On yesterday's weather form only the gym&hana in the Columbia Riding School "this afternoon seemed a certain sporting fixture. The. six inches of surface water covering the rugby pitches yesterday spelt little hope for other Race Course grounds The Shanghai Rugby Union Football CluB yesterday announced the transference of all games to to-morrow. If the weciher makes play impossible, the Shanghai Hockey Association will be specially hard hit. The Army game which was to have officially opened the 1937-38 League season on Thursday was called off when the red flag went up on the Recreation ground mast.
Provided the rain holds off, one of the principal events of the week-end be to-morrow challenge match for charity between the A.S.F., champions of Shanghai, and the football champions of the Colony, the Royal Ulster Rifles who were completely swamped in the first encounter early in October. The match is to begin at the Canidrome at 1 o'clock to-morrow, The iaain fixtures for the week-end are as follows:—
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