The Shanghai Rugby Union Football Club team, which visited Hanover the Christmas and New Year holidays, captained by that) rugger veteran H. W. Carter, are to [be heartily congratulated on defeating Hankow inthe annual interport fixture and so breaking a series of Hankow' wins since the 1924.25 season, with the exception of 1932-33, when the match, played in a dow' pour, was drawn. The team have Several reasons to feel proud of their win for bad luck dogged them right from the start. At first the thames of members who wished to]
the tour poured-in to the! Committee and for once it seemed there' would be no difficulty in getting @ team together. But hopes were doomed to disappointment for business and illness gradually reduced the number and it was only [due to the untiring efforts of Mr. Hi. W. Carter that a fifteen eventually' made the trip. Even then troubles were not over, for on the night the! boat left Shanghai carrying most of the players, she ran aground outside Chinkiang, thus delaying the arrival of the side at Hankow by two days. For this reason the match against the naval side was played first, This may have proved able in disguise, for though the team met defeat in that game had" the opportunity of playing] together at Hankow before reaching the interport match. Two telegrams, giving the results of the matches, were received by the SRUF.C. They tell their own story in cond form, combination was lacking in the Arst game, but in the second, the whole side, to use the actual words of the telegram, "Was Excellent" The members of the team return to-day in the s. Kungwo. They: have set a good example to tac remainder of the Club. All that remains is for that example to be followed when Hongkong - visit Shanghai-over the Chinese New Year holidays. sense" article it is highly critical of the British Residents' Association "in which i suggests that the British community is not specially interested, support this view it points out that You than 500 members voted in the recent election for an executive [committee and that about halt the candidates nominated each other as committee-men.
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