THE CHINA MAIL, FEBRUARY 10, 1937.
COLONY SOCCER TEAM FAVOURED
RIFLES WIN CROSS COUNTRY RUNNING EVENT
Individual Win For Gnr.-Ahmed Khan
WINNERS FINISH IN A BUNCH
The Royal Ulster Rifles recorded
a creditable victory when their team won the Cross-Country race
Sports Board, over a distance of approximately 5 miles.
The first home was
But Shanghai Are Dangerous FUNG KING CHEONG
MUST SUCCEED
WILL WILSON FIND FORM?
(By "ROVER")
SPECULATION is rife at the moment as to the probable outcome of the Interport Association organised by the Hong Kong Area Football encounter between the Shanghai Football Association and the Hong Kong Football Associa- Gunner tion, which will be held to-morrow afternoon on Ahmed Khan, of the Hong Kong the Royal Naval Recreation Club ground Cause- Hong distance in 30 minutes 25 seconds, way Bay, commencing at 3.30 p.m. sharp. followed closely by Lance Naik, Kong will be fielding a very strong side and one Fusilier Hall, of the Royal Welch including six world Olympic stars, while the Shanghai team, for the first time in many years, The Rifles did not concentrate on will be without any Chinese players.
Singapore Brigade, who covered the
Mohd. Ellahi, of the same Unit.
Fusiliers, was third.
the individual placings, as Rifle- man Hamilton, their best runner,
Very little is known about the Shanghai team except that they
paced a number of his comrades have eight excellent men from the A.S.F., the strongest team in
with the result that the Rifles the Northern city's senior League in addition to selections from the finished in a bunch.
Shanghai Recs. and Lusitano. Shanghai are said to be a very fast team, whose mode of attack is by the surprise type of strategy.
The following was the final standings of the competing units. (The first twelve of the 15 entries to count.)
I Rifles
2. H.K.S.R.A.
3. Fusiliers
180 points
246 points
359 points
471 points
4. Seaforths
5. R. Artillery
751 points
Pau, Lee Tin-sang and A. V. Gosano, are a thoroughly reliable trio, while Campbell and Evans, the centre-half and left-half, respectively, can be expected to keep their ends up, but Leung Wing-chiu must curb his impetuousity.
Fung King-cheong has often, that statement for one moment. been described as the finest I do know he is the finest leader in China. I do not doubt "feeder" in China.
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Much of the Colony's hopes. for an Interport soccer. victory will de- pend upon whether Lee Tin-sang, above, can retain his fine form in the right-back position,
SHANGHAI'S TEAM Tight In Defence And Virile In Attack
A SECOND-HALF COMBINATION
(By "WANDERER") If Hong Kong imagines because On Fung will devolve the res- ponsibility of keeping Lee Wai- of the results of the last two en- tong well fed with passes, and I counters, that it has a comfortable feel that if Shanghai succeed in task against Shanghai to-morrow, effecting a blockade in this rude shocks are in store. direction, their success is partly guaranteed.
DANGEROUS TRIO
No-one can predict, of course, what the peculiar genius of Lee Wai-tong and Fung King-cheong
Yeung Shui-yick, Fung King-may produce out of comparative- cheong and Lee Wai-tong are dan ly little, but having seen consider-
gerous trio, and most of the Co-able soccer in Shanghai this season lony's goals should accrue from this and sufficient in Hong Kong in the last five weeks to enable anesti- wing.
Wilson and Bickford, on the left, mate of comparative strengths to have regained some of their former be formed, I would give Shanghai understanding and although noth-the edge in an analysis of all-round ing very much is expected from stability and liveliness.
Shanghai's team, as revised from them, Wilson may spring a surprise by finding the form which has elud-original predictions, is a vast im- provement upon that original. Six ed him for the last month or so.
With the exception of Yeung of the Association Sportif Français Shui-yick, on the right-wing, the players are included in the eleven Colony attack is by no means a fast and two others are here as reserves.
POWER OF A.S.F. one, but there is plenty of experi-
That should give sufficient indica- ence behind it, and this should tell tion of Shanghai's judgment of the in the long run.
power of the AS.F. My own would Wilson, if the truth be told, is be that the entire ASF team probably the best spoiling inside- would be more dangerous to Hong forward we have had in some years; Kong's prospects than the more re- and should prove invaluable should
presentative side selected. However, the Hong Kong intermediate line
that may be, Shanghai has sent a get into difficulties. On current side tight in defence and sharp and form the Colony team is very incisive in attack. strong, and if our halves can break
And no great excitement should up the Shanghai attack before they be permitted even if Hong Kong reach our full-back division. I think should cross over with a half-time then that victory will be the Co-lead. AS.F. are notoriously a sec- lony's.
Shanghai
ond-half side and with six players in the eleven, this influence is al- De Boissezon (A.S.F.); Victal most certain to be strongly felt.- (Lusitano) and Marcal (ASF);
(CaptainSE).
WOW SHANGHAI WEAKNESS Collet (SRC), Jack If Hong Kong finds a weakness it Ward
and Cochran may be through Victal, the right (S.R.C.); Foyn (SFX), Belinsky back, who is, or has been disposed, (SRC) Roboostoff (A.S.F.), Bos- towards the spectacular and some- suet (ASF) and Jim Ward times does not come off. (ASE).
I am not going to suggest that Reserves: S. Greenberg (S.R.C.), Shanghai will win this match. I do Bell (A.S.F.), Parkinson (Loyals), not under-estimate the advantage W. Ward CASF.).
derived from playing at home. But Hong Kong-
I do say that Shanghai will put Pau Ka-ping (S.C "A"); Lee Tin-us to the test every inch of the way. [sing (S.C. “A”) and A. Y. Gosano
(Recreio); Leung Wing-chin (S.C. (Captain) A. Wilson (Club) and- "A"), M. Campbell (Rifles) and RBL Bickford (Club). Evans (Fusiliers); Yeung Shui-rick Reserves:-J. Talbot (Fusiliers) |(S.C. "B); Fung King-cheong (S.C. N. Beltrao, (Recreio)
Sterens
Lee Wal-tong (SC. "A")(Rifles) and D. Knor (Kowloon)