miss White (St. Andrew's) Airs. Wilmot (Seaforths) Mrs. Stone ("")

Miss I. Woolley (CB.A.} Miss II. Hell (St. Andrew's) Mrg. Burnett ("X") Miss B. Harker ("") Mrs. Read ("Y")"

Mra. Dalziel (II.K. Ludies) Miss Westcott ("Y"). Reserve forward:-Miss J. Greig Reserve Half-back:-Miss Greaves (D.G.S.)-

*

Family Tradition

Is Broken

London, Mar. 26.

In the annual Boat Race, J. Bingham will stroke the Ox- ford crew next week instead of R, Bourne, of Eton and New College, who was originally selected.

TENNIS TOURNEY RESUMES

Stand Court To Be Utilised

(By "Abe")

If the ground is fit for play, the stand court of the Hongkong Cricket Club will be thrown open for the first time in the current Colony Tennis Championships to-day for the doubles match be tween S..A. and H. D. Rumjahn, former champions, and I; M. A. Razack and A. R. Minu. All four players are from the Indian R.C. While the Rumjahm cousins, aré expected to win. Uzeir opponents.can be relled upon to provide sufficient opposition to make a good match of It. The winners will enter the semi- Anals.

1

two

doubles

In another doubles match. Lim Thinm-tet and Stephen Wong will phuy E. E. Story and J. J. Ferguson, The Chinese pair are better-balanced: and should get through.

the Apart from matches, three fles in the singles are scheduled to be played, the most interesting one being the one between Ho Ka-lau and W. C. Hung.

The following is the programme to-day:

Lam Kwan

OPEN SINGLES

A. Crawford

Ho Ka-Jau

J. M. Tomlinson Peter U

V.

Y.

V

W. C. Hung

OPEN DOUBLES

S. A. Rumfahın and IL. D. Rumjahn

v. I B. A. Razack

and A. R. Minu

(stand court)

Lim Thiam-tet and Stephens Wong

v. E. E. Story and

J. J. Fergus07 CLUB HANDICAP

R. C. BeavAN MIXED DOUBLES

T. J. Gould

Mr. and Mrs.

Ralph

Mr. and Mrs. Goldman

L. Garton, the Oxford President, gives no reason for the change. in the Oxford full-course trial on Saturday, Bingham stroked the crew in Rugby the absence of Bourne, who was reported to be indisposed. Bourne's father and grand- father rowed in winning Ox- ford crews. Thus the family tradition is broken.-Reuter,

V.

v. V. IL Gordon and Mira Shewan

T. Lt. Theobald

and Bles. Churchlit

FRENCH AGREE TO PROPOSALS

WEEK-END Club Championships

To Be Abolished

FOOTBALL RESULTS

Paris, Mar. 26.

It was unanimously decided by the Directing Committe of the French Rugby Federation to-day to adopt the proposals received Lai Wah Cup Final

2. Chinese

recently in a letter from the First Division

secretary of four British Rugby 05. China "A" 3 Unions. D Police

Eastern Division 1 S. Chinn

Second

3

Engineers

Postponed.

4 Club

Eastern Ground

unft

for

Reserve Back: Miss Moss (C.B.A.) Mrs. Lunson will be manager 'of As long as he was sticking close Chinese fought back strongly, their six consecutive centuries, to equal collarbones, writes Sir John Squire, ]

the team and Miss Woolley has been to Lee Wai-tong, Hussain was doing efforts to equalise were checked by C. B. Fry's first-class record, and we come to "Death of batsman from useful work, but he was not so im-

A final practice will be played the fine defence of Blackbourne and Den Tallon, with his phenomenal abscess caused by blow from ball. appointed captain. pressive when he was drawn away, Parker, who kept the opposing for dismissals behind the wicket, to draw Accident happened in 1751. lle died Re experienced great dificulty in Par

Civilians the wards out of shooting range. How-level with other keepers: but in 1751. He was the son of George agains! the C.B.S. girls on the C.B.A. keeping his feet. Honniball," left-half.

found the speedy Tang ever, a cross from Tang Kwong-sum needs the historian and the collector 11, and the father of George 11, round before the team salts.

found Coles slightly too late in rush of strange facts on the cricket feld Frederick. Prince of Wales." Kwong-am a handful, and it was los und Hat Ching-to beat him to to keep track of parallels.

Umpires and spectators have been Mr. Bradman can make on that sort Kowloon from the right that most of

"Middlesex the ball to score.

Sir John Squire, writing In the done to death by erleket balls; every of wicket. Some kind of change is St. Joseph's

desirable." Chinese danger came.

*Then after a period of even play, Daily Afail, tells of the records kept sort of bone hus been broken; but Had Tang Kwong-sum attempted

Kwong Wol: more shots goal instead of cend- the Chinese took up the attack and as a hobby by a tough, humorous, the oddest accident which ever oc-

Sussex squire, Arthur curred on a cricket ground huppened NOW here are some "believe it or

nots" which happened at one 5th Bde. ing the ball into the middle every from a melee the ball came out to cultivated

in Australian and time he had beaten a defender, the Leung Wing-cha, ho was follow- Somerset, who skippered the county at Leyton, when the Essex side was

play. Chinese attack would have been ing up, and he shot pass a crowd of side and took English elevens to the notorious for sluggish play. The en-me or another

try runs thus: "Jaw of spectator dis- New Zealand cricket!

Arthur Newman, playing for Ball- considerably more dangerous. As it players into the net Coles being West Indies.

located by yawning occasioned by

the more scored 75 in 15 minutes, 32 off was, his colleagues did not always unsighted,"

four consecutive balls, 41 one over. 5. Chìña find it easy to fastea un to his cen

record-book, there were slow play." Wisden recorded

Incident.

Ball thrown at Ipswich, in 1882, ires on the slippery ground, and surprise one. In one of their raids,

more than 30 matcher ifiwhich

Several matches have been played with Parker, Blackbourne and Hus- Moss headed towards goal. The ball

between n' man and a dog and from long-off, went through stumps concentrating on Brat-time bounced in front of Tam Kwan-kon a whole side was dismissed for none. tnckiing, the Chinese were unable to who, harassed by Brodie, allowed I, whole team was once got out in several men; a man with a wooden ut bowler's end, dislodging balls, emphasise their midfield superiority slip past his hands into goal.

on his back; and balls at other end; same thing hap-S. China In 1801. Linton House was playing leg once played against a man with continued its course and knocked off

u hundredweight In terms of goals towards the end of Thereafter, although the Chinese

ber, 1800. the second half when they were looked dangerous on several acca- St. Paul's Preparatory School, and

During match between England Middlesex 22 of Scarborough were playing definitely on top, until for some un- sions they were unable to penetrate each side was out for ore sun. Once many matches have been played on pened at Waverley Oval in Decem- Navy

Hawkesbury at Richmond In S. China "p" 10 8 1 8 38 and Black- defence until known reason Blackbourne punched the Civilinn

Englund and 31 batsmen out of 44

AT Tauton, In 1880, W. Adlum

Kwong Wah 20 00: 1887, player fell. breaking ankle; the ball inside the penalty area.

bourne handled the ball.

A baited when he was 104 years another and two fingers crushed un- Police Lee Wal-tong took the kick and failed to score! scored. He had to take it twice. He scored the first time, but Hau COMERSET'S book is arranged ald Will Mr. Bradman do that?" der rolier, spectator broke an Bun

and local captain was hit on throat R. Scots

Club phabetically, so that "ncidents asks Sir Jolm Squire.

At Southgate once a man's beard with ball-all in one day! was divided and tied in a knot be- Three brothers, Roderick, Harold St. hind his head when he was batting and Charles Murphy, made, respec- Bradmon cun't do liat.

Fively, 151, 175 nad 118 not out in Then came these unique records: a total of 701 for six at Wellington Middlesex

S. China Six byes run. In cripples' match (N.Z.). from ball jamuned in long-stop's

sain

FUNG NOT SO GOOD

n long

The Chinese attack took time to settle down, probably due

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17 balls!

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The handsome Police Sports Favilion to be but up in Boundary Street, Kowloon. It is donated, by Mr. Eu Tong-sen, the Singapore millionaire and philanthropist. The foundation stone was laid by the Hon. T. 1. King, Cominlisioner of Police, on March 11. The architects are Messrs. Palmer and Turner, Instructed br.Ma G. E. Moore, B.Arch., A.R.I.B‚Â... Ion, Architect to the Police Sports Board. The bontractory Messrs. Mol On

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Ice.

boot.

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umpire stumps.

Dog neized ball during match, and 10 byes run. McDougall "topped the scord" that way.

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Third Division "A" (Ramners-up "Play-off")

4. Kit Chee LEAGUE TABLES First Division

Eastern

Kowloon

P. W. D. L. F. A. Pts.

10 13 3 3 69 24 "A" 19 10 0 4 09 20 30

19 12

12 D 3

20 0 0

18. 7 3 18 4 7 19 4

Joseph's 20 2 3

Second Division

P. W. D. L. F. A. Pis. .. 22 18 1 3 82 30 37 21 17 2 2 00 24 35 21 10 3 4 61 22 35 21 10 1 472 10 33 Wah 21 12 0 50 50

22 12 0 20

21 0

5th Bdc.

Kwong

Engineers R.A.O.C. Kowloon Police ..... 22 St. Joseph'a 22 Eastern Club

22

V. Victoria in 1890, stonewalled *Clock on church altered to deceive ALEC BANNERMAN, for N.S.W. Scots

to time for drawing to such an extent that he made his second run one hour 10 minutes af- ter the first had been scored.

Deathadder found in

Krass on Sydney Cricket Ground "hill."

Schoolboy in Melbourne took three consecutive wickets-all no-balls!

Man killed by lightning at Hurst- ville Oval while crassing field; none caught by square-leg after of the players injured. rebounding from bowler's head,

Flelder jumped on to bystander's horse and rode after ball.

Ball stuck to dust on ground, not) reaching wicket.

Bull

Hughie Trumble and Albert Trott

bowling in Melbourng during zame

01 20 58 14

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'17 02.

Swimming Record Broken Again

The Federation is certain to com- firm the decision, and the first match will probably be against Scotland next January.

The British letter, summarised, states:

entrely to be (1) Amateurism respected by players AN well as directors;

(2) No paid trainers;

(3) Expelled 'players must not play again until their case is, canal- dered by competent Commission;

(4) Rules of the International' Board to be applied integrally;

(5) Friendly matches should bo- basis of the' game,

The British letter politely advised the abolition of inter-club cham- pionships. This is adopted.---Reuter.

TORONTO WANTS TO SPONSOR 1942 EMPIRE GAMES

Toronto.

P. J. Mulqueen, chairman of the Canadian Olympic Committee, has received cablegram from Evan Hunter, Secretary of the British Em-.. pirc Games Federation in London Inquiring whether Canada still de- Fires to stage the British Empire Games in 1942.

The cablegram, Mr. Mulqueen said, stated that the games were allotted to Canada at Sydney, Aus- trolla, during the last Erlish Em- pire Meet, but the Federation "desires to know in what city Canada plans Richard Hough, of Princeton Unt-to stage the events, before confirm- versity, claims to have broken the Ing the allotment.

་་

Ann Harbour, Mich., Mar, 26.

Ball hit into tree and shot down both killed swallows with ball while by rifle.

Match stopped by bull toss a wic-year.

for Glebo v, M. Cullen, playing ket.

Scorer, discovered asteep during Marrickville In 1011, scored 30 off eight successive balls—4, 4, 0, 4; 4 match.

0; 4. AND the

ND Sir John Squire ends, relative

Worcestershire County and Lloyd, in 1929, collided while 22 sees. Cricket Club ground which was sown going for run Sterling fractured with turnip seeds by error,, with this: skull, shoulder broken; Lloyd "People are always wondering how Jured-arm, gash over eye.

There are hundreds of other queer to brighten cricket. Perhaps they might try sowing all grounds with occurrences which have taken place turnip seeds, lotting them grow, and on cricket felds, and, what is more, seeing how many successive centuries they are going on all the time.

world record for the 200 yards breast- Toronto fins bit to sponsor the Two Glen Innes batsmen, Sterling stroko again, his time being 2 mins. garrics, the Canadian National Ex-

the

Last month Hough covered distance in 2 mins. 10.0 secA.

The record-holder, in Jnele Kasley, of Michigan, with 2 mins. 22.5 secs Reuter Speciai,

hibition offering to hold the meet here and undertake financial obliga- tlons. The C. N. E. offelsis consider they have facilities available to keep the games to the high standard, set when the meet was held in Hamil ton, Ont., in 1930.