Card of the Day - 2024-03-15

Dickson orde Sports Countries
Dickson Orde [trade : confectionery : UK] "Sports of the Countries" (1962) 24/25 -

This card brings the Badminton tale on another thirty years. This shows the flag of Malaya, but again tries to claim the credit, but saying that "The greater part of the Malay Peninsula is under British Protection, so it is only natural that some of our sports are played in that country."

Now they cite three players on this card, Lim Say Hup, Teh Kew San, and Wong Peng Soon, but sadly I do not know which is shown. Maybe you do? 

Lim Say Hup was born in 1935 in Penang and died in 2005 in Manila, aged seventy.  He took part in his first All England Badminton Championship in 1959, winning the Men`s Doubles. 

Teh Kew San was that doubles partner. He was also born in Penang in 1935 but he is still with us, and reportedly still plays. 

 Wong Peng Soon was the oldest of the trio and a four-time winner of the All-England singles title. He was born in February 1917 and died in Singapore in 1996. He is regarded as one of the best players ever.