THE CHINA MAIL, APRIL 10, 1937.
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SENIOR SHIELD SOCCER FINAL TO-DAY
Tam Kong-pak, above, will be seen at left-back, for South China "A", in their Senior Shield Final encounter against the Fusiliers to- day.
JUNIOR SHIELD FINAL
TO-MORROW'S BIG ATTRACTION
SAPPERS OUT FOR "HAT-TRICK"
(By "ROVER”).
S. CHINA "A" MEET FUSILIERS
WELSHMEN MUST HOLD LEE WAI TONG
A
CHINESE MAKE TWO CHANGES
(By "ROVER")
Howlett, above, will be seen in action for the Engineers against The Rifles in the Junior Shield Final at Sookunpoo to-morrow.
the GRAND football match is anticipated on 1
Club ground this afternoon when South China "A", the holders, will meet the Royal Welch Fusiliers in the Final of the Senior Shield competi- tion, this being the last occasion on which the military team will be seen in this competition, as they are due to leave the Colony during the next JUNIOR SOCCER trooping season.
SEASON DRAWS
SOUTH CHINA “A” WILL HAVE TO MAKE ONE CHANGE TO A CLOSE
IN THEIR HALF-BACK LINE, AS WONG MEI-SHUN WILL NOT BE AVAILABLE AS HE WAS RECENTLY GIVEN MARCHING LAU ORDERS IN THE GAME AGAINST THE ROYAL NAVY. HING-CHOL, THE RESERVE HALF-BACK. WILL PROBABLY FILL THE PIVOTAL POSITION, WHILE THE REST OF THE TEAM REMAINS AS USUAL.
The Navy, who are by no means consistently good, beat both the South China "A" and "B" teams, while they themselves lost to the Fusiliers, so the latter's chances to-day are fairly good. Reglar, one of the most erratic full-backs in the Colony had Lee Wai-tong well in hand throughout the recent South China "A" Royal Navy encounter, so this goes to prove that the South China leader is not so elusive as he is made out to be. That, however, remains to be seen.
For the third successive year the Royal Engineers will make
The Fusiliers have a fine for- in the Junior their annearance Shield Final, and if their display ward line with Coakley, a possible danger on the right-wing. Sul- in the preliminary rounds can be taken as a guide, they should van and Talbot are both very have no difficulty in defeating dangerous on a dry ground, and if the weather we have experi- to-morrow and thus the Rifles secure the "hat-trick," to estab-enced the last two days prevails to-day, we can expect to see fast lish a record.
and furious soccer.
The Engineers, with the excep- tion
"ROVER'S" FOOTBALL FORECAST
The only weakness I can perceive The following are the local football fixtures for the of their semi-final replay is in the Fusiliers' full-back divi-Shield and League
week-end- against Lyemun, have had a comision. where Wheeler and Keating fortable passage to the final, while are likely to be rattled by the short the Rifles. have two great wins tonassing methods their credit, when they defeated forwards. the Navy, in the Second Round.
and South China, in the Semi-Final.
TO-DAY
of the Chinese
Senior Shield
Fusiliers
Kowloon
as
TAM AS LEFT-BACK Tam Kong-pak is almost certain The Engineers will start fav- ourites for they have one of the to make the trip to the Colony and St. Joseph's most powerful forward lines in will displace Tay Quee-liang junior football, including Darby left-back, partnering Lee Tin-sang, Howlett, Creagh and Woods, all of thus considerably whom are dangerous in front of the back division goal, while Howlett, as a schemer. is in a class of his own.
SOUND DEFENCE
In the defence, Selleck is very safe, in goal, ably assisted by two good backs in Coleman and Wil- ford.
The intermediate line is strong, and it will take the Rifles' forwards all their time breaking through the defence.
strengthening
On the form of the two teams recently, the game is anybody's, al- though there is a feeling in some quarters that the Fusiliers may re- verse the result of their league meetings,
The following are the probable teams-
Kowloon
V South China "A"
(Club, 4.30 p.m.) First Division
v Eastern
(Kowloon, 4.45 p.m.)
Athletic.* (Causeway Bay, 4.45 p.m.) Second Division
V
Eastern
(Kowloon, 3.15 p.m.) Third Division
v. Liga
Liga And Ordnance Vie For Honours KOWLOON JUNIORS
IMPROVE
The remaining postponed games in the second and Third Divisions of the Football League will be olayed off this week-end, and pro- viding there are no further post- ponements, the schedule should be completed by the end of the month,
In the only Second Division game to-day, Kowloon should easily ac- count for Eastern, who are show- ing poor form at the moment. Kow- loon, on the other hand, did well against Lyemun last week to share the points, and will have Willis,
been who has
chosen against Macao, at back partnered by Abbas. In the forward line, Knox and should have an easy Gutterres afternoon against the Eastern de- fenders. Hamet, who is in the Co- lony on a holiday, will be turning out for Eastern, in their forward line.
Both Liga and the Ordnance who are fighting for second place in the Third Division should record easy victories against the Service Corns and European Police pectively.
res-
To-morrow, the
will Ordnance encounter their stiffest hurdle (Chatham Road, 3.15 p.m.)when they meet Kwong Wah, but
V
Service Corps. Kwong Wah
Chinese Police (Prince Edward Road, 4.45 p.m.) Ordnance
St. Joseph's
Eastern
South China "A":- Pau Ka-ping: Lee Tin-sang and Tam Kong-pak: Leane Wing-chiu. Lan Hing-choi and Engineers Lee Kwok-wai; Tso Kwai-shing. Lai The Rifles, on the other hand, Shiu-wing. Lee Wai-tong. Fung King- are also confident, and though they cheong and Ip Pak-wa or Tay Quee- do not posses a very impressive liang,
Fusiliers-Rowlands: Wheeler and League record, they have done ex-Keating: Evans, Wanklyn and Grind- ceedingly well so far in the Shield.tey: Coakley, Hughes, Sullivan, Talbot
Bramwell, in goal, is as safe as and Roberts. most custodian's in junior football,
while in Coyle and Wilson, the
Rifles have two good backs.
BOY'S SOCCER GAMES
FOR TO-DAY
Eastern
European Police
should win.
(Chatham Road, 4.45 p.m.) TWO FIRST
V Medicals
(St. Joseph's, 3.15 p.m.) DIVISION
TO-MORROW
Junior Shield
v Rifles
(Sookunpoo, 4.15 p.m.)
First DivisionTM
Rifles
(Causeway Bay, 445 p.m.)
Second Division⠀⠀
Kwong Wah
GAMES TO-DAY
Rifles Should Win To-morrow
vers
Rifles
In view of the Senior Shield final (Causeway Bay, 3.15 p.m.) this afternoon, there is a Third Division **
small First Division League soccer v. Ordnance (Kowloon, 3.15 p.m.) programme, only two games being down for decision. Kowlcon will meet Eastern at home, and should. (Continued from Next Column) hold their own, while at Causeway Boyd, leader of the attack, is an
the Shield finalists, they should win Bay, a very evenly contested game experienced player and creates Two interesting football
should be witnessed between St. games with two goals to spare. most of the openings for Goodney should be witnessed in the Boys' Ama-
To-morrow the Rifles should en-Joseph's and the Athletic S and McKinney, his inside forwards, teur Football League this afternoon.
The Saints will be fielding their while McCoolough is also danger-when the Rifles Boys encounter the hance their chances for the First ous when on form. This game Fusilier Roys, at Sookunnoo at 3 p.m. Division League championship full side, and following their
When
they meet Eastern on the cent success against the Fusiliers. should produce one of the finest and St. Joseph's meet the Seaforths Boys at Prince Edward Road at the
Causeway Bay ground.
Continued at foot of preceding Col. clashes in junior soccer.
same time.