1939-03-27 — Page 8

Monday.

HONGKONG TELEGRAPH

March 27, 1939.

CHINESE BEAT CIVILIANS IN LAI WAH CUP FINAL

CONDITIONS TOO TREACHEROUSTO PRODUCE HIGH- CLASS FOOTBALL

(By "Abe")

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- inn a footing, and most of the time they were slithering along here and foundering about there; yet they kept the ball sufficiently under con- trol to serve up an interesting game throughout.

While the Chinese made only one change from the. team previously announced Tsang Chung-wan com→ ing in us right-half in place of Soong Ling-sing-the Civifions had to field several reserves. No fewer than six of the selected eleven men were unable to play. These were Ulrich (Kowloon). Bliss (Kówluon). Jorge (Kowloon), A. V. Gosano (St. Joseph's), Ferrier (Police) and Riertsen (Kowloon). Their places were taken by Blackbourne (Police), A. J. Hussnin (St. Joseph's), Brødle: (Police), D. Leonard (St. Josepli's). E. L. Strange (Club) and Moss (Police).

On paper the Civilian side looked extremely wenk; in actually they played very well indeed, taking everything into consideration. Far Tong erinda on end, the defence

kept the Chinese attack under com- plete subjugation, and at times the forwards initiated movements which could not have failed to give the Chinese defenders

anxious some moments. Hnd their finishing been to as good as their midfield play, they probably would have scored more than two goals by the time the final whistle blew. But they were weak in this Important phase of the game and the rst-time kicking of Hon Yung-sang and Lee Tin-sang, the Chinese backs, turned back muny An attack which had begun to look promising.

HARD WORKERS

Record Crowd For

Lai Wah Cup

What must have been a re- cord crowd for the Hongkong F.C. ground for matches other thain Interports attended the Lai Wah Cup final yesterday between the 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 exceeded $3,000.

the fact

slippery that on the ground and with the ball so benvy after the first few minutes Fung King-cheung was unable to strike his ordinary form. Neither his passes to the right wing nor those down the centre to Lee Wal-tong were as accurate as usual.

Le Wai-tong must have found Hussain's attentions rather embar- rassing, if not completely cramping. He was given few opportunities to but in the second period he was able shool, especially in the first half, lo give the Civilian pivot the stip on several occasions, during one of which he scored,

Ernie Strange was a hard worker throughout the whole 90 minutes of inside left and deserved better support from his colleagues, who failed to combine effectively with him. in

Led by Leung Wing-chiu, the defence. Blackbourne, Parker. North and Hussain put in Chinese halves kept well up with tremendous amount of useful work breaking up the Civilian attacks.

their forwards, and did good work in North, In particular, was playing a Both sides great game and had Hau Ching-to,hot shooting as often as they should made the mistake of the nippy Chinese outside-ieft, com- have done. With the ball so heavy pletely under his thumb, Apart fromı and slippery, both goal-keepers his une mistake-a}} Inexplicable

found sure handling difficult, and at

touching the ground.

This is one of the most remarkable pictures of;ional, soccer taken recently. It shows how the Chinese reared their first goal against the Civilians in the Lai Wah Cup final yesterday. The player syho seems to be standing on his head is Hau Ching-to, the Chinese outaldo-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 biside the goal, with Black- bourne, on the fofi, too late to stop it from going In-Photo by Mee Cheung.

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 seldom happen more than once. If they do they make. out with bat and ball; others of a freakish nature which

news!

It is all right for the recorder that Eddie Paynter

one of handling the ball in the limes the ball shot away after should score 243 and beat Jack Hobbs's record against penalty area, Blackbourne was very steady, but Parker, because of his splendid positioning and calmness under pressure, was the better of the two.

tres

nnd

THE SCORING

Strange put the Civilians ahead

the ball to score.

South Africa and become the only Englishman to make a double century against both Australia and South Africa.

were

In 1751. He was the son of George.

Final

Hockey Selections

The final selections for the Hong- kong-Ladies' Interport Hockey team to play Shanghal" ön ‘April 8 up north have been made as, follows:

Mrs. Limson (IEK.:Ladies) Miss White (St. Andrew's) Mrs. Wilmot (Seaforths) Mrs. Stano ("R")

Miss I. Woolley (C.B.A.) Miss II. Reid (St. Andrew's) Mrs. O, Burnett ("Y") Miss B Harker ("X")

Mrs Head ("Y")

Mrs. Dalziel (11.K. Ladies) Miss, Westcott ("F"). Reserve forward:-Miss J. Grelg. Reserve Half-back:-Miss Greaves (D.G.S.)

*

Family Tradition Is Broken

London, Mar. 26.-

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

J. L. Carton, the Oxford President, gives no reason for the change. In the Oxford full-course trial on Saturday. Bingham stroked the crew in 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,

WEEK-END

FOOTBALL RESULTS

Civilians

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 champious, and 1. M. A. Razacic and A. R. Minu. All four players are from the Indian R.C. While the Rumjalin cousins are expected to win, their opponents can be relied upon to provide skilleient opposition to make a good, match of It. The winners will enter the semi- Annis,

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

Apart from the two doubles matches, three ties 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 programune tu-day:

OPEN SINGLES

Lan Kwan

A. Crawford

Ho Ka-lau

v. J. M. Tomlinson

Peter U

V.

v. W. C.*Hung

OPEN DOUBLES

8. A. Rumalın V. IM A. Razack

and It. D. 'RumJahn

and A. R. Minu

(stand court)

Lim Thian-tel and Stephen Wong

V. E. E. Story and

J. J. Ferguson

v. R. C. Beavan MIXED DOUBLES

CLUB HANDICAP

T. J. Gould

Mr. and Mrs.

Ralph

| Mr. and Mrs. Goldman

Rugby

V. V. R. Gordon and Mrs. Shewan

y. Lt. Theobald

and Mrs. Churchill

FRENCH AGREE TO PROPOSALS

Club Championships To Be Abolished

- Paris, Mar. 26. It was unanimously decided by the Directing Committee of the French Rugby Federation to-day to adopt the proposals received recently in a letter from the secretary of four British Rugby

Lal Wah Cup Final

2 Chinese First Division

0 S. China "A" 3 Unions. 0 Police

Enstern

Second Division

1 S, China

unit

The Federation is cortain to con- Arm the decision, and the first match will probably be against Scotland 2 next January.

2 The British letter, summarised, -states: for

As long as he was sticking close after a few minutes, and though the So it is for Don Bradman, with came first, After various arms and

Reserve Back:-Miss 'Moss (C.B.A.) to Lee Wai-tong, Hussain was doing Chinese fought back strongly, their six consecutive centuries,

Mrs.. Lunson will be manager of to equal collarbones, writes' Sir John Squire, useful work, but he was not so 1m-

efforts to equallse were checked by C. B. Fry's first-class record, and we come to "Death of batsman from the team and Miss Woolley has been pressive when he was drawn away. the one defence of Blackbourne and Don Tallon, with his phenomenal abscess caused by blow from ball.ppointed captain. He experienced great difculty in Parker, who kept the opposing for- dismissals behind the wicket, to draw Accident happened in 1751. He died against the C.B.S. giris on the C.BL.A. A final practico will be played keeping his feet, Honniball, the wards out of

How level with other 'keepers; but it Tung ever, a cross ring range.

• left-half, found the speedy

Tang Kwong-sum needs the historian and the collecter II, and the father of George III.,round before the team salis. Kwong-num a handful, and it was found Coles slightly too late in rush-of strange facts on the cricket field Frederick Prince of Wales." from the right that most of the in and Hau Ching-to beat him to to keep track of parallels.

Mr. Bradman can make on that sort Kowloon Chinese danger come.

Umpires and spectators have been of wicket. Some kind of change is St. Joseph's Had Tang Kwong-sump attempted

Sir John Squire, writing in the done to death by cricket balls; every desirable."

Middlesex Then after a period of even play, Daily Mail, tells of the records kept sort of bone has been broken; but more shots at goal instead of send-

took attack ing the ball into the middle every from

from met the up the neck and as a hobby by a tough, humorous, the oddest accident which ever bu time he had beaten a defender, the Leung Wing-chlu, who was follow- Somerset, who skippered the county at Leylon, when the Essex side was time or another

cultivated Sussex squire, Arthur curred on a cricket ground happened Now here are some "believe it or Kwong Wal

nots" which happened at one Engineers

4 Club Chinese attack would have been ing up, and he shot pass a crowd of side and look English elevens to the notorious for sluggish play. The en- New Zealand cricket!

la Australian and 50: Bde.

Eastern

• Postponed,

Ground considerably more dangerous. As it players Into the net, Coles being

West Indies.

try runs thus: "Jaw of spectator dis- was, his colleagues did not always unsighted.

Arthur Newmon, playing for Baill-play. And it easy to fusten on to his cep-

Ipented by yawning occasioned by more scored 75 in 15 minutes, 32 off

Third Division "A" The Civilians' second goal was a

slow play." Wisden recorded the four consecutive balls, 41 one over. on the slippery ground,

record-book, there

(Itunners-up "Play-off") with Parker, Blackbourne and Hus- surprise one. In one of their raids, TN that

Ball thrown at Ipswich, In 1802, S. China more than 30 matches in which incident.

4 Kit Chee foss headed towards goal. The ball sain concentrating

Several mutches have been played from long-off, went through stumps LEAGUE TABLES state bounced in front of Tom Kwan-kon a whole side was dismissed for none. tackling, the Chinese were unable to

man and a dog

and at bowler's end, dlalodging balls,

First Division emphasise their midfield superiority who, harassed by Brodic, allowed it A whole team was ence got out in between

17 balls!

several men; a man with a wooden continued its course and knocked off

P. W. D. L. In terms of goals towards the end of slip past his hurds Into goal.

In 1891, Linton House was playing leg once played against a man with bails at other end; sume thing hop-S. China Thereafter, although the Chinese

on his back;, and pened at Waverley Oval in Decem-Navy looked dangerous

on several occa- Si. Paul's Preparatory School, and a hundredweight

Eastern

10 12 3 4 40 33 27 slons they were unable to penetrate each side was out for one run. Once, muny matches have been played on ber, 1800. the Civilian defence unt

of Scarborough were playing ice.

During match between England Middlesex 10 0 3 7 42 34 21 Black-22

Englund and 31 balsmen out of 44

Hawkesbury at Richmond bourne handled the ball.

in S. China "B" 10 8 3 8 30 33 10 Adlam 1887, T Tauton. In 1808, W.

player fell, Lee Wal-tong, took the kick and failed to score!

breaking ankle: Kwong Wah 20 008 About: he was 104 years another had two fingers crushed un. Folg scored. He had to take It twice.

.... 20 9 0 11 47 10 7 3 0 22 old. "Will Mr. Bradman do that?" der roller; spectator broke on num, Kowloon and local captain was hit on throat R. Scots asks Sir John Squire.

Club with ball-all in one day!

Three brothers, Roderick, Harold St, Joseph's 20 23 15 30 64 7 and Charles Murphy, made, respec-

Second Division tively, 151, 175 and 118 not out In Then came these unique records: total of 701 for six at Wellington Middlesex

(N.Z.). Six byes run In cripples' match from ball jammed in long-stop's |

an

the second half, when they were definitely on top, until for some un- known reason Blackbourne' punched

the ball inside the penalty area.

"

FUNG NOT SO GOOD

.

The Chinese attack took a long

time to settle down, probably due

*.

He scored the first time, but Hau COMERSETS book is arranged al-

(Continued on Page 9.)

phabetically, so that "nccidents

The handsome. Foilce Sports Pavilion to be put up in 'Boundary Street, Kowloon. It is donated by Mr. Eu Tong sen, tho Bingapore millionaire, and philanthropist. The foundation stone was infd by the Hon. T. H. King, Commissioner. of Police, ou, Alarch 11. The architects are Mesars Palmer af Turner, Instructed by Mr. C. E. Madre, B. Arch., ARIBA, Hon. Architect to the Police Sports Board. The contractors are Memrs. Alel On.

At Southgate once a man's beard was divided and tied in knot be- hind his head when he was batting Bradman can't do that.

boot.

Clock on church, altered to deceive umpire as to time for drawing atumpr.

Dog seized ball during match, and 10 byes run. McDougall "opped the score" that way.

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

Ball stuck in dust on ground, not reaching wicket,

Ball

And

"A" 19 15 0 4 00

Pis 30

10 13 3 3 59 24 29

18 4 7 7 30 30 15 10 4 1 14 32 05

»

ALEC BANNERMAN, for

P. W. D. L. F. A. Pts. 22 10 1 3 82 30 37 S. China ...:21 17 2 2 00 24 30 15th Bde. ... 21 10 3 2 01 22 35

21' 10 N.S.W. R. Scots

4 72 10

22 12

21 0

22 7

22

50 24 20

58 14

v. Victoris In 1890, stonewalled Kwong Wah 21 12 0 9 59 50 24

Engineers to such an extent that he made his

R.A.O.C. second run one hour 10 minutes of-

Kowloon ter the first had been scored.

Police St. Eastern Club

Deathadder found in Hrnss on Sydney Cricket Ground "hi"

Schoolboy in Melbourne took three consecutive wickets-all no-ballet ville Oval while crossing field; none Man killed by lightning at Hurst-

caught by square-leg after of the players injured, rebounding from bowler's head.

Hughle Trumble and Albert Trott

bowling in Melbourne during summe

6 2 14 27-75 14 Joseph's 22 0 1 15 33 29 13 21 0 5 10 71 5 22 1 1

Swimming Record Broken Again

2

well

be entirely Amalcuriam ta respected by players as directors:

S

(2) No paid trainers; (3) Expelled players must not play again until their case is consi- dered by a competent 'Commission;

(4) Rules of the Internationst Board to be applied integrally:

(6) Friendly matches should be basis of the game.

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

TORONTO WANTS TO SPONSOR 1942 EMPIRE GAMES

ย

Toronto.

P. J. Mulqueen, chairman of the Canadian Olympic Committee, has received cablegram from Even Hunter, Secretary of the British Em- pire Games Federation in London inquiring whother Canada still de-. sires lo stage the British Empire Games in 1942.

The cablegram, Mr. Mulqueen Enid, stated that the games were allotted to Canada nt Sydney, Aus- trulla, during the loat British Em- pire Meet, but the Federation desires Ann Harbour, Mich., Mar. 26, to know in what city Canada plans Richard Hough, of Princeton Uni- to stage the events, before confirm-

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

Match stopped by bull tossing wic-yeur.

M. Cullen, playing for Glebe v. ket,

Scorer discovered asteep during Marrickville in 1911, scored 38 off

eight successive balls-4, 4, 6, 4; 4versity, claims to have broken the ing the allotment. match.

•

0; 4.

world record for the 200 yards brenat-

Toronto hng bid to sponsor the

Two Glen Innes batsmen, Sterling stroke again, his time being 2 mins, games, the Canadian National Ex-·

Last month

AND Sir John Squire ends, relative

to the Worcestershire County and Lloyd, in 1920, collided while 22 secs.

run: Sterling fractured Cricket Club ground which was sown going for with turnip seeds by error, with this: skull, shoulder broken; Lloyd in-

jured arm, gash over cyc. "People are always wondering how

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

hibition offering to hold 'the meet Hough, covered the here and undertake financial obliga distance in 2 mins. 10.8 secs.

tions. The C. N. E. offclair consider they have facilities available to keep The record-holder is Jack Kosicy, the games to the high standard set of Michigan, with 2 mins, 22.6 secs. when the meet was held in Hamil- Reuter Special..

ton, Ont., la 1930.