TWO MAJOR
THE CHINA MAIL, DECEMBER 4 1937.
SOCCER ATTRACTIONS
RIFLES FAREWELL
MATCH
THIS AFTERNOON AGAINST
REST OF THE COLONY
ARMY CLASH WITH SOUTH CHINA IN KOTEWALL CUP TO-MORROW
(By “OUTSIDE LEFT")
TWO major football attractions will feature the week-end sports pro gramme and both should provide a full quota of thrills. This after noon the Royal Ulster Rifles, champions of the First Division of the Lea- gue, will meet a team representing the Rest of the Colony, while to-mor row afternoon, on the Causeway Bay ground, the Army will meet the South China Athletic Association in the first match of the Kotewall Cup series.
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JUNIOR
FOOTBALL "NEEDLE" ENCOUNTER
MIDDLESEX CLASH WITH 5TH A A BDE. JUNIOR SHIELD CLASH
(By UBIQUE)
A titanic struggle is anticipat- The Rifles will be fielding the same team, with one or two exceptions, as that which secured at the Valley to-day, when the ed the much coveted First Division League Championship last season against the challenge of the two leading teams in the Second South China Athletic Association and the Seaforths. Murdock, a newcomer, will be seen at right- Division of the Hong Kong Foot half, while the forward line is the same as before, so we should have a thrilling game.
FOOTBALL
FORECAST
The Association, or Rest of the Colony side for this afternoon's
encounter, is a fairly strong one RAPIER'S and is very nearly representative
of All First Division Clubs in SELECTIONS
FOR TO-DAY
the Colony, with the excepiton of
FOR TO-DAY the Club!
The defence is a fairly strong one,
The following are the Hong Kong the intermediate line comprising Race No. 1 Football Association Football fixtures South China "B" players, while Ho! for the week-end.
Rifes
SATURDAY
EXHIBITION MATCH
The Rest (Causeway Bay, 3.45 p.m.).
Junior Shield
R.E. (Chinese) v 20th RA
(Club, 2.15 p.m.) Referee:-Day.
Club
2nd Division
(Club, 4 p.m.) Referee: Aldridge. Kowloon
RE.
ና Eastern
(Kowloon, 2.30 pm) Referee:-Clarke.
5th P.A.
▼ Middlesex
(St. Joseph's HV, 2.30 p.m.) Referee: French. Seaforth
South China (Causeway Bay, 230 p.m.) Referee: Havelaar.
3rd Division (Hong Kong) 5th R.A
YEAS.C.
(Military H.V., 2.30 p.m.) Referee:-E-W. Smith."
RE
v R.A. Stanley (Military HV., 4.00 p.m.) Referee: Edwards.
Police
Powhattan
(St. Joseph's HV, 400 p.m.) Referee Brothwell
3rd Division (Kowloon)
PSA
24th R.A.AS
(Prince Edward Road, 2.30 p.m.) Referee Marriot
University
Seaforth
(Chatham Road, 2:30 p.m.) Referee: Whittle.
RAF
V Kumaon Rides (Chatham Road, 4:00 p.m.)
Referee: Sutterly.
"Army
·SUNDAY, 5TH
Kotewell Cup
v South China
1
(Causeway Bay, 345 p.m.),
Referee:Martin.
Linesmen:-Day and Bartoz.
2nd Division
RE. (Chinese) v Kwong Wah
(Causeway Bay, 2.15 p.m.)
Third Division
Bees
RAO.C.
(2.30 p.m.) Johns.
EQUINE SPORTS CLUB DINNER TO NIGHT
wells is honoured in the forward line, being the only member of a team (RAM.C.) not. represented in the First Division.
He will lead the Rest's attack and will be supported by Howlett and Coakley, two dashing inside for- wards with Chinese players on the wing.
LAST OPPORTUNITY
As this is positively the last op- portunity that the Rifles will be en view in Hong Kong for a good many years, the game should be chock full
LATE POSTPONEMENTS IN JUNIOR SOCCER
Owing to duties, the Second Division League Football game between the 5th A. A. Bde., Royal Artillery, and the Middle- sex, and the Third Diasion en- counter between the 5th A. A Bde, RA, and the Royal Ser- vice Corps have been postponed.
of thrills and should not be missed. To-morrow, a fairly strong Army eleven will meet a strong South China team, representative of the [“A” and “B” elevens in the first round of the Kotewall Cup series, which should result in a win for the latter.
The teams are:-
-TO-DAY'S MATCH
Rifles O'Connor, Pickering and
| Stevens; Murdock, Galbraithe and Me-
and Killen.
DONOVAN
EMERGENCY CALL PHILANDERER
Outsider Morning Tip
Race No. 2
HAPPY EVE GLADIATOR OAK BAY Outsider Soldier Of Britain
Race No. 3
KING'S LEAD DAWN STAR NEW STAR
Outsider-Rose-Queen
Race No. 4
STRATHROY
GYPSY LOVE LANCASHIRE CHIPS. Outsider Electron
Race No: 5
LAUGHING GIRL "PLAIN VIEW
SYLVANDALE
Outsider Ythan
Race No. 6
SAUCY FACE AUSTRALIAN BOY DERBY DAY
Outsider Llanarmon
Race No. 7
WHALSEY TABBY CAT
TEMPEST
Outsider Yum Sing
Race No. 8.
CORONATION DAY VALOROUS ZERO
Outsider Good Morning Daily Double-Laughing and Whalsey.
Girl
ball League the Middlesex the 5th - A.A. Brigade, Royal Artillery, clash for the first time this seasonL
Both teams are so far unbeaten and there is not much difference in their goal averages. The Mid- dieser conceded a valuable point against Kwong Wah, a fortnight ~ ago, and a loss of two points to- day will greatly jeopardise their chances.
The Gunners have still to meet Kwong Wah, who are also in the running for the Championship, and the result of to-day's game will be watched with great interest, by Kwong Wah.
NEWCOMERS
The Gunners have been streng- thened by several newcomers among whom are Calvert, who was given a trial for the Army last Wednes- day, and Corley who played for the Artillery at home, and who will be in the team at inside-left.
Izzard, who has been chosen- to lead the Army to-morrow, will be seen in the centre-forward position for the Middlesex, and will be well watched. He is a forceful type of player and has 15 goals to his credit this season.
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ANOTHER GOOD GAME Another good game should be that between the Seaforths and South- China. The latter are still in run- ning for the championship, but re- ceived a bad set-back when they were defeated by the Engineers last week The loss of Wong King- cheung is greatly felt by South China, but they still have Tang Ping-pak and Yip yun-po, the latter being one of the most promising in the junior team Cameron, in the Scots goal, will be severly tested, but Samson and Jamieson in the forward line should do well
In view of the fact that the Stan- ley team have been strengthened by several Lewcomers, they should have no difficulty in obtaining both points from the Engineers in spite of the fact that the latter are now second in the League
Eliot and Flanders are a strong
Gonigal, Irwin, Docherty, Moore, Bagan chin, Lau Hing-choi, Chia Kum-hung; left-wing combination while Guy, Yeung Shir vick, Chen Tekin Fong The Rest-Tang Kwan-kon (South King cheong, Lan Shin-wing and Cheong Taylor and Gibson are outstanding China "B), Pile (Police Capt.), Costa Moon-wing
in the defence.
(St. Joseph's), ise Kam-hong (South Reserves-Lan Man, Lan Chung- The postponed Junior Shield game China "B"), Lam Tha-po (South China sang, Lim-Tak-po, and Lee Kwok-wai. "B"), Leung Yi-chan (South China Azmy Rowlands (Fusiliers); Web-between the Chinese Engineers and Coakley (Kowloon), McGuigan ster (Seaforths) and Sheehan (Middle 20th Battery, Royal Artillery, will (Seaforths), Howells (RAM.C.), Bow-sex) McKusker, (Seaforths), Bright be played this after and it is lett (Police), Han Ching-to (Eastern). (Middlesex) and Evans (Fusiliers); diffent to predict the result. The
Reserves Hussain (SJC), Spiers Pearson (Middlesex), Watson (Middle- The annual dinner of the Equine (Seaforths), Ward (St. Joseph's), Chan sex), Izzard (Middlesex), McGuigan Engineers are at the bottom of the Sports Club will be held this even-Ping-po (Eastern).
(Seaforths) and Thompson (Seaforths) Second Division KOTEWALL CUP
Tudor (Engineers), Vale ing at the Hong Kong Hotel com- mencing at 8 pm.
South
Shin-bo
Wong Wing Mak (F aliers), Calvert (5th Bde. Royal, Gunners are not doing
Leung
and K. Dumeld (Ordnance), the Third Divi
the