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Cut out all individual play,• com- bine together and with such a team one could beat that which was com I travelled to London for a meeting posed of brilliant, but individual units. of the Football Association and there Since Malaya, our team has been play- submitted, my plans. One of
youring better football than any seen in members Mr. Stokes was there.. but I England and it is such which has was not introduced to him. I introduc-aroused the admiration of Malaya and ed myself across the table. Mr. Stokes Hong Kong. agreed that the Corinthians would be In Holland we were three goals be- very welcome out East and after two hours of cross-examination, the Chair- man of the Association came to me and said that mine was a pioneer effort and wished me success.
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I must pay tribute to the sports- manship of Mr. Lee Wai-tong and the others of the Chinese team. Just be- fore the game last Saturday when Mr. Lee came into our dressing room and was willing to said that his team play with our ball, I thought that that was a perfect example of true sports- |manship:R
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hind, but before the end of the game We are going to the Philippine is- we had made the score 4-8. In Singa-lands, and when we return, we have pore we were two goals behind but arranged to replay the Chinese team finally won, three to two. They have again. Last Saturday the team was never lost a match until the last whistle all wrong. The team which played has blown. It is that spirit which in London really played nice football. is the making of any team.
I think they were suffering from some- THE BALL
thing like stagefright.
We have had a lot of trouble with finance. I have had to call on many of my friends and now I am afraid I have lost them. I admit that I am There is one" matter upon which I . All these remarks are just to show & poor business man, but I have the should like to touch, and that is about that. we really came to Hong Kong satisfaction of knowing that the tour the ball. We are familiar with the in reply to the visit of the Chinese has been an unqualified success, Suc- balls that are used in England, and team to London.
"not only in playing but in the we had heard that out East the grounds I would like to thank the Hong splendid way in which the boys of were hard and the balls light. We Kong Football Association for all my party have behaved off the field. were out to give a demonstration of that has been done for us, and I hope Our idea was to show that we were the game as played in England that this is not our last visit - but is not “pót-hunting," but giving a de 1 for such we had to use the kind of one which will give ways to another. monstration of the game as played in ball, we were used to. In India some of An amateur side from England would England. The boys have been such the balls were totally unit for play do a lot of good good mixers that they have left no Now that we have shown you what Among other speakers wel thing but friendship wherever they we can do with our ball, we are per- Wong Ka-tsun Mr. P. B. Clark, cap- have been. I have definite views how fectly willing to play with yours.tain of the Islington Corinthians, and football should be played.
(Laughter),
Mr. Lee Wai Tong.