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THE CHINA MAIL MONDAY, APRIL 22, 1935
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CHINA'S VICTORY IN "SUNDAY HERALD" INTERNATIONAL CUP
K.I.T.C. BEAT REST
AAT HOCKEY
RAMZAN AND OLIVEIRA IN LIMELIGHT
SARNAGAT SINGH INJURED
(By “Sticks")
POSSESSING a better understanding and sup-
erior speed, the Kowloon Indians' Tennis. Club, champions of the Mamak' Hockey Tourna- ment, defeated a team representing the Rest. by four clear goals in the final hockey clash of the season on the Police Training School ground yes- terday.
Naidu (right-back), Clayton (right-half) and Senior (centre- forwards) were absentees, and were substituted by Rulia Khan, who played in goal, Guest, who played at right-back. and Tate and Hunt, respectively.
Ramzam, the champion's custodian.
was the outstanding player on the field, his well-timed clearances evoking applause
The China International soccer side, above, defeated Portugal yesterday in the final of the Sunday Herald International Charity Cup by two clear goals in the finest game of the season, the Chinese being without. Darkin. Chan and Taul AMG 180 * Aläser Altic players. (King's Studlo),
FLASHES FROM FROM
HE Club had a very narrow
from the large crowd of spectators. On many occasions he pull-shave at Causeway Bay on The Rest, on the whole, play-Saturday when they beat the
ed his team out of a critical position with daring saves.
SOUTH CHINA
HUMILIATED
Boccer
e a ragged game. Oliveira, the Navy by the odd goal in five in
First Division hero of the Civilian-Shanghai their German Club match, was again League clash. outstanding, holding Gurbachan
BY ENGINEERS Singh in such a manner that the
"CAT AND MOUSE” DISPLAY
HAT TRICK FOR DERBY The Engineers proved far too good for South China yesterday whom they met at Caroline Hill in
■ Second Division
SOCCET encoud ter, the soldiers scoring five times without reply.
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The Club defences was not alto-i latter was never able to keep the gether too brilliant, although Rod- ball long. When his team was ger. and Stirling were in the lime- on the offensive. Oliveira was light with very sound displays. always on hand and intercepted any stray ball.
Sarnagat Singh Injured
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Hill Off Colour
Hill, since he was taken out of the
The Indians defence played a forward line has not been at hie steady game and managed to keer best and on Saturday was inclined attacks. out the majority of the opposing to wander unnecessarily - giving
Stirling several anxious moments,
Late in the first half, a ball.
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which had been well cleared by Forrow, at centre-half, la im Karnail Singh struck Sarnagal proving with every game and his Singh, the Rest's, left-winger, on tackling yesterday was very effective. the forehead, causing him to leave His distribution, although not al- the field.
ways accurate and to the point;, was
This unlucky lucident seemed to useful, and he should be a valuable ut Karnail Singh off his game. for asset to the Club next season. throughout the second half he was inclined to be slow and his clearing
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S. Strange At Half-Back!
The game was a farce. The En gineers kept the Chinese penned in their own half throughout the match and the soldiers played propor "cat and mouse" game. That the score was no heavier is no credit to the Chinese, as, after was not as accurate as in the open- acoring three during the first half ing half. Kishen Singh, the left the intermediate line. and, although Syd Strange made his debut in the Engineers eased off and were back, supported K. Singh well, his limping slightly from his knee in- perfectly content during the second one fault was that he was inclined jury, still displayed bursts of speed portion of the game to keep the to undercut when clearing. Chinese at bay.
when called on. Together with! Robertson, who played a bustling and robust game, he was the pick of the half-backs.
K.I.T:C. Weak Link - The Chinese forwards never got
The intermediate line worked going but the defence played a very well together, but they were unable hard game under very trying con- ditions--the Soldiers' forward line to check all the attacks of the Rest forwards. Their weak link was D. ... was continually pressing on. the
Howe was again the piece de re- goal and Lee Chuen had the busiest Noronha, the right-half, who was istance of the attack, and his open- afternoon of his career, darting alower than the others. He was, ing goal was a splendid example of about in his goal, stopping a drive however, lucky in the second half his capabilities. here, punching out there, despite as he did not have the speedy Sarna- the heavy score Lee played a very gat Singh against him.
Mohinder Singh, the Champlong
THE
Mru, DC Wilson, wife of the Manager of the Sunday Herald. donors of the Sunday Herali International Charity Cup, pre- senting the trophy to Wong Wing, captain of the Chinese team, while Mr. D. C. Wilson, left, looks o (King's Studio):
ORDNANCE STAGE LATE RALLY
Fusiliers' Two Goals Advantage Nullified MCQUEEN AND GOOCH EXCEL IN DEFENCE
FIELD
PORTUGAL DEFEATED IN YEAR'S BEST GAME
MARQUES & SOUZA GIVE MAGNIFICENT DISPLAYS
·PORTUGUESE FOR WARDS THROW
AWAY OPPORTUNITIES
CHINA won the "Sunday Herald" International Charity Cup on the Club ground yesterday for the third time in one of the finest exhibitions of football this season, when they defeated Portu- gal by two goals to nil before a capacity crowd, the gates being closed shortly after the game had commenced.
The spectators were entertained to a scintil- lating display by both teams. The Chinese for- wards quickly took the measure of the opposing defence, and their speed, positioning, and very Mliable pair of backs, "but fine passing left Beltrao and his colleagues stand- considering the times they haveing. played together, they should have better understanding with one another.
OSS and Bered was a re-
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It was indeed well for Portugal that their rearguard were right on top of their form, Souza giving a particularly magni- ficent performance, rlvalling “A‚V” ̧ in all ̈phases of defensive play.
Hughes was outstanding in a very good intermediate line, while Cannell)
Both Portuguese backs found and Kiley were the pick of the for-themselves under considerable
wards.
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spelle of severe pressure, and HOW THEY REACHED THE FINAL had double their normal work to do, owing to the inability of the China beat England
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PREVIOUS RESULTS.
Kowloon's Plucky Fight Kowloon put up a very plucky halves to even temporarily check Portugal beat Wales Ught against the Athletic in the the gwift thrusts of the Chinese. First Division, and, flelding only It is to their credit that, by nine men, went down fighting by & tremendously energetic play, and, well-placed kicking, that goals to 1 on the Club ground on coo,
they kept the score so low. Saturday.
Everest and, Boyd are to be con- gratulated on their magnificent
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Marques Best Game
Marques had no earthly chanco
efforts to keep the Athletic forwards of stopping the two goals scored at bay, and with only a deplated in-[against him, and, although taking termediate Une to help them, kept a nasty fall early in the gams, car- out the invaders until the odds befried on to give his finent display
of the season.
Some of the shots came too heavy,
he stopped were really brilliant one occasion saves, especially on when Fung King-cheong fired a pointblank drive for the far corner from 5 yards.
Good Soccer Seen Overlooking the fact that they were playing against only nine men the Athletic were the better side and gave a truer account of soccer as it should be played. They were faster, and displayed excellent understand- ing.
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The following have been the re- sults for the past 10 seasons:—
1925 Scotland
1926 Portugal
1927 Scotland
1928. Scotland
1929 England
1930 China
1931 Scotland
1932 Portugal
1933 China 1934. Wales
THE GAME BY THE CLOCK
of
4.16. Bertie. Gosano won the toss. 4.17. Fung King-cheong, kleked
against the sun, before & packed altendance..!
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4.18. Wong Wing saved a splendid
drive from Gomer.
Yesterday's Results. At A Glance SUNDAY HERALD CHARITY CUP.1.80.
• CHINA
SECOND DIVISION
FUSILIERS
S, CHINA
4 ARTILLERY
0 ENGINEERS
THIRD DIVISION
Li Heung-ching, the Athletic out- Facing a two-all deficit at half-side-left, gave a remarkable per- time the Ordnance Corps fought forance and it was mostly from back very hard to share the points his wing that Au Ping-ming, the PORTUGAL with the Fusiliers in their Third leader, sent in drive after drive. Division occer encounter at Caro- Pearce's Nice Touches good game and did well to save the left-half, was the better of the
line Hill yesterday, both teams Alec Pearce and Elliott worked scoring twice.. shots which he did,
other two halves, but he found it very hard and often fell back to re- It was an excellent game, being (Continued on Page 11)
Naval! very hard to check Whitley and lieve the defence during a
very keenly contested. Both teams Birch, the opposing right-wing raid. It is a great pity that Pearce worked very hard and a draw ARTILLERY HOLD combination. Ho however, spoiled does not play more regularly be quite a fair result and, more
well, showing clever anticipation. cause he has some very nice touches less, a true indication of the run Tara Singh, the pivot, did not play and seems to be able to anticipate of the play. up to his usual standard.
Routledge played a hard game on glorious the wing. but missed a
FUSILIERS
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Eight Goals Scored Exciting Game
REECE IN LIMELIGHT
Howe's moves.
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Sound Athletic Backs On the few occasions that the Kowloon forwards broke away, they met with a stout-hearted resistance at the hands of Mak Sul-hon and Lo Hon-cheong, the two backs.
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AUSTRALIAN CRICKET TOUR
́TO INDIA REJECTED
2. FUSILIERS.
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ORDNANCE
YESTERDAY'S GOALSCORERS
SECOND DIVISION Reece (Arullery) Darby (Engineers) Sullivan (Fusillers) Bumrater. (Fasillers> Budden (Engineers) Howlett (Engineers)
THIRD DIVISION The Australian Board of Control Connor (Fusiliers)
Humphrey (Fusiliers) good, but their forward line was has decided to reject the applica Prince (Orduanice) their strength; time and time again tion made by Frank Tarrant, the Duffield (Ordnance)
"SUNDAY HERALD" CUP they came near to scoring, and it former. Victorian and Middlesex was only the excellent, defence put player, on behalf of the Maharajah Fung King-cheong (China) The Navy made two changes in up by McQueen and Gooch which of Patiala to take a private team of Lee Shek-yau (China) the team which fook both points kept them out. Lawlor played a Australians on a tour of India. from the Artillery, Baxter re good game in goal but has room for
The Fusilier defence was, very
Indian Forwards. The Indian forwards soon found Nicholls, on the right-wing, who opportunity of placing his team the opposing defence troublesome. has just been promoted from the ahead when he shot wide from it took them all their time and Junior team, played very well, flash close in. after cutting in from the skill to get past them. With their ing across some nice centres, while wing. leader subdued they were not near. Bickford, on the left-wing, was again
unfortunately starved. On the Chatham Road groundly so dangerous as usual,
The best combination neen WAS yesterday the Artillery held the Fusiliers to a draw in their Second between the left-wing pair, Souza, Most of their passos Division soccer fixture, both teams and Pinto. scoring four times."
were accurate and short, and their The encounter was one of the stick-work good.
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finest seen in junior league football,
this season; thrill followed thrill,
and the speed maintained through-
out the entire period in a rolling
sun was amazing. The Fusiliers, were a much better balanced team, and played superior football, but what the Gunners lacked in the finer points they made up in their determination.
Rence, at centro-forward, wan the outstanding player in the Artil- léry eleven, him lone efforté bring-i ing forth much applausn. Of the other: Gunner forwards little "can be said; Harman' and Naah made @many gallant attempts, but' Gals- ley and Davis, in the Fusilier de- fence, were a formidable barrier?
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Mount Pilatur:
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Navy Make Changes
Black)
ting? Got &That
improvement; he anticipated well, but kicked rather wildly when clearing.
Corner and Humphrey obtained Fusiller goals, while Duffield and Prince replied for the Ordnance, Duffeld scoring the equaliser
bout Ove minutes from time.
placed Roberts, who is on the In Jured list, while Cancell, led the at- tack.
Crocker was steady between tha sticks, but should have saved the hird goal, the fight of which he clearly mistimed and the bounce beat
Adangerous moment in the Chinese Athletic"; gon 'with "Ellias," of Kowloon, and Lal Kwok-chin, the from the left, clashing for the ball--, (King's Studio);
Batúr
China, take the lead. Fung King- cheong received from Ip Pak-wah, and scored with a low drive that straped the inside of the upright. 4.40. Marques saved well from a header
by Tam Kong-pak."--
4.42. Ward sent in a first-time drive that missed by inches, following
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4.49.
a clever movement between him. self and Bertie Gasano.
Wong Wing held a hard centre by Delgado when the ball was almost on Ward's foot only a yard out! This was the nearest Portugal had come to scoring sa
4.52 Marques made two magnificent
aves from Tse, and a third shot: from the winger bit the upright 4.57. Chius score their second goal
Fung received, and with the goal packed with defendern, sent out to Lee Shek-yau whone Best-time shot glanced in off the post. 5.17. Souza stepped Two In front of Fasl, after a fine solo run by the Chinese winger.
15.18. Bertie Goran mind by
with a hard shot, following a fin Pass from Silva-Netto,
5.21. Els and Lal Kwok-chui Infared In collision, and had to receive attention. Both resumed minute later,
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5.26. Marques saved twice in brilliant style from Tam Kong-pak and Leung Wing-chut,
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5.82. Bertie Ooreno went through the
Chinese defence,
from three yerda!
only to miss
5,40. Alves milerod an open goal when ho headed a centre by Delgade against the posti
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5.45. Bertie Gosenu and Gomes brought the ball right down to the goal- mouth for the former to shoot straight fato Wong Wing' BETAN from less than 8 yardslades 150. To sent Fung, through
goal, Tooked certain, but Marquer
the b
best save of the game.. 4.52. Fims hit the crossbar with a fine shot and Ward lost Portugal their last remaining chance by shoot- Ing at Wong
third 6.04, Final whistle saw China winners
of the, International' Cup,jó